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19/10/1872

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Falmouth & Penryn Weekly Times and General Advertiser

Date of Article: 19/10/1872
Printer / Publisher: Fred. H. Earle 
Address: On the Quay, Falmouth
Volume Number:     Issue Number: 593
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AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. PUBLISHED, EVERY SATURDAY MORNING^ BY FRED. IT. EARLE, OFFICES ON THE QUAY, FALMOUTH. ^ Slggggggy? ZSSd^. FALMOUTH: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1872. PRICE ONE PENNY. NUMBER 593. § n\ ts fry jnrtu MONDAY Next, October 21,/ at T » o. LAITY, pariah of St Okuw. ( / or Ik, 1 early to calf. , very good and raoght. Live and Dead Farm Stock ^ Furniture and/ Effects, thereon, comprising— 2 ( at Cowa. 1 Steer and Heifer. 1 handsome Heifer, e: 8 Kearera. ' i brood Sows, 6 slips• 9 powerful labour Horai adapted for hearj A few farm implement!, and several lota of household furniture and effects, die. The whole will be sold without reserve, the proprietor baring given uplfanning at Michael- mas last. Furtbor particulars had& ttho Offices of the AUCTIONEER, Falmouth Dated October 9th, 1! TOESDAY Next, Oclober 22nd, at Two. PARISH OB BUDOCK. Steal JOHN BURTON, Auctioneer, Valuer, AND Commission Agent, • 15, MARKET STREET, FALMOUTH. Try MARTIN'S NEW REASON'S TlniASI SPLENDID QUALITY 2s. per Pound. The PEOPLE^ rocer, & e., Lower Market SI., and West St., PENpYN. G L ENFIELD • rn a R XT lis the only kind used in O Majesty's laundry If there are aliy ladies who have not yet used the GldSN FIELD STARCH they are respectfully solicited to give it a trial, and carefully follow out the directions printed on every package, and if this is done, They will say, like the Queen's Laundress, It is the finest Stardh they ever used. When you ask for Glenfleld Staroh see that you gef; it, As inferior kinds are oftep substituted for the sake of extra profits. Beware therefore of spurious imitations. Genteel Houses to be Let or Sold in Obelisk Road. TO BE LET OB SOLD, with immediate possession, two djegantly- designed and commodious DWELLINGS ( newly- built), in Obelisk Road, commanding the finest views in Falmouth. Each House! comprises 2 Parlors, 2 Kitchens, 5 Bedrooms, W. C., and a small Cellar; with a Garden in front and convenient Courtlage at the back. Apply to Mr. JAMES MITCHELL, Builder, Falmouth. Messrs. Pearson & Clemow, AUCIIONEEB. S & APPRAISERS. IN addition to the Nursery and Seed business MB. CLKXOW begs to inform his friends and the public generally that he has commenced AUCTION RERISG in connection with Mr. PXJLB* O5, who has had several years experience in that branch of business, and feels confident of giving satisfaction to all who may favor them with their patronage, which they humbly solicit. N. B. All Accounts dosed within a week. Offices, >~ o. 1. Waterloo Road. Falmouth, and Barvppa, Maw nan. N. WESTCOTT, Cargo Clerk and General Mercantile Accountant, 1, WATEBLOO RDI, FALMOUTH. Ship's Average, Victualling and Wages' Accounts calculated, and Surveys Neatly Copied. Vessels' Half- yearly Be turn a to Shipping Master made out. Tradesmen's Books kept by the Year. Deeds Engrossed and Made Up, in the newest London style at the shortest notice. © fustttess ftimmmceitterctg. ' he BRITANNIA Lock Stitch IBB PITTED WITH New and Important Improvements, AflE THOROUGHLY GOOD is PRINCIPLE AND WORKMANSHIP. PRICES VERT MODERATE. - s » AGENT NATHANIEL FOX, IRONMONGER, FALMOUTH MARKET STREET, FALMOUTH. Madam, Having just returned from the Markets my SHOW EOOMS ARE NOW OPEN And your Favors will be esteemed by Yours respectfully, a. PENLEKIOK P. S « — H. P. has made large Purchases of WINTER GOODS, in Plain and Fancy Drapery, at Prices about the same as last year. NOVELTIES IN SHAWLS, MANTLES, AND MILLINERY. SULFIDE OLVBR, Furnishing and General Ironmonger, Plumber, Gas Fitter and Manufacturer STRANJ), FALMOUTH. Is SeUinp off SURPLUS STOCK at great reduction in prices. JBaJance ivory- handle Knives, 10s., 12s., 16s., 20s. per dozen. Black handle Knives and Forks, 6a., 8s., 9s., 10s., 12s. doz." Carving Knives and For ts, 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., 4s. 6d., 5s. 6d., 7s. 6d. pair. Electro- Silver Tabic Spoons and Forks, 20s., 24s. doz Do. Dessert Spoons and Forks, 16s., 18a., 20s., 24s. doz Do. Tea Spoons, 8s., 10s., 12s. doz. Do. Sugir Boxes, Salvers, Cake Baskets, Toast Racks, Tea Pots! Cruets, & c., & c., & c. Bronzed Tea Urns and Kettles on Stands, 20s., 25s., 30s. upwards. Tea Trays from 5s. per set of 3, single Trays from Is. 6( . Fenders, parlour, Is. 6d., 2s., 3s., 4s., 5s. Fenders, dining room, 5s. Fenders, drawing room, 12 . Fire Irons, 2s. 6d. to 30s. per set. Rumford Stoves from 3s. upwards. Register Stoves from 8s. towards. Cooking Ranges from 10s. Apparatuses from 20s. upwards. Patent Mangles, 30s., 45s. Washing Machines, 12s. 6d., 60s., 90a. Chaff Cutters, 45s. 50s. Iron Cots, 7s. 6d. to 30s. Iron Folding Beds, 6s. 6d. Iron French Beds, from 10a. to 30s. Half Tester Beds, Mattrasses and Palliasses. Lai^ ips, Gas Chandeliers, Gas Brackets. Water Closots, and all plumber's Fittings. Estimates given and C^ ntricts entered into eiher for work or supply. STEPHENS & SIDDONS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, 42, HIGH STREET, FALMOUTH. Sandell's Hair Restorer Is totally different from any othor kind, and has been pronounced W the Medical Pro- fession to be perfectly harmless. It will positively Restore Grey Hair to its Orininal Colour in a few days without dyeing it or leaving the disagreeable smell of other Restorers. It renders the Hair beautifully soft, glossy and luxuriant. It will not only Restore Grey Hair to its Original Color, but cause New Hair to grow on Bald Spots, unless the Hair Gl& nds are decayed, when no stimulant can restore them When the New Hair makes its appearance uo careful not to bursh it too much. Directions are enclosed with each Bottle. In Bottles 2s. and 3s. 6d. each. PKBPAJLED ONLY BT THOMAS 0. SANDELL, Phannaceutical Chemist ( by Examination j YEOVIL Sole Agent for Faln: outh : Mr. W. H. SOLOMON, Dispensing Chemist. FOR GOOD PRINTING, in the best style ot workmanship, with the greatest expedi- tion, at the most moderate charges, apply at the office if tins Paper. Likenesses from the smallest to the largest size, plain and finished in ( rayon, Water or Oil Color, Landscapes Mansions. 1 Ships, Sea Views, and Groups, WORKS OP ART COPIED. SZT Mr. STEPHENS had the honor of being the first person to take the likeness of any member of a Koyal Family by the Photographic process ; First Class Silver and Bronze Medals have been awarded him by the Royal Cornwall Polyteohnic Society, he being the only Medallist for Cartes de Visite taken in the Connty, Mr. 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. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. JAMES GIBBS AND COMPANY, SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE AMMONIA- FIXED GUANO, THE CHEAPEST) AND BEST MANURE IN USE. Consumers are warned that none is genuine; unless the bags bear the Trade Mark, and are seemed with a J Leaden Sad. Also Manufacturer* of " PATENT AMMONIATED PHOSPHATE," especially adapted for Wheat, Barley and Hops ; and of BONE, BLOOD, and SPECIAL MANURES of first- rate quali ty. PARTICULARS OF JAMES GIBBS AND COMPANY, WORKS : VICTORIA DOCKS. OFFICES : 16, MARK LANE, LONDON, E. C., or authorised Agents . WEST OF j ENGLAND MANURE COMPANY, PENRYN. Cheap and Good Printing at the Offices of this Paper. CLEANLINESS.- W. G. NIXEY'B REFINED V CLACK LIAD tefA t'erjm by ill Shopkwvcn. WG. UIXKY • Refined BLACK LEAD. » ru- w tg dcr-. Tiaz imur prrjdt. an - u;.. nr; tad ruaCiag arcuous miTATioM gt yfr. nw nc*. A* K ram « . G. 3LIST'S BLACK ULAA AJD US TXAT TOO • AVXIZ. A HI UH^ W. EVERY ONE E3S OWN TEA MERCHANT. APPLY tor Shares in U » Satianal Te » Consumer* and Trading Company Limited. Capital £ 50///'. in gharc* of 10 » each. The £ nrst Tea* are now beit* ( applied- Pro- THE A5ITNTERION.— Nature's remedy for the care of Goal, Rhgatrnrtra. Keanlgfa. Lnznhvro, Bciatica. Bronchitis Oneral D^ Wlity. kc. ke Pamphlew, HHainingiHD i ir . jr> ( p « t free), trim BCBITBKM, WKTTOX A GIJ. L. We* H- ia Lar. » . London. k I * « Qoeea B(., ip » w< ch. CiiyOepM, Cook* » IoomtOfflce » , 99 « « ftBt. On the following T IUBSDAY, Oct. 24, tho Annual PUB MEETING WILL BE HELD, T > BE ADDBBSSBD BY Revds. J. G. Morrow, Jenkin Jones ( Congre- gationalist), W. FuUer Gooch ( Baptist), J. E. Conlaon, El A. Gardiner ( re- turnod'Missionary from Western Africa), W. Calvert, and G. Ontl waite. Chair to be taken at 7 o'clock, by W. H. BOND, ESQ. A Collection will be made after eaoh sorrice in aid of the Mission Fnnd. General. Wesleyan Foreign Missions. Pike's Hill Chapel, Falmouth. ON SrHTTHY NEXT, OCT. 20ru, 1872, TWO SERMONS Will bo preached n tbo above Chapel, bp the REV. J. < v, MORROW ( Returned Afissionc from South Africa }, Service to commence i i the Morning at 11, and in the Evcnii g at half- past 6. FIFTH SEA80N. Artists' Own Art Union, Under the Sanction qf Her MajcMti/ s moat Hon. Privy L( 7OONCTF. ONE SHILLINp PEE SHAEE. 1ST PBIZB—" Waiting for the Muster,'' ( Shor - wood Forest), byG. Armdeld, £ 80. 2ND DO.—" The Sunbeam," by Kate Gray, £ 60 • To be Drawn Deci mber 17th, 1872. 3, Adelaide Place., London Bridge. B. C. V ILLIAMS, Secretary. AGENTS WANTED. Are you troubled with a C& ugh ? rnHEN lose no time i I applying for JL SOLOIIOfTS Pectoral Coitgli Mixture, Which is one of the best preparations sold for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Shortness of Breath, & c., and for the releif of Asthma and Bronchitis. It is adapted for persons of all ages, and is sold in Bottles, at 7id., ils. lid., and 2s. 9d. each, The middle- sizo Bottle is generally suffi- cient to cure an ordinary Cough, or to givo abundant satisfaction ii more ortreme caaos. Prepared onlv by W , H. SOLOMON, Dispensing Cnemist, 40, Market Streot, Falmouth. The SCOTTISH EQDITARLE LIFE ASSURlNCE SOCIETY. Established in 1831. POSITION OF THE SOCIETY at 1st Mar., 1872. Existing Assurances, including Bonus Additions £ 6,892,581 Annual Revenue— From Premiums £ 180,831 From Interest 79,584 260,865 Accumulated Fund 1,052,711 The Funds are invested in first- class securi- ties. The particulars of the Investments and the Balance Sheet will be found in last report. NEW BUSINESS, 1872. New A> wurancea effected during the year ... £ 376, 588 Annual Premiums tfyereon 11,576 The Scottish Equitable being a Mutual Office, the Policy- holders receive the WHOLB profits; at the same time they are expressly FBBBD FBOM PERSONAL LIABILITY. The Profits are divided every Five Years, and are allocated not only on the sums original- ly aseured, but also on the previously vested Bonus Additions. Bonuses are also paid for the period between the date of the last division and the date of death. TOTAL VESTED ADDITIONS TO POLICIES. £ 1,706,164. A Policy for £ 1000 effected in 1832 now amounts to £ 1900 18 3 A Policy for £ 1000 effected in 1837 now amounts to 1711 15 2 And proportionately in rabnequeiit years. NEXT DIVISION OF PROFITS, 1 » T or MARCH, 1873. Reports, Proposals and every information may be obtained at the Head Office, or any of the Agencies. GEORGE TODD, Manager. WILLIAM FIN'LAY, Secretary. Head Office— 26, St. Andrew 8q., Edinburgh. A0E5TS :— Falmouth— W. Phillips, West Cornwall Bank. Camborne— J. H. Budge, merchant. Hcliton— Ralph il ichell and Son, draper. Redruth— Edwin Cock and Son, merchants. St. Keverne— George Appleton, surgeon. Tregony— Charles J. BennctU, aurgeon. TMNIPSPOR SALE. MRvCbRFBELD las been instructed by Mrjoult to gill by PUBLIC AUC- TION, afRosemerrym parish of Budock, on tho above Vay, about i acres of Prime Swede Turnips, N^) And froni 3 to 4 acres of ^ n Pasture Tnrnips, In Lots to suit the/ convenience of purchasers For further particulars apply to the Proprie- tor, at Tregedna ; Jbr to the AUCTIONEER, Falmouth. Dated October l lth, 1872. Parishes of Cuiy and Mawgan, Cornwall- MOST DESIRlBLE FARMS TO BE LET BY TENDER, WITH immediate Dossession, either toge- ther or separately, for a term of seven, fourteen, or twaity- one years, from tho 29th of September, 1871- The farms consist of the weU- known Corn and Dairy Lanls, called Ronytlion Barton, Situate as abore, within five miles of the ex- cellent market town of Helston ; lately ocou- piod by Mr. Joseph Topham, who has given up possession this Michaelmas. One propmy to be let is a compact Farm, of five enclosures of Arable and Pasture Land, containing about 100 acres, with a residence, orchard an 1 buildings, Another/ excellent Farm of nine enclosures measuring about 153 acres, with farm house, and convenient outbuildings suitable for such an occupation. And a third excellent Farm of thirteen en- closures, measuring about 215 acres, with farm house ajnd convenient outbuildings. To mew the properties apply ab Miss LYLE'S, Bonytlion Mansion, where a plan of the pro- perty/ may be seen, and the detailed particulars of lewing inspected. Farther particulars may be had on application to JBH. v TAYLOB, Esa., 7, Gray's Inn Square, Lonpon ; or to Mr. THOMAS COBFIBLD, Land Agint, Falmouth ; to either ot whom tendors for / the entirety or any single farm may be sent on/ or before the 1st of November. ( The proprietor is not bound to accept the highest or any tender. To Persons removing and others who may have / Household furniture And Furnishing pW> ds of any description for disposal in to^ p br couptrj, a fair second- hand Price paid imineaiately in I Jash for the sr. ne, by applying at> S. MARKS'S. Auction and Furniture Sale Rooms, El, High Street, Falmout t>. Sales and Valuations conducted in town or country on reasonable terms. AU accounts settled same daj as Sale. MB. CORFTELD win Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, on the abof> dav, by the direction of the Proprietor, Md F. Trebilcock, the whole of his 1 m THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATUPJUY, OCT. LAST SESSION. The House of Commons gave about the average nnmbw of days to its work last Session— viz., 120, or within * wo of being a third of all the days in the year. The official record states that the sittings occupied 1,027 hours, making the average time of sitting a little ovet 8i hoars, which is a high average. This statement is always a little over the substantial truth, because when the House begins, as it does in June, its sitting as early as two o'clock on two days in the week, it susuends business on those days from seven to nine O'clock, but nevertheless it is supposed and is reckoned to be still sitting. The House sat altogether, for 1* 12J hours after midnight last Session— that ia more than the average number in recent years. In July, when the " eleventh hour" was come, the House sat, altogether, for nearly 43 hours after midnight, an unuiual number for even that month in recent years. The House of Commons divided 287 times last Session, being a larger number than in either of the two next pre- ceding Sessions. There were 277 divisions on public Bills and 10 on private Bills. As many of the 115 of the former class of divisions occurred after midnight— this is almost exactly the same number, a3 in 1871, but 33 more than in 1S70. The largest division was on the 2Sth of June on the Lords* Amendments ef the Ballot Bill— 304 voted p gainst and 236 for the Amendment under consideration. There were 63 divisions on the Ballot Bill; 31 on the Scotch Education Bill; and 24 on the Licensing ( Pub- lichouses) Bill. In the session of 1872, Parliament passed 190 private bills— 89 relating to railways, 11 to tramways, 4 to other roads and bridges, 13 to water- works ; 8 to porfc<,_ pwrs, harbours, and docks ; 2 to canals and navigation, 2 to churches or burial- grounds; 20 to paving, lighting, and improving; 1 to county buildings, 6 to markets, 1 to drainage, 25 miscellane- ous, 7 estate bills, and 1 naturalization Bill. MRS. BEECHER STOWE. 1 ploy and : HYDROPHOBIA. ( From Tuesday's Times ) Two great authorities upon dogs, under the signa- tures of " J. Gumming Macdona" and " GrantleyF. Berkeley," having besought you, the one to use " your powerful influence " to bring the matter of the Birling cure to an issue in a sense favourable to it, the other to " lend your powerful aid in disabusing the public from a belief that engenders terror," may I, as the vicar of the paiish so often alluded to, step in as mediator and beseech you to advocate a searching inquiry ( through some Government channel if necessary) whether or not the Birling recipe ia a cure ? Hydrophobia seemB to exist to an unprecedented ex- tent in the Northern counties, as testified by newspaper reports and the remarks of the coroners for Salford, and it is high time that this matter should be tested. One thing only I ask— namely, that the Birling recipe shall be tested by men who are accustomed to weigh facts and evidence, as well n3 by doctors of mcdicine, who are often mere theorists in such matters and adversely prejudiced ab initio.— I am, & c., E. V. BLIQH, Vicar of Birling, Kent, Although I have the greatest possible respect for the opinion ef so high an authority upon canine matters as Mr. Grantley Berkeley, yet I think he begs_ the question when he states, " for hydrophobia there is no cure, and since the memory of man there never was," and am inclined to join issue with him upon it. The fact of one of the three dogs I mentioned in my letter to you of the 8th inst. having recovered is by Mr. Berkeley adduced as a reason that their disease was not hydrophobia. I maintain the whole three showed symptoms so like what we are informed in- dicates hydrophobia as to lead every one to suppose each of them to have bad it. Two out of the three died; the third recovered under the treatment of what is styled " the Birling cure." The mere fact of this doghav- ingrecovered is not in itself sufficient evidenceto assume that it was not attacked with hydrophobia. If such a fearful disease to humanity is known to exist, and to be so fatally prevalent in our midst, as deaths from it every week attest, surely it is not inconceivable to suppose a remedy to exist, if not yet discovered. It is well known there are cureB for otherwise fatal snake bites, known only amoDg certain families, and handed down for generations in certain tribes in India, which none outside those families or tribes have yet been able to discover or glean from them. The people in the neighbourhood of Birling seem to attach great importance to a certain specific for hydrophobia ( or a disease so like it as to be generally taken for it) from having seen and heard of many cures being effected by it, not only in dogs and cattle, but human beings afflicted with it. The subject is one of painful and paramount interest to the whole com- munity, and demands a thorough investigations, and though I shrink from raising false and futile expecta- tions, yet I earnestly cling to the hope that good may result from the question having: been ventilated in your columns.— I have the honour, & c., J. CUSIUINQ MACDONA. Aboyne, N. B., Oct. 12. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe mado her appearance as a public reader, reading from her own works, in Spring- field, Massachusetts, the other night, and her reception was very flattering ( says the Springfield Republican.) She was dressed in black silk with a garniture of white lace puffs, entirely becoming to her fine matronly face, which wore the colour of health and happiness. Her brown wavy hair is Ecarcely rufited with age, and manifold curls ripple over a tiny waterfall behind. Her blue eyes lose none of their mild fire and humanity, even through the pince- nez. Altogether, Mrs. Stowe, at the age of 58, bears such an air of health and o£ tenaciously active life, that all her friends will hail her appearance with joy, from the mere delight of seeing her,' even if ' she brought nothing else for entertainment. She read first from the Oldtown stories of " Sam Lawson." Her thin voice is well fitted to enact the Yankee Bharpness of utterance. Her description o£ Parson Carryrs" troubles and " Hnldy's" triumph was truthful to her own conception of course, and happily to the public idea of the characters also. Her delineation of the gossips " Wider Piperage" and " Mias Deaken Blodgett" was perfect to the life and j highly enjoyable. " Sam Lawson " was also well ren- dered. We noticed that she pronounced the Yankee | word " well" " wal," and it is so written ia the book. [ This is, we believe, a word of the writer's rather than of the speakers of Yankee. The Yankee word is a liquid wl, when spoken quickly, or a flat w- a- a 1, with the a aa in hat, when prolonged. This question, however, leads into a field where Mrs. Stowe would have us at her I mercy. The Oldtown sketches took three- quarters of an j hour. After sitting three or four minutes, Mrs. Stowe 1 resumed, this time with Uncle JTom'a Cabin in her hand, and commenced with Black Sam's stratagem. I The dramatic interest of the story and the spirit of I the rendering held the audience closely, notwithstand- ing the muggy air upon a damp, warm night. The i negro dialect was not always rendered with a distinct- ! ness that made it intelligible to Northern ears, but, in spite of the occasional loss of a sentence or phrase, no one failed to follow and- enjoy the rapidly shifting phases of the characters a3 delineated to the ear. At the end of one hour and twenty minutes Mra. Stowe cloEed her book amid applause, with the words of one of the practical listeners to Sam's political hifalutin, " Children, get off to bed." THE MIKADO'S PORTRAIT. A USEFUL HINT. As the Mikado is coming to England to look for a wife, if report ( which is always truthful) is not wrong this time, it is as well to gite the description of His Majesty ( remarks the Court Journal). The young Emperor is tall for an Asiatic, about 5ft. lOin. high, of dignified bearing, slightly built, of darker com- plexion than the majority of higher- class Japanese, with a thin, composed face, somewhat Mongolian in cast, full lips, and dark eyes, which regard attentively the objects which attract their gaze. His Majesty was, when interviewed on his passing through Yokohama, richly and not untastefully at- tired, carrying himself— save a slight stiffness in hia Eait, as if unused to boots— well in his European abiJiments, which consisted of a full- dress coat, j lined with purple silk, of diplomatic cut, but- | toned to the throat, embroidered in gold from waist to throat, with fancy designs, as also was the Prussian collar, which was continued in a semi- j circle to between the ehoulder- blades, like a gorgeous 1 tippet or victorine; the cuffs and pocket flaps being similarly adorned, and a broad gold stripe running down | the trousers. A dress sword, with gold- mounted scabbard and hilt, and acocked hat of English naval shape, with gold binding, and a gold cockade on either j side, something like a flying bird of the kind repre- sented upon the paper money, completed the Mikado's costume. SPUTTERINGS FROM " JUDY'S" PEN. A WOMAN who tells fortunes from a teacup need not be a sauceress. CARPETS are bought by the yard and worn by the foot. THE strike among tho wheelwrights produced somo fine orators. Wheelwrights are good spokesmen. NEVER laugh at a man with a pug nose; you don't know what may turn up. A YOUNG subscriber wants to know if It Is better to hide your savings or save your hidlngi. THE man who was charged with marrying six wives excused himself by saying that he was trying to llnd a good one. MAN and wifo are generally called one. Some people, ! though, rcckon them as two. But ten Is the proper cal- culation of some couples— the wife one, and the husband a cjpher. A - YOUNG man on JUDY'S Staff says he Is nevor satisfied that a lady understands a kiss unless he has it from her own lips. That voung man means lmpereuce. WnEN Is a photographic album like an old- fashioned china- shop ?— When it's full of ugly mugs. A NAHROW Escape— Tell, junior. A LAWYER Is not liko an apothecary because ho does not deal in scruples. GRACE BEFORE MEAT.— ThU appllos to ladles who lace tightly before they go out to diue. A WIDOWER, who had never quarrollod with his wifo, said ' th « last diiy of his marriage was as happy as the first. An- other widower aald tho last day of hia marriage was the 1 bapple& t. THAT Alan P ono day, speaking of his son and heir eie one who wa3 thrown out of window), said, " I don't ow where that boy got his bad temper— not from me, I'm sura." " No," said the sarcajtlc JUDY, " you've certainly n- jt lost yours." The Man P curled up. A Warning.— Quakeresses, when they marry, do not pro- mise to obey, but they generally have to obey afterwards. MAN and wife, togother, aro liko a pair of sclsaora; sepa- rated, they are more like doggers. THIS occurs In an old book on necromancy— never mind which:—" How to Raise the Dovll— Contradict your wyUe." WHEN a man and woman are mado ono. there Is always lomo doubt whloh Is the one, and occasionally it takes yean to settle the question. — Judy. A premium was recently offered at a Califomian fair to the young woman who should prepare the best dinner at the smallest cost, on which tin Pall Mall Gazette remarks:— This precedent might be fol- lowed with advantage, though perhaps there is less occasion to stimulate the public appreciation of the necessity for good cooking than to find some better means of facilitating the acquirement of skill in the art by the multitude of women who must cook for their own households " tout bien que maL" There are, in- deed, schools of cookery, but they are few and far be- tween, and are generally intended for the production of first- rate artistes. It is certainly strange that con- sidering the general outcry for more skilf ul preparation of food, intensified as it is by the present rise in the price of provisions, which renders waste of food in cooking simply intolerable, there is no systematic effort on the part of charitable persons to provide poor women with instruction in the most elementary branches of the culinary art. It iB high time that the attention ol benevolent persons who spend much time and money to secure, aa they hope, the welfare in the next world oi the poor and ignorant, should teach them how to get a little more comfort out of this. These objects are not antagonistic. Tough steaks and tuiderdone potatoes have more to do than some believe with domestic jangling, and the lower depth of wife and child beat- ng. CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS. A Western paper says— 11 Since the jubilee, Boston has run BO entirely music- mad, that its men wear brass bauds on their hats." Hawthorne said that Miss Bremner was " amost amiable llttlo woman, worthy to be the maiden aunt of the whole human race." A pretty girl lately entered a saloon at Dubuque, Ia, kicked over a table, drow a revolver on tho bartender, and lead her father out by the ear. Josh is a good authority on boring. "" When you strike ile, stop boring; meuny a man lias bored clean through and let all the Ue run out at tho bottom." A paper has been started in Louisville called the True Dimoerat. Above the heading of the paper is tho pic- ture of a barn- door fowl, and the legend, " Neither Grant nor Greeley o scare this chicken." A misanthropio barrister, writing to an American paper, announces—" The clock of our court- house, emulating tho example of somo of onr ladles, had a nice coat of paint on his face yesterday." As an evidence of carcfuloess on the part of a steam- boat proprietor, It Is stated th* t an antiquated. 6teamboit in New England always carries a supply of wooden plugs with which to closo up the holes that frequently appear In her worn- oat boilers. A man in the upper part of Balls county, Mo., undertook to ride a mula and carry a scythe one day last week, but found it a difficult feat. When the deration was over. Ills mulo had " only three feet and a little stumpy tall." In the course of a recent trial in San FrancL- co, growing out of a gambling transaction, tho Judge asked " if there was any ooa In tho room who could show how a ' cold deck' was ' rung in' in a gamo of poker." Extraordinary to relato, most of the spectators rushed for iho witness box. Such a crowd of witnesses was embarrassing, the cjurS • vmoJnfled not to ( fitlmony upon the ~ jiuta. A NATIVE OP CALIFORNIA.— We ar » acquainted with an elderly gentleman, meek and saintly ia appearance, miWt in speoch, decorous ia dress, unfailing in devotion on tna Sabbath, earnest in exhortation, powerful In prayer, discreet in all his ways, gentle in Ills - nanmrs, enlightened ia ilia views, liberal in tho expression of eha- lUblo sontlments m upholder of Sabbath echools for tho- Chinese in our midst, earnest in the support of missions to the heathens— oi whom the, papers will remark, when he dU> s, that he was sn aUc- o- ticoato hnsband and father and an exemplary citlzon, bcfi- lea bilng a worthy member of haM- a- dozen societies and a Vloneer of California. You wlS fay at ones that ha Is a sin car o Christian. By no means. Ue Is In busLacss, and win rob you whenever ho has an opportunity. Hisname fa legion THR GIRL OF'THE PERIOD.— A girl of the period is thus held up to ridicule by a Now York votary ol fash! on At a theatre thl3 week some eccentric woman made her ap- pearance In the style we hear BO much about, but seldom see. She was quite fat, and she wore no coraots. Her hair was quite thick, ty no means long, and she wore it uuoon- flned, stringing down her neck. A drcas ol brown stuff, made simply, very much like a bag with tloeves, confined only at tho waist, with white lice capo about thB neck, no glovta, no ornaments, and a brown straw hat liko a man's, whloh she took on and off by the crown. Here was Iho un- adorned woman, as God maiie her, ? ud as man longs for her, and she was laughed at by every mother's » n- She looked like a guy. But as I hoar nothing, from men but condcoir. a- tion of fashion and approval < jf nature, I was astonished that this cliild ef nature UPLmpioTcu hy art wai not a auccca. K In London 2,135 births ?. nd 1* 213 dotha vrere regis- f wed last W^ i SEA SICKNESS. A correspondent of tho Indian Statesman, referring It sea sickness, says:— " I have made three voyages to and from England and previous to my coming to India I had travelled tolerably often in English coasting steamers, and hav « always, except on my last voyage to India, been exceedingly sick, usually the worst passenger on board. The usual remedies proposed by those well versed on the subject are to drink plenty of beer, porter, or champagne, to eat ioe, or have it placed on one's back, also eat heartily, and when sick to eat again, nothing daunted. All these remedies have I tried without any permanently good effect. Mj last voyage home was via BrindisL I was sick from Bombay to two days beyond Aden, and was also sick on the other side in the Mediterranean. _ When my leave was expired I went on board the mail steamer at Southampton in positive fear and trembling. I with reason expected to be very sick as usual, but contrary to my full belief I was not once sick on the whole way to Bombay. My remedy was this: I did not, like many sanguine passengers who felt so well and jolly with the sea- breeze and still water, go down to dinner, but sat quietly on deck till such time aa I felt a little hungry, and then went down to my berth, had some toast lying down, though it was then rough and we were in the open sea, and slept well during the evening and through the night. I did not get up the next day, though I felt quite well, but by the steward's favour ate a good breakfast and dinner lying in my berth. I arose on the third morning, feeling perfectly well, and from that day and all through the voyage, I took my meals at table, ate heartily having found as I then believed, and still am assured of, a perfect cure for sea- sickness. I may mention that fully one third of the passengers were sick, and a number did not make their appearance at table till a day or two after me, and I can only attribute my un- wonted immunity from this miserable complaint to lying in my berth till such a time as my system^ had become accustomed to the rolling and pitohing motion.'. LORD SALISBURY ON EDUCATION. On Friday afternoon, in last week, the Marquis o! Salisbury attended a meeting in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, to distribute prizes and certificates, awarded as the result of the Oxford University ex- amination in the Manchester centre. The Mayor of Manchester took the chair. Dr. H. J. Marcus having read a report upon tho local examinations of the University, Lord Salisbury said— I accopted, I neei hardly say, with great gr& tiileation the Invitation, kindly addressod to ma by Dr. Marcus to attend on tho present occasion, and that not only because lam closely and specially connected with tho University to whose exertions theso examina- tions are owing, but because I beliove that' for the en- couragoment of education in which we aro now so earnestly concerned, this is tho best and soundest movement that ha3 yet been instituted; that it Is a movement of no common extent, as indicated by the facts which Dr. Marcus has de- tailed to you. Thirty- flvo thousand candidates have been examined by the Irnlvcrdtl03 of Oxford and Cambridge. I think It is not a little to the credit of these ancicnt societies, trammelled to some extent as all anclont societies will bo by the traditions which they have brought down from anciout times, that they have accommodated themselves 60 readily and promptly to the demands of our modern age, aud have given an example which will be tho most effective pro- moter of the spread of popular education that this age has attained. I venture to give it that pre- eminence, even in this stirring and busy time of educational action, because it Is unquestionable that the other undertakings in which wo arc engaged for the spread of education have about them much that Is hopeful, but much that is problematical and doubtful. " We have, within the last two or three years, entered upon anew educational pollfly towards the vast mass of our fellow subjects. We have made arrangements for providing " them with tho means of education at the public expense, and we have also called in the powers of the law to ensure that the children who require education should not be absent from the means which the Legislature offers. I do not say any- thing about the wisdom of this policy. It was effected with the common consent of both parties in the State and all the most eminent men in the Kingdom, and you may take it, I think, asafaot as certain as any in modern politics can be, that when the eminent men leadlne tho various parties in the country agree upon a policy, that policy may ba taken as right and just ( Cheers ) liut though I entirely bow to the authority of their decision, I cannot conceal from my- self that whenever a thing which might be done and ought to be done by the energy of individuals is un- dertaken by the State, thore is something somewhere that is unusual. It Is a sign either tliat the State encroaches beyond the boundary, wltliin whioh It ought to conflne its exertions, or that individuals are too slack and negligent to recognise tho duties which Provi- dence has imposed upon them. Though it may be quite right to meet an exceptional want by exceptional means, yon must not expect to escape the penalty which always attends those who depart for any reason from a sound principle. The middle and upper classes have resolved to apply the paternal principle of government foe the education of the lower classes. I do not dispute tho wisdom of their decision, but I am afraid the result will bo that the machinery they em- ploy will not bo equal to the expectations they entertain, and also that in teaching the lower classes the dements of useful knowledge they will unteach them something that Is still more valuable than even that useful knowledge— namely, the Independence and the liberty which is the special characteristic of Englishmen. ( Cheers.) That is my fear, and already you see how many difficulties you have to meet in this policy of paternal education. You come across that terrible religious difficulty at once. You meet with people ' oh the one side who will tell you thtit ' they will not have tho public money employed in the propagation of dogmas; while other people will tell yqu that they will not have the public money employed for the support of an atheistical education. Both sides are equally I sincere; both sides are equally convinced that what the ! other party recommends is absolutely inconsistent with the j public weal and you may depand upon it that so long as tho ! system of State support continues, so loLg this controversy will rage. Then you have the difficulty of machinery; you have entrusted education to boards popularly elected. It is In the genius of English people and English institutions that if the Government is to undertake It, you should do it in that way, but I am sorry to say that when boards are elected, especially when they are elected to do something which does not fall naturally within the atributes of Government, this featuremay be discovered in their actions, that they begin by being enthusiastic and extravagant, and they are very apt to end in belflg, wooden. ( Laughter.) At first they are set In motion by the earnest and excellent men to whom the move- ment is owing from, which they spring. Those earnest men take their place upon the board, and work Its machinery in carrying out ther end; they work it without much regard to what^ they consider avulgar consideration, viz., that of the ratepayers' pockets; but after a time the rate bills oome In, and the ratepayers have to pay, aud then the ratepayers begin to cry out, and the earnest and excellent men no longer get elected to tho board. ( Hear.) Their place at the board Is gradually filled by gentlemen of an official turn of mind, j whose main purpose it Is, not so much to merit praise aa to avoid reproach, and the system gradually falls Into that wooden mechanical groove which distinguishes all ad- ministrative action of Government, whether it be local or Imperial. Now, dont understand me, In saying this, to be casting blame on any men, or hny set of men. We wero driven into a corner by the Indifference of the parents of this country; but don't, on the ether hand, conceal from yourselves that En have compromised with an unsound principle in order meet a momentary necessity, and do not regard as per- manent the system which, under that exigency, you have adopted. I mention these things— though they do not affect the class with whom we have to deal—( hear)— to contrast them with the thoroughly healthy system to which our ceremony of this day is due. In this case, we have no religions difficulty to contend with, because we do not interfere in any way with the natural discretion of the parents. Parents may educate their children exactly as they please; and all that the boards, which act in conjunction with the universities, have to do, is to as- certain that secular knowledge has been properly imparted. We do not run the risk of any governmental deficiencies in the administration of machinery, because we do not ask for Government assistance in any way, and so this system re- represents what ought to be the normal action of that class which Is already In the possession of knowledge upon that class which is deficient in it. The system which has been lately adopted by Parliament is an abnormal system. Do not on account of that legislation abandon your action; do not slacken your zeal in behalf of that which, when all tho present excitement about education has passed away, will be recognlted as- tbe only true and healthy way in which edu- cation can be promoted amengat the people. ( Cheers) Somo discussion has recently arisen as to what, the rpal benefits of education are. It is a very old subject, but It is a subject which Is at the same time perpetually new, because our experience with respect to it la perpetually growing. At one tima it was thought education would atop all crime ; it was thought at another time that it would stop all poverty. We have had to abandon that view, but do not, because our forefathers may have happened to entertain exaggerated ex- pectations, blind yourstfives to the enormous benefits which, though they do net reach any su. ch absolute summit, educa- tion is yet capable of conferring on those who avail them- selves of Its advantages. I do not believe that on the general amount of crime education would for a considerable time have any effect: and as to the general amount of poverty, it would never - h& ve aoy effect In placing two classes upon a level In deallDg with each other In the labour market. lut thero Is one point of vi6wfrom which I look to educa- tion for great and important benefits. There Is no doubt that the pursuit of unhealthy excitement is a great blot in our existing society, especially In the moro cultured part, of It, or, I may say, in all parts of it. There Is a pursuit of un- healthy excitement given by stimulants. And there is the moro terrible excitement of gambling in Its various forms, to which I fear almost every class of society gives itself up. But in the midtt of much that Is discouraging, though we see that these forms of morbid excitement aro still pursued, we have one or two consoling lacts to mark our progress. Thero Is that fact which has been referred to again and again, and which cannot be too often remembered, that a hundred years ago the upper and middle classes woro as much given to Intoxication as ono portion of the lower classes ia now ; and there is the fact that they have been cured. Where you have tho diseaso, and when you havo tho cure, surely we may look without presumption to some law which will enable us to get rid of the disease. The difference betwetn that ago and this is the enormous sproad of education. I account for tho change in this way— I believe it to bo phy- sical change. The powers with which nature has endowed us muBt find eomo exercise; for if wo have not sufficient muscular exerclre. and if we do not find brain exercise by the thorough cultivation of our minds, we shall feel that morbil craving for excitement which results in intoxication, in debauchery, in nameless evlla which I need not recount. But the enormous advantage of storing the mind with know- ledgo, with subjects of thought, ii, that when this pressure for excitement comes upon you— a pressure which la purely physical, and must in tho course of nature come to all— when this come* upon yon, if you havo subjects of intel- lectual Interest and excltcmont, you will not bo mlslod into morbid exccsacs; but if you have not storod your brain with something to. give that yoarning of nature a proper vent, you will assuredly go Into excesses which produco the national vices which we liavo so often to doploro. I look, therefore, to constantly increasing cultureaaprobablythoinostifflcltnt remedy which Provldenco has placed In our hands against thoso moral defects of which cash class in tho nation aro only too guilty. That Is one of tho great advantages which are secured by education; and I am ture all, in proportion as they increaso In culture, will feel its truth. But thero are dangers at the aamo time as thoro are advan- tages. Wo are engaged in launching Into life many whom wo have encouraged to cultivate their brain boyond what perlmps they might otherwise havo done, it is our duty to point out and dwell to some extent upon these dang- re. When I speak of danger, I do not mean to eay a thing xhlcli may necessarily bo yielded to, but which ia to be guarded analnst. Now, tho danger Is that a man or woman should ' think that becausa their mind Is cultured they ore abovo their work. Don't dogrado intellectual culti- vation BO a3 to think that it is a matter of caste; or that because your mind la cultured you aro l « ss fit to do any duty which might otherwise bo cast upon you; or think that any labour has bccome dlscreditabio which you might otherwise hovo performed. ( Choeri.) If jour mind is cultivated and you are callod by that Bltuutlon I" life In which yon aro placed— In otlior words, If you oro called hy Prvldonc © to perform any labour, oven tho coarsest and most menial labour, if so it he, you not only will bo ne t lets ftttod. hut you will bo more fitted to perform that task, because you will have consolations opened to you by the pleasures which instruction has placed at your disposal- consolations which aro denied to tho less happy comrades among whom you work. Nothing can be moro dangorous to you than tho idea that such work is degrading because your mluds are cultivated. It iB no ideal dangor: it Is an evil Which spreads through all classes of scclety. At this moment what aro called the liberal professions are [ overstocked be- cause the eons of clergymen and lawyer;, educated as their fathers have beon, shrink from going into business. At this moment clerks and small tradessien aro content to vegetate upon the most wretched pittance, while artizans and me- chanics are earning a very comfortable livelihood around them, becauso thoy think that, having been educated up to a cortain point, manual labour is in some sense disgraceful to them. Tho thing has got In other countries, I beliove, to even a worse condition than in ours. I think I recently saw that in Germany the wages of the bricklayer were consider- ably higher thau the wages of the professor; and 1 know that from Australia the cry constantly comes. " Send us as many men as you can who can work or who will work with their hands ; but, for heavon's sake, send us no more clerks, lawyers, or doctors, because wo havo more than enough of them already." If that is the case ; If the ordinaiy laws of the market do not work ; if supply exceods demand, and de- mand is not producing supply, it must be due to some dis- turbing cause in the notion— which I should liko to brand by every disgraceful term which could occur to me— that some vocations are " genteel" andothen are not. Depend upon it, every honest labour to which a man may be called ia per- fectly consistent with his dignity as a man, aud ho Is not only not less tit, but ho is more fit to perform that avocation, if he comes to it with a mind aud brain properly prepared. ( Applause.) Well, this Is true with respect to men. What Is tho case with respect to women 1 The universities havo given much attention to this question of the education of women, and I earnestly hope they will continue to do so, and that they will all do their Utmost to attract to Intellectual studies the female population of this country. AU the danger of which I have spoken presses even more upon the female sex than upon tho male. All who know anything of tho appeals for assistance which are mado, and tho misery into which unfor- tunate persons of various classes fall, know that in the case of women it Is constantly the fact that those who would be capable of earning their ownliving if they only would mako up their minds that any honest mode of earning ltisperfectly creditable, will rather starve gradually away, or live upon such pittances as they can beg, than porform any kind of labour which they havo not been educated to think '* gen- teel." I will not dwell upon the subject. I could not pursue it far, but I may say this, that I know it to bo the fact that while this shirking fromhonest labouraaungenteel is to men frequently ruinous, to women it is much worse. It often iuvolves con3equence3 which are fatal not only to their physical but to their moral well- being. The ovil in their case is ono of enormous magnitude, and I trust that the universities will never havo to reproach themselves that, In giving to the women of any class a higher culture than their class has hitherto eDjoyed, they have been conferring upon those women not au advantage but a fatal gift. Don't under « tan( Vme as wishing to discourage ambition. Ambi- tion Is tho vory life blood of any acting and moviug commu- nity. Iiy all means let mon and women struggle to the ut- most to rise as high as thoy can ; let them get up tho ladder as high and as fait as they can ; but don't let them abandon tho lower round until they are quite sure that they have thoir hand upon tho upper round. ( Applause.) The EXPULSION fff PRINCE NAPOLEON from FRANCE. We ( Eastern Post) have received from a correspon- dent in Paris, thq following details, upon the authen- ticity of which we can place full reliance, relative to the recent journey of Prince Napoleon and the Prin- cess Clotilde in France :— On Wednesday week Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde, with their two sons, who had been at school at Vevay, and accom- panied only by the officier d'ordinanu of his Imperial Highness, and the lady- in- waiting of the Princess, entered France from Switzerland, and at the Belgarde Station, close to Belfort, they were asked for their papers. They produced their passports, which had been duly visS at the Consulate at Geneva, and also at the French Consulate in London. The papers were found to be quite en regie, and no opposition was offered to their pursuing their journey in France. How- ever, on quitting the Btation, two police agents took their places in the carriage next to that occupied bv the Prince, and apparently kept a strict watch over his Highness ana family till after the train had left MacoD. Then, no doubt, it was concluded that the Imperial party were proceeding direct for Paris, and the agent?, deeming it superfluous to do more until such time a3 the capital should be reached, went to deep. But it was the Prince's intention to visit firat M. Adelon, ex- secretaiy to M Emile OUivier, with which unfortunate Minister he has pre- asrved his old friendship. Accordingly he got out of the train at Melun, where M. Adelon was in waiting for him with a carriage. The two police agents, however, knew nothing of this and elept on undisturbed till the train arrived in Paris. Then to their horror they found that the Imperial party were not in the next carriage, nor anywhere to be found. In a very unhappy frame of mind they wont to their superiors and reported what had happened. At ten o'clock at night M. Thiers sent a detaebment of police to Cirgay to pay a domiciliary visit to M. Kouher. But the Prince was not only not there, but never had any intention of going there, and, of course, the police did not light upon him. On Mon- day night the pfilice discovered that the Princ9 had leftM. Adelon'sand had gone to M. Maurice Richard's, at Millement, Seine et Oise, near Paris. Thither cer- tain agents proceeded and signified to the Prince that he should leave France in 21 hours. Tho Prince said that he had entered France simply to place his sons at one of the Lyc^ es at Paris, on the re- opening of the school session in October; that he was a French citizen, that his papers were perfectly in form, and that to expel him would be contrary to law. If he committed any offence it would be the duty of the Government to arrest him, and not Bimply order him to leave the country; • and a3 he was not there to commit any offence, or for any object other than that of placing his childien at school, he would not leave c- xcept in obedience to force majeure. Thero the matter rested, tho agents not having authority to arrest the Prince; and public opinion has since pronounced againBt the arbitrary and illegal conduct of the Government. As the Prince stated, there is no law under which be could be ordered to quit France. His rights as a French citizen were admitted when he sought the suffrages of tho electors, for a seat on a Conseil General. The BuffrageB were given, the Prince receiving a majority of votes, but owing t9 tho Empress having caused the imposts payable on the hereditary property of the Bonaparte family in Corsica to be paid in the name of the Emperor only, the Prince found himself tech- nically disqualified, and therefore could not sit. Thia technicality being now set right, the Prince will possibly seek re- election, and only by a stretch of arbitrary and unconstitutional powercould possibly bo pre vented from taking hiB Beat. There is no law of banishment against the Bonapartes ; Buch a3 ODce existed was repealed. With references to the political objects attributed to the journey of the Prince by the organs of M Thiers, we are assured by our correspondent that none such exist. So for from plotting with M Rouher— if this latter be plotting it is indisputable that a coldness reigns between tho Emprfss and the Prince, which renders it impossible that_ the Piince could enter into cordial or conhdental relations with those who, like M. Rouher, enjoy her Majesty's confidence. The Prince is wholly opposed— and he does not affect to conceal his opposition— to the projects attributed to the Empress, or to any scheme of restoring the Empiro by force. The Oaulois publishes tho following protest of Prince Napoleon apalnst tho order of the Government, requiring him to quit tho French territory " Prince Napoleon acknowledges receipt of an official copy of the order from the Ministry of the Interior, which has been handed to him by M. Patinot. To this notification the Princo makes tho following reply. Tho Prince bad proceeded to Millemont with his wife, the Princess Clotilde, in response to an invitation from hia friend M. Maurice Richard, and at tho same time in his own private interests as the father of a family. Tho Prince is a French citizen. No law of exilo has been passed against him nor against the Princess, The Prince is a member of the Council- General, of ono of tho Departments of France, and he is fulfilling bis functions as such. The Princo and Princess exhibited at tho frontier formal passports issued by tho competent authorities. The Prince's passport, issued on the 15th of December, 1871, by order of tho French Governmont, is available for Franco : it has been vis£ d successively by tho French agents at Turin, Brussels, London, ana on the 8th of October, tho present moath, at Pontarlier. The pass, port issued to tho Princcsa is granted by the Ministry of France at Brussels, bears tlio date of October, 14,1871, and is good for England and France. It is therefore by a very hingular mistake, aud in contradiction to the con- teitaof tho document just mentioned, that the order of tho Minister states that tho passport presented at the frontier had only been granted for a special occa- sion. Under thesa circumstances, tho Prince resists tho oxecution of the Mumterial order directed against himself, and declares that to inbure respect for hia per- Eonal liberty and liia rights as a citizon he is aloout to appeal to the judicial authority— tho guardian of tho law of tho country. Tho Prince invitt3 M. Patiuot immediately to communicate this reply to tho Govern- saent. " NAPOLSOU ( JEROME)." £ MUTUAL ACCOMMODATION I " The Daily Telegraph thus disposes of the rumour that tho B » nk of England had been wishful to borrow gold from the 13auk oMrance :— Someyeara ago there appeared in Punch, anadmirable cartoon, hitting off with most felicitous accuracy the greatest financial event of that day— a loan of silver which the Bank of England made to the Bank of 1' rauce. " Madame la Banque " and the " Old Lady of I hreadneedle- Btreet" were vis- a vis. The one was a •! uy' ,8tntely » well arranged dame of the old school with a bonnet of unimpeachable fashion, a capital silk drees, and a smart reticule over her arm, dignified and courteous, but with all her wits about her. Tho other was a comfortable, thrifty- looking old crea- ture, habited in a Btout linsey- woolsey— Bomething for use rather than fur show. She wore, also, a poke bonnet of utterly obsolete style, and carried a sub- stantial basket from which sho had just taken an old Btocking well Btuffed with the coinage of the realm. It was a case of " mutual accommodation." Madame wanted to borrow a little silver and the careful but kindly City dame was handing over some of the precious metal from her ample savings. Tho sketch represented a real but unusual transaction. The Bank of France found it convenient to borrow an immediate supply of specie, though at an actual loss to itself, rather than wait for the alow operation of the economic law which would have set silver flowing towards toe PoLut that presented a sufficient attraction. Oddly enough, rumours of a similar arrange- ment, with the positions reversed, have been current in Paris within the last day e> r two, and the Scmainc Financiire alluded to them on Saturday. It has been stated that the Bank of England wanted to borrow gold to the value of 100,000.000 francs from the Bank of Erance, to meet the heavy demands which are likely to be made in connection with the payments to Germany. Our contemporary thinks that nothing has been decided, but adds that the Bank of France could easily render assistance if needed. It is singular that such a report should have obtained currency, and probably it is founded on some international ex-, change transaction which the subscriptions to the ; French Loan and the payments to Germany involve; but the most remarkable thing is that it should be pos- 1 Bible for France, staggering und » r such enormous lia- ! bilities, to " assist" England by hard cash in any Bhape. Tho explanation, of course, iH that the Bank of France, not being under any obligation to redeem its notes, can hoard specie with comparative ease, and hence it has now— about thirty- one millions sterling of the precious metals, while the Bank of England has only twenty. But thj Parisians are mistaken if they think that, inordertogetrgold, the Bankof Englandneedresort so improvident a course aa borrowing: from the'Bank of France something like four millions sterling^ We are not in debt to France or auy other country; we lend not borrow and we have large sums to rec? ive which we can call in when we please. If the Bank of England has allowed its stock of gold to run too law, it can do one of- several things. It can sell its. securities in the open market or borrow on them; it can raise the rate of discount, and so attract money to London, to be lent out, or in- vested, or devoted to purchasing those commodities which " dear " money tends to make cheaper. These , are the well ascertained remedies ; they are now par- tially in operation, and the result will soon be seen. When they are found to fail, it will be time enough to reverse the former transaction between " Madame La Banque " and the " Old Lady "— not sooner. CHEAP LITERATURE. On the above subject The Tima publishes the fol- lowing letter:— The present ignorance of the great mass of Englishmen of those works which aro caloulated for moral and mental Im- provement may be traced to the high price of sound and in- structive literature to a very great extent. Why should we not take example from the manner In which they manage these things abroad? In France " La BlbliothSque Na- tional" has, since 1863, published about 160 volumes of the French classics, & c., at 40 centimes per volume. In Germany the " Universel- Blbliothek " has published about 300, among which are all the greatest ornaments of the literature of au ages and all countries, at 2 allber groBchen. Why are good EugDih works, then, dear, when we are supposed to be the most civilized of nations f Even France— the gay— has published. In a cheap form, her most inbstantlal and philosophical productions, and we— the serious— cannot obtain a reliable edition of Bacon's Essays under some fabulous and arbitrary price. All Shakespeare's plays aro published in German at two silber groschen each, and our cheapest editions cost at least sixpence. Why should we not have our Sliltons for fourpence per volume, and translations of Tasso and Dante, and good ones too, for the same price f Reader* want the books and not the bindings, and no one will for a moment deny that some books at least can be published cheaply, although no one undertakes their publication. I, for one, am not too aristocratic to spurn a work on account of Its binding, aud I know for a fact that bound books are less read than others. Half the shelves in our libraries might often be filled with painted boards for all tho use we make of the books they contain. Relying on your sympathy for tho great cause of cheap literature to prompt you to insert this plea, tor it, I romaln your obedient servant, WJL LAIRD CLOWES, Grove hous' Clapham- common, Oct. 12. SUICIDE AND OVERWORK. Referring to the lamentable death of Mr. Justice WlUes, and tho difference between a love of sansatlon, and the fatal issues of an over- worked brain, the Medical Times and Gazette writes :— The unfortunate death of Mr. Justice Willea seems to have taken a powerful hold of the popular mind; nor do we remember any similar event which has created such a profound impression in its way, except, though in smaller degree, the death of Hugh Miller under somewhat similar circumstances. Deaths like these are deeply to be regretted ; the livea lost are of the highest value, and the conditions of the deaths render them among the Baddest of human event3. With such men as the actors suicide is elevated to a drama of intense interest, its phases surrounded by a lurid splendour, even though the Bight of the great mind giving way excites feelings of the deepest sympathy and pity. But contrast Buch suicides with what is commonly called the same thing, as we have lately had an opportunity of doing, through the epidemic of attempting self- destruc- tion which has spread abroad pmong hysterical females. A young American woman, in a destitute Btate, jumped from Waterloo- bridge and was drowned. Unfortunately, she left her reasons for so doing behind her, and some fuss was made about her and her fate. . Forthwith every young woman who has a quan- el with her lover, or who has no lover to quarrel with, sets about following her example, and presently they are Bplashing in the water in every direction. It is ques- tionable if half of those who have managed to get into the water wanted to drown themselves ; but the nuis- ance is the Bame, nor will it be put an end to till some of the rescued onea are eharply and ignominiously punished. In both seta of cases the result is the same— self destruction; but compare the con- ditions of the ono with thoBe of tho other. Such deaths aro caricatures on public misfortunes like the suicide of Mr. Justice Willea. To our pro- fession, indeed, tho history of the death of that distinguished lawyer and what led to it is full of in- struction. It is too much the custom nowadays to disregard health and even life in the pursuit of riches, yet such a case will teach a lesson in unmistakable lan- guage which a medical practitioner has in vain tried to convey. It is tho old story of overwork and want of rest. A man may - go on a long time working very hard, and doing his work well, provided he can get a fair amount of Bleep, But it is the peculiarity of mental work that, after a time, it brings sleeplessness nlong with tho desire to sleep rather than the quiet reBt which follows bodily exertion. Whenever Buch a stage is reached, even if nothing has been done before, it is tipie to interfere. And there ia only one way of inter- fering— that is, by complete change of scene and occu- pation. It is useless to stay at home; to dose with opium and chloral is worse than useless. The patient must go away ; where, it does not greatly matter,— but away he must go. There is one consideration which our brethren will do well to urge on men thoy see bent on ruin- iug themselves thus : that is, the comparative value of work done in Buch a state and that done in perfect health. There is no comparison between tho two. The work of an exhausted brain is always poor in point of quality. Thepeculiarity of the cases of Mr. Juatico Willea and of BTugh Miller lay in " the fact that they both had got their work over. This iu itself constitutes a lesson. It Bhows how deeply overwork may injure the constitution, how it may produce results from which it is hard to recover. All the more reason why it Bhould ba taken in time. Suicide can never bo other than a miserable thing, but it is especially ipisetable coming at tl^ e end of u long and honourable career, when it is the final reward of good service done to the country, Yet if fcuoh a death do anything to open the eyea of men to the error of such a course, of unceasing work as that pursued by the lament Judge, he. « Ul sot have died altogether in vain.. ta Italy to 1L. ttWrf- . d^ ite' JS" ® *—- So** cutta - StiSK && Jtt, & SSVSJGSR1 ™ * " WW I. Th ® Princn Imperial was under anamination la « * SSSVYXAS"" *"* • u£ sj of th. .. ' " ' • • " I • •' OTd. ud It Is PCTWKWSd to rn>.* l a iim i* U » vwpo.. „ i © J- S- STSSA Es£ r MWSJ5- 81 ^ mmm mrnmrn^ A wonderful discovery is reported fr- tn Colorado, la the shape of an enormous tllver lea » - o, or system uf l<* Iges, urar Caribou II Is 1* 14 to N- feet In width ana Ave irl! » In length, assaying from ITS dolx to 1,000 dais per ton. It Is also reported that a solid win of silver ow, : i » Inches wide, was struck In the Marshall lunnwl, near Co. nje- t> wn. % Tho Pall 3fal2 Gazette Indulge* In the pleasant anticipation that the rear's revenue reoelpts will exceed by somo £ 4,000.0 0 the amount estimated In the last Budget, AstUmlng that a large portion of the sorplos should be ap- propriated to relief of local taxes, our contemporary suggests that the American Indemnity ought to be defrayed by meaus of a loin, rcpsjanenfrqf which might extend over nut nwro than two or three yean. The system of sewage irrigation has been In opera- tion at Warwick five years, and the arcounta presented at a recent meeting of tho Town Council of that borough showed that during that time tho receipts hsvo been Just equal to the expenditure. The Council, however, hare resolved to lot their sewsgo farm, as they fear there Kill be some uncertainty In realising the hay crops. A striking indication of the activity of Germany In the perfection of Its armaments is supplied by the fset of the fruaslsn Government having ordered ISO. 000 new ( Ides and a mllUou cartridges from an eminent manufacturing company In Birmingham, Tho rifles are to be on tho Mauser system, adapted, and will hive a range exceeding that of tho Chaato- pot or Werder. The King of Sweden lay in state for one day at MalojO, 9,000 people went to see him. and many team Wor « shed. The transporting of the body by rail to Stockholm was llko a funeral procession through tho wholo country from south to north. The coffin was placcd nn a railway car mado like a hearso, so that tho coffln was seen all richly dcoorated and with flowers on It. If the alarmists who, two months ago, predicted the nttcr fall tiro of our potatoes and a good many other crops were merely mistaken In attaching too much Importance to local casualties, their error, whllo it has dono really no good to the borne producer, has proved of Infinite benefit to the hungry consumer. Under tho Influenco of tho doleful state- ments published, and with the desire to profit by so promising a market, tho foreigner has been pouring In supplies on a much more abundant scalo than usual. An old lady named MM. Heaton, has been burnt to death In her own house, at IUvenhurst- street, Birmingham. She and hor husband lived together, tho old lady being 7i. and Sir. Heaton 80 years of age. It Is supposed that her dress caught Are when she was boiling some water. Ilor dress and underclothing were almost burnt nway and on one side of her body, from the head to tho foot, the llsstt was literally burnt to tho bone. According to a Daily News telegram from Home, it Is said that In tho conversation with tho Topo on Saturday, Cardinal Cullon urged his Holiness to support him In bis endeavours to place Irish odiicatlon In the hands of tho Catholic priests. Cardinal Cullon, It Is also said, wished tho Tope to att energetically In tho question of the Oalsuy elec- tion, but J'lus IX. recommended moderation, declaring that the time for action hid not yet arrived. It is said that M. Thiers has recdved a box con- talulna two Orslnl bombs, and a mesaago that, desplto the watchfulness of the police, 2 000 of thoso explosive missiles had beon sent Into tho capital. It Is probable that somo malicious persons have been playing a trick on the vennraldo President' to frighten him; for It Is almost Incrediblo that 2.000, or ovon 200 bombs could glide through the flogors ot the Custom House officials. THE MARKETS. MARK- LANE.— MoiTDAT. At Mark lane to- day there has been less firmness In tho of English wheat has beon only moderate, but It has been sufficient for requirements. The lew tine Wnplcs offered have maintained late rates, but other qndltlc. hate only been saleable at a reduction of Is , and In some Instance per quarter. There has • ft*" ,0' Wheat. Tho finest Ru. sbJ? sorts have sold at late rates, but other sorts have onlr been disposed of at less money, ssy Is. per quarter' * tae « satlng barley has conUnueA Arm. Grinding » ort « « « unchanged. Malt has been quiet, but Arm. Thero has been a good show of oats on the stands. Ftoo samples liave been tolerably steady In value, but In- ferior have been16d. to Is. per qr. lower an the » e « s Malxo has been less active, but without change In value. Beans and peas have been quiet at late rates, in flour transactions have been only to a moderate extent, at about last week's prices. MARK- LANK — W'KLIJS fcHIAT. There has been no feature of Importance in tbe grain trade to- day. The supply of English wheat Is again limited, and tho Quality | ndliferent, but there Is a fair show of foreign, ? ho Inquiry Is only far fins seed parcels, other qualities beta* d L THL COX- AVMPZA OP THE HIGH P\* JBF COAL. TVs Mlovbc w- r ha TM Times, WiL wma tvfmj a oarrful pcraal :— TVs ?--* rd <* Trait Mtra for tfee moot* M imfftrmUr. mnl tl ftrst s* jfc:. a rtry - . - —..- s^ taa ptcsare •( com- mmtUti prwmr. T1m wbofa i- urvi nL-. a « < o « r ix., rts | rr Us! WW cr. vr> tr. l\ t. u » ta « ass-. f ttoss saf « * wl ta 1971; aad ttaee for ta- ate* rnrmtts 1 i) llia> ll » to atpri- U bribe eerT' « T-. n. U » x pahed ot lass y « « r. nlslarxt .1 c^ rethaa tii ' ft . M ta rates la swaflsd by • x. tM^-. l. n, Ir s seat < A otc staj. c taports. neb as erm, toa sa4 aacar. raw crttea. rice. JbU. hi'- s, aa4cow* r. Oa Okr ettfr ta-. f. t » are fa a eoem « W< lafflac < A la Um ia-^. rUU a d Ux, tmrnz , tn » raiitac- to-- « aad raw siIA. The tsereaee ta the raise ot expwta K SOU si eater, emeee4' ac a 1^ 00.000 Um ( be c. , iU A MitsaW sol t3A. 7 » jm Ur UM nlaa tilths, dsrteg whi- h ( be vVU Iv. ixnA vaMa ot Brttah sad Irish fr A-. n . 1 wis £ 130.11 MK. A dreer txamlna- ilea of tr-! .. JVAal UMss shows a ramarkaMy « Mr1>] « ttoQ ( 4 this Uer* M » over Cm pnsnl export trv> at Um Called Ki- r: vr. For Uutance, U we follow lh « alpha> « Ucal arrat;'-..--, t of the Ket^ zns. we Bad a rise la vaJoa aadsr tls fce* is of alkali, apparsl. berraad ale, WvAs. ct-. jml^ al pr-- Jicts, coal, cnpp « r and C /\ prr msnnfaetwe, ootojn ot all kinds, eartfcm aad china ware, haker^ aabary aad nrtdt « ry. hardware. and wr--. ibtlr-> nt Ua « » IT. ar. nlortuw*, ] ate aiaaafsrtarea. macU- BOTy, rAI. i spw. wo « UeD yarts, aad wooUm stofls li^ re msUv arii-> « . snch at arms, for which the demand has has brea r-^ T ' l obvl is caosea; aad a f « w others, inch as i. i,- n ani J jams, ta ( be rrprrWfon of which there ba « been a dsefbs^ not so ewy to rxplata; bat. apoa the wbob » . the export trad* ot the Catted Klnjrin ® . me » s « ed by valor, appears to be atoadliy prccreetfve. U has, however. Justly polnto'l oat that If the raU of Increase be nea. acrr l by qosnUty Instead of bj vsJne. the result Is very dlffcrn, t. aad by on means finally aatlsfactory. The most notable Illi'trattou i thU . Jiff- r- n e la, of ermine, furnished by the exportation of eoaL la Ibe Qrat thm quartm of 1871 our vrportatl'va of cuml amooLtod to D *) toes, valued at £< « D. 042; la the lint thrae .| oart « rs of Jl- 72 It amounted to 10,0w.: r? tens, vatn* d at £ 7, KB, f « 7. In the month of Septoitbvr, 1- 71, the qosntity exported was 1.13 SIS tons, an 1 the value / OCKtSM: In the nv olf) Ol s- pUo* ymr. l% 72, the quality was 1.2- 8.405 tons, and the value £ 1.% 7. - i Tbeee Oruras toll their own stovy. The exportation A British coal in 1875 has scarcely exceeded In quaiitity the exporUU^ n for the ae0MPOBdfaf period of 1871, while in the tnorth Just elapsed it has been much less than in September, 1* 71. owlrg to a rise of price which has move than doubled the declared value of each ton. The same retrark applies, with little variation, to the iron trade, which lnevltaM* fluctuates with the price of coal; aad these re- snlts will probably be still more conspicuous In the next Brtnrns. With such facta before us It It Impossible to regard the 1mm. I late prospects of British trade very b'pefolly, in spite of Its continued expansion In pecuniocy value. It has l mg been reaiixad that Ureal Britain depends mainly upon her • bondant coal snpply for her commercial supremacy In Borope. It Is the one vast advantage which counterbalances, and bit list counterbalances, the much higher rato of wa « ts In this oountry aa compared with any part of the Continent. Now, the audition of more than 1< a> per cent, to the price of £ ngllsh coal has precisely the same effect, U- r the time being, whether it arises from a rapid exhaustion of English ooal fields, or from an organised strike among English colliers, or from s conspiracy among English ooal owners or ooal buying middlemen. If It has not the same « fleet in the long run. It Is only because a real ex- haustion • f the coal fields would be an IrrealsUble evil, wh- reas It Is morally certain that, sooner or later, the pro- sent esorMtsnt prlres silll be forced down. One thing appears clear, and Uils It that neither the rise of colliers' wages nor their unwillingness to work more than a nMmtim number ol hour* a day is sufficient tojastlfy the eilsUi g state of the oo. U- marlct, and that, whether by good fortune or by preconcerted design, the coalowners or tho middlemen must bo making far Uryor profits than If they were sell Ita great deal more ooal at a moderate price. But, however this insy be. It Is to be feared that the evil can only core Itself In one way— by a omtr. v ti-> n ot the demand for coal In evi ry branch of manufacture which employs steam power. It appears that the Importation of Iron manufactures, reckoned for the nine months, has risen from 8Sl, 710cwt. In 1! 71 to OOlSSOcwt. In 187i, the ImportaUon in Soptem- I" r alone t. clLg wro than double that in September of last year. It was oven asserted not long sgo that >> al had actually been exported by Franco into Great Britain ; but this assertion has since been denied, and though » glan coal Is known to have been nscd by certain rallwsy Id steambost companies, it is doubtful whether, having re- , ard to quality, It can be largaly substituted lor British coal, rjilrsa pric- s should be ltill further Inflate 1. . Meanwhile, It ft to be expected that one manufactured article after another will become dearer, and that a proportional diminution will occur lu tho consumption of them, aa has already hap- pened In tho United Slates under the Influence of a protective tariff At last a reaction will doubUesa come by moans of a sudden fall In the price of coal, but It may not come before terious distress has been lnfllctc- 1 en tho artisan classes, nor will the course of English trade right Itself again on the Continent so readily aa In England Itself. Ilabit Is tar more powerful In modi- fying the action uf demand and supply than some economists will admit, and a customer once lost Is not always to be re^ alnsd by tho offer of a good bar- rain. But for thli untoward dtaturbance In the coal tradn the rorent legislation of the National Assembly would hsvo given En « llsh mtr. ufaoturere a golden oppor- tunity of tupplanUng their French rivals. M. Michael Chevalier was ablo to . boast that by tho operaUon of her various Commercial Treaties France had been enabled to compote on equal terms with England In the [ markets of Europe. After taxing Baw Materials, and Imposing " slightly protective duties" on semi- manufactured anlclcs, she wculd assuredly have lost much that she had had gained, and if she maintains her position It will be directly or Indirectly due to the exorbitant prloo ot British coaL This It. perhaps, the main leuon to be learnt fretn a per- usal of these Returns, and It la one which economical prin- ciples would have taught us to anticipate beforehand. At the same time great caution Is necessary In drawing In- ferences from statistics of this kind for a single month, or even lor a single year. The acUvity of the British expert trade In any given month or year Is manifestly not de- termined solely by the ability of the BriUsh manufacturer to urdersell foreign manufacturers, but alto by the condlUon of foreign oonnUlet, and the fpeater or lets briskness ot speculation both at home and abroad. It Is now well known that the pmdtglous Importation of raw cotton and exportation of cotton goods In the years Im- mediately pn ceding the Amsrtcm Wsr did not represent a legitimate business, but a recklsss system of overtrading which had glutted the markets of tho world. For different reasona, the amount ot British trado with France during last year must bo considered entirely abnormal, and the Ketums for this year are affected to an Indefinite extent not only by tho efforts which Franco Is making to recover her- self, but also by tho " denunciation " of the Anglo French Treaty. It is curious to observe the violent perturbations which have occurred In some branches of cur trade with France during the last three yean. In the first nluo months ol ls70 we sent tMthcr but £ 721.802 worth of cotton; In the first nine months of 1S71. £ 1.0Ca. » 44 worth ; and In the first nine months ot £ lo7i, £ I, SS7.6S2 worth. In linen and Jute yarn the movement hat boen In tho contrary direction, or the exportation ot 1670 was above twice as much in 1 quantity as that of 1871, and greatly above thrice as much as that of 1871. The same hohls good of many kinds of wool- lens, but. fcr some mysterious reason, there has beon a pro- digious devolopment In the exportation of wonted stuffs to Franco, which has about doubled Itself, both In quantity and value, tlnoo 1870 AU these sudden rises and falls In a lanro trado between two oountrlta involve great risk and loss on otto aids or both, and it is not the least mischief of M. Thlere' reactionary con merolal policy that it has tgrravated the uncertainty which no commercial fore- sight cam eliminate under the best ot circumstances. While the rvuewal of the Anglo French Treaty is still pending, no merchant concerned In the supply ol articles likely to be taxed can safely enter Into a c ontract, and a sense of com- mercial Insecurity has already made itself felt throughout Karvre. llenoetheslgufficancoof i rince liismarck s recent do- spateli, a.- kno^ eJglr.-; the firmneaa ol Austria In declining any n.. « ,< ificaUen of her own Treaty xrtlh France, which hat still four lean to run. The accounts which resch us from CVpeuh « < en of the anxiety talk there far a remission In favour I of Kngland of the iarfaxe tU PariUon, as Involving a I similar concession to Denmark, teach the same lesson. , England has no lonffvr any Treaty right on which tho can ; take her rtxnd ; but la conducting negotiations it shoal 1 h « her endeavour, for tie sake of other nations besides herself, to piaoe her commercial relations with France, If not cn a ecund, at least on a stahle basis. NO END OF STBIKESR A strike, my Hasten, and my Men, is a game at which not onlr two can play, bat likewise three. Be- aklee the WurtBU ar I the Employer, who strike* by lockiug- oat, there is the Consumer, whose strike con- ' aists la roiog without. He joes without that which he can least inconveniently do without: thus a man redresses the balance of his butcher's bill by strik- ing, if a bachelor, against his tailor; if a kus- bsic I. acainst hu linrr. ! nper as much as possible, acaiost his iewrller altogether. Accordingly, Trades- V nScnist* of all sorts, please to oboerre. that one trade eventually suffers for the strike of another; and that, in so far aa you are consumrra, when yoo strike as pro- docere yoa may strike against yourselves, sod ctaigo ycc- wlwa to strike again by an3 br against some one particrdar class ol pnxtucer* or other. Then these or UKW, in their turn, strike against yoa, and thus cf striking there is DO « ML— IS^- A. The persona in the employ of the Great Wert era Kaiinf Ctonpaey at Um ee^ Wwodta, WaJvertasapton, Msahertag abowt OCW. b. U a dee » slnUre serU SalanUy to NnMr what steps be takes to wears la ctsrtMy Aitor wesllrstls atr— f u is m agreed w THE FRATEICIDE IT KEBSALATJN. The French p^ wtpci& h accrata of the trial weak a£ Q^ p- r. in Brit^ ny. of Otvier Kennel for thrmurier ol his brother. The peiscoer tt denaib © ! as befcg tall ac 1 powerful, his eye crdinarOy aJd and the W par*, cf ha h- xd bail, with long darkf^ ir fx;:-- b- hiai upon hie neck. The natnre and dr~ t » ut: « s cf thecziseimactodto him will be beat expimi^ l by a ^ of the eranfnatyn of the prisoner by the trailing Judge :— -• ton ntaraed after the war totba Chatewof Ksxmlap in Mar: i. im. sad yoar brother, who had served la the tWiWiI Z isvrs, 1 V* retma rrtfl January. 1S72. 11> ere was at that ttat In the hcure a rourg srumaa servan t. Marts Ls Oach. to wfaon yon had pail attenSlonsT -' Tea' -' D appears that ia order to gain yoar ohjact jou offteed her taooey. dhe nfased It Ton peomlaed her marriage, wWcb shows to what aa extent yoa were Impelled by pas- stow, an 1 that yoa were JCJMS of your brother Erctst. fjr both of yoa jnmed the y- uivg WCM with ycur tmportunl- tlsa.'—' There were BO Irap. rtcattles cn my part. 1 L^ VED her: I perceived In hergreai quaBttea. I este- rsed her. but I did ao( anno7 b « r. I am surprised t! iat sash a repreach sh-^ 14 be addressed to ma I am very observant ol dec rum. aad It srruld be q^ lto opposed to my feelings to corru. t any yoaag sromaa. 1 may hare efferad money to Marie. I cac- not say Yea, for I Irred her cuth. It was tir that reason • ionefhag I crated her, but wtthcot any evfl Intention.' " Btfsc farther preeeed with questions upon the same point, he replied that hit memory bad failed him. The Jad? e recitaled bun that he had been heard to « y, ' It Is a good thing that he Is my brother, or I would hare put a ball Into hla head.' " The prisoner rose furiously, and In a very loud voice ex- claimed, • I sras always on rood terms with my brother They seek to provs ttat I cherished bad feelings towards him— to make that a weapon against me. I always loved him. It is sought to hold me responsible for Us death. I protest a* xlnst that before If'avtn. I in continually told of x. hit is oontalned In the oeU daoewtion. but the arte da- K- jai\ on Is Inaccurate. Thus It states that my mother sent away Marie Le Clech, whereas It was Maria who left of her own accord. After that wlU yen axk me to accopt your arte d accusation r " After this outburst the prisoner reiamed tho seat which hs was allowed to occupy, an Injury to hit knee preventing him trvm remaining long In a standing position. ** The President read a passage from tho minutes of th ® preliminary e rami nation to prove thit the prisoner dls- Unctlv avowed that he had asaasxinatod his brother b; cause he believed that he had caused the departure of Mario Le Clech— To this the prisoner replied that bo remembered nothing of the preliminary examination, but be denied that he had thosrn himself to be such a monster. " The Prealdent:' You are not an ordinary crimloaL You have received a superior educaUon How do you now explain your crime T You have asserted that you took your pistol to shoot yourself. Why, then, did you feavo your room f—' I knew not what I was doing. I am not a c. ward, as I have shown. Had I known what I waa about I should have blown out my brains altar killing my brother, but I remember nothing.* " The Judge: • Eut you rtmenber, at least, that you tired three timet at your brother t'—' I took the weapon Intend n? to kill myielt. After that I have no consciousness ot what I did. llow it was done Is a problem which I cannot ex- plain. I am told that upon my first examination I gave a precise explanation of tho circumstances. That may hsvo been. Bnt that proves what I say; for had I known what I was about, ls it likely I should have made that statement.' " The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with. " The Come de Keretrut stated that he xras playing at billiards at the Chateau de Kerealaun upon the day of tho murder, when Olivier entered the room, and immediately three fhota were fired. He at first thought It had been an accldett, and spoke to OUvler, who made no reply, and left the room. Turning to Ernest, who had fallen to the ground, he fouad him bleeding and Insensible. " Tho prisoner's counsel, M. Lacbaud, inquired whether the wltmsa believed the catastrophe to have been a crime or a misfortune, to which, after several momenta' reflection, ho repllod, ' I beilevo it was a crime; bnt, accorJinr to witnesses to be called, Olivier had for tome time past lost his besd, without being actually mad.' Being pressed as to his beliof that tho prisoner intended to kill his brother, ho answeited, ' It is difficult to say ; but I do not think to.' " The yomrp woman, Marie La C! ech, was next called. She was dressed In tho usual Brctonne costume, and is described as about 16 yean of age, and very good- looting. At tint she displayed great unwillingness to reply to tne questions ad- drc ued to her, and the Judge, thinking that she was not con- versant with French, directed that a Breton interpreter should l< o called in, but tho witness then said, ' If I am to tell all 1 would nther do so in Frenth.' She then made a statement to tho follosring effect:—' M. OUvler came after mo often. At flnt he offered me 201, and then came several times ^ id knocked at tho door of my room. I would not open it, and afterwards I told Madame de Kermel that I wished to leave. When ho learnt that he came to me and cried, because he thought I was afraid of him and enter- tained a bad opinion of him. Afterwards he offered me 100f-, which I also refused.' " The Judge: ' And his brother!' " Witness: ' Ho ran after me one evening when I was going It to my room, but when he taw that I shut the door fee went away. Oie day he said to me " You ought to get marricei, for you should be away from hue." M. Olivier asked mo what ho had said to me, and I told him, upon which ho said, " It Is a good thing for him that ho ls my brotbeil or I would have put a ball into his head." But I did not attach any Importance to those words. One day he found M. Ernest in the kitchen with me, and said, " Ab, thete are the tricks which my brother playt me." The prc- vlout evening I had been to a neighbouring farm, and he thought hla brother waa with me, and searched for us a long time. I told tho other servants not to say where I had gone.' " The Prosecuting Counsel, addreislng the prisoner: ' You tee that you did rtally utter threats of death against your brother1.' " Tho Prisoner. In a broken voice :' Yes, I must have said so, for Iho would not hsve Invented them. But they were not serious or she would have attached Importance to them, and wofld have warned my brother, or would have exerted her influence over me to prevent such a misfortune. I repeat that 1 do not recollect anything.' " Thai Procureur:' Of course, this ls part of your system. " Thoprisoner roso. and with great Indignation exclaimed, ' I have no ayitem. I speak tho truth. It is Infamous to say so.' t " After this outbunt the evidence of some other wit- nesses as to the tubsequent conduct was taken, and the caae for the protecutlon was doted. " Medical evidence was called for the defence to prove that the prisoner's mind was affected j but ono of tho wit- nesses declined to pledge his beUcf that there was tuch a complrte failure of memory as was asserted. " Maltre Lachand based the defence upon tho ground of a dls-. r- ered Intellect— which ha 1 been aggravated by an ab- torhlng pastlon for tho young girl— that he had no unfriendly feeling against his brother and that the fatal shots had been tired during a paroxysm of maniacal passion, which did not render the prisoner liablo to the charge ol murder. " After a short dellberaUon the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty with pruneJIUUOD, but allowed extenuating circum- stances. " After the Judge had pronounced the sentence of hard labour for life, the prisoner arose, weeping, and cxclalmed In a loul voice, ' I have been unfortunate, bnt I am not an a'sasalnj You might take my life, but you hare no right to dugricome.'" HEDGEROW FRUITS.' The following extract from the Gardener^ Magazine Is ol practical value to many of our readen Tho planting of fruit- trees in hedgerows has been frequently recommended in these pages, but as yet it has not been carried out to any considerable extent. The other day, when in the North Elding of York- shire, I bad an opportunity of teeing what can be done in this direction, for the hedgerows of the farm of a very enterprising agriculturist are mostly planted with a; ple, pear, and r lum trees, which now yield a very gtod return. Tho fields are large, and the hedges which intenect them arc chiefly farmed of whitethorn, and kept down to about four feet, and do not exceed two feet in width. The fruit trees are planted In the hedgen at a distance of about 50 feet apart, and alth. u^ h they have now rather large heads they do not materially interfere with the crops j They certainly do leas injury than the old poUard oaks and elms so common to hedteiows, are quite as picturesque, and, moreover, yield a profitable return. This year the crops of both apples and peara have bean exceedingly li^ ht, but I can well understand by the appearance of the trees that in the majority of seasons they bear heavy crops. It is worthy of mention that the choicer kiiuLi only, which can be kept until midwinter, when fruit generally fetches n fair price, haTe been planted. The fears entertained by some people, when the subject was mooted afew years since, that it would encourage dis- honest habits among the boys of the village, byTucing them under temptations they would be nnafJ- to resist, hxve turned oct to be groundless. Of course, now and then a few apples and pean are taken by the boys, but my friend assured me that the loss dunrg the eeaecn was not worth mentioning. Ia fact, I xras assured that the isses from the hedgerow treei were not greater than frto than in the crchsrds. LX- ST quantities ol potatoes are being impcrted into L c- i- r. frvici KoUerdam aad the Dutch porta Ia » - i titl sa to these. WT7 Urpr earr* a of potatoes are being br- ir^ t Into the Tyae tJ otiwr aorth- eastora rcrts by tteaairs from Oaabnrr Haa^ y little sails? vessels sol ttoam- n < are tho « a « agtd la brtagtag potasces aad en trcm Fra& oa 1 I* ( be east c art ef Ecgiaad. As Use Frea- h fcav ® z> M the ' raqatdte kird ci tassp tor this Bade, meat cf the vessels we Smuh EPITOME OF SEWS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN. The klorley Main Coffiery xras re- opeced co SIoo- day, haxlacbeea recocted la beta a sals ocaattee. The Excise duty on wine and swe « ta in the year endad list of March last was £ 198,$ 43,17a » } 1 On il- mday morning. Sarah Beal, aa t'Arr'. j wwnan, Uviag a loeely M? e at S : taer- freen. near She £-;.*. was foaad by a peUoacan, boned to death by ier own flnsl le, her Clothes being la ashes and bar body horribly charred. The Rev-. Peter Cartwright. the ereat Me- iodtst Itinerant preacher ot the Western Sutoa. died at hit h res In nilnala, on the SMb ot September. a « ad 87 yean. He had been over 45 yean In tie mlnistery, aad enjoyed a great re- petitive as a powerful preacher. The extremely interesting series of letters appearing In tba Dotfy JTettt; from the ecal districts, aad la which t>. e oondltian and prvspects of the coiners are so graph! ca ly and powerfully depleted. Is from the pea of Mr. Archibald Forbea. At a meeting recently held in a small provincial town to consider the er. ermous aad tocreaUng price of coals. It was proposed, seconded, and unanimeasly resolved that " this ton of thing should not be allowed to go on any longer.' Michigan, says ITcarih and Home, raises some very fine apples. 3 .. me Mi expanders thought to. and acnt'flve barrels last year to Qssen Victoria. Queen Victoria thought so too. sod sends an order this year for seventy barrels for her winter use. Mr. Andrew Currie, of Fife, has presented to Mr. Disraeli a gift of a walking stick made from wood which formed the staircase leading to the dwelling- house at Kirkcaldy which history assigns as tho birthplace ot Adam Smith. " The young Countess de Mont fort was returning from a drive in the B-. ls do Boulogde, when she was suddenly selxed with the pains of labour, and before the could reach home gave hlrth to a boy in her carriage. The mother and child arc doing well."— GadgnanL Some of the cab proprietors in Manchester have raised their fares to la per mile tor any number of paa- tengen, the fares hitherto charged having been 9d per mile for one or two passengen and Is. for any number above. The rsas n assigned f r the advance la the increased cost of wages and materials. The poor underpaid labourer, who must strike to get hla rights, has Just boen exhibited to us by the Labour JTeses. which states that there Is an ironwork* r In the North of England who earns wages at the rato ot £ 1,000 a year, and that there are many making as much aa f ? yy The Fint Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police having replied to tho memorial of the men that he cannot make any fresh arrangement with regard to the pay, they have tent in another memorial. In which they set forth their reasons for an Increase, but they state that this Is by no means a preparation for a strike, which they should depre- cate. The Conservative party in the West of Sootland in- tended to take advantage of the forthcoming visit of Mr Disraeli to Invito him to a banquet, and ask him to address the working men of Glasgow, but this Idea has been aban- doned, in consequence of the right hon. gentleman having indicated a desire that his visit should not be Identified with any political demonstraUon. The Baptist Union of England and Wales, sitting at Manchester, have passed a resolution expressing alarm at thi prospect ot a further extension of the denominational system of education in Ireland, and caUing upon the Government to apply to all State aided schools in that country the principle of secular education. It has been dedded that men belonging to the militia reserve who fraudulently enrol In any regiment of tho militia other than that to which the reaerve belongs will be required to refund the sum of £ 1, In addition to tbo usual stoppage of 18s. 6d, and will be struck off the strength of the militia An interesting trait of modern Japan figures in the last mail newa. During his visit to Xsgasskl, the Mikado waited npon the telegraph operators, with tho IntenUon of exchanging dvllltles with tho crowned heads of Europe. On discovering that even electricity may keep a man smiting longer than ho has time to spare, he relinquished the project. The rapid melting of the snow on the wolds and moon caused very serious floodings of all the North Elding riven of Yorkshire on Sunday. The railways were inun- dated on both sides, and at night the farmers had to drive their cattlo out of the flooded fields. The lowland farmen must be heavy losert, as this ls the third flood tinco mid- summer. The Quarter Session, for the borough of Bochcster, held on Monday, wss a maiden session, an event which has not occurred for somo yean The Mayor, Mr. Woo- ihams, presented the Recorder, Mr. Barriw, with a pair of white Sloves, and made somo remarks as to tho satisfactory work- ) g of the Licensing Act, In which the Eeoorder concurred. On Saturday last the Cunard steamer Scotia, Com- mander Lott, left Liverpool for New York, with 2< 30 saloon psssengen, amongst whom were General Boriea, Miss Nellie Orant ( daughter of the President of the United States), Tho O'Connor Don. M. P., and Mr. Bartorit, M. P.. and Mr. Thompson, the great rallwsy magnate, who, It Is sold, has contracts on hand for 7,000 milot of railroad. On Friday, a coroner's jury at Raiuow, near Maccles- field, returned a verdict of Wilfnl Murder and Suicide in the case of a young woman named Swift, the wife of a collier, who had dronncd herself and child, eleven months old, in Forge Pool, the previous day. The unhappy women at- tempted to drown a second child, two yean old, but he scrambled out of the water. Ad^ ces from China inform us that the preparations for the Emperor's marriage are being pressed forward ; mwney and silk are being tent up for uso In the ceremonies, jewelry b brought up for the Mandarins, and schemes are discusaed for adding lustre to the spectacle, which, unless it be marred by tome coup ditat and consequent civil war, ls to Inaugurate a new en ot magnificence and prosperity. The Home Secretary has forwarded to the Glasgow authoriUes a reprieve In favour ot John M'Ginley, who at the Circnlt Court held In Glasgow, on September 25, was sen- tenced to be executed tor the murder of John Skilling, in connexion with tho party procession riot at Wlshaw on the 12th of July but It is expected that the reprieve will bo followed by a commutation of tentence. M. Louis Blanc recently undertook to deliver a lecture at La Rochelle, but tne French Government pro- hibited it. M. Louis Blanc now writes to his friends announ- cing that it ls Intention to publish what he had proposed to say ; and that he thinka this will be the best mode ot protest- ing against tho manner In which tho Government of the Eepublio applies . Republican principles. Mr. Bamum, the Prince of Showmen, has, it Is said, been successful In obtaining for exhibition In his Museum of Wooden a great novelty In the shaoe of a thre « - armed man, 1 who appeared the other day In the State on his way from his i native town of UnadlQa, Otsego connty, to North Carolina, to visit a sister residing lu that State. Why not bring him to England to point out tho three ways fsr tho benefit of a distinguished politician ? At the adjourned inquest, held on Saturday, on the bodies of the Si men and boya killed by the explosion at Morley Main Colliery, evidence was given that in the pockets of the deceased matches, fusees, tobacco, and pipes, and a key wherewith to open the aafety lamp, were found; and Ralph Berry, the underground tteward, spoke to having uiielitd tohacco- smeke In the pit two hours before tho ex- plosion : but that did not ttrike him at being an out- of- the- way occurrence. The Inquest wss again adjourned. On Saturday, a meeting of the South Wales steam coal oxrnere, under the presidency ot Mr. George Elliott, M P., was held at Cardiff, to take Into consideration the tctlon to be adopted by them In view of the impending lock- out in the iron trade. It was unanimously decided that the terms of the arbitrators' award, delivered in February last, should be adhered to, and that the rate of wages established at the Iron works should continue to govern tho steam coal trade. At the same time, and while resolved to follow aay upwird movement, the coalmasten reserved to the mselve the right cf deferring any reduction till tuch time as might s » em advisable. About 12,000 men are employed In the arbi- tration collieries. The Paris Etxnemtnt relates that afew days since a man who was digging In hU garden at Kosoy came upon a Shell half buried In Use earth. lie struck It with his tpsde, • htn the missile exploded and the unfortunate n. « n waa blown to pieces. Another accident of a similar character j occurred a few dais previously at Ermont. A dealer in old iron f und among his purchases a aheU, which, being unable * o sell, he placed upon the pathway before his house, and endeavoured xrtth a heavy hammer to break it up The shell, being still charged, suddenly exploded and the man was kaied upon the spot, his limbs being torn from his body. It is announced that Assi, the member of the Com- ' mune, attempted to escape off the coast near the Cape of Good Hope, by swimming i- v from the transport ship which was conveying him to New Caledonia. The furtive was im- mediately fired at, and recaptured with a brk'T arm. This draws attention to the harah treatment French Political con- victs are subjected to when they try to acspe ; thus Asai will pan be.', re a council ot xrar on reaching sew Caledonia, a-* on'y for his attempted Bight, but on a charge of tneft The clothes worn by the convicts are considered Government property, and unlets the fugitives chosse to leave behind tbem the only habiliment they possess, they are liable to suffer for stealing The punishment inflicted in snch cases var^ from tlx months' to five years' solitary confinement la A correspondent writes to the PaU Mall GazetU >- " In a recent number yon call attentXo to the fact that the ayitem ci hf ittcj btlLIiist by means of bnt air has been J'v*: * 11 aay be Interesting to note thai a similar principle was adopted In C- ntral Gsrxany mors than nine OMtaries a « o. During late excavations tn the basement of Use now rained • Kalserbaus' at Goslar ta the Earns t satalaa, the wcrkmsn discover*! sa extonire " rtf* An". I^ iag from a large antral fire vaalt. It ks quite dear what th- ir pcrpore mast have been, for no exfcleoce at other meana ef wanting the place Is any- wbere tobesern. This palace was tU favwlte abode of the Mriy Franmlsn kteca. ten the flnt Conrad la 911 A n. It Is rater enri- oa that the Germans stoold have nrea up so " Tfj edsmtfc and ecotamAs a method ia favour af tbo etitbelr wastry^ 8 * V3Tt" aow Wc* ha* N- rc teai' M br the " rtrik* " - the caMrrwra Utere havtag t*~ ea " e- t" fttr epwards ofsvttk A strike ha « ocrorred at the mrcmXs d Strahane, I - cdocd- ny. A tbonsaad pecsens are thrown cot ol snpAy- It is said that the Prin ^ of Wales will, early in the her ting seaa n. honour the Daks ol Maxtbcrongh with a viall at Bfcurta Palaos. The nett produce of the inha* nted hoone duty in the year ended the 21st ot March last was £ 1^ 2,( 11 it ejl, cut ofil. HX. 0' 5 ISa. lOd. M. Exiher intends, it- is said, to appeal to tka CVaccf. cf State agxlrxt the ezpulsi. Hi cf Pitacn Napoleon trwm France. Tbe Secretary ol State for War has directed thai itas the rrewnt and future years the Volunteer yaar shall termi- nate on the 31st of O. tober instead cf the Mh November. A penny church for Fulhiun, Loudon, is the lat. - t novelty. A lady advtrt- iea for subtcriptloat ot a penny each with a view to raising a sacred edifice ta rulham fhslda. A French company is about to establish kiosks for tbe sale of e - - t dare* in vari is pirts of London, after the mode that has been found to succestful In farta Archbishop Mannir g ha « prohibited the employment of female vncallata In the R. man Catholic places ol worship within his diocese. M. Iixhefort is reported to be in a rery precarious stat*. He it scfTr- lnc from a nervous fever, which even pre- vents him from wielding the pen. The Empress Klixabeth of Austria has written to the woman's rights dub in Vienna: " Ladles, take my alvice and keep away from p. HUcs. There is nothing bat misery In it." M. Saint HOaire, private secretary to M. Th- er?, who has written so many Utters of late as to alarm and frighten the pubUc by turns, has receivod the sobriquet of " Alphabet." The Sida Timet says that a young Englishman ha « 1 just died in Chur from the effects of drinking of the water of the Kosrg glacier. Ue waa advised by his tutor nvt to partake ef It, but di I to, auddled after four dayt'illneta. At the Oxford- hire Quarter Sessions on Monday, the magistrates resoTved t > lncreate the pay ot the constabulary, from the deputy chief oc- nstab'e downwards, ten per oenk, In consequence of tho Increased price of provisions. Here is a curious advertisement from tbe " agony" column of Th* Timet;—" Who srt thou I Ism Skull, the son of Skeleton, tribe ot the bloodless, and naUve of Ghostland. Bertram— Further in f irmaUon of, 4rc." According to a statement jn » t iwued by the dty ot Paris authorities, tbe expenses of the war and the Insurrec- tion as affecting the capital are set down— the former at 1,( 23,000 francs, and the Utter at 3/ SV30 francs. At St. " Louis, Miss M Pike a rraiden of $ 6 summers xras married lately to a civilised Indian, aged f7. During the ceremony the lady l inked pale and anxious, and Anally fell weeping on the breast of her brlduaraald. It Li stated that last year's profits derived from teveral large colllcriet In the Sheffield district exceed £ 100.000 each, while tho rate for tho last quarter Is oven greatly in excess ot that amount. It is announced in a New York telegram that tho Iron works of Messrs. Johnston In Pennsylvania, the largest In America, have been burnt, tho loss being estimated at half a million of dellan. In the year ended the ,11st of March last tho revenuo received by the clerk of tbe Parliaments in the House of Lords was £ 2* 355 lis. 6d , and by tho House of Commons under the Act 12 and IS Victoria, cap. 72, £ 3". 4M Is. 2d. At a meeting of the Toxvn Council of Hamilton it has been unanimously agreod to present Mr. H. M. Stanley, the discoverer- ot Dr. Livingstone, with the freedom of the burgh on the occasion of his visit to Hamilton In No- vember. At a meeting of Oxfordshire magistrates on Monday, a resolution congratulating Sir Roundell Palmer on attain- ing the ex& ltod ollloe of Lord High Chancellor was agreed to. The resolution states t* at it ls without precedent that any native of Oxfordshire hst attained this elevation, with tbo exception of Simon, Lord Harcourt, In the early part of tho eighteenth oentury. At tho close of the French and German war quan- tities of teoJ potatoet were tent from Great Britain to enable the half- ruined French farmors, whose lands had been over- run by the contending armies, to produce a crop for the ensuing year. Part of the second year's produoe ot thoso seed potatoes ls now being shipped for tho English market. From a financial statement presented by the derk to tho Loeds School Board, it appears that the current expendi- ture ot the Board, Including office expenses, amountt to £ 4.000 per annum. Thit is In addition to the feos paid by children and the Government grant. A rato ol three- half- pence In the pound coven the cost. The living of Great Malvern has lwen offered by Lady Emily Foley to tho Rov. J. Gregory Smith, rector of Tedttone Delamere, and prebendary of Hereford, and ac- cepted by him. Tbo value it imalL Mr. Gregory Smith Is Bamnton Lecturer at Oxford for 1873, and author ot Faith and Philosophy, and other works. " Adolphe the First, President of the Republic, has made his authority'respected.' The citizen ruler of France has compelled Prince Napoleon to cava the country, and soek shelter In a State which has been a refuge tor outcasts during centuries. Arbitrary rules which tho Bonapartca applied without stint when In power, are now enforced against thomtelvcs. and an Imperial Prince who deslrct to hnvo his children trained In a Parisian school is treated as a trespasser."— Daily Telegraph From a financial statement presented by the clerk to the Leeds School Board itappesn that tho current expendi- ture of the board, Including offlce expenses, amounts to about £ 4,000 per annum. This ls In addition to the fees paid by children and tho Government grant. A rato at three half pence in tho pound covcn tbe cost. A commemorative servico on the occasion of the twenty- second annlvemry of the death of tho first Queen of the Belgians ( I/> ulse, daughter of fcouls Philippe) to-> k place on Saturday, tho 12th Inst., at the Monumental Church at Lacken, built In memory of her, to which the chapel serving as a burial- place for the Belgian Royal Family Is attached. The King, Queen, and Count of Flanden were present at the service. The Doke of Bedford hai offered to contribute £ 1,000 towards the removal of oertaln houses and other buildings in 8t Paul's- square, Beiford, so that tho whole ot the square, with its fine old church in the centre, may be thrown quite open to vlow. This great public improvement has been for many yean contemplated, and it ls uow probable that with . this munificent aid the object will be accomplished. A singular case was heard at Preston on Saturday. Four bakers were summoned for baking bread on Sundays the prose: uton being a number of other bikers who had re- solved to discourage Sunday baking, and rormed an associa- tion to carry out that object. It was admitted that the law prohibited the baking of brasd on Sundays, though It allowed tbe baking of dlnncn up to half- past one. Tho offending bakers promised to diseonUnuo tho practice of bread- baking on Sundays, and they were dlsmlated. The Secretary of the East London Hospital for Children desires to acknowledge tho receipt of a donaUon of £ 1, COO which waa paid Into the Alllanco Bank on Saturday last bv a gentleman giving the initials " IL G." He states that the Board of Management with to express their grateful thanks for this fourth munlflcient donaUun, and adds that, In December last year, when tile third present of £ 1, CU01 reached them from " H. ft," the Board were about to sell Stocks to meet current expenses, an 1 that last week they were compelled to sell out their only Invested capital (£ 1,000) for the same object Thanks, however, to the unknown donor, this sum need not now be touched. The probability of Oxford being made a military centre has drairn attention to the adoption of the " Conta- gious Diseases Act" lu that dty : and on Friday evonlng last Samnel FothergiU, Esq , rarllamrnUryeg- ntof the " Ladles' National Association for the Eepeal of tho Contagious Dlsestcs Act" addressed a public meeting at the Tosrn Hsdl, when he endeavoured to explain " the origin and working of the Act," and show Its cruel, tyrannical, and unonstltu- UoBtd Interference with tbe righU an 1 liberties of women.' Although the city was placarded for the meeting, the attend- ance was not large or Important. It appears that the French Government, by the grant of a concession for the manufacture and tale of matcher, are about to realize a revenue of £ 640 ( 00 per annum, with a probability of its being increased to £! » :>, 000. Looking at the success of an analogous impost In America ( remarks The Time* . and at the losses sustained by Insurance offices and tbe public by the reckless distribution of these articles, owing to their slmott total want of valor, soma doubt may, perhape, gradually arise as to the propriety of the ridicule heaped last year upon the proposition ot our own Chancellor ot the Exchequer. There were no less than thirty- two charges of drunkenneis for hearing at the Worship- street Police- court In London, on MoLday morning. The magistrate, comment- ing opoo the fact to U. o persons charged aa they came before him, remarked that It wss well known that the law relating to drunkenness was now so altered that It xras Impossible, in any Instance, to pass over the offence. Sin^- ilar as the fact ml. bt seem, if one could Imagine it, the Licensing Act seemed rather to have Increase 1 than ' itmH » t. K » « t drunken- n « ta. Tne fines ranged from halt s crown to 20a, with the alternative of from seven to fourteen days' Imprisonment. Archdeacon Denison has xrritten to 3Ir. Gladstone respecting the report that a sh rt Mil srtH be brought into Parliament next Sesstoa- by wh , m U U state i- prvrVl- ing that no cler- jaiaa of the Cbnreh of England as by law established shall be subject to any penalty tor not saying tba Athar islsn Creed on the several days sp< jfled In the Rubric. Archdeaoen Dtaisoo cocttoen that as the qmatloo is still under the attention ot Convocation, by the direction of the Crown, the Government will be placed is the pcaitlin of havtng broken faith with tte spirituality If tt allows any sach bOl to become law. A camnpondent of tbe Lvnltman's QaulU writes: " I have vA tbe least hesitancy In aaeertlsz that there are ttiil atandicc to Use f . rests of Michigan over forty Wilton feet of mernttable pica Rat tuch Is now the mill catkin in Mi: higaa, afti tbe dttormteattas, to wotk It, that ln^/ v- sent year r oe- eighth win be of all tbe pht » stand- lee ia the beginning cf UJS and tfca tame fate wfilrr*] br 1- 73. and so on Thus the ptne torest will be swept sway ta eight jura, even If tha woodman's axe Is Mt aided by tha Cmnylagfiaas.' THE FALMOUTH AND PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY, OCTOB Iralts tiii; gurtion. FALMOUTH, Thursday next, Oct. 24. Sale of Surplus and Condemned STORES. 0 JOHN BUKTON has received in- Uhicjions to' Sell bj- AUCTION, » t the • Id Premises late in tho occupation of /( Wyrtivny, Market Street, where they eei^/ emoved for the convenience of sale, ( rge oQantity of Condemned and Surplus ' uovcriimeiit Stores, Consisting of :— 796* lbs. of Tea. 52 barrels of English Pork. 62 barrels of English Beef. 850 oval Baking Pans. 760 oil- skin Coats. 96 Blankets. 72 Wedgwood's Water Bottles complete. 60 Easy Chairs. 160 Coats and Trowsers. 92 metal Dish Covers, various sizes. 72 dozen Knives and Forks. 70 Lanterns. 300 oval Boilers and Covers. 61 yards Cocoa Matting. 50 Carving Knives and Forks. 86 Frying Pans. 450 Dunnage Mats, & c. The whole will be sold without the least reserve, in lots to suit the convenience of purchasers. Goods on view on the morning of the Sale. Sale to commence at Two punctually. Dated Auction Offices, 45, Market Street, Falmouth, Oct. 18th, 1872. Polytechnic Hall, Faluiouth. Sfuesday & Wednesday, OCTOBER 2^ d and 23rd. SULLIVAN'S iSMTRELS YRILL GIVE THEIR Celebrated Christy Entertainment. Front S^ ats, 2s., Second do., Is., Promenade, 6d. Tickets and Programmes to be had of MR. RICH ARDS, Stationer, Market Street, Falmouth. Cook Wanted. XTf ANTED in a Country Rectory, a good plain COOK, able to manage a small Dairy. Address Mrs. E. H., Parkham Rectory, near Bideford, Devon. vrfo To be Let. rpO BE W£ T ( unfurnished) a SITTING and J- twoBEDMOMS in a pleasantly situated house in ihdmrouth. Gas and Attendance 12s. per week. / Apply/ 10, Berkeley Vale. To engine Fitters. FITTERS wanted, at Huxhams and Brown's Foundry, Exeter. Try MARTIN'S NEW SEASON'S UTJECU^ S FINEST QUALITY, 2s. 6d. per Pound. The PEOPL¥ s~ Groeer, & c. Lower Market St., and West St., PEKEIS. Falmouth School of Alt. NIGHT CLASS. THIS School, in connection with the Roy^ Polytechnic Society, conducted by Messrs* Handley and Roskilly. will resume its duties in the Polytechnic Hall, on TUESDAYS and THURS- DAYS, from 7 to 9 p. m , commencing on THURS- DAY, 26th September, 1872. Freehand Drawing, Geometrical, Perspective, Model, Plane and Solid geometry, Government Examinations, & c. Artizans 6s. the Session, from September to May. Sketching from nature, Crayon, Landscape and Flat Drawings, by arrangements with either of the Masters. A. TREGELLES, Secret ary The House for Tea. THE Gunpowder Tea Warehouse. REGISTERED TRADE MARK Black Green or Mixed the Finest Spring Crop. J. H. HEAD, Tea Dealer & Grocer, Hich Street, Falmouth. TIME OF HIGH WATER AT FALMOUTH AND PENRYN QUAYS. MORNING. EVENINO. SATURDAY October 19 G 16 6 34 SONDAT 20 6 51 7 8 MONDAY 21 7 24 7 41 TUESDAY 22 8 1 8 21 WEDNESDAY 23 8 41 9 4 THURSDAY 24 9 .10 9 57 FHID. Y 25 10 31 11 15 the falmouth & penryn Weekly Times'. SATURDAY, OCX. 19, 1BT2. F A LMQU TH. THE CHAPEL AT EARLE'S RETREAT. — The Rev. G. Outhwaite will preach here to- morrow afternoon, at 3; and Mr. W. H. Bond on Tuesday evening next, at 7. WORKING MEN'S CLUB.—- We understand that it is intended to give a grand Amateur Concert in the Polytechnic Hall, in the ensuing month, in aid of the funds of the above Club. From the well- known abilities of the performers, it is expected that a great treat will be forthcoming. CORNWALL HOME FOR DESTITUTE LITTLE GIRLS.— We understand that the ladies who undertook the management of the Bazaar held at Rosehill in August last, intend holdiug a supple- mentary bazaar in the Polytechnic Hall, on Thurs- day, 7th November next, providing also an evening entertainment. LOCAL BOARD.— The following have been the attendances of the members of the Borough Local Board for the past year :— Meetings fortnightly— Messrs. Lean ( chairman), 10 ; J. Olver, 7 ; W. Broad, nil; Dunning, 19 ; R. C. Richards, 17 ; Carvosso, 12 ; J. J. Richards, 24 ; Selley, 24 ; T. Webber, 7 ; Fox, 25 ; Worsdell, 23; Carne, nil; Banks, 16 ; Best, 5 ; Scott, 23 ; and Halligey, 24. HARBOUR BOARD.— A meeting of the Har- bour Commissioners took place on Tuesday last, Mr. R. R. Broad presiding. On the motion of Mr. T. Webber and * Mr. J. Olver, the prayer of a memorial, presented by the harbour police, was granted and their wages raised from 18s. to 20s. per week. During the past quarter the dues of id. per ton realised £ 730 18s., £ 36 lis. of which the collector of Customs received as commission on col- lection. A proposition to have a time ball and gun was favorably received, and information on the subject is to be elicited prior to me next meeting. nOTICE. J. PRIOR begs to call attention to a large delivery of New Winter Goods, now ready for inspection. His Show Rooms will be re- opened sKoJtly with NOVEMBER FASHIONS. I) rie notice will be given. wATERLOO HOUSE, Falmouth. IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT.— We understand that Mr. J. H. Collins, F. G. S., Secretary of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, and the late lecturer and assistant secretary of the Miners' Association, has received an important appointment in connection with the working of the iron mines in the neighbourhoods of Bodmin and St. Austell. Mr. Collins's knowledge of the sciences applicable to mining operations rendered him a most efficient teacher while connected with the Miners' Associa- tion, and his scientific and practical attainments will be of great advantage in his new sphere of occupation. NEW BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT.— Messrs. Olver and Sons, of Falmouth and Truro, have pur- chased the business formerly carried on by Messrs. Bennetts and Son, Penzance. Judging from the character and finish of their work at the Public Buildings, Mr. W. Bolitho's] mansion, at Messrs. Batton, Carne, and Carne's Bank, and in other well- known public works, we have no hesitation in saying that the business is in first- class hands, and we predict for so well- known and respected a iirm every success in their new undertaking.— Cornish Telegraph, Penzance. COUNTY COURT.— The County Court was held on Thursday last, before Judge Bere. A peculiar case was heard, in which Francis Bowden, shoe- maker, of Constantine, was sued by Thomas Good- man, recently carrying on business at Penryn, as currier, for £ 10, the balance of a debt due to him. Mr. G. A. Jenkins appeared for Goodman, and Mr. Nalder for Bowden. The defendant denied owing the money, and stated in opposition to the evidence of a Mrs. Rawling, that he paid her for Mr. Good- man £ 14 10s. but Mrs. Rawling stated that she only received £ 4 10s. Bowden handed in his books to shew the entry of the £ 14 10s., but the Judge, on looking at it, believed that the entry had been tampered with, and immediately gave a verdict for the full amount claimed, and ordered the books to be impounded, in order to give Mr. Jenkins the opportunity of taking further notice of the case. REVISING BARRISTER'S COURT.— The Revising Barrister, Arthur Charles, Esq., held his court here on Thursday last. The list of voters for Falmouth town, Falmouth parish, and Budock were gone through. Mr. Fox represented the Liberals, and Mr. R. Rogers he Conservatives, The lists required very little alteration. But the Revising Barrister, in disallowing two claims— Jones aiid Jeffery, living under one roof at Chapel- terrace— gave it as his opinion that the intention of the Act is not to confer votes on persons residing in one or more rooms, with other tenants occupymg apartments in the same house. This did not constitute a " dwell- ing- house" in the meaning of the Act. At Falmouth there are hundreds of voters who occupy different sets of rooms in one dwelling- house, and should this view of the Act be accurate, in all probability next year there will be hundreds of objections, unless- previously a case in the superior court has decided thepoint. THE SAILORS' HOME.— Tho annual meeting of the Royal Cornwall Sailors' Home was held on Wednesday last, under the presidency of Mr. R, R. Broad. The report, read by Mr. A. B. Duck- ham, the secretary, sated that in 1871 724 sailors, 354 of whom were British, were admitted; of these 160 were sick or injured, and 126 shipwrecked. There were 12 deaths. 34 of the destitute were relieved at a cost of £ 28 13s., and the Western Associated Companies, the Midland, and the Lon- don and South Western Railway Companies generously conferred 131 half- third class railway fares as assistance to the distressed and shipwrecked seamen to enable them to reach their destinations. Tho funds had been materially assisted by two legacies but the annual subscriptions were less. A hot bath, very beneficial to the numerous patients suffering from scurvy, had been added to the hospital. The directors urged on the com- miseration of ladies the great value of linen rags to the wounded, and acknowledged gifts of books, clothes for the destitute, some old and valuable wine for the sick, and blinds for the hospital. The Chairman, In moving the adoption of the report, spoke of the very satisfactory and prosperous con- dition of the Home.— Mr. Cheesman seconded the motion, and Mr. Freeman, in submitting a resolu- tion of expressinggratitude to God for the continued success of tho institution, bore testimony to the excellent manner in which the Home had been con- ducted, as did Mr. W. H. Bond, a constant visitor, who said particular attention was given to the sick, and the spiritual welfare of the inmates was not neglected. Mr. H. V. Bailey ( sailors' missionary ), Mr. A. L. Fox, and others addressed the meeting. WESLEYAN INSTITUTE.— The anniversary of this institute took place on Monday last. In the afternoon a social tea was provided in the Wesleyan schoolroom for members and friends, the tables being efficiently presided over by the Misses Halla- more, E. Phillips, Handley, and S. Roberts. In the evening the annual meeting was held in Wesley Chapel, the chair being taken by the Rev. John E. Coulson, superintendent of the circuit, and president of the institute. After some interesting remarks from the rev. chairman, commendatory of the insti- tute, and expressive of the great gratification he had often felt during the time he had been associated with it, the secretary, Mr. William Rowe, read the report, from which it appeared that there were 34 members on the books. During the year 44 meet- ings had been held, at which there had been a total attendance of 689, an average of about 16 members at each meeting. The meetings had been devoted to readings, recitations, essays, extempore speaking, and discussions on diversified subjects, all of which had largely benefitted the members. Addresses on the advantages of mutual association in promoting mental culture, moral excellence, and religious attainments were delivered by Mr. Richard Williams, the Rev. W. Calvert, Mr. Thomas Tre- gurtha, Mr. John Hallamore, one of the vice- presidents, and the Rev. G. Outhwaite. The institute, we learn, has been in existence nine years, during which time it has passed through many vicissitudes, but a feeling of interest has always been maintained, and it still possesses a band of earnest workers, who from week to week assemble together for the purpose of mutual instruction and the promotion of religious interests. In many instances, we are pleased to find, the most gratify- ing results have been secured. PENRYN. HARBOUR MASTER.— At the Council meeting on Tuesday, Mr. George Furneaux was appointed Harbour Master in the place of Mr. Wm. Corfield, who a short time since resigned through ill- health. THE VOLUNTEERS.— The first inspection at target practice of the 21st D. C. R. V., by Adjutant Carew, took place at the range, Penryn, on Friday, when tho following scores were made out of a possible forty. The firing was commenced and finished in a gale of wind from the right :— Captain G. Jenkin 20, Private C. Lavin 36, Private H. Lavin 34, Private T. Head 32, Private J. Thomas 28, Private J. Johns 24, Private T. Edwards 22. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. — The retiring members of the Town Council are Mr. Dawe ( the mayor), Mr. John Mead, and Mr. Samuel Cox, who seek re- election; and Mr. Richard Hosken, who does not offer himself again. There are at present seven candidates, viz., Messrs. Dawe ( C ), J. Mead ( L), Cox ( L), Freeman ( L), John Teague ( L), Rapson ( C), and Timmins ( C ). It is expect- ed that there will be a sharp contest. Addresses have been issued by some of the candidates, who consider canvassing opposed to the principles of the Ballot Act. THE REPORTED MANSLAUGHTER.— On Friday Mr. Roscorla, county coroner, held an inquest at the Railway Inn, Illogan, on the body of John Martin Hicks, boiler- maker at Redruth, who met with his death under circumstances said to be of a suspicious character. It had been stated that deceased called at the house of Edward Goodman, blacksmith, at St. Gluvias, that a quarrel ensued, and that Goodman struck him with a hammer, from the effects of which he died. Happily Goodman is fully exonerated from the charge, as was proved at the inquest, it being distinctly sworn that no blow was given at his hands, but that Hicks sought a quarrel with him whilst in a state of intoxication, under the pretence that he intended avenging him- self for some trivial affair which occurred in the youthful days of both the parties engaged, and that whilst so doing he fell on some pieces of iron, and so received the injuries from which he died. Evidence having been given, the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from concussion of the brain, brought on by an accidental fall. CORNWALL MICHAELMAS SESSIONS. These sessions were opened at the Shire Hall, Bodmin, on Tuesday, Sir Colman Rashleigh, Bart., presiding. The calender contained the names of 24 prisoners, precisely the same number as for the cor- responding sessions last year. After reading the various reports, the usual county business was transacted. Lord Vivian complained of the irregularities and insults often experienced by magistrates and wit- nesses through holding petty sessions in public houses, and gave notice of motion with a view to their being held apart from such houses. The licensing committee, under the new intoxi- cating liquors licensing act, was appointed, to consist of— Eastern Division of the county, Mr. P. Carew, Mr. Rodd and Mr. Foster. Western divi- sion, Mr. Polwhele, Mr. T. Bolitho and CoL Tremayne. The committee proposed to have a number of rules printed and circulated for adoption, if not objected to. The appointment of an analyser under the new act against adulteration was adjourned to next session. In the meantime adulterations of milk, & c., are liable to prosecution on the evidence of a private analyst. TRIALS OF PRISONERS. THE DANGER OP OCCUPYING A DOUBLE- BEDDED ROOM. Frederick Ferrel was indicted for assaulting John Vial, with intent to rob him, at Liskeard, on the 30th of September; also with doing him bodily harm. Prosecutor has recently returned from Australia, and on the night of the 29th September he and prisoner occupied a double- bedded room at the Union Inn. When going to bed seven sovereigns fell from prose- cutor's trowsers pockets, and these he picked up and put away. In the morning prisoner attacked him in ued with a large stick, making a large wound in his head. Prosecutor disarmed him, whereupon he turned round and told the landlord that he was the injured party. He went out, as he said to get a policeman, instead of doing which he went to Caradon. Ho was found guilty, and the chairman, observing that it was the worst case he had tried, sent him to gaol for eighteen months. THE HELSTON HOUSEBREAKING CASE. William Nicholls, Grace Nicholls, and Richard Stevens, all having several aliases, were charged with breaking into the house of John Bowden. at Mawgan, on the 20th July, and stealing a gold watch, gold chain, two gold lockets, a silver cross, and a purse of money. Mr. G. A. Jenkins, of Penryn, prosecuted, and the prisoner William Nicholls undertook the defence of himself and companions. The evidence of the prose- cutor was to the effect that during his and his wife's temporary absence the house was broken into, and the articles mentioned in the indictment stolen, which wore subsequently traced to the possession of the prisoners. The prisoner William Nicholls put some very shrewd questions to the witnesses, and read a very cleverly written defence, which, it is said, he had been a month preparing. In it he denied that the articles found Were those stolen, and also the identity of himself and companions with the housebreakers. — The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and it huving been proved that the prisoners were convicted of housebreaking twelve months since, and had been many times previously convicted, they were sentenced to penal servitude for ten yo$ ra and seven years' subsequent police surveillance. On bearing th. e sen- tence there was a scene in court.' The female'prisoher screamed, and appeared to faint, but she Was quickly removed down stairs. The prisoner W. Nicholls, made a violent attempt to escape, and in his efforts knocked out a portion of the prisoner's box, kicked and struck the warders, and it required the united force of three strong men to remove him from the dock; he continued his mad violence after he was removed downstairs, although he was a very little man compared to the men who had him in charge, but was at length overpowered and haudcuffed. ASKING FOR" TRANSPORTATION. Jane Burnett pleaded guilty to housebreaking at St Columb Minor, on the 7th August, and stealing a dress and handkerchief, the property of Thomas May. She asked to be transported, and it being proved that she had been convicted at Bodmin, Devonport, and Lis- keard, she was sentenced to seven years' penal servi- tude and seven years' police supervision. VARIOUS OFFENCES AND SENTENCES. Susan Osborne, alias Williams, 25, for stealing an umbrella, the property of Samuel S. Truscott, at St. Austell, on the 9th September, was sentenced to three months imprisonment, a previous conviction having been proved. Edwin Chase, 21, sailor, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing an American clock, the property of James Viney, at Perranzabuloe, and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. He pleaded not guilty to a second charge of stealing an opera glass and a sheet, at Probus, but was found guilty by the jury, and for this he was committed for four calendar months. Archelaus Stephens, 25, labourer, pleaded guilty to stealing 7s. 6d. from William James, of Truro, and was sentenced to nine calendar months' imprisonment with hard labor. Thomas Scoble, 35, painter, pleaded guilty to steal- ing a canvas jacket of Thomas Barlow, a fellow work- man, at Camborne, and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Henry Gordon, 16, seaman, confessed to stealing from the schooner Richard, a seaman's bag, containing various articles of clothing, the property of Francis Langmaid, and having been twice previously convicted, was now sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labor. William Heath Pellow, 18, labourer, pleaded guilty to attempting to commit a rape on Elizabeth Jane Evans, a girl under 12 years of age, at Constantine, on September 14th last, and was sent to prison for six months with hard labor. Elizabeth Jane Colenso, about 16, worker in a mine, Cded guilty to having broken into the house of ina Colenso, in the parish of Crowan. on July 29th last, and stealing therefrom a cloth merino dress. She has no parents, but has a brother and sister, both younger. She has been in the union. She was sent to prison for four months with hard labor. Charles Hill, indicted for stealing two aluminium albert chains, - the property of Josepn Burton, of Fal- mouth, on the 1st October, was acquitted. Sites to % € Mtor. THE FALMOUTH DISPENSARY. DEAR SIR, — In your paper of the 12th, you report the sixty- fifth annual meeting of the " Falmouth Pub- lic Dispensary and Humane Society." Perhaps some of your readers can inform me when and where it teas held, and why the subscribers and the public toere not invited to attend. It cannot be that no new subscribers are wanted or that the public have ceased to take an interest in its proceeding.— Yours truly, A SUBSCRIBER. BIRTHS, At Lansdowne Road, Falmouth, on Saturday last the wife of Mr. John Roberts, jun., Insurance Broker, a son. At Mylor, on Thursday last, the wife of Mr. J. A. Rowe, engineer of H. M. S. " Resistance, " of a daughter. mARRIAGES. At the Register Office, Falmouth, on Thursday last Mr. Samuel Pascoe, to Miss Mary Bishop, both of Constantine. At Falmouth Church, on Monday last, by license by the Rev. J. Matson, Mr. William Kruse, manner to Miss Annie Richards, both of Falmouth, ' At Dartmouth, on the 25th ult., D. M. Jewell, Esq. surgeon, of Penryn, to Miss Jane Clift, formerly of At tie Wesleyan Parsonage. Lydiard Street, Ballarat, on the 26th July last, by license, by the Rev. Joseph Dare, Mr. William Tresise Tonkin, youn"- est son of Mr. Nicholas Tonkin, of Falmouth, Cornwall, to Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Mr. John Grills, of St. Just, Cornwall. DEATHS. At Hobart, Ind., U. S., on the 14th ultimo, Albert Charles, second son of John George Earle, Esq., and grandson of George Earle, Esq., founder of Earle's Retreat, Falmouth, aged 2 years. At Pike's Hill, Falmouth, on Monday last, Mr. John Blew, cabinet- maker, an old and respected inhabit- ant, aged 89 years. At Gyllynvase Cottage. Falmouth, on Wednesday last, Mary, the wife of Mr. John Edwards, aged 71 years. At Broad Street, Penryn, on Saturday last, Amelia, relict of the late Capt. G. Furneaux, aged 77 years'. At Flushing, on Sunday last, Mr. Arthur Rice Tong, clerk at Messrs. Genn & Nalder, solicitors, Fal- mouth, son of Mr. John R. Tong, registrar of births and deaths, for the Mylor district, aged 20 years. At Perranwharf, on Sunday last, Joel, eldest son of Mr. James Treweek, carpenter, aged 4 years. COUNTY NEWS. A Successful Student.— Master F. W. Dabb, of Perran- ar- worthal, and of the Devon County School, West Buckland, has just had awarded to him the following prizes and certificates:— Junior third- class honours, jCambridge; senior certificates, Oxford: second- class mathematics; and first- class physical geography. A Good Templars' Lodge has been opened at Ponsanooth, and the following officers installed :— Mr. John Trevena, L. D. and W. V. T. ; Mr. James Evans. W. C. T.; Mr. Stephen H. Davey, P. W. C. T. ; Sir. Thomas Oliver, W. C.; Mr. W. B. Williams, W. S.; Miss Mary Oliver, W. F. S.; Miss Rose Will- iams, W. M.; Miss Sarah Oliver, W. D. M.; Mr. Samuel H. Davey, W. S. A. ; Mr. James Martin, W. R. H. S.; Mr. Richard Teague, W. L. H. S.; Mr. James Oliver, W. I. G.; Mr. Wm. Martin, W. O. G. ; and Mrs. Trevena, W. T. The lodge now numbers 26 members. Western Association of Primitive Ministers.— The autumn session of the above associati in was held in the Kenwyn- street Chapel, Truro, last week, and was attended by tho Revs. C. Bromley, of Redruth, presi- dent ; S. Brock, Plymouth; J. Farr, Liskeard; R. Bennetts, Camborne; J. Hawkins, St. Austell; R. Roscamp, Moricetown; G. Edwards, Devonport; J. Bailey, Callington; C. Burgess, Trur •; and Capt. Hocking, Redruth. On Monday eveni ig a public meeting was held, when addresses were d . bvired and votes of thanks tendered to the friends who had so kindly entertained the ministers. The R v. J. Farr preached in the Wesleyan Chapel on Mon lay evening. The next session is to be held either at St Blazey or Liskeard. The Rev. J. Farr is appoint s I president for the next term, and the Rev. C. Burge a secretary. '' A Visit to Epps's Cocoa Manufactory. — Through the kindness of Messrs. Epps, I recently had an op- portunity of seeing tho many complicated and varied processes the Cacao bean passes through ere it is sold for public use, and, being both interested and highly pleased with what I saw during my visit to the man- ufactory, I thought a brief account of the Cacao, and the way it is manufactured by Messrs. Epps, to fit it for a wholesome and nutritious beverage, might be of interest to the readers of Land and Water."— See article in Land and Water, October 14. Breakfast - Epps's Cocoa.— Grateful and comforting. " By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutri- tion and by a careful application of the fine proper- ies of well- selected coooa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured be verago which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. ' J Civil Sprvice Gazette. Made simply with boiling' water, or milk. Each jacket js labelled--" James Epps t and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London."— Also j makers of Epps's Cacaoine, a very thin beverage for evening use. Manufacture of Cocoa, Coc ™ _ " We will now give an account otTU-, by Messrs. James Epps and Co., manufacturers of dietetic articles, at their works in the Euston Road, London."- See article in part 19 of Cassells Household Guide. BROWN'S BrONCHiAL TROCHES, for thecure of Coughs Colds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, or any irritation or soreness of the throat, are now imported and sold^ n this country at Is. lJjd per box, put up the form of a " lozenge." It is the most convenient, pleasant, safe and sure remedy forclearing andstrength ening the voice known in the world. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher says : " I have often recommended them to friends who were public speakers, and in many cases they have proved extremelv serviceable." The genuine have the words " Brown's Bronchial Troches" on the Government Stamp around each box. Sold by all medicine vendors. - London Depot, 493 Oxford Street. VALUABLE DISCOVERY FOR THE HAIR !— A very nicely perfumed hair dressing, called " The Mexican Hair Renewer," now being sold by most chemists and Per- fumers at 3s. 6d per bottle, is fast superseding all' ' Hair Restorers"— for it will positively restore in every case. Grey or White hair to its original colour, by a few" appli- cations, without dyeing it, or leaving tne disagreeable Bmell of most " Restorers." It makes the hair° charm- ingly beautiful, as well as promoting the growth on bald spots, where the hair glands are not decayed. Certifi- cate from Dr. Versmann on every bottle, with full particulars. Ask for" THE MEXICAN HAIR RE- KEWER," prepared by H. C. GALLUP, 493, Oxford Street London. FRAGRANT FLORILINE.— For the TEETH and BREATH. A few drops of this liquid on a wet tooth brush pro- duces a delightful foam, which cleanses the Teeth from all impurities, strengthens and hardens the gums, pre- vents tartar, and arrests the progress of decay. It gives to the Teeth a peculiar and beautiful whiteness and imparts a delightful fragrance to the Breath. It removes all unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth, a disordered stomach, or tobacco smoke. The Fragrant Floriline is purely vegetable, and equally adapted to old and young. It is the greatest toilet discovery of the age. Sold in large bottles and elegant cases at 2s. 6d., by all Chemists and Perfumers. H. C GALLUP, Proprietor. 493, Oxford Street London. IT is a recognised fact, that Bragg's Vegetable Charcoal Biscuits is one of the most invaluable remedies for indigestion, flatulency, acidity, foul breath, & c. The following is Dr. HassaU's report on Bragg's Carbon or Charcoal Biscuits :—" I have, on more than one occasion, subjected to analysis Bragg's pure Vegetable Charcoal, also his Charcoal Biscuits, and I have always found them to be most carefully prepared; the charcoal and other materials used in manufacture being of the purest and best description, and form the most agreeable medium hitherto devised for the administration of that most valuable remedial substance, Vegetable Charcoal. Signed, ARTHUR HILL HASSALL, M. D., Author of ' Food and its Adulterations,'' Adulteration Detected,' and other works." Sold by all Chemists. The New Adulteration Act. — Any person now selling adulterated articles is liable to a penalty of £ 50 for the first offence, and six months' imprisonment with hard labour, for the second. Borwick's Baking Powder is warranted pure and free from alum and other injurious ingredient* found in most cheap Baking Powders, therefore may be sold without fear by all dealers. New metal pocket Vesta Box, with patent spring Cover.— Bryant and May have recently introduced very useful little Pocket Vesta Box, with a most in- genious and simple spring cover; it is a novelty in every way, and mil soon come into very general use— being of metal instead of card, and retailed, filled with vestas, at one penny. Any Tobacconist, Grocer; Chemist or Chandler will supply it Caution. — In calling the attention of the Trade to a recent decision in the House of Lords, in the case of " Wotherspoon ® . Currie," whereby an exclusive right to the use of the word " Glenfield" in connection with Starch is indisputably established, we would also intimate that this decision renders the sale of the starch made by the defendant illegal, and will subject the seller of it to a Penalty of £ 10,000. We beg to intimate to those who may have been induced to buy it, that to save them from total loss we will allow 20/ per cwt. for it, at the Glenfield Starch Works, Paisley, in ex- change for the genuine Article, at the current price. This will entail a loss upon ourselves, as the packets will be broken up and sold for Waste Starch, but it will at the same time be the means of rendering the Article useless for further deception. Any information that will lead to conviction will be rewarded. R. WOTHERSPOON & Co. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN ! Should- always be used when Children are cutting teeth ; it relieves the little sufferers at once, it produces natur- al quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes " as bright as a button." It is perfectly harmless, and very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and " is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is sold by thousands of Medicine deal- ers in all parts of the world at Is. l^ d per bottle and Millions of Mothers can testify to its virtue.— Manu- factory, 468 Oxford Street, London. WHAT'S YOUR LONGITUDE ? Inserted by the Rev. J. W. Carter, Vicar of Christ Church, Stratford, London, E. „ A S \. IL yonder!" said the m vte of our vessel, as we paced the deck ia mid- oceau. Nothing but the " great and wide sea " had been seen for many days; tho " sail, " therefore became an objcct of much interest Looking again through his glas3, he shoutad, with con- siderable emotion, " Flag half- mast !" This sign of distress was instantly recognised by the captain, and the order was given to " back about" Tho new3 of a vessel in distress," went swiftly through the ship. Passengers prostrate with sea- sickuess were soon on their feet, and the invalids somehow managed to reaoh the deck. Sailors rushed up from below, and stool ready for whatever was required of them. The fear that she was a wreck soon appeared groundless; forsh- 3 lojk- ed in good condition, and sailed towards us. Could she be a pirate ship, adopting this device to entrap us ? No, she was manned by a few men, who had no other appearance than honest sailors. When near enough, the captain shouted through the trumpet, " What do Dwant?" The answer was inaudible. " Do you want P' Again tho wind carried away the reply. Coming still nearer, we all caught the words," iVhat's your longitude?" The captain was muoh disappoiuted and displeased at being detained for suoh a question; but he chalked hi3 longitude on a board, which was held alofc by the mate. The men returned thanks, and wo parted. Though the captain seemed to think it a trivial matter, it was probable important to them, and miy be a igge3- tive to us. Where aro we in our course over life's aot ? " What's your longitude?" What progress is there in spirit- life? Is the soul advanoing heavenward? Is there progressive spiritual motion? Motion ia not always progress. A ship driven before the wind, when the winds aro " contrary," is in rapid motion, yet may not go forward. So we are admonished not to be " tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doc- trine." Thore is movement in a oircle—" ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Thore is, alas! a retroceding motion— going " away baokward." " What's your longitude ? " As tha mariner takes his longitude fronj the sijn or the polar star the sotjl should take ita qoijrse from the star of day. from Christ the Sun of Righteousness. It begins and ends its life in Him, for He is the author and fioiahor of faith —" the alpha and omega," tho " begiuinif and the end." Ho that would ascertain his true spiritual position must look to Christ, who ia " the way, tho truthj and the life." " What'a your longitude ?' lhe question brought some oheering thoughts of ttie future. Wo were on our way home, and it was joy to know that we aped awiftly towarda the harbour. Joyous greetings were waiting on tho shore. The eye looked into the homestead, and saw aeated around the genial heirth t'ie dear well- remembered forms o: the family group. Fa- miliar faces wore painted to tho mind. One seemel to see the welcome smile, and fool tho warm pressure of the friendly hand ; and, as the mind turned up. vard, thoughts came alao of the welcome from tho Heavenly Household, when tlioy shall receive the releemel soul into their " ererlaating habitations." H ippy they who can cherish such anticipations, and hope to join the " solemn troops and sweet sooietioa " of heaven! Contributions or stamps to pay for these insertio n in this and Fifty other newspapers ( which aro supposed to have two million readers weekly) will ba thaukfultv received by the Rev. J. W. Cartar, 7, Avenue- road, Bow, London. E, ^ r: THE FALMOUTH AND PENKYN WEEKLY TIMES. SAT'' BPAT. OCT. IA. IW. Griml. w xi < • jr aX » nujL- i^ Aj > x f Baker, Confectioner. and Tea Dealer, 50. 8. ARWENACK STREET. J^ KOSCHITIS. Bear, D. BwvJrp- L. K.] , Liverpool. IM. II. jnptoa. atmt, llrmingbam, Srr. Z7. 1971- IW 8if,— I ha.. fc. mootba put bwn . t>, « « .>,' • Am. au Allcock'a Pureo. Pl. « r. Ipnemd from lb. MUblubiKot of ll « « n. Snap* ac- 1 18, ( irfnt Haapt'. o- auwt, of IbU town > wl. vn . uffi. no. frool br « ,~ iiiu « uj wrar. f.. in. i. tb- . i'ir, b. » e » « rj nw. o fimD(] immadi. t. riliaf, wb* reua I b* l n. ollcJ two mtJiad m « a wilboot dOTirinK th# In. benefit. I c. n with coofidenc. nmamJ to u; cm. aolfonn^ from the MIM complaint.— Tour. reapactiollr GEUHUL STYLES. [ NPLAM M ATION OF THELUN'OS. >, Sauces, Marmalades, Jams, & e. WORCESTER SAUCE SIXPENCE PEE BOTTLE. TARAXACUM DANDELION COFFEE. Prepared upon an i mpror^ t nrincipal, from the pur*, fresh D , Root. rPHLS Coffees, the valuable qualities of which arc X now so universally appreciated, can be highly recommended, and ia far preferable to all other i . > ffees. Being carefully manufactured by T. B. PERCY, he can offer an artiule far superior to any- thing of the kind yet introduced to the public, being Bimarkablc for ita strength and quality. " Uenry D. Brandreth, 57, Great Charlotte « tr<* t, Liverpool. " Dear Sir,— We bej? to encloae another teati- moni. il as to the cffi^ acy of Allcock'a I'oron • Plaator*. Jarnea Radcliffe, Stamford- street, | Mcaely, aaya he had been confined to his bed five week* sntT'Tinif from inflammation of the langn. He or> avhoi continually, with ( Treat expectoration and difficulty of breathing, which brought him so low tbat ho wan unable to riae in bed without support. He applied one oi jour plaster*, and found relief in fifteen miouU- s, after which be mjs the cough stopped and tho erpeotoration reused. Ho ia now quite recovered. The above ia exactly his own • tatoment o me.— Yours respectfully, " JOHN BICKLE. " Pro W. BOS TOOK, " 24, Stamford^ tr^', Asbtoa- aaJer- Lyne " November 34,1071." DANDELION COFFEE. Especially recommended to Invalids as an article of diet. DANDELION COFFEE. For weak digestion. I \ ANDELION COFFEE. ' ' For Nervous and Dyspeptic affec- tions. DANDELION COFFEE. For Flatulency . I^ ANDELION COFFEE. For Distention, and Biliary obstruc- tions. DANDELION COFFEE. Is extremely pleasant to the taste. ANDELION COFFEE. Public Speakers and Singers will find it to be a very pleasant beverage afar their exertions ; it assists diges- tion, and stimulates the operations of the Stomach. DANDELION COFFEE. Is easily prepared. DANDELION COFFEE. DIRECTIONS FOE USE. Upon one table- spoonlul pour half a pint of boiling water ; let it infuse by the fire for ten minutes, then add sugar and water as agreeable. Hoywood, October 9,1871. Heniy D. Brandreth, 57, Great Charlotte- street, Liverpool. Dear Sir.— Please to send me another six dcaon of Allcock a Plasters and two dozefl Brand. , roth's Pill's, Is. Ud. The Plasters seem to prodaoe wonderful results. There is scarooly a nay passe* bat somo one is tolling me of the cures they aro making. Rheumatism in various parts of the body disappears as if by magio. Only on Sunday last Jlr. Jaoob Uoywood, Albert- terrace, Starkey- street, Uoywood, informed mo that be hnd been troubled with sciatica for throe { ears: so bnd was it tho last twelve months of hat time that he was unablo to follow his em- ployment. He had tried many doctors, been to Matlock, aud spent £ 2 on a largely- advertised electric. chain belt, but all to no purpose. Some one at last persuaded him to try your Plasters. Ho aid he had no faith in thorn, but ho would try them, for ho was stuck fast ; thoy could not make his pain much worao, and it would only be a little moro money sent after tho test. So he bought two ; ono ho plaoed on is thigh, and the othor on his back, and a weok after ho was ready j for his work. It is now six months ago, and he has bad no return of his pains.— Yours truly, W. BECKETT- I DANDELION COFFEE. JVIA- NTJ FACTORED BY T. B PERCY, Chemist, ( Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Brltian. ) TRURO. Branch Establishment, NEWQUAY. ANDEL1UN CO FFEE. Is sold in Tins, at Is. 6d. each. DANDELION COFFEE. Can be procured from Chemists, Grocers, Italian Warehousemen, and Confectioners. R HKUMATISM OF THE WRIST. Henry D. Brandreth, Esq., 57, Great Char- lotto- street, Liverpool, 36, Crown- street Liverpool, Nov. 21st, 1871. Dear Sir,— Three months since I could not us » | my right hand, owing to rhoumatism in it and in my wrist, and ever ten week* I was in great pain— unable to find any reliof. After trying many remedies, I was at last pereuadod to try Allcock's Porous Plasters. 1 bound one round my wrist; in three « lays 1 had great relief, and in a week'stimo was perfectly cured Your plaster' ari a blessing to tho aflliotod. I have positive information nl their being of great bonelit in bron- chilis and asthmu. It will give mo pleasure to auswor any communication concerning them. - j Yours truly, THOMAS DAVIES. ALLC 00 K ' 3 POROUS PLASTERS aVo sold by all Druggists, at Is ljd each, with full directions for use,' or in any eise to suit- Tho yard Plaster is specially recoiumcndod lor | families nnd physicians. Ono yard equals 13 plasters, l'rico 14s per yard, 7s 6d por half yard, or 4s por quarter. PRINCIPAL AOI. NOI * OH GRKAT BMTIAN ( Wholesale aud Retail ) : 57, UBBATCUAIU. > f r.: sr., LU'SIUMOL. B.— A Plaster sent to any" furt of tho ooantry for 13 stamps. DANDELION COFFEE, Dealers wishing to sell this Coffee should apply at once for terms to the Proprietor at Truro. First- class Bookbiutliag* PERSONS wishing to avail themselves to ; _ L tho opportunity of sending iu the parcel i now making up for transmission to a firswla** ; Bookbinding Establishment,* should forward books and numbers which they wish t > have bound, to the Printing Offices'un the Quay, as early aa possible. Charges, moderate— quality of work, the best - styles, modern and elegant. FEED. H. EARLE. | K1 SPECIAL CAUTION. Ask for PKHOY'S DANDELION COFFEE and accept no other. The Blood! The Blood!! The Blood!! CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE, T1QR CLEANSING and CLEARING tho BLOOD I1 from ALL IMPURITIES, whether arising from youthful indiscretion or any othor cau30 can- not be too highly rccouiincndcd. It Cores Old Sores Cores Ulcerated Sores ia the Neok Cures Ulcerated Sore Legs Cores Blackheads, or Pimples oo Face Cores Scorvey Sores Cures Cancerous Ulcers Cores Blood and Skin Diseases Cores Glandular Swellings Clears the Blood from all Impore Matter from whatever cause arising. As thw Mixture is pleasant to the taste, and war- ranted free from mercury— which all pilln anil moa t medicine* sold for the above diseases contain— the Proprietor solicits sufferers to give it a trial to test its value. Thoosands of Testimonials fro n all Parts. Sold iu Bottles 2s. each, and in Cases containing 6 Bottles, 10M. each, sufficient to effect a permanent cure in iou^- stan'ling cases, by all Chemists and Pateut Medicine Vendors ; or sent to any address on receipt ot" stamps or 120 stamps, by F. J. 0LARK3, Chemist, HLjh Bridge, LINCOLN. Wholesale A< i-> nU:— BARCLAY k SONS, LONDON, AND ALL THE WHOLESALE HOUSE S. nsr o t i o IB . Cheap and ( Jooil Printing at llie Offices of this Paper. SAFE & PROFITABLE INVESTMENT. THE General Mutual Permanent Land, Building and Investment Society, CHIRP OrnciU, BEDFORD KOW, LONDON, W. C. THUBTBBS:— BOBEHT NICHOLAS FOWLBR. Esq.. M. P., Cornhill. E. O. JOHN FREEMAN. E. q„ J. P., Woodlano Homo, Falmouth. ALDERMAN THOMAS S. OWDEN, Bi. hopsgato, E. C. 71 per cent, for 1871 ( including BOQU9, 2} per coat.) paid to holders of completed Share, of twof. e months' standing, and placed to the crodit of Subscription Shares. 6 per cent, per annum paid on Deposit Loans of £ 100 aud upwards, for sums deposited for not less than twelve months. 5 per oent. per annum paid on ordinary Deposits, withdrawable on short notice. Interest paid by Dividend Warrants half- yearly. Profits divided aanually, and paid by Bonus Warrants. SHARES, valuo £ 10, £ 2o and £ oO, bearing intorost at the rato of £ 5 per cont., and participa- ting in profits declared, may bo realized by single payments or monthly subscriptions extending over a term ot years. ENDOWMENTS for Children not forfeitable in event of death. Females and Married Women con join tho Society as Depositors or Members, aud thoir Investments aro specially protected under the " . 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SHEFFIELD FACTOiT - THE TOTAL CUTLHTf WORM. LOIDON FACTOiT • W1I8LET STREET ELECTRO WOUJ General Assurance Compaij. LIFE— FI RE— LOAN 8. ESTABLISHED 1837. CAPITAL, £ 1, OOIXOOO. CV Ofce- SX KING WILLIAM STREET. LOXDOX. PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY. New Policies X. w issued. Assuring. Premium. AM its. 1S6S .. S13 ... £ 351,933 ... £ 7.290 ...£ 347,6 » IS69 ... 778 ... 296.9-. I5 ... 10,155 ... 36S. 001 1870 ... 789 ... 319,896... 11,494 ... 385063 871... 898 .. 333,579 ... 10,133 ... 428,99* BONUS YEAR. rpHE currant Bonus period closes on the Slat December next. Persons assuring prior to that date on participating tables will share ia the division of profits. GEORGE SCOTT FREEMAN, Secretary. Branch Office— Arwenack Street, Falmouth, JOHN ROBERTS, JUN., District Manager for Cornwall. fPHOUSANDS are at this moment rejoicing or « r I tho boautiful heads of Hair ivstored to them by using NEWMANE'S HAIR GROWING POMADE, which was novor known to fail in pro- lucing hair. Price Is. and 2s. tkl. CI KEY HAIR RESTORED to ita original color » T Greynoss prevented and the growth of tho Hair nromotod by using NEWMANE'S HAIR LOTION. This is at once tho CUKATRST and Ba « rr HAIK RESTOKRR out, as it has stood the tost and ia pronouncod superior to tho highor- priood London preparations, FREE from DANGEROUS POI « SONS, and certain in its action. Try ons Shilling Bottle and be convinced of its otfioacy. Bottles la and 2s. 6d. each. SCURF or DANDRUFF instantly removed by NEW MANE'S HAIR WASH. The Beat imd Cheapest Hair Cleaner extant. In Bottles at 6d. and Is. Sold in Falmouth by W. F. Nowman, Market Streot HOW TO FASCINATE and gain the respeot, admiration, and undying lore and affection you wish. Messrs. Honry, late of Liberty Street, Now York, purchased thia secret for one hundred dollars. I will send it to any address for six stamps. J. HENRY, Wells Road, Sydenham, London. REECH- LOADERS. REECH- LOADERS. 8KC0ND HAND. FROM £ 10 10a. BREECH- LOADERS. BOUGHT FOB 0A9H. CATALOGUE AND PBICR LIST 3 STAMPS. E. WHISTLER, 11, STRAND, LONDON. BORWICK'S hMr Art* — 0tm BAKING BORWIOK'S BAKING POWDER oka ratting., Putiy, uU IVM> Ak POWDER BORWIOK'S BAKINO POWDER • old --. rj. L « r", U Id. U. P^ k. U, ui I'. K. T., | P. T « nl laa OBIT, « ' • to uk lor anj m. that r to.. U, 2.. M. I loo « by vtigfU. ft. rar. to Mk ( or ao4 m. that y « i .. 4 BURWICK' 8 SOLD MEDAL BAKIHQ POWDKR. THE CHEAPEST PACKAGE OF TEA IH ENCUHD. AOHINKflK CADDY, containing 18 lb » . or rtally good 111 nek Ton. Mint cni- ringo free to any rnllnay sUtlon or • mrkct town in Kuglnnd, on recoipt of Uh, by PHILLIPS 4 CO. TEAMERCIIMTS, 8KIHG Wutu » ST. Cm. tojpoir, » . c. A r » icii Lirt mi. Roally Good and Truly Choap Too. STRONG to Fine Blsck Tea, In 4d. la M, 2* » nd la S4 par lb. i < 0a worth aont earrinjfo froo to any railway aUUgai or markot town In England or Wales, on receipt or io* by PHILLIPS ft CO. TEA MERCHANTS, 8 KIM WILLIAM 8T. EA Prime OoCTeo la 2d, Is Id, la M. A Price Llat KrM. PHILLIPS & CO. have no a^ enU, and no oonnectioa wHk any Hooae ia Woroeater, Swansea or Witney. ECONOMY IN CRAPE MOURNING. ONE FOLD of KAT * RIGUARDflON' 0 OTANDARD BANK. BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. LMITIO, w 10 Clemenu- lniio, I » mlmnl- » t , I » o< ion, lun* i Drafla na tho Diamond'flold* and IS prin' ipnl town* In Booth Africa. Thia Bonk traiuacta every description or Banking b- i* lu « M. TWELVE CARTES do VISITE, 2s 8dt X su. U M. OTN* AWIRF to 10 TOEHEE. U, KIM » mi MAONETINB. • VTEW CURATIVE APPMANCE& A BOOK of ILXUH- ± 1 TKATloas, fr « . on tvp'jraUm to DAHIX) TV aod << » . 68 XOBTH WOOLWICH ROAD, LONDOJT, Or of say Chemist sad Drngglat la Ui « Kiaadoea. " pONYCARRIAGESAVictorinBroaglinma. Krmr tedlMlAa of T- r. r CmrrU*~. 1 K wWl*. mciU*. Till**, c. rt « , LiMm, jm » , trM. 77- B/ jlemd » v1 Y% Sl, Bf/ mr'MM t rrm B< - r> VtetorU and Drtrin* rtuaUm- Onwtnf. 1. BIUDUCOMmL SI OnaSQM « a Stnat, WO. aad IIS Xoston load, bndoo. T OSS of HAIR, Ac.— AH Meet* of tk « hair, rwraal A- J I. IHM or W" 7 y* tr. « « h » PPar rrwdM Vy M, T. rrf ! « a « mt Tlw n Ik m » nl rf B^ rf luk, n T'~ DinLATOSY LOTIO* ( or vnMw.^ 7 I » AVlCXTmo BOOTSfla eacOae* iM.- C. TxaflT. » JU » « » SUwt, u » Va. JUDSON'S DYES.— 18 Color*, 6d. oach. T> IBB0N8, WOOL, BILK, PSATHKA& 11 UoBalaUly Dyad ia 10 rrtn. ua w& teot sofllaf tha kaada. Vaa taametJoes aappUid. UfdCteiMa. ^ iJIKAP. ori K rr. l CiVJU 1 Icji'liro J at fh- 0?. rt% cfihi Vwi. /• • r..„••„. \\'.. u., T.,,^ „ I'rivul n* l r J,.!. r I Vk, , r.:- f * FT OB A M EAKLX, . -" '••';/ A ' • J. V'o Uho < ' Plar^ Ulhr Pa/ uh " f > ' " t a! ! . . hu th'. - I." PmrUZ, um HA TURD A /, < j<, r. to, ura. The Rirht Ron. Eari Bu* f.-! 1 ha* iraciouilT farcurrU J. T. l> STcnj t » iih the followin-:— " Bxtrsrt of a dupatch frcm Mr. Wcbix, llJi- M Consul at Mani t, - tit, i S- • •.:„! r 17, 19* :- * ' The reaoJv cSra- ioua in itscAdta ( m Epidemic Cholera) i. - 1- • n loond to be Chlorodjrne. snd 4 with a small quantity given to me by Dr. Burke I hare sired several lire*.' " CAUTIO N.— C HLORODYNE. Vke- Chanerl!^ r Sir W. P. Wood stated tiit Dr. C" lli* Bronwr- i< u ; mbteSy thamrent- r - f '~ T1l'vrodyne: that the » : OTT of tb>> defendant, Frr^ rr- an. delibrratelT untru-. whi. b, h • r.- retted V> 5ay, hiJ l< ec nun to. Eminent H^ pital Pbr « eisn » of LaMBB stated tltat t> r. J Collis the diarr T. rrr cfChloroJvne; that thoy prescribe it largely; and Tseau uo other than Dr. Brown '-— Sec " Times," July IS, 1561- Tbe public an therc/ cre eauoened ariir.- t u* ing any < xfc- r than DR. J. COI. T. I8 BROWNE'S CHLORODYKR. Thia Inr& loahle Bf= « dy produev^ quiet refreahior » ! eep. relieres pain, calt3< the syiten, restores tha deraopoi fanrtr. iiA. and stimulate* Lealthy letii n ot the wnlioBl ot the body, with • : enratiny . tny of ' h tk uaf! ra. taat rvsulta attrciiag tho of optura. Old and yv'- cr may take ii at boon ana tiers, wben rcqiuKte. Thi uiand* ,: ( nau testitV to its marrelloai 5? « ti ai. d wonderful cum, while taoiifAl extol ita tirtuw moat extensively, uaa'j i: ia grrwt quantities ia the f^ licwing diseases:— CONSUMPTION ASTHMA BRONCHITIS. WHOOPING COUGH, NEURALGIA. DIARRHOEA RHEUMATISM. SPASMS. Ac. Important YcatiMaul* R. M BC^ TTOQS MedL- al Men acctsmpanr each tfctil*. Otatka- llnji uh fer- Dt J Cv-. fChkndvmVsadKv Jutl - 1; aaotheGovenraentSuinp. S^ li ia Bottka 1 » lid. 9ki j: d A* 6d. b* all Ctmisis. Sob Maaaiartarer, J. T. HATR25POBT, 33. Gnroi E^ kH Str. xEljorasbory S « xan, ImVr / ! imrra!. BEAD HERE, AND SEE THE GREAT BENEFITS DERIVED FROM A Ia l^ n. ARTICLE. Allerxi'a Por< » a bare niiered raferera wkaa ia tho rmu-^ ft pata « c J all otlwe remadioa had atteJ. Phjiiciaaa * a J i-. rjfxia oi all seLoois mooiaMd thorn. A ieetor aa> 3 tbe ^ bor day :—" I do aot ka . w • hasbar All « » tk' « P. tr « r » ooct^ n all the rirtoos yoa < serih « Utoea, bot this I do kn. w: no plaster or loea! spp)> earV « hu « rer my patient* saeo great naafert." We pohiisb aMW eaiaa of cares,^ sbowiay boir woodatfal rirtoea. furtbir endoooa oi thair raioo to luffering baraaoity U b « ] « .>! » • ia a ay • » -> sslUa< at tbo priacipa 1 g « « y. THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES SATURDAY, OCT. 19, 1872. jjDfljjus of % gag. ( Bjj an^ Qccasional London Correspondent.) CTbo remarks under this head are to be regarded as the ox- iiresslou of in tependent opinion, from the pen of a gentleman Rumours have been afloat that we are to have an Autumn session, but there is no . livelihood of their buth. Government, no doubt, have to consider the arrangements for paying our little bill to America under • the Geneva award, but there is no necessity to call Parliament together for ' that, and there is no other subject which demands the convocation of our legisla tors, Opposing political parties aro busy with the regis- trations, and an unusqal amount of activity is mani- fested oh either side. This is a healthy state of things. ; We could not get- on very well in this country without jpoUtical parties, and their endeavours severally to ( advance their views and interests, so- long as'they confine themselves to legitimate action, are commend- able. There is also manifested a greater desire than formerly on tliopart of those entitled to vote to claim , their right. . This, too, looks healthy. There is, of course, one reason for all this. It is probable that, even if the next session is played out to tho ordinary term, a general ( « lection will take place before Parliament is again ( convoked and in any case a general election cannot Jbe very far off. Whenever that election takes place it Jwill be the most important of any that we have had Bince the Reform Act of 1832, not even excepting [ that which immediately followed the Act of 1S67, jin consequence of the action of the ballot. No wonder ( therefore that so much political activity is now mani- fested. Thid' activity is not wholly without its bene- ficial influence on the otherwise unemployed, as witness the following advertisement :—" Parliamentary re- ferencing clerks— several experienced clerks wanted. Send particulars as to experience, previous engage- ments, and term of salary and expenses, to," & c. When 60 many clerks are out of employment such an invita- tion as this must be pleasant. The appointment of the Hon. G. Denman as the new Judge in succession to the lamented Justice WilleB is not open to serious objection, even on the part < 4 pob'tical opponents to the Ministry. We cannot ) « xpect a Government to appoint a political anta- gonist to a vacancy, and among their supporters Sew men, if any, could have been found better fitted u> r" judicial duties than the gentleman now ap pointed to the bench of the Common Pleas. The- public generally will rather like the appointment, because it revives memories of Lord Chief Justice Denman, one of the brightestKirnaments of the bench. This appoint- ment, by the way, has given rise— as every legal appointment always does— to a number of rumours as Jto other legal changes. Among " gentlemen learned in the law" any legal vacancy or change always creates excitement, and tha whole fraternity seems at once to be on the gut vive as to whose turn it shall be next j but the general public looks calmly on. Ireland, so much and so often disappointed with re gard to rumours of a royal residence in the country, has now been doomed to disappointment even in re- spect to the rumoured intention of the ex- Emperor of the French to take up his residence in the country. jThat rumour ia now officially contradicted. It appears moreover that the exiled Emperor intends going to Madeira in the spring, the Queen having kindly placed a royal yacht at his disposal. By the way, the Napoleonic star seems more decidedly than ever in / the descendant, Prince Napoleon, the enfant terrible, © f the family, having been virtually e- xpelled from France, Whatever opinions may be entertained re- lative to the benefits or disadvantages of imperial rule in that country, as it is pretty certain that the cele- brated Napoleonic maxim, Vampire e'est la - paix, being no longer applicable to the conn try, the action of the French Government in this matter cannot be generally disapproved of, though perhaps it may be regarded as a sign of weakness. Apropos of Ireland, let me express a hope that suggestions which have been thrown out with regard to the peat fuel may b£ carried out for hergood and that of the United Kingdom at large. It has been Btated, on competent authority, that if peat Is properly drained and solidified it becomes in a few months " as dense as coal, and more useful." Peat fuel is largely used in the ironworks of France, Ger- many, and Sweden, and on tho railways in Canada and elsewhere. If this be true, Ireland has an immense source of wealth that has hitherto been little utilised. The revival of commercial activity is illustrated, among other ways, by the formation of a number of limited liability companies. Through the months of August and September nothing was done in this respect, so far as the public could see. Pro- moters, parliamentary agents, solicitors, and en- gineers, might have been maturing their plans privately, lut nothing was brought before the public; but " chill Gclcfoer" has brought out several companies, and there are many more to come. Looking at the character of the new companies generally, without specifying any in particular, I think the country may be con- gratulated on their practical usefulness and value. The tenormous price of coal, for example, has given birth to Beveral schemes for increasing the supply both liere and abroad, and I venture to say that our coal owners and colliers would do well to take warning by these enterprising projects. The demand by colliers for more wages and less working time—- which means less production— and the raising the price of coals in an oven higher ratio than the increase of wages, naturally leads to desperate efforts elsewhere to add to our coal supply; and England at the present mo- ment is fast becoming a coal- importing as well as exporting country. Our coal- owners and miners would do well to profit by the lesson. A good deal of discussion is taking place on a sub- ject which is anything but pleasant— the flogging of a certain class of criminals. A member of Parliament, whose opinions are worthy of respect, and who is evidently very tender- hearted, protests against this punishment, and says it makes him ashamed of being an Englishman ; but really he need not be ashamed of that, unless it be that he is ashamed of being a fellow, countryman of the scoundrels that are flogged. I have nfifer seen the administration of the cat, and hope I never may, but I believe it is a very hopeful chastise- ment in certain cases, and I believe moreover that it would bo well to extend this punishment to thoBe who commit violent outrages on women and children. The Lord Mayor of London and several influential friends have just taken a step which is of general im- portance. Alexandra Park and Palace are to be sold ifor the respectable sum of £ 100,000, and they are then to be devoted to recreative purposes under conditions which shall secure guarantees against those immoral tendencies which undoubtedly affect public gardens end places of outdoor amusement. It may be remem- bered that the Great Exhibition of 1851 ( which in ome respects has never been excelled) was got up on the principle of private guarantee against loss. On Ibis same principle the Lord Mayor and his friends are guaranteeing £ 1,000 each in reference to the Alexandra Palace and Park. For tho welfare of society generally it is to be hoped that tho move- ment will succeed. But for this effort the place would have been devoted to racing and the delectation of the sporting fraternity. In connection with public gardens it is worth notice that the Middlesex magistrates have just refused, by 2a to 7, a licence for music and dancing at Cremorne, and a licence for music only by 22 to 8. There was a full bench of magistrate?, and we are bound to believe that this important course was taken, after due deliberation, in the interests of public morality. I have noticed that here and there— that is as a rare exception to a general rule— the Adulteration Act is being put into force, and that some convictions and fines have been the result. But such prosecutions are quite exceptional, and it is scarcely too much to say that this Act is becoming a dead letter, as the preceding Act was for twelve years. The only wonder is that the new Act is enforced at all, seeing that the appointment of an analyst, without which nothing can be done, rests with local authorities, the majority of whom are trades- men. But it iB refreshing to see that any action at all is taken. Every conviction must produce a beneficial effect, and none will benefit more by such convictions than honest and conscientious tradesmen. Few things are more remarkable in the annals of life and death in great cities than the excitement oc- casioned in numerous households when it is announced that some person unknown has been found dead. The other day, at an inquest held here, two mothers swore to the identity of the body of a young woman found dead in the Thames, as that of their daughter, and two sets of relatives severally supported one of the mothers. All this was done in perfeot good faith, and the obvious conclusion is that there is still one young woman missing, perhaps dead. And another inquest — on a woman found dead in an area in a wretched quarter of the metropolis— has brought somewhat similar facts to light. From some of the many people who have gone to endeavour to identify the body ithas been ascertained that several females are missing, some of them being connected with respectable families. It seems that the photographs of a number of women who have been found dead and havo been buried without identification, can be seen at Scotland yard. What a saddening exhibition must that be I An Alpine Club exists, the members of which know " how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar." Possibly these gentlemen take " Excelsior" for their motto, but at all events he who climbs highest and does deeds of the greatest dar- ing among mountain fastnesses seem3 to get the most praise. And now we have a new club formed, under the title of the " Cruising Club," the members of which are to consist of gentlemen who possess canoes, skiffs, or gigs, and that have cruised in boats of this kind not lees than 200 miles on one journey. It is rather a curious fancy to unite gentlemen in a club, but it must be admitted that it is the bold venturesome spirit which such pursuits presuppose that is one element in England's greatness. Another illustration of the same spirit is to be found among our whilom lively neighbours the French. A Frenchman has a little five- ton yacht in the Seine, and wants four other gentlemen to cross the Atlantic with him in this cockle- shell— just to show that such daring is not confined to England Mid the United States. This sort of thing may possibly be carried too far. A SINGULAR STORY. At the Worship- street Policj- court, In London, a young man named James Thompson, a gunmaker, without auy fixed abode, has been charzed with stealing a box, the property of the Great Eastern Railway Company, under the following extraordinary circumstances :— It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was formerly in the service of the Great Eastern Railway Company under a " ganger" at the goods station, Brick- lane. Some short time afterwards meeting one of his fellow workmen, a porter, named Fellingham, he addressed bim, and a conversation ensued, and eventually the prisoner broached to Fellingham a pro- position to pursue a plan whereby the company might be robbed. He invited Fellingham to his house, where he explained his plan. He proposed that Fellingham should give him notice of some valuable package cr box being in the station, when he ( prisoner) would prepare one in all respects similar to it, take it to the station, and with Fellingham'a connivance remove the labels from the valuable package to his fictitious one. The valuable package was then to be sent addressed to him to some station down the. line, to be " left till called for." Fellingham agreed to think, over the " plan," but meanwhile informed his employers. It was then arranged that he was to give his seeming consent to assist the prisoner; but that a box " full of nothings "— stones and straw— should be reported a3 valuable. This was done, and on Tuesday, the 8th inBt., the prisoner met Fellingham by appointment close by tho goods station. The prisoner was then wheeling a barrow on which was a box with no ad- dress on it. The labels from the box full of stones and straw were then removed and placed on the pri- soner's box. The other box was re- directed and sent down the line to Purfleet- station, to " J. T. Thomp- son " till called for." The arrival there was watched for, and on his coming on the 9th he asked if there was a box in the name of Thompson for him. Being told there was, he paid 8d. for the carriage and signed a receipt for it. Just as he was about to carry off tho supposed valuable box, he was accosted by one of the company's police, who asked him if the box was his. The prisoner said " Yes," and he wa3 taken into custody. He also tried to get Fellingham to re- label a box so that it might be " sent somewhere where the pri- soner might call for it. The prisoner reserved his defence and was fully committed for trial. MR. CHARLES KINGSLEY ON TRUE CULTURE. Noticing Canon Klncsley's nddreM last week, at tho re- opening ol the Birmingham and Midland Institute, tho Field writes: — The ultimate conclusion that Mr. Kingsley arrives at is that we are not as healthy or vigorous a people as we once were. There is an inference to be drawn from the points which the rev. lecturer made here, which he seemed to forget, or rather to avoid with an air of hesi- tation, that might, indeed, be pardoned, considering the perilous nature of the discussion. We are quite with nim to the extent that a knowledge of the true value of healthy habitations, of personal cleanliness, of pure air, and unadulterated food, would be of infinite service, not only to us, but to those who come after UB. TO use an elo- quentphraseof Mr. Kingsley, thesalutarylawB of nature represent " tho good will of God expressed in facts." And the deduction is that we are bound to aim uni- versally at the mens sanU in corporc sano. " Wherever you have a population generally weakly, stunted, scrofulous, you will find in them a corresponding type of brain, which cannot be trusted to do good work. It may be very active, it may be very quick in catching up new anil grand ideas, and all the more quick on ac- count of its own secret malaise and discontent, but it will be spasmodic, unstable, hysterical." We give Mr. Kingsley's own words, which may seem startling and almost fantastic, though , they are only a variation of the Bense contained in the Shakespearian allusion to the lean and hungry Cassius, in Napoleon's distiust of a thin general Masses of people weakened and en- feebled physically can be worked upon into mischief by those who can excite in them " phenomena " the results " of the sin or the ignorance of their forefathers." Mr. Kingsley recognizes in support of his views the history of Imperial Rome, of Alexandria, of a Paris under our own observation. It may bo literally true that in our manufacturing centres there is much of that discouraging decay in race which we as well as Mr. Kingeley ( TepWre, But who would say, looking at the soldiers who figured at the recent Autumn Manoeuvres, tho majority of them bred and born as " common folk of the field," that our population has sunk altogether'out of the reach of the compliment paid to us by Benvenuto Cellini 1 Then, again, it was scarce qnite fair or candid of Mr. Kingsley to ignore the circumstance that, if there are thousandu of our people leading unhealthy lives, there are thousands who havo the leisure to cultivate sport, the taste to cultivate athleticism, thousands whoBe business, whose callirigB, bring them in contact with elements for developing that hardneBS which Mr. Kingsley sees in our old friend tho savage. At our public schools, in the hunting field, on the moors, in the " forest, at the rifle butts, at cricket festivals, football matches, and the various other divi- sions of healthy pastime and exercise which are duly recorded and chronicled in The Field— in our still vital and active love for travel and for danger, which may occasionally degenerate even into recklessness— is there not something for Mr. Kingsley to take account of? No one could speak better of these things than Mr. Kingsley himself; but to read his Birmingham address we might imagine that hunting was a lo3t art, that shooting or fishing were unpopular amusements, that the Alpine Club was extinct, and our waters without a yacht sail, or our coast docks without a butterfly fleet liybernating. To be sure Mr. Kingsley was speaking to a special audience ; but his words, after a while, glowed with a rhetoric which was evidently intended to attract notice beyond the hall of the Midland Insti- tute. But it may be that he will follow up his discourse. The sphere of interest which he has but glanced into i3 practicably illimitable. . We have social sermons enough, but they want that dexterity of thought, that vivid, incisive phraseology and modelling which the the author of " Westward Ho" can give to his writings or his speeches. Not that he is always un- exceptionably accurate or felicitous in his illustra- tions. There, for instance, is his example of the savago as the representative of hardihood. You might get a dozen or sccre of Deal boatmen to- morrow, or northern miners, who would stand 20 times the work of this typical savage. and who would mako very short deal- ing with him indeed in a wrestling match or a fight. There is a great deal of truth in what Mr. Kingsley says, but it is the truth only written on one side of a shield. If we were 13 take him as strictly correct, we might indeed fall into dismal dolours and dumps upon our national decay. But we shall still bear comparison with any nation on the earth in this particular of phy- sical health. At the same time, that there are causes in operation whioh may bring us to the level at which Mr. KiDgsley has chosen to contemplate us now is so true, that a warning is not only justifiable, but requisite and usefuL It is, therefore, on the whole, with sincere gratitude that we should listen to the advice of Mr. Kingsley, and with a respect also due to the evident care with which bo has approached the matter. We only wish he had been a little more ample or inclusive in bis discourse, BO as to point out to his listeners the sources of strength as well as of in the contemporary physique of the English. M0UTHFULS FOR MILLIONAIRES. WHEN Oysters cost thrlco less than now They formed a frugal dish, And people used to wonder how Pearls grew in such cheap flih. If Oysters rising keep in price, Soon, years, that o'er us whirl, Will make the Oyster, morsel nice, More precious than the Pearl.— Punoh. Sisallanmrs Intelligent, HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. A PLEASANT PLAGE TO LIVE IN !— A letter from Chicago thus describes the present uncertainty of human life in that city :— " At night I am sometimes detained by business until a late hour. On such occasions I do as the rest of the fellows here have now to do, and carry a revolver. There was a man Bhot here last night; and on Saturday night, two shot and one stabbed within a radius of a quater ot a mile from where we livo. Probably when the city is rebuilt the police will alter matters. But at the time of tho Qre and siuce then all the « Rowdies' of the West came here to pick up what they could " With regard to the progress of rebuilding, the letter eocs on to say that hundreds of the most magnificent bulld- igs are being erected one after another, forming miles of streets. The city when rebuilt will probably be the finest In tho world. A STRANGE STORY.— A dream story has had a singular fulfilment at the other side of the world. The dreamer in this cace was a Chinese schoolboy at Shanghai, who told his schoolmaster that he had dreamed his stepmother murdered him, and hid his re- mains in a jar under the fl x> r of her house. The school- master reassured his pupil at the moment, but subse- quently, missing him for two days from school, remembered of the dream, and rushed to the house of his stepmother to inquire for the boy. Receiving an unsatisfactory answer, and full ef suspicion of foul play, the man tore up the floor of the room and found the corpse of his pupil cut up and stowed away in a jar precisely as the poor boy had described. The case has been authenticated before tho Chinese Courts and the murderess executed, after being carried to the six gates of tho city to receive the execrations of the people. All that can be surmised as a rational explanation of this tale is that the lad had reason to fear and suspect his stepmother's intentions, and so dreamed of the very act she was already contemplating. STARTLING OCCURRENCE.— On Monday after- noon a workman, who has been engaged in painting ± he flag staff which carries the Royal Standard on the Round Tower of Windsor Castle, bein^ anxious to descend to the roof of the tower beneath him, took hold of the rope with his hands for this purpose. While painting he had been sitting upon a crutch, which, thus being relieved of the man's weight, suddenly flew up to the top of the staff while the painter quite as suddenly descended to the roof of the tower to the horror of the spectators beneath, who hurriedly sent for Dr. Fairbank, one of her Majesty's surgeons, of course expecting that the workman was severely in- jured. Dr. Fairbank hastened to the Round Tower, but the man, in tbemeantime, had re- ascended and resumed his work. Upon the arrival of Dr. Fairbank, however, he was not permitted to go on with it, although, it is said, he was unhurt. The occurrence created con- siderable excitement in the Cattle and town at the moment. A SINGULAR OCCURRENCE ( AMERICAN).— The Newport ( R I.) News says—" A New York lady visiting in Providence the past two weeks was strongly im- pressed that she ought to go home, and made arrange- ments to go last Friday night, but was prevailed on to stay over Sunday BO as to have a relative's company. On Sunday morning about four o'clock she awoke, and saw her Bister that she had left in New York standing in her room, and got up to meet her, wheu the vision vanished. She returned to her bed, fell asleep, and was again awakened with the recurring vision, and by noon received word that her sister, whom she had left at home well, and of whose illness she had _ not heard, had died at that very hour." MORE TERCENTARIES.— The Acting Committee of the Scottish Reformation Society have adopted the following minute :— " The commlttco, having taken into consideration that the 21th of nest month Is the 300th annivorsary of tho death of John Knox, deem It fit, especially at the present time, to acknowledge tho hand of Ood In the great and manifold blessings which He was pleased to bestow on this nation at the time of the Reformation, chlelly through the instrumen- tality of Knox; and they also deem it a duty Incumbent on them at the present time to'Improvo the occasion, as above- mentioned, in some suitable way, by calling public attention to the great principles of the Reformation, and to the neces- sity for earnest and increasing efforts for the maintenance and extension of these blessings, as well as for counteracting the unceasing efforts put forth to subvert aud destroy them." Is has been arranged to hold a public meeting in Edin- burgh on Monday, the 25th of November, and a prayer meeting on the evening of the previous Sabbath. THE PRECIOUS METALS.— The accounts of the Imports and exports o^ gold and silver bullion and specie registered at the Custom- house in the first three quarters of the year 1872 show that the imports amounted to £ 22,237,280, and the exports to £ 22,384,938; so that though there was much coming and going, no surplus or balance stayedin this country. The imports of gold amounted to £ 13,674,395, show- ing a decrease of nearly two millions as compared with the corresponding period of the preceeding year; and the exports of gold amounted to £ 14,519,599, au in- crease of 3h millions. The imports of silver amounted to £ 8,662,685, a decrease of nearly three million; and the exports of silver amounted to £ 7,865,339, a de- crease of above a million. The export of gold in the nine months exceeded the import bv nearly £ 850,000, and the import of silver exceeded the export by nearly £ 700,000. Above seven millions of gold arrived in this country from the United States; the import of gold from Australia deeb'ned from five millions in the first three quarters of 1871 to four millions and a half in the correspoodfBg period of 1872. Gold was ex- ported from thfs country chiefly to Germany ( live millions), South_ America," South Africa, and Portugal. Tho chief imports of sliver were from the United States ( 3J millions), South . America, and Germany ; and the export of silver was chiefly to India, to wnich above four millions and a half , venW DIVING FOR THE DEAD.— It is known tha tho Gothard steamer foundered a few weeks ago in the middle of the Lake of Zurich. A diver named Hess has just made a descent at the spot where the vessel disappeared. He remained about a quarter of an hour under water, during which time he discovered the body of'Mdlle. Gysin, a teacher, of Basle. Hess was enabled to fasten a cord to the corpse, and then gave the signal to be drawn up along with it. As he did not discover traces of any other victims, there is no doubt at present only two persons lost their lives by the catastrophe. THE SQUIRE, THE CAPITALIST, AND THE LA- BOURER. — Mr. Raskin, in " Fors Clavigcra" for October, remarks:— In the ancient and hitherto existent condition of things, tho squire Is essentially an Idle person who has possession of land, and lends it, but does not use It; and the capitalist la essentially an idle person, who has possession of tools, and lends them, but does not use them; while the labourer, by definition, is a laborious person, and by presumption a penni- less one, who Is obliged to borrow both land and tools, and paying, for rent on the one. and profit on the other, what will maintain the squire and capitalist, digs finally a remnant of roots, wherewith to maintain himselL PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.— A Pub- lishing friend says, that the exercise he likes best is a run upon a booL— Punch. THE MEDICAL EDUCATION OF WOMEN.— Mr. Walter Thomson, London, has sent to the Committee for securing a complete Medical Education for Women m Edinburgh a check for £ 500', being the first moiety of £ 1,000 promised by him. He desires the money to be applied " ( 1) in payment of expenses that have to be incurred m prosecuting the claim of women to the highest medical education obtainable in the University of Edinburgh and else where ; and ( 2) in assisting or encouraging lady students who have been subjected to extra charges by the obstacles interposed in Edin- burgh." • TELEGRAPHY.— TJnder the title Statistics of Telegraphy, Sir Jame3 Anderson has published, with many illustrative tables, a paper which he read bafore the Statistical Society in June last. Its object is to draw a wide distinction between internal and inter- national telegraphy, and to show that in the former. Which is largely used for messages of a social and domestic character, every reduction of tariff is followed by a large increase of custom. With telegraphs in the hands of the State, the increase of custom means an increased convenience to the public, and may therefore be worth obtaining even at the cost of some loss to the revenue. In international telegraphy, however, the messages due to social relations have little place, and commercial messages are scarcely affected by tariff. The conclusion is that high tariffs Bhould rule upon all foreign lines, and that they will earn the largest dividends for shareholders at the smallest possible coat for working. A STRANGE MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.— The Boston .4tfyeri£ serpublishes a letter which was picked up on shore at Wood's Hole a few days since. It is said to be written by one of the late passengers of the ill- fated American ship Metis. The Advertiser says the letter was scribbled on commercial paper, and bore every evidence of genuineness :— " August 30, 1872. Out on the Oclan on a Raft a passenger frem the il fated Steamer Metis Lost this morning and I am left a lone to die If no vessel corns a crost me, and now I am thinking of home and friends that I long a go lelt, a wife and 2 darling Children and But for this axcldend I should have Been with them. But god saw fltt otherwise. Oh I am ready and willing to go to him now as I shall perish hear as I have no food only this Bottle of Spirits with me. May this fall into hans that will have it put In to a paper and have it printed that foks may know my fate. It Is lonly to die with- out friends to bee neer you In such a place as this, but may god hav mercy on me. I am a nativ of New Castle pa and I am not afraid to die. Tel my friends this, so good By All. A lone All alone to die.— CHARLES EL PAISE." SINGULAR DEATH OF A THIEF.— A professor of the piano, named Marasti, ( eays Galignani,) was crossing the Avenue Lacude, Paris, on Friday night, when he was accosted by an individual miserably clothed, who implored his charity. He offered the man some sous, but the latter suddenly seized on the wafioh and chain of his benefactor, and took to flight in the direction of the Mazas prison. The professor, recovering his astonishment at such an act of audacity, set off in pursuit of the malefactor and overtook him. A struggle ensued, and the thief, finding himself over- matched, drew out a knife, but was unable to use it as he was in a moment thrown down with violence on the pavement. Some passengers then came up to inquire what had happened, and on examining the man, who remained motionless on the ground, discovered to their astonishment that he had ceased to live. Death had been caused by a rupture of the vertebral culumn. The corpse was taken to the police station in the Faubourg, St. Antoine. HYDE PARK ORATORY.— The Commissioners of Works have caused to be erected in Hyde- park, London, at exactly 150 yards distance from the so- named Reformers' Tree," a granite pedestal and iron standard surmounted by a board to mark the spot where it shall be lawful ( and there only) to hold public meetings, and inscribed with the following announce- ment :— " The Notice Board Respecting Public Addresses.— No publio address may bo delivered except within 40 yards of the notice board on which this rule is inscribed." The rule is to the following effect, and is, in addition, posted at all the entrances to the Park :— " No publio address may be delivered unless a written notice of tho intention to deliver the same, signed with the names and laddreases of two householders residing In the metropolis, be left at the office of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings at least two clear days before : such notice must state the day and hour of intended delivery. After such notice has been received, no other notice for the de- livery of an address on the same day will be valid." THE ANXIOUS DOG !— A Breton peasant, on his way to Paris, stopped at a barber's shop in Ram- bouillet. While the barber was stropping his razor, the peasant noticed a dog sitting near his chair, and staring at him fiercely. " What is the matter with that dog? " The barber answered with an unconcerned air, " That dog i3 always there. You see when I cut off an ear " " Well? " " Well, he eats it." BREECH- LOADING CONUNDRUM.— When is a Tailor a successful Sportsman ?— When he cuts out and makes " bags."— Punch. THE COAL QUESTION IN BELGIUM. — The Etoile of Brussels says :— >• " The ceal question is naturally attracting much attention among the public. Prioes are Increasing daily, and the de- imand exceeds the production to such a degree that the Bel- gian owners refuse to accept contracts at fixed prices and for delivery at stated periods. The fact cannot be dissimu- lated that we are passing through a serious crisis, the prin- cipal cause of which 1B the diminution of the yield in England, brought about by tho continued exigencies of the pitmen, and which threaten to entail the most serious consequences upon our national Industry. The moment Is perhaps not far distant when several of our manufactories will bo forced to suspend their works for want of fuel." FATAL GUN ACCIDENT AT LIVERPOOL.— A shocking gun accident occurred on Sunday at Broad- green, Liverpool. Joseph Brou^ hton, thirty- nine years of ago, postman for the district, went out with his son, taking with him a loaded gun for tho purpose of shooting birds, of which he had a very large stuffed collection. On his way home Broughton put the stock of the gun in one of his coat pockets and tho barrel in another, the latter being loaded; and when in the act of getting over a wall it is supposed tho barrel'' banged" against the wall, and it went off. The shot entered the back of the right leg, just above the calff blowing the lower portion of his leg completely off, which only hung by a few of the sinews. The poor fellow was taken home in a cart, and shortly afterwards died from loss of blood and sovero shock to the system. He left a wife and five children. THE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND.— Speak- ing at the annual dinner of the Southwell ( Notts) Agricultural Society, Mr. W. Hodgson Barrow, MP., said he did not look forward with any great satisfac- tion to the coming winter, and he was therefore most anxious to impress upon all the importance of encour- aging a kindly feeling between employer and employed. He was quite satisfied about the importance of that, and he only hoped and trusted that the interests of tho agriculturists would ceaso to be disturbod by those combinations which threatened elsewhere, but which, he hoped, would never take place in that part of the country. ( Hear, hear.) He was convinced that the question must be governed by- and- bye, at all events, by the law of supply and demand, and it was for that reason he wished to impress upon farmers the neoessity of being on friendly terms with their labourers. One of the chief reasons why the law of supply and demand was not carried out was because the men demanded extortionate prices, but it was to be hoped that it would be rectified by conciliation. He had every con- fidence in the good sense of his fellow- countrymen that those grievances could be amicably fettled without agitators coming down amongst t- hem to excite ill- will between employer and employed. ANOTHER EXTINGUISHER WA£ TE1>.— This LJ too much. Here's Vesuvius wanting JtVeak out again. The seismographs supply most unpI^ WU information. We do not want to be rude, but j^^ kceace of the Continent is again menaced byfl^ PSflammatory action, appeal will he to M. VON BISMARCK.— Punch. ARITHMETIC FOR MILLIONAIRES.— The fol- lowing paragraph is going tha round of Indian papers:— " The Chinese have a most Ingenious method of reckoning by the aid of the fingers, performing all the operation of ad- dition, substruction . multiplication, and division, witli num- bers from one up to 100,000. Every finger of tho left hand represents nlno figures, as follows :— Tho little flrger repre- senta units, the ring finger tens, the middlo fincer nundrods, the fore- finger thousands, the thumb tens of thou- sands. When tho three joints of each finger aro touched from the palm towards the tip they count one, two, and three of each of the denominations as above named. Four, five and six are counted on the back of the finger joints in the same way; seven, eight, and . nine are counted on the right side of tho Joints from the palm to the tip. The forefinger of the right hand Is used as a pointer. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4 would be Indi- cated by first touching the joint of the forefinger ; next the hand on the inside ; next the end joint of the ring finger on the Inside, next the middle joint of the middle finger on the inside, and finally the joint of the little finger next the hand on the ouUide. The reader will bo able to made further examples for himself." FALL OF A SUSPENSION BRIDGE.— The sus- pension bndge known as the Pont de Constantine, erected m 1838. to connect the island of Saint- Louis with the Quai Saint- Bernard, has fallen into the Seine. It was suspended to two cables of iron wire, to which were attached long rods, supporting the clanks. These had been gradually worn away by the continual oscillations caused by the tread of passengers, and the iron had become rusty, so that it had been undergoing repairs for nearly a month past. At about five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon in last week, owing to the rupture of the cable on the side of the Jardin des Plantea, it gave way. About 15 workmen were collected on a scaffolding on the side of the Entrepot des Vins, all of whom except two who remained on the chains, were precipitated into the water. They were, however, all rescued. The navigation wa3 necessarily interrupted, and* the Bateaux- Mouches suspended their service. During the evening sailors were actively en- gaged in clearing away the floating fragments. Pas- sengers were at first subjected to a toll, which was abolished in 1848. To OUR BETTERS.— The Best Course is to avoid all Race- meetings,— Punch. TESTIMONIAL TO A BRICKFIELD REFORMER.— It will be recollected that the recent legislation which has so much ameliorated the condition of the children of the brickfields of Leicestershire and other parts of England is largely due to the energy of Mr. George Smith, of Coalville, who has expended much time, pains, and money on his task. It is now proposed to raise a testimonial to Mr. Smith. A committee has been formed for that purpose, and nearly a hundred pounds have been already collected by private exer- tions. The subscriptions and committee liats include the names of the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Shaftes- bury, Earl Fortescue, Lord John Manners, MP., Mr. J. Dove Harris, M. P., Sir George Beaumont, Bart., Mr. Bass, juu„ MP., Mr. W. U. Heygate, M. P., Rev. Canon Kingsley, Mr. S. W. Clowes, M. P., Mr. P. A. Taylor, M. P., Mr. Shipley Ellis, deputy chairman of the Midland Railway Company; Mr. Mundella, M. P., Mr. R. Baker, her Majesty's In- spector of Factories ; Rev. Canon Argles, and Mr. T. Tertius Paget, of Humberstone, Leicester, late M. P. for South Leicestershire, who is the treasurer to the fund. PATRIOTISM AND PORCELAIN !— Patriotism is a noble virtue, but it sometimes make3 great demands upon human patience and forbearanoe, and this would seem peouliarly true of the patriotic emotions which have lately swayed the mixed population of Alsace. A typical case is reported, in which an Alsatian woman, with feminine persistency, worried her husband inceS' santly with the view of inducing him to go over to France. Being a small landowner, he peremptorily re- fused to do anything of the kind. Madame, however, still insisted upon his migration v; ii; h much fluency of Bpeech, and, at length, her eloquence attained such alarming proportions that her lord became exasperated. Accordingly, with infinite ta t and good Eense, he broke not a little of the household furniture, and wound up by smashing five plate3 in succession on his wife's pate. She survived the war of china, and summoned her husband before the Jugo de Paix— a Prussian. Monsieur declared, in extenuation of his conduct, that he had a right to Bmash his crockery if he liked, but the judge, while admitting his abstract right, remarked that the mode which he had taken was open to objec- tion, and fined him in consequence. Madame, it is stated, finally packed up all the movables which had survived her husband's fury, and left with them for France. Two PRESIDENTS.— GRANT, R. A. and GRANT. U. S — Punch. DEATH OF A MILLIONAIRE.— Sir David Baxter, Bart., head of the great firm of Baxter Bros, and Co., flax and jute spinners, Dundee, died at his residence, Kilmaron, Fifeshire, on Simday evening. Sir David, besides conducting a most extensive business, togk a deep interest in all philanthropic movements, and few men have devoted their personal means for public pur- poses with so bountiful a hand. In 1861 he provided a Jark for Dundee. About the same period he received a baronetcy, and subsequently gave large money gifts to Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities, and during his life local charities were liberally supported. He last act was to endow a convalescent hospital at about £ 35,000. He is reported to have left fully a million sterling. Sir David was in the 79th year of his age. He leaves a widow, but no family, and it i3 understood his landed estate will descend to his nephew, Mr. E. W. Baxter, LLP., Secretary to the Treasury. Mr. Baxter intended addressing his constituents, but in conse- quence of his uncle's death his meetings have been in- definitely postponed. MUDDLEBY JUNCTION.— Overworked points- man ( puzzled): " Let's see! there's tho ' scursion*" were due at 4.45, and it ain't in ; then, afore that, were the ' mineral,'— no ! that must ha' been the ' goods,'— or the 4 cattle,' No ! that were after,— cattle's shunt- ing now. Let's see ! fast train came through at— con- found ! and here comes ' the express' afore its time, and blest if I know which line she's on 1 !'— Punch. THE Loss OF TIIE " AMERICA."— By the In- man mail steamer City of Antwerp, which arrived at Queenstown on Sunday, confirmatory intelligence is brought from San Francisco of the destruction by fire of the Pacific steamer America, at Yokohama, on Aug. 24. Three Americans, 59 Chinese, and a number of Japanese were lost. Three hundred thousand dollars and a light cargo remained on board when the vessel was burned. The Court of Inquiry reported that the fire was the result of intention, not of acci- dent. The inducement is believed to have been the native antipathy towards the steamship company, or officers, or to the faot that the Chinese passengers were supplied with largo sums of money. The Court was also of opinion that the fire might have been prevented had there been expedition with the fire- hoses. The America is stated to have been the largest wooden ship afloat. AGRICULTURAL EL DORADO.— There are three wheat farms in the San Joaquin Valley { says the San Francisco Bulletin), with areas respectively of 36,000 acres, 23,000 acres, and 17,000 acres. On the largest of these farms the wheat crop this year is reputed o be eaual to an average of 40 bushels to the acre, the yield running up on somo parts of the farm to 60 bushels. The product of this farm for the pre- sent year is 1,440,000 bushels. The boundary on ono side of this farm is about 17 miles long. At the season of ploughing ten four- horse teams were attached to ten gang- pbughs, each gang having four ploughs— or 40 horses with as many ploughs were started^ at the same time, the teams following in close succession. Lunch or dinner was served at a midway station, and supper at the terminus of the field, .17 miles distant from the startin" point. The teams returned on the following day. The wheat in this im- mense field was cut with 20 of the largest reapers, and we believe has now all been thresnod and put in sacks. It would require over 40 ships of medium size to transport the wheat raised on this farm to a foreign market. Even the sacks required would make a large hole in the surplus money of most farmers. We have not the figures touching the product of the other two farms, but presume that the average is not much below that of the first. There aro thousands of tons of wheat which cannot be taken out of the valley this season, and muBt remain over as dead capital, or, what is nearly as undesirable, will only command advances at heavy rates of interest The Snelling Argus suggests the building of a narrow- irauge road from Stockton through Snelling to Merced Falls. Such a road would be of great importance to the farmers along the entire line. >_^ EDAT, OCX 19,1- 72. THE FALMOUTH A PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. A LUVAT1C ASILDM ON FIRE. THE ADULTERATION ACT. THE GAME LAWS, 8ereral of the coamtLU which hare recently ap- peared relative to this act bare been landed on err* » od misapprehension ( remarks the Laacrt). Thus it haa baa stated thst the punishment f - r adulteration • forths£ ntc « er « afine erf £ V), ud far the second bepriwemest fcr a period rot exceeding six mm ths. Now, h sfcenid be krown flat these penalties an re- served only for the ic*. oil perpetratore of a special kiad of artuHrration- naaielr, that which b injuries to health. For th- sal- f adulterated articles, no matter whether injurious cr n « < BO peniah TFIT whatever ia provided, unless taaowledg* can ba proved on the part of the render— a m* t difficult thing to •• tablinn. This we regard aa the great hi * of the act, fordonbtieas at least ninety per cent, of the adultera- tions now practised, even if discovered, win go on, aa heretof re, unpunished. Next, it ha* been stated that the appointment of tha official analyst* rats with the adulterators tbuunltn Now, thww appointments raat in England with the " vestri** and district boards," " court of quarter aewiona,'* ** town ooundls of boroughs^ " Ac And these are the authorities mildly and charitablv described by some commentator* on the act aa " the adultoraton themwhrea." Bat should these bodies fail voluntarily to appoint analyst* in their several district*. then the Local Government Board may compel them to appoint such analysts, it being further provided that " such appointments an 1 removal* shall at ( J1 tim- s be subject, in Eng- land, to the approval of the Local. Government Board: so that thia board has full control. and If analyst* are net appointed the fanlt will lie with that Board aloe. There aeon*, however, to be some. better foundation for the statement that proaecut'ona under the act can only be in- stituted on the report* of the olfioial analyst*, and, that the report* of non- official and indepen- dent chemists will not ba receivable aa evidence. If thia really be so, the act will assuredly not be nearly so effective aa it would be without this limitation, and an injustice will be perpetrated on the peat body of independent and tmofficial chemist* and analyst* of the country. We have good hope, however, that even this interpretation of the act as to analysts will turn out to be erroneous ; for it is expressly provided, " That nothing in thia act contained shall be held to affect the power of proceeding by indictment, or to take away any o'her remedy a.- ainst any offender under this act. Isotwithstanding some serious defects in the measure, we yet anticipate, especially if the Local Government Board doea it* duty, by acting up to the power* entrusted to it, great gain to the public will result from its operation. IJMI lailhli SI— •. wMmmm4 stCfc? tatnna KY ftseof ths I « tbn Otto Imms Antac a* Sev^ ary. an 4maB>* d fcsChsCWck*-* TtrreU atx& e * ah sK. The bwiUfa* waa a sple » ^ d rtmctare. 900 feet fas length, th* Wttsrior walls bob* entirely of stete. Two vfassladV^ t b~ n completed..* a < r> r. cf V- Aaflara. Thsse increaa*! tha capacity of the institu- tion to COO patient*. fJJy that number bdrr oo the kerb the tin* of the d: wter. The T. W W di- tine of theaayfcaa cmtfto tfc* fact flMtkm Wt I'- ; from the Ot- ral Ohio Lisftrtct, tha saw an lam at Colambos, spco tha site ot tha one homed two or three yean ago, not beiag axapleted. Bis pen a fell r- fetlms ia the disaster, bat it ia believed that none of the tamates perished. Wh* n the fire obtained the mattery, ordrra were gjTea for the ima^- diate removal of the patiecta. The • r* n » s that ecoed darinjf tbe next hc « r almost defy dew. ri ;.* a. The o< Ecen and atteadaata throof b at the tDstitulioa made haste to ank> ck the d vn of the vari> ward* aad c « Ua, and directed the iamatea to lear « the boildiara at onoe. A (. wtloo of them c m- pliedprr « & sAly. and even rendered aaaittan « y in the nacie ol othen. SOOM of DM aafortuaatea were appalled w1t* i U rror, and becam* abaolately frantic, nlterine pierein? shriek* aadene* The extreme difficulty Of o-. ntrr. lMn;- ' YjO 1- TOiti^ a under such drcamstancea can be faintly irnacined. Many n*/ lutelyrefused to leave thefr cells, concealinf themselves in dc- ete or under their beds, and neither perraauooa nor threa'a wrre of anyar » iL In many in* teno » a it was found necessary to poll them ont of their hi ling places by main fore* In a few of the w - rrt caaea th- y atruggled fearfully ; aom- of th » Tr, insUted on taking with them all th : r dothir. 7. b > dding, and artlclee of every kind. One man tied up an immense bundle that wooi l have • taorered a packhona. He had to be actually torn away from it ty two man and dragged to the place of <- xlL The female patient* were even more diffi- cult to m% ni.- i than the males; many of th- ra ran faither and thither in frantic terror; aomo making all haste to escape, and other *, as in tbe caaea of the nun, tefnainsr to leave th< ir cell*. Scares of them were taken by fnroe, resisting in every poaaible way with all their strength. Several patient*, after being set at liberty in the gronnda, rushed back into the timing traildincr, to be a^ ain borne struggling out. In that part of th- buil iiii-; nearest where the fire originated, wm" of the wards were filled with stifling heat and gmnke Wore the Jaat of the patients could be onidnrt"! to a place of safety. Further from tho oentre the ward' were generally cleared before the fire reached thtn. Hundreds of men and women from the village and tbe region adjacent to the aaylutn were cn- fratfM in the work of rescuing the patient* in all parts of the building, and the exdtement waa Intense. Three qnarters of an hour after the_ fire waa dis- covered a terrible casualty occurred. Near the centre dome was an Immense tank, containing 8,000 gallons of rater, kept constantly full for the supply of tho build- jg. The support* of the tank having burned BISHOP ELLICOTT AND THE ATHANASIAN CREED. The Biabop of G'- weater and Bristol prached oo Sunday morainf fax the cathedral at Glocester oa tha present state of tha qoeatioa of the Athanawaa Creed, the difficulties connected with it, and the datiea of sober and religious pec pie in reference to the whole • object at the present timet. The right rev. prelate founded hit discourse cn St. Mark xn, 16, and took mainly the following risw. After expreeung some disinclination te ent « - r into sub- jects of such keen controversy, he stated that he. not- with « tan ling, believed it was the duty of Christian preachers to endeavour to guide those o. immitted to their charge, and to aet before them dearly and candidly the real facts and difficulties of the case. He added al « > hia belief that this controversy would not die oat, but would be. and. indeed, ought to be, brought to a coodu- rion. His Lordship then stated the ru>> rv~ » l hlatorT of the venerable document, and the modification* that had occurred in its u « e since its first introduction Into the public service. He then dealt with the nature and tecour of tbe various objection*, and especially with that which he said deserved the serious and sym- pathising consideration of all really earnest and reli- gious people— the objection felt especially to the second and last clauses of the Creed, even in their most accu- rate form of translation. The grave question, he said, then presented itself for answer. — Were these objection* valid! The only way, he said, in which such a question could be deaJt with would be by a careful comparison of the words of the two clauses with such passages of scripture aa the text, St John iii, 30, and similar plaoes. After a comparison and doso consideration of the term* he arrived at the condoaion that the genenl tenour of the Creed— viz., that belief in fundamental doctrine, and especially in the Eternal Son, was generally at canary to salvation— waa strictly consonant with the words and mind of Scripture, ana that to give np the puSlio profession of this truth, espedally in such times as the present, would be in a high degree dangerous and unfaithful. With regard, however, to the two particular clauses, he admitted ( I) that the terms of the condemnation in the two clauses of the Creed appeared to be more sharply accentuated than In tho passage under consideration, though all must feel that those passages wero full of most monitory gloom ; ( 2) that the faith spoken of in the iiassage* was a belief in Christ Jesus, and a will influencing belief, whereas that referred to in the clauscs of the Creed might be felt by many, owing to tho very precision of the definitions, to be more of an intellectual faith. This, however, he would not concede to bo tho intention of the clauses, though he could not deny that it was natural for many earnest people to think so. This being the case, it became the duty of all to pray for the spirit of forbearance and moderation. Those who objected to the daute* ought to feel and acknowledge the vital importance of a public profession of a belief that a heart- faith in essential* is necessary to sal- vation : and so far, at any rate, to sympathise with those who sought to retain tho Creed in the public service. Those, again, who held firmly tc tho Creed were bound to consider whether a close comparison of the dauies with Scripture did not, at any rate, seem to warrant Bome, at least, of tho objec- tions urged against them. Let them pray, then, that their spiritual rulers and the Church at largo might arrive at a sound and yet conciliatory decision. What that decision might be the future alone could show, but it did soom reasonable to hope that it might in- clude two things— first, a short but distinct dedaration that neither more nor lees was meant by tho clauses than was specified by such texts ss the present; secondly, somo provision whereby, after reference to the Ordinary, and a full consideration of tho circum- stances of the case, the compulsory use of tho Creed might be relaxed whero either tho minister and tbe congregation together desired it, or the latter did not expready object. In ( T. I away. It fell, the peat weight carrying it down to tho base- ment, crashing through all the intermediate floors. Joseph Turn^ y and John Dipley were in the reception room <-> n the second fl"> or. Immediately after the crash they discovered Miss Walker caught by her foot through tho breaking of the floor. The stairs had been carried away, an l it waa impossible to get to her. They t< » ok hold of the other foot, which hung down over the O- IRW of the chasm, and tried to pull her down, but without avail The fire which had been carried down by the falling tank blared up through the opening, and at length, soorched and well- nigh suffocated with the heat and smoke, they were obliged to abandon her. When they left her ber clothing had taken fire, and she was quickly enveloped in flime. Mr. Turney tied some sheets together, and was about to descend by that means, when a long plank was placed np to a window, and he got down in safety. Mr. Ilipley got out upon the roof of the verandah, and reached the ground by eliding down one of the pillars. About the grounds the scene was one of the wildest confusion. Tbe majority of the'patknts'wcre gradually collect- 1, and removed in wagons to the churches in ' the village, all of which were immediately thrown open to them. Considerable difficulty waa experienced in removing them from the grounds. Some had to bo forced into tbe vehicles by main strength, and it waa necessary for attendants to accompany every load. Pale, ha;: card, and wild, beating the air and raving Incoherently, moaning and weeping in their distress, ntterirg maniacal laughs, or fitting in sullen ailsnrn, these unfortunates presented a spectacle that moved the stoutest heart*. Similar scenes wero witnessed at the churches, where the greater portion were collected. Few had suffident reason to com- prehend th « events of the day. Somo crouched down in terror, othsre raved wildly, or indulged In singing, laughing, crying, shouting, or swearing— the whole uniting to form a terrible chorus that seemed like ' pandemonium itself. The loss to the state may be roughly estimated at 600,000 dols., on which there was no insurance. Of oourse prompt measures will be taken to rebuild the asylum, a* it I* an absolute necessity to the state. What will be done In the meantime with the 600 patients is a question not easily answered. The BISHOP of HEREFORD on the ANTI- QUITY of the ANGLICAN CHURCH. Dr. Atlay, Bishop of Hereford, formerly vicar of Leeds, preached on Snnday evening in tho parish church. In the couree of his sermon, speaking of the Chureh Congress, ho said that Churchmen ought to be thoroughly well persuaded that their own Church had a most real and Important work to perform, and that a most real and substantial assistance was supplied to her for carrying out that work. It was well that from time to time she should be reminded of this, and con- sider how far she waa fulfilling her mission. The Church of England claimed to be built upon the rock of which our Saviour spoke to St. Peter, and to be a truo branch of the Chnreh Catholic. A* a Church she was as old The " GENTILITY" of MODERN TIMES I ( FTO » w^^ neaiaj-. IWy 5fW*) mat - GeoUUty ' to which Uxnl SaluSurj ea^ aaUy aliased ill 111 adaktratto tp** efc al yanch « « Wr ISs otker day. woita far awn • todriofn * » Kthh Socfaty than aa9 « MaU* altan ol strifes* or rtn el to faretoa iwtors. tttten are • ccUsetal aa4 tnterminer t aad srs ermia » XU skmICM hy th » eoaxwtttioa el the markets ol U » wocM: Ui* " G* n- uiitr' « < alway? hare with ua, teftlcUa* t » < » i. uUM » tajarw rnalK- lj^ sesofcmrpopaUUoa. TVUpfceiK> ix » « » inot .- ar ioOjJ Ufa It doabtlMS rsry often lcJicreatta the ertrviM <.. .! ha* fnrnUhei aboodaat material fv> r c « t » nj ( uwv We can Ua* h at Moastear Joordain liuutiii* on waa • at with two ta- kers toUawtec ckwrty at Ms h* ta. to al lh » l they txl - Ofi U> him. V* are Un> lUar « lth the hj crisis* of the Mrwas whoaa whole amWUoa It U to coao « J tii ^ ricta and cxln admittance let-> circle* coaaUenblj KNOTS himta that odd invention of m « xl « rn We which tt exiled the Social Scale. But there are oUi- r and cranx aspects ot this i-- rcv » Utc « wnkMak to whieh must W attributed mach ot the actual pain and safl.- rtiv which to bores with more cr teas of OMeknaaa by IhouaaaJs anions u » . Taka. tor example, the exaa of tha son of a small country tndsaman. who. reheTttn* against the aoUoo of sailing raisins aovaa a L anier, mast neods com* to London and becvm a d « A la a mercantile office. He « vU eighty, or a hundred, or a hun- dred an l twenty pounds a rear, klan can lire wall and comfortably on the le* » » of these incomes: but only, to quote a homely prorerh. by " cutting their coal aco nllrvtto their doth" The elatk. however, mu. l follow, at a > tl » Unoo, the • sample of his superion; moat hare hia cheap clgwra, his cheap Jewellery, hit cheap wtnea. and wbst not. Ua murt dreaa in as food an ( miutton ai ta i- ot tho costume ol the Prince of Walca in ths Uat- pab- Itahed photomph of the Royal Family, lie must pmar- tain hia bachelor Mends: and then he alms at a sort of • ntertalnmsnt which mt « ht be posalMa to men with all Ucnes hia salary. Finally, ho marrlsa. Lat us say that he has now a hundred and fifty a yaar. There U no aarthly reas.' a why men In this country should not marry and 11 rv eeiuforUblo on three pounJa a weak, or on loas than that; only, thoy mutt eschew pretence « la tha misfortune of Kugllsh Society th tt they will not The dork or warehouseman with three - - - • * murt hare himself and hla trtle dressed out In as Christianity its- lf. They might believe, as surely as they might believe any historical fact, that tho Church of England was founded in the apostolic age, and there was no valid reason that he knew of against the statement that some of the Apostles preached the gospel in the British Isles. It might bo convenient for certain neraons to assume that the Church of Eng- land owed her existence to the Church of Rome ; but it LORD DUFFERIN AT THE FALLS. A correspondent of thoArie Fork Herald elves the follow Ing account of tho visit of Lord Daflsrln to N lagan falls : — 1 ho atill watcre of faahionabe life here, which tho chilly autumnal blast* of the past few days had re- duced to acondition of painfully preternatnral pladdity, have been stirred into a lively and pleasurably exciting ripple, through the arrival yesterday afternoon of Lord Dufferin, llovcruor General of Canada. Accompany- ing him, as stated in a telegram sent to the Herald directly upon his arrival, were Lady DuUerin, or, more properly speaking. Countess Duflerin, the Governor- General being in Tact Earl Dofferin ; Sir C. Hastings Doyle, Lieut- nant- Govemor of Nova Sootia ; Colonel Fletcher, the Governor- General's private secretary, and wife. Some half- dozen servants madeup the reat of the paity. Great preparations were made to give him a grand military reception ; but atelrgram, expressing a wish that there sh > uli be no military turnout or other fuss, made as a token of welcome greeting, putaquietus on this part of the intended programme. Intelligence of the Governor General's wishes in thia regard fell how- ever, like a thunderclap upon the impassioned ardour of tho great military chieftain* of the little town of Drummondvillo, who rarely have such an opportunity to air their expertness in military manauvrtiand their gaudily gilt uniforms and bated to let the chance alip* Hot then* w- aa no help for it To them the Governor- was not true. It ha I been shown to demonstration that no trace could be found of any bishop of Rome having exercised any ecclesiastical authority whatever for the first six hunared years after Christ in this coun- try. As for any supposed authority acquired by the Bishop of Rome in consequence of tbe conversion of the Saxons by Augustine, such apmmption was not tenable for a single moment. There was a Christian bi- h" p and a Christian church at Canterbury before tbo arrival of Augustine. Dr. Atlay said he believed that the time was coming when tho Church of England must be prepared to make good many of her claims and justify many of her assumptions. She never would do this if the more intelligent of her children would not prepare themselves fairly to judge of the points at issue. There waa no such fatal danger for her as ignorance on the part of tho laity. It wis for the dergy to lead tho way. They needed to be in the front at all times, but BO long as bold and intrepid assertions wero made and insidious assertions thrown out, if they fell upon ground unprepared to receive them, the result could not fail to be prejudicial to tho Church. The dependence of tho Church of England upon Rome must not be admitted for a single moment, nor must it be admitted that she only became the Church of England at the time of the Reformation. It was imposidble for Churchmen to be too cautious in'any admissions they might make upon auch a subject as this. It was now a very common argument to say that if every one had their own, the endowments and the benefices of tho Church of England belonged to the Roman commu- nion, inasmuch aa they were given to the Roman Church. To this an intelligent layman would reply in a moment, that the Church of England did not separate her* elf from tho Catholic Church at tbe Reformation, and that the endowments and the benefices were given to the Church of England, and still belonged to her. She was the Church of England still, reformed, thank God, but the same Church to which her children in the earliectdaysbd'mged. Might God grant that herconnec- tion with tho Church of primitive days mi< ht never be severed, and that her catholicity might always be pre- served, but it never would be unless they were dear as to the groand upon whioh they stood. AN EMERALD. BATS DKKKI3:—" I carry mo puree in me hat; And I'd Ilka to tee who'll pick a pocket Ilka ihst — PuncA. General's wishes were a command. JBRS « « large crowd who had gathered at the dej « t waitmg the amval of the paity m- ule no demonstration, but simply looked at them with bewildering gare a* the latter, alighting from the can, ster- pod into the carriages pent to meet them, and were whirled away to the Clilten House. Their names had not got dry on the hotel register before the Governor- General and hi* party, minus the servants, of couree. who stayed behind to look after the baggage, were off to see tbe Horse Shoe Fall " Take a carriage,*' vociferated half a doren gretdy •• No I tb ank JT » o," politely answered tho Govcrncr- GeneraL " We mach prefer walking, it Is only a short QUADRUPLE AMPUTATION Our readers ( « ays the British Medical Journal) may remember that in the autumn of 1849 Dr. Begg, of Dundee, amputated tho whole of the extremities in the case of a young woman named Robertson, whoso Lands and feet had assumed a gangrenous condition, the proximate cause of which was attribut-^ d to embolism. After the operation a subscription was raised, and the poor woman rent to London, where, at the request of some influential friends of hers, Mr. Heather Bigg had constructed for her soma specially devised prothetic appliances, in which the distinguishing features were that the arti- ficial hands were automatic in action, opening and shut- ting their fingers at the will of the patient. This peculiar prehensility gave her the power of grasping even so small a substance as a crochet- needle, and enabled her to gain a comparative lucrative livelihood by mak- ing ahawl?, Ac. So admirably did she do this that one was sent by her to the Qaeen, who, struck by the ex- cellence of the workmanship and the remarkable means by which it was accomplished, generously gave the poor woman £ 5. The artificial were also so arranged aa to eaabla her to stand aad walk with the aid of crutches. Three yean have psnd since she first began the u- e of extraneous appliances, and she aow writes aa admirable hand, beaoes knittinr, feeding, and dress- ing herself, > V- In a communication made by her a few dayi since, which is now before as, she writes that she can walk alone quite easily with the aid of crutches, aad that no one could observe the csoae of her lameness The case is one of no comaum interest, owing to its being tha oaly- oo* oo record in which the whole of tbe four extremities have been removed. Apart from its oatholocital value, as indicating how life may be e% ved by juhdocs interference in cases of embobc ganerrne, there remain? the gratifying result that, by the as- of ingeelcsi mechanism, the patient i » eaahwd to gain her Kriirr. while presenting nearly the same external appearance as if sh% still retained pwwic of b* r natural limVa. It is an urique ca* e, aad a triumphant icstaaee of mechanic! ingenuity. DR. LIVINGSTONE. Tho following letter has been received by Mr. Stanley from Air. Webb, the American Consul at Zanzibar :— Zinzlbar, August 28. My dear Stanley,— On the 22nd inst. I received a very interesting and instructive letter from your old friend Dr. Livingstone, dated July 2, 1872, at Unyam- yembe. It appears he had heard you had started a party to assist him in his undertaking, and ia loud in his praise of your enargy and kindness. I quote a por tion of his letter to me :—" I havo been waiting up here like Simeon Stylites on hit pillar, and counting every day, and conjecturing each step taken by our friend towards tho coast, wishing and praying that no sickness might lay him up, noaccident befall him, and no unlooked- for combinations of circumstances render his kind intentions vain or fruitless. Mr. Stanley had got over the tendency to the continued form of fever which is the most dangerous and was troubled only with the in- termittent form, which is comparatively safe, or I wonld not have allowed him, but Would have occofflp& xded him to Zanzibar. I did not tell himself so; nor did I say what I thought, that he really did a very plucky thing in going through the Mirambo w u in spite of the re- monstrance* of all the Arabs, and from Ujtji guiding me back to Unyamyembe. The war, as it is called, is still going on. The danger lay not so much in the actual fighting as in ( he universal lawlessness the war engendered." Ons of your party of men— or at least a person calling himself Man rah, who s* ys he accom- panied you through your whole tramp, but after leaving Ujiji was left behind by a lame leg— put in an apjxar- ance yesterday. I have heard no'Jiing since my laat with regard to your expedition, v. hkh left here about the time yon sailed. I assure you, Stanley, the Doctor's letter is full cf thanks for your kindness towards him, and overflowing with interest and instruction.— Hoping to hear from you ero long, I am, youre truly, Jo lis H. WEBB. out his children In a prcambulator; and must en- deavour to adora hU houaa In a style wholly Incompatible with his means, lie lives. Indeed, at tha outalda limit of hla Income, and It Is only by the most continuous » nd painful struggle that he can succeed in maintaining what are called " appearances." lie dooa succeed for a lima, lilt wlfo aaaumea tho airs of a woman ot fashion, and could not think of helping tho solitary " aiarey " In her dally drudgery. Money Is spent on aimless frippery, or on an » xcur « lou In a dog- cart, which ought to hare gone into aasvlngs bank ; and tho father of tho family considers that he li somebody In tho syea ot hla neighbours. But suddenly an accident occurs, fciihcr himself or one ot hla family becomoa ill. l* ar- hapi a sudden rise in prices comas to tort an incoina which ts already stralnod to tho almost limit Tcoplo who have their thousand or fifteen hundred a yoar may view with a comparatively light heart tho gradual tucrea « o In tho price of coals or butcher's meat: not to thoao small households which hare Wan •• kosplng up appwanoas " by trading on thrlr uttermost farihlug, such an additional call moans ruin, recklcasnosa, and misory. It wo could get any trustworthy statistics on such a subject, wo should loam how many thousands ot families thcro are In London who aro en- dsavouring to keep up a state altosethcr out of proportion to t'lalr moans, and who are from timo to time plunged Into tho deapoat distress by soms unexpected call on Uisir con- fined resources. This disastrous pretentiousness does not stop here. It pro- vails la other regions. The tradosman who bns tuado a fortuno, aud who gives dinners which a duke wonld think extravagant, nevor dreams for a moment of allowing Ms son to go into business. Ilo must elthor boa " geutlciuau," hi tbo senae In which gentloman means Idlor. or enter ono of tha professions. Tho occupation of bolng, In this sense, a " gantla* man'* Is an eaay ono. Tho candidate for the honour has only to bo well fitted out by a tailor, A Jowollor, and a CIKUT merchant, and ho bocomoa ellglblo aa ono of thoio pUdd beings who may bo scon, In tho 8ea « on, lounging In Rotten- row. ilo must somehow got Into a ohib ; and pick up lossons In deportment from half- pay oUlcers, who will play pool with him aa a sort of fee for tho tulUou Lhoy afford Uio novice. If ho enter ono of tho profoulons, Ills caro; r bccomcs a trlflu more dlgnlflod, bat none tho loss A WATERLOO VETERAN. ^ The Rsv. William Allen, Leamington, writes to the Daily On the 20th of next November another Waterloo Veteran will complete his 62nd year, and aa ho is a most worthy and lespectable old man, and at the same time fai the utmost poverty and very infirm, I think that you will nrt object to bring his claims before the public, that h; a last days may, if pntrfSlo, be cheered and soothed by the kind contributions of a grateful nation. His name is Mark Pik » \ he fc* rr eriy belonged to the 23rd Regiment of the Welsh Fusiliera, and he resides at Criz'daJe, WQtr. In addition to havingfecsht at WaVr!. o, he took an active pvt in the PeninruKr War. At the ' forming of Cam- bray he and the Adjutant whom he served were the first to scale the walls and « nter the town, and with his fireloch the gate wxs b'. uwn op* n. He WAS also in action at Tonic use and Orthi z, and took part in tbeekge of St. Sebastian. H- i is row In receipt of pariah relief, but having bad an attack of paralysis he greatly needs thoue crmforts a^ d that g- Ti- r ua diet which his bravery and rood conduct have Justly en- titled htm to f< r. bet wbirh a pauper's pay will at preen re. He has rc->; ir « 1 KVM wounds In • gMIugfcr Ins oamli), of whieh the rri- i are still re- maiair. g. As I ha^ kx » >* u Mm f , r thirty- five y- m I can c" nscienti' u*! y testier to the chara^ cr and re- sp^ ctaU itv of the wcrthy efd tero. Tbe Recter of St. Mary, CrickWK who hss kno wn him f * nearly forty T in wilt gladly receive an l xcknowledje any C" c- tritatioaaaeot to his relief, and will sse thatthey * re jaoperly apph*- i. The Bnfcrp of lin- o'n } u a frnn of mye? frr use tekts dtae- a* s- pjiJfcatfci- j the D^. re aid tor tis . e- K - valof the cutte tliin a » « so Trevaleah The death is anr-. tE~ d cf Prince Albretit. ' f Fruria kmtbrr ofths F- « t<" r WKlaaa « &* ywurj. a4 the are of d It u expvud that tha tiaval wffl take jlaoe If Bsrica ea Satu^ lai acxt DOMESTIC COMMUNISM. rhe PaU Mall Gazette writes:— An inventor has recently suggested a form of Com- munism which a good many quiet, respectable house- holders would probably like to see tried during the ensuing winter. It ia proposed that a number of houses should receive In common a supply of hot air or hot water, to be furnished from a suitable outsido apparatus of pipes, boiler, and furnace, to be paid for in common. The hot air or hot water would be " laid on" liko the water, and the system, after being tried with a few streets and enuares) a mero business conoesaion in view of a timid public) would afterwards be ex- tended to parishes and whole towns. It is main- tained that by the means contemplated warmth could be distributed, at a small cost, throughout the house; so that water would never freeze in tho bedroom*, while in the kitchen enough heat could at any moment be turned on for cooking a dinner. It is, perhaps, in favour of this project that as regards the main idea it is not new. In Russia, where during the long and terrible winter the cost of fuel is to evory one a matter of Eerious consideration, a number of adjacent rooms and passages in tbo same house are often heated from one vast intermediate ohimney, with a furnace at the base. When the snoke from tho newly- ignited wood in tho stove or furnace has been allowed to escape, the chimney is closed from the top, and remains warm and a distributor of warmth through- oat the day. But tbe time has not yet come for such mean oconomies to be introduced into England, where coals can still be purchased at the rate of two guineas a ton. useless. Thore Is no domand mado upon his brain and energy, If he happons to havo either. Ills professional status Is merely desired to give him some kind of paasport la to Society. With this sort of creature the world caunot bo ex- pected to IIud much fault; because ho U, lu a souse, solf- supporting. But tho " gonteel' notions which aro held by tho rich shopkeepers are an example to others who can- not giro each of thoir sons a fortune. Nevertheless, theso sons must bo " gentlemen." It Is not to be thought of that they should go into trade. How- ever overstocked tho profeulona may bo— however Improba- ble it U that tho Impecunioua candidate for hououra may earn an honoit sixpence for yean to como— Into a profession ho must go. If ho marries, woo to him ! lie must many a " lady "— that Is, somo young woman who can play n tow pieces of music Indifferently, and who can oook nothing at all With poverty at tbe prow, and pretenoe at tha helm, It Is oasy to predict what courw tho vessol will steer. But dees any ono point tho moral of the shipwreck, and attribute It to a weak and pitiful hypocrisy I No : some accldont of Illness occurred, or soms unforeseen rlso In prices niado living diffi- cult. and so tho household succumbed. Tho parublo may bo re- peated In a thonsand different ways. Th « son of tbo workman must bo a ihopkooper; the son ot the abopkospcr must bo a merchant's dork ; tho ion of tho merchant's clork must be educated for tbo law, or medicine, or tho Church : aud thoy must In tho meantime assumo the social position and ex- penditure necessary to tho character, and incur tho most severe privations for tho sako of a weak and fooll « b| pre- tonco. No one, of conno. can desire to check tho ambition of ardent youth. If the son of a Journeyman carpsnter havo tho brains to become a good lawyer, by ail means lot him study and tako his chance. Wo should be sorTy to disc jurago tbo mute. Inglorious ftllltons and villago llampdons who may bo dreaming ol great things. But this natural and propor ambition is a very different thlnn from tho sham prctuiitlousnets which alms at Impreaalng ono's neigh- boon. Thcro Is somothing noblo In tho aspiration of the youth, who has been brought np In lowly circum- stances to becomo a Rembrandt, a Newton, or n Goethe ; and if, In aiming at the moon, he hits tho highest trees, his good fortuno ought to be a matter of congrstulatlon, Hut tho linpulso which drlvos people into efforts to distinguish themselves, or better their circumstance*, li vastly different from that petty bypocriay whioh loves to *' ko* p op ap- pearancea" and apo a stylo of living altogotbor beyond Its means. That la ono of tho great curses of oar tlmo , n " , and THE FENIANS. • Three quarters of a mile, a long walk for your Excellency, persisted one of the more importunate ol these irrepre » ible Jthos. " That's but a step, my man," said the Governor- General. and away they went " A pseud v, boddvite. with only fire doBare in the world to blew himself with." observed a gentleman witnewsirc the sren « s " wrcld hare taken a camsge, and here's a man with a salary of 50.000 dollars a y exx In gold more than twice that of the IWdent of the United States, who MB foot " " Why, yon." maarked an KnrRahman, •• that'a a peculiarity of yrwir ctcrane Hengliahmen; ther prefer walkia< to ri flng hany day, except it be ridingoa ' omtaek; and that's what makes them to • jahhy- ** What do von think of the Falls ? " Mr. McOmber, cm of the fnuteton of the hotel, aaked tbe Governor General upoa his return. " Thev are Incomparably ( rend." replied the CVv imcr General, " go far beyond my utmost crpeda- tkea* At a subsequent ccorrenatian Mr. McOmtvr broad-? the sahj « et oi a crand recrptkn bwll his partner, Mr. Cofbora. a » d h m- elf had arrayed to givw in Lb t'- sse nothing of the kind,' said tbe Governor Central: ** I came he* for a few days' quiet wgate^ aad^ I T* tiy p « Wsr oo pahtii ovatua of aty gnat c it Is bard to see how It Is to bo remodled except by s grow- ing spirit of good senso and honesty on ths pari of oar > pulatlon generally. Ths example of noblomon send- g their sons into commerco Is all very good In IU way ; bat It cannot bo cxnectod to affoct the oondact ot men who consider a clerkship and eighty pounds a yoar as more " genteel" than a carpenter's bench and threo pounds a week ; or of women who, administering an Income of two hundred a year, would think themselves drgradod If thsy aasisted In tho cooking and studied the small economics of the kitchen, if wo had a littte loss -' Motility '' aud a trifle more thrifty, prudent, and plain ordering of limited moaus. our social lifo in Kngland would bo a good doal more com- fortable and praiseworthy than It is. FEARFUL HURRICANE IN AMERICA,' " The belief that th# aoath- w « t of tbe Ans- trel vc C^ ttesrt. iron Nteho3 Biy to ih- bead ol Tone s ris^ K^ aW^ s » tMarl baaka kas Wd to tho starting al a pearl ftOas? ^ t^ fi a, start fro11. « x- r « osea of atwrtre sxitha' expedition aresstdiwnat aad. wilh ilrtj Cayi cJ'i? It Is salcalai- d oo re^ a- kart « > MproC: a<£! m Ihe esfcalrt! ™ oa whkh lbs arfiiM Is batipbc- jUs nlu aotk- er of- peari ia U* 7. octi** i HMrkst at tram £ SH to £ SB per Ma. Tha a I ifitiai « < tv peer**, which l fssenl a co » iMm1* fc^ WiOwm i^ L Tho steamer ' Java which arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, brought intelligence of aitarful storm which took place in the Western States. A despatch from Milwaukee, dated September 30th. says !—' A severe north- east wind and heavy rain nit in here on Saturday nipht, and did not abate until noon yesterday. The schooner York fit* U was beached near South Point, and a lumber vessel at Milwaukee waa sunk. The pasaengen and crews of both vessel* were/ however, saved." A Detroit despatch, dated September 29th, says " Tbe moit furious gale of the a- ason set In last night, and still continual with unabated fury from the wtrt- r nth- west. Being unlookad for, its effects on the shipping will undoubtedly be disastrous. Four vessel* are reported ashore and sunk near tbo head ot Lake Erie. The only name ascertained la that of AnnU Navjht, which had tbo apan of another veaael lying acrc** her deck*. There had probably been a collision. The Annie Aauyht had a signal of distress flying, but nothing could reach her. Arother vessel Is near by, with the crew In the rigging. The U. S. steamer Miekipan and a number of togs are at the mouth of the river, ready to go out aa soon a* the weather per- mits. Two large lumber raft* are ashore below i'oint Aux, Lake Huron. The screw- steamer Galena La ashore on Thunder Bay Island." A Memphis despatch, also dated Sept. 29, state ® 1 that: " A terrible tterm swept over Osceola, Arkanaaa, v- sterday, ab^ it noon, uprooting trees, sweeping away f- n-. ta, demolishing houses. Ac. Three churches and • • veral residences were destroyed, and two persona were killed. The crops were ruined al/ m£ the line of I th « tornado, wbkh c ro*** d the river at this pTint, and ! then swept op the Tennessee • here.'* THE IIor= Ea.— Th* Time* CORRF^ pondent in- fcrma us that the Pmsriacs have Invented a meat dprtre- tfve gun call?.! • thi Uouaer" which I* far ra;/ » riar to t' . II- r. ry Martini atd all other deadly wtip^ cx H » adia, tha'. tltie is much mystery abcct it Perb& 7 « - it ia ii-^ nded for private nse. Ifso, will the ROMU B* kind tauagh to try " the Mooaar " on evr garotten, i! they catch them fa Genaany, aad thereby save ra thetri- ab'eof applying theCat.— F « kA. OBATTRRURO.— The Man who Ran ap ft Bill I 1 J* come down again.— PuncL A* " ALARAHA" CLAIM.— A curioo* claim in r noertiera with tbe case of tba Ala'sina came before Mr. Serjeant Wheeler on Tuesday at the Liverpool I County OnrV A Bailor nam* d Alcott sued the Am*- r un Conml to recover £ 10, which he alUtr » d to be doe to him nnder so In Aogust, 1 r72, by whfch bf was to receive £ 10 m oropenotkn for tioa in Liverpocd ; the detention ueicg In owe be should be rwtdred aa a witneas before the Alal*** A/ Utcar tioo, le harm/ been a seaman oa bomri that vseaeL For the defendant, however, it was stated that there hsd been a settlement of tho data, / iter tbe heac* hue, hit Uovjix gave a rerdlrt fee the defendant. Vr. Xfwtca. lankly tea essrespaedeot. who had erftktod a Utter muo by Mr Newton to the DcOf fiw oa ths sab> « ct ef th* dsns laws, thaa rtpttea :- Allow ma. in a few words, to revly to the remarks ccatatned in a letter, signed " S. ¥.," in yoar irnpros- Bn of this day. The valoeof the right of shooting over Bay land ts ae ceasore of the damage that has been inflicted by the game np to tbe time when the shooting commences. " The worth of athiag is what it will bring,* and I do act dispute ths fact that after all the damage that wild an- malt aad lards may have done to a farmer's crops, th* value of the said animals and buds, plus the sptvt, ia sometimes only 9d. an acre; but I do aay that this trifling payment ia no measure of the loss a termer sofien. I doubt if thare are many farm en who wonld willingly allow game to breed and feel upon their land for fire times this sum; but whilst the law compels them to allow partridges to lire upon their crops un- disturbed until September, it is BO wander that they should try to make something, however trifling a return it may be, out of the partridges. The beet authorities aay that four hares will des? roy and ooosume as much value as a sheep; and I find it stated in " Bohn's Cyclopaedia," an impartial authority, that " the des- truction by hares alone is often equal to an additional rental of 10a. per acre on the whole of the farm, and there is, besides, the waste and destruction caused by rabbits, hares, and partridges." A Mr. Cooper gave evidence before a Parliamentary Committee that he bad thirty acres of wheat destroyed by partridges ; and pheasants are even more destructive— from Feb- ruary to October they are occupied in pecking up the seed corn, and walking over tbe young shoots, and spoiling and reducing the crop at harvest time, and whilst the bird is living on the farmer's produce nobody is allowed to touch it 1 Mr. C. Read, the only tenant- farmer, I beliese. In the House of Commons, his stated that in one district of the county of Norfolk 13,000 acres of land arc untenanted on account of game ; that if hares and rabbits were kept within reasonable bounds 40,000 more sheep could be kept in the county; and that " ground game destroys food, pre rents tho employment of labour and capital, and ruins the farmer." Even where a fanner has permission from his land- lord to destroy tbe game, he is unable entirely to get rid of them under the pre? ent Game Laws, partly because the game from his neighbour*' preserves cannot be kept off bis land, and also because the law does not allow him materially to reduce their number until the expiration of the close time. All the summer he must watch the game dam aging his sops, and is not allowed to shoot them. If hares and rabbits ore cheap, it is not because the cost of production is small, but because they simply fetch their commercial value as food. As regards the people now engaged in the manufacture of guns and ammunition, it will be no misfortune if any considerable number of them aro liberated for more useful occupations; and, on the other hand, tbo increased quantity of land brought under cultivation by the abolition of the Game Lawp, and the additional amount of capital and labour re- quired for the improved cultivation of land already under crops, will form a welcome addition to the agri- culture of the country. _ In a thickly- populated country liko ours, the land ia wanted for feeding the people, and it cannot be allowed to be diminished in value for the amusement of the rich. It is a literal fact that millions of acres of land in England and Scotland are kept out of cultivation solely on ac- count of the preservation of game. Nor aro game laws to be condemned only upon economical considerations ; the moral grounds for demanding their total repeal are not to be disregarded. The average number of convictions for offences against these laws is about 10,000 yearly. Thousands of our rural popu- lation have tint made the acquaintance of tho inside of a gaol through their inability to resist the tempta- tion of adding a hare or a rabbit to the amount of food which nino shillings a week will enable the family to procure. It ia difficult to convince the half- starved agricultural labourer that the wild animals of the fields and woods, and the birds of the air, ought to be the exclusive property of any man ; and it is no wonder that, with the temptation always before him, he sometimes gives way to it; and whilst he is in prison his family have to be supported from the poor rates. Lord Derby has the best of reasons for being an optimist; few people standing in his shoes would seo the necessity for extensive changes in the laws which so admirably support his influence and Bocial position, and it can only be expected that he will continue to say, on the one hand to the people, " a trifling altera- tion in the laws, and a gooa understanding between landlord and tenant, will settle this question," and on the other hand, to the farmera, " don't agitate for repeal, aa you would only have your rents raisedbut the admissions he makes show that tho time has come for a settlement of the question, and to my mind the only satisfactory solution is total and unconditional abolition of the Game Laws. A RAILWAY COMPANY'S QUESTION. ( CAafrmaft tingt.) Aoun there's oni collision more I Lots killed and maimed ; i say, Uy Colloaguos, wb* t an awfal bore I There will be much to pay. Tho damages for limbs and lives Will heavy prove, dear friends, And, howsoever business thrives, Seduce ocr dividends. An Actuary should compute What loss, from yoar to yoar, We from thoie accldont*, the fruit Of overwork, may fear. Whothcr ' twere choapcr In tho end, Those frequent fines to boar, Or cash enough In wage* spend To make collisions rare? We want more skilled hand*; there's no doubt; Each pointsman no mere clown : IIow littlo could we glvo without Oar having thorn broak down 1— Punch. Mr. MDonnell, tie late Irish Secretary to the In- ternational Association, on the 1st inst wrote a long letter to Mr. Gladstone, forwarding the following reso- lution, which was unanimously adopted at Amsterdam by a me. ting of delegates ( representing 13 nationalities) to the Hague Congress, on Sunday, the 8th alt. :— " That the delegates to ths International Congress, present at this raeetln?, cannot separate without expressing thrlr narked abhorrenc* at the conduct of ths Gorernmeat of Eoabr, 1 la still retein'n? In its prtsoav the Irish political prisoners, and treating them In the moat creel and brutal m inner, and dcclare that their further retention la both a blanker and a crime. They f. uaily declare th* action of the KurlUh Government to be limp y Infamous with regard to tbe Iriih political prisoners." Mr. Gladstone's reply waa as follows:— " 10. Pown'r. r- itrre'., Whitehall. 0: 1. fl, 1* 72.— 31r,— I am direred by Mr. OladitoSe lb reply to your letter of th* 1st lest, to Inform yea that the views of the Gaventmeat with resaiu to tho penons Improperly ( to thetr jidraenl) oa]. t u [ ililfcal ari » r. ers, hare been repeatedly stated ; and toil Mr. Cbui. toae hia aothlt.% to aid to what haa been a) r. r- 1j fd, bat U ct- teat with repuliirg geaarally the a) Vr< u > m of DHn i'ment.— I am, Elr, your obedient ser- vant, J. A. Oonnr." In coos fjnence of Mr. Gladstone's letter, a large rrmmhtee has been formed Tor the purpose of or.- it../- ic a rre it H? de Park ds^ onaitation similar to that of October, 1SC9. THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TTMES. SATURDAY, OCT. if0' 8T2. THE GOLD DIGGINGS. The following extracts are from a sketch from the Special Correspondent of the Globe:— QUEENSLAND, August. ... I was spending a few days this year between Bendigo and Ballarat, and though the natives of either town would probably resent being classed with those of the other, and in externals, the two towns are widely dissimilar, still, in their general features the Annul* of both and their present position have enough in common to allow of a stranger speaking of one and the o& er in the same letter, and sometimes oven in the same breath. Fortunately, though they are too near together to be total strangers to each other, they are too far apart to be deadly rivals. They are separated by a dividing ridge of hilly and intensely barren coun- try, so neither can pollute the water which the other drinks, or quarrel for the forests which supply the almost as necessary fuel. . • . Ai I approached the town by railway just as the sun was setting, the sight was a most remarkable one. The desert ofSinai above the earth, and the Phlegrcean fields below it, could alone give any idea of such universal redness, neat, and dust. The hills and plains around • were red ; the streets were red ; the houses, as well as roofs, were red; trees strictly speaking, there were cone. Vegetation did not exist, except where it was represented by the rows of gum trees recently planted in some of the streets. And their 1 « aves, too, were red. It was the height of summer, when every one dresses in alpaca coats and straw hats. And these were red. Indoors it was the same. Whether the windows were shut or opened, it seemed to make but little difference to the subtle and impalpable dust; the air seemed to hold it in solution or m combination. It was only when one came to read or write that the affinity was proved a mechanical one, and the gritty feel and red grimy marks recalled the delights of a tent in a hot wind upon the plains of India. Few things can be conceived more dreary than the site of an old gold- field. Tenanted as it has been in past times by diggers in tens of thousands, every stick cf timber has long since disappeared from the neigh- bourhood. The densest forest soon disappears before - the demands made upon it for the lining of shafts as • well as the camp and kitchen fires. FromJhe stumps - of the fallen trees a low thick scrub tip, imparting greenness at any rate, the landscape. But for at least fi , round Sandhurst there was not a scrub to be seem not a blade of grass. And yet, here and there, in the little gardens within the town itself, wherever irrigation was practicable, there were vegetable*! of all sorts and fruit in profusion. In places, as in Ballarat, and more recently in Sand- hurst, where mining has succeeded to digging, and < juaxtz reefs have taken the place of alluvial beds, this process of denudation has been more complete and the results still more disastrous. The wholesale destruc- tion of forests has been attended with its usual conse- quences. Whole districts have been rendered almost rainless, and the little water that does fall is at once / squar to be si tabooing large tracts of forest land, and confining the operation of the wood- cutters within prescribed limits; but no attempt has as yet been made to replant the wastes and restore, as far as possible, its original ferti- lity to the soiL The pulverisation of the ground's surface around these two towns is something marvellously perfect. Had it all passed through a pestle and mortar and mere, the work could scarcely have been done more thoroughly. Never before was earth so hacked and beaten and pounded. It is seamed and scarred in • eiy direction, with pits and trenches and holes, as if it bad suffered from a gigantic variety of small- pox, or as though the host of some modern Senna- cherib had here met its fate, and the graves been plundered of their contents. Washed and puddled and churned, and washed and sifted again through all kinds of English and colonial machinery, even then the unlucky sou had no rest. Chinamen came round to fossick among the tailings of the abandoned claims, and contrived to make a living out of what white men had fcft as exhausted. And still, on my present visit, I saw parties of Chinese tolling at their pumps among these well- wrought heaps of dirt, contriving, no doubt, to make some profit out of the unpromising refuse. Elsewhere I met now and then an European, grop- ing lifcft a ghoul among those sepulchral mounds, and trying with pick and cradle to extract a miserable independence by means of the self- imposed drudgery rather than work for the hireling's bread. Is it as- tonishing that the earth, thus harried and torn, should revenge itself on its tormentors by a sulky sterility or a harvest of clomds of dust ? And yet, far down below the surface, at depths varying from one to six hundred feet, the golden crop is still being produced, not. aa in - the good days, when a boy with his stock- in- trade of a • jlaep knife and a pannikin could make his two to eight fa ten ounces a day, picking the bright grains oat 61 be mud and sand, but a steady, laborious, and fairly emunerative industry, in which all the men may earn - decent wages, and a few of the masters may make their fortunes. For the year [ past Ballarat has been successfully at work upon its reefs of quartz, but in spite of skill and capital Sandhurst all this time had little but sink shaft after shaft, and ruin comi after company in the vain effort to disoover some payable reefs. Call after call was made upon the Mag- suffering shareholders, in many instances mere working- men themselves, and Ballarat amuses itself much in laughing at the sixpenny and even penny calls which just suffice to keep the mine afloat and prevent the forfeiture of the claim. The dictum of such orthodox authorities as Sztrelecki and Murchison that mid could only be found near the surface, ap- peared, only to receive confirmation by each successive attempt to upset. But still the Sandhurst miners per- d; and now after eight years' driving and bonng, logy, was not thrown away upon the audience. Seldom, indeed, has so dry and grave a theme been treated in a more attractive form. Still, though the Professor's arguments were less methodically grouped than the abstract I have given, it did not escape the hearers that there was many an ugly snake concealed beneath the rank verbiage of the flowery orator. The audience, indeed, regarded it aa only fair that the working classes should remain possessed of the right to strike, seeing that capitalists likewise enjoyed the privilege of combining for their own advantage. Most of those present, I dare say, were moreover convinced that it would be equally venturesome to withdraw the right to strike from the German workman as to snatch food out of the lion's mouth. The Professor's wish, too, that Trade Unions should be conceded the rights of corporate bodies was pretty unanimously ap- plauded ; ana, indeed, if strikes are really inevitable, it is better that they should be directed by organised societies conscious of their responsibility to the public and themselves, than by agitators pursuing extravagant or egotistic ends. But when the professor coolly in- timated that the working classes should be permitted to break contracts with impunity, if they thought thereby to get the better of their employers, the meet- ing, so long amenable to his persuasive representations, began to manifest a different tone. When he went the length of asserting that the same classes should be first freed from the duty of contributing towards public relief funds, and then expressly permitted to consume their own private relief funds in fighting their em- ployers, the irritation of his hearers reached a height which vented itself in frequent cries and groans. People now perceived that, though the Professor repu- diated Socialism, he went very near the dangerous abyss ; indeed, they were dismayed to see that, not con- tent with equab'zing the laws for all classes alike, he thought it compatible with justice to accord to one section of society impunity for a peculiarly sordid kind of offence, actionable in the case of all others. Some persons sitting near me could not trust their ears when they heard th « labouring man positively en- couraged to regard his employer as a sort of outlaw, and to squander his savings in the social struggle, re- lying upon society to set him on his legs again through the public relief officer, if the worst came to the worat. Sentiments like these could not be forced upon such a meeting, albeit clothed in the most refined of diction. A landed proprietor, Herr Cauer, rose to tell the speaker that 2 his propositions should ever become law, order would soon after have to be restored by epeshot and the running fire of needle- guns. A p ro- tor of law, Hen- von Holtzendorff, protested against the ideas of his indiscreet colleague, reminding the assembly that if the field_ hands were to be exempt from keeping their word immense loss was likely to arise in harvest time. Dr. Engel, the chief of the Prussian Statistical Department, maintained that workman breaking their contracts should not alone be held responsible for damages as was now the case, but in the event of their inability to pay, imprisoned! The worst excrescences of the professoral wisdom having thus been pruned off, the opportunity was seized for inquiring into the nature of the recent strikes. Dr. Hirsch and I ierr Duncker, the representatives of the German Trade Unions, declared that their societies numbered already 1,200,000 members, and that far from regarding the organization of strikes as their ex- clusive object, they endeavoured to educate and relieve the workman as well. The Trade Unions, moreover, were opposed to Socialism, and would be delighted to hear that the present meeting had resisted the tempta- tion of entertaining any schemes at variance with the sacred and manly principle of self- help. These gentle- men also rtgretted the notion advanced by a Prussian ultra- Conservative that the labour system ought to be remodelled in a semi- Communistic, semi- Absolutist way by the Royal dynasties of the country. Herr Kauer, the landed proprietor who had so bluntly spoken his mind before, observed that the Trade Unions might be all very well in their way, but that it would be much better if employers and employed could be induced to love and respect each other as Christians, than to con- tinue the strife. Dr. Hilse, permanent counsel for the Berlin Building Masters' Society, supported by one of his colleagues, complained that their men were daily becoming more lazy and more restive. A journeyman bricklayer, for instance, who a few years ago, when re- ceiving half lus present wages, had set up 800 bricks a day. now with a double rate of pay set up only 200. Still worse, the men were constantly breaking agree- ments. running away from the work and getting up i partial and general strikes, regardless of contracts. I They well knew that they were too poor to be held re- sponsible for damages. Neither the professors who had addressed the assembly in the interests of philanthro- pies! improvement, nor the distinguished men who endeavoured to direct and moderate the Trade Unions, knew what a strike really meant No doubt it was sometimes set on foot with a view to satisfy the pressing needs of the workmen, and in such a case was legitimate. But much more fre- quently strikes were indulged in from a wish to embarrass masters, and to manifest the hatred against the well- to- do classes rife in the working popu- lation. Many of the men were vexy well aware that the strike of one trade must call forth the strike of , s yielding fi othera, to be counted 1 ...... 0 weekly, [ by the score, are furnishing " stone" worth from £ 100 up to£ 2,000 or £ 3,000in SOCIAL SCIENCE IN GERMANY. As the subject of " Strikes " has of late been so freely dis- cussed, this following communication from tho Special Corre- spondent of The Times, will be read with Interest :— EK8HACH, Oct 8. The subject of Strikes next occupied the Congress. Professor Schmoller, of Halle, the same who had de- livered the inaugural speech, now came forward to communicate his views on the important topic of the day. He Baid:— " The strikes were a necessary oonsequenoe ot the laws abolishing guilds. Masters being no longer connected with ike men by ties of common Interest, honour and camara- derie, naturally regarded their assistants u strangers, and were intent upon making as much money aa possiblejout Uitm. Tho working classes would be utterly impotent to resist the exactions to which they were subjected had **• "" J igainst « * mbinaUonj could assume. g permanent societies, and ® -- - — Mfcuw, Uitw V Uivao nwo luuauir directed by respectable men. and did u much to prevent oacalled- for strikes aa they did to organize legitimate ones. tDie longest and most disorderly strikes that had occurred in Germany had broken out In localities where Trade Unions were unknown, and Socialism was in the ascendant. This moderating influence exercised by the Trade Unions, as well as the many other aommendable objects punned by them, « Uht to Induce Government to accord them corporate ctghta. He could not, however, deny that strikes, though unavoidable, were an evil, and that means should bo taken te reader them m rare as poulblo. lie therefore advocated tka Institution of Boards of Arbitration and Conciliation. Tbe members ot these Boards might be elected by • Musters and men alike, but once duly installed, they onght is POMOM the power assigned to the other and more learned • outs of joetloe officiating In this country. He likewise ( bought It desirable to appoint separate courts, also of an eleettre character, to decide all disputes between masters aa a men exoeptiag such as refened to wages. He did not coaoeal from himself that it would take some time to im- press the pubHc with the necessity of these changes, and he w « ul4. therefore, specially advocate some alterations in the eclating laws, whloh he had much at heart. The labouring • nan being so much more disadvantageously situated than tk*> caoUalUt, wanted certain concessions to enable him lo the struggle ior existence with any chance of suc- ployer should be abolished. He also suggested the propriety of permitting Trade Unions to sp « nd their funds lu strikM, mU even excepting that portloa contributed for purposes of PBUKI. He, furthermore, would liberate all working men bo- lonjcUc to Trade Unions and contributing to the relief funds of ( IMHM societies, from the duty now legally Imposed upon "—• a of paying In to some public relief fund." This speech, delivered in the most impressive style, ttd with » rare command of choice and elegant phrcueo- another, and that, in consequence, though wages were raised, they did not go much further than formerly. These assertions were all but directly confirmed by Herr Banisch, a man of a large T he said, were tired They daily saw capil journeyman engineer, and the chair- Trade Union in Berlin. The labourers, ired of working without a prospect of ipitalists s getting on in the world, however small the sum originally at their dis- posal, and they did not know why they alone should be excluded from the chance of attaining independence. That the strikes would very much advance their views was of course improbable. But the Trade Unions had a much more comprehensive object than to raise wages, and therefore deserved the support of all who wished to further the intelligence, culture, and self- reliance of the workmen. The debate having thus swayed to and fro for some time, Professor Gneist, the famous jurist, who had been elected president, vacated the chair, preparatory to taking part in the discussion. In a masterly speech he gave a Buccint digest of the various opinions ex- pressed, and declared in favour of free trade, free coali- tion, and a somewhat complicated system of institutions intended to mediate^ between masters and men. He preferred an organised war between capitalist and Trade Unions to the Montenegrin razzias undertaken by Socialists. He would, therefore, recommend the introduction of a Trade Union law wherever the local authorities thought it advisable. In conclusion, he gave it as hia deliberate conviction that, thongh should be spared to reconcile „ interests in a friendly way, it would be altogether impracticable to attempt to change the working of the laws of property " aa discovered and laid down by the immortal Adam Smith." This was too much for the professors of neo- political economy who had originated the Congress. Had they obtained Pro- fessor Gneist's signature to their letters of invitation only to be bearded by him in their own haunt ? Had vehemently combated by them? " Very false" cried one, the moment the heterodox words had escaped the lips of Professor Gneist. " Very untrue " ejaculated another. " What next?" sarcastically added a third. But they saw which way the wind blew ; having no doubt, ere this, realized that Professor Gneist had the vast majority of the meeting on his side, they did not try to vindicate their particular doctrines again. Ac- cordingly Professor Schmoller in his reply confined self te asserting that the proceeding speaker was expressed himself in such & different way. that he and bis friends were actuated by a wish to me- ditate and conciliate in all they did, whereas the lan- guage held by some manufacturers tended to foment rebellion. His words had no power to change the conclusions the meeting had already formed respecting the sound- ness of the teachings of himself and friends. Instead of the very specific and extravagant propositions re- commended by Professors Schmoller and Brentano, the meeting adopted the following general and temper- ate resolutions :— " I. FACTOR* LAWS. " 1. The German Factory Laws are framed In accordance with the requirements of the case, but should bo more eflec- tually carried out by officers appointed by the State. OTOI IrUU OI. IO VUV » V W". UJWUUVU W IDUiUUf BbUfT CIICII1- selves, regulations adapted to the special requirements of tbe various trades should bo passed. " 8. It Is neceuary to enact similar speolal laws for mar- ried women. " IL COALITION LAWB. " L The right to combine for the attainment of a com- mon purpose is to be unconditionally lecognized and main- tained. •• 2. Tflo majority of the meeting are of opinion tuut the Trade Unions and the relief fundB they collect should be recognized by the law, provided certain conditions and obli- gations are complied with. " 3. The Institution of Boards of Arbitration and Con- ciliation is declared to bo useful" Thus far, then, the result is satisfactory. The meet- ing has Bwept away the fog that bung over the doctrines of the new school. It has confirmed the great prin- ciples of property and equality, declining to award undue privileges to the poor in their struggle to get on. It has accorded special protection to women and chil- dren only, leaving the men to fight their way in a con- test which affects all alike. But in recommending conciliatory measures it has likewise acknowledged the necessity of convincing rather than compelling, of showing the working classes what is possible and what is not, and of satisfying employers that amicable arrangements are both their duty and their advantage. SWALLOW- FLIGHT. ( From tho Pall Mail Gazette.) What time the eel makes of moonless nights for the sea, when the gales of the equinox blow ana landladies at the coast feel that their harvest is over, when Par- liament is in the provinces and the leaves fall from the trees, the swallows prepare to bid us farewell, for, as the worn German song sayp, " They dare not Btay, they dare not stay, they must away. Some, indeed, like those eager tourists who will not wait for the close of the London season, start off even as early aa August. But the martins remain with us later, and seem un- willing to depart. For a few weeks before the great migration they may be seen congregating about certain spots in our most beautiful landscapes. Bound the spire of the grey church or the skirts of the village they swarm in the autumn noon, chasing each other in frolic, now lagging for a second on the wing close to the grass- covered graves, and then with a Budden whisk breasting the dial of the~ clock beneath the tall belfry. From this you may almost be sure that the birds are not bent BO much on hawking for food as expressing their pleasure in the consciousness of life and sun- shine. And that low tremulous twittering that catches your ear from time to time, is it not wonderfully ex- pressive of a joy too fall for louder utterance? " Garrula hirundo, writes Virgil, and there are occa- sions when the black- plumed swift deserves the epithet, but the smaller bird only murmurs, or inwardly pipes a small fluttering note, as he swoops and gyrates through the air. By the pond in the meadow behold them performing a sort of endless ring- dance, some- times appearing to rest for a second on the water, or sportively following each other— one, two— across the back of the cow that is being slowly driven through the pasture. On the larger meres, in chill October, when the reeds are already stripping, and the lilies have long lost all their lustre, our hirundineB are training for their long long voyages. From dawn to sunset they seem to be trying both pace and en- duranoe, and be It known that the swallow is ac- credited with being able to do not less than 150 miles an hour under ordinary conditions of weather. The birds, however, as a rule, do not like remote or unfre- quented haunts. They are attached to the things of human kind, to the cottage and the barn roof, to the common where gipsies squat and geese roam in gangB. They course down the street of the hamlet, and are in constant possession of the exterior of the town wall, or will perch for an instant with a triumphant imperti- nence on the very nose of the pariah pump, be aware by the shortening light, and the warning chilk of the frost that powders the grass, and the mortality among the game by which they sustain existence, that they must full soon look for summer in the south. For them the earth must be glad, else they die. Our Indian summer— what little we have of it— tempts them to postpone the hour of starting, and besides they would really seem to have business to transact in connection with their journey. For it is only now that they gather in hosts, in June and July congresses by the aits of the Thames, and conclaves with jackdaws in cathedral parishes, may be witnessed. But now the swallows have to select guides or managers for their expeditions, and may have to deliberate as to the quarter of the globe they will fly to. A short time ago there was a perfect mass- meeting of them round the disfigured and muti- lated heath of Hampstead. Every swallow in London appeared to be in attendanoe on the occasion. Knots of birds would gather at a pool and would then make off for a patch of dusty furze, aa if to dodge a wintry wind which whistled across the ill- used wold whenever the clouds marched past the face of the sun. But no sooner did the breeze faint off than our swallows resumed business. The birds are said usually to fly low on the journey, but they would be altogether influenced as to this by the wind. They invariably make for the narrowest straits from point to point, but yet they must be sometimes BO long upon the wing that, tak- ing into aocount that there can be little, if any, insect food J over the salt ocean, they must suffer from hunger and thirst: for the swallow is a thirsty soul and is a most valiant trencherman at minute flies. However, the journey is accomplished somehow, and we are swallowless until the new year is bom and advanced. White insists that the swifts are absent Suite as early aa August, and lought that the most imposing during that month. He must here have generalized far too widely from the special observations he took at Selborne. Within the last fortnight swifts were dartine over the telegraph wires on a Kew road as if they had no intention whatever of leaving town ftf^ the winter. These swallows, by the way, bear a bad name in Ireland. They are supposed to have each a single drop of the devil's blood m their veins, and it is thought ill for the dead when a swift shoots over the hearse. Oddly enough, this superstition does not apply to the smaller swallows. The flesh of the swift is supposed to be poison. In England we have not heard that any such notions obtain. The swallow ought, indeed, to be a favourite with every one. He never touches our fruit, no matter how ripe and luscious the peachee and the cherries look ; ana what more welcome guest to loneer of the proverb ? must have put off vast „ It is more than probable that the birds instinctively avoid putting to Bea before a storm. They ought to be experienced meteoro- logists. They have to regulate their quest for food by the conditions of temperature and atmosphere ; indeed, they serve the rustic for a barometer. We may be assured also that they wait to have the wind in their sails, and that it is for this purpose they remain in large flocks day after'day near the coast, like Channel passengers who stick at Dover or Folkestone until there Is a prospect of their being able to escape the horrors of a rough passage. It must be something to be present at a midiught flitting of a whole division of swallows, but the secret of departure is kept as profoundly dark as the key to the grand masonic conundrum. S! * 8T ° f POPP'** orientate), in which three or four flowers emitted little flashed of Egwv- ForTBf? ed M he WM by a knowledge that tnch things had be « observed by others, he could not help_ believing that he was Buffering from an optical lllnmnn H/ TTOOTTO* tVn „ i: 1 , ' . ~ —— — w believe that what he saw was real. The next day, observing the same phenomenon to recur at about the same hour, he conducted to the place a person entirely ignorant that such a manifestation of h'ght had ever been witnessed in the vegetable world; and without relating anything ooncerning it, he brought his companion before the group of poppies. The latter observer was soon in rap- tures of astonishment and admiration. Many other persons were then led to the same spot, some of whom immediately remarked that' the flowers were throw- ing out flame B. As will be observed from the above instances, the emission of light from flowers occurs chiefly in the months of June and July, and during the twilight— between sunset and the time when full darkness sets in. In some cases these sparks or flasheB have also been observed in the morning, just before sunrise. The phenomenon is always most brilliant before a thunder- It is also said that some flowers always emit light at the periods of floration and fecundation; at which periods, as has lately been found, the tempera- ture of the petals rises above the ordinary point. SMALL MERCIES. ( From St. Parts.) The extent to which some of the arduous passages of civilized life are helped by small mercies in the way of invention of comfort'and convenience is a common- place. But numbers of those inventions, even when patented and produced, die out of sight for want of encouragement And even as to those that are used, 7~ d — - . im oitu aa iaj buuw uiau ore there is a great indisposition on the part of nine people out often to take just the degree of trouble which puts the small mercies in their propen place. I will put the Mia nf 1A* A .3 1 . • • , r ^ EMISSION OF LIGHT FROM FLOWERS. ( From Btlgravia.) The light- emitting power is found in a higher order of the vegetable world. A young Swedish damsel, the daughter of the great Linnaeus, was fond of amusing herself in the summer twilight by setting fire to the inflammable atmosphere which envelopes the essential- oil glands ot certain fraxinclla: and one sultry summer evening when seated in the garden, she WBB surprised to see luminous radiations emitted by the flowers of a group of nasturtiums ; and] she witnessed the same spectacle on several subsequent evenings, in June and Jnly, 1£ 62. Several naturalists have observed tbe came phenomenon, and almost exclusively upon yellow or orange- coloured flowers— such as the sun- flower, poppies, the marigold, and the orange- lily. Two interesting observations of such luminous flowers are thus described by Dr. Phipson :—" The Swedish naturalist, Professor Haggera, perceived, one evening, a faint flash of light dart repeatedly from a marigold. Surprised at such an uncommon appear- ance, he resolved to examine it with attention : and to be assured that It was no deception, he plaoed a man near him, with orders to make a signal when he ob- served the light. They both saw it constantly at the same moment. The light was most brilliant upon oarigoldB of an orange or flame colour; but scarcely visible upon pale ones. The flash was frequently seen on the same flower two or three times in quicksuccession, but more commonly at Intervals of several mlnntes. When several flowers, in the same place, emitted their light together, it could be Been at a considerable dis- tance. This phenomenon was remarked in July and August, at sunset, and for half an hour, when the sky was clear ; but after a ramy day. or when the air was loaded with vapours, nothing of it was to be seem On the 18th of June, 1857, about ten o'olook in the even- ing M. Th. Fries, the well- known Swedish botanist, whilst walking alone in the Botanic Garden at Upeal, case of late and long- continuing* work at an* offioe, where the means of harmless refreshment are not at hand. FellowB will go on, with aching heads and flagging' energies, doing their work about half as well, and half as fast, as it might be done if they were in better condition; when, with the help of some of the small mercies invention has placed at our disposal for almost nothing, tea or coffee or soup may be made in five minutes, and half a dozen weary workers refreshed. Then they go on with kind- her feelings and renewed vigour, and the time ' . V." j11 preparing the refreshment provee time gamed: for the work is done both better and quicker. It will be seen that I am thinking of cases where the adoption of the small mercies inrolvee a little trouble. This— the trouble— is what I find people usually stick at. But, when they would really like what the email mercies would help them to, would be the better for it, and would be helped in doing their duty, there is a certain baseness in this flinching from " trouble." A man has, of course, a perfect right to say the trouble is greater thrm the use or pleasure: but I have never yet noticed that those who do Bay this are at all unwilling to accept the use and the pleasure too when somebody else has taken the trouble. Here, indeed, one might go oft into a discourse on that ( as a German might say) BO- usual lack of " gump- tion," which teaches how to abbreviate trouble, and fill up the gaps in one's little pleasures. The last point is a very large one, but difficult to " fix." We will take an instance. Perhaps you are fond of walking, and now and the n yon like to break the routine of your life by taking the train with your wife, Bister, sweet- heart, or other friend, and rambling about in sweet, lonely, country spots. When the dusk comes on you want a cup of tea, and you like it good. But where are yon to get it? I never in all my life, save in the houses of friends, and not always there, had a good cup of tea, except under my own roof, or at some hotel or other place where I was staying, and made it myself. In all London, at this moment, I do not know where I can get a cup of tea on a sudden; good coffee at two » r three places, but never tea. There is a certain country inn, which calls itself an hotol, where I have often had a most enjoyable midday meal, everything of the best, and where I have had what they call " tea." But thiB is uniformly horrible. I cant answer for your feelings, but I know my ; and I know that when I have been out nutting, a t_ : - ail : it tea." Now, f « "" - - - a; and I know that when II gathering wild- flowers, or simply enjoying the oonntry with a companion, and when, rather tired at dusk, we go, as we should by choice, into an old- fashioned little place with a rafter roof and a slenderly carpeted floor, and a magpie chattering in a ramshackle garden outside the queer old casement— I Bay my feel- ings forbid my wounding those of the old dame, who answers the bell, by telling her I will make my own tea. But am I therefore stranded high and dry, and forced to drink the " husband's tea" that old dame brings in with the ham and dear, sweet, freshbutter? Iwotddhave you know the contrary. We have a screw of our own raw material about us, and we put that into the pot, and rejoice over a good cup of tea, with our legs up and our hearts refreshed. I have such simple- hearted confidence in the stupidity of Mr. Carlyle's " most people," that I feel satisfied the added tea- leaves are not noticed after I have gone. Yet I once did fancy — not a hundred miles from Dorking— that the odour of the tea we had added got up the nostrils of a certain attendant damsel, and puzzled her. But the fact is. that when I have mentioned little devices of this kind ( I have several of them for country rambles) to some people they have been almost startled with the pro- found ingenuity of the tricks, simple as they are! One of the nuisances of doily life is the noise occa- r appliances INDIAN RIVERS. A remarkable instance of the extent_ to which Indian rivers are apt to change their courses is furnished by the history of the Brahmaputra during the last ninety years ( remarks Allen's Indian Mail). In 1785 that river flowed far to the east of Dacca, receiving in its course the rivers of Silhet, which joined with it to form the Meghna, at that time the direct outlet for all the drainage of the Assam and Caehar Vallies. Since then, however, the Brahmaputra has shifted its main channel nearly 200 miles westward, consigning many an ancient city to ruin, and giving birth to new centres of trade and population. All this seems to have happened in the space of twenty yeara, the process having been pretty nearly completed in 1830. The Jheels, or swamps of Silhet, deprived of the vast supply of silt which the Brahmaputra used to wash down from the hills and higher valleys, lost their chance of an early transformation into cultivable land. The influx of the Bramaputra into the Gangetic river system tended to develop the process of land- making in the Gangetic delta, by forcing the Gangetic rivers to spread their silt over a wider area than be- fore. While Sonargaong, the old capital of Bengal, de- serted by the river to whloh it owed its prosperity, is now a mean village surrounded by heaps of bricks and jungle, the great trading mart of Serajganj, where so much jute was damaged by the late cyclone, has sprung np like a gourd on the new channel of the Brahma- putra. The trade of Dacca itself is even now threat- ened by the same disturbing cause. Similar changes appear to be going on in the Ganges, one of whieh we lately mentioned aB tending to undermine a part of the railway between Colgong and Bhigalpiir. It is not unlikely, as the Englishman suggests, that these changes may have something to do with the preva- lence of endemic diseases, Hke the Bardwtln fever, in the districts affeoted by them. The matter, at any rate, is one that calls tor and wonld doubtless repay careful inquiry. How TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT.— Long life is a secret. The mistake is to suppose that it baa but one simple answer— that there is some one cnt- and- dried rule, by following which we shall be able to hold the thread of the fates between our own fingers. Words- worth lived to eighty— an age, after all, not BO very great ; Kant* s yoars were also eighty ; Lord Palmer- ston reached eighty- one; Warren Hastings, eighty- five ; Lord Eldon, eighty- seven ; Landor, eighty- nine; Sophocles, ninety ; Michael Angelo, ninety ; Lynd- hurst, ninety- one ; and Titian all but saw his hundredth year. Which of these lived by rule, or had any secret for spinning out his days ? Original strength is something of course. Titian and Angelo, Lyndhurst aud Landor, were giants of Btrength— broad- shouldered, deep- chested, large- limbed. Freedom from care ia also something. But no one of theeo alenei s the key which will unlock the magic gate. And better far is it. and wiser, to leave to physicians the secret of cheating death, and for ourselves to ask, not how to lengthen our life, but how to make tho most of it. LORD SALISBDRI'S SPEECH AT MANCHESTER. ( From Monday's Times.) Lord Salisbury's speech on Education at Manchester d w u I ™ ', a of toPic8 that it is some- what difficult to select from among them those which are most worthy of comment. Before arriving at the special subject of the day£ the Middle- Class University Examinations, he gave his hearers to undeistand that the Education Act of last Session was unsound in pnn « nple; and that the religious and other difficulties which have arisen in connexion with it are only the natural results of a sacrifice of principle to considera- tions of temporary expediency. He implies, at least tnat the - Education of the masses of the people is a thing which might be effected, and ought to be effected by the energy of the individuals immediately concerned ; and that the o the institution o 80011 ".^ ey are prepared If this prin- ciple had been carried into actual practice, not only f^ K last Session of Parliament, but during the last half- century, we fear the results to- day wonld be far less gratifying than the present state of national culture, imperfect thongh it be; and, * e. re j* adopted in the future, the in- tellectual elevation of the English peasantry would probably require a time comparable only to those periods which are demanded for the production of physical changes by the disciples of the doo- tnne of evolution. It is hardly necessary, how- OVA. tft ! — M- l- .- , ing of one special way in which some of the evils which he foresees may, to a certain extent, fee guarded against. He points out, very forcibly and felicitously, that it is the natural tendency of elected Boards to be in the first place filled by enthusiastic advocates of the work which it is their business to cany out; and that these enthusiasts run up a heavy bill, which leads to their displacement by the ratepayers, and to the filling of their posts by men who are not enthusiasts at all, but wooden," and chiefly desirous to accomplish a routine of duty . without incurring blame. Manifestly, there- fore, the satisfactory performance of the functions of a Board can only be continuously secured by an early and sufficient infusion of the useful " wooden" element into its composition : BO that enthusiasm may not ad- vance too rapidly, and that periods of reaction may never be provoked by antecedent periods of unwise activity. On the subject of the actual influence of Education in fitting its recipients for the work of life. Lord Salisbury expressed himself in language to which many > ns will be disposed to assent, but which, neverthe- r can only be accepted with certain very definite uu^ tations. On this subject, although addressing him- self nominally to the middle classes, he was still lingering in mind among those to whom com* pulsoiy Education was intended to apply; and his thoughts seem hardly to have held these distinct sections of humanity sufficiently apart from one another. He tells us that an educated man is not less fitted, bnt even more fitted, than one who is uneducated, to perform any labour, even the coarsest and most menial, which may fall to his hands to do; that the liberal professions are overstocked be- cause the sons of clergymen and lawyers, educated aa their fathers were, Bhnnk from going into business; and that clerks and small tradesmen, as contrasted with artisans and mechanics, are content to vegetate upon a wretched pittance because they think that, having been educated to a certain point, manntl labour is in some sense disgraceful to them. We fear there can be little doubt that the professions are overstocked, or that clerks and small tradesmen obtain only miserable earnings. But we doubt the correctness of the inference that these circumstances depend generally upon any distaste for mfmrmi labour, or upon any deli- berate opinion that it is disgraceful. The cause of the conditions which Lord Salisbury deplores is rather to be sought in the fixed lines into which English society tends to cast itself, and in the difficulty— nay, the almost impossibility of a leaving the calling to which he has been trained in order to embark in another for which he may be better adapted. In every vocation there must be mm who are deficient in some ot the qualities which that vocation requires, and who fail, more or less completely, in their work in life. If they have _ been trained as commercial clerks, they remain junior clerks; if they embark in trade, they remain " small" tradesmen. But, unless utter ruin drives them to a crossing or- to a workhouse, there is no door of escape for them from the path upon which they have entered. If they had been brought up as artisans or mechanics, they might have succeeded better : but they cannot become artisans or mechanics after they have failed in some other direction. If there were no inherent difficulty, the rules of Trades' Unions would alone constitute an insuperable one. In this respect we might with advantage take a lemon from America, where an unsuccessful man will flit from calling to calling with the versatility of Dryden's Achitophel, and may at last light upon one in which all hi s past failures will be redeemed and forgotten. If Lord Salisbury addressed himself to the middle classes, he should rather have spoken of defective foresight as regards the fitness of a youth for the business chosen for him ; ' and yet this foresight, often easy for impartial observers, would be almost superhuman in the case of parents and near friends. Moreover, the parents might fairly say that, in the pre- sent state of the artisan class, it would be better to bear a comparative failure than to enter into the ranks of men who are so easily the dupes of agitators who are BO tyrannical to their own class, and so little prone to ex- pend wisely their large earnings. H a time is near at hand when the children of the artisan class will become really educated, and swell the numbers of those who pre- sent themselves at the local University examinations, then, indeed. Lord Salisbury's observations will ac- quire a greatly increased applicability to the circum- stances of the case. There would then be a real danger lest many of these children should acquire a distaste for their father's callings, and should seek to " better themselves" by exchanging the labour of the hands for that of the brain. If they ahopld do so, not only would the market for middle- class brainwork be more overstocked than at present, and the employment open to it be even less remunerative, but the country would lose a signal benefit which the Education of artisans is calculated to confer. One of the great wants of the present day is for brains to guide our working hands, to guide them morally & B well as intellectually. The difficulty of getting a job of work honestly done, or done in such a way as not speedily to oocasion a demand for more, is a disgrace to our national industry, and an ordinary scamped modern dwelling- house is the most eloquent of all preachers in favour of extonded Education. The suggestion that work is avoided because it is not " genteel" may con- tain an element of truth, but not enough to be of much The fact is that artisans hold a practical importance. 1 ' * rition inferior t upon them, and they do so for reasons whi ; to everybody but themselves and their Hat torero. The effect of judiciouB Education would beto elea vate them in this respect in a very great degree, and it i perfectly true that the ambition of their children who reoeive Education will be far better served by remain- ing in the callings of their fathers than by seeking to escape from these callings to any which now receive a greater degree of consideration, but which do so only because the artisans themselves have so generally failed to employ the advantages which they already m such laige measure possess. With regard to the Education of women, and to its influenoe on female industry, we think Lord Salisbury- is again somewhat in error, or, at least that he is speuV - ing of a state of things which has now almost entirel y passed away, and has passed never to return. There L- on) all sides an argent demand from women for any honest work by whioh they can maintain themselves and the practical difficulty of the case is, not that th- shrink from work as " ungenteol," but that there >• no work which they are fitted to accomplish, ex oept the few kinds which require no skill or speci. training, and which are so overstocked that tb< scarcely preserve those who follow them from stu vation. The miserably inexact and shiftless charac> of the Education too often given to women is cm cause of their unfitness for industrial callings; and tho absenoe of definite training for any particular busim is another. Those who advocate that every girl shou learn something by which, in case of need, she COD' earn her own living are the teachers who point out t way to a better state of things, and the employment women in telegraphy 1B one among the ciroumstam which will carry this lesson praotically to huodreds THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE.— TheChancell of the Exchequer has acknowledged through The Tint the receipt of £ 4070 in bank notes for Income Tax from " IL R, J."
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