lutaaiifli k ifdilij limrs, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. PUBLISHED, EVERT SATURDAY MORNING, BY FRED. H. EARLE, OFFICES ON THE QUAY, FALMOUTH. NUMBER 663 JLBBOAD. FALMOUTH: SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1872. PRICK ONE PEN NT. Jata gurtton. No. 3, Claremont Terrace, Parish Falmouth, For Sale, with early session if required. MB. COBFIELD has been instructed to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION^ it the King's Arms Hotel, EalmoAth, on Thursday next, Hth Marfe^, 1872, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, subject to the conditions t< f be/ ftien read, the following desirable/ Freehold being and t Terrace, I containing on Parlours, 2 Kit- • Floor 6 well- > oms and Water tenances belong- ( an excellent paved Courtlage and I productive Garden at the back, now in the occupation of the Misse/ Beard. This desirable foropafty presents a favourable opportunity to a person seeking a comfortable residence as well as a remunerative investment, which is fitt/ d upr with every possible con- venience, regardless of expense, under the special direction/ of the owners, intended for their own privwe residence, and commands uninterrupted yews of the beautiful Grounds of Trefims, Eoleland, Falmouth Harbour, ^ and surrounding / harming views, and is situate within aboutrS minutes' walk of the intended Park frnd. s/ renl attractive Walks. On viey any time prior to the Sale between 11 a. m. aftd 1 p. m., and 3 and 5 p. m., by apply- ing on tne Premises. Further particulars obtained on application At the Offices ' of the j AUCTIONEER, Falmouth. Dated Maroh 2nd, 1872. Sale of Cared Pilchards. ( JO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, 41 Hog: of Pilchards In Casks. Th « fish are of good quality and well cored in every rcspeot.' POT farther particulars apply to HENRY POLLAED, Auctioneer. Dated Falmouth, March 6th, 1872. Devonport Dock Yard, ADMIRALTY SALE OF SURPLUS STORES. c, LEART AND CO. WILL SELL BY AUCTION, at Her Majesty's Dock Yard, at Devonport, by ordei of theLOEDS COMMISSIONERS of the ADMIRALTY, on Wednes- day, 30th March, at Eleven o'clock precisely, Surplus Stores Of Oak, Teake, Sabicu, Greenheart, Santa Maria, Mahogany, Pine, Fir, Elm, & c., in Log, Plank, and Board. To b « viewed on the two days previous to and on the morning of the Sale. Catalogues may be had on application to the Brokers, at 22, Naw Street, Spring Gardens; 19, Old Broad Street, City; and at the Dock Yard. Are yon troubled with a Congh ? lose no time in applying for SOLOMON'S Pectoral Cough Mixture, Whioh is one of the bept Preparations sold for the cure of Coughq, Colds, Hoarseness, Influenza, & o., apd the relief of Asthma and Bronolutis. It is adapted for persons of all ages, and is sold in Bottles, at 7£ d., Is. lid., and2s. 9d. each. Prepared by W. H. SOLOMON, Dispensing Chemist, 40, Market Strait, Falmouth. N. B.— The middle- si ® Bottle is generally suffi- cient to cure an ordinary Cough, or give abund- ant satisfaction in more [ extreme cases. THE HOUSEKEEPERS of Falmouth and Neighborhood are respectfully invited to try SOLOMON'S Celebrated English Baking Powder, profeSSlumu uiwta Hiu vwitio n uu • w — It to be the best that is u9ed, are oorrect in ao saying. Sold by most respectable Grocers, also by the Manufacturer, at 10, Market Street, Falmouth, In Packets, Id. and 3d., and in Tin Canisters, at 6d., Is., and 2s. each. Ask for Solomon's Baking Powder, EPPS' 8J » OOA. Only in ilb., Jib., and lib. Packets— tin- lined 4 labelled. Sold by the Trade in all Parts. Prepared by JAS. Era and Co., Homcaopathio Chemists, London. Jala? ftg gutty Superior Modern Furniture the Polytechnic pall. at M E8SES. OLVER & SONS are favored with instructions trim 8. TAYLOB, Esq., who is leaving the county, to Sell bv AUCTION Jon Tuesday, the 12th day of MarchJthe whole of the following assemblage of Genuine Household Furniture Which will be / removed to the Polytechnic Hall for convenience of Sale, consisting of— DBA WING- ROOM 8uite / in rosewood, con- sisting of hanflsome Loo Table, rosewood Couca, set of 6 Chairs, Easy Chairs, ClefFonier with marble top and glass / back, Ottoman and Fancy Stools, / Tables, Card Table, What Nots, Fender and Fire Irons, gilt Chimney Glass, several beauti- fully- framed. J Pictures, Chimney Ornaments, Si gilt Cornices, Canter- bury What 3Not, Musio Stool, PIANO/ FOBTE, by Rudd. BOUDOI in walnut, enumerating oval — u with 6 Chairs and 21 Tables, » gilt CI Brussels Irons, C DINING BOOM. Irons, extend | enclose en suite, Cheffonier, Fancy Table, Work : Shelves, Book Slides, iey Glass, Ottoman, larpet, Fender and Fire ice Pole, & c. ! arpet, Fender and Fire ilescope Dining Table to feet, valuable 6 feet mahogany Sideboard, Couch, 6 mahogany mahogany Cornice Pole, Violin in case, pair of Piotures, the subject burnt BREAKFAST / PARLOUR.— Carpet, Fender Irons, Cheffonier, Secretary e, set of 5 Chairs, Easy . leather. The Appendages of Five BEDROOMS include | i and iron Bedsteads, with loient Draperies, Bedding, ma- hojfany & other Chests of Drawers, jssing Tables, Washstands, SWing Glasses, Couch, Chairs, fcking Chairs, Night Commode, i, Foot Pans & Case, Chamber & c. LOBBY AfljD STAIRCASE.— Floor Cloth, * iogany Hat and Umbrella Stand, ssels Stair Carpet, Stair Rods, Mats, < fec. KITCHEN^— Kitchen Utensils, Chini, Glass, id Plated Goods— a general irtment. LAUNDER AND LARDER.— Large zinc eat Safe, Wash Trays, OM Vowel rashing Machine, also a Wringing id Mangling Machine, a Ladies Saddle, and numerous other iffects. Also, an excellent 16- feet COPPER- FASTENED BOAT, / equal to new, with Sails and Oars Icomplete. This Boat may be seen I at Olver and Sons' Saw Mills, three dav8 previous to the Auction, and will be sold at 3 o'clock precisely. The Auctioneers invite an early attendance, the lots being so numerous as to exceed the limits of one day's Auction; the whole are genuine goods, and are for positive sale. The engagements of the Hall necessitate the Goods being viewed on the morning of the day of sale. Dated Falmouth, March 1st, 1872. francs Smmnacwto. Price and Quality not io be surpassed in the County. MARTIN'S Beautiful Breakfast Tea, 1/ 101 per lb ^ The People s Proper, Sic., Penryn. MARTIN'S—- Pine Flavoured Tea, 21- per lb A y The People 3 Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S Choice Mixed Teai 213 per lb MARTIN'S Sennine Family Tea, 2/ 6 per lb, 61bs for 14/- Carriage paid to any railway station in the county. T The People's Grocer, & o„ Penryn. MARTIN S Sparkling Lump Sugar ( beautifully while), 5d. per lb Moist Sugars all Prices. The People's Grocer, & c., Penryn • The People's Grocer, & o., Penryn. MARTIN'S Fresh- roasted Coffees, II- to 1/ 8 per lb r The People's Grocer, & c., Penryn. MARTIN'S Choice New Fruits,, all pi ces . „ - LTJ- ! The People s Grocer, & c., Penryn. MARTIN'S— Prime New Mild- cu* ei Bacon, 416 per dozen lbs x 1 The People's Grocer, & c., Penr^ n. • cute; • s, io MARTINS Good Boiling Peas, 10id per gallon The Peo < le 8 Grocer, & c., Penryn. MARTINS Pure New Lard, 6d rier lb j The People's Grocer, & c., Penryn. MARTIN'S Best Treacle, 61bs foi Hid | The People's Grocer, & c., Penryn. MARTItTS Genuine Millbay Soai, 3£ lbs for II- ^ The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn, M" ARTI1TS Prime Smoked Bacon 7* d per lb The People's Grocer, & o., Penrvn. M" ARTIN^ S New Season Jam, 4£ 4 per lb or 6d per pot ^ The People's Grocer, & c., Penryn. MARTIITS New Season Marmalade, 7£ d per pot - iJ-*- The People's Grocer, & c.. Penryn Samples free on application at either of J. MARTIN'S Establishments, Lower Market Street, or West Street, Penryn. A U Goods delivered Carriage Paid, Orders by pist promptly attended to. PHOTO MRS. 33 Copies of all Portrait! N" ( Widow of Mr. W. H. DUNSTAN) begs [ respectfally-^ to inform her friends and the public that her late husband can still Arrangements are being made to/ RE- OPEJf the Gallery for First- class PortraitureyOT whichj due Notice will be given. And she hereby returns hef sincere thanls to all who have patronized them, and hopes for a continuance of their farors. Dated Berkeley Place, Feb. 21, 1872. * RT PUM^ IiO SALLERY, 42. High Street ( formerly thfrLiberal Association Rooms ), V A. LMOUT H . ME. J. S. SIDDONS, for many years Operator and Manager at Mr. J. F. Trull's, respect- fully informs his numerous friends and tiie public generally of the town and neighborhood that he has, in conjunction with Mr. J. C. j STErEENS, entered upon the above- mentioned Premises, and trusts, by the exercise of his pell- known skill and careful manipulation in the production of Photographs guaranteed not to be surpassed in this or any other town, that they will obtain a fair share of public patronage j Portraits from Carte de Visite to Lifs- size, plain or fiaishei in crayon, water or oil Color. Views of aij kinds and out- door Gronps taken, and Works ofArt copied. Prices of Cartes de Visite— Twelve for 6s.; Six for 4s.; Throe for 2s. 6d. MACHINE & PKESS CHEAP AND GOOD PRINTING - POSTERS If yon want bold and expressive — OotoEARLE'S PRINTING OFFICES. If m want oloar and striking HAND- BILLS OotoEARLE'S PRINTING OFFICES. If pa wait naat and attractive CIRCULARS GotoEARLE'S PRINTING OFFICES. If 70U want tasty and appropriate — BILL- HEADS Go to EARLE S PRINTING OFFICES. If yon want stylish and taking CARDS GotoEARLE'S PRINTING OFFICES. If you want any kind of PRINTING GotoEARUS'S PRINTING OFFICKS. • — General Part of a House to Let. rpO BE LET, at Lady- day next, • PART OF A HOUSE ( consisting of a Floor of Three Booms), in Obelisk Road, Falmouth. The House is pleasantly and he& ltiiily situa- ted in olose proximity to the Quay, Dock, and Railway. Apply at the Officos of this Paper, NOTI C A LL Persons having any Claim pr Demand • H- on the Estate of the Ifde / Mr. JOHN DAVIE TURNER, Grocer « u( d Tea Dealer, of No. 1, Church Street, Falmorith< in the County of Cornwall, who died on the 2/ fth day of Feb- ruary, 1872, are desired to/ send particulars thereof on or before the 1st day of April next to the undersigned, in order that the same a be liquidated. / And all Persons Indebted to the said Eatate are hereby requested / to pay the same on or before the aboVe- mentioned date to ELIZ^ ET^ SARAH TURNEB, Executrix. Dated Church StyCet, Falmouth, March 5tM, 1872. PQE SALE. FOE S&. LE, by Private Contract, on account of the owner's decease, a large, first- class Mackenel and Pilchard DRIVING BOAT, namecy " Cock of the Walk," now ready for sea, with a string of new Nets just barked. Fdr further particulars apply to MM. Elizabeth S. Turner, Church Street, or to Mr. Wjt. D. Turner, 62, High St., Falmouth. To be Li ACOMMW in Bell's3! ady- day. ' tt- ROOMED HOUSE > be Let, at Lady- daj. Apply to Mr. B Quay. TED. EOR TWO yjunr persons, Brothers, a Bed- room and Board Wtka respectable family. State terms, lroality an • T owner particulars to X. Y., care of ^ Ir. F. H. EABLB, Printing Offices, Quay. Dog- Cart. Eoa 3 ALE ( second wheel DOG- CAKT used. Silver- mountec ( May be seen at Falmo Apply te T. HAET, Coach Ifoiisef and Stable hand) a pretty pair- , has been carefully Lamps, nearly new. . th). olbrean, Lizard. TO BE LET, at Lad^- day, a Coach House 1 and Stable on WeQini^ ton Terrace, Fal- mouth. Stabling for two horses. Apply to T. HART, Polbrean, Lizard. Penryn Railway Station. To BatcherDai kn, aty}' Other*. TO BE LET, wftjjf Immediate possessioa, about Nine A^ s of Land, situate at Brown's Hill, and adjoining the Penryn station. ror particulars angiy to B. M. SAMP30N, Devoran. Feb. 29th, 1^ 2. Legal & General LIFK ASSl) R\ i\ CE SOCIETY 10, FLEET ST., TEMPLE BAR. - Hounded 1836. The Parliamentary Accounts reauired by the " Life Assurance Companies' Aot, 187^ maybe > btaine J on apiLeatioo.. This Society has taken a leading part in froe ing Life Assurance Contracts from all needless restrictions. The " Proposal Form *' is most simple in ifca terms. The Policies are " Indisputable," that is, free from future challenge. The Invested Funds bear an unusually high proportion to the Liabilities. The Guaranteeing Share Capital of One Mil* lion (£ 160,000 paid up) is fully subscribed by 300 members ot the Legal Profession. Nine- tenths of the Profits belong to the Assured. Settlement Policies in favor of Wife and Children now granted in terms of the Married Women's Property Act, 1870. E. A. NEWTON, Actuary and Manager. Agent for Falmouth, HARRY TILLY, ESQ., Solicitor. THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1872. THE TICHBORNE CASE. The hearing of the case wqi resumed on Monday morning. M. Jules Berraut reappeared In the witness- box, and was examined in French, through Mr. De Tracy Gould, ol the American bar, who acted as Interpreter. In answer to; Sir George Honyman, the witness said: In my museum » hich I sold to Mr. Tichborne was a little mummy. This it Is * hich is HOW produced, and thero Is an Inscription upon the case In my writing which states that it Is a " pheno- menal mummy," which was found by an Indian in a nut In the middle ol a wood in the valley ol 8t. Anthony, In Peru. The Lord Chief Justice: And there Is another Inscription by Mr. Tichborne, " This llttlo skeleton was found In the tonrtrvf TJBe Wtlre tost Incns. It Is a very great curiosity, BO take great care of it.— B. C. Tichborne.* Further he X" There is in the same box with the birds a great many r seeds which will grow in a hot- house. P. S.— If you ansfraf thft letter you must direct yours to Bahla, where I shall make a short stay before going into Mexico." Witness continued: The skin. of the " cock pheasant" now handed to me did not form part of my museum. I never aaw a bird like it In South America. I never knew Roger Tlohborno use" the lasso. It takes two years to learn the use of it well The natives learn it In Infancy. Mr. Tich- borno spoke to me only In French, and he spoke It perfectly, at Is not true, as the plaintiff said, that Mr. Tichborne was drinking tor three days before he went on board the Bella, nor that he could not be found for two days. He was not sway from me for two hours. I rend a report of this trial in Brazil, in the Indipendaiux Beige, and thereupon wrote to the Lord Chief ' Justice, and In that way I came to give my evidence, , Cross- exatalned by Mr. Serjeant Ballantino : I arrived In England oofcne 15th of December, 1S71, and came to Charing- cross Station on the 16th of December. Mr. CuUinpton met mo there., 1 don't, know whether he expected me. Mr. Dob- inson ahd'Mr. Rose had written to me to come over. I did not write to them because I came by the boat which would havo Wrought my letter. I havo ever slncc been staying at tho Westminster Palace HoteL I don't know whether Mr. Culllngton stays there. I see him there. I have never been to Baxter, Rose, and Norton; nor have I spoken to the plaintiff. I have seen him, but I don't know him. Their was nothing about him that reminded me of Roger Tichborne. I ^ Q l't- f Iflg h 6 r M r. TirhhnHi » having any " twitching." of • the eyebrowB. Ho limped in consequence of the rheumatism. His legs wero straight so far as I know. A clerk of Mr. Doblnson's pointed the plaintiff out to me as he was getting Into his carriage. I did not hear him speak, but I saw him laugh. I was with Mr. Tichborne for six months. He used ito address me as " Jules,", never as " oompagniero." Heled ' a young mbn's life." A little too much for your constitution?— A little too much.' Ho drank, but T never saw him drunk. What makes you without speaking to the claimant say positively that he Is not Mr. Tichborne Because he has not the same features as Mr. Tichborne, and Mr. Tichborne had his ear attached to the bottom of his face, and this man has not. I remember this perfectly. I made a declaration at Bio, Iwas aware that the plaintiff had said that I did not put on board the Bella certain things that he had left with me. In my declaration I say, " As the ship has not sailed, I go twice on board in the course of the day to see Mr. Tich- borne, and, hand him various things that he has eft behind." There is no such - statement as this in my diary. The Lord Chief Justice : This declaration was made not during the continuance of the present suit,' but fn 1855, to prove the death of Tlr. Tichbome, for the purpose of the then existing Chancery suit.,' Re- fxamined: I have been In Paris for some time since my KrrilBl hrXondon on a visit to my sister. There Is no ground whatever for saying that I detained or Etole any of Mt Tlchborne's things.'" • To Mr. Serjeant Ballantlne: The two photographs banded to me of Mr. Tichborne and the plaintiff are mine, and I fcave written upon them. ( The Inscriptions were read. On the copy of the Chill daguerreotype the witness had written that it was Roger Tichborne: on that of tho claimant he had - written to tfte effect that it was a picture of " Arthur Orton, • eon of a butcher at Wapping.") 1 The Foreman of the Jury: John Moore, In his evidence, stated that standing on the steps of the hotel at Santiago ho saw the claimant nde away and take the Melipilla- road. Is this witness's knowledge of Santiago sufficient to enable him to say whether it was possible, from the position of the hotel for Moore to have seen that. Witness examined by the Lord Chief Justice: I knew Santiago ip ChilL I have stayed there twelve days. I know the Jffotel L'Anglal3e. It was there that we stayed. I know the road from Santiago to Valparaiso, since I came by it from " Valparaiso to Santiago. I do not know the road from Santiago to Melipilla. I was In Peru about four months " before I entered the sfervloeof Roger Charles Tichbome. Did you ever see Roger Tichhome's arms bare ?— I have taeen his arms, but I did not notice them. DIff you Bee them hire ?— I can't remember, but I must have seen them when he was washing. Did yon see afly tattoo marks 1— I don't remember. I Mr. Serjeant Ballantine :> I should like the jury to see the diary of the witness. With the exception of one omission the declaration is an exact transcript of the journal. Madame Chatfflon examined ( through the Interpreter), jby the Attorney- General : My name Is Eleanor Chatillon. I was married to M ChatlUonon the 14th of December, 1SS3. Shortly after that I became acquainted with Roger Charles ' Tichborne. I saw him occaslonaUy from time to time when le was a child. My husband was occasionally away from Paris on tours with Roger. I krew M. Laforet, who was an - intimate friend of Roger's. I knew M d'Aranza. pe came to my house with J( r. IJahbome and Roger. He was a very intimate friend of Mr. frames Tichborne. I also knew the Abbe Salis, who was an intimate friend of Madame Tich- ' borne. He has been at my house to breakfast with M. Chatillon. The last time I saw Roger Charles Tichborne was the day before his departure, when he came to make his adieu to 1L Chatillon. I mean, before he went away to South America he had breakfast with ux. Did you s6e anything upon his arm ?— Ves, that Impressed me very much. Mr. Roger was facing me when I went to tell M. ChatiUon that Mr. Roger was waiting to see him. Ho made. a movement with his hand, and I saw some TrmrVii or something blue cm his arm. M Chatillon was not present at the time, but he came afterwards. I mentioned what I had seen to M Chatillon. I was standlng'infront of Mr. Roger, i and was very curious to see what It was. I said to M ChatiUon, " Ask Mr. Roger what that is he has got on his arm." He showed it to me. I saw three letters, R. C. T., an anchor, and a heart. I thought I saw a cross. That was the last time I saw him. At that time he was a slim man with a long face. . He was a nice- looking young man, and his maimers were timid. He had no movement or twitching ' about the eyebrows. He had very handsome eyeB, and a very ! nIcelook. . . j Was there anything peculiar about his legs? Was he 1 knock- kneed?— Oh, no, sir; he walked perfectly. L Do you recollect the claimant coming to Paris?— Yes, per- jlectly. ; Did you see him ?— No, but I should have liked to. I saw Hie Dowager Lady Tichborne. She came to our house after the claimant came to Paris. M. Chatillon had learned that ' Blr Roger had returned, and ho thought it very extraor- dinary that the young man who had known him so well, and who had breakfasted with him the day before he went away [ should not have come to se$ him. I What did Lady Tichborne say when she came to your house?— She eame about eleven o'clock and asked for M. : ChatUlon. I saw her. She told me she had come to see M. ( Chatfflon. for she wished him to see Sir Roger. She also said the would like me to come to ED gland. i Cross- examined by Mr. Serjeant Ballantlne.— I remember | the marks on the arm thoroughly, and could not make any I mistake about them. At the first moment I saw only a blue club ( books prodnced). Roger was a member between 1819 ~ to 1853, when he was entered cm the lists as absent. I have seen the claimant In court, and I am certain that he Is not Boger Charles Tichborne. Cross- examined " bv Mr- Serjeant Ballantlne.: Have you heard other people give their evidence ?— Yes. Then you have heard them say ns positively that he Is Sir Roger Tichborne. Have you conversed with him ?— No. Had Rogor any peculiarity about his eyebrows ?— I do not recollect anytliing about them. Was he perfectly etraight- legged ?— I don't know: I know he had two legs, but I don't know much more ( laughter). Sir George HonymantoMr. SerjeantBallantlne : Rozerwas enly on the books of the Alfred as a full member in 1819, and afterwards as an absentee. Witness : I never saw him there after 1S19. The AhbG Sails, examined by Sir G. Honyman: My name Is Sebastian John Sails. I reside at Paris. I arrived at Paris In 18S8, and was there in K39. I had apartments at 3W. Rue St. HonorC, and livod under Mr. Tichborne. Mr. Ja^ nes Tichborne and his wife lived on the first floor of the same house, and in 1639 I came to live at that house. I be- came acquainted with them in 1839, and became intimate with them. I remained on tho best terms with Mr. Tich- borne while he was In Paris, and even paid him a visit iij England afterwards. I became acquainted with Roger Charles Tichborne In 1839, and I continued to know him well until he left Paris for Stonyhurst, and I renewed it at the time of hla going into the army, and It continued until his departure for his long Journey. The day bofb're he left for the voyage I dined with him and M d'Ararza. M. Chatillon was hi3 tutor when I j flist knew him, and afterwards M Laforet. After M Laforet I gave him Instructions for six weeks. M. Jonival was after- wards his tutor for three years. I remember Roger Tich- borne and M Jonival going down to St. Seron. Did Roger go to school at any time ?— He went to school aftfSr M Chatillon had ceased to bo his tutor. When he was under my care I continued tho instruction he had received under his tutors In geography, history, and Latin. Were you ever his confessor?— Never. [ SirGeorge Hony- I man read the evidence of tho claimant, wherein he said he had confessed frequently to the Abb6 Sails.] Examination continued : I was here on the loth June. I. was requested o be present. The Lord Chief Justice : I think all the . gentlemen from France were here on that occasion. Examination continued : After Roger Tichborne left Paris, every time he returned he came to pay mo a visit, and always on. the next day. He continued to be very Intimate with me until he left for America. I perfectly wqU remember the day of his departure. I dined at Mr. James Tlchborne's on that day. In company with M. ChatUlon, Roger, and M. d'Aranza. After dinner wo went Into the adjoining room- Roger and I— when, from a movement be made, I obsorved a tatootng. I did not compliment him upon It; but, on the contrary, disapproved of it. TeU us what it was you saw ?— I saw some marks, but at this lapse of time I cannot saywhat they were. He un- covered them In a moment, but as I did not express my ap- probation, but the contrary, he covered them again Imme- diately. 1 did not see enough of the marks to distinguish the signs. The language I spoke to Roger was always French. I Jhe Lord Chief Justice: It thero is a witness going back fco Paris ho may bo eiamlned now. Mr. Serjeant BaUantlne: My Lord, I shall take no part whatever In the case after the Intimation of the jury, until I have had a full opportunity < of communicating with my learned friends and of considering the matter. Until then I pass away from the case, and leave the Attorney- General to conduct It as he pleases. The Lord Chief Justice: I do not think, brother BaUantlne, that would be a right course to pursue. Mr. Serjeant BaUantlno : I should feel It disrespectful to the jury to ask another question, without time for considera- tion, after what has been said. Tho Lord Chief Justice: It would be Just like examining a witness before he came Into court. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine : I have not the least objection to the evidence being taken out of court. The Lord Chief Jnstlco: No, It Is not that. If a witness Is to be examined I will preside, and have him examined before me. Mr. Serjeant BaUantlne: WoU, I do not wish to Interpose unnecessarily. I have not done so throughout tho case. I think at this point it Is felt that it Is not desirable to go further. The Attorney- General: Vfery weU, my Lord. We must keep our witnesses here, or at least we wUl try. do not understand English. Roger spoke French perfectly, and continued to do so down to the last time I saw him In February, 1853, the day before his departure. After the de- parture of Mr. James Tichborno to England Madame Tich- borne, I think, remained in Paris for some time : but I am not sure of that I continued to be on Intimate terms with Madame Tichbome even up to 1867 and 1863. We were al- ways on the same terms : perhaps we were a Uttle cool in the later months of 1867. I heard from Lady Tichbome that she was expecting the arrival of her son'tn Paris. Did she ever bring the plaintiff to see you ?— Never. Did he come to see you himself ?— Never. 1 was present In oourt on keveral days during the examination of the flalrrtiff. Of- course,- I heanl him speak several times, and had full opportunity of seeing his features. I examined him thoroughly. Once he came down from the witness- box, and passed close to me, and I looked at him very care- fully."" ' **" Is he or Is he not the Roger Tichborne you know in Paris? — He is not the Roger TicJibijmo I knew In Paris— he has nothing ol Mm. is there a French translation of a book called " The Garden of the Soul r— Not that I know of. I never saw it.' It Is possible that such a book may exist, but I do not know of it. [ A passage- was read fronrthS fttlfltfrrs " evidence in which he stated that he used to read devotional exercises from a French translation of the " Garden of the Soul," which was a book commonly used in France.] Is it true that you ever advised Lady Tichborne not to let M ChatiUon sec the plaintiff?- No it is not, I never said to Lady Tichborne that ChatUlon had seen tho other parties. I did say that CKatlUon had not recognised the plaintiff as Roger Tlchbbrne. That was after Chatillon had Men the plaintiff. [ Sir George Honyman then readev^ dence in which the claimant said that theAbbfi Salis had Ad vlsWhliriiothernot to let him see Chatillon, and he had made up his mind not to recognise him as Roger.] Cross- examined by Mr. Serjeant BaUantlne: I saw Lady Tichborne for the last time In September, loCS. I have had several conversations with her about tho claimant. I have said to her affirmatively that he was not herraon, because it was his habit to come Immediately to see me. When Lady. Tlchbofcne spoke to me for the flrat'Aime after the return of Roger, I said that after his shipwreck he must have been In a state of great suffering, and It struck me very much that ho should not have written to his family to state his case and ask for help. AH this time I knew about the tattoo marks. 4It had never passed out of my memory. I n « ver said anything to Lady Tichb « rne about the tattoomarks, because If 1 had said so she would. i ave said that it was untrue. That I state on my oath. Firstly, I know from the Tichborno family aU the search that had been made for Roger. I said to her that I could not believe that Roger, who had an ex- ceUent heart, could have remained so long without commu- nicating with his family. I spoke to Mr. CuUeton about the tattoo marks In April last, for the first time. Re- examined.— I only saw the claimant In this court. I came to the conviction— perfectly without hesitation— that he was not Soger Tichborne. At the conclusion of the Abbfi's evidence, QThe Foreman of tho Jury, addressing the Lord Chief Justice, said:— Wo have now heard the evidence regarding the tattoo marks, and, subject to your lordship's directions, and to the hearing of any further evidence that tho learned counsel may desire to plaoe before us, I am authorised to state that the jury do not require further evidence. Mr. Serjeant BaUantlne: I need hardly express that which I heUeve is universally felt throughout the kingdom— namely, the feeling of gratitude for the great attention and care expended by the Jury during the investigation of this case. I need not attempt to diminish the weight of tho observation made by them, but I think that both they and your lordship wUl feel that before I rnnka any definite reply upon a matter of such Sve and deep Importance to tho person I represent, 11 should have an opportunity of communicating with my learned friend Mr. Giffard, who has been obliged to leave town ; and, therefore, under the circumstances, I ask your lordship to adjourn this case until to- morrow morning. The Attorney- General: I don't wish In the slightest degree to press upon my learned friend to do that which he Is not at the moment prepared to do; and, of course, the Intima- tion on tho part of the jury is one expressed in general terms; but after that Intimation expressed In general terms, and knowing the great attention that they have paid to the case, If the jilry have arrived at a conclusion I should not think It right to trouble them with any further evidence myself. At the tame tlma it is insonvetdent not to know the course which my learned friend proposes to take. The Lord Chief Justice: I think some adjournment Is necessary. Mr. Serjeant BaUantlne: I should like to supplement my application by asking that the court should adjourn until Wednesday. My learned friend, Mr. Giffard, lias been obliged to leave town, and I should Uke to have time to enable me to have the benefit of his assistance In coming to a conclusion. He should bo telegraphed to at once. The Lord Chief Justice : I think It right that our brother BaUantlne should have an opportunity of communicating with Mr. Giffard, and the case may be adjourned until Wednesday. The jnry have intimated their opinion of tho case at this stage, and no greater attention was ever paid to a case than tho Jury have paid to this. But it wUl not escape your attention ( to Mr. Serjeant Ballantlne) that there are other very serious matters In the ChUl evidence which call for your consideration. Mr. Serjeant BaUantlne: Your Lordship wUl, I am sure, pardon me, but I do not desire to be challenged on these matters now. The Lord Chief Justice: I desire to point out to yon that there are matters also brought Into the evidence which are not matters of opinion, for ovidence has been given on both sides regarding tho actual condition of tho ears. Mr. Serjeant BaUantlne : Your Lordship wiU pardon my not desiring to go on further now, for, under the circum- stances, I desire to have tlmo for consideration. The interest revived In this case by the interposition of the jury on Monday last culminated on Wednesday morning, when large crowds assembled around the approaches to the court long before the appointed time for the resump- tion of the hearing. The period of waiting was taken ad- vantage of by numerous groups for discussing the merits and tlie prospects of the claimant's case, and when the claimant himself appeared upon the scene, ho was received with not very flattering demonstrations, which wore con- tinued until he had passed within the doors. The SoUcltor- General s arrival was greeted by a burst of hearty cheering and such of the other counsel or witnesses as were recognised • net with some sUght expression of popular satisfaction or disapproval. Vigorous efforts had to be made to obtain ad- mission Into the court, and It was with difficulty the line of police who kept the approaches to the doors clear could secure the entrance of those who had business to transact. Within the court Itself every available spot was most inconveniently crowdedby barristers and others, who waited patiently the sitting of the court. When the principal parties had arrived the crowd commenced graduaUy to disperse, until finaUy only a hundred or so of people were left to watch the arrival or departure of any one conneoted with the case. Meantime the proceedings within the court wero_ aitalted with much Interest by the pubUc, and with an equal amount of auxlety by those who Were concerned In the case. Shortly before eleven o'clock the Attorney- General, Sir. Hawkins, Q. C., Sir Geo. Honyman, and the other counsel lor the defendant took their seats, and soon afterwards Mr. Serjeant BaUantiue foUowed. Upon the Bench were Lord H. Lennox, Mr. Ward Hunt, Lord Elcho, and several other gentlemen. The Lord Chief Justice came into court at three minutes past eleven, and the foreman of the jury handed io some further communications which he said he had received from New York. His lordship looked at' one of the communi- cations and said that that one was not from New York, and It was to his mind Uke many others which he had repeived ; it was of no consequence whatever. He perused auother of them at length, and said it belonged to one of a class of which many had been received from persons who had lost relatives or who fancied they had claims to. property. There was another paper which con tained suggestions which to his mind were of no Importance whatever. Mr. Serjeant Ballautlne then rose and said: I peed hardly, say that after the communication ofithe- Jury on Monday,; I have considered the position in which we are placed with • great anxiety, and desire to do that which is right to all parties, I nave not had any personal communication with J It. Giffard, which I- greatly regret, but I have THE AUDRESSELLES MURDERER. ,—, . halMray tween Boulogne and Calais. A detaUed account has already been given of tho crimes of this human tiger, who, during a period of eight years, com- mitted a series of horrible crimes without being detected,, untU the 85th of last June, when he was taken in the very act of robbory. Tried last December at the assizes of the Pas- de- Calals, he was, on the 23rd of that month, condemned to death on the several charges of robbery, arson, and marder. This arch criminal, though old in orime, was young In years, having been born on tho 15th of February, 1816 ; consequently he had only just completed his gfch year. Lemettre always hoped that his sentence of death would be commuted to hard labour for life; two days after his con- demnation he signed an appeal to the Cour de Cassation, which was rejected on the 8th of February; he then peti- tioned a " recour en grdce," the privilege of granting which is now vested In the President of the RepubUc ( the Commission of Pardons dealing only with poUtical and aore. It appears thafi lb wing advantages to I tho municipality will ftimg a table— 1~ 3b, 000f. pay 15C was extonded some days, as owing to the great bulk of the " dossier" It took a long time to oxamlne, and thus he has passed 71 days between his condemnation and execution, in- stead of 40, which la the average Interval In France. This long delay strengthened Lemettre's hopes that he would escape tho extreme sentence; but last Saturday Heln- derech, now the solo " executewr des hautes auvres" for tho wholo of France, with a salary of £ 240 ( 6,000f.) a year, received orders to proceed from Paris to Marquise, with his four assistants and his guUlotine, to carry out the sentence of the law. On Monday at 10 p. m. the AbbS Fennel, Aumonler of tho I Prison of St. Omer, proceeded to Lemettre's ceU and in- I formed him that his several petitions had been rejected and that he was to die the next morning. Up to this period i Lemettre had always exhlbitod, at his arrest, in prison, during and since his trial, a self- po3session and calmness almost amounting to hardihood, but on learning that aU hopes of escape were past all his brc. vado forsook him, his teeth chattfered against each other, and he sank on to his pallet, where he had to be supported for a considerable time. He eventuaUy recovered himself, and his great self- possession never after forsook him. He next confessed and partook of the last Sacrament, shortly after which the greffler of tho Cour d'Assizes read the sen- tence of death as confirmed by the Cour de Cassation, as also the dismissal of his petition for pardon. This over, he was conducted by gendarmes to a carriage In Waiting, In which he was accompanied by tho Aumonler and two gen- j darmes, and a mounted escort of eight gendarmes, which was ' Increased at each small town through which they passed on their road to Marquise by the gendarmerie of the neiah- ! bournood until the escort amounted to 40; close behind them was a second carriage containing five brethren of the Order of St. Leonard, whose establishment Is at St. Omer, i and who attend aU executions in the North of France, one of their vows being to attend executions, claim the body, to which they give the last offices, and afford U Christian burial. The dismal procession reached Marquise at half- past five, and Lemettre, who had passed tho whole time in saying prayera and counting his " chaplet," was temporarily lodged in a private houBe, with the Aumonler and Brethren of St. Leonard, who prayed with him and exhorted him to die calmly. He appeared perfectly resigned and answered aU questions put to him. The Abb6 fennel, addressing those presept, sold that Lemettre died as a Christian, that he had confessed his crimes and sought pardon of God and man, and mors especially did he hope that his father would forgive him. The persons then present were turned out, when the execu- tioner and his aides appeared ori the soeni tb proceed with what tho French term la toilette, which consists in cutting the hair short'at the back of the head, and cutting off the upper part <) 1 the shirt, so that the chest and shoulders are exposed; the arms are next strapped alongside the body, the legs also being strapped. Lemettre underwent this tiding operation without moving a muscle ; and he was then immediately put Into the executioner's va » , in which he was accompanied by the Aumonier and Brethren of St Leonard, to be con- veyed to the placb of execution close at hand. ' ' On ' arriving at the guiUotine Lemettre was helped out of the Yfn, and an overcoat was removed exhibiting shouldors immensely broad In proportion to his stature, which bore • wtnijss to the great strength he had'so grossly abused. The Aumonier, holding up a crucifix, embraced temettre, who was turning to deUver himself to the executioner, when an old priest came forward to whom Lemettre. again ojc- fircssed his repentance, and begged of him to obtain iis athefr's forglreness for all the gnef he had caused him ; the old priest bid him fareweU, two of the assistants fastened him tp the table, another adjustedhifl head, and like a flash of lightning the knife fell, and with a < hjU thud the criminal's head jfeU Into a basket, the tlipe from his parting with the old priest to the falling of tho head being hardly three seconds, to snijh . perfection i has the guiUotine bedng brought. The trunk was immediately put into an oblong basket lined with zinc, land the head removed from the basket into which it had faUen, the oblong basket was put into the van which had brought the criminal to execution, his coffin, previously near the guiUotine, was put In with It, the five Brethren of St. Leonard mounted afterwards, and theclospdvan started for the cemetery. During the transit the brethren placed tne body in the coffin, and on arrival at the cemetery all was ready for immediate buriaL received a communication from him, in which he has discussed the matter at considerable length, and in a manner that might be expected, and in his views I entirely concur. I have therefore the satis- faction of acting entirely In concert with Mr. Giffard and my other learned friends In the case. I may also say that 1 have the fuU sanction of tur clients for dealing according to my discretion with their Interests. I have felt it necessary to recall the evidence which has been given for the plaintiff, and to read several communications made to mo upon tho subject of a particular portipfl of the case. The particular portion that I aUude to Is' that which is now called " the tattoo part." The expres- sion df opMiion by the Jury upon this part of the case was to the effect they should not require further . evi- dence. I am awilre that I am caUed on to prove afllr- mutlvely that the claimant is entitled to this baronetcy and estates, andfaiUng to do so I am bound to admit ttat I B ould not be In a position to ask for a verdict. Al the same t'liie I thould be glad thoroughly to understand the meaning of the statement made by the jury as to which my mind is at present ma state of obscurity, I should be glad to know wnutli. r they are acting solely upon the tattoo marks. Kor wii- ther what they have said appltaatoa general view of the case, and their duty in reference to it. It would be a great Injustice if they have taken into consideration statements winch have been made by the Attorney- General, in his speech, many of which statementsdiave received no proof. I tuink that the jury would feel that; their minds' should be carefully guarded against acting- On statements of which there Is no proof, and should be governed solely by what has been proved. I make this suggestion because upon the sub- ject of the tattoo marks we have been taken entirely by surprise, and it would not be my duty to withdraw from the case upon this alone, because we could eaU witnesses who, could throw a great doal of light upon this particular part of the case. But when I fuUy apprehend what the jury mean, I shall know how to deal with the meaning according to the duty that I owe to my cUents. The Attorney- General referred to several passages In the evidence Tor the plaintiff, to show that notice was given during tne plaintiff's case that the question of tattoo marks would be raised. Tne Lord Chief Justice said the jnry had heard that the learned Serjeant did not know for certain what the intima- tion of opinion by the jury was, and particularly not whether they had come to their decision partly upon the evidence, and partly upon the statement of the Attorney- GoneraL He did not know whether the jury had intimated that upon the whole case they did not require further evidence, or whether they had confined themselves whoUy to the tattoo The foreman of the jnry said that thejr should be glad to retire to consider the matter, and they left the court in custody of an officer at 26 minutes past . eleven. , i}<) crowded, however, was the court that they could not find a passage in the ordinary way, ' and had to climb over tho end of the jury- box, cross the bench, and proceod past the judge's room to thplr chamber, j ,• > , Attwelvp o'clock the Jury returned, . and clambered Into pielr b6x by tho way In which £ hey had left it. The Foreman theq said: 1 am authorised to state, my lord, the views of tlie jury expressed in their communica- tion . to the Court the d^ y before, yesterday was founded upon the entire evidence, as weU as that relating to the t ttoo. Mr. Serjeant Ballantino: It is not necessary for ma to enter Into any consideration as to what the duty of counsel is under certain circumstances. I have no difficulty, because my cUents have given mo full authority to act. and under these circumstances I have advised them to submit to be nonsuited. PflfN'^ ai*^ | Alter some discussion, a nonsuit was entered, and hi3 Lordship ordered the plaintiff to be committed to the next session at the Central Criminal Court upon a Charge of wilful and corrupt perjury, and ordered him to remain In custody until then, unless he should find baU, himself Jn £ 5,000, twd sureties in £ 2,600 or four in £ 1,250 eech. He also expressed his opinion that the Government should undertake tho prosecution, and bound over Mr. Inspector Dunning as prosecutor. TQe Attorney- General said that tho Government would undertake the prosecution, and on his application a Bench- warrcnt v as Issued for the apprehension of the plaintiff, who was not In court. Uwt louis he knew where to a M. Dapressolr has offered t the little town of Aix- les- B procure him the right of « pay off the municipal debt on^ uw,.. yay x^ wv^ a year, and, besides, give 10,000f. to the poor. ' And if such ifl the brilliant proposition made to Aix- les- Bains, what might Paris not expect when in 1817 MM de Chalatre paid a rent of 5,000,000L and this before our present means of rapid locomotion were invented ? M de la Pfene reminds ns that when the virtaouH Deputies who procured the edict of 1836 asked the " Viscount de Cormenin, { better known, per- haps, as ' Timon,' the critic, if they did not deserve well of the country, he answered, ' Alas 1 you appear to me like people flattering themselves that they have suppressed rain because tney have abolished gutters.* And the great argument in favour of public play is that the Government cannot suppress gambling ; that Paris swarms with ignoble tripota where loaded dice and marked cards are the weapons used; that the CIul • are little more than resorts for high play and that the Bourse and the rac^ counje are the eame." , ROLL OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. ' The Roll of the Lords, made up at the commence ment of the Session, shows that tno House comprises four Princes of the Blood, two archbishops, 27 dukes, 32 marquises, 167 earls, 36 viscounts, 24 bishops, and 185 barons ; and there was one vacancy in the repre- sentation of the Peers for Scotland, caused by the death of tha Earl of Kellie. These numbers count each Peer according to his highest title, thougt it may be a lower dignity that gives him a seat in the BoUse— e. q., reckoning among the dukes the Duke of Abercorn, who sits as Marquis of Abercorn. The House consists of 478 members, being three more than when the roll was made up at the beginning of the Session of 187L. Four new Peers have been created— Lord Dalling and Bulwer, Lord Sandhurst, Lord Bloomfield, and Lord Blackford; but the addition is reduced to three for the present, the barony of Bemerp on the recent death of the late Ix> rd having descended to his relative, now Baroness Bernera. There have been other changes causing no difference in the numbers of the Peers in the House, one passing away, but another coming, in his room. The late Marquis of Westmeath disappears from the list pf Irish representative Peers, and Lord Ventry takes a place among them. The Earl of Ellenborough is no more ; but Baron Ellenborough is now among the barons- taking rank next after Lord Rivera Earl de Gxey and Earl of Ripon advances from the list of Earls, and! becomes Marquis of Ripon. Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye is no longer amoiig the barons, but, a3 Earl of Dufferin, takes his place in the list of Earls. The roll contains a memoran dum relating to rank, stating that when the House is called over for any purpose within the House, or for the purpose of pro- ceeding forth to Westminster Hall, or upon any public solemnity, the usage of Parliament is that the call begins with the Junior Baron. 1 MR. JOHFT BRIGHT ON NATIONAL EXPENDITURE. The following letter has been received from Mr., Bright, in reply to an invitation addressed to him " by the Birmingham Anti- Income- Tax Association to ac- company the deputation which waited on the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday to urge the Wt& l abolition of the tax :— . ., . " Rochdale, March 4, 1872. Dear Sir,— I regret to say that I « haU not be able to be in town ; on Wednesday, and, therefore, cannot tafco part In the proposed deputation to the Chancellor, of the Kxchequer. There is little difference of opinion as to the odious and unfair character of the Income- tax, but It is not easy to see where the money Is to be obtained which now comes from- that tax. » I Bee no chance of Its aboUtion except In a lessened expenditure, and at present there seems no probability of the creation of a political party resolved to lessen the pubUo expenditure, and adopting that poUey as the one great article of its creed. > Do not believe in Governments that cannot govern without taklne seventy milUons every year from the indus- try of ihe nation, audi hope the time wUl come when no such Government wfll be permitted to « xlst. Fee myself, 1 should, be ready to vote for such reduction of expenditure as woild enable the Chancellor ol the Exchequer to remove the Income- tax, or io abolish the taxes which add so greatly to the price of tea, coffee, and sugar.— I am, & c., JOHH BRIGHT. Mr. George W. Plant,' 166, Bromsgrove- street, Birmingham." Imark. Re- examined by the Attomey- GeneraL— The drawings shown to me show the general appearance of the marks. I I cannot exactly explain their nature. Gossin D'Aranza, examined by Mr. Chapman Barber: am a Spaniard, but I have Uved in England a long time. 1 have also resided in Paris for a number of years. I knew Mr. James Tichbome and Mr. Roger Tichbonie welL I knew Boger before he went to Stonyhurst. I dined with him In Paris, at his father's, when he came over in 1853 He was thin and deUcate, and about five feet six inches high. His hair was dark brown, and his eyebrows were dark. I never saw any twitch about his eyes. I never noticed that ho was knocked- knee'd or ln- knee'd. I never noticed any pecuUarlty in his thumbs, but I never examined them. He spoke French very welL He spoke nothing but French to me on tho last day I saw him, and I told him I was very sorry he did not make much progress in English. I have seen the claimant several times in tills court. My opinion of him that evidently he Is not Roger Tichborne. Cross- examined by Mr. Serjeant BaUantlne : 1 never con- versed with the claimant at alL I judge simply from his appearance. I have heard him speak, for I was In court during part of the tlmo he was giving his evidence. I am quite confident that there was no twitching about Rogor " Tlchborno's eyes— It Is not a matter about which I could have forgotten. I never said that Roger Tichborne was knock- knee'd. I am positive he was not. I saw a good deal of him, for I used to dine with his father constantly. Robert Mansfield, examined by Mr. Bowen: I formerly practised at the bar on the Western Circuit I now Uve lu Hampshire. I was elected a member of tho Alfred Club, I think in 1847. Mr. Washington Hibbert Is my first cousin, and I used to be a frequent visitor at Bllton Grange. On one occasion— I think In 1840, but at oU events It was . before he Joined hia. rcgiment— I spent a fortnight there when Roger Tichborne'was staying there too. I saw a great deal of him on tliat occasion, for every evening we used to sit togethei for three or four hours in the smoking- room. I havo the most vivid recollection of his features and appearance. [ A passage from plaintiff's evidence was read. In which he denied ever having been at Bllton Grange in his Ufe.] I have not the sUghtest donbt but that Rogor had a bird's- eye view of Bilton Grange. Almost evory visitor was take* up the tower to see tho view. I myself went up several times. I should hot, think anyone would forget BUton Grange after seeing it. 1 next uaw Roger Tichbome in London. I saw him at the Alfred Club. I was thero one day, and was just going to have luncheon, whon Roger walked into the coffee- room. I asked him how long he had been a member. and fie said ho had Just beeu olected I did not know until then that ho was a member W o had lun- ichcon together. I never saw him after he joined his regi- ment. ( Mr. Bawen hero read the evidence of the claimant, ' in which ho said ho did not know Mr. Mansfield, and ho was not a member ol the Alfred Club.] , I By the Lord Chief Justice.— I do not recoUect meeting ( Roger anywhere else. By Mr. Bowcn : I called him Roger, as wo becamo great friends whon we met at Bijton Orange. The Alfred Club becamo extinct in 1351. These are some of the books of the Fortnerly there was an execute tir des hautet ceuvres, with a salary of l, 250f. a year,' attached to each Cour d'Appel In Franoe, which wore 26 In number, but as many of the men of the 4th of September, were advocates for the aboUtion of capital punishment, they availed themselves of their being in power to get rid of tho guUlotlneS either ty destroying the Iron Work and selUng the timber forfirewood, or by burning them, as was the case in Paris. The various executioners having been dismissed, only ono, M. Helndereoh, some- times caUed by tho old name Monsieur Paris, has been re- appointed, and ho win in future have to execute aU sentences of death throughout France. . A now guUlotlne has been made under. hls personal directions. Tho oldi- style of guillotine was a VerV cumbrous affair, mounted on a scaffold to, which thirteen steps, a fatal number, gave'access. The new one stands on the ground, and Is much smaUer than the old ; when taken to pieces It packs in the van already re- ferred to, together with the baskets and other apparatus; there is a seat In front for three persons, and with two horses the executioner can go to any part of the country: though when the raUwuy Is available the van travels on a truck. A GOOD SUGGESTION. " An Amorlcan Citizen " writes to the Times :— Permit me to offer an easy and proper solution ol the misunderstanding between the Government of Great Britain and that of tho United States on the reference to be made to the Geneva Convention. It appears that the joint High Commission of the two countries concurred upon a basis of settlement which was approved by the respective Governments, and that after the Joint High Commisson had adjourned the two Governments caused their respective briefs to be made out to be presented to the Geneva Convention. Upon reviewing each other's work, each Government claims the other had inserted matters outside of the lias is of settlement agreed upon by the Joint High Com- miflsipn. Both are acting in good faith and are henest and earnest in their respective convictions. Now, . what is to be done under the circum- stances ? Simply to re- convene the Joint High Commission and let them review both Cases, and decide what shall and what shall not be submitted to the Geneva Conference of the subject matter of each iCase. As an American, I believe I can say that England could not have appointed a Commis- sion that would have commanded more respect and confidence in my country than was established by the distinguished men she sent to us ; and for their colleagues on our side we would not change them if we cQuld. Let, then, Lord Granville invitje the Joint Highl Commission to re- conveno in London^ and report what matters they consider as coming within the basis of settlement; and although I dp not think- the resDec- tive members would feel very much gratified at being obliged to wade through some thousand pfges of very dry reading, I am sure they would give us a decision that both countries would be satisfied with, to their great delight and rejoicing. SHOCKING FELLOWS. Offenders diverse, on pretences EquaUy false, commit offences; Some rogues in office malversation ; AU hymnlsts malversiflcation.— Punch. The Attorney- General asked that tho Jury would read the words again, and the words were onco more read by the Foreman. The Lord Chief Justlco: I think tho question now Is only whether we should adjourn till to- morrow or Wednesday. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine: If your Lordship pleases; be- cause any word uttered now might, upon reflection, need modification, and, under these circumstances, I ask you to adjourn the case until Wednesday morning, when I shall be fully prepared to moke a statement as to what course I shaU pursue. The Lord Chief Justlco: I think, under thoso circum- stances, that would be tho right course, Mr. Attorney? iho Attornoy- General: Anadiournmont untfl'to- morrow I conld not object to, but untU we4nesday— .. . The Lord Chief Justice : I feel the position In which my brother BaUantlno Is placed after this Intimation, nnd I think it fair that he should have an opportunity of communicating with Mr. Giffard on the subject. I remember being placed In a very serious position in a somewhat analpgous ease— I ulUnot say a similar case— It was tho Provls ca6o; and I am quite suro I should havo felt myself In amuch moro serious position if I had not had an opportunity oLjCommunlcatliig with the eminent and learned gentlemen at the Bar with whom I was then associated. I should thliik it. right that my brother Ballantlne should have an opportunity of con- sulting Mr. Giffard ond thoso with him in tho case. The Attorney- General: As regards an adjournment until any tlmo to- morrow I qulto acquiesce, but as to going over another night I must leavo that to your Lordship. If your Lordship thinks It right, of coureal have nothing moro to say. There is a gentleman, tho very next witness we wero about to caU, who must go back to I'orls to- morrow. The Foromsn said: Any one whom tho learned counsel do- ( Ire to call we shall be glad to hoar. DOCKYARD CONVICTS AND ARTISANS. In the House of Commons, on Monday evening, Mr. Otway asked the First l^ ord of the Admiralty whether the convicts employed in Chatham Dockyard were ex- cused from work on the 27th ult. ; and, if so. why an indulgence granted to the prisoners was withheld from the art it ana of the dockyard. Sir J. Elphinstono having put a question on the same subject, . nr. Uoschen Baid no holiday was granted to the con- victs either by the Admiralty or the Home- offico, but the director of tho convict establishments, acting on what he believed to be a circular sent out generally, kept the cpnvicts in the cejls on Thanksgiving Day. ( A laugh.) The workman at Woolwic- h and Deptford were granted a holiday. On, tho, ge^ rpl question he regretted that the pressure of wortt was feo^ roatin the Government yards that the urgency of the work did not allow the Government to give a holiday to the men engaged in dpeky^ rdf.. JJje relations between the Government and their employes were as cordial as between working men and private masters, and he asked hon. gentlemen to abstain as far as they could from interfering between Government and their work- men. ( Hear, hear,) At Northata^ ptoirehiie assizes Emma Hodges, a ser- vant girl, was sojitpneed to fifteen months' imprisonment, for attempting to'poison the cnUd of her master on tho 6th of Februaiy. ^ ^ . ^ GAMING TABLES IN FRANCE., A correspondent writes to us ( PaU- Mall GhzclUfthzt " tha re- establishment of public gaming tables ij ad- vocated in Paris' by 4ome people who never gainblo themselves, such na M. Henri de la Pfcne, who takes a philosophical, view of the subject, « VPd arrives at the conclusion that it is high tiine to repeal tl^ e decree of 1836r which deprived France of a large sounfe - of revenue. ' Tho most moderate statistics,"' says] this worldly writer, ' show that the six Gerinan wateh'ng- plaoes where rovlctte an&' trenle- et- qmrante feign rcaliie GO^ OOp. OOOf. a . ye^ r. ;- AU this,! owing to a generous error op the'part of Trance, which drove gamblers across ,- tho Ehine, and has tin* in the thirty- throe years which have elapsed sinflte., iho fatal edict; allowed 2,100,000,000 francs, to fio^ into Ger- many.' M. de la'Pene^ thfaks that if gambling were now le established iif Frngce, the foreigner might bo relied upotf to tho extent of 200^ 000,' 000: frftuc3 a year From 1819- to 1837 the Restoration and Ae Govern- ment of July derived.' from ^ he fcalflea sum Qf 138, » 6,3SJ. francs. 60c.~; W how ' estimate^ adda the iwriter; ' the benefits which- onr ^ commerce derived from the preseube of all these' players? I have always present inpmy mitffl ; the legend of the 1,500,000 francs, which Blucher ksffbehind him in 1815, on the tapis- verts of tho PaFma RoyaL' M. de la Pone only tells half the Lluih€ t - legend. The Bank of France lies close to thel Palais Royal, nnd when ' Marahal Forwards' had staked and lost his CUTTINGS FE0M AMERICAN PAPEES. For, refusing a leap- year proposition, Mr. Tomkins, Tennessee, was shot dead by an incensed wooer ess. » > i.-' i.; Sinie. American ladies have taken to using news- ' papera1 for bustles, publishers complain that their fair sub- scribers are more In arreaPthan before. . .. . ft An Oregon paper says i— 1" John B. Peafc^ an OT- vfrith a Benson country girl and married her, for which he was prosecuted, in the circuit court at Corvallis, last- week ; tat the jury got sight of the pretty wife whom he got by the operation, and unanimously voted that they would have done t too.' The manager of a travelling cpmpany that is doing Divorcp In New York and New Jersey country1 towns requires his actors to promenade the streets wearing seal- skin waist- coats jind overcoats \ yith seal- skin lappets, and has tha actresses taken to and from the theatre in carriages— aU In- the way of advertising. In a, trial before the Mayor of Okalona, Mississippi a few daye since, thp question as to " whether a wife could sleep with her head upon her husband's arm aU night with- out paralysing It sufficiently to wake him up and canSe Mnv to withdraw his arm from under her head," was sprung. Iti proved too hard for the young attorneys who Wete conduct- ing the trial, and an old physician was called in to decide the question, and he said, " alio might, and then again she mightn't." THE POSITION OF RAILWAY SERVANTS. The position of railway servants was adverted to at some length by Sir Daniel Gooch, at the Grekt Western half- yearly meeting last week. He did nob think the present high prices of coal and iron would continue. The question of wages would be much more difficult to adjust,. when bad. times came, on any other terms than they were on now. He trusted that the working classes, for their own sakes, would abstain . from carrying matters beyond their present position,.. because he firmly believed that, if they did, such a proceeding would ultimately result iu great detriment to themselves. It had ( been said that the employ & of railways were a'very hard- worked and ill- paid class ; and, unfortunately, an hpn. member in the House of Commons had taken some trouble to induce such a feeling among tho employes. He thought that the best answer to give to suckallega- tions was that the railway services of tlik country con- tained the finest body of men as a service in the world. He believed that the companies had always had tho pick of the working classes, and the result was that, taking English railway servants as a whole, they were, he thought, far beyond servants in any other services. If the railway service had been as it was represented they would not have had such a demand for positions on the railway ; the service was really a popular one. There was a huge surplus of applicants beyond those whom the companies were able to employ. The train services were spread over A certain number of hours iu the day, aAd althdifijh'the^ might make a long day for one man, the time occupiedmightscarcely make the ( Wa- tiou lqng enough for two men. Thus there was some Irregularity in the hours of duty. But, after all, what was the work which many of the men had to do? ' A signalman at a station on many parts of the. line had certainly to do duty for twelve hours, and might hava to attend to ten or twelve trains, but practically the hardest work was to know how tp pass the time. There were, of course, stations through which trains were passing ftt the rate of twenty in an hour. There the man's mind was undoubtedly on the Stretch the whole time; ' and in those cases more men were put' on duty, iuid they had shorter'hours. It was an impossibility and nn absurdity to ftniit each nian employed onJ tho to a fixed number of hohra. "-' J" U THAT'S GOOD." , In thd Hous'e of Commons " Paper" fbr Leap Tear Day was the following amazing item :— " PDBMO CCMMIRREESIOA THURSDAY, 29IH FKBEDABT, 1872. Hour. Room. •***' 2. Habitual Drunkards ( to choose Chair- man, and consider course ol proceeding) at three 10 .. Mr.\ PuncA^ orgot to look into Room 16, to see how the Habitualswere getting on. He wonders whom they chose. Thpir^ ojurse of proceeding, of course, was to- lay on messengers. to the Refreshment department, with orders of more or less coherencc, WeU done, Collective. Wisdwai-^ PuncA, TEE FALMOUTH & PENSTH WEEKLY TIMES. DEMONSTRATION IK HYDE- PAKS. EPITOME OF NEWS, ESITISH A5D FOREIGN. A " roans a mUlkinaire," advertises ( or * wife la a Paris ; « « » L MR. WUICT, M. P.. WHO * in ffl health, has pro- ceeded to Sardinia. lor rat snd change of air. Tbe Luu< rnte- hill triumphal arch cost, it u nod, O. M A Partian> nta « 7 pap**" iasned states that dur- ing tbe flrst halt ot list year b& pere- as wer » run over aad killed in the U ndon streets, ud I. IS? others were Injured. Of the 275 private bill* which were presented to ParliM^ stlast year. iMreestvad the Koyal assent in 1579 there were of * Uch 157 passed. . J* mi] « . of irrigating Jected to iWoniU, which, it Is uJd" .. tw" n, JT0" atrea ottod Iroffldrooght ^ P"*"* len A communication from Bilbao states that « • , * rht fa that town one of the pkSanTwfco on a velocipede instead of * ^ — ATO " u mounted A telegram from Paris states that severwl « ••£. b, b, dnuiu afiloat FmfS^ and three uA bwj2 » " h" hr00ght " double? . A large numhrr of tradesmen in Kxeter hare TWOITM to resist payment at the fcwilu snrvhargeA ! , J?* J?*"*** R* c* eqnsr ha* actoowkdfed aijrtWWl erf - Ctocadeoce Uao* y -] tbe reowpt of In sttuape trem - M. a O.* ^ A celebrated gambler haa just died at Genera in The Pope ha^ cadered aprrtkm of the Papal archfrw " Pto be readr in tlx . mt< 4 htahsartag Eoma. Ifhe do. leer. bewtll (*> babiy • » Mr. Speaker Brand gave his first Parliamentary fOlMrsss dtaner last £ alar\ lay sreniag. The nchl fa » n. gentleman's fru<-* ta wen, ecvoi\ llac to precedent, mem- bars of the AdmfaistraUoo. ^^ The Scotch appear to be becoming the naval archi- tects of the empire. According to a Partianniitary mare Just Issued, there wars « 0,0CW tons more ot shipping In the coons ol ceastracUon In tkM « laad than In Kuclaad. The Queen has directed that a selection of artlstai from her Majesty's coUacUons shall he lent to tha Irikh Kiht- hill on of Arts. Indnstrles, and Manutacturss. which Is about to be opened In Dublin. In the new Army Estimate* there is a vote of fli. 000 for new powder mazarines on the Merfway. C3H. OOO havtoK been already votcl. while £ 64.600 mors wUl ba re- quired to completa the work. A monster concert is coming off at IVoton shortly. It Is to he called " The World's Tv* c « Jubilee an. I Inter- national Musical FrstiraL The conductor announces that the chores will be limited to 80.000 voices. A bill has been brought in by Mr. Patrick Smyth and other Irish membets lor the repeal ot the Act of the Iks PoatasasUr- General, replying to Sir J. PaWnstoo. sal 1 ™ a^ mrposal had ben mads to tbe Indian authorities mora than a year ago with the view of placing India In tl* same Eiition as the other colonies with rtiped to money orders, t no official reply had been received, although he was lu- f^ rmM that it waa likely that the proposal would be so- I>. rd Enfield, hi answer to Iff Davenport, said thst com- Wiloatioaa from the Fonten Offirc had eUdted that twenty Oxnmaaist prisoners had been dMpatched by steamer from IMeppe to England, their passages being paid. Lord Lyons had been Instructed to make an immediate remonstrance to lbs French Government. The main business of the evening was the Army Estimates, and 8IT W. Lawton had a preliminary motion calling for a material redaction in the number of the Land Forces. The Bpeeker, howtrer. held that tho New Standing Orderpassed last week for Mondar Committees of Supply applied to it, and that it eould not be entertained; the Hooss. therefore, went at onoe into Committee of ciupply on the Orst vote for 133.040 men. Mr. Holmes moved the reduction of the vote by SO, 000 men. explaining that he did it by way of protest against Mr. Card well's scheme of reorganization, in which he saw tho continuation of an antiquated and oompllcated military • ystem, and no security for efficiency and economv. Passing to details, be objected to the perpetuation of the dual • jrrtem of recruiting for the Line and the Militia, and con- tended that there was no real localisation in tho schcme, and that a reliable Reserve had been lost sight of. To the Militia Mr. Holmee attributed no value at all: they were not worth what they cost, were of no value as a Reserve, and Were incapable of being welded with the Una. Next he made various suggestions of his own for organizing oar farces, which he prefaced by an elaborate ruuoW of tho Prosaism sgstem. lie thought we ought to ba* s a regular Army enlisted for short service of 63,000 men at home and abroad, with a First Reserve of 00,000 men, and a Second Reserve of 60,000 and the force at homo ought to bo organized tn five corpi ifarm*'. The pay of the soldiers of the line should ba raised to 12s. Cd. s weak ; that of the men of the First Reserve should be raised to Is. a day, and the Second Reserve men should be paid £ 3 a year. In this s » ay he oalculated we should havo an ffflclcnt forco of 108,000 men. at a cost of from 10 to 11 millions He criticized also the extravagant oost of our Army administration, and advocated a reduction in the number of officers and an en- oonrsgement of tbe Volunteer Force, which he believed might be made a valuable auxiliary force. The Army manu- facturing e « tahliahmcnta required complete revision, and be waa for employing private manufacturers to a larger axtent. Mr. Moats seconded the motion, though ho admitted he Old not altogether concur in it. nor in Mr. Holmes' speech. Be preferred a reduction of 10,000 Infantry, and his prin- cipal argument In favour of it was the political condition of Europe whlsh made It highly Improbable that we should be sag aged In a war. The discussion » » ' continued by Lord C. Cecil, Mr. Camp- ball. Mr. Stanley, iUJor Walker, Colonel Gilpin, and Captain Hoian. after which. Sir \ V Lawson endeavoured to turn the discussion back to the topic of reduction, contending that no case had been made out for so large a Land Force, since there was no danger In Europo. and our fleet was a match for all tho world. He protested against being led away by the cry of Habsolute security " and " transition estimates." and twitted certain members of the Government with their economical teal when on the Independent benches. The discussion was continued until a few minutes before midnight, when Lord Elcho moved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. Ckrdwell at Drat objected, but on the motion being backed by other members on both sides of the Bouse he gave wiy, and the debate was adjourned until Friday. The Mlno Regulation and the Metalliferous Mines Bills pare read a second time. Tho l'oor Law Loans BUI was read a third time and passed. The Marquis ot Hartlngton brought In a bill to amend the law relating to Grand Jury Presentments ( Ireland), and the House adjourned. _ In the House of Lords, March S, the Earl of Dufferin moved the SCO'MI reading " f the Irlah Cknrcta M in— tmnil Bill, which la to provide for the filling up of the vacancy tn the Irish Church Tcmporalltlra Commission. Kx- perlence, he said, had lad the Government to bellevu [ hat the objects of the Irish Church Act would bo best attained bv not appointing a third commls- Uoner to succeed tho late Mr. Hamilton, but to give tho two rsmaining commissioners the power to call In any member Of the Irish Privy Council whenever any appellant desired to have his case heard before a foU court. The noble earl wnduded by aipreaslng the loss which Ireland had sua- talned by the death of Mr. HamUton The Earl of Longford thought U objectionable to abolish Uks office of third commissioner, but regarded the new tri- bunal of appeal aa one which the Irish people might be kd vised to aco. pt. He made ao charge against the commla- lionrra, bat there was an Impression la Ireland that the Fork of their office was la arrear, and that a commissioner eho had nothing else to do might facilitate the business. Be desired ths Government to consider the subject of the lithe rent charges, as to which there was a bill now before Lbs House of Commons. Viscount Monck said the time of the commissioners had teen much occupied with Inoulriea as to annuities, which tocld now be commuted. Increasing the commissioners raid not get rid of the arrears that existed, but they were not of an extraordinary character. Of the 6.231 applications tot commutation which have been made, 3.453 had been * « Oed during last year, and that was not a bad year's work. Hear, bear.) After a few words from Lord Courtown with reference to Kpedltlng the work ot the Commissioners' office, the bill gas read a second time. Tbe Pabbo Parks ( Ireland) B01 was read a second time. IB reply to Lord Redasdala, the Marquis of Lanadowae Bid that the new offloes in Downlnretreet. would probably be completed about ths spring of 1574. Tbe adjacent bouses would not be pulled down until the offices were nearly Kaoptsted The Government had not any intention at pteasbl » f widening Partlament- street- Lord Redesdale regretted the decision of ths GoTaremeat, knJ suggested a. me farther improvements. Their lordships then adjourned. In tbe Hoes* of Oosamces. a large number of petitions tfaisat aay alteration ot the El. meatary Education Act, JTO, » ai paeesatid by Mr. R. A. Cross. Mr. Powell. LcgdJL. Mi Bowriaggars notice that la Committee of Sapply on taril Service Isttaetas be would mars the oaisstoe < rf vote for repayment of tbe expenses - A « x- Governor Eyre. Mr. Mc Arthur gave actiee that oa Tboreday be would ask JHISSHWI Nf made to Mia. Gordce for the baavy loss she had ^ attained in cosmeaasBoe of the ( Mention of bar haabaad aad lbs destruction afWr propsrty Lord EBftald. replvtag to Mr Graves, said tbatbothbefore aed sutoequsot to the pesslag o< ttaraceat French aonstrectiou ci the treaty, scd tbey had asked Ir u sarty ga^ as tbesaWectwwaaaof accaatinumlto lbs msr- Mr tZEFZ* whether B was still the tater timet lbs GcmKMi to erect the prrfoeed oourtct prison la tbs fcs » hh laibiju* ot Brsta- hS aad Hsne- hBL Mr. Secretary Breas satd that aOtr tbe repreesatatioes whka ^ bsunns^ aposMbe sab » * ct tbe Corenmsnl bad _ Mr. Goacbsa. rvpiyc* to Hz. H assay TMsa. mid that jbe pap « thow^ te? reaalta of the szpartaaats - b* J » SiM ta three at tbs IndMa trec^ stups vab Tbe pradad a « w- tiatioo gainst the Parks RcvruiatiJO Bill was made in Hyie- park on Sunday aftcRsoco, aad we give the following graphic descrip- taon oi tbe meeting from the Da\ ij Son:— OM at ths speakers la the coarse of the proceedings '—-*-* that there were scone of ti usrii preacnL Al- t'. oagh this was an exsgrerate- i estimate, there nist at one time have been very tew abort of 52 CW persona in tbe Park. Ot these a very — proporti - n lsdee- l were avowed ad- bereaU ot the desaaostiatlivg pariv The majority made up a singularly motley gathering. The sansfcmy sfteroooo allied aauaally Isige cambers at ladies, tn which term we include the wealthy and the fashionable, ahop- drla of all kinds, aad damseU relent with the liberty of a " Saaday out.- Tbe blackguards element, hitherto so premtneat at Hyde- paik d- n. nstralioas, was the we can remember to hare seen; at the sams Ume the roughs who did attend were naghs cf ths purest water. There was s fair sprtuklbg of the beat rank ot workiu; men and their families, sad theae pressed near tbe speaking stands, and. with the pr>: esdcnisu formed the real aodlencea. Outside of the dense throng continually moved the largest half of tbe gatherlnr. chiefly wuH- dressed sad gloredgenUsman. Tba Houaia of Parliament foreiabed a contingent at least a hundred aad fifty strong. A small orange girl, who had a moment before directed a volley of shrcking oatha at a youth who trod an h « r tax* toes, went up to a popular duke aad tried to coax him into buying a box ef fusees . bat although his Grace cocoes from a land which has the reputation of getting money's worth all the world over, be stood resolutely out against the temptation of three boxes a penny. Further on we passed a Tlchborne Juryman, who espying a certain legal orator, seemed to shudder and disappear. The hen. member of Parliament who is great on the Ballot, and the hon member who Is strongon the Liquor Traffic Question, were the centre of a group of advanced Liberals: and they intensely disgusted a man because they shook their heads at his pine- apple rock. A gentleman attached to tbe Royal Household we saw hust- led by eano dirty youngsters chasing each other. A red- cheeked girl, fresh, no doubt, from the dairy, was motion- less with admiration of the manly proportl' ns of tho biggest member, and one ot the best rifle shots, of the House of Commons. He also was the centre of a senatorial group, which included a marquis who Is heir to a dukedom, tbe second tallest member of the House of Commons, and three or four representativea of the country party. Under the trees we obeerved a dean convers- ing with two lads, and a pace or ao oil a successful author and theatrical manager, evidently regarding tho affair with an eye to scenic effect. We had seen laws, and learn tap. and arts, and commerce directly represented, and then to make the catalogue complete, the poetical champion of the old nobility strolled by arm- in- arm with a friend, fft might follow up these observations to the end ot the column, but there came a sound of approaching music, and a simultaneous rush towards the southern entrance to the park The tune heard was ths " Marseillaise,'' played by a band leading a procession that had mustered in Trafalgar- square. It was stated st a rccent meeting of the committee which organized the demonstration that Republican flags and emblems would not he allowed, bat tn the marching party advancing towards ths trees there was borne a Land and Labour League flag which had on the reverse side the Inscription, " liberty. Fraternity, Equality." Soma yards tn front s small union Jack fluttered • silken banner Indicated tho whereabouts of the " Free Sunday Society.' The flags, however, were so few that It waa patent they were merely used as rallying standards for the contingents that had met In eleven different parts of London earlier in the afternoon. The march was direct to the broken stamp ot the Reformers' tree. Three ronghish looking men climbed to the top, and while two ot Is the bulwark of oar liberty." Tbe tree was not in any sense a bulwark for the bearer of this motto. He held on by one hand for a long time writhing, while the crowd below laughed, and was finally hoisted ap into safety by his compatriots. It was now sfter four o clock— the hour fixed for the taking of the " chair." Pending this event, tho usual transactions were going briskly on around. There were four sets of mock Litanlsts. These In- dividuals are a melancholy enough spectacle In them- selves, but much more sad was it to witness the en- couragement they received In tbe laughter and pence of apparently educated and respectable gentlemen. Hawkers abounded, and actually did a good business. The trees un- fortunately were being rapidly stripped of the few low branches which have survived previous demonstrations, and the tumbles from decayed limbs were - greeted with peals of laughter. By- and- by other bands arrived. One played " See the Conquering Hero Comes," and It was naturally thought the expected lion of the day had arrived, but no Mr. Odger appearing the central audience was again broken up, and the • asal recit There cannot be snch a great aversion to the name of Napoleon in the high official circles of the French Re- public, or else the postege stamp bearing the portrait of the Emperor Napoleon would not be used, as is the case stilL It keeps the memory of His Msjssty green among the people, and stamped with all Its past quality. A lodging- house keeper. In London, has been con- victed at ths Thames Police- court of hsslng kept a person upon his promises who was suffering from small- pox, without notifying the same at tbe nearest police station. A fine of 20s. was inflicted. A rumour obtains currency that Lord Penzance is again to lutroduce the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill In the House of Lords, and that the Archbishop of York la to coase his opposition. The marriage of the Marquis of Bute aad the Hon. Gwendoline Howard, eldest daughter of Lord Howard of Glossop, will take placo towards the end of next month, tbe day not having been definitively fixed. The New York papers comment on the attack on the Queen. The Timet says It will exasperate still further the English people against Fenlanlsm The Tribune ssjs it will Intensify the popular affection for the Queen. A verdict of " Not Guilty * on all the counts of tho indictment has been returned by the Jury in the case ol M. Janvier de la Motte, the former Prefect of tho Euro, who has been on his trial at Rouen lor tbe last week, charged with embezzlement and forgery. The Prince of Wales still Buffers from the affection of his leg. He was able to tako a carriage airing with the Princess on Saturday. The Prince's departure for the Con- tinent will probably be unavoidably delayed for a short Ume. It Is now expected that the visit of his Royal Highness to Great Yarmouth to review the Norfolk Artlliory MUltia will take place In the first week of June. At last there is a faint promise that Paris will regain her old independence and gaiety, for the state of slcgo Is ex- pected to be raised during tho month of April; snd after that admission that the dty has regained Its right mind, there can be Uttle pretext for hesitation about making It The Devon port School Board havo decided to ap- point an officer to enforeo the compulsory clauses of the Education Act, and ordered the General Purposes Committee to prepare a report of the duties required ot him and tho salary he should hare. The number of passengers conveyed over the Metro- politan. Metropolitan and St John's w > od. and Hammer- smith and City railways on Thanksgiving Day was StS. HdS. Tho number of passengers using tho Metropolitan Company's omnibuses, running betwoen Portland- road and Rcgsnt- clrcus, on the same day. was 4. U3. An annual account rendered by tho Bank of Kng- land shows that at the commencement of the year U7' J tho dividends on tho Nstlonal Debt due an. l not demanded amounted to £ 9M. 31. V In pursuance of statutes of 81 and 43 George III.. 4376,730 had been advanced to tho Govern- ment, and £ 67,670 remained In ths hands of the Bank. Lady Charles Eer still lingers. On Sunday after- noon the telegram was—" Lady Charles has passed a quiet night. Her grnrral symptoms, though oompllcated with very grave Indications, are altogathnr more favourable." Her Majesty visited the unfortunate lady on Saturday, stay- ing for about twenty minutes. An incident in moat case* of an interest confined to tho family concerned was tho subject of universal con- gratulation In ths House of Lords on Monday night At tho sitting of their Lordships It becams known that lady Gran- ville had given birth to a son and heir, and the Peers of aU parties joined in congretulaUons and good wishes bo the loader of ths House, whose popularity is by no " r) « " i limited to tho side which he leada. The Philadelphia Ledger says that tho total annual circulation of newspapers printed In the State of New York Is 492.770, MS copies, being more than twice the numbor Issued in any other State. Tns next greatest nu> nbsr of Issues is in Pennsylvania, whero copies are annuaHy printed. Maasachusetts prints 107.601.0& S copies, Illinois 102,688, S04, Ohio 93,692,448. Next comes California, with 46, SJ9,40S nswspaper sheets par annum. Mr. Andrew Johnston, M. P. for South Essex, has Introduced a bill tnto Parliament with the following title :— A bill for the better protection of tho " avocet, car lew, dotterel, dunblrd, dunlin, god wit, greenshsnk, lspwlng, ox- bird, pewit, phalarope, plover, plovor'spago, pochard, purrs, mallard, redshank, rcovs or ruff, underling, sandpiper, sea- lark, ahoveUer, snipe, spoonbill, stint, stonccurlew, stone- hatch, summer snipe, teal, thlckneo, wbsnp, whlmbrel, wid- geon. wild duck, wild goose, and woodcock. The West African Company's Boya mail steamer Lagot, has arrived In the Mersey, from the West Coast of Africa. Tho Logo* brings lutellbrcnro from Monrovia to the effect that the ex- PTeaidont of Liberia, the Hon. Mr. Royo, who had been sentenced to death for high treason, but who escaped from prison on the night of the 11th of February, was drowned whilst attempting to swim oft from tho beach to the British and African Steam Navigation Company's steamer Loanda. lying st anchor In ths roads, en route for LiverpooL Tho body of tho deceased gentleman waa re- covered the next day with a belt fastened round It containing a large amount of money in gold. A meeting of station- mivrtera and clerks WM held at tho Freo Trade Hall, in Manchester, on Sunday afternoon, at which all tho companies running Into Manchester were re- presented. A resolution waa paased affirming tho long- hours system to be a fruitful source of mischief, and not conducive to the safe conduct and working of railways. A deputation was appointed to wait on tho directors of the several companies, asking for 20 per ceHt. Increase In wages of clerks and station- masters : that nlno hours should be a day's work for tho latter, and that the hours of the former should bo eight per day for ttho first Ave ( lays of tho woek, and four on Saturday. . jp, and I tat Ions of the mock- litanlsts were again heard and enjoyed. Mr. Odger paid the penalty of his unpunctu& llty by having to play second to Mr. Bradlaugb This gentleman suddenly arising as If out ot the tree trunk, from all sides anxious Inquiries were made as to the announced chairman. Be was compelled to state that Mr. Odger was In fact blocked out by the density of the throng. This was the case, and he found all that remained for him was to preside st a second meeting, composed principally of a procession that had marched through the Marble- arch with the red flag and cap at their head. After a little difficulty tbe six bands were persuaded to stop playing. Mr. Rradlaugh commenced his remarks st the moment when four or live boys in the trees were in the act of falling bodily fifteen or sixteen feet to the ground Their terror- stricken faces, as with lost caps and torn trousers they came down on the heads of the crowd. once more the seat of the Government and Legislature. There is a Total Abstinence Society, it appears, in France, ns it displays near the wine shops pictures of tho human stomach as burned by shslnthc. Tho wine shops also hsvo their cartoons exhibiting the hideous state of the stomachs of teetotalers— more dreadful in an artistic point ol view. On Saturday morning the dead body of a man named ratrica was found at Carlisle under circumstances that load to the conclusion that ho had been murdered. A large mark was found under his left ear that had been caused by a raH that had been torn from an adjoining fence. The Prince Imperial, the son of the ex- Emperor of the^ French, was In the Strand, In London, the other day. the party. The Prince drew attention to tho troops who were represented as rushing madly forward as If pursued by tho enemy, and having further spoken of a soldier who was depicted amongst the slain, went laughing away. The Jetrith Chronicle states that an invitation to attend the Thanksgiving ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral was sent to tho Rev. Br. Adler, bat that he felt It his duty to decline ; tho reason being thst he, us" Cohon," might not be present under a roof which covered the graves of the dead. Mrs Adler, however, was present The Rev. Dr. Artom, chief of the Spanish and I'ortugucso Jews, also re- ceived an Invitation, and he attended. The Rev. J. Baldwin Brown, in a letter to tho Spectator, urges that advantage should be taken of tbe deep feeling which has stirred all English hearts In connection with tho ceremonial of last Tuesday, to " make the noblo decoration of the Cathedral which was the scone of the ser- vice our perpetual expression of praise" Mr. Brown uys he is not ablo to answer for othor Nonconformists, but ho believes that this Is a matter into which both ministers and laymen would heartily enter. By declining to sell leu than a dozen postal card* at once, and charging an extra Jd. for them— that Is, ftjd. a dozen— the Post- office anthoritles contemplate saving, or pining, £ 13,000 a year. This change, which was announced in the House cf Commons on Friday night, can hardlv be ex- pected to prove popular. It Is not, however, entirely with- out justification. People never think they can get too much out of a public department, and It cannot be denied that the Post- offlco has dono more for a halfpenny than It has ever - professed to do for a penny. The whole of the operatives engaged in the flax mills st Leeds struck on Mondsy morning for the nine hours limit. Between 10,000 and II, 0m0 hands— men, women, and girls— are involved in the strike. The mills stopped Includo ' lose of Messrs. Marshall, wbo employ over 2,000 bands crcatcd such hearty laughter that Mr. Ilradlaugh, defiantly shaking his fist at tho audience, declared that he had sufficient force at his command to keep order If It was necessary. It was fortunate there was no need of proving how far this was a safe challcngs, for our observation as tho crowd gathered was that an ex- pectation ot ilot prevailed, and that the thick sticks which a certain class of young men always bring to these meetings and flourish bravely would have been used on one side or the other. However aU passed off decently, in order, and with considerable enthusiasm. The speeches fairly begun, the park presented the appearance of a dozen equally- sup ported meetings, two of them to protest against the Parts IU'£ nlnlion LIU. the remainder to hear what tho broad- sheet salesmen had to offer. The speakers had been previously selected by a repre- sentative meeting of sixty working- clsu organisations for their ability and prudence, and were therefore the best specimens of working- man's oratory. Naturally but Utile of what was said could be heard. Mr. Bradlaugh was the most successful in this respect First be explained that, not being in favour of unnecessarily gathering largo masses of the people together, onlv four times " during the whole of his political career had he attended these demonstrations. His argument was that the Parka Regulation BUI had aroused tho Just Indignation of all classcs of warking- men: that the measure had not the merit even of boldness and openness; that It was especially annoying this proposal should be made not by Tories, but by a Government that came In on the shoulders of the people ; that Mr. Gladstone, who, more than any other man, had declared the right of tree speech, wished to hand over the parks " tosomo sub- ranger, perhaps a Gorman who hardly speaks our owa lan- guage, who has none of our sympathies, and who does nothing but tako a pension;" snd that U the bUl was passed the people would defy Its execution. A succeeding spesker de- nounced the attempt which the House of Commons was making to give tbe rightof arrest to s park keeper; and another said the bUl would create a riot, because as tbe halls were closed against them, and publicans threatened with a sus- pension of licence for harbouring them, there was nothing left to meet in but the parka There was a good deal of abuse aU round of the Gladstone Government; but, so for as we heard, tho speeches were cot as a rule marked by ex- travagant language. The speakers had been specially asked to sbstain from RepubUcan talk. By half- past five the pro- cessions were msirching home, the foUowlng resolutions having been declared carried j— " 1 That this meeting expresses Its astonishment at, and enters Its protest sgalnst, the Introduction ol the Parks Bo- gulaUon BUl, whiLli U calculated to produce serious irrita- tion. and perhaps riot, amongst a peaceable and order- loving people." " t That the present conduct of the Government, after having opposed aU soch measures when introduced by the Conservatives, Is dear evidence of their having used the people for their own personal elevation, and of their trea- st aru us, unscrupulous, and time- serving policy." " 3. That this meeting pledges Itself to bold meetings, orjiLilze demonstrations, and use every available means to defeat so odious a measure, and that this meeting also warns the Government against passing the BUI, which wiU not deter the people from meeting In ths national parks." SPUTTERINGS FROM " JUDrS" PEN. WHAT even a teetotaller must corns to at last— His bier. THIT uy the Claimant was in- kneed at a Ume when he bad thousands at his bankers'. TUB counsel In the TICBBOUIK case can hardly be said to hare had a " brief" career of it. A_ 00CUIT reader engaged In the leather trade wants to know ff the Ides of mentioned in " JaUns Cesar " of March ( hjarea. Certainly his hide ought W; BJt- w: « j » - Coffln wood. A PACUXG Case An ejectment. FUSES LSATS— AdiflB) A 3TAJi. no Crop— A frightened yokel's haul of hair. A U » Am b rarely a thorough- bred man. f* ^ ot Lords better able to decide upon Use - Alabama Qaestton than the House of Cocimonal- Becaau she wu b « Ut by a - Laird. " IO- rtfcsre sosnettlng wrong about Use following keed- * Daeeeaed WHes STOUT BOL" Sheggtft ft be—' Marriage wttb a Itoaased Wife's Brother TBS DAJXT NC « X— Marriage. A Brcs- CAS- BRaa.— « 0 can most A9IA1* CSJ « .- T « fy eflo the case, when cme meets a pretty gtrtcntt. Kxrunrcn ANN JH « TNA* XJBM » O DAX. — TWO- gemeaa Is a high pries to pay far s mere matter of " lorm." PITCH AIB TIM, A IA KCDB, IJ LANCA « JRM—< H) od kboue pletely stopped. The turn- outs are perfecUy quiet. An English house in the avenne of the Champs Elysees, Paris, which had been decorated with flags In recog- nition of the Thanksgiving Day st London, was on the fol- lowing night the subject of a singular outrage. Some men, carrying with them a ladder, climbed up tne front of the house and tore down the British flag which wsved above the doorway. Tho Figaro says " the act is attributed to English members ol the International, who selected this fashion ot protesting against the London ceremony." " A combination of newspaper proprietors is con- templated for the purpose of amending the law of Ubel and defeating vexatious actions. ' A clearer expression of the law' is aaked for ' as to the nature of prirtleged communica- tions,' and ' a reform in that section,' whatever that may mean, ' which renders newspapers responsible for the re- ported utterance of speakers st public meetings." We should advise those engaged in promoting theae objects to put themselves at once in communication with a lawyer of ability who can advise what to ask for and what to avoid."— Law Timet. A Prussian correspondent gives an interesting sketch of the enormous armaments of the continental powers. Germany has at ho- Immediate disposal a million ot men ; the French army wffl be raised to 830,000, and LQ twelve rears wlU be doubled. Austria has more than 400.000 men immediately available : and In a few years the Russian army wiU number 1,000,000 men. Tbe correspondent mentions, quite Inddently, that " ths entire loss of Germanv in the campaign haa been lately ascertained as something Uke 130,000 men, rather more than one half of whom are In- valided." The XlXe. Svbdt says " We learn by oar London letters that he who was Napoleon III. wHI sooa abdicate. The 16th of next month, oo which his son win coma ot age. Is even mentioned ss the day ot abdication. The young Loots, whom France could reproach nsiUutr with tne war, nor Metx. aor Sedan, sroald become the ostensible chief ot tbe Bonapsrtlst party. The ex Eatperor, dlaembamssed trvm aU prrsoaal care, would take op again Us old trade of cocsptrator, and place Us abGUtes at tbe service ot bis son." On Sunday evening a mnnerooshr- attended meeting ef railway serranto was held at Barnsley, the object of the meetlncr being to form a breach In the district of the Aaal- nmaxed Society oi Railway Servant* Mr. Vincent ( agent Zor Mr. Beaa, MP.) was present, sad addireaed the meeting. A maohuloo that a t ranch of the Railway Servants' Amaigv. mated d- xscty be < atafaUsh « d fa Baraatey waa unanimously agredfaj Sstodsy circulars were seat oat detailing the rales of wages which the directors ha v. granted, fa answer to a manorial from a very large body of men. Mgaalmen are advanced fnsn 1A to fa. weekly, the aad if net oo the Mock system. 24a. j two angoras s year, and s grest cost once fa two yean. Mafa ifae guards ta 27a p* T » « *, braaeh line g^ arts sd- vaaemg Twty to Mi, asorisss ss. Certain guari w* tang to fasrwlrk. 27a : to Edfab^ gh. per Porters sad pa— are also adTxtced, tet aU tori ads Soadsy THE MARKETS. MAKK LANE.— M0BDAT. At Mark- lano to- day ths grain trade has been without feature Tho business doing has been only moderate, and the short supplies have been amply sufficient for ronnlre- ments. Very few supplies ot English wheat havo been on sale, hut there baa been a fair show of foreign. With s thin sttcndsnco of millers, the demsnd has been active, at about late rates. Moderate supplies of barley hsve been on offer. Malting produce has been leu sought after, and grinding parcels have been drooping In value. Malt has beau quiet st about late rates. FuU average supplies of oste have been on the standa Sales hsve progressed slowly, and prices hsvo ruled rather easier. The supply of beans has been limited. Tho Inquiry hss been restricted at previous quotations. Peas have changed hands quietly on former terms Mslze has been dull and drooping in value. The flour market has been in a quiet state, at about tho prices current on Monday last MARK- LANE.— WKDMISDA T. The depressed tone prevalent on Monday waa snparent to- day, and tho tendency of valuea was towards further reduc- tion. The show of English wheat was scanty and oat of con- dition, while the arrivals from abroad weru only moderate Trade was Inactive, and prices generally favoured buyers. Barley of sll kinds wss dull snd drooping In value. Malt was quiet, at about late ratea Oats aud Maize were Uksn off slowly at the reduoed rates of Monday last. Besns and Peas WM* disposed of with difficulty, at previous quotations. Tho flour trade wss slow, and prices were barely sup- ported. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKHT.— MOIIDST. The cat 11K trade to- day haa been steady fa tone. Tbo sup- plies of stock hsve been moderate, and the general quality has been oxcellent. Kngllsh beasts bsvs ootno to hand In moderate numbers snd prime condition; there hss betn a fair sprlnkUng of foreign. The demsnd has been steady, and tbe best Scots and crosses have made 6A 2d to 6s id. per 81b. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton- shire, » « received about 1,200 Scots and crosses ; from other ' of England about 200 various breed* . snd from Scot- parts o| land 22 id T20 Scots and crosses. There hss been a fair supply of __ jep In tbe pens, and the quality has been good. A health/ demand has provaUed. and prices have been well supported. Tbe best Downs and half- breds, fa the wool, have sold s 7s. 2d to 7s. id ; ditto shorn, Ss. to Oa td per 81 be. Lambs have s< dd less freely, snd have fallen fully id. per Sib., the quotation being 8s. to Ss id. per 81b The demand for calves has been quiet at about late rates. Pigs have sold on farmer ad. ad. Inf. coarse I- asts.. 3 S S 10 Second quality .... 4 0 4 6 Prime large oxen.. 4 8 6 0 Prima Scots, Ac. .. 6 21 I Inl coarse sheep.. 4 8 6 4 Second quality 6 8 6 4 IT. ooarso wooUed 0 8 7 0 a d. s. < L Prima Southdown 1 17 4 Large ooarse calves 4 6 6 1 Prima small 6 4 6 0 Urge hogs 8 8 » 4 Neat smaU porkers 4 0 6 0 Lamb 0 00 0 ( fr- old st. pigs each 0 0 0 0 METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET. — MogPAT. A moderate supply of meat has been on sals. The trade has been quieter but firmer, at oar quofaUons. a d. a d. | a < L s. d. Inferior beef ... Middling ditto ,.| l Prime large ditto 4 Prime small ditto 4 Veal 6 3 8 I inferior mutton Middling ditto .46 Prime ditto 6 4 Large pork 8 4 Small pork 4 0 FISH. Pickled herrings, XSa. to 30a ; red ditto, lfa. to reused ditto, 16a. to I7A per barrel. bloaters, fa. to 3s 6d. kippers, 1A to 4a par box : sm< barrel: trawl ditto, lis. to 1 Walsh sad wtxmd coal weald shortly be ta the haads ol m— hm. The triafa shoved that thsre bad Uec a gnat ssrisg - i bath sorts at coal ss ecsa- pared with isnh- j averse?*. Tbe broad remits were that ths te « al oMTrpty at Welsh coal eo these three * lpe eat aad hone was IW too* la 1.148 hows, ss compared with 3,7ti teas f mlxsd coal to 3. S9 hnore show** a dMrace wt 376 too. fa firwr ot Welsh e> al. aad st 133 bows fa fsv* a ot atzad soaL Ths srere « e shewed a saving of 2,000 torn ao 9,000 as com pared with envkos avenge*. There wis m so c ay tn Welsh coaTwbso csed Ink. AD ships to feSare starting ( f* a Portsmouth and Derecpxt wMld to sappttsd with Wefab eosd. and the same rale woald apply to Gibraltar. Ships starting from Malta woold re- eoive two- thirds at Welsh sad oo^ third of Xcrth country coat whilst fa vessels at Port Said aad foreign stations the present pr: portion at half- andhaU wooUbe main- tained Mr Dixon fauoght forward his vote at ensure on tbe Reaotatiobs, 0f which two complained of the failure of the Act to secure tbe general elccUon of Sclu. 1 Boards and compulsory attendance; two objected to the opcra- Uoa at the SMb tertian, and two oeasured tbe use of pontic money for the teaching of denomlnaU^ nal re li- sten ; sad he statel that while he himself dealt with the first topic, be had aU- tted the aenond to Mr. LeaU. NS, sad tbe third to Mr. Richard. After repidlatlo,; the charge that the Leagoe was by the present agita- tion violating sail compromise, ba entered into an elabo- rate comparison at a lAaominaUonal and a NaUonaj ST stem, stating his objections to the first— that It gave the control of Education to Irresponsible managers, provided a very Inefficient education at a great cost, and left many children witbont any education at all, 6c. Without School Boards everywhere and uni- versal compulsion, he maintained It would be Impoeslblo to estabUah an adequate and sstlsfactory system of fclacatb n and It was on those wbo opposed compulsion and School Boards— the Conservative party and tbe Church— th xt he fixed the responsibility of impeding the spread of education. Admitting that the Kducatton League had now definitely committed Itself to the separation of reUgion and educatl. a, ba defended the action of that body, disclaiming aU Jealousy of the Church, and asserting that Its object was to raise the i education of the working classes. Mr. Richard, In seconding the moUon, also spent some time in combatting the suggeeUnn that he aad his friends were violaUng a compromise. lie objected not so much to ths existecos of denominational teaching as to the en- couragement of denominational schools by the State. This led him into a sharp attack on Mr. Forster for the partiaUiy ! be had shown to ths denominational schools even in his administration of the Act as It stood, as was shown by his appointment of Inspectors and the proceedings of some of his officials Moreover, he objected to the quaUty of the denominational teaching likely to be given by some clergymen whose Protestantism was growing vary faint; and in support of this Mr. Richard quoted a passage from a book, which he supposed to be issued by the Church of England, but which turned out to be a Roman Catholic school- book. Nor did he believe that re- ligious teaching could be secured by confiding it merely to schoolmasters. Finally, Mr. Richard warned the Govern- ment against breaking up the Liberal party by alienating and disgusting one of Its largest sectlona Mr. Forster met the motion by an amendment that a sufficient time has not elapsed since the passing of the Act to aUow of a judgment being passed on tt, pointing oat that if the Resolutions were carried tt woald be necessary to pass a new Act this year. But to do this before It waa seen how the Act worked would be to throw everything Into contusion, and to bring the edusaUonal system to a dead lock. Br auotations from bis speech on Intro- ducing the bUl ne showed that he had alwavs contemplated making QS « of the jilting schools and of aU educational forces, and that compulsion was not to be used until voluntary action had been exhausted After describing the difficulties and labours of the Education Office In getting ths Act Into operation, he urged the inexpediency of throwing the machinery Into confusion Just when the gaps had been discovered and were about to be filled up. In relating what had been done under the Act. he pointed out that ten millions of the population bad already come under School Boards— six millions of them voluntarily— and he defied anybodv to point to a case ot violated conscience, or to suggest legislation which would havo done so much In to short a time Certainly It would have been lmpotaible In 1870 to pass a bUl with cotapulsory attendance and compulsory School Boards or to work It if It had been passed. Though in favour of both, and believing that we should In the end come to both, he had preferred to lead rath or than to drive ; tfnd as to making School Boards universal, in many of the rural districts It would be better that education should be In tbe hsnds of school managers than of a reluctant School Board, created against its wUl and disliking the prospect of a Rate. He waa of opinion, however, that by next year he should be ready for a general compulsory Act, and perhaps the best way of carrying it out would be through School Boards. But certainly It would first be necessary that schools should be provided Passing, next, to a defence of the 25th clauso, he maintained that Its sole object was to assist parents, to get chUdren to school, and to make tbe working of the compulsory princlplo more Just. The grievance was, he maintained. Infinitesimal, be- cause ao appreciable part of the Rates went to pay far religious education. The Government, however, would be prepared to consider a mod 111 rati on of the clause when the general compulsory law was brought forward, but he never would consent to deprive the poor man of his right to choose to whst school he would send his children. Over the religious difficulty Mr. Korster passed somewhat lightly, appealing to the notorious tact that the oountry is not pre- pared for the secular system, ss was shown most recently by what the School Boards had done; snd In conclusion he defended the ImpartlaUty of the Department in working the Act. Mr. IiddelL in supporting the amendment, maintained that there had been a compromise when tho Act passed, and that the Church had made considerable sacrlBccs. if the secularists believed In their own nostrum why did not they set up schools of their own I The discussion was continued by several hon members, and on a division Mr. Dixon's Resolutions were negatived by S& 6 to 04. Mr. Forster* s amendment then became the substantial question, and a second division bting taken. It was carried by 323 to 0& Bills were brought In by Sir R Blennerhassett for the pur- chase of Irish railways, and by Mr. Birley to extend to the whole ot bun day the present restrictions on the sale of Uquors. The Deans and Canons Resignation BUI pasted through committee, and tho House adjourned. THE CHANCES OF ASSASSINATION. The Pan Mall GaittU notices that the record ot at- tempted assassination goes to show that it is rsrely success- ful when even tkUled men attempt tho Uvea of great person- ages In 1857 Pianori, who was afterwards guillotine J, actually seized the bridle of tho Emperor's horse in the | Champs Elvs£ es, in spite of innumer- able police agents in private clothes who con- stantly accompanied him in bis peregrinations, and fired a pistol d bout portant in his face. The muzzle was so close that the shot burnt tbe moustache, but missed its aim, and yet Pianori oras reputed one of the beat shots in Italy and France, and had practised con- stantly for two years. Orsini's bombs were hurled at the Emperor's carriage before the Opera at a distance of four paces, and produced no effect, except that of killing several persons wbo were standing at a con- siderable distance from the carriage. The Pole Berezowaki's attempt on the life or the Emperor of Russia, in 1866, during the Paris Exhibition, was made under eaually favourable circumstances. Berezowski fired almost from under the wheels of tho Imperial carriage with J six- barrelled re- volver, but an equerry- in- ordinaiXAL Raimbault, per- ceiving the danger, made his hone rear, and the bullet intendkl for the Emperor Alexander struck the animal in the chest Even then the pistol was misdirected and would have done no harm. Another striking in- stance to the same effect waa presented by young Blind's attempt on the life of Prince Bismarlc. Blind was a first- rate marksman, he had won the Wimbledon Cup, and slthongh be discharged the six chambers of his revolver while grappling with the German Chan- cellor none of them took effect. There are many more instances of attempted political assassination admirably contrived and executed by fearless persons which have one and all failed oa account of momentary emotion when the deed was beinj attempted. CHANNEL TUNNEL SCHEME. The . Vmehaur Guardian has published the follow- ing' telegram tn* n its correspondent :— P* RI?. Sunday — An English dictation waited on M. Thiers this morning with a view to obtaining tbe abolition of passports. Imptwved Interest ion si travelling, sad the support ol tbs French Government for Improved harbours snd tbs proposed tonnel undtr the Channel. M. Thiers received tbe depotation most gredoosty. snd meet " was " a* the rvqulre- nSjomb acoooat ot tbTcosaxannist'refagees^ acd^ E^^ psrtist agents residing fa England , bat it would cease as soon as possibla M. TbfaAwasjlso ta favour of a through servtre cad Mosrt Oadi He sdrteed ( tbe dsgntatkm to see tbe managers of tbe French rsCways d> sa part, with a view to practical srrangwnmts between Ca^ and. France, and M. Thiers beBeras a teasel under tbe r- s. ™ -' is as poesihU as mm aafer Moot Ceau, bat ha saii Fraaa coald drr^ a ao capttal tc il. Zvtry facility aad etcocreee- EMBBt we^ jowaTsr^ i ^^ gjpw^ tb capttaliata Tie U the H ia* Lor*. March « . t/ wl MSerfa. rep.- y1* to lSN asaVorte. pn explanation* rviatina t, ' t^^^^ Ii^ l sad U^ K^ ebe warper Vss* w2^ ry. lasskfagtew exptaaatloosbam tbe Lard OWWOGT as to fas fails tor rafersriag the Appellate JaxtetfcSiou, drew a farabfa pfatar* i Use ^(- u * 4 Ue H'. ase ot Lords as as appellate tribanaL He bore testtamr to ths dlfanmee ef tbe lord » a T la Wh fas the smsrs at appeal eases, and the z^ w jMdtdml Commtttee bad wortedweU fa tfc** aaM Osa. IT* two Cowrte were, however, e- wrttaate aad * aal. aad It waa a i isssry to consolidate them jqto ooe trt baaal Glancing at the nators of tbe appeals to tbe H - aiM at Lords, be de^ red that the Exch^ n- r rh « a where tbe three Jad^ axaettssas ^ r- rmlod Ue option at Appeal; he oaal described the ap^ law trib£ Ufa fa" ta*! land sad a eoadWesi of thing, wtaci he K^ lTh ^'• t he ref- rmed by . the Bishops ss Jodres. Tbe Lcrt Chancellor Bsfeftt have large sort stote « a » rJike riewa. tbe danger was fas ptaas w « Ud be shipwrecked by a aarrew^ d d" srsdifskls spirit ot eoooomy. The Jadges of iba great s » - OMetribanal m^ t b, in the full rigour of their face lt£ b^ fc^ Ue pro feast*, sad they must receive a libcnl Tbe Lord Cfcsaeeftor, premising thst be had taken great pe— neat on account of tbe state of public boMneas, sedtbe iX.' S^ VY0* 1' Jf^ J? P-^ them by consultation • Jib tbe JudgM. Defending himself by implication from Die chugs ot having done nothing as a Law Re- tofmer. be referred to the passing of the Bankruptcy Art. and to tbe aausual amount of care and legal prepareti on wfacb bad been demanded by the Acta rslat. rg to tbe Irish CAarefe, Irish Land, sc< 1 Englkh Education. He fully « P « ted to fay upou their lordships' table hef^ re Easter the High Court of Justice BUl and the Appellate Jurisdiction Their lordships Una adjowned. Ia tbe House of Commons some time was spent In die- tsmdngtbe Metropolian Street* Improvement BUL TJlti- mateiy It was read a aeoood time and referred loan ordinary Select Committee, a motion by Mr. H. Palmer to refer It to • Committee of 10 being defeated by 170 to 122. In answer to Mr Bowrtng. Mr. Oladstone said tbe Govern- ment conceived themselves bound br the arts of th/ Hr pre- d* caasors to propose a rote of gi, 133 to reimburse ex - Governor Kyre for Ms tscsl apeasea, aad accordingly^ would appear tn the Eatimatea. T H E FALMOUTH A N D PENNYM WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY, fusira lottai SULFIDE OXTVIEIR,, Furnishing and General Ironmonger, Plumber, Gas Fitter and 2 lauufacturer, STRAND, FALMOUTH. Is Sellinp off SURPLUS STOCK at great reduction in prices. Balance ivory- liandle Knives, 10s., 12s., lGs., 20s. per dozen. Elack handle Knives and Forks, 6s., 8s., 9s., 10s., 12s. doz. Carving Knives and Forks, 2s. 6d., 6d., 4s. Gd., 5s. Gd., 7s. Gd. pair. Electro- Silver Table Spoons and Forks, 20s., 24s. doz. Do. Dessert Spoous and Forks, los., ISa., 20s., 24s. doz. Do. TeaSpoons, Ss., 10a., 12s. doz. Do. Sugar Boxes, Salvers, Cake Baskets, Toast Bucks, Tea Pots, Cruets, & c., & c., & c. Bronzed Tea Urns and Kettles ou Stands, 203., 25s., 30s. upwards. Tea Trays from 5s. per set of 3, single Trays from la. Gd. Fenders, parlour, Is. od., 2s., 3s., 4s., 5s. Fenders, dining room, 5s. Fenders, drawing room, 12s. Fire Irons, 2s. Gd. to 30s. per set. llumford Stoves from 3s. upwards. Register Stoves from 8s. upwards. CookingRanges from 10s. Apparatuses from 208. upwards. Patent Mangles, 30s., 45s. Washing Machines, 12s. Gd., GOs., 90s. Chaff Cutters, 45s. 50s. Iron Cots, 7s. Gd. to 30s. Iron Folding Beds, 6s. Gd. Iron French Beds, from 10s. to 30s. Half Tester Beds, Mattrasses and Palliasses. Lamps, Gas Chandeliers, Gas Brackets. Water Closets, and all plumber's Fittings. . 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PERSONS wishing to avail themselves of the opportunity of sending in the parcel now making up for transmission to a first- clas s Bookbinding Establishment, should forward books and numbers which they wish to have bound, to the Printing Offices on the Quay, as early as possible. Charges, moderate— quality of work, the best - styles, modern and elegant. FEED. H. EARLE. SATURDAY, MAR. 9, 1872 INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS " Henry D. Brandreth, 57, Great Charlotte- street, Liverpool. " Dear Sir,— We beg to enclose another testi- monial as U- the effieacy of Allcock's Porous Plasters. James Radcliffe, Stamford- street, Mosely, says he had been confined to his bed five weeks suffering from inflammation of the lungs. He coughed continually, with great expectoration and difficulty of breathing, which brought him so low that he was unable to rise in bed without support He applied onaoi your plasters, and found relief in fifteen minutes, after which he says the cough stopped and the expectoration ceased. He is now quite recovered. The above is exactly his own statement to me.— Yours respectfully, " JOHN BICKLE. . " Pro W. BOSTOCK, " 24, Stamford: street, Ashton- under- Lyne " November 24,1871." THE TICHBORNE TRIAL. THE CLAIMANT NONSUITED, & ARRESTED ' ON A CHARGE OF PERJURY. sc Heywood, October 9,1871- Henry D. Brandreth, 57, Great Charlotte, street, Liverpool. Dear Sir,— Please to send me another six dozen of Allcock's Plasters and two dozen Brand- reth's Pill's, le. IJd. The Plasters seem to produce wonderful results. There is scarcely a day passes but some one is telling mo of the cures tbey are making. Rheumatism in various parts of the body disappears as if by magic. On ly on Sunday last Mr. Jacob Hey wood, Albert- terrace, Starkey- street, Heywood, informed me that he had been troubled with sciatica for three years; BO bad was it the last twelve mouths of that time that he was unable to follow his em- ployment. He had tried many doctors, been to Matlock, and spent £ 2 on a largely- advertised electric- chain belt, but all to no purpose. Some one at last persuaded him to try your Plasters. Bes aid he had no faith in them, but he would try them, for he was stuck fast; they oould not mnke his pain much worse, and it would only be a little more money sent after the rest. So he bought two ; one he placed on is thigh, and the other on hi6 back, and a week after he was ready for his work. It is now six months ago, and he has had no return of his pains.— Yours truly, W. BECKETT- The proceedings connected with this cause on Mon- day last had the effect of causing great crowds to as- semble round the approaches to the Oourt, on Wed nesday, long before the appointed time for meeting. So eager were the people to obtain an entrance, that it was with the utmost difficulty that a numerous body of police, who were in attendance, could secure the en- trance to those who had business to transact. In the Court itself every available spot was most inconveni- ently crowded. After the Counsel and the Lord Chief Justice had taken their seats, Serjeant Ballantine asked the jury whether they had decided on the tatoo or on the evi- dence generally. The tatoo evidence, he said, had taken him by surprise. The Attorney- General referred to several passages in the evidence for the plaintiff, to show that notice was given during the plaintiffs case that the question of tatoo marks would be raised. The Jury retired to consider the matter, and, ow- ing to the crowded state of the Court/ had some diffi- culty in reaching their room. Affclr an absence of about half- an- hour they returned and announced that their communication to the Court on Monday' was founded upon the entire evidence. Serjeant Ballantine said his clients had given him full authority to act, and he had advised them to sub- mit to a nonsuit. After some discussion a nonsuit was entered, and his lordship ordered the plaintiff to be committed to the next session at the Central Criminal Court, upon a charge of wilful and corrupt perjury, and ordered him to remain in custody till then, unless he should find bail, himself in £ 5,000, and two sureties in £ 2,500 or four in £ 1,250 each. He also expressed his opinion that the Government should undertake the prosecution, and he bound over Mr. Inspector Dunning as prosecutor. The Attorney- General said that the Government would undertake the prosecution, and, on his applica- tion, a Bench warrant was issued for the apprehension of the plaintiff, who was not in court. The Bench warrant was made out for the arrest of " Thomas Castro, falsely calling himself Sir Roger Charles Tichborne." It was delivered to the High- Sheriff of Middlesex, who, in company with a police officer, went in person to effect the arrest. The police, at the time the High Sheriff left the court, believed that they knew where the claimant was, and antici pated no difficulty in making the arrest. The Lord Chief Justice dismissed the jury after some complimentary remarks, and an expression of belief in the evidence of Mrs. Radcliffe. Ultimately the claimant was apprehended at the Waterloo Hotel, and lodged in Newgate. He drove thither in his own brougham, followed by a great crowd. On being arrested he expressed dissatisfac- tion at the result, on the ground of personal inconveni- ence. The excitement in London was very great. Falmouth, was unanimously elected a fellow. Mr. Eade's nomination was supported by Rear- Admiral Sir J. C. Dalrymple Hay, Bart., M. P., F. R. S. ; Major- Goneral Sir Audrew Scott Waugh, F. R. S.,' and Cther gentlemen of great eminence in the literary world. FALMOUTH LIBRARY AND INSTITUTE.— The eighth lecture of the winter course was delivered by Dr. Elwin on Thursday last, at the Town- hall, Mr. A. L. Fox in the chair. Tho subject was— " The Middle Ages," which the lecturer discussed under various heads, including the Invasion of the Barbarians, Feudalism, Monasticism, Chivalry, the Papacy, Mahomedanism, Superstition, and the Revival of Learning. Of course in such a wido field of history, it was impossible to dwell long ou any one subject, but the manner iu v^ liich the wholo was treated, was able aud highly suggestive, and the amount of information conveyed very large. At tho close the chairman proffered a vote of thanks to Dr. Elwin for his interesting lecture, which was cor- dially responded to. It was announced that the next lecture would be on March 21st, on " Old Travellers aud Modern Traders," by Rev. H. S. Fagan, of St. Just. BOARD OP GUARDIANS.— There was a good attendance of guardians at their fortnightly meet- ing on Thursday, Mr. M. H. Williams in the chair. Tho business occupied four hours, the list of appli- cants for relief being very large. The names of certain paupers who were ill not appearing on the report books of the medical officers: of the Penryn and Mylor districts, the clerk was requested to ask the reason of the mission. Mr. Harvey, overseer of Conatantine, attended, " and requested that a collector might be appointed for that parish, in the room of the late Mr. John Reynolds. It was represented to the Board, 011 the other hand, that a vestry had been held in the parish, at which it was resolved that the guardians should be requested not to appoint a collector, the ratepayers preferring to appomt .- ui assistant- overseer yearly. The guardians resolved to represent the facts to the Local Government Board, with an unanimous recom- mendation that the wishes of the vestry should be acceded to ; that the clerk call on the overseers to pay the arrears of call immediately, and give notice to the sureties of the late Mr. Reynolds for the delivery of the books, & c., connected with his office at the next Board meeting. The wife of Thomas Jordan, of Back Hill, Falmouth, having become an inmate of the workhouse, it was resolved that pro- ceedings bo taken against her husband for the cost of her maintenance. Mr. Webber gave notice to rescind. the resolution passed on the 1st ultimo, requiring the attendance of the medical officer of the workhouse to inspect all paupers within twelve hoars after their admission. A letter from the Registrar- General, approving of Mr. C. E. Rey- nolds as the registrar of births and deaths for the Constantine district, was read. Mr. Middle, inspector of nuisances, reported that a nuisance existed at Penryn, on the premises of Mr. J. R. Rowe, caused by a large quantity of damaged wheat being stored thore. There were five appli- cants for the office of schoolmaster, from whom Mr. J. F. Stephens, late of the Liskeard Work- house, was unanimously elected. Nurse Westhorp, from the South Devon Hospital, was unanimously elected as nurse. A letter was read from Mr. J. J. Skinner, thanking the Board, on behalf of his mother, for their kind expression of condolence on the death of her husband. co- respondent committed adultery in January, 1871. In the early part of the month, it had been arranged that the petitioner and his wife should pay Mr. Willyams a visit, but on hearing of the death of Mr. Jolliffe's brother- iu- law, the visit was postponed. The petitioner attended the funeral in London, and on his return to Cornwall he found his wife in the co- respon- dent's house. Mr. Jolliffe and Mr. Willyams were iu the smoking- room together, when the latter excused himself for leaving a short time. Ten minutes after- wards Mr. Jolliffe saw Mr. Willyams coming out of his wife's bedroom. He naturally expostulated, and Mr. Willyams then said, " If he would come down stairs he would give him an explanation," adding that he did not want a row. Tho petitioner told him that he did not want any explanation ; but, after making some further enquiries, he separated from his. wife, ana instituted the present suit. The petitioner was then called in support of the learned Counsel's statement; and evidence was given that at the Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth, Mrs. Jolliffe and Mr. Willyams slept one night ( during the petitioner's absence in London), and passed as man and wife. Mr. James, Q. C., for the respondent, and the Attor- ney- General for the co- respondent, declined to ask the witnesses any questions. There was no defence, and the jury returned a ver- dict for the petitioner. The Court pronounced dissolu- tion of marriage, and condemned the co- respondent in coats. H 9. 1872. PENRYN. PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL A deputation of the workmen of the Penryn Foundry and Engine Works waited on the proprie- tor, MR. NICHOLAS SARA, on Saturday, and invited him to attend a meeting to be held on the works, for the purpose of presenting him with a testimon- ial as an acknowledgment of their gratitude for shorter hours of labour.— Mr. Sara naving com- plied, the Chairman' ( Mr. BAILEY ) expressed him- self delighted to have the pleasure of calling upon two of his fellow workmen ( being the oldest hands in the establishment) to present Mr. Sara with a Clock and an Address. The Address, which was to the following effect, was then read ; '' We, the two longest employed on the firm, have been selected to present you, iii the name of the men and boys, this ormolu Clock. When Mr. Evan Sara informed us that you woidd accede to our desire for shorter hours of labour we felt very grateful. It was then suggested by soi of us that this sentiment sli< add lind expression having a social supper, and invite our master with us, and then return our sincere thauks ; but to — astonishment wo foun t that instead of invitiug were invited ; it was then suggested to present you with an ormolu Clock, which ah heartily approved and every man and boy hi tho works gladly sub- scribed. We value very highly and cordially reci- RHEUMATISM OF THE WRIST Henry D. Brandreth, Esq., 57, Great Char- lotte- street, Liverpool. 3 « , Crown- atreet, Liverpool, Nov. 21st, 1871. Dear Sir,— Three months since I could not u? e my right hand, owing to rheumatism in ij and in" my wrist, and over ten weeks 1 was in great pain— unable to find any reliof. After trying many remedies, I was at last persuaded to'try Allcock's Porous Plasters. I bound one round my wrist; in three days I ha> i great relief, and in a week's time was perfectly cured Your plasters are a blessing to the affieted. h. ive positive information of their beiug of grea benefit in bronchitis and asthma. It will give me pleasure to answer any communication con- cerning them.— Yours truly, THOMAS DAVIES. B RONCHITIS. Henry D. Brandreth, Esq., Liverpool. 105, Hampton- street, Birmingham, Nov. 27, 1871 • Dear Kir,— I have for some months past been n the nabit of using Allcock's Porous Plasters ( procured from the establishment of Messrs. Bnape and Son, 13, Great Hampton- street, of this towb ) when suffering from bronchitis and severe pains in the side, and have on every occasion found immediate relief, whereas I had previously consulted two medical men without deriving the least benefit. I can with confidence recommend them to any one suffering from the same complaint.— Yours respectfully, GEORGE STYLES. proeate the kind feeling you weie pleased to express when you addressed us at the supper, and we sin- cerely wish for the prosperity of yourself, Mr. Evan and the linn. We also hope that Mrs. Sara, and all the family will be blessed with health, hap- piness, and long life. May God bless you all." Mr. SARA replied by saying, " Fellow workmen, I feel very grateful for the beautiful clock which you have presented to me as a token of respect, and I hope that there will always be that good feeling which now exists between us. My prosper- ity is yours. Wo cannot live the one without the other, and I am proud of you for your sobriety, industry and good workmanship. I do not think you behind any inen in the county. Some of you have been with me ever since I commenced busi- ness, and I hope will remain with me as long as 1 live. I am always glad to tako men into the works and extremely sorry to part with them. Tho beautiful clock which you have given me will prized both by me afid mine ; you could not have selected a more suitable testimonial, and I trust it will be a reminder to me of the end to which we must all come. I hope you will accept my sincere thanks, wishing you all prosperity and happiness." The clock bears the following inscription:— " Presented to Mr. N. Sara, of Penryn Foundry, by his. workmen as a token of. respect on the nine hours' system, to be kept as an heirloom, 1872." ALLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTERS are sold by all Druggists, at Is l£ d each, with full directions for use, or in any size to suit. Tho vurd Plaster is specially recommended lor families and physicians. One yard equals 18 plasters. Price 14s per yard, 7s 6d per half yard, or 4s per quarter. The press generally concur in the action of the jury, but the fact of such a large number of witnesses, many of them of high position, testifying in the plaintiff s favour, and swearing positively to his identity, may well be pondered. It is stated that he has been sup- ported in his claim by the oaths of 85 witnesses, com- I'rising the Bimet's mother, the family solicitor, 1 larou •'••. • jiAgistrates, 1 general, 3 colonels, 1 major, 2 cap . . ins, 32 non- commissioned officers and privates, 4 clergymen, 7 tenants of the estate, 16 servants of the family, and 12 general witnesses, who all swore to his identity. His claim was deuied by the oaths of 17 witnesses. It was reported at a late hour on Wednesday nighty that Lord Rivers had consented to be one of the bail demanded by the Judge, if two others could be found for the amounts specified. FALMOUTH. PRINCIPAL AOKNCV FOB GREAT BRITIAN ( Wholesale aud Retail ) : 57, GREAT CUA RLOTTK ST., LIVERPOOL. . B.— A Plaster sent to any part of the country for 15 stamps. IjlOIt GOOD PRINTING, « n the best style ' of workmanship, with the greatest expedi- tion, at the most moderate chavges, apply at the officegof this Paper. EARLE'S RETREAT CHAPEL.— Dr. Elwin, of London, will preach here to- morrow afternoon, at 3; and Mr. G. R. Williams on Tuesday evening next, at 7. CHRISTIAN UNION.— The second of the series of monthly religious services for the promotion and expression of Christian union, will take place in the Bethel on Monday evening next, when the Rev. J. E. Coulson will give an addro8s on " The obligations of all Christians to promote Christian union. ' NOTICE.— A large delivery of Spring Novel- ties for 1872, in Co'fitunfes and Skirts, plain and fancy Dress M5| fcria\ af French Printed Cambrics, all fast colors ; ' Batrfltes, PiqueB, and Satin Stripes, also, the latest shapes in Hats. Now ready for inspection at J. PRIOR'S Waterloo House, Falmouth.— Advt. INDEPENDENT CHURCH.— We understand that tho Rev. Jenkin Jones, at present of Uck- field, Sussex, has accepted tho pastorate of tho Independent Church in this town, offered to him by the unanimous call of tho deacons and members, and will commenco his duties on Easter Sunday.— Mr. Jones visited the town a short time since and gave evidence in the services ho conducted of vigorous mental and spiritual endowments, allied to a gentle and friendly disposition. DISTINCTION.— At the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society held on tho 26th ult., the president, Major- General Sir Henry C. Rawlinson, Bai t., K. C. B., K. C. L., in the chair, Mr. J. Broad Eade, head master of Kimberley Grammar School, CONFIRMATION.— The Bishop of Exeter held a confirmation! ' service in St. Gluvias Church, on Monday morning, when there were 22 confirmants. Extraordinary Cornish Woman.— Mrs. Grace Stephens, whose death is recorded in our obituary this week, left Cornwall 11 years since for Australia. At that time she was in weight about 280 lbs., possessing great strength and much activity. After arriving in that warm climate, she continued to increase in corpu- lence until she attained the extraordinary weight of 360 lb3. She was the mother of 15 children. This lady generally enjoyed good health. She had only three weeks severe Alness before death. Interesting to Son{/ Writers.— It has been already mentioned that the Crystal Palace Company intend to give prizes for competition amongst musicians during the ensuing summer, and now a chance is offered to the thousand and one poets and song- writers of the present day. The editor of the " Monthly Songster," a neatly got- up publication, issued from the office of the popular " Penny Melodist," offers a prize of £ 5 for the best sentimental and a like amount for the best comic song.— Office, 10, Red Lion Court, . Fleet Street. The New Military Districts.— Cornwall will form military district under the new Army Reorganiza- tion Bill, and the centre depdt will he Bodmin. The two battalions to be associated with this district will be formed of the 32nd . Cornwall Light Infantry and the 46th South Devonshire Regiment. The 32nd ( Cornwall), which is now at tho Cape, has seen dis- tinguished service. It bears the following tribute to its bravery on the regimental colours:— Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Peninsula, Waterloo, Punjaub, Mooltan, Goojerat, and Lucknow. Suicide of an old Woman of Weak Mind.— Mrs Jane Manning— the widow of an Irishman, aged 72, who has shewn signs of a weak mind for some time, and who lived by herself in a small tenement ; ust above the Friends' Meeting- house, Causewayhead, Penzance— hung herself on Sunday afternoon. On Sunday morning a neighbour, Mrs. Ball, thought her somewhat desponding; and, at half- past two, Mrs. Jory, another friend, saw her and thought the same. Mrs. Rachel Hobbs called to see deceased, and saw her feet hanging in the staircase. An alarm was raised. It was found that the poor old woman had hung herself at the post of a small bedstead, and, to effectually end her existence, had thrown her feet and part of her body out into the stairs. She was quite dead. Death of a Cornish Centenarian.— Miss Catherine Tickle, who resided at Westgate Street, Launceston, and whose 100th anniversary of her christening was recorded in our paper some months ago, when several pounds were collected for her and given her in clothini and money, died on Sunday morning, at the advance! age of 101 years. Up to within the last year or two she enjoyed very good health, and could read and sew without " lasses. She lived in one street all her life- time, and for the lastSO years had not been downstairs; only having been outside her room door once or twice during the previous 20 years. About two years since her eyesight began to fail, and Miss Tickle evinced signs of her constitution gradually breaking up. She retained full possession of her senses up to the last. Her widowed sister, who has been living with her, has attained the age of 90 years. Fatal Accident at Gwithian.— On Sunday, John Cock, aged 13, and his brother William, aged 10, left their home at Nantewon to see some stamps erected on a stream called the Red River, about 300 yards from their home. The river divides the parishes of Camborne and Gwithian, and in order to get to the stamps, which were in Camborne parish, they had to cross the river. For crossing there is a plank about 25 feet long and 10 inches wide, with no railing. The elder brother first went aiong the plank, the younger, holding his brother's clothes, following." When nearly across the younger lad William fell into_ the water, dragging John after him. In falling William relaxed his hold of John, who seized a furze stick and landed on the opposite side. William was washed down the stream and drowned; although John made three attempts to save him, the deepness of the water pre- vented him from doing so. Shocking Mine Accident.— An inquest was held at the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, on Monday, on the body of John Thomas, aged 55 years, a married man, who was fatally injured on Wednesday last, at tho Blue Hills Mine, St. Agnes.— Henry White deposed that on Wednesday they were working together about ten fathoms under ground. On taking away some loo.-. .• stuff a large rock rolled over and struck deceased on the legs. The unfortunate man was then brought to the shaft and sent up in the kibble. He was sen- sible, and said he thought his rib3 were broken in addition to his legs. The mine surgeon saw him and ordered him to be sent to the Infirmary.— Mr. Solomon, house surgeon of the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, stated that he found both legs broken, bruises on th ; back, and a wound on the right temple. Deceased died on Sunday from the injuries he had received- Verdict " Accidental death." Deceased leaves ten children. Fire . at Mylor.— On Thursday evening, at about seven p m., a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. M. A. Doble, at Tyaillick, in Mylor, which, but for tho strenuous efforts of those who witnessed it," must have resulted in the total destruction of the house and prem- ises. Mr Doble and the servants wore from home, and it appears that Mrs. Doblo was in _ the nursery with the children, and wanting some article from the ward- robe sent one of her little girls with a lighted candle for it, with strict injunctions to place the caudle oh the table in the room, whilst searching the wardrobe. The candle was, however, taken near to tho clothes, which caught the flame. The child did not notice this and returned to tho nursery. A short time elapsed, yheh Mrs. Doble smelling fire and hearing crackling sound,' wthit upstairs and found the room in u blaze. She judiciously closed the window and door, aiid pen for assistance. The postman from the " Ganges" Henderson, started with all possible expedition, and arrived at Redruth a few minutes before seven. Tho premises had been burnt down by that time, but the engine played upon the burning debris. We are informed the house was purchased a few months since by Mr. Trenerry for something over a thousand pounds, and the premises and stock were insured for £ 600. The destruction was complete, the family es- caping with nothing but the clothes they wore. '' A Visit to Epps s Cocoa Manufactory. — Through the kindness of Messrs. Epps, I recently had an op- portunity of seeing the many complicated and varied " processes the Cocoa bean passes through ere it is sold ; or public us?, and, being both interested and highly pleased with what I saw during my visit to the man- ufactory, I thought a brief account of the Cacao, and the way it is manufactured by Messrs. Epps, to fit it for a wholesome and nutritious beverage, might be. of interest to the readers of Land and Water."— See article in Land and Water, October 14. Brcakfaii - Epps18 Cocoa.— Grateful and comforting. " By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutri- tion and by a careful application of the fine proper- ties of well- selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills." Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water, or milk. Each packet is labelled--" Jame3 Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London."— Also makers of Epps's Cacaoine, a very thin beverage for evening use. Manufacture of Cocoa, Cacaoine, < L Chocolate.— We will now give an account of the procsS3 adopted by Messrs. James Eppa and Co., manufacturers of dietetic articles, at their works in the Euoton Road, London."- See Article in Part 19 of CasstTs Household Guide. IF THERE ARE ANT LADIES who have not yet used the GLENFIELD STARCH, they are respectfully solicited to give it a trial, and carefully follo » v out the directions printed on every package, and if this is done, they will say like the Queen's Laundress, it is the finest Starch they ever used. When you ask for GLENFIELD STARCH, see that you get it, as inferior kinds are often substituted for the sake of extra profit. Beware therefore of spurious imitations. COUNTY NEWS. THE GREAT CORNISH DIVORCE CASE. AT the Divorce Court, on Thursday, before Lord Penzance and a special jury, tho suit of Jolliffe v. Jolliffe and Willyams, M. P., was heard.' This was the petition of Capt. the Hon. Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe, son of Lord Hylton', w' 10 H° ught to be divorced from his wife, Lady AgneS Mary Georgina, eldest daughter of the Earl of Strafford, on the ground of her alleged adultery with Mr. E. W. Brydges Willyams, mP. for East Cornwall. Sir John Karslake, for the petitioner, stated that Mr. Jolliffe was married to his wife in 1859. He was . then an officer in the 4th Light Dragoons, and had served in the Crimea with his regiment. In conse- quence of ill health he was compelled to retire from the army, and, after residing at Petersfield and other places, he took up his abode at Pendower in Cornwall. He made the acquaintence, in 1866, of the co- respon- dent,- who resided only a nix ^ ' distance from him. The two families became intimately acquainted, and con • tant visits v i interchangec the marriage three children. He ( Si 1 slake) believed ho should be enabled to 1c Sir. John Kar- prove that tho $ irt{ js> Carriages. ani> ileatys. BIRTHS At Chapel House, Penryn, on'the 27th ult., the wife of the Rev. Edward Crump, Wesleyan, of a son. At 3, Mount Pleasant, Perranwell, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. W. S. Knuckey, of a ctaughter. MARRIAG- KS. At the Wesleyan Chapel, Truro, on Monday last, by the Rev. S: E. Rowe, William, eldest son of Mr. Wm. Pascoe, to Bessie Jane, youngest daughter of Mr. R. Williams, both of St. Just- in- Roseland. At Baldhu, on Saturday last, by the Rev. John Symonds, Mr. Thomas Notmau, gunner, R. A., Pendennis Castle, to Miss Caroline Pollard, of Baldhu. * J3 ffiATHS. At Porhan Street, Falmouth, on Wednesday last, Mr. Wm. Williams, shoemaker, aged 32 years. At New Street, Falmouth, yesterday, Mr. George Ball, mariner, aged 41 years. At Clifton Place, Falmouth, on Tuesday last, Richard, son of Staff- sergeant Gregg, Miners' Artillery Militia. At llulberry Square, Falmouth, on the 1st inst., Margaret, widow of the late Mr. Wm. Martin, mariner, aged 23 years. At Market Street, Falmouth, on the 20th ulto., John Malone^ ajpd 10 years. At Quay Hill, Penryn, on Thursday last, Mr. John Miller, mariner, aged 73 years. At No. 18, St. George's Road, Truro, on Thursday last, Mary, relict of Mr. John Harris, of Flushing, aged 85 years. Sittratarc. ran for assistance. The postman from the " Gang' happened to be. passing at the time, and vigorously applied himself to the work of extinguishing the • flames, and sent to Flushing, which is about a qiuirter of a mile distant, for help. Men soon arrived, and succeeded withgreat difficulty in getting the fire uqder, the only available water having to be drawn from a well by a pulley. Fortunately the flames did not catch the Toof, and it is estimated that the damage may be repair- ed for about £ 30. Alarming Fire at Redruth•— A fire broke out on Monday morning, at the Oxford Inn, kept by Mr. Joseph Trenerry, in Fore Street, Redruth. It would appear that the fire originated in the bar- parlour, and it burnt with such rapidity- and fierceness that at about half- past three the house was completely gutted, the furniture, goods, and stock being entirely- destroy- ed. Tho Cornish Bank adjoins, and a sky- light of the bank premises caught fire, but all communication was speedily gut off, ahd the fire extinguished. Mr. Roskrow's shop, adjoining, also caught; slightly, but the fire was soon put out: The pojictj. removed some goods and furniture from Mr. Roskrow's, and some damage was done by the removal of, goods from Mrs. Woolfs drapery shop on the other side of the burning premises. The wind, being north- east, fortunately blew the flames into the v^ rd,- instead of the adjoining premises, or most probably great destruction would have been caused. A messenger was sent over to Truro, and on his arrival the engine and twenty- three of tho fire brigade, under the command of Captain THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACTS.— An examination of the witnesses and their evidence given before a Royal Commission upon the adminis- tration and operation of the " Contagious Diseases Acts, 1871." By Francis Close, Dean of Carlisle. London : Tweedie & Co,, 337, Strand. Dean Close, in this pamphlet, very clearly proves the futility, injustice, and immorality of these Acts. His closing remarks ought to bo pondered well in the face of coming legislation. The Dean| s " deliberate conviction and judgment after a weari- some study of the evidence," is " That these Acts have sprung exclusively from military and naval men." " That the Horse Guards and Admiralty pre- vailed on the government to introduce these Acts into this country solely and exclusively on the ground of prevailing disease in the British Army and Navy ; and that their single object was to abate that disease among soldiers and sailors by en- deavouring to " stamp it out" among the prosti- tutes— in other words to provide healthy women among whom Her Majesty's Forces might gratify their passions with greater impunity ; and that as this was the original design, so it has been the principal one all along, and so it is now ! " " That these Acts were introduced into the House of Commons clandestinely, each Act more severe than the preceding one ; until a power of a most dangerous character is vested in the police and the medical officers." •' That the measures adopted to eradicate the malady among the women, are oppressive, im- moral, and in a great measure futile." " That prostitution on the whole has increased ; clandestine vice having taken the place in many instances of public immorality." " The asserted reformation of ' numbers' of these women is a farce, a delusion I The whole depositions prove it to be so ! The religious and moral influences brought to bear on the victims of such a vicious system as this are but transparent veils, fruitless attempts to conceal the real licen- tiousness and libertinism of the whole scheme, it is corrupt in its foumlation,— cruel in its operation,— futile as to its object,— ami demoralising in its results ! It is incapable of emendation ; it must be repealed and abolished. Systematic wholesale profligacy cannot bo legalised, nor supported at an enormous expense by this Christian country. DISEASE is a GREAT EVIL, but VIOE is a GREATER ! You are beginning at tho wrong end ! Put down vice. Shut up brothels. Remove ostensible ahd rampant sin from your streets. Punish the men sinners as well as the women. Some appear to think the unhappy victims of men's lusts are not to be put for a moment in the same scale with their male fellow sinners 1 And I think so too. Because I think the latter infinitely moro criminal, and less worthy of consideration than the former ! Some witnesses depose that half these unhappy womkn take to this life, not from vicious inclinations, but because they must starve if they do not! Apd these forlorn, friendless, and destitute ones, driven to sin only to save life, are to be trodden down, treated as contraband, or as ' creatures' of low caste ; while their lordly corrupters, seducers— and companions in guilt are to be regarded in quite a different light! Again I agree with those who say so ! Because all my pity, concern, and compassion is awakened for tho lost and ruined woman, a woman still, and capable of being no longer a ' natural brute boast and I have no pity at all for the pampered man, who is equally a prostitute, but has no plea of hunger, nor despair, but prosti- tutes his bpdy only to gratify his own degrading lust, by which he is ' drawn away and enticed. Well said, Dean Close,! TIME OF HIGH WATER AT FALMOUTH AXD PENRYN QUAYS. MORNING. EVENING; SATURDAY ... Mar 9 5 7 5 29 SUNDAY 10 - 5 51. 6 11 Monday 11 6 30 6 47 TUESDAY 12 7 5 7 2J WEDNESDAY 13 7 37 7 54 THURSDAY 14 8 8 8 24 FRIDAY 15 8 30 8 & 7 i . X THE FALMOUTH AND PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY. MAECH. 8,' 18T2 General Sitmnrnrements. MONET READY TO BE ADVANCED General Mutual PermaojHt. Land, Building and Investment Society, CHIEF OFFICE :— 11, BKDfOlID BOW, LONDON, W. C. TBI ' 8TEE8 :— EOBKRT NICHOLAS POVLUtt, Esq., M. P., Corahill, B. C. JOHN Fit K KM AN, E< q„ J. ?., Woodlane Home, Falmouth. 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N" D OO., arers of the £ ED OTJ^ IsTO The Cheapest and tyest Manure in use. Consumers are warned that none is genuine'unless phe bags bear the Trrde Mark and are secured with a leaden Seal. Also Manufacturers of " Patent Amn^ oniated Phosphate," especially adapted for Wheat, Barley and Oata ; and of Bone, Blood and Special Manures of first- rate quality. Particulars of JAMES GIBBS AND COMPANY, Works : Victoria Tocks. Offices: 16, MarkLana, London, S. C., or tliiir authorized Areata, the West of England Bone and Manure Company, Penryn. The Blood! The Blood!! The Blood!!! CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE, 17JOR CLEANSING and CLEARING the BLOOD J1 from ALL IMPURITIES, whether arising from youthful indiscretion or any other cause, can- not be too highly recommended. It Cures Old Sores ( fares Ulcerated Sores in the Neck Cures Ulcerated Sore Legs Cures Blackheads, or Pimples on Face Cures Scurvy Sores Cnres Cancerous Ulcers Cures Blood and Skin Diseases Cures Glandular Swellings Clears the Blood from aU Impure Matter, from whatever cause arising. As this Mixture is pleasant to the taste, and war- ranted froe from mercury— which all pills anil most medicines Bold for the above diseases contain— the Proprietor solicits sufferers to give it a trial ip test its value. Thousands of Testimonials from all Pakts- Sold in Bottles 2s. each, and in Cases containing 6 Bottles, 108. cach, sufficient to effect a permanent cure in long- standing cases, by all Chemists ai\ d Patent Medicine Vendora ; or sent to any add - es3 on receipt of 24 or 120 stamps, by F. J. CLAfiKE, Chemist, ligh Bridge, LINCOLN. Wholesale Agents:— BARCLAY & SONS, LONDON, AND ALL THE WHOLESALE HOUSES. Homceopathic Medctines and Handbook. 300 pages, bound, Is. ; by post for 14 stamps. THE HOMCEOPATHIC FAMILY INSTRUCT- OR ( an Epitome of). By RICHARD EPPS, M. R. C. S.— A hundred, diseases are fully described and prescribed for. London : James Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, 48, Threadneedle Street; 170, Piccadilly; and 112, Great Russell Street. Falmouth, E. Michell, chemist. Helston, H. Bennetts, chemist. Penzance. A. H. Buckett, 7, Chapel Street. Truro, T. B. Percy; Serpell; J. E- Rickard. Agents for Epps's Glycerine Jujubes, for Cough, Throat- Irritation, Voice. Sold only in labelled boxes, 6d. and Is. CAUTION1— Each bottle or tube of medicine is secured by a band over the cork b earing the signa, ture, " James Epps and Co., Homceopathic Chemists, London," without which in no case can they be genuine. 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WIRSLOVI SOOTHIHO STOOP roa OHXLDRBN I Should always be used when Children are cutting teeth; it relieves the little sufferers at once, it pro- duces natural quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes Y' as bright as a button." It is perfectly harmless, and very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowel^ and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhea*, whether arising from teething er other OMtaea. MIA. Winalow^ aSoothing Syrup is eold by thousands of Medicine dealers in all parts . the world at la ltd per bottle, and Millions of Mothers can teggy^ tteihWi Mnainli, « 8tQ » te » * Btew*. N. WESTCOTT, Cargo Clerk and Gen ial Mercantile Accountant, GYLLYNO ST., FALMOUTH. Ship's Average, Victualling and Wages' Accounts calculated, and Surveys ISeatly Copied. " Vessels' Half- yearly Returns to Shipping Master made out. Tradesmen's Books kept by the Year. 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The following letfer will bear testimony to the wonder ful curative pro perties of this OLD COUOH MEDICINE. —" Her Majesty's Gun Boat,' Netley,' Wick, North East Coast of Scotland, 7th September, 1S68.— Dear Sir,— Having had a in ost distressing and severe Cough, which caused me many sleepless nights and restless days, I was recommended by His LOBDSHIP THE EARL OF CAITHNESS, to try your most invaluable Balsam of Aniseed, and I can assure you with the first dose I found immediate relief, even without having to suspend my various duties; and the first small Dottle- completely cured me, therefore I have the greatest confidence in fully recommending it to the million. Most respectfully yours, W. LINZELL, H. M. G. B.' Netlev-'— To Mr. Powell." Prepared and Sold by THOMAS POWELL, 16, Blackfriars Road, London ; and Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors through- out the World In Bottles only, at Is lid and 2s 3d each. Ask for " POWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED." JJFRAGRANT FLORTT. INE-— For the TEETH and BREATH. A few drops of this liquid on a wet tooth brush pro- duces a delightful foam, which cleanses the Teeth I from all impurities, strengthens and hardens the gums, pleasant prevents tertar, and arrests the progress of decay. It " "* * ' gives to the Teeth a peculiar and beautiful whiteness, and imparts a delightful fragrance to the Breath. I removes all unpleasant odour arising from decayed * ! teeth, a disordered stomach, or tobacco smoke. The Fraerant FlorOine is purely vegetable, and equally Hfte. of . the adapted to old and young. It is th « greatest toilet " ~ ~ discovery of the age. Sold in large bottles and elegant it 2a. G. L, by all Chemists and Perfumers. H. C. GALLUP, Proprietor, 493, Oxford Street, London. Sraeral Imuraiireiroiits. M A1T1. N & WEBB, MANUFACTURERS OP ELECTRO- SILVER PLATE OP BEST QUALITY, SPOONS AND PORKS, DINNER AND TEA SERVICES, DESSERT & FISH EATING KNIVES, CANTEEN CASES, & C. TABLE CUTLERY OP THE FINEST QUALITY. CATALOGUES POST FREE. ADDBESS CABEFULLYI! 76, 77 & 78 OXFORD STREET, Aim MANSION HOUSE BUILDINGS, CITY, LOICTDOIISr. WORKS: SHEFFIELD & LONDON. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE. THE OBIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE. CHLORODYNE is admitted by the Profession to be the most wonderful and valuable remedy ever discovered. CHLORODYNE is the beet remedy known tor Coughs, Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma. CHLORODYNE effectually checks and arrests those too often fatal diseases— Diptheria, Fever, Croup, Ague. CHLQRODYNE acts like a charm in DiarrhCBa, and is the only spooifio in Cholera and Dysentery CHLORODYNE effectually cute short all attaokB of Epilepsy, Hysteria, Palpitation and Spasms. CHLORODYNE is the only palliative In Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Cancer, Toothache, Meningitis, Ac. From Loan FRAN GIB OOITOTOHAM, Mount Charles, Donegal, 11th December 1888. " Lord Francis Conyngham, who this time last year bought some of Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne from Mr. Davenport, and has found It a most wonderfol medicine, will be glad to have half- a- dozen bottles sent at once to the above address." remedy of any service was CHIiOBODYNE."— See Lancet, lBt" December lSeiT" CAUTION.— BEWARE of PIRACY and IMITATIONS. Oiunow.— Vice- Chancellor Sir W. PAGE WOOD stated that Dr. J. COLLIS BEOWWB was, undoubtedly, tho Inventor of OHLORODYNE; that the etogof the^ Defendant, FSSBMAS, was deliberately untrue, whioh, he regretted to day, had boon sworn K e Timet, ] OHLORODYNE " on the Government Stamp. Overwhelming Medical Testimony accompanies oach bottle. Sou MAITU » ACTDBBB :— J. T. DAVENPORT, 88 Great Bussell Street, Bloomabury, London. ' ECTIOJJ FROM LIGHT ONLY ON THE BOX, M Tnde Uaik- RnlTi Head. Manufacturers TOTHEQUEEN. Obtained the only Prize Medals for Purity and Excellence of Quality. ' MIOON, 1862. DUBLIN, 1865. THE ONLY SILVER MEDAL— THE HIGHEST AWARD, PARIS, 1867. 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Sold by all medicine vendors.— London Depot, 493 Oxford Street Cheap and Vood Priuting at the Offices of this Pafer. lata. T G IHOU& ANDS are at this moment rejoicing over the beautiful he* la of Hair restored to them by nsuijr ^ EWMANE'S HAIR GROWING POMADE, which was never known to fail in pro- ducing hair. Prico Is. and 2s. Gd. KEY HAIR RESTORED to its original color ; Greyncss prevented and tho growth of the' r promoted by using NEWMANE'S HAIR LOTION. This is at once the CHEAPEST and BEST HAIR RESTORER out, as it has stood tho teat and ia pronounced superior to the higher- priced London preparations, FREE from DANGEROUS POI- SONS, and cortain in its action. Try ono Shilling Bottle and bo convinced of its efficacy. Dottles Is. and 2s. 6d. each. SCURF or DANDRUFF instantly removed by N E\ V MAN E'S HAIR WAS H. Tho Best and Cheapest Hair Cloaner extant. In Bottles at ( id. and Is. Sold iu Falmouth by W. F. 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ILLUSTR4TZD CATALOGDZS PUEK ON AULICATIO*. MECHI, 112 Begent StTeot, London, v7. Ihe Falmouth and Penryn W— JUy / m,? t 1* j'rm and Published b- j FBEDEBIOK HOBABT EABLL, raiding at A'o. 9, WodeKt- • - rvice, in the Parish jf Falnws. fi, at h, .„.-,.,> / x- jiny Offset tm. lU T-. i >..' T s. J n 8Alb& l> AY% M.± R 9, lo72. THE FALMOTTTH & PENRYN WEEKLY T! MH£. SATURDAY, MAECI1 9, 1872. Copies jof % gag. ( By an Occasional London Correspondent.) [" Die remarks undor this head are to bo regarded as tho ex- itinasiou of independent opinion, from the pen of a gentleman Tn whom wo have the greatest confidence, but for which we { nevertheless do not hold ourselves responsible.* It would be only partially correct to say that the " extraordinary outrage on the Queen has aroused the Bndignation of the whole country. Indignation there [ undoubtedly is, but the prevailing feeling seems rather ito be that of contempt and disgust towards the ( Wretched youth who haa only succeeded in making Tiimself infamous. It is remarkable that on each of ' the three occasions when an attempt on her Majesty's life has really been made the mock hero has been a lad of that awkward age when the heedless folly of youth has uot been tempered by the sense of manhood. It a miserable scapegrace of a potboy out of place, Edward Oxford, who, in June, 1840, fired two pistols at the Queen and her husband as they were passing along Constitution Kill in an open carriage; it was a : young fellow of the name of Francis who, two years 1 afterwards, fired at the Queen, driving in an open I barouche in the very same thoroughfare ; it was a lad biamed Bean who, a few weeks after this, aimed a loaded pistol, which happily missed fire, at her Ma- jesty, as she was riding in an open carriage on her way tto the Chapel RoyaL Pate, the retired lieu- tenant, who struck at the Queen with a stick and I battered in her bonnet, in June, 1850, waa an ' exception to the rule. And now again it is a lad i who has excited the contempt of the nation, and • indeed of the civilised world, by pointing at her a ' rickety old pistol, unloaded, and a document in two parts— of which it is difficult to say which is the more absurd— which the Queen was to be frightened into ) trigning! A smile of pity and derision is naturally ex- cited on reading the contemptible document which this petty Bombastes Furioso bad in his pocket when | he so unaccountably succeeded in sneaking into the ^ forecourt of Buckingham Palace. The climax of ab- surdity is arrived at when this wretched youth ^ aima Fthat he " shall not be strangled like a common felon, [ but shall receive the death which is due to him as a (!) a Republican, and as one who has never ied a human being, that is to say, he shall be tehot 1" No, Arthur O'Connor, you shall not be shot I— except into prison— but you shall have a wholesome [ castigation with the cat in Newgate. This at least is ( what most people appear to hope for and anticipate. > But while he is awaiting a trial which is almost too igood and too important for him, let me say that any one less like a hero I have seldom seen. He is a poor puny- looking lad, and certainly weak of I body if not in mind. TTia long, thin face ; his unin- teflectual forehead ; his dreamy and sometimes vacant fiook, and his generally feeble and mean appearance, fare all in accordance with the wretchedly stupid acts which are now undergoing complete investigation. Once only during his examination at Bow- street was this generally impassive face lighted up with the glow iof enthusiasm— when for a moment the poor fool anticipated the glory of martyrdom, as Mr. Poland ( readout the desire of the kind of death which the 1 foolish boy till then anticipated; but when the pro- l securing solicitor took all the romance out of the pri- i eoner by coolly mentioning that the penalty would be • imprisonment and a flogging, the wretched lad was in moment d£ sillusionn£, and seemed half inclined to j blubber like a whipped schoolboy. People who have , read the account of thi3 examination must have had, mingled with their pity and contempt for the prisoner, la keen relish for those parts of the narrative which show how rapidly the would- be hero was placed in the j power of the attendants of the Queen, especially with ! what gusto John Brown seized the miscreant. " I took | hold o' him," raid the brawny Scotchman,'' with one o' my banns, and I grip pit him with the other by the scruff I o' the neck." This reminds one of the manly- hearted- ness and physical strength of Dicken's John Browdie. ' Poor little O'Connor, when once Mr. John Brown f *' grippit" him there was no hope of escape. As to .' the result of the trial there appears little difference of f opinion, but I will not speculate on it. Meanwhile, i however, the universal feeling is one of satisfaction ( that our good Queen was not even frightened for a I moment by this deeply to be regretted outrage. Great improvements, it is said, are about to be ' effected at Sandringham Halt, the residence of the [ Prince of Wales, which is to have a good water supply l& t the cost of eight or ten thousand pounds. This ' large sum, thus expended, will do good directly andin- | directly, and perhaps not the least benefit flowing from » t will bo the example it sets to landowners elsewhere to improve the condition of their tenantry in a similar way. The Prince, it is well known, has done much to ( pro vide decent cottages for the labouring poor on his j estate. O si sic omnes, or, in plain English, would that other landlords would go and do likewise ! Bad ( drainage ; bad water, and too little of even that; and ' overcrowding— what terrible evils do these parent evils . involve ! If the bill introduced by Government to ( effect sanitary reform become law wo shall at least ' have throughout the country greater facilities for and .^ inducements tosanitiary reform, besides the controlling Influence of a central authority; we shall have the principles of centralisation and of local government harmonised, and thus the condition of the poor of this country will be greatly ameliorated. Amelioration, it ,1 true, will be slow work, but though slow it will be • cure. This was to be a sanitaryreform session. May ' the result prove to be so. The last of the American reply to Lord Granville's note is still anticipated with interest, but not with that deep interest which would bo manifested had not the ipurport of the reply transpired. Its tone it is said is pacific, and all fear of war is now subsiding. We are not yet, it is true, quite out of the wood, and it is too Boon to halloo ; but still there is good reason to believe ; that all difficulties will be overcome. If I were to say that I assisted at the demonstration in Hyde Park on Sunday last I should Btate " the thing that is not," but I was there, and— perhaps like five- sixths of the crowd— merely went because it was convenient to do so, because the weather was charming, because the park was tempting, and because ll had some little curiosity— by no means a burning [ desire— to see what the demonstration was like, and ' to hear what tho demonstrators had to say. As a great gathering it waa an interesting sight, as a ; demonstration it was a weak, silly affair, and demon- . etrated nothing that I could discover. Making my i way to the Reformers' Tree— rotten and broken away fto a stump, as if to typify that the days of these park ( demonstrations ought to be over— I noticed a placard j on which was inscribed " Free speech, tie bulwark of [ popular liberty." What an absurdly vaunted truism ! I As if we had not already free speech, and as if there I were any attempt to deprive us of it! What pro- | portion of the vast crowd sympathised with the Remarks of the respective speakers it is tneedlees to surmise, as I should say not one | in a hundred could hear their remarks. The ( great majority of the people present— and among them were Peere, Commoners, lawyers, military men, artists, ' Mid men of letters, with a plentiful sprinkling of tladies, shop- girls, See.— seemed to have gone in a listless j strolling humour, just because the day was so fine and tthe park so attractive. As usual at such demonstrations [ the " mock Litany" men mouthed their nonsense, and here and there would be a little crowd round some blatant snouter who at once violated grammar and common sense. Expressing my individual opinion only, Ihopethe Government will carry their Parks Regu- lation Bill, assured as I am that nine- tenths of the popu- lation of London whom the measure would most affect would be glad to see it become law. As to theiiberty of speech and the right of meeting, this has really nothing to do with it. The right of thousands of people marching through the streets, flaunting their ragged banners, waking the echoes of an otherwise peaceful Sun- day with their harsh and discordant revolutionary " music," and then assembling in a beautiful park to break down branches of trees ( and carry away flowers in the season)— all this has something to do with it. It may not very deeply interest many of your readers personally— it certainly does not very keenly affect your correspondent— but it may be worth mentioning, that there is a great fall in the diamond market 1 A well- known firm of auctioneers the other day sold a large stock of Cape diamonds, and " oh, what a falling- off was there!" Before the discoveries of diamonds at the Cape ( it must be literally a Cape of Good Hope for the explorers) a certain diamond which was knocked down unsold for £ 2,100, would have fetched £ 5,000 at least, and the same depression was evidenced in regard to the sale of other diamonds. If the find of these precious stones go on as it has of late, who shall say but what, be- fore long, diamonds, still the most valuable of precious stones, will become quite a drug in the market ? By the way there will be a marvellous display of jewellery and precious stones in the forthcoming International Exhibition. India, France, Russia, and Germany will severally have a magnificent display ; London and Birmingham will exhibit their treasures— and so by the way will the British aristocracy— the latter on loan. In other respects this Exhibition bids fair to be very attractive, considerably surpassing the display of last year. The liberality of the public in regard to the widow Merritt, whose husband was shot in the street by an American, is remarkable. More than £ 1,000 must now have been subscribed for her, and subscriptions are still pouring in. The poor woman is a poor woman no longer, and she may be regarded as provided for for life. The friends who have chiefly interested them- selves in raining funds will now have to choose between a business and an annuity; Meanwhile the IrinHlinwm and sympathy of , a British public are once more pleasingly illustrated. In the densely crowded district of Bethnal Green has just been completed a building which iff to be called, I believe, the East- End Museum. This, at least, is what it will be— virtually the South Kensington Museum for the enormous population of the eastern districts of London. Articles for exhibition are now being placed in it, and it i3 a thousand pities that some of the treasures of the British Museum cannot be handed over to T^ Tifh the new repository. Dreadful thought! sacrilegious idea ! Not at all; I only refer to the duplicates and triplicates of the British Museum. This vast national repository would positively be improved by relieving it of some of its superfluous wealth. THE CASE OF MRS. PORTBURY. 1 At the Central Criminal Court, in London, last week, Amelia Portbury, 29, married, was charged with the wilful murder of her mother, Jnlia Aria. By the coroner's inquisition the prisoner was charged with tho lesser offence of man- slaughter. This case arose to some extent out of the extraordi- nary charge that was disposed of on the previous day, when a youth named Henry Portbury, the husband of the prisoner, was charged with procuring a marriage license to enable him to contract the marriage with the prisoner, by false representations as to his age and other circumstances. The prisoner and her relations are of the Jewish persuasion, and her marriage with Portbury, who had been her coachman, gave great umbrage to them, on ac- count, not only of the disparity in their ages, but also on account of Portbury being a Christian. The prisoner, however, appeared to have been determined upon the match, although by carrying it out 6he lost an annuity of £ 500, which reverted to trustees for the benefit of her children by her first marriage with Dr. Moldola, a physician of large practice. Previously to the 1st of February the prisoner, it appeared, had separated from the young man Portbury, but arrange- ments had been made that they should live together again, and the prisoner had expressed her determination to remove tho furniture that belonged to her that was in the house where she resided with the deceased, Park- house, Approach- road, Victoria- park, London. This proceeding appeared to have roused the deceased to a state of great excitement, and she abused- the prisoner, and made use of vdry violent language ; and this condition was increased by the prisoner expressing her intention to let her husband in at 10 o'clock at night. The deceased objected to this, and b6th parties were very violent, each of them laying hold of a decanter, but no actual violence was made use of until later in the day, when a violent altercation took place, and the deceased ran after the prisoner, who seized a poker and " tapped" or struck the deceased on the back. At length theprisoner succeeded in removing her furniture, and there did not appear to be any suspicion that the deceased had received any serious in jury? but in the course of the day she became very ill, andremained in a semi- comatose state until her death, which occurred on the 15th February. The imme- diate cause of death appeared to be the bursting of a blood- vessel in the head, which caused extravasation of blood on the brain; and it was alleged on the part of the prosecution, that the blow with the poker was the proximate cause of the death of the deceased. These were the main facts of the case as stated by the learned counsel for the prosecution in his opening speech, but it was stated in addition that the prisoner, for some reason or other, was desirous at one time of promoting the prosecution against her husband, but the differ- ence, whatever it was, was made up between them, and she was desirous to live with him again, and wished to take away her furniture for that purpose, and this led to to the dreadful occurrence that was now the subject of inquiry. Dr. Kenealy, at the close of the case for the prose- cution, submitted ( on behalf of the > « oner) that thero was no evidence to go to the jury to support the charge of either wilful murder or manslaughter. Baron Channell, however, said he did not like to stop the case, and he would rather Dr. Kenealy should address the jury. The learned counsel accordingly proceeded to do so, and he said the ease he had to submit to them was that the evidence as to the conduct of the prisoner was very much exaggerated, and that the death had arisen from physical accident, occasioned by the condition of excitement in which the deceased lady was at the time. He thought it right to inform them that the prisoner was a lady by birth and education ; she was the widow of a medical gentleman of great eminence, who had such unbounded confidence in the prisoner, that at his death he left her tho whole of his property. The prisoner had, no doubt, contracted an unfortunate marriage with a person named Port- bury, and the circumstance it appeared had thrown the deceased lady into a state of almost maniacal ex- citement, and she had treated the prisoner ever since in a most violent and insulting manner ; and the ex- citement shehad exhibited on the day in question, he Baid, no doubt was the cause of the bursting of the blood- vessel which occasioned the death of the deceased. Baron Channell having briefly summed up the evidence, the jury almost immediately returned a ver- dict of Not Guilt;/. A correspondent, writing on the Thanksgiving Day, remark* :—" Let nie say a word as to the conduct of the hundreds of thousands assembled aud « abject to much crow,- ling and Inconvenience. It was oreleriy, good- natured, and be.". omlng. All seemed actuated by the unc feeling. I kept oui5 in the strict until about half- part tea, and, amidst the cnor. wus crowds, I only caught sight of aao man in liquor. arrangement* for keeping order were rery good but if the . crowds had been disposed to mischief, nothing could have hindered them. Ou the wiioic, I was ptuad ol my country aud cij'Vtrymun.' THE OUTRAGE UPON HER MAJESTY. THE BOY O'CONNOR. In connection with the outrage on Her Majesty, the following communication has been sent to The Times:— It may possibly give some relief to the Queen's mind, and to tho public at lw- ge, to be assured that the boy O'Connor was actuated by no party or political motive in his outrago on HOT Majesty: that he is not, and never was, in any way connected with Feuiaiilsm, or any other faction, but that he Is simply " mad." From a child ho has been subject to Buffering of no ordinary character, and has, at different times, been a patient in the Children's Hos- pital. in Great Ormond- streot, and In King's College Hospital, and has undergone one, if not two operations, and he is now a poor emaciated creature, with bad health and a sickly constitution. He was educated — and not badly— at St. Dunstan's School, Fleet- street, and has over borne the character of a quiet, harmless boy; but latterly he has ( at home especially) shown symptoms of men- tal derangement, and become almost ungovernable by his parents. His sleep, too, for some time past has been continually disturbed and broken by sudden and violent pains in the head, and only on Saturday week last his father told a lady of my acquaintance that ho was afraid " the boy's mind was going." It has been said that his fancy for such an outrage was excited by reading tho abominable trash which is too freely circulated in low neighbourhoods in theso days, but this is wrong. His tastes were of a different order. His days were spent regularly at his proper work, and his evenings in " drawing," or In reading such books as the Last Days of Pompeii. The outrage was simply an outbreak of madness, and it seems only fair to the boy and his family that the public should know this. Perhaps, too, you may deem it sufficiently Interesting to the public to Btate that O'Connor's family, though now in very reduced clrcumstanccs. Is respectably and even highly connected. His grandmother, who is now living, aged 72, is great niece of Lord Longueville, of Castle Mary, county Cork, and is third daughter of Mr. Robert Longfleld Connor and was married to her cousin, Mr. Arthur O'Connor, of Connorville, county Cork, the brother of the once famous Feargus O'Connor. Of theso children bv this marriage only one son Is left, George Roger, the lather of the unhappy maniac, and he has a wife and seven children, and helps, as far as he can, to beep his mother. I enclose my card as a guarantee for the truth of these statements, but not for publication, and I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, G. H. I. The following are the extraordinary documents found upon O'Connor when he was taken into custody: " I, Victoria Queen, by the Grace of God, do make the fol- lowing declaration, Whereas there are at the present moment confined in various prisons throughout the United Kingdom a number of men, Irish by birth, who aro knowD and celebrated as the ' Fenian prisoners." And whereas the for the crime „ „ rebelled and conspired against my crown, endeavouring by various unlawful means to weaken and destroy my power and outhority over the Irish nation. And whereas it is a well- known fact that the sympathisers of the Fenian prisoners and the nation have at various times humbly petitioned for their pardon and release; notwith- standing which they are still deprived of liberty. Now, I, the sold Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies, do hereby, with the consent of my Parliament, pant a full pardon to eaoh and every one of the said men known and celebrated as the Fenian prlsonen, who are now suffering imprisonment for the crime of treason against my crown. Ana I, the said Queen of Great Britain, Ireland, andjthe Colonies, do solemnly pledgo my Royal word, and swear to Keep and see carried out the following five clauses :— Clause the first That all the said men known and celebrated as the Fenian prisoners shall be restored to liberty without any delay whatever. Clause 2. That all the said Fenians shall be allowed free and entire liberty for the remainder of their lives. Olause S. That for the remainder of their lives the said Fenians shall be as free from the police supervision, and restraint, as the rest of my subjects. Clause 4. And Id " • - to depart, from any of them; neither will I listen to any advise which my Ministers may wish to give towards causing me to depart from my word, or towards the violation of any- thing above stated, but shall adhere strictly to everything. — So help me God. Signed this twenty- seventh day of February, in the year of Grace one thousand eight hundred and seventy- two. Witnessed by " Whereas a person named Arthur O'Connor, residing at 4, Church- row, Houndsditch, in the City of London, having committed an outrage against my Royal person, has sur- rendered himself Into my handP, he the said Arthur O'Connor, solemnly pledge my Royal word to the effect that, if the said Arthur O'Connor be found guilty of death by my judges after a just and fair trial, he, the sold Arthur O'Connor, shall not bo strangled liko a common felon, but shall receive the death which Is due to him | os a Christian, a Republican, and as one who has never harmed a human being, that Is to say, he shall bo shot, and after death his body shall be de- livered to his friends, te be buried wheresoever they may It is expected that O'Connor will be tried at the Old Bailey on Wednesday or Thursday in next week. O'CONNOR'S ANTECEDENTS. The home of O'Connor Is a very humble one. Church- row is a mean and squalid court, which dives In from the north side of Aldgate, and turning at right angles, strikes into Houndsditch, thus enclosing on two sides Aldgate- church- yard, on wliicli about such of tho houseB as are on tho western side of the court. Just at tho angle, and the first on the north side of the court, Is the house where the O'Connor family live— a house three storeys high, and densely populated. There is a family In every room, and tho house Is old, dingy, aud In bad repair. The O'Connors live in the second floor back. The family consists of the father, who Is reported, and who seems to bo a very respectable man, in permanent employment at one of the piers of the London aud Waterman's Steamboat Company ; tho mother, whose distressed condition is most painful; and seven children, of whom Arthur Is the eldest. The father Is a native of Ireland, but all his family were born in England. The parents are Protestants, and bavo brought up their children In tho Protestant religion. The family, who have lived in their present lodgings for more than two and a half years, are very well spoken of by their neigh- bours as quiet, decorous people, anxious to maintain a creditable appearance, often at some sacrifice of more sub- stantial comforts. Arthur is stated by his parents and by all who know him to be a lad of a mild, peaceable, and, Indeed, rather timid and pensive disposition; to have no bad associates, so far as Is known, or, Indeed, hardly any associates at all, but to bo much addicted to reading and to solitude. He was educated at St. Dunstan'B with whom he remained about four years, but his Indentures were cancelled. It Is stated, during the course of a lengthened illness, which forced him to becomo an ln- patlent In King's College Hospital, where ho had one of his toes amputated. On recovering, he entered the employment of a legal firm In Chancery- lane. from which, about a month ago, he came into tho countlng- houso of Messrs. Frank. It was O'Connor's duty to copy the orders that came, and carry them down, entered In nls book, for oxecutlon. He was at business on Monday, the establishment was closed on Tuesday, and O'Connor has not since returned to his employment. At Messrs. Frank's nothing peculiar was noticed about the lad, who soemed willing, assiduous, and regular. Although ho had left school for several years. O'Connor continued up to the present time to take evening Instruction In drawing at Sir John Cass's Foundation School, In Church- row, which seminary his sisters also attend. He was at homo to dinner on Thursday about one o'clock, and so llttlo did his parents Imagine him to bo about the mischief In which he was engaged, that his tea was waiting for him when Detective Superintendent Williamson reached the humble dwelling with tho evil tidings. It Is understood that in the search ho made, thatottlcer found nothing tending to give a clue to the crime, unless It may bo supposed that a clue Is furnished in the discovery of a mass of pernicious juvenile literature of tho " halfpenny dreadful^ school, which lay on the top of the lad's school- books. The general belief ( says the Daily Neva reporter) on the part of those . who best know O'Connor Is, that ho must have been Induced by Fenian desperadoes to attempt the deed which they themselves wished done, but which they were not mad enough to attempt. Just behind Church- row, which Is chiefly Inhabited by foreign Jews, Is Seven- Sten- alley, one of the worst Irish rookeries In all London, and It is conjec- tured that O'Connor may there have met the villains who egged him on to the mischief. The view that evil men have stood behind O'Connor In this matter seems weakened by the obvious consideration, that they would scarcely have commissioned him to make tho attempt equipped In a manner which, but for the seriousness of the topic, might well bo termed ludicrous. Looking to the probabilities and also having regard to the Information wo have obtained, we are inclined to bellevo that O'Connor's brain has been turned by reading trash, and that he has no accomplices. PREVIOUS ATTACKS UPON HER MAJESTY. It will bo remembered that this li not the first occasion of the Queen being subjected to outraireous or threatening ln- i erfcrence. On the 17th July, 1839, Her Majesty was annoyed when taking an airing in Hyde Park by a man on horseback, who persisted in crossing before her Majesty, waving Us hand* and placing"" oh US breast. Refusing to desist from hU ridiculous cond. ict he was given into custody by Captain Cavendish. The offerer, who described himselfMa traveller of a wholesale Iwuse ( n the City, was cymMUxid toprUoo tor tvo mouUu. J. UO mau aitemps oi tuvrara uxiord, a potboy, In 1SW, produced a great sensation at the time. A record of the event says:— About six o'clock this evening the Queen and Prince Consort loft Buckingham Palace by the garden gate opening from Constitution- hllL They were seated In a very low German Droschky drawn by four horses with postilions, pre ceded by two out- riders, and followed by two equerries A number of people assembled to witness her departure were ranged in two lines outside the gate. After the carriage had proceeded a Bhort distance up Constitution- hill, so to be quite clear of the crowd, a young man on tho Green- park side of the road presented a pistol and fired It directly at Her Majesty. Tho Prince, hearing tho whistle of the hall, turned his head In the direction of the report, and her M ajesty at the same Instant rose, but Frince Albert suddenly pulled her down by his side. " Thereport of the pistol,'' says Perks, a witness, " attracted my attention, and I heard a distinct whizzing or buzzing before my eyes, between my face and the carriage. The moment he fired tho pistol he turned himself round as If to see If anyone was behind him. He then set hlmsolf back again, drew a second pistol with his left hand from his right breast, presented it across the one he had already fired, which ho had in his right hand, and fired again, taking very deliberate aim." Several persons at once rushed upon him. He was then calm and collected, admitted firing the pistols, and went away quietly with two of the police to Queen- square station. He there gave his name as Edward Oxford, seventeen years of age. Tho Queen, as might be supposed, appeared extremely pale from the alarm, but rising to show that she was unhurt, ordered the postilions to drive to Ingestre House, the residence of the Duchess of Kent, whore her Majesty and the Prince remained a short time. On returning by Hyde Park the Royal party were re- ceived by a large gathering of ladies and gentlemen, and escorted to Buckingham Palace, which they reached about twenty minutes past seven o'clock. In the evening large numbers of the nobility called at the Palace to offer their congratulations. witnesses against me. Some say I shot with my left, others with my right. They vary as to the distance. After I fired the first pistol Princo Albert got up as If he would Jump out of the coach, and sat down again as If he thought better of it. Then I fired the second - pistol. This Is all I shall say at present." his f ace. The prisoner was committed for trial on tho charge of high treason In its most aggravated form, a direct attempt on the life of the Queen. The surmises as to the attempt being part of a widespread conspiracy were not established by tho careful inquiry to which the outrage led. A joint address from both Houses of Parliament was agreed upon at a conference. On the 12th the joint address was presented to her Majesty at a Court at Buckingham Palace. It expressed great indignation at the late attempt against her life, and heartfelt congratulations on her preservation. Her Majesty replied ; " lam deeply sensible of the mercy of Divine Providence, to whose continued protection I humbly commend myself, and I trust that under all trials I shall find the same consolation and support which I now derive from the loyal and affectionate attachment of my Parliament and my people." Addresses were also presented by many public bodies throughout the kingdom, and for some weeks the excitement produced by the outrage abcorbed all the topics of public Interest. The result of the trial of Oxford was that he was acquitted on the ground of Insanity, but was confined to an asylum during her Majesty's pleasure. In November 1867 he was released, but prohibited from residing in England. In 1842 two Instances of a similar nature occurred. The circumstances connected with the first, on the evening of May 30th. were thus described In evidence by Colonel Arbuthnot, one of the Royal Equerries:—" Between six and seven o'clock, we were coining down Constltution- hllL When about half way down I observed the prisoner ( named John Francis), and on the carriage reaching him he took a pistol from his side and fired It in the direction of the Queen. He was not above seven feet from the carriage, which by Instruction was proceeding at a rapid rate then; I should say twelve or thirteen miles an hour. The Queen exhibited her usual calm demeanour under the outrage. Francis was seived by Private Allen, of the Fusilier Guards, and Police- constable Trower, who was attempting to dash the pistol out of his band when the shot was fired. He was taken to the lodge adjoining the palace, where he was searched, and a ball, with a little powder, and the still warm pistol were taken from his person. Franois preserved a dogged silence regarding his motive, and refused to give any explanation about his antecedents ; but it was soon ascertained that he was the son of a machlnest in Drury- lane Theatre, and had for some months been out of employment. He was examined In the first instance before the Privy Council, and then com- mitted to Newgate. On the news being conveyed to tho Houses of Parliament, the Lords and Commons adjourned In confusion, as it was found impossible to carTy on the public business in the excitement the attempt had occasioned. Con- gratulatory addresses were voted next day by both Houses of Parliament, and many were afterwards forwarded by cor- porate bodies throughout the kingdom. Her Majesty at- tended an Italian opera in the evening, and received an en- thusiastic welcome. On the 17 th June, Francis was tried at the Central Criminal Court for attempting to shoot the Queen. He was found guilty, and sentenced to death, but the sentence was afterwards commuted to transportation for life. On the 3rd of July, 1842, a deformed youth named Bean levelled a pistol at her Majesty as she was passing from Buckingham Palace to the Chapel Royal, St. James's. He was committed to trial for misdemeanour, the capital charge being abandoned. The pistol was loaded, but It did not explode. Bean was not caught at the time— a circumstance which led to the apprehension of a large number of deformed people In the metropolis. Throughout London and its suburbs they only were safe who, like Prince Hal, " wero straight enough In the shoulders and cared not who saw their backs." At his trial on the 25th August, Bean was sentenced to 18 months' Imprisonment. On the evening of the 27th of June, 1850, the Queen, accom- panied by three of her children and Viscountess Jocelyn, was leaving Cambridge House, Piccadilly, for the purpose of returning to Buckingham Palaco. As the royal carriage passed out of the gates a respectably- dressed man advanced from the crowd of people at the gateway, and with a small cane struck a sharp blow at the Queen. The blow took effect on her Majesty's head, crushing her bonnet, but without in- flicting any further injury. Tho assailant in this case proved to be a retired lieutenant named Robert Pate, whose conduct had been somewhat eccentric for some time pre- vious. He was tried on the charge of assaulting her Ma- jesty, and being found guilty, was sentenced to seven years' transportation. A CONVINCED CORRESPONDENT. Mr. Punch has certainly succeeded in editing One Correspondent into a sense of tho fitness of things, though the language in which he conveys that sense is somewhat familiar, not to say vulgar. He says— " For years I've sent In things to Punch, And this was all I got: The things came bick, ' Declined tpith Thanks.' Which meant, ' They ' re awful rot.'" No, the word is coarse. But the idea does not lie very remote from it. Perhaps Bome other Corre- spondents will take note of the suggestion— and save Mr. Punch trouble.— PUNCH. MR. ELIHU BURRITT ON " C0NSE QUENTIAL CLAIMS." In a letter to the New York World, Mr. Elihu Burritt remarks:— " After all the brilliant speeches and arguments that have been made to sustain them, I would ask any intelli- gent and dispassionate American if he believes these ' consequential damages' would bo admitted by our Supremo Court at Washington if they were submitted to its decision, with the best legal counsel In America to plead for them, and without a single English lawyer to speak on the other side. I will go a little further. If Eng- land had served us as Germany did France, should we have had the heart and face to put upon her a heavier fine than tho bill of costs that Mr. Sumner presented In his great oration 1 Now, to my mind, It Is these claims that touch the very core of our national dignity. No one believes they can be admitted. The troaty Itself constructively ex eludes their consideration in providiug only and specifically for the settlemout of direct damages. Then, what is tho ob- ject of Injecting them Into ' our case?" It is a miserable parallel, but It looks llkewhatsliirp ' slop' dealers call an Irish price put upon their goods, from which they may descend to a profitablo bargain for themselves and at the same time plcnso their purchasers with the seose or assurance of a large reduc- tion. Now, this policy may befit tho clothes- dealers of Chatham- street, New York, but it does not comport with the dignity of the American nation. Our leading journals and leading men are very jealous of the Influences that may affect the decision of the Geneva Court. Can they believe that the bench of arbitrators are ignorant of tho partisan speculations at Washington In regard to the effect of tnese claims on tho next Presidential election? Are not these speculations over and above board enough to be known all over Europe? Well, here comes a policy touch- ing our national dignity to tho quick. We oome before that Court which wo have placed above all other earthly tribunals for its Impartial ju « tlce. We present to It claims signed, sealed, aud delivered as pure ' buncombe,' merely for their political efforts at home, or, at tho extremcst best, to get a fair reward for the direct damages the Court was erected to Judge. One of these two objecls, or both, must be evident. And the best of them Is beneath the dignity of a Power which claims to stand la the first rank of civilised nations."' SLIGHTLY CONFUSED.— Mrs. Malaprop, on Thanksgiving Day, was charmed with tho Common Councilmen in their Magazine gowns. The same mis- tress of the English language much admired the ap- pearance of the soldiers, especially the Lancets, but fa- It greatly disappointed that the Prince's doctors were not in the prooeasian.— Punch. IBiswlIairmtlf $ nitl% mtt, HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. WHISPER THIS.— The American Government persists. Hm! We know the American advice tendered to the Tichborne Jury. Our Yankee friends aro smart. Can it— can it be that they mean bo '* square the Arbitrators."— Punch. A BOUNCER !— A story is told of q man in Germany who fell from the roof of a five- story building to the side- walk ; but, as he struck on the thick solos of his rubber- shoes, he bounded back within a quarter of an inch of the roof, and so continued to bounce, de- creasing by only a quarter of an inch each journey. He subsisted on hash inclosed in rubber balls, which he managed to catch on the bound, and at the end of a month he was stopped and restored to his family. DEATH OP AN ESCAPING MURDERER. — TH. OcCan, of Brest, states that a murder was committed a few nights since in the commune of Lambezellec, near that place, on the person of a widow named Balasman, a landowner. The investigations set on foot traced the crime to a man named Cormelon, at whose residence were found many objects stolen from different houses m the neighbourhood. The police, seeing him walking near the parapet of the chateau, were about to arrest him, when he took to flight and sprang over the waD, falling from a height of 90 feet. When taken up, both his legs and one of his arms were found to be fractured and his skull partly laid open, so that when carried to the hospital he almost immediately expired. A LEGITIMATE CROWN.— On Leap Year's Day, the 29th of February, a Telegram arrived from Amsterdam, informing us that the Count de Chambord with his suite, had left Dordrecht, and arrived on that day at Breda, where he had alighted at the Crowd Hotel. The Count de Chambord does not abdicate the Crown of France by stopping at the Crown of Breda, which, however, he may by this time have discovered to be the Crown for his money.— Punch. OCCASIONAL SERMONS.— Mr. Cowper- Temple's Bill proposed to enact that " any person," although, not in holy orders of the Church of England, may, on the invitation of the incumbent or officiating minister, and with the permission of the bishop of the diocese or of the ordinary of any collegiate church or chapel " under his hand," preach an occasional sermon or lecture in any church or chapelbelonging to the Church of England. The preaching may take place either after ' any of the services " m the Prayer- book have. been read, or without the previous reading of such services, as may seem best to the incumbent. ThebilT is very short, and would be very clear if it were certain what is an " occasional" sermon. THE COUNTY COURTS.— An analysis of the business of the County Courts of England ( including Wales) shows that in the year 1870 in every 1,000 of the 911,735 plaints entered there was more than one ( 1,304 in all) for a sum not exceeding Is. ; 75 for sums exceed- ing Is., but not exoeeding 5s. : 577 for sums exceeding 5s., but not exceeding 40a. ; and 347 for sums exceeding 40s. An examination of the smaller plaints— the plaints in the first three of these four classes— viz., for sums not exceeding 40s.— shows that the great majority of them were for goods sold and k delivered, or money lent, or where credit may be inferred to have'been given voluntarily— viz., 69 per cent, of the first class ( not exceeding Is.) ; 82 per cent, of the next ; and 85 per cent, of the third of those classes. There were in the year 179,895 executions issued against goods. Of every 1,000 of these there was one ( 152 in all) for a sum not exceeding Is. ; 55 for sums exceeding Is. and not exceeding 5s. ; 609 for sums ex- ceeding 5s. and not exceeding 40s. ; aud 334 for sums exceeding 40s. Sales were made under the executions in 0 6 per cent, of the first of these four classes— viz., in one case for not more than Is. ; in 0' 36 per cent, of the second class ; in 1" 6 per cent, of the third class ; and in 4- 8 per cent, of the fourth, the cases over 40s. 6,736 persons were sent to prison ; in 1,000 of these there were nearly 5' 5 ( 37 in all) whose default was in respect of a sum exceeding Is., but not exceedintr 5=. : 5627 where it exceeded 5s., but did not exceed 40s., and 432" 8, where it exceeded 40a. No peraon was impri- soned where the sum in respect of which default was made did not exceed Is. ; and in 44 of the 59 circuits no one was imprisoned where it did not exceed 5s. ALT, THE WORLD IN THE PARK.— We live and learn. Even those who are best acquainted with London must realise how little they know of its vast- ness, and especially of the immense area of its principal park, when they read that " another of the four quarters of the globe which surround the Albert Memorial in Hyde Park has been placed in position." Their feeling will be one of amazed incredulity, until they go on and find that " the subject is ' Asia,' and the Sculptor, Mr. Foley, RA."— Punch. As IT SHOULD BE !— The Dublin Correspond- ent of The Times writes :— *' A general feeling of indignation has been excitcd hero by the report of the cowardly attempt to lntimidato the Queen It is not confined to any sect or. party, bnt Is ex- pressed on all sides, and Is the more intense because the person who committed the outrage bears an Irish name. His nationality, however, is repudiated, and Irishmen of every class protest agalust any stigma being cast upon tha character of the country on account of the folly or wicked- ness of a lunatic or desperado with whom it ha3 no con- nection or sympathy." A SWISS HERMIT.— An extraordinary person was buried, on Saturday, at Muotathal, fourscore years of age. This man, named J. L. Heinzer, had lived for more than 60 years a solitary life in a goat stable, far removed from every human habitation. His dormitary was carpeted with goat skins, and litter for these small cattle, served him for a bed, and his nutriment consisted almost entirely of bread and goats' milk. He refused as superfluous the conveniences of life which were offered to him on all sides in his advanced old age, and up to hi3 last breath he main- tained the full use of his reasoning faculties, and, at the same time, his mode of life more than frugal. HARD WORDS.— Mrs. Malaprop read a para- graph about shaving by aid of Euxesis. Wishing to intimate to a clergyman who wore a beard, her opinion that he would look better without it, she told him that she should recommend him an Exegesis. Best of it is, he didn't know the word.— Punch. THE " PAYMENT OP WAGES" BILL.— A bill brought in by Mr. Bruce and Mr. Winterbothamf " to amend the law with respect to the payment of wages to workmen in certain trades," provides that the whole of the wages of workmen are to be paid in coin without any deduction and without any condition as to the spending thereof or any part thereof. Every contract, deduction, and payment made in contraven- tion of this provision is to be illegal and void, and every master and master's agent making such contract or deduction is to be liable to punishment. No wages are to be paid at public- houses, and no action or sot- ofF for goods supplied to a workman will lie where goods have been supplied to him by his master or his master's agent, on account of his wages, or at any shop kept 5y those persons, or in tho profits of which they have any interest. Workmen are also restricted from assigning or charging their wages or any part thereof. VOLUNTEER WORK FOR APRIL.— To review the March Past.— PuncA. AMERICAN DRUGGISTS.— The New Fork Times states that the report of the Commissioners of Phar- macy, giving an account of their first six months' work of examination, exposes a lamentable amount of igno- rance on the part of very many of those who make up prescriptions. " © f about 728 applicants ( many of them proprietors, and all of them claiming to be quali- fied clerks) barely three persons could read at sight the simplest schoolboy Latin, such as Virgil and iiallust. A test prescription calling for a certain quantity of compound tincturo of gentian, and also a certain other proportion of infusion ' ejusdem' ( of the same), was given to an applicant to read. He puzzled over it for some time, and finally handed it back, with the remark that in no store where he had ever worked did they have ' infusion of ejusdem,' and, in fact, he had never seen nor heard of tho drug before, and was sure it was not in the Pharmacopeia. Moet of the aspirants are, however, familiar with the Latin names of the medi- cines with which they have to deal, and, knowing of course the weights and measures, can manage to scrub along until some extra careful physician writes an elaborate series of directions in Latin, when the posed and puzzled clerk has to cry for assistance. Dr. Graham save that a prescription containing the before- mentioned ' ejusdem once started in a Broadway drug store, near Grand- street, and was taken to every store on both sides of the Broadway, no one having any ' ejusdem,' until, at last, it reached Hegeman's, at the Everett- house, where the cabalistic signs were rightly read by a man who had been twenty1 years in business, and the medicine put up, after having been rejected at eighteen drug stores." SATURDAY, MAKCH 9. 1872 raK FALMOUTH L PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES 8EBM0N8 HHfcONDON, ON THE NATIONAL WANKSGIVING. Thanksgiving Day wM- fataahj observed in most of the London churches an1 chapels on Sunday. Por- tions of the musical « nic » performed on Tuesday at Bt Paul's were repeated in several place* of worship, and the preacher* made appropriate allusions to tho public ceremonial, besides commenting briefly upon O'Connor's attack on the Queen. A special service was solemnized in St Paul's Ca- thedral on Sunday m'lrning, at which an overwhelming congregation attended. The ™ J*~ J " * i Bishop of Bochcster preached an impressive sermon in aid of the Restora- tion Fond, and considerable sums were collected atthe offertory for that object. The BUhop took bis text from 1 Sam. iriL, v. » , .. there not a cause.' He said his bearers were surrounded with the proofs of as great s mercy u could have been be- stowed upon • nation The scene which they bad witnessed on Tuesday was one that would never fade from the recollec- tion of those who t* ok part In It Passing to another subject, be would ask why the building In which our Sovereign, re- presenting so worthily the nation oyer which she rules, and her Royal son, after his recovery, returned thanks to God, which was so magnlficcnt in its dimensions and proportions, was wanting In those tokens of love which almost every parish church evidenced in their ornamentation and what- ever flowed from love and fervour of thankfulm It the worshippers. Daring the past year be si the Cathedral of Mayence, which recently lay in dust of decay, dim and colourless, restored and redecorated, compared with that of I » ndon, nor did it hold a position com- parable with that of London In the empire In which it Is situated. After alluding to the cause which had led to the neglect of 8t. Paul's, among which be enumerated the ab- sence from town of the wealthiest Inhabitants of the city, the Bishop expressed his hope that now when learning, de- votion, and real were exhibited by those to whom the mlnls- . tratlon of holy things In that place were Intrusted the wealth of the city of London would be bestowed In the embellish- ment of the CathedraL Ho submitted that what Her Majesty and the Prince of Wales had Inaugurated by their gifts might be gracefully taken up now, first by the wealthy In the metropolis, and afterwards by the nation. If, as an men said and felt, loyalty to the Throne, the kindly affection of men of different classes, creeds, races, one toward another, belief In God's overruling Providence bad been quickened and revived among us by tho recent answer to prayer, was there not a cause why they should hand down to posterity a memorial, some visible proofs of their thankfulness f Whether it should be done or no de- pended at this moment on the sentiment and conviction of the people. They had it In their power to perpetuate the memory of this time by resolving that the house where their thanks and praise to God were offered should boar some proportion in the beauty of Its decoration to the wonderful material prosperity wherewith God had blessed them: and that as its first building was the record of a great calamity which iisued in undoubted good, so its completion according to the mind and design of the great architect who planned It might convey to future generations the strength of the Impresalon just now made on the mind heart of a whole people. SERVICE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY. ( From the Daily Nevi.) The afternoon service on Sunday was arranged with special reference to the national Thanksgiving, and the occasion attracted a vast congregation, every seat being occupied soon after the opening of the doors. The Thanksgiving Anthem, composed by Mr. Goes, was arang after the sermon, and there was an offertory on behalf of the St. Paul's Restoration Fund. The sermon was preached by the Very Rev. Dr. Stanley, Dean of Westminster, from Psalms cxxlL, v. 1, " I utu glad tchen they mid unto me, Let us go into the houie of the Lord "— words which, he said, had met the eyes of thousands in the course of the past week, as they were ascribed on tho western portico of St. Paul's Cathedral, and expressed the feeling that filled tho hearts of the whole metropolis on that momorable day. We rejoiced because our Sovereign and her people had said, " We will go Into the house of the Lord." It was a gladness that made Itself felt to the most distant extremities of the Empire. It was a gladness for the gracious gift, as If sent direct from heaven, of a precious life which wo had earnestly prayed for. It was the gladness of finding the Sovereign whom we loved once more trusting herself amongst us, and receiving with radiant smiles, with unshaken courage, the tokens of her people's loyalty. It was gladness even for the thannsglving iteelf— the grateful relief that a day so long expected with such eagerness, and which we saw open with some awe as its morning dawned with its mighty burden of innumerable souls, had passed and gone amidst such almost unclouded brightness, such almost unbroken order and pure unstained enjoyment. But It was not mere gladness, not mere thanksgiving, when we felt that the centre of all these myriad movements was not a scene of pleasure, of commerce, or of legislation, but the consccrated house of the Lord. When one looked down upon tho multitudes covering the vast area, or upwards to the multitudes suspended In the soaring cupola— when after long hours of waiting there fell over all these dense masses a stillness as of an unknown presence, when as the voice of pralso and prayer went up from thousands of lips and thousands of hearts, tho whole atmosphere became as it were charged with worship— then, surely, it might bo felt that the age of faith hod not yet gone out, hut that religion in its deepest and widest sense still held its sway In the hearts of Englishmen. When, further. It was remem- bered that under that spacious dome were gathered with the slnglo exception of one exclusive sect, the representatives of every Christian persuasion, of every religious community In England, who all felt that they could join in the utter- ances of religious faith and hope as embodied in the venerable forms of tho national Church, a living proof was afforded that united worship within one common national sanctuary was not anidlo dream. It was tho pledge that a national Church, so bound up heart and soul, life and limb with the nation and with the State, could alone furnish such a common meeting point of religion and of patriotism. It was a pledge that, so long as the memory of that day remained fresh. England would not willingly consent to make over her noblest historical and sacred edifices to the keeping of any • ingle sect or to the mere rivalry or contention of private interests. When, further, it was seen how he who was the central object of that vast union was there not merely as an ordinary worshipper, but as one who by a recovery which might well bo called marvellous, had returned from the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and by a singular coin- cidence the Primate's words of simple warning were uttered by one who had himself been recalled In a manner not less wonderful to health and activity— when It was remembered bow around that youthful form life and death had battled for long days and nights like mortal com- batants in a strife of which the whole English race were tho awe - struck spectators — when one glanced at the mother, wife, brothers, sisters, and little children. In whoso anguish and anxious expecta- tions of returning happiness, all the nation had found tho impersonation of their own Joys and sorrows— then it was felt that it was not merely a solemn servico and sacred act of adoration, but a service and worship of the most living reality, because it arose from and gathered round a living human creature with passions, hopes, fears, and duties, such as everyone knew lu himself, needing the same strength from above, struggling with the same terrible temptations, wrought In the same English mould, and inheritor of the oamo destiny for weal or for woe. Other services might be more ornate and more dramatic, other appeals to tho feelings more exciting, but the as- semblage at St. Paul's was Intent upon the simple expres- sion of heartfelt gratitude as of sons to a father for mercy received, and if that natural expression rose into gigantic proportions, it was only because the whole nation was re- solved to bear Its part therein. Not only was it a solemn religious festival, but it was the response In every Kngiuii heart of that mysterious union too subtle for analysis, which bound the people of England to their monarchy and the mon- archy to the people. No ether existing throne In Europe reached bock to the samo antiquity, none other combined with Buch un- divided charm all the associations of the past and all the In- terests of the present, and it was the one name and place which, rising above all party struggles and all outward agencies, bound together in the widest sense all the forces of the State and all tho forces of the Church— It was the one name and plaeo which, being beyond the reach of personal ambition, beyond the need of private gain, had the inestimable means of guiding and olevatlng the thoughts, customs, and morals of the whole community. It was the one Institution which by the very nature of its existence, united the abstract Idea of country and of duty with the personal endearments of family life and domestic love. It was because of the greatness of that possession, whioh had steadied the course of this nation's onwanl pogress, and given us peace to the midst of tumult and disorder, that w. « o fervently prayed and hoped that Its destined heir should be worthy of his noble Inheritance. In him henceforth, as by a new consecration, devolved the glorious task of devoting to his country's service that life which In a special sense waa no longer his but > be nation's. The Prince knew, as few in like positions had known, tho mighty power tor good which had within our own memory been exercised in that lefty sphere by one who from early manhood to his sudden and untimely end bore the white flower of a blameless life, unspotted even In tho fierce light which beats upon s throne. In the experience of the past eventful week the Prince had bad Impressed upon hhn by tens of thousands of voices that of Mm to whom much had been given much would be re- quired. Hardly ever In the long course of our hUtory had so keartstlrring a prospect been opened of beriunin- Ufe afresh, of taking the lead In all that was true and holy, n « thenlng the relaxed vigour of English morals, purify- ing the homes of the poor and of every grade of English society, and becoming, by the sheer ferce of a stainl. ss life, a to evil works, over the tomb of s famous Prince- who was buried in that cathedral, and whese entrance upon a Z n° bl « ness sad goodness begn when he stood * d. eaUl b< J wlttan precincts— there was srae? ^ oa 01 Ught, which he took/ or SdniiEttSS^ lSS that M ** ^ es and good E i! » ^ coal waiting life tht- rtl. nh^ lT^ fK, m th4t » « > J fbrth as };-., : kindling of such s briWant wi* night reach aa tar aa U » fame . of this Xhanks- fflS^ f0^^- mi « ht Go* Slant to SfrFJKtbe na£ a b, us pxajcxi to haro wan back * ludl for It wa » tbe glory - 4 fcngta/ id that the welfare of the Sovo- retan was the welfare of the people. It was not with us as with some Eastern despotic State, where the K » yal bouse kept apart from all the surrounding Influences of the country and the sge In which its lot was cast, but the breath of ptf. be opinion, of good or evil example in our mixed and varied system, rose upward ss much as it descended, and It was In the power of the people to drag down the Throne, even in spite of itself, to tne low level of self- indulgence, or by the purity of their homes, by the sincerity and loftiness of their purposes, to create an atmosphere In which the Throne must become pure and lofty. We justly looked down with mingled Indignation and contempt upon the dastardly out- rage against the Queen, and were accsstomed to regard with scorn the handful of misguided man who sought to win popular favour by appeals to the prejudices, the passions, and the ignorance of the people; but these were not the only dangers against which the nation was bonnd to protect the Throne. If there were, as there had been in other times and other countries, those who, hovering round the footsteps of Royalty, either for their own selfish ends, or for mere weak- ness and complaisance, sought to bide the unwelcome truth and welcome falsehood ; If there were any who, under the gulso of friendship, played the part of tempter and evil oounsellor, these, far more than wild fanatics or feeble pars- sites of the multitude, were the real traitors and enemies alike of Sovereign. Prince, and people. It was by our levity that creatures such ss these were encouraged In their miser- able folly, and it wss by oar firmness that they might be dis- couraged and cowed. On these, and such as these, whosoever they miaht be, men or women, high or low, the Day of Thanksgiving was or ought to have been, s day of doom. In ancient days It wss the custom of the Jews on solemn occasions, when kings and people made s covenant with each other, and with God, to erect some towering pillar or mssslve altar, as s permanent witness of what they pledged them- selves to do, and such s monument was sought to be erected In commemoration of the event of last Tuesday. Tho form which that monument wss to take was the restoration and completion of the great metropolitan Cathedral of St. Paul's, which received the breath of national exultation over the destruction of the Spanish Armada, and the vic- tories of Blenheim and Trafalgar, and mourned with a mourning nation over the graves of Nelson and of Wel- lington. . The building which witnessed the covenant between the Heir to the Throne and his future people would. It was hinted, no longer remain In Its present state; but the eorious work which its mighty architect was compelled to sve unfinished, and which its most venerable historian and Illustrious divine laboured in vain to accomplish, would be now completed ; and the great Protestant Cathedral would be made worthy to look In the face the great Roman Basilica of which it was even now a noble rival. UNION CHAPEL, ISLINGTON. There waa a special and remarkably interesting Thanksgiving service on Sunday evening at Union Chapel, Islington, which is one of the leading metro- politan places of worship connected with the Indepen- dent denomination. The congregation was large, and the minister of the chape^ the Rev. Dr. Allon, officiated. The musical portion of the service included the 44th and 45th chants in the " Congregational Psalmist," the words consisting respectively of the 116th and 118th Psalm, and being exceedingly ap- propriate to the occasion. The music of the first of these chants was that of Ganntlett, of the second that of Henley; and the manner in which the whole con- cation joined in the singing was such as to form a ring exemplification of the grand effect of congre- gation psalmody, when it is properly studied and thoroughly carried out. In his principal prayer. Dr. AHon offered special supplication for the Queen and the Prince of Wales, and implored the Almighty that the recovery of the latter from sickness might ever be held in grateful re- oollection both by the Prince and- the nation. This prayer was followed by the singing of Addison's jubilant hymn commencing When all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys. Dr. Allan chose for his text the 5th verse of the 20th chapter of the 2nd Book of Kings :—' Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of My people, thus taith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, / have teen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou thalt go up unto the house of the Lord." The preacher commenced by observing that the first feel- ing to which they gave expres& lon In connection with the Thanksgiving last Tuesday was a religious one. What- ever its eause, it was indisputable that the illness of the Prince of Wales appealed to the religious sense of the English people, aud gave intensity to It beyond anything that he could recall since the Spanish Armada. All of religious feeling that the English people were capable of was experi- d then. These might have been times in the history of Commonwealth— when the death of the King was resolved 1, when some great battle was pending, or when Cromwell ielf lay dead— when tho whole nation prayed ; but then they prayed Inlhoetile camps, and with entogonistic meanings. What feelings the recovery of George the Third really awakened they were unable to estimate; but it could hardly have been possible, under thepolltical circumstances ofthetlmes. butthat the national thanksgiving was Impelled more by duty, poli- tical and religious, than by sentiment. In the death of Prince Albert there were elements of a deeper sentiment than had been now excited. Had his illness been pro- tracted, his great virtues, his priceless counsels, his religious goodness, and the dependence upon him, for all her hap- piness and for much of her usefulness, of our comparatively young Queen and her juvenile family would have touched the heart of the people more deeply, and quickened to greater intensity its rehgious and prayerful feeling. But the fatal termination of his illness was almost the first Intima tion of its serious character. A paroxysm of deep feeling there- fore, which was indeed an agony and emotion, subsided Into a simply graver and more tender normal condition; although from that day to this our prayers for the Queen had been fuller of meaning, of tenderness, and of sympathy than ordi- nary prayers for rulers can be. The significance of the Thanksgiving of Tuesday was that It was nlmost purely a mere sentiment. Everybody would feel that they were speaking falsely If they assumed a re- ligious character In the Princo such as they recognised In his father and were assured of in his mother. Whatever his course might have been, he had fallen short of that, or at least It was universally assumed that he had. Thi3 gave signflcanco to their prayers, and was a severe test of them. When his life flickered ready to go out, when he was ap- parently In the very precincts of that tribunal where to be a prince was of no account save that It augmented the re- sponsibility of life, it was no time to palter with oonvlction, to pay Indirect adulation to Royalty in their prayers ; and if their pleadings for his life were earnest, and still more absorbing were their wrestlings for his salvation. That the feeling excited was that of loyal sentiment— that an element of deep pathos entered Into It— was beyond all question. A young man, the heir to tho Throne, the son of a beloved and revered Queen, the husband of a virtuous and Inte- resting wife, the father of a young family of children, with the very highest prospects that earth can open to almost any form of feeling, was suddenly stricken down by fever, and lay In helplessness, a helpless nation look- ing on. All this constituted a natural pathos that human hearts could not bo insensible to. But this sen- timent took a religious expression. M. Talne, a French critic who knew England better than most foreigners did, had recently said that the great characteristic of the English people was thot at heart they were religious. How far that wos true compared with other nations they had no call to speculate. That it was truo absolutely was be- yond question. From some 00use or other Christianity had taken a deep hold of our English nature. Throughout our history it had been manifest In Lollardle, in the Reforma- tion, at the defeat of the Spanish Armada, In the character of the Commonwealth, and of both our Revolutions. Never did tho religious life of England find more varied or moro vigorous expression, than It did now In philanthropies. In schools, in missions, in miscellaneous ministries of things both temporal and spiritual, In ameliorations of social evils, in gentleness and graciousness of social relations. Whatever evils might yet remain— evils of moral character, or of class selfishness, or of hard worldllnesj— and they were legion— they were relatively less than they ever were. In every national and social question the practical influence of re- ligious principle and sentiment was more powerfully felt. The Thanksgiving of Tuesday was but the complement of the prayer of a few weeks ago. Of necessity there was much of mere pageant. But was not tho very pageant a recog- nition of God— on act of worship to Hkn ? Was not the entire holiday— were not its manifold rejoicings— a religions thanksgiving ; not, indeed, In tho realisation of all, any more than church worship was, but In the thought of multi- tudes ? Was there no expression of thankfulness to God but in formal praise t Was there not thankfulness In social festivities— In mere gladness of heart— In hearty rejoicings ? Certainly a true life was in all its acts a service, in all its re- joicings a eucharist; and. If we failed of this in a day of festivity like Tuesday, It was because of our defective feeling, not because of there being any defect In the various forms of our rejoicing.' As far as he could judge the Cathedral service, there was in it far more of religious feeling than of ritual pageant- It was simple enough to permit the play of spiritual feeling, and many a moistened eye. many a choking sensation— as simple thanks- giving and earnest prayer took a personal reference, and he Who had been brought o* t of the very shadow of death stood surrounded by wife and children, mother and brothers, bowed his head before the nation, and acknow- ledged Him who heareth prayer— showed how deep and religious the feeling was. Men unaccustomed to religious emotion bowed under it then- Few, he thought, were the hearts among thoie 13.000 people who, consciously or uncon- sciously, did not Worship He1, far one, must regant it as a great act of worship that'* great'commercial nation like England, Including the chief intelligence of the world and absorbed In its chief commerce, should thus, after a wide- spread and « rnest pleading, of prayer spontaneously and formally in the sight or the World set apart a day for1 reli- gious thanksriving. Whatever the decree of spirttualness attained In it, few refused accordance with its sentiment, and these few had ventured on no protest or demur against it. Not a newspaper or magazine that he had met with had disparaged this national avowal of religions sentiment Another great tact which this Thanksgiving had revealed was the deeply- rooted loyalty of the English people. Nor would anyone say that with an intelligent and free nation like the English this was a superstition. Society was an In- • USuUva fit GoU, Us goTenuQtat iru put of tho Divine mare than a social contract. Jus* as family life and authority were— It was an ordinance of Qod. This was true of all de facto Governments, Republican as well as Monarchi- cal Men had long leased to believe in the Divio s right of kings. Revolution against any Government, when as a Government it was false or tyrannical, might become a religious national duty. Monarchy was sacred only as s Republic was sacred, because it was s power that is. The form of government that should exist In a nation depended solely upon the will of the nation. Nations did not exist for the sake of governments, but governments for the take of nations. Who could doubt If the English people preferred a Republlo to a Monarchy they would be josUfied by every principle of morality and religion In effect- ing the change T They were loyal, therefore, not because of any Divine right of kings, but because the Monarchy ful- filled the uses of government as perfectly as any other form of role would be likely to do; because It respected the freedom of the nation, and ruled for Its welfare; and because the personal monarch was virtucms, loyal to her people, and wise In her rule. Were an individual sovereign worthless In character and foolish In rnle, it might still be a duty, for the sake of avoiding greater evils, to bear with him, to limit as far as possible his power of mischief, and to wait until a nobler successor should come. Bat when the monarch was all that our Queen bad been— virtuous beyond reproach, faithful to her constitutional position— when the law of her rule was the welfare of her people— when she had never then tho general obligation to be subject to the higher powers, the simple sense of right and wisdom In so doing passed into tbe higher, nobler passion of affectionate, reverence. Wo were glad and proud of our monarch; she ruled our affections as well as our consciences. Because she respected the rights and liberties of her people, her people loved her. Hers was the proud distinction of ruling over free men who accorded her a willing and spontaneous homage, and who would even to the death mViniain her rule against foes without, against anarchy within. It might sometimes be Imperative to depose a Government, Just aa It might be to resist an Invasion. But even when re- volution was Imperative it suspended all precious fruits, and repressed all the highest good of a nation's life. Material prosperity was wasted, household Joy was cruelly sacriliced. social peace was broken In upon, and the great evangelical work of the Church was arrested. For eighty years tbe nation nearest to us had terribly exemplified the manifold evils of anarchy: and was it too much to say that France had borne and been the chief curse of Europe 7 At all events they saw enough to demand thankfulness for a long- established rule— a Govern- ment under which freedom was harmonised with order. Many things there were among us that yet needed reform- glaring abuses which tradition hnd enshrined, but which neither reason nor right feeling could Justify ; but he for one rejoiced In the wise cantlon which would for awhile bear with evils through fear of destroying good. The greatest re- form needful for them was not worth a national convulsion. Let them speak their thought, urge It upon men's conviction, but leave the thing to be wrought by conviction, not force it simply because it was theirs. " We are thankful," said the preacher In ooncluslon, " that the Prince, the heir to the throne, is spared to the widowed heart of the Queen, to the loving hearts of bis family, but we must look anxiously, yearningly, for the fruits of this afflic- tion. Suoh a sickness could leave no man where it found him. There is scarcely any man whose character and destiny It would not determine. And when one thinks of the acci- dental Influences that have been added to that of the mere sickness— of the consciousness that a whole nation has prayed for his recovery; that a whole nation has sought to express its thanks to God; that It has been generously ready to 1 condone whatever may have been tbo faults of his youth, and the temptations of his perilous position that may have been yielded to— when one saw the Prince gazing upon that upturned sea of faces, welcomed with acclama- tion* that limnlv amorintr inth.. ir ( » rm, lr that were simply amazing In their fervour— one feels that it has been a crisis in his history such as rarely occurs ; that it cannot have left him as it found him : that It will either soften his heart Into tho piety and patriotism of a lifetime, Into grateful love both to Ged who has so spared, and to the people who have so generously lavished their affection, or It will have produced a callousness that- there seems no mightier spell left to touch. Our prayers for the Prince— for Albert the son of Victoria— are not ended ; rather are they but Just begun. When one thinks of the possible future— of the mighty Influence that the Sovereign of England must wield, of the social virtue that must result from his virtue, of the political and national weight that must attach to his high- minded character, of the encourage- ment to religion that his healthy, manly piety must give- one feels that mighty issues are at Btake, that prayers for him should be made continually; and now especially, that the gracious softenings of soul which must ever follow such a sickness and such an expression of public sentiment, that the vows and'prayers which must have been uttered while he waa In trouble, and especially when the mighty power of a nation's thanks and love must have botved him to the very dust In humility, gratitude, and gracious purpose- may bear their proper fruits— that this mould Into which his melted soul has boen run may be permanent in Its form- that this tenderness which divine and human love has wrought may be cherished by humble prayer and pious resolution— that in steadfast purpose and lowly self- dlffl- dence he may lift to the God who has so mercifully spared him his eye and his heart, and say, " O Lord, truly I am Thy servant and the son of thine handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds." D wight's hymn commencing " God bles3 our native land" was then sung to the tune of the National Anthem, and a thanksgiving collection made on bebalf of a Mission School in the Caledonian- road; after which the congregation were dismissed with the bene- diction. SPECIAL SERVICE AT SURREY CHAPEL. Surrey Chapel, the Rev. Newman Hall's place of worship In the Blackfriars- road, on Sunday evening, as the conse- quence of an announcement made in the morning that a special Thanksgiving Service would be held In the evening, was crowded The ordinary prayers of the Church Service, which included those for her Mojesty the Queen, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family, were supplemented by an extemporary Invocation, wherein Divine acceptance of the nation's gratitude was im- plored for the response given to the nation's prayers. In sparing the life of the Prince. An appropiate hymn, ting apparently with fervour and heartiness by the congregation, was found In the words :— Before Jehovah's awful throne. Ye nations bow with sacred Joy J Know that the Lord Is God alone. He can create, and He destroy. Tho reverend gentleman's discourse was founded upon passages taken from the 67th and 103rd Fsalms : " Let the people praise Thee, O God, let all the people praise Thee. Bless tho Lord, O my soul, 1oho redeemeth thy life from des- truction." On the great Thanksgiving Day, he commenced the people of England realised tne words of the text as nations seldom did before. The memory of that occasion, he considered, would never fade ; its record would never be erased from our national history. Thehumblestofhersubjects mingled with the Monarch In their thanksgiving. Prince and peasant alike shared in sending up to Heaven a great pccan of praise. Then ho Inquired as to what really constituted the grandeur of the occas on. It was not that the streets were lined with drapery and filled with fluttering flags, which made It difficult to recognise tho old familiar thoroughfares at other times so gloomy ; nor the triumphal arches con- structed to enhance the occasion with ephemeral splendour, for other cities of the Empire had surpassed even the metro- polis in artistic devices an* coloured lights; nor was It the grand pageant with it3 array of soldiery and its crash of trumpets and drums, for to the outward eye that was present only as many minutes as the crowds had been hours waiting. It was In the fact of the people praising God, in the blending of the hearts of princes and people in one common sentiment of Joy. He then proceeded to give a description of the progress of the procession, refer- ring to the hundreds of thousands who from the country swelled the millions of the metropolis as waiting for hours in densely- packed masses, patient, ex- pectant, and happy In the hope of looking upon the face of the young Prince whose life had been saved. This he followed up with a glowing account of what transpired within St. Paul's. A foreigner, ho observed, could not fall to remark that, however diverse Englishmen might be in opinion on certain matters, they were one in reverence for the constitution of their country, one In homage for the law, one in enthusiastic loyalty to the Monarch who represented that constitution and that law, and who at tho same time was a pledge of the people's rights as well as the ( symbol of power. As conveying ani Illustration of this idea, he read the Queen's letter to her subjects after tho 1 demonstration, and remarked that it would be Impertinent on his part to comment on what spoke for itself, and which 1 appealed directly to the heart of every one who had a heart. Here he took occasion to advert to the outrage on her Majesty, remarking that the indignation excited by the act was too deep and universal to need verbal expresfion, and the mere boy who perpetrated tho outrage too mean and despicable for even the wretchcd notoriety which public comment might give him. Reverting to the service In St. Paul's, he took no- tice of the courtesy extended to Nonconformist representa- tives, and said it proved that the Queen and nation were one In the same fundamental principle of religion. The discourse, which lasted over an hour, and was listened to with wrapt attention, concluded with an argument to show the reason- ableness and efficacy of prayer. Replying to the scoffs of the Positivista, be expressed his conviction that argument founded on instinct was much stronger argument founded upon mere logic. By a recent Convention the French Government had bound Itself to provide the £ 20,000,000 due on the 1st of next May In so many fortnightly Instalments, and thus saving ( by way of a discount) £ 800, OCO. On this The Times remarks :— " There are men In France who put their faith In a White Flag ; men who take their stand on a Constitutional Char- ter ; men who look to PlibiseiUt, to Secular Education, to Atheism, to Petroleum, for the end of all evils. But M. Thiers alone engages to find three milliards before tho pre- sent yesr Is over. Ik will not be easy to move him from the vantage ground the prospect of this speedy redemption of the country affords him, or to deny him time for an experi- ment the issue of which must so soon become manifest. He has proved his ability to perform much more than he had promised, and it will be hard to shake the people's confidence in his power to carry on to the end a negotiation which from Its earliest stages has been attendtd with such splendid IETTER FROM HER MAJESTY. The following gratifying communication from Her Majesty the Queen in reference to the Thanksgiving Day proceedings, was published in a Supplement to the London Gazette, on JFriday evening :— DOWHrSO- STBKCT, WHITEHALL, February 29, 1S72. The following Letter from The Queen has this day been reoeived by Mr. Gladstone: BUCKINGHAM PALACE, February 29,1872. The Queen is anxious, as on a previous occasion, to ex- press publicly Her ovn personal very deep tease of the reception She and Her dear Children met with on Tuesday February 27th, from Millions of Her Subjects, on her way to and from St. Paul's. Words are too weak for the Queen to say how very deeply touched and gratified Sne has been by the Immense enthu- siasm and affection exhibited towards Her dear Son and Her self, from the highest down to the lowest, on tho long progress through the Capital, and She would earnestly wish to convoy Her warmest and most heartfelt thanks to the whole Nation for this great demonstration of loyalty. The Queen, as well as- Her Son and dear Daughter- ln- lsw, felt that the whole Nation Joined with them in thanking God for sparing tho beloved Princo of Wales's life The remembrance of this day, and of the rcmarkablo order maintained throughout, will for ever be affectionately re- membered by Tho Queen and Her Family. SILVER COINAGE. In the Honse of Commons, on Monday evening, Mr. Barnott asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any silver was at present being coined at the Mint, and whether he was aware of complaints of the great inconvenience caused by the scarcity of silver coin both for circulation in this country and in the West Indian Colonies. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said there was no coinage of silver going on at the Mint at the present moment. There had been considerable inconvenience ex- perienced in this country for want of silver owing to the great increase in the demand for it during the latter part of thin year. That was attributable, of course, to many concurrent causes ; one, at which everybody must re- joice, being the great increase of prosperity. Another cause, which was also a subject of rejoicing, was the more general payment of wages weekly. At present, the demand had been overtaken. He found that while during the year 1867 the coin which the Bank of England received from the Mint was only £ 67,000. the actual sum received back from the public was £ 17,000 over and above the sum issued. In 1 § G3 the sum received from the Mint was £ 175,000 ; in 1869 only £ 30,000 ; in 1870, £ 188,000; and in 1871 it reached £ 566,000, while the sum received back from the public was £ 650,000. The de- mand had thus been completely satisfied for the present, and he was not vithopt expectation that it would not be renewed. With respect to the West Indian Colonies, a new rule had been made, in accordance with which they were enabled to apply to the Mint directly when they wanted coinage and not through the Bank of England. They had made such an application, and it would be immediately attended to now that the difficulty of coining for the home market had been surmounted. Colonel Tomline asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether he would Btate to the House what amount of silver coin the Crown by its prerogatives allowed to the people of Great Britain and Ireland : whether any rate - of wages, and if any, what rate of wages per week for the manufacturing and agricultu- ral population was taken as a basis of the calculation upon which the allowance waa considered sufficient; and by what means he became acquainted with the varying quantity of silver coin in Great Britain and Ireland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who on rising was greeted with some laughter, said that as the question was of a somewhat technical nature, he had been re- quested by hia right hon. friend to answer it. It seemed to be founded on the supposition that there was some particular amount of coin which the Govern- ment allowed as sufficient for the circulation of the country, and which could be ascertained. The Government, however, had no means of ascertain- ing the amount of _ silver which was in circulation. He might liken it to a river, the number of tons of water in which one could not know, although he may know when it overflowed its banks or became dry. So it was with the coinage. The amount in circulation was not known, although it was sufficiently known when the supply fell short of the demand or there was a glut If the demand went beyond the supply, more silver was coined; if there was a glut, the Mint held their hand until the extra silver coinage was absorbed. There was, he might & dd, no suoh calculation made as that referred to in the second question. The amount of silver in circu- lation would depend much more on whether wages were paid in that coin or in gold than on the rate of wages. No such quantity as that mentioned in the third question was present in the minds of the Treasury. The way in which they became acquainted with the from the country bankers, who were furnished with the knowledge which they nave on the subject from the demands of the employers of labour. SENTENCED TO DEATH! At the Oxford Assizes Edward Roberts has been Indicted for tho wllfulj murder of Ann Merrick on the 30th of July , last, at Witney. Mr. Sawyer was for the prosecution; Mr. Pritchard ( at the request of the learned Judge) defended the prisoner. The deceased was a young woman, living with her mother in Meeting- house- lane, Witney, ana the pri- soner had for some time past been a lodger at their house. He paid his addresses to the deceased, but they were not agreeable to her, and it was stated that at Whitsuntide, last year, there had been a quarrel be- tween them, and from that time the courtship had been broken off. The prisoner was a man addicted to drunken- ness, and was liable to bouts of drink from time to time, lasting over a week each without any interval. On Saturday afternoon, the 29th of July last, the prisoner met a Mrs. Lambourne about one o'clock and asked her to drink some beer with him at the " Marlborough" publichouse. He was then not sober, and told her that it was to be the last time she would drink with him, as he should murder Ann Merrick that night or the next day, and he referred to another person enjoying her affections. The ostler and other persons came in and drank with them until Mrs. Lam bourne left, at about half- past three o'clock. She next saw the prisoner at six o'clock the same evening. He was then noisy and swearing, and at ten o'clock at night she saw him at the house of Mrs. Merrick, where he lodged, sitting in a stupefied manner over a table on which were glasses and a beer jug. She lived next door, and during that night she was disturbed by the noise and swearing of the prisoner till late in the night. The next morning tho prisoner got up early, went down and got a cup of tea, and went back again upstairs. Church- time was half- past ten o'clock, and then Mrs. Merrick left her house for chtttch, and the deceased and the prisoner re- mained alone in the house. About an hour afterwards an elderly man, named Godfrey, camo into Merrick's house ana sat down at the fire. The priaoi then sitting down and smoking a pipe. The d wa3 then in the room, which she afterwards left, re- turning with a bucket of water and some flannel, with which she proceeded to clean the floor, kneeling down to do so. Without a word passing, the prisoner got up from his chair, went into the back kitchen, which adjoined the room in which they were, picked up an axe, brought it in behind his back, suddenly struck tho deceased behind the head and neek, returned with the hatchet to the kitchen, left it there, and then, recro3sing the room, went out at the door and left the house. The effect of the blow was to strike the deceased sideways ; it severed the scalp, and a large piece of the skull was deti » ched and adhered to it. Assistance waa got, and she was at- tended soon afterwards by medical men, and lingered till the 25th of August, when ehe died. The prisoner waa met outside the house, in the Btreet, again smoking his pipe, and wn » given into the custody of the police. He then declared that he had struck the deceased, and that he hoped her scrnl waa in heaven. Ho said that jealousy was the cause, and tiiat he loved her as he loved his own life. The effec& a of the drink of the previous night were still visible, upon him. Mr. Pritchard, for the defence, urged that to satisfy the charge of murder there must have been a mind capable of forming a clear and definite intention at the time the blow waa inflicted either to do Eome grievoos bodily harm^ or to main or to kill, and that the pri- soner s intoxication ought to be taken into account ra forming a judgment as to tbe existence of such in- tention: and it W » A urged that the cffect of con- tinued drinking upon the mind of the prisoner was such that at tho time of striking the bW ho was liable to be moved by any instinctive impulse, and was not capable of forming a clear and dis- tinct intention in his mind, and therefore could not bo guilty of murder. It was admitted that drunkenn « W IU no excuse for crime, and that, therefore, the prisoner could not ask for an acouittal ; but it was urged that as the crime of manslaughter was involved in the charga of murder, the act of the prisoner, committed in hia then frame of mind, amounted to an unlawful wound- ing only, upon which death had ensued, and that a verdict of manslaughter would be the proper one. His lordship summed up, and said that drunken- ness was no excuse for crime, otherwise a man might, , by voluntarily making himself drunk, always escapo from the consequences of his acts, and that the oniy | question for the jury in this case was whether tho prisoner committed the act with which he was, charged. The jury found a verdict of Guilty. His lordship assumed the black cap, and, rilenca having been proclaimed, passed sentence of death upon the prisoner, to whom he held out no hopes of a miti-, gation of the sentence. THE FRENCH PRESS ON THE THANKSGIVING. Speaking of the enthusiasm displayed by the of the English people on Thanksgiving Day, tho- Pafric sayB:— " The national/ « « which wss held In London on tho S7tl » ! nit., to celebrate the restoration of the Princo of Wales ex- ceeded in magnldcence and spontaneous feeling on the part of the peoplo all ceremonies of that nature which England I has ever witnessed A few months back tho heir to tho. Crown was stricken down by a terrible Ulnoss, and It seemeti ' as If tho resources of science and the most careful nursing i would fall to avert an inexorable destiny. It was at the moment when all hope had been lost that the Prince of I Wales was restored, aa it were, miraculously to life. When that j became known the loy of tho English peoplo became as real • and as deep as had been previously their sorrow, aud spon- taneously all the Inhabitants of London determined t « return solemn thanks to God for this recovery. Tho English peoplo — and there lies the principle Instruction which wo ijerive' from the ceremony of February 27— desired to draw closer tho ancient ties of fidelity, respoct, and sympathy wttb the Monarchy which have always caused tho relg*-, ing Sovereign to be regarded In England as the per-, Bonification of the nation. A Republican party, , which represents an imperceptible fraction of tha' English people, had fixed the period of the death of Queen 1 Victoria as the end of Monarchical traditions and the be- 1 ginning of Republican Institutions. The serious Illness of 1 the Prince of Wales appeared to give some air of probability < to those views. But the unanimous demonstration of tho ' 27th of February— a demonstration which, according to tbo : newspapers, has extended throughout England— refutes all j the ideas of Republicanism, and proves how deeply- rooted la the Monarchical faith In that great nation which, not- withstanding tho adaptation of its mind and energy to 1 modern circumstances, always remains at bottom Old Eng- vays r land. Truly, we cannot when we witness such spectacles abstain from admiring the English people, its political good sense, and Its wonderful organization, which preserve It from violent revolutions. It Is then that we recognize England as the classic land of real liberty and Parliamentary Govern- ment soundly administered." The D6bats observes that " the Due de Sroglie, ot the dinner of the French Hospital in London, delivered! a remarkable speech, evidently tinctured by a deep feeling of the lamentable condition to which France- has been reduced by her civil discords. It was on tho: eve of that great holyday so loudly announced and so pompously prepared for, when the English people pro- 1 posed to return solemn thanks for the restoration o£. the Prince of Wales, and that public expression of | English loyalty naturally induced a comparison be- 1 tween the free institutions to which England in in- i debtedfortwo centuries of prosperity and the revolu- tions through which France has been struggling for tho last 80 years. Since the pact sealed between thoi nation and the Crown in 16S9 England has never one © • seen ita lawB violated either by the caprice of a Sovereign or the revolt of a mob. The AmbassadoroC Franco coneluded with these words, which are sadly: " All countries have not this happiness and our boloved, glorious, but unfortunate country presents to the world. a spectacle of Intense and angry divisions." These words are worthy of being considered, and tho parties which pretend each to have a monopoly of France for their own advantage may here find their own condemnation. THE BALLOT- BOX IN FRANCE. The Mayor of Glatigny, a small commune near Coutances, has got into trouble by dealing with tho ballot- box in the old Imperial fashion. On Oct. 15th, after the close of thepoll fortbe election of aCouncillor- General, the mayor, Butel by name, and hia four assessors, added up the votes, and found that thero was a majority for Lavoisy against Picot Now, Picot waa the mayor's favourite. " Zounds 1" said tho mayor, scratching his head; " this will never dot There are 117 electors in Glatigny, and only 62 havo polled. At the last election there were 70 voters. I think we may very safely pnt 8 moro bulletins, into the box, and that will give the turn to Picot. What do you say, friends? I won't tell my wife, and I dare say you won't tell yours." The majority of the bureau, who thought Picot a capital fellow, saw no harm in the proposition : but one cautious man opined that, lest they might De found out, it would be prudent to record only a moderate number of false votes. Tho thing was going to be done as a matter of course, when, the village schoolmaster, byname Larsonneur, who had been sitting as a dummy in the bureau, told the mayor he did not think it was exactly right. Tho mayor, a little Louis XIV. in his own commune, whose motto waa L'Etat e'est moi, waa exceedingly wrath at tho impertinence of the schoolmaster^ told him that ho had power to make and unmake him, and that if ho did not like to see what was going on, he had only to shut his eyes. Larsonneur, however, left tho room, and in spite of the threats of the mayor, informed against him. The mayor and bis threo acolytes were consequently tried before the Cor- rectional Tribunal of Coutances. The defence pre- sented by counsel waa that it was customary in the country to vote by procuration ( a custom, by the way, utterly illegal), and that the mayor, in taking upon himself to put seven or eight names into the DOX in favour of Picot, had been careful to choose the names of electors who he was quite raro wopld have voted for Picot had they been asked. Such were no doubt the customs of the ballot- box in the Emperor's time, and they were acted upon on a far larger scale than at Glatigny. But such ddngs cannot pass unchallenged now. The tribunal, though admitting extenuating circumstances on account of old habits, sentenced the mayor to 15 days' imprisonment and a fine of 100f., and fined the three unfaithful assessors lOOf. each. A SAD CASE. At the Thames pollce- cosrt in London, Susan Titman, living in Belgrave- street, Stepney, and Caroline Johnson, of High- street, Whlteehapel, came before the MagUtrate, and asked his advice under the following circumstances :— The applicants said that their daughters were do- mestic servants. Caroline Johnson came to visit her friend on Wednesday evening last, at her house, 58, Belgrave- street, Stepney. Mrs. Titman paw her daughter and Caroline Johnson pasa the house at half- past seven in the evening, and watched tbem until they reached Stepney Church. She was standing at the door of her house with Mrs. Johnson, and vaw their daughters depart. They were running at the time, and her daughter, Susan Titman, was going with her friend, Caroline Johnson, to her situation in the Mile- end- road. They had never seen anything of their daughters since Wednesday evening last. They had been round to all the police- stations and. hospitals in the metropolis, bat could find no tidings of their daughters. The Mayihtrate said he could do nothing for the ap- plicant*. He had no doubt if they had told the police about the loss of their daughters they would do all in their jjower to assist them. The Applicants expressed a fear that their daughters had cone to the illuminati< i « s in the Cityon Wednesday. night; and had met with fuul play. They wanted to know if the newHT< aper « would Uke any notice of their appeal, and give - publicity to their application. The Magistrate said he had no doubt if the press • thought the applicant's appeal worthy of atten- tion, publicity would be given to it in the newspapers.. He said that he had no power to assist them. The remarkable library of William Penn, the' found'.- r of Pennsylvania, has jnst been sold by auction, in laai'. m, and created quite a spirited competition tttMiayl 1 tha Amtrlran and home buyers of ran boo& i. THE FALMOUTH ^ PEKRYfl WEEKLY TIME* SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1872. " HAMILTON v. HECTOR." In the Rolls' Court the above cause has been heard, which suit involved an important question as to the capacity of a father by agreement to deprive iiimsoU ol the custody of his children. Mr. and Mrs. Hector were married in 1858 and have four children, aged respectively eleven, nine, six, and four years. In October, 1870, Mrs. Hector in- structed her solicitor to present a petition in the Divorce Court for judicial separation from Mr. Hector, when it was agreed that that it would be desirable for both parties and for their children that there should be a separation rather than that the pro- ceedings in the Divorce Court should be prosecuted A deed of separation was accordingly prepared, and was ex- ecuted by both parties in December, 1870. It provided that the petition in the Divorce Court should be dis- missed, and that Mrs. Hector should not institute proceedings for a judicialseparation or a divorce so long as she lived separate from Mr. Hector; and it con- tained a declaration that Mr. Hector should have the choice of schools for the two elder children, and that their holydavs should be passed at such places as the trustees of the deed should direct, having regard, as far as practicable, to the wishes of both parties. The two elder children were sent to schools chosen by Mr. Hector ; but he did not allow the children to pass any grt of the Christmas or Easter holydays with Mrs. ector ; and as he would make no arrangement as to the Midsummer holydays, the trustees sent notice to him in May last that they directed that the first four weeks ef the holydayB should be passed with Mrs. Hector. They then filed the present bill, and moved for an injunction to restrain Mr. Hector from preventing the twe elder children from passing the first month or the Midsummer holydayB with Mrs. Hector, as he had threatened to do. _ The Master of the Rolls then held that the provision that the children should pass their holydays at such places as the trustees should direct was against the policy of the law, since it amounted to a stipulation that Mr. Hector should part with his control over his children to that extent; and he made no order on the motion. The plaintiff appealed, and in July last the Lord Chancellor held that, although a father cannot by agreement deprive himself of the custody of his children, yet the particular agreement sought to be enforced in this case was rea- sonable, and could be enforced by the Court, and he accordingly restrained Mr. Hector from interfering • with the children during the first month of the then ensuing Midsummer holydays. The cause was now heard. The principal question argued was as to the validity of the provision in the deed with regard to the two elder children's future holydays. The Master of the Bolls, who had reserved judg- mentj said that the policy of the law was regulated by the interests of society. The Court would not in general enforce againBt a father a contract to abdicate his parental rights, because the exercise of those rights was usually beneficial; but it would enforce such a - contract in a case where it was proved that the control of the father was injurious to the child. It was against the policy of the law that fathers should be allowed to contract themselves out of the con- trol of their children; but it was equally against the policy of the law that some fathers should be allowed to retain the control of their children. The evidence in support of the charges of adultery and cruelty brought against Mr. Hector was now before him for the first time, and he thought that the charge of adultery was made out, though the Lord Chancellor seemed to have thought otherwise. Upon the whole, having regard to the evidence now before him, he was disposed to take the same view of the case as the Lord Chancellor had taken on the motion, and would simply make an order restraining Mr. Hector from preventing the eldest children, or either of them, from passing their future holydays otherwise than as the trustees should direct until further order, with liberty to apply in the event of any further direction being necessary. As the separa- tion aeed might still be valia, though the provisions as to the holidays of the elder children was invalid, the question as to the right of Mr. Hector to take posses- sion of the younger children as they respectively attained seven years of age would be left open ; but his lordship hoped that the parties would nave the good sense not again to bring their family affairs before the public. Mr. Hector had occasioned the suit by his conduct, and he must pay the costs. LOVE ANTICS OF BIRDS. ( From the Field). Surely there can be no more agreeable occupation to the field naturalist than watching the courtships and love antics of birds; for indeed, next to man himself, they have perhaps the most exalted tastes for the beautiful, and, like him, display veiy different ways of showing them, and remarkable diversities of dis- cernment. The differences, for example, between the plumes, feathers, and paint of the savage and our civilised fashions in dress, and between the decorations of the turkey oock and the most gorgeously attired birds of paradise, are great indeed; nevertheless, each is satisfied that the beauty and elegance of his or her attire are second to none, and in some cases perfectly irresistible. Even the London sparrow, BO begrimed with smoke and smut that his plumage is scarcely dis- tinguishable from the sooty black mantle of the female, hJ just as conceited of hi3 personal appearance as his rural brother can be of the spotlessness of his uniform. In any park, garden, or street, the former may be seen chirping most vociferously, or frolicking around the object of his affections m a very ridiculous manner. We have all seen on such occasions how, with plumage ruffled and head sunk between his shoulders, wings gently raised, and tail erected, he hops round her, sometimes so impertinently that he receives a blow or two for his unseasonable advances. Then there is the boisterous uproar in some hedgerow when the flock assembles, and where there takes place a regular battle royal for who shall woo and win the bride! Can anything be more grotesque than a rook making love? ana yet, after all, in nuptial plumage refulgent in purple glossiness, he is a singularly beautiful bird. I daresay there are many of my readers more familiar with its love antics than 1 can tell them— how, when the occupants of the rookery return in spring, and the cawing and croaking commence, the males, proud of their personal attractions, may be seen on tree top, furrow, or fallow, strutting pompously around the ob- jects of their solicitations, with pendant wings, erect hood, and outstretched neck, cawing sweet words into ears that may be appreciating them, but certainly do not show any apparent sign of satisfaction. Again,'" billing and cooing " has become a proverb, and well may it, as far as the love- makings of doves are concerned. Commend me, however, in these re- spects to the woodpigeon, of whom it may be saicL" a gallant knight is he. r' The_ sallies of the males from some elm top in spring are, in my humble opinion, both grand as well as beautiful Although the gambols are common to the family, and therefore more or less observable in the domesticated varieties, still the wild cushat is the largest, handsomest, and most powerful of the tribe, and displays its attractions more pointedly than any of the others. Dazzling at this season in the renewed brilliancy of his plumage— to wit, the pure white band on the wings, vinous shades, the neck patch, and glossy hues— he suddenly issues from the tree top in a wild, dashing sally, now flapping his wings, anon soaring, then jerking them suddenly, and thereby eliciting an audible noise ; when, wheeling round, he returns to his post among an assemblage of lookers- on of both sexes. Another and another rival follows suit; there is a cooing and flapping noise among the branches, for two are engaged in combat, striking each other yehemently with their wings, until at length, after some ugly hits, the best bird wins the day, and the adversary driven off leaves him master of the field. Small blame surely to her if the finest female on the tree accepts b? m as her bridegroom! There is no end to the vagaries of birds in these respects. I am fond of watching the amorous antics of the greenfinch and siskin : I couple their names, for they follow much the same plan of showing off their decora- tions before the female, although they differ in colour of plumage, as they do to even a greater extent in the relative excellences of their songs. Among their different love antics there is a pretty display when one or other sallies forth from the tree top, flapping and flattering its wings like a lark, and dancing in the air to its own music— the bright barrings on the wings becoming very conspicuous in the sunlight, and giving a marked effect to the movements, which no doabt, are duly appreciated in proper quarters. At the same time it has struck me then how little, if at all, the female is seemingly affected ; however, there is no reason why modcety should not extend to the loweranimals as well as to woman on rach occasions. The best situations to watch the love- makings of such birds are either from the bottom or top of a wooded slope. I have invariably preferred the latter, inasmuch as by looking down on the movements one can take in all the circumstances very much better than far below, or when on a level. A fruit garden on a hillside is a nice place to watch the doings of the smaller feathered denizens in spring, and, of all others, the wooing of the chaffinch. The right of the same object from day to day, from youth upwards, is apt to deaden one's appreciation of its merits : and this is the causo, no doubt, with the last named, than whom, in his wedding- costume, there is not a more lively, nor a more beautiful, British bird. I don't speak of his well- known short, gushing song— at best a poor performance when compared with such compeers as the siskin, linnet, or goldfinch; what I shall refer to in particular are the exhibitions of his beauty- spots before the female. We must believe he knowB his attractions, and is fully aware that they ap- pear to the greatest perfection by the particular man- ner he unfolds them Defore the object of his solicita- tions ; indeeed, so jealous are individuals in spring, that seldom two males come together without quarrel- ling, and often furious combats take place. Like birds in general at this season, the chaffinch is fond of bath- ing, which, no doubt, addB to the brilliancy of the plumage. " As gay as a chaffinch " is an old saying, and well it is merited. I picture the bird in early spring, as I have seen it it over and over again by the naked eye, but to the best effect through a powerful field- glass, when he is piping his well- mown song, or when perched disconsolate on atwig, uttering loud " chir- rups " which are evidently meant to attract the female; indeed, I am certain this is the case, for on several occa- sions, after watchinghim for some time, I have seen either a female appear, or, having called in vain, he would fly away to another tree, and there continue his invitations. One sunny forenoon, towards the end of March, I closely observed an unusually beautiful male chaffinch perched on a plane tree, busily employed in the way' juBt mentioned. At length a female appeared, when, springing from his perch, he joined her on the top of a moss- clad dyke. He was no sooner by her sale than he commenced a display of his attractions by spread- ing out the tail and wings, BO as to show off the white bands and edgings, with the rich olive brown of the back, jerking his head backwards and forwards as he strutted past her, now running a few steps, then moving his body from side to side in a singularly fan- tastic manner. At first I thought they must be paired birds, and she had perchance strayed away from his Bide for a short time; but, to my astonishment, he had scarcely well proceeded with these coquettings when she flew at him, and he decamped into the nearest tree, and returned instantly to receive a similar rebuff. At length, as if conscious of her indifference to his charms, he flew down upon the roadway, and, after shaking him self in a brooklet, plumed his feathers, and started off over the tree tops, while she, careless of his absence, continued pecking about on the wayside for fully half- an- hour afterwards. Now there can be lio doubt that here again the dis- play of plumage was done for effect. But birds' courtships, like our own, are subject to many a slip. As regards this subject I suspect celibacy occurs less frequently among the females than males ; however, in the case of migratory birds, it often happens that individuals of both sexes remain separate throughout the year— sometimes, no doubt, because a mate is not obtainable. There are exceptions, however, to this, when flocks of mixed sexes, such as in the case of certain gregarious water birds, continue unmated when the rest are breeding. GOOD ADVICE. Professor von Sybel terminated his lecture at Bonn on what the Germans may learn from the French by saying :— " It would be most dangerouB for our safety not to appreciate the valour of our neighbours, and to look upon them as a UBed- np people. The French are laborious, spiritual, full of taste. The surpass us in several respects. They are different from us, but quite as well endowed. It would be very fortunate for the world if they gave us the possibility of reciprocal com- plement as before the war, by the interchange of our mutual advantages, andby rivalry on the field of peace- ful labour. But as long as they remain hostile it would be a fatal folly on our part to forget for a single moment that we have reason for keeping our forces closely united. The greatest disadvantage of the French comes from their institutions and their ideas on State and Church, which, unable to reconcile authority with liberty, waver unceasingly between arbitrary power and revolution. If we wish to be superior to them, we must above all carry our efforts into this field. We can be the strongest people of the earth, if we know how to learn from the French in many respects— in social re- lations, industry, science, art, and if at the same time we resist the temptation of falling into their weak- ness and faults in politics and religion." A NEGRO CAMP- MEETING. The scene of the camp was very picturesque. It was embosomed in a thick shrubbery of half- grown trees and a dense undergrowth of weeds and lank grass, and it was so completely hidden from the by- road which led up to it, that it was some time before we could discover an entrance, or believe, in fact, that the gathering was there at all However, we suddenly, on turning a corner, came upon a little by- path, in front of which was amonoeyllabical direction ' To the camp." Proceeding along this, winding in and out between the trunks of the growing trees and the stumps of the former monarcha of the forest that had been cut down, we came at length within view of the meeting- place. An archway of interwoveh branches was erected across the upper end of the path by which we had entered, and from that standpoint a very mot- ley scene met our view. Lager- bier was the first thing that attracted our attention. This was retailed to the thirsty congre- gation from a large booth that fronted the archway, the attitudes of the drinkers, with their upraised glasses, forming a somewhat striking, if not devotional, tableau. This stand, however, did not absorb the entire custom of the meeting, as five others for the disposal of drinkables, besides a long luncheon bar, were ranged round on either side, forming the out- works of the charmed circle. Within these came a ring of wooden benches, arranged, as in the pit of a theatre, in the form of a crescent or half- moon. Then came another ring of negroes and whites commingled, all standing up, still in the half- circleformation; and then came the corps of real devotees, who had come to pray and expound, who were under the aegis of a band of ministering spirits as dark as Erebus, although all clad decorously in swallow- tailed coats and white ties, or rather hand- kerchiefs— for they were somewhat larger than those seen in a fashionable drawing room, or even on a decorous clerical These devotional gentlemen occupied a platform all to themselves, erected in a booth exactly facing that in which the meetine partook of spiritual stimulants in another form. Hundreds of coloured people and nearly half as many whites were present, a small percentage only taking part in the festival, the majority looking OIL laughing and criticising the move- ments and doings of the others. We first heard " Hallelujah " sung by about half- a- dozen sable choristers; but it fell flat, for there seemed to be at the commencement a want of unity in the meeting and its members. The elect certainly had not assembled in any great force as yet, for those addicted to the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, as ex- hibited in lager- bier and flirtation, were strongly in the ascendant. Prayers and singing alternately filled up the time, until a good chorus seemed to harmonise the previously discordant elements, when thare was a little more life and religions zeal displayed. One brother thereupon got up and proposed a hymn, declaring himself to be the soldier of the Lord, and sang it all by himself, without waiting for the choir to assist hirn, The moment he had finished his monologue, a second, outside the circle, besought his own coloured brethren in particular, and the meeting in general, to a fall amount of the action enjoined by Demosthenes. A lady orator also occasionally addressed the congre- Stion in a weak voice, which she was continually uting with water from h, tumbler placed conveniently to her right hand. We could not help observing, that while the prayers were going on— ana it cannot be denied that tho « o who joined in them did so heartily, if loudly— the large assemblage of lookers- on, of both sexes, aid not show the slightest respect for the show of religion ap- parent. Loud laughing and talking could be heard, intermingled with the sacred language of the wor- shippers ; and the eldrich screech of some lager- bier- laden individual would frequently Bound an octave above the voices of the hymn- singers. Several dark citizens in policemen's dress were al> out the place, and a fight occurred between these and some rowdies early in the day; but, owing to the latter being somewhat incapacitated by liquor, it was quickly and quietly hushed up. Those that were not praying or worshipping devoted themselves to love- making amidst the shady groves around. Apollo and Chloe could here moralise on love's young dream, and mingle religion and affection in the most commend- able manner. It was amusing to watch some dark- featured mamma looking daggers at her daughter, who might be flirting desperately with an Adonis from South Carolina, who was perhaps looked upon in the sable circle to which they both belonged as a " detrimental." So much for camp- meetings.— Bilgraeia. ITALIAN CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Public attention has recently been called by several lettere in The Times to the cruel treatment of animals in Italy. The amount of that cruelty is, I believe, but little known to the most humane man, as your corre- spondents dwell only on that which is patent to every one,— the savage treatment of beasts ox burden and of draught. If, however, the visitor will walk through the Basso Porto, in Naples, as I have often done, he may see men calling themselves Christian, and who have all their claims allowed, plucking poultry before they are killed. Yet the brutality creates no sensation; people pass through that crowded thoroughfare with- out giving a thought apparently to what has often made my blood boil with indignation. I will not occupy your space with describing all the varied forms of cruelty practised here, and the instance I have adduced above has been brought forward merely to show that a sentiment as humanity to the lower classes of animals is utterly unknown among the masses. Several years have passed since I was the witness of an act of ferocity in Albano, near Rome, the parallel of which it would be difficult to find among savages. The occasion was one of rejoicing for the recovery of an English lady from a severe illness, who had left a sum of money for the purpose previous to her departure, little knowing how it would be spent. A rope was tied from window to window across the principal street, and in the centre of it was attached a live goose by the neck. Horsemen rode at a gallop underneath, giving a pull at the legs, till at last the most successful carried off the body, leaving the quivering head in the air. Some years later a Hirrplur diversion was announced to be provided in Sorrento, but, as I did not witness it, I cannot Bay that it came off. In both instances English gentlemen protested and made an effort to stop the barbarity ; but to have adopted more active measure would have been to thrown life away. Many years have passed since that time, and such cases would be impossible I believe, under tne Govern- ment of Victor Emmanuel but the same spirit exists, and must continue to exist BO long as, out of a popula- tion of 600,000 in Naples for instance, only 150,000, ac- cording to recent statistics can read and write. Much might be done in the school and the pulpit to humanize the feelings of the people, but little is done in the former, and the later is silent. Indeed, and one who lingers in the country places about Naples in the spring of the year would say that the people are trained from infancy in habits of cruelty. It is a common pastime provided for children to tie string round the wing of a bird which flutters and tries to escape till death puts an end to its sufferings. On one occasion I remonstrated with a very worthy priest in other respects, hut the answer was hopeless. The little onea must have some amusement. Nothing can be done without legislation to remedy an evil which brutalizes more and more the public mind; and an English gentleman, Mr. Banks, I am informed, is now making every effort to bring the matter before the Italian Parliament. A vain effort was made in 1861 to suppress the evil by the late bene- volent Mr. Adam Smith. Under his auspices a com- mittee was formed in Naples, consisting of two or three Italian gentlemen and your correspondent. We had an interview with Pnnce Carignano at the Royal Palace. His Royal Highness consented to become tho honorary president, but it was felt that the effort was only a satisfaction of private feeling, and that nothing could be done without legislation. The cruelty which has called forth BO many protests is, I believe, in a great measure the result of ignorance, for in many cases the Italians display quick and kind sensibility. PEASANT LIFE IN THE NEW FOREST. On the outskirts of the Forest, near Lyndhurst, I came on a little hamlet, and, seating myself on some logs of wood which lay on the corner of the sward, watched its life. Before me on one side of the road stood a little row of blind- eyed, brown- bonneted cots ; then a wheelwright's shop, where the furnace was burning and the hammer twanging: next a smithy where tho horse stood quietly while the farrier tapped his shoe ; last of all an old cot under the shade of a large tree, with a man on a ladder mending the roof. Opposite was a little roadside inn, with wondrous at- tractions both for the waggoner and his horse. In the inn- yard were stacks of fern and hay, the former being used for litter, as straw would be elsewhere. Along ~ > edge of the grass, a couple of black BOWB, followed by their numerous progeny, went nosing about with a most unsatisfied grunt, while a company of geefee with nervous quack- quack strutted over the green. Twang of hammer, quack of geese, and grunt of mother porker, with sudden squeal of horror from every little pigling if horse or carriage wheel too suddenly opproached ; loud talk of men and women rising fully with the wind, and you have the sights and sounds which go to make a picture of out- door life in these secluded spots. It is quite possible that in the less frequented parts of the Forest one might meet with uncouthness and suspicion, but, for my part, I found them not only civil but friendly; and this experience is corroborated by those who know them well, and who protest against a character for unusual rudeness being ascribed to them. One gentleman, who has lived amongst them thirty years, assures me that he has never received a rude answer but once, and that was from a stranger. Much, no doubt, has been done by the schools with which the Forest is well supplied. Probably, too, it is they who have driven the old superstitions away, and scattered the mental twilight which for so many ages pervaded these leafy solitudes. Nevertheless, we are assured by Mr. Wise, who has made the subject his study, these'supertitions still exist, but are rarely alluaed to, for fear of ridicule. Nothing, perhaps, gives one a better idea of the habits of mind of these " rude forefathers of the" Forest " Hamlet," than such a catalogue as he has collected of these weird fancies. Handed down from generation to generation, they were so numerous as to form a rule of life, meeting the unhappy peasant at eyery step, haunting and terrifying nis mind, and driving him into a baseless fatalism, and at times to a sort of devil- worship. J « st, however, as error often con- tains a grain of truth, so, perhaps, something valuable might be extracted from the mass of remedies which the wise women of the Forest received by tradition from their grandmothers. Thus it waa said tho best remedy for weak eyes was a particular lichen, which, on awount of its power over the vision, was called " brighten." Children permaturely born were fed on hares' brains, or, if suffering from fits, were passed through a cleft ash- tree. Consumption, which, no doubt, has always been rife in the Forest, was cured by lungs of oak. another lichen growing on that tree. Butthemostoccultremedy for that fell disease, almost carrying one back to the days of magic and incantation, was to killa jay, put it on the embers until it became a cinder, mix it with water, aud drink it at intervals. Not only was there no end of such wonderful noBtrums{ but some, they believed, were bom with an especial gift for the art of healing. The seventh son of a seventh son could perform cures. There were many other superstitions, all pointing to to some distorted fact for their origin. Thus bread made on Good Friday would keep for seven years ; the Death's- head moth was first seen when Charles I. was executed; money muBt be turned directly you see the new moon. Some old customs still, or but very lately, lingered amongst them. Thus old women went good- ing on St Thomas's Day, while on Ash Wednesday the boys and girls went round from farm to farm singing— " I come a ihroving, a shroving. For a piece of pancake. For a piece of trufflo- cheeee Of your own making." I am told that at Cadnam there is an ancient oak which is believed to bud and buret forth into leaf on old Christmas Eve, and that the peasantry gather about it at midnight and climb the tree to gather its branches. — Golden Hours. SCOTCH LOVE OF SERMONS. " traCUar° fr0m • " Memoir of Being all of us from Peebleshire. there was much to speak of in common, though with no great cordiality of intercourse. In the evenings, when mason and carpenter lads dropped in, the conversation turned chiefly on sermons. Each visitor brought with him experiences as to how texts had been handled on the preceding Sunday; on which there ensued dis- cussions Bingularly characteristic of a well- known phase in the Scotch mind. " WeeL Tammie," in- quired the widow one evening, of Tammie Tod, a journeyman mason lately arrived from the country, " what was the doctor on last Sabbath afternoon ? " " He was on the Song "— meaning tho Song of Solomon. " Ah, the Song, that would be grand. He's a wonderfu' man, the doctor; and what was his text ? " It was a real fine text," said Tammie. " the deepest ever I heard—' For my head is filled with dew, andmy locks with the drops of the night;' fifth chapter, second verse, the second clause of tho verse." " I ken that text weel," responded the widow. " I heard a capital discourse on it thirty years syne : but how did the doctor lay it out V' " He divided it into fivo heads, ending with an application, which it would be weel for us a' tak' to heart." And so Tammie, who had a proficiency in dissecting and criticising sermons, proceeded to de- scribe with logical precision the manner in which his minister _ had handled the very intricate subject; his definitions being listened to and commented on with extraordinary relish. Let no one hastily con- clude that there was anything to ridicule in these searching, though perhaps too speculative and familiar, disquisitions ; for apart from any religious considera- tion, they bore evidence of that spirit of inquiry and love of reasoning on momentous topics which may be Mid to have made Scotland what it is. I may not have been the better, but by no means the worse, for hearing Tammie Tod's sermon experiences in that little upper floor in the West Port, and have often com- pared what there came under my observation with the unideaed sotting and want of all mental culture which unhappily mark certain departments of the population m different parts of the United Kingdom. LOTTERY BUYERS. After all, the drudgery I had in connection with the lotteries is not utterly to be condemned. It afforded an amuBing insight into the weakness of human nature, I could scarcely have learned what I did by sitting with composure in the lap of ease and luxury. As re- gards the state lottery, it is interesting for me to re- member that I was once a humble minister in that gigantic national concern. And what a queer, strugg- ling, whimsical set of people came under notice! Some would buy only odd numbers of five figures, such as 17,359; some eagerly'sought for numbers which they had dreamt of being prizes, and would have no other; some brought children to select a numberfrom the quan- tity offered— a degree of weakness which was outdone by those who superstitiously brought the seventh son of a seventh son to make the selection for them; some, more whimsical still, would only purchase at the last moment what every body, else had rejected. Few weie so ex- travagant as to buy whole tickets, or even halves, quarters, or eighths. The great majority contented themselves with a sixteenth, the price of which was usually about a guinea and a half; and as the fortunate holder of the sixteenth of a twenty- thousand- poun4 prize would realise above twelve hundred pounds, the temptation to this species of gambling was enormous. It would be an error to imagine that the dispersion of those myriads of lottery circulars in the obscurist quarters had no practical efficacy. ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES AT PERGAMTJS. A correspondent of the AUgemeine Zcitung describee some antiquarian researches which are now being carried out by a German engineer at Pergamus. Nearly all the tenses of the town, he says, are built of stone, and the streets and courts are kept much cleaner than is usual in other towns and villages of Asia Minor. The population iB 20,000; it is very indus- trious, there are many gardens, and the country in the vicinity is well cultivated. The Greeks have good national schools, and fax surpass the Turks bothin culture and in commercial ability. Unfortunately, both Turka and Christians have a mania for destroying classic remains; many of the numerous statues, friezes, and other sculptures which were scattered about the place have either been barbarously mutilated or used im house- building. The German engineer. HerHumann has at length succeeded in putting a stop to this vandalism, and the destruction or mutilation of antiquities is now strictly forbidden. It is very strange, adds the correA pondent, that the many English and French travellers who have wandered about Asia Minor for centuries should not have thought it worth while to make any thorough archaeological researches in this classical territory. It is true that in former years the oppo- sition of the Government and the people rendered it very difficult to cany on excavations, and even now it is not so easy as is sometimes believed. Under the direction of Professor Ernst Curtius. Herr Humann, whose position as an engineer greatly facilitated the execution of an undertaking of this kind, has unearthed a Doric colonnade leading to a Doric temple with a spring of warm water under it, which is supposed to be the famous ^ Esculapium. Herr Humann has sent a great number of sculptures, coins, gems, and inscriptions to the Berlin Museum, and the correspondent expresses a hope that the German Government will assist him in continuing his discoveries. " The English," he says, " have begun to explore with success the great his- torical ruins of Ephesus; an English ironclad frigate has arrived at Smyrna to take to the British Museum the memorials of ancient art and sculpture which have been found there. Let us hope that some day a Ger- man man- of- war will also appear in the Levantine waters, to add to the glory of Germany's art collec- tions by bringing to them a rich freight of classic antiquities." AN ENGLISH CORRESPONDENT PICKING UP NEWS. I was standing at our door, meditating, when Cousin Marie Anne came up, whispering to me, " We have won a neat battle; all the men at Metz are running to the Loire." " How do you know that, cousin ? " From an Englishman who came to our house last night." " And where has this battle taken place ?' " Wait a moment," said she. " At Culmiers, near Orleans. The Germans are in full retreat; their officers are taking refuge in the mayoralty office with their men, to escape being slaughtered." I asked no more questions, and I ran to Cousin George's, very curious to see this Eglishman and to hear what he might have to tell us. As I went in, my cousin was seated at table with this foreigner. They had just breakfasted, and they seemed very jolly together. Marie Ann followed me. " Here is my cousin, the former mayor of this village," said George, seeing me open the door. Immediately the Englishman turned round. He waa a young man ) of about, five and thirty, tall and thin, with a hooked nose, hazel eyes full of ani- mation, clean shaved, and buttoned up close in a long grey surtout. " Ah, very good!" said he, speaking a little nasally, and with his teeth close, as is the habit of his countrymen. " Monsieur was mayor? " " Yes, sir." " And you refused to post the proclamations of tho Governor, Bismarck- Bohlen?" " Yes, sir." " Very good— very good-" I Bat down and without any preamble, this Englishman ran on with eight or ten questions: upon the requisitions, the pillaging, the number of carriages and horses carried away into the interior; how many had como back since the Invasion ; how many were still left in France: what We thought of the Germans ; if there was any chance of our agree- ing together; had we rather remain French, or become neutral, like the Swiss? He had all these questions in his head, and I went on answering, without reflecting that it was a very strange thing to interrogate people in this way. George was laughing, and when it was over he Bald. " Now my lonL now you may go on with your article." The Englishman smiled, and said, " Yes, that will do! I believe you have spoken the truth." Wo drank a glass of wine together, which George had found somewhere. " This is good wine," said the Englishman. " So the Prussians have not taken everything? " " No, they have not discovered every- thing ; we have a few good hiding- places yet." " Ah! exactly BO— yes— I understand, George wanted to question htm too, but the Englishman did not answer as fast as we; he thought well over his answers before ho would say yes or no 1 It waa not from him that Cousin George had learnt the latest intelligence; it was from a heap of newspapers which the Englishman had left upon the table the night before as he went to bed— English and Belgian newspapers— which George had read hastily up to midnight; for he bad learnt Eng- lish in his travels, which our friend was not aware of. Besides the battle of Coulmiere, he had learnt many other things ; the organisation of an army in the north under General Bourbaki; the march of the Germans upon Dijon; the insurrection at Mftj& ailles; the noble declaration of Gambetta against tS « Avho were accusing" him of throwing the blame of < K disasters upon tho army, and not upon its chiefijf and especially the declaration of Prince Gortschakoff> that the Emperor of Russia refused to be bound any longer by the treaty which was to restrain him from keeping in the Black Sea more than a certain number of large ships of war." The Englishman had marked red crosses down this article ; and George told me by- and- by that these red crosses meant something very serious. The English- man had a very fine horse in the stable, we went out together to see it; it was a tall chesnut, able no doubt to run like a deer. If I tell you these particulars, it is because we have since seen many more English people, both men and women, all very inquisitive, v Pat questions to us, just like this one; whether to write articles, or for their own informa- tion I know not. George assured me that the article writers roared no expense to earn their pay honour- ably; that they went great distances— hundreds of leagues— going to the fountain head; that they would have considered themselves guilty of robbing their fellow- countrymen if they invented anything; which, besides would very soon be discovered, and would de- prive them of all credit in England. I believe it; and I only wish news- hunters of equal integrity for our country. Instead of having newspapers full of long arguments, which float before you like clouds, and out of which no one can extract the least profit, we should get positive facts that would help us to clear up our ° 111 great need.- " Story of The Plebiscite," tn" The Cornhill Magazine." INCIDENTS OF THE PERSIAN FAMINE. The Times of India publishes an account, taken from the Raft Go/ tar, of the privations and miseries suffered by many of the Persians who have arrived in Bombay after long Journeys:— There are two brothers among the new- comers. One of them while at Bunder Abbass accidentally fell into the sea while stepping from a boat, but was saved after a hard search for one hour. The unfortunate lad, how- ever, lost his senses from that day, and is now a helpless maniac. But the most unfortunate and rather romantic circumstances in connection with this is, that the other brother also, some days after, fell by accident into the sea at the Bame port, and was picked up by the sailors. But the result of this latter accident, in this case, was quite different. The poor victim has become deaf and dumb. They have lost their parents during the journey. There is another young man about 16 years old in the asylum who suffers from a contraction of the tongue. It is said that he was a very clever man when he left his native country. On arriving at Bunder Abbas he secretly concealed himself in the engine- room of the steamer which was about to start for Bombay, being very anxious to reach India sooner than the others. He was, however, discovered in this state, and some people inconsiderately terrified him by saying that he would be killed by the Persian Governor for his conduct. The consequence of his sudden terror was the contraction of the tongue, which has rendered him, at least, for the present, dumb. Again, there are two blind sisters, of eight and four respectively. They are orphans, and are blind, from their birth. They first started from Persia with their mother and brother. The former died during the journey, and the latter on board the steamer. They, however, by the help of God, reached Bombay, though there was nobody to, look after them— so young; and moreover, blind. They have another sister in Persia, also blind. By the buggalow which arrived on the 19th ultimo has arrivedja very lovely girl of about twenty. Her really romantic and interesting account attracts our at- tention. Her father, now dead, being unable to pay his debts, was forcibly converted to Mahomedanism by his Moslem creditor, and she, with her five brothers and sisters, also had to abandon the ancestral re- ligion. The girl was then only _ three years old. After some years she was married to a Mogul. Soon after this the convert father died, and the present famine began to make its ravages. The Mogul husband and the Parsee wife con- sequently, came down to India, on a mutual agreement that they would become Zoroastrians as soon as they reached Bombay. It seems that they were true to their word. They applied to be taken into " the faith " at Bunder Abbas, but nobody seems to have paid any attention to them. On arriving in Bombay harbour, the matter became public even on board the Buggalow. The Mogul wanted to go among his brethren, and demanded that his wife should ac- company him, but she positively refused to go with her husband, and came to the Chowpatty Asylum. The enraged husband sought the assistance of the police, but was told that he could ask for redress elsewhere. She is still in the asylum. There is an old man named Hormurad, whose father was 1* 22 years old, and who delighted m 150 grand- sons and granddaughters. After some years the train extended to such a length that the old great grandpa could not even make out who it was that addressed him by the name of grandpa. His usual question was, " My dear, which of my daughters' son are you?" HAIRBREADTH ESCAPES. The following account la given of a Persian boy who has recently arrived at Bombay from Yezd, after several hair- breadth escapes from the attacks of highwaymen. The nar- rative ( related in hia own words) is published by the Rast Oof tar:— My name is Rustom Jamshad. I am about twelve or thirteen years old. I started from Yezd with my father, who was a farmer; he left his native country as he became indebted to a Mussulman. After a jour- ney of six days from Yezd, one afternoon we en- countered a band of robbers. They forced us to shut our eyes with our hands, or in case of refusal we should be maltreated. Our third companion, who was a Mussulman syed, was also treated in the same way, though he was a prophet. The syed attempted to escape, when a shot from a musket laid hiTn low. Then they threatened to kill us in case we hesitated to comply with what they said. We were taken to the top of a hill where we were allowed to open our eyes. The miscreants then took from us all the money we had, and all the clothes except a pair of trousers on each of us. We were then allowed to depart, but the ill- treatment which my father re- ceived, together with the fright, was too much for him, and he died some hours after. I had hardly time to think over my predicament, when up came a number of excited Mussulmans, and snatching away my father's body, consigned it to a grave. They soon after returned and de- manded that I should embrace the " true faith." Seeing no remedy I pretended to consent During the five days that I remained in my place of confine- ment ( a baker's shop) I managed to glean information as to which way I should go to reach Shiraz, and how far it was from the village in which I then lived. The next day was the day appointed for formally making me a Mahommedan. Everything for my escape I thought of. I was determined to escape or to lose my life in the attempt, as I preferred my religion to my life. At midnight I cautiously got down from the roof and escaped into the jungle, and after a severe and difficult journey of seven full days, I reached Shiran by the help of God. I had to encounter another difficulty at this Utter city— nobody would believe my tale. They at first discarded me, but fortunately some of my townsmen came there the next day, mid I was recognised. We remained for three months in Shiraz, and one month in Bushire, waiting conveyance to Bom- bay, where at last I safely arrived. FRIGHTFUL ATTEMPT AT MURDER.— George Smith, a young Bailor, living in lodgings in Everton, near Liverpool, was brought up at the Liverpool Police Court on Saturday, charged with attempting to murder a girl named ifaiy Heenan. the daughter of his landlord. The prisoner had been keeping company withher for some time past, and late op Friday night he was talking with her in her father s house, when Mmethingoocurred which raised the j^ j^ pjjh. priaonerTwho. without any warning, took a loaded rifle from behind the window- curtain, Mdfiredat^ he rine irom ucuiuu wo , ,, girt He then m out of the touu, but " bo^ T StOTud. Uka. mtoco. to3r. It w » e found tlut the tall lad md through th « hind and shoulder of tho riS ^ d'SuS^ nS. toi- B- Umt it ™ thought mmjm to fUke b « r deposition* which was done, thounh A. mmife « ted the gre. tat reluctance to pro evidence « t » inflt her unfortunate lover. After forrul evidence b » d b « n Ijiven, the jnbonor VM remanded to aw » it the result of the lnjnne^ it bung considered almost Uopearible that Uw girl will reoover.