Last Chance to Read
 
 
 
 
You are here:  Home    Falmouth & Penryn Weekly Times

Falmouth & Penryn Weekly Times and General Advertiser

16/03/1872

Printer / Publisher: Fred. H. Earle 
Volume Number:     Issue Number: 564
No Pages: 8
 
 
Price for this document  
Falmouth & Penryn Weekly Times and General Advertiser
Per page: £2.00
Whole document: £3.00
Purchase Options
Sorry this document is currently unavailable for purchase.

Falmouth & Penryn Weekly Times and General Advertiser

Date of Article: 16/03/1872
Printer / Publisher: Fred. H. Earle 
Address: On the Quay, Falmouth
Volume Number:     Issue Number: 564
No Pages: 8
Sourced from Dealer? No
Additional information:

Full (unformatted) newspaper text

The following text is a digital copy of this issue in its entirety, but it may not be readable and does not contain any formatting. To view the original copy of this newspaper you can carry out some searches for text within it (to view snapshot images of the original edition) and you can then purchase a page or the whole document using the 'Purchase Options' box above.

InJiiiniifJj k t limp AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. PUBLISHED, EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY FRED. H. EARLE, OFFICES ON THE feUAY, FALMOUTH. NUMBER 564 ra3£ 8iSH£ P J££ o^ D. FALMOUTH: SATUBDAT, MAEOH 16, 1872. PRICE ONE PEN NT, galw by jirrtiim. On Thursday Next, March 21, M ft. MABKS will SELL/ BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at his Sale Rooms, 81, High Street, FaWouth, about 100 Lota of Useful ooA Modem Household FArnitnre, And^ ey1 EFFECTS. Alio, at theVfee, al& r/ o quantity of Unroqeeqfrd Pledges, Consisting of New Drapery Goods, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Wearing Apparel, New Boots, several articles of Jewellery, & c., without reserve. Goods on view in the morning. Sale at 1 for 2 precisely. Further particulars in posters, or of the Auctioneer, 21, High St., Falmouth. Devonport Dock Yard, ADMIRALTY SALE OF SURPLUS STORES. CLEARY AND CO. WILL SELL BY • AUCTION, at Her I Dook Yard, at Devonport, < v l/,\ V| precisely, ( M\ Surplus Stores Of Oak, Teake, Sabiou, Greenheart, Santa Maria, Mahogany, Pine, Fir, Elm, See., in Log, Plank, and Board. To be 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, New Street, Spring Gardens; 19, Old Broad Street, City; and at the Dock Yard. Majesty's by oraei of the LORDS COMMISSIONERS of the ADMIRALTY, on Wednes- day, 20th March, at Eleven o'clook precisely, V Wanted to Purchase Old Indian China & Curiosities JOH N BURTON, LLTKRT ST., FALMOUTH, M AKKBT IS OPEN TO PURCHASE EVEEY DESCRIPTION OP Old Indian China and other Curiosities, For which the highejst market value will be riven. Are yon troubled with a Cough ? FTLHEN lose no time) in applying for SOLOMON'S Pectoral Cough Mixture, Which is one of the best Preparations sold for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Influenza, & o., and the relief of Asthma and Bronohitis. It is adapted for persons of all ages, and is sold in Bottles, at 7* d-. Is- Ud., and 2s. 9d. eaoh. Prepared by W. H. SOLOMON, Dispensing Chemist, 40, Market Street, Falmouth. N. B.— The middle- size Bottle is generally suffi- cient to core an ordinary Cough, or give abund* ant satisfaction in moije extreme cases. mHE HOUSEKEEPERS of Falmouth and JL Neighborhood are respectfully invited to try SOLOMON'S Celebrated English Baking Powder, ( For making Bread, Tea Cakes, & o., without Yeast), and judge for themselves whether the professional Cooks and others who have declared it to be the best that! is used, are correct in so paying. Sold by most respectable Grocers, also by the Manufacturer, at 40, Market Street, Falmouth, in Packet*, Id. and 2d., and in Tin Canisters, • t 6d., Is., and 2s. each. Ask for Solomon's Baking Powder. PHKPAHED BY J. M. KENDALL, M. P. S, Chemist by appointment to the Exeter, the Torquay, and the Plymouth Homceopathio Dispensaries, can be obtained in FALMOUTH of his Agent, Mr. W. H. SOLOMON, Dispensing Chemist, 40, Market St. Also, Kendall's THEOMO BRIN E COCOA, the purest and most delicious extant, in Tins, Is., 2s., and 3s. 9d. each. Penryn Railway Station. To BaUha^ D^ rymen, and Others. TO BE L& Xj, with immediate possession, about Nine^ Aerda of Land, situate at Brown's Hill, and adjoining the Penryn station, for particulars apply to R. M. SAMPSON, Devoran. Feb. 29th, 1872. itositresi % mmtmui&. MIT PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, 42, High Street ( formerly the Liberal Association Booms ), B1 A. LMOUT BE . " Y|" B. J. 8. SIDDONS, for many years Operator and Manager at Mr. J. F. Trull's, respeet- JX folly informs his numerous friends ana the public generally of the town and neighborhood that he hu, in oonjnnction with Mr. J. C. STEPHENS, entered upon the . bore- mentioned Premises, and trusts, by the exercise of his Well- 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 fur share of publio patronage. Portraits from Carte de Viaite to LifeUize, plain or finished in crayon, water or oil Color. Views of all oinils and oat- door Groups taken, and Works cfArt copied. Prices of Cartes de Visite— TwelJe for 6s.; Sir for 4s.; Three for 4B. 6d. Price and Quality not to be surpassed ia the County. MAHTHfS Beautiful Breakfost Tea, 1/ 101 per lb ^^ 4 The People s Grocer, < feo., Penrrn. MABTTM'B Fine Flavoured Tea, 2/- per lb The People's Grocer, Ac., P. nryn. MABTIN' 9— Choice Mixed Teas, 2/ 3 per lb MABTnTS Genuine Faniily Tea, 2/ 6 per lb, 61bs for 14/,- Carriage paid to any railway statiop in the county. ~ The People's Grocer, & o.. Pettrrn. jyjABTIN'S— Sparkling Lump Saggar J bcaidifidl^ johUs ), 5d. per lb j ° ilrt ® arS The People's Grocer, & c., Penryn. ^ ABTIN- S— Fresh- roasted Coffees, 1/- ^ S^ A's Groc, . cPenrm. MARTIir3—- Choice New Fruits, all prices , | The People s Grocer, Penryn. MARTIN'S— Prime Ne* Mild- cured Bacon, 416 per dozen lbs I The People's Grocer, < fec., Penrfa. MARTIN'S Good Boiling Peas. lOJd per gallon Tlie People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S—- Pure New Lard, 6i per lb The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S Best Treacle, 61bs for llid The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTINS—- Genuine Ilillbay Soap, 311bs for II- The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S Prime Smpked Bacon, 7id per lb The People's Grocer. Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S New Seasra Jam, 4Jd per lb or 6d per pot The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S New Sensen Marmalade, 7} d per pot The People's Grocer, Ac.. Penryn Samples free on application at e ither of J. MARTIN'S Establishments, Lower Market Street, or West Street, Penryn, A'd Goods delivered Carriage Paid. Orders by post promptly attended to. PHOTOG- RAPHY. MRS, ! QTJ] NrSTAJN ( Widow of Mr. W. H. DtresTatf,) bejjga respectfully to inform her friends and the I \ pj jmblic tlyrt Copies of all Portraits takuniy her late husband can still / De had, Arrangements are being made to RU- OPEPf thi Gallery for Fir3t- class Portraiture, of which due Notice will be given. And she hereby returns her sincere thanks to all who have patronized them, and hopes for a continuance of their favors. Dated Berkeley Place, Feb. 21, 1872. MACHINE & PRESS CHEAP AND GOOD PRINTING If JOT want bold aai expressive POSTERS Goto EABLE'S PRINTING OFFICES. If fn want olear and striking HAND- BILLS Goto EAItLB' 3 PRINTING OFFICES. If you want neat and attractive CIRCULARS Go to EARLE'S PRINTING OFFICES. If yon want tasty and appropriate — BILL- HEADS GotoEARLES PRINTING OFFICES. If yoa want stylish and taking CARDS GotoEARLES PRINTING OFFICES. If yoa want any kind of PRINTING Goto BARLB'S PRINTING 02FI08S. TITS. PHOTOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT. CHURCH I STREET, FALMOUTH. J\ IP. I TZR/ U- XJX Begs to return his sincere thanks to his Numerous Patrons and the Publio generally - for their kind patronage and support for the paft twelve years, and at the same time to inform them that he is now sufficiently recovered from his long illness to enable him to undortakq^ tke « • duties of the Studip, and to introduce his long contemplated NEW STYLE$ OF PORTRAITURE, Which, requiring not only careful manipulation, but the eye and hand of an Artist, could j no t entrusted to the hands of an ordinary operator. These beautiful productions of Art and. Photography combined, are now ready for inspection at the Studio. EVERY DESCRIPTION Of PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK AS USUAL. SLAIDB OLYEB, Furnishing and General Irom longer, Plumber, Gas Fitter and Manufacture*: STRAND, FALMOUTH. Is Selling off SURPLUS STOCK at great reduction in prices. Estimate* given and Ogntr HT O T X Q 33 . Cheap and Good Printing at the Offices of this Paper. = s= Institute. 1871- 2. [>< the Coarse) wn Hall, Fal- iich 21st, 1873, Rev. H. S. FMAN. M. A., Vicar of St. Justin— OLD TRAVELLERS ( MABCO POM, - Etc.), and \ MODERN TRA- ' DERS ( withy/ teferenoete the. Joath of Bishop PATTESON ). AO \ 1 Admission to Seat^ Aot reserved for Ticket- holders, 6d. First- class Bookbi ng. PERSONS wishing to avail themselves of the opportunity of sending in the parcel now making up for transmission toja first- class Bookbinding Establishment, shovdd forward books and numbers which they wish to have bound, to the Printing Offices on tfce Quay, as early as possible. Charges, moderate— quality of work, the best - styles, modern And elegant. FRED. H. EARLE. The House for Tia. Teas of rare fragrance & strength Economical Tea for Families Black Green or Mixed the Finest Spring Crop, J. H. HEAD, Tea Dealer & Grocer, High Street, Falmouth. Legal & General LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY 10, FLEET ST., TEMPLE BAR.- founded 1836. The Parliamentary Acoounts reauired by the Life Assuranoe Companies' Aot, 1870 may be obtaine d on a Plication. This Society has taken a leading part in free ing Life Assurance Contracts from all needless restrictions. The " Proposal Form " is most simple in its terms. The PoBetes are " Indisputable," that is, free from future challenge. The Invested Jfands bear an unusually high proportion to the Liabilities. The Guaranteeing Share Capital of One Mil- lion (£ 160,000 paid up) ia fully subscribed by 300 members of the LSgal 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, Solicitor. Part of a llouse to Let.- rpo BE LET, at Lady- day next, a PART * OF A HOUSE ( consisting of a Floor of Three Rooms), in Obelisjc Road, Falmoath. . The House is pleasantly and healthily situa*. ted in olose proximity to the Quay, Dock, and ' Railway. Apply at the Offices df this Paper, NOTICE, having a 4 LL Persons any Claii on " ~ „ or Demand the Estate of the late Mr. JOHN DAVIE TURN EE, Grocer aftd Tea Dealer of No. 1, Church Street, Falcmmth, in the County of Cornwall, Vho died on/ the 27th day of Feb- ruary, 1872, are desired to send particulars thereof on or before tj* e 1st day of April next to the undersigned//{ n. order that the same may be liquidated. And all Persons Indebted to the said Estate are hereby ^ requested to pay the same on or before the atove- mentioned date to • E^ ZABETH SARAH TURNER, Executrix. Dat& f Church Street,, Falmouth, March 5th, 1 § 7 » 2. To b* Xet at Lady- day. A CO^ MODWUS 6- ROOMED HOUSE in BUl's Stjpare, to be Let, at Lady- day. Apply tAMr. | TACOB, Quay. Dog- Cart. " I7IOR SALE J « > ajoTLmJ) a pretty pair- X wheel DOtWCAUT, has been oareWlx usod. Silver- zroonted Lamp*, noarlj new. ( May be seen at Pajmouth). Apply U> TyRART, Polbrean, Lijard. Coach House and Stable. TO BE LET, at Lady- day, a Coaoh Htxue and Stable on Wellington Terrace, Pal- moath. Stabling forltwo horse*. Apply to T. HAM, Polbrean, Liz « rd. F) K GOOD PRIJJTINO, in the best style Df workmanship, with the greatest expedi- tion, at the moat moderate chafes, apply at, the office of this Paper. / ^ • L F O R ( SXL E. FOR SALE^ Ey Prj^ te Contract, on aoeouat of the dwner's dacease, a large, first- class Mackerel and Pikftird DRIVING BOAr, named " Cook of the Walk," now ready for sea, with a striiig of new Nets just barked. For furtjrer particulars appry— Mr1. . Elizabeth JS. Turner, ^ hurch Street, or to Mr. Wm. D/ Turner, 52, ^ igh St., Falmouth. THE FALMOUTH AND PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY. MARCH. 109. 18M thei JOSEPH MAZZINI. Tf/ c Times of Tuesday has the following iflretch of lejoareer- of Mnzziiii : — . wLliavo to announce to- day the death oTa man who In Ms time has played a most singula part upon the theatre of European politics ; one whoso uamo lias for years been re- garded as tlio symbol of Revolution, or rather of Republican- Ism ; one in whose personal character there were many fine aud noble qualities: but still a man who waa reared even more widely than ho was loved, and one whose ili- parture from the sqene of action, to say the least, will bo uo uuwelcc* rienow6 to sfcvcral orojmodand dis- crowned members of tlfB family of European Sovereigns. Ho ftajfrgBaa^ lha cygr " troubled Israel" byjils - ceaseless efforts in the causo oTRepubllcanism, and now at length ho is atrcsf j Hp died on Sundny, at Pisa. Joseph— or, to'give him his Italian name, Giuseppe— AU » n) i - was born at Genoa, where his father was a physician of note and of good private means. The year of his birth is variously given as 1800, 1808, and 1809. Be this as it may, ho was an only 6ob,' nndJ his early education was conducted with gtfcat1 ' fears' hud Jjains by his parents,. - gho . sent- him to one of- the public schools, and afterwards to the University of his native city. In youth he was noted for the warn* tb- « f Iris friendships, the strength- and determination of Ids \\^ l, an^ the- sjibeejtibUity of hfeteelitigs. .. From child- hood, itis saia, Eentiments of social equality were fostered in him by his parents. As a youth he, was intended for the legal profession: but the strong Liberal opinions he had imbibed as a child, and his conviction " that tho oppressed condition W " his country calTed for men of action and publlo spirit, and that a noble courso" lay open before - any onto-— who. wo^ ld1 give himself tip, heart and soul, to the work of reforming her, led him to'devote himself to a political career. In hiB ardent aspiratious for thp national unity of Italy it seemed to him that her deliver. mcu from foreign tyranny was to ba achieved only by a jeturn to the Republican glories of ancient times. His patriotic enthusiasm in • this direction • was fostered by his early studies, which developed in Slim a passionate idea of the glories of a Republic, and by the success Which he' had achieved in litera- ture while still little more than a youth. In. 1827 appeared lus tealdeft efesay, " Dell* Arbor PatHo dl Haute," which was . published in a Liberal journal, the Subalpino. < Thli led him to contribute other histori al, philosophical, and critical papers to the Antoloyiaal ' Florence and th » fjuiic'dl& re Geho- • vese. But the authorities, perceiving that the periodic*! • literature of Italy was becoming far too strongly tainted " Kith advanced Liberal opinions, suppressed, these, journals, and hoped, no doubt,< thereby- to hare' silenced thefrwrltera also. IDz towards the top, with dark hair, and dark, deep set eyes, with a countenance " alcklledo'erwltlithe pale castof thought," he had the appearance of some quiot student who was meditating on great subjects. In his later years, though thero was in him a certain eagerness and restlessness, and though his long habit of secrecy led him to adopt a feigned name, he looked still less like a man who had been more than once condemned to death for " treasons, stmt acorns and spoils." His eye had not lost its Justre, but his face had beooiuo sunken, and Ills framejgomowhat jOnfcebledl He was kind, cordial, and communicative, and there was 8pmo emprebs- ment in his manner. Ho fallred rapidly; and.- xhough In per- fect grammatical English, It was with a foreign accent. Ho received hla visitors In a small sitting- room which looked out into the Brompton- road : the room was filled with books and papers, though it had none of tho aspect of the study of a recluse. He smoked his cigar as he talked • and his con- versation was about his work, and nevor about himself. His friends treated him with a deference which woUld spoil most men? but which had no injurious effect on him. IRISH BREACH OF PROMISE. - At the Deny Assizes, Judge Keogh and a special jury has tried an action for Breach of Promise, in which Margaret Malseed, daughter of the postmaster of Ray,* in the county: Donegal, Biied John Patton, a farmer, residing at Ballyheny, for £ 1,500 damages. Margaret Malseed, the plaintiff, being called, deposed to her becoming acquainted with the defendant. He fre- quently promised her marriage, and made her many pre- sents. At length, on tho Cth of December, she thought « he ought to bring matters to an issue, and accordingly, one evening/ when he. was at her father's house, and alone with her, she said—'* John, we have been carrying on long ehbnfch1: It ls now time some arrangements were made't when will we get marrledi?" Her,- mammajust then entered the room, and witness told her what she was saying. Her mamma concurred, and defendant replied that he would marry witness in November nest. Presently Mr. Malseed came in, upon which his wife told him to take John Patton by the hand, as tho latter was goinfc to be his son- in- law. Patton said " Yes, that was right," and shook hands with Mr. Malseed. After that he regularly came to visit witnetp for some time, but gradually his love grew iold; and at last he married another young lady, named Starrett. Cross- examined by Mr. Carson,: Wasn't, your mother anxious to bitch him f-^- Nto; she was not. • - • 1 • Was he your only love, Miss Malseed ?— Yes. T. vpr nlnrfl yon were at school ?— Yes. • H^ d you uo other . sweetheart except John Patton, Miss WSseedt-^ I may have tiad.- buf l- Won'-^ know. Have you had so many that you don't remember? You know there, Is nothing wrong in a young girl having a sweet- heart. " How many had you f— I don't know. Had you six?— I don't know. It is not altogether correct to say that ho was your only love ?— I believe He was. Were you lond ot any person else in your life ?— I liked him better than any other one. Much better? Are you as fond of him now as ever you , were ?— Indeed, no, I am not ( Laughter.) ' Yoti hatehtm now, don't you ?—( No answer.) Do you- know a man called Green— Dan Green?— I saw Mm some time ago. Did you ever see him at ycur mother's house?— He was often there for letters. Did your mother ever tell yon It would be a good thing if you were brought to meet Patton at Dan Green's housed— And that Dan could proclaim a runaway match ?— I never heard of that before. Is your father a \ Vealthy man'?— I don't ktfoW. How much does he olalm for you ?—£ 1,500.-- Do you think that too much tor . blighted affections f— I don't know. , On the night of tho 6th December was it arranged that your mother should go down to you and Patton in the room ? •^ Noi , . - ' ' ,.- i. jWgrft arranged that your father should come In ?— No. How long had you remained in the room when that in- teresting event happened— your settlement for life?— All the evening. Welt surely your father treated his fion- in law on this happy occasion ?— Yes; he did. Then it was not a dry meeting. Did you broach the subject tj> ^ atton^ jor did . Pa^ mj mention it first to you ?— I men- Let me ask you this. Do yon know this man Green I was speaking about ?^ Yes. Did your mother say to you, in Green's presence, that you were a^ gawky" or yob would have had Patton " hooked " -, John Patton, defendant— Has, then called, and stated that he was not so well off as had been thought by the opposite side, and that he had never promised to make any great settlement upon plaintiff. He did not propose mar- riage to her on the Cth pf December; 14 fact, he never Baid he wdtfld marry her. Cross- examined by Mr.- M'Camland: You never deceived this young lady?— No; I was talking to her often. Yon never said you were very fond of her ?— No. You never admired her ?— Yes ; I admired her. And you told her so ?— N, o, You never said, " I am very fond of you ? "— I did not. She never said that to ydu ?— She did. ( Laughter.) And you said, " I don't care aboat you "?— No. What did you say?— She asked me to marry her. ( Laughter.) When was that?— She asked mc two or three times. ( Re- newed laughter.) And you alwfcyssald you would not ?— Yes. You never deceived h? r, then ?— No ; pever.. Is that the same dress yoil usually " wear t— l hav6 a btftter dress. ... Is the other one not a little more spruce than that one ?— . It is my Sunday dress. Had you on your best dresS when you got that photograph ( produced) taken ?— I had- on another dress. Did you put on a three- and- slxpeuny tie wh| ch plaintiff gave you ?— I don't knew. I had not that tlo on. . Where you not . obliged lo her. and did you not thank her for that necktie ?— I don't think I did. Did you ever give her any presents ?— I gave her little things, but I never gave her earrings. Nor ally thing like earrings ?— No. I gave her a likeness. Did you ever give her anything else ?— Some little things. Come, now, what were they ?— I gave her Some lozenges. ( Loud laughter.) Mr. M'Causland: I suppose you have heard of the lines— " Sitting in a shady grovqwlth my Juliana, Lozenges I gave my love— Ipecacuanha." ( Load laughter.) Witness: No; I did not; Mr. M'Causland: Did yop not indeed ? You never gavp her an umbrella?— I did not . I never gave her kid gloves. She. gave me a ring, and I gave it back to her. Do you. think that Miss Malseed, and her mother and father would come here to forswear themselves ?— They might. And you think they would still ba respectable ?— No; I would think not. Are they not as truth- telling as yourself?— I don't know . that they are. Do you know Thomas'M'Crossiin?— I do. Did you say In his presence that the report was true, and that you were going to get married in the month qI Novem*. ' berf— 4 don't remember. •- • • , i • ' Willyou'sweat you didn't?— I'ddn'tTcineriiber. K The Judge summed up, remarking. that, although something had be^ n said' about injuredieelincs and all that sort of thin" the ' yod'ng " lady herself did hot ap- pear to bo in a bad state of health, and there was no reason, to suppose that shfc w » nld not be4ab^ krttJ niarry ahothet husband, if one should turn tip. 1 After a fewminitfe^ fieliberqtiou^ hp jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with £ 350". damage3. SCENES PROM THE COURTS- MARTIAL AT VERSAILLES. Recently the courts- martial have been of jsmall Interest; but tho other day a straiigely tragic siene tobk place in the Sixth Conseil de Guerre ( writes the correspondent of tho ' Daily Telegraphic . , i : ,, , r,- The trial of shoemaker Boudin; as Communist and ' incendiary, did not promise much interest, nor did the ' public anticipate that the short trial would have com- pressed into it some of thp stropgest^ passionB of human llife. After the fall of the Comfnune, Boudin went back to his workshop, where Jje managed to escape detection for many, moqtba. , On § fevpl day, how- ever, he yielded to the temptations oi absinthe, and, as he was reeling^ home, pojnt^ d out the ruin? of. the Prefecture of Police to a Friend, and remarked that he had " helpedto < Jothat." The ever- present police ' a$ 3nt overHeird the tefhaiTc, and Bdtfdin wa'S arreBted and sent to " Versailles. • The prisdnet did not den^ Ithat he had made thiB unfortunate remark.' " MjJo" jnot deny it," he said, " butitivas only a joke : I . was drank. But I npveiffired the Prefeoture I wfil p¥ ovo to you I did not. i JVly mistress will come; and alio; will • tell you that I was with her all the they, iwere setting fire to tho building." " We will Lear what she has to say,'' said the imperttifbabJe Presi- dent, Colonel de la Porte, who then called ' the1 wopaan yhose words could free the n> an - from the temir of death. But, instead of satiny words in his favour, she began by accusing him of violence and evil temper ; and thep sho proved itfiat he was at the Prefecture on the memorable 23rd of, May, and that he. fought at the barricades, and that he only came home on the evening of the 25th. The prisoner cast at her agonising looks of entreaty, but sho turned upon him in fierce wrath. " You bSat me ; I liave not i tor-,. gotten that; and I mean to tell the truth to these gentlemen, and get rid of you." That speech left no hope for the prisoner. After deliberat- ing for twenty- fivo minutes, the Court returned with the verdict that they found the prisoner guilty of all the charges against him, and condemned him to death. . Another interesting trial by court- martial has taken p L- tce- The prisoner.* were tliree. During the lost tei Tible days of tho Commune these men arrested a oaiiber of cittefln^ acd stowed them away in a coai- cellar under the sacristy, in the Chnroh of St. EloL One of these unf ortunatei a Madame L^ cuyer, the wife of a grocer, was arrested because she refused to make known the hiding- place of her husband,, who had been declared a traitor by the Commune! She was a brave woman Despite the threats of instant death she steadfastly refused to betray her husband, and hence she waa thrust into a small cellar in which were- confined twelve other unfortunate people. On tho 25th of May, Boudoin, the chief prisoner, endea- voured to force her to betray her husband. She refused, aiyl was again shut up in the cellar, with the com- fortable assurance from her gaolor that she would suffer for her devotion. Next morning the prisoners were one by one made to pass before Boudoin, who asked I them whether they would go out and de- fend a barricade, or stay and be shot. Most of them accepted the first alternative, and by this means saved their lives. One, however, who had the misfor- tune to excite Boudoin's wrath, waa shot by him on the spot. Just aa Madame LGcuyer stepped out into the garden the deed- was done. She was led into the church by Boudoin, who put a revolver to her faoe, and told her she had but ten minutes to live. Thebrave woman offered him her life if he would let the rest of the prisoners go. " Seeing that I was not afraid," said, she, " Boudoin took me by the hands, exclaimed, 1 You are the right sort of citizeness— I wish we had mor8.1ike you,' and he then gave me a kiss," Madame Lcicuyer had saved her own life by her bravery, since, for the moment at least, Boudoin gave up the idea of shooting her; and in a few houre afterwards the Ver- saillais had entered Paris, and the Commune was over- thrown. The Court condemned Boudoin to death, and two of the prisoners to imprisonment; the fourth has been acquitted. Tlie PRINCE and PRINCESS of WALES in PARIS. The Correspondent of the Daily News sends over the fol- lowing particulars of the arrival of the Prince and Princese , of Wales in Paris :— The Prince and Princess of Wales amved by the ordinary mail train, twenty- five minutes late, at 7.45 : this ( Sunday) morning. Theijr incognito waa strictly irespected. The public knew nothing of the visit. There was no crowd; not a single shout. Their Royal Highnesses were received by only one director, ' Viscount de St. Pierre, who was accompanied ( by the station master, and M Thouin, the traffic manager. When the train stopped, the passengers, knowing that , the Prince wa3 their fellow traveller, rushed to see him, but his carriage was rapidly un- hooked ; a few strokes of the engine, brought it some yards forward, pnd- thr^ for four. nolicemen barred the passagejand ^ hqwed the> tsirfou3 ^ their way out. Some footmen tugged in vain at the door of the Boyal car- riage, which was locked, and a little delay occurred. The Princess of Wale3 was the first who stepped out. She was beaming with spules and looked supremely happy. Her dress was ample, neat, and becjmin^. She wore a close fitting lemon- coloured tunic, trimmed with Russian sable; a bonnet rather larger than v? e are accustomed to bee here; brown _ feathers, and some unobtrusive flowers. The Prince followed. I was surprised to see how well he looked, and how little changed since I saw him when he rode in his Hussar uniform at a review with the Emperor. The Prince seemed not in the least fatigued by his night journey. A very Blight lameness was the only perceptible symptom of recent illness. Ho wore a smart hat, of the shape called in- Paris the " Gambetta," and- Tiad a wmte camelia in his button- hole. , . After a few courteous words to the railway officials, the Pripce and Princess and their suite passed through " the luggage room to the outer court, where four plain hired carriages from the Hdtel Bristol were in waiting. The Princess very naturally got into the best looking carriage, which was at the head of the string, but being told by tho Prince that it had four places, and was intended for the members of the suite, she laughingly jumped ont, and with her husband mounted a coup^ behind. I never saw a young couple seem more tho- roughly to enjoy a holiday outing than the illustrious • guestsjvho in early morning sunshine drove through the* BtreeS ~ 6fun6qii& cious Paris to the Hdtel Bristol. Though the arrival of their Royal Highnesses is but little known, many names have alreadyjbeen inscribed irt" the~ TOitlng~ book of the- Hdtel Bristol. Amonf them are the Due de Nemours and the Prince an< Prince^ a Czartorisky. " OilMonday the Prince of Wales Went to Versailles at 2 o'clock, and after paying a visit to President Thiers paid breakfasting with the English " Ambassador, was- prCTent during a portion of the sitting of the As- sembly, accompanied by Lord Lyons, General Sir William Jtnollys, and Captain Arthur Ellis. The Dutiul- Amuale, aad - Prince Joinville came and con- versed with his Royal Highness. The Prince of Wales happened , to arrive towards the close of a discussion on the proposal . to prosecute two Deputies, for having written articles attacking the Assembly. This, discus- sion gave occasion to the most tumultuous scene wit- nessed in the Assembly for a year past. Only the arrival of Ins" Royal Highness apparently brought it to a conclusion. The Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Due ; d' Aumale, the Comte and Comtesse de Pariflj and tho Due de Nemours took luncheon on Tuesday morning ' with the Prince and Princess of Wples. fhe President of the " Republic, accompanied by a Staff officer, paid a Visit to their Royal Highnesses at three, o'clock in the afternoon. After the visit of M. Thiers, the Prince, accompanied by the Princess, drove out unattended in an open carriage. The weather was magnificent, and the Prince appeared to be in excellent health. fc » tound , and ( in erfect) that the aeanst approach to the object ot the original subscription would be to apply the dividmda upon the fund in court toward* providing religious and educational instruction under - Hie direction of the Caledoman Asylum. This report was confirmed, and the dividends on the fund in court which was represented by the sum of £ 3,286 17s. 5d. stock, have ever since beer paid to and duly applied by the guardians of the Caledonian Asylum. A petition was now presented by Messrs. Colin M'Cal lum, Donald Macgregor. and J. C. Macphee, one of whom was the original relator " to the infor- mation, with the view of having the dividends on lie fund in court applied for the purpose for which the fund was subscribed— » .&, in providing a service in the INTERESTING CASE TO THOSE WHO SPEAK GAELIC. In the Vice- Chancellors' Court, the cause of " The ^ ttorney- General v. Stewart" has beon heard, and was- a case of great interest to those of our fellow- countrymen who Epcak tho Gaelip languaga In the year 1809 a subscription was set on foot for the purpose of providing a plaoe of worship in London for persons coming from the highlands of Scotland who could not speak English, where the service should be performed in the Gaelic language. A considerable fund waa raised, pnd in If 1' 2 a committee of the subscribers was appointed, who, in the following year, entered into a contract for the purchase of a chapel in Cross- street, Hatton- garden, London, for £ 4,150. They paid £ 2,790 of this purchase- money, but had not suffi- cient funds to complete the purchase; and being unable to prpoure further subscriptions in the year 181G, they entered into an agreement to transfer their Interest in the chapel to the Caledonian Asylum Which is the well- known Institution for supporting find educating the children of soldiers, sailors, find marines, natives of Scotland, and of indigent Scotch parents resident in London and not entitled to paro- chial relief. Under this agreement the asylum paid to the vendor of the chapel the balance of the purchase- money, which, with interest, amounted to £ 1,359. The. Gaelic Chapel waa conveyed to the Asylum, and the Asylum as a corporation covenanted with trustees for the subscribers to the Gaelic Chapel to pay certain debts of the chapel, and also for ever to provide an equally commodious chapel and a clergyman of the Established Church of Scotland, who should deliver ^ herein one discourse in Gaelic and another in English every Sunday, and that such chapel should be open gratis for the attendance of poor destitute Highlanders to hear Divine service in. their own language. This agreement^ was cwried but for some years, until the guardians of the '' Asylum, being doubtful whether the arrangement fell within tho powers conferred upon ihem by their Act of Incorporation, obtained in 1822 an Act of Parliament by virtue of which they were released from their covenants and were enabled to purchase the chapel for their own purposes upon pay- ment to the trustees of tho Gaelic Chapel of £ 2,200. This sum was accordingly paid to tho trustees, who ilso about this time receivea an addition to their fund df £ 590, and invested the whole amount in Ex- qliequer Bills. The information in the causeof the " At- torney- General v. Stewart" was afterwards instituted against them, and they paid the fund into court where it was subsequently invested in Consols, and in, pursuance icheme, approved by tho Court, the dividend^ _ ordered to be paid to tho Rev. John Lees, the iboolmaster of the Cffledonian Asylum;" who tinder- jok to perfosm service in tho Gaelic language every Junday afternoon at the Scotch Church, in Chadwell- street, Spafields. Mr. Leea continued the ministra-" tfons until the year 1844, when he resigned the office of Gaelic preacher; and no other person having ' been found to succeed nim, it wan referred to tho Master to a new scheme. Thi Master accordingly made Gaelic language ; and in Bupportof the petition it alleged that the number of Highlanders living inLpndon who spoke the Gaelic language had greatly increased, and that there were a considerable number to whom a Gaelic service would be a great benefit; for, although they might have acquired the English language as a foreign tongue, they could not thoroughly* enter into a religious service except in their native language. Moreover, that tho original object of the subscriptions could, now be carried out, for there were Scotch clergymen competent and willing to conduct services in the Gaelic language, and to one of these clergy- men, the Rev. David Reid, the petitioners asked that tho dividends might be paid BO ' long as he should ( provide a Gaelic eervjee. Seven- teen affidavits were filed in support of ithe petition, and it was stated that 276 persons signed an applica- tion to the Charity Commissioners for leave to present this petition. The petition was opposed by the Cale- donian Asylum, and also by the Attorney- General on behalf of the Crown, on the ground that the Court had no jurisdiction to do what was asked efctiept at the instance of the Attorney- General,- Tthat there was, in point of fact, no necessity for a Gaelic service, nor any likelihood of a congregation, for all the Gaelh? re- sidents in London could sp^ ak English,- and that tfye Court was, in fact, asked to witharaw funds froin a charitable institution, where they were usefully em- ployed in the education of several children, for a mere speculative piatter of sentiment... The yice- Chancellor, after reviewing the evidence, said it did not appear that any of the persons who had given ovidence were unable to speak English, or that they would not derive aa much benefit from a Scotch service in English as. in Gaelic. Moreover, the divi- dends on the fund would not be sufficient for the pro- posed purpose without recouree tosubscriptions, which, according to former experience, were not likely to be obtained. Treating it as a practical question, he was satisfied that, if he acceded tathejprayer of the ^ eti- scheme which would fail ft toileB fcdforeT'He con- sidered that he oughfc not to effvert the income of the fund from the purposes to whioh it had been so long and so usefully applied, unless he was satisfied that the result would be beneficial; and he- conaidprea; that the result would be an utter failure. The zeal of those who desired the Gaelic pervice, and many of whgm lived at a distance from the place of'w^ rehip, would abate, and the congregation would not keep together. There wa3, moreover, a strong opposition on the part of the Attorney- Uaneral. On aU_ the grOpnds the peti- tion failed, ana mbst be dismissed, but, under the ajr- i cumstanceB, without costs ; and the costs of the Cale- donian Asylum and the Attorney- General woulfj come out of the fund. WHO ARE THEY? ( Fiom- PuticlC) Who are the lucky people who can buy the guinea pears and twenty guinea pine- apples paraded in the fruit- shops? • . n • . , » Who are the still more lucky- people who, without the cost of buying, get the privilege of eating them?' Who are the shabby people who nefafiously bring their old umbrellajrtib their cliuberin- the hope of pfofitr- ingby casual exchanges? Who are the curious people who buy the " curious old sherries " advertised at fifteen pence a bottle, or the " fine old crusted ports " at one and six? Who arethe clever people, who, now that it is over, have not all along predicted the failure of the Tich- borne case? ' ' - to be let, and the goodwill of the business to be sold. Placards with " Shop to let," or " Business to be dis- posed of," meet one at every^ other door. And I should say that a good manyWthe shops which aro Ho\ ropen are kept by GermarST All the restaurants, with hardly an exc- ption, have " Rexturalien," and often " Wein und Bier," too, added to their French titles. Many shops, notably cigar and book shops, are, as I have Baid, wholly German, and are kept bv Ger- man owners. No one can doubt that the French trading classes are emigrating lamely from Metz. Had Qnot already known that this was tho case, one d guess that it was, by seeing in Nancy numbers - of the shops with " from Metz " after their tenants' names. And the spirit of the people ? Well, there is no use denying it » the people do not eeem at all inclined to turn good Germans. 1 had seen, as I have already written to you, a good deal of hatred of the Teuton on my way through the occupied departments. But it was as nothing compared with tho absolute horror of the conqueror which is shown by the middle classes in Metz. They are extremely ostentatious in their pa- triotism, which they seem to think is beste shown by glaring at everyone whotn they fancy to be a German, and giving the Germans the cold shoulder m. ejery possible way. I am told that, as might be expected, none of the German officers here ate admitted into French society; and that if by chance an inhabitants of Metz finds himself in the same room with a German he instantly leaves it, and never puts his foot in the house a^ aln. SJ1 a| ttempts of the Germans to bridge over the " great gulf which yawns between the two nationalities have hitherto failed completely on the admission of the victors themselves. It is the delight of the inhabitants, on days when oue of the German military bands is ex- pected to play on the Esplanade— the Rotten- row of Metz— to crowd round the orchestra previous to the arrival of the musicians, and then, dnectly the band strikes up, to disperse in every direction, leaving the Prussian officers, their wives, and friends, alone in their glory. Every Frenchman in Metz tells you, with patriotic delight, how tho tricolour flag is still fixed to the top of the cathedral spire, and how the Germans have offered unavailingly large sums to any dna who will remove it. • It should be noted in passing that the said flag is so small as to be only just visible to the naked eye, and so exceedingly dirty that no on9 ' dan ' tell,' ex6ept with eyes enlightened with patriotic faith, whether it be the flag of France, Prussia, or Timbuctoo. I humbly confess, though gifted with a passably, good p^ ir of. eyes, to i having thought that this glorious banner was the weathercock when Ifirst saw it, . , ,., . The Prussians, however, intend shortly to pttfr up a gold cross on the spire in its place— perhaps, on the whole, a more fitting symbol for God's house— and I; have a shrewd idea that when the Germans once set to work in earnest they will soon have the_ tricolour down. ... CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS. A reflective New Orleans reporter described a new hearse as " asplendid though sad vehicle."; i iu A new style of glove for New York is made of opposum skin ; it is very soft and durable, and can be worn in full dress. A fashion article in a Wisconsin < paper describes the suit of an Indian boy five years old. It consists of an garter tied dround the left leg. In Pfcre La Chaise cemetery there is a monument in the form of a " tear," erected by a husbdnd to his wife, with the inscription : " Judge by that how I loved her." To be thin is the last fashionable feminine ambition in New York. Scrawny necla are all the rage, and young ladies whom nature Has not thud blesSed paint their roanded shoulders with wrinkles. Fisk's first revenge on Stokes waa in telling " Miss " Mansfield, that on a certain day Erie stock would go up. She told Stokes, who forthwith lost 100,000 dollars by its going down I The French vineyards are still in driead of the de- structive vine- flea, phylloxera vastatrix, which followed the oidlum plague. As yet the prize of £ 400 for extlehuinating the insect hKs* not bfeen earned. '* '' A pretty, rich young widow was regarding her- self lately at a mirror in her chamber, while for the first time trying on her widow's cap. " Behold," she exclaimed, " the real cap df liberty!" ' An American editor sayB he once partook of a beverage so very streng that he could not t& l whether it was brandy or . a torchlight procession that waS'going down his throat. A chiropodist in Paris commences his puff with these words—" All the world has corns : the fairest, boldest, best Romeo, doubtlesshad corns ; Juliet had probably ; and you, ladles ahd gentlemen, need not bkish Co expose your feet to the operator," Ac. In Mexico the custom is, when a duel has been fought, to erect" a cross on the'spot, and eVfery oflfe that passes by throws a, stone at the cross. Some ingenious Yankees have taken advantage of the custom to clear stony land by erecting crosses where no duel has been fought What a stick is to sweet peas so is the masculine gender to sweet female woman. This wo cull from a con- t^ mpoiary who heads it " ATruly Poetical Thought" Maybe, but if our contemporary were practical, he would see in it only an emblem of how woman manages to " get round" and circumvent man. . The following composition has been turned out by an American scholar, aged fifteen:—"' A " boy without a father is a horphan— without a mother, a double horphan ; but is oQso^ t without a grandfather and gnyidmotynir, and then hoiis'a horphanist." , At a social party, where humorous definitions was one i of the games in the eveniug, the question waj put, " What is reygionf" " Religion," replied one of tho. party, more fdmotis as a man of business than a wit. " ii in in- surance against fire in the next frprld, for which honesty is the best policy." Artemus Ward was on a alow California train, and he \ fent to the conductor and suggested that the cow ketcher was on the wrong end of the train ; for, 6aid he, " You will never overtake a cow, you know, but if you'd pat it on the other end it might be useful, fpr now there's nothin." on earth to hender a cow from walkin'right to. and bitln' the folks!" i A young lady at Council Bluffs being informed .' by her " fellor," that he intended to cease his attentions, cow- hided him round the room, and, as he sprang through the open window, told him, with a parting lick, that that would ' tqach him to be more careful for the future not to trifle with a gcnTIe and loving heart. Woass STILL '.— The people of a village in Kansas, called Grasshopper Falls not thinking the name sulliciently • high soubding, had It changed t » Sauterclle. Tho dwellers thereabout, unaccustomed to such- outlandish appellations, corrupted the new name iuto " Sow Tail," and tho village 13 now known only by that title. The hi^ niliated villagers nave just appealed to the Legislature to cliangQ the name ofitheir village back to Grasshopper Falls. STARTING A HENNERY.— A story is told about a Yankep who lately settled dowp Ip the West. He went to a neighbour and thus accosted him :—" Wal, I reckon you haiu't got no old hen or nothing you'd lend mo for a few w^ eV'S, have you neighbour?" " I will lend you one with pleasure," replied tho gentleman, picking out the very finest one in the coop. The Yankee took the lien home, aud then went to a, neighbour, and bono wed a dozen eggs. He thou, set the hen, and In due course of time she hatched a dozen chickens. The Yankee was again puzzled; he could return the hen, but how was he to Return the eggs? Anotheridea, Ilewouid , keep'the hen until she had laid a dozen eggs. This he did, aud then returned the hen and eggs to their respfectlve owners, remarking, as ho did so, '- Wal, I reckon I've got as fine a dozen chickens as you ever had your eyes on. and tiiey didn't co » t me a cent nuther." Who are the credulous people that believe in ZadkieVi Almanack, or the tips oiaporting prophets ? Who are the weak- minded people who buy the comic sheets which are hawked on penny steamers, and nowhere in, the ^ rorldelse? ' ' T Who are the young ladierf- that p& y = their bets at races, when unluckily they lose them ? Who are the young , gentlemen that never call their father '' governor," even To " Their closest chum? Who are the social people that would not much prefer a steak jand pint ol ^ bolesome beer , to the banquet d la i& A^ whioh' is served by a cheap pastry- cook, washed down with the champagne which has been bottled at the grocer's? _ - . Who are the^ fdolish peddle so credulous asio fancy- that war will be the upshot of the Alabama business r ' Who are the vicious people that pay organ- fiends and German band- its to molestftheir- quiet neighbours? Who are the weak people that put their faith in quacks, and so encourage the outpouring of their advertisements? Who are the " wondrous people who buy the Wondrous garments one B^ s tioketed by cheap tailors as " the Stylethe' Latefet Fashion!" " the Ticket 1" or " the Cheese!"? • Who are the virtuous young ladies that never lose their dance card, in order to throw over a bad for a good waiter? - - Who are the virtuous young gentlemen that can jjive up football in order to escort their sistera for a duty- walk? ' , " : Who are the ocjd people who in their hearts prefer the costly, tasteless,- long white- stalked asparagus to the cheap and toothsome green- stalked, which, alas! is not deemed fashionable? Finally— Who are tiie wicked people who read Pun e/ t attheshpp- windows to save the cost of buying it? METZ REVISITED. found to succeed him, it was referred to thj Master to approve a newscheme. ' Tha Master accordingly made his report in the year 1846, and found that ito did not appear that Gaelic preaching was required in London, for that, while it was carried on, very few persons at- tended j £ hat a St person to succeed Mr. Lees could not The Special Correspondent of tho Daily JVewshas revisited Metz, and sends an interesting letter to that journal, from which wo make the following extracts :— ' . It is now just nineteen months mhee - I first visited the then virgin fortress of Metz. In a little more than a year and a half what a stupendous change has taken place ! Little outwardly seems changed in the town itself; there is the Hotel de l'Europe opposite the room in which I write this letter, and it seems as if it were only yesterday' that wo stood and wdtched the two Baden officers who werf,- brought in to Lebceuf there as prisoners on parole after the opening skir- mish at Niederbronn. A Prussian dragoon officer's charger is being led up and ( down the ( jouxtyard noWj and the horse's master is no prisoner to11 France. In the very hotel in whicn I write, Bazaine's staff had their; quarters ;/ and close by is the room in which the Marshal's nephew showed me tho most beautiful maps. of Germany, but was unable. \ to produce any really good" ones- of the environs of Metz itself. Everything seems the same, and yet al is so different. I go out for a stroll down the Rue des Clercs— the Regent- street of Meta. There is the doorway under which I took refuge in order to see the Zouaves of the Imperial Guard pass. How the people cheered them! They had a battery of mitrail- leuses with them, aud every one crowded to have a look at new and mysterious engines of destruction, which were to carry elaughtei-. into the German tanks, and to aid the victorious French army in its " pro- menade militaire " to Berlin. Alas! the woods around Gorze and Rezonville and tho rocky gorge between Gravelotte and St. Hubert but too soon re- echoed to the jarring seund of the ." mitrailleusen," and the white crosses there to- day mark the grave of many a tall fellow who got his death- wound from, may be, that very battery. Here is the Place Royale— and it is covered with Prussian recruits, hard at work at position drill A few groups of Frenchmen are looking on at the barbarians, and their comments are curious to hear. " Look at then;," 8aid- on^; old gentleman^ I with the red ribbon of the Region of Honour in his buttonhole, " did " you ever see anything so- droll-? ' There, just look at that man lying flat on his helly to take aim. Is tljat a position fora- eotaier?" ( ah, m£ friend, the- men in the same • uniform htyveidono that same trick of skirmishing with pretty considerable success not far from here. " No mAtter,'' said another by- stander, - J'they work hard, these Prussians^" " They arequitoright," replied my decorated friend,' who thinks it unsoldier- like for men to lie down to shoot, " for, you Bee, they, will bo tried beiorelong." A stroll though ' the streets 2f Metz shows many a chnngo. The fixpt thing that must, I think, strike any asiy comei1 1B the prodigious ntaflbef of ahops which are AN OMNIBflS TAX. The simple abolition of Schedule © alone of all the- Iujcome tax Sehodule3 would, as The Times demon- strates, be trnjust ; but. if a suggestion made by Thd Times wer& adopted, Schedule T) would probably bV abolished yery^ oon. . Undoubtedly—, . , Nothing can be more unjust than that an artisan who- receives Weekly wages to the amount of £ 250 a year sbdtild escape taxation; while a clerk who receives £ C0Ja- yenr in quaiterly stipends should pay 6< L in the'pound Income- tax." As this partiality of taxation is perfectly rajust, of • nbthfijrcan be » •• ' bo more so. But there'might be •- 0.. U. equally unjpfjt. If an artisan earn- ing £ 250 a year in weekly wages were forced to pav sixpenceanthe pound Income- tax, it would, be quite asuhju'st that a crossing- sweeper who earnsashilling a day Should be charged nothing at all. Were l. ie Income- tax distributed over oil incomes whatsoever, large or small, without exception, the injustice of its incidence would be greatly thmimshed. But that would be evep mora unpopular than taxing tho People s tei and su^ iir. The masses would much rather have a morning's meal subject to insensible taxation than a Free Breakfast Table procured by an Income- tax ahired by themselves.— Punch. A letter has been published in Paris by two of the dclesaftw from Jletz whaattended the Commisslun appointed • to Inquire into the conduct of Marshal Baz. i:. ie In surrender- ing that place. The delegates consider that the marshal acted in a highly criminal manner, and say that his punish- ment will bo a satisfaction to outraged publlo morality. .^ flia- xcsnlty howev^, by_ no means followed.. they^. TCert utterance elsewhere. About the year 1830, MazzinI wai affiliated to the secret society of t( ie Carbonari, npH . frbif affiliation was tho introductory step , to his subje^ uenl political life; he was active, able, bold; afiTT impS- lSn^ i^ fittlbt^ in the* rt1in£ fls^ oMhatbbdy.^ At T> ne time it appeared as if his career was lively to be cut , short; lor he was betrayed by a Piedmontese spy, arrested, and de- taine I for sis months as a prisoner in the fortress of Savona. Be was set free at the end of that time only on condition otquitting Italy, and he eAme out of< captivity to'begin alife_ ol " exile apd, - apdstjcuhlp." as he. termed it, by loundiDg the aisoci. ition of La Giovine Italia, and starting at the'samo time,' and under that same title, at Marseilles, a monthly Journal; the chief end and aim of wbich was the ''• regeneration " of Italy. It was about this time, too, that le addressed to Charles Albert the celeiirated letter which drew down on him. a sentence of perpetual banishment from ilsnaUvu country. - It must < be owned, however, that " Young Italy" was an Improvement on the Carbonarisni which it . superseded; at all eveats. it was mpre humanitarian;— more Catholic in its accpe. In addition, to the Republican union of all Ita'y under one common system of law. and the ex- tinction of all foreign rule, the general principled of this new League enforced on its members the fluty « f working for the common " moral " regeneration" of Italy, and the establishment of politioal equality. Dot in the Italian Rajffiaia ojdy..* but throughout Europe and the world. Its - watchword was " Liberty, Equality, and Humanity ;" its motto, " God and the people;" the white, red,- and green • were adopted as their tricolour ; and it was said that hente- iorth education and Insurrectloif wdre'to supefsede assfiSSI- nation as their arms of attack. Mazzini was the life, soul, and centre of this formidable league, which soon Fpread through the capitals of Europe a network. of similar Assofiations, eachmodifled « o as to suit the requirements of the several nations. Mazzini found him- self . speedily banished fwm . Mar6oUIes, and for several months JJO- WBS forced to live In concealment. Still the " Giovlrie Italia" was not without its effects. Its first fruit was a revohitioaary expedition into Savoy, whidi wast organ- lzed M' Geneva, bflt defeated by tho Koval troops. Tor his own ascertained share in the affair Mazzini - was sentenced to death in the Sardinian courts, but he managed to keep his head on his shoulders, and to live to re- commence his revolutionary enterprise with renewed vigour and with cnlaiged aims. ' Hill' " Young~ Italy" having • b^ en. suppressed— at all events for a time— he now founded In Switzerland another association, which he called New Europe," bas^ d en the principles of European: Tights and the widest enfranchisement of the people. In 1S37 he quitted Switzerland, and took up his abode in- London, which subsequently,- lor many 4 long year, lie made, tor the most part, his headquarters of opera- tiotti in the Italfln ciuse. He took, it almost heed- less to eay, a very prominent part in the gTeat European crisis of 1848— a crisis which, no doubt, he helped rh lively - as any other man to bring abont. In February, 1819% he was . elected a member of the 1 Tuscan PriJylstoijia rnm& it, and in the following month he was choseD one' of the Triumvirate of Rome amid the rejoicings. of Italy. His Die-. SBHWSnHJJBBTPka iae more weicome because nls ideas bad long preceded him thither, and, indeed, may be said to have aided in that revolution of whicH Romf was then the trium- phant scene. • I It has been the fashion to consider Mazzini as a simple . destructive ; as a man able and wllliDg to pull down, but not to build up. It deserves, htwever, to bo remembered in his lavour that, true to the best part of the' principles pro- pounded in the literature, of hla " Young Italy," ilazzM's tenure of the supreme authority at Rome was marked by auch wisdom ana moderation, and attended with such con- sequent suocess, AS to elicit a public tribute of admiration lrom the lips of so Conservative a statesman as Lord Palmer- aton. He was the mainspring of the defence of Rome against • the'Prench; and on the surrender of that city Mazzini quitted Italy, and took up hla abode at Lausanne, In Swit- zerland. At this period he made his name famous In France by ad- dressing to M. de Tocqneville and other French statesmen some most bitter and reproachful letters on the high- handed polfcy pursued in that country; and, finding his Continental residence too hot to hold him, he returned to London, not, liowever, with any Idea of abandoning his long- cherished topes for Italian unity. It was at his instigation that the insurrections at Milan In .1858 and in Piedmont some three or four years later were attempted. In 1859, wMle - lending the whole weight of his Influence to the revolutionary movements in Italy, he opposed with vigilance and foresieht the threatened predominance of France in the South of Europe, and refused to place faith in the Liberal programme of the French Emperor. The Sicilian expedition of 1860 owed, perhaps, as much to the subtle prudence and secret organization of Mazzini as to the personal ' leroism'of Garibaldi, with whom at one time, shortly after the return of the AustrLms to Milan, he wandered about as a volunteer How far it is true that In the course of subsequent events he helped on the cause of Italian unity, as his friends assert, or how far, ty, his impracticability, he stood in the way of the realisation of Italian hopes, we must leave the future historian to de- cide. His warm advocates, Hotfever, do not Acruple to asser^ that " as the price of seeing an Italy strong enough to live her own life, even under a Monarchical form of Government, he willingly renounced the far dearer dream lie had dver cherished of an united. Italian Republic." Of late years Mazzlnl's health was such aa to help to keep Wra. in comparative seclusion, although he still contrived to exercise a considerable, though silent, influence on tho affairs of the Continent. Once, at least, ho was elected by Jlessina as its representative ; but he declined or neglected to take his seat, and his election, consequently, was de- ctereainformal" Tialiyin tlT6 present year he took up hla ( residence at Geneva, where Jie was recently described as very feeble, shattered in health, and able to walk about on lright euimy days aply by the help of a stick. 1 Mazzini Vjft a copioW writer. The list of his works fills nearly ten pages of the catalogue of the Uritleh Museum. A pertft Bia- ter not, only of Italian but of French and of . English literature, he befcame years ago a commentator updn DanL%, the . author of works on philosophy, and a constant contributor to some of the most thoughtful periodical litera- ture in Paris and In London. He could spo? e time frbm his philosophic ctudy to provide for the relief and education of " epoor Italian organ- boys who wander about the streets Of Lend on: and ho would turn from the warfare of politics to write In Ills Apoeiolato Popolare, for the beueflt of Italian workmen, sermon " op Uie duties of man." There it'DOmore masterly analysis of tho faults and shortcomings of the Economic and 8ociaiist sohgols than that which he contributed some years njro to the columns of the People'g Journal, or any more profound criticism on Thomas Carlylfc'i writings than that which Is said to have proceeded from Bi » , pen in the VTestminOer RcnUw. Ilia works have been col- lected by Daelll, of Milan, iuto twelve Volumes, which. If not already published m a complete form, aro . shortly toanpcir •• with a dedication to Garibaldi. ' In private life Gidseppe Mazrinl Was accomplished and • courteous, and gifted with a genial manner which won regard almost instantly, at least unconsciously. In Lo.' idon he lived iln the humblest manner, occupying often only a single room, ' and generously bestowing tho earnings of his pen on the cause which over lay nearest t » hi » heart : and whatevt* we may think of his political opinions, few will be disposed to ques- tion the sincerity, even to fanaticism, of Ills devotion' ono Idea— the cause of Italian unity. . MAZZINI'S PERSONAL APPEARANCE. A ^^ U in. tho LaillJ tiM* gives the following a^- ' count of Mazzini'H personal appearance :— « vIniill^" onal aPPearnnce SignorlilazzliilwasbynomeanB tnf K'n< 1 o « man in whom a stranger would suspect the con- • plrato. who could plunge a nation into disorder, or the dreaded revolutionist- (" hose name was a terror to European . Governments. In his early days he waa one whom a pawer- by who met him in the street would have turned to loo* at. With a lofty but somewhat narrow forehead widen SATURDAY, JIABCH 1G, 1" HE FA SAipi r •! l i IMPERIAL PARLIAMEfr T. IN the EOBM cf Lnr^ SIarch 11, Earl Co wpor moved that the fl^ e peer* ( whose n& mej bud previously been given), should be appointed a select committee to Jott tho select committee appointed by the Houso of Commons to Inquire Into the Tramway bill* before Parliament this seeilon. The motion was agreed to. On the motion of the Earl of Morley, tho Poor Law Loan BOl was read a second time. The Bank of Ireland Charter Amendment Eill passed through committee with amendments. The Earl of Longford asked if her Majesty's Government Intended to propose any measurefor reducing the number of Poor- law unions in Ireland t The Earl of Dufferin replied that at present tha Govern- ment had no intention of cringing in a measure tot the pur- pose Indicated b7 the noble earL Their lordships then adjourned. In tho House of Commons, Lord H. Lennox gave notioe that on the 22nd March, on going into Committee of Supply, he would call attention to the report of the Royal Commis- sion appointed to inquire into the circumstances attending the loss of the Megcera. Mr. Mundeila gave notice that on an early day after Easter no would ask leavo to Introduce a bill reducing the hours of labour of young persons and women employed in fac- tories. Mr. Card well, replying to Mr. Gourley, said that provision was made in the Estimates this year for a camp oi Instruc- tion upon the same scale as that of last year. Various placcs had been examined, but no conclusion had yet been come to as to what particular place should be selected for the proposed camp. Mr. Forster In reply to Mr. Dent, said that Dr. Williams, of the Veterinary Department of the Privy Council, had been sent to Vienna to represent this country at the Inter- national Conference, to be held under the presidency of tho Minister of Agriculture, in order to come to an understand- ing upon an uniform course of action for preventing the spread of the cattle plague. Mr. Knatclibdll Hugessen. In reply to Mr. Macfle, said the Government had no official information as to utterances • which, ft was said, it had been thought desirable to suppress of a member of the Government of Canada with regard to the connection between the mother country and the colony, other than that contained in newspaper reports. There was no truth in the statement that there was a socret understand- ing on that subject between tho Government of this country and that of Canada. Mr. Bruce, replying to Mr. HInde Palmer, declined to enter into any engagement to introduco any measure to alter Factory Acts by shortening the hours of labour for women and children. The House th « n went into Committee of Supply, and the adjourned debate on the first vote of lis, 649 men, and Mr. Holms' amendment to reduco it by 20,000 men, was then resumed; After a long discussion, the House divided, and Mr. Holms' amendment was negatived by 234 to G3. Mr. Munta next moved a second amendment, that the vote • be reduced by 10.000 men. This was defeated by 216 to C7. and the vote was then agreed to, as was also the vote of ££, 233,000 for the pay and allowances of the men, alter a motion to strike out £ 16,736, the cost of Army agencies, had been negatived by 87 to 43. The other orders were disposed of and the House ad- journed. In the House of Lords, March 12, the Deans and Canons Resignation Bill was read a first time. On the motion to read the Publio Parks ( Ireland) BtU a third time, the Earl of Dufferin proposed to add a clause to give power to the governing body of any town to sell superfluous land. Tho Earl of Stanhope asked that the clause might be limited to sales by public auction. Lord Redesdale supported this view. An alteration to this effect was made in the clause, and the " bill as amended was read a third time, and passed. The Toor- Law Loans Bill passed through committee. TT » o Duke of Somerset moved for a select committee to In- • quire into the present state of the harbour and fortiflcations of Alderney— a committee which he said the Government had consented to give. The'motion was agreed to, and their lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons, Col. Beresford gave notice that on the 9th April he would call attention to the unfair and ruinous competition to which the mat makers are exposed by tho employment of convict labour and of steam machinery in prisons, and move for a select committee to inquire into the subject. Sir T. Sinclair gave notice that on an early day he would move a resolution in favour of the immediate repeal of the taxes upon tea, coffee, sugar, and other necessaries of life. Mr. Grant Duff, replying to Major Arbuthnot, ssld that the delay In appointing a successor to Sir George Jameson, late Auditor of Indian Accounts, had arisen in consequence of certain doubts with regard to the best method of carrjing into effect the provisions of the statute under which that officer was appointed. These doubts were now at an end, and he hoped the appointment would be filled up in a few - days. Sir John Hay gave notice that on an early day after Easter ho would call attention to the correspondence between the Pnblic Works Loan Commissioners, the Treasury, and the Board of Trade, and move a resolution. 6ir D. Wedderburn called attention to the difficulty of ob- taining opportunities for discussing Scotoh measures and moved for a 8elect Committee. The obstacles under the present system he classed under four heails— the absence from the Cabinet and the House o^ Lords of any Minister , specially charged with Scotch affairs, the wnrit of sn effl- - clent machinery for extending to Scotland the benefits of United Kingdom legislation, the possibility of. Scotch members being outvoted by English and Irish mem- bers, and the impossibility of giving sufficient time to the ' details of Scotch Bills. Among other useful measures on which Scotland had set her heart, and the passing of which had been prevented by the present system, he enumerated education, Game Laws, road reform, feudal tenures, and hppotheo, and the chief remedy he suggested was tho re- ference of the details of bills to Grand Committees after their principle had been accepted by the House. Sir B. Anstruther, in seconding the motion, also dilated on the difficulties experienced by the Home Secretary and the Lord Advocate in pushing forward Scotch measures. He also was in favour of Grand Committees, but thought they should not consist exclusively of English, Scotch, or Irish members, and insisted on the appointment ol a Minister for Scotland with a seat in the Cabinet. Mr. Pim proposed that Ireland should be Included in tho inquiry, which he believed to be as much neglected as Scot- land, and supported his proposal by elaborate statistics as to recent Irish legislation. Ho recommended the reference of Irish Bills to Grand Committees of Irish members, and con- troverted the common delusion that these committees would become bear gardens or would lead to Homo Bule. Mr. Serjeant Sherlock seconded the amendment; but Mr. Vance thought the present system more efficient in ordinary Sessions, when the Government did not overload the House with business. V « W V. 1.10V OLKVU UJ PIV. UJL A/ BLCUL, UUU ITJU strongly opposed to the creation of a Minister for Scotland, an office which would be a mere sinecure. But the sug- gedtion of Grand Committees deserved consideration. Mr. Gladstone admitted that tho difficulty of transacting all the business that came before tho House was growing annually, and he feared that public opinion was not yet sufficiently ripe for the immediate adoption of any of the remedies suggested. The great point was to increase the divisible fund of time, and until this was done what was gained by one set of subjects was taken from another. Mr. Gladstone pointed out that England had a grievance as well as Scotland and Ireland, and ho enumerated a string of English arrears, such ns the Licensing System, Local Taxation; Metropolitan Government, Courts of Judica- ture, Chancery Funds, which were waiting for settlement. But he strongly deprecated any change which would tend to separate the Interests of tho three countries, or which would hand over the business of ono country to the repre- sentatives of that country exclusively. Whatever change, however was made must be considered as a whole, and lie Mr. M'Larcn was opposed to Grand Committees, and ad- vocated a Minister for Scotland. Lord St. Lawrence expressed his disappointment at the Prime Minister's speech; and Mr. Macflo was speaking, when tho House was counted out at a quarter- past 8 o'clock. CALLING THEM TO ACCOUNT! NOT AGREEING TO A VERDICT. A trial of exceptional Interest took place at the Donegal Assizes, and lasted two days. It was a prosecution of two named Bernard and Charles M'Callog for the mut d « r of a wuu- an. The case presented some « f tho most re vol ting- features of agrarian crime, remarks tho Dublin correspondent of The Tiinef, who thus narrates the proceed- ings of the trial:— The prisoner Bernard M'Callog, when railed upon to plead, said, with an air of solemnity, " Not Guilty. No, thanks to God, I never murdered any one 1" Hia brother pleaded " Not Guilty," and in reply to the usual question, said he was ready for his trial at any minute. Mr. Johnstone, Q. C., who represented the Crown, stated the circumstances under which the murder was committed. Edward M'Callog, a brother of the pri- soners, and Owen M'Fsdden, husband of Ann M'Faddemthe murdered woman, were married to two eistera. The former lived with an old man named Magee, but. a quarrel having arisen, MCallog had to leave the house, and the old man then took into his house a widowed daughter named Sally M'Fadden. Magee died on the 8th of January, 1871. All the par- ties then met about the house, and the prisoners were heard to threaten Owen M'Fadden. Their animo- sity to him was not diminished when they afterwards found that he had induced Sally M'Fadden to sel the interest in the farm to him, and to eject the M'Callogs. They were further exasperated by the Beizureof their cattle for the costs of the ejectment proceedings. Owen M'Fadden went into possession on the 9th of June. On the night of the 1st of August he and his family, consisting of hia wife and three children, were in the house, which contained but two rooms. They were preparing to go to bed, between eight and nine o clock. Owen was getting his bed ready, and his wife was seated beside another,. with a caudle in her hand, looking over some clothes, when a man entered the room and fired a pistol at the woman, who imme- diately felL She afterwards got up and struggled to the door. Her husband seized the man, and a desperate encounter ensued between them. Owen M'Fadden seized the pistol with his left hand and held it firmlyj and the two combatants, when other means of inflicting injury failed, then used their teeth against each other's faces, and endeavoured, as it was sworn, to bite off each other's noBe. Ultimately, M'Fadden, being the stronger of the two, contrived to get his antagonist down on the bed, and lay over him. Meanwhile another man, believed to be Charles M'Callog, had come in immediately after the shot was tired, and he followed the woman out and discharged another pistoL On returning the house he found his companion, who was alleged to be Bernard M'Callog, struggling with MFadden, and, coming to his rescue, struck the latter on the temple with some blunt weapon. M'Fadden with difficulty crawled away from them and got into the house of a neighbour, where he fell on the floor exhausted. There were five or six young men in that house, but not one would put forth a hand to aid him. The woman was afterwards found outside the house still breathing, but expired in a few minutes. The police were commu- nicated with, and on searching the prisoners' beds found clothes with stains which on chymical examina- tion were proved to be of blood. Owen M'Fadden at once identified the prisoners after they were arrested. He swore to the facts stated, and two of his children, both very yomig, corroborated his evidence, and posi- tively identified the prisoners. The defence was an alibi, and the evidence to sup- port it was that of a sister of the prisoners, who Bwore that on the night in question they met with an acci- dent, that tho shaft of a cart having broken struck Bernard M'Callog on the cheek, and that neither of them went out of tho house afterwards. She gave her evidence in Irish, - and it was communicated to the Court through an interpreter. _ Counsel for the Crown applied for liberty to produce rebutting evidence as to the breaking of the cart, but Mr. Justice Keogh objected to that course as unfair to the prisoners, after tho case for the Crown had closed. The learned Judge delivered an elaborate and im- pressive charjre, to which he devoted three hours. j After four hours' deliberation the jury stated that there was no chance of their agreeing to a verdict, ! and, one of them being seriously ill, they were dis- charged. 1 RESERVED FOR CONSIDERATION At the Worcester ASBIZHS, John Beeves and Henry Hand cock were Indicted lor feloniously placing upon tho West Midland branch of the Great Western Railway Company on the 18th of September tist, at Bretfortou, live pieces ol iron, with Intent to obstruct an engine, tender, and car- riages on the line. The prisoners were two boys of the age of eight years. As an up train was going along the line from Evesham to Honeybourne the guard observed some- thing lying on the rails of the down line. On arriving at Honeybourne he gave'information, which led to tho driver of the next down train proceeding cautiously, keeping a sharp look out, which enabled him to dis- 1 cover five pieces " of iron called van bolts placed | on the metals, Ihd to stop his train before reaching them. He removed them, and then saw two little boys peeping round a stack of corn. On his going ! towards them, they ran away. The proof of their \ identity lay in a confession made by the prisoners to j the mother of one of them in the presence of the police ! constable, after she had said that it would be better for them to tell the truth. For the defence it was urged that at the age of the prisoners they must be firesumed primii facte to be incapable of forming a | elonious intention; and that it was, therefore, neces- J sary that there should be proof of the existence of such intention in this case, and that there was none ; and further, that the confession of the boys was not volun- tary under tho circumstances, and was, therefore, inadmissible. His Lordship ruled that under the age of seven years- a child was incapable in law of committing a felony, and that between the ages of seven and. 11 years a child was priitld facie incapable of a felonious act, and that proof then became necessary that the child under- stood tho nature of the - act and possessed a wicked motive. He admitted the confession, but reserved the Question of its admissibility for the consideration of the Court of Crown Cases l\ eserved. The jury found the prisoners Not Guilty. The same boys were then indicted for the mis- demeanour of unlawfully obstructing the engine, and upon this charge, under the direction of the learned Judge, they were, upon the same evidence, found Guilt » Tho point on tho admissibility of the con- fession was reserved, as iu tho former case, and the prisoners admitted to baiL PETITIONS IN. PARLIAMENT. In the House of Commons, on Monday evening, petitions in favour of legalising marriage with a de- ceased wife's sisterwere presented by Mr. P. H. Muntz, from physicians and surgeons of Birmingham, also from a public meeting at Birmingham and from 9,656 inha- bitants of Birmingham; by Mr. T. Chambers, from 75 barristers, solicitors, gentlemen, and others of Lincoln's- inn- fields and other parts, to the same effeot, and from Mr. J. Morison, for the immediate repeal of the Vaccination laws; by Mr. Laalett, from Worcester, in favour of the Municipal Corporation ( Borough Funds) Bill; by Sir R. Anstruther, in favour of placing the county assessment for lunatics, police prisons, and the like upon the Imperial Exchequer, and from Cupar Free Templars, against licensing any hou° e without the consent of the ratepayers ; by Lord G. F. Hamilton, from inhabitants of London, against encroachments in Epping Forest; by Mr. Graham, from the United Presbyterians and other inhabitants of Creetown, for excluding religious education from the province of School Boards in Scotland ; by Mr. R. Smith, from Litchurch Local Board, Derby, m favour of the Municipal Corporations Bill ; by Mr. S. Hol- land, from the Nonconformist Calvinistic Methodists of the Western end of Merionetshire, against money raised from public funds for the purpose of national education being applied for the instruction of only a section of the children, and trusting that the Scotch Education Bill may be so amended as to be consistent with the principles of equality; by Mr. Magniac, from St. Ives, against certain alterations of the Education Act; by Mr. H. W. Fitzwilliam, from Kilquade, praying that education may be based on religion, and stating that no educational system can bo suitable for Catholic youths which excludes Catholic teaching; by Mr. Robertson, from the Free Church Presbytery of Dunse and Chirnside, against the tax upon carta going to church; by Mr. Morley, from a meeting of ratepayers of Bristol, against the re- imposition of the Income- tax in trades and professions ; also from Shoreditch and Whitechapel, and other parts of the metropolis, in favour of Marriage with a De- ceased Wife's Sister Bill; by Mr. Samuda, from the Tower Hamlets, against the monopoly possessed by the Sailors' Home, in supplying outfit to sailors, and of boarding inbound ships to solicit custom for their establishment; by Colonel Brise, from Lieutenant- Colonel Napper, Bengal Staff Corps, for redress of grievance of principle, admitted in clause 4, Army Regulation Act of 1871; by Mr. H. Richard, from the Local Board of Health, Merthyr, praying that the provisions ef the Parliamentary and Municipal Elec- tiona Bill may be extended to elections for local Boards of Health: also from the Guardians of the Poor of the Merthyt1 Unfbn, that the elections for Poor- law Guar- dians may be by ballot; and from the Local Board of Health of Aberdare, in support of the Municipal Cor- porations ( Borough Funds) Bill; by Mr. Dodson, from Hawkhurst, Ticehurst, Wadhurst, Goudhurst, Hurst- green, Burwaah, Lamberhurst, and Kildown, against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday ; by Mr. Arthur Bass, from the Highway Board of Handsworth, pray- ing that clauses may be inserted in the Birmingham and Staffordshire Tramway Bill to compel the company to construct the tramwayB to the satisfaction of the Highway Board, and to pave the tramways between the rails and 18 inches on each side ; by H. W. Fitz- william, from the Board of Guardians of the Shille- lagh Union. Ireland, in favour of the application of the surplus revenues of the Irish Churcn to the relief of the burdens on land; by Mr. Eaton, frdm Coventry, praying for the establishment of an international syBtem of arbitration; also by Mr. Figgins, from Shrewsbury, to the same effect; by Mr. Trevelyan, for the abolition of capital punishment; by Major Gavin, from Colonel Meed, Colonel Schneider, Captain Gowen. and Captain Gattiscombe, late of the Hon. East India Service, complaining of grievances and praying for redress; by Mr. M'CuIlagh Torrens, from the vestry of St. Luke's, in the county of Mid- dlesex, in favour of the Epping Forest and the Metage of Grain Bills; by Mr. W. S. Allen, from Wesleyans at Newcastle- under- Lyne, against the Bale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday; bv Mr. Wheelhouse, from ladies and inhabitants of Leeds, against the Bill for the Protection of Infant Life; bv Mr, Dundas, from the Presbytery of the Free Church of Scotland in Orkney, praying remission of tax on carts employed in conveying persons to their places of worship; by Mr. Pemberton, from Captain Lidderdale, Madras Staff Corps, and Colonel Cuppage, Bengal Staff Corps, praying redress of grievances under clause four of Army Regulation Bill; and by Mr. Fothergill, from miners and underground workers of Cymmer, Navigation and Deep Duffryn, Lower Duffryn, and Aberaman, for the better regulation of minei THE " HOLE IN THE WALL." A memorial, signed by some persona living in tho neighbourhood of the Hole in tho Wall," Kirby- street, Hat ton- garden, London— the tavern now ren- dered notorious as the head- quarters of the London Democrats— alleging that the noises made by the political meetings held in the house had become a nuisance to the inhabitants, was laid before the justices of the Holborn division on the recent licensing day. The house has otherwise been well conducted, the police having no complaints against it of the usual character. Acting, however, upon the memorial laid before them, the magistrates decided to adjourn the renewal pf the licence for three weeks, to see whether the alleged nuisance was abated. The Committee of the Patriotic Society intended to instruct counsel to appear - to refute the state- ment contained in the memorial, at the adjourned magistrates' meeting, and in the meantime to hold their meetingB as usual; but the brewer's solicitor— the " Hole in tho Wall" being a " brewer's house "— having ordered the landlady not to allow any more Democratic meetings; the members of the Patriotic Society on Sunday evening, when they went to the ekib- room to hold their usual meeting, found the door locked, and they were refused admittance. They were also told that a lecture announced for the following evening by Mr. Savage, on the Alabama question, would not be allowed to take place. Under these circumstances tho society adjourned to a neighbouring tavern, when they resolved upon taking premises in Hatton' garden, and forming a working man's club, when upwards of sixty persona gave their names for £ 1 each in furtherance of the project. EPITOME OF NEWS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Horseflesh in Paris has risen four sous a pound. It will soon be as great a luxury as beef. The Comte de Chambord, instead of going to Am- sterdam, has left Breda for Cologne. Paris waa absolutely without tobacco for two days last week, the Government officials not having delivered the usual supply to the An all retailers. It ia stated that tho " Villa Cavendish, formerly occu- pied by M. Emile de Giradln, at Baden, has been taken for the Queen fur sixteen days from the 27th instant. It is said that very shortly telegraph wires will be carried Into the courses of all Important race meetings. Tho revenue derived from turf messages is enormous and Is In- creasing yearly. On Saturday the operatives in the woollen trade of Lee Js held a mass meeting, and resolved to agitate for the nine hours limit, and to support the flax- spinners now on A gentleman who doe3not wish his name to transpire at present has presented the Corporation of London with an equestrian statue of the late Prince Consort on condition that they find a site and erect a pedestal. In view of the fact that the reign of the Latter- Day Saints at Salt Lake is about drawing to a close, it Is proposed that they now be called " Latter- End Saints." It is said that the new French Army Bill prescrfbes universal liability to military service for ail Frenonmen from twenty to forty years of ace, abolishes the right of sub- stitution, and prohibits bounties. An interesting idea is ventilated in a Radical London paper— namely, that if wo have to pay the Alabama claims the upper and middle classes alone should be called upon to doit! A venerable country gentleman said to a newsboy, in the Strand, on Thanksgiving Day, " Boy, I want to go to Somerset House." " Very well," replied the boy, " you may ! go, if you'll promise not to be gone long." Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges a3 " conscience money" the receipt of the first halves of two ' £ 20 notes from " S. D. f also the first halves of bank- notes, amounting to £ 115, from " M. S.," for Income- tax. On Tuesday, March 26, there will be an examination for four Scholarships, two of £ 60 and two of £ 30 a year each, open to boys who were under 13 yeara of age on the 1st of October, 1871. Furthor information can be obtained from | the Head Master of the Harrow School. The latest statement with regard to the missing. Russian is that ho w. is a member of a society whose degree ® are death against those who intend to marry— or marry. The latest Americanism import- d into the diction of our own ancient and respectable country 1 tho word " bii, r' for business. " Kettledrum," winner of the Derby in 1S61, has been sold to go to Austria, but will not leavo England until the end of the season. Two heavy sentences— ono of death, cvne of penal servitude for life— hare been parsed on Communist pri- soners concerned In the burning of the Church of St. Elol. The King of Siam has sixty brothers and forty sisters. His father had three hundred Ranees, and ho himself has thirty- two. It is a strange commentary upon the news given by A Congressional Committee has just been visiting New Orleans to investigate the charges of fraud and corruption preferred against the State Government of Louisiana. The inquiry lasted a fortnight, and, according to & correspondent of the New York Times, it has elicited a vast amount of evidence, establishing beyond the possibility of doubt that " bribery, fraud, peculation, and plunder" are habitually practised in the legislature and every other depart- ment of the Government. " The State ia now reeling under the heavy burden of debt and taxa- tion which has been put upon it by needy adven- turers, assisted bv home patriots, who were buttoo will- ing to enjoy the lruits of the treason though they hated the traitor. There were many very u- ly facts brought out before the Committee, which militated against the leaders of both of the two factions of the so- called Re- publican party." The correspondent went on to say that the people of tho State are thoroughly aroused: even the negroes, on whom the Carpet- baggers leaned for support, have " become disgusted with the course Pursued by the men who call themselves Republicans." Jut the nepotism of the governor, who has conferred fc'l thef^ t offices on his own. favourite*, hw done more. SPUTTERINGS FROM " JUDY'S" PEN. TATTOOING will probably Oecomo a ladylike accomplish- ment, owing, no donbt, to the revelations in the Tlchborne case. Judy knows a lady who can not only crochet beauti- fully. but she can cat too. IT'S au ill- wind that blows nobody any goor<, and the " arrest" of the Claimant will prove-' a rest" to the jury- men and all concerned. SINODLAR Statement.— It has been reported that tho Claimant found his reception at Newgate rather a cell. IF it Is true the Bella sprung a leak, it wanted bailing out as badly as the Claimant did afterwards. OF course you have seen a rope walk, but did you ever see a magic lantern slide J SHOCKINO BRUTALITY.— All over tho country the clocks are constantly striking the hours; and, what Is worse, the public cry out if they stop. HtJiULiATiNQ FOR ncuANiTr.— The greatest man finds a match in a little bit of wood tipped with brimstone. THE expected message from America respecting tho Alabama question is reported to be eminently pacific. How can this be the case, wheu we know It ia crossing the Atlantic t ° A PARDONABLE Weakness— Pardoning a garrotter. FIGURATIVELY Speaking— Using the dumb language. " WHAT colour was tho last squall at sea?— Why, the storm rose, and the wind blue. IT is unfair to speak of any new Invention for painless sur- gical operations as good news or railway traveller*. — Judy. G A supplementary estimate presented to Parliament gives tliu cipen- es of the High Commissioners at Washington, and the cost oi the presentation of the Britiah'cAse at Geneva, as jointly amounting to £ 23,000. When the Mordaunt case was before the Divorce Court iu February. 1870, ail order was made, giving Sir Charles liberty to apply to Lord Penzance again If Lady Monlaunt recovered her sanity. On Tuesday, however, tho petitioner, through his counsel, applied to be relieved of that option and the judge saw no reason why this should riot be allowed, lie therefore dlsmissdd the- petition, but it would be understood tli^ t In doing so the petitioner did not f,. revo iui nicut vf jnji'hl tmw.- l. ft ( njiipi- v » - w Iko wlu- ilyiKfeiUM ft I.— 42* dwikfen uitLtt cuu « •,._; buscO. THE PEDLARS' ACT, 187L A numerously attended meeting of hawkers and ped- lars was eonvened on Tuesday evening, in the St. Stephen's Mission- house, Henry- street, Kent- street, Borough, London, in opposition to the above Act. Mr. Philip Walter, who was principally^ instru- mental in the promotion of the meeting, having been voted to the chair, explained what he considered the objectionable features of the Act. It placed, he said, a restriction upon boys under the age of seventeen Eears, who, he argued, if prevented from getting a velihood by the only method within the compass of their means, station, and ability, would necessarily re Sort to thieving rather than starve. It exacted in re- spect of a licence to hawk the sum of 53., which numbers of the class were frequently not in _ a position to pay. But the most objectionable of all its clauses was the one making it imperative that a hawker's licence should be vis£ d by the police officer of every district through which he travelled. Ho read tie affidavit of a hawker, named Read, who, while on his travels through the Isle of Wight, was arrested at Shanklin and taken to Ventnor to get his certificate endorsed. The man was making his way on foot to Ventnor at the time for that purpose, but, having fallen into the hands of the police, was made to pay railway fare. At Ventnor he was detained till the uext day, then he waa taken before a magistrate and remanded till the day following, and, notwithstanding he offered to deposit £ 3 in money and £ 2 worth of stock to avoid incarceration, he was locked up for 23 houra, finally being Bet at liberty by the justices sitting in petty sessions at Newport after being mulcted in 8s. expenses. This the chairman denounced as cruel in the extreme, and he then read a letter he had just received from the Home Secretary, which was as follows:— " Whitehall, Marqh 6. Sir,— In reply to your letter ol the 17th Ult., representing that the pedlars of London have ob- jections to certain of the clauses of the Pedlars' Act, 1871, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Bruce to acquaint you that the amendments In the above Act wore adopted after great con- sideration, and in order to remedy an almost univorsal com- plaint as to the working of tho former Pedlars' Act. 1 he now Act has only been two months in operation, nnd until It has been fairly tried Mr. Bruce cannot entertain the ques- tion of altering It. I am. Sir, your obedient servant, A. F. O. LiDDELL. Mr. Philip Walter, 95, Oxford- street, Mile- end." In conclusion, the chairman called upon the meet- ing not to be deterred by this attempt to Bhut the door against them from making an appeal to the Legis- lature and protesting together and strongly against the infringement of their personal liberty. On the motion of Mr. Haynes, seconded by Mr. Thompson, the following resolution waa passed :— " That this meeting of pedlars and hawkers considers the Pedlars' Act, 1871, as arbitrary, cruel, and unjust; that somo of its clauses are of a nature to prevent tho very poorest from obtaining an honest livelihood, and that it Introduces a new and dangerous principle subversive of Constitutional Uberty— that of police supervision; that the clauses relating to the selling of skill in handicraft introduces an unjust precedent for taxing workmen on their labour." J. Robinson moved, and one Griffiths seconded a resolution approving that a petition be presented to Parliament, and giving directions for a deputation to wait upon the borough members. A motion for a vote of thanks to the chairman met with a cordial assent. " The American Case." A coffin to put it in and bury it for ever. About 500 building operatives struck work in Oxford on Monday moriung on the question of the nine- hour day. The demand of the men waa last week met by an offer from the masters to make 60J hours the week's work, ami to furthor consider the question when the movement became more general. At a meeting held on Thursday evening. Pro- fessor Thorold Rogers in the chair, this offer was rejucted, and a resolution adopted to strike II tho whole of the de- mum! were uot conceded. At a meeting of tho masters on Saturday, a resolution was come to oiferlng to receive a deputation of one man from each firm, and promising to treat their representations with respect and consideration. This resolution was placed before a meeiing of the operatives held in the opeU air in front <> l the City Gaol on Mi u. lay morning, out rejected, - nua ic^ jiutiou vupastfa t\, kx. o The Irish societies in New York have been making extensive preparations for a demonstration on St. Patrick's- day. Theso demonstrations are always Imposing, but It is believed the procession this year will be the most elaborato ever seen in that city. Indian papers give full details of the assassination and funeral of Lord Mayo. Some journals regard the act as the result of an organised conspiracy, and animadvert on the fact that greater precautions were not taken to prevent Its occurrence. A sad development of bribery in the election of United States Senators has Just been made by the repoit of a Committee of tho Kansas Legislature. The State is repre- ; sented by two Republicans, and it appears that both used corrupt means to secure their election. That election of one 1 cost over 60,000 dols., and the other candidate also spent, it j Is believed, an equally large sum. In one of the law courts, a juryman being called and ( not answering, the usual notice that he would be fined was ! i pronounced against him: upon which a person who stood by said to the judge, ' You may fine him as much as you please, but I don't think that you will recover the fine, for I i saw him buried_ about a week ago." i Mr. Ingham, who was appointed by William IV. i to the superintendence of the whole of the Royal gardens at j Windsor, Cumberland Lodge, Cranbourne Lodge, the conser- I vatory In the park, and at Virginia Water, died at his retired j residence, Upton Lodge, Slough, on Saturday last. In his | 76th year. A Daily News telegram says that arrangements have been mado for tho departure ot the Pope OH the 12th ApriL Great pressure has been brought to bear by the Antonelll party in order to induce his Holiness to stay. The struggle of parties at the Vatican is still going on, and it is Impossible to predict the final result. A return just published, obtained on the motion of Sir Charles Dllko, shows that the total number of electors on ; the parliamentary register in cities and boroughs in England and Wales Is l, 2- r. 0.019; In Scotland, 171,912; In Ireland, 49,026; total, 1,470,956. The total number of municipal , electors in England and Wales Is 925,032: In Scotland, ! 161,462 ; and In Ireland, 14,671; total, 1^ 101,165. The total ; numberof county voters in England and Wales is 801,109; in Scotland, 78,919; in Ireland, 175,439 ; total, 1,055,467. I Falcet, well known during the first and second ! sieges of Paris as a speaker in the revolutionary clubs, at- I tempted a few clays ago to commit suicide by throwing him- self into the Seine from tho bridge of St. Michel. He was rescued by some boatmen, and although insensible when ; taken out of tho water, was with some difficulty restored to consciousness. The motive for the desperate'act li un- known. Pius IK. held a reception on Sunday, and made a speech, in which he said thiit the misfortunes of the Church principally dated from 1948, and that although it was im- possible for two Powers to exist side by side in Rome, he : hoped tranquility would be re- established. The report that preparations are making at the Vatican for the departure ol \ his Holiness is onco. mqredenied, , Lord Albemarle has laid before the House of Lords a , bill providing that for the purpose ot the qualification of Justices of the Peace an income of £ 100 a year from personal estate shall bo equivalent to an incortje of the same amoun 1 from an estato in land ; but that a parson who has held the nuik of major in the army, or commander In the navy, may ' be appointed a Justice of the Peace without any proporty qualification. A curiously novel competition wa3 one of the attrac- tions of a recent fair in Georgia. A prize of 75 dollars was offered to the under- eighteen- year- old young lady who cooked tho best dinner on the fair grounds with the follow- ing bill of faro:—" Roast beef, chicken- pie, corn- broad, plain bisault, mashed potatoes, boiled rice, and ono kind of I pastry, to be selected by the cook Provisions furnished by | tho directors; the young lady furnishes only an apron for • work." | A parliamentary return, obtained on the motion of i Mr. Newdegato, states that the total expenses incurred by the special committee on breechloadlng small arms originally ! appointed by General Peel, from the date of the first adver- tisements for specimeus of such arms up to the termination ! of the first competition was £ 4,078, and the expenses since I incurred up to tho present time are £ 3,276. The quantity of home- made spirits on which duty I was paid in 1871 for consumption in tho United Kingdom, aa. beverage only, was 24.163,644 gallons, being 1,650,164 gal- lons more than in 1870; in Et. gland 12,874,732, in Scotland 5,671,477. in Ireland 5,617,435 gallons. Tho quantity of foreign spirits entered' for home consumption in the United Kingdom in 1871 amounted to 8 895,883 proof gallons, an Increase ol 400,031 gallons over 1870. " As far last ride together, then walk 20 minute* ( not less) straight we.< t. H ive father's blinds. Name timo or houra. LolUelds ploughod for smalls Booval boot first. — Xeunamen."— Advertisement in The Timet. Dr. Pusey is reported as seriously unwell. He waa unable to preach the sermon announced at Christ Church on the " Jewish Interpretation of Prophecy," but wa3 announced as better on Sunday evening. The banker, Salomon Heine, of Hamburg, has left his Immense fortuno to tho widow of Heine, the poet. Tho lady is a Frenchwoman, and immediately subscribed largely to the French Liberation Fund—£ 40,000. The AUienctum understands that a collection of hitherto unpublished " Letters of Lord Byron," edited, withi a preface, by Mr. Henry ScbulW* Yojiiy, of Oxford Univer- sity, will be issuedahortly by Messrs. licutley and Son, th » London publishers. A fearful accident happened on Saturday morning at tho Portakewet junctlpn on tho side of tho Severn opposite Bristol. Two children, aged six and nine years jespectively, were crossing the lino below the ata'lon, when the 11.6 up train overtook the children and cut thorn to pieces. Advices from America inform us that profound intorest was felt with respect to tho Tliauksglving cere- monies in England in commemoration of tho recovery ot tho Prlnco of Wales; and ooplou3 telegrams wore received an- nouncing the details of the pagoant In London. The following placard was recently posted up at Vetsallles :—" We are tired of those intrigues which will lead us to priestly ralo and to a war In favour of the Popo. We prefer by far the return of the Emperor, tho Empress, and ' the Prlnco Imperial.—( Signed) An offlcor In tha Army." Last Saturday night Lord Northbrook, the suc- cessor to the late Loi" d Mayo In the Qovernor- Geiieralahlpof India, was entertained at a public dinner by the Mayor of Winchester. He paid an eloquent tribute to tho memory of his predecessor, and . sketched with some minuteness ol detail his own future policy. A meeting of IriHh members of Parb'ament favour- able to Home Rule has been held, when, aftet some discua- stlon, it was resolved that a requisition should be lssned for a meeting to bo held at tho Westminster Palace Hotel on tha 9 th of April, to considor tho propriety of bringing the subjec* forward this session. The disaffection of the Paris ouvriers . is increasing. It shows itself against tho army, as well as against the Government. A very, bitter feeling Is openly manifested toward!) the soldiers, who cannot go about tho streets singly without getting insulted In some instances they have been attacked, and very seriously maltreated. The fines inflicted on soldiers charged with drunken- ness go to form a fund, which is placed in the hands of the Secretary of State, out of wUcli gratuities are paid to good conduct men on discharge from the army. The amount is large. Each maD, when he gets " in wine," has at least the counterbalancing satisfac'ion assured to him that he is doing a good work. Doubtless the object de3iicd. A Frenchman who had bravely filled a place In the ranks during the war with Prussia, recently sought employ- ment from a well- known general of his own nationality. The private soldier had been unfortunate enough to have-'• iJ nose carried away in action by a bullet, and his appearance was so singular that his late superior officer shouted with laughter upon beholding him. " Where tho deuce, my good fellow, didyoulose your nose?" he asked. " Host it, general," replied the private, " in the same battle where you lost your head." The Grand Duke Alexis has a good deal to answer for. Read what a Slichigan belle writes to her confidante " Out of the glare and heat and weariness of the great ball given by Milwaukie to the Duke Alexis, I brought a picture for my shadow gallery. Tho gaslight and rougo and pearl- powder and hothouse perfumo that surrounded it have all fallen away, just as the dark calyx, that hides the beauty and fragrance of the rosebud, shrivels into nothingness under the unfolded petal?, and left me a flower ns sweet and simple as ever bloomed in the summer wlldwood." THE MARKETS. MARK LAKE. — MoNDAT. At Mark- lane to- day the grain trade was heavy, and there was a decided tendency to lower rates. The supply of English wheat has been only moderate, and the show of foreign lias not been extensive. The quality has been better. With a thin attendance of millers, transac- tions have been restricted in all classes of securities, and prices have fallen Is., and In a » mo instances 2s. per qr. There has been a moderate supply of barlay on offer. Malting produce has sold slowly, at drooping prices. Grinding parcels have been ratlicr easier. Malt has been dull, ana drooping in value. Full averago supplies of oats have been on the stands. Sales have progressed slowly, at 6d. to Is. per quarter less money. For beans tho demand has been heavy, and prices have favoured purchasers. Peas have been neglected, and lower In valuo. In maizo next to nothing has been doing. Flour has commanded bnt little attention and country and foreign qualities have been Is. lower. MARK- LANE— WEDNESDAY. Much quietness was apparent In the grain trade to- day. The show of English wheat was small, and that of foreign was rather limited Transactions in all descriptions were restricted, and prices tenerally favoured purchasers. Malt- ing barley was dull, and considerable difficulty was expe- rienced in disposing of grinding produce at lato rates. Malt was Inactive, at drooping prices. O its and maize met a slow demand at prices tending towards reduction. Beans and peas were In limited reqnest at about previous quotations. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.— MONDAY. In the cattle trade to- day business of moderate magnitude has been passing. The supply of bea? ts has been below the average, both as regards number and quality. Prime breeds^ from theirscarclty, have been most sought after, andhavebeea 2d. per 81b. dearer, the best Scots and crosses selling at 5s. 4< L to 6s. 6d., but inferior animals have been slow to selL From Norfolk, Suffolk, Esses, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 1,200 Scots and crosses; from other parts of England about 250 varioUB breeds; from Scotland 140 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland 100 oxen, ihe supply of sheep has been rather more extensive, and the quality generally has been good For choice breeds the trade has been firm, and the best Downs and half- breeds have occasionally made 7s. 6i. and 7s. 4d per 81b. has been the general figure. Clipped Bheep have sold at 6s. to 6s. 2d. per 81b. Lambs have been steady, at from 8s. to 8s. 4d per 81b. Calves have sold at about late rates. Pigs have changed hands former terms. At Deptford there were about 2,( J0O sheep, addition to a few bcastaj s. d e. d 3 10 4 i Near Covington, Kentucky, a railway train bound , from Louisville to that city, on the 23rd of February, broke through' a- biidge, two passenger- cars containing 65 persons falling 25 feet In a mas3 of ruins, which soon caught fire from i the stoves In « ie cass. Nearly evarypesaon in the train ni ; injured, the Report bolDy that two were killed and 60 bounded. Tho details of the dkoster are heartrending. The French prisoners of war who have been detained in the Eastern provinces of Prussia for offences committed during their captivity, and who have now been amnestied by the Emperor, arrived at Berlin en Monday, and were sent on to Erfort. whence they will be forwarded home. The only men excluded from the benefits of tho amnesty are those whose conduot has shown them to be unworthy cf it. 1 The Archbishop of Canterbury haa expressed a desire " -. r the formation of a body of clergymen and laymen for the urpose of occasional conference on matters of Interest to le Church in hi3 diocese, and his wMi is now b- ing carried nt. The conference will be composed of the Church dlgnt iries nnd delr- catea from the clergy and communicant Ixty I the several deaneries In equal number*. Inferior beef.... , Middling ditto Prime li- go ditto .. Prime small ditto.. Veal METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.- About an averago supply of meat has been o a. ds. d. Inferior mutton.. 4 04 8 Middling ditto .. 4 8 6 0 Prime ditto 6 6 6 10 Large pork S 8 4 4 Small pork 4 6 6 0 • MONDAY. „ ... aale. The trade has been more active, at our quotations. Tho Import into London last week consisted of 1, 89 packages, 182 quarters, and 69 cases from Hamburgh, 19 from Harlingan, and 1 from Rotterdam. a d. s. d. Inf. coarse beasts. Second quality.... Prime large oxen. Prime Scots, & c. ., Int coarse sheep.. 4 8 6 Seoond quality 6 8 6 Pr. coarse woolled 6 8 7 2 3 10 4 5 6 s. « L « . d. Prime Southdown 7 2 7 4 Largo coame calves 4 6 6 2 Prime small 6 4 6 O Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Neat small porkers 4 6 6 0 Lamb 0 0 0 0 Qr. old si pigs each 0 0 0 0 HOPS.' Daring the past week transactions havo been restricted, but no material change has taken place bi prices. Yearlings bothoC F. npilnh and Batavlan growth have been steady, but cautiously dealt in. The imports Into I^ ndon 1 wt week consisted of 40 bales from Antwerp, 12 baits from Dunkirk, 17 bales from Hamburgh, 67 bales from New York, iind IStt baloa from Rotterdam. Mid and East Kents, £ 10 10s. to £ 17 ; Weald of Kent, £ S 10s. to £ 10 10s. ; Sussex, £ 7 15s. to £. 9 9s. : Farnham and country, £ 11 lis. to £ 16. Yearlings: Mid and East Kent, £ 3 to £ 6 10s. ; Weald ot Kent, £ 3 to £& 16s.; Sussex, £ 3 to £ 5 5d.; Farahamand covuAry,£ 46a. to £ 7; olds, £ 1 6a. to £ 2. FISH. Pickled herrings, 2GB. to 31s.; red ditto. 12s. to 22s. pet barrel; bloaters. 2a to 33. 6d. ; kippers, 2*. to 4a. lOd. pet box ; smoked haddock, 20s to 30s. per barrel: turbot, 8*. Gd. to 13s.: brill, 4s. to 5a. 6d.; dorcy, 4s. to 6a. ; cod, 6s. to lis. ; lobsters, Is. 6d. to 3* 6d : crabs, Is. Gd. to 2a. 6d. each ; native oysters, £ 10 10*. : pearl ditto, £ 3 Ss.: common ditto, 13a. to 35s. per bushel; whiting, 12a. to 18t. per basket mackerel, 2s. 6tL to 4a. per dozen; eels. Is. la. 2d. per lb. WOOL. The tone of the wool market has continued fair. In choice descriptions a healtliyTrnSTm ss Is doln.- at extreme quotations both fbr home use ami for export. Inferior qualities are nob purchased freely. The Import into London la « t week con- sisted of 2,706 bales from the Cipe, 6,741 from Port Philip, 8,16 ® from Sydney, and about 1,150 bales from the Continent. POTATOES. There were good supplies of ("• tatoes. The demand haa been Inactive, at late rutea. The imp > rt « into London last week consisted of eight casts, from Up > rto, 124 bags from Dunkirk, 60 tons from St. Malo, and two e- askn fivrn Bam. burg. Regents, 80a. to 12-% : " tike*, 100a. u> 140a.; rouk* tC ; VlOuOaA. ltAta. to i_ J » THE FALMOUTH AND PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. M/ cufral. Will be ready in a few days. A DDKESSES delivered at Falmouth, Feb. A 27th, 1872, the day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the restoration to health of His Royal Highness Albert Edwardi Prince of Wales ; by the Iter. J. BALY, M. A., / Her. J. E. CODLSON,/ Hev. B. G. MOSES, B.' A. Published by request of the Mayor, Magis- trates, Corporation and Inhabitants of Falmouth. / rSICE SIXPENCE. Published by E. C. 1UCH4KDS, and to be had of the Booksellers. First Appearance in Falmouth OF / MR; BASIL MYERS NEW IW I^ AI VIENT, ^ un." Polytechnic Hall Falmouth, 9 ' FOB TWO nigHTS ONLY, ^ V ThTlrsday & Fricla/ j Maj. 22ad & 23rd A thi6 town ) when suffering from broacbitis 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 cau with confidence recommend them to any one suiferiug from the same complaint.— Yours respectfully, GEORGE ' STYLES. LLC 0 C K ' S POROUS PLASTERS are sold by all Druggists, at Is lAd each, with full directions for use, or in any size to suit. Tho yard Plaster is speoially recommended for families and physicians. One yard equals 18 plasters. Price 14s per yard, 7s Gd per half yard, or 4s per quarter. SATURDAY, M A R C H 16.1872. PRINCIPAL AGENCY FOR GREAT BRITIAN ( Wholesale aud Retail ) : 57, GREAT CHARLOTTE ST., LIVERPOOL. . B.— A Plaster sent to any part of the country for 15 stamps. fahiwutti & fratp Peefcly 3AT JRJD^ VY, MAR. 16, IS 72 THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT. Through its refine/ tainment has beeu pa^ gentrc, and clergy of. tion, and is entirety excellence this enter- inized by the nobility, ( ; arly every denomina- free from the slightest vulgarity, being in fact a high class COMIC CONCERT AND MUSICAL MELANGE. The Repertoire inexhaustible, varied and at- tractive, consists or rfovelties of every descrip- tion, abounding in'sparkling wit, dry humour, unlimited mirth, apd good mirth. Mr. Rivers has also secured the services of MR. 4. GATTY, the celebrated cainip vocalist, whose eccentric compositions have made him such a popular favourite. Pianisw- Master E. Shrosbury. Doors open at halfipast 7, to commence at 8. Prices— First Scats, 2s.; Second do. Is.; / Promenade, 6d. Seats secured at Mr. R. C. Richards, Book- seller, Market Street. READ HERE, AND SEE THE GREAT BENEFITS DERIVED FROM A Is. I^ d. ARTICLE. Allcocfs Porous Plasters have relieved sufferers when in the greatest pain and all other remedies had failed. Physicians and surgeons of all schools recommend them. A doctor said the other day :—" I do not know whether Allcock's Plasters contain all the virtues you ascribe to them, but this 1 do know: no plaster or local application has ever given my patients such great comfort." We publish a few cases of cures, showing their wonderful virtues. Further evidence of their value to suffering humanity ill be demonstrated to anyone calling at the principal i INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. " Henry D. Brandreth, 57, Great Charlotte- street, Liverpool. " Dear Sir,— We beg to enclose another testi- monial as to the effieacy of Allcock's Porous Plasters. James Radcliffe, Stamford- street, Mosely, saj s he had been confined to his bed five weeks suffering from inflammation of the luBgs. He couched 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 one of your plasters, and fouud relief in fifteen minutes, after which he eays the cough stopped and the expectoration ceased. He is now quite recovered. The above is exactly his own statement to me.— Yours respectfully, " JOHN B1CKLE. . " Pro W. BOSTOCK, " 24, Stamford.- street, Ashton- under- Lyne " November 24,1871." sc Hev wood, October 9,1871- Henry D. Brandreth, 57, Great Charlotte- street, Liverpool. Dear Sir,— Please to send me another six dozen of Allcock's Piasters and two dozen Brand- reth's Pill's, Is. lid. The Plasters seem to Sroduce wonderful results. There is scarcely a ay passes but some one is telling me of the cures they are making. Rheumatism in various parts of the body disappears as if by magic. Only on Sunday last Mr. Jacob Heywood, Albert- torraco, Starkey- street, Heywood, informed me that be had been tr jublel with sciatica for three years; to bud was it the last twelve months of 1L. 1 time that he was unable to follow his em- ployment. He bad tried many doctors, be » n to . Matlock, and spent £ 2 on a 1 rgely- advertised clectiic- chain belt, but all to no purpose. Some one at lust persuaded him to try your Plasters. HG3 aid he had no faith in them, but he would try them, for he was stuck fast; they oould not make his pain much worse, and it would only bo a little more money sent after the rest. So he bought two ; one he placed on is thigh, and the . other ou his back, and a wc- ek aftor ho was ready for his work. Iti3 now six months ago. and he has had no return of his pains.— Yours truly, W. BECKETT- RHEUMATISM OF THE WRIST Hepry D. Brandreth, Esq., 57, Great Char- lotte- street, Liverpool. 36, Crown- street, Liverpool, Nov. 21st, 1871. Dear Sir,— Three months since I could not - opo my right hand, owing to rheumatism in i; and in my wrist, aud over ten weeks 1 was in great pain— unable to find any relief. After trying many remedies, I was at last persuaded to try Allcock's Porous Plasters. I bound one round rxjy wrist; in three days I had groat relief, and in a week's time was perfectly cured Your plasters are a blessing to the afficted. have positive information of their being of grea benefit in bronchitis and asthma. It will give me pleasure to answer any communication con cerning them.— Yours truly, THOMAS DAVIES. j^ RONCHITIS. Henry D. Brandreth, Esq., Liverpool. 105, Hampton- strcet, Birmingham, Nov. 27, 1871 Dear Sir,— I have for some months past been n the nubit of using Allcock's Porous Plasters ( procured from the establishment of Messrs. Suapo and Son, 13, Great Hampton* street, of AN application was made to Mr. Justice Willes, in Chambers, ou Thursday afternoon, by Mr. Mon- tagu Williams for the admission of Roger Charles Tichborne, otherwise Thomas Castro, to bail, in the sum of £ 5,000. . Mr. Williams said he did so on the affidavit of Mr. T. G. Gordon, solicitor, who offered three sureties, one of £ 2, of) 0, and two others of £ 1,250 each. The sureties were in court, but their names were not made public. The recog- nizances of Roger Charles Tichborne himself in £ 6000 were tendered. The Judge said he would not accept bail until the prosecution has been consulted. An adjournment took place until Monday. It is now openly stated that the claimant will be charged not only with bush- ranging, but with the foulest of all offences— murder, and that the Mel- bourne police are prepared with evidence in support of the charge. Should they prove it, what a climax ! The man who was thought tit to associate on terms of equality with the highest nobles, and admitted to their most select coteries, not only a low impos- tor, but a double- dyed criminal, and atlast handed r to the hangman ! However, charge is oue thing, proof is another ; and of course there is no right to assume that there will be proof. Mean- while we continue to hear tale after tale of the sorry manner in which the claimant's frieuils have been " hit." One of them has been wounded in purse so severely that it is expected Mr. Glynn will shortly move for a new writ for the election of a member in the place of this too- confiding M. P. Although during the Tichborne trial Wapping was scoured in vain for any member of the Ortou family, the rapid resuscitation of the family now is remark- able ; three members of it, at least, are said to be ready to come forward and testify that the claimant is positively their long lost relative Arthur. The Daily News and the Post corroborate the statement that the Melbourne police are now in London with a warrant for the apprehension of Arthur Orton on a charge of murder, which was committed in the bush, near Melbourne. It is not their intention to put tho warrant into force until after Arthur Orton's identity has been proved to their satisfaction. The claimant remains in prison, and it is very uncertain when he will be liberated. FALMOUTH. EARLE'S RETREAT CHAPEL.— The Rev. W. Freear will preach here to- morrow afternoon, at 3 ; and Mr. Marsdon Barratt on Tuesday evening next, at 7. PETITIONS TO PARLIAMENT. — Lord North- brook, on Thursday, presented in the House of Lords a petition from the inhabitants of Falmouth in favor of international arbitration. FEMALE SUFFRAGE.— Mr. E. B. Eastwick, M. P., F. R. S., has engaged to preside on the occa- sion of a lecture by Malame Ronniger, at Kensing- ton, in favor of extending the suffrage to femmes sole. THE CORNWALL MILITIA. — The Royal Miners' Artillery will assemble for training at Pen- dennis, April 29th, recruits to assemble April 1st. The Cornwall Rangers will assemble for training at Bodmin, on May 5th, recruits to assemble April 8th. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. — Mr. Walter Morrison, M. P. for Plymouth, has, at the request of the parties, consented to state to the joint com- mittee of peers and commons, now sitting at West- minster, the objections entertained by the inhabi- tants of this district to t'i3 Bill promoted by the Broad Guage South Western Railway Companies. INTERESTING LECTURE.— A lecture entitled " Old Travellers and Modern Traders," which excited great interest during its recent delivery at 1' enzancc, is to be given at the Town Hall, on Thurs'lay next, by the Rev. H. S. Fagan, vicar of St. Just. The lecturer's ability and eloquence are highly spoken of, and it is hoped, as thi3 is the last lecture of the series in connexion with the Library and Institute, there will be a large attendance. LAUNCH OF A STEAMER.— On Monday last a very handsome little screw steamer was launched from. the iron- sliipbuilding yard of Messrs. Cox, Farley and Co.. of the Docks Foundry. Her length is 00 feet and her model has been greatly admired, combining good sea- going properties with essentials for speed. We believe she is intended for boarding vessels in the Bay ; in connexion with one of our ship- agent's establishments. She is now having engines put onboard and will soon be ready for a trial trip. This is the first steamer built at Falmouth, aud is an admirable specimen of work- manship, reflecting great credit ou the spirited firm of this rising Foundry. ASSAULTS AT SEA.— A coloured man named Phillips, a seaman belonging to the " William Leckie," of Sunderland, was sent to prison by the magistrates ( the mayor, and Messrs. Thomas Web- ber and Tucker), on Wednesday, for 14 days for assaulting the mate, Richard Thomas Rule, on the high seas, on the ICtb February last, since which time the prisoner had been- kept in irons on board the ahip. It appears that the prisoner was at the wheel sleeping ( as alleged by the mate, but denied by the prisoner), when ths prosecutor struck him, and shortly afterwards Phillips struck the mate very violently. A cross summons was also heard against the mate for an assault, but was dismissed. Mr. Tilly appeared for the mate, and Mr. W. Jen- kin for Phillips. TRAINING SHIPS FOR THE MERCHANT SER- VICE, - The report of the committee of the Asso- ciated Chambers of Commerce on the subject of training ships has just beeu drawn up. It recom- mends that Falmouth shall bo oue of the stations at wliich industrial certified training ships shall be ilaced. It is suggested that the expenses shall be lefrayed from the Burplns revenue derived from light dues and fees under the Merchant Shipping Act; that every ton of shipping should pay an annual, but of course very small, contribution ; and that the captain of every . ship taking from a training ship iv boy as liis apprentice should also pay a certaiu sum, deducting the amount from tho apprentice's future wages. AN OLD JOKE THAT'S NO JOKE. — The Observer, in the course of a Tichborue leader, gives a version of an old joke which will have all the merit of novelty to many of us. Says our contem- porary :— According to the old story, when the Corporation of Falmouth came before Queen Elizabeth with an address containing thirty- two reasons why they had not rung the bells ou her Majesty's visit, aud stated as the first of the reasons that they had no bells to ring-^ the Queen declined to hear the rernainiug ohe- and- thirty arguments." Would the Observer be " surprised to hear" that there are just as mauy reasous why the Corporation of Falmouth did not signalise themselves in this interesting fashion ? We will give one. There was no sucli town as Falmouth in Queen Elizabeth's days. Need we say that it had no Corporation ? BREAKING INTO A WESLETAN CHAPEL.— At the magistrates' clerk's office, 011 Tuesday, before Messrs. J. K. Kinsman, F. G. Enys, and M. V. Bull, justices, Albert Pardon, a mason, of Budock, aged 17, and Thomas Rule, of Falmouth, a mariner, aged 15, were brought up on remand, charged with breaking into the Wesieyan Chapel," at Budock Water, ou the night of the 5th iust., with intent to commit a felony. From information received, Inspector Middle, of the county pplice, stationed at Falmouth, examined the premises and after a careful investigation apprehended the prisoners. It appeared that the offenders were under an impres- sion that the money received from a collection made on the preceding Sunday was deposited in the chapel. They effected their entranco by breaking a pane of glass and lifting the window. No money was, however, found, and the delin- quents, after breaking open various drawers aud mutilating the school books, left the premises. The Bench committed them to take their trial at the TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.— A.° meeting of the Town Council was held on Thursday, Mr. W. H. Lean ( the Mayor), presiding. The chief reason for convening the meeting was to appoint a member on the Harbour Board, Captain Saulez, R. N., declining to again take the office. Mr. Jacob Olver remarked that it had been urged that a naval gen- tleman would be the most suitable person to fill the office, but he considered that by the Harbour Act the Government had provided for representation at the board. He thought that the Town Council should be represented by four from their own body, and he then proposed Mr. Banks, who was of business habits, and would be a credit to the Board. — Mr. T. Webber, in seconding the proposition, thought they had good and efficient meu in the Corporation fit for the office without going outside. — Mr. J. J. Richards proposed Mr. W. T. Scott, a member of the Corporation, who, he said would give his best attention to the welfare of the borough. — This was not . seconded, and Mr. Banks was unan- imously elected.— Mr. Banks, in returning thanks, said from his boyhood he had been connected with shipping, and he would do his best for the interests of the port. Mr. T. Webber, although not finding fault with the committee, considered the arrange- ments for building the Market Strand landing- place were not being carried out with the promptitude desired by the inhabitants. There was now no ac- commodation for persons to land at the Strand. This was very injurious to the inhabitants generally, and he uracil that something should be done to give, at all events, temporary accommodation.— Mr. Carvosso agreed with Mr. Webber, and was in favour of a temporary erection. He was not aware that the Council had done anything to have their trade transported or themselves either. ( Loud laughter.)— The Mayor thought they should com- pel the contractor to proceed with the work or give up the contract.— Mr. Selley remarked that tho contractor could have had the stone months since, but weuld not give the price required.— Mr. J. J. Ricliards believed the contractor would not carry out the work at" all, and even if he proceeded with it there would not be a landing- place for twelve months. He therefore thought a temporary erec- tion should be provided. Mr. Halligey could not see how a temporary landing place could be pro- vided whilst the new jetty was being erected.— The discussion shortly afterwards terminated, it being understood that it would be renewed at the next Local Board meeting. A memorial in favour of the bill to remove the legal disabilities of Women in electoral matters having been road, Mr. Jacob Olver moved, and Mr. Carvosso seconded, that a petition in favour of tho measure should be sigued by the mayor on behalf of the Council. In the discussion which ensued the opponents of the proposal, whilst disclaiming any antagonism to women, commented upon the evils which would probably result from the admission of females to the franchise. There was no knowing where the matter would stop, and women might at some time be found sitting at the side of men in Parliament. On a division, five voted for the motion and four against, whilst two abstained from voting. PENRYN. WORKING MEN'S READING ROOM.— Owing to the many removals to America and other places this society has suffered considerably of late. On Tuesday evening, however, an effort was made to keep it up, wliich was attended with great success. An admission fee for entrance to the Temperance Hall, where Messrs. W. Freeman and W. Corfield, jun., gave some capital readings. Profits about 20s. TOWN HALL CLUB.— We are sorry to hear a report detrimental to the prosperity of this useful institution. It is said that although something like £ 400 is accounted for, the friends of the de- ceased have difficulty in obtaining tho allotted rate. It is said that two meetings have been called within the last month, and not one of the officers has been present. We hope the meeting wliich is adjourned to next week, will witness the presence of one of the officers at least, so that the members may be inspired with confidence, and their several enquiries satisfied.— Cornwall Gazatte. COUNTY NEWS. The Italian Pilchard Market.— The latest ac counts from Italy are worse than anyone could have anticipated, and there is no doubt that tl » o largest hol- ders of pilchards mil be the greatest loser*. Three cargoes, in all about 2,000 hhds., are calculated to have lost £ 1,000. Interesting to Ladies. — It is announced that the Ladies are to have a New Illustrated Paper bearing their name, in which Fashion, Art, Literature, and Fiction will be combined, with all the more important news of the week. The first No. will appear with the Magazines for April. The New Cornish Knight.— Mr. Sheriff Truscott has received the following letter from the Secretary of State for tho Home Department :— Whitehall, March 7, 1872.— Sir,— I am desired by Mr. Bruce to say that her Majesty will be pleased to knight you at the levbe at Buckingham Palace, 011 Thursday next, the 1- 1 til iust. — I remain, sir, your obedient servant, Robert S. Mitford. A Fitting Marriage. — A singular marriage took place at the Superintendent Registrar's office, St Aus r tell on Thursday, between a young couple both of whom are dumb. Their friends were present and acted ; LS intrepreters. The ring was put on and their signatures to the contract well written; the whole being signed, sealed aud delivered, with a kiss. The bride has 3 brothers who are dumb, two of them married and in Wales, the third in America. Duchy of Cornwall.— An account has just been issued of the receipts and disbursements of the Duchy of Cornwall for the year ended on the 3Lst December, 1871. The receipts from all sources, including rent-', arrears, royalties, annuities, dividends on stock, and casual profits of the office ot havener ( wreck), amounted to £ 91,328 2s 10Jd, and the total payments to £ 84,871 12- s 3i- d. This includes, as the chief item, the sum of £ 65,484 lis 4d, paid to the private use of His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cornwall, leaving a balance in bankers' hands amounting to £ 0,456 20s 7d. Mine Accident.— A Cornishman Suffocated.— An accident occurred at a mine at Sand Prairie, near Galena, Joe Davis's County, Illinois, America, on the 14th ult., by which Mr. Samuel Nicholls, son of Mr. Thomas Nicholls, of Perranwell, Perranzabuloe, lost his life. The deceased was at work underground, when a quantity of stuff fell away and completely buried him. After some time he were dug out, when life was quite extinct, although there was no marks of injury 011 the body. An inquest was held, when a verdict of " Suffocation, caused by the falling of fine dirt," was returned. Mr. Nicholls was very much respected, and his funeral was attended by a large number of Cornishmen aud others. He left Perran- well for America only eight months since. Votes of Cornish Members.— In the division ou Mr. Holm's motion for the reduction of the army by 20,000 meu, the following were among the members supporting the Government in their successful oppo- sition to the proposal:— Mr. Eastwick, Mr. R. N. Fowler, Hon. E. Fowler, Hon. E F. L. Gower. CoL Hogg, Mr. Mag- niac, Mr. St. Aubyn, and Sir F. M. Williams. Mr. A. W. Young voted with the minority. Mr. Young also voted for Mr. Muntz's amendment for a reduction of 10,000 men. In the division on Mr. Lea's motiou, that the item of £ 15,736 for agency be omitted from the army estimates, the following local M. P.' s voted with the majority against the proposal:— Mr. R. N. Fowler, Mr. Magniac, and Mr. A. W. Young. A Mad Bullock at Helston.— A bullock purchased by a butcher was being driven through Meneage street, Helston on Wednesday, and when near the lower part it rushed at a person standing near a shop, who drove it back. It then attacked a young man, and thrust iU horn inside his coat pocket, which was ripped out. It then darted at an elderly lady who escaped by entering Miss Caddy's shop. It next paid a visit to Messrs. Curry. Mr. Tom Curry, who was inside the counter, espied the animal with about half its body through the door- way. Arming himself with some broadcloth, he admira- bly expelled the intruder. On its way up Wendron- st., a lady was knocked down, but providentially was not hurt. A little boy received a blow in the head and was stunned by the furious beast, which completed its dan- gerous career by breaking some glass in Mr. Lander's shoe shop. Pitiful Result of a Jourucy.— On Saturday last a poor man named Blewlett, Residing at Liskeard, under- took a journey to Plymouth and back, for the purpose of disposing of some rabbit skins, < fcc., as he thought to get a better market there than at his own town". He hired a donkey to carry his merchandise, the distance being about eighteen miles. On the return journey, when coming down Sheviock- hill, a waggon passed, and the driver got out of the way to give room to Blewlett to pass, but the donkey was so stubborn that it refused to move. The consequense was the advancing horses ran against the donkey, knocked the old man, who was astride on its back, off, and before the driver of the team had time to see what was the matter the poor fellow's head had been crushed and rim over by the wheels. He died in about three hours. The unfor- tunate man was about 75 years of age, and was yes- terday identified by some relations from Liskeard. Death of the " Great Conrwall Giant."— A singu- lar death of a great giant in a caravan took place at Derby on Thursday. Edwin Weeks, a young man nineteen years of age, had just arrived in Derby for the purpose of being exhibited as the great Cornwall giant. He was a man very stout and well built, it being represented that he stood about seven feet high. He had complained of being unwell, and accordingly a medical gentleman had been called in to attend him. It was however, deemed necessary that the giant should be removed to the Infirmary ; and on Wednes- day afternoon an in- patient recommendation was obtained from the Mayor, entitling him to be removed at once. During the afternoon he seemed to recover, and nothing particular was noticed until between seven and eight o'clock. Whilst sitting down he died, without utteriug a word. Deceased was a native of Tresillian, near Truro. Wholesale Robbery at Bodmin by a Washerwoman. — At tho Guildhall, on Tuesday, before Mr. Collins, Mayor, Prudence Clymo was charged with stealing two gold lockets, one gold wedding • ng, two gold scarf pins, one pencil case, three teaspoons, three ladies' skirts, two muslin Garibaldies, four gentlemen's silk handkerchiefs, sixteen ladies' handkerchiefs, sev- eral ladies' lace ties, four towels, carriage mat, chair cushion, felt carpeting, Brussels stair carpeting, hearth rug, a pair of wool- worked slippers, and a large niun - ber of miscellaneous articles, from the house of Mr. T. Q. Couch, surgeon. Mr. Edward Commins prose- cuted, and Mr. P. J. Wallis watched the case for the prisoner. Several of the articles were found at the house of the prisoner, who was employed as a washer woman at Mr. Couch's, and, being identified, she was committed for trial. School Board Prosecutions.— At the West Pen- with petty sessions, liqld at Penzance on Wednesday, five parishioners of Gulval were summoned at the in- stance of the School Board of the parish for not send- ing their children, who are between the ages of five and twelve, to school. The penalty and costs for this neglect must not exceed 5s., so school Boards will have to meet any expense above that amount of en- forcing attendance out of the rates. Sixty notices to attend have recently been served; thirty only have obeyed. One father earns 18s. or IDs. a week, but argued that unless his children add to the family gains as they grow up, he could not support them. Another had taken his boy of eleven from school to keep the crows off the potatoes of a member of the School Board ! He said the recent Act was not education, but starvation. A third said that his family had eight members. His work as a day labourer was uncertain. His wages were 7s. or 8s. when Saturday night came. One penny per head per meal made 14s. a week. How theu, he asked, in seasons of precarious work, could he keep his children fed, clothed, and at school, and a roof over their heads, at 7s. or 8s. a week ? Yet another man had seven children, and as he earned 8s. 6cL a week only, he said he could not maintain them without the children's own aid, as soon as they could very leniently. The Cornish Divorce Case.— Mr. Willyam's solic- itor, Mr. Rayuhard Wm. Stewart, of London, has published the following letter on this case:—" I beg to say that on account of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Willyams, at the present time in America, and who had left England under the impression that this cause could not possibly come on before July, his counsel, and the Attorney- General, aud Serjeant Bal- lantine, advised that no evidence should bo called on his behalf to rebut that of the petitioner; none was therefore called nor anything said by them by way of defence. I am to say that much of the evidence given by and for the petitioner could have beeu satisfactorily answered, and the result of the trial might, under other circumstances, have been different, but you are aware that solicitors must be guided by tho counsel employed, and the latter use their own discretion as to the mode of conducting their cases. The cause having gone, as it were, by default, against Mr. Willyams. owing to his absence, I trust that his constituents and friends will withhold judgment on the matter till after liis return." Many friends of Mr. Willyams sted- fastly uphold this view and dechu- e that no will bo fully exonerated. We sincerely hope it may be so. A contemporary moralising 011 the matter says: " It is the woman only who suffers in theso cases. The man paya his bill of costs and is free. Mr. Willyams need not even resign his seat in the House of Commons, but every house in and out of London is closed against his paramour." This is doubtless so, but as theladies entirely rule theso social matters it does not appear to hold good as an argument in favour of the Woman's Rights movement. So long as ladies choose to pet the gentlemen and taboo the fair sinners, there is little hope of amendment. A Visit to Epps s Cocoa Manufactory. — Through the kindness of Messrs. Epps, 1 recently had an op- portunity of seeing the many cou^ cated and varied processes the Cocoa bean passes tfPJ- i- h ore it is sold for public use, 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, aud the way it is manufactured by Messrs. Epps, to fit it for a wholesome anil nutritious beverage, might bo of interest to the readers of Land and Water." - Set article in Lauil mid Water, October 14. Rrcnlcfuii - Epps. i Cocoa.— Grateful and conifortiny. ' By a thorough knowledge of the iuitural laws which govern th » operations of digestion and nutri- tion and by a cfSefid application of tho fine proix- r- ties of well- solepted cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfa- st tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which / may save us many heavy doctors' bills." Civil Service Gazette. Made simuly with boiling water, or milk^ Each packet is labelled-" James Epps and Co., Homceopathic Chemists, London."— Also makers of Epps'a Cacaoine, a very thin beverage for evening use. Manufacture of Cocoa, Cacaoine, .£: Chocolate. — " We will now give an account of the process adopted by Messrs. James Epps and Co., manufacturers of dietetic articles, at their works in the Euston Road, London."- See Article in Part 19 of Cartel's Household Guide. IF THERE ARE ANY LADIES who have not yet used the GLENFIELD STARCH, they are respectfully solicited to give it a trial, and carefully follow out the directions every package, and if this is done, they will t Starch printed on e _ t p , say like the Queen's Laundress, it is the finest S they ever used. When you ask for GLESFIELD STARCH, see that you got it, as inferior kinds are often substituted for the sake of extra profit. Beware therefore of spurious imitations. girtj^ Carriages, aai> ^ atjjs. BIRTHS At New Street, Falmouth, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. George Mosney, of a son. At Polbean Cross, Perranarworthal, on Weduesday last, the wife of Mr. Edward Martin, of a daughter. DEATHS. At Well Lane, Falmouth, on Tuesday la « t,_ Emmaf the wife of Mr. Richard Michael, pensionier, aged 45 years. At Penryn, on Wednesday last, after a { short illness, Mr. Thomas Higgins, aged 75 years. At Redruth, on tne 9th inst., Mrs. Grace Basher, widow, age J 75 years. At Philadelphia, U. S. A., on the 21st ultimo, Mr. George R. Pomeroy, formerly of Falmouth, aged 09 years. Setters to t| t ffi& ttar. [ 1] his department is freehj open to all whole- ionic dis- cussion, and fair criticism, of matters ajjectini the public, and of local interest. The insertion of a letter is no guarantee of the Editor's approval of its contents. A LETTER ON THE ALLLANCE. [ We have much pleasure in complying with a request to publish the following letter, writen by an old and esteemed townsman, to J. A. BREMNEK, Esq., J. P., Chairman of the National Union, for the Suppression of Intemperance. ] Dear Friend,— Allow me to express my thanks for tho opportunity of perusing the First Annual Report of the National Union for the Suppression of Intem- perance, which has been forwarded to my address. More than 40 years ago I joined the ranks of the Temperance Society, and have avoided alcoholic drinks as beverages for more than 38 years ; and have tried this practice with benefit, in the torrid as well as arctic zones. When the jjractice of temperauce was a novelty in this land, it was called " Utopian," " Absurd," " Extreme," and other names bordering on tho line of impossibilities. It is therefore very interesting to mark the change^ in public opinion, and to see the determined, irresistible rush now in progress, to remove tho incubus which has so long impoverished the people, and to free our country from the blight of intemperance. In common with many others, I have laboured hard to reduce the number of licences, and rejoice that the measure proposed last session by Sir Robert Anstru- ther, passed into an act for suppressing fresh licences during the present year. But some of us have no faith in a restrictive licence policy as the cure ! We know too well the working of the hydra, and have proved the difficulty of sup- pressing. Many an act has been passed for tue purpose of reducing the number of victims to the traffic ; how futile have been the results, is well- known to those, who have watched events ! For my own part, I could have nothing whatever to do with granting licences in the usual acceptation of the term, because we know from experience that it is licensing facility for murder and the breach of all the commandments. Something is said about compensation to the liquor vendors; they have been warned for many years that the foundation of their houses was dangerous, and their title was only a yearly tenancy, but, regardless of every warning, they have pressed into the trade, and have thickly crowded so near the edge of the firecipice, that it has given way ! and now they cry out or help to build buttresses to prop the falling cliff? But the wail of tho widow and the fatherless, steep- ed in life- long misery, resulting from the traffie, claims far more heed than the boisterous appeal of the liquor dealers, who have had their day, and might now sit down with their spoil, and apply themselves to useful and honest occupations. Heartily glad shall I be to see success attend the efforts in closing! the liquor shops on the Sabbath ( both the Jewisn and the Christian), shortening the hours, and reducing the number. All these aro improvements; but after eighteen years' approval of the Permissive Bill, I may express my conviction that that bill is adapted to cleanse many localities which a licence system is not likely to reach. The measure may be called by some " unpractical," " defective," " inoperative," but we have found that puulic opinion has changed in the use of those terms; and if the Permissive BUI be indeed so " unpractical," " defective," " inoperative," why is it so stoutly opposed by the liquor dealers f The United Kingdom Alliance have distinctly shown that Sir Wilfrid Lawson's Bill is not offered as a substitute for any licensing scheme— it is the com- plement of all, whether already enacted or proposed ; and they express emphatically that tho Permissive Bill does not touch the question of the licensing authority, and the Alliance gives no opinion as to the best mode of granting licences. The sentiments of the Umted Kingdom Alliance on this question have been expressecf in the words— " Gentlemen, settle the plan of licensing as you can and may; but in that settlement, if you wish to include us, you must please also arrange that licences shall not bo issued in any licensing district against the will and wish of the great bulk of' the inhabitants of the district." That is the scope, essence, and prac- tical upshot of Sir Wilfrid Lawson's Bill! Let it then be clearly understood that the United Kingdom Alliance opposes 110 plan which will limit the evils arising from the liquor traffic, but accepts with gratification every reduction, whilst firmly maintaining that the history anil results of past legis- lation on this question abundantly prove that it is impossible satisfactorily to limit or regulate a system so essentially mischievous in its tendencies. There is no uutagonism between the methods for suppression. They fit and dovetail into each other naturally, and no objection need be made to the simultaneous operation of all iiarties in chocking the waste of life and treasure in our land. I remain thy sincere friend, EDWIN OCT. TREGELLES. Dorwent Hill, Shotley Bridge, 1S72. TIME OF HIGH WATER AT FALMOUTH AND PENRYN QUAYS. HORNINQ. EVENING. SATURDAY ... Mar 10 9 14 9 31 SUNDAY 17 10 5 • 10 29 Mondat 18 11 0 11 55 TUESDAY 19 0 40 WEDNESDAY 20 1 26 1 11 THURSDAY 21 t 43 3 14 FRIDAY 22 4 1 THE FALMOUTH AND PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY. MARCH. 16. 18M Grarral lifitouricfmrats. BE ADVANCED MONE^ Z" READY to I I BY THE General Mutual Permanent Land, Building anil Investment Society, CHIKF Owner. -— BEDFORD ROW. LONDON, W. C. T1UITBB8 :— ROBERT NTCHOLife FO WLBR, Esq., M. P.. CorahUl, E. C. JOHN FRE8MAK, Hirj., J. P., Woodlmc House, Falaouth. ALDERMAN THOMlS S. OWDEN, Bishopsjato, E. C. ADVANCES promptly made upon security of Freehold or Leasehold Property, repayable by mootbly or quarterly iustalmeutf for nfteeu years or less, by which mctos property may ba acquire! by payments slightly excecdipi,' the rental value. Survey Fee and registration, £ 1 3s. fld- on applications of £ 500 and under. INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT.— Deposits received bearing interest at the rate of £ 5 per cent, per annum, withdrawable on short notice. 8UA& ES, value £ 10, £ 25 and £ 50, bearing interest at the rate of £ 5 per cent., and participating iu profits declared, may be realized by singie payments or monthly subscriptions extending over a term of years. For full particular ; apply to THOMAS CORFfELD, the County Surveyor, Arwenack Street, Falmouth. CHARLES PHILLIPS, the Agent, Killigrew Streot, Falmouth. Or to the Secretary, CHARLES BINYON, 41, Bedford Row, London. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. JAMES GIBBS AND OO., Sole Manufacturers of the JMI01> TTA. - IFDFLXIEID CR TJ- A. HST O The Cheapei Consumers are warn ml that none is ^ enuini a leaden Seal. Also Manufacturers of " Patt Barley and Oats ; anil of Bouu, Blood and Spt Particulars of JAMES GIBBS AND COM Loudon, E. C., or cuoir ; vuta » ruw lA. g3. ifcs, tiio A and [ best Manure in use. ml ess the bags bear the Trrde Mark and are secured with t Auimoniated Phosphate," especially adapted for Wheat, ci. il Manured of tirst- rate quality. PANM, Wbrks : VictoriaToeks. Offices: 10, Mark Lane, . Vat pf England Banc and Manure Company, Penryn. THE BLOOD! THE BLOOD I ! THE BLOOD M CLARKE'S " World Tamed Blood Mixture T70R CLEANSING and CLEARING the J? from ALL IMPDIUTIE8, whether arising frofo vonth- ful indiscretion or any other cause, cannot be to highly recommended. It Cures Old Sores I Cures Ulcerated Sores in the Neck Cures Ulcerated Sore Legs Cures Blackheads, or Pimples oh Pace Cures Scurvy Sores Cures Cancerous Ulcers Cures Blood and Skin Diseases Cures Glandular Swellings Clears the Blood from all Impu re Matter, from whatever cause ! . rising. As this mixture is pleasant to tho taste, and wnn inted free from mercury— which all pill* find most mcilicin « sold for the above diseases contain— the Proprietor solicit i sufferers to give it a trial to test its value. Thousands of Testimonials from all parts. Sold in Bottles 2s 3< 1 cach, and in Cases, containing 8 Bottles, lis each, sufficient to effect a permanent enro in lonR- atanding eases, by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to any address on receipt of or 132 stamps, by V. J. CLARKE, Chemist, High Street, LINCOLN. WHOLESALE AOENTS • IBOLA* A 80N8, LONDON, ANO ALL THE WH0LE8ALE HOUSES. Somatopathic Medecines ami Handbook. 300 pages, bound, Is. ; by post for 14 stamps. pHE HOMOEOPATHIC FAMILY INSTRUCT- OR ( an Epitome of). By RICHARD EPPS, M. RC. S.— A hundred diseases are fully described and prescribed for. London : James Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, 48, Threadneeclle 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. CAUTION'— Each bottle or tube of medicine is secured by a band over the cork bearing the signa, ture, " James Epps and Co., Homa* opathic Chemists, London," without which in no case can they be genuine. INVESTMENTS. rmake Safe and Profitable In vestments.. Investors should apply for the INVESTMENT CIRCU- LAR, published monthly, which contains valuable information regarding every kind of Stocks and Shares, with selections of the beat securities, returning from 5 to 20 percent. Gratis and post free on application. HANDY BOOK FOB INVESTORS, post free, 10s 6d. BRITISH MINES AND MINING, post free, 2s 6d. BARTLETT k CHAPMAN, Share Dealers, 36, • Cornhill, E. C. Now Published, Foohcap Oct'ico, 38 . p. p., tonal paper, cloth, an- tuple, bevelled boards, gilt back and side, Dedicated to ROBBHT ALEXANDER t ' RAY, Esq., and patronised by his Worship the LORD MAYOR of London ; price < 5s., Bulo, Reuben Ross = a Tale of the Manacles, Hymn, Song & Story, By JOHN HARRIS, Author of " Luda," " Shot- spere's Shrine," ifcc. p. p. 180, cloth, Is. ; post free for 13 stamps. DOG DISEASES TREATED BY HOMEOPA- THY. By JAMES MOORE, M. R. C. V. S. London : — James Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, 48 Threadneedle Street; 170, Piccadilly ; and 112, Great Russell Street. WANTED. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, a steady, respectable Youth, to the Painting and Glazing Business. Apply to Mr. E. J. Earle, near the Church, Falmouth. N. WESTCOTT, Cargo Clerk anil ( ini nil Mercantile Accountant, ( TYLLYNG ST., FALMOUTH. Ship's Average, Victualling and Wages' Accounts calculated, and Surveys Neatly Copied. " Vessels' Half- yearly Returns to Shipping Master made out. Tradesmen's Books kept by the Year. I Deeds Engrossed and Made Up, in the newest | London style at the shortest notice. THIS new work is well adapted as a PRESENT for Birthdays, school festivals, marriages, Christmas or New Year. • A discount allowed by applying AT ONCE to tho Author, Killigrew Street ; or to Mr. R. C. Kichards, bookseller, Market Street, Falmouth. Elegint copies may ordered, in red morocco, lv- avy gilt, price 8s. 6d. London Publishers : Hamilton, Adams, and Co. Exeter: F. Clapp. lSPiPS'S UOOOA. Only in Jib., Jib., and lib. Packets— tin- lined & labelled Sold by the I'rade in all Parts. Prepared by JAS. Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London. ilciitecl Houses to be Let or Sold in Obelisk Road. ' no BE LET OR SOLD, with immediate L possession, two elegantly- designed and eommodious DWELLINGS ( newly- built), iu Obelisk Road, commanding the finest views in Falmouth. Each House comprises 2 Parlors, 2 Kitchens, 5 Bedrooms, W. C., and a small Cellar; with a Garden in front and convenient Courtlage at the back. Apply to Mr. JAMES MITCHELL, Builder, Falmouth. "{ The Lion, the Net, aiul the Mouse."— To pre- vent Pirates, and unprincipled Traders from deceiving the iiubli.. the proprietor of POWELL'S BALSAM OP A.> , of, M » n. v- bion compelled to adopt the above Trvde Mark ( Lion, Net, and Mouse), and this design will in future continue to appear upon the wrapper of each genuine Bottle, and any one imitating it will render themselves liable to FINE or IMPRISONMENT. Tho following letter will bear testimony to the wonder ful curative properties of this OLD COUGH MEDICINE. —" Her Majesty's Gun Boat,' Netley,' Wick, North East Coast of Scotland, 7th September, 1868.— Dear XT . ... 1- 1- S 1 r> k - , - Having had a niost distressing and severe Cough, w'tich caused me many sleepless nights and restless < L„.- s, I was recommended Dy His LOBDSHIP THE EABL OK 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 bottle 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.' Netley.'— 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 OP ANISEED." 4 FRAG RANT FLORILINE.— For the TEETH and B HEATH. A few drops of this liquid on a wet tooth brush pro- duces a delightful foam, which cleanse? the Teeth from all impurities, strengthens and hardens the gums, prevents tartar, and arrests the progress of decay. It gives to the Teeth a peculiar and beautiful whiteness, and impart* a delightful fragrance to the Breath. It removes nil unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth, a ili.-- trdered stomach, or tobacco smoke. the Fragrant Floriline is purely vegetable, and equally ada]> ted to old and young. It is th « greatest toilet disc very of the age. Sold in large bottles and elejant eases at 2s. lid., by all Chemists and Perfumers. H. C. GALLUP, Proprietor, 495, Oxftrd Street, Lender ( Haemal gmunuirmrnts. MAPPIN & WEBB, MANUFACTURERS OP ELECTRO- SILVER PLATE OF BEST QUALITY, SPOONS AND FORKS, DINNER AND TEA SERVICES, PLATED DESSERT & FISH EATING KNIVES, CANTEEN CASES, & C. TABLE CUTLERY OF THE FINEST QUALITY. SP 0° Hi CATALOGUES POST FREE. ADDRESS CAHEFTTLLY 11 76, 77 & 78 OXFORD STREET, A3TD MANSION HOUSE BUILDINGS, CITY, XjOnsriDOiT. * 0fc WORKS: SHEFFIELD & LONDON. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE. THE OKIGINAII AND ONLY GENUINE. CHLORODYNE is admitted by the Profession to be the moat wonderful and valuable remedy ever dlaooveied. CHLORODYNE is the beet remedy known for Coughs, Consumption, Bronohitis, Asthma. CHLORODYNE effectually checks and arrests those too often fatal diseases— Diptheria, Fever, Croup, Ague. CHLORODYNE acts like a charm in DiarrhcBa, and is the only spedflo in Cholera and Dysentery. CHLORODYNE eflbctually cute short all attacks of Epilepsy, Bysteria, Palpitation and Spaama CHLORODYNE is the only palliative in Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Cancer, Toothache, Meningitis, lo. From Loan FBAJOIB CONTNGHAM, Mount Charles, Donegal, 11th December 18 « 8. " Lord Francis Conyngham, who this time last year bought some of Dr. J. Collie Browne's Chlorodyne from Mr. Davenport, and has found it a most wonderful medicine, will be glad to have half- a- dozen bottles Bent at once to the above address." " Earl Russell oommunioated to the College of Physicians that he received a dispatoh flrom her Majesty's Consul at Manilla, to the effeot that Cholera has been raging fearfully, • nd that the ONLY remedy of any service was CHLOBODYNE."— See Zanett, let December liST CAUTION.— BEWARE of PIRACY and IMITATIONS. Oicnoir.— Yloe- Chanoellor Sir W. PAOB WOOD stated that Dr. J. Coins BBOWXB was, undoubtedly, the Inventor of OHLORODYNE ; that the story of the Defendant, FDBBMAN, waa deliberately untrue, which, he rocrrotted to eay, had been sworn to.— See Tin* » . 13th July 18* 4. Sold in Bottles at Is ltd, 2s 9d, 4s 6d and lis each. None is genuine without the words " Dr. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S OHLORODYNE " on the Government Stamp. Overwhelming Medical Testimony accompanies cach bottle. Sou MAITOJAOTUBM:— J. T. DAVENPORT, 38 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London. rationale. Manufacturers TO. THE QUEEN. Obtained the only Prize Medals for Purity and Excellence of Quality. INUDON. 1862. DUBLIN, 1865. THE ONLY SILVER MEDAL— THE HIGHEST AWARD, PARIS, 1867. Their Genuine and Double Superfine are the qualities par titular! y recommended for Family use. Blanc- Mange, Custards.. Pnddirr Cakes, Sonps, & c., And is the most wholesome and ea* ily diy- ii FOOD FOE CHILDREN & IIJVAIIK. Is recommended by THE BARON VON LIEBIG, . ~ 2tid< ut of ( Jic Royal Academy of Science; of Bavaria. EDWIN LAXKESTER, M. D., F. R. S., Medical Officer of Health, St. James's, Westminster. " THE LANCET." RETAIL BY ALL GROCERS AND OILMEN, & c., AND Wholesale: J. & J. COLMAN, 108, Gannon Street, London, MANUFACTURERS OF THE '• GOLD MEDAL STARCHY VALUABLE DISCOVERY TQR THE HAIB ! I— A very mcely perfumed hair dressing, called " The Mexican Hair Benewer,' now l^ eing sold by most Chemiata and Perfumers at 3s 6d per Jjottle, is fast superseding ftll " Hair Restorers"— for it vilI noutiveiy restore is every case, Grey or White hair to its ori- mal colour, by a few applications, without dyeing it, or leaving the disagreeable smell of most " Restorers." It makes the hair charmingly beautiful, as well as pro- moting the growth on bald spots, vhera the hair glands are no: decayed. Certificate from Dr. Vers- mann on every b attle, with full particulars. Ask for " TUB MBXICAB HAIH IIEXEWEB," prepared by H. C. GALLUP, Oxford Strett, Loudon. BBOWK'S BBOMCHIAL TROCHES, for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis. Asthma, Catarrh, or anv irritation or soreness of the throat, are now imported and sold in this country at la lid per box, put up in the form of a " lozenge." It ii the most convenient, pleasant, safe and sure remedv for clearing ana strengthening the voice known in the world. Th » Bev. Henry W » rd Beecher says: " I have often recom- mended them o friends who were public speakers, and in many case, they have proved extremely service- able." Tho tannine have the words " Brown's Bronchial Troches " on the Government Stamp around each box. JkId by all mullein* vandors.— London Depot, 433 Oxford Street. Ckeap and Howl Printing at the Offices of this Paper. GLENFIELD 8TAROH ' 3tht0Ql>' kind used in HQT Majesty s laundry If there are anylladies who havo not yet used the GLWFIELD STARCH they are respectfully solicited to it a trial, and carefully follow out the directions printed on evory package, and if this is done, They will say, like the Queen's Laundron, It is the finest Starch they ever usod. When you ask for Gleafieid Starch sea that you get it, As inferior kinds aro often substituted for th « sake of extra profits. Beware therefore of spurious imitation*. rpHOUSAXDS are at this moment rejoicing trW J_ the beautiful heads of Hair restored to thoa by using NEW MANE'S HAIR GROWING POMADE, wluuh waa never known to fail in pro- ducing hair. Prico Is. and 2s. Gd. pRKY HAIR RESTORED to its original color ; Vj Groyness prevents! and tho growth of the Hair promoted by using NEWMANE" S HAIR LOTION. This is at oncc tho CHKAPBST and Burr HAIH RKSTOKKK out, as it lian stood tho test and ia pronounced superior to the higher- priced London preparations, FREE from DANGEROUS POI- SONS, and eortaiu in its action. Try one Shilling Bottle and bo convinced of its efficacy. Bottles la. and 2s. Gd. each. CURFor DANDRUFF instantly removed by . J NEW MANE'S HAIR WASH. Tho Bostaai Cheapest Hair Cleaner ox taut. In Bottles at lid. and Is. Sold in Falmouth by W. F. Newman, chomiet, Market Street. THE " BAG of BAGS " forTRAVBLLINO DRBSSINO and WRITIMQ. th* most compact and u.„ ful arar DU< W Patents nnrt InnnM Ww - • O CAPITALISTS and SHAREHOLDERS. _ Dividends 5 and 10 to 20 per cent. Read SUARPS'S INVESTMENT CIRCULAR ( post free). Issued Monthly; now ready; 12 page*. Safe Investments in English and Foreign Railways, Debentures, Bank*, Mines, Foreign Bonds, America* and Colonial Stocks, & c. CAPITALISTS, SHAREHOLDERS, TRUSTEES, INVESTORS, Will find the above circular a safe, valuable, and reliable guide. Messrs. SHARP & CO., Sharebrokers, 33, Poultry, London, E. C. TWELVE CARTES de VISITE, 2a 8dj JL SIX. Ia 8d. Cute salaried to 10 lushes, W| Viilart k. SsaA • arts with stamps. Perfoot ooplss and orlelsal iilipsal tee. London Pboto- OopHnc Ootnpaa/, aot IWmt- it, || ill K^- tMluUe and « B Hl « h HOUMTD. Leadoa. I. B. B. rnuil% M « a> THE CHEAPEST PACKAGE OF TEA IN ENGLAND. ACHiKESB CADDY, containing 16 lbs. of really ( oo4 Bltck Tea, soot carriage froo to any railway tuuioa or market town in England, on receipt of 40a, by PHILLIPS & CO. TEA MERCHANTS, 8 KINQ WILLIAM 81. CITY. A fttioi wn raB « . GOOD TEA CHEAPER THAN ] STRONG to Fine Black Tea, la 4d, Is « d, Zo and k M tier lb.; 40s worth sent carriage frco to any railway itatioa or market town In England or Wales, on receiptor * H by PHILLIPS & CO. TEA MERCHANTS, 8 KINQ WILLIAM ST. E.& Prime Coffee la, la 3d, Is 4d. A Prico List Free. PHILLIPS & CO. havo no agents, and no connectioa with any Houso In Worcester, Swansea or Witney. JTJDSON'S DYES.— 18 Colors, 6d. each. RIBBONS, WOOL, SILK, FEATHIB^ Completely Dyed tn 10 mlnutea Toll taatraoUons supplied. Of all REECH - LOADERS. SECOND 1 EECH- LOADERS. FROH £ 10 10a ECH- LOADERS. BOUGHT ROI AM, UATALOOUB AND PKICB LIST, S STAMPS. WHISTLER, 11 STRAND. LONDOV. • HiaMOd ON7NTH TVOSn 0* 109 V. X3IMH0C uoA « q; aw pur JOJ VN c^ ^ FOM TQ **> F m P"^^ 0 wxo9 - pg ig ' ri '- pf pire '• Jt^.; CoF' lW pioi ® n QMOd DNIMT8 S,^ OIMaFa • s88a pun tm\ H4U1 B^ Hiuo- aij puB ' sSnippnj bsj| toi f| aaa/ iAOd oni » v9 s, » oiMuoa •^ BTO^ inoq^ iAi pua- ig snoiot[ ep ro^ tm AAAMOD ONIXVS s.> ioiAAaoa ONIMV8 huaaMOd otinrra an MAO UJHOIHHJNS BIX UOJ ! 6981 ' NNR JO ' l^ poR pioo ! 8981 ' FPeK PPO uaQMOd ONi> iva s^ oimuo filEAlTIINESS.- W. O. NIXETi EEDNRT \ s 15LACK LEAD sold evtry « - ntre by all ShopkMprn. nLEAl « ' LINE38.- W. O. NIXEY'i Bcflned \ J BLACK LEAD for pollihlof ilow, Ac., equal to bartasbe* steel. Wlthcict waste or daak G. NIXEYT Refined BLACK IE AD. • " Cleaolli^ Tho prcpriet- yr to CAUTION the pubde > « lr. g Imposed upon by unprincipled tradoraen, wbo, with • rlew ol derlTlnc ( rreater profit, are manufacturing aad raodlnw gPUUIOL'S IMITATIONS of tbi above article. ASK roa W. a NIXKT- B BLACK LLAD, ASD US TKAT TW • AVB IT. 13 Bobo S<| - •• London. W. TRY MEGHI'S MAGIC STROP. ALSO HIS MAGIO PASTE AND RAZORS. Sold by all Perfumers throughout the Kingdom JOHN JOSEPH MECHI, aasisted by bia Son, ha* one of the largest Stocks in London of Art Wm saitod ( er WE0DIH8, BIRTHDAY, OA COUPLIUENTAiff fRESEHTB, and at Prioee salted to the rti, Dirweoli of alL DRES3IHQ BAGS ud CA8E8, ru UIIE8 GEKTLEMEI, Wira BU. TD2 AMD K. A7XD MODITTIVM. DESPATCH BOXES, FITTED ft EMPTY. WHITING OASES, Ac., Ac. TLLtTSTOATXD OATALOOOXS mi OH APFLICATTOTT. MECHI, 112 Regent Street, London, W. I /. « Falmouth and Penryn Weekly Timet it I'rinteS nnd Published by FKEDMICK HOBART ZAUVX, ' etiding at No. ' J, WodeJiout* Place, in the Parish o/ Falmouth, at An General PrxrUiny Offices or. • the Quay, the said Parish on 8ATOBDAY% ZlARf 1G, 1872. yew metal pocket Ve* ta Box, with patent spring Cow.— Bryant and May have recently introduced a very useful little Pocket Veita Box; with a most in- genious and tdmple spring cover; it is a novelty in every way, and will soon come into verv general use— 4> eing of metal instead of can!, and retailed, tilled with vestas, at one penny. Any Tobacconist, Grocer, Oheiuist or Chandler will supply it. WONDERFUL EFFICACY OF ILR. CON- GREVE'S BE > EDY FOR CONSUMPTION.- Soc die new edition ( 116) of Mr. George Thomas Cungreve's book '' ON CONSUMPTION OF THE LUNGS ; or, Decline, and the Only Successful Treatmentshowing that formidable disease to be curable in all its stages ; with additional Cases of Cure, and Questions for Patients consulting the Author by letter. Post free from the Author, Coombe Lodge, Pcckham, London, for Five Stamps. MRS. WRXBLOW'S SOOTHISO STRUP FOB CHILDBX » I Should alwa\- 8 be used when Children are cutting teeth; it reli vea the little sufferers at onoe, it pro- duces natural quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and th3 little cherub awakes T'aa bright as a button." It ia perfectly harmless, and very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, it softena the gums, allays all pain, relieve* wind, regulates the bowels, and ia the beet known remedy lor dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething ar other eauea. Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup ia aold by thousands of Medicine dealer* in all paxta of, the world at la ltd par bottle, and Millions of Mothera can ST'L / IT THE FALMOTJTIJ & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES SATTTPP,\ y. MARCH 16, 1872 ( Top/ its of, , tbc gan. — fByan Occasional London Correspondent.) ifi\ o bond are to be regarded ns tho ex- jMtSjii'U c. f Independent opinion, from tho pen of a gentleman la Whom SW liive tho ' greatest confidence, but tor which we nweitheless Jo^ Uot hold ourselves responsible.! Her ' Majesty, it is stated, lias given instructions for preparation of a volume which is mainly to consist of, a reprint of newspaper reports of and comments on the proceedings on Thanksgiving Day. It is to bo • hoped that Mr; Arthur Helps, or some one equally competent, mil carefully edit the work, as snch a • . volume will be a valuable permanent record of one of ! ' ihrf" mdst pleasing events of our time. The Volunteers of the United Kingdom, ns well as all those who take an interest in their welfare, may, I < think, bo congratulated on oUr citizen soldiers having ' gair. ee U peaceful victory over the Regulars in connec- tion with the forthcoming Easter Monday review. For" some time past there has been a great effort on the part of many of our military authorities to secure tic control of the Volunteers on this' great review day, bat - tho- Volunteers have succeeded in retaining self command. A meeting of metropolitan commanding /" officers has been held, when a resolution in favour of W- etriot discipline, and requesting Volunteer officers to eafprco amongst their men the duty of conducting themselves as good soldiers on Easter Monday, has been adopted in preference to an amendment in favour of the Volunteers being subject to military order and discipline. This Is a Volunteer victory so far, and it is to be hoped that the review will lose nothing of its thoroughly voluntary character, ahd that at the same time it will prove one of the most effective we have ever had. If I may judge by the articles I have read on tho col- lapse of the Tichborne case, and by the conversation I have heard on the subject, we English must be a re- markably clever and far- seeing people. The collapse of tiie case appears to have been just what every- body expected—" just what I said, you know"— and nobody seems to have been " surprised to hear " the result. Pour moi, I am delighted the trial is over, for it had become a ponderous and tedious nuisance, which I shall not increase by doing what so many other writers' have done— commenting on the case. Another pha « e of the affaire Tichborne, as the French call it, will soon' revive public interest. What if we have another 103 days' trial, at £ 1,000 a day ! But this is not very likely. A subject which has long demanded, but which has noTer yet received parliamentary attention, will obtain it at laft, an hon. member having given notice that he will introduce a bill for the better protection of persons tua ler 21 from the solicitations and frauds of money- . leaders. There is great room for reform in this respect, taough it will be very difficult to secure it. Few people have any idea to what an extent young men at the Universities, in Government offices, & a, are per- ' eecuted by the tempting and fallacious offers of persons who live on the necessities or fancied wants of young -- pentlemen of " great expectations" but little meana JB^ t a measure to be effective ought not to apply only to. peiBons under age, but to those who have nominally a* leastwrived at years cf discretion. The whole sub- ^ jjpt. however, is so difficult, that I shall be curious to 6ee how it is proposed to deal with it. Duels among French journalists appear to be ag^ in ' coming into fashion. These duels seem to amuse them and don't hurt anybody else or themselves. In fact, it is whispered that in most cases they are cleverly arranged affairs, in which there is very little _ « prpbability of either so- called duellist getting injured, and that the only object is notoriety. Obscure writers who fail to secure a name by the aid of their pens, 6* ek " thebuhble reputation in the cannon's mouth," or rather the mouth of the pistol; the affair becomes the talk of . tke town for a short time, and then comparative obscurity returns. But still a bad example Is thus ' set to society by those who ought to be its instructors, and .^ iJ^ Franpe ha4, a really strong and wise Government these scandalous meetings for the alleged purpose of '" taking life would be prohibited. For years past there have been discussions and negotiations between English and French capitalists and engineers relative to some other mode of communi- cation between the coasts of England and France than those uncomfortable little steamers to which people making the passage now have to submit. The _ _ Franco- Prussian war stopped all progress in the matter, but with the declaration of peace the discussion of various projects revived. M. Thiers and the French Government are heartily in favour of some improved mode of communication, but they frankly say France has enough to do to pay her debts, and cannot afford any money. Now a sub- marine tunnel is simply a question of money, and that little difficulty., will not stop us. We r& ean to have a Btamnel. and money fifKnow rapidly being raised, by voluntary subscription, in aid of the work. What immense facilities of intercourse will a submarine railway effect 1 The avoidance of the discomfort of sea- sickness is only a part, though not an unimportant . part of the whole sifbject. It will very materially influence the merchandise traffic between England and whole of the Continent. And how will it affect the chances of " invasion," a subject that every now Ond then disquiets us? ' But we can safely rdmit the answer to this till we see a probability of the tuifnel being completed. ' Another " trapezist" killed! A boy of about fourteen ' was performing on the trapeze at Nottingham, and " fell heavily upon the back of his neck on the mat tress low." Poor little fellow— what a cruel and prema- ture death! Would it be wise for Parliament'to in- terfere to prevent the possibility of such " accidents " in future ? For one, I think it would. Meanwhile it Sfnof easy to apportion the blame in connection with — rocb performances. The people least to be blamed perhaps are those who are occasionally the victims, for they nightly risk their lives to gain a living. But managers and public are certainly not free from fault. So long as the former provide such sensational enter- tainments this public will go to witness them, and so Long as the public will patronise, the managers will provide; so that it is a circle of evils. Legislative' in- : lerferenco seems the only remedy. J r That many lives have been saved through the agency of fire- escapes, is a truism, but it is certain that many '' more'might have been saved had not fire- e^ cape^ been cumbrous, tin wieldly, and liable to tajce fire. A hew escape has been tried here, and has not been found want- ing, and, aft « r successful experiments, sixty of them havo 1K-<- U ordeied by the Metropolitan Board of Works. ' The chief improvements are lightness and portability, together with the " fcboot being incombustible, while the ladders are eo constructed that a greater height can be reached than with the former escapes., The adoption I> f this invention will mucl? lc* 3een the chances of being burnt to death ; but London, like many pro- vincial town*, requires further improvements in coping with fire. It is positively astounding what negligence there bi in many places in this respect. Perhaps the ' " x i , ' </ l the . metropolis will produce a beneficial B will have th6 French diapason next season; that the Exhibition pitch will be that of Stuttgart; and that the Philharmonic, Sacred Harmonic, and Drury Lane will retain the old pitch. " Strange that such diffep- ence shield bo made ' twixt tweedledum and tweedledee 1" But there is a decided difference. As half mi inch on a man's nose makes a great difference, BO half a tone when you get above the stave ( if you can get above it) is a very important matter. As an example, some of our tenor singers can sing A in France, but not in England, simply because to do the latter would virtually be to accomplish B flat. The facts I have quoted are strange when we bear in mind what columns of discussion there Were some time ago on the musical pitch. It is strange, too, that wo have so many standards in England— or, I . should say, none at all— while France has one uniform pitch, as definitely decided as are the weight of her coins. A French gentleman in London patriotically appeals to other French residents in the metropolis for aid, to- wards paying off the 120 millions of pounds sterling still owing by France to Germany. Wishing him all success, I cannot believe that much assistance will come from this source. We have now in London more French people than ever we had, but a laiye proportion of these are in more or less severe distress, and many dnfortunate French families ate on the brink of starvation. Appeals have more than once been made tp the British public to relieve this distress, but money comes in very, very slowly. It may be patriotic and praiseworthy to subscribe towards paying tho enormous indenmity that still remains, but surely it would be still more so to subscribe for the relief of tho distress and suffering of. tko half- starving French re- fugees in the metropolis. DISESTABLISHMENT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The following are the terms of the motion of which Mr. Miall has given notice , " That on humble address bo presented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty that by means o 1 a Royal Commission, full and accurate particulars may be procured of tho origin, nkture, amount, and application of any property and re- venues appropriated to the uso of the Church of England, w* th a view to furnish requisite information bearing on the question of disestablishment and disendowment." Mr. T. Hughes gave notice that he should move as an amendment to the motion— " That an humble addret* bo presented to her Majesty, praying her to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the amount and present distribution of the revenues of the parochial benefices of the Established Church, with a view to the more advantageous - adjustment of parishes and in- It will be seen that the avowed object o{ tho first proposition is dipcst ® liishment. and disendowment, and that it covers the whole 6ubjecl of Church property; while the seoond is limited to the paroqjrial endow- ments, and aims only at their re- adjustment, together with an alteration of the law of patronage. THE ATTACK 8N THE QUEEN. ( From The Lancet.) As the plea of insanity will probably be raised in explanation of the outrage on her Majesty committed by O'Connor, the following facts, which have been fur- nished to us by Dr. Bond, who examined the boy when taken into custody, will not be without interest for our readers. " The boy is a slight, delicate lad, 18 years of age, pale, and strumous- looking: his general expression being calm, thoughtful, and in tell I gent, the eye* particularly expres- sive of determination, learlessiic- ea, and enthusiasm. The mental capacity is goo*!. He answered all questions respect- fully and to the point, and was quite consistent In all his stitements, and particularly as regards his motives for commit ling the offence. He stated that he had had a cood deal of sickness, and was a long time a patient in King's College Hospital, where his foot was operated upon by Mr. Bartndge. He stated that his llfo waa not a happy one, and that he would gladly sacrifice it for the good of Ireland ; that he was a gentleman by birth, and would feel insulted if any one spoke disrespectfully of his great uncle,, Fcarina O'Connor : that there was no Insanity in his family, ; h Feargus O'Connor was thought to havo died mad ; that he had read a great deal, but not sensation novels, as they were not to his taste. lie further declared himself a Republican, sympathising strongly with the Irish people. He thinks it an honour to be a Fenian, the murder of the Manchester policeman justifiable, and, being grieved that the Fenian prisoner* are still unreleased. feels that, since peaceful mea= urc3 lmve failed, any violence is justifiable in order to effect their release. He said he was a freethinker In religion, and believed in God, but not In denominational relislon or ch- rg. vmen. lie declared that he was not unhappy at the thought of being punished, but that his efforts to re- lease the Fenians have tailed." Dr. Bond, as the result of his examination, certified that he was perfectly sane, and this opinion has been confirmed, after a lengthy interview, by Dr. Suther- land The lad at first contemplated the use of loaded fire- arms against her Majesty, but oontidered that, as the Prince of Wales would come] to the Throna, and the monarchy still ren^ dn a.^ an- institution of the country, it would be better to attempt, by in ti mi da- country, it wuuld . be be^ te — tion, to gain the jruipeaiat^ ojjject he had in view, The boy has been in ill- KeallS, and we know that Feargus O'Connori di<" 4, of general— paralysis of the brain in an asylum. But for all this, as far as the facts are on record as regards the , boy himself, there is no evidence of insanity hi yie case. During the last two or three days Arthur O'Connor has been visited by his father and mother, but he does not appear as yet to have obtained any professional assistance ( says the Olurter). He does not 6eem to exhibit the least regret for his mischievous act, but seems evidently to think that he was quite justified in what he did, with a view to procure the release of the Fenian prisoners. A port of impression appears to prevail among the officials of the gaol that the prisoner is " not quite right," but it is not likely that the defence of insanity will be set up for him at his trial, as if he should be acquitted on that ground he would be liable to be confined in a criminal lunatic asylum for the rest of his life, and as he appears to be afflicted with the mu- chievouB propensity of alarming the Queen, this result, as in the case of Edward Oxford, who some thirty years ago discharged a pistol at her Majesty, and who is still the wretched inmate of a lunatic asylum, would be carried out, whereas, in the event merely of a conviction for the offence of attempting to alarm her Majesty, he is only liable to be sentenced to penal servitude for a certain term, but the punish- ment of flogging may be added, and the pQsoner appears to have a great dread of this addition to his punishment. The proceedings at the Central Criminal Court will be of the nature of a State trial, and the prosecution will be conducted by the Attorney- Generah RECIPROCITY OF INFLUENCE.! Under the title of " The National Thanksgiving" the Dean of Westminster has reprinted three sermons preached in Westminster Abbey, the first on the illness of the Prince of Wales, the second on his recovery, and the third on the Sunday after the Thanksgiving Ser- vice in St. Paul's. In tho third of these sermons occurs the following passage, which is worthy of a wide circulation. After speuking of the duties of ( he Crown to the nation, the Dean proceeds :— " But if this be what wo expect from the Thrqno, lot ns a « k ourselves what the Monarchy, what tho Empire, what the world expccts from us. It is the glory of England that If the welfare of the Prince Is the welfare of the pooplo, not less is the well- lieing of tho people the only safeguard of the well- being ol tho Prince. It Is not with ns, as in somo Eastern or despotic States, where the Itoyal IIouso dwells apart, withdrawn from all the surrounding influences of tho country or the age in which tlwlr lot Is cast. The breath of ' public opinion, of good or evil esample, In our njixod and varied Boclpty, rises upwards as muoh as It desoenda down- wards. It la hi onr power, in the power of tho pdoplo of England, to drag down the Throne, even in spite of Itself, U> the level, if so be, of our own meanness, triviality, or, selfdndidneiice, as it U, thank God, also In our po, wer, by the purity of our homes, by tho sincerity and the. loftiness of our purposes, to create tho atmosphere 1* Which tlio Throne must become puro and lofty, because It eanri6t help receiving theinfluei. c* which ascend to It from belowand from around. We, by ralblug up a constant succession of Just, upright, loyal, single- nilndod citizens, of enlightened and energetic teachers, of ( ar- soclug and unselfish statesmen, foiin a body- guard around thu Royal llouso of England, even as the statues and monuments of famous Englishmen in this Abbey stands like a guard of honour round the shrines which contuln the dust of our Trbices and our King". Any brr- ach In that sucicd line of holiest English hearts, any ..::. ii f of duty, " f vigilance, or <. l faithfulness on our p- rt j i. 4u. i.' ic- •) tut th « i uwtr- jd to come in and lay tho lnn- rmost sanctuary of tho Stato Itself. Our prayers. We Justly look down with mingled Indignation and con- tempt on the miserable outrage against tho Gracious Majosty of these realms. Wo are accustomed to regard with scorn the handful of misguided mon who seek to win popular favour by appeals to thfif- prejudices, the pasalopa, and the lgnoranco of tho people. But lot us romomber that these - or th0 — -- . a protec havo been In othor tlmos and in other countries, those who, hovering round the footstepa of tho great, either for their own selfish ends, or from mere weakness and complaisance, or from mero vaulty of vanities, strivo to serve them by smoothirfg tho pnth to sin, by making a mock at goodness, by hiding the uuwelcome truth, or ropeating the welcome false- hood— If thcro be any who, under the guise of friends, play tho part of tompter and ovil counsellor, who lie In wait for every ocoasfon to flatter, to indulge, and to corrupt— if there be any such anywhero, those, far more than wild fana- tics or the feeble parasites of tho multitude, theso are the real traitors, thoroal enemies of Sovereign, Prince, and people all alike. It 1s for the growth of such as these that we, the nation of England, are, in great measure, responsible before God and man. They are bone of our bono and flesh of our flesh. It Is by our levity, If so be, that character! such as theso are encouraged In their wretched folly, as it Is by our firmness that they are discouraged and cowod. They come out when the moral atmosphere has been made dark around them,' wherein all the bea » ts of the forest creep forth for their prey.' But ' when the son arlseth,' when the bright burning light of a sound public opinion is brought to bear upon them, ' they get themselves together, and lay them down again In their dens." " On these, then, and such as these, whosoever they be, men or women, high or low, the Day of Thanksgiving Is or ought to bo a Day of Doom. Against these, and such as these, tho natloti is called upon to echo the voico of most Just Judgment, that goes up from, evory honest heart. On these, if on any human being whatever, Christian society, English society, ought to placc Its deliberate ban, its unmis- takable mark of righteous indignation. Whatever may have been before, yet now, if after tho experience of these never- to- be- forgotten weeks and days— if, after this solemn recognition of tho value of our great institutions, of tho incalculable Im- portance of the charactcr of our iTilors— If, after this, the nation relaxes its hold on the high vocation, which has thus been marked out, our last state shall indeed be worse than our first. If, aftor this, any such as I have desorlbod shall bo found betraying, mlsloadlDg. ensnaring those whom by every call, human and divine, they are bound to lead Into all good and keep from all ovil, such, If there be any such, deserve tho contempt of man an<) tho vengeance of God, as among the meanest, or the weakest, or the most detestablo of mankind." A ROUGH VOYAGE. The steamer New York, of the North- German line, experienced on last her trip from Bremen to New York weather seldom met with in the Atlantic ( spys the New York Times). The New York left Bremen on the 27th of January with a full cargo and some 380 passengers. On the 1st of February a gale that eventually led to a hurricane set in and lasted through- out the greater part of the voyage. On the 6th the barometer fell to an extraordinarily low degree. Captain Von Emeter. who was on deck at the time, ordered all sails to be furled and the hatches battened down. This was done, and not a minute too soon, as in a few seconds the wind hurled the sea over the vesseL Three days the hurricane continued. On the 9th, the storm having lulled, the first officer of the steamer, Mr. Anderson, ordered several sailors aloft, and Christian Schmidt, while descending, lost his balance and was crushed to death by falling against the guards of the deck. The passengers, terrified by the force of the storm, commingled together, despite the lawB of the ship, and refused to be separated. On the night of the 10th, while Captain Von Emeter, the first officer, and a German lady • from Hamburg were standing on the bridge, a terrific wave struck the ship broad- side. Captain Von Emeter attempted to catch the lady, but missed her. The wave washed him against the bulwarks, and by clinging to a rattling he saved his life. The chief officer grasped the lady round the waist, and by taking hold of the mizzen ropes saved both his own and his companion's life. The bridge upon which they were standing was, torn from its sockets by the wave, together with the lifeboat. The water also flooded the companion- way, and entered tho first cabin in an immense volume. The sc° ne at that time was indescribable. Women, half dressed, ran from berth to berth, childhni screamed, and men ac- customed to ocean voyages gave up in despair, imagin- ing that the brave steamer was on the eve of founder- ing. This last wave, however, proved to be the'Worst of the hurricane. Tho coal being all consumed, the Vessel, after drifting about helplessly, reached Halifax on the 14th. Here the vessel was re victualled and re- coaled, and she arrived safely at this harbour oh the ldth of February. DETAINED DUBING HER MAJESTY'S PLEASURE. At the Nottingham Assizes, John Buchan has been In- dicted for the wlhul murder of Reuben Holmes, at Notting- ham, on the 20th of July last.— The Deputy Clerk of Assize, Mr. Arthur Coleridge, called the Judge's attention to the Coroner's deposition. In which the charge was that the pri- soner " folonlously, wilfully, and maliciously did kill," omitting tho word " murder." His Lordship thought the prisoner had better not bo asked to plead to this deposition, as it was clearly Irregular. The prisoner, therefore, pleaded to the Indictment only. The prisoner worked as a tailor in Nottingham, and the deceased was a dyer. The prisoner' 3 mother carried on the business of a dyer, and the deceased had lived with her for th « i last 18 yeare, working in the business and living in the house. There was no sug- gestion that tho son disliked this, and it appeared that his mother sometimes was called Mis. Holmes, and sometimes by her right name. On the 20th of July, about half- past nine o'clock, Mrs. Buchan and Holmes were in the shop. and she was speaking to Holmes about the low, desponding state in which her son was. He had lost his wife some twelve months before. He shortly afterwards came in, aud Holmes went for some beer for the prisoner's mother. The mother spoke to her son about his state of mind, and he began to cry. Holmes came in and tried to com- fort him, saying he also had had losses. The prisoner said his lather had lost more, and Holmes then said, " Jacky, there is nothing worth liting for," and the prisoner replied, " No, there ' aint." ' ihe mother then went out to get some snuff for the prisoner, and almost immediately she heard two shots fired. The deceased and the prisoner were found lying on the floor. The do- ceased was shot through tho back of the head, and the brains were protruding. He never spoke again. The pri- soner was shot in the mouth - a severe and dangerous wound. One pistol was found in his pocket, and one on tho ground. There wasalso a large knife or dagger in his pocket with a blade about half a foot long. There were also four bullets in his pocket and a plain gold wedding ring and brooch with his own likeness ana his wile's in it. The prisoner, when asked by the Burgeon and the police how he came to commit the act, pointed to Holmes and said, " Ho has made me what lam." The sunjeon stated, however, that he was at that time in such a state as to render his remarks quite unworthy of reliance, and there was no suggestion of any quarrel at the time or of the two mon being on bad terms; on the contrary, they always appeared to be good friends. A little boy of eight years of age was in the shop at the time. He heard no words pass at all, and saw the two shots fired. Mrs. Buchan, the prisoner's mother, described the prisoner as crying bitterly when she sjwke to him be- fore tho shots were fired. For months before he was going about in a restless manner, going to his wife's grave, and " trailing his child one way and another." lie had five children, and was a sober, steady man. He was too much attached to his wife, and was of a very, kind and affectionate disposition. He was in tho habit of getting up and walking about in the night and frightening tno children. His wife was a good manageress, and ha had depended upon her very much. He had complained of pains in the head, and said he fancied he saw men in the room, and saw beetles crawl- ing upon the walls. He had at one time been in much better circumstances, and said lie was a gentle- man's Bon, and " what a thing to think he was as lie was." The witness's brother had been in a lunatlo asylum for many years. Another brother had tried1 to hang himself upon a stairoose, aud her husband's cousin had shot himself. Several witnesses spoke to tho change in the de- meanour of tho prisoner since tho death of his wife. ! Mr. Henry Hind, the resident surgeon of thd Not- tingham Dhipensary, whogavehis'ovidence very clearly stated that tho wound upon Holmes could not have been self inflicted, while that upon tho prisoner clearly was so. He had not had an opportunity of forming an opinion as to the prisoner's state of mind. Mr. George Elder, a resident surgeon^ f, the Geueral II,, pita, bad been askedbv'Mr. JohnBten/ the solicitor for the proscutfon, to give evidoncc, and Mr. Johnston b. l sent him some written questions; but he had de- diued to uuiwnr t'. iem fii writing, a* he r- os under the n^ . U..; ^ i- c - liJ U » e)' wouli be uty'l hi couit; bee and he would have no opportunity of explaining them vivd voce. He bad received the prisoner on the day of the murder, and Baid all he could possibly say was that he was a remarkably taciturn and gloomy man ; but he answered questions in a perfectly rational manner, and seemed to appreciate his position and to be somewhat sorry for what he had done. In cross- examination, it appeared that this witness had only ' n in practice four years, and had not at all directed attention to cases of insanity. Throe medical gentlemen were called for the prose- cution. and the effect of their evidence was as follows: — At tne present time the prisonerwas suffering from organic brain disease. The brain was softening, and one strong symptom of this was an inarticulate manner of speaking, and a tremulousness of the tongue. The pupils of his eyes were unnaturally contracted. His walk was peculiar and his memory impaired. He had become blind in one eye and was very deaf. He com- plained of pains in the head and dizziness. He said he had seen men in the room and beetles, moths, and ugly things whirling about like a steam engine. He said " he felt as if he had gas in him, and he was lifted up in a sort of brightness." He said " he was the miserablest of men that could live." The doctors were of opinion from the oondition in which he now was, and from the evidence they had heard in court, that the prisoner was at the time of the murder suffering from a sudden instinctive impulse cf homicidal mania. This is not unusual in the early Btages of softening of the brain. Two of these gentle- men, Dr. Stiff and Dr. Tate, were superintendent physicians of the County Lunatic Asylum, and had had great experience. They were sent by the prose- cution to examine the prisoner. Mr. Buszard, for the defence, then called several witnesses who had known the prisoner, and who spoke to his desponding state of mind. Some had worked with him, and had spoken to one another about the state the prisoner appeared to be in. Mr. Souter, a physician who bad attended the pri- soner's family for four years, stated that so marked a change had come over the prisoner since the death of his wife that he became alarmed, and thought it would not be surprising if he committed Buicide. He had only attended him for four days, but had determined to take precautions against1 the prisoner doing a mis- chief. He had noticed the tremulousness of the tongue a few weeks before the murder. Mr. Bnszard asked his Lordship if there was any evidence to go to the jury. His Lordship said it was a question for the jury to decide. Mt. Buszard then addressed the jury, and Mr. Cave reolied. His Lordship, in summing up, said that the law pre- sumes a man to be of sound mind, and it is for him to show that he is not sane. The question for them was did he know the nature and quality of the act, and, if so, did he know it was wrong. The jury found a verdict of Not Guilty on the ground of insanity, and tho prisoner was ordered to be detained during Her Majesty s pleasure. A " NONSUIT" AND A " VERDICT." ( From Tht Timet.) Most persons have noticed the phrase " nonsuit," but few, except litigants or lawyers, know its meaning. Its applica- tion In the Tichborao case makes It Just now of some special interest. Tho point on which people may require explanation is the difference between a " nonsuitand a verdict lor the defendant, and the distinction, if any, in tho practical re- sult. In the present 1nstanco we fancy that, practically, there is no difference: but tho legal difference is this— a verdict for the defendant, of course, ends the action ( unless it is set aside for a new trial) and determines the case. In almost all actions, except ejectment— the remedy for tho; recovery of roal nronortv— it. nut* an and to t. ha r. laim because the Law will not allow a man to ba twice sued for the same cause. The exception Is the action for recovery of real property, and that by one of those happy anomalies for which our law la famous, may be brought over and over again until by a bill in equity to " quiet the title," as It Is called, the vexatious litigant is restrained from suing any more. This right to bring re- peated actions of ejectment is to meet the hardship of a claimant's failing through a flaw in hl3 legal proof, a new trial never being granted merely to enable a man to better his case by further evidence. In other actions, however, the same hardship Is avoided by allowing a plaintiff who perceives that he cannot prove his caso to withdraw from it be/ ore a verdict la pronounced ; the effect of which is that this withdrawal is entered in lieu of a verdict, and the ancient language of the entry was non suit— I. e., he no longer pursues his suit. This arose In those early times when litigants appeared < n perton, and when the suit could not go on If the plaintiff did not appear, and must come to an end If, before the verdict, he failed to appear when called for. With that tenacious alhertnee to ancient forms which characterizes our law this course la still adhered to although parties appear by counsel or ottorney, and the plaintiff Is solemnly called upon to appear, and his non- appearance is gravely recorded. Tho theory or supposition is that he is casually and unfortunately absent, and so loses his suit for tho time. On tfyis account, as a verdict against him is not pionounced, tho suit is not cmuldered finally at an end, and he is allowed to sue again. This privilego is of no avail, of course, uidess he is likely to have better ovidence, and, therefore, it is that* " nonsuit" always occurs at the end of the plaintiff's case when the Infirmity of his case is pointed out, and he deslrei to retreat and reserve himself for another trlaL It Is not applicable and Is never applied to any ordinary case which has been mot and destroyed by adverse evidence on the part of the de/ enee. In such a case, If it were worth while for the defendant to contest the point, he might Insist upon a verdict. But In ejectment it la not worth his while, for, as already pointed out, the only prac- tical distinction between a nonsuit and a verdict for the defendant in other actions is that the plaintiff may bring forward his claim again, and in ejectment he can alicayt do so, whether there is a nonsuit or a verdict. Hence in the Tichborne Case it was not worth while to Insist upon a verdict, while In this particular case, from Its peculiar character, there wero strong reasons why the Claimant's counsel should be anxious, if pos- sible, to avoid an adverse verdict. The effect of a verdict pronounccd by the Jury against their client would have involved serious consequences, from which his Counsel were naturally anxious — doing their duty to him to the last— to protect him. It was not of the slightest legal consequence to him, so far as re- garded Jiia claim, for the reason already pointed out, because, even although a verdict had been entered against him, he could have brought a fresh action to- morrow. But, although of no consequence at all as regards his claim, it would havo Involved very serious consoquences as regarded his person. A verdict pronounced against him would, of course, havo involved a declaration of disbelief In Ills as- sertion upon oath ; and In all probability the Lord Chief Justice would havo deemed it his duty to say to the jury, " I presume you mean that you believe his statement as to his Identity with Roger Tichborne to bo false t" On their answering any 6uh question In tho affirmative monly tak> n In analogous cases, where a verdict for the defendant means that the plaintiffs evidence has boen considered false. As It Is, tho supposition of law simply Is that ho fulled In proving his case. All the world knows that the real truth 1s that the defence suc- ceeded. There is a nnxlm about building a bridge of gold for a flying enemy, and it mattersllttlo to his antagonist what particular, route he takes, aud ho will bo sure to return If he feels strong enoigh. In this case, overy one who has fol- lowed the evldenco can judge of the likollhood. For this reason we Bald that In this particular case there Is no practical dlfferonco, as regards the result to tho olalm, between a nonsuit anda verdict for the defendants. In either event the Claimant could como aguin if he had a chance ; but as ho has been de- feated, not by failure In his own case, but through over- whelming evidence against It, ho may be assumed to havo no chance at all. Tho term " non suit'' is, in truth, ill applied to such a case, and Is as muoh a misnomer as tho tldng itself Is an anomaly and an absurdity. It Is one of the fictions of the law, in which It is said tho law so delights ; but In this Instance it Is a fiction every ope can easily see through. The claim has been defoated upon tlufincrlts, and there Is prob- ably an end of It for ever. The forms of law allow it the legal possibility of revival, but facts are stronger than the forma and fictions of law. " A FREE BREAKFAST TABLE." Sir Tollemaehe Sinolnlr has given notice of his in- tention to move in the House of Commons on an early day the following resolution :— " That, hi the epinlon of this House, tho taxos ou tea, sugar, and ooffoo, which are supplied as necessaries of life oven to panpera In workhouses, which bring £ 6,808,000 to the revenue, bnt cost about £ 8,000,000 tp tho consumer, wld chare n greater ' burden on the lower middle class than tho Incqmo tax, and which press With undue and special severity on tho women ahd children of the manual labour clnM, who, ae- conling to M; ThUrs, aro; taxed higher than In lPrmice, on about a million of, out- door paupers, a million o< domestic Borvants, a million of, widows* and several ^ millions of orphan children, who axo not now and are never likely to be repre- sented in TimlWhl& uti/ Bhonld- bB Immediately repealed, and that tho doflcioacy in tho revenuMhoreby causocl, after allowing, for the increased produoa of the taxes on tobacco, spirits, and malt, from tt » o removal of thy taxes on tho brenkfast table, and tho surplus of Inconio over expenditure of this year, Bhould ho made tip by raiding the duty 011 wine, tho beverage of the rich, ( is soon as the French treaty is at an end, to the Banie rate as on spirits, the bovorago of tho poor and lower mlddlo class, in pmpoitlon to alcoholic strength, tho duty on cigars and tobacco to tho same rate as in soma of tho British Colonies, 4the llcenco duty on vendors of spirits. " Jeor. ^ and wine to a uniform graduated scaW baaed 011 the unit or, the preserit hfghJ'st%- ntO, nnd'by readjusting tho huusctax so aelto IncluiliUU house* n- Moh; if tu UitinfttropolU, would u. " ITCI- US 4HT; HSS « UVU> UIJ.. I> A. ITTO- V' . ipfcctl ,^' JTJB biohO . SPI .>' ' •• Utiscclianeaus Intelligent*, HOME, FOREIGN,^ D COLONIAL K^- NE*" LICENCES.— The Act of last Session, suspending for one year the grant of new licences for the sale of intoxicating liquors b7 retail, provided that if it should appear to iho justices that the refusal to grant a new licence would cause inconvenience to the locality or to the public, or injury to any person, a licence might be granted provisionally by the jus- tices, to be valid if confirmed by the Secretary of State. It has been found expedient to grant Buch new licences. A return shows that 195 have been provisionally granted, and the order was confirmed in 141 cases. Two of these licences were granted to brewers, 70 to innkeepers, 11 to beershop keepers, 20 to keepers of refreshment h.. u* es, 38 to shopkeepers, & c. Of the 141 icences granted, 90 were for exciseable liquors and 51 lor the Bale of wine, beer, or cider, 29 of these being for consumption off the premises. FORTT YEARS OF PLOTTING !— In a leader noticing the career of Mazzini, the Daily Telegraph remarks:— " At rest at last 1 Borne such thonght as this must mirelv come unbidden to the mind3 of all to whom Maizlni was known otherwise than by nai le, when they read the news that tho cp- tat agitator's life Is ended. For many a year past it has been a source of wonder to svery one who saw th » world- fame* conspirator for the first time how he contrived to hold fast to life so grimly. The keen restless mind had long ago exhausted tho frail puny frame: the sword had worn out the scabbard; and the vital forces seemed to bo only kept together by the mastery of a dauntless wilL Three- score yeare have not long gone by since Mazzini was born, and yet years ago ho boro the aspect of advanced old age. So far as the number of his days went, he had little mora than passed the lull prime and vigour of existence; and even to the last his intellect was as active, if not as powerful as in his early manhood. It- wan the body only which was old before its time. Still, if life is to be counted not by the talo of years, but by the events with which It has been filled, llazzini had outlived the span of common men. Forty years of plotting would be no until title for a record of the career which has just been ended." CRICKETING NEWS.— The Tichborne Eleven against the Australian Squad.— This long protracted match has been decMed, all the Squad being bowled out. Curiously, their champion player has been trying ( vainly) to find his baiL— Punch. A FEW EXTRJ ITEMS !— A supplementary estimate for civil services to the amount of £ 180,624 has just been issued. Among the items are— National Gallery enlargement, £ 8,000 ; St. Paul's Cathe* dral, National ThankFgiving, £ 10,000; the pur- chase of the Castellani Collection of Ancient Gems for the Eritieh Museum, £ 20,000; expenses con- nected with the negotiation of the Treaty o£ Washington, £ 18,000 ; the purchase of the crown and chalice of the Abuna of Abyssinia, £ 2,100; and pre- sents to Prince Kassai of Tigre, £ 1,000. Another sup- plementary estimate of £ 20,000 is to defray salaries and expenses in the Customs departments.. Suits are also asked for to make good excesses to the aihOunt of £ 64,047 los. lid. on certain grants for civil services, and £ 44,427 7a. 4d. to make good excesses on certain grants for revenue departments for the year ended March 31,187L The items of which this latter sum is made up are £ 9,550 4a. Id. for the Post Office service, to meet expenditure rendered necessary by the intro^ duction of post cards and the reduced rates of postage on newspapers, and £ 34,477 3s. 3d. for the telegraph service, owing to the amount of working expenses having been under estimated. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS IN FEBRUARY.— It appear? , fi; 0Tn the Board of Trade returns, recently issued, that the "" declared value of our expiations during February was 1^. 8,329,81^, showing an increase of £ 3,431,040, or about 23 per cent, over the corre- sponding month of last year, and of 25 per cent, over iebruary, 1870. In fie shipments of cottdn yarn there has been an increase of 44 per cent, in vjflne and 35 per cent in quantity, and in those of cotton manu- factures 22 per cent, in value and 11 per cent, in quantity. In the shipments of other articles the in- crease in value has been :— Beer, 16 per cent.; coals, 43 per cent; earthenware, 43 per cent.; haberdashery, 13 per cent. ; hardware, 46 per cent. ; iron and steel, 63 per cent. ; linen manufactures, 32 per cent; ma- chinery, 115 per cent.; silk manufactures, 43 per per cent ; woollen yarn, 87 per cent; and woollen manufactures, 55 per cent On the* other hand.' tho importations of the month have comprised 2,034,903 cwt. of wheat, valued at £ 1,1S8,3S0, agnittet 1* 953,996 cwt, valued at £ 1,168,617, in the corresponding month of last year; wliil4 df other griiri thot^ tal wAne taken has been £ 1,322.422, against £ 492,738. Of cotton the arrivals have been 1,642,484 cwt, vJued at £ 7,216,475, against 1,733,156 cwt., valued at £ 6,327,727. SOUL AND SHOE.— An " eminent Spiritualist" writes that the means by which tables are caused to make noises ar<> what he calls " Psychics." Is this a misprint for " Sly kicks"? If so, the Eminent and Mr. Punch are agreed.— Punch. EDUCATION GRANTS.— It appears from a par- liamentary return just issued that the total number of buildingr grants applied for by managers of ele- mentary schools during the year 1870 was 3,330. Grants to the number of 444 have been made for the enlarge- ment and improvement of existing buildings, and 362 for the building of new schools and the conversion of old buildings. The number of applications undisposed of on the lit of January, 1872, was 2,077, but in the great majority ( 1,474) of these cases the applications have been approved, but the plans or trust deeds are still under consideration. The number of withdrawals has been 194, and 253 applications have been refused. The applications ai e classified as follows:— Church of England, 2,885: British, 100 : Wesleyan, 96 ; Roman Catholic, 82; Congregational, 9; United Methodist Free Church, 7 ; Baptist, 6 ; Primitive Methodist, 4 ; Unitarian, 3 ; Methodist New Connexion, 1 ; English Presbyterian, 1; Jewish, 1; undenominational, 135. Under this last head, it is stated, are included several applications for grants in aid of denominational schools in which undenominational deeds have been adopted in the course of official correspondence. MONEY GIVEN TO FOREIGN MISSIONS.— Tho Bev. W. A. Scott Robertson, MA., rector of Elmley, Sittingbourne, has compiled an analysis and summary of the money subscribed in Great Britain for foreign missions in 1870. T^ ie Church « f England has twenty- one such missions, and the amount subscribed for their maintenance in 1S70 was £':? 27,6' J5. The Noncon formists had seventeen, and realized £ 259,951; the joint societies of Churchmen and Nonconfoi- mists were seven, with an income of £ 100,654; the Scottish societies numbered thirteen, and received £ 96,054; and the three Irish Presbyterian, £ 12,902; making a grand total of £ 797,256 obtained during the year for the support of foreign missions. This amount consists entirely of subscriptions, donations, and legacies re- ceived in 1870, and does not include balances in hand at the end of 1S69, nor income derived from invested capital. Mr. Robertson estimates the amount, ob- tained from additional sources at rather more than £ 8,000, which would raise the total contributions from the United Kingdom to £ 806,000.' " This sum of British money," says Mr. Robertson, " is not nearly BO much as the cost of two ironclad ships, and it is not very much more than went to tho bottom of the sea when the ship Captain foundered." CLERKS OP THE WORKS. — Watchmakers* Assistants.— Punch. POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS.— The accounts for the year 1870 show that the receipts from the 29th of January to the 31st of December, after deducting sums collected for and paid to submarine telegraph companies, and also post- masters' allowances for special delivery of messages, amounted to £ 609.734. The expenditure for salaries, rent, maintenance of telegraphs, & c. . amounted to £ 344,365 leaving a surplus of £ 265,369. From this surplus wa3 paid interest on Consols created in respect of money raised for the purchase of the telegraphs— viz., £ 210,000 on £ 7,000,000for one year, and £ 4,500 on £ 300,000 for half a year, leaving £ 50 869 to bo applied as a sinking fuad in reduction of tho debt thus created. THE WORKING OF THE IRISH LAND ACT.— A Belfast corroepoudont says:— A very satisfactory exemplification of the working of tho Land Act has just taken place new tho village of Rosa- trevor county Down, on tho estate of Jlr. Thomas McCwtan. A widow named McGiveran was tcnunt of a small farm ot eight acrea, held at will at 27s. « d. por aero, under Mr. MoCartan. Sho mis in a declining- suite of health, and made n will directing her executors to sell her interest hi her hold- lug by auctiou or otherwise for tlio bcueiit of her children. After her interment the landlord intimated his wish to take the land into his owu hand;, and oflerid to leave the value of tha tenant- right to abitratldn. This the executors at once agreed fo and two farmeis. oue chosen by'tho landlord .. nd ouo by. tho executors, with the ash .' undo of an umpire, iVwarJMhh Saturday week last the nuiu of A. I pe* 2 way Attdthat the whole atf. drwib* otic] udKl w the entire snaalhtU'. n < J all paxllMCuuiMijnctl without ' A'. t PCatfeiia 3ATUBDAY, MAF. CH 16,1S72] tHE FALMOUTH PENRYN WEEKLY TljrfKa ^ HE ASSASSINATION OF LOED MAYO. Br the M- rival of theWfehzj Mail we have the Indian papers, containing full dJK of the as* asstoitiun of Lord 5Kyo at Fort Blair on the fcth of February. The following Interesting particulars are from a letter by an officer on board her Majesty' » ship Glasgow:— H. MS. Glasgow, Andaman Islands, Feb. 9. I hardly thonght when I laid down my pen yester- day morning that I should take it up again to recount to yon one of the greatest tragedies that has occurred ki our tin^ e. I can hardly describe to yon our horror when we came alongside yesterday evening to find in our steam launch the murdered corpse of Lord May, life just extinct Lord Mayo landed yesterday fore- noon, and was received by a strong guard which ^ ac- companied him throughout the day; he came off tto luncheon at one o'clock, and the last words that I [ heard him speak was to tell the captain that he hoped ihe would not trouble the officers to come on deck any more for him when he came on board. After luncheon he went ashore again to visit the garrison and inspect the convict prison. In the evening, about five o'clock, Lady Mayo, being eager about fishing, we got up a party and went ashore in two boats, Lady Mayo fol- lowing with the captain in the barge. We had tolerable luck, and Lady Mayo was delighted with Borne of the fish that were caught, and hoped they might have some for dinner that evening. She left us about 6J. All the rest came to our knowledge • afterwards. It appears that Lord Mayo, ac- companied by General Stewart, Major Burne tPrivate Secretary), Colonel Jervois, and Captain Lockwood ( A D. C.) visited the convict prison at Chatham Island. They seemed to have thought it rather a dangerous place, for all the guards were doubled, and Captain L. had his sword drawn in his hand all day. As the prison was first instituted for the prisoners of the mutiny, one can easily imagine that there would bo good reason forevery caution being taken. They had finished their inspection and were re- turning to the boats ( 7 p. m.) tired, dusty, and hungry, no doubt glad of the prospect of being soon off to dinner. All their day's work finished, they seemed to have relaxed their caution, and were rather scat- tered from about Lord Mayo's person, although he was still surrounded by guards. The night was dark, but lit up by torches, and they had walked down to the pier and were about fifty yards from where the boat lay at the end of the pier. _ Suddenly there was a rush made— in the confusion some of the torches went out— two men, natives and convicts, glided through the guard, reached Lord Mayo, he fell stabbed in the back in two places, and rolled down the bank into the water mortally • wounded. Every one, alas 1 that it was too late, rushed to his assistance. He waa carried up the bank, • rnd the blue jackets of the launch conveyed him down to the boat. In the meantime the guard had taken one of the convicts red handed with his knife in his hand •( the other had escaped), and the murderer and his great victim were taken on board in the same boat. Im- mediately they got Lord Mayo into the boat they cut his coat and waistcoat off, and bound up his wounds ; but the blood flowed fast, and internal hemorrhage hastened the end. He expired in agony just before the boat came alongside. The only words that Le uttered after he was struck, when they were lifting him out of the water, were " I don't thiilk I am much hurtand just before the end, " Lift up my head." The wounds, which the doctora Bay are from the same knife, were both struck from . behind: one below the shoulder blade on the right of the spine penetrated the liver; the other, on the left shoulder, pierced the lungs throtigh and through. Either was a mortal wound. The knife with Which ho was stabbed is made of one piece of iron, a very rough weapon, though formidable in the hand of a strong man., Immediately they were alongside, Major Burne rushed up to break the news to Lady Mayo before she should hear it at other hands, poor thing. He says Bhe rare up very bravely, though how should she realise it yet. The murderer waa brought up immediately after the corpse, strongly guarded. When I saw nim hQ was thrown on his back on a grating lashed down by his elbows and knees, doubly handcuffed and ironed, with four sentries with loaded rifles guarding him; so anxious were they lest the villain should escape the grip of justice. . Anything more awful than the deep quiet that reigned throughout the ship I have never experienced Although over 600 souls were on board there was not a sound that the ear could catch. Every one's voice sank to the lowest whisper, and hardly seemed to draw breath— so oppressive was the death- like calm that existed everywhere. Nothing could be done that night except making arrangements. Fortunately there were two British 1 Indian steamers in port. One, the Scotia, is under i orders this afternoon for Madras to convoy Lord Napier j to the command in Calcutta : the other, the Dacca, with the rest of the Viceregal party, will push on to catch the mail at Calcutta. We are now throwing in coal as fast as possible, and shall be off in a few hours with all despatch back to Calcutta. The corpse will be 1 preserved in spirits in a lead coffin ; it is thought that 1 it will be sent home and some think that we should take it. No one has seen Lady Mayo tbis morning. j A cast was taken of the features last night. This morn- ' ing a court of inquiry was held on the prisoner before Mr. Ellis ( member of council), Mr. Ashley Eden, and others. The murderer's name is Shere Ali, a native of the Kvber Pass. on the borders of Afghanistan. He was committed for murder two years ago, and sentenced to imprisonment for life. A Mussulman and a fanatic, when asked for his reason, he said that " God had ordered him to kill the fwny of his country," that he had no associate in hi-; crime, but that God was his " Shereek." He is of middle height, brownish complexion, brown beard, and not at all a bad face as far as one can judge— at least he does not con- vey the idea of a criminal. I have just come down from the Court of Inquiry since writing my last sentence, and have been listening to the evidence. His manner is perfectly easy and free from fear, though he will scarce see the sun rise twice again. The way in which he glories in the act with his harsh triumphant laugh is revolting to a degree. Hanging is a thousand times too good for him. In his case it is a pity that the faggot has gone out of fashion. The ship is all in mourning to- day ; the broad white stripe, a dull grey, the yards hanging topped different ways, all the ropes slack and in Dights, flags half- mast, and everything hearing the most mournful aspect. I am so out of spirits that I cannot send you a de- scription of our very pleasant cruise to Rangoon and Moulmein. Our principal host is taken; we had all got to like him so much; he would come and chat with us on watch just like one of ourselves. port- ona of it remote from railways and " English • tatiwn, startling ignorant natives into a belief of a Mahommedan rising In the North. It is well known with what extraordinary rapidity news cir- culates in India. The echoes of a bazaar fly about the country with marvellous speed. The rapidity of their flight iB only beaten by lightning or by the electric telegraph. In the old times of Clive and Hastings, authentic news has been known to travel four hundred mCc3 in forty- eight hours! How, no one can telL And* the news which thundered through Madras yesterday morning is most probably echoing in remote hamlets and lonely hill- villages to- day. The pith of it is of such a nature as is calculated to strike, and fix itself into, the native mind. The head of the TnHian Government, no matter where, the representative of her Majesty the Queen, no matter how, has been slain by the hana of a son of Islam. This intelligence will be magnified, dis- torted, and rendered still more horrible; so that, many years hence, some lone European traveller, passing through the secluded valleys of Coorg, or the wild passes of Canara, may hear with astonish- ment some strango lingering echo of the rumours of to- day. The assassination of Earl Mayo as a fact stands alone in the history of modern India. The murder of Chief Justice Norman was nothing— or next to nothing— to the minds of the great majority of natives in the mofussiL Judge Sahib was killed, that was all But Earl Mayo occupies in the public Hindu mind a vastly different position. Rajahs went to see the Duke of Edinburgh, and to do homage to him as the son of the Queen of England. To their ineffable astonishment they found that the Viceroy was a greater man still, at least in India. They learnt with amazement that the Viceroy in person was the representative in India of the person of the Queen. H Shere Ali is purely a religious fanatic, perhaps some rumour of this high honour enjoyed by the Viceroy might have floated to him. How greedily would his ears have devoured the in- telligence. Think of the miscreant sharpening his knife as the day approached when the representative of the Queen was to enter that island to which the hateful infidel English power had condemned him for a murder which, perhaps, he esteemed a righteous one. Around him spread the impassable waves like a walL But rumours of the world beyond his island prison had doubtlessly reached his ears. Even the news of Europe has found its way to the Nicobars. We learn of a sign board in a street of Port Blair having the meeting of the rival Emperors at Sedan painted upon it. In a like manner the news of the death of the Chief Justice might have reached the eara of the fanatic Shere Ali," of Her Majesty in February. 1872," that the act of re- venge which is alleged to have been committed at Nukapu by a British cruiser Is thoroughly alien from the mind of the late Bishop and of his friends, whether missionaries or no. I quote first the letter addressed to Lord Belmore on the 17th of October, 1871, by the Rev. R. H. Codrincrton, the senior surviving member of the Melanesian Mission. After reporting the death of Bishop Patteson, he proceeds :— " There is one thing more that it is due to the memory of the late Bishop to mention to your Excel- lency. I have heard him repeatedly say that if any- thing happened to him in tho execution of his duty as a missionary, he would, above all things, wish it to be known that he protested against any attempt to punish those who might kill him. This was not merely be- cause he held that a missionary risked his own life by his own choice, but because all his experience had shown him that the cause of every act of violence on the part of natives he was acquainted with was a previous outrage on the part of Europeans." Next, Mr. Lorimel Fison, a Wesleyau missionary in New South Wales, in a long letter to the Sydney Morning Herald, dated November 10,1871, writes as follows:— " What, then, is to be done ? Are we to clamour for vengeance upon the poor wretches who struck the fatal blows ? No ! a thousand times, no 1 On this point the martyr himself, though he bo dead, yet speaks to us, and his voice is final. We must see to it that the crimes which, as I verily believe, have caused this lamentable tragedy be committed no more." Lastly, Captain George Palmer, RN. ( whom I wish it was in my power to claim as a relation of my own), himself in 1869 the commander of this same ship, Rosario, in the South Pacific, wrote under date of December 4,1871, froiri Plymouth, where he is now residing, these remarkable words :— _ " Bishop Patteson was the beau ideal of what a mis- sionary should be— loving, humble, devoted, and in- tellectual. . . . You might go a long way before you saw a face in which nobleness and sweetness were so intimately blended. The best pictures of St. John, ' the beloved disciple,- give the most conect idea of that face, which, once seen, can never be forgotten. I feel sure that he would be the last to wish an indis- criminate shelling of the native village where he met his death." THE " GLORY" OF WAR! The Correspondent of The Times, in writing of the deceased Viceroy, Bays of him :— " Lord Mayo served his Sovereign and country with entire devotion, and in doing so stood high above all Indian cliques. HIa speeches were of the simplest, his Ideas always leant to the Kicticai, and when ho had given his word he had given bond. I noticed only a few weeks since his man- ful declaration when people talked of putting off the Brahmo Marriage BilL ' Postpone it 1' he said, ' why both Mr. Stephen and I have given our words' — as If postponement was out of the question after that. It was the high spirit of an English gentleman, and it ran into everything he did. You never will send us a Viceroy who will retire more endeared to the country than Lord Mayo. You will never send us a harder worker, or ajuster, or kinder, or more slngle- hearttd man You may send us a sterner man, and perhaps we need one of that class. The late Viceroy waa not stern as a rule. He hated revolutionary work. lie ' cleansed the Augean stable,' as Mr. Odger may call it, little by little, now putting down a gutter, now a drain, now dlslnfeotlng, but always working like a man who counted the hours in advance, and resolved to make the most he could of the present ones. We never knew him as Whig or Tory. He was the representative of the Queen, and magnificently he represented her. He had no creed, hatred, or prejudice, no cant, and immense charity and for- bearance towards every native custom not Immoral. I never saw anything more marked than the mixture of dignity and humility with which he represented Her Majesty. A stranger dropped from the clouds iDto the Durbar nt which the King of Siam was received would have said of the Viceroy—* He cannot be a King, and yet neither can he be a subject to- day." I know no other way of expressing the fact that seemed to impress every one. That, at all events, is Lord Mayo as we viewed him here, and as his memory will remain for many long years to come." ' Die Joint Select Committee appointed by Congress to inquire into and report upon tne condition of affairs in the late Confederate States have just concluded their labours, and they give in their bulky report some in teresting information touching the financial condition of the Southern Stated at the close of the war. When the eleven States revolted they held in trust funds, assets, and balances, 70,147,747 dols. The banks had a capital of over 61,000,000 dols,; there were 8,944 miles of railway, which cost 237,376,097 dols., and the sessed value of property was 4,363,030,347 dols. which 1,634,105.341 represented the estimated value of the slaves. 6n April 1, 1865, the Confederate debt amounted to 2,345,297,823 dols., while the total State debt and liabilities, existing and prospec- tive, amounted to the sum of 2.976,145,955 dols. 90 c. This the report observes, was a burden which, had the people of the South been left to their own devices, must have crushed them, and reduced the population to a condition of general bankruptcy. It was 218,456,384 dols. 47 c. greater than the national debt at its max- imum ; 247.320,949 dols. 85 a more than the assessed value of all property in the eleven States in 1860, less slaves; and 1,372,743,326 dols. 90 c. more than the assessed value of all property in the States in 1865. The Committee fix the total ascertained loss sustained by the eleven States in consequence of their revolt at 5,262,303,554 dols. THE TRUCK BILL. It seems from information transmitted from the Commissioner of Peshawur to Calcutta, that Shere Ali, the assassin of the Viceroy, was the son of a certain Wallee of the Kookee Kheyl tribe, and belongs to Gaz- ree, near Jam rood. Shere Ali was employed as an orderly of the Commissioner of Peshawur. Having been con- fined, for some offence not stated. in the lock- up at Peshawur, he was taken from that place in 1857 by Major James, and sent to Hindostan witb Mir Jafir's regiment, apparently for service in the mutiny. After the mutiny Major James took him as an orderly, and he - served in the same capacity under Colonels Taylor, Becher, and Pollock He is reported to have committed a murder in his boyhood lln 1S67 he was concerned in the murder of a kinsman, near the Commissioner's house at Peshawur, in pursu- ance of a blood feud, but his capital sentence was com- muted to imprisonment for life, as there was some pound for believing thafr the actual blow might have been struck by a comrade, who escaped. In pursuance of the same feud he fired at a woman beyond the limits of British territory. Tho Government bill to amend the law with respect to the payment of wages to workmen in certain trades applies exclusively to all occupations to which the Coal Mines Regulation Bill and Metalliferous Mines Bill of this Session are applicable, or the Factory Acts or Worlphop3 Acts. In relation to these occupations the bill provides that the whole of a workman's wages shall be paid in coin of the realm without any deduc- tion, and without any condition as to the spending thereof; but a payment may be made in bank notes with the workman's consent, or ( if above £ 3) by an uncrossed check on a banker oarrying on business not more than five miles off. The wages are to be paid at intervals not exceeding a week, except where the con- tract specially provides for the payment then of only a part, not being less than 90 per cent, the unpaid balance to be paid within four weeks. Stipulations made in contravention of this enactment will not be binding upon the workman. No wages are to be paid on premises licensed for the sale of any intoxicating liquor, or at any office, yard, road, or place belonging or ^ ontigious to such premises, or in any premises on which goods are ordinarily sold to the workman. If goods have been supplied to a workman by his master or his master's agent as or on account of his wages, or at any shop in the profits of which such master or agent has any interest, no action can bo brought against the workman in respect of such goods, nor a set- off maintained in any proceeding by the workman for his wages. But the bill will not apply to deductions allowed by any statute from children's wages in respect of their school fees, and a contract fori he deduction of money for the education of the children of workmen will be legal: neither will the bill apply to deductions for board and lodging of a person living in the same house with the master, or to contracts for deduction of a fine from wages. The accounts of the expenditure of sums deducted for education of workmen's children are to be audited annually by auditors appointed by the work- men. A workman is not to assign, encumber, or charge his wages before they are payable, or give any authority to another to receive them ; the assignment, & c., will be void. It will be an offence against this bill for a master or his agent to make any contract with or im- pose any condition on or use any compulsion towards a workman aa to the place at which or the manner in which or the person with whom wages shall be ex- pended The term " contract" in this bill includes any understanding, device, & c., or arrangement what- soever, direct or indirect, and whensoever made. The punishment for offences against this bill ia by penalty, not exceeding £ 20, to be recovered by sum- mary conviction, subject to appeal to the Quarter Ses- sions. The inspectors of factories and of mines are to enforce the provisions of the bill in England ; in Scot- land the procurators fiscal. The Secretary of State may at any time, where the exigencies of any particular case or class of cases moke it expedient, grant tempo- rary exemptions from the above provisions with respect to the time at which wages are to be paid, or the al- lowance of certain deductions therefrom. THE IRONCLADS OF GERMANY. A German paper observes that, notwithstanding the efforts made of late years by the Admiralty at Berlin to strengthen the German navy, it is still much smaller than tho navies of most other maritime States. The ironclad fleet of Germany consist of 3 frigates and 2 smaller vessels, with 59 guns; while even little Den- mark has 3 frigates and 3 floating batteries, with 65 guns; and Holland has 5 turret- ships, a floating battery, 10 monitors, and 2 gunboats, with 60 guns. Italy's ironclad fleet consists of 21 ships, including 12 frigates, a turret ship, and a corvette, with 208 guns. Austria has 11 ships, with 182 guns; Turkey, 19 ships; and Brazil 15. Russia's ironclad fleet on the Baltic consists of 25 ships with 160 guns ; France has 62 ironclads, with upwards of 400 guns ; and England 46 ironclads, with upwards of 320 guns. America has 51 ironclads, but they are mostly small vessels, and her ironclad fleet only carries 48 guns. E ven Spain has seven ironclads, with 145 guns. It is true that six more ironclads are now being built for the German navy; but when these are completed Germany will still be far behind the other great Powers as regards the strength of her fleet, especially as four out of the five iront/ ada which she now possesses are covered with plates of from 4J in. to 5 in. only, while the recent improvements in artillery render it necessary to have plates of at least 7 inches. The artillery equipment or the German fleet ia very strong, but it is'surpassed as regards calibre by that of the1 English and French navies, while Russia has already obtained' naval guns similar to those used in Germany; and Austria and Italy are preparing to follow her example. THE L0WTHER FAMILY. ( From Monday's Times.) " In your interesting obituary notice of the late Earl of Lonsdale you omit to mention one fact connected with the past history of the family, which you may perhaps think worth mentioning ( writes a correspon- dent). It is recorded at page 158 of the Universal Magazine for September, 1782, under the title of ' Present to the King,' and after some opening re- flections upon the decay of patriotism in England the writer thus proceeds :— ' Sir James Lowther, Bart, ( we publish tho name of the gentleman at length, as it would bo unjnst to the people not to let them know their benefactor), on Friday, the 7th inst., waited on Lord Keppel, and, after having expressed his con- cern that the country subscriptions for budding shlp3 of war were not carried on with greater spirit, requested his Lord- ship to present his humble duty to the King, and at tho same time to request His Majesty would accept of a MAN- OF- WAR mounting SEVENTY- FOUR GUNS, completely mann'd, rigg'd, vicluall'd, and fitted for action : the whole expense to be paid out of his own private fortune. Lord Keppel, astonished at such an unexampled instance of magnanimity, remained for a few momenta silent. At length he assured Sir James that the matter should instantly be laid before the King. This was accordingly done, and tho proposition ac- ceded to in the most elegant manner by the Sovereign." _ " The writer's concluding remarks upon this princely gift may be considered not uninteresting, even at the present time. He says:— ' When we consider that the expense of building and fit. ting such a ship for action cannot bo less than SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS, we may venture to assert that a higher instance of public virtue cannot bo found in the history of this or any other Country. If the nobility have any grace, wisdom, or understanding which ia every day prayed for In the churches, they will instantly follow tho example of this elevated character, instead of daily wasting thousands in idle dissipation.' " In the following month ( October) there are some verses addressed to Sir James Lowther. The opening lines draw a contrast between the degenerate sons of Albion in 1782, as compared with what Britons once were, allude to tho decay of ' patriot fire,' & c., and thus conclude :— ' Thou. Lowther, hasreviv'd tho dying flame. And by act immortializ'd thy nam" ! Proud Gallia now shalt hear, and hear with dread, The great, the glorious effort thou hast made. And all her base allies shall trembling hear The thunder of the LOWTHER MAN- OF- WAR.' The italics and small capitals aro in the original." MISLEADING TITLE.— To prevent a natural mistake, it may be aa well to explain that the " Pacific Islanders' Protection Bill," now before Parliament,, ia not a measure to guard us poor peaceable English against Foreign Invaders, Americans, Irish, & c.— Punch. MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. — From the Manchester Examiner:— " A professional gentleman desires a lady partner pos. aesstng £ 200, with a view to matrimony, If mutually inclined, after about six months: profits large." Correspondence 13 desired by a gentleman, about 43, In business, but possessed of Independent means, with a lady, S5 to 40, of respectability and means, with a view to matrimony. Confidence may bo Riled on. References exchanged." VENGEANCE FOR A MARTYRDOM! Aa may bo Imagined, Intense excitement was created among the European community in India when the terrible news of the Viceroy's assassination became knoWn. The ex- citement waa not however, confined to the European com- munity, for tho Madras Athenceum says :— " From personal observations we can speak to the ' fact that a great deal of vague terror has been created iThe Mahommedans we have come across are remark- 1 > ably placid in their demeanour, but this is as they usually are, whilst the Hindus seem to imagine that event is a portentous one. and that, in some vague way, the British Government has received a terrible and un looked- for wound We need scarcely mention the well- known fact that all of the more intelligent Hindus, at least in this presidency, are bitter and earnest haters of Muaselmans. A Mabommedan Govern- ment to them would be utter, absolute, and irretrievable animation. Is ot having papers to dei end upon, or only depending upon the news afforded by papers which they cannot trust becau-<. they aro English ones, they are temhed by wild and foolish reports. We should not wonder if we heard in a few days of a rumour flying about the presidency, especially about thoee Mr. Edwin Palmer, Oxford, nnder date March 11, has sent the following letter to The Times for publication :— In The Times of the 8th of March tho following telegram appealed :— " Melbourne, Feb. 16. " Her Majesty's sloop Roiario, Commander Challis, has shelled and destroyed the native village on the island where Bishop Patteson was murdered." This telegram may be incorrect For the honour of Her Majesty's Navy, for the honour of English justice, i I heartily hope that it may prove to be incorrect If I the men who actually killed Bishop Patteson could have been pointed out individually to the sailors of Her Majesty's ship Rosario, and shot down by them, the act would have been simply vindictive, and not judicial— a link in the chain of revenges which we rail the prosecution of a blood feud To shell a village, if it had been certain that an unprovoked murder had been committed by one of its inhabitants, would merely have been inconsistent with European notions of justice or humanity. To shell a village because some of its in- habitants are believed_ to have avenged the crimes of guilty white men on innocent white men is eurely a greater crime than the crime wheo wo impute to the " savage" inhabitants of that village. Allow meat least, w a personal friend of Bishop Patteson, to prove by thret quotations from the " Correspondence respecting the Deportation of South Sea Islanders, presented to both Houses of Parliament by command BURNING OF THE PARKS BILL. ( From the Daily Si a.) ^ Another " demonstra'ion B for the purpose of ai vest- in? the progress of the Parks Bill through the House of " Commons was held on Sunday afternoon, in Hyde- park, London, the spot selected for the gathering being | t'le 6ame as that occupied on the previous Sunday, i namely, the western side of the cluster of trees situated I midway between the north and south extremities of ! the Park. Tho weather was exceedingly favourable, and natur- i ally helped to swell the numbers present from among ' the ranks of curious and indifferent pedestrians. Soon after 3 o'clock the few hundreds assembled were enter- , tained with the constant recitation by several men, each perched on a small box, and having a com- i panion beneath him, of a sort of political alphabet, : commencing " A stands for Ayrtonl" with a prophecy ! that the right hon. gentlemau would be nowhere at the I next general election, and including the Chancellor of ' tho Exchequer and the Premier in stupid uncom- j pliinentary doggreL In fact the ground was studied I with groups who were bein? regaled— not apparently | much excited— by these and similar performances, the | words " Ayrton" and " Bruce," " the bees and the ! drones," and so on, forming the burden' of the din, and a halfpenny being the minimum charge for the people's enlightenment in a portable or printed form. The most telling hit of all was a couplet in which, Mr. Odger having promised when he comes into power to " ubolish every tax," the " people" delightedly responded " Go it, old fellow, there's a nobby king o' wax." Several members of Parliament were seen among the spectator?. It was about four o'clock when Mr. Odger and his friends took up their position for the real business of the day. There was no procession like that of the previous Sunday; but the sympathisers in the object assembled gradually in considerable force, and when the speaking commenced some thousands of persons were gathered in front of and around the leaders. Mr. Oager, as chairman^ strongly denounced the conduct of the Government in trying to deprive the working classes, who had helped them to power, of the free use ,. of the national parks. They were determined, he said, how to form a party of their own, and no other place than the^ park was large enough for them to meet in. A demonstration would, he added, soon be held in the Tower Hamlets, in order that Mr. Ayrton's constituents might show what they thought of his conduct. ( Cheers.) Mr. Shipton moved a resolution, dec| arinfj the Parka Bill to be a gross . outrage on the, constitutional rights of the people, and ending with a request that the chair- man to burn the Bill publicly and forthwith, as being framed for the purpose of filching from them what waa tbeir own. The resolution, after being seconded, was carried with loud cheers, and thereupon the chairman set fire to a' Copy of the hated bill, and hoisted it, in a burning state, on the end of a stick, amid fresh cheers and roars of laughter. A vote of thanks and confidence was _ afterwards vociferously accorded to Mr.; Odger, who, in acknow- ledging it, said that if the bill passed they would give tne Government a chance of doing what it liked with them—( cheers)— meaning, as they did, to insist on the use df ' that park for all legitimate purposes, of which the holding of public meetings was one, and he concluded by announcing that another demonstration would be held there next Sunday. The crowd then quietly dispersed— in fact, the whole of the proceedings, which lasted about three- quarters of an hour, were of an orderly character. THE CLAIMANT IN THE TICHB0RKE CASH. ' Until Friday afternoon in last week, tho ClaJmcnC was allowed to provide himsolf with special viands out of the mcnev which he pave up when ne was arrested; but on that day the creditors under his bankruptcy as- serted their property in this sum ( about £ 74) and since then, he has had to content himself with the prison diet adapted nnder the directions of the surgeon to hia peculiar condition. Tho following notice, from the solicitors to the bankruptcy of the late plaintiff, has been served on Mr. Jonas, the Governor of the gaol, as well as on the Sheriffs of London :— " We beg to give yon notice that, on the 29th day of June, 1S70, the above- named R^ gcr Charles Doughty Tichborno was duly adjudged bankrupt by the London Bankruptcy Court, and that William Hazlitt, Esq., a Registrar of the said Court, was on the same day duly appointed trustee of the property of tho said bankrupt under such adjudication, and that tho said bankrupt has not obtained a discharge under his a « Ud bankruptcy. And further, that tho property which has been ' token by you, or by your orddr, from the said bankrupt upon hia apprehension on a commitment for perjury, is the pro- perty of the said trustee, and that you arc requested no! to restore the same to the said bankrupt, nor to permit any part thereof to be usedlor his maintenance or defenco, or other purposes, and that you will deliver tho same oply to t'- •" trustee, or as ho may direct; otherwise you will be h « 11 be held said trustee, or as ho may direct; otherwise you responsible for the same.' In consequence of this order, the prisoner's privilege of supplying himself with comforts and luxuries out of the money which he had on his person when he waa arrested and brought to N « wgate was stopped It is said that the trial cannot in any circumstenoea come on at the next session of tho Central Criminal Court, which will open on the 8th of April, and all that can be done at that session will be to prefer such bill or bills of indictment against the claimant as the Solicitor to the Treasury may be advised can be supported. If these bills are returned true bills, the claimant would be entitled to a copy of the evidence that was adduced in support of them, and also witb copies of the indictments; arid an application would certainly be made for a postponement to consider the charges, and to prepare evidence to rebut them. Such an application as this would not be resisted on behalf of the Crown, but it ia not at all unlikely that an application will be made, when the Court site in April, that the recognisances of the prosecution may be respited until the next session, in order to afford further time for consideration. The members of the Gun Club have, it ia said con- sidered the question whether the Claimant should or should not be allowed to remain on the books of tho club. Grounding the whole matter on the point of identity, and leaving out of consideration the plaintiff's own account of his conduct on several occasions, tho Gun Club has decided that, until their fellow- member is proved not to be the real bayonet, there is no just cause for expelling him. Such is, in substance, the SONG BY A SOUTHERNER. ( To PRESIDENT GRANT.) Down upon John Bull, Ulysses! Bring the Britishers to book ! Statesmanlike of you, now, this is. They'll repent the line they took When, in hostile camps divided, We were fighting; we and you; And neither part they sided, But stood neutral ' twixt the two. They'll repent not having taken Counsel tendered for their good. And, with constancy unshaken, ' Gainst some pressure having stood. They might havo, instead of letting Alabamas slip, of course, In a fix by that means getting, Taken quite another course: Wight, as then in no condition Two to one were yon to meet, Us have granted recognition. And have backed It with their fleet, Of our porta to make swift clearance, In event of war, at hand— They'll repent non- interference, Which lias cost them your demand. Bat two hundred millions under Put your claims, or you'll have made, Pressing that surcharge, a blunder; ' Yes, Sir, for you'llnought get paid. England will to fight count cheaper. Than to pay1 all th » t for peace ; ModeratibHwlll be- dtteper, With a view John Bull to fleece.— Punch. M. HENRI ROCHEFORT. The - Rappsllias published a letter addressed by M. Henri Rocliofort to Victor Hilfjo,' dated February 27. After con- gratulating M. Hugo upon the success of Ruy Bias, M. Rouhefort says :— " I am in the infirmary of the Fort with Assi ( of Creuzot) and Paschal Grousset until it has been decided by what anthropophagi we are to be eaten. But as the Rappd has reappeared before our dis- appearance, it will be a great kindness if you will request h ran^ oia Victor ( Hugo) to send it to me. I received it when in prison at Versailles, and I do not think there would be any difficulty in my receiving it here. We continue to lead in our citadel hero the Hfe of a circus horse. We walk all day round a circular platform with no other excitement than seeing the weather- cock shifting from south- we3t to north- west. However, to- day we have been fearfully ex- cited Four soldiers fell into the sea, and would pro- bably have all been drowned, if two convicts had not, at the first alarm, rushed in at the risk of being swallowed up in the heavy surf, and succeeded in rescuing one of them. The most curious fact is, that it was precisely the two men who were first sentenced to death, Viel and Gentelet, who, like the great criminals that tbey are,_ did not hesitate to risk their Uvea to rescue soldiers who had been set to guard them. All the right- principled newspapers will, of course, point out the detestable conduct of these communards. I may add that the sub- lieutenant in command of the party also leaped into the waves to assist in saving bis men, but unfortunately two of them are still in the open sea. I beg of you to send me news of everybody. Embrace my godson and his sister, whom I shall find a young woman in some fifteen years' time, when I return from the Pampas, and tell your family to embrace yourself for me." resolution which is understood to have been formed on Saturday, with the proviso that, if trustworthy wit- nesses be placed in the box at the forthcoming trial, who can positively Bwear that he is Arthur Orton, he will be ignominiouBly turned out of the cluh. The sporting aspect of the Tichborne case has been thna elucidated: " Although largo sums of money were wagered on the case, very littie will have to change hands, as all bets on the general issue are off, inasmuch as a nonsuit does not decide the case. Those speca- lators, however, who betted" that tho plaintiff would obtain a verdict, lose their money, as do those who wagered that the defendant would get a verdict Those who betted that the defendant's witnesses would not prove the claimant to be Arthur Or ton will have to re- ceive, as the Attorney- General's statements on thia point were unsupported by witnesses. The Solicitor's Journal, in noticing the Tichborne case, says:— " The Tichborne trial has afforded comparatively small matter for comment In a legal journal. Some points of evi- dence' law we have discussed from time to time aa they arout but these were few and rather unimportant. The striking and unusual characteristics of the case were such as brought it within the range of our dally contemporaries rather than our own. When an issue of facts has occupied 102 dayi in trial before judge and jury and then collapses In a nniia it, defendant's evidence only just eutered upon and plaintiff's counsel's reply of course to come, we can hardly wonder tf people oak one another, ' Must not the law be to blamo if two- thirds of such a case can run to 102 days f Ro- member, too, that bealdea this monster trial at common law there has been a mass of Chancery proceedinga which tlie » e ia no reason to suppose have been more than usually inex- pensive. Yet we are unable to saddle the present legal procedure with any reproach for the extraordinary expenao and deration of the trial of this issue. It seems the un- avoidable misfortune of the defendants. If a man onoe lived who. If now alive, would be entitled to your property, and some one starts up exclaiming—' I am the man, and the property is mine,' it Is your misfortune that you must defend yourself, and If the claimant manages to make the question turn on a vast complication of evidence, your mis- fortune la so much the great jr: yet It is difficult to see how any change of procedure could prevent that any more than It can wholly prevent mischievous rogues from in- juring honest men, or can compel Impecunious mischievous rogues to pay for the damage they have done. Tho suggestion, indeed, has been made whether a prescrip- tion ought not to run against individuals who remain absent and not heard of beyond a certain number of years. Under the I' Code Civil* the recovery of back rents from the party in possession, under such circumstances, was limited to one- fifth after 10 years, and one- tenth alter 16, nothing being recoverable after 30. It has been argued that a perfectly silent absence beyond a certain time might reason- ably, with some safeguards against fraud, be made a bar to the claim for restitution of the corpus itself of tho party's property. A man who wilfully abstains from communlca cases are hnpplly not common enough to need anv such special provision as this, and moreover, It would be difficult to fix a limit of time close enough to bar complicated Im- postures without risking injuatico in many casea of unavoid- able disappearance One snggeation evoked by the Tiob- borne caso la really worth attention— viz., that it wonld bo well If a Judge preaiding at Nlai Prius could havo the 1m mediate old of a Full Court on questions of admitting evidence." It Is expected that an application will be made to Vice- Chancellor Wickens in reference, to the several bills of complaint filed in Court of Chancery with re- gard to the Tichborne estates. It will be recollected that Vice- Chancellor Stuart, who preceded Vioo- Chancellor Wickens, directed the ejectment trial of " Tichborne v. Lushington," anel now that that caso has terminated in a nonsuit, is is probable that an application wdll be made to the Court of Chancery to dismiss the several bills, or to afford some relief to the property, which has been under orders for so mo years. It is said that the ( jross income of the estate ia about £ 24,000 a year, which has been accumulating for a long period The claimant might apply to tho Court of Common Pleas to proceed to a new trial, but it could only be allowed on payment of costs, and they would amount, it is believed, to at least £ 50,000. In default of the payment of costs by the claimant tbo money will have to come out of the estates, as Colonel Lushington was the mere nominal defendant in the proceeeling8. CAN A LADY KEEP A SECRET? Thia startling scrap of new3 we recently have stumbled on, copied from our trustworthy contem- porary the Graph ic :— " A lady has found the principle which differentiates the finite from the infinite. She asks the Academy of Sciences a million sterling for the secret." It has been said that a lady cannot keep a secret. But this, perhaps, depends on whether or no the secret is considered worth its keep. A secret that is valued at a million sterling is certainly worth keeping, if there be any likelihood of getting such a sum for it At the same time we should hesitate, if the seller were a lady, to buy it at that price, and should rely on human nature with a pretty strong persuasion that the secret, after all, being in a lady's keeping, would not very long be kept. — Punch. TAXATION OF TOBACCO IN FRANCE.— On the 29th ult. the National Assembly at Versailles passed, by an overwhelming majority of 561 to 54 votes, a new law for again raising the price of their monopoly, tobacco, 25 per cent, smokers and snuff takers being treated on the same footing ( says the Tobacco Trade Review). A pound of so- called " Caporal" smoking tobacco, which was hitherto sold at 5f., is in future to cost 6.1f., and it is only that nauseous amalgamation of ldaves, straw, and other vegetable matter, made ex- pressly for the consumption and use of the army and j navy, and sold exclusively to members of those two professions, the price of which remains unchanged j When the Bill was introduced very few remaiks were | made, arid it only elicited a mild criticism on the part of M. Haentjens and M. Bocher. The Minister of Finance, M Pouyer- Quertier, said he asked nothing J more than was right and just, aa everybody should I contribute his quota towards liberating the soil of j France from, the oppression of the foreign army of occupation, and this new tax was estimateelto produce 30,000,000f. It was only when the supplies were voted that negotiations for the above purpose could be entered into with Germany. He very unwillingly hud recourse to this tax, but the National Assembly had thought proper to reject his original proposals. He promised, however, that the tax should be remitted as soon as cir- cumstances would allow him to do so. " To Expeditionists.— Wanted about thirty younp gentlemen, aa companions, to accompany advertiser In an adventurous tour through Afrioa. Time for starting as may be mutually agreed upon Each party to supply hia own out- fit. For further particulars apply," & c.— Advertisement in Ihe Times. Mgr. Guibert, Archbishop of Paris, has caused two tablets In black marble to be placed In the transept of NV tre Dame, on one of which are inscribed the names of the c( c e- slastical hostages, and on the other those of the gendarmes, Serjeants- de- Tiile, and laymen murdered by the Commune. ' In consequence of the abrupt termination of tho Tichborne Trial, Chief Justice Bovill has been enabled to take hia place as one of the Judges upon the Home Circuit On Monday the joint Parliamentary Conindttc* on the amalgamution of railways had before them Mr. Ailport, general manager of the Midland Railway Company who ex- pressed himself In favour of all the railways iu the Itiundom being in the hands '•> unit u dozen amalgamated cnmp, ii< l<- a, who should extend to each other running power.' over their Unes ; thua the advantages of amalgamation an. I r<. tnpetnlon would IK combined. He wu » opposed to the auto mauo « in(? the railway a. ^ ° HIE FALMOUTH & PENRYtf WEEKLY TIMES SATURDAY, MAECH 16,1872 THE LAST MOMENTS OF THE VICEROY OF INDIA.- On Tuesday, tho Daily Xetcs published a letter from their Special Correspondent lu India, giving a complete account ci the last momenta of Lord Mayo. The Correspondent was sii eye- witness of the assassination, being a short distance behind the Viceroy when ho was struck down. He says that when Lady Mayo was Informed of what had occurred, she Dore the blow with splendid fortitude, and busiod herself about the future with far more thought of the great public calamity than of hor own loss. The following are extracts from tho letter:— It was with something like a feeling of relief that we left tho shoro at Chatham Island, and found our- selves on board thelaunah once more, bounding cheerily over the bright bay towards Hope Town Jetty ; for the very precautions taken to guard Lord Mayo's per- son hitherto, had oppressed moro than one of us with an undefined sense of danger. The jetty extends from the main land into the centre of the creek— a small creek formed by an indent of the shore, skirted by hills rising sheer from the water, thickly wooded to its very edge. Here we left Mr. Ellis, a member of the Supreme Council, to return to the ship, he being nnable to follow the fortunes of the climbing party from a slight attack of gout. Our police guard of eight men, which had been hurried across from Chatham Island, had only that moment arrived, so quickly and so late had the excursion been finally de- termined on. Between Hope Town and the slopes of Mount Harriet, only about 250 convicts in all are dis- tributed— sick men and ticket- of- leave men; and so quiet is this corner of the settlement that' usually there is no guard at all, the gangs of workmen employed in clearing the forests being controlled by other convicts selected for their good character, with European over- seers in charge. At the foot of the hill we fell in with more than one group of happy- looking exeursionists from the Bhips sauntering about the shore; Lord Mayo stopping to exchange a gracious word or two with alL Count Waldstein, an officer in the Austrian Service, out here on a tour, here deserted the ladies, and then the whole party faced the hill: the " Viceroy, General Stewart, the Superintendent of the Settlement Major Burne, the private secretary, Colonel Jervois, K. E., an officer recently deputed to India to report on our fortifications ; Captain Lock- wood, the AD. C. in Waiting ; Mr. Hawkins, the flag lieutenant of the Glasgow; and Mr. Allen, eight in alL There was no particular order of going, no restraint; we felt like a happy family. At the very start Lord Mayo told his A. D. C., who had done yeoman's service in entertaining one portion of tbe Viceroy's guests throughout the tour, not to weary himself by accompanying us. In a very few minutes five of the party went to the front, overtaking Colonel Jervois, next General Stewart, carried aloft on some stout convict's shoulders, in an improvised sedan chair, and then the Viceroy on a sturdy pony, who pressed the animal on us as we passed. In this loose fashion, still increasing the distance we toiled and panted up the dusty windings of the ascent, pausing here and there where some snug little village of nuts, with a few sick convicts loitering about, had sprung up in the clearance amid the profuse luxuri- ance of the tangled forest, or a glimpse could be had of the bay below. At the top of the hill there are two airy- looking timber houses, not unlike Swiss chalets, with garden- ground about them— charming refuges from the summer heats— and here, nothing loath, we sank into the chairs provided for us. Five minutes later the rest arrived. Lord Mayo on foot I should utterly fail to convey to others the ex- auisite beauty of the scene spread beneath us, though ie terrible close of the day which had dawned so hope- fully has impressed its every feature on our memories in lines that can never fadel The* whole panorama of the bay lay extended before us. In one direction in- numerable lakes, as they seemed, studded with small islands, clothed in the richest conceivable vegetation ; in another, a vast expanse of sea of the deepest blue, seamed here and there with a frowning reef, or breaking with a faint ripple on the thin white belt of sand about the shore; and, more prominent than all, Ross, the eceno of our morning's exploration, just what Capri is to the Bay of Naples, looking from Sorrento, but more luxuriant far. The Viceroy spoke of the view before us with unaffected enthusiasm, but even then his thoughts were full of his work, " Why, we could colonise two millions of men here ! " are almost the latent words I heard him speak. But it was getting late. When we came up, a few streaks of amber still gleamed amid the crimson dyes in the west; the sun soon set; the purple forests became inky black; the sparkling sea a ghwsy, colourless sheet, and every- thing around us grew dim in the creeping shadows. As we commenced the retuip journey, two or three convicts attempted to address the Viceroy with peti- tions, but were told to submit them on the morrow, through the superintendent. Lord Mayo had always liked the people to approach him, and was in the habit of inquiring personally into their appeals. I re- member an old crone falling at his feet, outside tbe Rangoon gaol, not many day6 before, and hugtring him round the ankles with such vehemence as almost to topple him over. Descending the hill we kept close order, more, however, from necessity than design; the guards and free- labour escort, twelve or fourteen in all, pressing so close on our heels and around us as more than c- nce to provoke our protest. Captain Lockwood and Count Wald- stein push on in front to warn the officer in charge of the launch of our near approach. Two- thirds of the return journey have been accomplished at a brisk pace, beguiled with pleasant chat; General Stewart, with- out coat or hat, the Viceroy uncovered, a servant carrying his hat behind him, when darkness sets in, and two or three torch- bearers, despatched by the Deputy- Superintendent from below, meet us by the way. At the foot of the hill we observed some thirty or forty convicts drawn up in front of a small village exciting our curiosity, since not more than a couple of dozen have been visible before throughout tho evening. They are there in waiting to carry Lady Mayo and some of the ladies up the hQ^ the following day. Alxrat half the jetty has been traversed, when General Stewart, hitherto on the Viceroy's immediate right, falls back to give some trifling orders to a European overseer standing by, leaving Major Burne a few paces on Lord Mayo's left, Colonel Jervois a little in rear on the other side, Lieutenant Hawkins and Mr. Allen alto behind, at rather greater distances. Watching our approach from the head of the pier sit Captain Lockwood and Count Waldstein; they see a small working party carrying water to the launch, but no sign of any loiterer sneaking near. At last we have reached the journey's end: the party breaks into somewhat looser order; tbe Viceroy, a conspicuous mark from his commanding figure and light coat— the glare of the torches throwing every other object into dense gloom— quickens his pace to- wards the boat, now but a few yards distant, thus spreading the escort, when with extraordinary rapidity, a native, who had either been crouching amidst a heap of stones hard by, or insidiously mingled with the following, at the last moment bturtles aside the nearest guard, leaps upon the " Viceroy from behind, throwing his left arm rouqd him, and stabs him twice. It is the work of one brief moment. Colonel Jervois sees the blow struck; Lieu- tenant Hawkins half draws his sword upon the striker: a convict chuprassi seizes the assassin red- handed, who is instantly, amid bhouts of " Kill him, kill him" ( Afaro, rnaro), pinned to the earth. He would be torn to pieces but for the multitude of his struggling assailants, and in the wild tumult the torches are almost extinguished. The Viceroy staggers beneath the force of the blow down the sloping side of the jetty into the shallow • water below, and then, with a little help, totters, faint and bleedine, to a truck on the other side of the pier, saying to the secretary, " They've hit me, Burne." We gather round him bewildered, and, for the moment, utterly unnerved, and strive in vain to staunch the only wound visible. He sits, supported for one or two minutes, quite unconscious, easps a few half- articulate words, faU rigidly backwards, swoons, and dies. The sailors of the Glasgow carried him on board the launch, and we seated him on Ihe bench, one of tbe party press- ing close against him as supports on either side. Whilst this was being done Captain Lockwood runs back to secure the prisoner, who was pitched into the further end of the launch bound hand and foot, just as she was pushing off. With him we brought away the weapon, a common native domestic knife, In shape very much like a game- carver, but rudelysharpened at both edges. it would take twenty minutes to reach tho ship, and 1 will not linger upon the sickening details of how that time of miserable suspense was pasted. We con- tinued to chafe the dead man's limbs and feel Ms pulse and heart, and fancy we could detect some slight pulsation, to the end. We hoped against hope, and even belief, exchanging our hollow assertions in awe- stricken tones. It seemed impossible that that gracious presence could have puoueu away Lviu earth— he, so full of life and hope a short half hour before. And when, at. last we ncared the Glasgow, looming black and big, the cheerful lights from within casting a dozen paths upon the rippling waters, we slackened speed and extinguished our one lantern. What if some one waiting at the gangway, in glad ex- pectancy, should catch a glimpse of the ghastly freight below! The scene on board I need not speak of— nor how the news fell upon Lord Mayo's happy guests in tho Dacca as theysat round the dinner- table that night full of heartiness and good cheer. It is enough that Lady Mayo bore the blow with splendid fortitude, and busied herself about the future, with far more thought of the great public calamity than her own irreparable loss. Shere Ali, the murderer, was tried on board the Glasgow the next day and sentenced to death. Since then we know something authentic of his earlier history. He is a Khyberee— a native of the wild hills near Peehawur, beyond our north- west frontier. Ho was enlisted by Major James for service against tho mutineers of ' 57, and sent into Hindostan : and at a later period fought well for us at Umballa. He served as orderly under no less than three Commissioners, with all of whom he was a favourite, though tur- bulent and quarrelsome among his fellows. Blood feuds — vendettas— are common incidents of life among all the border tribes, and Shere Ali shared in one,* the heir- loom of his clan for generations. In 1867. so instigated, assisted by an accomplice, he murdered a kinsman under circumstances of atrocious treachery ; but, as it was believed that the fatal blow was not struck by him. his sentence was transportation for life, not death, and thus he was sent to the Andamans: But one in- cident, which occuh ed a little subsequently to his trial, throws some light upon the probable motive of his later atrocity. When confined m the Peshawur jail, he nearly died from f6ver, and then begged as a boon that his sentence might be commuted from transportation to death, urging, in furtherance of his petition, that, as a lad, he had committed one murder at least, all in connection with the family feud. So far as is yet ascertained, he is not a fanatic— not in the sense that Abdoolla was, the murderer of Justice Norman, whom he somewhat resembles. But the type is a very common one beyond the border. Shere Ali is a well- built active man of thirty, light brown in com- plexion, with high cheek bones, sloping down to a pointed chin, fringed with a short brown beard, and has rather wistful grey eyes. His manner and speech are both somewhat insolent. He declares that he was in- spired by God to do the deed, and, except God, has no accomplice. But this is precisely the sort of general creed in which almost every Mussulman murderer finds comfort, quite independently of particular motives. There 13 little doubt but that Shere Ali had long brooded over his doom, and desired death as a relief. Attaching no sanctity whatever to any human life, and absolutely reckless of his own, an un- happy destiny threw a noble victim in his way, and tho niiscreant secured release and heaven at a blow. His Sentence has been sent up to the High Court here for confirmation, but I think it not improbable that the murderer will Cumber the fcround for some little time to come, for he is believed to have sent letters to his relatives in Peahawur recently. These may be secured by the authorities, and suggest somq further examination of the prisoner on the bare chance of its establishing something conclusive with reference to the motive of his crime. And now I must draw to a close. The grief, the horror, and dismay which this terrible occurence has spread over the length and breath of thfe land are simply indescribable. Lord Mayo's body has arrived in the river, to lie in state here for a few days, and will pro- bably be then sent home for interment The funeral procession, which is to follow it from the river landing- place to Government- house, to morrow, will be of tho most impressive character possible. In my next you shall have some account of it ; meantime such details as I have hurriedly thrown together here may claim some interest from the fact of my having been one of the few who stood beside our late " Viceroy when his heart ceased to beat. THE POPE AT HOME. " ' To go to Rome and not to see the Tope' used to be a synonym for the height of absurdity. It is now an every- day occurrence r "— so writes " Our Own Correspondent" of tho Daily Telegraph, from whose letter we extract the fol- lowing acconnt of an interview ho has had with the Pope After describing the Vatican and Its glories, the Correspond- ent proceeds :— As I was looking out of the window^^ howevor, and admiring the splendid prospect across the castle of St. Angelo and the multitudinous domes of the Imperial city to where the horizon was closed in by the purple hills, backed by higher ridges pencilled out with lines of silver snow against the pure deep sky, I was touched on the shoulder by one of the Chamberlains, and bidden to follow him through the crowd of scarlet- capped Cardinals to a small ante- chamber leading to the Pope's bedroom. Here there was also a throne backed by a canopy, and onra table in front were laid out the strange shaped crimson hat and crimson cloak worn by the Holy Father in his diurnal passtggiala. Although a Protestant, I must confess to some emotion when the venerable Pontiff advanced similing towards me, and rahed me with the baSd I bowed to kiss. Had I neglected this marie of homage, customary for Pro- testants to observe, the Pope would have boen no more offended than he was the other day,' when an English nobleman heartily 6hook tbd hand extended for the purpose of osculation. The Pope is abovfe the middle height, and there is in his manner a remarkable com- bination of dignity and gentle ixjnhom ie. His strongly marked Fquare- cut features are familiar, to all the world; but no portraits that I have ever seen do justice to the benevolent expression that beams out of bis clear, bright eyes. He looks you full in the face; and you cannot imagine, as you meetlils gaze, that the eyes have anything to conceal. The purity of his mind seems to beam out of hiB open facA His com- plexion is strangely white— as untouched by colour as the vestments which, from skull- cap to shoes, are white as the driven snow. The only ornaments he wore consisted of a golden crucifix stuck into the white waistband, and a large ring on the forefinger of the right hand. He instantly began talking with great vivacity, partly in his own language, partly in French — which he speaks not only with absolute fluency, but with less accent than I have ever heard in an Italian ; and he passed from one subject to another with extraordinary rapidity. So often and so quickly, indeed, did the Pope change the sub- ject of conversation, and so voluble was he, that, much as I was interested in all he said, I find it impossible to recall exactly how one ob- servation led to another. He evidently knew that you had lately advocated extreme liberality in the matter , of education in England ; and he began— I use his own expression— by complimenting me, as your representa- tive, for supporting the cause of justice. He spoke of the power wielded by " publicists " now- a- days, aud said that he was pleased to, see it used some- times in a right and really liberal direction. In ac knowledgment of the satisfaction I expressed at seeing him in good health and in liome, he said, apparently with complete frankness, that he had no intention of leaving, unless he were absolutely compelled to do so. l" The waters," he continued, putting his hand up to his chin just below his mouth—" the waters are as yet only up to here, and I can still breathe; but if the watere rise auy higher, I mu3t either go away or be drowned." He then went on to say: ftlaiiy people, Catholics as well as Protestants, Beem to have an alto- reliable, more settled than her neighbours. As to Europe generally, look at France, Spain, Italy— every where there is confusion and uncertainty." I am very glad you are fair towards us," the Pope went on to Bay, " for surely Catholics have as much right to a good education as Protestants. Remember, " Justitia elevat gentem, miseros facit pecuatum," a text which your readers may verify in Proverbs : " Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people." The Pope then turned towards his sleeping apartment, beckoning me to follow ; went to his table, and began writing at tho foot of a photographic portrait. Meanwhile, I could not help noting that, whereas all the outer apartments and halls through which I had parsed were not only superbly but also comfortably furnished, there was an utter want of what we English would call comfort in the Pope's bedroom. There was no carpet on the stone floor, no fire in the room; and, although the north- east wind was bitterly cold, tho win- dows were wide open : a proof that tho octoge- narian is still very hearty. Indeed, during our long conversation— except while he was writing on his photograph— the Holy Father remained standing ae erect as a poplar tree ; and his voice was as clear and powerful as when, some four years ago, I firet mar- velled at its musical resonance at a solemn service in the Sistine Chapel, where tho Supreme Pontiff Bhone like a sun amid the gloriouB hierarchy of his semi- celestial Court As I watched him 1 doubted if he could ever have been so near death as he is perpetually said to have been. On tho side opposite the window, and placed long- wise against the wall, was the Pope's small bed, now covered all over with a silk coverlet; and at the foot of the bed was a plain prie- dieu. Against the wall above the bed was a Dronze crucifix; and a few unimportant works of art on religious subjects were scattered about on different articles of plain furniture. Near tho head of the bed was a cabinet; and a little nearer the window, placed so that the writer should have his back against the wall and the light should fall from his left hand, was a library table, covered with papers. On the raised shelf in front waa a crucifix of ivory and ebony, as well as an enamel painting of the Virgin and Child. When the Pope had dried bis writing with sand, he read out the line which he had just indited: " Pneliate pnelia Domini et Ipse vos enutriet;" and, getting up as lightly as a voung man of twenty, he went to his cabinet which lie unlocked, saying, " But there is something else that I must give you." Herewith he handed me a medal, saying mean- while. " Now the only value of this is, that no such gift has ever been made by any Pope since St. Peter, in the twenty- sixth year of his reign." The medal has on one side a portrait of the Pontiff, with the inscription, " Pius IX. Pont Max. An. XXVI.," and, on the obverse, a small group, repre- senting the Pope kneeling in front tof St Peter s Chair, at the feet of Christ, to whom tho Holy Father igpre- sented by the apostolic holder of the keyB of Heaven and HeU. Underneath is the legend— a text from Kings— to be read, I preeume, as coming from the mouth of St Peter : " XXV. Annos regnavit fecitq. quod rectum erat" As I took my leave, I expressed in conventional terms my conscientious joy at seeing his Holiness in such good health ; and it was with a touchingly plaintive expression ; that the Pope, shak- ing his head, murmured in reply," Ah! je ne suis qu'un pauvre vieillard." gether false idea of my[ position here. They say that I am not really a prisoner. It is true that there are no gend- armes here to take hold of me," here ho suited the action to the word; " but I am obliged to remain in the Vatican. How could I go into tho streets of Rome, where all sorts of immorality would meet my eyes ; where all the vauriens all tho sansculottes of Italy— ay, and of the world— are collected together?" The Americana In Rome being next tho subject of discus- sion, he then suddenly remarked— He remembered corresponding with the President— the one who died, meaning Lincoln ; and ho as sud- denly asked what had become of the President of tho South, Mr. Davis. " He was a longtime in prison, and then I heard of his being in England, and lately I have heard nothing at all about him. Is he still alive?" No sooner had I replied to this question than the Pope asked another : " And how about the Alabama ?— how will it be settled?" On hearing my answer, he re- peated several times, " You aro quite right; always hope for peace j there is nothing like peace ; always advocate peace always pray for peace." Then came another change of idea: " England seems to have modified her policy of late years. Formerly she was always settling the affairs of Europe— now she sticks to her own business; she seems to say to the other Powers, ' Do what you like ; I shall mind my own buain>- n.' But Bbo also, 1 fear, has much reason to dread the future : it is loitunate that she is ' bviiavi vulivo lu nei' iwuuo-, and uioie firm, more WOULD- BE MEN. ( From the Liberal Review). In the dayB of cur childhood blue stockings were popularly supposed to be the exemplification of all that was unbecoming and objectionable in women. People might be ready enough to admit that their books were admirable and better than those written by many men, but approbation for the work did not in- volve admiration ( as] of course it would do now- a- days) for the worker. The profound prayer of most mothers was that their daughters should not be tainted with the slightest tinge of blue- stockingism, and fathers were firm in support of their better- halves upon this point. As for tho daughters themselves, they were quite con- tent not to be blue- stockings, and to look upon those unfortunates with the most supreme contempt. And the three— fathers, mothers, and daughters— combined were ready to set upon one side the ruling of a blue- stocking upon all great or even common- place ques- tions, feeling fully convinced that she belonged to a race of people who, though perhaps very clever in a way, were not quite right in the upper storey. Of course the clever people in the year of grace one thou- sand eight hundred nnd seventy- two have rectified the stupid blundering of our ancestors, and given blue- stockings the plaices which they have every right to occupy. . . . In the " olden » time" literature was considered as peculiarly man's^ abour, and any woman who dabbled m it was, in a certain sense, an intruder. It is only in modern times that lady authoresses have become as plentiful as blackberries in autumn, and have flooded the world with their productions, many of which are undoubtedly Very good, but the majority not worth the paper on which. they are printed. Perhaps, to this may be attributed the fact that tho ancient blue- stock- ings were regarded with disfavour. Men do not, of course^ life their doinains being entrenched upon, and even in its very earliest § tages Objected to what has since developed intq the " Women's rights " movement. Naturally they felt their influence would be lessened andlbat Vrath more competition in the field their chance of getting on would be considerably decreased. And so they endeavoured to cast a stiinna upon the old- I fashioned blue- stockings, foreseeing in them most de- termined and implacable foes to their privileges. For a time they succeeded in attaching this undeserved 1 stigma, but tho works of the blue- stockings proved too I much for them. Gradually the world came round to I the opinion that women could do many things which they nad previously been deemed incapable of perform- ing, though they might not be able to do them as well | as men can. So the stigma passed away, and in the I present day women receive all credit,- without sneering i remarks being passed, for any literary effusions, that J are worth anything, which they give to the world. 1 The blue- stocking, then, is a being of the past; but j her work still lives. Her mantle lias descended upon I sturdier shouldera. Her mission Was to show the world that women could write sense. The mission of those who stand in much the same position as she once did to public opinion, is slightly different Their mission is to show the universe that they were made to ride, and are capable of subjecting men. And tliis not by smiles, and caresses, and the various weapons which in women's hands used to be ( nnd are) BO formidable, but by hard words and hard looks. They are bound to wage an unceasing war against man, who has been an unquestioned despot and tyrant too long, and who has got all tho best places and all the best things for himself, like _ a selfish monster that he most undoubtedly is. This is a most exalted mission, and well are they qualified to fulfil it. They fight him on equal grounds, and with equal weapons. They storm his position, and carry it by main force. He is an ugly, coarse, uncouth, bad- tem- pered wretch ; they make themselves uglier than even he can mako himself, and become Bour and coarse like he is. Thus tbe battle is fair and above- board. They meet him on tho public platform and hurl their re- proaches at him ; tney would gladly encounter him in the Senate ; but alas I the tyrant has not yet been so hopelessly defeated as to allow them to enter trium- phantly. No subject is too coarse for them to handle, and no occupation unfit for them to follow. They triumphantly proclaim they have no moro dolioacy than man— ergo, what he can undertake, so can they They decline to be placed in menial and subordinate positions. They are above household drudgery and the care of a nursery full of children. If they . lave husbands, it is their duty to break them in. The scriptural command, " Wives, obey your husbands," is to them a dead letter— a thing to bo quietly ignored. That they should submit to sorvilo servitude at the hands of a man ! Horror ! what next? They will go where they like, do what they like, and say what they like, and no one Bhall say them nay. They refer you to history, to every- day life, and their own theories, to prove that women can do every- thing that man can, and the only reason why they have not hitherto done so, is because they have been kept in slavery, and not allowed tho opportunity. It is pomewhat remarkable that the gallant ladies, now that they liave escaped from the fetters which have bound them for centuries, do not do something. But tliey do little except talk upon pnblioyplatforms, endeavour to stir up dissension between the sexes, and carry misery into many households. The real workers are not to bo found amongst these noisy ladies, but amongHt women who talk less about their rights and their wrongs, and the shackles that bind them ; women who would not, if they could, exchange their position for that in which 1 the would- be men assert they « ould bo happy, These know they . have their mission, and that it is one the importance ot which is not to bo over- estimated. The would- be men of to- day are regarded with quite M much aversions* ever the most determined glue- stockings were. Phey are the pariahs of female societv those whom fathers and mothers hope their daughters may never be like. People cannot appreciate them. They are unlovable to the last degree. They are un- womanly. They are noisy. They are addicted to misrepresentation. They do no real good. But they bring themselves in| p notoriety. They cover themselves with a comfortable crown of martyrdom. They secure the applause of a certain section of the community. And they are every way more important than if they stuck fast to their own homes and firesides, and did real legitimate work. In the face of this, there is reason- able excuse for looking with the gravest suspicion upon them, and devoutly wishing that some influence may be brought to bear to induce them to retire into private life, and no longer disgust the right- thinking public with their vagaries. AT SIMLA. We must visit one more shop in the bazaar— the largest and one of tho most important— the sweetmeat shop. We had better not enter, though, as the floor is honey- combed with numerous little clay ovens, and there would be no little danger of being precipitated into a caldron of liquid toffy. Four— dreadfully un- clad— men, carefully oiled, to protect their skin against the great heat, are moving about with long iron spoons, stirring here and mixing there, or kneading into little fids various compounds of coarse sugar and rancid butter. The outcome of their labours is exposed to view on a broad board. Candies, rocks, and toffies of every shape, but all of the same light- brown colour, buried in flies and wasps, both dead and alive, are heaped up in brass dishes or little wooden platforms. A stray child, the colour of the confections, has got mixed up with them, and is languidly sucking a column of '' lump of delight" nearly as big as its leg. Less for- tunate youngsters are seen hovering about, regaling themselves with the savoury smells which issue forth. Now and then, some big hill- man purchases for a few little shells a block off one of the dishes, and straight- way goes out into the road, seats himself on his heels, and devours it, to the great entertainment of a swarm of naked little urchins and a pariah dog or two. All over India, sweetmeats are consumed as a substantial article of food. A native when travelling seldom eats anything else ; and between the two great meals, at all times, he whiles away tho long noon of the Indian summer day by sucking lollipops or candy between the whiffs of his hookah. Large dishes of sweetmeats are very common presents to make on religious festivals or domestic red- letter days ; and when a Hindu wants to be very merry or very dissipated, he never gets drunk, as a Scotchman does, but goe3 to a " mi thai" shop, and makes himself ill with candied sugar. Now that we have shopped a little in the bazaar, let us take a Btroll through it. It is thronged with natives, from the scarlet and golden messenger of the British Government, to our old friends, the wild dirty Tibetans. Sauntering in a bazaar is the summum bonum of life to a Hindu. Standing chatting in the middle of a roadway, or smoking a pipe with some friends in a shop, or Bitting on the edge of the gutter, quietly contemplating the passers- by, he is perfectly happy. Within twenty yawls is one of the grandest scenes in the world— a splendid panorama of hill and valley, with the eternal snows as a background on one side, while on the other the view melts away into the distant plains across which the great Sutlej is seen like a silver band. But to our brown friends such things possess no attraction. The bustle, the closeness, the smells, the flies, the pariah dogs, the unowned children of the kennel, and all the other attractions of the bazaar, are to them more pleasing than the majestic tranquility of mountain, and valley, and far- off plain. But we ought not to be too severe on the bazaar; it has its spectacle and pretty objects now and again. See that long line of horsemen coming slowly along with the stout little gentleman riding in front He is a mountain chieftain, whose home is a lonely castle on a hillside, overlooking a great rich valley which is his own. One cannot help observing how gallantly he is dressed ; in gay, but well- matched colours, and cloth of t^ e richest material. The horsemen behind are his suite. One is probably his commander- in- chief ( for he is sure to nave an army, however small), another the keeper of his privy purse, other lords in waiting and so on. All fine little gentlemen in their way, and men in authority. Simla is " town" to them, the metropolis of civilisation, the bazar is Regent- street and Cheapside in one. As they pass, the shopkeepers come to their thresholds and mako low salaams. The stout little Prince who is passing is the representative of a family which for generations has been to their ancestors and themselves the ideal of greatness, the incarnation of power, the pink of nobility. Is it not recorded in their unwritten traditions how his grandfather, at the head of a great army, drove back the Goorkhas, who were hovering over the town, and then, out of merelight- heartedness, looted it himself, and carried away its female popu- lation, to a woman ; and how, when a carpenter and goldsmith and 6weetmeat men went, as a deputation from the burghers, to expostulate with him, he re- lented, and wept on their necks, and promised to give them back one half of their wives and daughters, on condition of receiving a sum of tribute- money yearly for ever; and how they only got their grandmammas after all! With such legends living in their memory, how can they help honouring and fearing those of their rajahs who are still left to them !— Chambers's Journal THE INCOME- TAX AND ITS " SCHEDULE D." Referring to this much debated % oestlen, the Daily Tele- graph, in a leader, says:— It must be admitted tliat the opponents of the in- come- tax who assailed Mr. Lowe on Wednesday re- presented a large and growing amoimt of organised discontent. There never was a tax so unpopular, and the history, the character, and tho management of the impost fully explain its evil odour and the occasional " cry of anguish " that arises throughout the land. Thirty years ago it was imposed lor a special purpose and as a professedly temporary burthen ; the nation waa to make both ends meet by dipping its hands for a few years into the pockets of well - to - do men, until trade, relieved from several vexatious duties, should again enable the revenue to dispense with the diroct exaction. When the early enemies of the tax pointed out its in- equalities and hardships, the reply was that, had we intended to make it a permanent portion of our revenue system, it might have been so arranged as not to bear unjustly on persona whose incomes ceased with their own lives; but that this was a delicate and difficult matter, and not wcrth arranging merely for a few years. So tho Aot waa passed ; and Pyich, in 1842, wise as well as witty, described as a candidate for Col- ney Hatch somo admirer of Sir Robert Peel who be- lieved that the tax was only for a time. A gleam of hope for the taxpayer arose in 1853. Mr. Gladstone, in his first Budget speech, exposed what he called the impossibility of the fair readjustment of Schedule D, still admitting the hardship; and therefore proposed the gradual extinction of the, tax in, the course of seven years. When the seven years were coming to an end, Mr. Disraeli was Chancellor, and, with Mr. Gladstone's assent, he proposed the continuance of the impost for another year; but at the close of that period, when Mr. Gladstone himself was in power, the unaltered tax, with its obnoxious schedule D, was again continued. From that day to the, present the recurring hope that the tax may be abolished has been one great obstacle to its readjustment Mr. Gladstone at one time pictured, in rather glowing language, the crowing glory of tho statesman who— like the wife of " the grim Earl," though of course not in the same way— should " take the tax away, and build himself an everlasting name ;" but Mr. Lowe does not seem at all anxious to eclipse Miss Amy Sheridan in her imi- tation of Godiva, and by some " chaste and beautiful performance " liberate the laud. . . . Thus after a thirty years' experience of the tax— in peace and war, in lean years and fat yeara, in times of trade- distress and commercial prosperity, under Tories, Peelites and Whip— it almost seems as if we cannot get rid of it No doubt there are some things to be Baid in its favour. It is a colossal engine for ex- tracting money from peoplo who have it; no aniesthe- tics are used during the operation, and, so far, there is a brutal simplicity about the mode; but the moneyis ob- tained. Cool hundreds and cool thousands arepaidqiuctly by tho cheques of affluentmen, and the percentage of diffi- culty and default ia smalL Tho greatest rul vantage arises in time of war. By a few turns of the screw, millions aro raiBcd without altoring tariffs or affecting industry or trade. Were wo to decree tlje total aboli- tion of the tns, we should throw oil the maehmeryout of gear, and have, in case of emergency, to reconstruct the means of collection. So long, however, as we re- tain the tax Itself— even if it.'- r- re only at a penny a pound— we da hold a grand> j£ ipon of offence or de- fense— the power of suddenfl^- ncreasing our control over the sinews, 7f war. For tfife feason our statesmen are painfully unanimous in recognisingthat we must keep in our system so useful a financial reserve— just as w* maintain, in viewof war, the cadres of an army larger than our home needs. A. t present Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Lowe Beem to act - like a steward who says to his master; " Such a servant is incorrigibly bad ; instead of trying to improve Win, as you suggest, I will one of these days give him 2,' otice to quit," and yet retains him, finding it impossible to get another in his place. Mr. Lowe was laughing in' his sleeve at the deputation when he mentioned as poa uble substitutes the fire in- surance duty, the paper duty, the duty on soap, and the window tax. He know.'* that the nation and the • House will never consent to1 the reimposition of un- popular burthens once repealed. But if the income- tax is to be established at a fisted item of our revenue it is perfectly clear that we can not too soon reform the abominable iniquity of Schedn le D, provoking aa it does retaliatory evasion from so . many traders and pro- fessional men. ... lcnow> politicians who maintain that the hated Schedule D is not unjust, although levied on incomes lasting for life at a rate similar to that levied on incomes that survive the tax- payer L imself. Lord Mel- bourne used to defend tho equal iissessment of pre- carious incomes by saying, " If th » e income is pre- canous, so is the tax "— a witticism fair enough from the collector s point of view. But the in jut tice of taxing a life income m exactlythesameratioasone that descends to a man's children can never be explained away. Two brothers' with equal families, one earning £ 1,000 a year, the other owning for life £ 1,000 a year, which his widow and children inherit after him, . are in widely different positions. The professional main has to in- Bure his life or save money, so that his widow and orphans may not starve ; _ he'has to give his boys and girls a very good education, so that tfhey may fight the battle unaided after his death. The other brother has no demands to an equal extent, for, whatever he does, his children/ will possess an income of their own. Yet the State takes from the professional brother exactly the same amount that it takes from the man whose mcome survives him. It is, however, Baid that if we try to correct the injustice, we must also correct many other inequalities of incidents. This we deny. All human affairs are full of remote and elaborate little wrongs, for which there are - no appropriate remedies; but that is no argument against the redress of a plain, substantial grievance, having injustice written on its front . . . Beyond a reform of Schedule D, it is a question well worthy of being discussed— What is the due proportion of income- tax to indirect taxation? The working classes escape that impost, and Mr. Fawcett fears that the divorce of political power from taxpaying responsibility may be dangetous— especially as re- gards foreign affairs— in the long run. That may be the case twenty or thirty years hence, but, so far aa we see now, the sections least averse to foreign war are the very classes who pay direct taxes, and who would feel the first touch of any new burthens. It is true that the working people are as a rule not enamoured of an economy which bears, to them, the aspect of reduced Government establishments, dismissed artizans, and dockyard labourers sent adrift If, therefore, every increase of expenditure is met by an addi- tion to the income- tax alone, we may teach tho multitude to regard saving as an aristocratic vice, and to look on lavish expenditure as a democratic virtue. Herein is the virtue of a principle once laid down by Mr. Gladstone— that changes in expenditure should make themselves equally felt in the two branches of our taxation, direct or indirect M0RM0NISM IN LANCASHIRE. Thomas Dobson, in a letter to the Latter Day Saints? Millenium Star, dated Liverpool, March 4, says:— " I have long since made myself acquainted with the Saints of the various branches comprising the Liverpool Conference; indeed I have known some of them from my earliest recollections, and as a general thing I find them a good, kind- hearted people ; and although they have to do battle with the world and poverty in order to obtain a sub- sistence, a willingness to sustain the cause of truth by impsuting of their mite is always manifest On first visiting the Preston branch many reflections of the past were vividly brought to my mind, for it will be remembered that in this town the Gospel was first preached in England. Preston is also my birthplace, and there my younger days were spent. On again witnessing the destitution that exists, and the ignorance thatprevailsamongits inhabitants with regard to the saving principles of life, I could in the earne= tue33 of my heart thank Godfor deliverance in my youth; and although my earliest practical experience in the Church might be considered by some to be rather hard— having been one of the last hand- cart company of 1856— yet the everlasting and tangible blessings that I have re- ceived and acquired from a residence in Utah, more than compensate me for tbe hardships I then endured. The experience also taught me a most important lesson, one that all would do well to learn— namely, the necessity of putting trust in the Lord. Of late considerable anxiety has existed among the Saints whom I visit regarding the affairs at home, and many have sought my mind respecting the results; my un- hesitating reply has been that God rules, and He will take care of HiB Saints, for we trust in Him. During my fourteen years' residence in Zion I have visited mest of her settlements, and have had a chance to learn the character and motives of the people, an l I am pleased to assure our brethren and sisters in these far- off lands that the faith of tho Saints in Zion in G< » d, and their confidence in the Holy Priesthood whom He has called to direct in His Church upon the earth, is unflinching; and that the secret of their success, both temporally and spiritually, is that they have hearkened to the counsels of His servants. SOMETHING LIKE RAILWAY JOURNEYS! It would be considered a hardship by many persona in cold weather to travel from Liverpool to L> indon without foot- warmers in the railway carriages, but it must be admitted that the discomfort of a journey on the Union Pacific Railroad, which has lately been blocked with . snow, surpasses any misery endured by railway travellers in England during the most in- clement weather ( remarks a London contemporary). Accounts from Omaha, dated the 9th ult., state that six passenger trains from the east arrived at Rawlins Station that afternoon, the first haviug been twenty- two days from Omaha. Some of the passengers re- ported that frequently between the stations those who had no provisions of their own were compelled to live on crackers and cheese, the railroad company alleging that they had nothing else. An indignation meeting of passengers was held while snow- bound between Rock Creek and Wilcox. Many of the passengers had volun- teered to shovel the snow, but protested against the character of the provisions, as being unwholesome and insufficient. In answer to a telegram to the superin- tendent at Laramie, he ordered the distribution of the supplies in the express car belonging to a party of Eastern Railroad men bound east at Green Rh'er. The passengers were bitter in denouncing the manage- ment of the road, the wantt of discipline, scarcity of motive power ( not having a single substantial snow- plough), insubordination of the employes, aud. the general incompetency of the administration^ Sickness had broken out in severd pas* enger- cars, and second- class passengers were suffering frm- want of food. The correspondent of the Ntxo Yjrk Tribune, writing from • Salt Lake City on the 11th. ult., states that urgent despatches were received there that morning to forward provisions immediately t; the nearest point to the blockade on the Union Pacific I Railroad. The merchants and citizens generally at once set to work, and by two p. m. a train started; with four car- loads of supplies. The latest accounts on the evening of sama'fWy stated that the snow- bovsad trains were at Separation, having made fourteen miles « iuco thi morning of Friday, the 9th ult The passengtfa hoped to be du « out in a few dayB ; there- wai said. So be much sickness and suffering among them. EQUAL TO THE OCCASION. At Charleston, South Carolina, recently, a captain, Beelng th?. t two ol l> Is s . ilora were not likely to be on hand when hia vessel was ready to sail, had them locked up in jail Wi come pretext The tars, however, were equal to the uuicr- genoy, and barred the door Inside, so that it could not bt> opened when tho si dp was ready to depart. The consequence was she hnd to p•• » uh- out them. When so pressed by hun « « r that they could not cudure It auy longer, they unbarred the door and were re- leased, at the* could not >, 9 held any longer.
Ask a Question

We would love to hear from you regarding any questions or suggestions you may have about the website.

To do so click the go button below to visit our contact page - thanks