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30/11/1872

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Falmouth & Penryn Weekly Times and General Advertiser

Date of Article: 30/11/1872
Printer / Publisher: Fred. H. Earle 
Address: On the Quay, Falmouth
Volume Number:     Issue Number: 596
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k AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. PUBLISHED, EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY FRED. H. EARLE, OFFICES ON THE QUAY, FALMOUTH. NUMBER 596. FALMOUTH: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1872. PRICE ONE PENNY. gates % Shu'tiim, THIS DAY. SATURDAY, November 30tli, » t 3 o'clook. For the Benefit of the Concerned IX/ TIi. COEPlELn will SEI. L by PUBLIC AUCTION. « the North Quay, Fal- mouth, about 150 Half Barrels of Yarmouth { lerrings. 105 Boxes ditto 15 Barrels ditto Also, 15J Chests of Congou ' which will bo aold in lots to suit the of buyers. tiT On view the morning of sal o'clock. For further particulars apply tol AUCTIONEE: Dated 27tb November, 1872. lonvcnieuce after 11 Iffie Falmouth, TUESDAY next, 3rd of Dec., BONYTHON, Parish of CURT miles of the Town of Hel: MB. COBFIELD WIU SELL AUCTION, at the Barton on the above day, in consequence ing teDant ( Mr. Williams) not a cepting the Undermentioned, viz., about 8 acres of primo KOHL RABI or Turnip- rooted Cabbage 1 acres of Swede and Pasture TO INIPS, Ex- cellent Crops, in convenient 1 ts 1 rick of vary POMP old permai jnt pasture. ' the Lawn ibeautifully age saved 1 other Further1 the PUBLIC Bonython, f the incom- of an unusual qualit '. ulars obtained at Jie Offices of Dated Nov" at 2 p. m within 4} Falmouth. n J AUCTIONEER, ith, 1872. The GKBES HOUSE .., - L advertised last week. P E N R Y I A Substantially Modem Built f Dwelling House, admirably adapted for an Lit or Refreshment House, situate near the Ra& toay Station, with immediate possession, for SaU. M R. CORPIRLD will SELL by PUBLIC , AUCTION, under a power of sale con- tained in a Mortgage, at Powell's King's Arms Hotel, on Tuesday, 10th pecember next ( imme- diately after the Sale of the Freehold Houses n JUnion terrace ), all, that( newly- erec ted _ ^ alfs ltg JturttoiT. PENRYN. TUUR8DAY, DECEMBER 12th, 1872. ME. COHFIET. DwiU SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, on tho above day. at 2 o'clock in tho afternoon, at or near the Penryn Railway Station, alwmt 3000 feet of prime Ash Plank, ( varying in thickness from 1 to 5 inches,) well seasoned, and a portion suitable for Shafts, & c. 200 Dozen of prime HALF HEART OAK SPOKES, 2 ftet to 2ft/ 0m. long. 100 Dozen HEART ditto, ^ feet long. Further particulars of t] AUCT^ ONEEE, Falmouth. Dated Nov. 29th, 1872. The SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established in 1831. POSITION OF THE SOCIETY at 1st Mar., ' 872. Existing Assurances', indlmlinJJ Bonus . Additions " £ 6,892,5ft Anuual Revenue— From Premiums. £ 180,831 From Interest 79^ 534 , — . 2G0,365 Accumulated Fund,...'...',.'!. v; 1,952,711 ' The Funds are invested iii first- class securi- ties. The particulars of the Investments and the Balance Sheet- will be found in last, report. NEW BUSINESS, 1872. New Assurances effected during the year ... £ 376, 588 Annual Premiums thereon.... 11,576 The Scottish Equitable being a Mutual Office, the Policy- holders rcceive the WHOLE profits; at the same time they are oxpressly FREED FEOM PERSONAL LIABILITY. The Profits are djvided. overy Five Years, and are allocated not only on tho sums original- ly assured,, but also on tho previously vested Bonus Additions. Bonuses arc also paid for ike period between thfe date of the last division arid the date of death. TOTAL VESTED ADDITIONS TO POLICIES. £ 1,706,164. A Policy for £ 1000 effected in 1832 now amounts to £ 1909 18 3 A Policy for £ 1000 effected in 1837 now amounts to 174115 2 Arid proportionately in subsequent years.' ' NEXT DIVISION OF PROFITS, 1ST OP MARCH, 1873. Reports, Proposals and every information may be obtained at the Head Office, or any of the Agencies. GEORGE TODD, Manager. WILLIAM FINLAY, Secretary Head Office— 26, St. Andrew Sq., Edinburgh. AGENTS :— Falmouth— W. Phillips, West Cornwall Bank. Camborne— J. H. Budge, merchant. Hclston— Ralph ilichell and Son, draper. ' Redruth— Edwin Cock and Son, merchants. St. Kevanc— George Appleton, surgeon. Tregony— Charles J. Bennetts, surgeon. Try MARTIN'S NEW SEASON'S TT] E1 AS FINEST QUALITY, 2s. 6d. per Pound. The PEOPLE^ ocer, & e., Lower Market St, and West St, PEKSH. gate yfi Suction. FALMOUTH. On MOyDA Y NEXT, 2 » yDECEMBER, 1872. Fori: ~~ nefitofAhe Concerned. Mb. ISOBEKTS ha/ been instructed to SELL 1), PBBLIC AUCTION, on Monday n/ rt, 2nd December, at .2.30 p. m., it the Falmouth Docks, ^^ about 300ifons ( more or less) of Falke's Superior Factory Salt, in1 bags more or less damaged, landed from vie Prussian barque Maria, Kedina master, on her voyage from Liverpool to New York, U. S. For particular! apply to Mes/ rs. T> g_ WEENEN & Co., Or to the AUCTIONEER, at his Offices, Arwenack- strefft, Ealmouth. Dated 20th November, 1872. No. 6, Minnie Place, Falmouth. EXCELLENT Freehold Dwelling House FOE SALE. GLENFIELD STA BOH, i' ae only kind used in ' Her Majesty s laundry If there are any ladies who have not yet used the GLENFlELD STARCH they are respectfully solicited to give it a trial, and carefully follow out the directic/ ns printed on every package, and if this is done. They will say, like the Queen's Laundress, It is the finest Starch they ever used. When you ask for Glenfield Starch see that you get it, As inferior kinds are often substituted for tho sake of extra profits. Beware therefore of spurious imitations. The House for Tea. ' l THE Gunpowder Tea Warehouse. " REGISTERED TRADE MAJtK Black Green or Mixed the Finest Spring Crop. J. H. HEAD, Tea Dealer & Grocer, High Street, Falmouth. Are you troubled with a C& ugh ? THEN lose no time in applying for SOLOMON'S Pectoral Cough Mixture, Which is one of the best preparations sold for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Shortness of Breath, Ac., and for the relief of Asthma and Bronchitis. It is adapted for persons of all ages, and old in Bottles, at 74d., Is. 1 Jd., and 2s. 9d. each. The middle- size Bottle is generally suffi- cient to cure an ordinary Cough, or give abundant fiatisfaction in more extreme cases. Prepared only by W . H. SOLOMON, Dispensing Chemist, 40, Market Street, Falmouth. To Fntrine Fitfpr* jjfltiesu NOW LANDING, At the Stores, N< j> rth Quay, Falmouth, EX SHIP " JEUNE EMUjE," CAPT. PINTO, A CARGO OP SUPERIOR BELGIAN POTATOES WHITE, first quality £ 5 Os. per Ton. BLUE, ONIONS, prime quality £ 5 15s. SA Os. EITTERS wanted, at Huxhams and Brown's Foundry, Exeter. APPLY TO Messrs. VAN WEENEN AND CO., Falmouth. N. B.— ANY QUANTITY LESS THAN FIVE CWT. WILL BE CHARGED AT SIX SHILLINGS PER CWT . LAMPS. GAS FITTINGS. STOVES. SLADE3 OLYBB, Furnishing and General Ironmonger, Cutler, Gas Fitter, Plumber and Manufacturer, Strand, Falmouth, Has received a new assortment of Lamps, Gas Fittings, < feo., < fcc., direct from the manufaeturor » and offers to the public the largest stock and greatest variety of Ranges, Grates, Stoves, Fenders, Firo Irons, Trays, Tea Urns, Beds, Mats, Brushes, Maps, Umbrella Stands, Warranted Pocket and Table Cutlery. Agent for " Weir's " 55s. Sewing Machine, Best Electro Silver Spoons, Forks, Tea and Coffee Services, Cruets, Cake Baskets, Biscuit Boxes, Dessert Knives, Ac. Washing and Mangling Machines, Coal Scoops, Coal Sifters, Firo Balls, Fire Baskets, Fire Lighters, a large assortment of Coal Vases very Cheap, Colza and other Oils, Cazeliue Paraffin, < fcc. Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Colours, and general Stores. Pumps, Closets, and all kinds of Repairs executed STEPHENS & SIDDONS, PHOTOGEAPHERB, 42, HIGH STREET, FALMOUTH. Likenesses from the smallest to the largest size, plain and finished in Crayon, Water or Oil Color, Landscapes Mansions. Ships, Sea tfiews, and Groups, WORKS OF ART COPIED. Mr. STEPHENS had the honor of boing the first person to take th* likeness of auj memher of a Royal Family ! iy the Photographic process; First Class Silver aad Bronze Medals have been awarded him by the Royal Cornwall Polyteohnic Society, he being the only Medallist for Cartes de Visit © taken in the County. Mr. SIDDONS has also claims in the production of tbio Negatives and Enlargements for which the only Medal has been awarded by that Society for that class of Photographic Work. Joseph Beringer and Sons, Watchmakers, Jewellers, Photographers, & o,, Meneage St., Helton, and Market St., Falmouth, ( LATE JOHNS), BEG to return their rincere thanks to the gentry, public, friends, for the kind support and patronage they have rec< and would solicit a call and recommendation to their choice and well- selected STOCKS ; and also would acquaint their customers that in Mencage Street, Helston, they have REMOVED to a more coinmodioue Shop and Premises directly opposite to the one in which they have car- ried on their business for so many years. The Stocks are renewed with Gold and Sflver Watches, Clocks of all descriptions, specialities in Marine Timepieces, Gold Albert* and Chains, colored, bright and Alluminium Necklets, Bracelets, Brooches, Lockets, Pendants, Scarf Pins, Studs, Sleeve Links in Gold, Silver, Jet, Coral, Plated Gold and Gilt. A superior assortment of Electro- plated Goods. Spectacles to suit all sights. . Marine, Opera, and FisU Glasses. Musical Instruments. Pianos and Harmoniums kept in Stock. Works of Art in the Cornish Serpcntini. Photographic Views of > x> lh neighborhoods. The Glass House at Helston is built in private grounds, in a beautiful garden, and has every convenience to insure firdt- oiaw Work. The beat- built House in the Weft of England. Agents for MAPPIN & WEBB'S cele/ jrated Silver aid Biictro- plaU Warehouse, London. Licensed to buy Old Gold and Silvtr. Repairs executed with despatch. Clearance Safea Btock- in- Trade of First- class JVines, Spirits, & c., MR. CORFTBLD fill SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, atI the Polytechnic Hall, Falmouth, on Tuesday! the 17th day of Dec., 1872, at. noon, the Remaining portion of the valuable and extensivl Stock of Wines, Spirits, & c., Of Signor G. B. Euppelli. Arwenack Street, Falmouth, comprising about 140 dozen of Pale, Golden, and Brown Sherry and Madeira 160 dozen of fine did Poat l| 0 cases of Cognic Brandy f Each Case 40 cases of Champagne > contains 26 cases of HollAnds J Twelve Bottles. £ 0 ( 2- gallon) Jirs of old Brown and Pale Cognac / Brandy, Whiskey, Bum, Plymouth Gin, & c. And a variety of small parcels of classed . mis- cellaneous AVines and Spirits'. Also about 50 flozen of Allsopp's Ales— quarts. The Auctioneer begs to observe, this being the final side, he can recommend the. above to tho public with confidence, the entire stock being of a superior quality. I83$ y Samples at the time of Sale. • i Detailed printed Catalogues ready four days prior to thfe Auction, and may be had with all further particulars at the Offices of the / ? AUCTIONEER, Falmonth. Dated Ailction Officcs, Nov. 22, 1872. freehold Premises Situate, lying, and beiqjj; in - Helston Road, in the borough of Perirym/ iate in the occupation of Mr. J Martin. / . The Property, by ex pending a tritlin? outlay offers to a Capitalist, a rare opportunity of securing a safe and profitable investment in the most thriving and improvable part of the town of Penryn. / To view apply to W- HODGE, St. Thomas's Street, Penryn. / All further particulars had on application to the AUCTION EEH, or to » MriJOHN WILLIAMS, I Solicitor, Penryn. Dated Falmouth, iJov. 18th, 1872. P I N R Y N. TUESDA T, December 10th, at Three p. m. MB. COBFIELD has received instructions tosubmitTo PUBLIC AUCTION, at Powell's King's Arms Hotel," Penryn, on the above day, subject to the conditions to be then read, in the following or such other lots as may • be agreed on a| the time of sale, the following very desirable/ Freehold Properties LOT I.— ill that substantially , and well built Messuage jor Dwelling House, with the paved doualage and Outbuildings at [ the back oelonging tinereto, situate, lying and being in Union Terrace, in tho aforesaid Borough of Penryn, lite and for many years in the occupa- tion of ilr. John Searle, deceased. LOT I.— All that Messuage or Dwelling House Adjoining, with tho Courtlage and Appurtimancas thereto belonging, now in the occupation of Mr. Hellings. LOT 3.— All those five other Messuages Tenements, or Dwelling Houses, with the Premises thereto belonging, now in the several occupations of Messrs. Jose, " Boswarthick, Bunnjt and others. LOT 4.— All that very productive Orchard and Fruit Garden, situate, lying and being contagious to the preceding lots, approached by a doorway at the west end of the said pro- perties, now in the occupation^ of Mr. John fcngfNicholls, whose tenure expires on the 25th December, 1872. Oni view any time prior to the sale, by apply- ingto Mr. Poad, Helston Road, or to Mr. J. GUI, Market Street, the executors. For further particulars and all other informa- tion apply at the Offices of the Arcno>- BBB. Falmouth, or to Mr. G. A. JENKINS", / Solicitor, Peniyn. Dated Falmouth, Nov. 19th, 1872. Part of a House to Let. TO BE LET, with iin'iiiMfate possession, a PABT OF A HOUSE ( consisting of a Floor of Three Booms ), in Lansdowne Road ( lately called Obelisk Road ), Falmouth. - The House is healthily and pleasantly situa- ted in close proximity to the Quay, Docks, and Railway. Apply at the Officcs of this Paper- 15, Jliirlbro' RoadJPalmoath. TO BE LETAt^ RESIDENCE, No. 5, MaH^ ro'JSoad, eompri sing nine Apartmonta, Garaonjmd conveniences. Apply on the P/ cmise3, or to / Mr. E. CHARD, / No. 3, Marlbro' Boa* MR. ROBEBTS will SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Dolphin Hotel, Falmouth, on Monday, the 2nd \ day of December next, at Seven ^ j'clock in the evening ( subject to Such Jonditiona of Sale as may be C rj produced), the Fee- simple and ^ VQ XznlWtance of and in all that VillV Residence, $ y Being No. 6, Minnie Place, Fal- mouth, together with the Garden Plot in front thereof. The House has been built within the last five years, and contains Six Rooms and a w. c. The Premises are iA good repair and command extensive views of Falmouth Harbour, Carrick Roads, and the Bay. Further information may be obtained oii application to Ma. WM. JENKINS, Soliciter, Falmouth, Or to the AUCTIONEER, at his Office, Arwenack Street, Falmouth. Dated Falmouth, 21st Nov., 1872. THE GREAT FIRE AT BOSTON. — tt seems from the New York Herald of the 14th that even on the 13th inst. clouds of smoke sod steam confined to rise from the ruinB, in the midat of which numerous workflfeg parties were engaged in digging out safes, experts being employed in opening the same. Crowds of interested spectators were witnessing the operations, prominent among them being the owners of the vaults watching with anxiety the process by which their losses were to be increased or diminished. In soma instances upon opening the safes nothing was fourd but the blackened pages of books and the ashes of notes, certificates of stocks and the ashes of bs. nk notes. The harbour was still covered with floating beams, barrels, and boxes from the burned district, presenting a blackened aspect. There was coal still on fire on the wharves of Messes. Prescott and C& apin, W. H. Prentiss, and Sheppard and Robbins, to the extent of 20,000 tons, and despite the steady streams of water which had been poured upon it * ince the previous Saturday night, the flames showed < ao abate- ment in intensity. It would be a week or more before the fire could be extinguished. The value- of the coal thus destroyed would reach, at a rough estimate, 200. Q00 dollars. « ' On searchingthrough the- ruins, on the Bite of 172. Washington- street," Bays a despatch an • the New York Herald, " a small bundla of charred human bones were discovered. Whose remains thgy are it is impossible to find out. Two men ore known to have been burned there. On the morn- ing when the fire reached that spot there were over twenty men inside the store, and Deputy- Chief Quinn stepped in and ordered them all - out, as the walls would fall in a minute or ' two. He had hardly reached the opposite side walk when the crash of the falling walls was heard, ac- companied by* blinding cloud of smoke and fine d£ brw. Then followed the cries of two men from under the ruins. Every effort was made to get them out, but the flames drove away the would- be rescuers. The remains taken out are carefully preserved, and efforts to secure more will be continued in the hope that sufficient may be obtained to solve the problem of identity by putting the portions together." The Bame paper gives the report of a public meeting called by the Mayor to consider measures of relief. It was opened by the whole assembly singing the hymn, " God is the refuge of His saints," and closed with the Doxdlogy and Benediction. The New York Times of the same date rays :— " To- night the gas is turned on, and ooitido of the horned district there Is nothing to remind Boston of the ordeal through which It has passed save the exhibition ofo for- titude, plant and Energy of these last few days, which will live In the memory of the city and country through all time. More than 1,000 labourers hare been at wort In the burnt district to- day, clearing away the rulno, removing the barricades of granite and debris, and • pulling down the dangerous walls. Many vaults and safes have been opened, and their contents found to be well preserved. Some, however, have been found to contain only charred and worthless stuff, and the result has been the failure or suspension of the parties owning them. The banks which were within the burnt district are able to make an un- expectedly good show, and are In a condition to materially aid In keeping the wheels of business moving. Ail theJianKs of the • city are manifesting a disposition to pursue a generous course toward their customers, and while paper will doubt- less be extended when necessary, discounting will go cm as uroaL None of the banks have anyffears as to their - own creditors, and all unite in tendering all the facilities in their power to the business community. Upon the whole, matters might be a great deal worse in Bostonthan they are." The Tribune of the Bame day has the following;- - " The heavy rain last night did much toward extinguishing the smouldering d£ bris, but there are still many places where the flames are burning brightly. Detachments of flremen are stationed at various points, throwing water upon the ruins, but the flames seem to hold on as long as anything com- bustible remains beneath the overlying mass of granite, bricks, and mortar. Workmen have been engaged all day in digging out safes In various parts of the mini, and In many Instances they were compelled to dig away from 10 to 15 feet of rubbish. Streams of water were directed upon the heated mass while this was being done, and the safes in most instances had to be cooled off in the same manner before they could be handled. A large proportion of Bates preserved their content* in good - condition. Seme persons while the fire was raging had taken their safes into the street and left them there, believing that it would be better to risk their being crushed by the falling walls than to risk the ordeal of Are within the furnaces into which the buildings were soon transformed. In almost every instance where this was done the safes escaped uninjured— come of them barely had the outside paint scorched, although half buried by the falling walls. Where the safes were In vaults on the ground or upper floors their contents were pre served In excellent condition. I saw books and papers taken ont without evident smell of fire about- them. The Bank of North America, in the centre of the burned district, saved all of its valuable books and papers and these of Its depositors In its vaults. No one Is downcast. All are hope- ful of the future, and say that tf given time they will meet all engagements and go on as before. The fire seems, as in the case of Chicago, to have almost - entirely consumed ever thing of a combustible nature. Much of the building material will be available, but this Is about all that can be used of the millions of pro- perty which the fire swept. The amount of goods re- moved while the fire was In progress was inconsiderable, and Is scarcely worth taking Into consideration. The city has been remarkably quiet during all of this trying time. Hordes of thieves from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and some of the New England cities hurried to Boston with the expect v Hon of reaping a rich harvest of plunder during theexclteaent and confusion which it was but natural to suppose would occur on an occasion of this kind. There was some plundering, but it was done almost entirely by the criminal classes of this city, and before the arrival of their light- fingered brethren from abroad. The amount stolen was inconsider- able, and even much of this was recovered by the police, and the thieves were arrested." The Boston Post saya :— *' Looking over what there remains of Boston, one marvels that the fire did not go on for ever. A view Of the house- tops reveals a forest of mansard roofs, stretching up, angles and towers and cornices of seasoned wood like so many hands rapacious to clutch theflameB. Supported bywon- drously wrought pillar and capital and frieze of the same material, they sit at the top of lordly granite blocks Bke the Old Man of the Sea, to ride them to death. Once grasped, the fire will not leti7e the Mansard roof far a deluge, but revels and riots there, and sends out fresh emissaries of des- truction to its detestable kindred far and wide. An acre of plnewood goes to make the Mansard roofs of one of our fine modern blocks, and a fine fire it makes. This is no fancy nor prejudice, and we rejoice to learn that the property owners on what last week was High street are taking mea- sures to ensure the absence of this abomination in any of the structures to be erected on their land. * The New York Herald says « — " Although Boston has not been under martial law, the good effects of martial law have been felt, and strict military discipline has prevailed In all the arrangements. The mer- « hants who have been burned out are locating them- selves temporarily in other parts of the city, and proceed- ing with their business^ and the property owners only await the laying out of the contemplated new streets over the burned districts to commence the woric of rebuilding. The condemned Mansard roof receives no mercy from the press, and It Is probable that the tasteful 9nlsh will be rsliglotsly discarded in all Boston buildings lot the future. The insurance offices appear to be likely to weather the storm gallantly. Only two suspensions In this city are yet announced, and but few more failures are anticipated. The losses of the New Tork companies ore not heavy considering the amount of property destroyed, being only five millions In all. The foreign companies lose some- what heavily, but they are rich and substantial, and oan afford to stand the loss. A proposal to Increase the Insurance rate has been made as a means of relief to the oompanies, but this would be a step of doubtful expediency, and we do not believe It will be taken. Altogether, the severity of the shock of the great Boston conflagration may be said to have passed away and the people are beginning to console them- selves that the soUd wealth and prosperity of the country has enabled them to meet it so well." A despatch to the New Tork World, dated November 12, says .— " After eight hours of the most Intense excitement and anxiety pervading all classes of people, complete confidence and quiet seems at last to have been restored. The reaction from the strain of mind and body endured by the losi of sleep on Sunday night, and the panic which continued dur- ing Sunday forenoon, set in Iait evening; but the general belief that the city was full of thieves and ruffians, who would, soon after night- fall, begin their work of arson and plunder, led to the prevalence of a feeling of strange, indefinable fear, which was universal through- out the city. Two- thirds of the entire police force of the city were on duty, aided by the military companies, who had entire charge of the burnt district. Never was Kuch vigilance shown in guarding the precincts of the city, ead although the fears of nervous persons were partially realised, and several attempts at Incendiarism were detected and the criminals caught, the night passed away without the occurrence of any systematic or widespread lawlessness. None of the men burled under the falling buildings have Set been rescued. At least seven firemen are believed to are thus perished." The Special Correspondent of the New York World give the following account of the extent of the fire:— Beginning, as one naturally does, from where the Ore stopptd. and skirting the scene of It, It Is nearJy half a mile to the river. The way lies through India- street, and a few of the old warehouses dprcfed to the trade from which the » Vroct took Its name, and which was onoe the mainstay of the commerce of Boston, are standing to the left of It But I ? 0, t part the pllei 01 tosh grey granite outside show what there ' was across the way— newer . repositories of newtr enterprises. The fire did not burn to the water edge on this line, bat the track slants sharply off to the southwards Just grazing the first throe or four wharves and taking In the others. On all those wharves were stored coal; nobody knows how muoh—" 150,000 tons " is tho loose Bostonian estlmato. The eoal Is burning yot. and will burn with the sullen persistency of anthracite lor days and days to come till It be consumed. In the cellars of the burnt warehouses, too, were stored supplies of coal— In many of them the store of the whole winter— and these will burn themselves away. But nothtag less than a hurricane can make them a source of danger. At what was the station of the Boston, Hartford and Erie the flro leaves the store again, having consumed four wharves. Mld- | way from here to Washington- street at the corner of Summer and Kingston- street, Is lis starting point. Here, as. almost everywhere else, the track of the ft e Is not ( jalte that of the street, but It has burnt through the 1 squares. Half the buildings in tho bordering squares— al- though, in strictness cIt - speech, there are no squares In the burnt district— are taken and the other half left. Washing- ton- street Is the Bostonian street of shopB, and It Is hero alone that the fire has touched the retail tradesmon Itls • oaly for a square and a half and on one side that WashlngtoA- • street Is burned, and hero was the only newspaper office • destroyed. For this short distance only can one want along the edge of the fire by a made road. From here the line re- enters just round tho corner of the Old South Church, and does not reappesr along a street until It arrives at the new Post office, at which the fire stopped. It was my fortune to see the ruins of Chicago, as now I aee these ruins of so much of Boston. And Boston has the look of being trie more utter ruin ol the two. We ' begin where the fire stopped at the new Tost- office, and looking southward one sels nothing but ruin as far as sight reaches'through the clouS of smoke, lit on its edges, but not dispelled, by this No- vember sun. At Chicago there was here^ and there a frag- ment— only once or twice an intelligible skeleton from which the body might be reconstructed. £ or the rest It was utter desolation. That imlghty gala which had whirled Chicago from off the face of the earth, had whirled with it over that flat lake of land What had gone to build Chicago. The whole place had been swept by what, to the metaphor which repetition has made a trivial common- place, wo may well call a " besom of destruction." The cellars had been filled up to the level of the streets, but what above that level over those ample squares the fire had not abolhhed the gale had swept away. There was no place, asQL remember, where a coach could not have been driven along the streets so lined with desolation. Hut the sollder buildings 01 Burnt Boston, reared on crooked streets, over sharp ridges and hollows, and driven hy scarcely any wind save what the tremendous suction of the conflagration made, llo, where they fell. There Is no place where one would care' to ride, much less drive, the surest- footed horse, and in fact there was not a horse to be seen fairly within the burnt tract all 1 day yesterday. Underfoot was miscellaneous chaos— heaps and hills of It. For whole squares it was impossible to dis- tinguish the streets from what they had enclosed. In thfe prospect, and to the eye, as I have said, the ruin might have stretched the four miles of the desolation of Chicago in- stead of the reach of a half a mil* which it actually measures. 1 And everywhere, grouped thickly and disorderly together, loomed through the mist which baffled the eye on every hand fragments, integral parts, whole skeletons of what formed last Saturday the most solid and " substantial7' ; congeries of buildings on this continent. These emphasise the emptiness and make more desolate the desolation of thn vast void. It Is wonderful to see, and in the presence of ( t there Is no other phrase that seems so fit as that which the reporters have made a laughing- stock. It Is the work of a " devouring element" Far beyond our seeing, across* this wilderness of rubbish, the fire began which ended here, and • wallowed In its course all that had been so painfully put together through so many years, and secured by every pro- caution that man's device has found out against precisely the danger which befell it. So many men have been so many years In building It, and the fire In spite of all that human organi- sation has done against fire, has unbuilt It in six hours. This unfinished Post- office marks its limit. Hitherto It has come and no farther, and here at last its proud waves weri beaten back by human effort. The caduceus of the messenger god on the facade, with its writhed and scorched serpentsj was keld up between the living and the dead that the plague might be stayed. And here, however It may have been else!- where, the victory Is clearly of human skill, and couraget The Post- office Is roofed and otherwise nearer done than the larger and more fortunately placed but not more command- ing Post- office to City- hall- park. Like that, It Is of gra- nite. The columns at two corners have been burnt out of shape, and one or two of them almost out of existence: by the fervent heat so near it But hero It stands, and now, as on Saturday, with all its openings uncovered and with a network of light wooden scaffolding, which these openings expose to fire, over the whole interior of it The flremen kept it so drenched that the flames which burnt away the granite at the corners did not even char the wood, work within. But In this very praise there lies a reproach. If this building which thus invited destruction by fire not only stands unconsumed but was the bulwark which held back the fire from eating up the whole of Boston, why Is II that a stand was not made on one of the many burnt buildings which were not only bv structure, but by equipment and pre- paration, intended to be fire- proof 1 From here for a stretch of almost half a mile southward were solid squares or polygons ef granite, with here and there a building of marble or of brick. Of these granite buildings It may be said with almost literal exactness that there is not left one stone upon another that Is not torn down. And not only so, but the masslvq stones thus disjointed are disintegrated. 1 picked up and pocketed a piece of marble and o f granite of equal size which lay alongside each other. They had been subjected to the same tremendous test The granite crumblsd under my fingers like caked rice. The marble was as firm as when It was quarried. I All over this track you may see what must amount to millions of bushels of grains of granite the size of l blasting powder, reduced to that state, not by concussion, mark you, for gr& rite splits, and does not disintegrate when ; It Is struck, however hard, by mere heal. It looks as if there, i had been a hailstorm of adamant. Meantime, to this wreck' of granite, the marble building at what was as near as I 1 could make out, the comer of Llndall and Congress streets' stands erect, and to structure uninjured. The fagade. i has not a fissure in it. These warehouses were all superbly built of vast blocks. There Is scarcely anything left' by which we may judge how goodly they were. Most of these great stones have gone to powder, as I said ; but some of them remain to snow cyclopean building. They are [ all seamed. Pick one of these seams with your fingers, and1 off come whole lamina) four or five feet long. A boy can kick one of them into pieces. And here are brick piers standing) unsupported to the height of fifteen or twenty feet to this, waste of granite. The spacious granite - fronts have dla-. solved and disappeared. The brick partition walls and piers stand often uninjured, always uninjured when good mortar has been used to Joto them. From a brick vault I saw a man precariously perched upon a ladder, extracting his books to perfect order, while of the granite which had hidden the brick barely enough was left upon the ground to show what it had been. In one place a brick wall four stories high, and In extent the whole side of a warehouse, stands alone and perfect Of course the next high wind will blow It down, but while it stands it Is an eloquent wltneas to the excellence of the material of which it Is made. In one or - 1 two . places Is to - be seen what was so common a sight to Chicago, a heap of bricks actaally on fire and blazing. But all these bricks are the yellow western bricks, coloured by the sulphur compounded with their clay. Everything seems to have stood better than granite. There are the skeletons of two granite buildings left, and of only two. These are Trinity Church and a small ibullding on the corner of Summer and Sh streets. But both of these are on the edge of the ruins, neither of them felt the full foree of the fire. It swept by them whirling their wood work with It. But of all those granite buildings which were the boast of Boston, and which were really tried to the great furnace whew they were thickest, not one remains to decipher- able outline. St. Stephen's Church, near the river, Is bnitt of the brown stone so common to New York. Three walls of It aEd even the bell- gable at the front are left, so frayed and sesrehed as to make It the moat picturesque ruin In Boston, but sound, aad that can be built from. Around It Is the okaos of granite gravel. The only front left standing bi Washington- street Is marble. There are one or two fiasuresJa It, but every stcne of it Is there. THE CREPS OF 1872. In connection with this subject, which Is one of Increasing anxiety now that tto winter jls so near, Mr. James Caird, a well- known authority, has sent the following letter to The Timet for publication:— It is impossible to view without apprehension the food prospecte of the country as resulting from last harvest and the incessant r. iiua which for so many weeks have rendered the h « * avy wheat lands most unfavourable for the reception of seed. Not only has great loss been sustained in the Northern counties and Scotland by damage to the corn crops during a wet, protracted, and expensive harvest, but it has been found, both North and South, impossible to prepare and sow t. be richer and heavier class of soils, the true wheat lands of the country, in the satisfactory condition nece wary to in- sure a crop. The season is'now so far adv " anced that with a change to fine weather there is not tin to make up all the lost way. But should the wet wu \ ther con- tinue I fear we shall find the harvest of 187.? as un- productive as that of 1853, which was the v, ' orst we have had since the repeal of the Corn Laws, ai. was the consequence of the wet autumn and winter ol' 1852. The loss of property sustained by the farmers ill the. North, in deficient and damaged corn crops, is \ yer7 considerable, but in its influence on the supply of bread to the country we mu « t be careful not to ov> « - esHmate it. The entire wheat crop of Scotland doi « not afford quite one week's consumption of the United' Kingdom, and if even the half of that crop had been lost it could but slightly affect either the price or the supply. We may, therefore, ditmlss that element aa of any very seriousjnoment in considering the food pros- pects of the country in tho coming winter and spring. Ever since the year of tho Potato Famine in 18- 16 the most experienced growers of that root have observed a certain delicacy about the plont in certain circum- stances of weather, which led them to fear that ehould pt any time these adverse electrical conditions of at- mosphere and rain appear in excess the crop would be liable to failure. This showed itself in 1861 and 1862, when the crop was especially defective, and in 1871, when it was probably 30 per cent, below an average crop. But these adverse conditions have culmi- nated in the weather of the summer of 1872, which has proved more unfavourable to the potato crop in England and Scotland than anything we have experienced since 1846, 1847, and 1848. Bad, how- ever, as the matter is, it is not as a national loss to be compared with the almost total destruction of the crop in those years. On rich and low lying Boils in almost every part of this country the crop this year may be pronounced most as defective, probably to the extent of 75 per cent., or more, while on dry soils in open situations the yield, though not great, is comparatively sound and good. It would be rash to offer any esti- mate claiming more than fair conjecture in a matter so uncertain, but I have little doubt that the potato crop of Great Britain will be one million and a half tons deficient. How this is likely to be made good 1 will have occasion presently to explaiD. The failure of the potato is at all times a very serious question in Ireland. Twice the breadth of land in that country is yearly under potatoes as com- pared with this. We grow between five and six hun- dred thousand acres; they plant a million. When the crop is abundant the surplus is sold or given to live stock. When there is scarcity the favourite food is used with that parsimonious economy which is characteristic of the small Irish farmer, and his defective crop is made to suffice. In the three years— 1857, 1S58, and 1859— the Irish potato crop yielded 12,731,000 tons. In the three following years, 1860, 1861, and 1862, 6,748,000 tons, or little more than one- half of each of the three preceding years. There was much poverty and pinching, but no famine caused by three successive years of half crops. The condition of the Irish urn nil farmer and labourer is immensely improved since 1862, and his power of withstanding an adverse season has been strengthened in the same proportion. To what extent is he likely to be called to Buffer in the coming season ! We shall hear with considerable certainty, no doubt, so soon as the official inquiries are completed. My own information, from excellent sources, is that about " half a crop of potatoes will be saved." If that should prove correct past experience showB that Ire- land will cause us little or no additional strain on oi( r food supplies by the partial failure of her potatoe crop, and any portion of it that her wealthier farmers can spare will realize a double price in the English and Scotch porta most accessible to her. I may, therefore, confine my attention to the pro- bable extent of the foreign wheat required for the bread supply of the United Kingdom, and the sources whence the deficiency of potatoes in Great Britain are likely to be made good. Last year I felt myself oblige)! to differ from Mr. Lawes in the estimate of the wheat crop, but this year my own observation leads me to agree with him that it would be unsafe to reckon on a requirement of less than one million quarters of wheat per month to supplement the home growth of the kingdom. Any decided rise in the price of bread would cause a proportionate economy in con- sumption, which, as in the crop of 1867, I will esti- mate at 5 per cent. <? n the total home and foreign supply, by which a saving of fully one million quarters might be effected. On the other hand, we began thfe season with a email stock, and the high price df potatoes will have a tendency to increase the consump- tion of wheat. This brings me to the conclusion that we are likely to require in the harvest year— Septem- ber, 1872, to September, 1873— 12,000,000 quarters of foreign wheat and flour. Now, this is the largest quantity we have ever yei im- ported, and it will be interesting to inquire wh^ hewwe are likely to receive it, and what price it nuy be necessary to pay for it. We shall find thai it Ts not solely a question of price ( though that has muph to do with it), but also very greatly a question fvftether nature has been more prolific in other great- wneat- gTowing countries, and chiefly whether Prance is o* is not a competitor with us as a purchaser. On the latter point the testimony is clear. In the last 15 years thfc three years of highest price were in 1867,1868, and 1871; when the average pnees were respectively 56s. 4dS 63s. 9d., and 56s. 8d, and in each of those years Fr& nc^ was an active competitor with UB. In the foul years 1858, 1859, 186"), and 1866, when the average prices were respectively 44s. 2d., 43s. 9d., 41s. 10oL, and 49s. lid. ( with one exception the lowest price! in the whole period), France gave as from her surplus considerably more than one- fourth of our whole foreign supply. Her turn of good crops seem to have again come round, and we may well congratu- late our nearest neighbour on the bountiful harvest she has reaped this year, for it is not only advantageous to herself, hot beneficial to us in the double quality that it takes her out of the market aa a competitor and has enabled her during the last two months to contri- bute to our wants at a rate of 40 per cent, higher than she has ever previously done in her years of greatest abundance. If I might venture to offer an opinion to the trade in regard to price, I would say that France Is the controlling force. When she is a buyer prices rule high, and in every year when she has had much to sell prices have been moderate. That this 1s likely to prove true" 1 in this present season is shown by the fact that the prices ruling dur- ing the last two months have brought up the unpre- cented supply of 2,581,000 quarters, or at the rate of more than 15,000,000 quarters within the year, an im- port considerably greater than we seem likely to re- quire. This enormous supply has undoubtedly been stio^ ulated by the disastrous accounts of the Northern harvest, and therefore bodings of a total failure of the potatoe crop in this country. I have already stated the very moderate degree in which the loss of the Scotch wheat crop is likely to affect the supply of bread. The great bulk of the wheat crop in England was harvested in fine condition. The deliveries are at present small, but the weather for out- of- door thrashing has been most unpropitious. If the setting in of frost for a time , should close the Russian and Baltic ports and Ame- ! rican canals, and during the winter months the foreign ' j supply should decline, I feel very confident that the home supply will rapidly increase and will carry us in safety to the period when foreign corn will again flow in upon us without stint. But we have still to ascertain whence the loss of a million and a half tons of potatoes is to be made good to the consumer. The foreign imports, which in ' I October, 1870 and 1871, were 1,170 and 3,900 tons re- I spectively, sprang up at once, in October, 1872 to ! 85,400 tons. They come from all quarters in near Continental ports— Prussia, Belgium, and France. Prussia and France, together are believed to grow ; about 25 million tons a year, so that a considerable in- crease in the usual price can hardly fail to draw from so large a source the comparatively small quantity we require. The importers do not appre- hend any difficulty in continuing the present rate of Bupplv so long as the present rate of price is main- tained, and except such interruption as may be caused by frost. £ 6 a ton here for the best foreign potatoes leaves a large profit beyond the usual price to the foreign grower, and will'probably guarantee to us a Ccient supply. The British grower will be a heavy r, but it cannot matter much to the British con- sumer where his money goes if he receives nearly the usual supply at no very greit increase of price. I trust what I have now stated will help to calm the public mind, after so unpropitiouB a season, in regard to the probable supply and price of food during the coming winter. I do Hot see any good reason to ap- prehend either great scarcity or much, if any, advance in price. Ireland, I trust and believe, will be able to sustain herself, and if she has to import a more than usual quantity of Indian corn, the supply is abundant and the price very moderate. My greatest anxiety Is in the prospect of the next wheat crop. The crop of 1867 was worse than that of 1872. and it was also accompanied by a short crop of potatoes, bat the autumn seed timo was one of the best we iave seen, and a large breadth of land was sown in the finest pos- sible condition. This year it ( s very different. An inferior crop is followed by a bad seed time. I would venture to offer a word of counsel. Where tho heavy and damp lands cannot be touched with advantage let the lighter and drier lands on every farm suitable for wheat be now sown with it, top- dressed with nitrate of soda and superphosphate in spring where thought advisable, and if the season is then suitable le t the heavy lands bo BOWD with spring corn. Moat men will naturally think of this, and it seems to me of national importance that it should be speedily and generally acted upon if we are to escape the loss of a large portion of our next wheat crop. The directors of the German Immigration Society he. ld a meeting to New Tork on the 7th of November, wtien the reports submitted showed that to the first ten months « nf the present year 110,888 German immigrants were landed at that p> 9rt, an Increase of 11,820 as oompared with the corres- ponding period last year. THE BABY HIPPOPOTAMUS. Mr. Frank Buckland, writing to Land and Water, zays ''^ y \ l old, has grown tremen- dously. His little brother, whose cast I made, and which is now in the giraffe- house, weighed 991b. Guy Fawkes weighs at least 1601b. now, and is certiunly a great deal bigger than when I saw him this day week. He sucks freely, and has begun to eat of his own accord. The cleverly prepared ' Ridge's Infant's Food ' which Mr. Bartlett concocts for him out of goat's milk and other delicacies, he laps up with avidity. He is a merry little fellow, and when in a frolicsome humour jumps and skips about as if he had just begun to enjoy life. I think he is more like lps father than his mother in face. He continues to follow his mammp, in and out of the water, and has several times remained under water without coming up to blow for 15 to 20 minutes at a time, but Mr. Bartlett is not now alarmed at this as he knows it is the habit of the animal As the mother floats in the water her back looks like a great barrel. Every now and then her young one comes to the surface by her side, opens his great calf- like eyes shakes his ears, fills his lungs with air, and then closes his eyes and sinks down again suddenly without the least noise. He only exposes his head, which he pops down quickly, like a gigantic horse- pond frog. Mr. Bartlett believes that he sucks when under water. The mother, who is very short in her temper, shows great intelligence, cunning, and watchfulness. She has had a row with the gate leading into the bath, when she managed, somehow or other, to champ it open with her monstrous teeth; but they have managed to put this quite right again." The young hippopotamus " Guy Fawkes " completed its third week of existence on Sunday. Mr. Bartlett the superintendent of the Zoological Gardens, being of opinion that it would be safe to admit visitors on Satur- day, the hippopotamus house, which has been closed since the birth or the young one, was accordingly opened, and was thronged from twelve o'clock till four p. m., with visitors eager to catch a glimpse of the latest arrival in the gardens. A number of the FellowB and Members of the Council of the Royal Zoological Society were present at about three o'clock, when the mother was fed. Mr. Bartlett had kept her a little short during the morning, in order that ene might come out of the water when her food was at length brought. His expectations were verified, and for a short time the visitors had a good view of both animal< » , The " baby" is now about two feet high by four feet long, and weighs probably 2 cwt. He has taken nourishment from his mother in a most satisfactory manner during his seclusion, and Is now beginning to pick up a little food for himself. He is slate- coloured on the back and legs, with a pinkish tinge under the belly. On Sunday the appearance of such an unusual number of visitors attending the little one's first lev^ e appeared distasteful to both mother and baby, and they passed most of the day in the tepid bath, only coming up at intervals to breathe. Last week, during some alterations which were being made in the house, the mother got into the outside yard and took her bantling into the cold water. Some apprehension was felt with regard to the effect which the sudden change of temperature might have upon the little one especially as he came out of the water quite cherry- coloured with the cold, but fortunately no evil consequences ensued. The loving anxiety with which the mother watches over her offspring proves that she is not deficient in maternal instinct. Though Bhe manifested no signs of irritation at the presence of such a number of strangers on Sunday, she became obviously uneasy when the little hippopotamus got outside the bars of the cage, and she readied him by a peculiar warning signal, which the keeper says he never disobeys. Mr. Bartlett now thinks that there is no reason why the young one should not arrive at maturity without any mishap. The greatest possible pains are taken to prevent any accident Two animals are under the immediate supervision of Mr. Bartlett, and a keeper is present in the house night and day. A PITEOUS SIGHT AT SEA! A correspondent, writing from Portland last Saturday afternoon, says— A terrific gale has been racing here ever since Friday night, the wind blowing a hurricane from the south- west, with blinding showers of rain, and it has been attended with the total destruction of a schooner and all on board. The sea in the West Bay was unusually rough, the waves dashing with the wildest fury on the Chesil beach. About half- past two o'clock this afternoon a small schooner, of about 120 tons burden, was seen three miles from the beach with part of her mainsail and topsail clewed. She appeared to be coming up Channel, but it was deemed a matter of certainty by the men on shore that she would not be able to get out to sea again, as the wind was dead Srainst her. She rapidly drove towards the dreaded heail Bank, although two or three times the crew en- deavoured to turn her head to sea, but without avail. After this she was steered for the shore, and within an hour afterwards struck, the sea carrying her to within 60 yards of the beach, where the Wyke Coastguard, under the direction of Mr. Merrifield, the chief officer, with the rocket apparatus, and a large number of fisher- men were assembled to render assistance, but the sea was running so high that this was impossible. Shortly after- wards the schooner drove with great force on the shore, and; was carried so high on the beach that ahe was within a stone's throw of those persons who were there assem- bled. One of the men who was in the bow jumped and tried to reach the land, but unfortunately he was unable, an immense wave overtaking and engulfing him, and he was not seen again. Two of the crew held to the rigging:, but every wave broke over them and completely hid the vessel from view. Six or seven seas passed over her, after which her masts gave way with a fearful crash, carrying with them the poor fellows who were clinging to the rigging for safety, while the next sea smashed the hull of the vessel into very small fragments. Only about five minutes elapsed from the time the schooner struck until she was completely made into matchwood, so that there was not time to use the rocket apparatus. It was a piteous sight, indeed, to see the crew of the ship ap- pealing for help to the persons on shore, who, although within speaking distance, were utterly unable to render the slightest aid. Shortly after the vessel had broken up a paper was washed on shore, and by * hiq means fortunately her name was ascertained. She proved to be the Jane Catharine, William Jones, master, of Port Madoo, but from what port she had sailed or whither she was bound cannot be made out. In order to show the violence of the waves on the Chesil beach it may be stated that two or three minutes after the vessel went to pieces the bodyof one of the crew was seen divested i of all clothing. The place where the schooner struck : was off Shanklin Point. ABSORPTION OF THE FRENCH LOAN. We ( Economist,) gather from M. Thiers' statement to the Assembly in[ his Message, that the " classement" of the last loan— that is, its absorption by the investing public, who hold firmly— must have proceeded very rapidly. _ M. Thiere tells us that the French Treasury had received at the date of his Message, either in pay- ments in full or in instalments on account of the loan, the total sum of £ 70,000,000 ; and assuming that at the datehespoke hecouldnot include any portion of thethlrd instalment, which had then only begun to be paid, an easy calculation would show that to give a total receipt of £ 70,000,000, about £ 46,000,000 must have been paid in full. Roughly speaking, onethirdof the£ 140.000,000had been completely paid, while of the remainder rather more than one- fourth had been advanced; so that the French Government had then only three- fourths of two- thirds of the original amount asked for to collect. According to the prospectus, this would have to be done in 18 monthly instalments, two terms out of the original 20 having passed, and each instalment, if no more is paid up in full, will amount to £ 3,900,000. As two of these fall within the present year, the result will be that before the 1st of January the £ 70,000,000 now out- standing of the loan will be reduced to about £ 60,000,000, the French Government thus receiving the enormous sum of £ 80,000,000 in a few months. As the payments In full will no doubt continue, its actual receipts will probably be more, and after a very short time the outstanding balance of the loan will be really Inconsiderable. These facts are In reality more re- markable than the sensational subscription of 43 i mil, liards, which will not soon be forgotten, and give a far jnster idea of the large annual savings of Franoe, which form the ultimate f—\ d- lined for the absorp tion of the loon. r " TRIALS AT BAR." Ttit Tifnet gives the following explanation of a " Trial al Bar " which, associated with the recent prolonged trial, will be of Interest to many readers :— It is settled that in the Tichborne Case there is to be a " trial at Bar." Many persons will ask, " What is a trial at Bar ? How does it differ from an ordinary trial ? What are the reasons for resorting to it, and what are its practical results ?" On this point there ia the more reason for information, because, from the course which has been pursued, it has not been dis cussed. The Attorney- General, in a case in which the Crown authorizes the prosecution, Is entitled to such a mode of trial, and on this occasion he asserted his right This course precluded discussion as to the advantages or disadvantages of the course proposed; but Mr. Justice Blackburn did not hesitate to declare that the inconveniences more than counterbalanced the advantages. This makes the inquiry one of some interest, " What is a trial at Bar, and what actually are its advantages and inconveniences ?" A " trial at Bar" is a trial in one of the Superior Courts before the Court itself, and, therefore, betore the Judges constituting such Court. The advantage obtained is a trial before several Judges. The dis- advantage is that it absorbs moBt of the Judges of a particular Court, and so obstructs other sittings and delays its business. A plurality of Judges was of greater importance in criminal cases, in which bills of exceptions are not admissible, and new trials are only allowed in cases of misdemeanour and in favour of the prisoner. The advantage has always been secured on the Assizes by joining several Judges in the Commis- sion ; and though in ordinary cases single Judges have long been used to sit, even in capital cases, they have the advantage of mutual counsel and consulta- tion. When, however, the practice arose of single Judgee sitting, the practice also arose of reserving points, in criminal cases, for the consideration of all the Judges, and this practice has been established in our own time by statute. When criminal cases of im- portance arose in the country they were provided for by Special Commissions, in which a Judge from each Court could be taken without inconvenience. Thus it was at the trials of the Bristol rioters, , or the trial of Frost and the Chartist rebels. In that ancient criminal court, the Old Bailey the advantage of a plurality of Judges was alwayB obtain- able, because all the Judges were members of the Court, and by taking only one Judge from each of the Superior Courts an excellent Court could be consti- tuted without any inconvenience. Hence, although before the Revolution political cases were often brought into the King's Bench, and the Attorney- General, where the Crown prosecuted, had the privilege of a trial at Bar, almost all criminal cases went to the Old Bailey. No advantage could be obtained in the King's Bench which was not also obtainable in the Old Bailey. No doubt a special jury could be obtained In the Kong's Bench, but then a special jury was only obtainable in cases of misdemeanour, and in any court a " good" jury— substantially the same— could be obtained . even in treason or felony. The jonly reason, therefore, for resorting to the King's Beach was that the Attorney- General could there file an in- formation ex officio, and thus avoid. going before a Grand Jury, who might throw out the bilL Thus it was in the case of the Seven Bishops, who were prose- cuted in that court by Information, and were tried at Ear. After the Revolution, however, hardly any criminal trials at Bar were held in the King's Benclil for criminal cases could be far more conveniently tried at the Old Bailey, and no advantage could be gained by their removal. Almost the only criminal tarCD at Bar in that court during the last century and a half was the trial of RatclLffe, Earl of Derwentwater, who had already been attainted of treason, ^ nd was tried thfre at Bar only on the issue of identity. Since then there has been onlv one criminal trial at Bar, and that was the trial of the Mayor of Bristol, forty years ago, for want of due vigour in the suppression of the . Reform Bill riots. Since then several civil cases have'been tried at Bar, not in this; but in other Courts! It was the usual mode of trying writs of righ£, and the last writ of right was BO tried thirty year" ago In the Common Pleas. • < More than 20wears ago a case was tried at Bar In theExcheqner— fte action against Captain Denman for seizing a ship as a slaver. On that occasion Baroij Parke rather differed from his brethren, though ha waived his doubt and was able to deliver the direction of a united Court. Otherwise the jury might have been embarrassed by opposite rulings, for on a trial at Bar before several Judges, if they differ, each is bound to deliver hiB opinion. This difficulty yrould have arisen in the Alexandra case if it had been tried at Bar, and would have amounted to a dead- lock, for the Court were equally divided. So, in the case of Mr. Eyre, the Lord Chief Justice, after the charge of Mr. Justice Blackburn, declared that he differed, and that if he had known what that learned Judge meant to say he should have attended in his place and de- clared his own opinion to the jury " as in the case of & trial at Bar." However, in this country no criminal trial at Bar h^ occurred for the last 40 years. In Ireland, where the law is similar to ours, Mr. O'Connell was tried at Bar, and hia case illustrated one of the advantages of this mode of trial. It was a case of great length, and, being begun in Term, it was carried on by continuance of the sittings after Term. A question arose as to the regularity of this continuance, but its validity waa affirmed by all the Judges and the House of Lords. This meets the difficulty which arises in the Supe- rior Courts by reason of the statutory limitation of their sittings. But that is a difficulty which only arises in those Courts, and does not arise in the Old Bailey. On account of the superior convenience of that Court it was reconstituted by Parliament forty years ago, with an enlarged jurisdiction, and more recently, under Palmer's Act, power was given to re- move cases into that Court from the Assizes. On the i other hand, the inconveniences of a trial at Bar are BO great, with reference to other business, that the Courts have often Baid it ought not to be allowed, except in cases of " necessity.' The Tiohborne Case was re- i moved in order to obtain a special jury ; but such a jury is not allowed in cases of felony, and ofie of the Indictments is for felony. On the other hand, a " good " Jury could be obtained, as already stated, either in misdemeanour or in felony. It has been supposed that the trial at Bar has some legal advantage in1 point of finality j but this is an error. There is no legal objection to a new trial after a trial at Bar; and in criminal cases new trials are not as a rule allowed at all. A new trial can indeed be applied for by a defendant in a case of misdemeanour, but it may be applied for . eaually after a trial at Bar. It would_ not practically have been obtainable in ancient times, when there were only four Judges in each Court, and all four sat upon the trial. But uow there are six Judges in each Court, and only three are to sit on the trial, of whom one may pos- sibly differ from the others; in such a code it might be difficult to resist an application for a new trial or a reservation for the Court for Crown Cases. In civil cases, it is to be observed, the advantages of a plurality of Judges could only be obtained by a trial at Bar; but in criminal cases it is otherwise, for there Is the Central Criminal Court. The presence of a plurality of Judges is of immense praotical importance in such cases, for the authority of several Judges may induce the suitor to abstain from a bill of exceptions. But in criminal cases no bills of exceptions are allowed, and new trials, even when allowable, are only discre- tionary. Hence there is no practical advantage in a trial at Bar with reference to finality. It should be added that 40 years ago it was provided by statute that trials at Bar. whioh are always held in Term, may be continued after Term, and continued for any time. This provision alone renders it possible to try the Tichborne Case in the Queen's Bench, as the Nisi Prins sittings only last 12 days after Term. But, then, as the trial begins in Term, it occupies a greatpart of the Court at a time when the Judges are required to sit in banco. Intelligence has been received from Corea of a dread- ful famine to that country. Tho Regent has seized all tho crops for the general public benefit, but these do not suffice to feed every one, and multitudes are dying. The Chinese smugglers from Welhai- weJ and the neighbourhood of Uhefoo have bought several Corean girls for their harems, a measure of4mlllet being the price of a young and pretty one. The Bishop of Worcester has addre? aed a letter to the following efTect to the clergy of bis diocese^ The. Hoclety for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts « nd the Church Missionary Society have united to pro- posing that Friday, December 20tb, should be obserred hy all who desire to promote tho missionary eflorts of our Church as a day of prayer for an increased supply of* mis. slonaries. I wish to recommend this proposal to sour best attention. The recent Act for the amendment Of the Act of Uniformity sUows any parts of the Holy Scriptures or Book of Common Prayer to be used as a special form of service in church upoc U » oo » dcw A 8ATUBDAY7X0V. 30, 1871 THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES, THE TICHBOKNE CASE. _ 0< i Friday, at the sitting* of the Queen's Bench, in co. before the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice ' tm, » nd Mr. Justice Mell'fr, this case came on The object of the application was to settle the question as to the mode and time of trial. Ithadbeen removed from the Central Criminal Court for the pur- pose of obtaining a special jury. It was then found, however, that a difficulty arose as to the duration of the trial, special jury ca « ea being ordinarily taken out at Term, and the statute ( 1 William TV., cap. 70) re- gulating trials out of Term limiting the time to 24 days, 12 here and 12 at Guildhall. Thereupon, an ap- plication 7u made early this Term, on the part of the defendant, for a trial " at Bar,-— i. e., a trial at the Bar Of the Court, which may be held in Term, and under that Act may be continued out of Term for any period appointed by the Court. It is the privilege of the Attorney- General, as representing tie Crown, to ob- tain a trial at Bar in any case in which the Crown undertakes the prosecution, as B the case in the pre- i sent instance, and accordingly— as was now stated— there was such a trial in Ireland) where the law is | similar— in the case of Mr. O'ConnelL The applies- ! tion in the present case now came on to be disposed of. | The Attorney- General appeared on the part of the Crown, and said as it was nis privilege in such a case as this to obtain a trial at Bar, as a matter of | course, cm bis own application, he thought it right to appear on this application, although he had withdrawn from the conduct of the case, to Intimate that on the part of the Crown he assented to the application. There were, no doubt, extreme inconveniences in a trial at Bar; " but, on the other hand, there was one great advantage attending it— the advantages of finality, which it was peculiarly desirable to obtain in toe present case. It was very doubtful whether the trial oould be held in a way so advantageous without a • pedal Act of Parliament, and there were natural ob- jections to a special Act being obtained for the purpose of a particular cast", as it bore the appearance of an ex post facto law. On the whole, he thought the reason of convenience predominated m favour of the appli- cation, and therefore he assented to it, BO far as it re- lated to a trial at Bar. The Lord Chief Justice assented to these obser- vations observing that it was the right of the Attorney- General. Mr. Justice Blackburn, however, observed that he should be disposed to think that the practical in- conveniences of a trial at Bar predominated over the advantages. Mr. Serjeant Sleigh, who ( with Mr. H. Browne) appeared for the defendant in support of the appli- cation, said that as it was assented to on the part of the Crown, of course he withdrew his application. The Lord Chief Justice: Then all that now remains is to make the best arrangement possible for the trial of the case. As to this— for reasons I mentioned the other day— it seems impossible that the trial should be held earlier than the commencement of next Term, and as it would be necessary to wait until the first few days of these are over, during which motions for new trials are made, itcould not come on earlier than thefifth day of Term. The continuation of the trial after Term will be the next question which will arise for the con- dderation of the Court. As to this, the difficulty that will arise is as to the Spring Circuits, which, after Term, require the attendance of most of the Judges. However, that must be considered in due time. Mr. Hawkins, Q. C., who, with Mr. Serjeant Parry, appeared for the prosecution, said he need do no more than assure the Coi " " - , ment of the time of the trial unreserve.—., of the Codrt itself, satisfied that they would make the best possible arrangement, consistently with the public convenience. Mr. Secant Sleigh, suggested whether the trial had not better begin after next Term, but The Lord Chief Justice said there would then arise a greater difficulty as to the continuance of the trial, because then thbre wduld be only a month before the Circuits commenced. There would then arise also difficulties as to adjournment oF the trial; difficulties It would be better to avoid. He thought it was better for the interests of justice to avoid an adjournment, and to let the trial, when once commenced, go right on to its conclusion. Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Serjeant Sleigh assented to this. The Lord Chief Justice observed that there were two indictments for perjury, and it would be necessary to have them tried Dy separate juries. It would be convenient, therefore, that thq counsel for the prosecu- tion should before the trial came on make their elec- tion on which indictment for perjury they would pro- ceed. ( Counsel assented.) He would add that the Master reminded him that fifteen days' notice of trial was required. Mr. Hawkins assented, but as to the continuance of the trial after Term be reminded their Lordships that in the case of O'Connell, which was tried " at Bar " in Ireland, there had arisen an objection to the con- tinutnee of the trial, which was one of the grounds of error. [ The objection, however, was only to " the form " of the notice of continuance, and it was entirely overruled by the Judgesand the House of Lords.] He did not say that it was a valid objection, but he thought it right to mention it. ~" he matter then dropped. NEXT SESSION* AFLOAT ON A WRECK. The £ irw% ing\ an Pott states that it has received from a private correspondent an account of the Min- isterial programme for next Session. The writer pro- fesses to speak on authority, and expiesses his opinion that the Government will not thtnlr hia announcement of their intentions pr? mature or ill- judged. First there is to be a dissolution— this " on undoubted authority." The period of dissolution depends upon the House of Commons. If the Government retains a fair working majority in the Lower House, the general election will be postponed until the autumn. If, on the other hand, the Ministerial measures should be met by factious opposition, ar if the Gladstone administration should be placed in a minority in the Lower House by an accidental combination of parties, the necessary business of the Session would be hurried through, and we have a general elec- tion some time between the hay harvest and the in- fathering of cereals. The Ministerial policy is to be Radical: Government " have determined upon a line of action which will be especially agreeable to thorough- going Liberals below the gangway and the larger popular constituencies." The leading measures determined upon by the Cabinet are four— a Local Taxation Bill, a Land Bill, a Bill to Amend the English Education Act, and a Dublin University BilL The Local Taxation Bill will be to the Seesion of 1873 what the Irish Church Bill was to the Seesion of 1869, and the Irish Land Bill to that of 1870. Land has enormously risen in value of late years, through the combined influence of the increase of population and wealth and the gold discoveries, and this relative rise in value has not been overtaken by the means of local taxation. Yet the landowners are steadily combining to throw off much of the burden of local taxation from their shoulders and to place it on those of the community at large. This attempt Mr. Glad- stone and his colleagues have solemnly determined to resist. The owners of house property, on the other hand, have real grievances to complain of, and the occupiers of nouses in towns and lands in the rural districts are sometimes unjustly affected by local rates and burdens. These latter classes will be materially relieved by the Government mea- sure, and the Premier must prepare accordingly to brave the wroth of the squirearchy. Mr. Gladstone will not be deterred by the apprehension of defections The SL John ( New Brunswick) Telegraph gives an account of the wreck of the schooner SerioU, which failed from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, on the 8th of August last for Demerara. Soon after getting to sea she encountered a severe hurricane, and was thrown on her beam- ends, necessitating the cutting away the masts. The vessel then became unmanageable, the sea breaking over the wreck, and waves were constantly washing over the men. Food and water could not be got at On the 31st of August the gale abated, and on the following day the men succeeded in breaking _ a hole through the deck sufficiently large to admit the arm of a seaman, who reached down and drew forth a small quantity of flour i from an open barrel. Flour moistened furnished the only food they had taken since the vessel was disabled. The captain and a seaman named Lewis Leather were too much reduced to eat flour. On the 2nd of Septem- ber one of the men caught Bome small fish, ana they ate them raw, first sucking the blood from them to quench their intolerable thirst They oould only obtain one or two after fishing all day. On the 5th of September a turtle ooming alongside the vessel was captured, and the blood and flesh of 1 the fish were divided. The captain, the cook, and Leather were fast sinking. On the Gth, two quarts of rain water were caught by spreading I oil cloths on the deck, which served to moisten their lips and tongues. On the Sunday morning following Leather died, and the captain became delirious, and continued in that condition until the 11th, when he expired. The survivors remained on the wreck until the 15th of September, when they were taken off by Captain Sears, of the brig Eliza Stevens, from Boston, ana carried to Martinique. The cook died after being transferred to the brig, but the rest have recovered through the careful treatment of Captain Sears. This is, no doubt, the vessel which was reported some time back by a bark at New York as the Sir Jolly. A correspondent points out that the obituary of Tht Timet of Thursday In Ust week recorded the deaths of nlnt persons, whose united » ges were 770 yean, giving an average of over S6J jean to each. The demand for lace, set by the present fashions in nrfWiiery and dressmak ng. has given i decided Impulse to hand- made lace, and the prospect is that the demand has been permanently enlarged by the prevailing fashlona As a sign of the times, it may be stated that a young Jew, Mr. Lionel D. Rosenthal, of Dublin, has Rained the Junior Freshman Exhibition Prise at Dublin University, value ££ 0, tenable for two yean. There were forty com- petitors. In nearly all the Presbyterian churches on Sunday special references was made to the life and influence of John Knox, in connection with the tercentenary commemoration of his death. A service of gold plate, of the value of £ 3,000, and an address, have been presented by the members of the Bram- ham Moor Hunt to Mr. George Lane Fox, who has been master of the hunt for twenty- four years. Professor Tyndall went to the United States to lecture. An account is given of his dltait at Boston before the Are had made it too hot The subject, singularly enough, was Heat." It is said that Mr. Childs, proprietor of the Phila- delphia Ledger, has made Mj. J. Gordon Bennett, proprietor of ih& Heraid the offer of tiro million dollars, £ 100,000 for the copyright of that paper, and it has been refused. The accounts of the game shot this season at Sand- rirgham hare been greatly exaggerated. Not more than three thousand head were killed, and of these a very small proportion consisted of hares and rabbits. M. Courbet has commenced a grand picture of the overthrow of the Colonne YendOme. It has been bought by a German prince. " Oh, what a faU was there would bean essentially happy motto for the frame. The amount received for admission to the " Wallace Monument, on the Abbey Craig, near Stirling, for the year ending Martinmas, 1872, Is £ 119 Ss. Last year the amount was £ 111 10s. 6d., thus showing an Increase this year of £ 7 12s. 6d. Queen Victoria has sent a donation of £ 400 for tha relief of the sufferers by the inundations in Italy. Mr. W. H. Smith, the member for Westminster, has returned from his lengthened tour through Canada and the Fulted States. A committee is being formed at Brighton, which wil shortly make a national appeal for funds to build a memo- rial church to the la to Rev. John Purchaa A singular society has been founded at Mlndra, Jl Westphalia; its object is to give its mtmben " a musks! fan em.' In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday morn- ing, the Lord Chief Justice, seeing the Attorney- General In court, said— We have been considering, Mr. Attorney- General, what should be done in the case of the Queen v. Castro. We have considered, in the first place, that, desirable as it is that the case should be taken at the earliest possible moment, we find, as I have already Btated, that it is out of the question to hope that it can be taken this term ; and that being so. we have had to consider whether it can be taken in Hilary term. A serious obstacle presents itself to that because there is reason to doubt whether, if we begin the trial in that term, we can go on with it and dispose of it before the com- mencement of the ' sprint? circuits ; and if we have three judges sitting engaged in try iug this case, great incon- venience will arise in making the necessary arrange- ments for the spring circuits. It seems to us that, as the case has already stood over for so lone a time, the best way will be to postpone it until next Easter term. Four days of that term will be required for hearing motions for new trials; but on the fifth day we can commence the trial, and proceed with it to the end, without the risk of interfering with the summer circuits. The Attorney- General: I am much obliged to your lordship for the information. I will let Mr. Hawkins know your determination. The Lord Chief Justice : I have made the statement because I thought it for the convenience of all parties that they should know as early as possible what day we have fixed for the trial. Mr. Justice Blackburn: Of course the defendant must be informed of the day. The Attorney- General: I will let Mr. Gray, the solicitor to the Treasury, know your lordships' deci- sion, and be will at once communicate with the solicitor on the other side. The Lord Chief Justice : We can draw up the rule next term. carry his measure through the Commons, or if^ as a Money Bill, it should be rejected en grot by the House of Landlords, local taxation will come to the front as the chief hustiBgs topic at the next general election. It was originally intended that the Laud Bill should be introduced in the Hctaae of Lords by the new Lord Chancellor. It has, however, been decided that the Land Bill shall be brought into the Commons by the Attorney- General. Public opinion has to be formed, if not created; in regard to cheap and speedy transfer of land, and Sir John Coleridge, who has often com- plained of the languid interest taken by the publio out of doors in questions of law reforni, will have a splendid opportunity of arousing and concentrating public at- tention inpon the land laws. A proposal that land should pass as readilv as Consols or a share in a ship is sure to alarm the lawyers, while an attempt to re- strict the system of entails cannot fail to be unpalat- able to1 our hereditary legislators. It is more than probable, therefore, that the first legislative endeavour of any Government to go to the root of the land ques- tion will be tentative and unsuccessful, and that land reform will also be one of the unsettled questions of the year 1873. Mr. W. E. Forater will bring in a Bill to tunend the 25th section of the English Educa- tion Act, so as to satisfy the fair claims of the Dis- senters >^ and the Education League. The Dublin University Bill will be only an instalment of an Irish Education Bill. It will abolish University tests, but the pretensions of the Irish Roman Catholic hierarchy will be lgft to be dealt with by the constituencies of the United Kingdom. A Government Bill for transferring Irish railways to the State, and for enabling the Com- missioners to construct new branches and links, so as to give unity and completeness to the railway system of the sister country, will be one of the measures of the THE PELSALL HALL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. MOST AY. The work of bringing up the eighteen bodies found bn Friday night was not completed until nearly eleven o'clock yesterday. The nineteenth still remains un- discovered, but is supposed to be'buried beneath a mass of rubbish at the foot of Jigger- hill. About one o'clock on Saturday morning the explorers had succeeded in bringing seven bodies to the surface, and were conveying another along the roadway when their lights were extinguished by choke damp, and they were compelled to leave the corpse they had with them and run for their lives. Mr. A. Lindop and Mr. J. W. Baker, two of the party, were severely affected, and it was found necessary to take the former home. Yester- day he had recovered sufficiently to return to the pit. On Friday night various experiments were tried under direction of Mr. J. P. Baker, Government Inspector, for expelling the damp, but without success until about four o'clock yesterday morning, when, by means of a new cross heading, the ventilation was restored, and it was found possible to resume the work of clearing the roadway. It was nine o'clock, however, before the heading where the bodies were was reached, and in less than two hours more they were all brought to the surface and removed to the " Station Inn," where oak coffins provided by the proprietors were in readiness. CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS. A St. Louis paper says:—" Half- a dozen murderers arc In this city, awaiting the tedious formality of acquittal." A naked insane man was reoently caught near A western paper puts it gently by saying that" fifty- four persons took up their residence in the cemetery at Lafayette last week." Taxation is said to bear equally on all classes, from the fact that it hardly presses on the rich and presses hardly on the poor. The Boston Globe publishes the following man'tri for the beiieflt of lady readen:—" Never turn round in the street to seo what another girl wean, because you will And her doing the same thing." Thb inhabitants of llhode Island are wasting time in going'up in small detachments In a balloon, when U they'd Just pass the blade of a penknife under the state, they might aUgoiup together. A young Connecticut lady was lately taken aback when her swain got npon his knees before her and read a de- claration of love which he had nicely written oil. Almost as bad a* some M. P.' s. A . popular essayist Bays:—" Perhaps the great triumph of all moral writings, including sermons, is that, at lenst, they have produced some sweet and innocent sleep." A daily contemporary philosophises thus: " Without doubt, had Adam been an Englishman, his condition, with nothing to grumble at, and no ' good old times' to look back upon, - would have been the extremo of misery." A Danbury man's horror, at the prospect of being crushed to death by a team of frightened hones, was terribly Intensified by the reflection that " he was standing on the very VBrge of eternity without a dollar In his pocket. An evangelist has been preaching in Hartford, who a few years ago was known as the " wickedest man" in Philadelphia, bat wone ones have multiplied so fast there that he considered himself pious In comparison and entered the ministry. Th6 approaching nuptials of a favourite American lady lecturer have lately been announced in the following manner" Letty Hough will never lecture any more In pub- llo. She has made a permanent engagement. His name Is Gregory. She will henceforth privately lecture Gregory." The New York Commercial Advertiser, on the presi- dential day, gave the following advice to its readen :— " Don't vote oftener than once if you can help It. but if the ruling passion becomes too strong lor you, submit like a man, remembering that it Is better to vote ottener than not to vote at all/* Not long since a relic- hunter among the ruins of Pompeii found a small piece of papyrus, on which could be tractd the faint outlines of a yoong man of noble appear- ance. Great excitement ensued among the vlrtuosL A com- mittee of one hundred savants sat npon it f6r three weeks, and at length pronounced it a portrait of one of the Early Fathers, by no less a hand than Scriblerius Daublus, temp. 99 AD. During the furore a Californlan tourist, examining the back of the picture, found this inscription:— Messn. B. and Co., photographers. He looked at the face again] " Ah!" said he, " can it be— yes— no— why, bless my soul, It's Smith, the hatter, of our town. He was married at seven- teen, a father before he was eighteen, and in that sense Smith was an Early Father." Tha Lords of the Admiralty have approved of a site ] being selected within the precincts of Greenwich Hospital , for the monnment to the memory of the officers and men , of the Royal Navy who fell in the New Zealand war of 18G3 64. The gnarled and curly grain of the wood of a walnut stump renders it very valuable for cabinet work. Many old ftumps have been dug up, the lumber from one of which has been " sold for as much as £ 30."— The Garden. • The Right Hon. John Bright, with Mrs. Bright, are now at, Llandudno. Tbey intend staying a few weeks, as they usually do at this season of the year. The right hon. gentleman is said to be looking remarkably welL A canine epidemic has broken out in the district of Garrlck- on- Sulr. One hundred animals are reported to be suffering from Its effects, and deaths are in the rate of about twenty per cent. Shivering, vomiting and choking are the chief symptoms of the disease. Jouer d VGtage is the last game of the gamins of the Paris Buttes Chaumont. They prop up one of their com- panions, supposed to be a gendarme, against a wall, and pre- tend to thoot him. The game is unpopular with the pollco, who have put a stop to it. The Bishop of Winchester, speaking in Camberwell on the occasion of re- openlng the National Schools, spoke very strongly on the subject of using the ratepayers' money in building unnecessary " opposition schools." He designated Eight men belonging to the Himalaya troop « Up which arrived at Devonport a few days aso, wero drowned last Saturday morning by the eapslxlng of a boat In Hamoazs. The Michigan Central Railway Committee is plant- ing a row of American chestnut trees at all available points ahcglts entire hue. It is rumoured that the Vicar of Brighton has bought the freehold of St. James's Chapel, held by the late Rev. J. Purchaa The Board of the Inland Revenue acknowledges as " Coosdenoe Money * the receipt of the tint half ofnotos for ££ 0, for unpaid Ineoroo- tax. Forty paper knives, made from the wreck of the Royal George were recently sold by suction In London. They fetched 2s. 6d. How low our naval greatness is fallen t The Cross Gazette announces tho dismantling of the fort ill cation of Bltche in the Vosges, the siege of which continued till the ooncluafnn of peaco. Tho citadel alooo will be preserved. A colony of English sparrows settled in Reading, Pennsylvania, a year or two ago, slnco when they have ta- creascd so largely, that now every street in the city is said to be alive with their cheerful twittering. Previous to leaving Balmoral the Queen visited con- sldenble nambers of poor people in the neighbourhood of Balmoral, and distributed among them blankets and other warm clothing. A learned pundit in India has, it is said, formed an association In Benares for teaching the young men of India A few days ago a servant in the employment of a farmer in Perthshire, while baking, mixed among the oat- meal, by mistake, a virulent poison instead of carbonate of soda She eat a portion of the bread henelf, and also gave pieces to a1 little girl and a dog. All three became 11L The servant and the dog recovered; but the little girl died on An open competition for 100 situations as Assistant of Excise In the Inland Revenue Department will be held in London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Glasgow, Dundee, Cork, Galway, and Belfast, on the 10th of January, 1873. The subjects are— hand writing, orthoerppby, arithmetic ( to vulgar and decimal fractions), and English composition. A fee of 15a will be required from each candidate. On Sbnday ( says the Edinburgh Daily Review) a cer- tain well- known reverend doctor, after reading from the pulpit s^ vek- al announcements referring to Christian work in connection with his own church, said ho had received a great many other notices with requests that he would Intimate them to his congregation, but as he was not a Sunday edition of the ffprth British Advertiser, he declined to do so. Councillor John Fawcett, of Huddersfield, met with his death in a shocking manner on Saturday. Accompanied by a cotton spinner, named Whitely, ho was superintending the operations of a body of workmen at the ruins of an old mill, wKlch was set on Are about a week ago, when the roof fell with a loud crash, burying both gentlemen beneath the dibris. , When extricated Mr. Fawcett was dead, and Mr. Whitely tembly injured. \ Tho anniversary of the execution of the Manchester Fenians was celebrated on Sunday by a demonstration in Glasnevin Cemetery. Some thousands of men, headed by Mr. John Nolan of tho Amnesty Aisoclation, assembled in the cemetery, and proceeded to tho cross erected to the memory of Allen, O'Brien, and Larfein. Here one or two In- flammatory speeches were delivered. They then visited In turn tho graves of other noted Fenians. No disturbance took place. Lord Harris died on Saturday, at his seat— Belmont, near Favenham, Kent— in his 63rd year. George Francis Robert, Baron Harris of Seringapatam and Mysore, O. C. S. L, D. C. L., was the third Baron, his grandfather. General Harris, who commanded the English troops at the siege of Serlnga- Stam, having been raised to tho Peonge in 1815. Lord irris was in succession Governor of Trinidad and of Madras. SPUTTERINGS FROM " JUDY'S" PEN. RUSHING FOR GOLD! There has been in Queensland what is known as a " rush for gold." When intelligence of a new gold- field reaches the diggers, it matters little whether the news is fake or true. Mtn whose fortune often de- pends upon one lucky chance, are apt to be quickly led away and to seek out new fields long before they have any certain intelligence of their exist- ence. The supposed new field which has caused this latest " rush" is situated in the north- east of the colon; of Queensland, and his known as Charters Towers. The climate of the place is un- healthy, and the district is so unsettled that any sudden influx of large numbers of personals sure to be attended with suffering and deprivation. But these facts did n^ t deter the adventurous seekers after gold. Glowing accounts of the richness of the country gained circulation, and It came to be believed that " with a pick- axe, a spade, and a tin dish," a m » n could easily make his fortune. Of course the accounts were untrue, and of course the " rush'i proved most disastrous. From the Melbourne Argus we leain that a large amount of distress has conse- quently been caused. In a very shot time after the g'. ' wics reports were circulated, there were 4,0* 30 or 5,000 on the field. Most of these adventurers were nearly destitute, and the result was, starvation became imminent. The Queensland Government was com- pelled to serve eat rations, and the Australian Steam - Navigation Company, which carried many to Towns vflle,^ had to take them back « * greatly reduced fares. THE FUNEBAL'OBSEQUIES, The funeral obsequies of twenty of the victims of the great colliery disaster took place on Monday afternoon. The scene was one which will never be foisotten by those who witnessed it. From an early hour, in spite of a drenching rain and bitterly cold wind, thousands of persons thronged the neighbourhood of the church. The service was timed for two o'clock, but it was nearly three before the whole of the bodies arrived. Many of them during the night had been removed to their homes. The first to arnve at the church ( which was re- served for relatives and mourners) was that of Frank Dilkes, 18. The njournera and pall- bearers were all young men of about the same as deceased. The next was that of ThomaB Starkey, aged 70, the onlv one which was conveved to its last resting place in a nearee. The names of the others who were buried are Richard Hyde, 28; Charles Asbury, 28; George Cassell, 27; John Starkey ( son of the above Thomas Starkey) 28; Joseph Hollis, 21; John Roberta, 15; Steven Lawson, 12; Charles Cape well ( no age given); Edward Williams, 37: Michael Cash, 47; Charles Cash, his son, 15: - John Ma ter, 43; Georce Ball, 38 ; Tbamas Hawkes » he was as far away. too. or All cock ( no age given); John Hayward, 38; ThomaB Hollis, 28 ; Thomas Starkey, 12 ( the grand- son of the above Thomas Starkey); Thomas Coleman, 17— Coleman and Malter were Roman Catholics. John Hubbart, 17, was buried on Sunday at Aldridge parish churdb. In the course of the service on Monday the Rev. J. Turner made a few remarks on the great calamity which had called them together. He alluded to the Uncertainty and shortness of life, and impressed on all the necessity of being in_ reaainess. The discourse created a profound impression. At the grave a most harrowing scene was presented. The sorrowing relatives pressed forward to get a last look as the coffins disappeared one after another. Many of the women fainted away. The immense multitude observed a decorous silence and gradually dispersedafter the ceremony was over. GENTLE and Simple— Tho bait and the fish. A WAITING Race— The next generation. A PXESS Gang— Printers' Devils. THE SHORT HOURS' MOVEMENT.— DO all Baby linen ware houses belong t « the Early Clothes- ing Association ? WHAT is to be ?— Why, a verb. MAN IS a mister, bat woman Is a mystery. THE most popular Woman's Paper— A paper of pins. THE man who Works with a " Will "— The Probate Judge. THE Acrobats of eveiy Household— The pitcher and tumbler. QCERY — If a sailor Ifes been travelling on horseback, can it be said that he rowed f THE most Important needlework ever done In the world Is supposed to have been done by the mariner's compass. CONSOL INQ, VERT!— An aged relative of J0DT S, who has money in the Three per Cents., on being told that the Bank authorities had " increased their reserve," remarked that " she was sorry to hear it, for it was very difficult to get any information out of them, at the best of times." THEATRIOAL MEM.— A very striking actor Is pretty certain to make a great hit I ! AN over- zealous hostess killed an irritable guest with kindness; until, seeing unmistakable signs of weariness upon his face, she said, " I hope y^ u are quite at tase." " Quite at ease— no, ma'am, I'm not— because you are." The lady pondered long and painfully over it, but with no result. " THE Irish Frieze Overcoats," says an advertisement. " Well!" aald FDRNIBOT, " there's no accounting for taste, or some people's grammar; but ue fries fish and wars over- coats. SCENE—- Evening Party. Miss Plurrington. ^ Dear Gussr, and held for some time the office of Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales. He married, In 1850, Sarah, second daughter of the Yen George Cummins, Archdeacon of Trinidad, and leaves issue George Robert Canning, a minor, who succeeds to the title, and a daughter. Frauds Charlotte The Bonapartist element in the French army ap- pears to be causing considerable uneasiness to the Republican authorities at Versailles. It is stated that a process of " weeding " has been going on in the army for some time past; ana three non- commissioned officers have Just been reduced to the ranks by Marshal M'Mabon for soliciting tho signatures of their men to an address to the Empress on the occasion of Salnte- Euglnle. The degraded soldiers have been dispatched to Algeria for disciplinary punishment, and the colonel of the regiment— the 67th of the Line— has received a severe reprimand. In a case before the Court for the Consideration of Crown Casts Reserved a curious defect In cur law has been revealed. A prUoner had been convicted of stealing, but a point was reserved at the trial. When the case came on for argument on Saturday, the Crown was represented by three counsel, one of them being the Attorney- General. Against ; this formidable array the prisoner had no one to represent him, and the points In his favour remained "* ment. The Lord Chief Baron very properly In strong terms on the defect In our system, and pointed out : how much better it would be if the Court had power to I assign counsel In such cases. All must agree with the Chief Baron. " The wedding outfit," says the Figaro, " for the eldest daughter of Mastapha Pasha, the future bride of Khalll- Shenf Pasha, is said to be of the most splendid de- scription. Four carriages and six hones have been sent to Constantinople to complete her equipages. The number of robes ordered from fashionable dressmakers in Paris a lace veil to be worn on the wedding- Mr. Gladstone, who was one of the earliest patrons of the Liverpool College, Is announcod to dellvor the prises to the pupils on tho 21st Docember next. This will be the second occasion on which the Premier has performed this duty. powors to establish a " Tribunal of " Commerce," with per- mission to appoint arbitrators and Judges on disputed ques- From April 1st to the 23rd instant the Exchequer receipts amounted to j£ 43,606,662, as compared with £ 41,040,683 in the corresponding period of last year. During tho same time the expenditure was £ 14,733,333. On Satur- day last the balance in the Bank of England was £ 4,726,163, and In that of Ireland about a million and a qoartor. On Tuesday, tho first annual meeting of the National ilon for Improving the Education of Won - • • - the rooms of the Society of Arts, I presided, and amongst the speakers Mr. W. D. Christie, Canon Barry, Miss Emily Davies. i the Rev. W. Arthur. A publio meeting was held on Monday night in the Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield, under the auspices of the Land Tenure Reform Association. There was a fairly numerous attendance. Speeches were made denunciatory of the if tenure — « •— » —-• — - darings trary to the will of the people. A Liberal MP. appeals to the public spirit of all the respectable classes of the metropolis as to whether It 1* not time to put an end to Sunday demonstrations In Hyde Park, and he adds:—" Pray let our Government put an end to such scenes, for they are really too bad to be any longer tolerated with impunity by the respectable classes of society " On Monday 300 farm labourers proceeded to Liver- pool from Dorset and adjacent county ), en route tor Brazil, £ 4,000 having been advanced by tho Government of that country for the freo settlement of the men inCananea Colony. The Emperor has through his Minister of Agriculture, ap- pointed Mr. T. Alsop, farmer, of Leamington, as emigration agent, being anxious to Introduce into his country the British system of husbandry. Some anxiety iB felt as to tho preservation of the which It is intended to define accurately all rights relative to monuments, whether Christian or profane, standing on pri- vate property. But unless this law recognises and expressly declares the public and ecclest Jtlcal character of the cata- THE MARKETS, MAsK- LANE.— MONDAY. At Mark- lane to- day there has been an absence of anima- tion in the trado. English wheat has been in limited supply, and the general quality has been Indifferent. Fine samples have been quite as dear, otherwise the da. uand has been Inao- tive. Prices have been without alteration. With foreign wheat the market has been fairly supplied. Although not active the trade has been firm, and One samplss b avo been quite as dear. There has been a moderate supply of barley on offer. Fine malting parcels have been steady in vahie and demand. Other sorts have been dulL Malthas been disposed of at about late rates. Oats have been In good supply and moderate request, at previous quotations. Malse has sold at late prices. Beans hare' changed hands quietly, on formor terms. There has not been much Inquiry for peas. Flour has sold slowly, but at full prices. MARK- LANE.— WHJKESDIR. The grain trade at Mark- lano to- day has been in a quiet stato The supply of English wheat is limited, and the quality Indif- ferent, but therolsa good show of foreign. Fine qualities are quite as dear. With barley the market has been moderately supplied. Fine malting qualities have been firm in value and demand. Other sorts inactive. Malt has sold at late races. Oats have charged hands to a fair extent on former terms. Maize has been quiet at late rates. Bonus and Peas have been dulL Flour has been quiet, but firm. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.— M0K » « T. The cattle trade to- day has boen characterised by depre* slon. Ths supplies of stock have been moderate and suffi- cient for requirements, whilst, with a slow Inquiry, prices have had a drooping tendency. Very few foreign beasts hare been on sale, and their condition not being prime priccs have been Irregular. From our own grazing districts the receipts have been on a fair average scale, but there has been a pre- ponderance of middling breeds Eren the best Scots hare sold slowly, and have been with difficulty disposed of at 6s 8d. to 5s. lid. per 81b , whilst middling qualities havs been decidedly him, and the points In his favour remained without argu- fa m. per81b, have boon docldedly ment. The Lord Chief Baron very properly animadverted lower than on Monday last. From Leicestershire wo rctolvcd about 1 300, from Norfolk, 14, from other parts of England about 800, from Scotland IOC, Including 46 from Aber- deen, and from Ireland 800 beasts and 600 oows. Not- — Judy, EPITOME OF NEWS, BRITISH AND F0BEIGN. MOTOAT. The search for the missing man, Wm. Richards, is being prosecuted with vigour. The whole of thehead- lugs and workings have been explored, but without success. A heading has also been thurled through the Jigger, where he is supposed to be concealed under the rubbish and mass of fallen roof. This evening a town meeting was held at Walsall, under the nreaidency of the Maysr. There was a large attendance, and among the speakers was Mr. C. Forster, MP., who moved a vote of sympathy with the bereaved. He alluded to the necessity for scientific education among a mining population, and expressed his belief that the Mines Regulation Bill of last session would result in great good. Further contributions to the relief fund were an- nounced amounting to £ 600. " Tbres perch placed in a dark well in the interior of a gaol two years ago were recently found to nave become perfectly bond, and th » lr natural ooleur bleached to almost transparency. The flsh w*% othsrwtse In a perfectly healthy condition '-. ISIWICM fgper. " T rr* && M'sst'" at" h *• l. boara, '" Mofkm Z^ lud IUI1.„ onKMoot » o, l, lo, tai& yS& BjSSrrSt1on their hi rafp^ L " EI1! ! j" B" u* As the source of the Nile. The number of penny stamps ( other than postage stamps) issued to the public In the financial year ending the 31st of March, 18C8, was 140^ 71.4Ca In the next year. 1883- 69. the number was 112, Ml 810. In the year 186fr70 It was 146 0> 9 640. In the year 187ft71 U was 150,933.015. In the year 1371 72 ft sprang up to 1C2 2S2.202. An inquest was held at Sherington, near Olney, Bucks, on Saturday, on the body of an old man named James B OIL The deceased was a road- mender and was engaged In his ordinary occupation when a farm labourer named Sharp* ( who had that morning been discharged Irom his employment for Idleness and Incompetence) came up and killed the unfostunats deceased with a blow frc- m a large straw fork. Sharp afterwards attached two othet road menders, one of whom is seriously Injured. A verdict of ** Wilful Murder " was returned against Sharp*. amounted to thirty ; a lace veil to be worn on the weddlng- day, ordered at Brussels, will cost 20,000fr. The complete furniture of two rooms, provided by a Paris upholsterer, is , valued at 60.000fr. Besides all the jewels offered by Khalll Pasha, the Princess will wear, on the day of the marriage, a diadem and necklace In brilliants, presented by her father, which are said to bo worth hall a million of francs." Some time ago the attention of the War- office was drawn by the London Trades' Council to the alleged Injustice of employing soldiers In the harvest field, to tire exclusion of the agricultural labourers. A reply has now been re- ceived to tho effect that it Is not the Intention of the Queen's Reeulatlons, nor the wish of her Majesty's Government, that the employment of the military should be made use of to affect the result of disputes between labourers and agrleul- turlsts The benefit of the whole community is the legiti- mate object of sending soldiers into the harvest field, and care will be taken in future to prevent the existence of any question whether that object has been exceeded. During the week ending Saturday last 5,424 births and 8,332 deaths were registered in London and twenty other large cities and towns of the United Kingdom. The mor- tality from all causes In these towns was at the rate of 24 deaths annually to every 1,000persons estimated to be living. In the metropolis, 2.277 births and 1,277 death* were re- gistered, the former having been nine more, and ths latter 455 less, than the average numbers. During the past eight weeks of the current quarter the London death rate has averaged bat 20 per 1,000, against 23 in the corresponding period of last year, when small- pox and otherfcems otiymotlo disease were much more fatally prevalent. On Saturday, Mr. Hurst, in the employ of Messrs. Burllngham ana Co., agricultural Implement makers, Eves- ham, was drowned in the River Avon, nea » that town. De- ceased's hat was blown into the river, which was much swoUen, and, contrary to advice, he went oat in a slight " whiff" to recovs* it The boat got across the strocg current, the water was driven into It by the wind, and aa the boat was filling h « plunged Into the stream, although be could not swim, and was carried about 20 yards, and then sank near the bank. Mr. Hawkins, captain of the Evosham Sowing Club, Bade an ineffectual attempt to save hlra. At the Bow- strtet Pi lice- court, Paul Julius May, the young man recently indicted at the Old Bailey on the charge of murier, was brought before Sir Thomas Henry upon an extradition warrant to answer the charge ot forgery. Tt anneared frcm the depositions which were taken before a City Tribanal that the prisoner was apprenticed to thalers. The prisoner was then fre- quently in the company of Na# el, who was described aa beteg out of employment, and who, It was believed, frgee. him to commit the offence. Bir Thomas Henry coavntUeC the prisoner to take his trial in Oermany. withstanding that the supply of sheep has beon small, tho trade has ruled heavy, at 2d. to 4d. per 81b. less money. The best Downs and half breds have sold at 6s. 6d. to 6s. 8d. Calves have met a slow sale, at about late rates. Pigs have been quiet, on former terms. The annual Christmas market will be held on tho 16th Inst. Per 81b. to sink the offal. ill. d. a d. a d. Pr. coarse woolled 6 0 6 4 Pr. Southdowns.. 6 6 6 8. Large coarse calves 6 0 6 Prime small ditto 6 8 6 Coarse ft Inf. beasts 8 8 4 0 8econd Quality ditto 4 2 4 8 Prime large oxen .. 6 0 6 6 Prime Scots, dcc... 6 8 6 10 Coarse & Inf. sheep 4 2 4 6 Bccond quality .... 4 86 4 METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.- MOTOAT. Large hogs _.._ 3 8 4 8 Small porkers .... 4 8 6 0 There were moderate supplies of meat, which ejperlenced demand, at the following further reduced quota- a very slow tlons:— Per 81b. by tho ad. ad. Inferiorbsef .... 2 8 3 4 Middling ditto .. r 8 4 0 Prime large ditto 4 2 4 8 Prims small ditto 4 6 4 10 Veal 6 0 6 6 tlcularly the best c s. d. ad. Inferior mutton.. 8 4 4 0 Middling ditto .. 4 4 4 8 Prime ditto 4 0 6 4 large pork 8 4 8 3 Small pork ...... 8 8 4 4 higher prices. Foreign potatoes are plentiful, and moro off slowly on irrsgolar terms. Last week s import consisted ot 1 853 tons and 1,670bags from Dunkirk, 646 tons and 1,796 bags from Rotterdam, 321 tons and 6,413 bags from Hamburgh, 6& tacs from Havre, 765 bags from Boulogne, 394 tons and 412. sacks from Rooen, 102 bags from Ghent, 245 toes from Hon- fieur, 185 toes from Stettin, 247 tons from Calcutta, 903 tons and 11,542 bags from Antwerp, 2,466 bags from Har- lingeB, 130 tons from Bremen, 103 tons and 220 bags from Ostend, 66 tons from Nantes, 156* bags from Brussels. "* tons from Calais, and 73 tons from Hjarburgh. Best L. . t regents, 150s. to 200a ; other counties, 180a to 170s.! rocks, 120a to 140s. „ HOPS. The market has beeowe quiet, ths recent active demand having somewhat so balded. Very fair prices u- e nevertheless • • - -- is towards , gs '"" 1 tinea t » l markets U paid, and 11 anything, there Is a tendency towards further Improvement. Yearlings and old rraaln very joint. Co- ttneatsl msLrkets are reported to exhibit Increased bnovancy aad a-. New York a better Inquiry prerUU, at ei^ anced prtewj -— Mid and East Kent, t » 15s. to £ 7: Weald ot Kent. £ 3 Pa. to £ 4; Snssex, £ 3 5s. to £ i 10s.; and famham and corjitry, £ 4 4a to SA. ^^ Pickled herrings, 28a to 84s. 3d.: red ditto, 12s. to 22s. Cd.: roused ditto, 18a to 2£ e.; fresh ditto, 15a to 2£ s M. per barrel ; kippers, 2a to 4a 4d : bloaters, 2s to 8a. 13d. per box smoked haddock, 20a to 28s.: trawl ditto, 15a to 13a plaice, 18s. to 22a. ; whiting, 16a to 25a par basket; mackerel, 2a 6d. to 8s. 6d.; mullet, 8a Cd. to 6a per dozan ; eels, la to 2s. per lb. ; soles, 2a to 4a 6d per pair; lobsters, la 6d to 8s. 6d.; crabs, la to Sa each ; native oyrters, 210a ; pearl ditto, 63a ; common ditto, Ua to 80a pti bushel. THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY, NOV. 30, 1873. J3ATUBDAY, NVOEJ BE 3 ,1878 totial. NOTICE. HENET BOB' J! TS bogs to inform the Public that he will not be answerable for any JIEBTS whirh Ilia ivife, ELIZABETH BOBliKTS, may contract after this date. Signed, HENRY EGBERTS, Her Husband. Dated Nov. 28th, 1872. Willed. ASTEADY BC^ J Jo llok after a pony, and rido with tele^- ams, & c. Appl/ to the POST1IASTEE CLOSE OF THE BOOES FOE 1872. AcccMui* ABH UAL IN^ OMA The Scottish Widows' Fund . ( MUTUAL) LIFE ASSUEANCE SOCIETY offers this Great Advantage to Policy Holders, that the Funds are not burdened with the payment of Dividends to Shareholders. By its Mutual Constitution THE WHOLE PROFIT Is DIVIDED AMONG MEMBERS ALONE. The Distribution is made on the equitable sys- tem of allocating Bonus Additions td the sum assured, increasing in compound ratio with the age of the Policy. Thus the S& ciety is very attractive to good lives. < / SECURITY OF THE HIGHEST ORDER 3 maintained. The Assurance Fund is un- equalled, ti^ any other/ Offices in the Count. ..£ 5,346,988 ... 663,702 The magnitude ofythe sum in the control of the Society enables/ it to command Investments of the most remunerative kind. During the last five years interest has been earned to the extent of £ 210,000 MOB^ TJIAN THE BASIS OF CALCULA- TION ASSUMES AS RECEIVABLE. THE NEXT DIVISION OF PROFITS will be made as at 31st December, 1873. When the Surplus of the seven years then end- ing will lire distributed among the Members. Taking the results of the five years already run, it may fairly be expected that the current Septennium will be productive of profit to an unusual extent. As compared with the same period of last Septennium THE RATE OF INTEREST REALISED IS HIGHER. THE CLAIMS BY DEATH. ABE LIGHTER. THE NEW BUSINESS IS LARGER BY MORE THAN A MILLION. AND THE RATE OF EXPENDITURE IS STILL VERY MODERATE. ASSURANCES affected before 31st DECEMBEE, 1872, ' will rank at the Division in 1873 FOR TWO WHOLE YEARS' BONUSES Head Office- 9, ST. ANDREW SQUARE EDINBURGH. SAMUEL RALEIGH, Manager. J. J. P. ANDERSON, Secretary. AGENT :— Falmouth— J AS. A. SPARGO, Stratton- terrace BE IS SON'S Watches, Clocks, Gold Jewellery, SILVER AND ELECTRO- PALATE. By Special Appoint- ment to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales. PRIZE MEDALS— LONDON, DUBLIN & PARIS. WATCHES Of all kinds, at 2 to 200 guineas. LEVER. VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL, DUPLEX, CHRONOMETER, CHRONOGRAPH, KEYLESS, CENTRE SECONDS, REPEATERS, INDIAN, kc. CLOCKS | Of all kinds, at 2 to 1000 guineas. CHURCH, TURRET. CARRIAGE. CHIME, DINING & DRAWING ROOM, HALL, LIBRARY, SHOP, BRACKET, & c. Gold JEWELLERY The latut fiuliionl. BRACELETS, HKOOCHES, KINGS, EAKIUNGK, STUTW, NECKLACES, PINS, LOCKETS, CHAIXS, CROSSES, & c. Silver and Elactro PLATE All the new designs DINNER SERVICES, TEA & BREAKFAST, SERVICES CRUETS, BASKETS, INKSTANDS, FORKS CLARET JUGS, SPOONS, & c. Illustrated Catalogue of " Watches, Clocks, Jewellery & c., post free for 2 stamps. Watches, Clocks, Jewellery and Plate sent t6 all parts of the world. S3ver and Electro Plate Catalogue post free 2d. Watches repaired by skilled workmen. Old Silver Jewellery, Watches, & c., exchanged. Merchants Shippers, and Clubs supplied. Steam Factory ami City Shaw Rooms LUDGATE HILL & OLD BOND STREET, LONDON. W. H. PELLGW, Baker, Confectioner, stud Tea Dealer, NO. 9, AT! W KNACK STREET. Pickles, Sauces, Marmalades, Jams, & c. WORCESTER SAUCE U- m SiXPiiKC15 I'liU BOTTLE. tlM Sniirsrmeiifs. POLYTECHNIC ^ ALL. Matthews Bro.'/ Minstrels W. P. \ Luett^ tl le Queen's Jester. For two nights onl/. Saturday and Monday Nov. 30, and Dec. 21— Prices 2s., Is., and Gd ( Saturday only.) Tjfcketsjfor 1st and 2nd seats to bo had at Mr. 11. </ RICHARDS'S. Polytechnic Hall, Falmouth. COMMENCING- TUESDAY, DEC. 3BD. FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY THOMAS'S GREAT Diorama of America, CANADA AND THE FAR WEST, AND COMBINATION CONCERT PARTY. Miss FLORENCE LESLIE, the eminent Solo Pianiste and talented Prima Donna. Mr. OXLEY NASH, the popular Basso and Instrumentalist, and Negro Comedian. Mr. WASHINGTON PEICE, the greatest Negro Artiste in the World, the Champion Bone and Banjo Player, Comedian Vocalist and Dancer. Mr. J. CLARKE, the eminent & popular lecturer Miss DAELAY, R. A., Pianiste from the princi- pal London Concert Halls. GEAND ILLUMINATED DAY PERFORMANCES, SATURDAY, at 3. Admission — Reserved Seats, 2s. Second Seats, Is. Back Seats, 6d. Schools and Children admitted at' half- price to First and Second Seats only. Doors open at 7- 30 ; commence at S o'clock. Carriages ordered for 10.15. General Manager. Mr. J. O. NASH. Falmouth United District Sewerage Works- To BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, & OTHERS. THE Falmouth United'' District Sewerage Board are de^ n- ou/ of receiving TEN- DERS for the CUNSTRUCTIOIS of certain WORKS, comprising / the Excavating Foun- dations, proviiup£ kfmd fixing Sheet Piling, making Concrete fecundations, and erecting Masonry WVuk ther/ in, at the Market Strand Outfall, according Iro plans and specifications which may be sfceiy at the Office of the United District Sewetag/ Board, Falmouth; or the Engineer, Mr. Edward Ellis, Exeter, of whom every information for carrying out the said works can be obtained. Tenders marked " Sewerage Works," are to be sent to me on or before the 2nd day of December The low/ st or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By order of the Board, W. WARN, Clerk. Dated Falmouth United District Sewerage Board Office, 25th Oct., 1872. This day, 12mo, strongly bound in/ cloth boards, with four Plates of Diagrams, JPlans, & c., price 10s. 6d, ( postage Bd. ' j. THE MINERAL SURVEYOR AND VALUER'S COMPLETE GUIDE, com- prising a Treatise on Impr/ ved Mining Survey- ing, with nfew Traverse TalSles ; and descriptions of Improved JjvmamenU. ; also an Exposition of the Correct Prmcinjjas of Laying Out and Valuing Home anad? oreign Iron and Coal Mineral Pro^ rtws: t » which is appended the Second PMitiM|\ ea/ efully revised, of M. THOMAN'S'( of th/ Crddit Mobilier, Paris) TREATISE on COMPOUND INTEREST and ANNUITIES/, with LOGARITHMIC TABLES. By WILLIAM LINTERN, Mining and Civil Enginei *•$* Maly be had separately. THOMAN'S iUOMPOUD INTEREST and ANNUITIES./ With Logarithmic Tables. Revised by WILLIAM LINTERN. 12mo. cloth boards, price 5s. ( postage 3d.) London : LOCKWOOD and CO., 7, Station- ers' Hall Churt, E. C- TIME OF HIGH WATER AT FALMOUTH AND PENRYN QUAYS. MORNING. EVEN'VQ. SATURDAY 30 4 12 4 32 SUNDAY Dec. 1 4 52 5 12 MONDAY 2 5 32 5 52 TUESDAY 3 6 13 6 35 WEDNESDAY 4 6 58 7 43 THURSDAY 5 7 46 4 11 FRIDAY 6 8 30 9 G the falmouth & Penryn SATURDAY, NOV, 30, 1B72. Paragraphs have appeared in several of our con- temporaries stating that the Guardians of the Falmouth Union had resolved on discontinuing the aid they have been giving to certain inmates of Earle's Retreat, from a consideration that parochial relief was not in keeping with the conditions laid down by the Founder of that Institution. As to the alleged reason for this resolution wc aro in a position to stato that the Founder never intended that the receipt of parochial relief should be any disqualification for admittance or residence in the Retreat. The Founder when framing the rules jaw that if such a disqualification were imposed some most respectable- living and deserving old in- habitants would be excluded frombenofitingby what he had done, and so he utterly refused to have such a condition.— We have no doubt the Governor of tho Retreat will fully represent the matter to the Guardians at their next Board meeting. TERRIBLE STORM. The south coast of Cornwall and beyond has been visited by a most terrific storm, which began on Friday night, and Saturday morning last, and continued with more or less force for some days. The consequence is that several wrecks have taken place with an awful loss of life. In Plymouth Sound there were several wrecks, but they were attended with no loss of life, but in the Hamoaze at Devonport nine sailors belonging to the troop- ship Himalaya were drowned, through the upsetting of a waterman'B boat in which they were going off. Off Looe the schooner Albion was totally wrecked, with the loss of the owner, who was onboard, and two of the seamen. Two St. Ives fishing boats and crews are missing. Particulars of the sad loss of life and wreck of the barque Lochleven's Flower, at porthleven aro given in another column. A veSsel, nametralujown, struck on the Bucks, and went in pieces, her'crew being all lost, eight bodies have since been washed ashore in the vicinity. The disappearance of a French lugger, whilst driving for Penzance is reported. FALMOUTH HARBOUR. The immunity from danger of vessels properly moored in this harbour has been again strikingly proved. Three hundred vessels lay in the harbour during the gale, and not one properly moored was damaged by dragging anchors or the parting of cables. The accidents that did occur were caused by ships that ran in during the gale without a pilot, and by one vessel being moored in an unsuit- able place. This vessel had been ordered to remove to auothcr berth by the harbour- master, but the bad weather came on before this could be done. The s. s. Wm. Connell came in in the height of the gale without a pilot, and becoming unmanageable more or less winged four vessels as she ran in through the fleet. The brig Francisco, also came in during the night, without a pilot, and anchored too near the shore ; and the crew cut away her masts to save her from driving ; when found at daylight she was within a few yards of the rocks, she was soon taken in tow by the Pendenuis and got safely into St. Mawes creek. During the continuance and since the gale several vessels have arrived in a damaged state, and the port now pre- sents a very busy appearance. FALMoUtH. THE CHAPEL AT EARLE'S RETREAT. — The Rev. S. Pollard will preach here to- morrow after- noon at 3; on Tuesday evening next the usual monthly prayer meeting will be conducted by Mr. Sydney Broad, commencing at 7. MINSTRELS.— One of tne few good parties of Christy Minstrels now to bo found appears to be the troupe which is advertised to perform at the Polytechnic Hall to- night and on Monday.— The party has secured crowded houses throughout the county. DIORAMA.— We beg to call attention to an advertisement in another column of the visit to this town of the Diorama of America, Canada and the Far West. This entertainment is highly spoken of by the press. SAD ACCIDENT.— Yesterday, as a young man, son to Mr. Richard Brimacombe, painter, was at work at Swanpool, a ladder on which he was stand- ing broke, throwing the young man to the ground. He was taken up with his arm broken, and evidently otherwise seriously injured, and conveyed at once to the infirmary at Truro. A MILE OF STEAMERS.— There is a Yankee story told that somewhere down about Maine they build their steamers by the mile, cutting off the lengths as required, rounding up a bow and stern, and sending them to sea. Some such facility seems to exist nearer home, for the number of these vessels, of great length, visiting our harbour appears to increase very fast. Over a mile of them may now be seen inside the rock ! SALVAGE CASES.— The Mayor ( Mr. Selley ), and Messrs. Webber and Freeman, were engaged on Thursday investigating two salvage cases. W. F. Lowry and six seamen obtained £ 45 for services rendered to a brig in Falmouth harbour during the gale on Saturday. The applicant was a pilot of St, Mawes, and appears to have behaved most pluckily. The other case was brought by Mr. Jewell, owner of the steam- tug Dolphin, for salvage services rendered to the French brig Caroline Edward dur- ing the gale. DISGRACEFUL POSITION FOR A SHIP MASTER. — The magistrates on Thursday committed four disreputable women living in the vile precincts of Allen's Yard, to take their trial at the county ses- sions on a charge of stealing four sovereigns from a Captain Dixon, master of a merchant vessel, now lying in the harbour. From the evidence it appeared that the captain found his way into the Allen's Yard on Tuesday evening with £ 8 in his pocket, but on the following morning, having spent the night with the girls, he discovered his loss. Capt. Dixon was bound over to prosecute. THE DISABLED STEAMSHIP.— We have a communication from Mr, Nicholas Sara, proprietor of the Penryn Foundry, informing us that the statement we gave last week in regard to the re- pairs of the s. s. Helvetia, is incorrect. He says " The work which you stated as being effected by Messrs. Cox, Farley & Co., was merely erected by them and not manufactured, but was sent from Liverpool."— Wo derived our information from what we believed to be the best source. It is satis- factory, however, to know that the ropairs were made good here without the necessity for the Helvetia to leave the port for the purpose. ALLEGED ROBBERY IN THE HARBOUR.— Mr. Richard Thomas, a butcher, of Flushing, was on Thursday charged before the borough magis- trates with stealing four hides from the vessel Alicia in Falmouth harbour. Mr. Shear, clerk of Messrs. Wall, railway carriers, deposed that Thomas forwarded four bags of hides to Mr. Cridlin, of Stonehouse, on Saturday last. Suspic- ion having arisen, a telegram was sent to Plymouth, 1 and tho bags and hides were detained. Inspector Dawe, of Plymouth, produced thgui. The captain of the vessel, however, could not swear, to the identity of tho hides. The case was remanded until Monday next Mr. W. Jenkins appeared for Thomas, who states that he found the hides in the , limekiln at Flushing. UNION EXPENDITURE.— From the statement of accounts of tho union for the half- year ended Michaelmas last, just issued, it appears that £ 4,446 has been paid by the parishes to the treasurer. Out of this sum there has been expended, inter alia, for maintenance of paupers in tho workhouse, £ 720 ; out- relief, £ 1,522 ; lunatics in the asylum, £ 320 ; salaries of officers, £ 261) ( of which £ 59 is repaid by Government) ; officers' rations, £ 78 ; vaccination, £ 37 ; registration, £ 37 ; extra medical fees, £ 17 ; repairs to workhouse, £ 90; printing and stationery, £ 35 assessment committee expenses, £ 20 ; garden manure, £ 15 ; bedding, & c., £ 54. The number of paupers . relieved., ( i* « ' omp. jred with the number in the corresponding balX yeiy-, Js a? follows Budock. Constantine ... 0, Falmouth Townlll, FalmouthParish 30, Mawnan 0, Mabu 4, Mylor 23, Penryn ... 26, PcrrariarworthqJ 10, St. Gliivias 2, In- door. Out- door. 36, against 47 ... against JQS ,.. 143, 122 ... 345, 56 ... 167, 8 ... 19, 1 ... 17, 16 ... 137, 31 ... 249, JG ... 59, 7 H idol 555 163 47 25 142 377 Total decrease of in- door poor, 48 ; of Qiit- zJoor poor, 446. Tho cost per head per week of the in- door poor for the half- year, fooa and necessaries, 2s. Sd. ; clothing, 6d. CORNWALL ORPHANAGE.— The annual meet ing of the subscribers to tjie Cornwall Home for Destitute . Girls was held on Friday evening at the Guildhall. Mr. R. R. Broad presided.— From the reports presented it appeared that, the subscriptions and a balance of £ 67 from last year made the income £ 344, whilst the expenditure was £ 288, a balance of £ 57 remaining in band. The debt on the new building had been entirely removed. The net proceeds of the two bazaars amounted to £ 236. During the year 37 girls had been residents of the Home, and of this number two had been removed by their fathers, who had married again ; two had left with their mothers for Lancashire, three had gone into service, one had emigrated to America, and one had died, leaving 26 at present belonging to the institution ; 11 of these were from Falmouth, seven from Truro, three from Flushing, and one from each of the following places— Penryn, Ponsan- nooth, Redruth and Penzance. The new home being capable of accommodating thirty children, the committee were anxious to receive the full number. This they hoped their funds would enable them to accomplish during the coming year. The Revds. W. F. Gooch, J. E. Coulson, Messrs. Squire, Fox and W. H. Bond, took part in the proceedings, the last named gentleman speaking highly of the zeal and diligence of Miss Krabbe. — It was stated that the institution cost £ 900, all of which had been paid. PENRYN. EAST KIRRIER PETTY SESSIONS.— These ses- sions were held at the Guildhall on Wednesday, before Captain Norway, R. N., Major Bull, and Messrs. F. G. Enys and E. B. Tucker, county magistrates. An order was made on Michael Dow- ling, of Flushing, on the complaint of the guardians of the Falmouth Union, directing him to pay 6s. weekly towards the maintenance of his wife, then chargeable to the poor rates. An order was made on Peter Chegwidden, jun., of Ponsanooth, to pay 6s. weekly towards the maintenance of his wife in the Asylum ; and an order was made on Henry Roberts, belonging to an Admiralty yacht at Devonport, to pay 4s. weekly towards the main- tenance of his chddren. John Harris, of Redruth Highway, was summoned at the instance of the Excise for keeping a dog without a license, and was convicted in a penalty of 25s. and costs. Several persons were summoned for non- payment of poor rates, and an order for payment, with costs, was made in each case. Thomas Webber and his son were each fined 5s. and 4s. 2d. costs for shooting in the exclusive rights of Edward Yates. Sampson Williams and Jeremiah Ford were each fined 2s. 6d. and 8s. 6cL costs for being drunk and disorderly. JVIARBIAGK9. At Staplehurst, Kent, on the 20th inst., by the Rev T. Crick, M. A-, rector, Benjamin Blenkinsop, o No. 1, New Bridge- street, Blackfriars, London' youngest son of the late Mr. Blenkinsop, of Penryn' to Jane, youngest surviving daughter of the lats Thomas Reeves, Esq-, of Staplehurst- DeATHS. At Falmouth, on the 20th inst., after a long illness, Miss Mary Snell, aged 70 years- At Devoran, on Tuesday last, Richard Michell Samp- son, Esq., aged 53 years. At Sithney Vicarage, on Monday last, Henry, son of the Rev. H. H. Du Bouley, aged 2 years- COUNTY NEWS. Melancholy Case of Death from Poisoning.— The death of Mr. Richard Michell Sampson, of Devoran, recorded in our obituary, was due to a fatal mistake committed bv ! hiin. He had been in the habit of taking " Friedrichshall water" as a preventive of gout, and in the evening of Wednesday, the 13t} i instant, he proposed taking a draught, but unfor- tunately he poured from a bottle about half a tumbler of Burnett's disinfectant ( chloride of zinc), which he drank off His wife and a female servant in another apartment were alarmed at the noise as of a heavy fall, and, hastening to the room to which Mr. Sampson had gone, they learned from him what had happened. Mrs. Sampson immediately sent to Truro for a surgeon, Mr. Sharp, and_ herself promptly ad- ministered a means of relief— K'. is said, mustard and warm water. Mr. Sharpe was irt Attendance as speedily as possible. The patient was subsequently attended by Dr. Barham also, and down to the day preceding that of his death thfere were occasional hopes that his life might be saved. It is stated, in explanation of his lamentable mistake, that he was very near sighted. The deceased was held in high esteem, and was largely engaged in various mercantile pursuits, and also to some extent in fanning. His widow is left with ten children, eight of whom are boys.— The inquest ( the facts stated at which slightly differ from the account given. above) was held on Wednesday at the Commer- cial Hotel, Devoran, before Mr. John Carlyon, county coroner. From the evidence of Charlotte Lewarne, a servant of the deceased, it appeared that on Tuesday, the 12th instant, she gave her master a candle about twenty minutes before ten at night, and he went into his room, as she thought, to go to bed. He was per- fectly sober, and in his usual health. He did not complain of feeling unwell; but about two or three minutes afterwards he came out again and called his wife, telling her that by accident he had taken some disinfecting fluid instead of the medicine he was in the habit of taking.— Margaret Mahoney, another ser- vant of the deceased, deposed that on tho evening named she heard her master call his wife, saying he had drunk some of the disinfecting fluid by mistake. He appeared to be very much alarmed about himself, but his wife immediately gave hinj some warm water, and witness held the bowl in which he brought up some of the contents of his stomach. His wife also mixed some carbonate of soda in warm water and gave him. Mr. Sharpe, surgeon, was immediately sent fox, and saw him tho same evening, and had been in con- stant attendance on him ever since.— Mr. Jos. Martin deposed that hehad known the deceased for many years, and was in his office transacting business with him on the evening of the 12tji, till after nine o'clock, at which horn? he left him, having arranged to meet him again on the following day. At that time the business was of a cheerful description. The deceased was per- fectly well and cheerful,— The evidence of this witness was confirmed by Mr. William Lidgey, who was alsj transacting business with the deceased that evening in his office till a quarter past nine, when they left the office together, and this witness walked with him to the front gate. Deceased asked him to walk in, but it being late the witness declined. He was remarkably cheerfujl and well all the evening, and made allusion to the next day> business. Mr. Sharpe, surgeon, Truro, deposed that he was sent for on the 12th inst, between half- past ten £ n< J eleven at He fqiiuu the deceased suffering from intense agony ii> the stomach and throat, which he told witness wat occasioned by taking Burnett's disinfecting fluid in- stead of his ordinary dose of Friedrichshall water. That previously to taking it ho felt in perfectly good health, but he fancied he had eaten something which had not quite Agreed with him, and that was his reason for intending to . take the water. Witness, finding that all the ordinary means had already been taken to get rid of the contents of the stomach, did what further he thought advisable. All the symptom* under whioh he was suffering were such as would be produced by taking internally anv strong corrosive poison, and'Burnett's disinfecting fluid was a concoc- tion of the. description. Everything was done that could be thought of to mitigate the injury, and the very serious . . at intervals till Friday aft< ynoou, whi » n. ic wAscd.' He fchun ^.- allied till yesterday morning ( Tuesday), when internal hemorr- hage again come on, and at 3 p. m. he died. Witness said I have no doubt whatever that he died from the effects of what he had taken, and I have equally little doubtthat he took it accidentally. Verdict accordingly. Manufacture of Cocoa, Cocoaine, < fc Chocolate.— ' We will how give, an account of the process adopted by Ma^ srs. Jaipes Epps and Co., manufacturers of dietetic kit ill ua, at their works in the Euston Road, London. - See articlu in part J. 9 of Cqssdl't Uousthold Guide. •' A Visit to Epps s Cocoa Manufactory. — Through the kindness of Messrs. Epps, I recently had an op- portunity of seeing the many complicated » nd 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. „ Brcakfa< - Epps't Cocoa.— Grateful and comfi- tiny By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutri- tion and by a careful application of the fine proper- ties of well- selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tobies with a delicately flavoured beverage which maysave us many heavy doctora' bills.'; Oivxl Service Gazette Made simply with boiling water or milk. Each packet is labelled-- James Eppa and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London."— Also makers of Epps s Cacaoine, a very thin beveraeo for evening use. • BROWN'S BBONOHIALTROCHES, for the cure of Coughs' Colds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh oranv irritation or soreness of the throat, are now imported and sold m this country at Is. l § d per box, put up in the form of a " lozenge." It is the most convenient, pleasant, safe and sure remedy for clearing and strenrth- emng the voice known in the world. The ROT. Henry Ward Beecher says: " I have often recommended them to friends who were public speakers, and in many case* they have provedextremely serviceable." The genuine have the words " Brown's Bronchial Troches" on tha 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 cast, Grey or White hair to its original colour, by a few appli- cations, without dyeing it, or leaving the disagreeable smell 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 RB- NEWER," prepared by H. C. GALLOP, 493, Oxford Street London. FRAGRANT FLORILINR.-- For the TEETH and BRRATH. 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 ia 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, kc. The fol lowing is Dr. Hassall'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 veiy useful little Pocket Vesta Box, with a most in- genious and simple spring cover; it is a novelty in every, way, and will soon come into very general use— being of metal instead of card, and retailed, filled with vestas, at one penny. Any Tobacconist, Grocer, Chemist or Chandler will supply it. Caution. — In calling the attention of the Trade to a recent decision in the House of Lords, in the case of , cWotherspoon r. Currie," whereby an exclusive right to the use of the word " Glenfield" in connection with S tarchis 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. RJ WOTHERSPOON & Co. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING STRUP 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 aiarrhcea, 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- actory, 468 Oxford Street, London. NEW CHANNEL OF DOING GOOD. Inserted by the Rev, J. W. Carter, Vicar of Christ Church, Stratford, London, E. Dear Reader, may I venture to ask for your kind support and countenance in the great ana glorious national work in whioh I have now been engaged four years. That of endeavouring to reach and influence the masses of the land through moans of the Public Preaa, by inserting weekly in newspapers some Scriptural, Protestant, and Constitutional truths in ahori,, pithy, and interesting artiolea, if possible, to arreat and captivate the attention of al l classes of readers. The desirableness of commencing this New Channel of Doing Oood has been on my mind for many years, but having a large and very poor Parish to look after, and knowing full well tho expenses connected with thtf propei working oI tho above scheme, I shrank from undertaking this field Jof labour, till four years ago, when I began with ono newspaper, and have now one hundred and fifty. seven. Some of which are the ipoat influential papers oF the day, read l? y ' pur gentry, nobility, and merchant princos as well as tlio poorest and lowest in thn laad, aad which are supposed to Ijave about three million readers weekly, [ am most anxious to go on increasing this good work, and hope gradaally to get hold of five hundred papers. Will you kindly help mo in this blessed work? whioh is quietly , and silently doing much good, as letters from all parts of Great Britain and the world testify ? The expenditure has already exceeded tho receipts about £ 100, and the Christmas quarter is coming when tho ono hundred and fifty- seven papers have to bo paid for their quar- ter's insertions. Some ot you who read these articles are rich men and women. Will you not send me some- thing to carry on and extend this important work ? Somo of you aro poor, but you could give a triflfi and if very poor you could send even one stamp. Do not b « ashamed of sending tho one stamp if you cannot afford more. God will reward you as muoli for that pennj as tho| e who tqay send me larger sums. The Press is a mighty ixjjyer : help m") in ipy feeble effort to use if for tho promotion ofiHoW Sacred and Gonsjltijtiqnal fcrufhf by which our country his Wcoind, and oao qn/ y contin- ue to be, the great, the noblo, and the free'. 1 • ' Contributions or stamps to pay for these insertions in this and Fifty other newspapers ( which are s'nppoaea to have two million readers we « kly) will be thankfully received by tho Rov. J. W. Carter, 7, Avenue- rood, Bow, London, it,' THE FALMOUTH AND PENRNY WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY, NOV. 30, 1878. Senrral. Stitetal IMMENSE SUCCESS! 9D. TINS CAN NOW BE HAD- TARAXACUM OB . DANDELION COFFEE. | Prepared upon an improved principal, from the fresh Dandelion Root. READ HERE, AND SEE THE GREAT BENEFITS DERIVED FROM A la. HD. ARTICLE. Allcock's Porous Planters hate relieved sufferers when in the greatest pain and all other remedies had ailed. Physicians and sarReons of all schools recommend them. A doctor said the other day :—" I do not know whether Alloock's Plasters contain all the virtues yon ascribe to them, but this I do know: no plaster or local application has ever friren my patients such great • omfort." We pnblish a few cases of cores, showing heir wonderful rirtnes. Farther eridenco of their value to Buffering humanity 11 b> demonstrated to any one calling at the principal gRONCHITIS. Henry D. Brandretb, Esq., Liverpool. 106, Ilampton- street, Birmingham, Nov. 27,1871 • Dear Sir,— I have for some months past been . n the nabit of using Allcock's Porous Piasters ( procured from the establishment of Messrs. Snape and Son, 13, Greet Hampton- atreet, of this town) when suffering from bronchitis and severe pains in the side, and havo on every occasion found immediate relief, whereas I had previously consulted two medical men without deriving the least benefit. I can with confidence recommend them to any one suffering from the same complaint.— Yours respectfullv GEORGE dTYLES. [ N FLAM MAT ION OF THE LUNGS. " Henry D. Brandreth, 57, Great Charlotte- stroet, Liverpool. " Dear Sir,— We beg to enclose another testi- monial as to the effieacv of Allcock's Porous Plasters. James Radcliffe, Stamford- street, Mosely, says he had been confined to his bed five weeks suffering from inflammation of the lungs. He coughed continually, with great expectoration and difficulty of breathing, which brought him so low that ho was unable to rise in bed without support. He appliod one of your plasters, and found relief in fifteen minutes, after which he says the cough stopped and the expectoration ceased. He is now quite recovered. The above is exactly his own statement, o me.— IUUTB respectfully, " JOHN B1CKLB. " Pro W. BOSTOOK, " 24, Stamford: street, Ashton- uuder- Lyne " November 24,1871." TPHIS Coffee, the valuable qualities of which are X now so universally appreciated, can be highly recommended, and is far preferable to all other Coffees. Being carefully manufactured by T. B. PERCY, he can offer an article far superior to any- thing of the kind yet introduced to the public, beHr- r- remarltahle for its strength and quality. Especially recommended to Invalids as an article of diet, and. particularly to those who suffer from weak Digestion, Nervous and Dyspeptic Affections, Flatulency, DistensioD » ni Billiary Obstructions, in all cases of whichi^ Mill be found invaluable, at the same time extremely pleasant to the taste. Public Speakers and Singers will find it to be a very pleasant beverage after their ^ T—^ ions ; it assists digestion, and stimulates th. .. .. tiona of the Stomach. MANUFACTURED BY T. B PERCY, Chemist, ( Member of the Pharmaceutical Society [ of Great Britain. ) TRURO. Branch Establishment NEWQUAY. Sold only in Tim, at 9d., < fc Is. 6d. each, by Chemists, Grocer8, Confectioners, and Italian Warehousemen. gCIATICA. Hey wood, Ootober 9,1871 • HHenry D. Brandreth, 57, Great Charlotte- street, Liverpool. Dear Sir,—: Please to send me another six dozen of Allcock's Plasters and two dozen Brand- reth's Pill's, Is. lid. The Plasters seem to produce wonderful results. There is scarcely a uay passes but some one is telling me of the on Sunday last Mr. Jacob Hey wood, Aioert- terrace, Starkey- street, Heywood, informed me that he had been troubled with sciatica for three years i so bad was it the last twelve months of that time that he was unable to follow his em- ployment. He had tried many doctors, been to . Matlook, and spent £ 2 on a largely- advertised electric- chain belt, but all to no purpose. Some one at last persuaded him to try your Plasters. Be aid he hod no faith in them, but he would try them, for hp was stuck fast; they oould not make his pain much worse, and it would only bo a little more money sent after the rest. So he bought two ; one he placed on is thigh, and the other on his back, and a week after he was ready for his work. It is now six months ago, and he has had no return of his pains.— Yours truly, W. BECKETT- RHEUMATISM OF THE WRIST. Benry D. Brandreth, Esq., 57. Great Char- lotte- street, Liverpool, EC- T » C 86, Crown- street Liverpool, Nov. 21st, 1871. fe Dear Sir,— Three months since I could not u « > my right hand, owing to rheumatism in it and in my wrist, and over ten weeks I was in great pain— unable to find any relief. After trying many remedies, I was at last persuaded to try Alloock's Porous Plasters, 1 bound one round my wrist; in three Says I had great relief, and in a week's timo was perfectly, oured Your plasters area blessing to the afflioted. I have positive information of their being of great benefit in bron- chitis and asthma. It will give me pleasure to answer any communication concerning them.— Yours truly, THOMAS DAVIES. PERCY'S CELEBRATED PECTORAL BALSAM. IT is the best Remedy ever discovered for curing Coughs, Colds, Shortness of Bteath, Asthma, Spitting of Blood, Brochitis, Spasms, Influenza, Consumption, Pains in the Chest, and other Pul- monary Complaints. It has a pleasant taste, and may be taken by persons of all ages. IMPORTANT TO PURCHASERS. Let Purchasers ask for PERCY'S CELEBRATED PECTORAL BALSAM, and, having obtained it, they will not be disappointed in their expectations as to its merits. Be cautious against being put off with some other Medicine which dealers may recommend, solely on the! ground of having more profit thereon. Prepared only at the Medical Hall, Victoria Place, Truro, by T. B. PERCY, the Sole Proprietor and In- ventor. Sold in bottles at Is. l£ cZ., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each, duty included. *** A saving of 2s. 3d. is effected by purchasing the large Bottles, as each bottle contains six of the small one. SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE VENDORS. THi IS IT POSSIBLE AT a tender- hearted, kind, and loving mother can _ look on, day after day, unconcernedly, and see her darling— the pet of the family circle— pine away through the baneful effects of the well- known pest of children— Worms ! or can she witness the frequent convulsive fits occasioned by the same direful enemy, and not try the never- fauitig remedy for their total destruction, and extermination, and which may be taken with the greatest safety by the youngest child living ? Never ! It is impossible ! Then try at once COLLIE'S CELEBRATED WORM POWDERS, Prepared only by T. B. PERCY, at the MEDICAL HALL, TBURO, and Sold by all Chemists and Druggists. In Packets at 7id. and Is. each. Free by post for 8 or 14 Stamps. AGENT— Mr. BASSETT, 1, Market Strand, Falmouth. ITIOR GOOD PRINTING, in the best style ' of workmanship, with the greatest expedi- tion, at the most moderate charges, apply at the office of this Paper. PLEANLINESS.— W. G. NIXEY'S REFINED V BLACK LEAD Mrtd everywhere by sll Shopkeepers. FTLEAHLINESS.- W. G. NIXEY'S REFINED V BLACK LEAD for pollihlDf stoves. Ac., equal to burnished steel, without waste or dost. G. KIXEYVREFINED BLACK LEAD. • " Cleanliness."— The proprietor bep> to CAUTION the public • gainst being Imposed upon by unprincipled tradesmen, who, with a Tievr of derlrlne greater profit, are manufacturing and vending SPURIOUS IMITATIONS rt above artlole. ASK roa W. 0. NIXE7- B BLACK LEAD, ABD < U THAT TOO • JLVI IT. 13 Sofio ftauara, London. W. The Blood! The Blood!! The Blood!! CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE, T710R CLEANSING and CLEARING the BLOOD Jj from ALL IMPURITIES, whether arising * from youthful indiscretion' or any other 9ause can- not be too highly recommended. It Cures Old Sores Cares Ulcerated Sores in the N ck Cures Ulcerated Sore Legs Cures Blaokheads, or Pimples on Face Cures Scurvey Sores Cures Cancerous Ulcers Cures Blood and Skin Diseases Cures Glandular Swellings Clears the Blood from all Impure Matter from whatever cause arising. As this Mixture is pleasant to tho taste, and war- ranted free from mercury— which all pills and most medicines sold for tho above diseases contain—- the Proprietor solicits sufferers to give it a trial to test valqe, Thousands of Testimonials from all Parts. Sold in Bottles 2s. each, and in Cases containing 6 Bottles, 10s. each, sufficient to effect a permanent cure in long- standing cases, by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors ; or sent to any address on receipt of 24 stamps or 120 stamps, by F. J. CLARKE, Chemist, High Bridge, LINCOLN. Wholesale Agents :— BARCLAY & SONS, LONDON, AND ALL THE WHOLESALE HOUSE S. 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X INK., • VTEW CURATIVE APPLIANCE a, A BOOK of ILLUS- JLL TBATIOBS. fr'.-. on » pr.;( rit! rJn w OAKI/ OIV and CO. 63 WOBTH WOOXIWICH EOAD. LONDON Or of amy CLcaniet and Druggist in the Kingdom. pONyCAltRIAOES^ VicttfriaBrtni- hams. concttca, CartS, LlnSa^ Bro^ luu. Ii " tiw Tim I^ sUtcred Vict- TT- Ji - u. d p » , Tc Br , u t^- U l « i jro T OSS of HAIR, & c.— All defects of tbo hafr, ca. » nal TR,- atm< n, t. THR HI* PRFIRRT.-. ( OV THO rcrri'/ VO! r, t r ' ,< r in. OKY LOTXO^ i~ T - mnoamw rp. ATUCV. riso ' ih. BOOT Silt, auxtzec I NA.- C. TERKY, 304 8T/,. •.. J..„ m. JTJDSOlSI'a DYES.— 18 Oolors, 6d. eack. T> IBBONfl, WOOL, SILK, FEATilJBSS^ it Owapl « Wly Dyod in lO miaatea without trMibfi hand*. , mntartr^ otwn? rrnpi>* L Or: > i Owniva, .• sXk DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE. THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE. CHLORODYNE is admitted by the Profession to be thomostwonderM and valuable remedy ever discovered. CHLORODYNE is tho best remedy known for Coughs, Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma. CHLO ROD YNE e fftetually checks and arrests those too often total diseases— Diptheria, Fever, Croup, Ague. CHLOROD YNE acts like a charm in Diarrhcea, and is the only specific in Cholera and Dysentery. CHLORODYNE effectually cuts short all attacks of Epilepsy, Hysteria, Palpitation and Spasms. CHLORODYNE is the only palliative in Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Cancer, Toothache, Meningitis, Ac. From LOBD FKISCIS CosT* Gn. UF. Mount Charles, Donegal, Hth December 1668. " Lord Francis Conyngham, who this time last year bought f. ime of Dr. J. Colli* Browne's Chlorodyne from Mr. Davenport, and has found it a most wonderful medicine, wijl be ? lad to hr. ro half- a- dozen bottles sent at onco to abow address." " Earl Russell communicated to the College of Physicians that he received a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at Manilla, to the effect that Cholera haa been mgmg learfuUy; Kid that the ONLY remedy of any. service was OmjOBODY^ E.'.'- SeS Xb « e; ri. l » t December ls& i. " CADTlQN.- BEWARE ot F. IRACY and ilfflATION^ Qiutiosr.— Yioa- Chanceqor Sir W. PAG* W6o^ ?* Atcd that Dr. J. Gouts Bso^ ra was, undoubtedly, the Inventor of OHLORODYNEthat the stcry of the DeJendant, JEEXAS, was deliberately untrue, which, ho regretted to say, had bStosworo to.— § ee limtt. 13ih July 1^ 4- " iCcld in Bottle? at Is lVd, 0d, 4s 6d and 1U cach. Nona is genuine without the words " Dr. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNB " on the Government Stamp. Ovorwhelming Modig » I Testimony aocompomca cach bottle. Sou MureiAcran.— J. T. DAVENPORT, 33 Great Russell Street, Bloomabury, Ijondon. CIHEAP, O^ TCTv nrtl C. iY) t J at tho Offcfi cftWTapcz. ; * f' ' ( Genteel Honses to be Let or \ Sold in Obelisk Road. TIO BE LET OK SOLD, with immediate JL possession, twiv. ele^ ajrtly- desiijned and commodious DWELL^ NXJS ( newly- built), in Obelisk Road, commanding the finest views in Falmouth. Each Horfse apmprises 2 Parlors, 2 Kitchpns, 5 Bedrooms,\ W. C., and a small Cellar; with a Garden in fro^ t and convenient Courtlacjc at the back. Apply to Mr. JAMES MITCHELL, Builder, Falmouth. BREECH- LOADERS. SECOND HAND. BREECH- LOADERS. FROM £ 10 10s. BREECH- LOADERS. BOUGHT FOR CASH. CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST 3 STAMPS. E. WHISTLER, 11, STRAND, LONDON. THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY, NOV. 30, 1873. ® opirs of % gag. ( By an Occasional London Correspondent.) [ Tho remarks under this head are to be regarded as the ex- pression of Independent opinion, from the pen of a gentleman In whom we Ii^ ve tho greatest confidence, but for which we nevertheless do not hold oureelvec responsible.] I see with pleasure that the Prince of Wales has Bent tweuty brace of pheasants for the patdentB of Charing Cross Hospital, and that the Earl of Aberdeen has sent a case of game to the in- mates of the City Orthopaedic Hospital. The Prince is especially kind in this way, and this is not the first time by a good many that lie had sent presents of game to our hospitals. How acceptable most these gifts be! I do not suppose that sick men and women, lying in pain and weakness on their hospital beds, trouble themselves much about the game laws, but should a delicious bit of pheasant, daintily served up, remind them of these laws, the patients must be willing to admit that at least there is something to be said of these laws. Is not abuse contagious? I asked myseli as I read an article attackingMr. Ayrton. Itmattersnotwhatarticle or where, for articles of this character are curiously nume- rous. Now Iamnotaboutto defend Mr. Ayrton, and cer- tainly shall not attack him— there is no need of that, for almost everybody else does that. But I begin to fancy % here is a fashion in this kind of thing, and that many of us priise or blame a particular person for no better reason than that because other people do so. It is positively marvellous what an amount of blame is now heaped upon the First Commissioner of Works, for whom I will say just one word— he bears it all quietly and makes no reply. Under the anspices of the Lord Mayor and other influential gentlemen, a parliamentary notice has been deposited in the proper quarter preparatory to the establishing of a Tribunal of Commerce in London. It is strange that while other large commercial cities in England and Scotland have such tribunals, the city which is presumed to be commercially more important than any other should not have established such an in- stitution. If this tribunal be constituted it will have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, and commercial disputes may by consent be brought before the court Of course the judges or arbitrators will be men chosen for their commercial knowledge, high standing, and probity, and it stands to reason that such a court will be better able to decide purely commercial questions than a common jury, who in all probability know very little of such matters, and who would be Borely puzzled by the conflicting arguments of opposing counsel. Sir J ohn Bo wring's death is a great loss to the com- munity. He waB a man of no common order. As a decided Liberal, of course many will differ from his political views, but his character, his ability, and his great learning always commanded respect from all parties. He was a man who was never thoroughly popular in this sense, that his mind was too philoso- phical, and his views too deep for the great mass of the people. He was, perhaps, as deep a thinker as any man of the present age, and like Mr. J. S. Mill, who in many respects resembled him, he rather soared above us ordinary mortals. As a linguist he had few equals; as a writer he possessed more power and in- fluence than fame, for he wrote chiefly under the thick Veil of anonymity. If his " Life " is ever written, as I tope and believe it will be, we shall only then know what a great man we have lost. It is to be hoped that the weather will be more bright and cheerful when thes 2 lines are read than it is " at these presents." • Th- aspect of affairs is oertainly far from agrees lo, and " the rain It raineth every day," while v. - y sad accounts arrive from various parts of the com > 7 of floods and boister- ous weather. The effect of t 14 upon trade is unmis- takeable, and I am sorry to f. - y that there are many Indications of employment falling short. There are " also very sad accounts of gales and loss of 4ife on our coasts. Narratives of shipwreck and maritime disaster are just now so numerous that we take too little heed of each particular case, but the aggregate amount of loss of life and property must be very great. Another depressing consideration is the effect of this long- con- tinued bad weather on our food supplies. The grain markets exhibit rising prices, and Mr. James Caird, a high authority on the subject, writing to The Timet, says that we shall require, from September of the pre- sent year to the September of next year, twelve millions of quarters of foreign wheat and flour, the largest quantity we have ever yet imported. On the other hand there is a consolatory reflection— the prices of coal and iron are coming down, and this must have a tendency to lower prices for commodities generally. The question of the legality of certain sporting and Ibetting clubs will ere long in all probability come before the Court of Queen's Bench, on a case arising out of the recent decisions of the Lord Mayor against two members of such clubs ; and if such a trial takes place it will undoubtedly excite great public interest. Great complaints are made at the prosecution of certain little clubs, while TattersaU's is left untouched, and it Is moreover well known that betting to a large amount is carried on at most of the West End Clubs. Pending the approaching trial I venture to Bay that most well- disposed persons are heartily glad that attempts are being made to put down betting as far as it can be put down. It iB notoriously the ruin of thousands of clerks, shopmen, lads, & c., and the recent prosecutions are decidedly in the interest of public morality. Whatever opinions may be held with regard to the justice or injustice of the pretensions of " the Claim- ant," the public must now pretty generally desire that his claims should be disposed of, be the result what it may, and it is satisfactory therefore to hear that there Is to be a trial" at Bar," to dispose of the serlouB charges under which he rests. Another little legal matter is of publio interest. A jury has just decided a case in the Court of Common Pleas, on which case they had been engaged for three days, and at the ter- mination of it each juryman was handed the muni- ficent sum of one shilling! Hereupon the foreman oomplained to the Judge, remarking, however, that of course he was not responsible for it. Of course not, Bays Mr. Justice Byles, " but you had better apply to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will be most happy to assist you." A good joke, truly 1 Seriously, however, such payment of jurymen for compulsory service is a great shame. The system of paying juries has been somewhat reformed, but it is evident that further reform is needed. Why should not famous London town have its " Hospital Sunday," as well as minor towns ? This is a question that has frequently been asked, and now a practical answer is about to be given to it. A meeting of treasurers and representatives of our hospitals and charitable institutions has been held, and it has been resolved to have " Hospital Sundays" in London ( how many is not stated), and a committee has been ap- pointed to make arrangements for carrying out the Idea. Of course the question will come up which ex- cited such an immense amount of argument in relation to the Marquis of Hertford's will— what is a hospital • But the committee now appointed will decide this, and from their decision there will be no appeal. It appears that in several large towns " Hospital Sunday " pro- duces severally more than £ 2,000. And what a noble and truly Christian work of mercy and charity is ac- complished with this money! The clergymen and ministers who preach on Hospital Sunday will certainly have no difficulty in finding suitable texts from which to preach. The Bible is full of them. SATURDAY, NOV. 30, UJ2 St We have all sorts of trades- unions, but the purposes for which they are formed vary but little. In fact there are but two objects sought as a rule— higher pay and less work, and if these two objects can be gained why so much the better for trades- unionists— for a time at least. But a very funny trade- union with very different objects, is said to be in process of formation. It is Baid that the hair- dressere of London, some 3,000 strong, are about to amalgamate, not for intimidatory purposes, but simply to improve the position of their business. So far, so good; but how do they mean to do this? " They wish to become more thoroughly acquainted with chemistry in connection with the human hair and with the manufacture of perfumes, and they seriously think that, could it be readily provided, false hair would be generally worn by the community. Oh, indeed ! The hairdressers will have rather a hard task to perstiade " the, community " to wear other people's hair when they can wear their own. Some ladies may wear false hair in addition to their own, but not in lieu of it— that is to say if they have any brains under their hair; and as to us men, why we would rather have a little hair of our own, even if it is " rather thin on the top, sir," than a lot ot anybody else's; so that if the hairdressers want to persuade the " community" out of this common sense, it will take them a long time to do it. It seems also that the hairdressers " desire to make themselves able to con- verse affably with their customers." Dear me, I thought conversation was their strong point already! The affability with which they recommend their pomades, and pomatums, and the rest of their stock, is well known. " CAVE v. PEGGRAM." TTLI was an action for breach of promise of marriage, tried at Bury St. Edmunds, in which I he damages were assessed before the Under- Sherifl of Suffolk at £ 850. The case came now before the court on motion to make absolute a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the damages were ex- cessive. The plaintiff, Susan Cave, aged twenty- nine, was the daughter of a deceased wine merchant, and defendant, aged fifty, a widower, childless, and a farmer in Hert- fordshire. The promise of marriaze was given by the defendant to the plaintiff,, in October,, 1871, whilst accompanying him in his vehicle some few miles into the country. She accepted the offer and a long correspondence between the parties followed. The letters written by the defendant breathed the usual effusions of love. At his request she gave up her engagement as a governess, and a par- ticular day in January, 1872, was named by him for the wedding. He, however, postponed the intended marriage until the April following. The plaintiff re- ceived an engaged ring from the nentleman, who ac- knowledged her as his future wife to the plaintiffs mother and other relatives, promising to settle £ 2,000 on her. Subsequently, however, his usual corres- pondence with the lady ceased, and he maintained a perfect silence as to his reasons for his altered state of mind towards her, notwithstanding the frequent letters of the plaintiff to him complaining of his conduct, and reproaching him for his utter neglect of her and breach of his solemn engagement to marry her. In May last that engagement was finally broken off. Mr. Willis, for the defendant, having obtained a rule nisi to set a& ide this verdict and for a new trial, on the ground of the damages being excessive, Mr. O'Malley, Q C., with whom was Mr. Graham, now showed cause against the rule. He contended that, considering the grievous wroDg the plaintiff had sus- tained, her stainless character, the loss she had suffered not only in being cast off by the defendant without the slightest reasonable cause or excuse, but also in her position as governess— considering, too, this gentleman's pecuniary means and independent rank in society— the jury under all the circumstances were fully justified in awarding to her the amount of damages winch were now complained of. Mr. Willis, in support of the rule, said that the de fendant was only a tenant farmer with 300 acres of land. He admitted that some few years ago he re- ceived about £ 5,000 on the death of his father. The defendant was perfectly willing to pay a reasonable sum to the plaintiff in compensation for her loss in consequence of his breach of promise to fulfil an engage- ment which he subsequently found himself utterly unable to carry out. He had confessed his breach by paying £ 200 into court. He did not want to pnt the lady to the expense and inconvenience of a new trial; but would be willing to acquiesce in the payment of Buch a reasonable sum as their lordships thought would meet the justice of the case. The Court suggested to the parties to make the damages £ 600. Let them consider it and give an answer to the Court at another Bitting. HER MAJESTY S JOURNEY FROM SCOTLAND TO WINDSOR. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice, attended by the Marchioness of Ely. Lord O. Fitzroy, the Hon. Miss Phipps, Colonel Ponsonby, Mdlle. Norele, Miss Bauer, Dr. Marshall, Mr. CollinB, and Mr. Sahl, left the Perth station of the Caledonian Railway at 7.7 p. m. on Friday evening, the 2.' nd, en route for Windsor Castle. The Royal special train con- sisted of an engine and 13 saloons and carriages, and was under the charge of Mr. Neele, of the London and North- Western Railway. The Royal saloons used by Her Majesty and Princess Beatrice were the sixth and seventh carriages from the engine, Prince Leopold and his attendants, the Marchioness of Ely, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Colonel Ponsonby, the Hon. Miss Phipps, and the remainder of the suite having double saloons allotted them in the train, which was, without the engine, 374 feet in length. The stations on the Cale- donian Railway were reached as follows:— Bridge of Allen, 16JJ miles, 7' 55 p. m. ; Braidwood, 204 miles, 9 5 p. m, ; Beattock Summit, 235 miles, 9 56 p^ n, ; Lockerbic, 259J miles, 10 41 p. m. ; Gretna, 2761 miles, 11 " 9 p. m. ; and the Carlisle Station, where the London and Nortn- Western system commences, 284$ miles, 11 " 25 p. m. At Carli- le the Royal train remained for a period of 20 minutes whil# tea was served to the Queen, Prince, Princess, and Royal suite. Her Majesty resuming the journey southwards at 11.45 p. m., Shap Summit, 316£ miles, w « reached at 12.41 on Satur- day morning ; Kendal Junction, 334£ miles, 1.13 a. m.; Preston, 374| miles, 2.19 a. m. ; and Wigan, 389f miles, 2.45 am. The weather, which had been tolerably fair after leaving Ballater, became at Wigan ex- ceedingly wild and boisterous, the fierce gustB of wind alternating with heavy showers of rain. Never- theless the Royal train kept excellent time during the night journey, reaching Warrington, 401$ miles, at 3.12 a. m.; Minshull Vernon, 4211 miles, 3.44 a. m. ; and the Bushbury Junction of the Great Wes- tern Railway, 464 miles, at 5 am. Heie Mr. TyrrelJ, superintendent of the Great Western Railway, with Mr. G. Armstrong, looomotive superintendent, and Messrs. Kirtley and Spagno- letti, awaited the arrival of the special train in order to take charge of it over the Great Western Railway. The engines having been changed, the train quitted Bushbury at 5" 5 a. m., making Birmingham, 478 miles, at 5 " 34 a m. ; Leamington, 501A miles, 6 11 am. ; Banbury, 621J miles, 6 50 a. m. ; Oxford, 643$ miles, 7' 31 am,; Didcot, 554 miles ( avoiding line), 7.51 a. m.; Reading 6711 miles, 8- 18 a. m. ; and Windsor, 591A miles, 8* 50 a. m. The run from Ballater to Windsor was thus travelled in eight- teen hours fifty minutes, including all stoppages. Throughout the Journey a pilot engine had preceded the Queen's traiD. running fifteen minutes in advance of it. South of Perth the public were not permitted to assemble at tho stations, in order that Hef Majesty's rest might not be disturbed, and Windsor was no ex- ception to this rule. Beyond the small Btonn flag flying from the Round Tower, and a little knot of people gathered near the entrance of the Great Western Railway terminus, there was not much to mark Her Majesty's arrival within the Rsyal borough. Three Royal carriages conveyed the Queen, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and suite, immediately upon their arrival, from the railway station to the Castle, where breakfast had been prepared. Shortly afterwards the special train which had brought the Royal travellers from the North quitted the station and returned to Euston. Her Majesty is expected to reside at Windsor Castle for a short time and then proceed to Osborne, in order to spend Christmas in the Isle of Wight. During the Queen's lengthened absence from Windsor considerable alterations and improvements have been carried out at the Castle. Among other works the corridor has been redecorated, and the new drainage system nearly c pleted. THE DEATH OF SIR JOHN B0WRING. The DaUy] Tdegraph, in remarking upon the death of Sir John Bowring, says :—• ' " By the death of Sir John BOWRLN&, a kind heart has ceased to boat, a strong brain has finished its earthly work, and a vigorous frame has succumbed to the necessary laws of decay. The line of the Latin poet may well be his epitaph : " Multla llle bonis flebllls I occialt." Without ranking with the foremost spirits of the time, he was nevertheless em- phatically a remarkable man, and If it were possible to measure the life- work of Jeremy Bentham's favourite pupil It would be found that Sir John Bowring had done a great deal more than the average amount for " the greatest good of the greatest number. Executor and literary legatee of Jeremy, he helped to establish Benthamism, which, under other names, is now amongst the strongest of modern schools, he popularised the less- known Continental folk- songs, translating with a versatile llngulstlo faculty which recalled that of Mezzofantl, from the Servian, Polish Magyar, Scan- dinavian, Frisian, Esthonlan, Icelandic, and othei ' gauges. He poured forth pamphlets and volumes the questions of labour morals, fiscal and commercial systems, the slave trade, war and what not. He nego- tiated commercial treaties In France, Belgium, Switzerland, and the Zollvereln. He was the author of excellent Incidental reforms In Parliament; he was the father of the florin, and, consequently, grandfather of the decimal system In Great Britain. What a prominent part he played In China, and how he went to Slam, and familiarised us with white elephants, and the two Kings who reign there, as ertt in Brentford— all this is written In political annals. Then, helluo lingua- rum, he gave us Chinese novels and Sia- mese philosophy — all which Immense work did but keep his powerful mind healthy and amused. Sir John was In truth a fine specimen of the British capa- city for hard work; what ho did would have fur- nished a dozen Southern men with materials of a busy existence, fet it be honourably added that his activity was almost always on the side of human progress, that he was enlightened In religious and social respects, and that his support was seldom wanting to a good cause. Of such a man we may In truth say that " his works do follow htm ;" and dying as he has done, at 81 years of age, he re- bukes that spirit which nudges to the soul the free use of the body. Sir John is a fresh proof that men may thrive on hard work and die of Idleness.' Sir John Bowring was twice married— first, in 1816, to Maria, daughter of the late Mr. Samuel Lewin, of Hackney, Middlesex, who died in 1858 from the effects of poison administered to her by some of the " Celes- tials " at Hongkong. He married secondly in 1860, Miss Deborah Castle, daughter of Mr. Thomas Castle, of Bristol, who survives him without issue. By his former marriage Sir John had a family; his eldest son, Mr. John Charles Bowring, of Larkbeare, Exeter, is a magistrate for Devonshire • his name is known as the donor to the British Museum, of a magnificent collection of Coleoptera, consisting of more than 84,000 specimens, and styled the " Bow- ringian Collection ; another of his sons, Mr. Lewin Bowring, lately an eminent member of the Bengal Civil Service, was private secretary to Lord Canning and Lord Elgin in India ; and his fourth son, Mr. Edgar A. Bowring, C. B., for many years Registrar to the Board of Trade, and Secretary to the Royal Com- mission for the Great Exhibition of 1851, is the colleague of Sir J ohn Duke Coleridge in the representa- tion of Exeter. " The death of Sir John Bowring removes the last of the Utilitararn Radicals of the peculiar school which Bentham founded and the Westminster Review repre- sented. We may at all events regard him as the last of the more conspicuous acolytes at the altar of that temple of Philosophical Radicalism, for although there doubtless still linger some who were associated in the movement, there is none left, we think, whose name may be considered fairly as public property."— Leader in Daily News. INTELLECTUAL TREAT. " ' Twould be a fine thing," with a sigh said Tom Noddy, " Were food for the mind nice, like food for the body." — Punch. A SAD END! In London, on Monday evening. Dr.' Lankester held an inquiry at the Workhouse of the Strand Union, on the body ot Mr. John Handy, barrister- at- law, aged 47. Mr. Hugh Wefghtman said he resided at 1, Mitre- court, Temple, and is a barrister and Master of Arts. About nine months ago, while passing up Fleet- street, beirig attracted by an announcement in the window of the temple Discussion Forum that a discussion would be opened by • Colonist, he went in and saw the deceased, who was the colonist referred to. He entered into conversation with him, and deceased informed him that he was bom at the Cape of Good Hope, that he was the son of a Wesleyan minister, and had come to England to keep Terms as a law student at the Temple. Finding the deceased was in bad circumstances, wit- ness gave him some money for his night's lodging, and afterwards found that he was in such distressed and destitute circumstances as almost impossible to imagine. Since that period he had frequently met him at the same place, and had assisted him in a simi- lar manner. He was an excellent scholar, and had been called to the Bar. He had no chambers, and no one knew where he lived, but he had his letters ad- dressed to the lodge of the gardener of the Middle Temple. He last saw deceased at the Temple Dis- cussion Forum on the evening of Friday week, when he appeared in a prostrate condition. He had not seen him since. William Wolten, of 12, Hanover- court, Long- acre, said deceased formerly lodged there, but not for six weeks prior to Saturday week, when he came again. It was a common lodging- houae. He remained in bed the whole of Sunday and till Monday morning, and during the interval some of the lodgere gave him some gruel, tea, toast, & c., as he was ill and destitute. On the Monday morning witness went to Dr. Brooks, the divisional police Burgeon, and told him deceased's con- dition, ana he ordered him to be taken to the Strand Union, and he was removed there in a cab. On arriving at the workhouse, deceased described himself as a writer for the Press and a barrister. He was then admitted. John Bowman, relieving officer of the Strand Union, said he gave the order for deceased's admission. Mr. John Anderson, Medical Officer of the Strand Union, said deceased was brought in there on the 19th of November in a prostrate condition. He at once ordered him beef- tea and brandy- and- water, and then to be very carefully washed. He expired in about five houra after his admission. The post mortem examination showed that the right lnngwas destroyed by inflamma- tion and glued to the walls of the chest. The pleura was inflamed, and although the stomach was quite healthy, it was perfectly empty. The cause of death was pleuro pneumonia, and he believed death was ac- celerated by removal in the cab. Had he been parried in a recumbent, instead of an upright position his life might have been saved. There was no evidence of drinking. Mr. Weightman, upon this point, said the deceased upon every occasion he had Been him was most ab- stemious. A letter which had been Bent addressed to deceased at the gardener's lodge was produced j it was from a lady in Sonth Brent, Devonshire, telling deceased to take private lodgings and she would send him assist- ance. The jury returned a verdiot " that the deceased died from inflammation of the lungs, accelerated by removal from his lodgings to the workhouse in a cab in a sitting position." Boston advices, which are now to hand, contain many Interesting particulars respecting the great fire. The Boston Advertiser says that the scene in the streets from midnight on Saturday to noon on Sunday was one ui tbe sad- dest the cltj has eTer been called upon to witness. The crowds of people seemed to Increase after midnight, and showed no falling off until the fire was well under control. The fury of the fire Is described aa terrible. It leaped over streets and ran through immense granite warehouses with- out being Impeded anywhere In the slightest degree. Blow- ing up buildings was resorted to, but too late ; It did not apparently throw the smallest Impediment In the path of the flames. The Boston Advertiser says that the calamity may well appal the stoutest heart, but that no ODe ought to think of It as Irreparable. The losers will not be run iored houseless, there will be no deficiency In the nscessarles and comforts of 111% wad trade will soon tUl Into Its old channels. lisallairmrs Jntdlignttt, HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL, STORMY ELECTIONEERING.— One of the C?^- didates for the representation of Orkney and Shetland, is visiting those Bomewhat inaccessible islands in a steamer. A sailing- yeBsel would seem more suitable for a gentleman on his cacvass.— Punch, POST- OFFICE TELEG^^ PHS.— AN account has been published showing the gross amount received during the year ended 31st December, 1871, the amount of expense incurred during the year, and the balance remaining applicable to pay the annuities or interest f riling due upon the securities issued under the authority of the I" Telegraph Act, 1869," and as a sinking fund for the redemption of such securities. The amount received by the Post- office in respect to telegraphic messages, private wire rentals, special wires, & c., was £ 1,133,575 Is.; from this has to be deducted the amount paid to Submarine Telegraph Companies, being message receipts collected on their behalf, and amount allowed to postmasters in respect of sums paid by them for the special delivery of messages, & o., £ 401,209 9s. 10d. ; leaving a total of £ 732,365 lis. 2d. Amount expended by the Post- office in respect of salaries, rent, maintenance of tele- graphs, & c., £ 487.544 12s. id.; leaving a balance re- maining applicable to pay the annuities, & c., above referred to, £ 244,820 19s. Id. AMERICAN COLONELS.— To call a man " Colo- nel," says a Philadelphia paper, is to convey the idea that he is of a mild, meek, and benevolent disposition. It is also an evidence that he never was a soldier. For instance, we may recall some of the colonels of Philadel- phia. There are Colonel Forney, Colonel McClure, Colonel McMichael, Colonel Scott, Colonel Mann, Colonel Fitzgerald, Colonel Phillips, Colonel Green, and Colonel Fitz. Of what regiment? And we might mention many more gentlemen of high standing who have never been in the army, and can only be called " Colonel" as a tribute to their antipathy to blood. If every colonel were a soldier, the standing army in Philadelphia would be a menace to our liberties. Their number is as great as it was in San Francisco, to which John Phoenix bears witness in the following story:— The steamboat was leaving the wharf, and everybody was taking leave of his friends— all but Phcenix. who had no friends to bid him farewelL Ashamed of his loneliness as the boat sheered off he called out in a loud voice, " Good- bye, Colonel 1" and, to his great delight, every man on the wharf took off his hat and shouted " Colonel, good- bye r SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS.— In'a sale last week at the rooms of Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, in Wellington- street, London, the following in- teresting lot was included :— Autographs of Martin Luther, Philip Melacthon, Johannes Bugenhagen, Caspar. Cruciger, Justus Jonas, and George Maior ( Major). These interesting autographs are written on two sheets of vellum, in folio. Each of the above early Re formers has devoted a whole page to commentary on some verse of the Bible, and added his signature in full, as well as the date ( 1543), except Justus Jonas, not dated, and Maior's, which is 1549. It is most probable that some Btudent, before leaving the University of Wittemberg, obtained these autographs from his cele- brated teachers as a memorial. The lot fetched £ 47 and was secured by Mr. LabuSsiere. " COMPARISONS ARE ODIOUS."— Mrs. G: " I really must give Cook warning, Charles. She does use such very Bad Words \"— Mr. O: " Really, dear! What sort of Words are they ? "— Mrs. G; " O— well — the same as you use 1 "— Punch. " LEGION. "— In the financial year 1871- 72 13,824 attorneys, tee., took out their annual licence, or certificate, for which £ 9 has to be paid by those re- sident in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, and £ 6 by those resident elsewhere, half duty only being payable for the first three years of being in practice. The number is 127 more than in the preceding year. The tax produces above £ 90,000 a year. A LUCID NOTICE.— The following notice to guests is posted in an hotel at Lahore, Hindostan, kept by a native landlord :—" Gentlemen who come in hotel not say anything about their. meals they will be charged for, and if thev should say beforehand that they are going out to breakfast or dinner, etc., and if they say that they not have anything to eat, they will be charged, and if not so, they will be charged, or un- less they bring it to the notice of the manager of the place, and should they want to say any thing, they must order the manager for, and not any one else, and unless they not bring it to the notice of the manager, they will be charged for the least things according to hotel rate, and no fuss will be allowed afterward about it. Should any gentleman take wall lamp or candle light from the public rooms, they must pay for it without any dispute its charges. Monthly gentlemens will have to pay my fixed rate made with them at the time, and should they absent day in the month, they will not be allowed to deduct any thing out of it, because I take from them lees rate than my usual rate of monthly charges." LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.— It is possible, said an experienced Uncle to an adolescent Nephew, to be tolerably comfortable in marriage, if your wife enjoys good health and you enjoy as much money as will en- able you to afford to gratify all hex inclinations besides your own.— Punch. ULTRA- CENTENARIANISM.— Under the title " Authenticated Longevity," the Toronto Globe has the following statement :—" A most remarkable case of longevity is furnished us by a correspondent in Glengarry. A woman named Ann Campbell died in Kenypn, county of Glengarry, on the 18th of Septem- ber, at the age of 130 years. She was born in Scotland, in tha pariah of Bracadale, in Skye, in the year 1742. When 30 years of age she engaged as chief dairymaid with Mr. John Murray, Grishornish, and remained in that family for a period of 50 years. When her services were no longer required by Captain D. Murray, who succeeded his father in the estate of Grishornish, she left the Murray family, and engaged with Mr. Nichol- son, Ardmore, in the same employment, and con- tinued in his family for the following seven years. She was then in her 87th year, and at this advanced age she emigrated to Canada, where she passed the ing 43 years of her life. Our correspondent relates that of late years she became the wonder of the section of country in which she lived, and was constantly visited by the curiously disposed of her adopted coun- try, ad well as from the neighbouring Republic. He also asserts that she was never sick until her death, never tasted medicine of any kind, waB quite active and lively until within two days of her decease. She was in the fulljiosseeBion of her faculties to the last. In proof of her activity, he states that she milked 12 cows every day hist summer. Her illness ap the time of her death was short, and seemingly without pain. I [ er speech left her only 24 hours before death. She died without a struggle." SODDEN RETRIBUTION.—" A very remarkable coincidence, eayB the Ballarat Courier, " in which some perceive the hand of a retributive Providence, happened last week to a miner engaged in one of the quartz mines near Buninyong. This man, while suffering under some real or imaginary wrong from one of his mates, gave expression to his feelings in a torrent of abuse, and concluded by wishing the drive would fall and smo'. her the object of his fury. The words were scarcely uttered when a lump of earth, which, as described by bis mates, was large enough to crush a horne, fell from between thecappiecer on to the shoulder of the author of the imprecation, crushing him to the ground, neck and heels together. He was quickly extricated from his position, when it was found that no bones wrre'" broken. The man had received a flesh wound near the small of the back, which had saturated his clothes and tilled hiB boots with blood. Although he is able to move about he is still very weak." PROLIFIC SBEDING.— It has been calculated that one plant of the red PopDy bears 50,000 seeds : one Sow- thistle, 19,000; one Corncockle, 2,590: the Charlock, 4,000 ; and the black Mustard, 1,200. The old gardening books recommended any persen who entered a garden to pull up whatever weed he saw near him. What a blessing it is to take a handful of any of the above 1 It is worth remembering, too, by the lover of canaries that every time his pet eats a Groundsel, it destroys at least 6,500 possible Ground- sels of the future— that is, supposing each of these eeedlingB take up two square inches, it prevents some ten square yards of ground from being carpeted with this weed. If he is a benefactor of his race who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one formerly flourished, the man who pulls up only one weed has far more claims on our respect. He sets free a large space of land lor tueful cultivation.— The Garden. ARRESTS IN ROME.— A telegram dated Rome, Nov. 25, in lsst night's Echo, say a :—" Signor Pardoni, Vivaldi, Romanelli, Bonivanl, and Valpoico, leaders of the Radical movement in favour of universal suffrage, who were to have taken part in the prohibited meeting in the Colosseum, were arrested last night, mii imprisoned in the Casa Nuova. They are to be indicted for high treason. The city is tranquil. A case of Orsini bombs was captured at the Leghorn Railway Station yesterday, directed to Rome." A CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION. — When is *' Parliament out of Session " like a Magpie at a Publio house ? When it is chattering on the Stump.— Punch. STRANGE FREAK OF A GIRL.— Some time ago what seemed to beaboypresented " himself " tothe captain of the Eskdale, of Hartlenool, and was bound apprentice. On the voyage to Genoa the '' boy" per- formed the hazardous duties of a seaman until the suspicions of the crew were aroused, and M he" was discovered to be a girl, eighteen years of age, of Dutch parentage. Her mother is dead, and her father, who is married again, resides in London. COUNT* COURT STATISTICS.— There are 51 County Court circuits in England and Wales, and Courts are held in 521 different places. At 381 tho Court is monthly, and at 140 the Court is held once in two months. The number of plaints entered in all these Courts in the year 1871 was 911,538, as against 912,298 in 1870, while 612 cases were sent from the superior Courts, as against 597 in 1870. The number of causes determined was 521,944 in 1S71 and 523,340 in 1870. Judgment summonses were issued to the number of 123,928, and 66,606 weie hear!. 36,704 warrants of commitment were issued, and 7,969 debtors imprisoned. In 1870 the debtors imprisoned num- bered 6,597. In 1871 there were 181,123 executions against goods and 4,435 sales made. The total amount for which plaints were entered was £ 2,662,132, and the amount for which judgment was obtained by plaintiffs was £ 1,324,156 for debt and £ 61,670 for costs. The amount of fees on all proceedings was £ 358,031, being £ 6,814 more than in 1870. From all the foregoing it would appear that the business of the County Courts continues to increase, while that of the three superior Courts of common law is on the decrease.— Solicitors? Journa THE GREATEST BETTING NUISANCE.— A horaey betting- man is a comparatively tolerable member of society, wherein his proclivity to wagers is limited, BO to say, by a Ring. He is agreeable to his like, within their circle, and does not trouble outsiders. But a bore altogether insufferable iB the man prone to betting who seizes every possible opportunity of challenging you to bet. You cannot express an opinion that this or that is a fact without, if he thinks otherwise, his offering to " lay you what you like " that it isn't. He thus impedes conversation, and cuts argument short. This better is altogether worse than the other. — Punch. WRECK OF A PACIFIC MATT. STEAMER.— On Monday, intelligence was received in Liverpool to the effect that the Pacific Steam Navigation Com- pany's Mail steamer Tacora had struck on a sunken rock at the entrance to Monte Video, and was after- wards beached. The Tacora was one of the latest ad- ditions to the company's fleet of mail steamers, and was a ship of 3,500 tons burthen. She left Liverpool on the 4th of October, for her maiden voyage to the West Coast of South America, and was making a splen- did run when the disaster occurred. She was under the command of Captain Stewart. The vessel waB built on the Clyde this year. The mails, passengers, and specie, and crew were all saved, with the exception of two seamen, who were drowned. The wreck of this steamer will, it is said, entail a loss of about £ 250,000, but she was well insured. Latei despatches state that she strack on a sunken rock, off Cape Santa Maria, at the entrance to the River Plate, at three o'clock on the morning of the 28th October. As the beach in the neighbourhood of Santa Maria is a soft one, the salvage operations, should the vessel be got off, are expected to be very favourable. When she left Liverpool she had a cargo valued at £ 70,000, and on her voya; e she called at Bor- deaux and Lisbon to take in a further cargo. A YEAR'S TAXATION.— In the financial year 1871- 72 the revenue from Excise duties ( after de- ducting drawbacks and repayments) amounted to £ 23,386,064; from stamps, £ 9,739,548 ; from taxes ( land, house, and income- tax), £ 11,6S0,2S3, making the total inland revenue £ 44,805,895; but the deduction of the charges of collection— viz., £ 1,616,224— reduced the net inland revenue to £ 43,189,67L The Customs duties ( after deducting drawbacks and repayments) amounted to £ 20,215,923 ; the charges of collection— viz., £ 824,300— reduce the net Customs revenue to £ 19.391,623. The Post C) ffice produced £ 5,908,901; but the charge for the service, which, regarding this as a revenue department, ranks among the charges of collection, amounted to £ 4,155,738, reducing the net . produce of the Post Office to £ 1,752,263. The tota's, therefore, are :— Net produce of taxation, £ 70,929,819; charges of collection, £ 6,596,262; net produc-, £ 64,333,557. The net product for the last seven year--, has been as follows:— In the year 1866- 67, £ 60,340,219; in 1867- 63, £ 61,012.903; in 1868 69, £ 63,168,317; in 1869- 70, £ 66,071,636; in 1870- 71, £ 60,399,720; in 1871- 72, £ 64,333,557. In this period the income- tax has varied from 4d. to 6d. in the pound ; the late was altered every year. CARDINAL COLLEN AND EDUCATION.— In a pastoral read in all the Roman Catholic churches of Dublin on Sunday, Cardinal Cullen alluded to the educational question, but with a milder assertion of the claims of the Church than in his previous addreBs. TTia Eminence limited himself to declaring in substanc that, both in primary and higher education, parent should take care that their children were not exposed to any influences dangerouB to their faith, and ex- pressed a hope that in dealing next session with tlis University question,' the Legislature would proviii. adequate protection for the religious principles ut Roman Catholics. STEAM* IN THE STREET.— The Philadelphi. Ledger gives currency to an announcement that a ne • engine for propelling street cars has been invented, t c compact as to occupy no more space than an ordinary base- burning parlour stove. It is stated that tb - smoke is consumed, and there is no aoot, cinders, noise. The engine has the power of five horses, an. i the cars, which are of the usual dimensions, can be controlled, as to stoppage and propulsion, quite na handily as though drawn by horses. The power can be increased at pleasure up to the capacity of a 25- hor , power engine, thus enabling it to ascend grades of 400 . to the mile. The engineer can " slow up " in the space of 32ft. when the cars are going at the rate of 25 mil . on hour. The engine is placed upon the rear platform, so that the windows can be left open in pleasant wea- ther, without the annoyanoe of smoke or cinders while any dust that might be raised is left behind. A LONG STORY.— That interesting periodica'. The London Gazette, publishes an appointment to t e office of " Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter Assiatn • . inOrdinary to Her Majesty." This must be about the longest title known to the British Constitution, and completely throws into the shade all such pony efforts as Acting Deputy Assistant Commis-: v y - General. If tho attendance required of a G. U. D. W. A. bears any proportion to the lengthiness of his descrip- tion, all we can say is that we hope hiB salary aiic? perquisites are arranged on a scale of the utm liberality. For our part, we should prefer another Court appointment, unfortunately just filled up, th. ' of " Clerk of the Check."— Punch. A TALE OF HORROR.— In the little ' town of MinnelinBk, in Russia, there lived a miller wirt his family. A few weeks ago three Tartars surpri- i the miller, his wife, and a young girl whilst they were asleep. The malefactors, after finding tfcf^ , subjected the miller autf his wife to the niost ciuf j tortures until they told them the place whera money and other valuables were. The monsters th u killed the poor miller and his wife with their ax - , sparing the young girl, who had to witness the feaii . Ecene. After they had packed tho goods ih-> mu - derers sat down to prepare tea in a Russian self- boil. -. tea- kettle ( ealled samovar), and whilst doing so o of the roffians, feeling annoyed by the lamentatii _ of the poor girl, poured seething hot water o\ • • her. Meanwhile the eon, a sturdy young pea" m , returned home from a neighbouring village, and win crossing the garden stumbled agaiust the corpses of ! parents, which had been thrown out by the aaiassir , and perceiving them through the window, he at o>. resolved to avenge the monatroua deed. He theref 11 went to fetch a crowbar from the shed next to the miU, and thus armed stood before the door waiting for i malefactors to come out. The darkness of tho niy' favoured his undertaking. Two of the murderers w killed outright by one vigorous blow. The third Tar ; tried to reaist, but the miller's son stunned and tt.. killed him. Tho recovery of the poor little girl - desnaired of. HO HO HO SAXUBPAT, 2rC> Y. 30, 1872. THE POLICE MUTINY. ( TromXJU Timta.) On Sunday the newly- declared friends of the Police •— the sgitatia% diWi of Whitechapel and Clerkenwell — held their threatened demonstration in Hyde Park on the illogical assumption that on the one hand the metropolitan ratepayers would concur in the " demand" for the release of the imprisoned insubordinate police- men. and the reinstatement of those dismissed, and, on the other, that any expression of opinion from such a quarter could give the men who are now raftering from their great mJatake any help whatever. On enter- ing Hyde Park it was easy to aee that the " di* miaa « J sergeants and constables " were conspicuous by their absence. The gathering * u held in the old spot, near the clomp of trees no often disgraced by similar exhibitions. The people who had gathered were of a very mired class. The usual mock Litany ruffians were there in mat force, two and two, chanting their obscene rub- Dish, and, to all appearances, doing but a sorry trade. The roughs who came to demonstrate and the people who out of curiosity same to look on made but a very • mall gathering altogether, and the numbers of those who put themselves to the trouble of listening to the *' platform " under the presidency of Mr. Odger would have been gathered together anywhere in London in five minutes to look on at a street row. The " chair" was supposed to betaken on. a park • eat, and then Mr. Odger addressed the assemblage in • speech which was heard with difficulty. His remarks were directed to maintain that the police had a right to meet and express their opinions the same as otui people, mixed with much talk as to the high self- governing powers of the English t> jrking classes generally, who, he declared, had lost all confidence in lose people who thought they were born to govern and did not know when they were wrong. He took credit for carrying on these demonstrations and the maintenance of public speaking despite the newspapers, the magistrates and Ministers. Going on again to the question before the meeting, he went on to say the occasion which led to the dis- charge on Saturday week was the first time they had acted upon their light as thinking men, and if the Force did not stand with those men then it would be supposed that the beat men had been pushed out. He believed every one would endorse the resolutions which would be submitted- for they would not encourage in- insubordination. The first declared that policemen should be the some as other men, and allowed to meet to discuss questions in their own way. Then the meeting would be asked to join in a resolution to call upon the Home Secretary to release the men in prison, anl to reinstate the men discharged. He finally called npon Godchild to make a statement. The discharged constable Goodchild then stood for- ward, and was,/ eceived wi* h marks of sympathy and attention not given to the agitators. He said he stood forward to appeal to his fellow- countrymen on behalf of men who for no crime were lying at this moment in felons' cells, and for the 120 men who had been dis- charged. He placed himself on his trial before his fellow- countrymen, and he was sure that Colonel Henderson hereafter would have to stand on his trial. The speaker then went on to narrate the circum- stances of the late dispute in the Force, and he com- menced by saying that the police sent in to Colonel Henderson, on the 30th September, petitions for in- creased pay, alterations in the hours of duty, and other changes, and Colonel Henderson refused to submit the petitions to the Home Secretary, declining to recom- mend the increase of pay, and saying that even if he thought the increase should be given there were no funds from which the increase could be given without the sanction of Parliament. The men then held meet- ings, and delegates were elected to draw up special memorials and petitions to the Chief Commissioner. These were presented through Superintendent Gernon. and in ten days from the day when the memorial and petitions went in the rail increased pay was granted, notwithstanding Colonel Henderson's pre- vious statement. ( Hear, hear.) The Hpeaker said he then called a meeting of the delegates, and it was held, " tad one of its proposals was to give a vote of thanks to • e Chief Commissioner. ( A laugh) A " Memo" then > me out— not a legal police order, mind, and it had never been in orders to this day— ordering that no more meetings were to be held, and anyone attending a meeting would be dismissed. He strictly oonfinedhim- self to the orders, and sent out a notice informing his delegates of the order, and stating that he would ask the Commissioner's permission to have one more meet- ing, at which to present the balance- sheet. Before another step was taken Captain Baynes, one of the district superintendents, called and informed him that he had violated an order— an order which had never been in orders— and was to be removed to Bromley. In reply he said he regarded that as a punishment for being the secretary, and asked to go before the chief. Well, he was sent off to Scotland- yard ; but there he was not permitted to do that which was the right of a criminal at the bar— he was not allowed to speak uninterrupted in his own defence. In fact, before he had commenced to speak Colonel Labalmondiere had dipped his pen into the ink to write the dismissal. ( Shame.) Well, he told the men at six stations what had happened, and they said that not a man should leave the station until he was rein- stated, and he then sent the telegram to the other stations, and for their action on that honest and up- right men were at that moment in prison. He declared that policemen had as much right to meet as members of Parliament to go to St. Stephen's. He thought it was a great hardship that for one action like this men who had served the State well should be imprisoned and lose, as some of them did, all right to pension after, in some cases, 20 years' service. AB to the men who had been discharged and had kept aloof from [ this movement of his tot the release of the imprisoned tnen, he said they had looked after themselves in try- ing to get back; but they should have followed ma course in resolving not to rest until the poor fellows were out of prison. The first resolution was then submitted by a Clerken- well Republican known on the " The Green" as " Johnson Number Two." The resolution was put, apparently without the form of a seconder, and then Mr. Charles Murray,' a well- known Trades' Unionist, stepped up to propose another, but before he could proceed the roughs who had planted themselves in the trees, tired of an amuse- ment which had become dull, descended and joined together in pushing respectable people abont. giving, as they called it, a " bit of shoulder work. The con sequence was that the platform " had to yield. A handful of papers was Been to wave overhead for a moment, as if the resolutions were being " put" to the meeting, and then orators and crowd were mingled together in a tangled mass, from which the undemon- strating particles seemed very anxious to disengage themselves. In the outskirts of tho crowd were several members of Parliament. An attempt, on Monday night, to get op a public demonstration in Trafalgar- square, London, by way of asserting the right of the people to meet in Hyde Park, was so disheartening that the whole proceedings, speeches included, occupied only a quartet) of an hour. On Tuesday evening a meeting of the whole of the seventy- one men of the E division discharged from the Bow- street Station, and of gentlemen interested in the movement, was held at the " Coach and Horses " Inn, Strand, for tho purpose of hearing the reply of Colonel Henderson, to the memorial addressed to on Saturday last. The chair was taken by Captain HuntjRH. JL. who stated that he bod much pleasure in informing the meeting that Colonel Henderson hail replied to his letter, asking him to call upon him athia office in refer- ence tD the memorial, from tb^ men of the E dlvilT oh, and that he had that afternoon ha 1 a very long and a very favourable interview with the Commissioner npontke suhjeet During thi* interview he had fully laid tiie merits of their case Before the Commissioner. He reminded him that many of'theth had had very many rears' service, and that they had larjre families dependent upon them, and that it would be an act of injustice, cruelty, and oppression lor the men still to oontmue to suffer when, if theirstatement be true, and after investigation he had noreajon to donbtfl, tfceyhad no intention of committing any atft6f ibsnbortfihation. He informed the Commissioner that the men had every confidence in him individually, and Be did hope_ and trust that if he could see Ms way to reinstating them in their offim be' would do so, because the men all declared that they had not the slightest intention of committing any act of mutiny. He was therefore very glad to be able to tell them that . from the remarks which Colonel Henderebn made— j " if they would append totheir memorial an assurance i that none of them had any intention of • n « uipi** inff • ay act of mutiny or insubordination, and that if they would also exerts their contrition for any act which by the authorities might be construed into an act of mutiny, their case would be re- investigated." He believed that he might safely say that, if every man would do that, they would all be reinstated. Ex- Sergeant EUadonsaid he was quite sure that the men would gladly make that admi « ioo- He was quite • are for one that he had no intention of oommitting or permitting any act of insubordination, and no one re- gretted more than he did that the telegram was read which Goodchild sent. He therefore moved the sup- plement to the memorial. Ex- Police- constable Haire seconded the supptanqpt required, feeling quite sure that every man would in- j dividually subscribe to it Mr. Daries, a gentleman present, suggested that the supplement should be signed by every man separately. A number of the men addresnd the meeting, de- claring their innooence of any intention of committing any act of a mutinous nature, and the supplement was adopted. CHURCH HISTORY IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. On Tuesday evening, theltev. Canon Lightfoot de- livered in St. Padl's Cathedral the'second Of three lectures on " Christian Life in the Second and Third Centuries." Having on the previous Tuesday reviewed the rela- tions of the Christian to society, he proceeded now to discuss the Christian's relations to the State. On ths former occasion he pointed out how the Christian faced the problems of life ; now how he met the terrors of death Living as we do in an age when the rights of the individual are loudly proclaimed and scrupulously respected, it was difficult for us to conceive ^ he tyranny which in ancient times the State exercised over the thoughts and the actions of the subject. We talked much, and ( though the term was oft en abused) we talked truly, of the rights of conscience. An ancient politician knew nothing of any such rights. The Individual had no claims which were inconvenient to the State, or in- terfered in any way with its compactness and harmony. He was only a crank or a wheel in the vast machinery, and he must move in regular subordination to the whole. Comcience and toleration Were words unre- cognized in the vocabulary of an ancient statesman. Conscience was a possible interference with the de- mands of patriotism, and toleration was a dangerous encroachment on the stability of public order. On the other hand, Christianity had emphasized the individual man as he was never emphasized befdre. Thia it had done because it had taught that he was directly and personally responsible to a greater than an earthly power; that all human claims and interests, even the most imposing, must yield to this higher obligation ; that he was not a dying atom in a dying universe, a tran- sient phenomenon, a fleeting breath, but a being en- dowed with an immortal, unquenchable life. Thus, his individuality was a power m the economy of the universe, which demand respect, and his' conscience was a sanctuary, which could not bd - violated without sacrilege. Now, in Rome the ancient idea was pressed with remorseless logic. The magnificent capacities of legislation and government which distinguished the • Roman tended to the exceptional exaltation of the t> tate at the expense of the individual. Religion itself was cast in a political mould. It was just aa elastic and just as rigid as the form of government or the limit of the Empire. Thus, for instance, as Rome ex- tended her sway over distant nations, she at tho same time enlarged the boundaries of her mythology. With a marvellous power of assimilation she incorporated her conquests ; but this incorporation Would not be com- plete unless the religious arrangement kept pbee with the political. Accordingly, it wis her policy to re- cognize the religions of the subject peoples. This re- cognition was not a mere toleration. It was a direct acknowledgment of their value, in some sense of their truth. And again, when the form of the constitution changed, the theology of the Roman was modified also. He alluded to the deification of the Emperor, and called attention to this point not only because it was in itself the most monstrous phenomenon in religious history, but also because it was the very pivot on which the evening's • investigation would turn. At the very moment whan the world had reached the highest point of civilization and culture, when political and legislative ability were achieving their moat aignal triumphs— in an age of remarkable progress and en- lightenment— this portentious development of poly- theism was invented. The apotheosis of a living Emperor might be somewhat exceptional. It was con- fined for the most part to the provinces where his worship was the symbol and the acknowledgment of Roman supremacy. Yet monsters like Caligula and Nero churned and obtained divine honours during their lifetime in Rome itself, and Domitian was wont to be addressed as " My Lord and Mv ( Sod." But the deifi- oation of the Emperors after their disease became at length almost a matter of course. " Alas 1" said Ves- pasain, when he felt his fatal illness approaching,, " I apprehend [ am going tobe a god." And thus a single generation saw enrolled among the immortal powers whom it was required to propitiate with sacrifice and adoration, a brutal sensualist like Commodua, and a bloodthirsty fratricide like Caraealla. And the world looked on, assented, worshipped ( should | they say?), believed. Here and there a philosopher laughed in his sleeve, but he too accepted the position. One body of men alone held out against this monstrous outrage on common sense and common decency—- firm, unflinching, resolute even to death; an insignificant, despised sect called Christians. They refused to bow before the hideous idol which Roman statecraft had set up. They held it better to forfeit peace, to forfeit liberty, to forfeit life itself, to be gibbeted on the cross, to be burnt at the stake, to be mangled by wild beasts, than to put one pinoh of incense on the accursed altar, or to offer one word of prayer to the accursed name. In the interests of human progress, not to speak of Divine truth, did they not deserve our undying grati- tude ! And yet this monstrous development was the natural, he might almost say, the inevitable consequence of a Roman's conception of religion. On the downfall of tbe Republic all the chief offices were concentrated in the person of the Em- peror. If not in theory, at least in practice, he was the State. Now, Roman religion, as they had seen, was the mere reflection of Roman politics. In its very nature, therefore, it would adapt itself to the altered circumstances of the time. Concentrated poli- tical power demanded a corresponding concentration in the object of religious worship. The person of the Emperor was the obvious response to this demand. The Emperor, therefore, was deified. His divinity was a symbol of the Constitution; his worship was a guarantee of loyalty. How, then, did those facta affect the position of the Christians T From its very nature Christianity could not expect the toleration which was extended to othef religions. Christianity claimed to be absolute, paramount, universal. If it was not this, it was nothing at alL It could lot consent to go shares with other systems in the allegiance of its adherents. H the Christiana bad been satisfied with a niche for their JDivine founder in the Roman Pantheon, aide by side with the deities ot Greece, or Syria, or Egypt, with Cybtle, and Isis, and Aatarte. the compromise would cer- tainly have been readily accepted. It was even said thai Tiberius proposed- to the Senate to recognise our Lord among the adopted goda of Rome. The story may not be true; but it correctly repre- sents the religious sentiments of the Roman Deoole. The Roman was astonished, perplexed, checkmated by the attitude which the Christian assumed. It seemed to him so unconciliatnrv, so exaotintf, so' un- reasonable. Moreover, the idea of an universal exclu- sive religion, « it was foreign to ancient conceptvns, • o also was it antagonistic to political expediency. The Christians were required to sacrifice to the genius of the living Emperor, or to reonfcnise the divmtyof the dead Emperor. It was common lovalty to acqmesce; it waa sheer treason to decline. Their refusal wawa blow aimed at the vitals of the State. There was an irre- concilable antagonism between the religious ideas of Christianity and the political institutions of the age. Dr. Lightfoot, after describing tbe general character of the conflict between the Roman S'ate and the Christians, concluded by reading a touching narrative of tbe martyrdom of a young matron of noble birth, Perpetna, and a female slave, Felicitas, about the year 202, in the neighbourhood of Carthage. ' DOWSIKQ STREET AND CHELSEA.— The result of the appeal of the mob orators agaimt tha'dec'iA n of the M.. fi « trate on the proceedings taken aeafawt them by the Government under the Parks AcfrwiU probably remind ifcany who have read Mr. Cariyle's Occasional Discourse on the N</ rger Question, of the name therein applied to the typical Blackamoor; It appears likely to be a case of Quaahee.— Pmck. B LEAKE v. THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY." The above cause has been before the Lord Chief Baron and Bjroni Channel! and PigoU ( sitting In Banco), and waa ot great public Interest, aa it in some measure Interferes with the decision which makes U lawful for railway companies to over- shoot railway stations and make passenger* wishing to alight get oat at dangerous places at their own risk. This case was tried before the Lord Chief Baron in Middlesex, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, damages £ 1,000. The plaintiff ia in the tea trade, and travelled for two or three houses which had connexions with licensed victuallers and confectioners. On April 20 the plaintiff took a third- class ticket at Yarmouth to travel to Halesworth, and when the train reached the latter place it overshot the platform by a distance of 200 yards. There being no intimation by the railway servants of their intention to back the train to the platform, the plaintiff proceeded to alight, turning his face towards the carriage, and in getting from the steps of the carriage to the ground he came in violent contact with an iron switch- handle, which waa within five inches of the carriage, and seri- ously injured himself. Evidence was called to show that he wa3 badly ruptured, and the plaintiff said that since the accident he had been unable to stoop or to play at his favourite games of bowls, quoitB, and skittles. Mr, Serjeant Parry moved for and obtained a rale — 1, on the ground that there was no evidence of negli- gent on the part of the company; 2, that there was evidence of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff; 3, that the damages were excessive; And 4, on the ground of surprise set forth in affidavits that the servants were not aware that there was a switch- handle at the place Indicated. Mr. O'Malley, Q. C., and Mr. Tapping now showed cause against the rule; j& Ir. Serjeant Parry and M/. Marriott snDOorted it Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Tapping urged tljat the facts , showed the tram had gone completely beyond the plat- . form, not frojjn the effects of the weather, pr an impetus given to the train the break could not control, but by reason of a deliberate act on tije part of the defendants servants who stopped at a dangerous place, and the plaintiff had to descend, getting no assistance from the defendant's servants, or a word of warning from them. It was neligent carelessness on the part of the defendants in the conduct of their business to pull up their train for the final alighting of their passengers at. a place where no preparations had been made to help them to alight in safety. There was no evidence that the plaintiff had or could have seen the iron before he attempted toj alight, therefore there was no evidence against him of contributory negligence. Inde- pendent . of the mere question of contributory negli- gence, the pulling up by the defendants of their train at the place where they did was sufficient evidence of negligence to fix them with legal responsibility for the act. Upon the question of damages It was proved beyond doubt that, by reason of his injuries, his capacity to follow his business had been impaired, and it'was beyond doubt that he had been severely hurt, there- fore the amount he had recovered ought not to be lessened. In support of the rule, Serjeant Parry and Mr. . Marriott now wished to add supplemental or addi- tional affidavits to those already filed by the defendants on the ground that through an accident, or from in- advertence, the defendants' engineer had visited a wrong spot. The plaintiff stated at the trial for the first time that he had been injured in the groin by , a switch- handle, and the switch to which he was sup- posed to have referred, waa taken by the defendants^*) be one of those nearest the platform, whereas according to the plaintiff's statement they were 200 yards from it. The plaintiff had stated in his affidavits in reply to the defendants that immediately after the accident h e remon- strated with the guard. for not putting back, and informed him and also a porter, of the accident he had met with and the manner in whioh it had happened. The defendants were now in a condition to deny thia atatement alto- gether, for hu never mentioned the manner in which the accident happened. The switch against which the plaintiff swore he had fallen he declared to be within five inches of the carriage, and that he could not, and, of course, did not, see it when he was alighting; and it was ascertained upon inquiry that if he had fallen over a switch at all, winch the company denied, he must have come in contact with one which waa 2ft. Sin. from the line on which the plaintiffs carriage was ; and that inasmuch as the plaintiff's evidence went to show that when the train a topped it was broad daylight, and that for some short time before he attempted to get out he had been looking out of window, he must have seen the points, and seeing them, was bound to have avoided them. At the trial the plaintiff stated that he had fallen, and was hurt across the back, and stunned; he had fallen across. the rails andsaidlie did not feel much pain at the time when the switch struck him. It was proposed to, add additional affidayita to contradict the plaintiff in hia statement that he had mentioned the manner in which the accident happened; it was the ignorance of this which rendered it impossible for the defendants to cross- examine him upon it at the trial, aa they had no means at hand to contradict him. The affidavit used by the defendants on the motion foy the rule referred to switches in'the vicinity of the station, and . those the plaintiff referred to were., 200 yards from'it,,, and it was only equitable and just that the defendants should have an opportunity afforded them of fighting the case not only on its merits but in accordance with what might be taken to be the real facta. Upon the question of negligence the learned Serjeant said he snould not Bay very much beyond this, that the plaintiff had, in getting out" of the car- fifge, proceeded to do so in a manner which was not calculated t6 land him in Safety— he got down aa a bear got down a pole, with his face to it. Before get- ting out he Baw the guard of the train and a clerk, and made no application that the train should be run back to the* station or that he should be assisted to alight. Upon the question of damages, they were, taking the history the plaintiff had grven of himself and his commercial transactions,; greatly beyond what was fair and reasonable. Their Lordships were not unanimous in opinion upon the question of negligence. All their Lordshipa agreed that the application to add affidavits Bhould not he entertained, and that BO far as related to that part of the rule, which had boen granted on the'ground of surprise, it ought to be dis- charged. The Lord Chief Baron raid he was of opinion that there was evidence to go to the jury of negligsnce. The defendants knew that a ticket had been taken by the plaintiff to atop at Haleaworth, and the train ought to have stopped at that station to allow the plaintiff to alight, but the train paased the station, and waa actually ui motion for half a minute after- wards, and consequently no opportunity had been offered to the plaintiff of alighting at the station His Lordship thought it was negligence in. carrying the plaintiff beyond the platform, and doing So without Any sufficient cause, expressing no intention of backing the train, and thus making it impossible for the plaintiff to alight at the Btation to which he had booked without in some degree putting himself in personal peril. He thought it evidence of negligence when a train was allowed to remain beyond a station with adisfcanceuf r3ft. or 4ft for a passenger to alight, and to allow hhri to do ao without taking the precaution to offer or afford : him assistance. It appeared to his. Lordship that the plaintiff could only have alighted in the manner he md— viz„ backwards, and thus avail himself of Ithe handles attached to the carriage— and what was the consequence T Before he reached the ground his body came in contact with the switch, and he was thrown violently back. It was said that he ought to have seen the switch; that waa a question for the jury. Tbe plaintiff said at first that he did not see the switch, and being pressed, swore that he could not have seen it. Looking at all the circumstances surrounding th^ c^ se, hia Lordship could not say that there was no evidence of negligence on the part of the company. He was aware mat tnere were cases which v^ ould appear to militate against the opinion he was expressing ; but re- I viewing carefully all the evidence in his case he' could only arrive at the conlusion he had mentioned. The | Jury had found negligence against the defendant*, and I his Lordship saw no reason to say they were wrong in doing so. As regarded the damages, they certainly ap- I peartd to be excessive; and the plaintiff ought to con- sent to the damages being reduced to a sum of £ 700. Baron Channell entertained the same opinion aa the Lord Chief Baron on the question of negligence. His Lordship thought it ought to be stated that, inasmuch as tbe question of negligence had been re- served at the trial for the Court, if the defendants con sented to reduce the damages they would yield up their right to bring a writ of error. Whether there was evidence to go to the jury of the defendants' lia- bility involved the question of whether there was contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff. He was not going to say that the mere act of over- shooting the station was evidence to go to the jury of negligence, and there was no reason why it should be; ana the mere calling out the name of a station wa^ held to be no invitation to the passengers to alight: but where a train ran beyond a station and re- mained there, it increased the difficulty of alighting, and made it more dangerous. TTia Lordship could see no evidence of contributory negligence. There was no objection to the plaintiff descending from the carriage backwards, and it was distinctly sworn by the plaintiff that from the position in which he was ne could not Bee the switch. His Lordship also thought that the damages oucht to be reduced; but he thought it only fair to the defendant to point out that if they accepted the suggestion that they should be reduced, they lost thereby their right to bring Error. Baron Piggot said he had the misfortune to differ from his learned brothers on the question of negligence. There was nothing to show negligence on the part of the defendants by which the plaintiff had been injured. It waa true that the defendant had not attempted to back the train to the platform, and there was no evidence that they had been requested to do BO. There had been no invitation given to the plaintiff to alight, and it waa not negligence in the defendants because the train stopped at the spot where there hap- pened to be a switch. There was literally no evidence of negligence by which the plaintiff met with his accident. The present case was almost on all fours with Siner's case, and his Lordship said the conclusion his mind had arrived at was that the verdict ought to have been entered for the defendants. It was ultimately agreed that the defendants should have time to consider whether they would agree to a mitigation of the damages, which the plaintiff was prepared to accept, or stand upon their legal right, aa the Court differed in opinion upon tbe main reserved question, and take the case up to Error. MR. KNATCHBULL- HUGESSEN AT DEAL. In a speech recently delivered at Deal, Mr. Knatch- bull- Hogessen referred to the subject of national education * and said he adhered to views which he had formerly expressed— that State aid should not be re- fused to elementary schools because religion was taught in them. Ho held that where there is any home teach* ing and any influence of the ministers of religion out- side the school, no harm could or would be done to religious liberty by the present system. These were the real influences which would lead the child to one denomination or another, and in 99 cases out of 100, even if he was allowed to attend religions instruction in the school, his age was too tender to make it at all likely that he could learn more than the very rudiments of religion common to all Christian denominations. Again, when we were deal- ing with a large class of children who never had any home teaching at all; and had not been accessible to . the ministers of religion; if religious instruction had never reached them before, and was to be forbidden in national schools, what right or reason had we to expect that all of a sudden it would reach them then ? It waa as if the State was to sav to those children, It u all- important that you should learn to read, and write, and do sums; it is necessary that you should know something of the geography of thei world— but it is a matter of no importance, and therefore it shall be left to chance, whether you ever know that there is a God who made you and a Saviour who died for you 1 This, continued the hon. gentleman, I feel deeply to be a wrong. Speaking of the Estab- lished Church, he said— We must remember that we are not dealing with a new country or a hew institution. If it were BO— if we were beginning our existence as a nation, the position of those who object to an Estab- lished Church would be stronger, though I do not Bay that it would even then be impregnable. But we are dealing with an Old institution in an old country— with something which has grown up amongvt us, and has become intertwined and interwoven with our social system, so that it cannot be uprooted without a violent dislocation of social ties, and an immense disturbance of the whole framework of English ' Hfel Surely, we should pause and hesi- tate before we touch such an institution. If it is not good for the State to have a National Church, of course all disendowed bodies have a grievance. But if it is good for the State to have a National Church, established and endowed, it cannot be a grievance to those who refuse to belong to it. It is no grievance to me that my neighbour's property does not belong to me. It is Bull less a grievance if that property for* merly belonged to a number of us m common, but that I have lost my share because I voluntarily refused to oomply with the conditions on which it was held. I may have been perfectly right to prefer to earn an independent livelihood, but I have no right to make a grievance of it afterwards. No one is obliged to be- long- to the National Church— ho one suffers legal wrong by not belonging to it, and the grievance when analysed is really not a real and tangible nature ; it may be a matter of sentiment, but something more than sentiment is required when we are asked to root up an institution like the Church of England. AN AMERICAN POET ON SCOTT. At the unveiling of the memorial statue of Sir Walter Scott, in Central- park, New York, on the 2nd of November, Mr. William Cullen Bryant, who wore a sprig of heather on the breast of hia coat, addressed the assemblage and concluded hia speech aa follows :— " Ihave teen a design by some artist In which Scott Is shown surrounded by the personages whom, in his poems and romances, he called into being. They formed a vast crowd, face beyond face, each with its characteristic expres- sion— a multitude so great that it reminded me of the throng, the cloud, I may call it, of cherubim which, In cer- tain pictures on the walls of European char oh es, surround the Virgin Mother. For 40 years has Scott lain In his grave, 8d now his coontrvmen place in this park an Image of the ble brow, so fortunately copied by the artist, beneath whfch the personages of hla imagination grew into being. Shall we say grew, as If they sprung up spontaneously In his mind, like plants from a fruitful soil, while his fingers guided the pen that noted down their words and recorded their acts t Or should we Imagine the faculties of his mind to have busied themselves at hla bidding in the chambers of that active brain, and gradually to have moulded the characters of his wonderful fictions to their perfect form I At all events, let us aay that He who breathed the breath of life Into the frame ot which a copy la before us, Imparted with that breath a portion of His own creative power. And now as the statue of Scott Is set up In this beautiful park, which a few years since, possessed no human associations, historical or poetic, con- nected with Its shades, its lawns. Its rocks, and Its waters, these grounds become peopled with now memories. Hence- forth the silent earth at this spdtwlllbe eloqusnt of old tradl tlona; the airs that stir the branches of the old trees will , whisper of feats of chivalry to the visitor. All that vast crowd of Ideal personages created by the Imagination of Scott will enter with his sculptured effigy, and remain— Fergus and Flora Maclvor, Meg Merrilles and Dlrck H& tteraik, the Antiquary and hla sister, and Kdio Ochiltree, Rob Boy and Helen Mac- gregor, and Bjillie Jsrrie and DandieDinmont, and Diana Ver- non and Old Mortality— but the night would be upon us before I could go through the muster- roll of this great army. They will pass In endless procession around the statue of him in Whose prolific brain tbey had their birth, until the lan- guage which we apeale shall perl> h and the spot on which we stand shall be again a woodland wilderness. TWEE COURSES.— The President's outbreak i of temper set everybody asking, " What u the i Government of France just now J "— Clearly ( says the i Left) it isn't a Monarehy.— But, jnrt as clearly ( aaya the Kight) it isn't a Republic.— SuppoBe ice defined it — a Thurt ElaUir^ Tunca. THE TEA PLAST IX AsrERicA.— In 1859 and 1860 a special appropriation of 10,000 dols-' was expended by the Bureau of Agriculture in introducing tea culture to the people of the United States ( remarks the WaihiagUm Chronicle). Selections of seeds were made by Mr. Fortune,' of England, aa the ageht of the United States, and these were conveyed in Wardian cases to this country, germinating on the voyage. " When further developed in the Gov efnment green-. 1 houses in Washington, they were, distributed in limited numbers Upder the franks of Northern and Western Si- Haters and Representatives, ' and in very large quan- :-; h varjDus means of conveyance, to the South. They seeiri to havq perished under the frosts of the Nprth. and but-^ ew have been heard from in the South. At tne time> of their reception " the busy note of preparation" for a Civil War possessed all minds, Mr. Connolly, of 11- street North- West, has just' presented to ua a cutting from a plant in his garden, with its glossy leaves and greenish- white and orange- coloured blossoms. This plant has never re- ceivtti any protection in all the eleven winter* it has Irvad, ana though not large, is prosperous enough to encourage experiments in more favourable localities and by mora practised cultivatore. FOURTEEN LIVES LOST AT P0RTHLEVEN. At dawn on Saturday a barque was observed in th* Offing from Porthleven. Evidently those on board wen uncertain of their position, having probably made th » land in the night, and mistaken tome of the Western Lights. About eleven o'clock, when the ship was abo « k~ two or three miles from tbe shore, the crew wore rum making for the shore in a large boat, rowing before the gale towards the sandy beach at tbe L - oe Pool, R**, T By this time many people from Porthleven and & ua « ' walloe had gathered near the spot where the boab wa « likely to- beaeh. The sailors rowed manfully, the boat rod" the waves beautifully, and the rudder was Well handled ; but that the sailors had lost their reckoning is evident by their running for the bar. which is on* of the most dreadful spots in Mount's Bay, and where . destruction was almost inevitable. From seawar^ L however, the opening of the Looe Pool Valley looks likfc the entrance to a land- locked hvbour, with the rliffp rising abruptly on either side and on Saturday the M , was breaking o ver the bar and streaming across the atrip of sand that divides the lake from the ocean. On came the boat, breaker after breaker waa surmounted. th « features of the poor fellows ware plainly seen, and it was hoped some at least would reach the shorn. But a few seconds dispelled all hope. No sooner was the last roller passed than the boat fell into. 3 a buge maM of wat< ir rose Hke a, wall, r and all were engulphed. The boat was smashed into, splinters, and the seamen were seen struggling for, a short time in tho white seething waters, and in sigfit, of unavailable assistance and pitying friends they' perished. An attempt was made by Joining hands rescue Borne, but the sea claimed its victims, and' all were Boon lost to sight Meantime the barque' with canvas set Was drifting away to the east ward; 1' and was seen by the coastguard officers at Mullion' and Gunwalloe. About the same time as the crew were drowned the1 vessel took the rocks near Hal^ ephron, where the cliffs are most precipitous. It waa not known at this period that all hands had left the doomed barque,' though nonfe were discernible on decki Lines were ac3' cordingly shot from the rocket apparatus, but there war no one to receive them, and Soon the work of destruo- tion commenced, and in an hour wasover. After labour - ing for a while, the seas began to sweep over the hUlL' and a total break- up followed. The " Union Jack re* versed was flying aa the ship was traversing ilia' mountainous sea, and for some time after striking tt still fluttered, and it is thought that had the crew stuck, 1 to the vessel all would have beep saved. - , l . It was ascertained that the unfortunate ship waa the Zochlevc^ t M> vxe. Captain Hallyyell, about 60tt" tons burden, laden with wheat from Berdianski, in the Black Sea.' It is believed that the crew numbered fourteen, and tfifct they left the vorael in two boitfij' because not mM than nine persons were discernible1 in the boat wbbse destruction we hate recorded; and' certainly thW nhmber would not be sufficient to man' such a vessel. - w 1 i fdw Km& MR. BRIGHT, S. P , ON THE NEW TREATY. The Manchester Examiner publishes a letter from . the Right Hon. John Bright in reply to a memorial from the Coventry n ilk weavers on the subject of the, new Commercial Treaty. The letter is dated from, Llandudno, the 22na of November, and in it the right,, hon. gentleman says :— It la to be regretted that you and your friends ahould dis- tress yourselves about the ijew Treaty, and preler, aa I con- clude you would prefer, to have no Treaty at aD. If then, were no Treaty, the French Government would not reduo*' their Import duties, some of them they would probably ralae, > and the English Government woalil not impose new?' or higher dutlea on Importations from Eranoe. The tteaty. - therefore, which Axes the limit of the French tarifl, bat. which does not prevent 1U amendment in the direction ot lower duties, and which in no degree affect* the duties wa Impose on foreign goods, can Inflict no injury on Coventry 1 or on any other manufacturing town In the kingdom The ' treaty may not be a wise treaty on the part ot Fiance, but tt^ la Impossible that it ahonld be Injurious to Xngland, far under ita provision England does not bind henelf to do any- thing which she would not willingly and wisely do If the1 treaty were not in existence. If, ander the treaty, lbs' French tarifl ia in any degree lower than it would be without the treaty, then by ao much are we the gain en by it. Our. Government would have been delighted to have signed a treaty under which the French . tariff would have been as liberal and as sensible aa our own, bat it can only act- for England, and not IOt France. If I am not • same grounds, doubtless, you are against the renewed Treaty of 1572. think the special Interests of Coventry should have been cared for at tho expense of the general population of the kingdom. But Lord Granville la not the MiuUter foe' Coventry only, but for the United Kingdom, and he artl M* colleagues must act for the general good, and not for any special Interest or trade which clamour* for protection at hto THE. LORD flIATOR OF LONDON ON BUILDING SOCIETIES. On Monday evening the Lord Mayor presided at the tenth annual meeting of the Fourth City Mutual Building Investment Society, which waa held at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon- afreet.' His Lordahip said that, as a member of the BoyalJ Commission on Friendly Societies^ he' had been im-/ SmTal^ SoS^ U ' tedbKingdgo 80ci ij ® 8' uuuuujg Buciewea in inw country, toat mere ware over 2,000 societies, and 800,000 aubecrihing mem- bers. 5> at waa a great national interest wMch' ought to be fostered and protected by Parliament an^ ohe to which the Govemnlent and t^ e members of the House' of Commons shqtjld glve: their careful attention? He believed that that duty was fully recognised, and' that, in refusing to discuss the Building Societies Bill at the latter part of the session, Parliament and the Government did ao from the convictidh that any hasty legislation on the subject might be a step in the wrong direction, and might be ad injury instead' of'a benefit to those wbo « e interests were involved. He trusted that the- question would betaken up earlier in the ' coming session, and that a bill would' be paased which would remove existing an © ^ malies and oohfer greater priVilegee and benefits upon building societies generally. He trusted that one ef^ the provisions of the measure would abolish trustees 1 altogether, and leave the protection of'the property to' 1 the members themselves. He believed In attending to his own business, and he thought tli* principle ought to be- aileading one amongst building societies.. He did not think the members would have had' any greater security if their money had been in- < vested in savings banks. They would have had less than half the interest piid bv thia society, and there would hare been an absence of the stimulus which1' they received to acquire real property of their own.' They received the advice of the directors and tho secre- tary when they contemplated purchases, and they wire <> prevented from investing their money in unsaleable ' property or anything that was likely to be unprofitable. I. He was very glad lo find ithat there were in the i society a large number of the class known aadomeuiio > servants. He though^, that showed that the thrifty tendency was increasing amongst them, and that , they desired to provide foe, the time of retiring, from their continuous service. It would be. a gxsafc, benefit to employer and. employed if that feeling were stimulated to a larger extent, because nothing degraded or lowered the, p^ gibOT ofa, famflyrroore t^ an A the development of a feeling of indifference to the tune When they could no longer . fork,; Another advantage , of building societies consisted in the stimulus which , they gave to the bailding trade.' Many houses were,, now in existence which would not have peen erected ir, j it had not been for the fopd?, jjhich t^ ese societies., gaoed ft t^ e disposal of th^ pwlder arid, the speco- f At the elope of the proceedings,' an enthusiastic vo( ef/ of thanks waa accorded to his lordship lor presiding, France is experiencing the predicted effect of her 1 heavy taxation. Daring the nine mouths of the ometal yew n for which returns have been ntede there is a deficit fax tte i yield, aa compared with the eatlmate.. of over 000, GOtHjr . j two- thirds of the falllng- off bel& K In the indirect taxes. • On Friday last^ an accident, which resulted in tbe death of a woman, named Elizabeth Tamer, aseU twenty- two. ye* n, occurred at VJceyard ili'l, Oldham. The deeeastd was employed as a roving frame tenter. Between tbe two frame* where she worked there is an upright ahaft This • 1 shaft Is fenced round with a On guard. In two notions, hold together hy nieces olitrlng. At the bottom thulwo halves of , the guard had, by some means unexplained, become two, Inches apart. This was sufficient to admit the lower part of a woman's dre& s. and she was quickly drawn round the shaft. Before the machinery could be stopped, the woman's body « as ihocklnsfr mutilated. THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY, NOV. 3 0 , 1873. In the days of my youth the tiger still lurked in London, and, although dislodged from his favourite jungle in St. James's- street still retained a well- known lair amid the bamboos of Piccadilly wand Albemarle- street But he was ultimately ban tea out ( chiefly it is believed through the sgenoy of a Man- chester man, into whom he had Btuck his clawB rather deeply), and was compelled to take refuge on foreign race- courses and other wild spots. ± ue X roatu " Seri or r e" B 1 rascaiUB, was long siuue knocked over. He, his suppers, his solons, and his high and mighty game have long since been things of the past. It is true that after the extinction of the royal beast numerous smaller specimens of the same genus lurked in pleasure- loving Paris. But those were small fry, mere tiger- cats, ocelots, or catamount, who preyed mainly on tne outskirts of society, pioking up the unconsidered waifB and strays, the unfleoged gosling, or the silly lame duck. Their lairs were in unfrequented places, and although presenting certain allurements, were powerless to attract the big game which in the golden days of the feline race frequented the numerous luxurious dens of the Palais Royal. They were unlucky, too, for when bv anv slice of good luck they had enticeds jmc noble none within reach of their claws, he was very apt to break loose, make a terrible noise and smash up the wild cats, den and alL The Felis Belgicus was famous from an early day, and long before the steady- going, nome- dwelling tiger became an institution, wandering animals of the same predatory tribe were wont to lurk near the healing springs of Spa. From the days of basset and faro to those of roulette and trento- et- quasante, the pretty little Ardennes village has been the haunt at the feline race. Stateljr seigneurs, adorned with blood and iron could not endure the pres ence of the jungle king, and Bismarck has condemned him to extermination. , The last representative of the European rApe of tigers continues to drag on a precarious existent * 111 the old pirate stronghold of Monaco, but his daysaiV nam" bered; neither gods, men, nor the columnsof newspt ^ P ® ™ will much longer endure his existence, and though he will cling with all the strength of fangs and claws to. his last Mediterranean retreat, he will soon be disposed a '< and the European tiger will become as much a thing a • the past as the cave bear, the mammoth, the mastodon, the iguanodon, or any other of those monsters which j are now fortunately extinct. " EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS." The following Interesting extracts ara from Mr. Darwin's new work,* " The Expression of the Emotions In Man and Animals":— ACTION FBOM HABIT. A. vulgar man often scratches his head When per- plexed in mind ; and I believe he acts thus from habit, as if he experienced a slightly uncomfortable bodily sensation, namely, the itching of his head- to which he is Darticularlv liable, and which he thus relieves. velvet coats, diamond- h swords, and buckles of brilliants, have here been done to, death. Fair demoiselles have glided over the promenade re- splendent in silks, satins, and jewels of price. The tiger of the period raffled it in gay attire, wore a watch in each fob, gave splendid entertainments, and made a bank at faro, whereat the fair dames aforesaid thought it no scorn to take a livret . . . The idleness of a fashionable watering- place natu- rally afforded plenty of opportunity for the indulgence of speculative tastes, ana ultimately the tiger seized upon such places, entered in, dwelt in them, and has dur- ing many yean found his account therein, for since the moment when he first discovered the value of mineral waters to the feline constitution it has never been possible to keep him away from medicinal springs. He is drawn to them by some invincible attraction, and is never so happy, so sleek, and so glossy, as when basking on the sunny slopes of the Tannus, or rolling sportively by the banks of the sparkling Oos. Indeed, during the present century, the German tiger has as- sumed immense proportions, and whatever his treat- ment of chance comers to the menagerie, has always *— 1 his clawB out of the inhabitants of neighbouring For a long time be tenjoyed^ himself amone the anti- rheumatic baths of Aix- la- Chapelle, but were upon his track, and ( ousted the Prussian tiger, who was driven to seek '' fresh woods and pastures new n amid the laughing vineyards of the Rhine and the narrow valley of the Lahn. At Wiesbaden, especi- ally, he built himself a magnificent den in a charming country, ' albeit over- hot in summer, and wondrouslj infested by wasps. Originally there were three gram entrances to the Kursaal at Wieebadem and these provoked from some Frenchman who nad lost his money the following epigram : ( Test par u « the show. Men, aye, and women, of all nations, lessly in and out of these famous entrances, but the demeanour of the comers is very different to that of the goers. A light springy step and a jaunty air often accompany the new arrival burning to see the tiger, perhaps for the first time, or perhaps to renew so agreeable an acquaintance ; but a certain listlessnees pervades most of those who are leaving the den. They have Been the show. They have crowded up close to the bars. They have— some of them who were rich enough— caused the animal to be stirred up with a long pole, and have suffered accordingly. Young Buffington, son of the great house of Binks and Buffington, looks very sad indeed; the cash which should have taken him to Constantinople, Jerusalem, Cairo, the Pyra mi da, and the Nile, has been, as Buffington junior mournfully expresses it, " blued" The tiger has gotten the better of B. junior, whose mind will not this season be improved by the advantages of Eastern travel. M. Alcide de Ch& teaundun is also savage and biting his moustache, savagely curses himself as an " animal" for mksing the last run upon the red. Titus J. Danks, Esquire, of Succotash City, senator from the state of Arizona takes matters more coolly, and does not seem to labour under the weight which ordinarily oppresses him. He has " fit" ir before now down in Sacramento City, and has — monte when the bankers never dealt without a loaded six- shooter at the side of the pack. This prominent citizen retires pensively to his hotel, where, among the seventeen or so huge " trunks whioh form the baggage of and . wife, lie oonoealed many bottles of rare old Bourbon, accompanied by Angostura bitters and other " fixings.' Fortified by these Homeric stimulants, the senator will return again to the charge, although it is more than doubtful whether an accurate knowledge of all the most recondite mysteries of seven- up, euchre, bluff, draw- poker, and faro will enable him to cope successfully at roulette or trente- et- quarante with the tiger of Wiesbaden. Near to Frankfort- on- the- Main, and almost under the shadow of that New Jerusalem, a tiger of imm « ' i" size and darling splendour established a show which immediately became popular. This liberal, open- pawed creature did not wish to devour his olients all at once, preferring rather to con- sume them piecemeal or by instalments. He adver- tised largely, and offered unusual advantages to the visitors of his exhibition. At the moment of the arrival of the tiger, Homburg was a trumpeiy village, inhabited only by some very " ordinary" aborigines, and a few German families of distinction who came to drink from the medicinal springs. But the wild- beast show soon converted the retired village of the Taunus into a pretty town, well paved and lighted with gas ex- cellent roads were made in all directions; capital hotels and comfortable lodging- houses abounded; the centre of the whole being the magnifioent palace of the " himself. The visitors to this famous zoological gi were of a very mixed character— mostly bad— but it was always amusing to watch the coolness with which English people threw insular prejudices to the winds, ana fell in with the doubtful manners and detestable customs of the place. I have seen English families of the most severe respectability— when at home— be- oome suddenly infected, male and female, with the dominant passion of the spot. They could not let the tiger alone; they even went to the length of beginning to worry him in the morn- ing, when tne be Art is especially dangerous : they patted him, they fondlea him, they rubbed his silky ears, admired bis beautiful paws, and ' * ring oourage from familiarity, boldly pulled | his They were his easiest victims. Playing in an off- hand careless way, they hardly ever won anything, and sometimes lost a great deal. The feminine element was very strong at the Baden tables, and it was interesting to some students of human nature to watch the fair sex struggling witl* the tiger. The fair combatants were sometimes happy in their inspirations, but in the long run generally suf- fered defeat, leaving their rings, their chains, and their jewels on the claws of their terrible opponent Ancient princesses and antiquated countesses hovered about Ems and Homburg, but none of these old harpies, who had become lean, aged, and haggard in the protracted combat with the tiger, put in an appearance at Baden- Baden. There everybody lost, and looked pleasant following the Amerinan advice to the loser of a bet to " own up, pay up, and shut up." Sufferers from the tiger's claws did shut up themselves and their boxes, and taks the next train, oftentimes second class, for Pari". Not that the monarch of Baden was an inhospitable beast by any means, few when you were stripped to the bone he would kindly supply sufficient funds to convey yotmskeleton to the family vault of your an- cestors. His reason for this was, of course, plain enough ; he did not want his den whitened with the bones of his victims, and so shipped you off on the same principle that gentlemen of the medical profession adopt when they send you to Nice or Montone in order to keep your gravestone out of their neighbourhood. But the German tiger is doomed to the fat « of his I French and English brethren, and tbe year of grace, I 1873, will see the world well rid of him. A reign of Another man rubs his eyes when perplexed, or gives a little cough when embarasssed, acting in either case as if he felt a slightly uncomfortable sensation in his eyes or windpipe. GROTESQUE FAMILY GESTURE. The inheritance of habitual gestures is so important for us, that I gladly avail myself of Mr. F. Gal ton's permission to give in his own words the following re- markable case:—" The following account of a habit occurring in individuals of three consecutive generations is of peculiar interest because it occurs! rally during Bound sleep, and therefore cannot be due to imitation, but must be altogether natural. The particulars are perfectly trustworthy, for I have inquired fully into them, and speak from abundant and independent evi- dence. A gentleman of considerable position was found by his wife to have the curious trick, when he lay fast asleep on his back in bed, of raiding his right arm slewly in front of his face, up to hiB forehead, and then dropping it with a jerk, so that the wrist fell heavily on the bridge of his nose. The trick did not occur every night, but occasionally, and was inde- pendent of any ascertained cause. Sometimes it was repeated incessantly for an hour or more. The gentle- man's nose was prominent and its bridge often became sore from the blows which it received. At one time an awkward sore was produced, that was long in healing, on account of the recurrence, night after night, of the blows which first caused it His wife had to remove the button from the wrist of his night- gown as it made severe scratches, and some means were attempted of tying his arm. Many years after hiB death, his son married a lady who had never heard of the family incident She, however, obeefved precisely the same peculiarity in her husband; but his nose, from not being particularly prominent, has never as yet suffered from the blown. The trick does not occur when he is half, asleep, as, for example, when doxing in his arm chair, but the moment ne is fast asleep it is apt to begin. It is, as with his father, in- termittent ; sometimes ceaBing for many nights, and sometimes almost incessant during a part of every night It is performed, as it was V his father, with his right hand. One of his children, a girl, has in- herited the same trick. She performs it likewise, with the right hand, but in a slightly modified form : for, after raising the arm, she does not allow the wrist to drop upon the bridge of the nose, but the palm of the half- closed hand falls over and down the nose, striking it rather rapidly. It is also very intermittent with this child, not occurring for periods of some months, but sometimes occurring almost incessantly." WILL AND HABIT. _ The conscious wish to perform a reflex action some- times stops or interrupts its performance, though the proper sensory nerves may be stimulated. For in- stance, many years ago I laid a small wager with a dozen young men that they would not sneeze if they took snuff, although they all declared that they inva- riably did so j accordingly they all took a pinch, but from wishing much to succeed, not one sneezed, though their eyes watered, and all, without exception, had to pay me the wager. Sir H. Holland remarks that at- tention paid to the act of swallowing interferes with the proper movements ; from whioh it probably follows, at least in some part that some persons find it so suit to swallow a pill SVEi£ PITfG. Infants whilst young do not shed tears or weep, as is well known to nurses and medical men. This circum- stance is not exclusively due to the lacrimal glands being as yet incapable of secreting tears. I first noticed this fact from having accidentally brushed with the cuff, of my coat the open eyeof one or my infants, when seventy- seven days old, causing this eye to water freely; and though the child screamed violently, the other eye re- mained dry, or was only slightly suffused with tears. A similar slight effusion occurred ten days previously in both eyes during a screaming fit The tears did not ran over the eyelids and roll down the cheeks of thfe child, whilst screaming badly, when 122 days old- This first happened 17 days laten at the age of 139 days. A few other children have been observed | for me, and the period of free weeping appears to be1 very variable. In one case, the eye became slightly suffused at the age of only20 days; in another, at62 days. With two other children, the tears did not run down the face at the ages 61 64 and HO days; but in a third child they did ran down at the age of 104 days. In one instance, as I was positively assured, tears ran down at the unusually early age of 42 days. It would appear as if the lacrymal glands required' some pract. ce in the individual before they are easily excited into action, In somewhat the same manner as, various inherited consensual movements and tastes require some exercise before . they are fixed and per- fected. This is all the more likely with a habit like weeping, which must have been acquired since the' period when man branched off from the common pro- genitor of the genus Homo and of the non- weeping anthropomorphous apes. A MELANCHOLY RECOLLECTION. The insane notoriously give way to all their emotions with little or no restraint; and I am informed by Dir. J. Crichton Browne, that nothing is more characteristic of simple melancholia, even in the male sex, than a tendency to weep on tne slightest occasions, or from no cause. They also weep disproportionately on the occurrence of any real cause of griet. The length of time: during which some patients weep is astonishing, as well as the amount of tears which tney shed. One melan- choly girl wept for a whole day, and afterwards con- fessed to Dr. Browne that it was because she re- membered that she had once shaved off her eyebrows to promote their growth. a good observer found that " making a noise With the , finger- nail against a board, in imitation of the ben mother, first taught them to peck at their meat SIR 8. BAKER AND THE RHINOCEROSES. The rhinoceroses in the Zoological Gardens figh with their nasal horns, and have never been Been to attempt biting each other except in play; and the keepers are convinced that they do not draw back their ears, like horses and dogs, when feeling savage. The following statement therefore, by Sir S. Baker, is in- explicable, namely, that a rhinoceros, which he shot in N. rth Africa, " had no ears ; they had been bitten off cloie to the head by another of the same species while t< i hting ; and this mutilation is by no means uncom- t* jn." ORANG3 AT THE LOOKING- GLASS. ] ft/ « ny years ago, in the Zoological- gardens, I placed a locn'ong- KhttS on the floor before two young orangs, who, M < far as it was known, had never before seen one. At first they gazed at their own images with the most steady sin T> rise, and often changed their point of view. They then approached close and protruded their Hps towards the image. as if to kiss it m exactly the same manner> » thv^ y had previously done towards each other, when first placed, a lew days before, in the same room. They next ma& e all sorts of grimaces, and put them- selves in varioa' 8 attitudes before the mirror: thery preened and rubied the surface; they placed their hands at different . distances behind it; looked behind it; and finally seefcned almost frightened, started a little, became cross, and refused to look any longer. FIBE- PB00F BUILDINGS. ( from the Saturday Rt& ievr.) It is unsatisfactory to be told that what are called fire- proof buildings are more dangerous than any others. Yet « p « akinR broadly, this is the result of the opinions of Jnen of scientific knowledge and prac- tical experience- There is absolutely no such thing as a fire- proof construction. Nethi$£- can resist a good fire well lighted up. The RoflKn system of vaulted brick chambers afford the beet protection against fire, while wrought and east iron are the worst material that can be used for this purpose. Stone staircases are a delusion, and iron girders are a snare. Next to brick, the best nrotection is hard wood covered with common plaster. It would be strange if, in building both ships of war and warehouses, there were to be a simultaneous reaction of opinien in favour of the same despised material, wood. But the objection to iron in certain forms in warehouses is much more clear than to any application of it in ships of war. Iron is relied upon by the public as a safeguard against fire, while its use is looked upon by the insurance offices as more dan- gerous than that of wood. Its first and most obvious defect is that its strength deteriorates rapidly when heated. A careful and competent observer considers that wrought- iron is very sensibly weakened, and cast- iron rendered brittle, at what he calk " comparatively low heats." It is very common, he says, to find iron ties and other similar work beqfc merely by their qwn weight In small buildings and other places where the heat has not bean great The failure of wrought- iron gjrdsrs in a case which he had examined also tended to the same conclusion, for the whole pf them were bent twisted, or broken in the most violent way. although the cast- iron columns on which they rested were only slightly bent These columns. were, how- ever, of much stronger form than is usually found. It is at any rate quite certain that at higher tempera- tures, such as are to be expected in a large fire, iron rapidly loses strength; and thus a floor ore beam which would bear the weight upon it auite safely at an ordinary temperature might break aown at a higher - K author of the paper as to the indestructibility of solid . brickwork. It might be affected in numeroui ways by in tense heat, but fire never passed through the wall. I i he risk of fire is increased by faulty construction of bm^ higs. In France, says Captain Shaw, it is a rare th mK to find a wall tumble down. One reason for this mJa'kt be that the warehouses are not so enor- mously « vvJed M England, but another and more valid reawiu1 appeared to be that this branch of business was more attended to in that country than in this. As regards warehouses in London, Captain Shaw thought that Ik ® greatest measure of security was to be found in tke proper subdivision of the premises, and the separrtics 811,1 classification of the large store of inflammable materials there deposited. As regards private hctt'* 68. it would appear that ~ "-- i freque construction as well to materials are too frequently defective. It is, however, satisfactory to learn that it is rare to see a fire communicate from one house to another, as the party walls are usually a perfect bar to the spread of fire, and they have been the means of saving property to a vesy great extent It was re- marked that gentlemen present connected with fire as- surance must be aware that the profits on insurances of private dwellings were enormous. Let as hope that these profits have not diminished " ince this interesting debate was held. We believe that > t contains all that can be usefully said on the subject n fire- proof build- ings. The danger from fire in larg-' warehouses has lately become even more manifest, 1 we are not aware that any new method of protection has been discovered, although it is probable that varfrras Extenders to the discovery of smdi remedies ve appeared in the interval The late Alder- man Humphrey had probably had as much ex- perience M' any man in firee in warehouses, and he was of opinion that the joist* of a build- ing filled in with concrete, and boards at tbe top, formed a safer construction in case of fire than iron girders and brick arches, and afforded altogether a better fire- proof building. Certainly this was the opinion of a man who ought to have known what he was talking about, and concrete of good quality Ia happily not an unattainable commodity. We sincerely condole with all the believers in1 at< X* and iron, whose faith must bet rudely shaken by the opinions which we have quoted. It certaraly i » rather startling to Be told that a wooden staircase well plastered underneath is safer than a so- called1 fire- proof- staircase of stone. Again, it is difficult to believe, except on the highest authority, tkat iron girders, be* coming heated and expanding, have so injured the walls- that nearly the whole structure had to be rebuflt, " whereas all would have been saved had the girdferw been of wood." A common dehot in modern houses La- the floors do not fit closely to the walls, so that if water- is poured upon the upper part of a balding, according: to the modern practice of attacking the enemy from, above, the floor will not bold the water, and that is a- serious cause sf loss. There are probably many cases where water does more harm than fire, but we should be sorry to complain that firemen are too active in their duty. The great thing is promptitude, so as to defeat the enemy before he gathers strength. There is, we think, serious and increasing danger from the construc- tion of large warehouses, and is therefore useful, although disquieting, to be told that there is no such things as fireproof. Yet constructive skill, dealing with suitable materials, can doubtless do much to confer on warehouses that security which belongs to a private dwelling built of good brick externally, and well plastered within. Good brick we know is scarce, but there is something in the character of our age which teaches us to expect that it would show itself copiou* in plaster. The celebrated architect Who " found us of brick and left us of plaster" ^ buld have earned the gratitude of London if he had not unfortunately put the plaster on the wrong side. ' , one. Iron is, nowever. too valuable an aid in building to be laid aside. It is likely to influence, and ought to influence, the designs of builders; and bearing in mutd the extraordinary, differences produced in its quality by trifling differences in treatment there may be hope of finding means of removing the defects which now militate seriously against its use. " Meanwhile we must look upon it as being a most dangerous ally." The same high authority assures us that wood is not quite so dangerous a material as is supposed. In one instance some wooden posts and a girder remained to the end of a fire which melted iron and brass within ten or twelve feet of them. Doubtless there was some current of air which carried the flames away from the wood, but none of the firemen present could say how. A piece of a past from the same building, and close to the same part of it, where the wood was burnt in to some little distance, and scorched retained its strength. Several others remained in the same state; and in general large timbers are seldom burnt through in ordinary fires, but have enough of their substance left to act as struts or girders, although of course much weakened. These statements will perhaps shake the common notion, which is that what- ever is incombustible, and nothing else, is fire- proof. But of course light woodwork feeds the fire, and solid timbers are, it is to be feared, rare in modern edifices. People believe that if their floors are formed of iron beams or iron pillars, Mid their stairs of stone; their premises and themselves with them are perfectly safe. from fire. A few examples will show how " erroneous and danger- ous" thii notion is, and how firs treats these " fire- proof" things. The most ordinary and dangerous use of stone is that of stairs. Speaking generally, DOGS. Many carnivorous animals, as they crawl towards their prey and prepare to rush or spring on it, lower their' heads and crouch, partly, as it would appear, to hide P^ y "^ dy for their rush : and; this habit in an exaggerated form has become tere- If? 7! m oar Pototera and setters. Now I have noUoed scores of times that when two strange dogs meet on an open road, the one which first sees the other, though at the distance of one or two hundred' yards, after the first glance always lowers its head, gsaeraOy crouches a little, or even lies down ; that is, he takes the proper attitude for concealing himself and for nu£ ing a nuh or spring, although t£ e road is often quite open ud the distance great. Again, dogs of all' Wnds when intently watching and slowly approaching their prey, frequently keep one of their fore legs doubled up for a long time, ready for the next cautious Btep ; and this is eminently characteristic of the pointer. CAT8. It is well known that cats dislike wetting their feet owing, it is probable, to their having aboriginally inha- bited the dry country of Egypt j. and when they wet then: feet they shake them violently. My daughter poured some water into a glass close to the head of a kitten ; and it immediately shook its feet in the usual manner; so that here we nave an habitual movement falsely excited by an associated sound instead of by the sense of touch. CHICKENS. It has recently been stated in Prance, that the action of sucking is excited solely through the sense oi smell, So that if the olfactory nerves of a puppy are de- stroyed it never sucks. In like manner the wonderful power which a chicken possesses only a few hours aft « r being hatched, of picking np small partides of food, seems to be started into action through the sense of hearing ; for with chickens hatched by artificial heat * The Sxpression of the Emotions in Maa and Aahaa's — Sr Charles Darwin, M. A., F. R. 8., Ac. ( Loaden: John array.) stone, marble, granite, or any such utterly untrustworthy in case of fire, unWnsed of a thickness quite uncommon in modern work. When stone is in thin slabs, and so placed that tbe fire can play around it » high temperature is irresistible; but cases the failure of a building from the use of stone columns or piers of tolerable size. The fire scales off the outside in large flakes, but generally leaves a solid oore. But it is dangerous to use stone in positions where a large portion of Ks rorfacs isex- posed. The practice is very common of supporting floors on light stone corbels, with a view of saving the walls by preventing the entrance of timber into them; and the risk of whole floors © oming down suddenly from this cause is very great This is no imaginary fear. Cases of whole floors coming down in this way have happened within Captain Shaw's experience, and have placed the liyee of himself and his men in immi- nent peril Thin slabs of marble and stone are often surface has been exfoliated to the depth of aninch or so, and " a long- continued heat of great intensity has verified It but never more." This is what might be expeotsd from its process of manufacture. Bncks, hoWvw, are getting very so concrete is likely to be used Instead. We know from the examples of old walling how valnabls a material this is to resist the effects of time. Bnt for the present purpose we must accept its use with reservation. Ordinary concrete is not to be trusted for fire- proof floors. Flmtworkis unsafe, as the flint is calcined so much by fire that dills made of it are shattered to pieces. Ordinary gravel pebbles are equally unsafe. But concrete may Be made of broken bricks; and this seems to be ap- proved, though not very heartfly. It to AreUef to know that ordinary plaster is, " perhaps, the most valuable auxiliary that we have." Let us consider now the combination of these seve- ral materials in different forms ol oonstructiom The walls are the most important bet the least difficult in execution, as brick & at once the best and most common material that can be used. It is an almost unexampled case for a fire to destroy a wall of ordinary thickness, as the flames nataraUy ascend^ directmg their force on the ceilings thrsugh which they usually find vent Sometimes, however, there is such a stop to the flames from a stnbbora ceiling or arch aato allsw them no decided vent » nd then the walls are exposed to the full aotion of the fire^ Yet even then agreAt ^ of of JhZ£ rtren* tbin the case of the vaults of the Tooley Street warehouses, many of whichsrere filled with oil, converted by the flames into a rolling sea of fire whkh burnt for weeks. These vaults were built in the anal way ef good groined arches supported on brick piers, and mot an arch nor a pier broke down under the trial. Bat every portion of the stories above, many of which were built of iron girders on iron columns, presented suck a scene of utter rain as one could scarcely < keam of. No one who had ever seen it would plaoe faith again in iron. We have been quoting from a paper read a few years ago at a meeting of the Royal Institute of British Architects, which was followed by a discission in which Captain Shaw took part It is satisfactory to read the testimony which he gave in favour of lath and plaster. Unless plaster breaks or cracks all is likely to be i^ fe inside it " Numerous instances have occurred in ifcich lath and plaster have been the means of saving largo por- tions of a building from fire, where stone and iron failed when in oleee contiguity with the fire. ' Captain Shaw recollected many cases where wooden staircsAes had stood under heavy fires. He oonourred with the BURIAL VAGARIES. ( From Chamberit JmirntA.) The few who care to take thought about their own burial generally exhibit more or less eccentricity in the matter ; nor is this surprising, since they would not trouble themselves about the subject at all, unlew anxious that their remains should be treated in somr way out of the common. For some, the silent society congregated In churchyards and cemeteries is too mixed The tombstones are placed In the very beat taste, At the feet and the head Of the elegant dead. And no 0110* 8 received who's not burled In lead; and " the elevated position of the receiving tomb a » i its internal arrangements give a pleasant and cheerfu' aspect unequalled in any other establishment of th kind." Such fastidious folks shun the company '" their kind, even in death, electing to be buried Ir King Manasseh, in the garden of their own h'- u- Many such cases might be cited. Dr. Benny, of New port- Pagnell, was buried in a raised plot of ground lu the garden he had long zealously tended. Thorn Withers, of Kadnage, was laid in his own grounds, b neath the shade of his own trees, according to his dy< u desire. Baskerville the printer chose a grave for hi ( it- self close to his garden. The Rev. Langton Freem.. rector of Bilton, Northamptonshire, was eccentric i' many ways, that none wno knew the man were nn - prised at nis leaving peculiar directions for his bur Al. He ordained that his corpse should be left and: turbed until it grew offensive ; when that cam^ about it was to be carried, bed and all, deser ^ y and privately, to the summer- house in his garden Whilton ; laid therein upon the bed, wrapped in strong double winding- sheet, and in all resp « t the description given in the Holy Script* of our Saviour's burial to be followed as nearly might be. The doors and windows of the sumn . house were then to be secured, and the building plun round with evergreens, and fenced with dark- ae palings of oak or iron. These instructions werecan out to the letter; and there the reverend eccentric still, although fence and trees have disappeared, the summer- house itself is in rains. A few years b. an entrance was effected through a hole in the r and the curious intruders beheld a dned- up ngu- veritable mummy without any wrappers, lying \ one arm across the chest and the other hanging a - the body. The Nields of Dunham, Cheshire, ma family gravyard of their orchard. Sir James 1 of Pentille Castle was interred under a tow. his own park. Bencher Hull was buried bsn- the tower he erected on Leith HilL Sam Johi the dancing- master, not owning any grounds, obtai • permission to lie after death in a plantafio Gawsforth, near Macclesfield. An Essex ma - ordered his body to be covered with one of the I cloths used in ( frying malt and put in the ground wood belonging to him. Thomas Hollis, of C0rsec » i Dorset directed that his corpse should he burie< i . feet below the surface of one of his fields, and ground be ploughed over, immediately afterward obliterate all trace of his abiding- plaoe. Sir Ch Hastings ordered his body to be wrapped in anyt that would hold it together, and buried in the gr• open at a spot he had selected ; the ground to be plai. r. with acorns, that he might render a last service t by patriotism ;. but o—,, have been the impelling motive in the civ* the brickmaker, who built a vault for h,< and wife, at the side of a lonely foot- path, nea. Hertfordshire village of Flaunden. a melan. memorial that has startled many a beiated pe< Wt- A better reason swayed the mind of the old » 3i of the Chiltern Kill, when he desired hia 1- shepherds to lay his bones upon the lonely whereon he had rested ^ y after day fw. m^ outo t The wish of the worthy pat respected, and the spot marked by a tradei vewe, the turf above him, telling t^ e passer by be^ Faithful H » ed and lalttful died. The craving to reat amid the scene ry he leved < was a natural one on the part of tke ancient flucl der. but one would hardly expert such a crav find place in the breast of such a man as Lord (. ford ithat fames* duellist, however,, had a s," sentiment In his composition, for when he foum self called out by Death, headded acodldlte hi expressing hia Wish that his body shwild be re. " to afar- distant country, to a spot not net. haunts of men," where the^ surrounding scenery mi ^ euphSremains. The far- dktantc » un< r Switzerland, the chosen spot a place marked b . tneTon the borders of the Laks St Lampierr the foot of the centrel tree, Camelford had P nuujy solitary hours - contemplating the mutav> i human affairs ; and he desired that this tree stw. i, taken up, his body deposited in the ground, ai tree replanted : all of which was done. The following reminder has just been place-, tomb In Montmartre:—" Oh. my daar Henry, come a sia me as me as oonrealestly possible." THE DYING TIGER. ( From AU ThrFiar RoundL) I first m* t tbe tiger on the Jerome Park racecourse, Hew York, United States, when I was personally introduced- to the royal beast by a menagerie- haunting frisnd. The Transatlantic tiger was a very fine ani- mal. and appeared only striped as to his nether extre- mities; Indeed, his symmetrical yet powerful shoulders w « « completely covered by on4 of those garments that the backs and bloods of the regency delighted in call- ing a *' white upper Ben j amin." The tiger's head was finely formed, and exhibited unmistakable traces • I tfee hairdresser's art; his mouth were a pleasant • nil., and had it not been for an occasional flash oi the dark eye, which revealed at once the true mature of the man- eater, I might almost have be- lieved myself in the presenoe of a thoroughly domesti- oated— as well as highly- groomed— animal His paws were singularly beautiful, small, delicate, strangely soft auA flexible arid almost covered with immense dUmotid rings. Jewels of price also adorned his deep afcttt and it was pleasing to see that this highly- orna- mnrtsl creature was by no means entirely carnivorous, hatmoch as he was eating lObeter- salad, and taking chmpagne freely. The tiger was exceedingly amiable, cracked jokes, told stories, and. instead of feeding upon lis, fed me upon the very best luncheon I ever ate on a rsoecooree during the whole course of an ill- spent life, tAich is saying a good deaL Moreover, he introduced me to Mrs. Tiger, a very IMHI * and graoeful creature, richly attired in the fury spoils of many wild animals ( doubtless captured fay tne tiger himself), and positively blazing with dia- monds. I wasmostiavo. uraKy impressed with my fast introduction to tne feline raoe, and on being in- vited to call at the menagerie, aocepted the proffered lmtilUlHf with effusion. Now the tiger dwelt in Twmty- fifth- etreet and his lair oonsisted of a very h^^ nww. bouse, with an air' of great solidity and obiafort about it It was devoid of the pretentious oharacter so common to American houses, which— stoning toVetire into modest by- ways, silent lanes, and tranquil nooks— prefer to ding closely to the main read and attract the admiration of the passers- by. An American house nearly always looks, or tries its best to loOk, span new, and seems to challenge the spec- talons attention in these words: " Lookee here, granger, notice, walk up, and observe me care- 5%; rueee you don't see such a right every day. No, w^ r- r. Here I am, spick and span, glitter and shone, brawn Stone, paint and all the modern improve- ments, fust built by that prominent citisen, Nehemiah J. Banker, Esquire, of Bunkersvilla, Pa., at the cost sf one hundred thousand dollars. Yes, sir- r- r." ; I approached the dwelling of the georgeous animal with some degree of excitement inaioouch ss dark stories were rife as to the fate of these inconsiderate who had ventured into the creature's den with- nt good and sufficient escort These sufferers had, I WM told, been stripped not of their flesh and blood in- deed, which would have been a severe but endurable anlamity, but had been utl « g y denuded of their memer, of all losses the most It Jerable. Marching up tfcs taA " stoop," I rang it I- 1, and was immediately ateittod by a black man, who received me in a hand- some room furnished in excellent taste, and adorned witfc a few choice bronzes and fine engravings. A dim religious light pervaded the ante- den, and the apart- meat was tolerably well filled with gentlemen, whose qppearance * t least did not betray any tracee of dis- astrous conflict with the mighty monarch of the (% are were being freely smoked by the tiger and his friends, and after a preliminary glass of brandy, tha whole oompany adjourned to the supper- room, wksre a munificent repast was laid out No luxury that daintiness could desire or money purchase was absent frem this banquet. ... The tiger, seated at the head of the table, was full ti attention towards his guests ; the whole entertain- soent was charmingly complete ; and the oookery and Waiting perfect During this scene of revelry my ears had been, from time to time, assailed Dy a curious clicking, whirring sound, mingled with an occasional rattle, m. ominous sound withal, distinctly reminding me of the of the Miserere on the ear yet full of the joyous air trilled by Maffiio Orstni at that Ferrarese supper, where, as a friend of mine ( from Chicago) re- marks, " Lucresia Borgia gets square with that tune- ful young patrician." On inquiring the cause of this sin- ruler sound, I was informed by my very affable neigh- bour, a general, and the wearer of the biggest diamond I s* w upon a man. that the t iger— being an animal of a plsnrful disposition— kept his toys in the next room, snd that tneee were of s-> interesting a nature that many great men, judges, generals, railroad chiefs, 4c., found it almost impassible to let the seductive play- thiags alone. 0( i entering the toy- shop I was onoemore disagree- ably reminded of Donizetti's operaT> y seeing Gubetta dealing a pack Of cards playfully enclosed within a silver box, with an open space at the top, against which the pack was held by a spring. Gubetta wass slipping sfi the cards one by one, and was paying and receiving ( mostly receiving) the piles of counters cheerfully ulaoea by tbe visitors to the menagerie on a suite of sSSudout upon he table. It was explained to to., that the pack, after bring shuffled and cut was nut foto « h* surer box, that the odd numbers in position, M osrds one, three, five, seven, ke., won, and that the • Asoaate even numbers, as second, fourth, sixth, and rirhth cards lost The tiger's visitors were anxiously " fraoUnk their pile" on the lay out, or dummy suits on the table, and were trying the eternal ^ sterns of gamblers to counterbalance the small but • arrmqwrabln percentage of chances in favour of • M bank. ... In an almost deserted corner of Ike toy- shop the revolving wheel and the little ivory ball were spinning, but did not seem to tempt visitoeu very much ; indeed, considering that out of twenty- seven chances, the bank reserved to Itself two neros and a spread eagle, the lukewarmness of specu- lators was not to bs wondered at The tiger did not meddle with the toys himself, as tke noble animal was entirely occupied in receiving tits numerous guests who now began to flock in. All tkess gentlemen fell either upon the supper or upon tfce wine, brandy, and cigars of the amiable tiger, and sswnsd to be animated with a laudable desire to take as aaucfc out of him as possible. I am bound admit that— wlhnited stimulants to tbe contrary notwithstanding— ths guests of the jungle behaved themselves very well, won without childish exultation, and lost with Bpartan fortitude, every man of them " beau Joust* 8* 11 en fust oncques." The later the hour the man Maud and cheerful waxed the lively tiger, but puEfaapetkis peculiarity may have been due to the well- known nocturnal habits of the great carnivore. Bid- dfcng ths tiger farewell, I received a hearty shake from Us velvet paws— claws retracted as usual— but as I walked towards tbe Brevoort House, I wondered how muck mischief those carefully concealed talons had * me in their day, what heart- strings had cracked under their temble clutch, and what fair lives and blossom- feg fortunes had been crushed by those beautiful white tooth snd square missive jaws. The Felk Amaricanus auratus will probably exist tor some time longer, but in Europe the tiger is on his last legs, and in thk realm of England has at length been utterly exterminated. He had enjoyed a pretty • as* Mr Samuel Pepys, under the date of November Ike 11th, 1661, are quaint enough : " Captain Ferrers osrtiod me, the first time that ever I saw any gaming- house. to one, entering into Linooln's- inn- fields, at the end oi the Bell- yard, where strange the foUy of men to Isr and lose so much m/ ney, and very glad was I to see Ike manner of a gamester's life, which I see is very • fanahln, and poor and unmanly." Pepys's sterner contemporary Evelyn, writing In MBS. mentions " my lord of St Albans, now grown so Wind that he oould not see to take his meat He has leak immense sums at play, which yet at about eighty ysare old, hs continues, having one that site by him to • Msa the roots an the cards." Ami probably but few Have forgotten the entry of fee same writer on the day when James the Second was proclaimed king, a passage which has inspired one sf tbe finest descriptions in the whole range of English Mtaratare. Evelyn says, speaking of the court of ths UU King Charles the Second : " I can never forgot the inexpressible luxury and profaneness. nuW and all dissoluteness, and, as it were, total foqretndness ol God ( it being Sunday evening) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the king ai^ i^ and toying with his concubines Ports- mouth, Oleaveland, and Maaarine, Ac., a French faoy ringing love songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the great oourtiers and other dissolute pezssus were at basset, round a large table a bank of at least two thousand pounds in gold before them; upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflections with astonishoMnt Six days after all was fatbafeat
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