iiliuaiiffr k, Starp AND OENEEAL ADVERTISED. PUBLISHED, EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY FRED. H. EARLE, OFFICES ON THE QUAY, FALMOUTH. NUMBEB. 577. 3HGISTBHEX) FOB TBANSMIaSIOST ABROAD. FALMOUTH: SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1872. PRICE ONE PBICNY. M gales In; gmtim. R. COEFIELD will SELL toy PUBLIC AUCTION, at Cbapel/ K'ow, Penryn, on Wednesday next, 46th June, at 2 o'clock, the following Hoasehold Funiiiture And Effects, the property of Mrs. Alien, viz.:— French and iron Bedsteads, / Mattrasses, Fea- ther Beds, Bolsters and Pill/ ws, mahogany and deal Chests of Drawers,/ Washstands and Ware, Toilette Tables, Swfag Glasses, Night Beceptacle, 8- day Clock, Carpets and Carpeting, Stair Rods, Chimney Glass, mahogany Centre and other Tables, Folding Chair, mahogany Sofa in hair cloth, set of Jnahogauy Chairs in hair cloth, Fenders and Mire Irons, Pole and Rings, Urn, Barometer, Tea Trays, cane- seated Chairs, Pictures, a few rdlumcs of Books, Book- shelves, Earthenware, vvn Furnace, Boilers, Saucepans, Kettles, Waihtrajs, Water Barrel, and numerous other Er May be viewed two / Sale. ' For further partict of the Auq Dated June 11th, 1 tours previous to the apply at the Offices FIONEER, Falmouth. Cottage to be Let, TO BE LET, from Midsummer- day, well- situated, a neat 3- roomcd COTTAGE. Apply to Mr. COJIFIELD, Estate Agent. hes of/ Cury and Mawgan, r Miles of Helston. Desirable Farms Of ab^ t 470 " Actes ( be the same more or less ), TCKBE LET BY TENDER, From MicBaelnms, 1872, for a Term of 7, 14, or 21 years, either/ together or separately, as may be agreed upon I all that Valuable, Sheep, Corn, and Dairy Estate known as the BARTON OF fTHON, Situate in the kbove Parishes, now occupied by Mr. Joseph/ Topham, with whom an arrangement las beon made to relinquish his Interest therein, viz ,— Lot. 1. ill that Compact and Desirable Farm, containing 5 Rich Closes of Arable and Pasture Lani, measuring about 100 Acres, with a Farm Hfcuse, Outbuildings and Orohard belonging thereto, coloured Green on Plan. Lot. 2. All those other 9 Enclosures, mea- suring 163( Acres or thereabouts, with the Farm House, and sufficient convenient Out- Buildings, eolored Pink on Plan. All those 13 Enclosures adjoining, ing 215 Acres or thereabouts, with Louse & a'l necessary Out- Buildings, e on , Plan. ipply to Mr. HENRY HOCKING, the Lifard, or to JOSEPH THOMAS, at ' ansitui, where a Plan of the Property Or to itailed Particulars and Conditions JOHN TAYLOR, ESQ. t, Gray's Inn Square, LONDON. W. G. MR. COR FIELD, Estate Agent, Falmouth, To either of whom Tenders for the entirety or any single Farm are to be sent on or before SATUIIDAT, 29th Day of June instant. The © wner will not bind himself to accept the highest or any Tender. N. B.— To be LET until the 28th September next,/ on the above Barton, 60 acres of PASrURAGE, and 70 acres of Rough do., adapted for young cattle. For terms apply to Mr. rToPHAM, on the premises, or to Mr. COBFIELD. Dated June 11th, 1872. Stable and Coach house Let. to G OOD Premises, in excellent order. Apply at the Offices of this paper. THE BEST INVESTMENT OF THE DAY FOB A SHALL OUTLAY, Beer and Soda Water Machine, u the pobito M last* la to quired, ia • Lemonade, Ginger _ book, or » pagaa of Qlnatnwiona and informmOon. tonwfl » l tot tbiM gtamp*. 8. BABNBTT, Engineer, » rOSSTOH STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, S. THE IHEAPEST PACKAGE OF TEA IN ENGUND. ACHINESE CADDY, oontaining 16 lbs. of really good Black Tea, sent . carriage free to any railway stafcflo m market town in England, on receipt of 40s, by PHILLIPS & CO. TE* MERCHANTS, 8 KING WILLIAM ST. CM. IQITDOIR, • B. O. A FBICG LIST FIN. GOOD TEA CHEAPER THAJT EVER. STBONG to Fino Black Tea. Is Id, Is fld, 2s and 2a 6d per lb.; 40a worth sent carriage free to any raJL, ay statioa or market town in England or Walee, on receipt of 40s by PHILLIPS A CO. TEA MERCHANTS, 8 KING WILLIAM ST. E. C. Prime Coff - i? is 2d, Is 4d, la fld. A Price List Free. PKII. T. Il'K ii LAX have no agents, and no ht Huctimx. Important Sale, without reserve, OF DP* VAHDS OF / 50 TODS of Iron Goods. To Smelters, Iron Foondei Agents, and Othei Mine M ESSES. OLVER AND SO Toured with directions Robert Mitchell and Soi qnence of their declinin) Smelting and do. Silvei' of their business, to PUBLIC AUCTION, serve, at the SMELTING! WOBKS, at POINT, near Devoran, in TUESDAY, the 2nd day of July nbxt, at Two o'clock, for Half- past tp the minute, after the arrival of the/ l. 45 train at Perranwell Station, fistant about 1J miles, the whole of The PLAiNT Connected therewith/ viz.:— IN IRON A complete Battery of 12 iron fcettles, capablo of containing 10 tons each, and weighing about 27 cwt. each. A large numben of each of the following, viz :— Large and small Ladles, block and ingot / Moulds, iron Bare, Paddles, Firo Doors and( Fj » mes, a considerable number of Winches and Qgnip^, with chains and hooks for each kettle ; Tram Waggons, Bails and Chains for transferring the metal, a complete set of iron Studs, Bracings, /& c., for a Rever- berating Machine,'^ within tae same works, with kettle and all appliances / complete. Several tons of old and new Wrought Iron, also Scrap Iron, 2 Screw . Tacks, large iron Hand- Pump for drawing water from the silvering works, Sarts of 2 small Steam Engines, with 2 large y wheels, 7 ft. diameteJr, steam pipes, & o.; Steam Boilers, about 9 fefet long, 2 feet internal diameter; iron Tube, 18 Feet long, 3 feet dia- meter one end, and 2 feet 2 inches the other, well adapted for a mine dry; nearly new powerful treble- purchase Crab Winch, by Rusdian and Brown, of/ Exeter ; several large and small Beams and Stales, with a number of adjusted weights ; a few tons of iron Drain, various sizes ; triangle/ Shears, with chain and sundries; about 30 small bagB of patent iron Nails, various sizes. BRICK MA/ KING PLANT. 3 Brick Presses, one Aearly new Hand Presi, by Clayton, with motflds, barrows; hand Pug Machine, revolving/ Lifting Machine, with pallat board complete for brick making. About 70,000 Newjand Old FIttE BRICK, A large quantity of Brick Bats, also a quantity of Hoofing Tile. ASSAY OBFICE FITTINGS. Silver Weighing Beams and Weights, small Beams and Scales! tin ore Samples, Moulds, new Machine for unking Capels, Pestles and Mortars, and othexj Appliances. CONTENTS Op GEN1RAL STORES, viz. A large number of oak Trenails, various sizes, about 200 good Jempty petroleum Casks, 70 bundles of new / Laths, oil Casks and Oils of varirus sorts, a Jew Deals and Battens, and sundry other Efljbcts, Nail Hutches, Candle do. ART SHEDS. libition prize Farm Cart, on patent drag and shifting • ying hav, & c.; a first- class four- wheel spring Waggon, and patent ® rag; iron LIGHTER. A strong Rivir Lighter, in excellent condition, to carry about 15 tons. The wholfe of the above will be sold to suit convenience of purchasers, and can be easily removed by road; river, or rail. For further particulars apply to the AUCTIONEERS, Green B. i- ilc, Falmouth, or Lemon St., Truro. Dated June 4th, 1872. s/ r*- " SUN" AGENCY, FALMOUTH. NOTICE. The Beceipts for Insurances due at Midsummer- day are ready for delivery and until the 8th day of July; on the following day the Beceipts not taken up and the quarter's accounts will be forwarded to the London office. ROBERT SNOW, Agent. Quay, 20th June, 1872. To Builders & c. Falnsoulh Sub: fTVHE Committee arf desirous of receiving JL TENDERS for ventilating the Billiaro Boom in the above Establishment. Plan and Specification may be seen on apply- ing to Mr. Trebtfcock, Surveyor, Kolligrew Boad, Falmouth, apd the Tenders are to be sent on or before Saturday, the 22nd instant, addressed to the Secretary. Falmouth 6th of JUB*, 1872. fttsirass Ititwracwirts. mmm AT • IEE- IPIEIsrXjIERICK'S MARKET v^, F^ Lyt) UTH. ^ cuhcif ( 2) itess. es., $ tp\ hune& , ^. c.^. aiLLn. es, and SPuuits.. ft. latQe assortment of. ' Smm^ ff/ atiLen. Jf& Lts., ancL atfiee. & iij. Le&. S3taa( ltj.- m. aiLe jttan± Le^\ cuui/ jiii!! itmtjj., J^ atmets. anil Jfta±&. ^ facial lines, by % lack tfilks. tfkaa/ L. Orders for Millinery and Dressmaking executed on the Premises. MOURluNG ORDERS TAKEN. PURIFIED BED FEATHERS. Joseph Beringer and Sons, Watchmakers, Jewellers, Photographers, & c., Meneage St., Helston, and Market St., Falmouth, ( LATE JOHNS), T) EG to return their sincere thanks to the gentry, public, and D friends, for the kind support and patronage they have received, and would solicit a call and recommendation to their choice and well- selected STOCKS; and also would acquaint their customers that in Mcneage Street, Helston, they havo ,, . j ;. i '.—; REMOVED to a more commodious Shop and Premises directly opposite tojthe ono in which they have carried oh their business for so many years. The Stocks are renewed with Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks of all descriptions, specialities in Marine Timepieces, Gold Alberts and Chains, colored, bright and Alluminium Necklets, Bracelets, Brooches, Lockets, Pendants, Scarf Pins, Studs, Sleeve Links in Gold, Silver, Jet, Coral, Plated Gold and Gilt. A superior assortment of Electro- plated Goods. Spectacles to suit all sights. Marine, Opera, and Field Glasses. Musical Instrumeiits. Pianos and Harmoniums kept in Stock. Works of Art in the Cornish Serpentine. Photographic Views of both neighborhoods. The Glass House at Helston is built in private Sounds, in a beautiful garden, and has every convenience to insure first- class work. The best- built ouse in the West of Englaud. Agents for MAP PIN < t WEBB'S celebratol Silver ami Electro- plate Warehouse, London. Licensed to buy Old Gold and Silver. Repairs with despatch. Photography 1 for the Million. Bi8t 1/ 111 > U" r ' V"> « ! JiV '. 1DU fuiy& ijMn pwa • Bijwa aa^ Bj siHAUB^- jB paB aqj; ' pajsenboa i[ J'B[ l.) riJH'. l jig sig^ w; uioddB ' J( JOJI jsaq IO^ J \/ ' poomnoqqSiBn IO UIIO) M WSQSQTOILBTTK'NAZOPBA'GXITAXIROJ xawiavo AJBaipjo - HfiBi/ l S'lo. i B pus ' a^ zop jad - j6 sau « 9lp '"" v ' JxisiA^ fa- s: u. avj " « oipjo ' jm } joq « BJOj'ejiwBXd oj partdaul i q [ jiA'^ ai3jB[ ag;' oipnjg jo uaO[^ Bl » )[ B 9D10S oq » Saisq FJOILVIDOSSV oiHdVttOO^ aHJ aoai rait^ o i aaoiso SHdi • aojiBidossy wijaBiSojoiij) j^ iuqiau) pue piojxo The BRITANNIA Lock W ABE FIITBD WITH New and Important Improvements, AND ABE THOROUGHLY GOOD IH PBINOIPLE AND WORKMANSHIP. W PRICES VERT MODERATE, m. AGENT NATHANIEL POX, IRONMONGER, FALMOUTH FIRS7- CLASS PQHTHAITS, f ARE M KHN ONLY AT Trull's Photographic Estal lish. ueut, Church St., i'aliuouth. SEE THE 15s. OABINl St, j T, iwt to be surpassed in EiujlaitA for Price, !, and Finish. Every Description of PHOTOGRAPH!!' WORK, from Carto do Visitc to Lifo Siz « S XjJ^ U^ OLYBR, Furnishing and General Ironmonger, Plnmber, Gas Fitter and Manufacturer, STRAND FALMOUTH. Is Selling off SURPLUS i TOCK at great reduction in prices. Balance ivory- liandlc Kniv- < 3, 10s., 12s., 16s., S Ds. per dozen. Black handlo Knives and Forks, 6s., 8s., 9s., 10s., lii. doz. Carving Knives and Forki, 2a. 6d., 3s. 6d., 4s. 6d., 5s. Gd., 7s. 6d. pair. Electro- Silver Table Spoons anil Forks, 20s., 24s. doz. Do. Dessert Spoons ancl Forks, 16s., 18s., 20s., 24s. doz, Do. Tea Spoons, Ss., 10a., 123. doz. Do. Sugar Boxes, Salvers, Cake Baskets. Toast Racks, Tea Pots, Cruefc8, ftc., Ac., kc. BronzedJTea Urns ana Kettles on Stands, 20*., 25s., 30s. upwards. Tea Trays from 5s. per set of 3, single Trays from Is. 6d Fenders, parlour, Is. 6d., 2s., 3s., 4B., 5S. Fenders, dining room, 5s. Fciulcre, drawing room, 12a Fire Irons, 2s. 6< L to 30s. per set. liumford Stoves from 3b. upwards. Register St ives from 8a. Upwards. CookingRanges from 10s. Apparatuses from 20s. upwards. Patent Mangles, 30s., 45a. ^ Vaahing Machines, 12s. Gd., GOs., 90s. Chaff Cutters, 45s. 50s. Iron Cota, 7a. Gd. to 30e. Iron Folding Beda, Ga. Gd. Iron French Beds, from 10s. to 30s. Half T « Ur Beds, - Mattresses and Palliasses. Lamps, Gas Chandeliers, Gas Brackets. Water Closeta, aud all plumber's Fittings, tktiinates givui aud Contracts entered into cihcr for work or supply. © eiittal. Cook Wanted. WANTED s good plain COOK. Ai by letter, bor 10, Post Falmouth. Houses tj it Mieh » ! > rjlO BE LET, ' mas next, t GENTJ^ EL RESIDENCES, Situate at 28, DunstArfville Terrace, Falnoath. and at Raleigh Plafe, Falmouth, the latter now in the occupatiotyfu Mra. Young. Apply to Mr 0. L. OLVER, Green Bank: To be Let. rpo BH LET with immediate poas « » rf* » , the house, IJo. 11< Harbour Terra f « , Falmouth, contai| 0B^ y^ even rooms, via:— Front Parlour, 3& ctc Jparlour, Kitchen and four Bedrooms ; wiwi frpUt and back gardens. For particulars apply to Mr. JO HIT COPLLN, 15, Erisey Terrace. Cabbage Plants. Early York, Drumhead Savoy, Little Pixie do., Dutch lied for Pickling, all for present planting. ASmall quantity of above superior kinds for disposal. Purchasers not requiring % bundle 01 one sort, can have them mired. Apply to Mr. T. JONES, Church St. First- elass Bookbinding. PERSONS wishing to avail themselves of the opportunity « sending in the pareel now making up for transmission to a first- olas « Bookbinding EstablisI ment, should forward books and numbers wlf < bound, to the Printing ch they wish to hare Offices on the Qnay, a « early as possible. Cha ges, moderate— quality of work, the best - styl ; s, modern and elegant. FRED. H. EARLE. Part of a l ouse to Let. T IO BE LET, with . PART OF A HO Floor of Three Rooms) ( lately called Obelisk R The House is pleasant ted in close proximity to Railway. Apply at the Offices lmediate possession, a ISE ( consisting of a in Lansdowne Road > ad), Falmouth. j and healthily aitua- the Quay, Dock, aid this Paper, Quay, Fajlmonth. TO BE LET. with imi that eligible SHOP AN( Situate on the North! i lediate poaieisioo, all I BEMISES, occupation of Mr. IJeoert Messrs. J. H. Pope ajid Further particulars application at/ tlic Manor Dated 14th Juno, 1872 BENS Watches, Clocks, ay, formerly m the Sopwith, and now of ! o. ay be obtained on Olfice, Arwenack. ON S Sold Jewellery. Royal Family, Pslz^ l£ DiL » — LONDON, DUBLIN k PARIS. m WATCHES 0/ mil kindt, at 2 to ffuinau. LEVER VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL, DUPLEX, CHRONOilETER, CHRONOGRAPH, KEYLESS. CENTRE SECONDS, REPEATERS, INDIAN, tc. Sold JEWBLLESY The latat fashions. BRACELETS, BROOCHES, RINGS, EARRINGS, STUDS, NECKLACES, PINS. LOCKETS, CHAINS, CROSSES, ate. CLOCKS Ofallkiadi, all to 1000 aainm. CHURCH, TURRET, CARRIAGE, CHIHE. DINING & DR AWINO ROOM, HALL. LIBRARY, SHOP, BRACKET, 4c. Silver and Electro PLATE All the neie dttign*. DINNER SERVICES TEA & BREAKFAST SERVICES CRUETS. BASKETS, INKSTANDS, FORKS CLARET JUGS, SPOONS, & c. Illustrated Catalogue of Watches, Cloolca, Jewellery, kc., post free for 2 ntamiw. Watches, Clocks, Jewellery and Plate sent to all parts of the world. Silver and Electro Plato Catalogue post free 2d. Watches repaired by skilled workmen. Old Silver, Jewellery, Watched, & c., . ichanged. Merchaate, Shippera, and Clubs supplied. Steam Factory and City Slio* u- LUDGATE HILL & OLD BOND STREET^ LON DON. THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY JUNE 22, 1872 AN IMPORTANT CASE. In the Court of Krtrcr, In tho Exchequer Chamber, thatauio ol " Pappa n. Rose" has boon heard, and was a case of con- • ldorabls Interest to merchants and to brokers, and, Indeed, indirectly, to tho great body of the community as consumers, lor It was an action by a merchant against a broker for giving his honest opinion as between tho merchant and the buyer, as to the quality of the goods offered to tho buyer under the contract. The parties buyer and seller, having, It, should seem, confidence ifi thd broker, had agreed to bo bound by his opinion ; he gave his honost opinion that the " roods" WWfltrctbt lair quality, TOl thewUer, disputing tho ' oorroctcess of his opinion, sued him for alleged error in giving ft ; but the Court, It will be seen, held that no such j action was mainUinablo. TJfce case had arisen thus":— In ' October,'" T8BSV the plaintiff entered into a contract through one William Leash, a fruit broker, for the purchase of two Darcols, j of 500 tons each, of black Smyrna raisins, from Messrs. I Harrys, a firm of dealers in the fruit trade at Smyrna ^ and Liverpool. Afterwards, on the 26th of October, the plaintiff authorized and instructed the defendant, ; as broker, to sell 500 tons of black Smyrna raisins for j him, apd the defendant accordingly did no, and passed to the plaintiff a contract in these terms :— " Sold by order and for account of Mr. D. Pappa. To my principal Messrs Hanson and Son.— To arrive— 500 tons black Smyrna raisins, 1SC9 growth, fair average quality, in opinion of selling broker. To be delivered lu London at 22a. per cwt" In December the raisins began to arrive, and the plaintiff sent tho defendant an order to inspect the raisins under tho contract. He did BO, and on the 17th of Deoember he wrote :— « I haVo carefully inspected the bags black raisins, ex- tern an. I am sorry to find I must reject them, as thoy are not fair average quality of 1S69 growth." The defendant inspected the other portions of the raisins, and gave similar certificates rejecting them as " not of fair average quality of the growth of 18b9. The purchaser rejected the raisins. The effect of this was that there was no sale, and the broker lost his commission. The seller, however, sued the broker. At the trial before the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas a great deal of evidence was given on the part of the plaintiff to show that the opinion of the broker was wrong, and two points were taken on his part— that the term " fair average quality" in the contract meaDt fair average quality with reference to the growth of the year 1SG9, which was an inferior growth, and also that the broker was liable to be sued for aji error in judgment. The Lord Chief Justice thought otherwise, and held that the broker was not liable to an action provided he acted honefctly and lond fiic. And on this latter ground the Court of Common Pleas gave judgment for the defendant, the broker. The plaintiff, his employer, appealed from this judgment. Six- J. Karslake, Sir G. Honyman, and Mr. Watkin Williams , wtre for the plaintiff, the appellant; Mr. Giffard, Q. C., and Mr. Murphy were for the de- fendant. It was agreed that the great point in the case was whether it was a question of skill or of honesty— t. e., whether the broker was liable for want of due care or » Vill, or error of judgment; and that was the main point argued. - . . Sir J. Karslake argued for the merchant, the plain- tiff, that the broker was liable for error in judgment, as showing want of skill in tbe discharge of his duty. Mr. Justice Blackburn pointed out that here the buyer was to take the judgment of the broker, though he was employed by the seller, BO that he was to act for both parlies. Sir J. Kan? lake said that, no doubt, was the great point in the case, but Btill he urged that this did not make the broker an arbitrator, BO as to exonerate him from the duty of bringing due care and skill to the per- formance of his dutv to his employer. The Lord Ch ef Baron observed that here the broker was not paid for his insjK- ction, and would get no com- mission, except in case the sale was completed, which it was not, in consequence of his adverse opinion as to tlie quality of the rairins. So that he advised against his own interest, and, as the case turned out, acted ^ I^ jTilaireiake replied that the broker in case of sale would get his commission, and that would be a t remuneration for the whole of his duty. The Lord Chief Baron eaid the question was, what, was the duty ? In point of fact, the broker undertook i — in terms— to do nothing at alL The question was, ; what was the nature of the undertaking implied? If i it was merely to express bis opinion, he had done so. | The plaintiff, in order to sustain the action, must go | further than to show that the brpker undertook to give , his opinion on an inspection of the raisins. It was one thing to do that, and another thing to say that be undertook to examine the raisins with reference to the growth of other years or of a j< articralar year injorder to qualify himself fpr giving an opinipn with reference to the growth of those year.--. ' I Mr. Justice Lush : You asked him to givte his opinion; • and he has doDe so. You complain of his not having qualified himself for giving an opinion. I The Lord Chief Baron : If you choose to ask b cer- tain person to give his opinion you must take it. ; Baron Martin : Both parties knew Mr. Rosa, and were content to take his opinion. JThey took hin| " for better, for worse." The Lord Chief Baron :, There is no undertaking on his part that be possesses any particular degree of knowledge or skill in the subject- matter. Baron Martin: You agreed to take his opinion, wh ch now you want to upset by the opinions of other persons. Mr. Justice Blackburn : Want of skill is very dif- ferent from want of attention or proper care. If the broker had given his opinion without looking at t^ e raisins, he might be liable: but it is quite otherwise as to any particular degree of skilL s The Lord Chief Baron : There is no undertaking. as _ to * kill at alL All he undertakes to do is to inspect and give his opinion, and he has done so. He was not paid even for that, and certainlg^ for nothing more. After fully hearing Sir J. Karslake for the plain- tiff, TJie Court, without calling on the counsel for the other side, gave judgment in favour of the broker. i The L" rd Chief Baron siid. tjie, question was whether the broker had undertaken not only to use due care aud attention and give an honest opinion, but also to exercise any particular degree of skill, and the Court thought that there was no such undertaking on • the part ot the broker. The brokerhad only undertaken to do all that was necessary to enable himself to give a fai.- and hone t opinion, as to examine the raisins and form an honeet judgment. The broker was not bound to ai- certain all about the growths of particular years, ard how far the commodity in question was equal to jthe quality of an inferior growth. There was no undertaking by an arbitrator that he possessed any particular degree of skill or knowledge. So in the caso of a broker, surveyor, or other person employed by the parties to give his opinion, there was no liability to action ' if lie gave ah honest opinion. Ba « > n JJ artin was of the tame oplniqp. The parties had velected the selling broker to examine the goods and give his opinion, and if he acted honestly he was not liable to action. Otherwise the parties would have the case decided by the opinion of other persons, quite conti ary to their intention. 1 Mr. J UKtioe Blackburn concurred. No doubt, ho sni< i, a broker in acting as a broker, undertook that bp- had skill in the proper butfihess of a broker, but this was no necessary part of hifi duty as a broker, and be was not liable to action, having given his honest opinion and formed the best judgment he could. It would be perilous to a broker in such a position if he were liable to action. Mr. Justice Mellor aleo agreed that there was no liability to action in tuch a case, and it would be most mischievous if there was. The parties knew. Mr. IU ee, and intended to take his opinion, and he had givi- n it honestly, and was not liable to action. Mr. Justice Lush likewise agreed. Judgment for tbe defendant, the broker. by the barbarians oif whom Lamartine and Tocqueville prophesied ; abroad the question is whether France is to be broken up, and to disappear like those islands which have suddenly been swallowed up by tho sea with their townB and inhabitants. What does it matter whether Bazaine commanded well or badly at Metz,_ or , that Lebceuf was more or less right in his calculation of the guns in the arsanals; that Jules FavTe con- ducted the negotiations at Ferrifcrea cleverly or the contrary, or that Tfochu defended Paris skillfully or otherwise? All that is repetition of what is past and gone. At home we have the army of spoliation and devastation in process *> f organisation; abroad that of invasion and dismemberment. It is of these things wo ought always to bo thinking, and it is of them that no one thinks. It isthemadness of despair. In solitude wo see things much more clearly than in a crowd. May God protect us, and raise up among us some great citizen, or we are lost. De profundi* ad If clhmavu I exclaim thus from morning until even- ing, to the trees and to the stars and also to the birds as they carry back the cry to tho country, and I curse my unpopularity and tho execration with which my name is visited which prevents me from proclaiming myself that cry of alarm." Of the im- peachment with which he has been threatened M. Ollivier speaks with contempt. To bring it the As- sembly would have not only to make retrospective tho j penalty, thd procedure, the tribunal, but must, in ad- ' ditlofl', disregard the Amnesty of the 4th of September, , approved and ratified by the Assembly, which obliter- | ates " all political crimes bnd offences committed from : the 3rd of December, 1857, to the 4th of September, 1872." NEW NAMES, AND MANY OF THEM! The familiarity with prominent public men, peculiar | to American freedom, which consists in calling them [ by any name except that given them by their god- j fathers and godmothers in their baptism is strongly marked in the case of Mr. Horace Greeley ( says the j Pall Mall Gazette). Mf. Greeley - lias not been many weeks before the publiCas a candidate for the | Presidency, but he is already affectionately referred to | by his supporters among the press as " Old Horace," " Old Honesty," " Old honest Horace," " the Honest Old Farmer," " the Old Man," " Old White Coat," " Old White Hat," " Old Tree chopper," " the Sage of Chappaqua, " the Doctor," and ' Our Later Frank- lin." The opponents of the Cincinnati nominee have taken note of the tendency, and kindly suggests a few more pet names, Mr. Greeley might, they say, be referred to as " Old Bail- bonds" and " Old Four Hundred Millions," suggestive of tho offer to Mr. Lin- coln to buy a peace; and " Old Niagara," or " Old Cataract," commemorative of the peace performances at that famous fall; and " Old Let-' em- go," meaning the Southern States in 1860- 67; and " Old Away- with- Lin coin," playfully significant of the Greeley proposition to Bet that President aside in 1S61; and " Old Root- hog- or- die," embalming tho fraternal advice which Mr. Greeley gave to the freedmen ; and " Old Villain- you- lie," epitomizing his direct andeinewy Saxon familiarly addressed to those with whom he differs. Mr. Greeley's well- known agricultural pro- clivities and treatises are commemorated in the aliases, " Old Prize Strawberry," " Old What- do- I- know- about- it?" " Old Garden Sass," and, with a sly refer- ence to the possibilities of tho contest, " Old Beet;" while his leanings towards protection are indicated in. the endearing epithet', " Old Pig Iron," " Old Protec- tion," " High Old Tariff," " Old Bessemer," and " Old Wooden Screws." into a " hurried arbitration under threat of a lock- out. The only reply made by tho chairman was the handing to Ihe deputation of the resolution signed on Friday by the carpenters' deputation. Mr. Lucas said he sup- posed the masons had the same notice of the lock- out as the carpenters. The deputation informed the masters that they considered a conference such as they were then holding was quite as capable of discuss- ing and settling the question as any strangers who might be called in, unacquainted with the trade. Thoy considered it was futile to attempt to patch up the, 2uestion. The men were resolved upon having the nine ours, and the question would come up again next year. These annual agitations were injurious alike to both masters and men. After a long discussion the deputation laid the following proposal before the masters' committee, which, if accepted by them, they would lay before tho men for approval, but, if the committee refused, it was not to be afterwards used by the masters to the prejudice of the memorial. This proposal was that fifty- three hours should con- stitute a week's work, at SAd. per hour until the 1st of March, 1873, after which date the wages should be 9d. per hour. After some hesitation this proposal was rejected by the Masters' Committee, who again paid the original terms of the memorial, 51 hours at 9d. per hour, must be submitted to arbitration. The deputation said they had no power to agree to arbitra- tion ; all that they could promise was to take the opinion of the men upon the question that evening. The conference then ended, having lasted more than two hours. The above report having been received unanimously, a long discussion ensued, and it could not be clearly ascertained, as there was no strike at present among tbe masons, whether, if they consented to arbitration, the lock- out would be enforced against them, suppos- ing the carpenters on strike refused to resume work pending; the arbitration, in accordance with the master's resolution. Ultimately, Mr. Salter moved the following resolution :— " That we, tho masons of London, do not admit of arbitra- tion onitbeqnrstion of thanino hours and the0< i per hour, burthat we artier*) slriitly to" the terms of our memorial— namely, 61 hoars per weok at 9iL per hour. He aaid they had been agitating the nine- hour question f r the last 15 years, and they had never before been in so good a position to obtain it. ( Cheers.) They must not throw away the opportunity. Mr. Skremp eeconded the resolution. Mr. Nesbitt moved as an amendment, " That the whole question bo left in the hands of the com- He reminded the meeting'that the adoption of the resolution would bring about the lock- out on Wednes- day. ( Cries of " We're not frightened at it.") t Mr. Stockton seconded the amendment. Mr. Parser moved as a rider :— " That \ te accept 61 hours per week at 8Jd. per hour uhtl Ihe 1st of March, 1873, when there shall bo a rise to Od. per Mr. Worsum seconded the rider. Another long discu- sion ensued, after which the vqje was taken, when both rider and amendment were lost, but few hands being held up for either. The original retolution refusing arbitration was then carried by a very large majority followed by loud cheering. The proceedings then terminated. HEWITT v. the LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOOTH COAST RAILWAY. The abovo cause has been tried in the Court ol Common _ leas, and was an action, brought by the plaintiff, a builder at Catorham, to recover damages for tho loss of his son, about 13 years old, who was killed through the negligence of tho company's servants. The case was a very novel one. In- asmuch as the action was not brought under Lord Campbell's Act, but on tho common law right ot a master to sue for the loss of the services of one of his servants occasioned by the wrongful act of another person. It appeared that in Feb. last the plaintiff was Bent by his father with a horse and cart to the Caterham Junc- tion Station, where there was a truck of bricks belong- ing to him, to fetch a load. The truck was about half full, and the lad had been into the truck and was getting out when some other trucks were driven down the siding by a blow from an engine and bumped against the truck the lad was getting out of, the buffer of which struck the lad's leg and broke it. The lad was re- moved to the hospital, and died in two days afterwards. There was no warning given of the trucks coming down the skiing. The evidence of the lad being employed as a servant by his father was that he kept the men's time, and was employed with the horse and cart to do jobs for him. The counsel agreed that the verdict should be for 10 guineas if the plaintiff was entitled to maintain the action. Mr. Joyce submitted that the action was not main- tainable, but that the company might have been fixed with a deodand. His Lordship said, although he did not remember a similar action, yet he saw no reason why, on principle, tho action might not be maintained if the jury thought the lad was employed by the father in the nature of a servant, and that he was not guilty of negligence, and that the company were. The jury said that they were of opinion in favour bf the plaintiff on those points. > Verdict for the plaintiff for ten guineas. His lordship said he would give Mr. Joyce leave to move in arrest of judgment, but not to disturb the findings of the jury. THE PRODUCTION OF GOLD. Mr. Thomas Hankey, writing in the Economist, ex- presses his opinion that tho time has at rived for taking stock of the large increased production of gold in tho world. I believe ( he says) that during the bst ten years the export of gold ( exclusive of gold coin) from tho Australian colonies ha3 not been less than about 17,000,000 oz., or equal to £ 68.000,000, and the gold com exported from the same colonies would add about, £ 20,000,000, making a total of not far short of £ 90,000,000. Nor do I believe it would bo disputed that the export from the Australian colonies during the previous ten years— say from 1853 to 1862— was at least equal to that during the past ten yeare ending the 31st of December last; if so the total export of gold from the Australian colonies since the first discoveries of gold cannot have been much less than £ 170,000,000 to £ 180 000,000, and if the export from California during the like period has been onlv £ 120,000.000, we have a gross total of not les3 than £ 300,000,000 of gold added to the stock of gold in the world sinco 1852- 53. I have only reckoned the gold produced in Australia and California; the production of gold in other parts of the world previous to 1852 was considered, I believe, to be equal to from £ 3,000,000 to £ 5,000,000 value annually; if we only reckon it at three millions, there will have been a further addition of £ 60.000,000 so as to make a grand total of at least £ 360,000,000, and possibly umsiderably more to the gold already in the world before the discoveries of gold in California and Australia. Now what can have become of all this gold ? The use of gold coin in England has considerably increased, but I doubt very much whether the gold coin in circu- lation elsewhere than in Great Britain or the British colonies and dependencies was materially larger at the beginning of this year that it was in 1853. I have ve little doubt but that you have the materials for ascer- taining how much gold has been coined at the principal mints of the world during the last twenty years, and if you would give us this information we mi^ ht be the better able to judge whether it is ^ possible that such a large addition can have been made to the stock of gold in the world during twenty years without having very materially lowered its value, or, in other words, augmented the price of all articles which have usually been valued on a gold basis. I believe I am correct in saying that M de Humboldt considered the quantity of gold which was poured into the European markets in 318 years, from the discovery of HisDaniola to the revolution in Mexico, at somewhat under £ 300,000,000. 13 it possi- ble, remembering the effect produced on prices by thin enormous increase in the production of gold during those 300 yeare, that a great effect must not now be experienced by the additional production of an equally large amount during so comparatively a short time as twenty years ? EDUCATION, DRAINAGE, AND THE LIQUOR TRADE IN SWEDEN. i In connection with the above subject the Pall SlaQ Gazette writes:— In our remarks on the condition of the industrial classes in Sweden we observed that that country ha3 solved three problems which still trouble us sorely. Education is compulsory and gratuitous. Every child from seven years old must be sent, either to a primary ( gratuitous school, or to a private certificated school, and there be kept for six or seven years, or until he or she has acquired a competent knowledge of reading, writing, arithmetic, the catechism, the history and geography of their own country, the rudiments of natural history, general history and geography. This applies to the primary schools, but there are, likewise, higher grammar, technical, and in- dustrial schools, BO that in these respects the working classes are far better and more generally in- structed than our own. It is probably as much owing to good teaching as to natural capacity that the Swedish mechanic bears such a high character for skill, solidity of work, and carefulxonstruction. Fpr the first time we find it Btated that though English artisans are employed and work a shade more quickly, their workmanship does not differ from that turned out by the natives. What we understand by trade unions have only recently been formed, and to a limited extent, but co- operative societies and " associ- ations for production " are very conjmon. In Stockholm and Gothenberg tpe rate of mortality is respectively 26 and 21 per 1,000, which is remarkably low, but then drainage, according to our ideas, is there unknown. The hard rock on which Stockholm stands made the cutting of sewera so costly that the idea was given up, and the authorities now congratulate them- selves on the result. All refuse is taken away within a few hours, and is iu. mediately converted into excellent agricultural manure. The staff of scavengers is complete and efficient, and no cesspools or accumulations of decomposing matter are tolerated for a moment. Thus the rivers are kept fresh and free of pollution, the supply of drinking water is abundant and excellent, while noxious smells are naturally very rare. In Gothenberg a system of underground drainage for superbcial water has been well executed, some of the low and marshy land in the environs has been artificially drained, and dressed with the dried manure alluded to mixed with lime, and is now in a high state of cultiva- tion. The liquor trade is regulated as follows -.— The two beverages in use in Sweden are made in the country— brandy and beer. But while public- houses for. the sale or consumption of beer are well inspected and nume- rous, the brandy shops for consumption on the pre- mises are greatly restricted, pay a heavy licence duty, and are under very strict regulations. A permissive Act exists by which a parish or town can either entirely prohibit the licensing of brandy Bhopsin its en virons or limit their number. No brandy is allowed to be Bold on credit or to persons who are intoxi- cated or * re under adult age. The revenue accru- ing from the tax on the retail trade and the licencosis divided between tho parish aud tho country. In Gothen- berg a so1 iety formed for the promotion of sobriety has farmed the brandy shops in tho city and suburbs with excellent effect. They are in fact transformed into respectable eating- houses most carefully provided and looked after by the society. In consequence of these and other regulations, payment ef wages on Friday night, & c., the decrease of drunkenness in Sweden within tho last six years ha3 been remarkable, and there has been a visible progress in the moral and social condition of tho people. M. OLLIVIER ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN FRANCE. M. Etnile OUirier Is at present residing in a small country house n<* ar Biella, but contemplates returning to his house at Passy by the end of the year, and de- livering his Inaugural address at the Academy in the oonnte of the winter. It is stated, on good authority, 11, at he retains faith and confidence in the Emperor Napoleon'n / ood int^ utione, and anticipates a time tvuen Fiance will c^ U for hi* restoration. But in ' hf meantime, he in ready to support whatever Go vera* . <-:' c,:. y •)•- fWg'Hnp with a friend r".. i. Uy ot affaire in France, he remarked.—" The :, tril i. iy imeare of the political situation \ h this— The q. it. vi no longer r. ue of liburtf, of a F irliamentary system, oi » choice between dynasties. At home tie qutstioa Is whether our dvfliwticu eh& U bo deyoorea THE PARK LANE MURDER Although Marguerite Dixblanc exhibited remarkable eomposure in court down to tho period of her being sentenced, it appears' that after she had been taken back to her cell sha became very mueh exoited, and it wasBomo timo before she recovered her usual tranquility. She was evidently surprised that she Bhould have been convicted of the crime of wilful murder, being under the impression that the jury would have convicted her of manslaughter only. On Saturday morning the sheriffs, Alderman Sir F. W. Truscott and Sir J. Bennett, accompanied by Under- sheriff Crosley, the Ordinary the Rev. Mr. Jones, and Mr. Jonas the Governor of Newgate, went to the cell of the prisoner, and informed her formally that the day appointed for carrying out the sentence was the 1st of July. M. Albert, the interpreter, was to have accompanied the officials to interpret the information to her, but upon consideration it was not thought necessary that he should do so, and tho Ordinary of Newgate, the Be v.' Mr.' Jones, told her, in the French language, Uie fatal news. Sir John Bennett had on the previous day given the prisoner an intimation that in the ordinary course the execution would take place on the day mentioned, and to a certain extent, therefore, she was prepared for the communication. She received it with great firmness, and the only chango that was observed in her appearcnce was that she turned very palo. It has transpired that tho Jury were unanimously of that the legal offedce of the prisoner amouuted to wilful murder, and the principal point they con- sidered was how to accompany their verdict by such a recommendation as would have tho effeot of saving tho life of the prisonef, and with that viow they agreed to a special written verdict. There has never hardly been an instance when the capital punishment has been carried out in casea where the jury have strongly re- commended thb culprit to mercy, and the general im- pression among tho officials is that it will not in this cose bo carried into effect. e very A meetingof tho proprietors of engine works was held at Berlin on Monday, when the demands ot the workman for a working day ot eight hours, and un Increase in the rato of wages, were rejected. Tbo rueerl- ig determined ihai « . the commencement ot anj> itriko an Inquiry should he in- stituted as to whother It n aa Jiutiltc- d or not, and further, that no employment to workmen on strike should bo glve. t In othor factories. The Sperur UaztUt announces that a strike of the miners In the nm> « r mining dl « trlct of Dort- mund bas oommwy/ l ( extending to 12 mines), and t-. at about 12. QW men have left their work without giving any MtlQfc SUICIDE OF A FRENCH REFUGEE. In London, on Monday. Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central 1 fiddles ex, held an inquest on the body of Hippolyte Jourand, aged 45 years, a Frenchman, hold- ing a medical diploma, who committed suicide in a cell at George- street Police- station. The evidence of M. N. Eoussell, Dr. Louis Var- gan, and others, showed that for some years the deceased had been in practice at a small village near Paris. In the time of the Commune he was attached to a battalion of their Guards, after whiclr he was a colleague of M Eoussell. A fortnight ago he came to England, and acted as assistant to M. Louis Vargan, of Soho. On Wednesday, in last week he dined with M. Roussell, to whom he remarked that he was tired of his life, and should some day commit suicide, showing a small phial ( similar to that seen in his hand when in the police cell). He left his friend's house about eight o'clock in the evening, and about half- past twelve the following morning he was given into the custody of Police- conBtableShaw for assaulting two women in Church- lane, St Giles's. He was taken to George- street Police- station and charged. The station sergeant, noticing he was excited, had him examined by Dr. Ward, who saw nothing unusuldinhis manner. He was therefore placed in a cell by himself, but not being charged with felony was notsearched During thetaight he was visited at frequent intervals and atsix o'clock Mr; Crook, the inspector, went to his cell and found him on the bench asleep. About half an hour afterwards a knocking was heard, and Inspector Crook, having been informed by the constable in reserve that he had desired to be allowed to send a message to a friend, again proceeded to the cell with a pencil and some paper. He found the deceased standing close to the door, with a determined look, and hold- ing a small bottle in Ins hand He stepped back- wards, and before the inspector could seize him, he had poured the contents down his throat. Dr. Ward was again sent for, but his services were too latt . death having been instantaneous. On the cell seat \ va3 his hat, in which was a slip of paper, on which w is written in French " Address my money to M La Kochais, No 1, Eue Montmaxtre, Paris, also my clothes ; there are more at Mr. Fargean, Btatloner, in London, aud at the laundress, who lives at Mr. Blanch ard, stationers in — street." Mr. Ward, MB. C. S., said the cause of death was poisoning by prussic acid. Witness had examined the contents ( a few drops) of the bottle taken from de- ceased in his cell by the police- inspector, aud found it wasaFrench preparation ( acide cyanhydnque), fifteen times stronger than the usual English prustic acid. In reply to the Coroner, it was stated by some friends that the deceased had not been sent over here by the present Government of France, but had come of his own accord. A considerable sum of foreign and English coin was found on his person after death. A verdict of " Suicide while in a state of unsound mind " was re- turned. . - GREAT ROBBERY AT THE DIAMOND FIELDS. By the arrival of the mail steamer Celt at South- ampton, on Tuesday, we have advices from Cape Town to the 18th May. The Cape 4rgus says that large parties continue to arrive at the Diamond Fields ^ but the number of persons who are leaving daily is nearly proportionate. There have been several large " findB " during the fortnight. Several accidents have occurred at the diggings— some of a fatal character— owing to the dangerous state of the claims. On the 9th ult. the post- office at De Beer's Now Rush was robbed of a very valuable mail bag, containing about 800 letters, and diamonds weighing about six pounds. Great excitement prevailed on the Fields on the discovery of the robbery. A reward of £ 100 was offered by the authorities at De Beer's, and an addi- tional Bum of £ 100 by the Government for the dis- covery of the thieves. Commenting on this occurrence the Argus says :—" We are not at all surprised at the intense excitement on the Fields over the los3 of a Cape Town post bug valued at many thousand pounds. The hard earnings of many a digger and the produce of many an extensive purchnso were contained in tho stolen bag. Nor are wo surprised, at the loud and angry complaints at the folly of the officials in permitting so large an amount of pro- perty to be left utterly unprotected. A corres- pondent informs ua that, on his knocking at the window for information as to the time of the cart starting, it yielded to his touch. It - was then found that A pane of glass had been brokenfr^ m the window, tho bolt withdrawn, and the mad bags, which lay piled on the shelf Teady for despatch, been reached by the hand of the thief without his taking the trouble to enter the building. Making every allowance for tho sense of security into which officials and others havp been lulled at the Fields from the fact that crimes of this kind have been almost uuknown, it is difficult to conceive of the infatuation which could make such carelessness possible. On the whole, the robbery is the most serious calamity that has j- et befallen t& eFiekU. We fear we can dhensh little hope of the recovery of the property. A smaU bag i* easily placed beyond the reach ofsearch, and rough diamonds maybe conveyed where there is no possibility of identifying them. . We have heard rumours lately of sharpers starting from England for the Fields, and our first experience of their work, if it be such, shows what havoc a few clover thieves can make amongst the insecure buildings which cover valuable property." Tuesday ( the 18th), the anniversary of the battle ot Waterloo, was celebrated at Wellington College, Berks, by the usual speech day and distribution of prlx.- a. Tho dining hall of the college, which was ornamented fur tho occasion, was crowded by a large and fashionable audience. Advices from the Cape of Good Heps informs ns that a bill has L* an Introduced Into the HOP so ot Asaeinbiy, legalising marriage with u deceased wife'* sister. After a det » te oitendlng over two dayi, the bill was withdrawn, though opinion Is generally a - JU ravocr. but It la thought advUable not to legislate hastily oa the Laatter. The WOMANLY SIDE of CHRISTIANITY. In London, the other evtming, Mr3. Howe, an American lady, earnestly imbued with the idea of attaining universal peace on earth by Christian teach- ing and its practical application, gave the second of a series of four religious services in tho drawing room of Freemasons' HalL Taking for her text that opening verse of the fifth chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, in which the Apostle speakB of " the liberty ' therewith Christ hath made us free, 9 and enjoins on believers that they stand fast therein, Mrs. Howe, after a brief reference to her first discourse, in which ehe had insisted on the a « ^ eptance <$ f the Kingdom of Heaven as a fact, and not as a fancy or fiction, proceeded to speak of liberty as the firet con- dition of peace. We find in Paul's writings, especially, ehe said, great rejoicing in the deliverance effected by Christ; yet the persons delivered were not generally j slaves or captives. In what then did this freedom' consist ? To find this we must study Christ's doctrine of the second birth. He that, having been first born into the slavery of nature, ita absolute passions and necessities, was" born again into a Rpiritdal life, recog- nised a higher centre of power and obligation, and was so delivered from the slavery of natural life. Mrs. Howe spoke of the methods of Christ and Socrates as similar in one point. SocrateS imposed no dogmas or difficult maxims upon his distipleS, but fed them to Btudy and express their own thought. If this was a falsity, he led the pupil to overstate it, and then the necessary iroDy corrected the crrdr. • So Christ led his diBclples away from the outer traditions and discipline. The Father who seeth in secret was to be eought by them as the centre of all wisdom. Mrs. Howe spoke of tho day on which her hearers were there met together as the eve of the battle of Bunker's HilL She did not think it a part- of wisdom, she eaid, to try to unmake history ; to find what unfortunate person ' should be1 hanged, burned, or crucified in effigy, as the author of 6ome special evil and mischief, I9 her tho leBson of history was this— that if, on- aiy. roufld of the ladder by which humanity ascends, some special dis- tress and calamity has overtaken it, the remedy is to go up higher and higher, ascending to that ierene peace which is the crown of. our efforts. RECORD OF TITLES IN IRELAND. A return has been issued showing the operation of the Act of 18G5, which established a Record of Title Office in Ireland, with a view to provide that titles con- ferred by the Landed Estates Court may be kept free from complication by regiatration of subsequent con- veyances, leases, or incumbrances, and the issue of certificates to the parties interested evidencing tho title, and being conclusive evidence of the matters therein contained. The Act also provides a form of transfer of recorded estates. The return Btates that since tho passing of that Act, and down to the 1st of November, 1871, the number of estates sold, or to which declarations of title have been granted by the Landed Estates Court has been 1,483, and the aggregate value of the land £ 7,332,049 ; and the number of conveyances of estates sold and declara- tions of title executed by the Court within the same period has been 3,349, and the aggregate value of Ihe land £ 8,247,430. The number of titles recorded under the above Record of Titles Act during tho same period bas beep 493, or, deducting four withdrawn either by the proprietors or by merging in a larger estate sold ip the court, 489, which is the number of titles subject to the operation of tho Act, the aggregate value of the land being £ 1,708,^. , , The return was also to show the number of transfers, mortgages, leases, and other dealings completed in each year under the provisions of the above Act. with an estimate ol the cost of each such dealing and the time required for completing it Tho number has been 179 ; in the last five years it has averaged 35 a year. But the recording officer has no means of knowing whether the parties adopt and act upon the published schedule of fees to solicitors under the Act. He thinkB it pro- bable that tho costs are in most casea framed on the old scales usual in the profession, so that the saving of ex- pense would arise chiefly from the fact of no " searches being required, and from tho reduced length of the deeds. By far tho greater number of transfers, charges, Ac., brought into the office aro short, con- taining no recitals, and very few,, if anv, covenants. The tune required for completing a transfer, charge, or other dealing Is very short. " Transactions have been begun and ended within thebour," although it usually happens that delay is interposed from tho absence of one of the parties, or from tho difficulty of proc> ri g stamps for the payment of the authorised fee, or fiom the non- production of tho duplicate or instrument of title ( under section 19 of tho Act), which is sometimes at a distance, or in thn hands of a mortgagee. THE BUILDING TRADES STRIKE. , r On Monday evening a crowded meeting of the i- iondon operative masonB, who have memorialized I the master builders for the same terms as the carpen- I ters and joiners— 51 hours per week, at 9d. per hour — was held at Wilcocke's Assembly- rooms, Westmin- ster- road, Mr. Ketteringham in the chair, for the pur- poso of receiving a report from a deputation of the Masons' Committee, who in the afternoon met the Master Builders' Committee at the Freemasons' Tavern. Mr. Weighill, tho secretary, stated that lost week the Masons'Committee, upon hearing that the Masters' Committee had appointed to meet a deputation from the carpenters, instructed him to write to the masters' secretary, to tho effect that as the masons were moving for the same object as the carpenters, they considered a deputation from their body should also be present, or otherwise they should not feel bound by any decision that might bo arrived at. To this request they re- ceived no reply previous to the carpenters' deputation being received, but on Saturday afternoon a notice was sent to them by Mr. Bird, the masters' secretary, that they would be prepared to meet a deputation from the masons on Monday. The deputation had accordingly waited upon the masters that day. . Mr. Broadhurst, a member of the deputation, then reported the details connected with the interview. Himself and his colleagues, Messrs. Nesbitt, Kin- naird, Bowman, and the secretary proceeded at two o'clock that afternoon to the Freemasons' Tavern, where they met the same gentlemen who had receivod tho deputation from the carpenters, Messrs. Hannen, Lucas, Trollope, Dines, and the secretary, Mr. Bird. After some general remarks the deputation were asked whether they were prepared to submit the question of the nine hours and 9d. per hour to arbitration. Ihe deputation objected to enter into any discussion upon the question of arbitration unless the threat of a lock- out, at least so far as the masons were concerned, was withdrawn. The chairman said this distinction could not be made. The deputation re- minded the committee that the memorial of the men had been before the masters for somo months without any reply being given, and now they were to be forced On Tuesday morning, at nine o'clock, the delegates of the carpenters and jpiners, to the number of over 225, re- assembled at the " Brown Bear," Bloomsbury, for the purpose of reporting the result of the voting of the men they represented upon the proposal submitted to them by the committee of masters as their ultimatum prior to a lock- out. Mr. Sadler, of the General Union of Carpenters, occupied the chair. Tbe Cbauman, in opening the proceedings, Baid that the proposal^ of the master8 hfwl been, divided into three joints, and a separate vote would be received on each of the three points. It must he clearly understood that if the first proposal, for the men on strike at once resuming work, was rejected, the masters, or a certain po tion of them, werep'idged toalcckout. ( Hear.) He boped the proceedings would be conducted in an orderly and becoming manner, befitting the'gravity of the occasion. ( Hoar.) He then read the three proposals to be voted upon, as follows :— " 1. For and acalnst the men now on strike from tho Arms pf Mr. Brass and Messrs. Jackson and Shaw returning work at once upon the old teims, pending any arbitration that may take place. 2. For and aealnst submitting the question of tho nine hours and 9d. per hour to arbitration. 8. For and against holding a conference of an equal number of masters and workmen to consider if any code ot working- rules can be arranged for the better regulation of the trade." While the voting was in progress a letter was re- ceived from Mr. Hannen, the chairman" of the Masters' Committee, eitting at the Freemasons' Tavern, stat- ing that the committee were anxiously awaiting the result of the voting. Tho total number of men voting was about 4,000, but as the results only were supplied to the reporters the exact num- bers voting for and against each proposal cannot be given ; but it was ascertained that only about 350 voted for the first proposal, for the men on strike re- suming work ; that the votes in favour of the second proposal for submitting the nine hours and the 9( 1. to arbitration was under 1,250; while tbe voting for tho third proposal, of holding a conference of masters and workmen on a code of working rules, was almost unani- mous in its favour. Upon the reporters being re- admitted to tho room, they having been requested to retire while tho secre- taries were casting up the numbers, The Chairman said he declared the first proposal to be rejected by an overwhelming majority : the second proposal for arbitration had been rejected by a large majority, while the third proposal had been nearly unanimously adopted. This announcement was received by the delegates with loud cheering, followed by " Three cheers for'the nine hours and 9d. per hour." A resolution was then moved that tho result of the Voting be taken to the Masters' Committee by a depu- tation of four delegates, but this was very strongly , oppoBed by the great majority, and it was ultimately resolved that tho secretary should enclose the result to the committee of masters in a lotter sent by a special messenger, which was accordingly done, and the meet- ing was then adjourned. j It ^ as after four o'clock before Mr. Bird, the sepre- tiffy id the masters, was enabled to lay tho decision of thn men before his committee, who at once took it into co- ^ deration. After a short discussion, the following •- ycular was drawn up, and ordered to be sent by the jight's post to every master builder in the iiietropolitan district:— " Freemasons' Tavern, June 18. <• sir,— The carpenters and Joiners and masons having re- fused to refer the questions now In dispute between thom- aelraand the master buildm Co arbitration, or to withdraw the strike at Sir. Brass's and at Metsts. Jackson and Shaw's, you are earnestly. requested to carry out the resolutions passed at the meeting of metropolitan builders on the 7th ol June by closing all shops and works belonging to Jou within tho district over which tho district surveyor lias urlsdlctlon, from to- morrow, the 10th Inst., until such lime as Mr. Brass and Messrs. Jackson and Shaw shall Inform tho committco of tho Master Bulldora' Association that they have been able to resume their works — I am. Sir, yours, Ac., STANLEY BMD, Secretary, pro tern" A copy'of the above circular waa laid before the Strike Committee at the " Brown Bear" on Tuesday evening, and waa received with the remark that they have good reason to beliefs the lock- out would be very partial. The men, generally, speak hopefully of Success, and say they could never bo in a better posi- tion to obtain the nine hours than at the present time. One of the jury writes to Tht Times, pointingont that tho verdict in this ca- e was that. Margueri te lane was " guilty of murder," not " gudtyof vnim murder." On this flu ISma remarks ^" Oor « » rrK pondent does not neem to be aware that the crime pi murder la regarded by tho lawae necessarily. wiltui, „ THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES SATURDAY, JU>~ E 22, 1872 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. " THE MARKETS. In tha Tlc. i t of lord?, Ja - e 17, a lires manber of railway ' Wils were real a second UniS. The Metropolitan Railway Kll waa rt. A i thirl time, a/, 4 passed, lord Calm* inquired wh iter It mtme that oar Agent Centra tad put la a Fncmiry of arguaisnts on the Ecg- Lord GnnrfHe Bid that the Arbitrator! had resolved that their proceedings iboiU be f r the prea- nt private, but the oorres p. « .< lcuee ma it hare prepared their lordships for the count * hlcft tha Oorenmei t would take If the proposals submitted to the Government of the United States should and that conne had been taken. ** Lord Cairns said there werj two count* suggested In the papers— o-.,-. that the polu forarfamer. t should be given In under protest, and Use other, that they should not be riven n at all. lord Granville said that Her 3ta] esty'i Government had not put in the iummar » of arguments, and this statement appeared to be rec- ived with satisfaction. On the order ot the Day tin eoing into Committee on the ' Parliamentary and Municipal Elections Bill, lord Caruj pointed out that the clauses bad been reduced y one hi!' as compared with the blM of lajit year In order I that provisions should be t: ken out of the bill and put Into 1 the acheduIe. He protested against a tytf- em which was liable to great abtue. The House having gemc Into Committee, Lord Colchester ! moved to omit clause 1, abolishing the present system of election nomica'lon l « r< l Bipon defended the clause as oon- ; duclvr to the quiet and orderly character of elections, and the clause wai retained. B^ lot01*' 116 ~ e£, acUDg thit 1110 ™ tes shall bo taken by The Duke of Richmond sfllil that the clause opened up the whole question of pcrsonatl- n— an offence so serious that It was abMilo tvly nr ce aary to pr > vfr'e tome machinery by which the vote cou'd be traced. In the bill of 187", which had upon Its back the narre of Mr. Ilrisht, Lord Hartinston proposed a clause to this ' ffict, which he had taken out, and now pro- posed tor adoption. Lord Ripon pointed out rarlous points of dlfferenco'bc- tween the present bill and that of Lord Hartlngton. The amendment " as really vital to the bill, became it would render secret voting almost Impossible. Lord ( aims contended that the clause would be produc- tive of mischief, vice, perjury, and fraud, and that nnless per- sonation must bo triumphant it must bo followed and punished by meansof a tcrulii y. The Lord Chancellor said that the amendmentsof the Duke of Richmond would, if adopted, make this an entirely new bllL It was not worth » hi'e, for the » ako of punishing the small rnn,||.- um 0f personation, to lose the larger benefit of an absolnto'y secret vote. Lord Grey wuafrwid that personation was already no In- pniteslmal t,< U, and thatnnder the Ballot it might be carried on to a much greater extcDt. lord Roratlly held that the only effectual method of 4S^ nmberofpoUtogpb by * great* r nmltlplicatlon of The Duke of Bomerset said that the object of the Ballot was to obtain an honest vote, and asked whether the - Government intended to adopt tho words they regarded as • o desirable in 1870 Lonl Granville said It was carrying tho arffumcnlum ad now mem too far to hold the Government responsible for not adopting a clause which. Indeed, had not been fully argued two years ago. Their lordships divided, when the Duke of Richmond's amendment wai carried by a majority of 71, tho Contents beitg 10: and the Not- Cqnter. ts 01. The Duko of Richmond' next proposed an amendment railing the question of secrecy and making the Ballot ' Optional. Lord Rlpon said it would have been better to throw out the bill on tho second riadii g than to adopt amendments which would re& dor it a delnslon and a sham. llord Salisbury denied that the sense either of the country or tho Houso ot Commons could be pleaded In favour of a com& ubory Ballot. Lord Cowper opposed the amendment. Lord Grey could not support an amendmcqt which war Inconsistent » 1th the principle of the bill, and virtually destructive of the measure. Lord Lyttelton had voted against the bill on the second leading, but would be no party to an amendment that would make the bill an utter unreality. Lord Airlie, who had voted with the Duke of Richmond In- , the last division, tliocght that their lordships would place: thematlves In a false position by agreeing to this ameud- Lord calms denied tnat tn » upposiuon wrro now aitempt- lott to defeat the bill by a side wind. Tho Duke of Richmond had plveu fall notice uf tho amendments ho intended to pro- pone In Committee, snd tho Lrgiilature had no right to im- pose >* rccy upon an elector against bis will. Lord Kimberley contended that if tho bill passed with these amendments* it would be so much waste paper. Lord Ronilllv, having pone through five or six severely conte » ted elections, teelilled to the strong desire for tho B dint nmong the constituencies as a protection against intimidation. Their lordships divided; when there appeared a majority ot 1ft for tho Duke of Richmond's amendment— Contents, 83; Not- Contents, 67. The Duke of Richmond next proposed to strike out certain words in clause 4 prohibiting Returning Officers, < fcc., from - communicating how any person votes. Now that the Btllotwas optional, i o purpose could be served by this pro- viso. The a • endment was resisted by Lord Ripon, but waj - carried on a division by a majority of 18. Tho Duke of Richmond noxt moved an amendment to clause B, giving every e'ector so far as is reasonably prac- ticable a pulllng- placo within two miles from his residence. Instead of four as propo ed by tho bllL The amendment was opposed by the O'vernment, but waa carried on a division by a majority oi 19. On the motion of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Clause 6 was amended by striking out the words permitting Returning OfHoers to take any Parliamentary- aided school for the pur- poses of the poll. Lord Shaftesbury proposed two amendments, which he said had found greatjkvour with the tliU of the working men, and which together would be eminently favourable to the peace and good order of elections. The first, enabling the poll at borough elections to be prolonged until 8 o'clock p. m.; was can- led on a division by 87 votes against 72. Before the second ( closing ail publichouses on the polling- day) could be put. Lord Cairns moved that the Chairman report progress, in order to call attention to conduct on tho part of the Govern- ment which was entirely unprecedented within his ex- perience. Having by their organ, lord Rlpon, refused to accede to the amendmeut, they suddenly turned round and all of them went into the Ifbby with Lord Shaftesbury. Thla was speaking one way and voting another. Lord Ripon said ho bad regretted that the other House had struck out tho claute lonRtbculng the hours of the polling-, but though', tho hour of eight in the evening too lata throughout the year. He had voted for tho clause with the view of modifying it on the Report. Ultimately tho motion f^ r r « portlng progress was with- drawn. and Lord Kimberley having announced that the Government would certainly go into the lobby against - x. rd Shalt< sbury's second amendment, it was rejected by 133 votes asalust <- 0. The result of the two divisions is that the poll will be kept open until 8o'clock p. m., while the public- ' bouses will bo allowed to remain open during the day of election as usuaL Lord Bean champ moved to add words to clause 33, limiting tho operation ol the Act to December31. US', unless Parlia- ment should otherwbe determine. The amendment was strongly opposed l- y the Government, but it was carried on r division by votes against C9. Tho Dnke of Richmond's form of Ballot paper was also carried against that tn the bill by 91 votes against 69. The bill was then ordered to be reported with amondmenta, and their lordships adjourned. In tho Houso of Commons. Mr. Gladstone was questioned by Mr. Bouverle and Lord E. Cecil as to the proceedings before tho Tribunal at Geneva, and contradicted, as far as tbo British Government is concerned, the telepram that tho two Summaries of Arguments have been lodged The British Summary has not been lodged and the Britlth sgant has applied for an adjournment, in conformity with a previous statement. Further than this ilr. Gladstone refused to make any further disclosures. In deference to the Arbitrators, who were keeping their proceedings secret, except ltd say that it was expected they would adjourn again that day for 91 hours. ... In reply to a question from Mr. B. Cochrane, Mr. Knatch- | bull- Hugussen suted that last year Canada refused to the 1 United States' fishermen the provisional use of the privileges granted them by the Treaty, while Prince edward island and. Newfoundland had allowed them By " provisional use • vi r Knatchbull- Hugessen understood that If the legislation by " the British or Dominion Legislature accessary to carry out tho Treaty was never sanctioned, these privilege* would tall to the ground The House was for the rest of tho evening in Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates. Several bills were also forwarded a stage, and the Houv adjourned at 6 mlnutea t, o t o'clock. In the House of Lords, June 18, a'very Urge number ol private bills w ere read a second time. On the motion to read the Mid- London ( Western Section) Bfll a second Ume, The Duke of Marlborough asked their lordships to reject thebin, on the ground that this was only^ apArtkaof a much more extended scheme that had been brought before Par- lUunent tWa session. If the bill wero passed, it would be used a* a means of carrying. the larger measure In a fntuw nation ot rarHameut. the scheme should be con- • hbnd as a whole, and the Judgment, of Parliament ouriit not tTt* rfettered is it would be by the construction of a po rtion of theliue. He asked their lordships to put a stop to this speculative and haphazard scheme. The earl of Malmesbnry, as an inhabitant of Marylebone parish, oppose! the bdL The amendment was carried without a division. The second reading of the Appointment. jf OuuiUkncn tor Taking AlfiJavtta Bill was moved by the Manila U Clanricarde, and agretd to. The Pier and H- u- bour Orders Confirmation ( So. 2) BD • as read a second time. The Baptismal Fees BUI passed through committee. The Bishop of Carlisle moved the aecotfd reading of tho Trusts of Benefices and Churches Bill, and mentioned the draimstaDCf a which led hia t--> bring It ( o- w^ rd. he having found that aicheme which he was wflllne to sanction could not be carri'd out, owing to a technical diffimltjr which was Interposed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The bfll was read a sec ni time. The Board of Trade Inquiries Bill was read a second time. Lord Ablr. ger agdu ctrraplained of the injustice done to the Captains of ihe late Purchase Corps by their proposed lupmesrion by the- P. nt- Ckptalnj of tlw Sdentlflc Corpe, and moved for a Boyal Commission of Inquiry. Along discufsion followed, and onadlvision. Lord Abinger's motion for a R iyai Coinmlisk- n was carried by 42 Contents, against 39 Kot- Contents. Their lordship* then adjourned In the House of Commons, Mr. Mnntz moved the third reading of the Birmingham Sewage BilL Sir Robert Peel moved as an amendment that the bill bo ' read a third time that day six months. He said his opnolt- I tlon was not based upon any personal oi selfish m-. tives. Ho repeated his former objects ns to the bill, and said that if this bIH passed It won Id be » "> blra a most etlevous wrong, for it would render his home uninhabitable, and would spread impurity and pestilence over the thickly populated property which he owned Lord Henley, as chairman of tho committee on the bill, said that this bill was not introduced to serve tho purposes of a speculation, but to relieve a corporation of ono of the greatest towns in England, who were f ireed to take the course now proposed. It was absolutely necessary that the sewace of Birmingham should be taken In the direction provided by this bill. Tho corporation wcro restrained by Injunctions in Chancery from placing sewagein tho neigh- bourhood of the town, and thiy were compelled of necessity to go Into the neighbourhood which they now proposed. Of tho 1,060 acres, which w- uld ba taken, only £ 90 bo- longed to tho right hon. baronet. The process of de'cc- cating tho sewage wis such that he was perfectly satisfied there would bo nothing in the nature ot a nuisance, and there would not be the slightest injury done either to tho residence of the right hon. baronet or his tenaats. In the cases of the Leamington and Warwick sewage works there was no complaint of nuisance, and Lord Warwick had pur- chased the sewsge for a term of thirty years to place on his land It struck the committee as a matter of absolute necessity for the Corporation of Birmingham to adopt somo such plan as this, and that this was tbe only feasible one. After remarks from Sir C. B. Addtrley and Mr. Dixon, Mr. B. Osborne eaid the old theory used to be that a man's houso was his castlo, but it it emed now that they could com- pel a man to sell his own land and to have a nuisance erected before his door. At Warwick 5" 0 acres were taken for 2,000,000 gallons of sewage, but at Blrmlncham they pro- Ced to take only 900 acres for 22,000,000 gallons. It would but a poor compliment to the illustrons sire ol the right hon. baronet the member fur Tamworth to desecrate his home and the home of his children by putting before tho House a crude and undigested plan of sewage filtration. After the discussion had* been continued for some IlttH tlmo, tho House divided— For tbe third reading, 145 ; against, 148 ; majorltv, 3. The bill was therefore rejected The House then went Into Commltteee on tho Scotch Edu- cation Bill, and the remainder of tho sitting waa occupied with the Conscience Clause ( 65). The points raised, how- ever, had no special application to Scotland, but wero renewals of controversies discussed at length and set- tled In 1870, over tho English Act. Mr. Anderson first moved that no religious catechism or formulary distinctive of any particular denomination shall be taught in a public school, and was beaten by 250 to 130. Mr. M'Laren next proposed a proviso, that when religious in- struction is given tho reading and teaching ol the Bible shall form part ol such instruction, but the Committea declined to agTee with him by 189 to 130. At the end of tho Clause Mr. Crum- Ewli g proposed to add that all payments for instruction in religious subjects shall bo defraved out of funds voluntarily provided, hut this was negatived by tho largest majority of the day— 230 to 85. Tho Clause having been agreed to, the Committee ad- journed until Friday. The Court of Chancery Funds, the Customs and Inland Revenue, and tho Chain Cables and Anchors Act Suspension Bills were read a third time and passed At the Evening Sitting the House was counted out as soon as the Speaker t , ok the chair. THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON FOWLS. Some curious experiments have, according to the Matin, been made by a doctor of Montpellier to as- certain the effects of wino, brandy, ana absintho on fowlB. Any doubts whi'- li may have been entertained aa to thediaincliuation of the birils to adopt intemperate habits were speedily dispelled, for tbey took to dram- drinking with evident delight, and many an old cock in the chicken- house proved himself quite capable of consuming bis bottle a day. It was found necoisary at lasttolmiit tbe allowance of wine and spirits for each bird to six cubic centimetres of alcohol, or irom twelve to filteen of wine daily. The result was that they lost flesh rapidly, more especially those who drank absinthe. Two months of absinthe drinking was found sufficient to kLl tlie strongest cock or hen. The fowls who in- dulged in brandy alone lasted, however, four months and a half; while tbe wine- bibbere survived for ten months. It was not only their health which waa affected by alcohol; their personal appearance under- went an extraordinary cbango. An immense develop- ment of cocks' crests took place. The crests, it ia stated, increased to four times their original size, and assumed a hue of unnatural brightness— probably on tbo same principle that the noses of confirmed drunkards become preternaturally large and red. It ia doubtful ( remarks the Pall Mall Gazette), whether man is ju- tified in trying experiments in drunkenness with tbe dumb creation merely with the view of ascertaining how • far be may bimself venture to get drunk with impunity; but having proceeded thus far, he may as well go a step farther, and by the introduction of the teapot into tine henhouse find out whether there is any ground for the suspicion enter- tained in some quarters as to the innocent properties of tea. Afew experiments also in " late hours" might be made with advantage at the same time. A party of carefully selected cbcks and b> m might be allowed to mingle in the'feJrtivitiea of the London season, re- turning to their roosts at the hour when tbey usually commenoe to cackle and - crow. It would possibly be found that one week of " political reunions," concerts, balls, and crushes would be as disastrous in its effects, as two months of absinthe drinking. THE SEWAGE OF PARIS. The question of the day ob to the treatment of the sewage of Paris has now been settled after a sharp con- test, by iU concession for 15 veara to the Peat Engi- neering and Sewage Filtration Company of Lobdon For a longtime the sewage has been dealt with by the Lesage Company in the most primitive manner— namely, by spreading the solid matter upon the pround to dry, causing feaiful annoyance for miles abound, and provoking general outcry against the barbarous practice. As for the liquid matter, it was only imperfectly filtered, and then run into the Seine, poisoning it for drinking, killing the fish, and lilting up its bed to tbe obstruction ot navigation. In con- sequence of protests from various Communes a decree was issued in February by the Prefect of the Seine to the effect that the treatment of the sewage should be assigned to some company capable of deed- ing with the nuisance, and at the same time a special Commission was appointed, in whose presence com- petitors were required to give practical demonstration of their qualifications. The conditions prescribed were that the xewage should be disposed of daily so as to emit no bad smell in the vicinity of the works, and that the refuse water should ran into the Seine clear and free from organic matter. Ten competitors were struck off tho list as not complying with the requisite condi- tions and the election was limited to eight, with the result, as stated, of the triumph of the Peat Engineer- ing and Sewage Filtration Company. The municipality intend to order all private manure factories emitting noxious odours to be closed. Hence it is hoped that Paris will be freed from the abominable stenches which visitors and residents have had to frequently to com- plain oL PENAL SERVITUDE OF JURORS. The trial of Marguerite Diblanc not having been finished in one day, tho Court had to adjourn until the next morning. According to Low He port :— Meanwhile the Jury were escorted to tbe Cannon Street Hotel, by au afflatar of the Court, and wew not allowed to separate ov « raig>, t." The trial Va- ted over the next night too, and the Jury had to undergo this disgusting infliction a second time. In. « the meantime th. Attorney- General's Jury ^ ui5ancr, Bill is under tho consideration of a Select Comn » Vt*- e. Why cannot an obvious part of that nuisKuce be abated at once ? Because it does not affect il^ mlx- m of Parliament. How very expeditiously ft T> ould be abolished if it did .'- Punch. A Mississippi editor boasts that his state had a Dolly varden legislature— mixed, black, yellow, and white. CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS. An Ohio woman was BO amiable at breakfast that her husband look U » e ecffee to a chemist for analysis. Norwalk, Conn, has a " Young Woman's Club," in ether words, a Sorosls. The favourite song of the Siamese Twins—" Wo were Boys together." The young ladies of * Connecticut town object to be called great plain girls." Lazy California bar- tendere place the ingredients of s cobler Into a tumbler, and then wait for an earthquake to mix them up. A country editor ( doubtless impatient for tho large gooseberry) makes a good point by asking: " Isn't It Just about time for another g rl full of needles to be found ? Barnum's cannibal from Fiji says :—" Be jabbers, hell not stand being stared at for tin dollars a wake; d'ye moind now." A Newburg damsel has framed the verdict a jury pave In hcrfavourl n asult forbrcachof promise of marriage, and has hnm it conspicuously In her parlour as a frightful warning I o all triflers. A gentleman at an evening party in the far- west, observing another gentleman eyeing hli umbrella, stepped the proceeding thus;—" You handle that umbrella, you touch that umbella, you even look at that umbrella, and IHram It down yntir throat— and then spread It." The San Francisco Nan- Letter contemptuously shakes off the mud thrown at It by one of Its contemporaries by saying that Its rival " wars liko a penny whistle." and that ' the tarthquake violence of Its terrific I eiders has nearly haken the dead ill's from the panes of its dingy windows." The following verdict was given in writing by the foreman of a Connecticut Jury, wo belloVe that the stoiy, as handed to us. Is a mere plagiarism on some Welsh verdict, of which tho writer has secret knowledge :—" We are of A Pinion that tho Decest met with hlr death from Vlolant Iu- firmatlonin the Arm prdust from some Unoan Cauce." The newspapers of Virginia have a way of their own of withholding things : for example, the following:— The grand jury met yesterday and made one Indictment— the name of tho party ( Mr- Lohrnan) we have bacn requested to withhold for tho present. , A story is told of two travellers who were assigned the same bedroom in a crowdod hoteL Before retiring one of them knelt down to pray, and confessed a long catalogue ot sins. On rising from his knees, he saw his fellow traveller, valise In hand, Rolnc out of the door, and exclaimed, " What's the matter? What's up?" " Oh, nothing," was tho reply : " only I'm not going to risk myself with such a scamp as you confess yourself to be." Thrft bank in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, will never buy another patent combination lock. And the reason why it never will Is that they put one on their safe the other day, and placed th^ lr valuables within and went home. Next morning they were alarmed to find that the combination lor tho key had been forgotten. So they suspended business for a week while they worried that lock, and eventually they were com- pelled to take the whole bank building down In order to lift the safe out from the wall In which It was built, and then they had to blast, that sale tlx or seven times with gunpowder before they reaehed tho interior. So now they are disgusted, and they want to And the man who Invented that lock and Interview him. At a party the other evening a young lady waa stanllni; In a draught, when an elderly gent In the law, and a bachelor, stepped up and remarked, " Miss , I will pro- tect you from the draught by standing between yon and It." She replied, " Do you promise always thus to guard and protect met" Through hla pioverbial gallantry, ho replied, " I do." Extending her hand, she remarked, " Denr sir, you will remember this is leap year.'" The man in the law was for a momont nonplussed, but finally he succeeded in saying, " You must ask my mother." They are growing their own poets out in Colorado, or seem at least to have eutered npon this field of cultiva- tion. One of tbe poetassters writes thus after a course of apple dumpling diet:— " Is It where the cabbages grow so fast, That they burst with a noise like the thunder's blast? Is it where through the rich, deep, mellow soli The beets grows down as if boring for oil? Is it where the turnips are hard to beat. And cattle grow fat on nothing to eat? Is It where everything grows to such monstrous size That the biggest stories aopear like lies? Tell me, In short, 1 would like to know, Ia this wondrous land called Callorado ? " Answer of the Muses In a chorus " You're right, old boy, it Is." A Colorado Baloon- keeper said of a rough crowd : — " I couldn't get their whiskey strong enough for them, so, after trying every way, I at lost made a mixture of poison- oak and hutter- nut. That fetched them. I called It ' the sheep- herder's delight." and It was a popular drink. The first fellow I tried It on yelled with delight: the next one took two drink", and turned a double somersault In the road be- fore the h- Miso. A pedlar came along, and after ho took several drinks of my " sheep- herder's delight,' he went ofl, and stole his own pack, and hid it in the woods." The following is ah American Journalist's opinion of a new pUy, entitled, The Prise of Blud, or the Indirect Claim*:—" This Is a nu pla, bl a purson hoos name la Wilyiam Blo< Mit. Its tlie most Infernal trash iever red for a nu plo, and for that resin i think the thing wood take if brort out enter eur bords, with plenty of soops and billit Cls tu make a qhu In the murder scenes. Tho words iS3cnt for a grene riter, and the ackters la nerely orl slano before tho poleeW#" fctts tu the spot,- which Is ruff on tu the Eoleese, but a klevver pint. If Bill Blodjit Is welthy, and in pay a manldger five hundred dollars a nlte, i blove he kin git his Print of Blud prodoosed In the metropolis, and in that wa sekure a g iod sOod'orf fur the provinses. If Blod- jit Is poor, he'd better ' git him to a nunnery' with his beastly plo. This s a tru bll." SPUTTERINGS FROM " JUDY'S " PEN. NEGRO NATURAL HISTORY.— Ducks' feet am not webby like fowls. A RING DOVE.— A bride. MOST old donkeys' heads show the growth of ' ears. NAVAL ETIQUETTE.—- A ship may answer her helm, but not hor captain. A WELL- BRED dog generally botct to strangers. KILLING time must mean instant execution. A SABLE Muff— A clumsy " Bones." TOE best Tip for a Sporting Prophet— The toe of your boot, let him havo it I A FRENCHMAN lately ,' come over Is continually crying, " Vive la Bain !" Judy is glad he likes it. IP anyone threw a pig In a pigeon- shooter's face, what place would it remind him of?— Why, Hurllng- ham. WHEN Is a small onion like half- a- dozon girls ?— Ploaso don't say. When It's a she- lot AN Old Screw— Tho Gre'ai Britain. SHORT- HAND Reports— Distress signals. A LITERARY Machine— An amanuensis. MEN of High Station— Lighthouse- keepers. WHY are vour aunt and your mother- in- law like an almauock and a button ?— Because one Is a near relation and the other lsaclo's connection. WHY arehlacksmlths always wicked men?— Because they aro given to vice. " Two heads are better than one," as tho hairdresser safd. FROM THE RALL- ROOM.— VMAV I Have your hand?" said Algernon. " With all my heart," said Angelina. WHEN an auctioneer has mado a cataloguo for you, why is he ultra- High Church 7 Please don't say, Because he's wrlt- you- a- list ( Rltualiat.) No wonder time Is often murdered, when It Is struck ovory hour. WHY Is the Emerald Isle loftier than the Alps ?— Becauso It's ( h) Ireland, of oonrse. WHEN is a great man not a man ?— When he's a gT( e) ater. WHAT'S the difference between a man cutting the end off his nose, and a boy who has JuBt learnt a task ?— One lessens his nose, and the other knows his lesson. — Judy. EPITOME OF NEWS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Beef tea ice is the latest Amcrisan gastrrmtmir. nl I luxury— bent pour Ih& pital. A beautiful instance of undying affection was shown 1 by a lately- deceased prelate, who far twenty years everyday, J storm or sunshine, strewed Quwenen his wife's grave. The carmen of the metropolis have initiated a move- ' ment for an increase of wages, and at a meeting held on Sunday It was resnlved to fona a " General Carmen's Amal- gamated Society " for the better attainment of this object. The Sandford paper mills, near Oxford, were almost entirely destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. Only the engine- house and chimney- stack were saved. The damage Is estimated at about £&>, 000. It is expected that the order for the expulsion of the Jesuits from Germany, which Is now put into formal shape for presentation to the Reichstag, will command a large majority. Its exeoution Is to be entrusted to the highest police authorities of the country. A special telegram from Versailles says that the German Government will withdraw It* troops I rem four de- partments tm the lit of January and two on the 1st of March. If France shall pay, before the 15'. h " if December, one mllUar l in cash, and two milliards In bankers' bills at tjor ar, d eight months. lie German* will hold Belfort until the Vju* are paid. A Paris paper says Lady Burdett Counts ( this is " Bear enc ugh for a French journal) lain Paris, sad will stay several dajs, and Lord Lyons will give a grand dinner, to which all the English notabilities in Paris trill be Invited to meet Baroness Burdett Coatta. ( According to L^ don ln- , formation Baroness Bordeit Coutts was In London at the I time speculated upon, and assisted the Princes* Ixidie at tho meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelly to Animals In presenting prises to nearly children, who bad written clever essays an kindamto KJmals.) The various printing offices in Wrexham havo con- ceded the nine hoars limit to their un& vi*. Tho continuous dry weather in Cuba has increased the sugir crop eight per cent. Results of a revival meeting are computed at fi » e conversions, sixty- three bid colds, and one hundred add ( twenty- Uirce flirtations. [ On Sunday the biilers of the Spanish steamer Guadavia lying at Marseilles burst, killing 55 persons, to- eluding M passengers. A few persons were saved. Tho official correspondence respecting the Geneva Arbitration Is now issued, it consists oi aeyenty- Uuee despatches and other communications, ranging in date from the 29th of April to the lUth of tho present mouth. A French gentleman who had taken lodgings in an , Enzlish country town, after his first dinner walked down to his landlady, and said to her, " Ah, madam, I understand now TRAY yon area widow." A sinsular instance of change of lnck is told by a man who on last Derby- day dropped £ 500 In backing Prince Charlie. He picked up sixpence on tho same spot before leaving the course. . The Dragon Tree of Teneriffe, represented in the Gardener's Chronicle of J no 8th, l> supp< » ed to have attained the a= e of 6,003 5< an>. If_ it could only begin, " From Information I have received I' There is likely to be an unprecedented demand for mutton in Bosto/ during the jubilee. Just ^ oftwent, thousand people announcing at the top of their voices— All we like sheep ?' King Amadeus of Spain is a teetotaller, and never drinks anything but water. Though unpledged, he Is a staunch teetotaller. Tho King's charities alono average £ 17,600 a month. The Janesville young ladies of the kitchen have set a worthy example to their ladles sisters of Dundee. Tno former have slsnirted thilr determination to have carpets, easy chairs, and sofas iu tho underground reception rooms. In future, the usual payment of Is. as enlisting money to men re- enlisting or re- engaging will not be con- sidered necessary, and no charge on tbU account will be admitted against tho public. A village near Aberdeen has a Remarkable choral society. Tho soprano reaches high C without effort, and the basso profundo once mado a run down the gallery stairs, striking B flat in a sitting position. A Kentish writer says —" He hopes our Kentish or other formers will make experiment and plant the c- ITee bony forthwith," as it was oi. ee successfully gro"- n in Kent, though at that time tho law was opposed to Its being grown as it Is now to tobacco. " Ross.— Your letter frightens and grieves me. Pleoso don't bo rash. Your despondency Is the evil I most dread. Without that, mere suspicions, though very annoy- ing, aro worth nothing. Please write soon and fully, for I am very anxious."— Advertisement in Ihe Times. The Times understands that Mr. Scudamore's scheme for tho settlement of tho teleeraph branch of tho Pout Ofllce has been forwarded to the Treasury by the Post- master- General, who his recommended it to tho favourable consideration of " 41y Lords." Between sixty and seventy thousand men belonging to tho National Miners' Association, and tbo Amalgamated Association, met at Durham on Saturday ; their object being to support tho Mines Regulation Bill, now before Parlia- ment. It is announced from Rome that on Sunday, the 26th anniversary of tho Pope's accession, about 4,000 representa- tives from all parts of Europe met In the Vatican, and gave his Holiness a very ei. thuslostic welcome when he appeared among them. Some addresses were afterwards delivered, to which Pius IX. replied in brief terms. Tho experimental trials ordered to be carried out on the GlcUton, with tho view of ascertaining tho damage likely to bo causcd to turret ships when In action, are to bo made off Portland, under tho direction of ofllcials from the Admir- alty and Chatham Dockyard. The turret of the G latum will be , fired at with solid Pulliser 12 Inch chilled shot, with 851b. 1 charges of powder from tho Ilotspw turret ship, which will j bo moored head and stern, at a distance of 200 yards from • the Ulatton. A curious instance of Prussian discipline occurred at Cologne some days ago. One of a gang of military convicts, while marching over tho bridge of boats, broke from the escort and threw himself into the Rhine. Tbat he could have escaped drowning was of course Impoielhle, but the guard made no attempt to rescue him; they quietly waited until he roso to the Burfaco, when he was received by a volley of bullets. He sunk, of course, at once shot through the head. _ ' ... The sewing- machine workers at Berlm have joined tho machine builders' union ( numbering 2,000), and inrist upon being paid 18s. per week, and ten hours WOTK". The supernumerary post officials have respectfully applied for a riseof 1 « . per diem ( 8j. instead of 2s.) The miners at Essen have struck for 23 per cent, rise, eight hours, including entry and Issue, and abolition ol tho servitude of filling the coal waggons at the rate of 3d. each. " Mr. Jones," said a clergyman, on a pastoral visit, " I- don't seo you and Mrs. Jones at church, Sunday even- lDga." " Well, no," replied Mr. JoneB; " my wife has to stay at homo to take care . of the children, aud as It comes rattier hard on her, I stay to keep her company." " Why, how 1B that: don't you keep any servants ?" " Oh, yes, we keep two ; but they don't allow us any privileges." Tho German Correspondent says that according to present arrangements, and as this session of the Reichstag will very shortly close, the German Emperor will set out . for Ems about the 22nd Inst. It Is the Intention of his Majesty to visit Gastein in tho course of tho summer, nnd to return to Berlin eaily lu September before tho commencement of tho autumn manoeuvres, which It Is expected an Illustrious royal visitor will honour with his presence. The protracted litigation between Col Dawkins and Lord Kokeby occupied the attention of the Court of Ex- chequer Chamber on Monday. It was an appoal by CoL Dawkins agilnst tho Judgment of the Queen's Bench, which had decided In favour of Lord Rokeby on the ground thnt the documents described by the plaintiff as libels were privileged. The Judges assembled In the Exchequer Chamber now formally upheld the ruling of the Court of Queen's Bench. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has re- ceived a dcrpatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, communicating a note from M. de R€ musat, to the effect that vessols arriving in French ports on tho Channel or tho Atlantic from the British Isles are no longer required to pro- duce a bill of health. This decision U t. ppllcablo to fleasure- yachts as well as'. o other vessels.— Forelgn- offloe, one 17. We regret to announce the death of Colonel W. H. Bykes, the respected member for the City of Aberdeen, at the ago of 82. The deceased Joined tho Bbmbay army as far back ns ISO I, and served with Lord Lake before Bhurtpoor. Alter gaining distinction in India, he quitted that country in 1831, and two years subsequently received the rank of ColoneL He waa twice elected a director of the East India Company, of which corporation he was oppointed deputy- choiiman in 1856, and chairman In the following year. Colonel Sykes unsuccessfully contested Aberdeen In 18* 7. but was returned In 1367, and has since continued to represent that constituency. The great lock- out in the flax trade of Belfast has at length come to an ond. A very large and orderly meeting of the 11 ix dressers and rougheis of Belfast, was held on Mon- day, to tako into consideration the present condition of the strike. A gTeat many members of both sides addressed the meetlog, as did several of the other trade* delegates. The' iutmoft nnanlmlty prevailed All the speakers concurred in the propriety of accepting th? masters' proposal of two shillings per week increase. The suffering of those dependent for work on the hacklers and dressers was the reason which seemed to actuate all present. A letter has been received in New York from Mr. Froude, In which he says :—" I design delivering ten or twelve courses of five lectures each, in your principal cities, on tho relations of EBgland and Ireland. I should like It understood by the Irish generally that I am neither going to flatter them nor flatter England. The relations which have existed, and exist still, between the two countries aro a scandal to both of u*. Both havo l> een deeply to blame. I desire, by exposing the faults on each ildo so far as I understand them, to elicit an Impartial ju- lpnent from America on the whole case. I hope, therefore, the Irish will hem- me out. and that if they want to break my head they will wait till I have finished the course. So fai as I tako a Bide it will bo for thepoor Irish peasaat against his oppressors, of whatever nation.* Sir. Froude will arrive In New Yost about October L The Calcutta correspondent of The Ttmts writes " Thero was an ailalr a few days age at Mhow of a klwiof which Englishman have little experience at home A police- man named Nlbboo Khan, a good- looking fellow ajd an especial favourite of tho late Kotwal, bad for som* time fallen Into disrepute with his immediate superiors, ptobebly on account of his previous favouritism. He bad been several times reported to the magistrate, and at last was dis- missed. On this tho man seemed to loeo all ooatxol over himself. He sought tbe Jemadar ( officer) most opposed to him, and literally cut him to pteoes. Then he ran into the Court bouse, which he speedily ' cleared,' wounding two other persons, and aiming at several, but without effect. Finally, on the approach of Major Montgomerie and some men, he drew hU sword across hi* throat aad died." The Court Journal gives the following t—'" Mr. Glad- i stone has lost his worried, fidgety, fretful look, and can re- I sume h'j walks and can occasionally take np a book. A cor- respondent recounts that he saw the right hon. gentlemaa In one of the streets off the Strand the other day. He was g'. ring la at the shop windows, and looked as If he wanted to Vmy something, but had not quite made np his mind as to the character of the Investment or the amount of capital to be disbursed. At length he came to a hatter's she* ( he always weirs very shabby coverings toTilshead), and h* re he appeared to be lost In admiration of one particular ehapeau marked " Five shillings." It was not exactly a white hat, but a sort of faded yellowy- whit'. Just similar to the sort of thing he used to wear three or ( our years ago when the weather was hot. The right hon. gentleman inspected the object ol his attention In every possible aspect of light and shide, stepping back to get the best view, and then approaching quite close to the window to Inspect the eondl^ on of the article. At length he approached the door of shop and seemed about to enter, when he drew hack, aa< i casting a long ant linger- ing look at the shabby five iVmin^ worth, pa* » « a on his way. He was etldenUr pwKuxsd by the usaal thrss sides ot the Question.". THE FALMOUTH AND PENKYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY, JUNE 21, = 18VT » . jirgtmgg lotices. STEPHENS & SIDDONS, PHOTOGrBAPHERS, 42, HIGH STREET, FALMOUTH. Likenesses from the smallest to the largest size, plain aud finished iu Crayon, Water or Oil Color, Landscapes, Mansions. Ships, Sea Views, and Groups, WORKS OF ART COPIED. Mr. STEPHENS liad the h > nor of being the first person to take the likeness of any K nf a Roval Family by the Pnoti graphic process ; First Class Silver and Bronze Medals h 6 been awarded him by the Royal O. rnwall Polytechnic Society, Imbeing the only Medallist foTcartos de Visite taken in the Count; . , r SIDDONS has also claims in/ the production of the Negatives and Enlargements for which the only Medal has been awarded by that Society for that class of Photographic Work, Falmouth. A Respectable i Family RESIDENCE TO J\ BE LET aAMid^ immer/ commanding a tine view of Falm^ ith^ arbou/ & c. For particulars apply to / , 7 Mr. JOHN STILL, / Killigre^ Road, Falmouth Falmouth union. VfOTICE IS HEKKK? GIVEN that the IN Guardians have appointed Thursday, the 27th day of June inotant, kt 11 o'clock a. m., for the attendance of Contraetor> and Tradesmen at the Board- room ot' the p orkhouse, to receive the amount of their' bills. All Claims on the <£ ua » dians should be for- warded to the Clerk < Jn or before the 26th instant. / , / / W. J. GENn, Clerk. Union Office, Falmouth! 21st June, 1872. Falmouth Union. THE GUARDIANS of this Union are desirous ofirecemnjg/ TENDERS for the supply of 120 ^ pnaof ^ cst Household Red- ash CARDIFF COKTlo WB delivered during the next 12 months, a3 nlay be required, free of charge and weighe/ f if. t the Union Work- houac, in Budock. Tenders to be dilive^ ed at my office on or before Wednesday, me 3rd of July next, endorsed/' Tender for/ Coal." W. J. GENN, Clerk. Union Cfffice, Falmoutji, 21st June, 1872. sATuRDAY, JuNe 22, 1872 Edictalladung. DAS Obergericht der freien Hansestadt BEE MEN macht| hiedurch bekaunt: dass auf den Bericht der Pupilleneom- mission der Antrag von Johann Eduard Stake, Christian Ludwig Habbert Wittwe Adelheid, geb. Stake, Johann Heinrich Stake, Hans Wulf, Namens sciner Ehefrau, Helene, geb. Stake,. Georg Wilhelm Stake, und Albert Wilhelm Stake, " ihren Bruder FrIEDrICH HEINrICH ALBerT STAKE, Sobn des verstorbenen hiesigen Muehlenbesitzere Johann Caspar Heinrich Stake und dessen gleichfalls verstorbener Ehefrau, Marie, geD. Finke, geboren hiesclbst am 24. October 1838, welcher im August 1868 ala Capitain des unter Preussischer Flagge fahrenden Schiffes " Anna'' eine Reise von London via Newport nach Kingston ( Jamaica) gemacht habe und von da im December 1868 ueber Black River, Jamaica, mit demselben Schiffe mit einer Ladung Blauholz nach Falmouth versegelt sei, ohne dort anzukommen, fuer todt zu erklaeren," als zulaessig und demgemaess eine Edict- alladung des Verschollenen erkannt wor- deri ist. E6 wird daher der vorerwaehnte Friedrich Heinrich Albert STAKE hiedurch geladen epaetestens arji MONTAG, DEN 7. Juki 1873, VOBMITTAGS 10 U11::, vor dem Obergerichte in dessen Audienzimmer auf hiesigem Rathhause peraoenlich oder durch einen Bevollmaechtigten zu erscheinen, oder bis dahin Kunde von seinem Leben und Aufenthalt zu geben, wjdrigenfalls er fur todt erklaert und sein Vermoegen den in Folge Beines Todes dazu Berechtigten verabtolgt werden wird. Sodann werden Alle, welche von aeinem- Leben oder Tode Nachrichten besitzen, aufge- fordert, solche dem Obergerichte mitzutheilen. Zugleich werden die unbekannten Erben und Glaubiger dea obengenannten Friedrich Heinrich Albert STAKE, hiemit geladen, ihre etwaigen Anapriicho und Forderungen bei Strafe den Verlustes derselben, in dem obengedachten Termine anzugeben, und geltcnd zu machen. Bremen, aus der Canzlei des Obergerichta, den 23. April 1873. POST, Dr., Secr. THE Falmouth Fire Brigade is a well- organised and ably- officered body, that has attained to a state of efficiency rarely seen in other such organizations ; and it is not surprising, therefore, that the inhabitants are proud of their Brigade. But the very ^ tistence of this well- drilled body is now placed in jeopardy by the action of the joint committee of the Fire Engines. On Monday next, we understand a meeting of this committee is to be held, on the decision of which it appears the resignation of tho entire brigade depends. In order that the publi, c may be fully cognizant of the position of the brigade with tho joint committee, Capt T. R. Olver, in reply to a letter which appeared a short time since, has gone fully into the whole subject; and feeling assured that every inhabitant of the town is interested in the question, we give hifl lucid letter publicity through our columns. FaLMouTH THE CHAPEL AT EArLE'S RETBEAT.— Tho Rev. W. D. Wright, of London, will preach here to- merrow afternoon, at 3 ; and the Rev. Jenkin Jones on Tuesday evening next, at 7. LEGAL.— Mr. G. C. Downing, who was arti- cled to Mr. Harry Tilly, solicitor, has passed the final examination of the Incorporated Law Society for admission as a solicitor. ODDFELLOWSHIP.— At the half- yearly meeting of the Loyal Falmouth Lodge, on Tuesday last, Bro. William H. Kernick was elected as the N. G., Bro. Joseph Studden as the V. G., and Bro. W. D. Rogers as elective secretary. THE LIZArD.— An excursion to the Lizard is announced for Monday, to leave the Custom House Quay at 8.30 a. m. No more beautiful district can bo visited, and the opportunities of doing so by water FRAGRANT FLOrILINE.— For tho TEETH and BREATH. A few drops of this liquid on a wet tooth brush pro- luces a delightful foam, which cleanses the Teeth tenia all impurities, strengthens and hardens the gums, jreventa tartar, and arrests tho progress of decay. It fives to the Teeth a peculiar and beautiful whiteness, and imparts a delightful fragrance to the Breath. It lemovea all unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth, a disordered stomach, or tobacco smoke, lhe Fragrant Floriline is purely vegetable, and equally adapted to old and young. It ia th « greatest toilet discovery of the age. Sold in large bottles and elegant cases at 2s. Cd., by all Chemists and Perfumers. H, C. GALLUP, Proprietor, 493, Oxford Street, London. and so viewing the magnificent coast scenery are few and far between. THE CASE OF JOHN BISHOP EUSTACe .— We are requested to state that the friends of John Bishop Eustace, of Berkeley Vale, whoso name appears on the list of persons receiving relief rom the Falmouth Union, have engaged to pay the expenses of bis removal to the county Asylum, as well as for his maintenance as long as he may remain an inmate of that establishment. ArT SCHOOL.— The School of Art conducted in connexion with theBritish School, by the master, Mr. Roberts, has received gratifying returns from the Science & Art Department, South Kensington, as the result of the recent examinations. Tho following are the awards :— Freehand, Miss J. Courts, Miss Martha Cook, R. Millett, A Volk, ' passed"; perspective, R. A. Gregg, " passed"; geometry, R. A. Gregg, prize ( Burchett's Perspec- tive. ) RISE IN THE PRICE OF GAS.— Owing to the largely- increased price of coal, the Falmouth Gas Company, following the example of other Gas Companies in various places, has given notice of a rise m the price of its | gas. From Monday next tho charge per 1000 cubic feet will be 5s. 10d., with a discount of- 10 per cent, provided tho amount be paid within 14 days after each quarter- day, making the future net charge for gas, 5s. 3d. or an increase of 6d. per 1000 feet. BOArD OF GuArDIANS.— Among tho business of the last board meeting the Hospital Committee reported on the state of Swanpool Hospital, and furnished an inventory of thearticles required In the new infectious wards at tho workhouse. The Clerk was requested to communicate with the Local Boards of the town and parish of Falmouth asking them to purchase tbe hospital at Swanpool. The Australian meat, ordered at tho last meeting, was tasted by several members of tho Board ana pi nounced to be excellent; tho consideration of introduction into the workhouse was adjournod. FALMOUTH POLICE.— On Monday, before Mr, Jacob Olver and Capt. Tucker, R. N., a coloured seaman, named Rose, was committed to jail for three weeks for desertion.— On Tuesday, before Mr. Jacob Olver and Mr. Thomas Webber, a seaman named Peters waa committed for six weeks for desertion.— On Thursday, before Mr. Jacob Olver, David Miller was remanded on a charge of stealing a yacht from Penzance.— On Friday, before Mr. Jacob Olver, Mr. Thomas Webber, and Capt. Tucker, a boatswain ofavesBel, named Crispin, waa fined £ 3 and 17s. 6d. costs for an assault on an old man named Star.— Particulars of this case are given iu another paragraph. SCHOOL TrEAT.— On Thursday last the Fal- mouth British Girls' School ( mistress, Miss Toope) broke up for the Bummer vacation, and wero in- vited by Mr. R. W. Fox to Penjerrick, where they spent a delightful afternoon and evening ; four omnibuses and a waggonette being engaged to con- vey a company of upwards of two hundred. The weather being line the children, in addition to walk- ing through the beautiful grounds, had a famous romp among tho hay. Mr. and Miss Fox most kindly entertained their guests, and certainly suc- ceeded in making the day long remembered by them with very great pleasure. Those who contri- tributed to the expanses of this treat will havo tho satisfaction of knowing that it has boon warmly appreciated by both scholars and toacherg. Several members of the committee wero present. BEATING AND THREATENING A WiFE.- At tho magistrates' clerk's office, on Saturday, before Messrs. J. K. Kinsman and M. V. Bull, Michael Dowling, was brought up under warrant charged with'assanlting and beating his wife, Mary Dowling, 011 the previous Thursday. Tho complainant stated that on tho evening mentioned hor husband came home " mad drunk," and without any pro- vocation struck her on the head and cheat very severely, and threatened to cutlior and the children's throats. She ran away aud called in P. C. Kessel. Through her husband's continued violence she was compelled to leave tho house with her children and stay away the night. It appeared that the com- plainant had repeatedly been guilty of a similar offence, and tho Bench sentenced him to 21 days' hard labour. MUBDBBOUS ASIAULT ON AN OLD MAN ON- BOABD SHIP.— At the Town Hall, yesterday, before Mr. J. Olver, Mr. T. Webber, aud Capt. Tucker, magistrates, Charles Crispin, boatswain on- board the brigantine " Oscar," of this port, was charged with having, at 1 a. m. on Tuesday last, committed a murderous and cowardly assault on an old boatman of this town, named John Star, who had been employed by the harbour master, Capt. Slierria]( the owner of the vessel), as watchman onboard. From the evidence it appeared that certain stores were intended to be removed from the vessel during the night, which, Star, as shipkecper, would not allow, whereupon he was set upon by the defendant Crispin, who kicked him in the a bdomen and other parts of the body, and beat him about the face and head in tho most in- human manner, his face at the hearing presenting sufficient evidence of the ill- usage. Charles Fox, a seaman on- board, proved tho assault and of his having heard the old man crying out murder. The Bench told tho defendant that his conduct was cruel and particularly towards an old man like the complainant, and that they had come to the determination of fining him £ 3 for the assault, with 17s. 6d. costs, or 2 months' hard labour at the county jail. The defendant was heard to say he would not pay a cent, and waa accordingly handed over to the safe keeping of a police constable. SCHOOL OF ABT.— This school in connexion with the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, and conducted by Messrs. Handley and Roskilly, has ust received tho following very gratifying returns rom the Science and Art Department, South Kensington, as the result of the examinations on April 25, 26 and 27 : tho awards are as follows : — Science Examinations ; Subject— Plane and Solid Geometry— John Roskilly, jun., ( self taught), " advanced stage." Art Examinations ; Perspective — Miss M. J. Handley, C. D. Shepherd and T. Pye, " passed," with full certificates; S. Tresidder, " passed," full Jcertificatc and prize ( box of mathematical instruments ) ; Freehand— T. Kendall, prizo, ( Woraum's Ornament, and Lindley's Botany) ; T. Cooke, prize ( box of mathematical instruments) ; W. Gundry, E. Haly, W. J. Painter, A. Trethowan, and W. H. Tresidder, " passed"; Model— T. Pye, " passed," full certificate ; S. Tresidder, " passed "; Geometry — W. H. Tresidder, prize ( Burchett's Perspective). In addition to the above tho following were very highly commended for tho excellency of their productions :— S. Trcsidder, T. Kendall, W. H rresidder, and John Hocking.— Tho session of the School of Art will re- commence on Thursday, the 26th of September next. HABBOCB BOABD.— The annual meeting of the commissioners was held at the board- room on Wednesday last, when tho aocounts for the past year were examined and signed. There were sent Messrs. Broad ( chairman), Bennetts, St Hancock, Banks, Hallamoro, Tilly, Olver, Fox, Tinklar, Dymond, and Richards. By the state- ment of accounts it appeared that the total receipts from the 31st March, 1871, to the 31st March, 1872, from dues, amounted to £ 2,410. The ex penses for tbe year amounted to £ 1,895, the latter including part cost of steamboat, £ 478, and repay- ment of loan £ 415, with other items which will not occur in future yeara. Tho estimated net income for the next year is £ 1,600. Mr. R. R. Broad was unanimously re- elected chairman for the ensuing year. A lottor was read from tho Publio Works Loan Commissioners, stating that they sented to advance a loan of £ 10,000 in two instal- ments, at 3J per cent, interest. Resolved that the clerk ask that the loan might be advanced in instalments of £ 1000 as required. A letter from the Board of Trade was read with a statement made to that Board by nine boatmen of Falmouth, complaining of the tariff rates proposed by tho Board. Resolved that the clerk acquaint the Board of Trade that they would be happy to hear the boatmen at their next meeting. Air. J. J. Skinner and Mr. W. H. Williams were re- elected auditors. , FALMOUTH VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE- PENRYN. REGATTA.— One of the most attractive re- gattas of the county has beon the one now held for many years on our river, and it is satisfactory to state that it has been resolved to hold it as usual this year. PENNY BANK.— This bank still maintains its vitality, although many similar institutions have risen and fallen since it was established. In tho week ended Juno 15, there were received from 91 persons, £ 10 lis. 6d. ; paid to 17 persons, £ 7 12s. Id. MEHOBIAL WINDOW.— A very beautiful three- light painted window, subscribed for by the parish- oners, has now been placed in the east chancel of St. Gluvias church, to tho memory of the lato Mrs. Phillpotts, wife of tho Chancellor of tho diocese. The subject is " Tho Ascension of Our Lord," and is considered to be a fine specimen of modern glass- staining. The stone- work has been supplied from the well- known works of Messrs. Freeman & Sons, at Penryn. The total coat is £ 120. SIR,— In a recent publication of one of your con- temporaries was inserted a letter signed " S.," giving some information of a misunderstanding between thiB brigade and the authorities, and in commenting thereon, " S " says, the course taken by moself and the officers of the brigade was " quite unjustifiable." Pressing engagements prevented my replying to this letter earlier, and I trust you will allow me space to do so in your next issue, as many of your readers have doubtless seen the com- munication referred , to. The brigade was established in March, 1868, when I was elected captain, and at the same time rules wore drawn up and application was made to the local authorities of Falmouth town, Falmouth parish, and Budock, for the necessary funds to carry it out. On receipt of the application a com- mittee was formed, consisting of members chosen from each of the threa boards, and called " the joint committee," to consider the rules and to con- trol the expenditure of the ratepayers' money by the brigade ; but " S " is in error when he says that the committee was formed " to manage the brigade," and this is self- evident when I add that the committee has not met for eighteen months. For the last four years the officers of the brigade have had the entire control of the engines and the brigade, without a single complaint ever having been made by the committee. I am constrained to a ay that I have no faith in a divided management, and would not remain captain a single week under the management of any committee. If officers of a brigade Require a " committee of management," 1 hold that tney are unfit to carry out the responsible duties entrusted to them In making these remarks I wish it to l) e clearly understood, so far as the management of the ex- penditure of the funds supplied to the brigade by the local boards ia concerned, that they should have the entire and unlimited control; and this they have always had. " S " further adds that I have " deliberately set aside the authority of the committee," in taking the engine out of tho town without its consent. In reply, it is evident " S" has not seen the " rules of the brigade," which were passed by the com- mittee and printed at the time of the formation of the brigade. Rule 7 is as follows :—" The brigade shall meet quarterly for exercise with the engines and the tire apparatus at such time and place as the captain shall appoint. Any member not attending shall pay a fine of one ahilbng." Under this rule I havo taken the engines and brigade out of town once a year only, viz., in 1868 to Redruth, in 1869 to St. Austle, in 1870 to Helston, in 1871 to Cam- borne, and never heard the slightest objection to my doing so either from tho membera of the com- mittee, Hie local boards, or a single inhabitant. In 1868, when the engines were handed over to the brigade, I found they were from 60 to 100 years old, on low wheela, and could not be drawn by horses. The first fire after our formation was at Penryn, when the brigade drew the engine by hand two miles over newly macadamised roads, worked four hours, and brought her back again. The brigade then urged me to procure a new engine that could be drawn by horses. I applied to the local boards for one, and after a lapse of several months I received a letter stating that tue local boards would between them contribute £ 90, if I would guaran- tee to provide tho remainder. I agreed to do no, and went to London at my own expense, called upon every fire office having agents in Falmouth, and in four days succeeded in raising the required sum of £ 60 upon the conditions that so long as I was captain of the bri- gade I would take proper care of the engine, and do my utmoat to protect and represent the interest of the offices at all times. I afterwards selected and purchased from Messrs. Merryweather the " Volunteer" engine, had certain alterations made to her to suit our requirements, and also had other appliances, amounting in all to about £ 150. Under these circumstances, I tMnk every- one will admit that I might venture to take the engine without asking permission from the committee to do so. I consider I am promoting the interest of the town and neighbourhood, as well aa that of the fire offices and the brigade, in giving public drills once a year out of town. About two months since we were invited by the Mayor of Launceston ( who was desirous of establish- ing a brigade in that town ) to bring our engine and brigade and give public drills in Launceston. I readily promised to do so, and eventually Whit- Monday was fixed upon. The Mayor and Corporation made exten- sive preparations to receive us, the railway company ran excursion trains from Plymouth to Launceaton, a public subscription waa entered into for a concert and fireworks for the occasion of our visit, eight horses were engaged to take us from Liakeard to Launceston and back the next day, and every arrangement made for our going on the 20th May, when every member of the brigade looked forward to his annual outing. " S " may fancy my surprise to find a few members of the joint committee had met, the first time for eighteen months ( only four days before our going), and passed the following reaolution, a copy of which was sent to me :—" That the sanction of the Committee must be first obtained before the Volunteer engine and hoses, & c., are taken out of the town." Feeling that I was bound in honor to take the engine and the brigado to Launceston on the appointed day. and that rule 7 justified my doing so, I resolved, ' atanucost" to fulfil my engage- ment, and to send in my resignation immediately after, and I think " S " under the circumstance3 would have done the aame. I would ask why the committee should expect the brigade to ask permission now more than on previous occasions ? The brigade never left Falmouth without first taking proper precautions in case a fire broke out in their absence. We left three engines and all the hoses belonging to them in more perfect order than when the brigade was formed ; we did not take a single hose or appliance more than had been procured since the formation, and most of them paid for by sub8crip- tions collected by the brigade. The following arrange- ments were made in case of fire during our absence :— lst. We arranged with Mr. Julyan, the superin- tendent of the police, who for 20 years previous to the formation of the brigade had the management of the engines, that he should act as captain. 2nd. Mr. Dinner, the town surveyor who for two years was an active memb. i- if the brigade, and knew the drill thoroughly, met the engineer and myaelf at the engine- house, when every appliance waa pointed out, and he willingly agreed to ao his utmoat 3rd. We loft two members of the brigade in the town, who knew every fire- plug, and would take charge of the engine hoaes and pumpers. 4th. Lieut Latchmore, Lieut. Jacob and myBelf called upon Sir Colman Raahleigh, at Peudennis Castle, to solicit the assistance of the militia in case of fire in our absence, and he cordially arranged that in case of an alarm the whole of tho militia ( about 400 ) should assemble at the engine- house. 5th. The officer commanding the artillery at Pen- dennia Castle also kindly consented, in case of an alarm of fire, to send 35 of his men with their engine. 6th. We hired two men to watch night and day at the engine- house, from the hour of our departure to our return, each furnished with " written instructions,' whom to call and how to proceed. 7. Written instructions were also given to the police how they were to act. It will thus be seen that proper prccautiona were taken, and that tho authorities may with confidence allow the brigade to take tho engine, & c., out of town even four times a year, aa provided for in rule 7, without anxiety. I think it due to the brigade to state that the local authorities have no cause of complaint to make against the brigado 011 the ground of expense ; for although three yeara Bince the joint committee passed a resolu- tion allowing the brigade ( subject to any special application for hoaea. & c.,) the sum of £ 10 peraunum, to be paid butween the three parishes, for the main- tenance of the brigade ( this barely pays tho engineer's salary and oil for hoses, & c.,) yet in 1870 the brigade had not one shilling from either parish ; and as the joint committee has not met for tho last 18 months, tho yearly allowance could not, of course, be passed or paid. Our treasurer's cash- book will show that for each pound received from the local board he has paid tyyo from our private funds. In conolusiou J will add, it was my intention to have sent in my resignation aa captain, but uncling that if I did BO the officers and every member of the brigade would resign also, and Falmouth would thus lose the services of a united and valuable body of trained men, who have worked together in perfect unison, I was induced to alter my determination. I promised to remain and w . rk with them, provided we are allowed to continue to manage our own affairs, aa hitherto ; but on no other tcrma can I consent to continue aa captain. Apologising for the length of my letter, I am, yours faithfully, THOMAS R. OLVEB. Capt F. V. F. Brigade. Falmouth, June 17, 1872. P. S.— I am constrained to add that with the information before him, " S " has discussed a public question in a fair and honorable spirit. Setters to t{; c iftitar. This department is freely open to all wltolesome dis cuss ion, and fair iriticism, of matttrs aficcting the public, and of local interest. The insertion of a letter is no guarantee of the Editor's approval of its contents. EXPLANATIONS REQUIRED. SIR,— A case waa heard at the Town- hall to- day, in which a porson named Criapen was fined, with coata, £ 3 17a. 6d. for ill- using an old waterman named Star. The old waterman had been engaged by tho owner of the " Oscar," of which vesaol Criapen waa the boat- swain, to act as watchman on board whilo ahe lay in the liarbour. In tho middle of the night on Tuesday an attempt was made to remove some atorea from the " Oscar," which Star reaiated, whereupon Criapen ( an officer of the ahipbe it remembered ) set upon him and brutally ill- used him, battering hia face shamefully, and kicking him ao aavagely in tho abdomen aa to break a truss which the old man wore. Thia outrage, and the remarkable circumstances leading to it, have occasioned much talk in the town, and many rumours ore afloat that ought to be set aside. In reference to this case allow me to ask— Did the stores to be removed belong to the " Oscar" or to another ship ? If to another ship, did they get on board the " Oscar" honestly— and if not honestly, why does not the Har- bour Board prosecute for tho illegal poasesaion 7 If they belonged to the " Oacar," was the removal ( in the dead of the night) to have been an honeat one — and if not an honest one. why does not the Harbour Board, or the owner himself, prosecute the intendiug thief or thieves ? ( Ought fish to be made of one case and flesh of the other ? To wit— wheat, prosecuted to the bittor end ; tttorjja. quietly passed over.) fa Jt true that the old man Star met with many obstacles placed iu the way of his getting justice ; and did the owner of the " Oscar'' i^ ap his influence to prevent him from proceeding against the ' ri^ San who BO murderously ill- used him ? It will tend greatly to allay publio indignation if theao queries can be answered satisfactory. Falmouth, 21st Juue, 1872. NAUTIOOS THINGS TO BE REMEDIED. SIR,— There are those living in this, the most beauti- ful of western watering places, who watch with con- siderable interest— and I may aay jealous solicitude— the various movements from " time to time set on foot by those who really feel an active interest in the general well- being of Falmouth, and the general development of its neighbourhood. The industrial workers in our social hive are necessarily restricted in power and num ber, and to them in common juatice is due that just meed of praise to which thoae toiling for the common good are entitled. Blessed by nature we have a lovely and a land- locked harbour, on whose placid waters float vessels laden with merchandise from every clime : a bold and rugged cliff- shore, glorious in its varied nature and teeming with matter animate and inanimate — a mine of wealth to the naturalist and geologist; lanes, hill and dell redolent of a rich fauna, the fragrance of which is wafted by the summer breeze over a rich expanse of well tilled land. Such are thy attributes, oh Falmouth 1 Is it not then grievoo3 to see how diligently and how surely those naving no soul for the beautiful and sublime, no desire beyond the tap- room and the keel- alley, aeek to mar the in- trinsic beauty of our nature- gifted neighbourhood, and to disturb the harmony and comfort of ita peacefully conducted inhabitants. Such, however, ia the caae, for adverting to the local papers of last week we read of riot and disturbance in the Rope- walk on the Sabbath ; and of scenes on the summer evenings requiring the timely interference of the police. This beautiful avenue, now green and • shady with luxuriant foliage, in lieu of being a pleasant resort where bright- eyed children might play and otherwise gather healthful amuaement, is frequented by hobble- de- hoyes and girla, mostly ranging from seven to sixteen years of age, whose coarse and dis- gusting language is only equalled by their gross and sensual behaviour; and here, perhaps, I might say that the eccentric foreigner alluded to in connexion with the brawls of last week, ia simply a generously- disposed and well- conducted citizen, whose love for music for himself and family seems to have given offence to the motley rabble who infest like vermin this pleasant promenade ; sticks, atones, oaths, and filthy behaviour are the accessories of our Rope- walk, and as such well merit the attention of the police. From early noon till late, very late at night our pavements and streets are paraded by bands of abandoned women of all ages and shades of diares- pectability, flashily attired in gilded jewellery and flaunting gaily- coloured ribbands, who elbow their way along and ruaely thrust honeat respectable women into the street The Bank— from the Custom House to the Bar— reverberates with their language, whilst their screams and hilaroua merriment breaks the rest of of peaceable citizen3 quietly slumbering in their bods. A nuisance second only to these has now commenced anew, namely, the bathing from boats, piers, & c., within a stone throw of our public promenades. Last year the attention of the police was drawn to the fact that men of all ages were to be observed in the middle part of the day bathing and otherwise misconducting themselves immediately in front of the windows. It has still gone on unchecked, and now bida fair to be- come worse than ever. Havj none of our public boards the power to interfere ? Cannot the police check such unseemly exhibitions ? In other watering places certain hours and places are set apart for this purpose— why cannot such a rule be established here ! Surely, if^ a few of the offenders were made an example of, common decency need not be thus wantonly out- raged. Having trespassed, I fear, already too far, and having pointed out a few of the nuisances existing in our midst, I do venture to " hoae that a vigorous appli- cation of vested power miy be ao employed tnat Falmouth may be considered, M ahe deservedly ia, the queen of western watering places. „ , OBMBVHR. Falmouth June 19,1872. Breakfast - Epps's Cocoa.— Grateful and comforting ' By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operationa of digestion and nutri- tion and by a careful application of the fine proper- ties of well- selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save ua many heavy doctors'bills.' Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling, water, or milk. Each packet ia labelled- " James Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London."— Also makers of Epps'a Cacaoine, a very thin beverage for evening use. Manufacture of Cocoa, Cacaoine, < Si Chocolate " We will now give an account of the process adopted by Messrs. Jamea Epps and Co., manufacturers of dietetic articles, at their works in the Euaton Road, London."- See Article in Part 19 of Cassell's Household Guide. I |"- 4 Visit to Epps's Cocoa Manufactory. — Through the kindness of Messrs. Eppa, I recently had an op- portunity of seeing the many complicated and varied processes the Cocoa bean passes through ere it ia sold for public use, and, being both interested and highly pleaaed with what I saw during my visit to the man- ufactory, I thought a brief account of the Cacao, and the way it is manufactured by Messrs. Eppa, to fit it for a wholesome and nutritious beverage, might be of interest to the readers of Land and Water."— See article in Land and Water, October 14. $ irt& s> Carriages, anil |* at& 3. BIRTHS At Lower Street, Penryn, on the 10th inst., the wife of Mr. Andrew Vine, of a d lughter. At Mevagissey, on Sunday laat the wife of Mr. John Scantlebury, draper, of a son. At Nottingham, on Tuesday last, the wife of the Rev. G. Edgcome, M. A., rector of St Peter's, of a daughter. JVt ARRIAGES. At Pike's Hill Wesleyan Chapel, Falmouth, on Tues- day laat by the Rev. J. E. Coulson, Mr. W. Owld, of Mawnan, carpenter, to Miaa Ann E. Sweet, of Penryn. At Wesley Chapel, Falmouth, on Tuesday laat by the Rev. A. T. Hockimj, lr. J. S. Buraey, ship- wright, of H. M. S. Impregnable, Devonport, to Miaa Emily Jane Pollard, of Flushing. At Perran Church, on the 2nd inst, Mr. James Penrose Kendall, grocer, of Devoran, to Jane Ann, daughter of Capt Jamea Sandors, late of the New Wildberg mines, Prussia. _ At Mylor Church, on the 13th inst, Mr. W. H. Hearle, of Kea, to Miaa Caroline Carvoaso, of Tregew, Mylor. D KATH8. At the Infirmary, Truro, on Saturday last Mr. Thomas Daviea, late of Falmouth, aged 28 years. At Canara Farm, Mylor, on the 14th inst., the wife of Mr. Linaey Lawrence, aged 31 yean. At Mylor Bridge, on tho 12th inst, Mrs. Philippa At Liakean?, 6 on Tuesday last, the Rev. William BeaL aged 87 years; for 64 years a minister in tht Wesleyan connection. TIME OF HIGH WATER AT FALMOUTH AND PENRYN QUAYS. HOBNINO. EVEMINA. SATURDAY ... June 22 5 43 6 10 23 6 32 6 56 MONDAY 24 7 22 7 46 TUESDAY .... 25 8 11 8 34 WEDNESDAY 26 9 2 9 25 THURSDAY ,... 27 9 46 10 11 FRIDAY . 28 10 2$ U A THE FALMOUTH AND PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. teral. A Bazaar aod Fancy I IN AID OP THE COESWALL Home for Destitute Little Girls, Win be held on Tkoreday, lat Aognat out, ia the GROUNM AT GYLLNGl) UN ( Through tbe\ ind permission of Mrs Waters) LADY pATrONeSSES ! lady Elizth. St. Aubyn Mrs Eastwick. lady Agusta Vivian Mr.. R. N. Fowler lady williams, Mrs. P. P, Smith The Hon. Mrs. Tremayne Ml. E. M, William. Mrs Arthur Tremayne Aa ft debt of £ 200 ia still remaining on tbe New Building, tfae Committee are anxions to remore it, and earnestly entreat all the friends of tbia r& luablo Charity to help them in this effort. Contributions of Work, Books, Pictures, Plants, and other articler will be thankfully receired by any Member of the Committee ; or br tbe Hon. Treasurer. Miss KRABBE. Belle. Vue Terrace; or the Hon. 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GALLUP, 493 Oxford Street, london ^ EcONoMY IN crAPE MOUrNINg. - ONe FOLD of KAY & RichARDsOns a- PaTeNT ALBerT cRAPe 1s As THICK as TWO FOLDS of the old — MB THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATCBDAT. JUM 22, 1872 " ffiajjirs of % garr. ( By an Occasirhial London Correspondent.) [ The remarks under tliis head are to bo regarded as tlic ex- toressionol imiependont opinlon,> fcoi » thepen of a gentleman In whom uraliave tlio crcitust confidence, but for which wo n « TCitheloaa dcfcncrtJioldoiirsolvecjcsiibiislblo.] The £ sg^ ecable;; announcement . tbat,__ tjie Princeaa of Wiles; Would be present at tlio appi^^ hing dinner of ttte Norfolk Agri& fltuwd - Xaooiety- at Lynn has had tho effect that most" people- trfhst - have antici- pated— there will he many, other ladies present. It is said tliat there will perhaps be ahout one thousand ladies and gentlemen present, and as tho Prince will , fcreeidf, the'gJtthering will be abrillUntoae, Is it too much to expect that Her Royal Highndsa Will set the ekample of ladies being present at'piibltcC dinners ? I think not The - Prince of Wales does nop altogether ap- prove of the modo of condufcting these dinners that is generally adopt& cLy He does not like the long, heavy ," set" dinner witjh an elaborate nicnu; and on more than one occasion he nas insisted on editing tho bill of fare, and hi3 tdq bested that ; the .' fianqucf should be • plaihbr afld the itlewt ' shorter " than the'stewards had [ contemplated, " ft Would " feem also that the Prince is favourable to tho preaenco of'ladies, and certainly the jPrincess is, so that it is highly probable that an idea which tlio late Charles Dickens, for example, strove to ' accomplish, and which he partly carried out— the [ presence of ladies at our public banquets— will ere jlopg become a great fact. I believe, however, that • those energetic gentlemen, the secretaries and hon. • wees, of t> ur benevolent institutions are generally [ opposed to the presence of ladies at their festivals, as jthey think- our fair sisters unfavourably influence the • subscription list which forms such a marked feature of • pablic dinners. If this be so, and the Princess desires to establish what I venture to think would be a grace- ful chstom, I can but desire for the fair lady a victory. Opinions widely differ as to the merits of the Ballot . and I am not about to bore your readers b'y pntering on this well- worn subject; but just now one phase of ! it is tho talk of the day. Not long ago the question was, what will the Lords do? Npw the query'is, what j- will the Commons do?— what will Government do? [ The extensive alterations which the Lords have made in tho Ministerial measure is the prominent, topic at ( the momont of writing, and speculations* are rife as to the course which Government will adopt; for that the Commons will accede to these alterations is not at all ' probable. The important trial at the Central Criminal Court arising out of the fearful murder in Park- lane which ] has BO much occupied the public mind, has had the re- Jsult which must have been generally looked for. The | jmo3t remarkable feature of the trial was the ignorance of the English language on tho part of the prisoner, [ which at once lengthened the proceedings and ga/ e a deep and sad interest to the position of the woman whose countenance frequently bore that troubled and ptizzled expression which was but ( natural when it is borne in mind that she knew that sentence after sentence, not one word of which she understood, was a matter of life or death to her. But all this was translated to her with rigid accuracy, and Marguerite Dixblauc cannot complain of having had an unfair triaL The wretched woman will no doubt have the full benefit of the recommendation to mercy. . Several times during the trial I was pained by notiaing the • flippant conversation and even the latight^ ir in which some thoughtleaapeople indulged, ^ his is really piti- able, but there is no help for it I suppose. Ip a sub- sequent trial in the same Court, however, Mf. Baron Bramwdl administered a wholesome lesson to a young Tnnn who for the moment forgot that visitors td a court of justice, whatever majy he their opinions of a'verdict, must refrain from expressing them. In an action for libel the jufy returned a verdict for the plaintiff with £ 25 damages, whereupon a few hisses were heard. A respectable young man— who- e feelings overcame " his discretion— admitted that he had hissed, and the learned Baron at once sentenced him to 24 hours' imprisonment, — a punishment from which he was spared only on an expression of penitence and on the pleading of tjhe jury. Lord Buckhurst has called attention, in the Houle < jf Lords, to a most important subject— the employment Of women and children as acrobats, and I hop? he will bring in a bill on the subject. The publio generally will not be satisfied with the statement that the Home Secretary has been in the habit of warning persons who are about to give a" dangerous entortalnment that if any accident happened they would bo held responsible, and that this is found . generally sufficient. Really, the already hardworkcJ Home Secretary- has quite enough to do without looking- after women and to see that they do not break their necks. | In more respects than one, the so- called e& tertain- : xnents to which this nobleman drew attention are dis- , graceful as well as dangerous. Several fatal accidents, land many leas serious injuries, have happened from these exhibitions, and others may occur at any moment. ; Performances, ho we ver, that are painful to many persons [ are largely patronised by many more, andjwhat is re-. J quired Is something stronger than a gentle hint from the Home Secretary— in fact, a positive enactment thatcaa be enforced for the protection of women and children ' who evidently cannot protect; themselves. A Flower Show in such beautify gardens as' thoae qi. the Royal Botanic Society in Regent's Park, > or those of the Royal Horticidtural Society at South Kensing- ton, is a charming exhibition ; but of more interest in some respects is a thoroughly town Flower Show. At the end of next month we shall have a veritable city flower show— an exhibition of flowers and plants, " grown within the City," the exhibition to take place in the Bishopsgate Grounds, once a churchyard, £ ud » till that and something piore. Thy little oasis in the London desert is a charming little place, lqvelyo by contrast and refreshing the oy< r of the wayfarer in ' tho througed locality in which ilia situate. It is pleasing to soe a love of flowers and a knowledge 1 of town gardening thus cultivated ; and it is a thousand pities that we have not in the great metropolis a few more such pleasant'little spots as this. Paris, with all her faults, sets us a noble example in this respect, ing, at. d harmless sport of grouse shoooting; but to millions of people all this is a matter of no moment whatever. Let me then thus, early in the year put in my feeble but earnest < ple\ Tbkt bu^ sportsmen during the shooting season will follow the example set them by the Queen and the Prince of Wales, and send some of their " bags" to the hospitals. Let them try this new sensation, " and perfiaps it will give an additional zest to the sports of the field, while it will certainly give pleasure to the sick poor. It was some time since stated that Mr. Roupell, for merly M. P. for Lambeth, had been offered his liberty on the usual terms, but that he had declined to accept the offer— which startling statement was of course speedily contradicted. It seems that his friends had made several applications to the Home Secretary for the releaso of the prisoner, but that all these applications had been unsuccessful. That wns probable enough, and turns out to be correct. But the public are now being urged to join his friends in endeavouring to effect his release, and a petition with that object is being numerously signed. Whether this last effort i3 to be more successful than former efforts remains to bo seen, but I think most people are of opinion that mercy might at last be now extended to a man who, whatever his crime may have been, has at any rate been a per- severing benofactor and counsellor to his fellow pri- soners for many years. It is a common remark that prices are rising — the prices of commodities, labour, and almost everything else,— and it would seom that the prices of operas aro no exception, for Verdi has received £ S, 000 for his last opera " Aida," and this besides laurel crowns, gold medals, and other honours. This is coining money in a style that our old composers never could have dreamed of. It is one fact out o( many showing I) Tyhat a luxuiiou^ age we are living. And, to turn from operas to more practical subjects, the commercial and financial journals agree that our manufactures and our markets are in a prosperous condition. That the working classes aro pretty generally employed, and this at high wag^ s, is an undoubted fact, and it is to be hoped that our mechanics and artizans will not only make hay whUo the sun shines, but that they are pre- paring for the *" rainy day " that will inevitably come sooner or later, accident had interfered - with her appearanc general figute. Her injuries were so serious that it wa3 very unlikely she would be able to use her brain as she liad been in the habit of doing in the pourse of her professional duties for o considerable period. Tho brain had received a severer shock than had been repre- sented. He had examined her within a few days, and he was of opinion there would be danger associated with her studying. She would never be the same figure that she had been. A considerable period of time must elapse before she could bo allowed to study; it certainly would not bo prudent for her to do so under the present circumstances. Dr. Ericson gave similar evidence: She was suffer- ing now from secondary symptoms of concussion of the brain and a wrench or sprain of the neck and shoulders. The defendants called no evidence in opposition to the plaintiff's case. Mr. Hawkins having summed up his case to the jury, Mr. M. Chambers addressed them in mitigation of damages. The learned Judge having summed, up. The Jury retired for a short time, and on their re- turn they gave a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, £ 1,600. £ 1,600 DAMAGES FOR A RAILWAY ACCIDENT. In the Court of Queen's Bench", the cause of " Swsifborougli and WUe v. tho Metropolitan Railway Company" has been tried, and was an action to recover compensation In damages for injuries received by MTB. Swanbnrough, who was familiarly known to the public as Mi& a Eleanor Button, tho well- to ; ira popular a tress. Tho defendants admitted their negligence, and the question lor the jury was the amount ofdamages. Mr. Hawkins, in stating tho case to the jury, Baid that the accident in question occurred on the 2nd of August, in last year at South Kensington Station by two trains coming, into collision., Mrs. Swanborough was a member of the theatrical profession, better known as Misa Eleanor Bufton, and she had now been before tho public about 13 or 14 years, and was deservedly popular with the public. When tho accident occurred Mrs Swanborough was on her way to keep an appoint- ment with the lessee of the Olympic Theatre, who was about to engage ber to aopear at that theatre in the Woman in IVTdU,' hut it was need less for bin> to say that ehe had not only lost the engagement, but she had been unable to attend to the duties of her profusion from £ hat timeto this, and in all probability it would be some considerable time before the would agajp. appear upon the stage. Her talents were of that high character that she had been gradually gaining in the estimation of the public^ and of course that liad brought her a continued in- crease of remuneration, and her salary had increased- from £ 6 per week, when she first appeared, to £ 8 and £ 10, and there were every reason to believe that it would have reached in a short time to £ 15 per week. Her memory was impaired to such On extent that she found it impossible to bring herself to study, and in awarding Mrs. Swanborougn substantial damages all the surroundings of tho case would have to be taken into consideration. i Mrs. Swanborough deposed that she resided with her husband and family at Earl's Court, and at the time of the accident she was riding in a second- class carriage, and was occupied in reading. She recollected • nothing of tho accident, but when she came to herself she found herself lying on tho floor of the carriage. After some time ehe was lifted out of the carriage on to the platform, bleeding from a wound across the fore- head. She was taken to a chemist's shop, and after- wards removed in a cab to her house, when Dr. Haffen- den, an eminent mediaal practitioner, of Kensington, was called in, and had continued to attend her up to the present time. She received injuries on the back and knee ; her neck and face were much swollen, and she was now unable to turn her neck without feeling great pain. It wai necessary for an actress to have the free use of her limbs, especially her neck, that she might look graceful. Then there was a large lump on her nose and across her eyebrows, and she had never lost tho pains in her head and neck. She still felt acute pains on the top of the head.,. The wound on the forehead was a great disfigurement to her ap- pearance. She had been forbidaen to read or study. Before the accident sho enjoyed very go « L, health She was now constantly hysterical. She ' hid two children, one nipo thp'othe^ 74 yeafS of age. Her husband was acfrn? manager of tho Strand Theatre, which belong^ to his, mother. ' She'hod the privi- lege of bepeSta. On Oho occasion at the Princess's it A CASE UNDER THE IRISH LAND ACT. A novel case connocted with the Land Act has been beforo the Court of Queen's Bench in Dublin in the form of an application to mako absolute a conditional order for a writ of certiorari to bring up and < iua.' h a conviction by the Justices sitting at Petty Sessions in Mohill, county Leitrim. The facta disclosed in an affidavit of Patrick Geelan, the prosecutor, were that an ejectment. had been brought by Lord Leitrim against Michael GeelaD, the prosecutor's father, on a notice to quit, served to recover possession of a small farm of eight acres. The tenant had incurred his lordship's displeasure by putting tho petitioner, on the occasion of his marriage, into possession of the farm, contrary to bo rule of the estate. Michael Geilan thereupon entered a claim for £ 100 compensation for disturbance and improvement. Patrick Geelan, being in occupation of the lands, WUB made a defendant in the ejectment proceedings. The case came on for hearing at the April Sessions, and was partly gone into, but was ultimately settled by an arrangement under which Patrick Geelan was accepted as a tenant from year to year, at an increased rent, with clauses against sub- letting or dividing, and for good husbandry-, the prosecutor also giving an I 0 U for the rent then due, and the. Chairman making a'decree upon the understanding that it was not to be executed. A ' dispute after- wards arose between the parties in reference to a beg which the tenant wanted to have included in tho holding, but which Lord Leitrim refused to give, and the result was that in December the decree was en- forced, the prosecutor put out of the farm, and a care- taker sent to- take- charge of it. The prosecutor, man- aged, howover, in the temporary absence of tho care- taker, to get into possesion again. Proceedings were then taken against him at the Petty Sessions, and the magistrates made an order that the decree should be re executed, and the house had since been levelled to the ground. This ruling was impeached as illegal, and hence the application to have it quashed. Mr. M'Dermott, as counsel for the tenant, argued that he had a right to enter into possession, and that the magistrates a^ od illegally in making the order. Be complained of harshness on Lord Leitrim's part in ejecting Geelan after the claim under the Land Act had been waived. Serjeant Armstrong and Mr. Dames contended, on the part of Lord Leitrim, that tho tenant had violated his agreement, and that the landlord was entitled to put in force the dea- ee which he hold as guarantee for its fulfillment. They defended his Lordship from the imputation of harshness, which was inconsistent with his character as a considerate and good landlord. The tenant, they said, had refused to sign the terms of agreement. At the cloee of thediscuBsion, the Lord Chief Justice ( Whiteside) pronounced the decision of the Court. He said the facts, the merits, and the law were with the tenant. The terms which Geelan refused to sign were very long and not easily understood, and Lord Leitrim was wrong in enforcing the decree after an express agree- ment that it was not to be executed. He could nave proceeded against Patrick Get Ian if the latter had taken possession of more land than he ought ( to have taken. The- re- ehtry of the tenant was quite lawful, and the justices had no jurisdiction to make the order for a re- execution. The order was therefore quashed, with costs against Lord Leitrim. As tho May meetings, as they are called,: aro', fltill being beld, it may be interesting to note that the aggregate income of the principal religious j societies, during last year was £ l, 372,343- say a million and a' balf for the whole of the societies of this character. WHat an idea this gives us of the vast amount of philanthropic effort that is made in this country I What immense good is thus accomplishedi! 1' hferp may become abuses mingling with all this berievoknee and philanthropy, for there is nothing perfect in this world; but, on the whole, this glorious laboijr ffcr the good of mankind Is one of the most repiarljable features of our own times and our own oountry. 8portsmen ( by no means synonymous withj sporting men) are already beginning to speculate on the pros- pects cf the grouse season. I need not further refer to the discussion, but I am tempted to cogitate on the cumbers of people In this country to whom these pros- pect* are a matter of no oonoera whatever— who'may aeldim see grouse and never taste them. Large sums of money are paid for the rent of jnoors . during the shooting season; sportsmen innomcr- <& b « aoM thamsslvM in ths healthful, exclt- W& it produced her £ 100 ; they aVeraged about £ 50. Cro* 3s- examined: She had beon to the Strand Theatre to witness the performances by direction ' of her mediofdjadv'iser, bntehfe did not Eit out tho whole of the time."" Had been once to the Haymarket and Vaude- ville. She tupped with a friend from the country after the performance, but not at the theatre. Attended a ball at tho C* urt Theatre on tho anniversary of its opening, by the direction also of her doctor, in order to divert her attention from her suffering. Her hunband accompanied her. Sho endeavoured to walk through a quadrille with Mr. H. Neville, but found she could not, her head was so bad. She witnessed the Royal procession from the window of the Strand Theatre. She was accompanied from her home by her mother, her bu? bnnd, and her children. She afterwards went to the Vaudeville, to a day performance, then back to tho Strand Theatre, and waited for her husband in her own private room. She was invited to many balls and parties, but she was unable from the state of her health to accept them. She wont under advice- to Boulogne, for chango of air, but she received no benefit from it She also went to Folkestone, but the railway journey made her sick and ilL Mrs. Swanborough further stated that she had lieen examined by several medical men, and some of them on behalf of the company; Mr. Walter Lacy deposed that Mrs. Swanborough was tho only actress of tho present time who, before the accident was likely to take Mrs. Nesbitt's position in the grandest comedy. She had not made that progress in her position on the stage equal to her merits. There were twenty Miss Buftons wanted for the stage, ifthoy. could be obtained, but they were not to be found. Her stock salary should be £ 12 per week, but for special engagements sno ought to have £ 16 per week at least. The best salaries were not always given to the beat actofa and actresses. Evidence was then given of Mrs. Swanborough s condition immediately after tho accident— that ehe was stuuified and bleeding profusely from* the wound on the forehead.. Dr. Haffenden was called. Ho deposed that when he saw Mru. Swanboroujjh her head was bleeding from u deep wound fivo inches long, exposing the covering of the bone. He had to few, it. up., On fhe following morning her face and n* ck'wereniuch swollen) and her eyes were closed. In November ho took, her to see Sir , William . Fergusflon. There would be danger for her to return to her professional duties. He was in attend- dance on her now. JJifl charge? amounted to about •£ 81. " i Mr. Rouse. gavo evidence as to the severe sufferings under which Mrs. Swanborouijh laboured. He con- sidered it « * mcu « sion of the brain. Sir W. Fergusson dep<} » td tbat Mrp. Swanborough had been severely shaken and wus highly nervous, and she was dovold of that livuly mannov that was natural to her in a perfect ntnU of health. Too wound on the forehead had spoilt her beauty, and the effcct of tlm COURTS CLERICAL AND COURTS MARTIAL. How hard 1> calling o'er the coals A Parson charged with cure of souls, Although for heresy outright To curing souls deemod opposite. Ecclesiastic law's delay How long I What sums, meanwhile, to pfty • E'en U your charge Is proved at last How futile Is the sentence passed t Bat when tho captain ot a ship, Though in moro Judgment, mtkos a slip His ship which doth In ped place, O then how different is tho caas I How soon In a Court- Martial called ! How quickly he 1B overhauled ! And reprimanded, or cashiered, Krro « i « ou » ly for 4avinK steered. Bo much more serious, to be sure, Of ships, than souls, label I the cure. And ships aground on rooks or shoals Of moment moro than stranded souls.— Punch. | iforHlajmrcg. WiJIigetitt, HOME, FOBEION, AND COLONIAL. ACCIDENT IN SwrrzEBi, ANI>.- i<- MR. H. S. Oakeley, Prof. Mus., Univ., Edinburgh, writes, from the Grand Hotel, St. Nicolas, Zerrofltt Valloy, Swit- zerland, Julne 12, the following to Tltt Times :— Travellers should, I think, bo warned) In tho prosent stato of tho roads hero agalnBt taking a carriage from Zermntt to this place. A frightful accidcui occurred yesterday, when a small carriage, containing tbreo persons, was precipitated Into a rocky torrent. As ono of those nufoytunato persons— I might almost say fortunato, In a merciful preservation from death— 1 venturo to dlctato thoeo few Hues to you whllo lying helpless hero with an unset broken log and other RELIGIOUS OEDERS IN GERMANY.— According to statistics that have been collected and printed in the official organ, the North German Gaultc, there are in Prussia 97 religious orders of men and Congregations, containing in all 1,0C9 members. Of thepe thore are 11 convents of the JeBuits, with 160 members, and 5 con- vents of " Redemptorists." with 69. Ift'Bavaria there are 71 convents, composed of 1,015 members, and in the Grand Dachy of Hes- e Difmstadt four, with 29. The entire number of female orders and. associatjons in Prussia is626 establishments, with 5,686 religitu& u, or about 1.800 above'the number in 1965. '" Bavaria baa 188 establishments, with 2,533 membors. The convents of males are mainly under the control offcuperiora of Italian nationality, though there are a number with Frenoh superiors. ( FAHCY HAKDW, ABE !— Thbrb rec^ ktly passed through the New Yorif. Custom house Mveral cotes con- taining a large variety of " brass knuckles," " billies," and " slung shots," which came from Belgium, con- signed to a prominent firm dealing in fancy hardware ( says a Philadelphia papsr). These goods arrived with out any invoice, and were sent to a general order ware- house, where I hey remained for somo time. Thq qasea when sent to the appraiser's departmentj. for examina- tion and an estimate of tho duties excited great sur- prise, among the, Cuatom- houso officers, nope of whom had ever known a similar lot of articles to have been imported. The chief appraiser Examined tho matter thoroughly, aruLcame to. the conclusion that the goodB must b » j permitted to pai> A tho Custom- hpuso, notwithstanding tho existence of a law of the State of New York forbidding tho sale of " deadly weapons," and notwithstanding the exihtenoo of an ordinanco in the City of Nww YOI" k authorizing the seizure of - svjch articles. The " New York statute specifically mentions the particular kinds of weapons recently imported from Belgium. The " brass knuckle?,," as a " manufacture of iron," taid a duty . at 30jper cent, and " bJlIliUBrand '' slung shots, h bein^ classed as " manufactures of wood, iron, and leat.' ner," paid the same rate. The importers say tiat goods wpro sent as " wimples," and " had bce^ j con- signed to them without anjr previous order. A- YBAK^' S - WILLB.— Official returns recently issued show that in the financial year 1S70- 71, 35,999 probates of wills, letters of administration, and testa- mentary inventories were stamped, thepersonal pro- perty of the deceased exceeding £ 100. The number is below the recent average ; but the gross amount of stamp duty charged on these instruments— Viz., £ 1,989,318, has never been equalled. Except in the year1869- 70 tho amount was always below £ 1,800,000. TAKING ANOTHER VIEW OF IT !— It seems that English agriculturists have not yet learned thq danger involved in the destruction of small birds. A writer in the Chamber of Agriculture Journal says :- r— " THo " Legislature, having been called upon to protect wild fowl from annoyance on Hie part of inconsiderate or cruel persons, Is appcajod to by the Hon. Auberon Herbert for enactments against blrd- nesttng, sparrow' tiumpHbgg, and the shooting or netting of birds in'genoral ( especially rooks and wooitpigcons) which are so beneficial to tho husband- man, If that poor benighted Individual only had sensa enough to porceive It. Well, pass what laws you plettse, Wo shall do our utmost to keep d'> wn feathered and other peati all tho same, and even continue to grieve the sensitive soufe of the poets by popping off skylarks in spite of their heavenly melody when there are too many of them. But wo shall not staad any visits of pollccmen, or appear before magistrates, or pay lines, when our children follow out the natural rustic Instinct of studying nldology in hedge- row classes, and of making lovely little collections of OYal- fcems, white, buff, bluo, streaked, spotted, speckled, from the fairy egg of the wren to the more ponderous beautks of the owl or the gulL" PRONUNCIATION OP AMERICAN NAMES.— Con necticut is almost universally called Conneticut. Michigan is called Mish e- gan, with the accent on the first syllable. Thei Tennessee call their State 3Vn- nea- 8ee ; elsewhere it is generally called Ten- nes- see ; the Aborigines call it Ten- na- see, as all iTnilinn names of threo syllables have the accent on the . middle 2liable. Illinois is colled Illuhnny or Illuhnoiz, usually e first. Maryland is called Mcr- ruh- lund, accented on tho first syllable. The people of Missouri call their State Miz zoo ruh ; elsewhere it is usually called Miz- ZQO- ree. Cincinatti is called Sin- sin nah- bah. Annapolis was formerly called Annopolis. Terry Haute i a Indiana, founded by the French, is commonly called Terry- Hot. CURIOUS HALLUCINATION.— Alaace IA the theatre of a curious kindof epidemic. Por some months piist, thousands of persons imagine they see all sorts of figures on € he house ^ tindowW, cdmmfencing with those inhabited by public functionaries. These are chiefly religious or warlike— madonnas, zouaveB, TurcoB, cannons, cuirasse*, & c., ore the objects most frequently seen, and it appears to be an occupation in most of the villages to watch the panes of glass for hours together. The work of the field suffers, and each day a new village is favpured with a new apparition. This epidenlic took its rise, at Ila » tadt, in, the Grand I? achy of Baden. Crosses, swords, and death's heads were there seen on the windows. Its first appearance in France ( was in the arrondiasyment of Wissembourg, since which it has spread even to Strasbourg. A FASHIONABLE LADY'S FULL DRESS.— Much; the reverse.— Punch. i THE GIRL OF THE PBBIOD AT THE PIAINO.— A friend of ours gives us ( Court Journal) this vivid des- cription of the manner in Which a girl of the period makes ready to play, and plays her grand piano: -" It was a young woman, With hs many white muslin flounces round her as the planet" Saturn has rings. She gave the music- stool o twirl or two, and fluffed on to it like a whirl of soap suds in a hand- basin. Then she pushed up her cuffs as if she was going to fight for the champions' belt. Then she worked her wrists and hands % o limber ' em, I suppose, and spread out her fingers till they looked as though they would pretty much cover the key- board, from the growling end to the little squeaky one. Then those hands of hers made a jump at the keys as if they were a couple » f tigers coming down a flock of black and white sheep, and the piano gavo a great howi as if its tail had been trod 6n. Deadatop— so still you could hear your'hair growing. Then another jump, and another howl, as if the piano had two tails and you trod on1 both of ' em at once, and a clatter and. scramble and string of jumps, up and down, back and forward, one baud overtbe other, like a stampede of rats and mice more than like anything I call music." FINE WRITING.- Mr. Wordsworth wrote somo time ago, in a description of London at sunrise, that " even the very houses seem asleep;" but it was reserved to an Iiish poet to improve ppon this- figure, and t" invent- llou- tes wbich- are able to " stand aghast," The same master of his art speaks also of a " sworded lightnint? blust." This beats the " greased lightning " of tho Yankees, but there- is nothing surprising in it. The pout who- e exubis- ant fancy enables him to read sorrow and consternation in tho appearance of a brick houso oannot be denied tho privilege of witnessing and describing a " lightning blast" which is also " sworded." A Swiss MUHDER.— Under the head of Friburg, the SieUi JVmwEavB that an atrocious crime, calculated to renew tho alarm felt in 1870. when Surchat was the victim, has happened in this district The sceno of aotion was the same'as in the former mur- der. An old eervant, originally from Porsel, w^ s slain bv a blow from abluilgeou last Sunday morning during divine service. The fa'j. ily were out attending mass, and bn" their return from the - church to their Louse, they found the unfortunate domestic lying on the hearth- rug, stone dead, with a heavenly snule on her countenance and a fractured skulL The murderer broke open a chest of drawers, but failed in his search after something ot value. IMPROVEMENT OF LAND.— A return pre- pared by . the Enclosure Commissioners shows that, under the'Improvement of Land Act of 1864, they have issued 66 provisional'orders for sums amounting together to £ 2) 7,762, tifad" other applications were in progress toward^ provisional orders. jT'ho improve- ments thus sanctioned, are classed as follows.:— Sub- scriptions to railways, £ 53,950: farm buildings, £ 71',' 470f labourers' cottages, £ 8,030; - drainage nnd other works. £ 101.312. The return states that up to the end of 1871 llie total amount charged on estates under tho public miney drainage Acts and the other Acta nnder which loans may bo charged for agri- cultural improvements reached £ 9,590,223; put the whole of this is not nowa charge uponlands, same por- tion having been redeemed, and other part of the piincipal included in the payments made from1 time to time. SUPERANNUATION AND COMPENSATION AN- NUITIES.— The annual return relating to the publio offices or departmehts shoWB that in the year 1871 com- pensation allowances ambunting to £ 76,051 a yiar were panted, and allowances amounting to £ 42,416, ceased; leaving tho anuual amount payable, £ 471,488. , Super- annuation allowances amounting to £ 54,460 ayear were granted, and allowances amounting to £ 16,745icedsed; leaving the anhriol amount payable £ 634,192. I in ad- dition, annuities' nmountihg to £ 27,995 are to be p^ ld for 10 years to the National Debt Commissioners, in re- paymentof advances'made by them for commutation of retiring allowances. Compensation allowances granted in the year 1871- on reorganization and abolition of offices amounted to £ 16.641 in the War Office and military departments; £ 21,505 in tho Customs; £ 5,751 in the Registers of Sasinea, the joint keepers for Renfrew re- ceiving annuities of £ 1,101 and £ 2,886 respectively ; £ 11,706 in Court of. . Bankruptcy, including four an- nuities ranging from£ l, 000ito £ 1,600. . The superannua- tion annuities granted in the year were generally of very moderate amount, but m each of the following depart- ments a grant exceeding £ 1,<) 00 a year was made— viz., the Treasury, tho Colonial Office, tho( Inland Revenue Department, the PaymostcrrGeneral'^ Office, Consuls, House of Common a Offices , ( two), and diplomatic pensions. Annuities to members of the household of the lato Kiuij of the Belgians and the Princess Charlotte aro still payable, the amount being about £ 1,000 a year. , . BUILDINO AT CHICAGO.— Mosars. Farwell are erecting, says the Chicnrja Tribune, on East Van Buren- street, a largo stable, 80 by 100 feet^ three stories and basement, the walJa pf which, twe, feet thick from bottom to top, are composed of concrete, the elements of wliich' are one part Louisville cement, and three parts sand, ashtis » and the fine* peptides of burnt dis- trict dilrii. Tho stuff is mixed' Bomewhat thinner than moi'tar, and is'pourid into the pine board moulds which shapo the Walls, and at the samo time broken brick and atone from tho ruins are enibedded a. i thick 03 mdy be'in, the conarefce, which sets firmly in 48 hburs, and In a few days hardens to the firmness of granite. It is then to be coated over with Portland cement^ of which, uJw), the trimmings are composed, the surface boing so out and pointed as to bo almost indistinguish- able iio'/ a a handsome dork grey sandstone of elegant- finish. The cost of such a wall, whilo being far pre- ttrabla to brick or » tono for its; fireproof qualities, is not urore tlu. n one hajf of those mutejWls, inasmuch as tl. ie tUbi- u corta nothing but the handling and sorb- iny, whilo'uo skilled labour Is rtriMi" ed in the construc- tion. Ci imnion labourers are perl eetly competent *! t> do i the work under i> roi> er supervision, DROWNED WHILST JPATHLN a.— JdT. ^ Bannister, aged 19, and George JJewhy, aged 23, divjirs' astist- ants at Bradford, were drowned in the river Wharfe, at Ilkley, on Suhday evening.- Bannister, with other?, was bathing in the Wharfe, at Denton, and havirg pot beyond his depth was in evidentvhs'ress. Newbv, who was his friend, and a good swimmer, immediately stripped afiQ Wont into the water U' his assistance, but it ia supposed that Bannister, when reached, clung to him with such tenacity that both were kept down in the water with a fatal result. Tiny rose several times apparently clasped in each other's " embrace, and tho ba. iies were afterwards found clasped together. A little boy of eight years,' roll of Mr. Atkinson, surgeon, of Leeds, and J lit governess,, Miss Rodier, aged 26, were drowi. 6d on'Friday in'the tea near the shore of Morecambe Bay, Silverdale. The deceased and one of his brothers were wading in the waTer ; one disap- peared in a deep pool, and Misa Rodier, hearing his cries of distress, hastened to . the place and at once waded into the water. Not knowing the treacherous natureof the ground, she also disappeared, and was drowned in deep water. CONSUMPTION OF TEA.— A Custom- house re- turn ha3 been issued which showj the enormous in- crease in the consumption of tea in the UnitedlCicgiL m. In 1811 it averaged lib. 4oz. per head, and the average price was 6a. 8d. per pound ; in 1821 the price was about Is. less, and in 1831 tb* re had been a further fall of Is. 2d. ; but the consumption per he. id was sub- stantially the same as in 1811. In 1841 the price was 2< L lower than 1831, and had fallen to 4-). 3J. 1-, and the consumption per head in the year had advanced to lib. 6oz. In 1851 tho average price had fallen to 3s. 4 Jd., and the consumption hail increased to lib. 15oz. In 1861 the price had fallen to 2s. 10J., and the con- sumption had risen to 21b. lloz. p- r h- ad. In 1S71 the average price had fallen to Is. lOJd, and the year's consumption had risen to 31b. looz. per head, the total quantity entered for consumption exceeding 123,000,0001b. The averoce rate of duty on tea, paid by the consumer, was la. 2W. per lb. in 1801, 3a. 41. in 1811, 2s. 9Jd. in 1821, 2*. 2& L m 1831, 2a. 2} d. in 1841, the same in 1851, Is. 5d. in 1861, apd 6J. in 1S7L VARIATION ON ROCHEFO'BCAUXD.-- There ia something singularly delightful to us in the growing infinnitiea of our oldest friends, notwithstanding that their age may be the same as our own.— Punch. TRADES' UNIONS.— Mr. MundtJlla'A. Bill, now before Parliament, for amending the provisions of the Act of last Session, which altered the criminal law relating to violence, threats, and molestation, repeals the first section of that Act and suhBtitates a new sec- tion The real difference between the two lies in the definition of the. acts which are to constitute molesting or obstructing a person. In the Act of ' last Session th^ jhare—( 1) persistentlv following such person about from place to place ; ( 2) hiding any tools, clothes, or other property owned or used by such person, or depriv- ing him of, or hindering him. in the use thereof : ( 3) watching or besetting the house or other blace where such person resides or works, . or carries on business, or happens to be, 6r the approach to such house or place, or, with two or more or other persons, following such person in a disorderly manner in or through any street or road. The present bill proposes to define the offence as being " molesting or obstructing any other person ( a) by persistently following him about from place to place ; or ( b) by following him in or- through any street or road with two or more persons in a disorderly. manner ; or ( c) by hiding or depriving him of, or hindering him in the use of any tools clothes, or pro- perty, owned or used by him." The other parts of the clause are unaltered. The offences of ping vio- lence to person or property, or threatening or intimidat- ing a person in such manner as would justify a binding over to keep the peace are left untouched ; and so is the definition of the required intent of the acts pro- hibited. REMEMBRANCES OF CHARLES LEVER. — The following is an extract from a private letter, dated Trieste, Juno 4 :— " You will, of course, have known by this time, that ' Charles Lever" is now aname of the past. Hi.' died quietly, and withont a struggle, in his sleei<, on Saturday last, be- twe- n twelve an l two p. m. Whin I saw his rcmalr. s, a little before five, he was lying » ith hia coat and waistcoat off on his right sfdo, with his hend Testing on1 hla right hand. But for tho perfect stillness and tHe grey look upon his face, ho rnl^ ht have been slo^ plo? only. The heart's action simply dlfeil Cut.' Poor fellow! it was tho death he wished for, as ho greatly dreaded a loDg and p iinful struggle. We laid his remains bejhlo those of his wile, last evening, at a little alter six. Her death broke his heart. From the time she uied bh recent illr. ess dated, and ho. ha3 not remained loug behind her. I nevar met a man who attachedto h mseirthose whd wcrfafcull Intimate with him as he did. I knew ' him but * or a abort period, and I really loved him. He had an Immense funeral Ilo .' oft his affairs thoroughly arranged : the very mouey for tUa ex- penses of his Interment was found in an envelope, with these words, ' The modest sum I wish expended oa uiy fanertl."" FATAL HAILWAY ACCIDENT.— AD INQUEST has been held atEBber, on the- body of Major Old field, late of her Majesty's 15th Foot. The evidence showed that last Saturday night deceased took a ticket at the Esher Railway Station for the last train to Waterloo, and crossed the line to the up side. Soon after this he was seen by a signalman at the lower end of the platform, but off it, and walking as if intending to re- cross the line, when a fast train from Aldershot, travelling at the rate of thirty miles an hour, caught him, and dragged him nearly thirty yards, mangling his body fearfully. Death was instantaneous. The jury roturned a verdict of " Accidental death." AROUND THE WORLD !— A Boston capitalist was visited by a Yankee schoolmaster whose hrad was bursting with a great idea. It was this; he proposed to build, somewhere near Boston, two'immenae hemis- pheres, each about an acre in extent, upou whose con- vex surface should be represented, in relief or depres- sion, the seas, islands, continent*, rirarr, mountains, valleys, kingdoms, empires, republics, cities, towns and villages of the world, each in accurate proportion to the size of the hemispheres. It was to be the woild in miniature. The material was to correspond with the geologic formation of each country— granite to be re- presented by granite, chalk by chalk, sandstone by sandstone. The ocean and rivers were to be real water ; chemical appliances were to be called into requisition to supply volcanic eruptions, aud whitewash was to be used as a substitute for enow at the poles and above the snow- line on mountain ranges. This was not iutended, as one might suppose, for educational purposes, but to enable persohs deairous of seeing aud enjoying foreign countries to do so without the trouhleand expense of the jonrnoy. The idea was considered too practical, and only abandoned from that cause.. THE FUTURE OF LAKE EaiE;^. American papers predict that Lake lErio will in time dry up and become the home of a teeming population. Careful surveys have shown that Lake Michigan has an average depth of 1,800 feet, Lake Superior of .' 900 feet, and Lake Ontario of 500 feet; Lakol Erie onlv " 120 feet, which ia said to bo constantly decreasing fhe bottom of the Lake is quite level, and composed of soft day. This clay ia constantly accumulating, from, sediment carried down by tributary streams. l" he south shore is composed of easily disintegrating blue, gray, and olive shoals, and gray sandstone. Tho Western aud northern coasts are made up of limestone of tho HeldJrbeg group, which quickly, yields to the action, of the wave-. Con- sequently both shores constantly are contributing to fill up tho bed of the lake. Th » work is not rapid, but it is said to be as sure as fate. BLOOD RELATIONSHIP.— The other evening Mr. F. Gal ton read a paper before the Royal Society, on tho question whether it be. impossible to define tho connexion between relatives in a way that should do t'llstico to tho latent elements, which every creature iu- lerits and may bequeath* but which give no sign of their existence in its owa person. He argued that this difficulty may be wholly avoided by the simple ex- pedient of tracing the intervals of descent from tho very origin of lifo in « ach generation, and not from one adult person to another. • Theije are three well- defined stages in each of thjee intervals — namely, the ovum, in which all the elemwts are confounded and no structure exists, the embryo and the adult, in both of which tbey are separted into personal and latent. The author de- scribed in detail the charaoter of the processes by which each stogo in either of tho lines was derived from its predecessor. By protecting these stages iui > a genealogical diagram the tnio relation of a raa^ to either ol his parents becomes clear. It has a twev- foid character, one part passing by the latent and t)/ e other by the personal line. The turmer is, according to M r. G Alton, much the more important, but it is only col- lateral, because it will be found to dwicfcud through five steps to the parental ovum, and thence to descend through three other stepe to the parental person. The personal line, though of minor Imporfcitfce, is nearer and quite direct; it descends through three stci> Brothers and sisters are " tnoWilasei^' coiMected ; tht r deecent passes through only tkree parallel sU |' ., though it is derived from ,\ ess tlian four varisbio source*— namfcly, thq Jaifin) W* 1 personal attribution/ cf parent. M / IATUEDAT. JTTSE 22, 1871 THE FALMOUTH & PENEYN WEEKLY TIMES. TEE DUBOURG AFFAIR. J7JI Timtj. in a leader gives the following history of " Vafairt Im'x/ Ury," or " Lt Dmnt de la Rue da Ec. hi," ai tL- T. , r* t sensational French journals have • y led it, and which created ao much excitement when it occurred:— Ln'- U. r? the principal arriving actor in the tra; e ly of tb-. Eue lietZc/ et wss brought op for trial at the Cour < Tssi. it* de la Seine, the occurrence had been stripped of th? tu,* el ol romance with which the imaginationof the P. ris pa ta t adorned It. Seen In iu bare reality. It t JUI out a cue of commonplace profllgicy and mifrder — a woman'* frailty, a man's ferocity. Isadenla oi ( thst nature aeem to possess an unspeakable chirm for ocr French neL: hV>* rs when exhibited, la gap and novels under a veil, however transparent, of nnrbid scoti- ment. It mar be just as well, perhaps, that the truth and the V. h< 1J truth, should now and then confront them In » n 1U hldeou i. » * s nhat. b- fore they waste their sympwhies on , rrhacUvtr- phe as the Dubonrg ease, they should give I Ihcmielvct titca to Judge It on IU true merits. 41 Arthur 1/ i'^ outb. the murderer, was not a nobleman, as he l. ad been described. Though belonging to a " well e- UMUhed' Norman family, he was an under- bred, HI- ' CM. . illned. and Ill- conducted man. Ho was » years old * h- n he murrlrd DenUe Mac- Leod, of VUliers, near Veac'Ome, a lsdy of the same rank at himself, but ten years ycunjrer. They were married In lb69. Tho joung couple lived first In Normandy, and then aUyed for a winter In Paris, whenco they proceeded to rtwlis^ rUnd. litre the lady fell ID. and was left b> her husband at Geneva, while ho rctnrned to France ana e Tom iii'lcd a company of Mobiles In the Army of the I/> Ire. T . o Peace brought the married couple together again at F.- ris ; while a child, which had been born In tne Interval, was sent to nurse In Normandy. Presently, the lady wasleft by her hus'iwid alone In Piris, and lt was then that she fell In, at the hou'o ol a Iri. nJ, with M. do Prficorbln, a young cierk In the Prefecture de la Seine, with whom she had been I rmi rly acqualuted, and for whom she Is said to have entertained ^ me partiality. But, whatever may lnve been the lady s feelings towsrJs Prtcorbln b> io her manias*. a connexion sprang up all at once l « i i en them upon thli second meeting, and lt was kept up during tb • husl ai. d's ktwence through one of Prtcorbin's f Uow- cleiks it. Dutertre, who lent his garret in the Sue dea E .. let 10 bis friend for the purpose. This connexion Wan la December, and it was only in February that t hmbiiid came back from Normandy. Between M. D uru and his wile there had never been much t. iidcn. cn. Tho lady lar ly concealed her dislike of 1. r husband: she openly charged hia with Im- proper connexions, and the course - it their wedded lifo wi. almost Incessantly dLtarbed by stormy scenes. M. Du . ur^ w. is v. ry lull male with a Madame de Boos, B IA ly who lived alone In a small apartment of two r< < nu, bot who, upon tho Dubourgi being turned outoftheir on i uarUrs at the < * i> Iration of their lease, shared her home v i. li tUa This lrtdy, whose familisrity with M.- Dobonrg, w -, to say tho least, suspicious, WAS at the samo tlmo til- cnnfldar. te ol Madame Dubourg In her Intrigue with P.. . tldfl, ami lent herself to the devices by which lt was enrritd on. Ou'y three dajs afUr the domestication of the Itu ... nrj4 with Ma- lsme Do Boos, on the 8th of April, there i-.' wncd o i e of tbe u& uJ soenes between hoaband and wife, ft. cou- rquence of which lt was Settled that they should live n, i r:, M. Imbourg continued to enjoy the hospitality of M I nuc do B.- TS. while his wife put up at the Hotel d'Angle- ttrre, near Saint Lazare Station. M. Bubourg, who had long been suspecting his wife's e n liK t, cow set to work to watch her, and on tho 22ud of . Ai'ill, having tracked htr to the garret In the Bue dea i ' ; a. appeared suddenly thundering at the door. Pr6- c. r in, wb. j was lnilde with Madame Dubourg, did not wait tl I t'. e door was battered in, but let hlmsell out of the window, h • ted himself from lt to the slates of the ro. f, and. after a h i .. di> us run along its edge, let himself down through ti" chamber window of a neighbouring licuse, thus making » .. I bis c.. cape The guilty woman, left to herself, endea- vored to pr. rl- y with her Indignant husband, but, upon his s iymg that be only came to communicate sad news of t vir child, wh- was serloUily ill, she threw open tho d -. r M Dubourg, entering, looked round for tbo " Miser- able " whom be expected to find there: but, baffled In the , r v.- nno which ho intended to wreak upon hliu, turned against his wife, and, alter breaking the b'ade of his sword- cane in j 1 r I . real*, drew a claspknifo and stabbed her again snd a mil till she san' » on the floor, under 15 blows, several of t ... in'mortal llo then left her, shut the door, locked lt on tliu outside madohls way down'talri, Informed tho house- i . iter a* be pa- sed that " he bad killed his wife," and then i. i cceded to the church of St. Nicholas de Chardonnet, win ro he liegged tlio Curt to go and minister to a dying w. iui. in, civlim bim minute directions as to tho bouse. lie t en went to Madaiue de Boos, but, towards evening, avow- In Ids crime, be delivered hinrell up to tbo police. In the n . i. while, his victim hod still strength enough t- dragher- s I ti the win. tow, whence her shrieks alarmed the i. t '. Ix. uriiood and brought up a crowd- by which she w » s conveyed to a'fiospltal, where she only survived three d < VF giving signs of roi. entancc, avowing that ( he deserved li. i late. JnaUfJlng htr husband's deed, but stoutly refusing t<> uiveup thunamoof her paramour. Ho, however, after li|, ilng till bo was made acquainted with tho lady's fate, a l>- « red also before a magistrate, by whom he was com- mon I to prison; but he was released upon tho husband disclaiming all Uileution to proieculc. SI Dubonrg ^ as tiled before a Jury on Friday last, and found guilty of " voluntarj homicide, but without premedita- tion, ai d with c\ t. nuai1ng clriiumstanaes. Tho sentence was " tlve years' reclu « lon "— a slight punbdiment, as It may appear to ua; but it Is not to be expected thaf. a. French Jurv would overcomo the prejudice current in France that " where tho State provides no adequate compensation for t1 e loss of honour, a mania enticed to take the law into his own l. auda." In flBgrant cases. Indeed, where n husband had come to a sudden knowledge ol an unsu- F per ted wrone, and no time was allowed him to master his w. unded feelings, exteimating circumstaucea havo been ad- mitted to the extent of a full acquittal. But in this Dubourg oifair not only was the wife as much sinned against as sin- ning, not only hid tho hnsband brooded over his suspicions tm they ripened into ccrtalnty, but he, evidently, with tho" e: d of Madame de Booa, watched his wile Into tbe trap, in which ho hop^ d to surprise her. He . left homo in full eipectatlon of tho scene that awaited him. Ho may not ac ually have contemplated ths murder of his wife. Had the partner of her guilt, upon whom he looked. as tiio chief offender, be n at hand, his wife's lifcml^ ht possibly h^ vo been spared ; but be was thirs'Ingfor blood ftt all events, and as blood was ehed with all possible. aggravation of atrocity, wo can hardly admit that by a Ave ycara Imprison- ment the price of blood was tully exacted. Few of our readers can hsvo forgotten what a sensation the foneral of tho erring woman made In the French capital, what crowds i f well- dress- d persons Joined tho procession, what a pro- fusion of flow, rs w as thrown into hor grave. Things are now brought d. wn to their Just proportions. There was, alter all, but llttlo of the Franceses da Rimini about Deniso I'. ibourg. Thero ia no eridcnce of htr being " urdiied to the man she loathed, while her heart was bleeding for the man she ndnred." Her ease did not rise ahtvo tho level of » l,. w Intrigue. The poor thing waa " no belter than she should be," though, doubtless, her hutband wa » . Infinitely worse. The Daily Nevet also gives the following resvmS of the case:— During the trial, which lasted nearly twelve hours, an Immense quantity of Irrelevant matter was gono into. A Fr. neb Judge always begins ab oto; and if the question put Ixi'. re blm be whether the prisoner had stolen an egg, ho wnl Inquire with scrupulous minuteness, Whether hia ante- cedents are such aa to render it probable that he might have siolen ono. In pursuance ol this sjstem. tha vury able president on this occasion, M. Burin des E. zier » , brought cut the whole history of the two families of DubouTg and MacLeod. Dubourg was a Nofman. txirn at a rasll chiteau In Normandy, near Alen^ on, of a family which had long been pentry of a respectable class. His wife, Mdlle. IVjidse MacLeod, whom, at the age of 19, he myried, in IS when he waa but 22, belonged to a Ork famllyof t. eat respectability, somo time settled In trance. Ihe eldest sister of Mdlle. Denlse waa nanted several yeara since to a captain In tho navy. M. Dnpet t- Thouara, tho adopted son of tho emlment Admiral DupcUt- Tliouara. The MacLeona moved In belter society than tbe Dubourgs- smaU Normandy squireens— wero in the bablt of doing. Tho marriage was " made up by a common friend, after a fortulght's acquaintance; and although the President said, with an " alaa I" that so baaty a marriage afforded email prospect of happiness he must be as well aware as anybody that young laoiea of the most respectable families have very often no longer notice of the husbands they are expected to take. In Franco the English notion that people before being married ought to havo opportunities of seeing whether they like eaoh other la now as much as ever considered arioiculous superstition. French manners In good society, allow of nothing like " flirtation." Yeung ladles, as In England lt used to bo said of little boys, made to be scon and not he- rd. As a general rule they never say anything In society but " Yea '" or " No." Thoy know, when they have portions, that some day or other they will be married, and they expect as a matter of course that their father or mother will tell them whom they are to take. Resistance U very rye. lsu only In novols and comedies, andnot In real French life. Parents of exceptional delicacy may sometimes tell a < aughter that if she has any repugnance to the husband designated she fa free to refuse : but this liberty ' s ge- nerally coupled with the observation, that although a he may hare no special liking for him now, thre » Ul be Plenty ol time to love him hereafter. 1 do not, therefore, think the Judge's observations upon the cira, instances under which M. Dubourg married Mdlfe Macleod have anv bearing at all upon the tragical circumstances under which their union was dissolved. It waa a marriage got up quite In accordance with French custom, and the ro waa no duraritj In either age, station, or fortune. Bat, as a matter of tart, the marriage did not turn out happy. Far rmsons to no way explained on the trial, and perfectly m^ re'lte. the on& Issue to be tried, the parties did not pwi wrtl The wife partlcnloily conceived a great dUtlke to hey hfl* fc- nd. Very, shortly alter the marriage she KTOte to a lagj trieud In these term*:— " My busbar and . Larecs= 3 « tcii^ i agr^ rr^ u » : T^ » ta each other only at mwua, and nothing more, ao far as pos- E- =-:- a rut sbooting tn the daj time, and I remain in my own iMb bete e a goo^ fire, wh<? re 1 « S reM - rtte - ork. - vod WT- p • In the 1 Join a w » . L' » or « eart « withrry dear taOerdn- law. and then my loom eloeea upoo tc> solitude and my tadryaa. and never opo& S mil lean t£ to so dona » tarail- i.' A small dose indeed of philosophy had this la y. lo com- plain of such a life as a particularly hard one, wher it w « j of her own choosing ; tor her correspondence, anticipating her dying declarations, states repeatedly that her husband waa very good to her, although she tad an antipathy to him. Six months after the marriage, she wrote to him tbe following letter: " Arthur,— What I am now about to write to yon mikes me cry, and more bitter tears wero never shed by woman. Bat I can go on no longer. On the day when I gave you my hand, I sincerely hoped that I might one day givo you my heart But the longer 1 try the more I flnd ( his Impos- sible. Living together la hell when there is no agreement, and when the merest trtfle la the occasion of scenes and scandaL You have always been good to me; you suffer from my temper, and. In short your life united to mine is wretched. Well now ! This I know is a hard thing to say; but if you h » ve any love left for me and would not goad me to destruction, let ua separate. Let mo live alone, and then I will live honourably. My edu- cation and my principle* are a sufficient guarantee for that. Let u* separate, Arthur, but without rancour, for rancour come* of oontempt. Adversity may possibly visit us, but lt Is easier to suffer alone than in company with another, if you should be drawn to address yourself to God as I do, your prayer will be that He may tak » to Himself speedily tho woman who has been the cause of your misery; and you wfll pardan her, won't you f *' J uly* T, 1870. " P. 3.— In life or death, I rely on your word. You are free ! " DBSI3B." Tho husband did not accept this offer, but tbe letter caused him to make Inquires leading to a confession of adultery, which he condoned. He went off with his wife to Geneva, and there got her shut up for a time in a lunatic asjlum with tbe consent of her relations. He returned to France, became a captain of Mobiles in the Army of the Volre, and behaved well at Beaugency. During the war his wife wrote him many affectionate letters. A child waa born, which she spoko of in tender terms aa a re- miniscence of tho husband. After the armistice he went to Geneva to fetch her away from the asylum, and brought her to Parts, which She liked better as a residence than anv other place. A second case of adultery was discovered, and also condoned. From all tho above facts, it is Elalo that M. Dubourg had been to unfortunate as to ave a veiy bad wife, and one that lt would have been very desirable to get ri. l oL But the only ques- tion for tho Jury was whether he W. IB justified In getting rid of her in the way he did. He took to lodge in the house of a Madame da Boos, whom he had known before his marriage, and who, the judgo aodthopubl o prosecutor Intimated, was his mistreia. Madame di Bo .4 wormed all her sccrets out of her, and found that she had an Intrigue with M. Be PrGcotbln, a iftrmir beau, who was a clerk- In tho Pre- fecttare of the Seine. In Madame de Boos's house, worse quarrels than ever ensued. Dubonrg s< ld he had not sufficient sleeping accommodation at M ulame de Boos'*, and would go to tbe notel d'Angleterre, near the Havre lUilway. Madame Dubourfc asM H anybody went there, lt should be she. Tho husband enenntagud this Idea, and accompanied her tliero to take a solitary room, the came every day to take her meais at Madame de Boos's. The husband, to throw her off her guard, pre- tended he was going Into tho country, and got her to pack his carpet- bag. Instead of going, he watched personally tho notel d'Angleterre, where she was lodging, and employed two detectives to watch her also. After tracking her to No 14, B'lo des Ecoles, where he found she had a rendeivoua with her snspccted lover, M. de Pr6- corbln, bo took some braridy with his detectives In a wine shop, and, taking leave Of them. Bald, " This will do. Now I take the matter Into my own hands." Thou he went up the stairs to the. ilodging or M. Dutertre, which De Prtcorbln had borrowed, and by means of the " cold- blooded lie" that ho had received a telegram stat- ing that their child waa ill induced his unfortunate wife to open tho door, while her lover, as Is well known escaped by acrois the roof ol the house. She had on no other clothing than a chemise snd a petticoat. He Baked where waa De PrCcorbln, and, not fluding him, attacked his wife with a Sword- stick. When that was broken ho pulled out a terrible poniard, whi rewith, in spite of her resistance and repeated criea for mercy hn inflicted fifteen wounda, one of which waa so mortal that tbe victim felt it at once, and begged him to fetch a priest. Ho took her at her word, and. Instead of going to tbo nearest doctor, loss twenty minutes in going to a priest with whom he was ac- quainted. The poor woman lingered for aome days in a hos- pital, and died. The Judge of Instruction, who, to my great astonishment, admitted Dubourg to ball, must have been of his own opinion, that he waa sure to be acquitted. He haa been greatly deceived. The haughty, defiant attitude, mingled with a certain amount of theatrical grief, which be displayed during hlslnterrogatory, was greatly changed when tho Judge summed up against him. He fainted awsy, and heard the aentenco oi five years' reeluiion ( a severe kind of imprisonment), held up by two gendarmes, with the despair- ing look of a gambler who has been deceived. He had made sure that he had a " right " to kill his erring wL'e, and had no remorse for the deed ; but was overwhelmed with terror at his own fate when he found himself mistaken. MISS KY£ AND " CHILD EMIGRATION.' We! l- wi. « her3 to the cause of true tirogress will be dad to learn that Miss Rye, who sc Ion; interested herself in the emigration of women to the colonies, con- tinues her exertions to rescue street children from the evil influences which surround them. At the close of the American war a Mr. van Meter carried some city Arabs from New York to tbe far West, where some well- disposed persons gave them employment. It was estimated that over 2,000 children were saved in this way from misery and degradation. Miss Rye, having observed the working oi the system, de- termined to do the eame for tbe putter children of London and other crowded places in England, thus an- ticipating in some measure the aim Of the Education Act of 1S70. From the first she confined her attention to children of her own sex, boys being better provided for in the way of Heme and Reformatory accommoda- tion, and having greater facilities for eami ig a liveli- hood than girls. The necessary sum raise A, Miss Rye addressed herself to her self- imposed task. More than two years have elapsed since then, and more than 600 orphan or deserted children have been rescued from an irregular vagabond life, fed, cl « thed, trained, and taken to Canada, where a house had been purchased for the purpose. Almost every one of theso children has obtained a comfortable home in the Dominion, and, thanks to Miss Rye, they appear to pive satisfaction. But the demand for servants from Miss Rye's Home far exceeds the supply; over 900 persons, it is stated are looking forward to the arrival of other emigrants. That the children are well treated and happy may be seen from a little pamphlet, en- titled What the people Say About the Children, and What the Children Say About Canada." Through the liberality of a friend to the charity, who placed £ 300 at her disposal, Miss Rye has opened a Home at Avenue- house, High street, Peck- ham, London, where ten ohildren, lately taken from the streets, are now being fed, clothed, and prepared for abetter course of life in the New World. Their ages range from eight to 13. Such a charity is cer- tainly deserving of support. TRIAL FOR PERJURY. The Common- Serjeant, addressing the prisoner^ said,' a? tor a trial lasting several days in tbe Divorce Court, the jury found a Terdict negativing the chare ® of adul- tery, thereby intimating that they entirely disbelieved every word the prisoner had saidonthatoocasion. Again, after two days' trial in this court another jury had arrived at the same conclusion, and had convicted him of perjury.. He entirely agreed in their vervhet, and there werd many circumstances of prosa aggravation m the prisoner^ case. He had absolutely been the means of breaking up and destroying the home, of an English clergyman, and had probably rendered hirn and his wife miserable for the rest of their days. A worse crime of its kind could hardly be conceived. If ho had known orseen anything improper between tho wife and Mr. Townend, the prisoner had taken the very worst course that could: have been, adopted, and tho result waa that froip rumours circulated by him In the village, the character of tho wife< of a clergyman waa blasted and ^ heir home and happiness destroyed. No- thing could be more terrible in its aSnsequcncea or wicked in the conception. Ho sought to pervert the course of public justice by attempting to mislead tip jury who tried the cause in the Divorce Court, and so to ruin the fair fame of a lady whoee life had been without reproach. That being so, it was highly neces- sary, in the interests of justice and for the security Of the publio, that such conduct should be mwked by the strongest reprobation. He therefore santenced bim to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour ip the House of Correction for two yeare. . FRENCH COPPER COIN IN ENGLAND. The great number of French copper pieccs now in circu" lation in England has at lepgth attracted the notice of practical men, and tjip fact, is certainly worthy of the attention of tho government ( remarks tbe Graphic). If our neighbours had gold pieces of precisely the eame weight and fineness of the English sovereign, there would be no harm whatever in their passing current in England, for the English Mint makes no profit out of coining gold pieces, and would ra'. her gain than lose by being thus to some extent relieved of the duty of coining for tho public. It is, however, a different thing with silver coins, and, above all, \ rith. CPijper coins. A shilling isnot intrinsically worth a twentieth part of a sovereign, but circulates at that value be- causo tho quantity of silver coins is artificially limited. So in a still greater degree copper coins are merely counters. The Mint derives a considerable profit from coining them, while the public instead of being injured by not having a pennyworth of copper in every penny, are benefitted by the convenient lightness of coin, which is of course, in other respects, quite as good as a heavier coin so long as it will pais at its nominal value. These considerations will enable, anyone to understand that it is not expedient to permit foreign countries to coin copper money for our peopls. Any Birmingham manufacturer, allowed to make pence and halfpence, might soon make a considerable fortune ; but this is of course forbidden. It is, however, really the same thing if French copper money finds its way here, by whatever means, in large quantities. It is stated by Mr. Seyd that on every £ 100,000 of copper coin there is aprofitof £ 65,000 ;: and" it is shown that we have coined copper to the extent of upwards of one million sterling in the last eleven years. At present no one in England object ® to French coppers, though in France it appears that English coppers are! not popular. Should our government, however, find it necessary to lorbid their circulation, it would certainly be rather hard on the persons who have these coins in their possession; but tbe inconvenience of such step must be greater the longer it is delayed; and our authoritii s, therefore, ought to make up their minds whether French copper, or rather bronze, is to be re- cognised as current coin of this realm. Mr. C. W. Croft, writing with reference to Mr. Seyd's letter respecting the great influx of French copner money into this kingdom of lute, at a loss to the'State of £ 65.000 out of every £ 100,000 of nominal value, calls attention to the report of Sir Isaac Newton, when Master of the Mint, nn'a someWbat'similar sub- ject, quoted in Macleod's Theory and Pracliccof Back- ing :— ." In the last year of King William [ TTL] the louts d'ors of France, which wero worth but 17a. 0J. I. apiece, passed In Englnnd at 17rf.' Cd. I gave notice thereof ta the Lords Com- missioners of the Treasury- Mid his late Majesty put out a proclamation that tbey should eo but at 17s., anil thereupon they came to the Mint, and £ 1,400,000 were coined out of them. . . . Tho advantage Of BJd. in a louli d'or sufficed at that tlmo to bring Into England so great a quan- tity of French monev, and the advantage of J< 1. in a louis d'or to bring it to the Mint," 4c. _ Mr. Croft adds. " I presume the 2- sou or 10 cent fiece passes for Id,, and the, sou piece, or 5- cent, for d., while the bronze, or copper of which they are com- poscd. is not more than one- half ( if so much) of their nominal value. If, therefore, it wero generally agreed to allow no more than one halfpenny for a 2 sou piece, or one farthing for a sou piece, the export from France would probably T> 6 checked,' though we should still be losers to some extent." PROTECTION OF BIRDS. In connection with this' subject, tbe following letter has alsp been sent to The Times for publica- tion, and its interest Will be increased when it is rememberedthatthe writer is, like Miss BurdettCoutt, a champion in the cause of humanity :— In tho May number of an American publication, published i at Boston, gratuitously forwarded to me monthly, calle < Our Dumb Animals, I see lt stated twice over, that in that State — Massachuacta, I believe— ihere is a fine of 25 dolj. for taking a bird's nest. , If something Is net dene in this direction, several of our Birds will before long be'totally exterminated. The numbers of the blrd- catchera are as nothlng ln such parta of tho country as this te what they are in London and the large towns, but not long since I saw two qi th^ se gentry setting thblr traps near here; and aa all are birds that come to thelrnet, it is melauphply to see even such anoneasapoor hen chaffinch shut up In a mull cago tome threo inches square. 1 gave thorn warning ofl tholand, hUt as I was only driving by I could do no more. Since then, coming home one day from along walk, I fonnd another of the fraternity setting his traps In my own parish. Argument, though I tried It, was, of course, thrown away on him. Ho had two stuffed linnets stuck up, one of them on the top of tha hedge and the other ou a thorn bush near It. He was in the act of liming his twigs, and had his decoy- bird In a very small sage and another larccr one to put his captives into, all covered over with a thick dark cloth, when I came up. I soon told him that U he did not decamp I should atop there, if it was till ten o'clock at night, and frighten off every bird that came near. He began to talk very big, but when he found that that was a game that a just Indigna- tion would enable me to play at as well as himself, he drew in his horns, and, seeing that my foot waa pretty firmly set ou the ground, he soon " packed up hla traps " and sheered off, muttering and spluttering as he went. This I did not much mind, but kept my place till he was well out of sight, and remained near somo time longer to prevent his return. It was the very spot that I had olteu remarked as the one in the parish resorted to by these birds, and the very t me that was iu the height of the breeding season. But what cared he for that. I remember seeing another of thcae luie fellows thus catching goldfinches near Malton ten or more yeara ago, and since then so havo they been captured all over the country— their " fatal gift of beauty " the cause— that I have not seen these birds more than once or twice anywhere ever since. We shall very soon not hav* t> no left If the law doea not In- terfere to protcct them— the most beautiful bird, too, that we have. Again, a fortnight since, visiting a small hamlet In an outlying part of my parish about four miles off, I fonnd that a hoy had taken aome young llnneta, which ho ha put In a cage In tho hedgo, the old birds continuing to feed them, poor things. His father wished him to get rid of them, but he wanted to keep them to sell, probably for a penny or ( 0 apiece, to be kept In wretchedly small cages all their lives In some back place or other. 8o I promised him 64. for the three, and had the aatlsfaction of letting them go. as they could fly quite well. The boy blubbered at first, but soon got over lt. All such capturea In the breeding seaaou should be stopped by law. In the first French Revolution, as I mentioned In my hutory of Britinh Birds In the account of tbe magpie, the seal of the people in the cause of " liberty" was so great that they opened the " doors of all the cages and let the birds fly away. So I hope no idle talk about the liberty of the subject will be allowed to Interfere with the passing ol the bill beforo tho House, but that the good example of America and other countries, . which 1 enumerated in the petition to Parliament you were JSO good aa to print In The l\ met of the 1st ot October, 1S69, wlQ be followed by the House of Commons. ' Our native birds owe a deep debt of gratitude to the Chancellor of the Exchquer for the Gun 7 » x. and I should be glad if he would Impose a heavy one on all blrd- cagea less than a foot square faa rem— Angliu, the revenue) — I am, 4c., F. O. M0RBJ3. Jiumbumholme Rectory, Hayton, York. STEAM APPLIED TO AGRICULTURE. A private meeting of gentlemen connected with the agricultural ijferests assembled ob* Fri day in IdstVeek, at, tbe Wcs'thllnster Balacd Hotel,' Londo'xl, o" ij the in- vitation of Me'ssrs. Chad wick, A damson, and Collier, the acwuntants'of Ml& rgato- street, with the object of taking the preliminary steps towards the formation bf a joint- stock company, for the purpose of providing steam ploughs, traction engines, and other steam machinery, to " be applied to the cultivation of the soiL It appears from the statement of the promoters that the steam plough, may be applied and worked upon nine- tenths of the cultivated land in England, at a great saving over the best present . system of horse ploughing, the economy in labour being estimated at not less thai20percent., and a considerably increased value added to the crop3 from themore effectual and scientific mode of doing the work. There are already ten local associations for loaning out steam ploughs to the far- mers in their respective districts, and all of those after paying expenses divide a Drofit varying from 16 to 20 percent, and it is calculated that, ujysn the extended operatipns of the company, and making every allow- ance forextra charges, there will be a dividend of at least 10 io 15 per cent. It is suggested that £ 50,000 may be immediately invested profitably in the scheme, and that the operations may be afterwards safely ex- tended so as to embrace a capital of ten times that amount.' ' _ Mr, Horsman, MP., who occupied the chair, ex- pressed his concurrence in the object, which he re- garded as a national one, and read a tablo ot statistics showing that the saving by the general substitution of steajn for horee- ploughing would be about £ 3,214,600, and the increased value of tho com crops £ 12,635,000, and of the root crops £ 5,540,000. Mr. Chadwick furthe/ explained that it waa in- tended" to form centres of operations in all the agricul- tural districts, and reid a report from Mr. Anderson, head of tbe mfchinery department at Woolwich Ar- senal, describing the very- great economy resulting from the employment of fraction engines in liteu of horses for ordinary road carriage. Oihfer speakers admitted the-- advantages of steam machinery for agricultural purji see, especially of steam ploughing, on hesvy- lnnda, but some of them dodbted the accuracy of the statistics which had been quoted. Mf. Bass, Mr. Hoskyns, and some other M. P.' s were present, and spoke In favour of the proposed scheme, f> ut without offerfhg any opinion as to its- pro- bable commercial results. One gentleman drew atten- tion to the importance of adopting any project which would render the cultivator less dependent upon Tn annul labour. At the Central Criminal C ^ urt, In London, the trial ( which hid commenced tae previous day) of John Henry Tapping, a farm labourer, 19 years of age, ou an Indictment cliargiug him with wilful and corrupt per jury, alleged to have been committed in the Divorce court, was resumed on Saturday. Mr. Fitrjames Stephen, Q C., representing the Attorney- General, and with whom were Mr Poland and Mr. B.> asley, appeared as counsel for the prosecution which had been In- stituted by the Treasury; Dr. Kenealy, Q. C, Mr. F. H. Lewis, and Mr. D jvb defended the prisoner. The prosecution turned on a recent suit in the Divorce Court, in which the Rev. Sir. Partington, the vicar of Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, had sought to obtain a divorce from his wife on the alleged ground of her adultery with a young man named Townend. In the divorce suit the Prisoner and an- other person named Edwards were called as principal witnesses in support of the husband'a case, and they deposed to acts of adultery committed in the vestry of the church of Stoke Maudeville upon repeated occasions after the choir practice. In the end the jury by their verdictnegatived the accusation of adultery, and eventu- ally the present charge of perjury was kpreferred. Theformer co- respondent, Townend. had been examined at length on Friday, and emphatically denied the adul- tery. On Saturdav he underwent a searching cross- exa- mination by Dr. K^ enealy, and adhered to his evidence in chief. He gave as the reason for not leaving with the choir after practice that he did not choose to do so. Mr. Gurney, a surgeon, who had practised at Stoke Mandeville about the time in question, and who, with his wife, was on terms of intimacy with the Parting- tons, was called as a witness for the prosecution, and denied that any impropriety ever occurred between him and Mrs. Partington. He had read, he said, the short- hand writer's notes of the evidence given by the pri- soner in the divorce suit as to an alleged impropriety in the vestry on a particular occasion betvreen the witness arid Mrs. Partington. He emphatically denied it, and equally denied any other impropriety at any time with her. He acknowledged having received a letter from Mr. Partington requesting him to cease visiting the house. After_ that he received messages from her, though one Daneills, and used to speak to her if he met her in the streets, and walked with her if they were going thesamoway. Koplyingta questions, in cross- examination, he said he had given presents to Mrs. Par- tingtonbefore his wife's death. He also pave her presents afterwards indeferencetothe express wish of his wife be- fore her death. He Liad'had neighbourly intercourse with Mr. Partington oh a variety of subjects, some of them being connected with the church. They had been veiy intimate neighbours for about 14 years. On the pri- soner being taken into custody on the warrant of Sir Thomns Henry, he said it was a bad job, but he had nothing to fear, as he had only spoken the truth. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Fitriames Stephen, Q. C., summed up tho evi- dence for the prosecution, telling the jury they would have to decide which of the parties they believed, for perjury . there undoubtedly was, and it would be their duty to say on which side it lay. They were asked to believe that an adulterous intercourse occurred again and again in a place notoriously open to observation, and which the parties knew was so open. They were asked to believe it, also, without evidence 6f any impru- dent conduct being even 6omuch aa alleged againstthe lady in questiori during tho whole course of her married life. He ridictiled the notion that amarriedlady waa not to be at liberty to speak to a young gentleman now and then on a matter so simple as the music of a village choir, and, he 6aid, were it otherwise, there would be an end to much that constituted the cnarm of ordinary life. He glanced at the general improbabilities of the case, and remarked, by the way, tnat the lady had come out of the Divorce Court with her character un- stained. He contended that the whole slander had arisen at first from the prurient imaginations of a parcel of village boys, and had then been repeated, distorted, and magnified until it assumed at last the shape of a villainous lio, from which the parties telling it could not afterwards reCedd Dr. Kenealy, Q. C., next addressed the jury for the defence at some length. He submitted that Mrs. Par- tington had every reason on earth to deny this charge, ana that, on the other hand, the prisoner had no motive for telling the story he had told except in the interests of truth. The jury must remember that as a rule people never made such charges without a reason. He was an honest country lad, of irreproachable character, and was of all men tbe least likely to invent such a story. The wickedness of perjury con- sisted in saying that which never existed, and for pur- poses of defamation. He contended that Mrs. Parting- ton, in her position as the wife of the vicar of the parish, ought to havo conducted herself with exemplary pro- priety and caution, but that her conduct, even taking her own account, had been most indiscreet and sus- picious. Her meetings with Gurney and Townend were unknown to her husband, and were concealed from him, and the jury were asked to believe that those proceeding were consistent with innocence. He did not a^ k them to find that adultery had been com- mttied between these parties, but to say that such things had occurred that the defendant might have believed that the testimony he gave in the Divorce Court on those points was true. Mr. Charles Bennett, a farmer at Stoke Mandeville, ) iid he had been the guardian of the defendant for ten fears and had always known him as an honest, well- jondScted,' and truthful lad. In answer to the Common Serjeant, he admitted that he was surprised to hear the abcount of the defendant's insulting conduct to MTB. Partington in the village, and that tho defendant never told bim anything of what he alleged he had teen in the vestry until some time afterwards. Several other witnesses were called and gave the . prisoner a very good character. . The Common Sefjearit^ in summing up, dwelt upon the importance of the mftttefriibt only to the parties accused of misconduct, out to " the defondant, and re- market^ that., tbe ' evidence given by tho lntterin tho Divorce Court waa'eith^ 1 entirely tru\ jor deliberately and wilfully false, « nd could not be the^ esult of mis- take or inadvertence. In the course of a review of the evidence given in tic, case, he remarked that &£ to the observation that Sirs. Partington and Mr. Townend ought to have ceased to meet at the choir practices a£ ter the rumours had bpgun to circulate in the village, it was most difficult to nettle whether the cessa- tion of that, as they alleged, innocent intercourse would not have been turned by prurient imaginations into a mere confession of guilt. There was not a tittle of evidence to support the imputations which had been made against the witness Gurney, and the matter wat> not material to the present case. Whatever might be the curses of the metropolis or of other great cities, there could be no doubt that in little villages, like Stoke Mandeville, the greatestcuree of human society was that of gossip among people who virtually had nothing to do or to interest them but to meddle with tho affairs of others. Out of that gossip and prying curi- osity the charges, which might have had no other foundation, had doubtleaB sprung ; and the question was whether the defendant, in giving most material evidence on those charges in the Divorce Court, had sworn certain things which were deliberately false. The jury, after a few minutes" consultation, re- turned a verdict of ( fuiUy. Sentence on the defendant was poetponed until an indictment against another witness named Edward^ had been tried. THE HARVEST. 8ome Idea of the prospects of tho harvest In this conntry Is given bv Mr. J. J. Mechl, who writes that on closely ox- amlnlng the crona on Saturday he cornea to the conbluslon that, although In many cases the flag of wheat haa been froatnlpped and withered ( thus preventing rankness, and, perhaps, somewhat lessening the siie of thq ey), tho stems are healthy, flrmly erect, and strongly- rooted, and there to no sign of the onco' much- dreaded root- rotting or stem falling. He adds.-— " Late night frosts havo delayed growtb, BO that harvest will probably be a week later than was anti- cipated. I expect that it will commence in Essex about the 25th of July, and become moro general tho beginning of August We hope to begin here ( Tiptieo by Kelvedon) on the 1st of August Wheat on light arid friable, and on drained and well- farmed clays, will pro- bably, if this fine weather continues, reach an average ; but not on poorly- farmed orundrained clays. Barleysare critical, but will, I think, greatlyimprove. OatSarcafull plant, and very healthy. Beans and peas promise aburidantly. Clovers and winter tares luxuriant. Young clovers a full plant, and healthy. Grasses a full crop. Early potatoes frost- nipped and weak, but improving. Mangel late— weeds, in too many instances, superabundant There is a striking contrast this season between well and ill fanned lands. The following results are probable :— Favourable : Per- manent pasture, 22,600,000 acres ; clover and other grasses under rotation, 6,230 acres; outs. 4,360,000 acres; beans, 550,000 acres ; peas, 391,000 acres— United Kingdom, 34,037.000 acres. Unfavour- able : Wheat, 3.631,000 acres; barley, 2,616,000 acres — United Kingdom, 6,447,000 acres. Uncertain, too early to judge.— Potatoes, 1,693,000 acres; turoipa and swede?, 2,500,000 acres ; mangold, 503,000 acres - r carrots, 25,000 acres; cabbages, kohl rabi, and rape, 222,000 acres— United Kingdom, 4,833,000 nores. Vetchcs, lucerne, and any other green crop except clover or grass, 436,000 acres." An American paper of the 8th Inst, says:— '' The reports from the agricultural districts are in the main reassuring, notwithstanding the losses in- curted in particular districts by droughts and iu others by an over- plentiful fall of rain. Certain districts have suffered severely from the ravages of instcta find drought In Missouri the loss has been especially heavy, the ravages of the clinch bug and the oVer- plenteous fall of rain having contributed to th, e almost complete destruction of the wheat , qrppr Even here Nature haa interposed to soften the severity of the blow by increasing the value of the grass and fruit srops, which were remarkably prosperous. Texas and Georgia have been specially favoured, and all repdrta speak of full granaries and pleasant prospects for the farmers. - The cotton. in some States has suffered almost as much as the corn, and will no doubt be short in quantity and poor in quality." DRUM MAJOR AND DRUM MAXIMUS. " The ' big drum 1 to bo usod at tho Jublleo FestlTal In Boston has ju t been oompleted at Framlogton, Maine. The shell Is of blrd's- eyo maple, Its diameter la 12 feet, heUlit S feet. Aa no railroad car will hold it, It will bo taken by team to HMIowell, and thenco by steamer to Boston."— American Paper. Dessay you think this drrim is considerable some f And If tried " gainst Europlau drum- majors twould funk ,' em; But tta don't call that any kind of a drum- No, Sir,— sure's my name la Ulysses M. Bunkum. Guess a deal bigger drum we had got into frame ; In its hoOowness, size,' and strained parehmcnt we trusted And Indirect Claim was that bigger drum's name— But Bancroft and I^ h worked It s<^ hard. It busied 1 1 JAPANESE GIRLS. HI Ihe ffew York Timet publishes tho following communi- cation :— • " I was invited to the house of a friend the other day to play croquet with three of the Japanese girls who Were sent to this country with the Japanese EmUu< sy to be educated. They were introduced to me on the lawn, and shook hands, bowed, and said ' - Hqw are you?', in English, so much like our otyn con n try- women that had it not been for their peculiar eyes and their complexions I oould not have dis- covered any difference. Their ages are respec- tively 10, 12, and 15 years, and thoy expect lo stay here 10 vears before going home. Tbey are daughters of the nobility of Japan, and of high rank, and aro under the care of the Embassy, the chief uf which, Mr. Mori, had to be summoned one day to make one of the httle girls behave. They were drWed like our own girls of the same age. and it is not truje, as bus been stated, that they do not like our costume and Btill wean their own. On the contrary, th. y eifiress glreat satisfaction in it It took them some time to understand the mysterious complications of our febiale toilet, and at first they manifested a ludicrous dfnrtosi- tion to put things 6n wrong sfde out and np* idei down, but now they'can array themselves as elaborately AS a fashionable finishing school demoiselle. Their faoA are quite pretty whennot in repose, one, the largest, in Jp'arti- C'dar, aud their motions are graceful in the extreme. They learn quickly ahd art Very studious. The1 young lady " who fetheir teacher says tbey never ouarrel am. mg tlitmselves, and are obedient ana tractable. They are v. ry well brod. and notice a want of it in some j^ iple here. The vulgar American habit of staring is. ver* di » - njreeable to them, and they dislike it when people go merely out of curiosity to see them. They are " very f elf possessed in their'manners, arid impress AtMHgers favourably by their ladr- like ways and quick - per- ception. The eldest carries on conversation in Eofelixh very welL She thinks we talk very fast They a! think our lantraage difficult, and their instructress paid it is hard for them to understand words that sound alike, of which there are so many, such as birth, earth, fail, pail, & c. In Japan the girls are always taught at home, and learn only reading, writing, music, and some arith- metic. The dresses they brought with them are of very elecant Canton cripej richly embroidered, are anarrow, and lined with silk. The sleeves i* acb e floor, and awidd sash ot brocaded silk about four yards long extends around the waist, and ia looped at the back. The stockings . are made with a separata place for the great toe, after' the style ol our mitten., and the fastenings of their shoes go between the gi eat toe and the othert. They'wear no head- covering m Japan, except to carry a parasol when they go out. lbey think we keep our houses very warm. They played croquet very well, and entered into the g. ide with spirit After dark we went into the parlours and s xw them play ' parches!,' of which they are very fond, having learnt it In one evening." Mr. En skin says to his oorrespondenti J—" May and October, any letters meant lOTmeibould bo *! drciol to Brentwood, Coslston: between October mdMiv to Corpus Chris U O liege. Oif. ri Iheymr » l ^ e. and Sfiyi. lalnfy written, orthey srill not be read; •*/ » '. r oeM ne - ask me to do anything, becwue I wofct « • It Ap- i to " wwral. I cannot answer letters; tat r^ n thu- - ur, tb » wril « » may » upi ti. t aii ial I Stt a great many from people who * Iron* ti* f m be « e j- natured,' from my books. I wa'goo* bus ; bea to state In tho most podtlve torn, thet 1 SBB no* c- 11 tired, and veryUl- natared." CONSUMPTION OF SPIBITS.— In the fir^ t qtnw ter of the year 1872 duty was paid on 6,193,90J gallons of home- made spirits for consumption in the Uuited Kingdom u beverage, being 424,035 gallons more than in the corresponding quarter of the preced- ing year. In the* a » e first quarter of 1872, 2,106,254 proof gallons of foreign spirits ( nst sweetened o* mixed) were entered here for home consumption ; but this Quantity is 138,542gallons less than in the oorre- eponding quarter of the preceding year. At the sitting of the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, with whom was Mr K J. D. Ws, applied for a postponement until heit session of tho trial of Thomas Fleet Edwards for perjury alleged to have been committed In the Divorce Court in the suit of " Bartfegton v. Partington and Townend." The learned Serjeant said that he had looked [ Srtlally Into the papers, but he had not been able to look into all tho circumstances. He did not think there would be any difficulty In his learned friend consenting to a postponement, aa It waa obvlona the dolence must be that there waa a mistake or mttapprehcnaion on the part ol the person he defanded, and as the verdict given on Saturday rehabilitated the character ot Mr*. Partington. „ Mr. Fitrjames Stephens, who appeared for the proj secntion with Mr. Poland and Mr. Beasley on be nan of the Crown, said he would leave the matter entirety in the hands of his lordship. The Ccigmpn Serjeant said the result of the former trial had removed any objection he might have had to a postponement An adjournment to the August Session? waf agreed to, and Mr. Stephen expressed a hope that ft would be understood that the defence made no imputation upon Mrs. TartTn ^ ton. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine said' that was clearly to. The defence he had- to put forward was that ft waa a mistake, and he hoped to be able to show it Tbe Common Serjeant said th-. t, so far aa he could jv'iccj the case ox EJwarJs difi^ red from, thai = f prisoner Tapping WM then called op for judg- ment DEATH OF DE. NORMAN M'LEOD.— The Rev. . Dr. Norman M'Leod of the Barony parish, Glasgow, died suddenly cm Sunday at noon. For some time past the doctor had been complaining, but his illness only assumed a serious form within the last few days, when effusion of the pericardium occurred. Consequently hia death, though sudden, was not unexpected by his relatives. Dr. M'Leod vas bom in 1612, and had just entered upon his 60th year. He was educated at Glas- gow and Edinburgh Colleges, and also studied in Ger- many. • Hia first charge was ad minister of Loudon, Ayrshire, to. which he was ordained in 183?, ani which he left for Dalkeith in 1843. In 1& 51 hfe became minister of the Birony parinh, in Glasgow, and suc- cessor to the late Dr. Buck. He received the degree erf D. D. in 1858. Dr. M'Leod was wcU known all over the country. Since the establishment of rqorf Words, in 1660, he acted as editor. He has published a number ol work*, which have been ex- tensively. read, especially In Scotland, among the best known of which are:— The Earnest Student" " The Old Lieutenant and his Son," " Reminiscences of a Highland Pariah," " Eastward," " Peei* at the Far East" " Sketchof Character," kc. He waa one of Her Majesty^ Chaplains for Scotland, and Dean of tha Order a the Thiitia, THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. 8ATTTRDAY, JU1TE 22, 187: THE POETRY OF WEALTH. In an ably- written article In the Saturday Review, the miter, after baring sketched the power ol wealth In tho Olden timet, goes on to lay :— The whole field of social experiment lies open to a great Capitalist. The one thing required, for instance, to render the squalor and misery of our larger towns practically impossible would be the actual eight of a targe town without squalor or misery ; and yet if Liver- pool were simply handed over to a great philanthropist with the income of half- a- dozen Marquises of West- minster, such a sight might easily be seen. Schemes of this sort require nothing but what we may term the . poetic employment of capital for their realization. It is strange that no financial hero makes his appearance to use his great money- club to fell direr monsters than those which Hercules encountered, and, by the creation of a city at once great, beautiful, and healthy, to realise the conception of the Utopia and the dream of Sir Thomas More. Or take a parallel instance from the country. Those who have watched the issues of the co- operative system as applied to agriculture believe they see in it the future solution of two of our greatest social diffi- culties— those, we mean, which spring from the in- creasing hardships of the farmer's position, and those which arise from the terrible serfage of the rural labourer. But the experiments which have been as yet carried on are on too small a scale either to produce any influence on the labour market as a whole, or to make that impression on the public imagination which could alone raise the matter into a " question of the day." What is wanted is simply that two or three dukes should try the experiment of peasant co- opera- tion on a whole county, and try it with a command of capital which would give the experiment fair play. Whether it succeeded or not, sucn an attempt would have a poetic and heroic aspect of a different order from the usual expenditure of a British peer. Or we may turn to a wholly different field, the field of art. We are always ready to cry out against " pot- boilers " as we wander through the galleries of the Academy, and to grumble at the butchers' bills and bonnet bills which stand between great artists and the production of great works. But the butchers' bills and bonnet bills of all the forty Academicians might be paid by a great capitalist without any deep dip into his money bags, and a whole future opened to English art by the shew poetry of wealth. There are hundreds of men with special faculties for scientific inquiry who are at the present moment pinned down to the daily drudgery of the lawyer's desk or the doctor's consulting room by the necessities of daily bread. A Rothschild who would take a score of natural philosophers and enable them to apply their whole energies to investigation would help forward science as really as Newton him- self, if leas directly. But there are even direct ways in which wealth on a gigantic scale might put out a poetic force which would affect the very fortunes of the world- There are living people who are the masters of twenty millions; and twenty mil- lions would drive a tunnel under the Straits of Dover. If increased intercourse means, as is con- stantly contended, an increase of friendship and of mutual understanding among nations, the man who devoted a vast wealth to linking two peoples together would rise at once to the level of the great benefactors of mankind. An opportunity for a yet more direct employment of the influence of wealth will some day or other be found in the field of international politics. Already those who come in contact with the big- wigs of the financial world hear whispers of a future when the destinies of peoples are to be decided in bank par- lours, and questions of peace and war settled, not by the diplomatist and statesman, but by the capitalist. But as yet these are mere whisper*, and no European Gould has risen up to " finance" Downing- street into • ubmission, or to meet the boldest move of Prince Bis- marck by a fall on the Stock Exchange. Of all the scheme*, however, which we have suggested, this is probably the nearest to practical realization. If not we ourselves, our children at any rate, may see Inter- national Congresses made possible by a few people qnietly buttoning their breeches- pockets, ana the march of " armed nations" arrested by " a run for r> u. » Taking, however, men as they are, it is far more wonderful that no one has hit on the enormous field which wealth opens for the development of sheer down- right mischief. The sense of mischief is a sense which goes quietly to sleep as soon as childhood is over, from mere want of opportunity. The boy who wants to trip up his tutor can easily find a string to tie across the garden walk; but when one has got beyond the ampler joys of childhood, strings are not so easy to find. To cary out a practical joke of the Christopher Sly sort, we require, as Shakspeare saw, the resources of a prince. But once grant the possession of un- lhaited wealth, and the possibilities of miBchief rise to a grandeur such as the world has never realized. The Brie Ring taught us a little of what capital might do in this way, but in the Erie Ring capital was fettered by considerations of profit and loss. Throw these considerations overboard and treat a great ques- tion in the spirit of sheer mischief, and the results may be simply amazing. Conceive for instance, a capitalist getting the railways round London into his power, and then in sheer freak stopping the traffic for a single day. No doubt the day would be a short ene, bat even twelve hours of such a practical joke would king about a " Black Monday " such as England has never koes. But there would be no ne^ d of suph an anormuns operation to enable us to realise the power « f latent mischief which the owner of great wealth really possesses. An adroit operator might secure « very omnibus and every cab in the metropolis and compel as to paddle about for a week in the mod of November before the loss was replaced. The whole stock of stored- np coal for winter consumption might be " locked up " in the close of autumn. It is quite possible, indeed, that gigantic mis- chief of this sort may find its sphere in practical politics. Already Continential Governments watch with anxiety the power which employers possess of bringing about a revolution by simply closing their doors and throwing thousands of unemployed labourers < m the streets; but it is a power which in some degree or other capital will always po^ ees, and any one who Tsssembere the assistanco which Reform derived from the Hyde Park rows will see at once that mischief on the large scale might be made in this way an import- ant factor in political questions. Ambition has yet a wider sphere of action than even mischief in this poetic w of wealth. A London preacher recently drew j* inted attention to the merely selfish nse of their riches by great English nobles, and contrasted it with tha days when Elisabeth's Lords of the Council clqbbed together to provide an English fleet against the Armada, or the nobles of Venice placed their wealth on every great emergency, at the service of the State. But from any constitutional point of view there Is perhaps nothing on which we may more heartily con- rratalate ourselves than on the blindness which hides frost the great capitalists of England the political' power which such a national employment of their wealth would give them— a blindness which is all the asere wood erf id in what is at once the wealthiest and m+ ti political aristocracy which the world has ever at**. What fame the mere devotion of a quarter of a million to public uses may give to a quiet merchant ths recent example of Mr. Peabody abundantly showed. But the case of the Baroness Burdett Coutts Is yet more strictly to the point. The mere fact that • ha has been for years credited with a wide and un- • e » n » h benevolence has given her a power over the imagination of vast masses of the London poor, which no oae who is not really conversant withtheii daily life and modes of thinhipg could for an instant Imarine. H> r bounty is enlarged in the misty air of ft* riwWof Wapping or Rotherhithe to colossal dimen- moua, au< 1 the very quietness and unobtruaivunexn of bsr work gives it an air of mystery which tells like romance » n the fancy of the poor. It was charao Urlstio of the power which such a use of wealth may rive that the mobs who smashed the Hyde Park rail- inep stepped to cheer before the house of Lady Bur- dett Coutta. Luckily none ' of our political nobles has ever be- thought himself of the means by which the great Roman leaders rose habitually to influence or won over tho labouring masses by " panem et Circenses." But a noble ambition might find its field in a large employ- Mt of wealth for pub ic ends of a higher sort Some- thing of the old patrician pride might have spurred the ITI or six great nouses who own half London to con street tho Thames Embankment at their own cost, and to hand It over free from the hlggLings of Mr. Gore to tho people « t large. Even now we may hear of sonte • arl, whooo rent- roll is growing with fabulous rapidity, as © oming forward to relieve Mr. Lowe by the offer of a National Gallery of Art or . .. by the erection of a National Museum. It seems to be easy enough for posr after peer to fling away a hundred thousand at Newmarket or Tattorsall's, and j et a hundred thou- ma4 would establish in the crowded haunts of working London great " Conservatories," where the finest music might be brought to bear without cost on the coarseness and vulgarity of the life of the r. The higher drama 6ecms to be perishing efault of a State subvention, but it never seems to enter any one's head that there are dozens of people among those who grumble at the artistic taste of Mr. Ayrton who could furnish such a subvention at the present cost of their stable. As yet, however, we must be content, we suppose, with such a use of wealth as Lothair brings to the front— the purely selfish use of it carried to the highest pitch which selfishness has ever reached. Great parks and great houses, costly studs and costly conservatories, existence relieved of every hitch and discomfort - these are the outlets which wealth has as yet succeeded in finding. For nobler outlets we must wait for the advent of the Poet- Capitalist. I heard the gospel. Oh, if the way of salvation had bflcn plainly .' aid before him, he was to be judged by the gospel. Bi'it I then wanted to know whether a person who had i! iatl the gospel plainly laid before him at a time when hff ^ as Ud an ear- ache as mine on the previous Sunday wou, d h/ ve ^ Ju% ed the gospel. There was no such questions m the philosophy of my friend*. But- lf. we, ^ tr? judge our fellow- creatures 01' oureelvra ( which is equally important, though there are J. orma of false " humility " which would deny this) fairly, we must find room in our philosophy for a great msaj Interpellations of the kind. And we will, in the next paj.^, endeavour to deal with some of them in reference to . the methods by which attempts have been made by student8 of different schemes of physiognomy to guess at the quality of the brain.— St. Paul't Magazine, MR. BRUCE AND THE TRUCK SYSTEM. On Thursday afternoon, in last week, Mr. Bruce received a deputation of representative working men at the Home Office, on the subject of the amendments proposed to be inserted in the Master and Servant Wages Bill, and generally to deal with the " truck " system. Mr. George Howell, as secretary of the Trades' Union Congress Parliamentary Committee, read a memorial presented on behalf of various trades, and this entered a vigorous protest against the amendments proposed to be made in the Bill by the Select Com- mittee of the House of Commons with regard to making certain deductions from wages legal. They held that the Bill as originally introduced by Mr. Bruce had been seriously impaired by these amend- ments, and they maintained that the Bill to be a satisfactory measure must provide for a weekly pay- ment of wages ; that the wages on contracts be paid on an estimate of not less than 90 per cent, of the amount accruing weekly; that all contracts be balanced for payment of wages at intervals of n « t loDger than once a month : that stoppages for rent of dwellings be prohibited ; that no deductions be allowed for fines, medicines, hospitals, fuel, materials, imple- ments, tools, frame- rent charges, goods, or for any other purpose. Mr. Howell supported the memorial, and said that the deputation came to urge upon Mr. B ruce to hofd to his own convictions in regard to the truck system, and to adhere to the Bill he had originally introduced. Mr. M'Donald representing the Miners' Union, said that Mr. Brace's Bill, as it first stood, was regarded by the working classes as a satisfactory attempt to deal witha system which Mr. Bruce had himself pronounced to be " a disgrace to our civilization," but the amend- ments introduced would, if incorporated in* the measure, lead to an extension of the system. The working men all ov- er the country were against the amendments, for they knew that nothing had degraded, corrupted, and demoralized the people more than the truck. He main- tained that the employers should pay the workmen their full wages, ana leave the workmen to deal with their money as they liked, the employer having no claims over any other creditor of his workman. Mr. John Cave Dorrington, on behalf of the iron trade. Mr. Leigh, on behalf of operatives of Lancashire and Yorkshire, Mr. Allen, of the Society of Amalga- mated Engineers, and others spoke, and in the course of their observations they Btated that the Select Com- mittee was not fairly composed. Mr. Bruce, in reply, said he would take care to con- vey the expressions of opinion on the part of the de- putation to the members of Her M ajesty s Government, with whom rested the decision as to the coarse to be adopted. Speaking for himself, he said that having lived in the country where " truck" had been carried on, he had seen its operations, and was always strongly opposed to it, because he had seen as its consequences that it made the people subject to it dependent, reck- less, and, moreover, filled them with a sense of unjust treatment. He had always been in favour of money and regular payments, but in legislating upon matters of that kind there were many extreme difficulties. Several good men had tried to deal with the subject, and had given it up in despair, and why ? No Govern- ment, he could say, would have ventured to introduce a bill upon this as a question by itself— to interfere with contracts all over the country between masters and men; and it was only done now to put an end to the truck system. But in doing this the mea- sure went beyond its function, for the truck system only affected about a tenth of the population, and yet this measure was to interfere with the contract of master and man all over the country. The proposals were certainly an interference with the law of the land, with the right of one man to eilter into a contract with another, and it was justified on the ground that the working men were not able to take care of them- selves. But that was an argument which was growing weaker every day. He wished particularly that the working men would look at the difficulties which sur- rounded the subject in making a law which would in- terfere with the liberty of contract betweeh people who had never had the slightest dealings on the truck system, and there were enormous masses who had not. To pass such a law wpuld be like throwing a stone at a man's head to kill a fly which had settled there, and such a law could not apply to all parts.— as to Corn- wall, for instance. Then, too, he thought it would be most objectionable to leave great powers under this measure in the hands of the Secretary of State, who would have to administer those powers ignorant of the customs and feelings of employers and employed. In the course of further conversation the subject of the exaction of illegal fines by employers was men- tioned, and it was said th > t the workmun would sooner pay the fines than be dismissed from his employ. Mr. Bruce upon this asked how legislation was to do'any- thing in such a- caae tfrhen illegal practices were permitted by the Workmen, who had, too, asserted themselves pretty freely. Ultimately, Mr. Winterbotham asked three of the deputation to meet him and confer about the bill, and the deputation, having warmly thanked Mr. Bruce, withdrew. THE BODY AND THE CHARACTER. Take two persons of entirely similar character and culture. They shall both be equally conscientious, equally good- natured, and equal, too, in intellectual promptness. But in one of them the eyes shall be prominent, in the other they shall be deep set. Now, place these two persona, alike, in situations where equal demands are made upon readiness in seeing and supplying the wants of others. 8uppose it is a time of pressure : that A should hand B a certain volume, open, at a certain exact moment; or know to a fraction of a second when C will be crossing a particular part of a room, or have a i- leepless eye to the fire or the candles, or, in a hundred nameless ways, to what is going on all round,— is, we will suppose, of considerable con- sequence. Now, it Is certain that, though ( and because) we have supposed both our men equal in all other respeots, the one with the prominent eyes ( the all other respects in cluding of course that the sight in both shall be equal y good and pretty much of thesame range when directed to an object) wifi be the most helpful of the two men. He will always know what is going to happen a con- siderable fraction of time before the other man will, and bis " eyghen like an hare's " will see much more widely round and about. I am drawing from actual examples, and it is obvious that the hare- eyed man might even gain Credit for more good- nature than the other, while he in fact, might have less. Nor is this all, for the rapid and sensitive apprebensivenees of the " eyghen like an hare's " might qualify the whole of a person's conduct, and have consequenoes which were distinctly moral, and whioh, taken in the mass, materially affected the lives of those about him. We might carry this kind of criticism to almost any length, ana, to say the truth, it is very much wanted. The moral difference between a " wiry " man and a large- chrsted brawny man— other conditions, religions culture included, being supposed similar— are of the moet marked desoripti m. True, to repeat what has been Baid before, all moral truth is best expressed in terms of morality, and a physiologically worded gospel of charity would be very unpleasant— to no one more unpleasant thau to me ; but it will be better for us if we apply physiological truths to their proper use in these matters - that, namely, of giving form, distinct- ness, and solidity to convictions and impressions which are too apt, unless fortified from tho physical side, to pass off in gas. And it is really very curious to note how flow people are to think of these matters " off •. heir own bars." When I was a little boy, listening to a conversation in which various friends of mine were endeavouring to get out of certain difficulties which maintain an iron grip upon every fair thinker, I heard it declared that thoM who had not beard the goppel preached woul. l be judged without the gospel. I asked how often the person must hare A SAILOR'S " GAFF" IN EAST LONDON- ( From tho " People's Magazine.") It is time to visit the " gaffs," or " taverns," where singing and dancing are provided for the amusement of sailors. These places vary considerably from the flashy, pretentious music- hall to tho squalid, dirty back room of a miserable public- house; but in all the amusements there is a wonderful monotony, the same suffocating atmosphere of rank tobacco, the same wretched, gaudily- dressed woman, the same besotted seafaring men, the same songs and choruses. The most important of these places which we visjt is a large music- hall with nothing to distinguish it from simiW places of entertainment in the West- end, except that the fittings are more trawdry and the place more dirty than is common on the other side of Temple- bar. At one end of the hall is a stage fitted at the back with looking- glass instead of scenery, and at the moment ot ourentry a man, doubtless some' 1 jolly," or " glorious," or " funny star," is careering about the Btage dressed as an old woman, and singing a song which is Unobjectionable, except that it has no particular tune, and very little sense, and is not well rendered by the performer. The great point seems to be to have plenty of chorus, and to invite all the audience to join m by vigorously hammering on the stage with a walk- ing Btick. After the comic singer had repeated the chorus, unasked, several times, he makes way for the conventional " music- hall nigger, and two specimens of this class, looking as unlike as possible to the genuine negroes, of whom there are several present, begin a so- called comic scene, in Which the whole fun seems to consist in shouting in an unnatural voice, and knocking off each other's preposterous hats with equally pre- posterous umbrellas. The body of the hall and gallery are fairly filled, but the price of admission, sixpence, doubtless deters many who can obtain a very similar entertainment without paying for admission. Sailors are by no meanB nume- rous among the audience; there are a few men having the appearance of Becond or third mates of small vessels, and a sprinkling of ordinary seamen, all, as a rule, accompanied by one of the repulsive- looking sirens who are the curse of this region and of sailors generally. We notice that our seafaring friends do not seem to enjoy the entertainment pro- vided for thenij and looked very much bored by the sham niggers, and refused to join in the funny chorus. They evidently frequent these places more from habit, and from want of something better to amuse them, than from any real enjoyment in them. The rest of the audience of" our music- hall is made up of the same specimens of idle and dissipated humanity as we should encounter in any similar place, but with the addition of a shabby, rusty exterior, suggestive of docks and busy warehouses. There are some respectable folks— women, with babies in their arms and husbands by their sides. Whither will our Mentor lead us next? To a sing- ing tavern of a lower class than the place we have left. There is a brisk trade doing at the bar of the " Jovial Tar " and the landlord looks a prosperous man. He appears to be of that brotherhood who are " fat and sleep o' nights"- we wonder if his conscience ever re- proaches him with muddling the brains and ruining the health and character of poor seafaring Jack. Beyond the glaring, steaming bar we penetrate into a long, low room with a sanded floor, and benches and tables ranged round the walls ; here we find more sailors and more sirens, who, in spite of crimson boots and gaudily- trimmed dresses, looked very miserable and woe- begone. There is no behind the scenes" in these singing- rooms. All is con- ducted on the free- and- easy system, and the young women who jterform in seedy ballet costume roam about the floor, partaking of mch stray refreshment as may be offered, till the presiding genius or master of the ceremonies strikes the table noisily, and announces that " Miss Somebody will sing the next song." We must gladly admit that the songs which Miss Some- body and her companions sung for the amusement of Jack were most harmless, ana consisted of very good advice administered musically, and always with abund- ance of chorus. FARADAY'S DEATH. Gradually but surely the end approached. The loss of memory was followed by other symptoms of declin- ing power. The fastenings of his earthly tabernacle were removed one by one, and he looked forwtrd to " the house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." This was no new anticipation. Calling on the friend who had long directed with him the affaire of the Institution, but who was then half paralysed, he had said, " Barlow, you and I are waiting > that is what we have to do now ; and we must try to do it patiently." He had written to his niece, Mrs. Deacon : " I cannot think that death has to the Christian anything in it that should make it a rare, or other than a constant, thought; out of the view of death comes the view of the life beyond the grave, as out of the view- of sin ( that ttue and real view which the Holy Spirit alone can give to a man) comes the glorious hope. . . . My worldly faculties are slipping away day by day. Happy is it for all of us that the true good lies not in them. As they ebb, may they leave us as little children trusting in the Father of Mercies, and accepting His unspeakable gift." And when the dirk shadow wascroeping over him, hewTOtetothrComtede Paris: " Ibowbefore Him who is Lord of all, and hope to be kept waiting patiently for His time and mode of releasing me acccording to His Divine Word, and the great and precious promises whereby His people are made partakers of the Divine nature." His niece, Miss Jane Barnard, who tended him with most devoted care, thus wrote from H ampton Court on the 27th June :—" The kind feelings shown on every side towards my dear uncle, and the ready offers of help, aie most soothing. I am thankful to say that we are going on very quietly; he keeps his bed and sleeps much, and we think that the paralysis gains on him, but between whiles he speaks most pleasant words, showing hh comfort and trust in the finished work of our Lord. The other day he repeated some verses of the 46th Psalm, and yesterday a great part of the 23rd. We oan only trust that it may be given us to say truly, ' Thy will be done ;' indeed, the belief that all things work together for good to them that believe, is an anchor of hope, sure and steadfast, to the eouL We are sur- rounded by most kind and affectionate friends, and it is indeed touching to see what warm feelings my dear uncle has raised on all sides." When his faculties were fading fast, he would Bit king at the weatero Window, watching the glories of the sunset; and one day when his \ yife drew his attention' to a beautiful rainbow that than spanned the sky, he looked beyond the falling shower and the many- coloured arch, and observed, " He hath set his testimony in the heavens." On August 25, 1867, quietly, almost imper- ceptibly, camo the release. There was a philosopher less on earth, and a taint more in heaven.— From '' MicKad Faraday," by Dr. Q'adttone. A FEW WORDS IN FAVOUR OF TEA. . On the British Empire the Sun never Mts, equally true i ® ' t that throughout the whole world, the pre- vailing beverage moet prized, and grateful to the con- stitutions of a I races is Tea; as to the peonliar or specific benefit derived from the use of this vegetable drink the medical profession differ, and all theory upon such a subject is beet cast aside, for the more self- satisfying practical fact that 500 000,000 ( five hundred millions) of human beings feel its want, and are gratified by its use. The leaf of this simple Bhrub, a native of the vast district called China, has unostentatiously introduced itself in the country of India, Tartary, Thibet, 8iberia, Ruwia, Central America, South and North America Australia, Europe, and last, but not least, England, for we, as a nation, are, next to the Chinese, the greatest Tea- drinkera on tho faoe of the ghibo ; our ever varying climate, the sober regular habits of the female portion of society; and above afl( W1 ® exhilirating and invigorating effects produced by it* nlse> renders lea acceptable to rich and poor, old and yo. nng, the lord and the peasant. That tea when pure, is nutritious and a true ilinJe. nt, has been shown by the researches of Liebig, the cele- brated German Chemist. At the Academy of Sciences, Paris, M. Peligot read a paper on the Chemical combinations of Tea," and stated that it contained essential principles of nutrition, tar exceeding in importance its stimulating properties, and shewed that tea is in every respect one ^ f the most desirable articles in general use. It tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind ; dinpek lassitude and relieves fatigue; awakens thought and prevents drowsi- ness ; lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties. " By the consumption of a certain quantity of tea, the health and strength of the body is maintained in an equal degree upon a smaller supply of ordinary food. Tea, therefore, saves food— stands to a certain extent in the place of food— while at the same time it Boothes the body and enlivens the mini In the life of most persons a period arrives when the stomach no longer digests enough of the ordinary elements of food, to make up for the natural daily waste of the bodily substance. At this - period Tea comes in to arrest the waste, and enable the leas energetic powers of digestion still to supply as much as is needed to repair the wear and tear of the solid tissues; no wonder, therefore, that Tea should be a favourite, on the one hand, with the poor, whose supplies of substantial food are scanty— and on the other, with the aged and infirm, especially of the feebler sex, whose powers of digestion have begun to faiL"—" Chemixlry of Common Life.'" That Tea has an influence over the tissues of the body is now among the things admitted in physiology. This influence is of a conservative nature, and its value to the poor can scarcely be overrated. To them, Tea is virtually tissue, and makes a supply of food, that would otherwise be inadequate to maintain the weight of the body sufficient for that purpose. Doubtless an unlimited supply of food capable of replacing any amount of effete tissue would be preferable to aBubstance which simply goes to prevent tissue from becoming effete ; but this is impracticable— the unlimited sup| 2y of nitrogenous food being a thing that has yet neither Providence nor politicians have given to us. This preservative power of Tea over the tissues has not hitherto been explained. Perhaps it may not be altogether unconnected with another influence of Tea which we proceed to notice — namely, an influence over the temper, or father the mood, or, speaking physically after our fashion, over the nerves. Nothing affects the wear of tissue more than mood ; and Tea has a strange influence over mood— a strange power of changing the look of things, and changing it for the better: so that we can believe, and hope, and do, under the influence of Tea, what we should otherwise give up in discouragement or despair feelings under the influence of which tissues wear rapidly. In the language of the poor, who in London, we are told, spend an eighth of their income buying Tea, it produces a feeling of comfort. Neither the philosopher nor the philanthropist will despise this property of Tea, this power of conferring comfort or removing ennui, of promoting those happier feelings of our nature under which we can do most and bear most. —" The Lancet." A COLLOQUY ON THE LIQUOR QUESTION. ( From " Alcoholic Drinks," in AU the Tear Round.) " You don't take much interest in the licensing question," Baid a lady to her daughter, who sat opposite to me in a French railway carriage, " although it has been uppermost of late. But listen to this, in yester- day's Times. ' It is even affirmed that if good whole- some beer and wine were saleable everywhere at low prices and without stint, the general sobriety of the population would be increased, just as there is little or no intoxication in the countries of the vine itself.'" " Ex- cuse me, madam, as a stranger," I said. " Does the well- informed Timet believe that to be the case?" " I suppose so, sir; for here is the article. And in a land of light wines, like this," she continued, " it must be a great satisfaction to find, as the consequence, drunkenness much less common than it is in England." " A— h ! It would be madam, a great satisfaction— if it existed. But however defective the English laws may be, I don't think we can be told, in this respect, ' they manage these things better in France.'" " Really sir I Indeed 1 I always thought a tipsy man here was a rarity." " Had you been at my elbow only last ( Saint) Monday,__ last New Tear's Day, last conscription day, last fair- day, last market- day, you would have been convinced of the contrary. Fermented drinks are too plentiful for that. Strong liquors, madam, aie far too cheap and potent, ana human nature— male nature— too weak. The Govern- ment— the Second Empire, followed by the Bo- called Republic— encourages the sale of intoxicating liquors as far as lies in its power, for the sake of increasing the revenue derived from ' contributions indirectas,' with- out any apparent regard to the results. In France some five millions of acres are occupied by the culture of the • ine; and, therefore, for the supply of wine, not to mention the spirit did tilled from corn and beetroot, and the cider grown, and the beer brewed, which latter is annually increasing in quantity. It is hardly to be expected that such a vast amount of exhilarating fluid should be drawn out of the land and sent away, without the producers taking a pull at it, with the authorities encouraging them to do so. They do often take a long pull and a strong pull, and sometimes, madam, a pall altogether." " Extraordinary! I thought Frenchmen were to very temperate in their use of fermented or intoxicating beverages." " Many are, and many are quite the reverse. Those who are the reverse have nothing to restrain them. I had a neighbour— he is dead at last; for you know, madam, hard work will tell— who never took less than a 2uart of cognac or gin per day. Instances occur where ouble that quantity is imbibed. Others merely amuse themselves at breakfast with half a pint, or perhaps a pint of gin to wind up their spirits. It is nothing, with certain of my acquaintances, in the course of an evening, over a game of cards, to sip some thirty, forty, or even fifty " chopea,' or halfpints of beer, with- out in the least putting themselves out of the way The other day I heard, on excellent authority, of four jolly fellows who set themselves round a cask of wine containing one hundred litres— as near as may be, one hundred and seventy- six English pints— and who went on eating and diinking, without any adjournment, until the said cask of wine was finished." MODERN DINNERS. AU things considered, it may be owned that the modern dinner- table, the table of to- day, approaches as nearly to the old Greek type as is compatible with the widely divergent character of the two civilizations. It certainly approaches the classic pattern in two valuable particulars— beauty and repose. There is much to please the eye. instead of the heavy silver dish- covers behind which Theodore Hook and Sydney Smith be- En that file- firing of puna and paradoxes whioh was to it till tea- time, we now see bright blossoms and graceful green fronds of drooping fern, and rich ripe fruit, obviously piled up rather to be looked at than for any grosser purpose, and pretty vases, and here and there a flash of crystal or a gleam of burnished metal risible through the'flowers. Oar personal preparations for the repa* t are not, it is true, quite up to the Athenian standard. We neither wreathe our heads with blush- roses, nor carry doves nestling among the folds of our robes. We content ourselves with chairs, and do not loll on ivory couches among silken pillows. Nobody fans us with rustling palm- leaves, out of Syria, or with peacock feathers from thefarlnd. No slaves swing censers simmering with the perfuses of Arabia. Musio itself is not a very frequent addition to our joys, unices an organ- grinder catches sight oi the illuminated windows and refuses to " move on." We no more think of s mmoning our own flutists and luto- playeri to play soft airs behind a screen, than we Bhould dreara of engaging the services of the Ethiopian Serenadera, banjo, bones, and all, from the public nouas where our coachmen drink their beer. The introduction of opsra- dancers to perform in even the meet elegant of hallets would now be voted an unpardonable anachronism. After all, we understand the ait of quiet evea better than did the anoienta. Classia repose, especially in Rome, was quite com, a'ible with making QOer penile work verv hard indeed for one's amusement. " But what an improvement is the modern Belgravian dinner over the coarser hospitality of our grandfathers I Surely it is better to pee and stiff » right swoet flowers and cool green leaves, to say nothing of liot- howe pineapples and blooming grape- clu- ters, than to employ the BM0* senses with referenoe to steaming sirloins of beef and , smoking saddles of mutton. Why should it « « hare been thought necossnry that a monstrous li « h should lie wallowing on his flat dish at one end of the u- i' 1s? eminS to gasp' with his widely- gaping month, whde his round white ey^ s stared at the company in mute reproach ? Why was indispensable to balance this finny captive by a caldron of hot soup, euphemis- tically styled a tureen, and large enough to have con- tained a fatted calf in the form of mwk turtle ? And then the carvmg- the horrid sharpening of the ku. fe with Winch some enthusiastic operators insisted on preluding the ceremony, the cutting and slicing and dismembering of blameless fowls, the dissection of a quarter of lamb, or the sacrificial observance of carving a haunch of venison— are we not well rid of these, and of the hideous anatomical talk to which they give riso among some of the seniors of the party the heroes of ri hundred banquets ? That there should ever have been a time when society tolerated conversation about side- bocies and alderman's walks, and when a carver could be complimented on the neatness with which he made the tsansverse cut in performing on a saddle of mutton, or the unerring dexterity with which he articulated the joint* of a wild duck, seems odd to neophytes born under a m. uder system. Then the driuking wine with this person and that, tbe nodding of heads and jerking of glasses that went on throughcftit the formidable length of the old fashioned table; the delay between the courses, when everybody sat helpless around a desert of white damask; the exuberant philanthropy with which bo* t and boeteis conjured their friends to eat and drink more than was good for them ! Who ever presses .• » guest to eat now ? That peine forte ei dure is over, let us hope m perpetuity, and the new mods of dining saves Mr. and Mrs. Amphitryon what must have been amobt laborious task.— Befgravia. THE SYRIAN ARABS. Some information respecting the character of tho Syrian Arabs which may be useful to English nawiea and others in the eVent of the scheme for communica- tion with India by the Euphrates Valley route being carried into effect, is given by Vice- Consul SarAey in hii report to Lord Granville on that subject, recently printed:— The Arabs ( says Mr. Sankey) are ignorant and supersti- tious ; they are not brave, and In their mode of fighting- re- semble the eastern village dog3. One of these dogs will ruth round a strangtr In circles, working himself np to the biting point, but if you stoop to pick up a atone he retreats cowed , where there are two or more of these dogs It la a more serious affair, as while yon face one the other bites your heels. It U the same with tbe Bedouins : they shont, yell, and gallop about, shaking their long useless lances ; but if the adversary shows a bold and fearless front, they gradually re- tire, worn out with their violent exertions. Their war- fare consists chiefly in surprising small parties of advene tribes, and carrying off their cattle— In the great majority of cases without bloodshed. It wonld be waste of time by reasoning to persuade them that no harm was intended ( by the railway operations) - this must, - be left to time, and after a few months they would perceive that there was no wish to injure them. Whenever an opportunty offers, kind- ness should be used towards the'Arabs. A chief or sone of his relatives will sometimes visit the tents of persons em- ployed on the line, and en such ocMslons they should be dis- missed with small presents of tobacco, a cloth robe to the chief, Ac. This must not be done In a way to make it appear that they were necessary or feared; but merely to prove to them that no harm was intended. The Arabs are averse to shedding blood, and this should bs carefully avoided on the part of Englishmen except in extreme cases of legitimate self defence. The Arab is easily cotfed by boldnesj or some loud unaccustomed noise, such as a- larpe charge of blank powder, or the sight of firearms, for Which they have a wholesome fear. Mr. Sankey attributes his own safety to t^ e belief that his revolver could go on shooting for ever. EnglL- h navvies and railway workmen are, he adds, apt to ill- treat natives on small provocation, to offend their - religious prejudices, and turn them into ridicule. Such conduct is likely to be productive of serious conse- quences, as au Arab would rather be beaten than laughed at. Only steady men, therefore, of good con- duct, should if possible be employed on tho railway works. , MUTUAL ASSURANCE VESUVIAN ASSOCIATION. A Naples Newspaper Correspondent writes under date of the 8th of June :— " The following incident belongs to the history of our great eruption. You have already been informed that it was proposed to form an assurance society to indemnify the proprietors of land in the Vesuvian dis- trict for losses by the occasional freaks of our volcano, and that on the 6th of June a meeting was to be held for the riurpoee, when all interested were to be re- presented. On Thursday, therefore, the rooms of the Techiuc Institute were tolerably well filled by the president and the members, and deputies from Ottaiano, Boecoreale, Torre Annunziata, Torre del Greco, Resin a, Portici, S. Giorgio a Cremano, S. An astasia, Masea di Somma, and S. Sebastiano. 1 give you a list of names not nnknown to the world, for at various epochs I have had to record the terrible disasters which have befallen these communities from the action of Vesuvius and Massa di Somma and S. Sebastiana are still lying prostrate. " The object of the meeting was to form an associa- tion to meet not merely the possible but probable losses occasioned by eruptions, and the president in his opening speech enlarged on the necessity of such an institution. Signor Muelotti, to whose energy and foresight we are indebted for the idea, and who for several years has been labouring to convince the Neapolitans of its expediency, afterwards gave i full explanation of his proposed plan. On its being sub- mitted to the vote it was approved, eo far as its genera' principles are concerned, and a committee W.- VJ ap- pointed to draw up the regulations for the ' Mutual Assurance Vesuvian Association,' which regulations will be laid before another general meeting for discus- sion and approval The committee is composed of men whose names and offices are certain to inspire confi- dence ; thus, I see those of the Prefect of Provinci, ot the President and four deputies of the Provincial Council, of the President and perpetual secretary of the Royal Institute of Encouragement, of the President of the Agricultural Society, and of five othor gentle- men of high consideration. " That such an association is absolutely demand ed to meet the losses occasioned by a frequently recurring calamity no one can doubt; and it is equally clear that public charity cannot be appealed to with cer- tainty on all such occasions, and I should be alin< » t justified in saying that such an appeal should not be made. The disasters which have lately been inflicteil by Vesuviu « are more than possibilities, or even pro- babilities ; the intervals of their recurrence can with some degree of security be calculated, and the people of the menaced districts are as much bound to unite- for mutual assistance as those in the north do against lusBes from hailstorms or any other natural visitation The money that was subscribed for the relief of tbe sufferers by the former eruption has not yet been all distributed or called for when another disaster oc- curs which renders necessary an appeal to public charity, not for 700,000 lire, as I stated, but for at Wt 2,000,000 lire. " Sympathy has, it is true, been strongly awakened in favour of the sufferers, but it may become less demonstrative when too frequently called upaa, and the only real security for the future lies in the principle now adopted by the people of helping themselves. I wish it were as easy to form an assurance socLtfcy against priestly ignorance and intolerance, which indict greater evils on society in general than does Vesuvaaa on a very restricted neighbourhood; bat time and. patience and great moderation are needed. " Tbe Unita Nationali, speaking of Oastellam'jre, says, ' In this city the people are in the greatest agi- tation. The priests have given out that during this month we shall be afflicted by three daJ* ot thiols dark ness, that there will be an encounter with a atar, in brief, that the end of the world is approachingIn all the churches there are ' tridui' aixl novene' a ppoint « J, and other prayers are offered, while wax ' fapera and alms are oollected for masses with which is, placate th-.' Divine wrath A large number of cards, too, havu been distributed, on which are printed ti^ e cross, circle*, and other hieroglyphics. There are prr^ yers and ad j urn tions to be read on them, and whoeve / affixes one to the door of his house will be liberated frx> m the exterminat- ing angtL' ' In one church may be seen a pyramid of saints and angels, the sunu/ ut of which almi^ t touches the vault of ths church*' Much has been s* id in favour of a free Church in a " iree State, and we have it but the liberty enjoyed by t'ae former good far to cripple every effort which is mad^ by the State to elevate tbe people. At Castellams/ e, for instance, there is a nor- mal school, and there are gratuitous elementary Kihool- of every description ; b^ hy their side are church e.-. which are so many schools, better frequented, ail- ministered bv indefatigable masters, who are the sworn enemies of the present state of things. A specimen ol tb « InrtruoUwi imparted I hare given abovs."