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06/04/1872

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Falmouth & Penryn Weekly Times and General Advertiser

Date of Article: 06/04/1872
Printer / Publisher: Fred. H. Earle 
Address: On the Quay, Falmouth
Volume Number:     Issue Number: 566
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k intra, AND GENEEAL ADVERTISER. PUKIilSHK- D, EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY FRED. H. EARLE, OFFICES ON THE QUAY, FALMOUTH. NUMBER 566 32,32 GIST3B3H. E ID FOR TBAWSMISSIOIT ABROAD. FALMOUTH: SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1872. PRICE ONE PENNY. Jalts litj Suctum. NEWQUAY. TUESDAY NEXT, 9th APRIL. M R. COR FIELD will Sell bfr AUCTION, on Tuesday next, 9tH April. at tho Pier, Newquay, in 1 <* s, without the least reserve, an entire Cargo of Prime Red & White Battens, Boards, Prepared Flooring, Mast Pieces, Poles, Staves, Ac., direct from Christiana, Swallow, Larsen mi ster, consisting of Squares Prepared Floori , g 7 by 1J ( gioovcd and tongupd) 17 Squares Do. Do. 6 by J ( square edged) 7370 feet Bed Battens 7 by 2$ 12069 foet ditto 6 by 2J 4057 feet White Battens 6 by 2£ 837 foet Bed and White Do. 5 by 2 10056 feet Staves f 42 in by fl 2087 feet Do. I 27 in by f 79 Mast Pieces and Spars offlarge dimensions, from 30 to 44 feet in Ifength. 149 Poles and Bickers. 83T Business a Three. Printed Catalogues may bo had two days Srior to the sale by applyi lg to Mr. B. AT. lemens, shipbuilder, Nei ' quay ; or at the Offices of tho AUCTIONEER, Falmouth. DaUd April 3rd, 18! A NOTICE. " J^ AILY Expected, aj large and valuable Cargo of Wjbod Goods, Direct from Christiana, ex Phcenix, which will behold on arrival by mR. CORFIELD 0 by*" PUBIf1 AUCTION, at cblJYOF SPECIFICATION: 5296 feet" ^ Best WHito Deals 9 by 3 13433 feet Bed and White Battens 7 by 2$ 17474 feet ditto by 2J 81249 feet iitto 6 by 2 6336 feet Hitto 5 by 2 PREPARED FLOORING, grooved and tongued, viz.: 143 Squares Prepared Flooring, 6J by 1$ 32 Squares I ditto 6£ by 1 182 Squares I ditto sj by J 56 Squares I ditto 6 by $ 28460 Pieces of Fit Staves 18 by | 143 Mast Pieces* Spars and Poles Several Cases of Mouldings, Ac., Ac., Ac. Dated Falmoutji, April 4th, 1872. To Persons seeking a comfortable Country Besidencf, toith early possession. AnTROn, Jlibe, witbiu one mile of Penryn railway Station. TO BE LELT, for such term as may be agreed upon ( with or without a few acres of rich meadow/ land), all that comfortable and beautifully situate country rojidence known as ANTRON, with a stable and carriage- house attached, late ijnl for many years in the ocoupa- pation of William Rogers, Esq. On view by applying on the premises. To treat and for terms apply to Mr. CORFIELD, Land Agent, Falmouth Dated Mardh 27th 1872. of St. Oluvias, within i and Perranwell Railway Stations. RICH PAsTURAgE TO LET. MR. CORFIELD will hold a SURYEY^ at tpe above Barton, on Thursday, the jlth day of April next, subject to The conditions to be then read, in fonvenient lots, for Letting about 40 Acres of Rich Grass thereon. The Auctioneer desires to call the special attention if graziers, dairymen, breeders, and others to this letting. The Fields are well- watered, in excellent conditionI and noted for their rich grazing qualities ! the Grass is very forward, ready for tne retention of cattle, and will be let clear of all ratesTrnd taxes, until tho 28th September, 1872. I Business at Three. On view bv applying to the HinH, and further particulars had of the AUCTIONEER, Falmouth. Dated March 28th, 1872. Ii* OR GOOD PRINTING, in the best style o: workmanship, with the greatest expedi- tion, at the most moderate cha- ges, apply at the > 1 this Paper. Entires. Price and Quality noj io bs surpassed in the County. MARTIN'S Beantifal Breakfast Tea, 1/ 10* per lb Tho People's Grocer. Ac.. Penrj- n ] y[ ARTIN'S Fine Flavoured Teal 21- per lb The People'a Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S Choice Mixed Teas, 2/ 3 per lb The People's Groccr, Ac.. Penryn. MARTIN'S Genuine FanJily Tea, 2/ 6 per lb, 61bs for 14/- Carriage paid to a ly railway station in tho county. The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. jy^ ARTIN S Sparkling Liimp Sugar ( beautifully white), 5d. per lb Moist Sugars all Prices. The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S Fresh- roasted Coffees, II- to 1/ 8 per lb I The People'a Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S Choice New Fruits, all prices ^ The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S Prime New I Mild- cured Bacon, 4/ 6 par dozen lbs I The People'a Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S Good BoiliiJg Peas, 10£ d per gallon / The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S Pure New Lard, 6d per lb J- TJ- J The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. MARTIN'S Best Treacle, 61bs for 11Jd j The People's Grocer, Ac-, Penryn. MARTIN'S Genuine Alillbay Soap, 3£ lbs for 11 • The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. jVfARTIN'S Prime Sipoked Bacon, 7* d per lb I | The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. Af ARTIN'S New Season Jam, 4id per lb or 6d per pot I The People's Grocer, Ac., Penryn. \ f ARTIN'S New Seikoa Marmalade, 7£ d per pot The People's Grocer. Ac., Penryn Samples free on application a; either of J. MABTIN'S Establishments, llower Market Street, or West Street, Penryn. AU. Goods delivered Carriage Paul. Orders by post promptly attended to. • A* ! EL T IS F. TRULL, IT FHQT03HAFHER, Opposite the Polytechnic Hall, Church St. iT PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, 42. High Street ( formerly the Liberal Association Rooms ), K A. LMOUT H . MR. J. S. SIDDONS, for many years Operator and Manager at Mr. J. F. Trull's, respect- fully informs his numerous friends and the publio generally of the town and neighborhood that ho has, in conjunction with Mri J. C. STEPHENS, entered upon the above- mentioned Promises, and trusts, by the exeroise of his ^ ell- known skill and careful manipulation in the production of Photographs guaranteed not to be surpassed in this or any other town, that they will obtain a fair share of public patronage. Portraits from Carte de VMte ta Lifa- slza, plain or finished in crayon, water or oil Color. Views of all kinds and out- door Groups taken, and Works of Art copied. Prices of Cartes de Visite— Twelve for 6s.; Six for 4s.; Three for ' 2s. 6d. Legal & General LIFE ASSURaNCE SOCIETY 10, FLEET ST., TEMPLE BAR. - bounded 1836. The Parliamentary AcoouAts reauired by the " Life Assoranoe Companies' Act, 1870 maybe obtaine I on a -> licati& u. This Society has taken a leasing part in free ing Life Assurance Contracts fi* om all needless restrictions. The " Proposal Form'' is most simple in its termB. \ The Policies are " Indisputable" that is, froe from future challenge. \ The Invested Funds bear an unusuallv high proportion to the Liabilities. \ The Guaranteeing Share Capital oFOne Mil- lion ( £ 160,000 paid up ) is fully subscribed by 300 members of the Legal Profession. Nine- tenths of the Profits belong to tho ! Assured. The House for Tea. 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. FOR SALE. Settlement Policies in favor ® f 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, Es< j., Solicitor. FOR SALEyBy Prifate Contract, on account of the ower a iJecease, a large, first- class Mackerel and Pilchard DRIVING BOAT, named " Cock / 6i the Walk," now ready for sea, with a string of new Nets just barked. For further particulars apply to Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, Church Street, or to Mr. Wm. D. Turner, 52, High St, Falmouth. General. BAPTIST CHAPEL, WEBBER ST., FALMOUTH. THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING WILL be held on Wednesday next, April 10th. A BAZAAR, for the Sale of Useful and Fancy Articles, will be, opened at noon, in the Upper Vestry. A PUBLIC TEA at hall- past 5, will be provided in the New School Room, High St. Tickets, 9d. each, to be obtained of Mr. R. J. Gutheridge, Market Strand. A PUBLIC MEETING wiU be held in the Chapel, at 7 o'clock, when Addresses will be given by various Ministers and Friends. Dated April 4,1872. Sandell's Hair Restorer Is totally different froiq any other kind, and has been pronounced , by the Medical pr0. fession to be perfectly harmless. It will positively' Restore Grey Hair to its Original Colour in a few days without dyeing it or leaving the disagreeable smell of other Restorers. It renders the Hair beai^ tifully soft, glossy and luxuriant. i It will not only Restore Grey Hair to its Original Color, but will cause New Hair to grow on Bald Sipots, unless the Hair Glands are decayed, when no stimulant can restore them. 1 When the New Hair makes its appearance be careful not to brush it too much. Directions are enclosed wfith each Bottle. In Bottles 2s. and 3s. 6d. each. PBEPABBD CTNLT BY THOMAS 0. SANDELL, Pharmaceutical; Chemist ( by Examination ), YEOVIL. Sole Agent for [ Falmonth : MB. W. H. SOLOMON, Dispensing C hemist. Are yon trbabled Jjith a Congh ? THEN lose nci time in ap , lying for SOLOMoN'S Pectoral Congli Mixture, Which is one of tjhe best Pi eparations sold for the cure of Cpughs, Cdds, Hoarseness, Influenza, Ap., and ; he relief of Asthma and Brc nchitis. It is adapted for persons of ^ 11 ages, and is sold in Bottles, at 7^ d., Is. ljd.| and 2s. 9d. each. Prepared by W. H._ SOLOMON, Dispensing Chemist, 40, Market Street, Falmouth. N. B.— The middle- size Bottle is generally ai cient to cure an ordinary Cough, or give abund- ant satisfaction in more extreme cases. THE HOUSEKEEPERS of Falmouth and Neighborhood are respectfully invited to try SOLOMON'S Celebrated English Baking1 Powder, ( For making Bread, Tea; Cakes, AJ., without Yeast), and judge for themselves whether tho professional uooks and others who have declared it to be the best that is used, are correct in so I saying. Sold by most respectable Grocers, also by the Manufacturer, at 40, Market Street, Falmouth , in Packets, Id. and 2d.,/ and in Tin Canisters, at 6d., Is., and 2s. each Ask for Solomon's Baking Powder. Homeeopathic Medicines, PREPARED BY J. H. KENDALL, M. P. S, Chemist by appointment to the Exeter, the Torquay, and the Plymouth Hommopathio Dispensaries, dan be obtained in FALMOUTH j of his Agent, Mr. W. H. SOLOMON, Dispensing Cheipist, 40, Market St. Also, Kendall's THEOBROMINE COCOA the purest and most delicious extant, in Tins, Is., 2s., land 3s. 9d. each. BOKWICK'S CUSTABD POWDER, Makes delicious Custards and Blanc Mange. Custards made with it are a great improvement to all Fruit Puddings and Pies. Vast numbers use it and no family should be without it. SOLD by all Grocers and Corn Dealers, in Id. and 2d. packcts, and 6d. and Is. tins. Part of a House to Let. rpo BE LET, with immediate possession, a A PART OF A HOUSE ( consisting of a Floor of Threo Booms ), in Lansdowne Road ( lately called Obelisk Road), Falmouth. The House is pleasantly and healthily situa- ted in close proximity jto the Quay, Dock, and Railway. Apply at the Office^ of this Paper, Coach lloufce and Stable- TO BE LETkt 1 jjy. day, a Coach Homo and Stable on} rellington Terrace, Fal- mouth. Stablinc^ or two horses. Apply to T. HART. Polbrean, Lizard. Wanted Immediately. ONE HUNDRED NA/ mES AND LABOURERS for tho construction of Government ftailways'in NeW Zealand. Ship y' to sail 9th April. For particulars apply to R. P. THOMAS, JOHN BBOODEN 4 SONS, Falmouth. 3 ^ Prime Potatoes. AT the Store, of Prime DUJ on sale at 9d. per gal same quality for 6s. 6d. per owt. i, a fine sample ( VnP REGENTS, now " rf. per cwt. The at 8d. per gallon, or 1 First- class Bookbiuding. PERSONS wishing to avail themselves of the opportunity of sending in the parcel now making up for transmission to a first- olas « Bookbinding Establishment, should forward books and numbers which they wish to have bound, to the Printing Offices on the Quay, aa early as possible. Charges, moderate— quality of work, the best - styles, modern and elegant. FRED. H. EARLE. CAUTION Tichborne Bonds. SPURIOUS Copies of the above, bein< j now in circulation, all parties issuing sucn will be proceeded against. Genuine Copies are registered at Stationers' Hall. No. 273. M. irch 11th, 1872, and can be had wliole^ ulo, at 8s. per dozen; single copies on reooi it of IJ sta a*" These Bonds are at tli • > ra i n > u-. causing great commotion i i Clio >, » l>. and are selling by thousand.*. Each one is a great curiosity, being guarautrtod a? 4 genuine copy of a real bond. Applicants will oblige by addressing tha EnvelopeApplication for Bonds. Messrs. FOLKABD AND SONS, 57, Bre id St., Cheapside, London, E. C." i K V ' Mai/ be had at the Office* » / the F. and P. Weekly Times, at Is. each. Ki: iiberley Graara: r > caoo.' I'a I mo a ill. HEAD MASTER : Mr. J. B. EADE, C. M., F. R. G. S., London. St. Peter's Diocesan College, Exeter. FBVNCH AND CLASSICS : Mr. F. TRtfsOpTT. B. A., Trinity CoUeffe, C V Dublin. ASSISTANT ENGLISH MASTER : Mr.' W. / BO W D EN . ' L THE following ii au Extract of a Report made by tho Rev. E. P. Arnold, H. M. Inspector of Schools, received by the Rev. Chancellor Phillpotts, Archdeacon of Cornwall, during the time/ Mr. Eade was master of the School at Budock : " It was a real pleasure to examine this School, where all the Work ia done with life and spirit and genuine heartiness. The Master is one of those few men who combine thorough devotion to their work with a natural genius for teaching." The course of study is adapted to the pre- paration of the pupils for the Local Examina- tions of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge ; the Civil Service; the preliminary Medical / and Law Examinations ; and for general Mercant^ e pnrsuits. For three years consecutively ( 1868- 9- 70), the youngest successful candidates at the Oxfoafl Local Examinations, from the County of C/ rnwall, were ENTIBELY educated at this School; and in 1870, the Degree of A. A. was obtained by a pupil only a little over THIRTEEN TEARS of age, being the youngest with only threo exceptions in ALL ENOLAWD LORD MAYO. A report of the trial of Shere Allee at the Andamans has been published; bat it contains very little that was not embodied in the account, I have already sent you jwntesi the correspondent of The Times at Calcutta). feterest^ 118 ^ 0nlyP433^ ® 3of any particular " Before his commitment the prisoner said :—* This man ^ nf-; a00nyiCt,^ n) 8eized me, whereupon a thousand Uicy saw mo do tho TJJ- T didit- I did not kill tho SalUb., If tho Sahibs say I did, I will admit it; but not on the statement of a black man. It was a'bl. iek who soized me, and then a „ Ihoufaad^ oOiMi. Eaid. I~ dld 1U I bare— no - witnesses Iff call. Tho prisoners convict register was produced, . !£ ® we< 1 hira t* 3 ' Shere Alice, son ol WulU; caete. JKoekeo iTboyle, and resident of Pakree.' He had __ been sentenced to transportation for life in farm, 1387, by the Commissioner of Peshawur, for inurdor. Ills ace was then 25 years, and he has been at Tart Blair since Slay, 18C3. His character as a convict wis goodfthe only offence recorded agamst him being'hts having been found in possession | of upwards of 5Glh. of. wheat for which he could iiot acsouit. - On the same* day on which the above preliminary investiga- tion was held, Snere Alee was arrfugned before a Session on boa » d. her ^ Majesty's ship Gla* j, no, and pfe-" ridffd vver by General Stewart, C. B., Superintendent of Port - Hair. To the charge of having wilfully murdered tho Earl oI, Jtay( v> 6here Aloepleadsd_ ' Not Guilty."' Mr. Allen, Captain fcLockwood, Mr. JJdeik-. Mr- Aitcheson, Major. Borne, and Captain Jervois gaye evidence to the main facts of the murder. Lieutenant : Hawkins, of the Glasgow, after a similar statement, said % ifc in his opinion there were two assailants, and $ hat one rushed past and escaped from the pier at the tune the Viceroy wis stabbed. No other person pre- sent, ljowever, saw any assailant but the one. ' 11 ' 016 bazaar" peoh aild bonvict chuprassio, who was the first to seize the assassin, was examined. He saw no other- t , man with the prisoner, tor Could he' iaf where the latter liad sprung from. The torches were in front, and it had became dark behind. Urjun is a Moradabad Brahmin. " Peter, a Madras native Christian, who was with Urjun, gave evidence- to the same purport. ' " The prosecution having closed, the prisoner was called on for his defence. He said ' I was asked last night if I had done the crime, and replied, God knows. Ho Judge Sahib h » s now made inquiry, and must use his own judgr ment iu that matter. There will be an account kept in the other • world, and aH will know the truth. I hare nothing farther to say.' I " A verdict of ' Guilty'was then recorded, and the sen. Igpce ' To suCer death by hanging* passed. After the son- * encc of death had been passed the prisdntr said he had a • tatement to make, but on the Court encouraging him to » abe it, merely said:—' It is a small matter. I will speak out on thftdai I am to be hanged. < It I safd anything now jon might think I was trying to save my life. Whoever is allied li killed by the order of God, and God knows the mad Who struck the blow in this case. If the- Judge should not be present when I am taken out to bo hanged, I will make uy statement to the oljlcer Jireient, and he will put It down in writing.* I wffl n6tf- aay ibyftiing to yon now.' " J It would be foolish - to- deny that there is MI uneasy feeling in Calcutta ( continues The Times' < Sorrc- Epondent). The guards at every turn inside Government House are now European— one seldom saw a European, • oldier in the lobbies previously. No native is allowed to approach the Hduse after a stated hour in the even- ing ; and othei; precautions are spoken of indicative of anything but a comfortable feeling. A great deaL too, has been made of the fact that a native, suppo- ed to have a knife in his possession. waaiouad- eao- wght in the compound~ of Government House, and escaped. I do not think that there is much In this rumour beyond the fact that th" e mail certainly wa3 seen, but it indicates the disturbed state of the public mind. The Government, however, shows no signs of Tmpasinp^ q, AH ACTION FOR PERSONAL INJURIES At the Leeds Assizes, the cause of " Exley v. Marsh " has been heard, and was a remarkable action for personal In- juries arising from a neglect to fence machinery, i- The plaintiff, Joseph Exley; " is a lad of sixteen years of age, and he was employed in the defendant's paper- mills, near Barnsley, as a back tender. It Wa3 his j ordinary duty by means of a hand- screWto adjust tho felt upon the cylinders upon which the paper was ; made. In passing over" the cylinders the felt would i sometimes become curled over and would require to ' be straightened. The boy's story was that the de- fendant's managing Tnftn| A1Y. Hollingsworth had said to him, " Mr. Marsh has lost time enough, and you must pull it straight yoursfclf with your hands." lie was turning to go and ask the machine - workman to , come jnddo it, when Hollingsworth ordered him to do i it himself. Hollingsworth has since died. In attempt- ing to straighten the felt the boy's arm was caught between the cog- wheel and the cylinder. He was fearfully crashed, and in the end he had to have the : arm amputated. In cross- examination a stamped receipt for £ 20 in full | of all demands, and acknowledging that the acoidept was the boy's fault, was shown to him , and he swore that he never the . document or signed his mark- to it. His mother also swore " before God and man " that she never saw the paper. I The defendant and the, managing clerk in h& office were called/ and Wore that the'paper had been read • ver to the mother and son, and that both had signod their mark. This fact baa been pointed out to the solicitors first employed by the plaintiff, and he had mbsequently resorted to his present solicitor. Mr. Field, Q. C. ( for the defendant), submitted that ( here was no case for the jury. First, there was no personal neglect on the part of the defendant, HollingB- worth being a mere fellow- servant; secondly; the i plaintiff undertook the service with all its ordinary risks, and the machinery was not fenced when he nstered the employment; thirdly, there was con- tributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff; and, fourthly, no fencing was required, as the Factory Acts Bnly applied to " mill gearing," and the present cog- wheel and cylinder were not within the words of the itatute. His Lordship decided that the case ought to go to the the defendant- besides Mr. Marah and his clerk, who contradicted the plaintiff 3nd his mothtr'Ail to the receipt— several witnesses were called to show that the boy had said that he had slipped off a pipe as he was romg to pull the felt right, and that the mother and boy acknowledged it wa.*} the boy's. own. fault, , p was a most dangerous thiiig to attempt: to do, and very im- Poper of the boy to attempt it. The SufJJInEpector of actories did not consider that this part of the mi- ehinery waa within the terms of tho Factory Act. That Act provides that " mill gearing" shall be fenced, and in the interpretation clause " mill gearing' is to comprehend " ejperj shaft, & c., or wheel by! which the motion of the first moving power is communi- cated to any machine appertaining to the manufactur- ing processes." The cylinder, and cog- wheel in question were, so to say, the last process in the manufacture, and the cog wheel was a fixed part of that cylinder, and re- volved with it. It was alleged that the machine was 5rr mproperly constructed, inasmuch as it was quite pos- sible to have a eelf ifcting guide for tho felt attached to the machine which would; obviate' the necessity for touching the felt with the hand. It was shown that self- acting guides were tlsed, but it- was denied that they were used in Yorkshire < tt generally throughout the country. Mr. Seymour, Q- C. ( for the plaintiff), contended that the cylinder and cog- wheel were within the Act and ought to have been fenced, and that HollingBWorth was not a mere servant, but was sole manager. His lordship, in the course of a very clear ramming up, eaid there were two counts in the declaration. The first alleged that the defendant ought to have fenced the machinery, and did not do so. As to that count they would consider, first, whether the cog- wheel and cylinder were " mill gearing " within the Act, in which case the machine ought to have been fenced; and/ secondly, whether the plaintiff was pursuing bi& ordinary occupation. The second count alleged that the plaintiff was in tho defendant's employ, but the ma- Lines were so defectively constructed in conse- quence of the absence of kelf-. atiting guides to the felt that the plaintiff was injured. As to , that count they • would consider— first, waa the machinery defectively constructed, and if they thought it was defectively constructed, then, secondly, did the negligence of the plaintiff contribute to the accident. .. The jury found a verdict for tho defendant upon all the issues. DEATH OF THE PARIS HEADSMAN. News from Paris Informs us that on Good Friday M. de Tarls departed this life at tho ago of . seventy yoars, after a rather sanguinary career, which ho commenced at Toulon whon ho was sixteen years old. Tho namo of tho public exe- cutioner was H" Lndrlch, and his death appears to havo been sudden and unexpected, as ho had only just returned from a provincial tour with Ids travelling guillotine, improved and rendered more humane than Itdsed to bo byhimselfr Be- fore the fall of the Empire there used to bo several execu- tioners in France, but through a love of centralisation or feconomy tho Republic concentrated the ofllce, and M. do Paris was named headsman for all France. A3 soon as tho civil war was over ho built a new guiUotlno on improved principles, tho old one having been burnt on the Boulevards by the Communists, who wore opposed to capital punish- ment. Having to do duty in tho Provinces, Helndrich had a van built, in which he carried about La MOro Guillotine, and he even slept In the carriage with the dreadful instru- ment. Tho Paris Correspondent of the Daily Kern gives tho following interesting skotch of Heindrich and his func- tions :— - M. de Paris made his exit from life's stage on the morning of Good Friday. Death gave him butxi short notice. Ho was, whon returning to his house in the TJohlevard Beaumarchais from hearing o, Slabat at St. Eustaoh^, token suddenly'ill, and died some momenta after, just as he rcached home. A few days previously he expressed a fear that he would prove the victim of jhia recently extended sphere of official duties; for, in point of fact, since M. Dufaure became Minister of Justice, M de Paris had a right to the style and title of " M de France." Within the last ten months, he had to do the work of the eighty- four departmental • xecutioncrs, whose, posts M. Thiers abolished from motives of economy. A dreadful arrear of busi- ness fell upon his hand in consequence of the closing of the law courts in the invaded departments. Lemettre. the Tropmann of the North, was the last person M. de Paris sent out of the world. Three days before, he presided ' at the triple'exeoution of Chartres; and on his way to the Pas de Calais he assisted at th? decapitation of a woman who had aided, irl 1871, in murdering a pedlar, and then attempted to lay her crimo at the door of the Prussians. From a fear that if Lemettre were sent by rail from the town where he was convicted to the scene of his crimes, where ho was to be executed, the train conveying him might cross that of the Prince of Wales, he and M de Paris, attended by four gen- darmes, were locked up in a prison van, and sent jol- . ting for thirty miles distance over a roughly- paved road. This dismal joumoy greatly fatigued the heads- man. who, when he made it. was past seventy, pmdhad exercised his ghastly calling fifty- four years. The real name of M. de Paris was Aimable Mario Jean Baptiste Heindrich. He was an Alsatian," and the son of the public executioner of Toulon, where he made his debut on the guillotino at a quadruple execution. That ( according to Joseph le Maistre) instmment pf" public health was then infinitely more clumsy thdh it now is. Fifty years ago stolid impassibility and muscular power were the quali- ties chiefly looked for in an executioner. The future M'' de Paris possessed these qualities in a rare degree, together with a faculty for mechanical contrivance and a strong ambition to perfect I) rl Gumotin's invention. . . . Tho new decapitat- ing machine1 of the Roquette Prison, constructed to replace the one solemnly burned by the Commune, has allHeindrich'ssucce- siveimprovements. He christened it Jacqueline, and took an almost paternal pride in pointing out its perfections. When the sphere of Hia duties became wide as the boundaries of ^' France, he bar- gained with the Parquet that, whenever h# should be sent to preside at a provincial execution, he waa to take Jacqueline along with him. An eminent member Of the French Bar took me Some years ago with a party of American young ladies to see, as Paris lions, Heindrich and the ancestresses of Jacqueline. M de Paris then lived in the rural su burp of Valoia Champerret He inhabited a pretty and very retired villa in the Rue du Boie, just skirting the park of Neuilly. , The garden was Eurrounded- by ivy- covered walls! Some fine old trees shaded a corner,<) f pe house. Heindrich loved turf, and fihe art, and was, when we invaded his domain, watering a close- shaven lawn, in the centre of which stood a marble Cupid. Tho mischievous little god was in the act of letting an arrow fly at ft nymph some yatds distant from him- M- de Paris seemed^ bewildered at the sight of the visitors. The writer of this letter was introduced as a person wanting some guillotine statistics for a benevolent society, and the young ladies as mere curious sightseers— the daughters _ of _ an American judge. Our cicerone informed M. Heindrich, that, being unable to see the Chamber of Horrors in Blue " Beard's Castle, they were detei mined to have a peep at the monster which he had rendered so adroit. T) iiq comnliment told. The headsman, who at first looked very surly, became merely stolid. He was a very tall, muscular fellow, with blue German eyes, thick, straight, ash- coloured hair, heavy face, and sluggish movements. He apolngised in very good French, for being caught in his shirt sleeves, and asked permission tp leave us fori a moment to dress, before taking us to see four cast- off guillotines that were standing in the coachhouse. Meanwhile, he begged us to step into his drawing- room; " where there was a piano and an easel with paints and paint- brushes lying nea ® it • An old tervant who stole out of an adjacent kitchen during her master's,, absence to , chat with the strangers, infoimcd us that they were | bought for the young lady, then under " a db> ghised name at the mo6t , fashionable convent school in ; Paris. The " young lady " was Heindrich's adopted daughter. She knew nothing of her putative father'ri profession. There was also a V young gentleman " at the Princelmperial'sLycee, near Vanves. Before the master of tho houso returned, the garrulous crdne managed to enlighten us as to his domestic arrangements, and tho mannerin which he was summoned frum his household ] gods to discharge his public functions. A lancer j brought him the summons from the Parquet, invariably i at nine in tho evening. Horrible detafl— when the fatal missive was received tho headsman, after order- ing a solid repast for three in the morning, in order to strengthen his nerves, went into the coach- house with an assistant, who served him for a gardener, to operate on' a ialf, which hej kept for the purpose or rehearsing. The hcadsihan' returned, wearing his official suit of black, and a white cravat. He did the honours of tho coachhouse with qiliet case, offered to send for a calf, which he said would cost him nothing, whereupon to test some recent improve- ments he had effected in his instrument. ' One of the questions put to him by me, in my assumod character of a member of a benevolent society, was, whether he thought the separated head contiuued to live after it rolled into the Da3ket. He fciondcrdd a few minutes, as if to collect his memory, and' then related instances which went to support an affirmative answer. His experience was very extensive, and he thought he had better dhta to go upon than no matter what member of the Academy of Sciences. How many persons had passed through his bands ? 139 ! For a moment the idea crossed my mind that Heiudrich might be haunted by the heads of those he had the most trouble in exe- cuting. But he appeared so unimaginative, not to say coldly stolid, that I half credit what ho related to us of a woman's head making a faint effort to sp't at him, and tho violent contortions of Orsini's facial muscles, flelndrich'took a pride in his- thorough knowledge of his business,, Jp. point of throughness— I to compare small things' with great— he was in his way a Molt Ice On the eve of Tropmanu's execu- tion M. de Paris passed three hours in the- parlour of the Governor, of, tho Roquette prison, chatting on pro- fessional matters with a gi'Qnp of French journalists. Tho conversation happening to turn on tho tortures h. dieted on Chinese and Persian criminals, M. de Paris said:" I have read of what they call inChina the torture of the ten thousand bits ftf which consists of cut- ting a living man' into ininco nleat. But the brutes engaged to do the work aro so grossly ignorant, that pot one of them knows exactly where to find tho joint." Heindrich obtained tho post of publiu executioner of Palis' against 552 competitors. He had a fixed Balary of 9,000f. a year, a " gratification " of 150f. for every execution, an allowanco,/ or cabs and < Jalv4s, Ofld for coffee and brandy on ttyo, yiorninga oq which fre exerciscd his- pdious calling. ' , , ', SHIPMENT OF COMMUNISTS TO ENGLAND. Mr. M. Barry, the secretary for the Society for the Relief and Employmert of Political Refuges, haa sent us ( The Times), a copy of the correspondence which haa passed between him and the Foreign Office with refer- ence to destitute French Communists arriving in Eng- land. On the 21st of February he wrote to Lord Gran- ville informing him that on Saturday, the 27th of January last, eight men landed from the Dieppe packet at Newhaven, seven of whom had been tried by French courts- martial, and sentenced to various terms of banish- me nt from France. Thoy were asked to what country they preferred being sent, and all chose England. Handcuffed and in charge of gendarmes, they were mai ched on board the English packet. When on board their handcuffs were struck off by the gendarmes, who then returned to the ( Dieppe) pier. The packet started, and in due time these eight men were landed at New- haven. They were everyone in rags, not a coin among them, and totally ignorant of English. As best they could they made their way to London, subsisting chiefly on turnips, beetroots, & c., which they begged or- stole from the fields" by the roadside. Those men were in London, dependent on the bounty « f their less unfortunate, but still very poor compatriots. He had 6een them and examined their papers. He had been informed ( and had partially verified the state ment) that other batches had been sent over since under similar circumstances. As there were 20,000 prisoners still in the pontoons and coast fortresses, to whom, it was understood, the option of choosing their destination would be givsn, Mr. Bany suggested that we might reasonably expect the speedy arrival in this country of some thousands of men in the same destitute condition as those whose case he had described. Mr. Barry, in the name of the committee whom he repre- sents, requested Lord Granville to represent to tho French Government that the wholesale shipment to this country of absolutely destitute and helpless men wa3 calculated to provide for us sources of pecuniary embarrassment and social disturbance. He also re- minded Lord Granville of the course taken by our own Government in a strictly analogous case. In addition to paying the fares of our political offenders to America, we gave each man a small sum to keep him a few dayB till he got employment. This was all he asked the French Government to do, and he believed that should Lord Granville urge in a friendly way on the Frem: h Government the propriety, or even, advisability, of adopting such a course, he would undoubtedly have the public opinion of tho country with him. A reply from the Foreign Office, dated the 5th of March, stated that the attention of the French Govern- ment had been called to the matter. Mr. Barry again wrote to Lord Granville on the 9th of March. Ho expressed satisfaction with the action which had been taken, but called attention to the fact that in his previous letter he had suggested a specific remedy for the evil complained of, adding that ho was exceedingly anxious to know if Lord Lyonu accompanied his remonstrance with that suggestion or with any other, and if . another, what specific suggestion. In reply Mr. Barry was informed, in a letter from the Foreign Office, dated the 14th of March, that Her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris had received assurances from the French Government to the effect that the practice would be put a stop to of sending destitute Communists to this country. A Banker . A Tailor Tho Lord Mayor. A Soldier A Toper . A Vicar . A Hungry Man . . Sir. Gladstone . An Ambitions Lady . A Brave Man A Dram- drinker. A Musician" .* A Slave- owner . . A Labourer . « A Scotchman And two Silly Fools . thought Coin- age the Best Age. Cabb- age „ Kiilght- age „ Pill- age „ Vlnt- age „ Vicar- age- „ Green- age „ A Carri age „ Cour- age „ Drain- age „ Badin- age „ Band- age „ Bond- ago „ Cott- ago „ Mani- oge „ A SAD AFFAIR. THE " CIRCUS WOMAN ! "— Mrs. Du Cane, the wife of the Governor of Tasmania, recently met with a somewhat singular adventure. A daughter of Lord Lyndhurst, she inherits some of the strongly marked features of her father's character, and is by no means a conventional grande dame. She takes an active part in the management of the hospital, nurses the sick with her own hands, and is very fond of solitary drives in a sort of tilbury, her horse_ being gaily caparisoned d la Russe with a number of jingling bells. A few days ago she got into a neighbourhood where Bhe was not known, and pulling up to enjoy a lovely bit of scenery, found herself surrounded by a group of children. " Oh come here, here's the circus woman, let's find out where she is going to put up the tent." She tried at first to undeceive them, but it wa3 ustless ; they would have it that she was going to " pitch" somewhere near their village, and v* ere eager to point out a good spot. At last she entered into the spirit of the thing, allowed them to show her convenient locality, and after hoaxing them with a most graphic account of the wonders of her show, was allowed to drive away in peace. This little adventm- e has made her more enamoured than ever of her solitary drives. She has found that as a " circus woman" she was more an object of interest than as the wife of a governor. THE FATE OF DR. LIVINGSTONE.— In tha course of a lecture at Ryde, last week, the Rer. Robert Moffatt, the African missionary, referred to his son- in- law, Dr. Livingstone, expressing his opinion that he was quite safe, but was simply without re- sources. His impression was that he was staying at the head- quarters of some chief, who, finding him friendly, and believing he was a great man, took charge of him, partly under an impression that he would be well paid whan resources arrived for the traveller. It was evident that Dr. Livingstone was unable to pay his way, and nobody could get on under those circumstances. He ( Mr. Moffatt) had been 1,500 miles into tho interior, and knew the habits of the people as well as any European living, and he felt positive that Dr. Livingstone wa3 still alive, for had ne been dead he was sure definite news would have reached England long ago. TRAITORS.— A Society exists in London call- ing itself " The Union." We confess to a little sur- prise at finding that a society bearing such a name could have a discussion, and decide " that early mar- riages aro undesirable."— Punch. EMIGRATION FROM THE MERSEY.— The Govern- ment emigration officials at Liverpool on Monday com- pleted their usual quarterly and monthly return of the exodus from the Mersey, from which it appears that the emigration during the past month has been of tha most extraordinary character, as no less than 14,409 passengers sailed from Liverpool, which, when com- pared with tho month of February, shows anincreas^ of 6,947, and of 10,355 when compared with tha On Tuesday night a crime was committed in London, at 103, Great pumberl:* nd- streofc, . Hackney- road, London, in tho occuftation of Thomas James, a boot and shoo manufacturer. Charles Stanley, a ed about 2C, had previously been staying for some day3 in the house, and it is believed had had some dispute about a trade strike with James. On Tuesday they had angry words, and Stanley was requested to leave the house. Ho refused to do so, the quarrel increased in violence, and the proprietor of the premlsc- s threatened that if Stanley, did not leavo tho premises nt once he would slipot him. Stanley, who taunted him with unplea- sant remarks, still refused to leavo, when James again isaid, " If you don't leave at once I will shoot you." ' The other man replied, " You can do what you like." Upon this James pointed a six- barrelled revolver at ' the face of tho other. Stanley merely laughed ut him, not thinking, it is imagined, that he intended ito do more than frighten him. He, however, dis- charged one barrel, but the bullet passed his face, and consequently took no effect. He then fired another and then a third ban- el, the shot from which struck Stanley in the jaw. He reeled forward two tlu'ec times, andthenfell into the street on thepavement. Tho noise occasioned by the separate discharge of firearms caused a large number of persons to assemble in front of tha ' WuiMittg, who, seeing the unfortunate man blecdihg and insensible, at once called out " Police I " Two police officers immediately came up, and laving lifted thot deceased off tho ground and placed him in the house, they sent for Dr. Woltaco, who promptly attended, but found the unfortunate man dead. The bullet- after it entered the jaw had taken a tiAn^ yei se^ dircotion and penetrated the head, and death must have been instantaneous. Mr. Inspector Romsey, at once proceeded to the scene. Upon entering James's dressinc- rooni he found him dressing himself. The object of his visit having been stated, the accused replied, " Well, I did not in- tend to do it, but ho provoked me so." Ho further added. " All this arose from my going into a trade dis: puto. Tho inspector had him at once removed to tho Hoxton Police- station, where the charge was entered. On it being read over ho said he had no answer to make to the charge except that he did not intend to do it, and that the decoosedhad provoked liim. The Inspector afterwards again proceeded to James's house and Bpai^ hpd- tho place, I and in ono of the fire- proof i- af es beiound- a sii- harrelWd revolver, nearly new, spmo of the chambers of which had been recently dis- charged. ' He also found in tho same safe £ 250 in gold and a £ 3 Bank of - ftnglyid note. Itjisrcilmuoiis jnMIijjenxfc HOME, F0BEIGN, AND COLONIAL. A NEW BENEFACTOR.— The height of stingi ness might be said to be exemplified in the parsimony of a person who would grudge a steam- engine its fueL It is not, therefore, tho less certain that the man who should make one pound of coal generate the quantity of steam which two pounds had to bo consumed in generating before, would be considered a benefactor of mankind.— Punch. COLLIEBY RIOTERS.— It will bo recollected that in the early part of 1870 a serious colliery riot occurred at Thorncliffe, near BarnBley, where some hundreds of men were on strike. At an early hour on the 21st of January upwards of 1,000 unionists marched in a body to Thorncllffe, and attacked and sacked several of the houses of the non- nmonists. The windows and frames as well as the doors were demolished, while severs! attempts were m% de to set the places on fire after tho furniture was destroyed. The rioters after- wards had a fight with a body of police, who caused them to beat a precipitate retreat. A number of tho rioters were afterwards apprehended, and three of tho leaders were sentenced to be imprisoned for five years. It now appears that, through tho intervention of Mr. Mundella, M. P., an unconditional pardon is aboat to bo granted to tho prisoners. The following letter has been forwarded to Mr. Mundella on the subject: " Whitehall, March £ 0, 1S72-— Sir,— Tho Secretary of Stato for the Dome Department, having considered your appli- cation on behalf of John Bee vors, George Bradley, and Joseph Tipping. I have satisfaction to acquaint you that ho has felt warranted, under all tho circumstimces, iu advising Her Mujosty to remit tiiorcmainder of their sentences. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A. F. O. Ljddkll. A. J. Mundolla, Esq., MP" FOREION FINANCE.— Tho Committee of tho French National Assembly on the Customs' Tariffs, though it has agreed with M, Thiers to imposo duties on " skins, wool, oil, and oleaginous seeds," is, we are told by telegram, still ndverso to taxation of textile fabrics, with or without drawback. As a coso of textile fabric, with drawback, Mr. Pilgarlick instances a blister plaster spread upon linen, to be applied be- tweon the shoulders.— Punch. THE DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER BILL.— On Saturday printed copies of tha Defamation of Private Character Bill ( prepared and brought in by Mr. Eaikoft, Mr. Cross, and Air. Denman) wore issued to order of tho House of Commons. The bill, after reciting previous acts, and pronouncing on their inefficiency to deter, enacts that persons convicted of disseminating libel may, in addition to the punishments awarded by previous enactments, be sentenced to bo kept to hard labour, and'( if a male) be once, twice, or thrice privately . whipped-. Clause. 4 runs as follows :>— " Whosoever shall acouso or threaten to accuse, or send, deliver, orntter, or directly pr indirectly causotobo received, knowing the contents thereof, any letter or writing accusing or tlireatenlng to accuso any woman of unchastlty, with a view or intent to exort or gain by meanB of such accusation, lotter, or writing any. property, chattel, money, valuable security, or oilier valuable thing from any person, shall bo guilty ol felony, and being convicted thereof shall bo liable, , at tho. dlssMtlou of tho court, to suflor the punishment awarded by tho sold 46th and 17th sections of the said act of ' the session of tho 21th and 25th years of tho reign of her present Majesty, chapter06. as altered by tho second section of the said act of the session on tho 27th and 2Sth years ot tho relga of her present Majesty and tho last preceding section of this act, 11 1 " MILK BELOW!"— A Bill to prevent tho Adulteration of Food ( really almost as nectfsary as theBallot) is dt the present tidie before the House of Commons. In Committee it Will be proposed to allow milkmen to sell tho white fluid with which they supply ! their customers minghd^ now, with water, on con- dition that they make it clear to tho public, by an in- eoription painted over their shops and on their carta, cans, and pails, in large and legiblo characters, that they are ililkandwatermen.- of 6,947, and of 10,355 when compared January emigration. During March there sailed " under the Act," to the United States, 331 ships, with 13,900 emigrants, of whom 5,965 were English, 312 Scotch, 2,015 Irish, and 5,60S foreigners. Two of tWse vessels called at Halifax, and landed 35 passengers, and until tho break up of the ice in the St. Lawrence, all Canadian emigrants must land at Portland. There Bailed, " not under the Act," to the United States, 3 vessrls, with 109 passengers ; 3 to Canada ( Portland), with 123 ; 1 to Nova Scotia, with 26; i to Victoria, with 4S; 3 to tho West Indies, with 31; 1 to the East Indies, with 22; 1 to China, with 3; 3 to the West Coast of Africa, with 16; and 6 to South America, with 96: making a total of 28 ships and 474 pas- sengers ; or a grand total of 61 ships asid 14,409 pas- sengers, which sailed from tho Mersey during the month of March. A SUDDEN DEATH IN LONDON.— On Good Fridoy evening, shortly before 10 o'clock, a down Kensington train was about being started from th « S Portland- road station of the Metropolitan line, when tho guard noticed a well- dressed young lady lying alnfost insensible on tho seat of a second- class carriage. She was removed to the ladies' waiting room, where Mrs. Vincent, the attendant, tried to restore her, but without effect She was ultimately taken in a cab to the Middlesex Hospital, and though immediately attended to by the house physician,, she remained unconscious uptil botween 2 and 3 p. m. on Saturday, when she died. The body was afterwards recognised as that of Jiliis Ann Marian Hilliers, aged 20, who had been residing with the family of a gentleman at Ken- sington. It appears that on Good Friday morning the deceased left home to visit some friends m Ivvorett- street, Brunswick- squaro, with whom she spent the afternoon and evening. As she had to return home by tho Metropolitan Railway, tho proper station for her to have started from wao Gmver- stoeet, but in her dress pocket thero was a ticket issued for Kensington at Forringdon- road. Tho reason of her going out of her way to that station is not known.—[ With reference to tho last part of this paragraph, in which it is stated that sho had in her pocket a ticket for Kensington, which had been issued at Farringdon- street, and that the reason of her going out of the way to that station was not known, Captain EL P. de Kantzow writes to The Times, to say that the latter part of the statement ia erroneous. The deceased was returning quietly from a visit in Farringdon- street to her duties in his house, where sho was much respected and esteemed, when she was taken with the sudden illness that caused her death]— In inquest has been held, when the jury re- turned a verdict of " Death from natural causes." CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. A very extraordinary charge has been heard at Jersey— b'ethg a charge of conspiracy to compass the death of M. Benjamin Colin, a journalist. M. Colin, who is a French'refugee, having resided mnny years in Jersey, is editor and proprietor of La Lanternc Magi- que, a flysheet published m the Frenoh language, in the columns of which many lampoons have appeared against the defendant, M. Du Jardin, a deputy in the Jersey States. Considerable bitter feeling has existed between the parties as a consequence of these attacks, and three weeks ago they were both bound over to keep tho peace. Tho present complaint wa3 brought by M. Colin on tho statement of a French labourer, named Charle3 Camaille, who had informed him that M. Du Jardin had offered Him the sum of £ 4 if he would kill M Colin, at the same time offering him a life- preserver and a loaded six- chanlbe » ed revolver ; also giving him information that he could see M. Colin any evening between eight and nine o'clock near the Masonic Temple, in Stopford- road, where it would be easy for him to shoot him. The offer was repeated several^ times, but CamaUlo refused to accept it. This, man was not present in1 court, although be had been summoned to attend, and it was stated that he could not be found, and had not slept at home on the previous night. He was fined IO3., and an order issued for his apprehension. A witness named Joshua Sho well, atioket- of- leaveman, gave evidence to the effect that about eighteen months ago an offer was made to him by a publican named Earlo, on the part of M du Jardin, to watch M. Colin some evening, follow him to a dark and unfrequented place, give him a sound thrashing, and tear off his clothes. For this he was to be paid £ 1, and guaranteed against all danger, an ad- vocate ( counsel) being promised him if he got into • rouble through the job. As he did not know M. Oliu, lie was shown a portrait of him, so that he might reo jhize him. He, however, declined to undertake the matter, though strongly pressed. In order to secure the attendance of Camaillo, the principal witness, the case was adjourned, the defendant being admitted to bail in the Bum of £ 50. The affair has created a great sensation in the island, M Du Jardin, besides boing a deputy in the States, is Captain of the Troopers in the Jersey Militia. AN AGRIOULTORAL STRIKE. — A utriko of Wheat.— Punch. ( , , p . £ AUSTRALIAN MEAT.— Tho Govdrkor r^ orts- ns follows to the Prison Cominjttco of the Town Council at Dover on th, e 12th insti :— " A trial of Australian preserved meat has been maflo In the prison. I bavo now to report that I found it an excollent substitute for, uud superior to, ' fresh boneless beef.' and that when used as BUCII a saving of 50 por cent. Is e( Tented. Tho wholo of tho prisoners fnho wero entltlod to meat), with bnt ono exception, were eatlslled with It, the exception being a female, who has slnco been glad to eat it. I beg to give you ( he following oxtract from tho surgeon's journal:— ' Having examined a portion of tho Au » trall/ in meat used In the Borough prison, I certify that 1 is vory good and nourishing? " COMBININO FOB AN ADVANCE.—' TFLORO IS A paying which, though of sacred origin, is of such trito wLe as to save any reference to it from profanity, fix., " Tho labourer is worthy of his hue,' whichsome people quote mistakenly " Tho labourer is worthy ot W wage," confounding it with tho popular paying •• A fair . lay's wage for a fair day's work." Our rural population neem inclined to blend both readings to- gether, and to set up as a principle, that the " labourot fa worthy of his higher wase."— Punch, MR. CHARLES REED, M. P., ON SECULAR EDUCATION. Mr. Charles'Reed, M. P., while presiding over a meeting of teachers at Warminster on Good Friday, said that he took occasion by way of protest to refer to the unwarrantable suggestion that the Dissenters as a . body had united with the Secularists in demanding the exclusion of the Bible from the common schools of the land. It waa true that Nonconformists had common ground'of opposition to the Education Act of 1870 with the Secularists, in that both parties were reso- lutely opposed to the payment by the State for reli- , gious instruction; but it the Secularists, who were scarcely known as practical workers in the field of education; conceived" that the Dissenters were prepared to abandon moral training by reli- gious teachers they were strangely deceived. This moral training, among tho children of tho poor, who in multitudes of cases had no good influences in their own homes, if homes they had, was of infinitely more value to the State than mere instruction in the rudiments of learning. This enormoufi expenditure of money; and this incessant toil on the part of bene- volent men all through tho land meant something higher and nobler, after all, than the securing fot children a mere knowledge of the art of reading, and skill in writing and figures. It aimed at tho reforma- tion of mannere, the lifting up of the lowest into a region of life, where truth, honour, purity, and charity would become the glorious possession of those who were now enslaved by the grossest and most debasing vices which could afflict a community. Such a change could only bo effected by careful moral training, and moral draining must be based upon a religious principle, and the true code of public morals was found alone in the Word of God. There was no way of influencing this destitute class of children aright, except by appeal to the conscience and the heart, and while he did not advocate religious or theologies! les- sons in the school, he would never consent to deny to the teacher tho most potent influence at his command, a reference to tho will and divine authority of God. To say that when a child had done wrong, had com- mitted sin, it must be referred to the clergyman or the Sunday school teacher on the next Sundav to rebuke the young offender, was an absurdity. The teacher must have liberty to deal with the case at the mo- ment, and explaining the nature of the wrong, enforce a higher commandment than his own, and seek td secure a willing obedience to a law above that of the schooL Unless this were done no real advantage to the State would be secured, and they would be launched upon a course dishonouring to God, degrad- ng to the teacher, and disgraceful to the nation. The Nonconformists had always prized this moral culture, the ragged schools had made it their primary object, and at the present moment, when thousands of children who were of no denomination, had no spiritual adviser, and no parents who could instruct them, were to be gathered into the schools of the nation, it was not likely that they would forego this great advantage. He had the best reason for saying that the Dissenters who had joined the League, and were its foremost advocates, were not prepared todeny to the teacher liberty in these respects. Dr. Raleigh, addressing a meeting in Edin- burgh, had said. " Let the schoolmaster teach the science of numberB, the facts of geography, the laws of music, and ( he would add) if need be, let him avow and enforce those great moral principles of justice, and honesty and fairness, and truth and kindness, on which society itself was built, and without whicn there couM be no intercourse between man and man ; and he supposed that if a re- ligious difficulty of a pressing nature were to occur, the teacher would be allowed to solve it there and then." Of course this couM not be done upon the principle of the Secularists and could only be done by an appeal to the Word of God. He was quite con- vinced that the Act needed amendment and that amendment would bo made. The demand of the people that public money should not be granted or applied, directly or indirectly, to tho support of de- nominational ends must be allowed, but at the same time the deliberate decision of the country in favour of the schools of the nation being made schools for the training of children to virtuous life must be re- spected, and thus the secular instruction given in the schools of the nation would bo made to serve the noblest ends and would redound to the advantage of the whole people. " THAT IS THE QUESTION." ( From Judy.) What - is the mo3t desirable age of life ? Judy put this question to a few friends lately, and has received the following replies, but does not con- sider any of them satisfactory :— FOLLOWIAU fooIT.— To the Alabama claims T^ seems that we have a counter case to be submitted to Arbitration at Geneva! Suppose' we ask, not only direct, but also consequential damages for the Cotton Famine, and leave the Arbitrators to decide whether our own demands or those of the Yankees aro the more preposterous ?— Punch. NEWS FROM PARIS 1— The Paris correspond- ent of the Daily Nev: s writes:— Thanks to a well- informed correspondent which the LiberU koops in London to explain to Frenchmen the manners and customs of the United Kingdom, I know something more of the great boat- race than even the Daily Sews has published I have the satisfaction of learning from the Lilerli that, pursuant to invariable custom, tKa Archbishops ot Canter- bury and York and the B » shop of London were in a ferry boat looking at tho race : that " nlmoal aU " the members of both Houses o( Parliament, " particularly the Lords," wera ameng th( j, spectator; that the conquerors and the con- quered ' dined together in a friendly manner at the " Cock Pheasant" when " the fight wasjdone," and all alike frater- nised under the table in a stato of drunkenness at tho end of tho banquet; ani, finally that in the course of Sunday fifty Buicides among the backers of Oxford were committed In London, but that these kind of things were too common to excite any attention. It is an ungrateful task to send coals to Newcastle, still, as tho above items soem to have escaped thd vigilance of your own reporters, I hope you will take them from mo. INFLUEN CE OF SEX ON HEART- DISEASE.— Those ladies who suffer from the distracting grievance and disability of being treated too much aa drawing- room pets, and shielded too carefully from the rougher blows of the battle of lite, may possibly learn resignation, if they cannot derive complete consolation, from some dry but significant researches which Dr. Quain haa made, and of which he stated the result in his first Lumleian Lecture on Diseases of the Heart at the College of Physicians ( says the British Medical Journal). Enlargement of the heart, one of the most distressing and fatal diseases, is more than twice as frequent in males as in females, the precise proportion being eight to three. This remarkable Lability to en- largement of men's hearts, as compared with those of women, is, he thinks, unquestionably due to the greater amount of work and anxiety which, under the present dispensation, falls upon men. Ladies may take this fact to heart, and reflect whether, in claiming the rights of women, they may not at the same time incur the risks of men, and with them a new and unexpected form of disability. They might do wisely to rest con- tent for their sexx with hearts suffering^ it may be, from those tender affections which often pain, but never kill. ' A RELIC OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.— The Detroit Tribune mentions the return to that city, from Hampton Roads, Virginia, of two divers who have been engaged in searching the wreck of the old frigate Cum- berland, sunk at that place during the war by the rebel ram Merrimac. There was a considerable quanity of money aboard ; but after several vain attempts to re- cover it the wreck was abandoned by the Government. A short time since a number of gentlemen of Detroit and Cleveland determined to endeavour to recover it, and procured for that purpose the services of these two divers. They also, however, have been Unsuccessful in the accomplishment of the main object; but a number of valuable brass cannon have been raised from the wreck, which richly rewarded the enterprise. The divers state that the wreck has almost gone to pieces. The cabins and upper works have entirely disappeared, and, by reason of the bolts, & c., being rusted and eaten by the action of the salt water, a considerable quanity of the hull has fallen away. The po. ts which still re- main intact are those fastened by copper bolts and spikes, upon which salt water has no damaging effect. SATURDAY, APRIL 6. 1873 HISTORY of the STRIKE of the WARWICK SHIRE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. In a letter. dated Leamington, March 31, tha Special Car- Ttav. j— H Tk* Time* gtves the following Interesting JP . r- te and progress of the strike amongrt the agricultural .* bourea of South Warwickshire :— The strike of agricultural labourers in South Warwick- ihire, not only from its original features and from the character of its promoters but more especially sinco it has been weed upon as an opportunity by a certain school of politician*, is a matter of no mere local or temporary importance. The movement originated in Wellesbourne, a considerable agricultural village about six miles from Warwick, surrounded by the estates of Sir Charles Mordaunt and Mr. Lucy and byfhose of one or two smaller landowners. There had b « en, it may I tassumed, a certain amount of quiet preparation among the labouring classes, and this culminated in a meeting held early in February upon Wellesbourne- green, tor the purpose of forming an Agricultural Union analogous to the Unions of the various trades. The meeting was adjourned to the 13th of February, and then one Mr. Joseph Arch came very prominently to the front, and aaromed a leadership which he appears likely to retain. Mr. Arch Is in many respects a re- markable man, and, though he describes himself simply aa an agricultural labourer, he is as distinctly superior to the typical peasant in physical organization as he haaehown himself to be in courage and in intellectual capacity. , He seems about 45 years of age, and his account of himself is that he ' struck" on his own account two- and- twenty years ago, by refusing tho scanty wages of employers in his immediate vicinity, and by walking long distances in search of better pay. It was his custom to go wherever he could get the best terms, starting to his work on Monday morning and not returning to his home until Saturday night. During the intervening time ho would save the cost of lodgings for himself by sleeping In his clothes in any shod or outhouse; and the result of all this industry and self- denial has been that he has not only earned much more money than others of his class, but that he has been able to educate himself to a considerable extent, and to bring up a family of seven children in much credit and respectability. H « has been for Fome time a local preacher among ihe Wesleyans, and haa thus gained fluency of speech. At tho WeUesbourne meeting he advocated the now Union in a telling address, in which he at the same time expressly cautioned his hearers that their coalition must be defensive only, and that no amount of strength must lead them to act unfairly or unjustly- to their employers. He met by anticipa- tion the farmer's objection— that a Union would en- able men to strike at critical periods of the year, at harvest, or when stacks were uncovered for threshing, and declared\ that any such conduct would be alBce dishonost and impolitic He described the agricul- tural labourers aa the most down- trodden and op- pressed of a^ pjasaea < fl t£ s community, and quoted an instance of a'Waggoner who told him that he worked from foufr in the morning till eight at night except on Sundav8, when he worked from five till six at night. Tho man worked 100 hours in the seven days for 12s. 6< L— - lAd. an hour! Ho described the general character of the projected Union arrangements, tho division of the county into districts, the appointment of officers, the preservation of funds, and so forth; but was unable to apeak of the rules in detail, inasmuch as they had stil} to bo considered and amended. The main object was, by combination, to obtain an advance of Is. a day, making 18s. a week. They would be reasonable in their demands, and would allow a man who was incompetent to take less than 18s. a week. They were not yet prepared to insist on the " nine hours day," but would prefer to be paid so much per hour, leaving the time optional because of the exigencies of farming. H they oould not get the rise they must emigrate. Hudson's Bay and Chicago would welcome them. Thov had but to take, a wqek a sail, and their labour would soon produce themacompetency; therefore the young men need not make up their mintls to finish their lives at the workhouse, after a hard existence on 12s. a week. At • similar meetings held in other vil- lages Mr. Arch was always present, and mainly en- larged upon the same topics. At Harbury he urged upon his hearers that, if they were properlv paid for their labour, they would be able to provide themselves with many 50mtorts which they now can only obtain by accepting charity— and that charity of a kind which was thought by the ' donors to place the recipients under profound obligation. He urged that thoy should seek their rights, in order to maintain themselves as honest members of society without the aid of charity. With all thiB there has been a tone of moderation, an apparent striving after accuracy of statement, and a reitenltion of injunctions to live peacefully and to commit no offence, which shows Sir. Arcu to be well fitted to conduct the struggle to a successful issue. It is curious to note how far other speakers fall short of his standard— how prone they are to mn' into mere claptrap, or into appeals to the passions . and the class prejudices of their hearers. 1 Mr. Arch Bimply counsels patience, moderation, good conduct, and firmness; and it must be in no small degree the result of his influ- ence that the proceedings so far have been absolutely free from disorder. Large meetings of 1,500 or 2,000 labourers, have assembled and dispereed without a blow being struck, or a stone, thrown, or a tipsy man be- ng seen among the crowd. The meetings, nevertheless, produced no small consternation among the employers of the locality, and on the 9th of March the Welltsbourno labourers, on being told that their demand for an advance could not be granted, struck to the number of 200 men. On the 13th a large meeting of landowners and farmers was held at Welles- bourne, undor the- presidency of Sir Charles Mordaunt, • which led to a general expression of dislike of tho Union, and an agreement among the fanners to dis- countenance any attempt to organize a counter- Union among employers of labour, At tho same time it was distinctly. understood that everyone was to resist the demands of trie men aa much as possible. The Rev. Mr. Holbcche spoke at great length on the grave ques- tions which had arisen, and finally submitted the fol- lowing resolutions, whiph were unanimously adopted, and 2,000 copies ordered to be printed for circulation in the county :— " 1. That this meeting moat earnestly deprecates any com blnatlon among labourers which originates or fosters discord and disruption between tho agricultural labourers and their employers." " 2. That this meeting Is most anxious to proservo Intact the feeling of goodwill and confidence which has for the most part prevailed between the above classes." " 3. That this meeting Is firmly convinced that In the In tereit 01 th'o agricultural labouror every effort should be made to difWoade labourers from Joining any Union against their employers, and to persuade them to withdraw if they have joined; and if these measures are unsuccessful, then, as a last resource, this meeting considers that employers must refuso to employ Union men." '* i. That this meeting considers tho demands already made by the labourers are excessive, but declines to Interfere In the roai ter of wages, and leaves such disputes to bo arranged between the master and man." In consequence of these resolutions individual efforts have been made by masters in the direction indicated. Some have discharged all Union men, others have offered an advance of wages to all who would pledge themselves not to join its ranks; and these step* havo been attended witb some amount of success. But in the meanwhile branches of the Union havo sprung up in nearly tvery village ; the proposed rules have been pul'lished in detail, although not yet confirmed or finally settled, and the great meeting at Leamington on Good Friday ovening, presided over by Mr. Auberon Herbert, MP., has welded together tho scattered branches into one coherent whole. More than one cottager with whom I conversed this morning conjectured that his actual or late master would be staying at home from church because there would be " summut for ' un to rade in the newspapers;" and they all seemed to expect that the mere report of the meeting would gTeatly help their cause. Mr. Arch himself, with whom I had a long conversation, was, or at least expressed himself as being, less sanguine; and complained of the timidity of many of those with whom he had to deal. I discussed with him some of the Eoint* referred to in his several speeches, and found im in possession of very clear and definite viowB with regard to them. He said that tho farmers, as a class, hod during late years made a great change in their expenditure and mode of living, tti at they avoided actual labour, kept hun- ter-, and indulged in many luxuries formerly undreamt of, but that the lot of the labourer had changed onl> for the worse. He spoke in detail of alterations la pnc « within his own recollection ; and contended tha* if the fanner could not afford to increase wages, he must either diminUK his rate of living or pay less rent: He held that the labourer had a right to a greater share of the profits of the land than he now receive* ; and that it is enough for him to assert and secure this right. He has no need to trouble his head with the PUM « « of its assertion upoo others. Mr. A*± sometimes, and other r* aken mush mot » frequently, dwelt upon the actual lowness of present wages a. s a crying grievance, almost as a sin against humanity. They have described the hard lot of a labourer on 10s. or 12a. a week, with a wife and family to support, and have given elaborate calculations about the number of farthings which, out of such a pittance, could be devoted to each meal. One especially sensa- tional picture has been drawn, in which tho mother of a family disclaimed all knowledge of the manner in which her children were supplied with boots. But as the children were there and aa they mani- festly had boots, and as no reasonable person can believe that their mother did not know all about these boots, the legitimate inference may be that she pre- ferred not to telL The fact is, that this 123. a week story will not bear examination. It is put forward, and I think unwisely, as an easy means of obtaining sympathy from the large number of people to whom the rum would hardly appear to be a barrier against starvation. The nominal wage of 12s. a week is, how- ever, in fact, increased in various ways; and, in tho immediate neighbourhood of Wellesbourne, I am assured on the best authority that the actual re- ceipts of an able- bodied man average 15s. a week. How this is brought about may bo gathered from what is, perhaps, the best view of the farmers' side of tho wages question that has yet been given to the public. This i3 afforded by a paper and discussion at the Banbury Chamber of Agriculture, on the 26th of March. The author of the paper ( Mr. Westover) disputed the truth of the assertion that the men have to live the year through on the sums named at the various meetings that have been held. He stated that he himself paid an average sum of 38s. 3d. annually for manual labour on every acre of arable land in his occupation, and that four of his regular hands, from tho lst of 4larch to the middlo of November last year, a period of 37 weeks, averaged over their nominal wages as follows :— No. 1, 5s. 4& L ; 2, 5s.; 3. in. 7id.; 4, 4B. 3d., extra per week ; no Sunday woik; and, with the exception of a short haytime and ef harvest, they very rarely worked more than the ordinary nine hours per day. This average is stated to includo every day of an exceptionally wet season, in which not an hour was reckoned aa lost, although much time was lost to the employer, and all the hay was damaged. Tho wife and children of one of the men referred to picked up wheat on two farms last harvest worth £ 5 at the market price, which, distributed over the thirty- seven weeks, wtrald be an additional 2s. S£ d. per week. The men have their cottages at the rent which the farmer pays for them, and the farmer does tenants' repairs. During the other fifteen weekB the men havo what piecework can bo given to them, such as barn work and hedge cutting ; they are, at all events, regularly employed at their day pay, and lose no time on account of weather or short daylight. Sunday work is generally reduced to the necessary feeding and milk- ing, for which the men are always paid extra money, in many cases with food in addition. In a discussion which followed, the Eev. C. D. Francis, of Tysoe, supported Mr. Westover's statements. He said that the speakers at the various meetings first argued that the labourer lived upon what he never had lived upon, and never would live upon, the 10s, a week. They ignored every other source of income exccpt the bare 10s. a week. They argued that this 10s. for seven persons only allowed three farthings a meal three times a day. H tho labourer really lived on 10s. a week this would be true, but it was not true. Let them inquire into the particulars of the average income of an able- bodied agricultural labourer in Tysoe parish, with wife and five small children, • nly one of them able to work, and the wife able to work 12 weeks out of th6 02. No extra piece work was calculated for the man excepting hay and har- vest:— Man— for 45 weeks at 12s., £ 27; harvest, four weeks at £ 1, £ 4; beer money, £ 1; mowing, three weeks, £ 3 3s.; beer money, 9s. Wife— reaping, two weeks, £ 1 4s.: beer money ( 4Jd. per day), 4s. 6d. ; hay- making, three weeks, 18s.; beer money ( 2£ d. per day), 3s. 9d.; bean- setting or other field work, five weeks, £ 1 5s. Boy— forty- five weeks at 2s. 6d., £ 5 7s. 6d. ; harvest, four weeks, £ 1; haymaking, three weeks, 9a.; beer for hay and harvest, 3s. 9d.; total, £ 46 12s. 6d.; If the man is carter or cowman, 2s. per week more ( or Is. and beer), £ 5 4s. j total for carter or cow- man, £ 51 16s. 6a. Pansh privileges.— Allotment, I 30 poles ( produce of half will pay allotment rent); I 30 bushels of potatoes, grown on other half, at 2s. 6d. a bushel, £ 3 15s.; gleaning, four bushels of wheat, at 7s., £ 1 8s.; ditto, two bushels barley and beans, at 5s., 10s.; poor land, coal to the value of 7B. 6d.; parish land, clothing to the value of 10s.; adult clothing club, 4s. 6d.; children's ditto, 6s. ; total £ 7 Is. ; total of carter or cowman, with privi- leges, £ 58 17s. 6d. They would see how utterly false were the assertions of those agitators who 6aid that a man and his family had to live on 10s. a week. Some- body should Do appointed in eaco pans a to mane known the facts, or the Chamber should publish them in order that they might go forth to the world, and show what the labourer really does earn. No one really knew what the privileges of the labourers were unless he lived in the country with them. Partly from these considerations, partly from ob- servation of the physical condition of the people, and partly from knowledge of the state of agricultural labourers in other parts of England, I am driven to tho conclusion that the men of South Warwickshire are in many respects the most favoured of their class. Their receipts would seem boundless opulence to many of Canon Girdlestone'a former parishioners, and the rise in the price of butchers' meat, which has so seriously affected households higher in the social scale, passes, comparatively speaking, over their heads. Butchers' meat has never been a staple article of diet among agricultural labourers, although, doubtless, a much prized luxury. The wages in War- wickshire were very generally advanced a shilling last year on the application of the men, and since then prices have altered, if at all, for the better. I am assured that a further advance of 2s. would now have been very generally conceded if asked for, as the natural corollary of the price of stock. The farmers say they do not so much object to tha money demand as to being brought under the yoke of an Union. Regarding the wages clairn, therefore, a3 being un- tenable on the plea of necessity, I am driven to look upon the Strike as something far more serious than the cry of empty stomachs for more food. I look npon'it a3 an endeavour on the part of the labourers to raise themselves in the social scale by asserting the higher value of their work, and it is very significant that this endeavour should come from those who are best off. It is surely a matter for regret that the plea of insufficient wages, qud sustenance, should have been raised. It is almost equivalent to a charge of inhumanity against employers, and is for this very reason bitterly re- sented by the latter. It is impossible to foresee the issue of the present contest, but tho demands made if not at once conceded are almost sure to bo repeated and pressed at some future time. In any event; what- ever else may happen, it would greatly tend to simplify the question at issue if the termination of the Strike were made the occasion for the abolition of all the irregular payments which now swell the labourer's re- ceipts, ana for the substitution of some definite amount of woekly wages. Mr. Auberon Herbert, M. P., on Saturday evening held an outdoor meeting on the green under the chest- nut tree, and delivered an address to upwards of 100 labourers. He pointed out the importance of good behaviour throughout the present struggle, and hoped they would cultivate feelings of moderation. As an incentive to good behaviour he referred to the excellent example of the Lancashire weavers when suffering from cotton famine. He also urged them to strive for individual improvement, and promised on his return to London to send down an adequate supply of copy- books, slates, pens, pencils, & c. The Relief Committee from Leamington distributed aid to the men at the rate of 9s. each per week. Tho farmers have not yet conceded the demands of the men. On Saturday evening, Mr. J. T. Hibbert, MP. for Oldham, was present at the annual meeting of the Lees Liberal Association. In the course of his speech, referring to tho strike of agricultural labourers in Warwickshire, he said it was quite a new thing to see a strike or anything like a union among agricultural labourers. He did not like strikes himself, believing them to be a waste of money, but he had a great sympathy with these unfortunate agricultural labourers. ( Hear, hear.) In his position in connexion with the Poor Law Department he was continually being asked to allow Boards of Guardians to give relief to families where the the wages were only 9s. or 10s. a week. ( Shame.) He was aaked the other day to permit a Board of Guardians to relieve a poor family consisting of eight children, a man and his wife, where the wage* were only 9s. or 10s. a week. (" Shame I") He was asked the other day to permit • Board of Guardians to relieve a poor family consist- ing of eight children, a man and his wife, where the entire earnings were only Ha a week. ( Sensation.) It seemed a hard thing, and no doubt Uio meeting wtmld think ST when he told them that he refused to give permission. But whv did he refuse? Because if they were to allow Boards of Guardians givo relief in coses of this kind there never would be an increase of wages. It was this indiscriminate dispen- sation of relief which kept down the rate of wages in agricultural districts. He had looked the matter care- fully through, and he found that in those counties where the labourers were receiving the least wages there were the heaviest poor rates. The only wonder to him was how they managed to bring up a family at all, and he thought it was a mistake on the part of the masters not to pay a good wage and have good workmen. A FREE RREAKFAST TABLE. The following letter. In connection with the alterations proposed In the new Budget, which has boeu sent to The Times for publication, may possess somo littlrf Interest Just While I most cordially acknowledge the unrivalled accuracy and fairnessof the report of the Parliamentary Debates in the case of speakers of all shades of opinion, I venture to hope that you will allow me, as tho only member who expressed his disapproval of the diminu- tion of the income- tax until the taxes on the breakfast table were abolished, to supplement your excellent re- port of my speech by some of the additional facti and arguments on which I based my views, and I ask this indulgence with the more confidence as the recess leaves your columns comparatively free, as I intend not to add a syllable to what I stated in my speech, while I will endeavour to compress my observations into nearly telegraphic limits, even at the risk of perspicuity. Under the discouragement and difficulty of address- ing an impatient and unsympathetic audience, in addi- tion to tho remarks which you have reported, I said that the working clasess would be equally astonished and disappointed that while three millions was taken off the payers of income tax, the manual labour class only received a doubtful benefit in the shape of a peddling reduction In the coffee duties; that we were bound m honour, in the face of the country and the world, to do justice to tho majority of the population not represented in Parliament, but that the Budget was entirely in favour of the rich ; that if the working classes only paid their fair 6hare in 1871, then half the deficiency of £ 3,000,000 should have been placed on their shoulders; but if, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer's course proves, they ought not to bavo borne this extra burden, when it was removed they should have obtained their proportionate share of the remission of taxation ; that America is about to grant the free breakfast table, and that the aristocratic and Elutocratic House of Commons should be ashamed to e less liberal to the poor than the Democratic House of Representatives of the United States; that tea, sugar, and coffee are necessaries because they are uni- versally given in workhouses and gaols; that it is contrary to the Constitution to tax those who are not represented for necessaries; that a large proportion of the poor are even excused local rates ; that the profit and expenses connected with tho duties on the break- fast table involved a cost to the consumers of ten mil- lions, though only yielding £ 6,300,000 to Government independently of cost of collection; that the export and transit duties on tea in China amounted to 4d. per pound, while by Treaty they should only be ljd. per pound, and, adding 2d. of profit on those dues, the consumer lost another 6d- per pound, all of which might be saved by compelling the Chinese to observe tho Treaty and abolish our import duty as an ample equivalent for the export duty, and thus tea might be sold retail at 6d. to 8d. per pound which now costs 2s.; that the saving to the people of England by baying tea at 6d. instead of 2s, would be nine millions sterling, and if the consumption doubles, as it probably would, eighteen millions sterling; that as the Chinese popula- tion is about 460,000,000, and aa they drink about 10 pounds per head, if we doubled our consumption it would only be about 22 per cent, on the production, and would probably not enhance, perceptibly, the price received _ by the grower; that to make up any deficiency in the revenue by the free breakfast table the wine duties should be raised to the same rate as the duties on spirits in proportion to alcoholic strength, as the rich ehould pay as much for alcohols aa the poor; that publicans' licences should be adjusted on an ascending scale, re- taining present unit instead of stopping at £ 50 of rental, so that the man whose rental was £ 1,000 should pay twenty times as much as the man whose rental was £ 50; that Clubs should take out licences; that grocers Btiould be allowed to sell wine and spirits at the same rate of licence as publicans instead of paying £ 28 against £ 5, by which means another million might be raiaed; that the house- tax should be levied on all houses which, if in London, would be worth £ 20, by cubical con- tents, number of rooms orotherwise, or elseon all houses occupied by persons who paid income- tax and who were not of the labour class. That the income- tax should be remitted to the extent of £ 9919s. llfd. ( under £ 100) on all incomes up to £ 300, and not merely to tho extent of £ 80, as those in receipt of £ 99 19s. 11 jd. are exempt; and_ I added that I protested against the reduction of 2d. in the income- tax in preference to the remission of the taxes on the breakfast tables as equally unjust" and injudicious, and that I thought it astonishing and dis- tressing to hear rich members of all parties in the House of Commons over their turtle and champagne cordially sanctioning the confiscation of the entire surplus for the benefit of their class, and doubting whether it would not be a violation of the Constitution to allow the wretched out- door pauper, tho helples3 widow, or the poor seamstress of Spitalfields a cup of untaxed tea with their crust of dry bread. Your obedient servant, J. G. T. SmCLAiB. Knoll- lodge, Malvern Wells, March 27. SHEEP. Mr. J. J. Mechl, Uptree- hall, near Kelvodon, Essox, has sent the following to The Timci:— The diminution of our sheep stock to the enormous extent of nearly 4,500,000 is a serious agricultural, and, in some degree, national calamity. I fear that the loss of capital suffered by the owners of sheep flocks during the seasons of drought will, for some years to come, prevent a return to the former numbers. But this is not the only loss, for the food- producing power of the country has been seriously diminished by the loss of manure from so many animals. Flock masters are now receiving some remuneration by tho greatly enhanced valuo of their animals, and non- breeders will be compelled, by the high prices they havo to pay for their lean stock, to take breeding in hand. I have alwayB held that farmers should mir breeding with arable farming. Practically, I have found no difficulty in rearing my own sheep, irrespective of per- manent pasture, which I am more and more convinced is a great loss to the country, and no longer adapted to the new and improved circumstances resulting from tho use of steam for cultivation and the introduction of artificial manures and abundant foreign feeding stuffs. Thfe pastoral age is fortunately fast becoming an affair of antiquity. SHOCKING SUICIDE of a YOUNG LADY. An inaueat ha3 been held at the " Greyhound" Hotel, Mildmay- park, London, on the body of Miss Mary Steele, aged 22, residing with her parents at Lome- house, Mildmay- park. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Peacock Bostock and others, that for some time past deceased had been in indifferent health. On Good- Friday morning a servant named Moore took deceased up her breakfast, at which time she was in bed, and asked the servant if the family were all at the table, to which an answer was given in tho affirmative, and tho servant went down stairs to the school- room. Hearing a fall she looked out, and saw deceased in the front area. She ( deceased), the moment the servant had left her had got out of bed, locked her room door, opened the window, and placed her hands on the sill, and threw herself out headforemost, taming a somersault in her descent, im which she struck a iron balcony ( on a lower floor), breaking the top bar completely off, and fell with great force into the area below, a depth of 35 or 40 feet. She lingered for nearly five and a half hours, during which she only recovered her senses for about a moment, when she exclaimed " Oh, my poor mnma f' Mr. J. Williamson, MD., said he had attended de- ceased for some time ; she suffered from weakness and emaciation. Her manner was peculiar, and showed a tendency to suicide. He cautioned her friends not to leave her alone. He made a post- mortem examina- tion. which showed tho cause of death was an effusion of blood on the brain, and a fracture of the skulL caused by a fall. The jury returned » rerdict of itied* while in aetat* of unsound mind. SPUTTERINGS FROM " JUDY'S0 PEN Vaxk L- oks— Seeing which way tho wind blows'! TM Oxford would, so doubt, have won the race, had not so much depended on the " Whether." IS consequence of tho TiCHBORXE bets being " off," thou- sand! of pairs of plovej will remain " on" the hands ol tho hosiers, instead of going on to those of tho ladies. AS elderly laly states th: » t, when sha was a girl, she asked a gentleman to clasp her cloak. Ho did so— and its contents at the same time. Tin? Oxford is said to owo Its lou to having the " Blues," — the " dark Wucs " bong nlore maligiiant than tho " light," A SOLIciTOlt- GESLEAL.— A poor beggar. A PliTJIATE.— An inquisitive wife. AsoTarr. Prime- eight— The Cambridge boatman. MEM — The Keeper of the Great Seals lives in Greenland. A SHAbEHOLDLP.— A ploughman. A QUICKSET ' cdjo— Tho edge of a razor. THE Literati of tho Turf— Book- makers. WoitES' 9 Eights— Children. HOME Rule— Curtain Lectures. FOUL PJay— Cock- flghting. THE most Suitable Address for a Small Provision Dealer— Groccr ( Grow, sir). — Judy. EPITOME OF NEWS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN. The London Mirror of last week records five anony- mous donations of £ 1,000 each to metropolitan charities. Twenty five years ago San Francisco contained only 100 inhabitants. It has much deteriorated since then. One of the most interesting events in a nation's history was celebrated by tho Dutch on Monday— the tor- centcnary of its independence. A frigate, with a large batch of Communist con- victs, leaves for New Caledonia on Saturday. It la stated that Henri Bochefort and Assl are among them. Six hundred joiners struck work at Leicester, on lionday, in order to get the nlno hours system, and an ad- vance iu tho rate of wages of one halfpenny per hour. Tho Some Secretary has directed an official inquiry into the circumstances attending, tho Bolton riots of Nov- ember last, when n man was killed on the occasion of Sir Charles Dilke'a visit to that town. 8hocks of earthquake have been spread over two days in South California. Thirty pert'ons were killed and a hundred injured in ono hamlet, whilst numerous casualties are reported in others. The way a Colorado lover expressed admiration for bis fair :—" She's a peeler, sho ia. She killed a bear w£ 6n she was fifteen, and a Digger Indian when she was eighteen, and now she'll whip her weight in wildcats." Prince Orloff, a& soon as the Russian Easier, which fallB thirteen days later than ours, is over, will visit Germany to settle some importnnt aflairs. Tho Ambassador's absence from Paris will not exceed a fortnight. Don Piatt Bays that Senator Conkling is a" man of diction and contradiction," and considers It essential to his high position that lie should be, to uco n homely but expressive phrase, " i toploftlcal mahogany hlgh-^ og^ er." The difference between a blunder and a mistake has thus been defined :— When a man puts down a bad umbrella and takes up a good one, he makes a mistako ; but when he ^ uts down a good one and takes up a bad one, ho makes 0 In roe ponding to a request for an autograph, a literary gentleman recently wrote : " You ask for my auto- graph with a sentiment. My sentiment is this: When a gsntleman writes to another on his own business he should inclose a postago stamp." About five hundred London compositors struck work on Saturday In consequeneo of the employers having refused compliance with the demands of the men for on advance of one halfpenny per thousand on the quantity of typ « set up, and a reduction of the hours » f labour to ( A per week. Snowballing has led to fatal results between two boys at Stratford. Exasperated at being struok sevoral times, one of the boys throw a chisel at the other, which punctured tho Bkull and lacerated tho brain. He was com- mitted for trial at the Central Criminal Court. We ( Daily News) hear that tho wholesale execution, without trial, of the Kookas, who lately revolted under a fanatical Impulse, and upwards of 60 of whom wero blown away from guns, has been condemned by the Indian authori- tioa. We oro further informed that the papers on fhl" painful subject will shortly be laid before Parliament. An American critic says, " The dog Grimaldi, whoBe clown- like performances in • The Dlaek Crook eicito so much merriment, is the most wonderfully trained animal we have ever seen upon tho stage, apd the manner in which he goes through his rile suggests a sort of grim humour which it Is hard to believe he does not really possess." One of the most interesting items of St Petersburg life will shortly cease to exist— tho choruB of male voices for tho performonce of religious music— which was supported entirely by the old Count Scheremetyeff. This chorus cost him £ 6,000 a year to keep up. and, as he is dead, his heir de- clines to continue tho Eomejvfiat oostly pleasure. A movement has been started amongst the farm la- bourers In the West of Scotland for an increase of Wages, and a reduction of hours. Married men now recolve I8s. per week and froo house : th'tfy desire £ 1 a week. They work fourteen and sixteen hours a day ; they wish eleven hours, stopping on Saturdays at two p. m. The Great Northern Railway Company have sup- Elemented their concession of thiri- cln& s fareB by all trains y a further concession— that tho third- class fares by all their trnins shall be Parliamentary, 01 Government fares. As one consequenco of this the third- class faro from Brad- ford to Leeds will be reduced from 1p. to 9d., and at tho intermediate Btatlons reductions will be made in tho same proportion. The Australian papers give us the true account of tha shelling of a native village by her Majesty's ship Iiotario. It appears that tho ltrnario visited the island where Bishop Battoson vra* murdered, and as the boats attempted to land they were flrod oh. and one seaman killed and another wounded. It was then that tho Rosario shelled a native village, and killed nearly SO of tho inhabitants. The death of the Rev. F. D. Maurice, from an attack of plsurisy, Is announced. He was in his 7eth year. Mr. Maurice was one of tho most brilliant pi eachere of tho so- called " Broad" school, and retired from hla professorship at King's College somo years ago, when hla views on the eternity of future punishments were challenged. A very daring act of brigandage has been committed In Spain. Tho Andilosian train, ou its way to Madrid, Was brought to a standstill by the rails having been torn up, when it was attacked by a band of brigands, and plundered of £ 3,000 and other booty, and threo persons who ventured on resistance wero wounded. The robbers appear to have escaped. " Sisters.— You are foolishly alarmed, and acting heartlessly. Surely you can send a line or a message to me, to ease my mind and to lot mo know how much Is really known and who is at tho bottom of all tho mischief, and what my wlfo really means and wishes as to the future. Try to obtain Monday's local paper, or send me addreis of post- office where I can forward it, so that you may see it. Will still trust. You aro trying my patience cruelly and most un- deservedly."— Advertisement In The Times. On Monday n'. ght, Mr. Bradlaugh delivered a lec- ture in the City Hall, Glasgow, on Monarchy and Republican- lam. Owing to tho action of tho Orangemen, thero was serious fear of a riot, but fortunatoly the arrangements of the police prevented such an occurrence. The lecture with ceveral minor interruptions, wa3 listened to, though it was shorn of Its fair proportions; but of an audience of 2 000 people Mr. Bradlaugh seemed at least to have 1,600 sym- pathisers. A demure- looking chap in Connecticut hailed a driver of a perambulating shop with the query, " Havo you got anything to sell in your waggon f" " Yes, sir," said the expectant driver, stopping his horsos. " That's right." ob- served th « questioner, with an approving nod : " always tell the truth, and people will respect you." He hurried on, os^ the pedlar was getting out of the waggon to look for a On Monday evening the position of the agricultural labourer was uicldentaUy discussed at the monthly meeting of the Farmers' Club, which took placeat tho Salisbury Hotel, London. The general tenor of tho observations made was to the effort that tbero were two sides to this as well as to every other question, and that while tho labourer complained, of his weekly wages, it ought to bo remembered that he was not discharged from his employment during tho winter, ' when the work of the agriculturist was almost « ompl « tely at a standi till. Mr. Disraeli arrived at Manchester on Monday. About thirty thousand peoplo had assembled to welcome him and his appearance wasicreeted with deafening cheers. Mr. Callender, JUCL, the Chairman of tho Manchester Con- servative Association, was in waiting to receive him. The horses wero taken by tho people out of hla carriage; and when the right hon. geutleman had taken his seat therein it waa drawn by about thirty men to Mr. Calender's resi- dence at Victoria- park, amid the enthualaatlc cheers of tha assembled thousands. On arriving at tho houso Mr. DUraeH, in acknowledgment of the warm reception accorded to him.' said he and Viscountess Beaconsfleld would never forgetlt! At a bazaar held at Tunstall, on Monday, Mr. Mellvi MP., f. r Stoko- on- Trent, deelarodthat the only true and the best solution of our educational difficulty lay In voluntary labour. Ho was sure that ho should carry Conservative ivnJ p. thy with him when he said that the futon* ChriiTu^ W • JL" ha? da Clergymen, and ministers 1CH0RUH, A" LTR, and rested entirely on VO1MU£ In , T0mm tUvr? ^^ " PP0" to he rellgWdlffl. ° the,. w* y: but, " u w" for parsons and tor « ? CT0 bo seen to be onlTdlfrerenws of Tb. ole ct, DdlU" D » of relWous education were already to a great exWnt supplied by the to OtoBandxv jckjool teacher* connected with the PWnSSve" M. thSdu* « » d further effort* in the uuno directlon bv ouS Peruvian railways have ladies' smoking cars. M. de Bismarck is about creating Targe paper ri. Tla on his domain of Lauenburg, similar to those alrx- iOv at » > rk on his Varrim estate. The advocates of women's rights are making civ at preparations for ths coming campaign. Mectiugn arc Kin- organised in various parts or the kingdom. Tho following brief colloquy occurred at nn Iri~ h railroad station :— Passenccr : " Uowloug will the next train be J" Porter: " About six carriage ® , your honour, may U\ • o far as 1 knows, and an englno by course." Ought women to preach is the question wliich i at present agitating the Presbyterian Church In Araerl.- a. St. Paul, In hla epistles to tho Corinthians and Timothy prohibits women preaching. A fourth contribution of £ 1,000 has been forwarded to the bankers of tho Iwoyal London Ophthalmic Hoipital, Moorfields, by an unknown benefactor, under tho luiiiali " T. B. C." A Paris judge recently asked a counterfeiter why ha coincd base money, and was answered—" Because. tho Prus- sians havo takon all the good I" The following curious fact mi> y bo attributed to tho " Irony of chance. At a recent grand ooncorf In Paris, clven In aid of the fund for pay lug the Germantroopiout of l r. ui.- o, cvery_ piece was by a German composer. Nearly all New York young gentlemen have their overcoats mado with a pocket on ono side, lined with fl innol or fur, in which a lady may slip her hand'when walking ol a cold winter's evening. The lst of July is fixed for the opening of the Exhi- bition at Lyons. A quasi- political character i » to be givqa to tho event: tho Republicans preparing to hold a " strong but peaceablo" demonstration In favour of their principles. Six hundred artisans and labourers have been dis- charged from Woolwich Arsenal during tho past few days. A considerable proportion of tho former will at once pro- ceed to the North of England, where the ironworks are now Glashier, the aeronaut, reports that a woman's voice is audible In a balloon at the height of two miles, whllo that of a man has never reached higher than a mile. . What nran- dane and matrimonial theory is visibly connectcd with this statement f Tho King of Siam, who recently visited the Viceroy of IndlA, Is a very small, placid- looking man who dresses In European fashion, with Knee- breeches anu stockings, and lives like a European in all respects— barring that ho has got a lot ol wives. Easter Sunday was a dull day in Pari" the dismal weather being only varied by a thunderstorm. Tho churches, however, wore attended at this high feslital by ikm- gregatlons that have been unprecedented in recent It was stated in a recent telegram that the only re- maining Protestant place of worship In Madrid had just been closed. This news Is, it, seems, incorrect, for a Madrid Correspondent, In a special telegram, states that there are no fewer than seven JProtestant churches in tho city, attended by about 4,000 persons, besides many Protestant day schools and Sunday schools. Two out of three young men, capsized in a pleasure boat on the Thames, near Kow, on Sunday, w « re drowned In tho presence of those ou board twtf. steamer* ami threo pleasure boats, none of whom appeared to attempt a rescue. Three lads lira boat managed, by a vigorous effort, to rescue tho third young man, who was on the point of siuking for the last time. The other evening, at a concert in London, an old gentleman was much annoyod by tho constaut coughing of • lady who sat In tho scat behind him. His patlenco giving out at last, he turned round and said severely, " That's a very bad cold of yours, madam: " to which the lady demuroly replied, " I know It, air. and I'm very sorry for it, but it's the . best I've got." The old gentleman was sllencod. The following neat reply has been mado to a school board exansiner, who said, " What is tho difference, little boys— now you have heard all about missionaries and tholr good works from your kind prec « ptor— between a ChrutUn and'a cannibal!" A boy of ten, noted for his good appetito and the consequent love of fun which always accompanist it. said, with a grin, " Why, master. 111 tellyer; t'ouo enjeys hisself, and t'other enjoys t'other people," Some time since two young ladies were bothered by an old gipsy to have their fortunes told, who nt length stimulated their curiosity by promising for half- a- crown to show them their future husbands' faces in a pail of water. Tho water being, procured they were told to look. They did so ; when, discovering nothing strange, they exclaimed thejr San 6nly their own faces, " well," replied tho cipsy, " ttioso will be your husbands' faces when you are married." A most scientific thing waa said by a physician to a young gentleman who was very much about town, and at length camo to him to ask the reason of the unnatural rush of blood to tho head. " It Is quite natural," was tho reply: " don't alarm yourself. Nature abhors a vacuum." " Oh yes, I see. What shaU I take, Mr.— er— er J" " Take a book dally, sir," said the modem Abernethy. But on second con sideration he wrote out a mild prescription of water and peppermint for tho uncomprehending patient. In bidding good- bye to the Deputies on the adjourn- ment of the Assembly for the recess, tho President of the Republic spoko with somo confidence on the position of affairs in Franco, as fulfilling national associations and tho legitimate demands of Europe. Tho reorganisation of the army could be regarded as a menace by no other Power. This was said in public ; iu private M. Thiers was ni. rc opl grammatto. " I hope," he said, " somoof the Deputies will come back less Republican, somo less Monarchical, and all moro French." The promoters of the scheme for the formation of a tunnel under the English Channel were received. on Sunday last by the President of the Republic, to whom;, they read their " project." M Thiers llsteied to them with much affability, and assured them that tho ldea'of forming a com- munication between Franco and England by means of a tunnel Would meet with no opposition; but added that ha could express no opinion on the possibility of realliei" g such: an idea, » nd that the enterprise, like ' all privato cntorprl. es, must bo carried out in the ordinary manner. The New York Tribune begins a minor editorial artlole as follows:—" It la related of a quarrelsome gentle- man In Pike County that having been lRnomlulousIy cuffed and kicked by a rival bruiser, he explained lis defeat by saying Ho came at me so sudden, I didn't have time to git mad.' The ad van tag oa of a proionpted narslng of wrath aroseon In the recent robust oxhibltlon of rane by • ur English cousins. There has never been seen a more dellbe. ratepaEslon." The Tribune may take it that for oncc It Mas hit the nail of truth on the head with a true and well- aimed blow, and driven It homo Into its readers. " Cousin Jonathan has been begun to annex us. At least ho has begun to occupy London in force, which is tha first step towards annexation. One of the great New York journals has located itself in Fleet- street, or at lea^ it lias opened a branch ofllcethero, for tho receipt of ndwrtise- menta; and Is advertising Itself. No doubt the Herald will speedily foUow suit. These American papers will lie welcome in a land whero no one Is afraid of competition, and the best wins. American journalism Is energetic and smart, and can teach old John something."— Court Journal. THE FALMOUTH AND PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY, APEIL 6. 1872. _ Snrra. Wanted <• Purchase Old Indian Chin h> Curiosities JOHN BURTON, U^ REBT ST., FALMOTTTH, IS OPEN TO PURCHASE EVERY DESCRIPTION OP Old Indim Chiaa and other Cariosities, For which the highest market value will be given. READ HERE, AND SEE THE GREAT BENEFITS DERIVED FROM A Is. IJD. ARTICLE. All cock's Porous Planters have relieved sufferers when in the greatest pain and all other remedies had ailed. Pbj sicinns and surgeons of all schools recommend lb em! A doctor said the other day :—" I do not know w th? r Allcock's Piasters contain all tho virtues yon ascribo to Ihem, but this I 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 tboir value to suffering humanity ill bo demonstrated to any one calling at the principal agenoy. [ KFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. " Henry D. Brand re th, 57, Great Charlotte- street, Liverpool. " Dear Sir,— We bes to enclose another testi- monial as to the effieacy of Allcock's Porous Plasters. . Tames Ealcliffe, Stamford- street, Mosely, says be had been confined to his bed five weeks suffering from inflammation of the luag3. Be coughed continually, with great expectoration and difficulty of breathing, which brought him so low that lie was unable to rise in bed without support tie applied one o) your plasters, and found relief in fifteen minutes, after which he says the cough stopped and the expectoration ceased. He is now quite rfcov.- red. The above is exactly his own stat ment < n me.— Yours respectfully, " JO' N B1CKLE. . ^ -' " Pro > V. BOSl'OCK, 24, Stamford: street, Ashron- nnder- Lyne " Not em oer 24,1871" Coals! Coals \ Y Coals!!! A N excelll^ nli Cargo/ ofrubbly Coals nov CX. dischai'pujlsyat the Quay, delivered direc trom Ship. A / Send early o\ dor/ to / J. OAKSHOTT, 12^ Vodehouse Terrace, Falmoutb % V To Builders, & c. THE TRUSTEES of the Pcnryn Wesleyan Day School invite TENDERS for the Enlargement of the School according to the Plans and Specifications as approved by tho Committee of Council on Education. The Plans & Specifications mav be inspected at the offices of Mr. William Hosken, Com- mercial Road, Penryn, during business hours, from the eighth to tho fifteenth of April next ( inclusive). Tenders ( addressed to the Trustees) are to be delivered to the Rev. Edward Crump, " Wesleyan Chapel House, Penryn, before 12 o'clock at noon, on the 16th of April next. The Trustees do not bind themselves to ac- cept the lowest or any Tender. Penryn, 30th March, 1872. falmouth & penryn weekly times. SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1873. FALMOUTH. ANNUAL VESTRY. QCIATICA. Hovwood, October 9,1871. Henry D. Brandreth 57, Great Charlotte- street, Liverpool. Dear Sir,— Pha*^ to et" d ice onot her six dozen of Allcock's Piasters and two down Brand- reth's Pill's, It-, lid. The Piasters seem to produce wondertul results. There is eoaroely a duv passes bnt home one is telling mo of the core* thev are making. P. benmatism in various parts of body •!• appears as if by magic. Only on Sunday ' "='* Mr. Jacob lleywood, Albert- terrace, Stark. - - eet,' Uevwood, informed me that be had been trouble! with sciatica for three years; f bad was it the lust twelve month- of " that. lime tliai was unable to fallow his em- ployment. II" had tried many doctors, be » n to Matlock, and £ 2 on a larrely- advertise- 1 o'ectric- cbain belt at an to no purpose. So ne one ai last persuad. J him to try your Plasters, lie aid he ha no tsiith in them, but ho would try them, for he w stuck fast; they ooald not rcinke his pain much wor. e, aul it would only be a little more raoa<> v sent after the rest. So he bought two ; ne bo plao* d on is thigh, and the other on his back, an J a . veak ittor ••<} wa* ready for bis work. Itis now six mouttta s< 0, and ho has had no return of his pains.— Yours traly, W. BECKETT- R HEUMATISM OF THE WRIST Henry D. Brandre'b, Esq., 57, Great Cbar- lott6- 6treet. Liverpool. 36, Crown- street, Liverpool, Nov. 21st, 1871. Dear Sir,— Three months since I could not use my right hand, owing to rheumatism in i} and in mv wrist, and over ten weeks 1 was in great pin— unable to find any relief. After trying many remedies, I was at last persuaded to try Allcock's Porous Plasters. 1 bound one rounfl my wrist; in three days I had great 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, THOMA8 DAVIE8. B RONCHITIS. Henry D. Brandreth, Esq., Liverpool. 105, Hampton- street, Birmingham, Nov. 27. 1871 • Dear Sir,— I have for some months past been n the nabit of using Allcocka Porous Plasters ( procured from the establishment of Messrs. Snape and Son, 13, Great Hampton street, of this town ) when suffering from bronchitis and severe pains in the side, and have on every occasion found immediate relief, wbeteap I bad previously consulted two medical men without deriving the least benefit I can with confidence recommend them to any one suffering from the same complaint.— Yours respectfully, GEORGE STYLES. Tire annual vestry for the Town was held in tho Guildhall, on Tuesday last. Mr. Jacob Olver, J. P., chairman. The attendance was smalL Mr. T. S. SKINNER, the assistant overseer, read the statement of accounts, which showed that poors- rates to the amount of upwards of £ 1,283 had been collected through the year. The accounts were unanimously passed! Messrs. Banks and Still were re- elected assessors, a list of persons qualified to act aa overseers was presented, and Mr. Skinner was re- elected assistant overseer. Mr. J. J. SKINNER then made some remarks on a very important matter affecting the ratepayers of Falmouth. He said that in the county of Cornwall there were 13 unions, comprising 221 parishes, having a population of 356,051. He had seen in a public print of a recent date, under the heading of poor- rates & pauperism in Cornwall, " the average weekly cost per head in each workhouse for fowl and necessaries supplied for in- door maintenance." He found on comparison that the Falmouth Union was paying for in- door maintenance, 3s. 4$ d. per head per week, being 4^ d. more " than the Bodmin Union, more than Liskeard, 6Jd. more than Pen- zance, 6Jd. more than Camelford, 7id. more than St. Germans, 7Jd. more than St. Austell, 8d. more than St. Columb Major, lOJd. more than Launceston, lOiJd. more than Stratton, lljd. more than Truro, Is. 3d. more than Helston, and Is. 3cL more than Redruth. From this it would seem that Falmouth stood highest, and when tbey considered that they were Is. 3d. more than some of the other unions, it was a matter for alarm — < hear, hear ). It might be the case also that the out- door paupers were equally excessive in cost, but this could not, how- ever, be laid to the charge of tho relieving officer, for it would be impossible for him to attend to all these matters. Several years since tho then guar- dians enquired into all cases of out— door relief with great strictness. Then the guardians would, once upon a time, summon the whole of the out- door paupers in their district to a meeting, when the circumstances of every case would be thoroughly gone into—( hear, hear). He ( Mr. Skinner) did not wish to reflect on the Board of Guardians, but he considered the present high cost of in- door relief called for an expression from that vestry. He would, therefore, move the following resolution, a lopy of which should be sent to the Board : — ' That this vestry views with alarm and regret the high rate of expenditure in the maintenance, cloth- ing, & c., per head per week of the Workhouse paupers, as compared with other Unions in the county, and urges upon the Board of Guardians the ssity for at once taking steps to ascertain the cause of the excess, and also suggests that a strict examination into the circumstances of all tho out- door paupers chargeable to the union should be made forthwith." Mr. JOHN WEBBER seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN, previous to putting the motion, observed that this resolution, coming from tho vestry, would materially assist those guardians who had already given great attention to the matter. With reference to out- door paupers, it was trne the guardians used to hold meetings and make enquiries into the circumstances of the various applicants ; and for some time past the necessity for doing something in order that every out- door pauper might be questioned bad been urged at the Board meetings. To account for tho excess of the in- door relief over the other unions, he ( the chairman ) hardly knew how, unless it was that they had to pay the Queen, who is the patronesi of the society, has been received by the president, Mr. Charles Fox :— " Whitehall, 15th March, 1872. Sir,— I have had tho honour to lay before the Queen the loyal and dutiful address of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society on the occasion of tho illness of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. I have to inform you that Her Majesty was pleased to receive the address very graciously.— I am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. A. BRUCE. EARLE'S RETREAT CHAPEL.— The Rev. W. Freear will preach here to- morrow afternoon, at 3; and Dr. Elwin on Tuesday evening next, at 7. YACHT ARRIVALS.— The schooner " Rosella," owned by Sir Jocelyn Conghill, arrived in the har- bour on Wednesday, and Bailed for Cowes. The schooner " Garland?' owned by H. Jamieson, Esq., arrived on Thursday from Cowes, and sailed yester- day for Kingston. CHRISTIAN UNION.— The third service of the series of monthly religious services for the promo- tion and expression of Christian Union, will be held in Wesley Chapel, on Monday evening next, commencing at 7. The Rev. R. G. Moses, B. A., will give an address on " Indispensable personal qualifications for Christian usefulness." INDEPENDENT CHURCH.— The Rev. Jenkin Jones, who has succeeded the Rev. J. C. Bedolfe in tho pastorato of this church, began his minis- terial duties on Sunday last. Mr. Jones's able ser- mons, which were characterised by much freshness of thought, and woro delivered in an earnest and eloquent manner, created a very favourable im- pression. SIGNAL STATION.— Messrs. G-. C. Fox & Co., announce that they have erected a signal station- house at Lizard, near the lighthouse, and that from this dato they are prepared to signal all passing vessels, and to communicate such information to merchants and ship- owners. Direct communication between the signal station and Falmouth will shortly be undertaken and maintained by tho Post- office Department. CHURCH VESTRY. — A vestry for the election of two churchwardens was held at the Parish Church on Monday. There wore present, Rev. J. Baly, rector, Rev. Nicholls, curate, Messrs. E. D. Anderton, J. Tucker, R. N., A. B. Duckham, F. Duckham, W. Bryant, A. B. Harris, M. D., T. S. Guppy, M. D., R. Snow, W. H. Thomas, T. B. Rundell, H. Liddicoat, W. A. Bennett, Brice, Allen, and the two retiring churchwardens, Messrs. Ellery and Crowes. The Rev. Mr. Baly regretted that Mr. Ellery would not continue in the office, but he would nominate in his place, as the rector's churchwarden, Capt. Tucker. On the motion of D. Guppy, seconded by Mr. Snow, and unanimously approved of, Mr. Anderton was elected the parish- ' Tho two retiring cnurch- sidesman A LLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTERS \ are sold by all Druggists, at Is ljd each, with full directions for u » e, or in any size to suit. The yard Plaster is specially recommended lor families and physicians. One yard equals 18 plasters. Price 14s per yard, Ja 6d per half yard, or 4s per quarter. PumciPAL AGENCY FOR GREAT BEITIAN ( Wholesale and Retail ) : 57, GREAT CHARLOTTE ST., LIVERPOOL. . B.— A Plaster sent to any part of the country for 15 stamps. '' A Vvtit to Efpx a Cocoa Man ufarUmj. — Through the kindness of Messrs. Epps, I recently had an op- portunity of seeing the iiiany complicated and varied processed the Cocoa beau p^ es through ore it is sold for public use, and, being both inter' . ted and highly pleased with what I saw during my vihit to the man- ufactory, I thought a bri jf account of • the Cacao, and the way it is manufactured by. MeSBTf. Spps, to fit it for a whok-.- oine and nutritious beverage, niight be of interest to the readers of Land and Water." - See article in Lapd and Water, Oc- cr 11. Breakfast '-^ ISripiS Cocoa.— Ur itefw and comforting. " By a thorough knowledge of tjie natural laws which govern the oper^ hs of digestion and nutri- tion and by- a careful application of the fane pronux- ties of well- selected cocoa, Mr. Eppa has provided our bre. nkf. iKt tables with a dcheately flavoured beverage which ma. vsave iw many . heavy doctorsbiUs. , Cu d service QaztUe. Made simply with boiling water, or milk. Each pock ct w labelled- James 15p( i and Co., lfomruopatbic London. - Als makers of EppoV < Jaoaoiiwy a very thin beverage for evening use. , , . , IF TIIKHK ARK \ N'V LADIES who lwvejiot yet used the GLBN PI KM) STAKJH, they are respectfully elicited to give it a trial, and carefully follow out the directions printed on every pack: • and if this is done, they will say like the Queen' Sundress, it is tho finest Starch they ever u* ed. Wh i. you usk for GLKNFIKLD STAROH, see that you •.• i it, a< inferior lands often substituted f - r the ' ake of extra profit. Be therefore of spurious imitations. ionera' church warded, wardens were then elected as " sidesmen. POLITICS AT PENRYN AND FALMOUTH.— If rumour be truth, we are not only to have one Con- servative candidate with a view to replace oue of our present members at the next election— this has long since been determined on by a very induontial section of the Tory party but to make matters worse for that party, a split has recently occurred between the senior member and one ol the most indefatigable and shrewd of their number. The individual referred to is great in strategy, and, although not an employer of labour, has much hold and considerable influence with the working men, and to his energy and ability in pulling the strings of the last Tory Government, may bo attributed the turn of the political tide in 1S68, when the present members were returned. Liberals ! take advantage of this ; look well and energetically after your registration matters, and make a bold attempt to regain what you lost in 1S6S. Let only a few of such as we have described as having quarrelled with their members, cease from their machinations, and our borough—- a Liberal one to tho hearts' core— will bo emaneipaten, and again represented in the British Parliament.— West Briton. WOrKING MEN'S CLUB.— The membors of the above " club held their sixth annual meeting at the club- rooms on Monday, the president, Mr. T. Webber, J. P., in the chair. The report stated there were about 150 members, 116 of whom have paid up to the 25th March last. The expenditure . ior their provisions. He regretted very the little competition that always took place for the supplies to the Falmouth Union ; very often it occurred that only one or two tenders were sent in, and tho guardians had to accept them, perhaps at a higher - figure than if there had been a good competition. However, he believed that the pas- sing of that resolution would be tho means of having the matter thoroughly enquired into—( hear, hear). The resolution was then adopted unani- mously. Mr. SKINNER then proposed a vote of thanks to the Falmouth town guardians. He had no doubt that their representatives had been very useful, but he should like to see the attendance of the whole of the guardians of the Union published in the papers, so that the ratepayers of the several parishes might see for themselves how often ther represent- atives bad attended to their duties—( heiar, hear). * Mr. WARN : Who are the town guardians ? The ASSISTANT- OVERSEER : Messrs. T. Webber, Scott, Turner and Chard. Mr. WARN thought they ought to have boen present that evening—( hear, hear). Mr. JOHN WEBBER considered it extraordinary. No overseers present either. After a few other remarks on tho absence of the town guardians and tho overseers from the vestry meeting, the resolution thanking the guardians for their past services was carried. Mr. SKINNER, in proposing a vote of thanks to the chairman, observed that in Mr. Olver they always had a ready and steady supporter of all interests nffecting the welfare of the town—( hear, hear )—- and in tho parish which he now represented his services were highly appreciated—( hear, hear). Tho proposition was carried, and suitably . acknowledged. the year was rather over £ 60, and the trifle more, leaving a balance of £ 1 12s. in favour of the club. The president, in moving the adop- tion of the report, alluded to the satisfactory character of the club, particularly to the fact that it was now, for the first time since its formation, out of debt. The financial position of the club would have been better but for the oxpense of the repairs, & o., to the club house. The president called on the members not to relax their efforts to obtain other members, and solicited donations to enable the committee to supply a greater number of books. The Rev. J. Baly seconded the adoption of the report, and . pointed out in forcible language the benefits working men derived from being mem- l> ersf having the advantage of comfortable reading- rooms, billiard and draft boards, and library, for the small sum of 5s. per annum ; and, with reference to the supply of books, he felt happy to subscribe or assist in any, way. Mr. E. Read supported the question of an increased library, and recommended classes in the winter months. Tho report was unanimously adopted, as was also the treasurer's account, and officers were elected for the ensuing year. About 40 members joined in » a tea at the club- rooms, and a pleasant evening was spent. Great praise is due to the lion, secretary, Mr. Tre> goning, the treasurer, Mr. W. Rowo, and other officers, for the great interest taken by them in the club. Letters were read from tho Mayor, Mr. H. Fox, and Mr. Robert Fox, regretting not being able to attend. The POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY AND THE ILLNESS OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.— Tho following graci- ous answer to the address of tho Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society to Her Most Gracious Majesty PENRYN. CHURCH VESTRY.— The Vestry meeting was hold at St. Gluvias Church, on Monday. The churchwardens for tho last year were reappointed, viz., Mr. Lavin and Mr. Thomas for tho borough of Penryn, and Mr. Hearle for the parish of St. Gluvius. FASHIONABLE WEDDING.— The marriage of Capt. Tinklar, of H. M. S. " Ganges," with Evelina Davies, daughter of Mrs. Pidwell, late of Penzance, but now of Bella- vista House, Ponryn, took place on Wednesday last, at Mylor Church. There was a large concourse of persons from the neighbourhood to witness tho ceremony. Tho boys from the training- ship " Ganges," numbering from 300 to 400, were also present. The approaches to the church wero decorated with flags, and canvass was laid on tho path to tho church door. Six car- riages with outriders conveyed the wedding p"*^" Tho weather on the occasion was all that cou. desired, and the sun shone brightly. sisters ; Elizabeth Ann Vial, Camborne; Elizabeth Jane Vincent, Illogan ; and Elizabeth Ivy, of Cam- borne. The latter were in the room where the ex- plosion happened, and escaped by throwing them- selves over the stairs. They received some bruises besides their burns. Many others were slightly injured by their excited flight from the danger about them. As usual in this class of accidents there was no warning. Suddenly there was a blaze, then rapidly- accumulating and dense volume of smoke, and then the stampede for life. Those nearest the door escaped, the very first of the more fortunate ones affrighted only. The next batch, less nimble or not so well situated for a rush, were burnt as they passed the fuse in the corner. In this way eight or ten made good their exit. At last— either stumbling near the fuse, or faint with excitement, or overcome by the fumes— one felL Others met the same fate. One girl, retaining her senses, rushed over tho prostrate forms of her companions, dashed down the partition which led to the stair, fell into the staircase, and was saved, but seriously injured. In all, eight yonng women perished. Some of the bodies were untouched by fire— some much scorched ; some faces looked calm and even ruddy, hours after death; others were burnt, and seemed as if the hapless owners had died in agonies; but the belief is that all perished by suffocation. A hose was quickly attached to the Camborne water- ed a fine stream of water directed on the building. Previously to this, however, and over and over again, the inquiry was made—" Are all the girls safe ?" The answer was " Yes." Then some one discovered that a spinner was missing, but almost immediately she presented herself. The escaped ones said they were all out, and so efforts were made— not to risk entering the room, as many present would unhesitatingly have done— but to check the fire. As the smoke continued to pour out in volumes, the windows and roof were broken, that the water might have more effect. From twenty minutes to half an hour passed in this way. Suddenly it was discovered that some young women were missing. Instantly the room was entered, and one after another of the sad heap was taken out— in all eight lifeless corpses. Medical aid was at hand, but was of no avail whatever except for those who rushed out so promptly. The evidence on the inquest was given on Thurs- day, before Mr. John Roscorla ; and that of the poor girls who were in the room at the time of the accident, and just escaped with their lives, is in- tensely interesting and sad. Emma Miners, employed in the powder house, stated :— The department in which I work is detached from all the other buildings. On Saturday morning last I was in the fuse room. I had no business there ; I merely went there to speak to one of the girls. There were sixteen girls cleaning the machinery, and two more came up to take down the fuse which had been made on Thursday. I was talking to one of the girls and I heard something fall. I saw a spark of fire follow, it spread and flickered from one part of the room to another. I made way to the door, and got out of the building first, although I wa3 nearly at the other end of the room. I saw the first spark of fire close to me. I did not see the fire go near the fuse ; there was more smoke than fire. Bv a Juror : All the girls were engaged about the machinery. I did not eat or drink in the room, did I see anyone do so. All the powder that was not used on Thursday was taken away by me on the even- ing of the same day. All the fir la had as much chance as I to get out of the building, but they were so frightened, and the room was full of smoke. Martha Plint, engaged at the mill, said :— I was cleaning the machinery in No. 2 room on Saturday irning. To clean the machine we had to take oi some off the screws. I heard something fall like one piece of iron falling against another. I saw a spark, then a little flame, and I ran away. The fire I saw was at the furthermost end of the room. Sarah Ann Cock, one of the injured females, was sent for, and, on her arrival, stated :— I was e with the other girls in cleaning the machinery ii room. In the course of cleaning we had to unscrew some portions, and Ellen Sims, one of the deceased, unscrewed one of the arms. As she was taking it off from the machinery it fell out of her hand, and dropped on some powder dust on the floor. The whole of tho powder had been brushed up on Thursday, and there was scarcely any powder dust. I assisted in brushing the room up, and therefore I can say it was done properly. Some little powder dust might have been brushed from the machine. When the iron arm or guide fell to the ground I saw a spark flash like light- ning. There was a slight explosion, and the room Was immediately filled with smoke. Mr. Thomas Hutchinson, M. D., practising at Cam borne, was called to the mills and conducted to the store- room where he found nine girls, seven dead and two still alive. One of the two recovered and was able to be removed, but the other died within a few minutes. From the appearance of the bodies he believed the girls were suffocated. Some of them were burnt, but ho believed that took place after death. One or two had no burns at all. The smoke was caused by the burning of the fuse in the room The Coroner then shortly summed up, saying the evidence bearing directly on the cause of the accident was clearly shown by the evidence of the last female witness. The cause undoubtedly was the accidental falling, from the hand of one of the girls, of the iron rod, a thing which would happen anywhere. The Jury returned a verdict " That the deceased .. ere accidentally suffocated or stifled by smoke aris iug from a fire at Messrs. Smith & Co.' s Patent Safety Fuse Works, which fire was accidentally caused by a piece of iron falling from the hand of Ellen Sims and coming in contact with some powder dust lying on the floor, which ignited some patent safety fuse in a corner of the said room." They expressed their satisfaction at the manner in which the company had always con- ducted their business. They considered everything had been done that could be done to prevent such ac- cidents. one occasion, at the Truro station, she had been pre- vented by railway employes from getting on the line. An Inexplicable Outrage,— William Pascoe Jericho- row, Helston, was brought up on demand Tuesday, on a charge of setting fire to his child's cradle, on Saturday night.— Amelia Jenkin was called, and said: The prisoner is a married man, and baa two children. On Saturday last, a little be fore ten p. m., his. wife came to my house, and prisoner followed and tola her to come in and take the other child out of bed. His wife held an infant in her arms, and she said, " William, dear, where can I go with them? " He said. " Go to your mother's." She replied, " My mother will not tike me and my children." He thereupon rejoin- ed, " Come in and take tho child out or I'll burn the house." The prisoner was drunk, and he then went back to his house, and I followed. I saw the prisoner, with a lighted candle in his hand, catch some straw on fire in the cradle which was in the kitchen. I took the baby from prisoner's wife, and he went up for the other child; and his wife threw the cradle out whilst it was burning. I then began to scream.— Annie Douglas said : I am the wife of Archibald Douglas. I live in Jericho- row, two doors below prisoner's house. On Saturday evening last, a little before ten. I heard pri- soner swearing in his house and telling his wife to goto doors or he would kick her out. Prisoner came to his wife and told her what the last witness stated.— William Pappin : I took prisoner into custody, and found him in a very excited state.— The magistrates committed the prisoner for trial at the next Quarter Bail was refused. Manufacture of Cocoa, Cacaoine, Je 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 CassiPt Household Guide. yew metal pocket Vesta Box, with patent spring Cover.— Bryant and May have recently introduced a very useful little Pocket Vesta Box; with a most in- genious and simple spring cover; it is a novelty in every way, and will soon come into very general use— being of metal instead of card, and retailed, filled with vestas, at one penny. Any Tobacconist, Grocer, Chemist or Chandler will supply it. Fatal Accident at Perranwell.— A boy about ton years of age, son of Mr. Bishop, farmer, of Perran- well, visited the neighbouring farm of Mr. T. Knuckey, on Tuesday evening, and got upon the thrashing machine for the purpose of having a ride. Whilst upon the machine one of his feet slipped, and the poor little fellow fell among the wheels, by which he was so severely injured that, although quickly rescued, he died two hours afterwards. A Melancholy Scene.— The barque Viking, of Sunderland, left Cardiff, on Saturday, with a crew of 11, and the captain's wife and child. On Monday night the vessel making much water, the captain beached her at Harlyn Bay, Padstow. A heavy surf was running and t ie crew were in a very critical posi- tion, but in answer to signals, the Padstow life boat came off. Now followed a melancholy scene. An able seaman named George Thomas, a native of Bath, taking the captain's infant child in his arms, lowered himself by a rope over the ship's side. The gallant fellow had just succeeded in handing his charge to those in the boat when he was struck by a heavy sea, washed away, and drowned in view of the powerless onlookers, who were unable to save him. The captain's wife was then washed overboard, but was fortunately seized by the life boats crew, and taken safely in. Others of the crew followed. The captain was tho last to leave the ship, and all were safely landed by about G p. m. Extraordinary Self- mutilation by a Woman, at Truro.— A short time since Mrs. Taylor, ( nee Mor- com), wife of a foreman printer at Truro, and living in Kenwyn Street, cut her right hand and oue or more of the fingers by accidentally breaking through a pane of glass. Ono of the fingers became bent over on the palm, and dissatisfied with the surgical treatment she received, and believing that she had lost the use of the hand for life she became despondent, and frequently exclaimed that she would rather have parted with tho hand altogether. On Thursday she appeara to have got on the Cornwall Railway, near Truro vean Cottage; and us the up train, leaving Truro station at 11.28 a. m., approached her she placed her forearm on the rail, and so received immediate amputation of the hand. The melancholy incident appears to have become known at once, and she was promptly conveyed in a cab to the Cornwall infirmary. It is stated that under her deep affliction, after the accidental injury of her hand, her mind became disordered; and also that, on more than COUNTY NEWS. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AT CAMBORNE AND LOSS OF EIGHT LIVES. On Saturday foronoon an explosion took place in the spinning room of Messrs. Bickford, Smith, and Co.' s safety fuse manufactory, Tuckingmill, by which eight of the factory hands ( all females) lost their lives. Tho names of the killed are Ellen and Louisa Ann Sims, of Beacon ; Emily Clemo, Trelowarren Street; Ellen Goldsworthy, Rodbrook Terrace ; Elizabeth Ann Marks, West Charles Street; Annie James, Albert Street; Emily Carah, Moor Street ; and Martha Towan, Trelowarron Street. Among the injured are Fanny Bennetts, Pare Bracket, seri_ ously; Louisa and Mary Ana Matthews, of Pool JJirtfrs, Carriages. au& iUat!? s. BIRTHS At Clifton Place, Falmouth, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. J mathon Worsdell, jiin., of a son. At Tremeddon Terrace, Liskeard, the wife of Mr. J. H. Coggins, of a son. At the Vicarage, Carnmenellis, on Tuesday last, the wife of the Rev. W. S. Lachszyrma. of a daughter. At Tregew, Flushing, on the 29th ult., the wife of the Rev. W. J. Rowland, of a son. At Hfeh Street. Falmouth, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. Alfred Carver, watchmaker, of a son. MARRIAGES. At the Parish Church, Falmouth, on Wednesday last, by the rector, the Rev. J. Baly, Charles J. Wil- lons, Esq., of the Middle Temple, to Margaret Hawke, second daughter of W. J. Genn, Esq., of Falmouth. At St. Mary's Catholic Chnrch, Falmouth, on Wed- nesday last, by the RBV. W. Cassey, missionary rector, assisted by the Rev. L. Crontelle, Arthur Townshend, Esq., of the Admiralty, to Sandys Ellen, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Pidwell, Esq., of Penzance. Lt Mylor Church, near Falmouth, on Wednesday last, by the Rev. J. Murray, rector, assisted by the R « v. Mr. Artbey, chaplain H. M. S. Ganges, Com- mander Arthur Tinldar, of H. M. S. Ganges, to Evelina, second daughter of the late Thoma « Pidwell, Esq., of Penzance. At Gerrans Church, on the 28th ult, by the Rev. Dr. Scrivener, Mr. John A. Pymm, compositor, of London, to Harriet, daughter of the late Captain Merrifield, of Gerrans. At St. Nicholas Church. Cork Mr. Richard Bright, D. C., only son of the late Mr. Bright, of the Reve- nue Service, Falmouth, to Miss Jane Warner, of East Ferry, C. G. S. Ballymacurra, Ireland. DEATHS. At Arwenack Street, Falmouth, yesterday, Ada. daughter of Mr. W. H. Pellow, confectioner, aged 7 mouths. At New Street, Falmouth, on Tuesday last, the daughter, of the late Capt. Bastian Kat, aged 3 yean. AtEnsey Terrace, Falmouth, on Wednesday last, Anna, daughter of Mr. Charles Crees, coast guard, aged 2 years. At 27, Church Street, Falmouth, on Wednesday last, Ann, relict of Capt John Hitchens, aged 59 years. At Treluswell, on Sunday last, Ernest, son of Mr. J. H. Knowles, aged 1 year. At Wellington, New Zealand, on the 5th November last, Mr. Wm. H. Williams, formerly of Falmouth, aged 37 years. , t Newhouse, Tywardreath, on the 29th ult., after a short illness, Mary Ann, the beloved wife of Mr. Richard PearcC, late of St. Keverne, aged 55 years. At Burnham, Somersetshire, on Wednesday last, the Rev. Charles Scott, eldest son of the late Charles Scott, Esq., formerly of Trewardreva, Constantine, aged 68 years. At his seat, Woodside, Whetstone, on the 24th ult, Mr. Joseph Baxendale, head of the firm of Pickford & Co., carriers, aged 86 years. Drowned, by the capsizing of a boat at Cape Town, South Africa, on the 27th January, Mr. William Toy, mariner, eldest son of the late Mr. James Toy, of Falmouth, aged 20 years. Setters to tj^ 6& itor. FALMOUTH UNION EXPENDITURE. SIB,— The thanks of the whole of the ratepayers of the parishes comprising the Falmouth Union, are justly due to Mr. John Skinner, for bringing the question of in- door relief on the carpet at the town vestry meeting, at Falmouth, on Tuesday last Ou sing the report of the proceedings of that meeting, aPlymouth paper, many of the ratepayers of the town were filled with amazement at the facta there stated— for what do we find? Every individual pauper in the Falmouth Union costs per week Is. 3d. more than a pauper costs at eithor the Redruth or Helston Unions. We therefore find that the amount expended in in- door relief at the Falmouth Union amounl- j to £ 500 per annum more than if ought tr>, reckoning the pauper inmates at the average number 150. This matter affects the town of Falmouth ( I am told) more than either of the other ten parishes, but it behoves every ratepayer in cvtry parish comprising this Union to seek an explanation of this important matter, which with many others, I await with con- siderable irterest— Your obedient servant, T. B. RUSDKLL. Falmouth, April 5th, 1872. SIB,— I and several of my fellow workmen have read with astonishment the statement made at the Town Vestry, by Mr. John Skinner, with respoct to the cost of the maintenance of paupers in the Fal- mouth Uni'm Workhouse. My family consists of six persons; myself and wife and 4 children under 10 years of age. My earnings are £ 1 per week, or 3s. 4d. per head, and out of this sum I have to pay 2a. 4< L for rent, and 4d. per week for schooling the children. I am a teetotaller, and therefore, don't spend anything in beer, but after deducting the above sum of as. 8d. from my wages, I have only 17s. 8d. left, with which to maintain my family and pay the doctor's bill; this does not leave so much as 2s. lOJd per head. Now, Sir, I think it is a very reasonable question to ask where the differancc of 6d- per head, between the cost of maintaining my family and the coat of main- taining a pauper in the Union House, arises. Some people say it must be because they get the best joints '<•{ meat there ( free from, bone, ) and perhaps it is so, for I know when my wife goes to market she finds the meat so dear that she cannot afford to buy anything but •' scraps "- a nice bit of meat on Sundays is a treat to us. - Your obedient servant, A WORKING MAN. Falmouth, April 5th, 1872. TIME OF HIGH WATER AT FALMOUTH AND PENRYN OUAYS. THE FALMOUTH AND PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. 8ATFHPAT. APRIL 6. © eutul Saiujunrmtnts. — 3 SUlA- HDIE] olyeb, Furnishing and General Ironmonger, Plnmber, Gas Fitter and Jlannficturer, STRAND, I » Min, off SITEPLIT3 Bilm iT^ - hmdle Karr « , lfc, 12 » , IV. " 0. fa., 10i. la. lot Cu- Tiag Knira Kid foiUJ 80- er T » U « Spoon, uvi Port* 20t, dot Do. T « 8., 10., l2* dot Do. Sogj CraeU. fco . At., ic Bron* d Tea Una and K< ( mm S* mt Mt of 3, « ia « le Tray, from 6d. dining room, Pradcra, drarag room, 12.. Irani* FALMOUTH. CE at great redaction in price. XT dozen. Black handle Knir^. and Fork* 6a, 8a, I 64, 3.- 6d., 4a 6d.. 5a 6d-. 7* 6. L pair- Electro- , DcMcrt Spoons and Fork* 16a. ISa, 20*, 24* doz. a, Salver* Cake Ba* kct* Toast Racks, Tea Pot., a on Stand* 20*. 25... MB. upwards. Tea Trays Finder* parlour. Is. fri., fia. , 4*. 5e. Fenders, PirT Irons, 2* 6- 1. to 30* per . et. Romford Stores onward* Register Store, from 3* onward* CookingRange. from 10b. Apparatoses from 20* upward. Prtent Mangles, 30*. 45s. Waging Macliuic* 12* 64, 60s, 90* Chaff Cotton, A5 » . 60* Iron Cot* 7* 64 to 30*. Iron Folding Bods, 6s. 64 Iron French B « U, from 10s. to 30B. Half Taator Bed* MattraMoe and PalliaMes. Lamp* ' la. Cha^ lelier* Gas Bracket* Water Clowt* and all plumber's Fitting* Brtiniate. giren and Contract, unteft^ l into eiher for work or . apply. PHOTOGRAPHY. E MRS. ^ f ( Widow of Mr. W. H. Hoirni! i| Copies of all Portraits IJNSTAN inform her friends and the her late husband eau still be had Arrangements are being made to RE- OPUS tho Gallery tor First- class Portraiture, of which due Notice will be given. And she hereby return, her rincere thanks to all who hare patronised them, and hopes for a contmuanoe of their favor.. Doled Berkley Place, Teh. 21, 1872. 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This is at once the CUHATMT and Ban HAIR RESTORER out, as it has stood tho teat and is pronounced superior to tho higher- priced Londoa preparations, FREE from DANGEROUS POI- SONS, and oortain in its action. Try ono Shilling Bottle and bo convinced of its efficaoy. Bottlos la. and 2s. 6d. each. iCURFor DANDRUFF instantly removed by ) NEW MANE'S HAIR WASH. The Best ani leapcet Hair Cleaner extant. In Bottlos at SI and Is. Sold in Falmouth by W. F. Nowman, chamlaV Market Streot. ROBERT NICHOLAS FOW: JOHN FREEMAN, Esq., J.! ALDERMAN THOMAS S. • TIBS :— LER, Esq., M. P., Cornhill, E. G. Woodlane House, Falmouth. 3WDEN, Bishopsgate, E. C. " ADVANCES promptly made upon security monthly or quarterly instalment! for fifteen' pf Freehold or Leasehold Property, repayable by years or loss, by which means property may ba rental value. Survey Fee and registration, acquired by payments slightly exoeedidg tl £ 1 3s. 6d. on applications ot £ 500 and under. INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT.— Deposits received bearing interest at the rate of £ 5 per cent, per annum, withdrawable on short notice. SHARES, value £ 10, £ 25 and £ 60, bearing interest at the rate of £ 5 per cent., and participating in profits declared, may be realized by singie payments or monthly subscriptions extending over a term of years. For fall particulars apply to THOMAS CORFIELD, the County Surveyor, Arwenack Street, Falmouth. CHARLES PHILLIPS, the Agent, Killigrew Street, Falmouth. Or to the Secretary, CHARLES BINYON, 41, Bedford Row, London. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. JA. MJ3S aiBBS OO., Sole Manufacturers of the A^ TMIIMIOISriA. - FlkaD C3- XT _ A_ IST O The Cheapest and bi^ t Manure in use. Consumers aro warned that none is genuine unless th a leaden Seal. Also Manufacturers of " Patent Ammol Barley and Oats; and of Bone, Blood and Particulars of JAMES GIBBS AND COMPANY, London, E. C., or their authorizedAgenta, the West of e bags bear the Trrde Mark and are secured with piatod Phosphate," especially adapted for Wheat, Special Manures of first- rate quality. MPANY, Works : Victoria Tocks. Offices : 16, Mark Lane, England Bone and Manure Company, Penryn. THE BEST INVESTMENT OF THE DAY FOB A SMALL OUTLAY, And whore Beer and I there is no pre- Soda Water viona know- Machine, ledge of the as the public business re- taste is so quired, is a much on tha Lemonade, increaso for Ginger « a « rated drinks. The book, of I DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE. THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE. CHLORODYNE is admitted by the Profession to be the moot wonderful and val nab le remedy ever discovered. ddiiOKODYNJE Is the best remedy known tor Coughs, Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma. PnTn^ rt^^^ « » > rtually checks and arrests those too often ktaldisesscs- Diptheria, Ferer, Croup, Ague. CHLORODYNE acta like a oharm in Diarrbosa, and is the only specific In Cholera and Dysentery. CHLORODYNE sflbotnally cuts short all attacks of Bpilepay, Hysteria, Palpitation and Spasms. CHLORODYNE is the only palliative la Neuralgia, Rh^ m^ i, ™ . Qont> oanoer. Toothache, Meningitis, to. _ T , From Loan FaAjrcis OOXTXOKA*, Mouat Charles, Donegal, 11th December 186S. Lorrl Francis Oanynghaja. who this time last yoar bought some of Dr. J. ColUs Brorma's Chlorodyne from « r. Davenport, and haa found It a moat wonderful medicine, will be glad to have half- a- dos « n bottles a — to* alxiTe addr « M." " Earl HuaaeU oommunioatod to the College of Physicians that he received a dispatch " OR>^. If^ iJStf • Oonsnl at Manilla, to the effect that Cholera has been raging fearfully, and that the ONLY remody of any s-' rvioe waa CHLOHODYNE."- 8 « I* wxt, let December lSOi. CAUTION.— BE WARB of PIRACY and IMITATIONS. _ CU « MO » .— Vloe- Chanoollor Sir W. PAOII WOOD stated that Dr. J. Corns Baowws was, ualoubtedly, tho Inventor of ~ " " ™ J-'. I,—.. tm, whirl., ho recTCttad to gj> v. had OTLORODYNB i thi been sworn to.— Bee ie « toi7 of M. 13th July 1964. I. ll9d, 4a « . "" ftekTln B^^' lTlWrartiTi* « d and Us each. None la genuine without the words " Dr. J. 00LLI8 BROWNE'S OHI^ DTO Stamp. Orerwh^ ming ISical TeaUmony acoom^ MjjrvTAcrmaa i— J. T. DAVKNPOKT. 88 Great Bus sell Street, Bloomsbury, London. 60 pages of illustrations and information, forwarded for threo stamps. 8. BARNETT, Engineer, 23 FORSTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N. THE VILLAGE BROUGHAM, the VICTORIA Brougham ft the Park Brougham, RsoisTimsn. 1st, forms perfectopen or olosed carriage; 2nd3rougham AVIctona; 3rd Brougham, Victoria 4 Driving Phaeton, all In the most perfect manner. Made any eixe. Pony Phaetons in everyvariety, Draw- ings sent. J. BIDDLB00MBB, 67 Gt. queen Btiong Acre, WO. CONOMY IN CRAPE MOURNING. ONE TOLD of KAY A RICHARDSON'S NEW PATENT ALBERT CRAPE IB AS THICK aa TWO FOLDS of the old make. Ec EPP6' 8 OQOQA. |) nly in ^ lb., Jib., and lib. Packets— tin- lined i labelled. Sold by the Trade in all Parts, ' repared by JAS. EPPS and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London. G L ENFIELD If thoro aro any ladios who have nol yet usod tho GLENFIELD STARCH they are respectfully solicited to give it a trial, and carofully follow out the directions printed on every paokage, * and if this is done, They will say, liko tbo Queen's Laundrosi, It is the finost Starch they over used. When you ask for Glenfield Stnroh tea that you get it, As inferior kinds aro often substituted for the sake of extra profits. Beware therefore of spurious imitations. THE CHEAPEST PACKAGE OF TEA IN ENGLAND. ACHINESE CADDY, containing 16 lbs. of really good Blaok Ton, sent carriage freo to any railway station or market town in England, on reooipt of 40s, by PHILLIPS & CO. TEA MERCHANTS, 8 KINO WILLIAM ST. CITY. LOHDOY, B. C. A HICI LIST WMMM. GOOD TEA CHEAPER THAN EVER. STRONG to Fino Black Tea, Is 4d, Is « d, Ss and U « d per lb.; 10a worth sont CIUT in go free to any railway statin or market town in England or Wales, on rocolpt of 40s by PHILLIPS A CO. TEA MERCHANTS, 8 KINO WILLIAM 8T. LO. Prime Co ( Too Is 3d. Is id, Is 8d. A Price List Froe. PHILLIPS A CO. bavo no agonta, and no connection WUS any House in Worcester, Swansoa or WUnay. BEECH - LOADERS. SECOND HAjrm. EEOH - LOADERS. FROM £ 10 10a. EOH • LOADERS. BOUGHT Fom can. CATALOG UB AND FBI OB LIST, I BTAMFS. WHISTLBB, 11 STRAND. LONDOS. Homceopathic Medicines and Handbook. 300 pages, bound, Is. ; by post for 14 stamps. [ PHE HOMOEOPATHIC FAMILY INSTRUCT- 1 OR ( an Epitome of). By RICTIARD EPP. M, M. R. C. S.— A hundre'i diseases are fully desoribod And proscribed for. London : James Epps and Co., HoiniBop- vthic Chemists, 48, Threadneedlo Street; 70, Piccadilly; and 112, Great Russell Stroot. ^ Falmouth, E. Michcll, chemist. Helston, H. Bennetts, chemist. Penzanco, A. H. Buckott, 7, Chapel Street. Truro, T. B. Percy ; Serpell; J. E- Kickard. ! ' 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 tho cork bearing the signa, turc, " James Epps and Co., Homicopathic Chemists, London," without which in no case can they bo genuine. THE BLOOD! THE BLOOD 11 THE BLOOD 111 CLARKE'S World Earned Blood Mixture T70R CLEANSING and CLEARING the BLOOD tj from ALL IMPURITIES, whether arising from youth- C indiscretion or any other cause, cannot be too highly p. p. 180, cloth, Is. ; post free for 13 stamps. DOG DISEASES TREATED BY HOMOEOPA- THY. By JAMBS Moons, M. R. C. V. S. London : — James Epps and Co., Homceopathic Chemists, 48 Threadneedle Street; 170, Piccadilly ; and 112, Great Russell Street. Cures Old Sores Cures Ulcerated Sores in the Neok Cures Ulcerated Sore Legs Cures Blackheads, or Pimples on tfaoo Cures Scurvy Sores Cures Cancerous Ulcers Cures Blood and Skin Diseases Cures Glandular Swellings Clears the Blood from all Impure Matter, from whatever cause arising. . As t> r< « mixture 1s pleasant to the taste, and warranted free bom mercury— which all pilU and mon medicines sold for < tha above diseases contain— the Proprietor aolidta saflwre to give it atrial to teat lta valne. Thousands of Teitimonials from all part*. Bold In Bottles Is Jd each, and in Css » , containing « each, sufficient to effoct a permanent cure In tg cases, by all Chemists ana Patent Mwllmna r aant to any address on reodpt of » or US WANTED. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, a steady, respectable Youth, to the Painting and Glazing Business. Apply to Mr. E. J. Earle, near the Church, Falmouth. BORWICK'S BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER Gold Medal, Havre, 1868; Gold Medal, Parla Society of Arts, 1869 ; FOB ITS SUTBBIORIT* OTBB AT J • OTHEB BAKING POWDERS. BAKING BORWICK'S BAKING moke, delicious Brend without YodHt. POWDER reut. POWDER DORWICK'S BAKING I I makes PuddingB, Pastry, and Pio- crusts with less Butter and EggB. POWDER BORWICK'S BAKINO POWDER sold everywhere, in Id. and 2d. Packets, and < 5d., Is., 2s. 6d. and 6 « . Patent Boxes only, and not loose by weight. Be mire to ask for and see that BORWICK'S GOLD MEDAL BAKINO PO FRAORANT FLORILINE.— Forthe TKETJI and BREATH. A few drops of this liquid on a wet tooth brush pro- duces a delightful Warn, which cleanse* the Teeth from all injpnrities, strengthens and hardens the gums, prevents tartar, and arrest* tho projrrt* » of decay. It ijives to the Teeth a peculiar ana beautiful whiteness, and imparts a delightful fragrance to tbo Breath. It removes all unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth, a disordered stomach, or tobacco « m « ke. The Fragrant Florillne is purely vegetabl • an< l equally adapted to old and young. Ii is tha greatest toilet Sold in large bottle* a " f. j. CLARKE, Chemist, High Street, LIHCOLH. WHOLlBAiK AOKJTTS % BCUT « 8018, LOIOOH, AID AU THE WHOLESALE HOUSES. Mas. WR » SLOWS SOOTHTKO STBCT » oa CHn. na » s I Shonld- always be used when Children are cutting teeth; It relieves the little sufferers at onoa, it pro- duces natural quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the Utile cherub awake- 11 aa bright aa a It is perfectly harmless, and vary pleasant to taste. It soothaa the child, it softens the gams, allays all pain, relieves 4 - and is the best knowi i diarrhoea, whether sriiing from tea causes- Mre. WinsloWs Soothing 9- , . thousands at Medicine dealers is all^ arts of » the N. WESTCOTT, Cargo Clerk and ten ral Mercantile Accountant, 1, WATERLOO BP., 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. Deeds Engrossed and Made Up, in the nt- west London style at the shortest notice. - TWELVE CASTES d » VISITE, 2. Sdj SSa^ oXAZt L SU. U SO. cVM « a^ rjwl 10 IS Innh—. la i UUA b 8cs4 ' Valtjajile DIPCOVURT fob TUB HAIR 11— A wry nicely perfumod hair drossing, callr- d " Tho M. ac Hair Renewer," now being sold by most 01. 1 and Perfumers at 3s 6d per bottlo, i « f Jit sur rn li 1 all " Hair Restorers"— for it unllpo n- e y « -. « . n every ease, Grey or White hair to its or: - • • r by a few applications, without d> jrin> j it' » . « vi., o the disagreeable smell of most « •') •„ rp ft makes the hair charmingly beaat'fal, v wt- A. pro- moting the growth on bald spots, w> - a th* ha- r glands are not decayed. Certificate from Dr Vr » . miun on every bottle, with fall parti - an. !• .'* lor " I'IIE MEXICAN HAFB RESEW^ B . PAN J by H. 0. GAJAOP, 403 Oxford Strtet, L-. BBOWB'S BBOBCHIAL T Colds, Hoarseness, X irritation or soreness of the throat, are now import and sold in this country at Is lid par box, pat op in the form of a " lotenge." It Is tha mo « t <-• 7 » nieut, pleasant, safe and sure remedy tor cl> . iing ane strengthening the voice known m the worl'l. ' ilu Rev. Henry Ward Beecher says: " I have often reoora- m ended them to friends who werepublic speakeu, a id in many cases they have proved extram ely serri A- able." The genuine have the words " Brown's Bronchial Troches " on the Government Stamp around each box. Sold by all medidna vaodure.— London world at Is ljd per bottle, and MiQigna of Mothere can LsUij^ i If ihw Mswlaatnrr OT" rJirl fftTir' ip U sold by JUDSOW'S DYES.— 18 Colors, 6< L each. ' DIBBOH8, WOOL, SILK, FEATHKRB, li Completely Dyed ta 10 mmiws tie Fa' a- i '' » ind PuhU, h* « » * ' ' a! No. 9. * ,/ Falrn- • . 8AIDAUA FT APRIL. \ tfHE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES SATURDAY, APRIL 6,1872 topics of % gajr. . - Occasional London Correspond ent. J rrho remarks under ( his head aro to bo regarded as tho hressiou of independent opinion, from tho pen of a gentleman in whom no liave tho'gre . test confldcncc, but for wl'jch wo * jje* « iiheleea< ite-* eMwid- onrselvcs responsible.] [ .^ JEIfr- Mbjesty hng flone. a kindly and a gracious acti q^ nltiihtinfer itaqulriis at tne^ oSp^ tala as to any acci- dents that mdy havo occurred on Thanksgiving Day. The reteult ' terifls to' ^ how whit exaggerated accounts' of alleged casualties were given at tho time. Only ono si& fr'Wf ' disWfcss has thup been discovered— that of a fjSfcr woman who had kept a little school, which had ibeed broken up by her long absence in hospital, and to " Ihis ^ oman'thtt'Quten'haS S^ ht £ 20. I hear, however, -^ Iftieblher casfel ' of direct ot' indirect suffering will be; rbrbu'ght Ufader the notice of her Majesty— cases which "< boM not' bo discovered by visits to hospitals. Such cases will of course bo rigidly inquired into, and relief doubtless afforded if found to be required. But letjfjne, While < jn' this subject, point to two things which ought to be strictly enforced the next timo that " we expect enormous crowds in our streets. No vehicles jjbut, those necessary to the pageant, whatever it may . be,; should be allowed in the main streets, and the fctaxems of people should be compelled to flow in otie • direction'on one side of tho street, and in the other direction on the other. These simple regulations would prevent accidents; and we know, by the way, thit at aft least one inquest atase out of the cruBh on the occa- ekm, of which the Queen now so kindly remind^ uq. • Rlii )•••• • -'•' ' fl ^ Thatever may be thought of the arrangements for fieigreat Volunteer Review, or of the criticism ag tq the way in which these arrangements were carried out, • or- not strictly earned out, as the case may be, Volun1 teers and public are alike to be congratulated that the • difficulties and obstacles which at one time threat- ened. the abandonment of the review Were con- quered. We may now fairly consider that a Volunteer [ Review on Easter IMonday has become an institution, and, pipe, that, jvill be more, and more honoured each succeeding year. Our Volunteers, it must be confessed, have been pretty considerably snubbed by Governments smd Regnlars of late years, but they have risen superior to. all snubbing and opposition, and may now be re- garded as more firmly established, as a reserve force, thah eve? 7 And it must moreover be admitted— and many Volunteers theihselves most readily admit it— that the high behests of the War Office have not ( been wholly unreasonable, and have even done th0 Volunteers no little good, though in some cases in spite of themselves. I fully expect that from this time our citizen soldiers will command greater consideration from the powers that be than they have ever done, and that severe, though not unfriendly, criticism will, oo the whole, produce a salutary effect. Cloeely following oh the Budget, which has on the • whole given satisfaction to the country, wenow have the quarterly revenue returns, which are also highly Bath- factory. On the whole financial year— what a bother this " financial year," as contrasted with the ordinary year, causes!— we have the pretty little revenue of £ 74,708,314, being inorpby £ 4,763,091. than that of the previous financial year. What can prove more decisively how prosperous are the trade and com- merce of the country ? It is not my purpose to maintain the right or the ' wrong of the strikes and the formation of unions among the agricultural labourers, but the relations be- tween farmers and labourers constitute one of the topics of the time, and suggest comment. I have, in fact, long looked for some such a movement as this, and I think it can hardly be said to surprise any one. Considering to what an extent the movement amongst m& hanics for a reduction of hours and an increase of pay has been carried, it cannot be wonderful that our bucolic labourers should begin to demand one of these objects, an increase of wages. They seem very little' to care about less working- time, but a good deal about more pay, and when the low rates of wages, and the consequent bitterness of the struggle to live, are taken into acctfnnt, the attitude of the peasantry in some parts tbp - country can scarcely be wondered at. Many persons with whom I have conversed on this subject appear to be alarmed at the attitude of the labourers, and talk about an agrarian revolution. Agrarian fiddlesticks ! The men do not demand any- thing alarming, and I, for one, believe that it will really be for the interest of the farmers, as'well Aa for that of the men, that the requests of the latter should granted, for thus the former will get more ytox] c ant offcbe latter than at present. i With sad and deep interest is that terrible colliery explosion at Atherton, near Bolton, still talked of. About thirty men and boys killed, and about a dozen frightfully burned— that indeed is a sad tale to incor- porate in our annals. The old song reminds us how. litj^' the " gentlemen of England, who sit at home at • ease, think of the dangers of the seas. The same may be& Htof the dangers of our coal mines. But such' an awful calamity as this brings horqe to, us tho frightful risks that are run by those who so laboriously win for us coal for our homes and for its thousand other uses. This sad explosion is of none the less interest because it appears to have occurred without ' iblaJne to any one. And of deep interest, too, are the tales of heroism on the part of those who endeavoured •— in many cases successfully— to save the lives of the anjured, and who in other cases could, alas! bring up only the dead. Our coal- fields, as well as our battle- fieldsrbave their heroe3; and, indeed, the daily life of • a miner calls forth, though it never displays, a species : cf heroism which is not very highly valued, solely ' because it is so common. . y "' Comfort and consolation for the ladies, In reference to political matters, come from an unexpected quarter — a solemn lecture on disea « s of the heart delivered by Dr. Qualn, at the Royal College of Physicians. He tells them that enlargement of the heart is more than twice as frequent among men as among women, and this he thinks, is unquestionably due to the greater amount of work and anxiety, which the former have, aa compared with the latter. Therefore, ladies, beware. There may be good arguments why you should have votes— nay, even why yon should be members of Par- liament, to Bay nothing of doctors; but remember that if you should obtain these honours, which some of you covet, you must take with them the increased chance of enlarging your pretty little hearts ! Now I think your hearts are very well as they ore— aa a rule, and are in the right place— aa a rule again. The only heart • disease from which you ought to suffer is that of an affaire du ectur ; you have not the slightest occasion to enlarge your hearts in a medical sense. " When there are so many places of objectionable ' entertainment in London, the opening of a new one which the most severe moralist cannot condemn, while the audience are nevertheless kept interested and amused the whole time, Is matter of general congratu- lation. Professor Pepper and Mr. Tobin having eeceded from tho Polytechnic Institution, have taken at the Egyptian Hall that room which is so pleasantly and yet so sadly associated with memoriae of poor Albert Smith. Tho new Theatre of Popular Science and Entertainment bids fair to be very attractive. Here science is popularised, and valuable information conveyed, while the audience fancy they are being mraruly amused. Ia one reepect the new anWrtaia- ment i^ 0f great importance. I look upon the exposure fJio trickeries of so- called' spiritualism as of special '/ aluo in counteracting the spread of a most dangerous delusion which undoubtedly tcn'jB— indeed, this is a proved fact— to incrcaso insanity, i It is said there are in the United Kingdom a million believers in , rspmtualism," and nearly ten millions in America. If it be so, the fact is astounding, and anything which counteracts that which never did any good, and has done incalculable harm, may be hailed as a boon to socicty. SERMON TO THE VOLUNTEERS AT BRIGHTON. Very little after ten o'clock on Sunday morning the various corps already in Brighton paraded and moved in the direction of tho Pavilion for the purpose of at- tending Divine service, headed by tboir respective bands, and then forming up in the Old Steyne, waited their turn to enter ( writes tho correspondent of the Daily Telegraph). Insido that part of the building known as the Dome great preparations were being made for tho reception of the audience. On the orchestra a pulpit, or rather a large pew, had been erected, enclosed by crimson cloth, for the accommodation of the five clergymen who wero to take part in tho service. This enclosure was fronted by n tasteful arrangement of ferns and flowers— as well also both the right and left wings of the orchestra. On efth£ r side of the space allotted to the clergy were boys clad in surplices, wliilo in the rear were neatly a hundred ladies belonging to the various choral societies of the town. Still further back weie gentlemen nearly as numerous; then came the organ, on either side of which wae the band of the 1st Sussex Rifles. For some time all was very still in- side the Dome. Tho balcony, which nearly encircles it, was gradually filling with civilians who were fortu- nate enough to obtain tickets ; but " down in tho body of the building itself none but serjeants who Were to act as guides for the various corns were visible. At length the choir- master, Mr. W. JDevin, stood up and gave a signal to the band and organist, upon which a processional march was played as a voluntary. Soon clatter of swords was heard, and a long string of officers entered, taking up the second, third, and fourth row of Beats on the right- hand 6ide of the orchestra. Following them came tho Lancashire Artillery aid then the Engineers, after whom entered the Honour- able Artillery Company and tho Surrey Rifles. Then a movement was heard on the left, and that sido was filled in a similar manner, always excepting the first row of seats, by tho Cambridge, Middlesex llifles and Artillery, Sfc. George's, Victoria*, and Herts. Th6 front rotv was as yet empty, and the time for service had arrived. It was evident that tho chiefs of the force were yet not present, but expected, and hence iW delay. A stir was shortly visihle, fhe \ yhole audience stood up, and a file of- men in uniform passed up the centre aisle ; but, alas 1 these were only the Sussex Cavalry, and had to be sent to tho rear again, while the • audience reseated itself, thecavalrymenretiring in consi- derable confusion. Another quarter of an hour was passed in wsEting, and for the second time the congre- Stion rose ; the clergy took their seat", and then the ayor, wearing his badges oit office, entering at the north door, and followed by Prince Arthur, in theuni- form of the Rifle Brigade, Princo Edward of Saxe- Weimar, Major- General Horsford, and the Staff of the Brighton Army, passed along the front of the, orchestra, and iook possession of the vacant Beats, the • rl^ an geanwhile playing gently. Then came the Easter ymn, following winch were the prayers intoned and the Psalms chanted. Aftet the collects was sung the Old Hundredth Psalm, the third and fifth verses being snng and played in unison by both prgan and band with great effect. At the close of the prayers, the procession hymn, " Onward Christian soldiers ! " set to a tune composed by Mr. R. Taylor, the organist of Brighton College, was splendidly ren- dered by the choir ; and then the Rev. H. H. Wyatt, MA, who is chaplain of the 1st Sussex Rifle Volun- teers, stood forward to preach. His text was taken from the 1st' Th'essJ, 5th chapter 9th verse : " Ye are all the children of the light^ and the. children- of the day ; WE- are fiBt'oftEe" mgnt, nor of darkness." The substance of the discourse was somewhat aa follows: . i The first words God spake In the creation was, " Let there be light." It was the most glorious thing of all Ilia works., • o dwells In that llghMto which net mm can approach. Christ, Indeed, described Himself as the light of the world. The present season was one for tho e." peclal consideration Of such a subject. Over tho sun of their rellgi- ms horizon darkness had lately passed; - but now light had suefwded. They were not meroiaztrsjA, bufc". Dartakers'- » f,- ttre- bleiE- lngs arising tronrthe resurrection of Christ. Seraphim and Cherubim rejoiced, and to- day there was happiness throughout the world. Tho fantlval they celebrated told ot man's ruin stayed and his restitution perfected. And it was tp • peletyrate this great event that the Christians of old, although greatly persecuted,, perflated In meeting on Easter Day. Never was an issue so . momentous' as that whfchtheynowcommemorated. There werp. twogre. it lessons tp be learnt from the fact that'Christ had risen. Ono was that victory over death had been achieved. As long aa sin was In the vorkL- ao loo* wonM thTCbe death ; but by Christ's dying and rising again Its sling was extracted: it was renderedharmless to thoie who departed hence In the faith. And thus the death oflhe Christian was'spoken of as " falling asleep." Doubtless they had read of those who all their life through were subject to bondage from fear of death. There were also many who, though unprepared for their great change, met death stolidly In an i nnat- iml manner. But it was the tormenting, the slavish ftar of death, from which true Christianity delivered. They were relieved from the dismay of death. It would no longer bo looked upon as an evil It waa tho beginning of happiness. It was tho accomplishment of all their desires. That moment the spirit was freed from the body there would be an end of all doubts and fears. Christians might - depend on death to admit them to complete and eternal Joy. All things were theirs, said Paul— life, death, or immortality. Death was the dark entry to light. How blessed was the end of the Martyr Stephen, notwithstanding the vlolonco and the pain which sur- rounded It! Heaven was let Into his heavenly soul, for Step- hen waa full of the Holy Ghost. And us the siones fell. Step- hen knelt, calling upon God, saying, " Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Lord lay not this sin to their charge ; " tho record adding that when he had said that he " foil asleep." The well as the souL His resurrection . history, but a precedent Human life was moro than tho life of a spirit. God made man body and soul, and if that body' waa not to be restored man would not ho wholly redeemed. The Apostle, feeling that man's body wo Mil rise sjn/ ke of Christ 8 victory over death as conclntlve upon that point, and argued that it included not only ono element of man's nature, but both Its constltoenta. They were apt to ltse sight ef this. One was Inclined to think of the work of Christ as applicable only to the soul of man : hut It was more than this. In honour of materialism they had fallen Into mere spiritualism ; they lost sight of the fact that Christ had not only redeemed the soul, bat tho body. He did not say that their bodies would be unchanged. On tho contrary, there was no doubt that flesh and blood could not enter the kingdom of heavon. This mortal body would, however, bo the foundation of tho lntellectunl form, assimilating to itself such extraneous matter as God appointed. This corraptlble should put on incorruptlon by Its mortal Immortality. Ho would urge his hearers never to part with tholr hopes of heaven. They bad doubtless knelt by the side of tho dying bed; they must themselves die. A great man had said, " 1 prove everything by the test, * What shall I think of it when I am dying?" The deaths of such men aa Paine and Voltaire showed that they died In the greatest dlimay. in vain their friends did their utmost to keep up their courage. The matter stood thus : There were cases innumerable of perfons who wero troubled on tholr deatb- bed because they had neglectcd religion, but not an Instunco of a Christian dying thus had ever been adduced. In conclusion tho rev. gentleman urged religion upon all, not only as a personal matter, but as a national benefit, arguing that from it sprang loyalty and every blessing which exalted a nation. every blessing which exalted a nation. The sermon which I have thus briefly summarised was somewhat long, and towards the end the hearers became fidgety, coughing so incessantly that tho preacher's voice was almost inaudible at tho extreme endofthobalcony, but with this exception the discourse was delivered with great effect. The congregation roee, and Mr. Wyatt pronounced the Benediction, and as tho last words were uttered, the strains of Handel's magnificent Hallelujah chorus came from the choir. With the aid of the band and the organ, this wonderful composition was splendidly rendered to tho end, tho volume of sound being almost overpowering. Then camo " God Bless tho Prince of Wales," followed by the National Anthem, and the vast congregation melted away. Although the Interior of the Pavilion had been par- tially lighted with gas, we could see through the open doors that the sun was shining brightly without, and it was, therefore, with no surprise that the magnificent spectacle which presented itaelf ot- taido the Pavilion was witnessed. The troops, as thc- y filed out of tho building, had drawn themselves up ns on parade, and formed In long linoe in the grounds of tho road be- yond, their bands playing, and their uniforms and accoutrements glittering in the sun. As a body of men they looked remarkably fine, fit in overy respect, strong; athletic, eoldiurlike, ready for comparison with any troops In the world ; and that the crowds of civi- lians wh. « h aaeembled to view them appreciated this, tha remark* heard in every direction sufficiently proved. SCENES from the BRIGHTON REVIEW. In an interesting sketch by the Special Correspon- dent of tho Daily News, after describing the departure from London and the arrival at Brighton, the writer continues:— It was half- past nlno when tho order " Forward " was given, tho Hon. Artillery Company leading tho way, straight up tho hllL Happily about this moment tho sky cleared and the sun sent forth some mild rays that inspired a faint hope. Tho ground on the Level was detestably soft, and tho chalky mud of Brighton ha3 a peculiar property of giving tho nether garments the appearance of having boen lately handled with a shaving brush. Tho road up tho hill to tho Downs was equally soaked with tho lato rains, but tho stop was firm, nevertheless, and the condition of tho men on arriving on tho heights everything that could bo desired. The town was by this tlmo getting Into a wild state of excitement, and pcoplo racro busily preparing to leave for tho seat of war. Cabs, which were ready to do business on strictly moderate principles an hour ago, now refused to stir under Ave shillings rising slxpenco overy quarter of an hour. Mr. Disraeli's " fair and fond horsewoman " was by no moans a rarity, eomo very handsome equipages, fours In hand, and drags were driving up and down tho Parade, and as tHe various riding schools had been emptied of their livestock, it was but natural that an occasional Easter holiday maker, with his trousers half way up at the knee, and liis arm affectionately hugging tho steed's neck, should already como In for a fair share of admiration and banter. Tho express and excursion trains from London had also commenced to pour their multitudes Into the town, nnd by tho numbers that crowded, panted, and laboured uphill. It would seem as though tho fond expectations of the railway company wero fully realised. Every road is said to lead to Romo, and by tho same token every Brighton Btroot leads to tho Racocourse and tho Grand Stand. A very sumptuous breakfast had boon provided by the town council in tho Pavilion— bat tho attractions outside wero doubtloss creator, far tho greater part of tho seats being unoccuplcd. whatever was done In the way of repast and refreshment was gone through— and with apparent zest on the Downs— under the pavilion of nature and in the enjoyment of a decoration which tho greatest painters havo vainly en- deavoured to reproduce. Your thoroughbred Londoner Is a man of coal and brick, but whsn ho gets a glimpse of the real, frcBh, honest country ho knows how to enjoy and appreciate it. You can see that he Is not a clown. The mythical origin of his name must have dated back to vory remote ages in- deed— for there Is none of that doltish, stupid stare about him that indicate a total ignorance of tho natural. He is a wldeawako man; there aro few who havo not a speaking acquaintance with one costermonger at least, and what crop there was on thp fields becamo a matte* of considerable Interest. But the snb- llmo view of the ocean, shaded by tho clouds to a doop blue- green, and lighted up at the far horizon with a ' brl| ht Btreak of sunlight, dotted with a few glittering sails, and rolling In steadily with mighty sweep, could not but Impress them deeply, It- is a sight that cannot be enjoyed by the population of any other large European capital. Paris knowB it not; Berlin, Vienna. St. Peters- burg, and Madrid would no doubt give something hand- something to bo within an hour's rido of a view that nover changes, and Is never anything but sublime. The racecourse was already fined" with a goodly crowd of spectators. They were mostly of tho lower classes, decently dressed and well- behaved, apparently determined to be . amused, and entering with energy into the various pastimes that had been provided for them by tho inevitable and far- seeing laws ol supply and demand. There were not many Income- tax payers as yet; I should TougMy ostimato the sum derived from that source, as there represented, at a thous- and pounds. Nevertheless,, tho Aunt Sallies, the cocoa nuts, the rt thrte shfes a penny," tho merry- go- rounds, and whatever else tho Imagination may please to picture to Itself, wore in great request. Tho far- away hills were lined witb a black mass of spectators, and In the valley parts of tho 15th and 6th Brigades were posted In re- serve. The firing, which was anxiously lookod out for, did not commence till after twelve, but when from the extreme right the white cloud floated away from the summit of the hill, and the dull boom of the signal pun fell upon our ear*, there was an lmmedlato rush in that direction. There was no danger that the crowd should at the outset Interfere with tho movements of tho troops, for the walk from the town to the racecourse had already satisfied most pedestrians, and thj attacking forces wero at least two miles ahead, and could only be recognised by the denso appearance which they presented in the valley or against- tho crest of'a hill;' and by tho occasional spat- tering of the skirmishers In front. Presently, however, there was a cry of " They cornel" and a certain activity was discernablo amongst tho reserves. The hills that touched the horizon now becamo lined with a long file of skirmishers, aud . the.. fight having begun in real earnest, was " walcRsd with ignorant, but none the less un- broken attention. Presently, too, the batteries began to play In every direction, and- vast clouds of smoke swept over the ldlls. Then the heavy IS- pounder battery was brought up from the reserve and posted near the south side of Warren Farm. It Is needless to say that tho opera- tions of tho artillery became Immediately tho centre of attraction ; and notwithstanding the deafening effect which their reports had upon tho ears of tho bystanders, they per- sisted - In pressing round each on(, with' both ears se- curely protected, and ready with a chorus of excla- mations when the word " Fire!" was given. The cum- brous machines were drawn by six dray- horses each, and it was probably somewhat amusing to the mili- tary critics to near tho non- ptefetsional's ' Whoa back !" ana " Geo np!" wherewith the tmock- frockod artlllprlst pro tem. managed his' Sturdy tiyim. Tho laymen wore ua- Bpurlngj In . their - remarks and grotli inslnuatlofiS; nor did the gunners, admirably aa their work was performed, escape Without comment. There was a happy absence of for- mality about the opinions expressed; indeed, theandienoemay be said to have been Infected with what rare Ben Johnson calls an" itching leprousy of wit; " butthemen werotmartat their work, and they knew U. Thero was pride In their counte- nances, and pleasure In their eyes, as they performed tholr pr- fesalonal antics about the Instruments of war ; and those behind them calmly contemplated, and even rejoiced, In tho utter annihilation of the enemy, whose nose was Just appear- ing over the crest of thehllL How tho fight went, who was winning or Jo sing, nobody seompd to kuow or care about, and even whon the extreme left wing opened a murderous firo upon somo person or persons unknown the itrateglcal meaning of the mancouvre was not ' in the least inquired into. There was a sudden halt after this, and a goneral fooling that it was " All over," whereupon a " skodaddle" to the Grand Stand became a matter of primitive necessity. The crowd had now become Immense, and tho crush lust about the Stand was at one moment inconvenient: but when it became plain that there was as good a view to be obtained anywhere elsa the crowd spread Itself With intfenlgent rapidity on both sides, leaving the course open for the troops, who could be seen massed in dense squares about half a mile to tho north Thero was no lack of fun even then. The British public is as Innocent as a child, and draws its recreation from the very heavens. A sudden though very briof shower of rain caused endless laughter, and a company of Ethiopians, who re- hearsed the marvellous adventures of ono Samso^ who walked away out of the town with the gates on liis back. gained as much attention as a deserving city missionary bard by, who was singing the " Old Hundredth" within a small and devout circle of adherents. Tho following extracts descriptive of the engage- ment, are from a sketch by a Correspondent of The Times:— . , From tho Brighton station the men marched direct to an enclosed spaceknown as " the Level," at the northern end of tho town, whero the two Divisions of tho Invading army were to bo assembled before receiving tho order to set out. At a very early hour General Lindsay rodo from his head- quarters at tho Albion to tho place of rendezvqiu. In dlreqt- lng ^^^ of tho Brigades ho wM t^ l^ l^ d byjthe Without tho slightest exaggeratlorrjt may be said that the assembled VoluriteerMftfrj^ a remarkably flno body of troops. Taken all round, their avorago holght waa from one Inch to two Inches greater than that of tho Lino, while £ n fiioo and figure they ' rtilfclit liaVe compared with any bodyKjfmenta this or* any other country. They put ono very much in mind of the* . Prussian Landwehr, only they had moro elasticity about . them t|) ftn belongs to any German troops. But no^ thing cpuli^ have , beqn bfit^ er than tho maunor In whlchthe companies stood and ~ kept together while lu tho enclosmt) awaiting marching orders. There was np living . Uio ranki/ no swinging about of their rifles, no shouting. There was an orderly attffljtlnn1 on tho part ol tho corps collectively and tho men Individually which elicited strong commendation from the m| i| tary olllccra In command. . . . Precisely'at a quarter before nlno tho Prince of Sax^ i Weimar, by whose side was Prlnco Arthur, gaVe the woropi command for tho moving off of tho First Division, wlileh? like all tho other Divisions, was composed of three Brigades. It took the direct route by the . worHhoose,! and arrived on the Downs, commenced spreadlpg Itself out frw « , tho « outii- wost of Wirfeu Fitii, which was a reserved, spot, , reund in the direction. Of Kottlog- dean on tho const, thus forming . tho right centre and tho right of General llorsford's ppsltlon. in tho meantime, the arrival'ef tho remaining troops who were to pake up the throe Brigades of the* Second Division yraa anxiously awaited on the Level. They came to the erttlosiire with bands playlog at Intervals of a few minutes up to half- past nlno, whon tho order for marching was given by Msjor- Goneral Greathed. By this tlmo the inhabitants of Brighton and rnatiy thousand Tutors had turned out. and lined the road on either ildS' kit along from the Level to Via It was Just ton as tho last Brlgsdo of tho Second Dlvtotro arrived at tho Racocourte on tho Downs. At the Windmill, which was tho eastern extremity ef tho manctuvring ground, two 18- ppundors, served by guunors of thfrlit Sosioi'Arttr-' lery, hod alceady been placed In position. Abeut a quarter of a mlio further, the same corps had two other guns of the sumo calibre. This was closa to the Warren Farm, Itself an eiccptod position, as tho red flags stuck In tho ground Indi- cated to the armies on both sides. There also were two troops of tho 19th Hussars, concealed from tho enemy In a position which would enable thorn to descend tho Wick Valley to the right, or charge Infantry up the heights on General Lysous' sldo In examining the positions of the contending forces, It most be borne In mind that, though defending tho country against an Invader, General Lysons was on this oecasKMi taking the offensive, and that, beyond throwing out pcoiiar outmost*, with reserves, auWKirU. and pickets, General Horsford could make no forward movement what- ever. He might make what observations ho could within certain limits, but these were very restricted. No advancod sentries wero allowed to cross the road leading from Folmer on the north to Bottingdean on the south, but General Lysons- troops must havo appeared on tho heights at his own aldo beforo they could be scon by sentries on General Here- ford's side of tho Falmer and KottlngdeanKoad. Again, tho General dircctlngoffensive operations has his cholco of tho point of attack. There is no limit ia this respect except that imposed by his own discretion, whereas the General defending has no cholco. He must rcjist the attack at tho point It Is mado. If these circnmstancM bo borne In mind, tho disposition made of his forces by'Sir A. Horsford will be more easily appreciated. The opposing army might have crossed In Its greatest strength between Nowmarket- hill, facing General Horafqrd's left, and Botingdcan High Barn,' almost opposlto his extreme right, a distance of between two and three miles. The Newruarket- hlll route wonld bring an army down more directly upon the town of Brighton, and therefore to anticipate something in that, quarter was only what occurred to all outsiders who consulted tho map; but, military men knew that in dealing with such a com- mander as General Lysons It would have been rash to leavonny point unwatclied by Infantry and cavalry, especially as the army to be attacked at Brighton had not sufficient artillery to defend tho high Downs, on tho town sldo, as they ought to have boon. It certainly appeared from tho tiring that General Horsford was stronger in guns than General Lysons; but he wanted them moro. With sufficient artillery his position was very strong, because, having appeared on heights the en emy had to descend into a valley and come up again boforo ho could fight his way into the town; but the want of a sufficient number of guns obliged him to advance and spread out his Infantry in a manner which, had Brighton been regularly prepared for a de- fence, would havo been quite unnecessary. As it was it became essential for hlm- to- so place his First Division that its 1st Brlgnde. under Colonel Parke, occupied tho slopes of the hill from Woodendean, round nearly to Rottlngdean ; tho 2nd Brigade, commanded by Colonel Elrington, and tho 3rd, under Lieutenant- Colonel LoydLtudsay, were massed In great force lu tho Wlckj- valley, and tho three Brigades of his Second Division, commanded respectively- by Coldtiel Andersen, Colonel Weare, and Lord Banelagh, extended the Une of defence back to the eastward as far as the Wind- mill. From Woodcndflan- hlU, . over the Wick Valley, tho very best view of thowhole operations was had from thtf time of their commoncement to the close. Here it was that General Ellico, tho chief umpire, and tho Prince of Saxo Weimar and Prlnco Arthur awaited the commencement of the attack and witnessed most of the fighting. General Lysons c ( in- ducted his movements with such caution that while tho troops of General Horsford were awaiting the signal gun very littlp could bo seen or heard of the enemy, but for a moment or two, at about half- past 10 o'clock, some troops were seen on tho sky line of the ridge near Bottingdean High Barn, and soon after an amateur spy brought In news that hundreds of men were lying concealed behind the Barn Itself. Little doubt seemed to be felt for an hour before tho attack was made that battle would be offered on the left of the enemy's lino and to General Horaford's right or right centre In the first Instance; but there wore suspicions that this'Would perhaps bo only a feint. The enemy laboured under a disadvantage and General Horsford's army enjoyed an advantage which neither would have experienced in actual warfare. A crowd of spectators op the ridges which separated the two'arrMeakept kndvlng lu tho direction taken by the attack, ing force, and this Indicated to the spectators on theWdodei- dean- hill what General Lysons* disposition of forces was likely to be ; but eleven o'clock camo, and half- past eleven, and still no signal gun was fired, and the waiting began to grow tedious. At length, Just to the minute of a quarter to twelve, tho long- desired gja. dld jtcach all ears for miles round-, and " attention" was intense for the next two or three minutes, at tho end of which skirmishers were seen pouring down in all directions from the ridges on General Lysontf1 left. H the guns on General Here- ford's extremfc Yight and on the hljl of Woodendean had boon brought to bear on tho^ e iklnplshers. It would have bqen Impossible for them to descend as far as they did toward* the valley Without receiving a decisive check, If not sustaining total annihilation ; but for some cause or other artillery was not brought to bear upon them for some minutes. In the meantime the enemy's cavalry was emerging from behind the Born and from General Horiford's right skirmishers wero rapidly thrown out, and, under cover of the batteries on the extreme right, advanced to check the enemy. From the ridges between thA. Barn and Nowmarket- hill Infantry poured down bv fasious paths, but converged in: a mass about midway between the two points. Cavalry charged on either side, but without any decisive effect. Tl) cre were not more than 150 pf them with each army, so that it was not expected that they should play any very pro- minent part in tho operations. Tho advance of the attack- ing army was supported by artillery from tho ridges; but. Lord Truro's Batteries and those of tho 1st Sussex Artillery kept np a tremendous lire against the centre, of . General Ly^ on's line. ^ Vithln c. few minutes tho battle was raging In a semi- circle air both sides.; and for some time the struggle Boomed to , be a doubtful one.- Evidently the attacking army was getting the Worst of it on Lysons' leftj Immediately Below the Barh. Colonel Parke> Brigade\ wasoutflanking- him, but round in tho direction ofXieneralflormfotd'a centre and left thd enemy was literally pouring down infantry into the valley. The 2nd and 3rd Brigades were advanced to ebock tha approach of ' the skirmishers, who, having gainod the hollow, cimmcnced the ascent of the Downs A) the Brighton side. Froih Woodendean- lflll to the " Warren Farm an almost simultaneous advance was ma- fo all down tho slopes, and for three- quarters of an h^ ur tho fjittla. of musketry and the boqmlng of cannon were ( Teofening. The changes of position were frequent oh Horsford's side, and though these wore not executodi with all that precision which was witnessed oh one or two of the great occasions in the IlanjpaMro . Manoeuvres, when the regular troops- had to meet, a sudden and over- 1 whelmluk- buslaught, there was a prompt obedience on the part of the Voluuteers which showed that they are qult^' suf( clentiy trained to derive rely creai Mntflt irnm such- strategic movements as that In which they were engaged. Tw6 portions of the contending forces did certainly find themselves In a posltfon which would have been simply Impossible In actual warfare. A line of Lysons' skirmishers was approachin g In the dlrectloaOT^ VoodenJein- ldll when a double lllrt of Horsford's Uifantfj was lyipg down, and keep- lng; up a fire at some object oppo& t&' to them. Tho advancing BKlrmUhefs and those lying on the ground , wore at right angles to ^ ach other, ota distance of only p . very few hundred yards, but they were so mutually accommodating as not to disturb tho'order of this arrangement, f When the light hat! bejen carriod on between LysOiis' centro andflght and Hereford's centre and left f6r nearly three- quarters of an hour, Colonel Parke's BrigadWhad Suc- ceeded In turning the enemy's left and forcing it to retreat up the helihts under cove* of the Batteries. This enabled General Hereford to brhia up reinforcements to his centre from his right, at tho same time as- his Second Division, oh the left, opposed the advance froM the oentre, which was now! made mere serious by | i deployment which Lysdni suc- ceeded In effecting on, his, right from the ridges at New- market- hllJ; but still there was the danger that the attack by Lysons' left n^ lght bo renewed, for the infantry and] civalry which h* d retired were still In sight on the brow of thp hill near the > Bam. " Vndt* uiee& circumstances, Parko's brlgado wheeled, round, and whMo remaining th its position oh tfad right of < he Division directed a woll- sus- tained fire otii the . flank of, Lysons' centro. But still It was evident that the Lewes troops making their advance furthor and further into Horsfoid's left centre,' nnd that If the battle was to be coijtinned lie must- retire and tako up a now JioBltlon. Under these circumstances, tho Um- pires ordered tho firing to cease. Tho battlo could scarcely be regarded as a decisive, one, for even In a now position General Horaford might give the defenders of England something to do before they . could fight their way back into Brighton. . THE MARCH PAST. Immediately on tho conclusion of tho sham fight the various regiments were marched, somo Independently and gomo In brigades, to the Race course, where the march took place In tho roverso direction to that of previous years. It was found impossible to place the regiments in the positions for the march past that they had occupied during tho day In divisions and brlgados ; and thero were frequent ahort delays to enablo troops to como up. The saluting polut was close to tho corner of tno Brighton end . General Elllce, as Commandlng- lu- Chlef. Tho Artillery did ppt march past, It being found Impossible to get tlio guns ln$ o position In tlmo. The first to pass tho goneral was tho handful of tho 1st Sussex Light Horse, smart men with good Wfhtlng seats, riding excellent cattle. The South Middle- sex Rifles, a very strong regiment, marched past In - ahighly creditable manner, as also did tho Artists, tho Lan- cashire corps, several of tho Surrey corps, and the 1st Middlesex Engineers. After the first contingent had passed came tho detachment of the 10th Hussars, who seem the ^ deal of dashing little horsomen; and then the crowd broke dn, thinking all was over. At tho ordtr of " fours about' tho Jlussars reversed their front, and clearei tho course with great dexterity, remaining on it to keep it when cleared. • Of the regiments at whose head General Lysons marched past . those most noticed were the 2nd Tower Hamleta, the 1st Hon. ArtlHery Company's Infantry, the London Kllle Bri- gade, the Victorias, tho St. Georges, the 87th Middlosox ( a very strong regiment), tho London Scottish, and the London Irish. But the marching, as a whole ( soys the Daily Hew Correspondent) was far from satisfactory. Ono might have thought that, from working together toe the previous part of the day, tho men might have got accustomed to touch each Otfier, aud to pick up their dressing. But the day'a work seemed. In many cases, to have disintegrated companies al- together, and except as a pretty spectacle tho march past was, as regards the Voluuteors, the least satisfactory por- tion of tho day's work. After tho march tho troops wont straight down to tho . parade with scarcely a stoppago, and again assombled ou tho ' Lcrel, whenco by detachments they weie conducted to the railway station, and shipped for London. The first special Oraln left at six o'clock, the last soon after eight, and slthongh the number of men conveyed has not yet been oxactly ascertained, tho arrangements solar seamed to havo been carried out in a satisfactory anannar. THE RETURN HOME. At 7 o'clock on Monday evening tharitation^ and platform of the Brighton Railway at Londo^- brldgo was Ui orally crammed with the wives, families, and friends of the Volun- teers, anxiously awaiting their arrival home, and to hear how the day's proceedings had gone off. It was known that tha first Voluuteur train was to leavo Brighton at 6 o'clock, and precisely at 7.20 It steamed into the London terminus, bring- ing with It tho 1st London and the Srd Middlesex ArtiUeiy On tho Voluntcera quitting the carriages they all assem- bled In n body on tho platform and gave three spontaneous ringing cheers for the Brighton Company, in acknowledgment of the efficient manner in which the train service had been performed in tho morning, an. l the quickness with which tljolr trains had been brought up from Brlsjfi?). They next gavo threo cheers In token of tho aat- SPww- they felt with the result of the day's operations. Before the excitement bad subsided a second train camo In, with the 3rd London, tho 57th MHdlrae « , and some contingents from other corps. Altogether thoro were 15 volunteer trains to bo despatched from Brighton, ten to London- bridge and flvo to" Victoria. Those trains left Erlghton every 20 minutes, and In tho intervals the regular and special passenger trains wero dispatched, so that after the arrival of the first Volunteer train- at 7.20, the trahl3 came in every ten minutes, ( the greatest j- eguJijrity being observed, and not the slightest confusloh iSccutnug. At 11 o'clock on Monday . night eight out of the tin Vohipteer trainshad duly arrived, nnd tho wholo of the Volunteers were In Loudon before 12 o'clock. This was a great Improvement upon all former Easter Mondays, and rcfleots great credit upon tlie officials of the railway. Tho boots and clothing of the . Volunteers wore all bespattered with mud, ' showlug the work they Jiad gope through.. The general: expression of feeling amongst the Volunteers was tliat al- though they had gono through some hard work, the satisfac- . tory result was a sufficient compensation. Another great- Improvement noticed on Monday night was In the fact that » > nearly all the corps came up in regimental order, with bafc- f few stragglers; showing a considerable advance In discipline over former years. EXECUTION AT LINCOLN. On Monday morning William Frederick Horry, a young man of 28, underwent the extreme penalty of the law for the murder of his wife, Jane Horry, at Boston; on the 15th of January last. The prisoner and his wife, occupying a somewhat re- spectable position in life, considerable interest attached to the case. The prisoner was married to his victim in 1867, and for some time they appear to have lived. together on affectionate terms. Last year, however, differences arose between . them, and they separated. The prisoner had become jealou3 of his wife, and so overpowering were his feelings on the subject that he broke up a business into which he aud his wife had been put by their friends at Burslem, and abandoned any settled pursuit. The young woman, with her children, went to live at the house of the prisoner's father at Boston. On the 14th January the prisoner arrived at Boston having previously purchased a revolver at Nottingham. He was allowed to see his wife on the loth January, but he no sooner came into her presence than he fired afc her, tha bullet lodging in the aorta, so that death followed in a few seconds. The prisoner's mother came - up and exclaimed, " Oh! Fred, what have you done?" Upon which the prisoner said coolly, " Ihavedone it.'* The prisoner's brother appeared next on the scene, and he made a similar inquiry to that addressed to the prisoner by his mother, and received substantially the same answer. He kissed his dead wife franti- cally, said he had loved , her passionately, and begged for a Jock of her hair, which one of his brothers gave him. This brother led him away from the corpse and he asked for a glass of water. The brother suggested brandy, but the " prisoner said " No; I'll have no more of that. I've been drunk on that for the • last six weeks." It maybe added, that the prisoner nnd tfis wiffi Irfinfc thfl Oenivn FT. itfl. at. P. nralpm. and that he there so gave himself up to habits pf intem- Kranee, that he suffered fW delirium tremens. He d been angry with his father for taking his wife to his house, and intemperance and jealousy seemed have almost if not entirely unhinged hi3 reason. Since his conviction the prisoner conducted himself pretty well, and the enforced temperance of prison lif6 had probably benefited him. He displayed a natural solicitude about his children. Representations were made to the Home Secretary on his behalf, a memorial being presented from Boston, through the medium of, Mr. M Staniland" and Col Amcotts. Mr. Bruce, however, decided td'let the law take its course. Until Saturday last the prisoner strenuously refused to see his father, against whom he manifested great bitterness. The interview was very painful. The convict ever since the trial had manifested the uttoost composure- respecting his fate. On Monday morning he rose early, took ant- hour'- s;- exercise,-' and while at breakfast quoted to the gaol surgeon-' the lines from Hamlet beginning^ j'I could a tale unfold." Horry spent the remainder of the time with the chaplain. Whye being pinioned he admitted' - the justice of hi3 sentence, and statedrthat he thought '' . the jury . would have exceeded their dilty had'they re- commeuafed him to mercy. He addressed " the re- porters at considerable length, saying thathehoped they would not go away with, the idea that the remarkable firmness and self- possession he . was enabled to exhibie wire occasioned by indifference or bravado; they were the result of a fearlessness of death produced by" repentance and belief in Christ. He particularly1 wished it to be kqqwn that he forgave - his father and ! died at peace With all men. The scaffold was erected ' at . some distance from- tjie gaol, but'he walked the whi) le of the jvay without assistance, - his tread firm, and a calm smile on Els face. His fortitude never deserted him,- After shaking hands with the chaplain • and the gaol officials, and thanking them for their good offices, he wished thqm-. good- bye, and; mounting the ' Scaffold, placed himself in the necessary position. His last words, after the cap had been drawn over his face, were,—" God forgive my poor dear father; may he pray for forgiveness. Goa bless my poor dear children. Lord have mercy oh my soul I" The executioner did his work quickly. Horry died almost initantly, and probably without pain. After a formal inquest by tho county coroner, the body was interred in" the Castle Keep. CUTTINGS FROM AKERICAN PAPERS. The San Francisco paper is displeased with two sensationalpreachers, and dubs them,> ot politely but tersely, " a brace of theological clowns." A writer severely desoribes the exodus at Edgn, . s^ ing, " The devil drovo woman out of Paradise," Yes, " es; but fie could not drive Paradise out of weman. A New Orloans paper says that a young widow In that city, who writes well, " is training herself f6r an editor." who is tho editor sfie U, training for t " Can a man whose wife's name is Ann marry again f" was" propounded by a sucking lawyer. Ho answered • himself byassferttng that suoh could marry again, Ann being an Indefinite article, and therefore Ann's existence could ba proved. Soihe of the towns in Vermont, having vaccinated most of their population, are now a little Inclined to grumble because tho small- pox does not come along. Thore is a general feeling thero that all the troublo has been taken for nothing. A Philedelphia editor whs exclaims against people calling on him who havo nothing to do, and nothing to say, and expect he has nothing to write, and is fond of nothing- ness iu goneral, puts the following in the front page :— We have rented an offlco in the top of the shot tower, and hav » planted torpedoes and spring- guns all tho way up the stairs. A sentimental young lady in New York lost a curly dog. 8he had loved that dog to hysterics. Soon after she was seen to contemplate with great pensiveness thet countenance of a bowhlskered and be ringleted young man. " My dear," said her maiden aunt, " don't look so at Mr. B. p he'll think you are in love with him." " I csn't help It, aunt, his expression Is so like my poor departed Fusscy." This is what usually comes of playing with edged tools :— A fellow thought ne would be smart and just have a little fun with a young lady whom he had visited two or three times. He asked her what sho would do if a nice- looking young fellow asked her to marry him sho smiled so gushingly, and lookod— well, good enough to eat. but said nothing. Then ho asked her what she would say if he- asked her to marry him. Sho throw her arms around him, and rushed out of the room for her hat and shawl to go to the lawyer ; and In two days aftor the poor fellow said he was novor married so suddenly iu his life. Probably that was tho nearest she over ciune to being asked, and she theught fooling around with sentiment would be dangerous. " GONB WHERE THE WOODBINE TWINETH,"— This Amorican expression Is said to owe its origin to the lato Colonel Flsk, of New York notoriety. Whon he was before the Committee on Banking and Currency, giving evi- dence as to the great gold conspiracy, he was asked where tho money had gene. Thinking tho expression " Up the spout" too slangy, and recollecting that during his country trips he had observed a woodbine twining round the spout of almost ovory house or cottage, he answered, " Gone where the woodbine twineth." A ROYAL OOW.— Tho favourite cow " Alix," from which the celebrated herd of short- horn cows reared at the Prince Consort's Shaw Farm, Windsor Park, was descended, died recently from swallowing a small piece of wire. " Alix," a twin, was bred by Sir Charles Knlghtley, and was bought when, threo years old for 100 guineas, the late ' Prinpe Consort having de- voted much attention to the improVojnept of the short- horn breed, with a view to'the production of animals of real utility both for the dairy and tho butchers. At Windsor sho produced 17 calves, and wns a capital dairy cow. Sho was a great favourite with the Royal Family, and it waa always understood that aha waa to end her days on thefahs, and net be sold. j • I > A _ - M — — —: SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1872 Th( TFAl. 5IERS' CLUB and the WARWICK- SHIRE LABOURERS' STRIKE. « The monthly meeting; of the Fanners' Club took pixie on Monday evening, at the Salisbury Hotel, Salisbury Square, London. Mr. H. Cheffina, chair- man of the year, presiding. The subject fixed for consideration, viz., " Vegetable and Fruit Farming," having been introduced by Mr. T. C. Scott, Enaphiil, Woking, in a practical Riper, » discussion ensued, in the course of which soifie in- cidental allusions were made to the peculiar position of agricultural labourers generally, and to the movement which has recently sprung up among those of South Warwickshire in particular. Mr. M Reynolds, of Warden, Biggleswade, after remarking that during the winter season market gardeners in his district paid their men only 2a. a day. and on the average not more than half- a- crown, said that gardeners employed labourers only when they actually wanted them, and that wten they did not re- quire their services, they turned them adrift; and that In wet and bad seasons that operated very disadvanta- • ceously to labourers. Gardeners did not keep men on lor the mere sake of employing them ; whereas, as they all knew, farmers employed throughout the year a certain number of labourers, whether they wanted them or not. Mr. W. Clutton, of Penge, said there wae one sub- ject which he had rather expected to hear discussed, or at least mentioned that evening— he meant the strike among the Warwickshire labourers. He was not going to enter into that matter, because it did aiot strictly belong to the question before the meet- ing ; but he must say that they ought all to think about it. There was no reason why agricultural labourers should not strike as well as bricklayers and carpenters, who had always received a great deal more money, and therefore farmers should be pre- pared for what was coming. Mr. T. Scott, after acknowledging a vote of thank for his paper, said a subject had just been broach a which was dangerous, and should, in his opinion, no ' have been introduced unless they were prepared fully to Idiscuss it. Having travelled about the country a cood - deal, and having been in almost every county in the three kingdoms, he must say that he had never found tho low _ principle of supply and demand regulating • the relations of farmers and their labourers. Farmers lad a much higher claim on those whom they em- ployed than manufacturers had on their workpeople. He had often seen labourers kept on in tho deaa of • winter doing scarcely anything, living almost like cats, an idleness at home, when they might have beeh dis- charged. He maintained, therefore, What farmers had » much higher claim on those whom they employed ithan manufacturers and others, who dispensed with fthe services of their men when they ceased absolutely to require them ; and he hoped that the good sense of the labourers and their advisers would show them that those who were treated with such leniency, kindness, and patriarchal feeling, ought not to take advantage of their position at times which were inopportune for their employers. OPEN- AIR SERVICE AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. On Easter Sunday the members of the London City Mission commenced for the season their opcn- alr religious services under tho western portico of the Royal Kxchaogo. It would le Impossible to select any site for this special purpose, the large space under tho portico forming a spacious and con- venient church, and the flagged space at the foot of the steps • affording n ready means of approach clear of the omnibus - traffic, which roared and rumbled continuously on either side of the preaching- ground during the service, says the Daily Act/*, and thus continues the sketch :— Having arrived there about a quarter of an hour lefore the commencement of the service, wo found the arrangements to be of the most austere and primitive character. A wooden chair was placed so as to form the mod eat pulpit, an da bout a dozen forms constituted the only sitting accommodation provided for the con- gregation. A very considerable number of piraons had already collected, and they looked as if they were mainly composed of the housekeepers and other sub- ordinate employes of the great banks and warehouses in the neighbourhood. Ihe female element was not especially conspicuous. There were perhaps a score of decent elderly women, and about as many smar young ones, andbehindthem were massed large bodies. , men; some of the respectable middle class, others of the equally respectable working class, and not a few who looked as if material as well as spiritual comfort would not be unwelcome to them. One corpmon attitude was, however, observable in all, that of the deepest reverence and most wrapt attention to the addresses. The hearts of the hearers were obvioualy'in the work at which they had come to assist, and the varying ex- pression of their countenances indicated the powerful impressions that were created by the simple but earnest and energetic discourses of the preachers. There was an elderly female, in faded and worn mourning, who looked the very embodiment of sorrow and » resignation; there was a blind boy, who flitted about and showed by his gestures how intense was his interest in the proceedings; there was a black sailor who seemed to listen with a sort of wondering and puzzled attention ; and there were Bome great, strong fellows hi smock frocks, who were not surpassed by anyone present in reverent deportment, or in the fervour with which they joined in the hymns. Altogether it seemed as if the idea with which the City Mission had'established these services was fully borne out by practical experience, and that they had the effect of . arresting many a careless way- farer, who would not have gone out of his or her way to attend at a regular place of worship. The speakers were Messrs. Walker, father and son, of the London City . Mission; Mr: Vigeon, of the White- cross- Rtreet Mission; the Rev. W. Tyler, pastor of the Mile- end- New- town Independent Chapel; the Rev. Edward White, a Wesleyan minister, in Toronto, Canada; Mr. Sadler, and one' oi* two others. Amongst those present, but not addressing the con- gregation, was Dr. Zietzmann, a me lical man, who had served with the German army all through the late war, who has since then resided m England, and who himself is an active promoter of these open- air re- ligious services. We were informed by this gentleman that they have been lately introduced into various parts of Prussia, and aro likely to become general throughout Protestant Germany. Mr. Orsman's singing class, numbering about sixty voices, was in attendance, and gave great effect to the singing of the hymns. The order of proceeding was the simplest pos- sible. A number of speakers each in turn delivered a short extemporaneous address, having first given out a hymn, which was joined in by the whole con- gregation. Mr. Walker, sen., of the London City Mis- sion, wai the first speaker, and aftir him followed Mr. Tyler, Mr. White, Mr. Vigeon, and two or three more. The central topic with all the speakers was, of course, the great event which Easter Sunday wa3 intended to celebrate, and the duty which waa incum- bent upon every one to render themselves worthy to become participators in its Saving results. Mr. White, the Canadian missionary, attracted more than ordinary attention by the autobiographical character which he gave to his observations. • Fifty- six years ago, he said, a Kentish farmer left the shores of England with his family, and settled in the woods of Canada, seven miles beyond the then abode of living man. In course of time the humble log- house in the forest became the nucleus of a missionary organization, out of which the speaker, one of tho Kentish farmer's sons went forth to preach the truth amongst the Negro ® and In- dians in Florida and Louisiana. He laboured in the mission until his health broke down under climate and privation, and then, obtaining leave of absence, he came to England, where, in the centro of mighty London, he saw there was as much and as hard work for the Christian missionary as in the swamps and backwoods of the Western hemisphere. Mr. White's observations wero listened to with deep interest, and seemed to produce a powerful influence in the congre- gation. i A newspaper, of course, is not the place in which to repeat in detail religious discourses ; it wilH? e sufficient to say that all those which were delivered ® n Sunday last under the portico of the Royal Eicb^ gt - were marked bv a genuine Christian spirit, were simple and eaaily understood, ' add we^ e of a length just sufficient to sustain the attention withbut we^ rj^ gqpeshaftating It We did not notice a t- iiiglc yawn in the. opert- air temple. There was neither noddjng nor dozing in » ny of its recesses, nor did a single person, posent in- terrupt the speaker by word, ccn- b, or " seeHire. The Impression made by the whole service wa* in** favour- able, and Rich as to produce the conviction that similar Eu? beS^ l^ lilPla0e8 W0Qld ** attended ^ th gSAtttt& VSK1 ^ interests <* MR. DISRAELI AT MANCHESTER. £ n Ta^ r. Mr- Disraeli reoeived a most ^ n^". 0 the representatives of the various OonservaUre and Constitutional Societies scattered through- out Lancashire. The demonstration was held In the vast ^ cingialoon ttus Pomona Gardens, situate In the out- 11 hfd a'flrst *** Proposed to hold the gathering In the open sir, and a temporary platform had been erected with this view within the gardens; but the very unproplUous state of the weather made it necessary to aban- don the original intention, and the proceedings were con- ducted under the roof of the hall, which Is said to be capable of accommodating from 30.000 to 10,000 persons. Unfortu- nately it rained htartly throughout the whole day, except when It anowed, which it did for a short time In the forenoon • but the unkindly skies, though they marred the effect of tho outdoor display, failed to damp the zeal or abate tho enthus- iasm of the multitude. The deputation, said to represent some 300 different local Conservative bodies, Constitutional Associations, and Oranro Lodges, each accompanied by Its band and banners, began to arrive by railway and other conveyances towards noon from an parts of the oountry, and proceeded to a common ren- dezvous in Albert- square. Large crowds of the townrpoople followed them thither, regardless ef the weather, to sec the procession from the point of convergence, which, though spacious, would not admit of the entire array deploying there simultaneously, and, therefore as soon as one sec- tion with its flags and banners was duly marshalled It moved off to the sound of music and made room for its suc- cessor until the whole procession could be got In motion. The route to Pomona Gardens lay along some two miles ol muddy road, and at length, when tbo Shelter of the great hall was reached by the procession, the body of the building was rapidly filled by the rank and flle of the various Con- servative Societies, the Chairmen and office- bearers having addresses to present being accommodated on tho platform. The banners wero arranged round the sides of the hall, and contributed much to heighten the effect of the imposing spectacle. One splendid silk banner In particular, that of the Bacup Conservative and Constitutional Association, dis- played on one side a large- sized portrait of tho Queen, with the Crown resting on the Bible, and on the other a por- trait of Mr. Disraeli, and on which was Inscribed the words, | " The man whom we delight to honour." The hall was ! densely packed long befere five o'clock, the hour appointed for commencing the proceedings, and during a short interval the band played the National Anthem, " Rule Britannia,' and other patriotic airs. When tho Viscountess Beaconsfleld arrived on the platform the most deafening and enthusiastic cheers broke forth from all parts of the vast buUdlng. Iltr lad) ship bowed her acknowledgments for this cordial wel- come. A moment later Mr. DIsraeli stepped forward, walk- ing arm- in- arm with Mr. W. R. Callender, Jun , his appear- ance being the signal for a renewed hurricane of enthusiastic shouts and waving of hats and handkerchiefs. These demonstrations were continued with frantic vehe- mence for many minutes, the bands and myriads of human voices again striking up " Bule Britannia" and " God save the Queen." Mr. Callendor occupied the ohalr, and was supported by Mr. IL Blrley, MP, Mr. Charley, M. P , Mr. Tipping, MP., Mr. A. Egerton, M. P., and Colonel Gray, M. P. ( all Lancashire members). The members of local deputa- tions, each wearing their distinctive sashes and rosettes. In which orange and purple colours predominated, were arranged in tho rear of the platform awaiting their turn to take the more prominent part In the proceedings assigned them by the programme. The associations presenting addresses were arranged, fci fourteen groups. Ifcq first group represented seven associations of the Northern Division of Lancashire, including the Conservative Registration Association, the Preston Conservative' Club, and the Northern Star Loyal Orange Lodge. The North Eastern Division of the county was represented by about 24 Con- servative and Orange bodies. In two groupa; one group was formed of eight distinct Conservative clubs existing in Blackburn, ana the other group was formed of associations In Burnley, CUtheroe, Accrlngton, Bacup, Colne, Rawten- stall, and other districts in the same constituency. - For the south- western division of Lancashire there were four groups. The first of theso was formed of the Conserva- tive Registration Association alone; the second, of six Liverpool Associations; the third, of two Associations in Wigan; and the fourth, 6f Associations in Warrington, Southport, < tc. St. Helen's contributed ten distinct Con- servative bodies In this group. The seven remaining groups belonged to South- East Lancashire: the Conservative Re- gistration Associations formed one group: Manchester aud 8a! ford, with tho environs, furnished two groups composed of about 30 Associations; Ashton and Staleybridge, contri- buted four Associations; Bolton, 11; the Bury district, 8; Rochdale, 10; Oldham, 17. Several other Associations, belonging to Stockport, Hyde, Ac., were Included. Each Association was represented by a deputation of at least tho leading members, comprising many magistrates, clergymen, and persons of influence in their several localities. The ceremony of handing in the numerous addresses then commenced, their respective bearers defillngin rotation past tho front » l the platrorm for this purpose. The hearty cheers which now and again greeted many of these gentlemen showed that they were popular favourites in their own dis- tricts. Mr. Disraeli cordially shook hands with each, of them, making an occasional remark, or conversing with thoeo who appeared to be old acquaintances. Many of the addresses were engrossed on vellum and beautifully Illumi- nated, while others were Inscribed In handsomely bound and gilt volumes, the whble collection forming a goodly pile. Before Its delivery was finished a few of the more important of these documents were fead, and the following address may bo selected as a specimen :— " To TILE RIGHT HON. BENJAMIN DISRAELI, M. P., < tc. " We, the members of the Manchester Conservative Work- ing Men's Association, hail with pleasure the opportunity which, in response to our earnest invitation, you have afforded us of expressing our devotion to the Crown and Constitution, and our confidence in you as the groat representative of that Tory party which has ever been true to those principles which we believe to be the mainstay of England's greatness. To you. Sir, as an honest worker in the interests of those who by their labour have contributed, so much to Britain's prosperity, we must express our gratitude for your unceasing efforts in the amelioration of our Bocial position. We would not only allnde to the religious disabilities for tho removal of which you have alwayB been an earnest advocato, but more espe- cially to tho efforts you have mado in support of the reduc- tion of the hours of labour, and your consistent support as a statesman of fhe principlea Inculcated In VoUr literary works, by which ' the rich and the poor,' no longer ' Ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings/ no longer divided into " two nations' may form a united, happy, and pros- perous people. Your latest effort as a Minister in earring out a great reform in the representation of the people waa nt once appreciated In this county, and has to such an extent been at length realized by the whole coilntry that we can- not do better than quote the words of one of your prtatest political opponents, firmly believing, as w* do, that either with or without the Ballot ' England will' say to- monpw what Lancashire says to- day/ Lancashire opinion to- aay is more hearty than ever In support of Conservative prin- ciples, and wo trust the time Is not fdr distant when a general election will enable the working men of England to express their opinions with no nncertain'sound. The Reform Act has ' set men a- thlnking, it has enlarged the horizon of political expcricnce, insensibly it has created and prepared a popular intelligence to which one can appeal, no longer hopelessly," to create an honest political position, and to remedy those great social evils which at the present time dis- turb most thinking minds. Your noble defence of the in- terests of religion, and of that Church to which most of us belong, has added most strongly to those ties which bind us to you: and wo pray that God In His mercy may enablo you to continue those efforts, more than ever now required to maintain a proper recognltloL of that source from which all goodness emanates. We trust soon, Sir, to see you again taking a leading part In Her Majesty's Govern- ment, and thus preventing the selfish strife of Radical factions Wy which two great existences, ' the monarch and the multitude,' threaten to become " blotted out of tho history of England, till at length the sceptre would bo- come a pageant, and the subject degenerate again into a serf.' Heartily do we welcome , you, Sir, to Lancashire, where the name of ' Disraeli' is revered as ono of the greatest and most consistent champions of constitutional principles. Still a commoner, although your Sovereign would have conferred distinctions upon you, you own a name which ' Needs no herald's skill to trace Its blazoned lineage, for its lofty fame Lives in the mouths of men, and distant climes Re- echo its wide glory, where the bravo Are honoured, where ' tis noble deemed to save A prostrate nation, and for future times Work on wilh high devotion.' As a man of letters, an orator, and a statesman, but stUl moro as a friend of tho working classes, we bid you wel- come, and wo fervently pray that for many years to come It may be your privilege to guide tho policy of the Conservative party, and thus influence the destinies of tho nation." The presentation of addresses and the Interesting re- marks to which they gave riso, but which were, of course. Inaudible to the great mass of tho assemblage, occupied the best part of an hour. At its conclusion Mr. Disraeli stepped forward to address tho entire concourte and elicited another outburst of cheering. Silence having beeu partially restored, Sir. Disraeli said,—^ Gentlemen,— I did not come here today with any intention of making a speech, and whatever had been my intention I think it would have been Impos- sible for me to have conveyed my meaning In a hall so vast as this ono. But I am loath to. leave yen without expressing my sense of the distinguished honour which yon have con- ferred on me, and of having witnessed- to- dsy one of the most remarkable Incidents, or perhaps I may say an unparalleled Incident, in the Political life pf any, « , ubllo man. ( Cheers.) When yon flitt did me- the honour now some time back, of expressing your wish that I should pay ti. ruit Co tho county'of - Lancashire, I felt great hesita- tion, aajvu well blow, Jn accepting anlnriUtlon by which I was undoubtedly honoured and flattered. But that hesitation aroso from no want of confidence In your Jdnd feeling ; It was bccause I have never, in^ he course of my life, obtruded my presence upon " any meeting of my fellow- countrymen unless I . was l. jcalty cdnnfcted with them and there were peculiar circumstances which might vindicate me from the imputation of thrusting myself unnecessarily on their attention. But the Invitation I received frum the county of Lancaster, signed as It was by all the Conservative re- presentative* returned by that great district, by the Majors of municipalities, by the leading men in all stations of life, and cpeciaUy by those who represented the working classes of the country was ot such a character both as to the consideration and numbers end the union of all clas= a and employment of people, that I think I was justified in the opinion that iu coming to pay you this visit after your warm Invitation I should not be liable to a charge of pre. sumption. ( Cheers.) Cfentlemen, at the last general elec- tion the county of Lancaster distinguished itself by a demonstration in favour of Conservative principles which sustained me and my colleagues under a considerable de- feat. in the first place, we feli it was a great thing to have gained the confidence of such men ; and, secondly, we believe that success In LanoasSlre In politics, as it hss been in other things, wonll bo the precursor of a triumphant future. ( Renewed cheers.) I am sure that on this occasion you will excuse me if I confine my observa- tions to the expression of my gratitude for the generous and the cordial manner in which you have assembled from all parts of the county to greet mo to- day. Though the heavens seemed to lower, they did not damp your zeal and enthusiasm. ( Hear, hear) I was glad and proud to meet my Mends from each of the divisions of this great county: from the cities and boroughs that have distinguished themselves on so many occasions by the exhibition of that pnbllc spirit which is the pride of Englishmen. ABow me to thank you for the manner In which you havo greeted mo to- day, and believe me that I shall treasure among the archives of my house, and among the most precious, those memorials which I have received expressing the opinion of all classes of the city and of the town, of land proprietors and of working men In every de- gree. It Is an exhibition of sympathy which should sustain any man in public life, and Is the best reward for any efforts that I can make for your honour and for your welfare. ( Great cheering.) The business of the day having been then brought to a close, the vast meeting began to disperse. Repeated bursts of enthusiasm attended Mr. Disraeli's departure, and special acclamations were accorded to Lady Beaconsfield. To THOSE who are THINKING of ENTEK- 1NG HEK MAJESTY'S SERVICE. , A circular has been Issued from the Horse Guards, War , Office, setting forth the advantages of the terms on which young men are invited to join Her Majesty's military ser- . vice:— " INTANTBY. " LA soldier who enlists in the infantry engages to serve for 12 years, the first six years iqthe f^ rmy and the last six years in the Reserve. i " 2. The pay of an infantry soldier while serving in . the army is Is. 2d. a day, with an additional penny • beer money.' Lodging, bedding, fuel and light, are supplied ' free. " 4. Good food is provided at less than cost price; at home a daily ration, consisting of one lib. of bread and jib. of meat, is supplied to soldiers for 4. Jd., which , is stopped from their pay; in the Colonies, lib. ef : bread and lib. of meat is supplied for 3Jd- " 5. The soldier on first joining is clothed, and pro- vided with brushes, razors, and all other necessaries ' free of charge. < , - , " 6. He is afterwards supplied annually with the , principal articles of clothing ; but is required to pro- rvide himself with some of the smaller articles, such aa shirts and socks, and to keep up his supply of brushes, & c., at his own cost; these are furnished at a low price by the Government, and the total expense to . which he is put on this account does not, On an aver- age, amount to a penny a day. 4 7. In case of sickness, medical treatment in, hos- pital, with proper food, & c., is provided for a stop- page of tenpence a day from the soldier's pay. ' 8. By good cdnduct a soldier may obtain an in- creaee to his pay of one penny a day after two years' service ; and if he can read and write, and irdeserving, he has every prospect of promotion to be a non- com- missioned officer, with a further increase of pay. . " 9. When a soldier is transferred to the Reserve for the last six years of his engagement he receives fourpenoe a day, in return for which he is liable to be drilled occasionally ; the times of training and exercise will, however, be so arranged aa to interfere as little as possible with his trade or occupation; he is also liable, in case of imminent national danger, or of great emer- gency, to be recalled to service in the Army. " 10. A soldier has no right to remain in the Army for more than six years : but the privilege of remaining in it for the whole 12 years will be allowed tosiichmen' as may be specially recommended by their command- ing officers. " 1L A soldier permitted to remain in the Army for the whole 12 years, if he has conducted himself well and is fit, may be allowed to re- engage to complete 21 years' service, after which he will, on discharge, be- come entitled to a pension for life, varying from 8d. to 2s. Gd. a day, according to his rank and service. " 12. Af< er completing 21 years' service, he may apply to be allowed to remain for a further period in the. Army. H his application be granted, be will con- tinue to serve as a soldier, and will be allowed to claim his discharge at any time at the expiration of three months from the date of his giving notioe to his com- rhapding officer of his wish to leave the service, i " 13. During his extended service he may earn in- creased good conduct pay, at the rate of 2< L a day after six years' service. 3d. a day after 12 years' ser- vice, 4d. a day after 18 years' service, 5d. a day after 23 years' service, and 6d. a day after 28 years' service.. ' 14. If recalled to service in the Army from the Reserve, a soldier will receive full daily pay, and the time he has served in the Reserve will reckon towards gpod- conducj pay, as if had served continuously in the ' Army ; and, if at the end of his limited engagement j he re- engages, the time he has served in the Reserve will'count' year for year towards pension on discharge. " CAVALRY, ROYAL ARTILLERY, AND ROYAL ENGINEERS. " A soldier who enlists in the Cavalry, Royal Artillery, and Royal Engineers engages to serve for 12 years in the Army, at the end of which period, if he nhs conducted himself well and iai fit, he may be allowed to re- engage to complete 21 years' service, after which he will on discharge, receive a pension for life, varying from 8d. to 2j. 6d. a day, according to his rank and service. " 2. The daily pay of a soldier in the Cavalry is lg. 5d., in the Royal Artilley Is. 5id., and in the Rjyal Engineers Is. 4.} d., with an additional penny ' beer money' in each case. " 3. A soldier in the Royal Engineers receives, in addition to- his ordinary pay, extra ' workin„ pay,' gtmeraljy Varying from Is. to 2a. a day, according to tlje nathre of th? .^ vork in which he- is employed, - and his qualifications ; trained artificers and good work- men are, however, alone accepted as rechiits for the Roval Engineers. " 4. Soldiers in the Cavalry, Royal Artillery, and Roy^ l, Engineers rcceivq the p^ mp ad vantages aa regards > lodging, t<*> d, ettithlng, medical treatment* - goid- conduct pay, and extension- of- service, as have been described as given tp soldiers in the infantry. " ALL ARMS. " 1, , In additionito the advantages already' explained,. canteens are- established'in which a soldier can buy beer, . tolpaccov and otl^ er articles at cheaper rates tbnu' elsewhere." He has the, benefits of a regimental sohoql,; in wWeh hp . njay get a, sound and useful education, use of a library land recrcation- room ; and in most places other mws of - amusement. In many places he has time and opportunities given him to leajm a trader , by which h^ may « - dfn tfloney while in the Army, and be the betterpn- paTed for gaining his livleihood when he leaves tHe aervicfi. - - " 2. If Wcnl'nded in action, or in any way maimed in the performance of, his military duties, he becomes en- titled to a pension. >• " 3. A- decei ving- soldier^ on his discharge, is well fitted. $ rom hi3 re » j} lar habits, . for many situations- such as th'ise. yi the police, on the railroads or other employments in civil life— and a good character on diijr charge- fr6m . the service gives him tKfe b* st testimonial | for such employment. ."„ ,, ,.'. " 4. As an additional inducement to good- men to join Her Majesty's serv^ advantages • an* - givfcn to soldiers. Who Oft le,\ Viqg . theArmv may wish for en?-' ploj mtothi t, h, e _ C. iyiLSorvica, and to soldiers , i » . , th<>, Rcsemce ifko, wish, for empioymmt. as country, posln officeTB^ fsdugere. -• > '- - - " 5, There are few callings in civil life open to un- akill^ J laboav whidatproraise to a. steady aad desefv- ing young man such, advantages as axe offered to a soldieiaio HervMwstar's service^" A young woman of great personal attraction com- mitted suicide on Saturday afternoon in the shop of a con- fectioner on the Boulevard 8aint- Michel. Paris, by swallow- ing aquantity of arsenic In a glass of wine. She had fceen abandoned by a young man to whopi she was deeply attached. Ihe body was removed to the Morgue. The weekly account of Treasury receipts and pay- ments shows that, while the revenue of the financial year was, as previously stated £ 71.703,314, the expenditure had been £ 71.400,0.0— thus presenting an actual surplus of rathcrmore than £ J, 200,000. Mr. John Peel, of Middleton Hall, Tamworth, the Janior member for that borough, was seized with apoplexy on Tuesday morning about eleven o'clock, and died before medic J assistance coold be procured. Mr. Peel was first elected for Tarn worth In October, when Lord Raynham was called to the peerage as the Marquis Townshend, and re- presented tne constituency until the general election of 13 « 8, when he was defeated by Sir Henry Bralwcr. Upon that right hon. baronet being created Lord Doling, Mr. Peel was returned without opposition. Ho wa* Oi ytars ul agew TOO MANY COOKS. At a meeting held in Edinburgh one evening last w « - k, of members of the Free Church, in favour of union with other bodies, the Rev. Dr. Guthrie spoke a1? follow? with regard to the divisions of the Church in Scotland:— " I was In Shetland lasJautumn, and spent some weeks in tho pamh of Walls. In a scattered hamlet there are to be seen throe churches standlne . « i< Ie by sldo— a Methodist, and an Independent, and an EstablK'hed- and over a hill, a Free Church. The minister of the FroO Church, Mr. Jolly, passes over to the island of Foula, where there are only 200 peonle. and dispenses the sacrament to 14 persons; the Established minuter goes tothe same Island, and dl. 5P-' nses the sacrament to 12: and the Independent minister attei. ds tohls own people there too In Lerwick, where my friend Mr. FraserU minister, I fouud in a population of 3,000 no less than eight churches and eight denominations. Theso aro things that point the fhatts of lnlidels, and when I observe them tha sneer of Voltalro when ho came to England rises to my mind, • They are a most extraordinary people here. Ihey have but one sauce and 70 rellglbas.' What Is the consequence of such a state of things! Tho result Is that ministers have inadequate stipends, congregations have a perpetnal strujglo, l; c » vy debts are contracted. Jealousies aro fired, and, whst Is worse than all, there are millions perishing for lack of knowledge. There are thousands in Edinburgh, Glas- gow, and Liverpool for whom wo can get neither men nor money, whilo tho gospel in such pla.- es as Lerwick Is running Uko waste water. I ask what wUl bo the result of these endless divisions ? We see on every side a general growing inclination towards tho Episcopal Chuich. and It would appear as If tho Presby- terian Church Is going to bo supplanted in this country by a Church which, while it includes many excellent and Christian men, also contains within Its bosom men who, eat- ing Its bread and signing Its Articles, undermine Its prin- ciples with a latitude of conscience I do not understand—• on the ono hand preaching plain rationalism, and on the other premising the grossest mummeries of Popery. It will be a black day for Scotland when the good old ship Presbyterianism goes down, aud the last thing seen of her Is the blue banner dipping below the waves." ACTION FOR AN ASSAULT- DAMAGES £ 1,000. . I At tho Bristol Assizes, tho cause of " Taylor v. Hassel, otherwise Ogden " has been heard. Mr. Cole, Q. C., and Mr. Ballen were counsel for the plaintiff, and the action was un- defended. Mr. Cole; In stating the case to the jury, said the action dated as far back as the year 1867, but the plaintiff had been unable to bring it into court befote by reason of his poverty. In June, 1866, the plaintiff carried on busine.^ as a blue manu- facturer, and on the 16th of that month was at the " Three Horse Shoes Inn," Down end, near Bristol, when four men, amongst whom waa the defendant, came up in a state of irtoxication and commenced a violent assault upon him. They knocked him out of his trap, and the defendant, Peter Ogden Hassell, having got hold of his whip, struck him repeatedly over the head with it. After the assault all four of the men got up into his trap and drove off with it. Plaintiff was very much injured; he fainted and was taken to the police- station, where some restoratives were administered to him. He was afterwards taken home in a miserable condition, and remained ill for some months. Defendant waa afterwards twioe written to by plaintiff's solicitor, but no notice was taken of cither communication. The action was entered, and would have been ripe for trial in March, 1867, but plaintiff was in such distress that he was not able to bring his case into court. The defendant was in good circumstances and resided near Bristol. The plaintiff was called, and deposed to the facts as dif closed in the learned counsel's opening. He said that since the assault he had bqen incapacitated for work, and had become subject to epileptic fits. Joseph Turacy, an omnibu3 proprietor, deposed to witnessing the assault upon the plaintiff, who, he said, gave the witness in) provocation. Defendant lived at Yate, and was always driving about and drinking. Poiice- sergeant Bird remembered the plaintiff coming to St George's Police- station. He was covered with blood, and he fainWd directly he got inside the station Dr. Challacombe stated that he first attended the plaintiff two years after the assault. He still suffered irom epilepsy. Mrs". Taylor, the plaintiff's wife, remembered her liu- band coming home after the assault. His jaw was injured and one of his ribs broken. He was a healthy man before, but had not been since. He was very' strange at times, and it was necessary to watch him for fear he Bhould do violence to himself. His Lordship in summing up said he never heard such a case as that in his life. That any person should have had such a beating, and waited five years before bringing his case into court, and that any man should be charged with such an assault as the one alleged on the part ef the plaintiff, and not come into ceurt to de- fend it, was almost incredible. As to the assault, he never heard of a more outrageous attack ; and if the jury were satisfied that the defendant was the assailant, he did not see that they could find the plaintiff too great damages. The jury deliberated for a few minutes, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages £ 1,000. ADMIRATION NOT ENVY. " How lucky they are— how rich they are," observes M John Leinoinn im tho Debats. " They [ the English] are reducing the taxes, they are providing for the dimin- ution of their debt; they have so much money that they do not know what to do with it. They are in such good . fortune as would cause us to fear. In their place we ' should do like Poly crates, and should cast a ring into the sea. But these islanders would be quite capable of seeking to recover the jewel from the fish's belly. For it is not of ourselves that we are speaking, but as may readily be guessed— of the EugGsh. Tho feeling of envy which we experience has no- thing ill- natured about it; it only implies that we are very sorry we cannot do as much as they. The discussion of our Budget of expenditure was coincident with the presentation of the English Budget on Monday last; and while we are obliged to bleed at all pores to pay for our disasters, tho Eng- lish Government shows an excess of receipts approach- ing to 100 million of francs, and proceeds to rwluce the income- tax and lower tho duties upon necessities of life, such as coffee, at the same time diminishing the National Debt. While we go on postponing the settle- ment of our Budget the English Government presents • its accounts even before the year is concluded. The Budget was not due to Parliament before the 1st of April, but as that will be Easter week, the Govern- ment, being certain of a surplus, was not indisposed \ po send off tho members to their vacation in such good spirits. There again is something which will not happen in our case. It is therefore not astonishing • that the Chancellor of the Exchequer ( Mr. Lowe) . should have been so well received in the House of Commons. Last year the income- tax was 6d. in the pound; it is now reduced to 4d. in tho pound. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also reduces by one- half the import duties upon coffee and chicory and effects a modification of the house duties. In short, he reduces nearly as fast as we increase taxation ; and it must also be borne in mind that this year the Government has purchased the telegraphs, and provides indemnity for Sure based ranks in the army. Certainly, we would esire that our Government should present a like Budget, but we must add that, if it docs not do so, it ia no fault of theirs. Ddicta majorum, unmeritus luct It is a bearing the burden of a terrible , Equidation, and we also have to bear it. Having be- i fore our eyes the signal prosperity of our neighbours, we have an enhanced feeling of respect for the resigna- tion and courage with which the French nation bears < he consequences of its ill fortune. We cannot avoid ' admiring the cheerfulness with which the Fench citizen accepts taxation, and we believo that tho same would not be witnessed in England. To take at random an ex- ample, we find that our Assembly has heavily taxed the manufacture of matches, and it seems that the price of that article of necessity has been greatly increased. Yet the tax hasbeen very quietly borne. Lastyear the English Finance Minister inciluded a like tax in his Budget, and from all the back streets and the poor quarters of the metropolis, where the thousands of women and children employed in the manufacture of chemical matches are crowded together, there came such a threat of uproar that the Minister was obh'ged to abandon his plan, and to remodel his Budget. It waa the same thing with respect to tho licensing laws. For many years propositions have been made in Parliament relating to that subject, but they havo all failed before the ccahtion of great trade interests backed up by the clamour of the masses. See with what docility and patience we in France accept an augmentation in the price of these articles of daily consumption. And yet It is said that Frenchmen are difficult to govern." A mass meeting of the Leeds flax operatives was held jn Tuesday, at which it was nnanlmcusly resolved to re- m- J c firm to the nine hovrs demand, to accept no Him* THE STRIKE OF AGRICULTURAL ilABOURERS. A " Lincolnshire Farm. V writes to The Timet :— As you were pleased Che other day to notice In a conciliatory manner the strike in Warwickshire, perhaps you will allow me * o give a few particulars uu a similar subject as regards the county of Lincoln. Some time in the month of Jan? iary or February tho word was passed that the labourers* should have better wages, and the subject, through the' influence of the local penny papers, waa rapidly circulated, and much agitation and disaffection followed. Now, no applica- tion was made to the employers, but midnight meet- ings were held in various villages, and reso. hitiona were pi5? ed among themselves to demand, in the* first week m March, 3a. per day and nine hours. Upon . this Boms' farmers assembled, and, to meet the ma^ twi ' 2s, 9d. per day was azrecd to be the rule. This is n ow tbo standard price, and though in some parishes a kind of strike has existed for a few days, things are now settling down to all appearances quietly, though*- it cannot be denied that a bad feeling between mastcW and man is the result. , , \ i The position of the farmer is not satisfactory.' He is called upon to give an advance of wages which his profits dont warrant. The urban demand for the rural workman compel! the farmer to advance his wages. The valuo of labour I is ruled by supply and demand primarily, but, in soma , sort, it depends on the value of tho article producocL U a manufacturer finds his raw material or tie cost oi production increased, he immediately lays more on th^ fabric, and so recoups himself. The colliers get an ad-' vahce of wages, and tho plt- ownera charge moro for coaM, but thia is our condition ;— We are asked to pay 20 to 25 per cent, rise, and when wo went to market the other day with our grain, we found wheat 5s. per qr. low, er than it was at harvest. i All the world grows wheat, and the British farmer ia niled by the world's . price, but, n drop in wheat is hailed as a national blessing. The Registrar- General' | tells us that marriages are governed by corn averages | ( a most fallacious theory, however); and tho tendency is to ignore the producer of grain, and to look upon him . Bimply as a slave for the consumer. I Good wheat can be bought at G2a. per qr., Hot I even a price which Sir Robert Peel quasi promised1 I when he repealed tho Cora'Laws. Pork, is not 6d. per' lb., and these constitute the chief food of tho agricul- tural labourer. But butcher's m, cat is certainly dear, and something may be said on that subject. A few years ago the rinderpest decimated. our herds, whereby very many farmers were ruined. Laws were made which interfered with the breeding of cattle, andi on the whole the number is reduced. Three dry summers. 1863 to 1870, gave no root crops, and hun- dreds of lambs were sacrificed before winter set in, or sold for a few shillings each; and new, according to Government statistics, we are about two millions Well, then, supposing that now oi . hereafter, through the organisation of Trades' Unions, the fanner ia com- pelled to pay more than he can afford, it will not oome to anything in the long run, for the employer, if he pays more, will employ a less number, he will pinch and curtail his expenditure, avoid expensive cropa, spend less on his land, and, what is the worst feature, production will not be increased but lessened, and a national calamity the consequence. Mr. John Algernon Clarko, writing from the Central Chamber of Agriculture, the Salisbury Hotel, Fcet- streot, London, on April 1, remarks :— I am acquainted with a farm in a North Midland county which I believe to be, in respect to its manage- ment, a fair sample of the farms in its neighbourhood. It consists of 480 acres, of which 160 are in old pasture, and the remainder is cropped with roots, clover, ana corn. Without going into exact details I may state the rent at £ 1,020, the occupier's income, therefore, according to the Inland Revenue estimate, being £ 510. The sum paid for manual labour in the last 12 months was £ 846, which, added to fully £ 50 for the maintenance and wages of two plough- boys living in the farmer's house, £ 18 for beer given to the men, and £ 0 for pork and wheat allowed to two of the hands, amounts altogether to £ 923. The nominal or standard rate of wa- jes was 2s. 3i per day for a man, though, in reality, some men earned less and others more, according to their duties and qualifica- tions. The actual day's work waa seven or eight hours for at least three months in winter, nine hours for three months more, ten hours for about four- and- a- half months, and U up to 13 hours for about ono month and a half intermittently in hay time and harvest. In these hours meal times are not included, neither is any account taken of wet days and other lost time, for which some of the hands received full pay. . Now, if the standard wage is to be raised from 2a. 3d. to 3s. per day, with, of course, a corresponding increase in the wages of women, girls, and boy3 ( and com pulsory schooling will probably praise the wages of children in a greater ratio), that will be an increase in thjo mannnl labour bill of ? 3 percent. Further, if this payment is to be for shorter time, which means less Work done, and if all overtime is to be an extra, another 10 per cent, may be added, or, In other words, the farmers labour bill will be 43 per cent, more than at present, or £ 1,320 instead of £ 923. I would ask, sir, where is the additional £ 397 to come from ? The farmer cannot pav it out of the £ 510, which is considered by the Inland Revenue authorities to be a fair estimate of his income averaged for a series of years, for he neither could nor would live upon' £ 113 per annum. Indeed, rather than wield his capital of probably £ 5,000 to £ 6,000 for a less return than 8 or 10 per cent., he would, no doubt, transfer his energies and ability into a more lucrative business. Where then, is this demanded sum of £ 397 to be found ? Is it to come out of the pocket of the landowner, reducing his rentfrom £ 1,020 down to £ 623, and, consequently, lowering the interest of his capital from, say, 3$ down to a pitiful 2 per cent, which would render landed property no longer worth holding ? ANECDOTE OF ROSA B0NHEUR. In a lecture on Art delivered recently at the Lambeth School of Art, Mr. Tom Taylor related the following anec- dote ol Rosa Bonheur :— She was making her first journey In the Highlands with some Englidi friends. One gentleman told me the story. As they drove across from Loch Lomond to Loch Katrine by Inversnaid, on a day grey with Scotch mist, suddenly an advanced picquet of rough little HigMand cattle— red,, black, and dun, with shaggy manes hanging low over their fiery eyes, between their wide- spreading horaa— emerged from the mist, and, blowing the breath from their nostrils, took a deliberate survey of tho travellers from a rocky eminence overhanging the road. Rosa Bonheur sprang up delighted, took in the group with an intense and incisive look, as if she had been photographing them' in her mind, and saying, as if half to herself, " I'll paint that," sat down again. Well, the party com- pleted their Highland tour. Rosa Bonheur saw much, sketched much, enjoyed much. Sho bought quite a little stock of Highland sheep and cattle, and then when she got homo she set to work to study these— to draw and paint them in all attitudes, under all effects of light— to master and make her Highland kyloes her own in another and better sense than by buying, and, after some eighteen months of such constant and ex- haustive study, she sat down, and in some two months, perhaps, painted that very picture of which ahe had taken a negative on her sentised mental plate two years before of Highland cattle looking out of the mist. Yon must mamy of you have seen it in the shop; windows. That is the way in which the best pictures/ are painted. __________ POST OFFICE SAYINOS* BANKS.— A return was issued on Saturday showing the number and amount of deposits in and withdrawals from the Fort Office Savings' Banks from the commencement, on the 16th day of September, 1861, to the 16th day: of September, 1S71;. together with the amount transferred from old savings banks and the balance due to depositors the amount paid to and received from the National Debt Commissioners, and the balance remaining to be paid to them on tho above date. The deposits in the period amounted to £ 14,193,743 19s. 7d., and the withdrawals to £ 23,014,539 15s. The amount transferred from old savings' banks was £ 2,604,688 5a. lid.; the balance due to depositors, £ 16,1SJ, 204 4s. 7d.; the amount paid to the National Debt Commissioners, £ 15,972,280 19s. 8d.; the amount received from the National Debt Commissioners, £ 30 050 0s. lid.; and the balance remaining to be paid to the National Debt Commia- ( doners, £ 211,975 fe lOd, THE FAtMOUTH & > ENRTN WEEKLY TIME& SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1872 THE PROGRESSION OF AGRICULTURE IN GREAT BRITAIN, Referring to the Agricultural Returns fo*- l871, The Times, pointing out the Importance ol such rename, 03 showing tha progress of agriculture, Bays :— The officers of Inland Revp; ouo have succeeded in obtaining twenty thousand rj0re Returns by insisting, on distinct Returns for separate holdings, and Retunre for all holdings down to a* quarter of an acre. About half the Returns are from occupiers of less than twenty • seres; the holdings themselves amounting, in Great Britain, to 6 per Oent. 0f the whole acreage. In this island 1,897,954 '. teres are given up to that small hus- bandry which some consider the best school of industry and thrift. P, ut less than half of this number— i. e., only 44 per oent— is under tillage, 56 per cent, being under penrjanent pasture; that proportion being con- fiderably more than reversed in the larger holdings. However, the small occupiers, holding not a sixteenth of the whole acreage, have more than a twelfth of the horsey nearly a ninth of the cattle, and a fifth of the pigs, but not near their proportion of the sheep. Indeed, the compilers of the Report suggest that, even of the number of sheep actually returned by the smaller class of occupiers, many are probably pastured on sheep runs, and other land not included in the occupa- tion returned for. These respective proportions of the - several descriptions of animals to the soil on smaller Tioldings as compared^ with the larger are intelligible upon social considerations, as well as on those which may be called specially agricultural A very large class of small occupiers may be said to hold their land for their horses, or their cows, or their pigs, rather than to keep these animals in onier to turn the land to good account. Even if they plough, it will still fre auently be found that they consume all the products lemselves, and that they are aa much tradesmen, butchers, carriers, or gardeners, as agriculturists. In- deed, we seem to step out of agriculture into another kind of business altogether when we come to a class of holdings amounting only to 6 per cent, of the whole acreage returned for as under cultivation, but main- taining more than half the occupiers, and consider- ably more than their proportion of horses, cattle, and P Trhe total area returned as under all kinds of crops, bare fallow, and grass in the United Kingdom con- tains 46,667,178 acres, near half a million more than were returned for the previous year. On the face of the Returns the Irish acreage returned for is more than half that returned for in this island, Great Britain returning for 30,838,667, and Ireland for 15,711.398. It is probable, however, that many Irish occupiers have returned land as under cultivation which would not be BO regarded in England. However, two to one is a safe and easy proportion to bear in mind in the compari- son of the two islands. For every ten persons Great Britain returns twelve acres under cultivation: Ireland, twenty- nine acres. Of their respective total acreages, Great Britain has 31- 4 per cent under com crops, Ireland not more than 13" 6 per cent. Great Britain has 12* 1 per cent, under green crops, in- cluding potatoes, and Ireland not more than 9' 6 per cent. Great Britain has 14" 2 per cent, under clover and other grasses under rotation, and Ireland 11 " 6 per cent. Great Britain has 40' 3 per cent, under permanent pasture, and Ireland 64 " 1 per cent. Of the total acreage under corn crops in each island, Great Britain has 36" 9 cent, under wheat, Ireland 11 " 6 per cent. ; Great Britain 24* 7 per cent, under barley, Ireland 10 5 per cent ; Great Britain 281 per cent, under oats, Ireland 76" 9 per cent Under rye there is no great differepce, but against 5" 6 per cent, under beans and 4 pi cent under peas in Great Britain Ireland has very little to show. These pro- portions are what are to be expected from the climate and soil, and no great change is to be expected yet, even if it were to be desired. Under the head of green crops the potato still holds a very prominent place in Irish husbandry— that is, 70 per cent of the acreage falls under this head, against only 16.8 per cent, in our own island. Ireland still devotes 1,058,287 acres to this seductive but treacherous crop. In turnips and swedes the difference is the other way— viz., 57" 9 per cent in Great Britain, against 21 " 5 per cent in Ireland, which is also more or less behind us still in mangold, cabbages, vetches, and other green crops. But what is the number of the live stock that share with us the occupation of these islands, and to whose maintenance we devote so large a proportion of the soil? The total number of horses in the United Kingdom is found to be about 2,648,000, of which Great Britain has, including horses subject to duty, 2,110,590, Ireland 537,633, a proportion of about four to one. When we come to cattle the proportion is very different, Great Britain having no more than 5,337,759 out of a total of 9,346,216, leaving Ireland 3,973,102. The total number of sheep in the United Kingdom is 31,403,000, about equalling the human population ; but of these Great Britain has 27,119,569, Ireland only 4,228,721. In the case of pigB, however, we seem to come a long way towards equality, Great Britain having no more than 2,499,602, against 1,616,754 in Ireland. In the comparison with the previous year, it appears that the acreage under corn has increased in Great Britain, but decreased in Ireland. The acreage under green crops has increased largely in Great Britain, especially in potatoes, and in mangold, taking the places of turnips and swedes. The variations in smaller crops seem to elude all reasonable account. Flax is still a struggling institution, and beetroot hardly makes an appearance in the list There appears to be a steady decrease in the cultivation of hops. Coming to live stock, we cannot expect any great change in the number of horses. We have more in proportion than Prussia or France, because we can afford to have more, for it is computed a horse coats ite value every year in its keep. In cattle there have been real vicissitudes, for, while the stock in this island has diminished, the increase in Ireland has much more than made up for the loss. In sheep the con- tinued decrease amounts to a great calamity, which, fortunately, we are well able to bear. The total number in Great Britain in 1871 was smaller than in 1870 by 1 278,000 ; smaller than in 1869 by 2,419.000 ; and smaller than in 1868 by 3,592,000, or nearly 12 per cent. In Ireland the decrease, compared with 1868, has been 6^, 775. But even suppose we fail to recover this diminution, or choose to direct our atten- tion to other stock and other branches of husbandry, it is a comfort to know that our Australian colonies al- ready number 50,000,000 sheep, and can supply us much more cheaply than our own agriculturists. In pigs there has been a very great increase in both islands, these animals being, happily, independent of drought and not very liable to epidemics. Such are some of the facts elicited from not very ready or skilful infor- mants with no little labour, and carefully, not to Bay ingeniously, analyzed by the officers of the Board of Trade. To be appreciated they must bo studied, and that year by year. When it is considered that with- in the memory of man the greater part of the popu- lation of this island were unacquained with good wheaten bread, that only a generation ago the potato was the food of Ireland, and that fresh animal food is still the luxury of the few— when, too, it is further considered that with poverty of food there comes poverty of spirit, reaching to body and soul— the food supply becomes a great moral and political question. THE WARWICKSHIRE STRIKE. The Warwickshire Labourers' Union, the result of the agricultural strike in Warwickshire, was inaugura- ted on Good Friday by a public meeting held at Lea- mington. Crowds of labourers attended, and among those wholdentified themselves with the movement were the Hon. Auberon Herbert, M. P. ; Mr. Jenkins ( the author of Oinx's Baby), Dr. Hand with, of London, Dr. Langford, and Mr. Jessie Collins, of Birmingham. ' ITio delegates from the various branches first pro- ceeded to settle the constitution and rules of the Union. Its objects were defined to be, to elevate the social position of farm labourers by assisting to increase their wages, shorten the hours of work, improve their habi- tations, provide them witji gardens and allotments, and assist deserving and suitable men to emigrate. In consequence of irreconcilable diversity of opinion as to the standard wage to be required, it was decided hat all disputes as to remuneration for labour should be attempted to be Bettled by arbitration between the Board of Directors and employers. The Board was alto empowered to arrange for the support of members out of work, helping labourers to migrate or emigrate, and suspending or expelling members for violating the rules. The quo& tion of the number of hours to consti- tute a day's work, which it was proposed should be ten, gave rise to such contradictory views that finally this question was also referred to the Board of Directors. The amount of entrance fees and weekly subscriptions also excited great discussion. The former was tonally fixed at6d., and the latter at 2d, though it was de- clarod the latter was a violation of the principle on Vhich membors had pee a enrolled and would imperil thrj existence of the Union in certain districts. The ' association of town trades' \ inionists with the move- ment was condemned, and, though permitted to advise p. nd assist tho Board, they were expressly excluded from voting or holding office. Tho rest of the rules were of minor importance, A public meeting followed in tho evening. The Hon. Auberon Herbert, M. P. for Nottingham, who occupied the chair, read a letter addressed to the Warwickshire labourers on strike, and signed by the following mem- bers of Parliament:— Lord E. Fitzmaurice, Messrs. Mundella, George Dixon, Thomas Hughes, Andrew Johnson, and A. H. Brown, approving the proposed Union as affording the best chance of obtaining their objects. One of the chief evils agricultural labour suffered from was, it was stated in this letter, super- fluity of unskilled labour ; therefore the Union, wncn formed, should endeavour to reduce the labour supply by emigration or otherwise, so as to meet the farmer's on more equal terms. They counselled the Warwick- shire labourers to endeavour to form a permanent society to protect their interests, and mentioned various subjects affecting the welfare of labourers to which at- tention might profitably be directed. One most effectual means of improving their position would be passing a general measure in favour of compulsory education. They approved the labourers' suggestion of settling existing difficulties with employers by arbitration, the said arbitration was well worthy of the consideration " both of the employers and the em- ployed, and they concluded by expressing the pleasure with which they had observed the practical character of their objects, and the studied tone of moderation preserved throughout. The chairman announced a letter from an unknown friend, with a donation of £ 100. The friend counselled moderation, but said the right of combination must be fought for to the death. The chairman, addressing the meeting, strongly urged the labourers to adhere re- solutely to the Union, whose object was purely self- defence, for unity constituted their strength. He affirmed that Parliament had acknowledged trades' unions by giving them the protection required for their funds. The labourer had the same right to g6t the best price for his labour that the farmer had for ms produce. But for this labourers' combination was indispensable. He denied that trades' unions fostered strikes, and quoted statistics to show that they spent funds, not in fostering strikes, but in affording benevolent help to members, and that; according to Mr. Rupert Kettle, without unions arbitration decisions could not be en- forced. He counselled the removal of superfluous labour, and announced employment for fifty men in Yorkshire, for 18s., and twenty in Newcastle at £ 1. Other speakers addressed the meeting, which was one of the largest ever held in Leamington. A " Strike" of Agricultural Labourers, such as that which we hear of in Warwickshire, is a very different affair from a " Strike " of Spinners, Weavers, Lace- makers, Artisans, Miners, Pitmen, or even of men employed on the Railway or the Telegraph. The British public has a much deeper sympathy with the rural labourer than it has with any one of those other classes, but then it does not regard him as a man to " strike," and that is one of the reasons— perhaps the chief reason— why it has so much sympathy for him. When people can take care of themselves, and do in fact take good care of themselves, they so far repel sympathy and forfeit it. We are profoundly moved ana deeply interested for those who are cast on our pity and benevolence. This is the special case of the rural labourer. Even the Legislature looks on him as a man unable to use a politic& l weapon, even if it be put into his hands, for it may be said to have industriously and carefully excluded him, and him alone of all men, from the franchise. The straitestBchool of economists has not failed to detect this weakness in agricultural labour, and this scandal to their own principles. They tell the labourer that his labour is his capital, his com- modity, the thing he brings to market and ought to dispose of to the best bidder, and so forth. But they say all this with a misgiving, well knowing that, as the matter stands in fact, they might as well tell a cow or a sheep what it has to bring to market, and what terms it ought to insist on. The truth is when we come to the agricultural labourer we seem out of the realm of science, and even of cultivated reason. All the actual circumstances of the case are natural and sentimental, full of human kindness and human in- firmity, but difficult ground for logic and for hard conclusions. So the labourer's friends can never agree about him. A thousand times, when we have pleaded for a more considerate administra- tion of the Law in which he is most concerned, we have been told that we are therein the labourer's worst enemy, inasmuch as we would weaken his indepen- dence, and teach him to rely upon alms rather than on his own honest industry. Our answer always has been that we are bound to take thingB as they are, and that as they are the British labourer, even the most in- dustrious and provident, is very liable to be cast on the Poor Law, and to present himself with a plea of merit rather than an appeal to compassion. But thingB are still very much what they have been ; and, even in these prosperous days, when mankind may be said to be rising in the market, we have still to consider whether tho phrases of the market quite meet and solve the labourer's difficulty. Happily; there is no appearance of malice prepense on either side, and, no doubt, both sides feel, as they cannot but feel, that they are very dependent on one another. So, before passion or panic comes in, it may be as well to point out the inevitable consequences of either a protracted disagreement between the la- bourer and the employer, or of the labourer's succeed- ing in imposing terms eventually ruinous to the em- ployer. The farmer has made his calculations, which sometimes are very close indeed, leaving very small margin for profit In these calculations the wages of labour are a chief element. Presuming on the wages of an ordinary labourer being so much a week, whether it be 9s. or 14s., and presuming on certain usual perquisites— such as allowance of small drink or a cottage at a low rent— the farmer calculates his in- comings and outgoings, and undertakes to pay the rent demanded. In these outgoings there is another item besides wages which the farmer is very apt to asso- ciate with it, very naturally we think. He has to pay Rates, often very heavy, to the relief of the poor, and, whether under the most indulgent or the most rigid administrations, those Rates do actually go to supplement wages. When a labourer's father or mother is maintained by tho Union ; when he applied to the Union for maintenance, medicine, or comforts in time of sickness ; when he spends his money as fast as ho gets it becauno he knows that he will live in a cottage comfortably at the cost of the Union from the day hp is past work, and be buried by the Union when ho dies ; when, in fact, he has not a single care or anxiety about himself or his children, excepting such as may be suggested by a high moral feeling, be cannot but see that his weekly wages are not the whole of tho return he receives for his labour. He may consider that ho is in fact a member of a great Friendly Society ; but, even so, he has to ask himself what is his weekly sub- scription to it, and who it is that pays. Everybody who sees the British labourer toiling often far beyond his strength, and much more reckless of health than any other labourer in the world, will wish to see him more independent and self- reliant, and will tolerate many changes likely to make him so. But as soon as the agricultural labourer gets a footing as a member of the market, bringing his labour for sale, bargaining for what he can get, and clubbing to extort good terms, he will speedily find a great alteration iu the system of public Ratmg. The farmer will not be able to pay high wages and high rates at the same time. Of course he may be able to pay higher wages and higher Rates, too, if he can obtain acorresj> onding abatement of rent; but the whole matter' is as broad as it is long, for as soon as the landowner finds wages rising, Rates not decreasing, and rents falling under a pressure, he will hold his hand from improvements and all generous excesses. This fair and prosperous country is what it is because there are so many people, so many kinds of people, and so many people with the power as well as the will to take an interest in it. Disappoint that feeling, thwart it, chill it, hamper ita movements, deprive it of tho means, and our agricultural system— a rather forced one, it must be said— will soon flag and declino. Another system altogether may take its placo, and, as we do not know what that may bo, and do know what this is, wo may as well consider whether wo should give up tho reality before us for something wo know nothing about. Let it then, be the business of the market; let it bo admitted that the labourer has a full right to ask whatever ho is likely to get, and to join with others in order to enforjo his demands— we only tell the labourer to look around and ahead. Our whole system is highly artificial, forced, and complicated. Warwickshire, for example, is not only a great farm; it is a garden, a park, a manufactory— indeed, the seat of several kinds of manufacture, and also tho favoured resort of some thousand families, i Labour is scarce there, and wages are naturally rising, because the working classes have so many opportunities of bettering themselves. The boys and girls, if they are good for nnytliing, can get much better wages in tho towns than in the villages. Here is a spontaneous process, wliich has already raised the wages without hurting, hampering, frightening, or dis- gusting either fanners or landlords. The result is shown in the present movement, for the labourers would not have " struck" in so large a body if they had not found the turn of the market decidedly in their favour. They " strike" because they have already an instal- ment of their demands. They have a good deal, and want more. But wisdom suggests that a decided ad- vantage ought to be held with modesty and handled with judgment. _ If the agricultural labourers, going rather out of their element and taking strange counsel, should assume too much the form of an operative fihalanx and make the masters feel themselves no onger masters, they will run the risk of upsetting al- together a state of things which is really working well for themselves. They may depend upon it the high farming of Warwickshire does not yield too high returns to the agriculturist, and tho landlord does not receive too good an interest for the capital he has Bunk in the property. In connection with tho Agricultural Labourers Strike, Mr. R. R. Torrens, 2, Gloucester- place, Hyde Park, writing under date the 29th ult, has sent the following letter to The Times :— Will you kindly afford space for a fow remarks upon the article In The Times of Thursday, headed " A Strike of Agricultural Labourers?" After describing our Poor Law system, which degrades the British workman from the position of a free and self- reliant man to a condition little removed from that of a serf, living from hand to mouth upon a stipend Insufficient to maintain him In health and vigour, and looking to the workhouse as the ultimate asylum for himself and family in sickness and old age, you proceed as follows :— " Everybody who sees tho British labourer tolling far be- yond his strength will wish to see him more independent and self- reliant, and will tolerate many changes likely to mako him so. But as soon as the agricultural labourer gets a footing as a member of the market, bringing his labour for sale, bargaining for what he can get, and clubbing to extort good tcrma, ho will speedily find a great alteration In the system of ratliig. The farmer will not be able to pay high wages and high rates at the same time." The conclusion hero is based on tho assumption that the farmer would bo a loser by high wages But is that really the case T Experience and observation In the Colonies and in this country convince me that it is not. A good agricultural labourer in^ Australia earns throughout the year 30s. per woek. In England tho labour of the same class of men can bo had ( money and perquisites included) for 12i., yet I have not found that the cost of a riven ploce of work, say trenching a rod of ground. Is materially less in this country than In tho Colony. How comes this to pass f The answer is potent. Tho Eogllshman labouring in the Colony can afford himself and family abundance of nutritious food and good clothing; may live in cleanliness and comfort, and, what is equally important his spirit is cheered by well- assured hope for the future, while his body is kopt in high condition. Hence, he endures without exhaustion an expenditure of muscular foice, which would bo Impossible for tho workman In this country who cannot afford tho food necessary to replace the exhausted tissue ; whoso physique is degenerated by squalid living, and whoso spirit U depressed by tho hopelessness of his position. In a word, ono man under the former condition is found to perform aa much work as two men under the latter condition. I hare not ventured to put forward this view of the caae on my own authority. I am supported in it by the highest authority In tho kingdom, perhaps in tho world— Mr. Brassey— who stated In my hearing, In his placo in tho House of Commons, that " his flrm had proved by ex- periment that tho highly- paid English navvy was the cheapest labourer in the world." An under- fed horse, badly groomed and foully stabled, breaks down under an amount of work that would be no more than healthful exercise for the same animal if kept in good condition. Will the farmers, especially those In tho South of England, try upon these working men the experi- ment which they have found to pay with their working horses— namely, plenty of good food, and cleanly and com- fortable living J When they have done this, and find It doe3 not pay, they may be Justified In pleading that '* they cannot afford high wages and high rates at the same time." My conviction la that " high wages" will ( though not perhaps immediately) produce " low rates." and that in the interval the employers will not be loser* by keeping tho workman In One feels ashamed thus arguing the case of our fellow men from the analogy of the conditions of brute labour. But the fact Is, despite our increasing wealth and civiliza- tion, the agricultural labourer in many parts of this country s very little removed from that condition. I entirely concur In your concluding remark that " Wisdom suggests that a doclded advantago ougat to be held with modesty and handled with Judgment." But should not this havo been addressed to the employers Instead of to agri- cultural labourers, who, through extreme depression and ex- cessive numbers, havo hitherto been helplessly dependent on the charitable forbearance of landowners and farmers. I heartily rejoice to see tha progress of this movement in Warwickshire, and hope it may spread throughout tho country ; for, In tho crowded and still Increasing mass of the labouring population, with machinery rapidly superseding manual labour on farms, and In the absence of any sys- tematized emigration, such combinations appear to me in- dispensable to protect workmen against the cupidity of em- ployer*. SCENES WITH TIGERS. ( From the Field.) In June, 18G9, tired with the monotony of a small Btation, and disgusted with the excessive heat of that hottest of recent hot seasons, our sporting medico and I fled from civilisation one brilliant moonlit night, intent upon a week among tho tigers. We were looked upon as raving " luniacs, but that we recked not of. We had arranged a rendezvous of elephants at a then little- frequented butsince much- patronised spot " hard by Ramganga's crystal stream," and not far from where it issues majestically from its native Himala. Boots it not here to speak of later meets upon that spot never to be forgotten— of the lightsome chorus, the ready quip, the happy gibe, and the unquenchable laughter to which the place has rung again ; of the noble mahseer landed with skill of hand and eye by R. and A. ; still less of his noble brother potted for breakfast by " the general" ( and the writer), with about as much skill as conscience, by means of tho deadly " atta." Many a noble tiger and wily leopard have since then parted with their skins upon that spot; of which, perhaps, more anon. But to return to our tigers. Few though they were that we bagged, each of them yields a story, and gave us a scene which neither of us will soon forget. The first was on this wise:— Convinced of the fact that the tigers were all on the move in the sub- Himalayan forests, and that thero was no use in seoking for them in their recognised haunts, wo determined to penetrate into the valley which lies inside of the outer mountain range, between that and tho lowest true Himalayan chain, and which ia known as the Patli Dun. I may be allowed to explain ( though it ' has nothing to do par- ticularly with inv story] that from the Ganges at Hind war eastward to a place called Laldhahg, a dis- tance of about seventymilea, there runs a comparatively low broken range of lulls, in appearance exactly similar to the Siwalik range west of the Ganges, and evidently a continuation of that range, which is cut in two by the ^ Ganges at Hurdwar. These hills appqar to be quite distinct in geological formation and in flora from the truo Himalayan ranee, and to a much lesser extent , their fauna is different also. Between the outer rango ' and the true Himala lies a chain of valleys of'greater or less extent, of whioh tho Dehra Dun, lilSiaA of the Siwaliks, west of tho Ganges, is the largest and best known, and the Patll Dun, the scene of my story, the mostly easterly. The latter is drained by the Ram- canga and its insignificant tributary the Sona. The sun wns almost setting on the evening of our entry into the Patli Dun, as we were going along the bank of tho Son* towards camp, still Bomo little distance off, very much down on our luck, for we had got no- thing but A few Francolin ( F. vulgaris) all day. I saw some vultures sitting on a tree some 500 yards or BO to our left, and we went to have a look at tho" object of so suggestive a concourse. We soon put up a fine tigress, and, alter a very exciting little fight, " padded " her— i. e., lifted her on tho top of the largo Backcloth- covered cushion of straw which is always on the back of an elephant when at work, and which is known as the " pad." On thin she was secured with ropes. By this time it was getting dark, and when wfl reached our bivouac it was quite dark, save that the night was starlit. On dismounting from our howdahs, our first care was get BOJJO grass togethor on which to havo the body of the tigress thrown off the pad, so as not to risk injury to tho skin. We were both standing by super- intending the operation, and tho tigress had been slid off the pad on to tho gross, when, to our astonishment and terror— horror would, perhaps, be a better word— she slowly raised herself up on her fore- legs, and turned her head towards us ! Wo were, of course, unarmed ; and so, keeping a steady front to our foe, we retreated, calling for our rifles, in tho direst of funks. All this while— and it seemed an age— the tigress did not change her position, and did not raise herself on her hind legs. When rifles camo and lights, we cautiously approached where she was, and found her stretched at length again. After resisting entreaties to put another shell into her to mako sure, we at length summoned up courage to go dp to the prostrate form, and found her "( as might " have been expected, considering that she had confe some two miles bound on a pad) stark and stiff ! It was some time before wo were able to account for the phenomenon we - had witnessed with so much dis- turbance to our nerves ; but we at last found out that, when the tigress was thrown off the pad— the elephant, " ourse, sitting down the while— the rope which hnd • d her had fallen over with her, twisted round the neck ; on the elephant standing up, the tautening of this rope raised the fore part of the tigress, and her head was slewed towards us by a swerve on tho part of the elephant, who then stood quite still, and thus retained the body of the tigress in this startling position. Tho scene at the death of tigress No. 2 might have easily been a more serious one. She was marked down into a thick mala bush, and was with some difficulty beaten out of it towards S., who, though he had an easy shot, either missed her altogether or only knocked off a forefoot claw— i. e., did more harm than good. She rushed off to my left front at a great pace, and was rolled head over heels by an Express shell behind the left ear. She lay breathing out her life in a sea of blood, and at last to all appearances died. I threw several heavy articles on her carcase, and my mawahut threw his " gajtank," or driving iron, on her, yet she stirred not. A pad was being got ready to receive her, and several of the mawahuta had left their seats on the necks of the elephants for the easier seat on the front part of the pads, and, as is their wont, were clubbed head to head, " bukking" ( Anglici boastfully talking) of their parts in the fray. While the line wa3 in this position, and most if not nil of our guns were empty ( we had been blazing away at peafowl), and we im- bibing the placid " peg," our defunct friend raised herself up, and, with a dazed look round, caught sight of the elephants, and instantly charged. She all but got on top of one elephant, and charged the next, effec- tually scattering the pads. She then fell foul of a tree hard by, and standing up against it to her full height— a splendid sight— tore and mauled it with claws and teeth, evidently taking it for one of her biped tormentors. Recognising the futility of this revenge, and presently spying the two howdah elephants, she came at us with a roar ; but by this time we were loaded and ready, and a couple of Bhots finished her. The whole scene did not occupy a minute. I shall never forget the look on her face as she slowly raised herself up from what we thought was death— a look of stupid muzziness, rapidly and markedly changing to one of bloodshot rage as she saw the elephants, and connected thgm with what had happened to her. My shell had blown away the whole of the rear part of the skull behind the brain- pan, leaving the brain un- touched ; every suture of the cranium was shaken more or less open, and the left under- jaw was fractured. The wound was of course a mortal one, but its im- mediate effect was only a temporary concussion of the brain and passing insensibility. It was an evidence of the tremendous vital power of the animal that she could do what she did after such a wound. No other animal in the world could have done it. The will of Mr. John Howell, of 41, Cadogan- place, Knightsbridgo, who died on the 2Sth ult in his 96th year, was proved in London, on the 13th inst, under £ 140,000 personalty, by the five joint ncflgr ' rftutora, viz. :— Thomas Howell, of Clapham- comflTOVbiHnnel Benjamin Merriman, Austin- friarB; James Waller Weldon, St Jamesa- square ; the Rev. Joseph Butter- worth Owen; and James Thomas, the testator's great nephew. To each of them he leaves a legacy of £ 300, free. The will i3 dated April 21, 1870, and two codicils, September 29 and October 18 last year. The testator has left annuities and numerous legacies to relatives, friends, and servants, and bequests to the following institutions— viz., St. Mark's Hospital, £ 200; Royal Literary Societv, £ 50; Royal National Lifeboat Institution, £ 200; and a like sum of £ 200 to such 19 institutions as his executors may see fit. lie also leaves £ 200 to ten poor clergymen of the Church of England, not being High Church or holding Puseyite doctrines, to be selected by his executor, the Rev. J. B. Owen. To the trustees of almshouses conveyed by him in the parish of North Massal he leaves £ 000 free, to invest one moiety for the repairs and fire insurance, and what may remain to be for the benefit of the inmates the other moiety to be applied to the purposes of the school in the said parish. In a codlicil he states that, his rental having increased from £ 16,000 to £ 18,000, he raises his charitable bequests to £ 8,000. Tho resi- due of his property he leaves as follows :— One- fourth part to John Thomas and James Thomas, and the re- maining three- fourths between his four first- named executora, Thomas Howell, Samuel B. Merriman, James W. Weldon, and the Rev. J. B. Owen, in equal The will of Miss Ann Rushton, dated Jan. 11, 1869, was proved in the registry at Birmingham under £ 25,000 personalty. She has bequeathed to the General Hospital and the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, each a legacy of £ 2,500, and bequeaths such part of the residue of her property as may be available for charitable purposes between the Asylums for Deaf and Dumb, andthe Blind, Edgbaston; the Bluecoat School, Town Mission, and Eye Hospital, Birmingham. The will of Mr. William Wills Hooper, late of St David's, Exeter, was proved there under £ 50,000 per- sonalty; that of William Newport, of Prior Hall, Essex, was proved at Ipswich under £ 40,000; that of Charles Pearson, late of Tempsford Hall, Essex, was proved in London under £ 80,000 ; that of Robert Chuter, late of Addiscombe Lodge, Croydon, under £ 40,000 ; and that of Oswald Copland, late of Chelms- ford, surgeon, under £ 35,000. EASTER EGGS IN PARIS. ( From the PaU IfaU Gazette.) There is no disguising that these eggs have become to many persons a tax, a burden, and a source of bitter- ness. So long as no further innovation was attempted than selling sugar eggs in lieu of genuine ones it was well; for a sugar egg, even when coloured pink and filled with caraway comfits, is not much to be alarmed at But ono day there appeared an artificer of woe who set himself to blowing out all the yolk and white from an egg, cutting the shell neatly in two, lining the halves with white satin, adapting them to each other on the screw- top system, « md then putting a gold or silver thimble inside. This was the first ceuf A surprise. It looked like the real thing, and could be set by the donor in the donee's egg- cup without fear of detection, until at the critical moment when the spoon was going to crash through the top everybody round the table would cry out affectionately " Oare /" and pleasantly mystify the recipient. Of course the ingenious invention cost from 20 to 50 francs, and found numerous imi- tators. Ducks', geese's, and swans* eggs were pressed into service as capable of containing not only thimble, but small scissors, needle- case, & c., and of being sold at from five to ten guineas. Then somebody asked why one should not put earrings, sleeve- links, orbrooches into the eggs instead of thimbles ; and this led to an enterprising jeweller drawing ahead of every one else by fitting up oatrlchs' eggs as work- boxes, sent- bottlea, stands, or jewel cases. - The jeweller, who deserved " well of his kind, worked in the Easter- egg trade the same sort of revolution as Victor Hugo and the " Roman- tiquea" wrought in the drama. Up to that time it had been considered essential to keep up some semblance of respect for probabilities, but from the ostrich- egg day probabilities were discarded. Eggs appeared measur- ing a foot in diameter— big chocolate and sugar eggs filled with sweetmeats, or monster eggs filled with toys ; or, again, huge mahogany eggs, with brass mountings and feet, to stand up on an end and act as liqueur re- ceptacles. Then people use the Easter egg aa a medium for giving presents which they would have had no good excuse for offering at other times, and also for paying off arrears of itrenncs. An august personage very gracefully sent one of his Ministers the insignia and patent of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour in an Easter egg ; and the late meny Due de Caderousse- Gramont presented an actress with the most stupend- ous egg on record ; it was a colossal wooden thing, painted white, and containing a brougham They con- veyed it along the boulevards in a cart to the delight of admiring crowds and it was the nine day's wonder of that Easter. There must have been people who hoped that the collapse of the Empire would have entailed that of the Easter egg ; but they were mistaken. This year the confectioners, jewellers, and nick- nack shops are as full of eggs as ever, and the only difference between to- day and two years ago seems to be that the tradesmen have drawn from their country's woes further inspiration in the way of egg contrivance*, and have added about 10 por cent all round on the prices of former inventions. Thus, a Parisian bachelor who baa dined out this winter, and feels himself bound to give egga, has only to set out on a ramble of inspection, and he may choose either a stuffed hen, life- size, sitting on a nest of twelve eggs, each containing a silver egg- cup ; or a stuffed turkey, whose upper half comesoff, and discloses a berceaunette with baby's layette complete ; or an unpretending pheasant's egg with an emerald ring inside ; or, more unpretending still, a littlo wren's egg with a set of studs; or, if he be bent on gratifying a lady whose tasteB are authorlike, a smooth ebony egg that slips into the pocket like a darning ball, and houses ink- stand, pens, sand- horn, stamps, wafers, and pencil To be suro, he may choose nothing, aigue that he is not rich, that eggs are an abuse, and that ho emptied his pockets to feed his friends with sweetmeats at Christ- mas- time. But in this case ho had better go and admire the monuments of London for a fortnight, or pro* ceed to Romo to Bee whether tho Holy week festivities there have been degonerated ; and when he returns he must plead that he was called away by urgent private affairs. Even then, however, let him not be surprised if society watches him for some time with a cool and guarded eye as one inclined to make light of those beneficial observances which raise man above dumb brutes. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. ( From tho Illustrated London News.) The will of tho Right Hon. Adelaide Gregorini, Dowager Countess of Lucan, who died possessed of personal i roperty in England, was proved in London on the 11th inst, under a nominal sum. The will of Sir Frederick Asaheton Dos Yceux, of tho Coldstream Guards, was proved in London, on the 18th inat., by Mr. William Henry Milligan, of Jermyn- street, and Colonel William Hicks Slade, the testator's brother- in- law, tho joint acting executors. The per- sonalty was Bworn under £ 140.000. The will is dated Juno 1,1869, aud Sir Frederick died on tho 3rd mat., a bachelor, having only succeeded to the title in 1868. Sir Frederic has left a largo annuity to his mother, Lady Cecilia Paulet Dea Ycoux, daughter of tho thirteenth Marquis of Winchester; £ 1,000 to his executor, Mr. Milligan; and the residue of his pro- perty. real and poraonal, between his throe astere— namely, Cecilia ( wife of Colonel Slade), Augusta Anne Des Vceux, and Mary Gertrude Dea VCBUX, share and share alike. The will of the Right Rev. Samuel Hinds, D. D., formerly Lord Bishop of Nonvich, late of Walrfet House, Notting- hill, who diod on the 7th ult, agodl seventy- seven, was proved in London, on the 14th inst, under £ 60,000 personalty, by his relict, the sole executrix, to whom he leaves all his estate and effects, whatsoever and wheresoever, whether in possession, reversion, or expeotancy, for her own absolute use. The will is dated October 11, 1862. EASTER MONDAY IN THE FOREST. The importance of preserving Eppirg Forest for the use of the citizens of Eastern London was made abundantly obvious on Monday morning— writes a gentleman on the staff of the Daily Neva, and who thus proceeds with his sketch:— All the routes and highways leading to the mighty pleasure- ground that lies along the level flats of Essex were crowded by a hurrying, good- natured, and some- what boisterous throng. The Great Eastern Railway Station was besieged at an early hour by a multitude of young men and maidens out for the day's holi- day ; and notwithstanding the gloom of the morn- ing the trains were filled with expectant crowds the moment they came into the platform. Cer- tainly, Essex looked very dismal as the holiday- makers got out towards Waltham Abbey. . . . At Stratford it was understood a great procession was to be formed of Foresters, Odd Fellows and Tem- perance Societies, and these merry bands of mummers were to march in their picturesque costumes, and with gilt banners flying, towards Wanstead Flats, there to make a demonstration in favour of preserving the Forest to the people of London. The various Courts and Lodges were to meet at the Stratford obelisk ; and here a large number of people had collected to see them start. All the public- houses about were gay with flags, but that was the only symptom of rejoicing. It soon became apparent that a cynical spirit had seized the crowd. They did not befieve there would be any procession. Dark whispers were current about the project having been got up by certain ingenious publicans; and even the cautious policemen about— having once informed you that they knew nothing officially— hinted that " that was about the sizo of it; and that the lodges were not going to be made fools of in any such manner. But all the same the com- mon talk of the crowd was about the preservation of the Forest; and on the pavements ( when the passing showers did not drive the people into the doorways of the taverns for shelter) were to be heard domestic Kliticians informing their womankind that the Forest longed to the Government, and that the Govern- ment wanted to make money out of it by selling their rights to the landowners, and that there would soon be nothing left of all this holiday ground if somebody did not look after it. . . . Wanstead Flats— which may become to the working classes of London what Kennington Common was before it was inclosed and cut up into flower- beds— are certainly big enough to accommodate the biggest de- monstration that ever issued from a town. In the great plain of grey- green the crowds that had already flocked out to see the fun of the fair lool^ d merely like dark patches. At a distance the sound of bands, of gongs, of rifles could be heard ; and here and there could be seen a wild charger flying over ditch and bush at the small price of six- pence the half- hour. Solitary couples strayed over the black heather, the rusted bracken, and the grey grass, sometimes trying to jump a ditch, sometimes picking their steps over a swamp as wet and as treacherous as a peat bog in Islay. And then all of a sudden we see a youth— full- chested, clean- limbed, and clad in a blue jacket— break away from the nearest crowd, with a policeman in full chase after hiin. The lad runs welL The crowd cheers him, and laughs at the policeman, who cannot overtake him. Then the mind of the crowd alters— the great black mass begins to draw over the green— the best runners are to the front, and " Stop him ! Stop him !" is the cry. But the lad in blue has got on to firm ground, and flies with the rnl of a deer. The people on the road never think arresting him. Then down comes a mounted policeman, with jingling sword and galloping charger, and the hundreds of pursuers part asunder to let the avenger of the law overtake his flying victim. By this time the lad in blue has disappeared into space, and we see him no more. A new light breaks over Wanstead Flats— a pale tremulous shimmering of sunshine, that lights up the pools and the miles of grey herbage with a sort of wistful radiance. . . . The new sensation of light and warmth raises the spirits in East London. Tho young women in red roaes and mauve ribbons abandon them- selves to new frolics— the young gentlemen with the {; reen ties and billycock hats make fresh endeavours to eap over impossible ditches. The equestrians on the ponies and donkeys ui£ e on their wild career over brook and fell; the air 13 thick with missiles thrown at Aunt Sally; and the archers shoot with such exceeding strength that five out of every six arrows fly a foot over the top of the targets. Crossing the Flats to the south wo reach tho neigh- bourhood of Forest- gate, where a sort of fair is being held. We meet with our old friends. Arabian steeds of majestic appearance and flowing mane are seen ( on canvas) to be performing miracles in mid- air. Next door nine lions are doing tricks inside. Then there ia the Warwickshire Giantess calmly looking down on a number of small persons who are dressed in the hulf remembered fashions of our youth. No one, however, has yet been able to discover why so many giants and giantesses come from Warwickshire, and why so few are found to be indigenous there. Are the giants drafted away when young, after being tested in the manner that the nurses test the babies borne in tho Highlands— by weighing them in their arms to see whether they are likely in after- life to make good policemen? At this moment indeed, a policemnn comes UD, dripping from chest to heel. Ho has ju- t lugged a" small boy out of a pond into which he had tumbled. " If it had been a dead body," says a by- stander, " you'd ha' been rewarded. They only pay for dead una." " And quite right too," says another, " for when you ketch him dead, it's a proof there a another burden off the oommuiBty, and a man should be paid for that" The policeman, a tall, good- humoured fellow, Bays nothing, but stamps his dripping feet, and then sets off for the railway station.. . . AN INVITATION . TO GEOLOGISTS.— A French correspondent, M. Cozes, writing from Bach, in tho Department of the Lot, says that in the excavation of phosphate of limo, which is used for manure in that dirtrict, bones and teeth are constantly found which evidently belonged to animals existing before the Flood. In paitacular M. Cozes mentions the tusk of a mastodon, 24 centimetres in length, which was broken by the pickaxe of a labourer who excavated it. The correspondent adds that men of science would find a fertile field for exploration in the district L <. in which he writes.
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