AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. PUBLISHES, EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY FRED. H. EARLE, OFFICES ON THE QUAY, FALMOUTH, NUMBEK 598. FALMOUTH: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1872. PRICE ONE PENNY. Polytechnic Hall, Falmontk. On TUESDAY next, 17th Dec- MR. CORFIELD will SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, at tie Polytechnic Hall, Falmooth, on Tuesday next, the 17th of Bee., 1872, at noon, the remaining portion of the valuable and extensive Stock of Wines, Spirits, & c., Of Signor G. B. Zuppelli, Arwenack Street, Falmouth, comprising about 140 dozen of Pale, Golden, and Brown Sherry and Madeira 60 dozen of fine old Port 170 cases of Cognac Brandy ^ Each Case 40 cases of Champagne > contains 26 cases of Hollands J Twelve Bottles. 80 ( 2- gallon) Jars of old Brown and Pale Cognac Brandy, Whiskey, Bum, Plymouth Gin, & c. And a variety of small parcels of classed mis- cellaneous Wines and Spirits. Also about 50 dozen of Allsopp's Ales— quarts. FALMOUTH SAVINGS BANK. For the Benefit of the Concerned. To BE SOLD BY AUCTION, at the Custom House Quay, Falmouth, on Monday next. 16th Inst., at Noon, all the Masts, Yards, Standing and Running Rigging, Sails ( A complete Suit), Blocks, Chaiiis & Iron Work, of the Ship " Chrysolite," 1,278 tons register, Cruickshank, Master, cut away in the storm on Sunday last. Tho whole will be Sold in One Lot, as it lies ofF St. Anthony Lighthouse, at the entrance to Falmouth Harbour. For further particulars apply to Capt. CBUICK- SHANK, of the said Vessel; Messrs. G. C. FOX, A Co., Falmouth : or to- HENRY POLLARD, Auctioneer. Dated Falmouth, 12th December, 1872. " 1 ENERAL STATEMENT of the FUNDS of the FALMOUTH SAVINGS BANK, for JT tho year ending 20th NO '• ! BER, 1872. DRS. The Trustees of the Savings Bank, established at Falmouth, in the County of Cornwall. CRS. DISCHARGE. £ a. d. In the year ending 20th November, 1872. By Sums actually paid to Depositors in money including intercut, within the said year ending 20th November, 1872 13,934 10 G By Sums transferred to Post Office Sav- ings Banks within the said year „ „ „ By Sums transferred to other Savings Banks within the Baid year Ill 7 8 By Sums actually paid for Management within the said year, viz :- Salaries, Taxes, Books, Printing, Stationery, & c 286 10 2 Balance on the 20th November, 1872. £ s. d. Balance on the General Ac • count invested with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt including interest, on 20th November, 1872 93,390 15 11* Ditto on account of Separate Surplus Fund invested with the said Commis- sioners 809 13 4 Ditto in the hands of R. M. Tweedy, Esq., Treasurer:— 870 5 4 which fact is hereby certi- fied by me, 95,070 14 7 f Signed) ROBERT M. TWEEDY, £ 109,403 2 11 Treasurer. * See Copy of Certificate from tho National Debt Office. .£ 95,070 14 7 CHARGE. £ a. d. To Balance due on the 20th November, 1871, including interest, as per last Return 95,292 2 2 In the year ended 20th November, 1872. To Sums received of Depositors, in money, within tho year onding 20th November, 1872 10,896 16 4 To Sums transferred from Post Office Savings Banks within the said year ... 20G 9 1 To Sums transferred from other Savings Banks within the said year 67 13 7 T ® interest on Moneys invested with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, viz :— Rect. B. dated 21st May, 1872 1,480 14 5 Rect. B. dated 21st November, 1872 1,487 11 10 To interest on Sums dra » vn for by tho " " Trustees upon the Commissioners with- in the said year r. 17 16 4 To interest on Sums transferred to Post Office Savings Banks, within the said year „ „ „ To interest on Sums transferred to other Savings Banks, within the said year ... „ 19 2 To Annuity Fees received within the said year . 3 0 0 •£ 109,403 2 11 Examined and f HENRY POLLARD, 1 , found correct, t GEORGE PQOLEY, f Alf Balance due on. the 20th Noyeraber, 1872, brought down... Number of Depositors. 416 Whose respective balances on the 20th November, 1872 ( including Interest,) did not exceed £ 1 each 517 Ditto were above £ 1 and not exceeding £ 5 each 283 Ditto were above 5 and not exceeding 10 each 178 Ditto were above 10 and not exceeding 15 each 120 Ditto were above 15 and not exceeding 20 each 218 Ditto were above 20 and not exceeding 30 each 164 Ditto were above 30 and not exceeding 40 each ! 99 Ditto were above 40 and not exceeding 50 each 204 Ditto were above 50 and not exceeding 75 each ] 119 Ditto were above 75 and not exceeding 100 each ! .. ] 82 Ditto were above 100 and not exceeding 125 each 56 Ditto were above 125 and not exceeding 150 each Ill Ditto were above 150 and not exceeding 200 each .'. 39 Exceeding 200 2,606 Total No. of Depositors • ....;... ££ 1 Penny Bank .....'. V. V. V. Vl" V. V. V. V." V. V"".".. 29 Charitable Societies ..' ..'."..'. 7.7. .'".".'. V. V.". V,". V. V 8 Friendly Societies 2,644 Total number of Accounts .... 7 £! Balance invested with the Commissioners ' on the keparaie Surplus Fund Account, on the 20th November, 1872, as above Portion of Surplus reserved to meet currcnt expenses as directed per 26 and 27 Vict., cap. 87, section 29 Samples at the time of Sale. Detailed printed Catalogues now ready and may be had with all further particulars at the Offices of the AUCTIONEER, Falmonth. Dated Auction Offices, Deo. 13th, 1872. The SCOTTISH tiQUITABLG LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established in 1831. POSITION OP THE SOCIETY at 1st Mar., ' 872. Existing Assurances,- including Bonus Additions £ 6,892,581 Annual Revenue— From Premiums.. £ 180,831 From Interest 79,534 260,365 Accumulated Fund 1,952,711 The Funds are invested in first- class securi- ties. The particulars of the Investments and the Balance Sheet will be found in last report. NEW BUSINESS, 1872. New Assurances effected during the year ... £ 376, 588 Annual Premiums thereon 11,576 The Scottish Equitable being a Mutual Office, the Policyholders receive the WHOLE profits ; at the same time they are expressly FEEBD FROM PEBSONAL LIABILITY. The Profits are divided every Five Years, and are allocated not only on the sums original- ly assured, but also on the previously vested Bonus Additions. Bonuses are also paid for ihe period between the date Of the last division and the date of death. TOTAL VESTED ADDITIONS TO POLICIES. £ 1,706,164. A Policy for £ 1000 effected in 1832 now amounts to !. £ 1909 18 3 A Policy for £ 1000 effected in 1837 now amounts to 1741 15 2 And proportionately in subsequent yeara. NEXT DIVISION OF PROFITS, 1ST OF 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. Androw Sq., Edinburgh. AGENTS :—, Falmouth— W. Phillips, West Cornwall Bank. Camborne— J. H. Budge, merchant. Helston— Ralph Michell and Son, draper. Redruth— Edwin Cock and Son, merchants. St. Keverne— George Appleton, surgeon. Tregonj— Charles J. Bennetts, surgeon. 7 ARINE INSURANCE, & c- John Roberts, Jun., Insurance Broker, Falmouth, RESPECTFULLY begs to call attention to the great facilities offered by him in the Insurance business, & c. First- class Vessels in the Coasting Trade he can place at Six Guineas per cent, per annum, all risks; Captains' Effects, in above vessels, at from 5 to 6 Guineas per cent, per annum. Good unclassed Vessels, in the Coasting Trade, can be done 7 to 8 Guineas per annum against the risk of Total Loss only, and all risks according to age and condition of Vessel; first- class Vessels, in the General Foreign Trade, all risks, he can do at from 6 to 8 Guineas per cent, per annum, with Lloyd's Warranties. m Good unclassed Vessels, in the General Foreign Trade, he can do from 8 Guineas per cent, per annum, including Lloyd's Warranties. Rates for Vessels, all risks and without any restrictions, he will have pleasure in giving, on receipt of particulars of Ship and her intended trade. Hulls, Freights, and Cargoes, & c., done for the Voyage on most reasonable terms, and first- class Policies forwarded in return, with Com- panies or Bodies of Underwriters, whichever are preferred by the Assured. Claims are settled in Seven days from date of Credit Note as a rule, but there are some who issue no credit noto but pay cash down, and there are also others who pay in three days after loss is signed off. Fire Insurance for Building Yards is 5s. per cent, per annum, this is the universal rate tlirougnout the United Kingdom; also for Ships in Rivers, Dopks, or on Ships, the rates are Is. per cent, for One Month, and Is. 6d. per cent, for Two or Three Months— These are against the risk of Fire only. Particulars of Ships for Sale always on hand ; offers of Ships wanted. Any consignments entrusted to him shall receive his careful attention, and every facility is offered to Shipowners and Merchants. . General Life and Fire Insurance Office, Loans granted in connexion with Life Insurauo e. Railway Passengers' Accidental Insurance Office, For Insuring against Accidents of all kinds The Liberator Permanent Building and Investment Society. Plate Glass Insurance Office. INSURANCES of all Classes immediately effected. MONDAY, DEC. 23rd, at Six. MR. CORFIELD will Sell by AUCTION, at Powell's King's Arms Hotel, Penryn, on the above day, subject to the conditions to be then read, either together or separately, the following Four Freehold Dwelling Monses Viz.: LOT 1.— All that Messuage or Dwelling- house, situate, lying, and being in Mutton- Row, in the Borough of Penryn, now or late in the occupation of Mr. Thomas. LOT 2.— All that Messuage or Dwelling- house contiguous, in the occupation of Mr. George Collins. LOT 3.— All that Messuage or Dwelling- house in the occupation of Mr. Andrew. LOT 4.— All that other Messuage or Dwelling- house, now unoccupied, late in the occupation of Mr. Rundell. May be viewed any time prior to the Sale. Further particulars obtained at the Offices of the AUCTIONEER, Falmouth. N. B.— Two thirds of the Purchase Money may remain on Mortgage. Dated Dec. 13th, 1872. Witness our hands this Fourth day of December, 1872, WILLIAM ROGERS \ Witness- THOMAS JOHNS, Secretary and Actuary. ^^ KINS ' ' tS° The Rate of Interest allowed to Depositors, is £ 3 per cent, per Annum. F ALMOUTH. MESSRS. OLVER AND SONS have been favored with instructions from an eminent London Firm, to Sell by AUCTION, at the Polytechnic Hall, Falmouth, on Wednesday next, the 18th day of December, 1872, a small but choice selection of Oleographs, Proof Engravings and Chromo- Lithographs. Handsomely framed and glazed complete, thus offering an opportu- nity of possessing some of the best works after Rembrandt, Raphael, Correggio, Sir E. Land- Beer, R. A., Millais, BA, Maclise, R. A., Fred, Bronx's, Cooper, Wilkie, and other eminent Artists. On view the morning of Sale. Sale to commence at One o'clock. large assortment of Coal Vases very Cheap, Colza and other Oils, Cazeliue Paraffin, & c. Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Colours, and general Stores. Pumps, Closets, and all kinds of Repairs executed To Engine Fitters, ' ITTERS wanted, at Huxhams and Brown's Foundry, Exeter. The House for Tea. THE ( jiunpowdcr Tea Warehouse. REGISTERED TRADE jG^ sfpHsSSSU MARK AUB FITTED WITH New and Important Improvements, AND ARE THOROUGHLY GOOD IN PRINOIPLB AND WORKMANSHIP. W. H. PELLGW, Baker, Confectioner, and Tea Dealer, NO. a, AKWENACK STREET. Pickles, Sauces, Marmalades, • jams, k, WORCESTER SAUCE SIXPENCE PER BOTTLE. Are you troubled with a Cough ? rnHEN lose 110 time in applying for 1 SOLOMON S Pectoral Cough Mixture, Which is One of the best preparations sold for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Shortness Of Breath, & c., and for the relief of Asthma and Bronchitis. It is adapted for persons of all ages, and sold in Bottles, at 7}< L, Is. IJCL, and 2s. 9d. each. Tho middle- sue Bottle is generally suffi- cient to cure an ordinary Cough, or give abundant satisfaction in more extreme cases. Prepared onl by W. 11. SOLOMON, Dispensing. Chemist, 40, Market Street, Falmouth. THIS DAT SATURDAY Dec. 14th, 1872. For the Benefit of the Concerned. MR. ROBERTS has been instructed to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, on the aDove day. at " 2. AO p. m., at the Falmouth Docks, subject to such conditions art shall be tlien read, the Residue of a Cargo of Falk's Superior Factory Salt, About 70 Tons, in bags, more or less damaged, landed from the barque " Maria, 1' H. Keding master, on Tier voyage from Liverpool to New York. U. S. A. For further particulars apply to Messsra. VAN WEENEN and CO., Or to the AUCTIONEER, at his Office, Arwenack Street, Falmouth. Black Green or Mixed the Finest Spring Crop. J. H. HEAD, Tea Dealer & Grocer, Hieh Street, Falmouth. AGENT NATHANIEL FOX, IRONMONGER, FALMOUTH. STEPHENS & SIDDON3, PHOTOGE APHERS 42, HIGH STREET, FALMOUTH. 2rP A TJT is the only kind used i n 5 _ L AWUn, HBt Majesty's laundry If there are anv ladies who have not yet used thoGLKNPIKLD STARCH they ure respectfully solicited to give it a trial, and carefully follow out tho directions printed on every package, and if this is dono, They will say, like tKe Quoon's Laundress, it is the linest Starch they ever used, rheu you asi; for GlanfieJd , iarcu sas th « . t Likeucvsses from the smallest to the largest size, plain and finished sn frayon, Water or Oil Color, Landscapes Mansions/ Ships, Sea Views, and Groups, WORKS OF ART COPIED. Mr. STEPHEN'S had the honor of being tho first person to take the likeness of any member of a Roval Family by tho Photographic process ; First Class Silver and Bronze Medals have been awarded him by the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic . Society, ho being the only Medallist for Cartes de Visite taken in the County. Mr. S1DDONS has also claims in the production of tho Negatives a/ id Enlargements for which the only Medal has been awarded by that Society for that class of Photographic Work. I 5, Marlhro' Road, Falmouth rBE LET, the Genteel EESIDENCE, No. 5, Marlbro' Road, comprising nine Apartments, Garden and conveniences. Apply on the Premises, or to Mr. E. CH ARD, No. 3, Marlbro' Eoad. infer: jv .1. : - ua substituted for the sake 0} extra pi- utits. Beware thereforo of spurious imitation*. LAMPS. GAS FITTINGS- STOVES. SLADB OLTER, THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES SATURDAY, DEC. 14, 1872 THE TERRIFIC GALE OF SUNDAY. at four p. m. ( barometer at 20" 20) it blew almo3t a hurricane. At 4 " 30 there was a vivid flash of lightning, accompanied with a loud peal of thunder, and from that time the gale blew with hurricane force about every five minutes. Slates blew about in_ all directions ; several large trees were blown down in the outskirts of the town ; a chimney fell through the roof of a house in the middle of the town, and at a residence in the out- skirts of the town a whole chimney stack was blown down. The frame of a greenhouse blown clean out, and fell in the middle of the lawn 30 feet away. The wind was from the south- west the greater part of the time, then veering round to the west- north- west, and seeming to change to all quarters. The lowest reading of the barometer was at nine p. m.,— viz, 29 00— and at ten p. m. the gale somewhat abated, the barometer rising to 29- 10." THE IRONWORKERS' CONFERENCE. COMFORTABLE CIRCUMSTANCES I" ( From The Timet,) wind had blown the whole of the gaslights out. Upon looking out of the western windows of the carriages near the Bedford station, some alight concep- tion of the strength of the gale could be formed, for in some of the plantations stately trees could be Eeen being momentarily torn out of the ground by their roots, or split into pieces as if they had been mere pasteboard. The standing winter crop3 have also Buffered to a similar extent in this district. A most furious gale commenced at Oxford about eight o'clock in the evening, and continued more or less intensely until six o'clock on Monday morning. Considerable damage was done in various parts of the city. At . Oriel College the wall and pinnacles of the chapel were blown - down, and at the Great Western Railway the new goods' Btation in the course of erec- tion was completely wreaked. In innumerable in- stances the hoarding erected around building3 were blown down. Great fears were entertained that the spire of All Saints' Church, which is being taken dowD, having been declared unsafe, would not escape, but with the exception of the displacement of a few loose stones, the old tower withstood the gale. At Portsdown the_ large tent, capable of holding 1,500 persons, in which the Princess Christian had laid the foundation- Btone of the St. Mark's Schools on; the previous day, was blown down by the violence of the gale. At Plymouth the full fury of the gale was experi- enced. The Cambridge ( 29), gunnery ship, at Devon- port, Captain Herbert, parted from her moorings, and was driven ashore. The Narcissus, flagship of the detached squadron lying in the Sound, was driven from her moorings in the afternoon. She had, appar- ently, parted her cables. Fortunately she was brought up again about a half mile farther to leeward. She had her jib blown to ribbons in securing herself at her new anchorage. Three small merchant vessels are ashore, but the crews are all saved. Some of the tele- graph wires between Plymouth and Exeter were also blown down. At Exeter during the hurricane much alarm was caused in St. Thomas's Church by the fall of three of the pinnacles of the tower. One of them fell on the roof with a tremendous crash, and a large quantity of ceiling fell on the school children and about the organ. This and the unabated violence of the gale causeathe utmost alarm, which the screams of the children did not diminish and every one made for the doors, hats and books being left behind in the hurry. At one time there was a great crush as well as fright and con- fusion. Eventually confidence was regained, and as the pinnacle had bounded off the roof the children were only bruised by the plaster. The evening service, at which Dean Boyd was to preach, was however, put off. A SAD AFFAIR! A CENTENARIAN NATION.' The New York fiijies writes ;— , The Centennial Commission appointed by Congress has matured its initial plans and calls upon the people to supply the necessary moans to secure the success of the enterprise. In general outline, the plan of the Commission is to celebrate the nation's anniversary in 1876 by holding an International Exposition in Phila- delphia, which shall be " the grandest the world has ever seen." The sum required to conduct it properly is estimated" at 10,000,000 dols., and each State is called upon to sttbscrlbe' its share of the amount as definitely fixedbythe Commission. New York's quota is 1,136,660 dols., Pennsylvania 913,410 dols., 0, hio 691,230 dola, and the. other States follofer with lesser sums accord- ing to their population. Should every person in thq country contribute to the object, the amount for each would be less than 39 cents. The capital stock, however, is divided into shares of 10 dols., ai^ d every stockholder is protected by law as in all similar enterprises, and will be entitled to the profits of the exposition when it is dissolved. The Act of Congress establishing the Board of Finance of the Commission expressly states on this point, that " after the exhibi- tion shall have been closed, it shall be the duty of said Corporation to convert its property into cash, and, after the payment of all its liabilities, to divide its regaining assets amongBt its stockholders, pro ratd, in fullsatisfaction and discharge of its capital stock." No appeal is made for gratuitous contributions; the people are only asked to subscribe to a stock, which is to be devoted to a patriotic object, while the subscriber will not' be without his reward in the end. The shares are made purposely small, that all grades of the commu- nity may be ableto invest in them, the undertaldng become a popular one. _ The Commission, of which General Hawley is pre- sident, has appointed Professor William Phipps Blake, of Connecticut, Executive Commissioner, who has been busy for some time in preparing the necessary subscription- books for distribution throughout the country. These are now partially distributed to re- sponsible agents, such as the national banks and bank- ing ipms. The houses whiyh have consented to act as agents for the Commission in this city are Jay Cooke and Co., and Drexel, Morgan, and Co. The terms of subscription are easily complied with. Twenty per cent, of each share ( 2 dols.), is raised at the time of subscribing": the same amount on or before the first Monday of May, 1873; again in July and September; and the last two dollars of the share to be paid in November, 1873. The holder of a certificate is entitled to one vote on each share it represents. The stock- books will be open 100 days. Philadelphia has been unanimously selected as the proper place for holding the exhibition, and the citizens have already very nearly subscribed their quota. At a recent public meeting 100,000 dols. wor^ h was taken in fifteen minutes. The site chosen for the exposition buildings is at Fairmount- park, and it is believed that not less than fifty square acres of flow space, under roof, will be required for its purposes. The exhibition will open in April 1876, andclose in October, and will be, in the words of the Executive Committee, both inter- national and universal, as all nations will participate in it. There will be ten departments. Each State will^ be expected to send its peculiar produots, illus- trating its resources, both developed, ana undeveloped. The nation and the world will be represented there with a completeness never before attained. " TRADESMEN " AND " GENTI TFMEN." '* CIvia " writes to the Daily News I have a bright, intelligent, well- brought- up littl ® fellow nine years old, for whom I want a good prepara- tory school. I live in a large city with many such schools, where my boy might be well prepared for the public school to which in due time I hope to send him.- What, then, is my difficulty? Just this. I am a tradesman— ergo, not a gentleman— ergo, my Eon can't go to their schools. My case is not an isolated one. in all our provincial towns may be found many men of comnderable intellectual ability, of culture and rehned minds, whose aid and counsel are sought and readily accepted in all public matters, but who, happening to be engaged in retail trade, in fact to keep shops, find this great difficulty in the education of their children. If the town be fortunate enough to possess a good Grammar School, the difficulty is removed as far as their boys are concerned, but remains with un- diminished force as to their girls. I fear the time has not yet come when we can expect much from an appeal to the good sense or good feelings of those whose exquisite ^ ntihty shrinks from the Wast possible association with trade. But there is an appeal which, if they were wise enough to understand it, would come home to them with some force, and it is this. The throng of young men entering the profession and the Government oftcea 4a, is excessive ; it becomes year by veM- tnore difficult to make way in England, and few are the fami- lies some of whose boys are not forcedto seek for that suc- TOSS m India or the colonies denied to them nearer home. This crowding into " genteel" occupations doe3 not arise from aversion to other employment so much as from the absurd stigma attaching to trade, and to the desire of moat successful tradesmen to save their sons the annoyance and indignities to which they have them- selves been subjected. In proof of this I would men- tion that in my own town, six tradesmen of my acquain- tance will bring up twenty boys to professional life, and only two or three to the very respectable and pro- fitable business they have themselves conducted. N bvt, character and ability are by no means confined to the " sons of gentlemen." In the jostling of the world's strife, the best man and the strongest men generally wins, and weighted as the sons of tradesmen often are by the necessary imperfections of their education, $ hey I often inherit a force of character which helps them to l push aside their more favoured competitors. I would I therefore urge upon those, and there aro many, who stipulate that any school, drawing class, or dancing I academy which is to be privileged to receive thetf ' | children should shnt their doors to the sons " and daughters of a tradesman, however objectionable^ trse, ] to remember thatthe fact I have pointed- oAt iS the' j inevitable result, is the penalty their children will pay I for their pride. I would farther ask them whether j it would not be wiser to allow education and re- | finement to give dignity and content to trade,, i which might even in time find mrvny> a snug berth for boys of theirs who would never earn.- their salt in a profession at home, or do more thin! 1 ~~ * 1 ' ' * ind sink ; publio ^^• P —„ , but how comparatively few are able to avail themselves of this aid, whilst in every town how many are there who feel the evil I have pointed out. There is, I am glad to know, a largely increasing class who value edu- cation and refinement of mind and manners, not for what they may buy, nor with the hope that by their aid they or their children may be raised out of the social station to which they belong, font for the intrin- sic value they confer and for the elevation of tone they | give alike to the individual and to the class. The evU I of which I complain ha3 much increased of late years, and I would crave the aid of all true friends of enlight- enment and social progress to arrest it. : wreck their health and chance of happiness, and sink I a premature grave abroad. Our great publio ] schools know no such paltry class distinctions, but how The learned Judge was inclined to think thatjthe objection was not tenable. It was not, however," neces- sary to decide the point, as the evidence showed that the deposition was admissible as a dying declaration. The defence was that the prisoner, in consequence of injuries to his head and drink, was not responsible for his actions. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to death in the mual form. TO MY TAILOR, IMPORTUNATE FOR PAYMENT. AH ! do, my honest SKIP, I pray. Observe this law benign, • Tour own debts be content to pay, And meddle not with mine I— Judy. A COCKNEY RHINOCEROS. Mr. Frank Buckland has sent the following com- munication to The Times:— . . , Not long ago it was my privilege to announce the birth, o a baby hippopotimus at the Zoological Gardens. " It neve rains bat it pours -." and It la therefore with great pleuur I beg to inform the public through your columns that vonng rhinoceros ( R. Sumatrensti) has been born at th Victoria Docks. The steamship Orchis, 78 days from Slnga pore, arrived In the docks wltb one rhinoceros. Two of these animals had been placed on board, they were male and female but the frightful waves smashed the cage of the male, and ho died on the voyage. This pair of rhinoceroses had been captured by the natives of Malacca In a pitfalL Out of- six or seven rhinoceroses so caught, the average la enly one uninjured and fit to send to Europe. The female alone arrived safe In London, and on Friday evening last thla rhinoceros gave birth to a young one. My friond, Mr. Bartlett, of the Zoological Gardens, kindly Informed me of the fact, and I at once went to inspect it. The little beast, with Its mother. Is now at No. J, King s- place, Commercial- road, and Is the property of Messrs. C. \ V. Rice, A. H. Jamrach, Jun.. and C. Ilagenbect It la about three feet long and twe feet high. It has a ridiculous- looking Innocent, hairless face, not unlike that of a newly- born mouse ; It carries Its ears folded backwards like a hare, and its body is covered with black hair; while it has a little horn as big as a shilling on Its nose. It had a narrow squeak for its life. It escaped from the cage soon after it wis born, and wandered about the ship's deck, getting quite wet and cold. It was, however, rescued, and Mr. . bartlett called Into consultation. By his advice It was carefully wrapped up in blankets and moved to Mr. Bice's house. Ou arrival, Mrs. Bice nursed It before a warm fire till Its mother arrived in her cage. Mr. Bartlett advised that no cow's milk should be given. After a time, when the mother arrived In a van, the was milked like a cow and the milk given to the younft one, and the little wretch got so lively thut Mrs. Bice could not hold him ; so they put him with his mother at once, and the pair over since have been doing famouslj in a dark, warm comer at Air. Btcc's establishment. The little ono has a box to himself and a feather bed to Bleep on. " Jack," Mr. Bice's head keeper, sleeps In the box with the young rhinoceros, and takes care that it is warm and comfortable. The mother— a great beast about 10ft. long and about 4ft. 6in. high— has been hitherto very quiet, but now tlio Is getting a little savage, even though she has a nice wann horse rug tied over her, and has the best of food. The little animal seems quite strong and active, and walks about by himself, going into his box or lying down by his mother when ho has had his dinner. I have tasted tho milk of the rhinoceros. It Is excellent. I suppose I am about tho only man who has tasted rhinoceros milk and eaten a steak of young hippopotamus in London. Wo must look out for new articles of diet in these hard times. I should be very * orry If this young rhinoceros and Its mother were allowed to cross the Atlantic, and I trust sin- cerely that the Council of the Zoological Society will see lit to purchase these two interesting and valuable InlmalJ. Very great credit must be given to Mr. Engolcke, who has been If. times to India to bring back livlngaiiimnb, and to Mr.' Blco and Mr. Jamrach for tho capital tliey have embarked and the courage they have shown In tho capture and ship- ment of " wllu beasts " for the Instruction and amusement of tho pnblic. At tho next meeting of'the Zoological 8o> clety, Decemb'- r 17, at Hanover- square, Mr." Bartlett will give further particulars of this young rhinoceros, the first and I believe the only one, ever born In England. but ;" Is pleasur - —-,- ° rrc~ T— r riw. oo great y011ng; 71. Sumatrcnsti) was the downpour that the streets were deserted, and | 73 Another correspondent also writes :— I was very glad to Bee the article i the Daily News of yesterday, _ advising gentlemen to sand their sons into business. As I am one of the very few of the Bo- called " Upper Ten" who have taken up manufacturing, perhaps von will allow me to give my experiences. I left school at 17, and, intending to go into the diplomatic service, went abroad for three years. After this I returned to England, and finding that I should have to wait for som& time for a nomination, gave up all idea of that service. " With some difficulty I got leave to enter a. factory on the same footing as a common appren- tice. I worked steadily, taking almost no holidays— that is, only a week in the year— from six to six. After two and a- half years of this, I was offered, and accepted, the managership of a factory. My Ealary is £ 400 per annum, with a prospect of increasing. I mean to keep this for four years or so, and then to take a factory for myself with the few thousands ( for I am a fourth son) that I can command. Now, in what profession could I get £ 100 a year at 23 years of age? I know of none. I should strongly re- commend young men in my position, who are not afraid of hard work, to do the same thing. At first, it ? a true, it will be an uphill fight to persuade the btlsine33 men that the swell i3 serious, ana has hot taken up the thing for a freak, but it is possible to do it. I enclose my card, but not for publication, and remain your obedient servant. OLD ETONIAN. December 5. B. S.— I may mention that I have no relation, and had not even friends in trade. be liable jointly with the seller for damages. The un- lawful sale shall work a forfeiture of all rights of the easee or tenant.' ITALY AND DR. LIVINGSTONE.—' The Italian Government ( says the Pall Mali Gazette), has ordered a gold medal, with a suitable inscription, to be prepared for presentation to Pr. Livingstone. A letter from Rome, dated the" 3rd inst., says:— The medal iB to be ready to- day, and will be consigned- with an official letter addressed to the great African traveller— to Sir Bartle Frere, in the hope that he may either present it in person, should Livingstone reach the coast in time, or forward it to him by some safe hand. The Com- mendatore Negri Cristoforo, President of the Italian Geographical Soifity, has been the prime mover in[ brinc « ing about this gratifying recognition of Livingstones labours in behalf of scjence and humanity : and the Italians generally appear to be delighted with the idea of being the first to tender to him this national proof of the high estimation in which they hold him. The letter to Livingstone is written in the King's name, and signed by HiB Majesty's private secretary, the Commendatore Vagherno. The medal is of massive DINNER TO MR. STANLEY IN NEW YORK. The New York Herald Club gave a dinner at Del- raonico's on the 25th ult., in honour of Mr. Henry M. Stanley. Among the guests were Mr. John Living- stone, the brother of Dr. Livingstone, and the Earl of Caithness In returning thanks for the toast of his health, Mr. Stanley referred to the mistrust which had been exhibited towards him by some of the English papers, and to the abuse bestowed upon him even in America. " But," he added, " what- ever may be said, you will never be able to disguise the fact that a Herald correspondent discovered Dr. Livingstone. ( Great applause.) I may be called a former, but I would like to know if I could forge Dr. Livingstone's cap ; " and here Mr. Stanley suddenly drew from his pocket a dark blue military cap, with a large gold band around it, raised on a still larger band of red velvet: The action was received with loud cries of enthusiasm, and the cap was passed around the circle and tried upon each head in the com- pany. " That," said Mr. Stanley- is the veritable cap which Dr. Livingstone took off at Ujiji when tho New York JJerald reporter said to him, with a bow, ' Dr. Livingstone, I presume ?' " ( Tremendousapplause.) The Herald of the 25th thus refers to Mr. John Livingstone, who was present at the dinner :—" Mr. John Livingstone, brother of Dr. David Livingstone, arrived in this city at four o'clock yesterday afternoon by the New York Central Eailroad, his object being to find Stanley, the man who had discovered his brother, the long- lost African explorer. Mr. Living- stone is, as many people are already aware, a resident of LiBtowell, a town of nearly 2,000 inhabitants, situated about 90 miles north of Hamilton, in the New Dominion, and has, in fact, earned by many years of residence the right to be called a Canadian pioneer settler. Private Bryant, 62nd Foot, has been declared the 1 best shot In the army for the year 1871- 72, and has been | awarded the prize of £ 20 and a sliver medaL Private Smith ! held the same honourable position the previous year. u Lord George Hamilton. M. P., on Tuesday presided I at a conference of Metropolitan Poor Law guardians, which had been convened with a view of cllcltlng an expression of opinion on the question of local taxation. In tho course of ; a long discussion In which Mr. W. II. Smith, M. P., and | others took part, it was pointed out that It was neither just i nor expedient that charges for objects of a strictly national character should be thrown upon the local rates. A resolu- tion embodyiDg this view was adopted, and the Government VISIT OF THE JAPANESE EMBASSY TO THE PRINCE OF WALES. On Monday morning the members of the Japanese Embassy— consisting of the Chief Ambassador ( Iw akura Tomomi), the four Associate Ambassadors, and the two secretaries— travelled by the early train from St. Pancras, London, on a visit to tho Prince and Princess of Wales, arriving at Wolfe* ton Station at 12.20. They were accompanied by Sir Harry Fajkes, Major- General Alexander, and Mr. Aston, and were met at the statioii by Major Grey, equerry- in- attendanco on the Princa of Wales. Carriages were in waiting, by which they were conveyed ( amidst a furions storm of wind, rain, and sleet) to Sandringham House, arriving shortly before one. The Prince and Princes3 of Wale3, the Royal children, and Buite, were assembled in the reception Baloon to meet them, and the members of the Embassy were severally presented by Sir H. Parkes and General Alexander, Mr. Aston acting as interpreter. The in- terview was divested, for the moat part, of State ceremonial, and assumed the character of a friendly visit of these distinguished foreigners. They and the members of their suite were entertained by the Prince and Princess at luncheon, and afterwards ( the atorm having subsided) a tour was made of the royal gardens, conservatories, and tropical houses, which appeared to afford them much gratification. Having taken leave of the Prince and Prince33 of Wales, they returned by tho royal carriages to Wolfertoot and kft there by the 4,30 train to Landoiu b On Sunday our shores were visited by a gale of un- common violence from the we3t and west- south- we9t, which did an immense amount of damage. In the metropolis the wind played havoc with the tiles and chimney- pots, the unfinished edifices suffering most severely. In the parks and publio gardens much injury was done to the trees and shrubs. This was particularly the case in Kensington Gardens, which this morning presented a singular spectacle. In all directions massive branches and great portions of the trunks of trees lay scattered about; and even from an early hour a large number of the poorer inha- bitants of Kensington, to whom the 6torin must have been a veritable gody ad, were in the gardens collect- ing and carrying away for fuel the fragments of trees Btrewn about. Mfvny poor families must in this way have Becured a stock of fuel which will materially help them over the vinter. The West- end experienced the full violence of the gale, but its_ effects in other parts of the metropolis were far from being unimportant, result- ing in several accidents. Great destruction was caused on the Surrey aide of the river. Along Dulwicb, Norwood, Nunhead, Cheam, Epsom, and in the neighbourhood of the Crystal Palace,' trees were not only stripped of their limbs, but some that have been in the ground for twenty or thirty years were uprooted. The damage done on the river Thames was also very serious. The scene that took place on Sunday night at Bed- ford was such as probably has not been1 previously witnessed during the memory of the oldest " inhabi- tant." The ordinary Btopping train to London left the. station at five minutes before seven o'clock, having been delayed by the gale about fifteen minutes. Shortly after leaving the station the passengers experienced a singular oscillation of the carriages, caused by the high wind beating against them, and it was with difficulty that the train could get along. It however reached London in safety, a quarter of an hour behind its appointed time. Upon reaching Kentiph Town station it was found that the The storm at Cork was terrific, and was accompanied with thunder and lightning. It was particularly felt about Passage West. A lighter with a crew of three men was upBet by its fury, and the men were with diffi- culty rescued by the crew of an Italian ve3seL Glass in private houses was smashed, and a number of vessels drifted from their moorings. Part of the roof of the new granary belonging to Victoria Docks, Passage West, was blown away. Great loss of property is reported. Several vessels were driven ashore during the storm. A storm of great violence, which commenced about half- past four p. m., raged in Birmingham for Beveral hours on Sunday. The rain fell in torrents, and for sometime a gale blew with much severity. So great was the downpour that the streets were deserted, and those unhappy wights who did venture out Boon had occasion to regret their temerity At Cambridge^ the gale blew with great violence throughout the night. Amongst the minor injuries re- sulting one of the pinnacles of St. John's College Chapel was blown down withina few feet of the street, Mid the stone ( weighing about two cwt.) was embedded in the earth. Similar damage was SUB tain ed by New Court, of the same college. The gable end of a house was blown in in Barnwell without doing any personal injury. At Lowestoft it blew a very heavy gale all Sunday night, between west and south- west. The Norwegian barque Leborna, Captain Pedersen, from Sunderland for N ew York, with railway iron, when reaching in from sea during a thick _ rain, grounded on the New- come Sand, and almost immediately filled with water. The crew had barely time to get into the boat, eome with hardly any clothes on. They landed on South Beach, and were taken to the Sailor^ Home. At Aldershot the effects of the gale were manifested in a marked degree. Considerable damage was done to the huts of the North and South Camps, Many of them lost the greater portion of their roofing, and in some instances the aides were blown in with great violence. Telegraphic communication throughout the country has been much impeded, owing to the damage done to the telegraphs by the high winds which prevailed on Sunday night, and in consequence the Postmaster- General caused a notice to be issued on Monday morn- ing to the effect that great delay would probably arise in the transmission of telegrams generally, but more especially to Ireland, Scotland. South Wales, the West of England, the Channel Islands, and to Man- chester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, and Newcastle- on- Tyne. During the day, however, the communication gradually improved, and, with the exception of tele- grams to South Wales and to the South of Ireland, no very serious delay was experienced At Ramsgate the gale was generally considered to I be tho most terrific which has been experienced on this part of tho coast for several years. Between seven and eight o'clock tho wind dislodged the roof of a long ! range of stabling belonging to Mr. E. Welby Pugin, at the Granville Farm and Dairy, situated at a short distance beyond the Granville Hotel, on the East Cliff. The roof, constructed of timber and slates, was moved a distance of several feet, carrying with it a i large portion of brickwork Two or three vessels I have arrived in the Royal Harbour minus their chains and anchors. A large number of vessels are lying in the Downs through Btress of weather. The wind which was blowing on the night when tho Eoyal Adelaide went to pieces was but a summer breeze as compared with the hurricane on Sunday at Port- land. Houses have been unroofed, chimney- stackB blown down, and fine trees in the vicinity uprooted. A large number of ships were in Portland Harbour, and two or three, which moved outeide the Break- water end, drifted, A newspaper correspondent writes under date Brid- port, Dec. 9:—" A gale of almost unprecedented violence raged over Bridport for six hours. Tho morning was fair, with a strong eouth- weaterly wind blowing. The barometer ( Fitzroy'si stood at 29- 60 at — Jiine a, m. At three p. m. the wind blew in gusts, and A drive in Savernake Forest on Monday morning revealed terrible devastation. In a few miiles ninety magnificent trees were counted torn up by the roots, some twisted by the force of the wind. The road is blocked by fallen trees, and in many places the grand avenue presents a terrible wreck, tho direction of the hurricane being discernible by the heaps of fallen timber. Signals of distress were observed off Selsey, near Chichester, early on Monday morning, from a vessel during the heavy gale. The Lifeboat Society's boat Four Sisters at once went off to her, and saved the crew of five men, who were perfectly exhausted. Their vessel was the schooner Excel, of Milford, on a voyage to that port with a cargo of coal. She had lost her masts and was thoroughly ' disabled, and it was ex- pected she would become a total wreck. During the terrific gale of Sunday night the ship Stralsund, 850 tons, belonging to Messrs. Kohl, of Stralsund, and bound from Hamburg to New York with a general cargo, was wrecked on Kimeridge Ledge, Dorsetshire. The National Institution's life- boat Mary Hcape, a 28 feet five- oared boat, went off through the heavy sea, and, after one ineffectual at- tempt, she succeeded in reaching the wreck, and in saving the crew of 15 men, the lifeboat and crew be- having admirably while performing this good service. The Bhip has since become a total wreck. At the Manchester Assizes, Michael Kennedy was Indicted for tho wilful murder of Ann Kennedy. The prisoner and the deceased were husband and wife, and had beei^ so for thirty- six years, and resided at Pendleton. It appeared that they lived tolerably happy together when the prisoner was sober, ana that they had brought up a numerous family in a respectable way, but that occasionally the prisoner left his work and took to drinking for days together, and that on these occasions there were quarrels between him and the deceased, and it was apparently after ono of those drinking bouts that the affair in question occurred. On the 4th of October last some quarrel seems to have arisen between the prisoner and deceased; but on the morning of the 5th,' prisoner went out at about seven o'clock, on apparently friendly te^ ms with his wife. At nine o'clock, however, he went to a general dealer's and bought a pistol and bullet mould. About three o'clock he went home the worse for liquor. He began quarrelling with the deceased, and after havingliis dinner went to bed. He came down after a short time, asked his wife to kiss him, which she refused to do. He said, " Thou'll perhaps rue I" and very soon afterwards he came up to her and shot her in the side of the head with the pistol which he had bought in the morning. She died three days afterwards from the wound so received* The prisoner afterwards made use of expressions to the police- con- stable, who took him into custody, which Beemed to ehow a deliberate intention of killing the deceased. An objection was made to the deposition of the de- ceased woman being given in evidence on the ground that there was no caption stating the magistrate's reason for takiDg the same, as directed by the 6th section of the 30th and 31at Vict., under which the deposition was taken. THE PROPOSED BANQUET TO MB. DISHAELI AT GLASGOW.— The banquet proposed to be given to Mr. Disraeli at Glasgow is to be postponed in conse- quence of the following letter :— " Ifnghenden Manor, Dec. fi, 1872.— Dear Mr. Dalgllsh,— Lady Beacontfleld, who durlpg tlKJ last two months has been slowly but continuously recovering from a severe illness, was suddenly attacked a few days back by inflammation on the lungs, and is In a critical condition. Under theso dis- tressing eircumstances, highly appreciating the distinction which the gentlemen of Glasgow propose to confer on me, I thought, and cannot but still think. It my duty to suggost that the entertainment should be at least postponed. I deeply regret the trouble I have givou you and your friends, aud while I ask for their sympathy, I beg to assure them of my respcct.— 1' aithfully yours, B, UISKAFLI.— R. DalgUslJ, EAA." I The Ironworkers' Conference at Birmingham con- cluded its Bitting on Saturday. The questions dealt with were mostly of an internal character, but the fol- lowing points are of general interest. On the questions how far strikes against managers are justifiable, it was decided, after a lengthened de- bate, that they ought not t6 be countenanced by the Association. In the case of men locked out without notice, as at Wigan, it was resolved that the Council Bhould have power to investigate, and, if it appeared right, assist such cases until the trade had time to pronounce upon them. On the other hand, in the event of men stopping work without notice, it was decided that the Association would not defend them. With reference to the dispute in South Wales, the Conference considered that unjust pressure had been brought to bear on the ironworkers in South Wales by their employers withholding part of th6 advance due to them, only giving as much as amounts to 20 per cent. in the other iron manufacturing districts, and that not before September, three months after the workmen in other districts received the advance ; but, owiog to the disorganised state of the ironworkers, the Conference was unable to assist them. It recom- mended union among the workmen and arbitration as a meanB of avoiding a lock- out and Btrike. This con- cluded the business. ' EJr. Cremer, of the London Workmen's Peace Associ- ation, afterwards addressed the delegates on inter- national arbitration, which he desired to disconnect from party politics. There was a necessity, he argued, for a code of international laws, which in the future would have the effect of ending many disputes between nations, and when those laws were framed an international tribunal would be- come necessary. Next Session Mr. Ilichard would urge the Government to take the initiative in promoting Buch a means'of settling international disputes, and the motion was likely to receive support from the Ministry. He asked the delegates to give Mr. Kichard their sup- port ; a petition from their body would have great weight, and if any incentive were needed to induce them to sign it, they might find it in the fact that every working man and woman in the kingdom toiled half an hour a day to pay the taxation caused by wars which arbitration might have averted. The delegates passed a resolution in the sense sug- gested. THE " NEW TEMPERANCE LAW OF ILLINOIS." The following Is an official copy of what b called " The Hew Temperance law of Illinois," and as It bears upon a question of universal Interest it may not bo uninteresting to give It :— It prohibits any person from selling intoxicating liquors without first h aving obtained a licence to keep a grocery. No person shall be granted a licence to 6ell or give away intoxicating liquors without giving a bond to the municipality in the sum of 3,000 dols., with at least two good and sufficient^ secdrities, who shall pay all damages which may be inflicted upon personB or pepperty by the person licensed, and such bord. mny be recovered by a suit at law by the person injured. No intoxicating liquorB shall be sold to minors, unless upon the written order of their parents or guardianiL; or to intoxicated persons, or to habitual drunkarde^ f I All places where liquor is Bold in violation of this Act shall be shut up as public nuisances. Every person who shall, by tho sale of intoxicating | liquor, cause the intoxication, of any other pereon, 1 shall be liable for the damage to person or property ' done by thit person, shall pay a reasonable compel- i sation to the person who is obliged to take charge of I the intoxicated person, and two dols. a day in addition for every day the intoxicated person is confined. ' < Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, em- ployer, or other person injured by tho intoxicated- 1 person shall have right of action for damages against the person who caused tho intoxication. The pwner of I the property where the intoxication was caufced shall | A contemporary has started a curiouB and suggestive ? uo3tion :—" What aro the numbers of Ihe " Com- ortable 5" The question itself is not only quite fair, but continually forced upon us, insomuch that people are often provoked to reply to it. You are told that Buch and euch a couple are in Comfortable Circum- stances, and have to frame to yourself what it can mean. At once it must strike you that the question involves moral as well as material considerations. No doubt our contemporary _ has _ the moral as well_ as tho material question in view, but, bearing in mind that the general public does not take very kindly to either ethics or statistics; he tries the experiment of twining the two strands into one yarn. It is a novelty, even if it be a paradox, to find " Com- fort" in a Parliamentary Be turn and admitting of an arithmetical expression. The difficulty, and the fact that there will be some variety of opinions is confessed at once in the very way of putting the question, which is not the number, but the numbers of the Comfortable. This admits that there will be different numbers— that is. different replies to the question, according to the estimate of what is enough for Comfort. It is convenient to eay some- thing, and our contemporary boldly lays down as the standard of Comfort the being assessed at more than £ 100 to the House Tax. Upon that definition the reader is to join issue, and think as he pleases; The writer estimates that this assessment, in London, im- plies a rent of £ 120, which is equivalent to at least £ 175 a year for rent, taxes, repairs, and water rate ; and this implies an income of not less than £ 800. In the country it supposes an annual outlay of £ 150 for the house, and an income of at least £ 600. Upon this supposition, and with proper deductions from the House Tax returns, there are not 60,000 Comfortable households. If an assessment of between £ 50 and £ 100 be ac- cepted as a test of being well- to- do, then we have 150,000 such families. Taking £ 20 a year and upwards, we have 710,000 families, or 3,550,000 who may be comprehended under the general head of " respectable," or above the necessity of direct manual labour. If this be respectability, then we trust there are not so many respectable people as the test chosen would give us. " Direct manual labour" is the safest of all conditions, and the best security for a moderate average of moral goodness and happiness. We should hope, therefore, that in the number des- cribed as respectable becatise not " operative " there is a large proportion of small farmers, tradesman, and craftsmen, working with their hands, though in houses i assessed at £ 20 a year. " Comfortable Circumstances" is an expression scarcely ever found in the mouthB of those who are supposed to be in the enjoyment of them. People ascribe them to their neighbours; or they hope one i day to possess them; or they have possessed them in their time, and do so no longer. The phrase is entirely relative, and must always have a smack of material considerations. Perhaps, too, when we talk of person • in Comfortable Circumstances, we put them rather out of the action of life. They may be in the world, I in society, and even popular members of it, but going ! with the stream and keeping their places in it. j Every line of enterprise or ambition, suggests other i ideas than Comfort, being, indeed, more or less in- compatible with it. Nor is any income, any house, I or any oiner circumstance sumcient tor those who are moving, and therefore outgrowing them. It is im- possible to talk of any MP., unless he be a silent one, or of a rising lawyer, or any physician, or a speculator 1 in the market or on ' Change, as being in Comfortable Circumstances. In the great world if everybody is J content to keep his place in some circle within the circle, exchanging every year the same hospitalities and receptions, and taking care to suppress all yearning for a larger development, he may be described as in Com- fortable Circumstances. The moment he tries to outgrow that common form he must bid adieu to Comfort. We cease to speak of him in that relation. He was in Comfortable Circumstances, we say, but was not content with them, or did not Wow when he was well off. Even when we speak of people at- taining to Comfortable Circumstances as the result of industry, it is with an underlying feeling that such was the object o{ their lives, and that they aro persons to be satisfied with Comforts. All this can have no special regard to any one scale of house, income, or ex- penditure. Whether it be the bearer of a great name carefully dividing a limited income between rent, house- hold bills, dress, carriage hire, pleasure, and charities ; or a tradesman's family sitting down to a joint every other day; or a Darby and Joan driving out daily in a pony carriage, and sitting down to afternoon tea and toast, we talk of them as being in Comfortable Circumstances with a latent reference to what they have not, and also to what they are not. If a man who has been all his life in difficulties comes by the time that he has outlived a good deal of nonsense and learnt a little wisdom and content into an income that should be sufficient for him, he is said to be placed in Comfortable Circumstances. The truth is that while a great deal may be done out of any income worthy of being called an income, no income whatever is sufficient for tho3e whose imaginations will always rise to kthe occasion, and fly beyond all bounds of necessity or duty. The greater part of the world, if they have credit, will draw upon it, and that far more freely than they would ever do upon money in hand. Paley used to tell his wife, when she went into the City, " Buy whatever you please, so as you pay ready money ; but let me have no bills." Perhaps the best definition of " Comfortable Circumstances" is paying ready money for everything. There can be no real com- fort with unlimited credit, whether on a basis of £ 80, £ 800, or £ 8,000 a year. It is the revival of an instinct that this iB so which makes the real strength of the co- operative movement against which the wrath of Lon- don tradesmen flowed BO freely last week. This, however, is a morality: and what our contem- porary aims at is a statistical classification, proceeding upon a popular and intelligible definition. All praise to the attempt, but we expect it will be found that Bent, upon which Assessment must be founded, is very little of a test. Even i, n large manufacturing towns it has long been assumed that if anybody can afford to pay £ 100 for the house where he is to reside, he will take one in the suburbs, and come into the town for his business. Excepting, then, that some professional men will be obliged to live in town, and will get good houses very cheap, there will be hardly a single householder in a population of 50,000 paying £ 120 a year. Yet our contemporary would not exclude the population of a great city from the comfortable class. I'urther; " there is no point on which people more differ than on the proportion of the rent to the general expenditure. Many are over- housed, sometimes from professional or family neces- sities, sometimes bccause they fall in with the prevail- ing taste and ambition of a showy and material age. Yet there are still those who consider a good house an incumbrance, and who endeavour to make their way in the world with cheaper appliances. They are fortu- nate— for it is really a matter of good fortune than of good management— who can do with houses of the lowest sufficient scale : above all, only one house, and that requiring a Bmall establishment. As to Com- fort, the larger part of the discomfort of life in these days consists in the size of houses and grounds — in the staff of servants to be kept up, and tho constant supervision necessary to prevent waste, robbery, and neglect. When it is said that most of our great landowners are their own_ stewards, bailiffs, builders, and gardeners it'is evident they must be excluded from tho Comfortable class. Yet, if they are to be excluded, what becomes of tho defini- tion ? If £ 100,000 a year does not secure from weary days, sleepless nights, not to speak of the few other troubles, will £ 800 be a better guarantee for peace of mind and a good digestion? We hardly think the definition will stand the test of feeling and experience, j Let our contemporary try another. It can but give us some fnrther light into our social ways and means and the national stock of material comforts, even though it j fail to tell us in what consists that Comfort said to be BO dear to the Englishman. 1 \\ MEM. TING in I- OHDOH on EE HALF cf U » « AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. A rat msstfcc was held at ExsUr Hafi m * veaS~ the object o< wtfch > u to sympotcy .4 the week** da « « . > f Lcadea cn behaj c4 serfcaftora: UVureza. Mr. M. P.. DreddedTandiamnrgitthe q^ vrt j^ p" r* th » Sat* aal Agri~. hcral LaVnreis' Union, and 31r. UaU, a Li-. ure from Lincota- hkc. T » foOowin « rwjstisw r. rmfttrf to the xaaw*./ n* Mod carried " TVat this Ht « M deeply qmfOtom with Uu agri- cultural la^- wwa!? bCtad la d* r « .* d dreum- Kw. Sa, b- Bevta* tlHz pwseet nostUoa to be a augrac* la VI. * niiustfo, asd to'Tnltal to tbe best toter sts at tb » « Masry. > M I* OitMnres should be adopted wiitowt '] » *• » fa* I'm sodal Im^ mr r. t and tnUDectval • wall- ' JBJa was tropced by Archt- uhoy Man^ n* J " Tkt User* can be no peacaaeat Improvement la UM V. rv- m^ n af Um airicoltval labourer as til neb rltai change b* r3 » rt*\ In th » land U » i now to force in this t'.-, r- rj u s'i » ii break down a- land monopolies at prwe- rt « Utirr. « . 1 restore to tbe people Uwtr rUMfol pufta the lead.' ( ih>* » aa ptcpoaad by Jir. Bradlaagh | fTbere VM nproar and oonfu* i. n after the reading of this anamdment, altboogfc Mr. Bradlaurh did not to* tot oa hia right to address the meetta* be yond ex prying hia sympathy with the reeohitino m far aa it went. There were several cries of " You speak the truth, Bradlaagb/ and a scene oi consider- able « mf uskm snsae. 1) " Ibat thiswi ly coagntskates the farm labourers oa lhe/ « riDaUr- n o< Uetr association. retarding It aa the beat means of securirgsa Improvement la U. etr general condi- tion an- t prospects, a proper Interchange of information * f. fsetlrtths labour market, and a suitable organization for xmmfnu. wipnwdby la^ ler. ta • ffrtcnKnr » J Umrtn In all legj » . ™ » te WTortafoetha amellrvallon of thalr praamf de- otfoiltlon. ttla meeting ! a of opinion t2t rteM abiaWI beUkta to procore wbecrlpUoua laaldo* f the oblecta act ont IH tlio rorejrrtng reaolnU / t>, each mbt^ HnUanj to be aea » to Mr. O Mitchell, aad to be deporfted In the namea of tbe Uattooa of Uu . Hattonal Labourer* I'nlon- Slr Jeaae Cidlera ; blrtalaghaBX Mr. JM- xrd ieaklaa ( LoadoaX Mr. A. Toarn *** W- Wart ( rarrtetoa [ This rreolntlon waa morad by Sir C. Dilke, who said he lo. k « d on the fact that the labourer waa divorced from tho acil a| oae of the chief caoaea of hia preaent con- oitf'D, and contended that the filching from him of tho commona of the coon try waa one of the moat fruitful eausea of hi* degradation. ( Cbeere.) He inaiated on 111- necessity of union and combination among labourer! IT they would amend their condition.] The proceedings cloied with a rote of thanks to the cLa'rtuaii, who had, It waa stated, plated hia ca the liit otlubacriptiona for £ 500T The Tiov* has the followkig leader on the meet- In « : Tha meetlag at Xretar- ball for the promotion ef the more- ment lo Improve tbe peaUion of the Agricultural Labourer cannot bo Jcacrlbed aa an an^ naliQed raeoeaa. The weatber waa. Indeed, « a unfavourable ai can well be imaclnad, and * Mi may he aeceotod aa . uffldent explanation of the ( act that b->\ f of lh » Hal! was not much more than two- thirds full whlV tbosaUerrwasentlreljr empty. Something may. pertapa ba alto ( aid of ( hagaaenl apathy of Londonora— tradUlonaTly not ofcagdcattMalUfe, and aocuitomed to respect tboao Who help UHmselvaa— oa the complalnta of rural labourers. \ NhsWor the reason o » reasons, the altcndanco waa not aatWrrtory to the promoters of tho mooting. The Lord Mayor, ai « o, who waa to have tflmlried the chair with hli presenoe, waa absent, foreseeing, possibly, the dlO- culUes Uiat would attend the position: and Mr. Samuel M' iUy waa called upon at short notice to take hia placo. All tlicssdls » pnoIn » menU might, howsver, have been sot ovrr If those who did attend had remained In harmony with * » j- h oth. r from the beglnnliw t » the end of the proceedings. Cn'- Wioatoly, thu pro » tod to be tmp « € « lble. The meeting b « ... wrIL Mr. Arah waa received with enthusiasm. Arch, bishop Manning was loudlr cheered, until, tn an unlucky moment. h » cbrtSe to r rfor to thoeH'. rUof tho late Prince Oon. nt tv tt& rove the pbtflfoh of the English Ubonftr, win a It appeared that Ih^ re was a large section of the mMi> ace to whom the virtues ef a Royal puraonago are utp. islly odious. But It was after the Arohblabop bad sat down that the smouldering salmosltlsi of the diflsrent parts of tho mesttng hurst forth. Tho Archbishop's Besolutlon bavii ! r been leoonilfd, Mr BradLiush attempted to movo atldir tn addition to It. Then It Waa that the gathering bc.' anio upr » arl » n « . The frisails and aosmlss af the tT- Uur. hU Injudicious fdSbils being, perhaps, the noUIer of llo two, viel wi'. h one another in keeping up a tumult, and the kerne th. tt mrued would tot have discredited the Aaatmbly at Versailles, Mr. Morley became a little he- wlldrrtd, bat at last he managed to rule that Sir Chattcs ' i raToiyaa bad the Orst claim to be board. Sir Charles did « ' utrlvo t > bo hsard for a fow moments, until It was dlfcovcrcd that he was wandering Into common a<* n » e. When a roOoh kind of c.' Vurt was exercised, which out short his farther progress, and the straggle over Sir. Uradlanxh recommcnoed with m ire violence than ever. In vaiahe tried lo speak i the dlvlslona of the meeting were t « u violent, and, after reading his proposed addition to tbo Hesolaflnn moved by tho Archhlshop, he sst down, while a hmnbler follower, who attempted to se: ond the addition, met with a reception even more h oat llo than his own. It appeared, however, on a Division, that Mr. LriJLiu. ib° s supporters formed th » majority of tho gathcr- . aid his aldondum waa declared carrtcd, alter which an nml'- nw which had fallen far short of Its original propor- ti' n< all wtd tbe rest of the programme to be gono through wftti t decant IndHTerence. Tha- lUnrdaf and turbnlence of the proceeding, were not, bowenr, the worst rharacUristlrs ot the meeting. Far vurso, and farm re bard to be remedied than the contai- tsous of Its tactions, waa the spirit which was manifested wheu ft was apparently onanlmuos. Wo do not refer to the sp- echfs that were delivered by the farm Labourers tnpinM4TPS. TVy were brief and to tho point and IfcongU aash lxlnrate looked at the qnestlons under dls- cuuloa from tho point of view of his clasa, there a- faieJ no- oanaaloos exaicvatkm In anything they said. If It wcro not fur the fear that thalr heads will be turned by new publicity ot their Utes, and that they will be surely led « » triy after vain delttslcms by the new friends who have taken tlirtn Into aftlanee, we ooeld not be too often reminded la the plain unvainiaUed speech of a Farm Labourer ot the lutla Uda ot hit life, lie does not lead a roseate existence n'lderthebestdrcamstanccs, and under the worst his lot Is as monotonous and dreary U can w « U be imagined. But when we turn from the lalxmrer to his new friends we experience a revulsion of- feeling. Tbe Farm Labourer's friends of the pmsent day are tfke tbe farmer's Mends of a quarter of a i XiUtry since i they are are aa liberal in their remedies far low wa, ai as their uredecessor* warelu remedies for the low price of corp. and the moans tbn oflar for securing the eads they hMd out are equally dehuire- Archbishop Manning's euro for the Ills of the AcrlrattorU Labourer's position it to be found In getting rid at Folitlcal Economy, and Ch" pfThn* lastle applause of his hearers when this senti- ment waa uttsred attested their belief that we must bcsln by throwlcc ail. lo the teaching of those who hxre patiently stalled the » > cul ceodiilon of Kccland. It was when lha Members of rarliamsat who helped t) furnish foHh the platform rambled off Into loose sngtestlons ot benevolsnce thit they ware most heartily chaired : aad the topic en which Mr Charles Trevelyaa had J - tt » aUred when hia Mcgnsa waa arrested by the self- re- il » ace of the Corutih mfneit. who, finding theiaaelvcs twenty « ri « > ee beaiea by the cm petition of the mines of Aus- sn J North America, emigrated without any dawdling to wvrk the richer depoatts thu. revealed. Kmferatfesn was « vtdaatly a remedy not to UM taste of ths meeting. It ancvesUd U> S possibility of orer- pop illation la the afrt- cclt. ua! countiee— notto speak cf other bereales oi Political T* - ruy. What the audience wanted and believed to be passible waa ttte prortslon. somehow or other, of a good ™ tla « e. with bed- rooms Increasing in number as children latreased. with ai. adjaoant ( lot of groond. aad a • nstissn of • a.- ea, aad a prohibition of flail labour before the age of U or 15, aad low prices of aeoaaaariea, and fTi'- linB sdaeatloa. All ttb u raj desirable, aad ^ e wish n www peasfble that tt eould all be provided. U I'- jglaftd wore aa Australia or Caaada, as Wlsccmsla or Iowa, the id* el could be » » €, realty.- bat, since oar Or- ctTUacrs are « a: ir*! y •. from Usoee ot our IWclos aad the Western States, we should be glad to if* a practical way of attairlog tbe raalt Indi- chtrd. To ledgw fr- m the speeches cf Archbishop Manatog aad Mr. MaodeA. It U to be reached thrcagh trie prwotKw of an « uy aad du^ ulre beoevolewre. while Sir i^ ailea Dvlke coaflaea hiawstt to a recrat ever tbs eaetesare of CV- cun<> as. Xhe former do aot area to be aware that the p- triple > f easy hmvala^ ft] was the guiding principle of the erf PtMr L » w. aad aa such dsvsljped Paapertsm tCl It toease lataWraMe. BBd the latter mteht lean wtth a I - U » tc iy tha^ whatervr. objMtlcaa saay be broaxht against the M Coaoaas hare beea saol^ eed. their eactoeure has tfllWGtiad for agrieoUazallaiMr, wtthootwhtchthe * te- sj fa Its icrpjy weald hare kept acric— t^ rsl wages U^ rrcKwitaeary tbswbcleof Er.'- ir. i U tie lenloflVwt aad stjMt U Is really a r5fcf to turn from thaae TsaiMce area to t! se Aaiea traeat Mr I^ radlaaeh car- rts- L lie toJdijr futsos the acspwhOtty of the e » = •" • the AgricalCKral Ufeiares ea tna ealstema c f the pnctlea of NaismsL sad thcagh the coo- as srrilasd ss attrlbuttag the htae- - Sfciitabatehsn* sheps to the VOea et^ peteoa. It Wi^ v?"! 4deflatto aottata hiaitMd UrSoacvt tor a aa^ Meat adat t Us rasKwiag to N ac - » Bu kw tha B ts exhavtsre. hat H Is I • I t-^ ag l> hare Uti. il raaso: lag - tlsa. 1 ot with aecti- PV.''- "•" o* freeted with soeaeihk itit caa be Utea • '"• toad of haviM to eoas..- ; latTiu eraaces tiat I C^ toiSi** 13^ lumber spa « * st U1N ac « aaw » d, e. ai tasi tae ocadttsoa U tte Agitok. tgral Latere? b ac< aU.- wwthg t^ aefcwy. It wrmld ***** ^ ^ fcaad trf r mm'U the aaeres at his deprea** er- iiu a. and Ms chief advisers bars doas sa - , - V> Wad hia wtrav u to lead hte aright. What Is the r-- ila, h5 It ts sfaWtoat tie Baocns cf rrcuaeraare aa^ aot tm s^ rteaharal labour fa krsM Is strictly hilled. i*^ « ay se « bst » whea QJtapared wteh the ba= da that are traiaed to uo Uxr DQT- posa bat ttat ef asststtag In their caiavatlra. ttey are toj U ^ rtof the dervl- p^ ent M agrieultare to redacs tbe ^ aatliy cf oaaoal labour that ta m , mm,, ^ a sjvea area. If It were net ^ thU Iattcr drnnar- ance has a double effect, that of extending the msjgfa of a pr- ntable cuttireSno at the saaie tima that the lahovr aeeemrr for land alraadv aajia, calUretloa U reduced, the derraad for a « ri- caltural labrur would rapidly diminish, anl, as It U. we And that In these e where the^ e U iesst « ieereasiBs. To keep dowa the ripply of farm laaoar to the SSl' '• ProTl2f tie Fsrm Labourer's condition. Thl. Is what Canon GIrdlestone. whoae absence was con- spleons at the meetto*. baa keen dotng. aad he dsssrvca all bwieurforlt. AU other schemes are but temporary expe- dient! they are not worse II in all tbe Instances that are snppoaed to exist of capital ready to he tn vested In the Ip- provemeat of laad bat kept back by legal or political hla- drar. ea preventing 1U spp^ IcaUon every iuilw^ o- rtioi, were removed, th- re mia- ht be a great spurt In the demand for laboar f Tr the moment, but at the end of a generation the condition of ta* labourer would have relapeed to what It Is at preseat. If ws would hare aa aMdlng Improvement ws must be more thorough In our examination of the causee of the degradation we lament, even If our study leads us to tbe^ deace of Political Ijonomy, which Archbishop Manning THE RENTAL VALUE OP LAND. In a paper read before the members of the Institute of Sorvtyon, Great George- street, London, on Monday evenina, Mr. W. St urge said that for the purpose of illustrating the ^ actuations in the value of land durinr ths last 100 years, he would divide the ctntoiy into the following periods:— 1. Twenty- three years ending 1791, daring which there was no great increase in the price of produce, but a gradual advance in rent. 2. Twenty years, from 1795 to 1815, when a range ot hif^ h prices of all kinds of agricultural produce pre- vailed conaeqnent on the French war, and ( during a great part of the the time) an inconvertible paper currency, the rent of land doubled. ( 3) Seven Tears, from 1816 to 1822, daring which lances rapidly fell, notwithstanding a corn law in- tended to maintain wheat at 80s. per quarter. This relapse, consequent on the exhaustion caused by the long war and the resumption of cash payments, reached its culminating point in 182^ when the price of produce fell fully 60 per cent, below its maximum ten years before. This was a period of great agricultural dis- tress. Landlords straggled to maintain their ad van ced rents. Tenants were unable to pay them. The fall of rent, consequently, from its war maximum may be es- timated at about 33 per cent. ( 4)- Twenty- six years, from 1823 to 1848, exhibiting a gradual recovery in the prosperity of tbe country and in the prices of produce, and a recovery of, say, 10 per cent in rent. ( 5) Four years, from 1819' to 185?, exhibiting a very low range of prices of all articles of agricultural pro- duce consequent on the repeal of the Corn Laws. Eenta were generally reduced about 10 per cent. In sdme cases landowners were obliged to submit to a reduction of 15 to 20 per cent. ( 6) Twenty years, from 1852 to 1872, daring which an unexampled extension has occurred in trade and mmufactnre, and the Consumption of all kinds of agricultural produce has enormously increased. Tfai. « f has been kept down to nearly its previous average by foreign competition, but tho prices of meat, stock, and dairy produce has advanced upwards of 50 per cent. The rent of dairy, grazing, and stock farms has advanced 33 per cent, and is now as high as It was during the French war. The rent of arable farms has advanced 10 to 20 per cent, bat it has not generally reached the maximum attained during the war; nor is this surprising when we recol- lect that daring the 20 years from 1800 to 1819, the price of wheat ruled more than 50 per cent, higher than it has ruled daring the last 20 years. The preaent high prices of meat and dairy produce are no aoubt mainly due to the increase of the popu- lation, and to the greatly increased consumption of tbe working- classes, and also, though in a less degree, to decreased production Caused by the droughts of 1368 and 1870. PEOPLE YOU OBJECT TO MEET. Mr. Whiner, who never seea you without saying how very fat yoa've grown, or how very pale you look. Mr. Humdrum, who, when in society, confines hia conversation to the changes of the weather and the rising price of coals. Lady Dawddler, who, if yoa meet hsr in the Park, it pretty sure to ask you to carry her fat lap- dog for her. Mr. Quaver, who raves abont the music of the future, and never says a word of sense abont the music of the present Captain Blusterham, who bellows oat your name when he meets yoa in tbe street And shakes you by the band till he nearly wrings your fingers oS. Mr. Whoezer, who fancies that he is an invalid, and explains to you the symptoms of his latest ailment. Mr. Harduppe, who, npon the strength of old school fellowship, will never miss a chance of borrow- ing half a sov. of yoa. Mr. Borer, who even now discusses the merits of tho Tichborne ease. Messrs. Sawbones and Pilgarlic, who, when they happen to meet at dinner, invariably talk Bhop to- gether, and take away your appetite. Mr. Jeremiah Doldrums, who thinks he has a griev- ance against one of your best friends, and takes you by the button- hole in order to explain it Baron Munchausen, Junior, who once was captured by the brigands, and every time he sees you embellishes the incidant Mr. and Mrs. Cadger, who, if yon invite them for a day or two, always come provided with luggage for a fortnight— PUIKA. PERILOUS POSITION of 800 RAILWAY LABOURERS. A correspondent at Chicago, telegraphing on tho 21st ult. sends to the Xew York papers tbe following special despatch from St. Paul's.— Gloomy news may be anticipated from Minnesota. Thetrack- layeis on the extension of tho " Winona and St Peter llailroad were approaching the western State line at the rate of two miles daily, when a terrible storm last Thursday night enveloped them, and cut them off from mmmnnTi- ati.- in with civilisation. The working foroe numbers over 800 men, and so sanguine were their expectations that the favourable weather would outlast November that no preparations were mado to avert a calamity such as it is feared has befallen them. Only a limited supply of provisions was kept in store; for although 100 miles distant from the telegraph con- struction trains, they maintained regular communi- cation with " Sleeping Eye," the nearest white settlement When iaUlTirgnce of the storm reached Winona, J. H. Stewart, the general superintendent started oat with two locomotives and a train of cars, but so heavy and deep were the snowdrifts, and so intense the cold, that up t > Saturday morning they had cot pa#* ed New Ulm. At that place two additional locomotives were attached to the train, and then taking an board rations for thirty days and 150 men, besides materials with which to fit up boarding accoTTTTrmdatinrs in the care, the train waa started. A passage way had to be forced through drifts eight and t « leet deep, and even when the snow did not exceed ooe foot in depth, so hard was H that recourse was had to ahovels Wore any advance cocld be made. On S^ iaytfce train had penetrated 25m£ es ; mea&. while ths storm raged with violence, and when bvt heard from, cc Tuesday night the relief train was fast in ths arrwmniating snow, 40 miles week of Sl~ ptnr Eye, and SOmOes abort of the sefferieg t^- frm^. Yesterday nxmiag the telegraph wires were down west of St Peter, and latest reports frees Winona in the afteraiv- s state that the wis j had ia^ eaeed to a furima pie. For six days the s& ra had eedtiaaed with oca- bated fury. Tbe painful Im^ sesaioc is treated that the men at the eed of the track will starve before relief caa reach them. No ( applies are known to be aoc- sfTble, for the Ess is beiss crtsteacled in advance of Gowrn- c- at servers, far fate the cuuntry tr- lr'-^ j^ aTe br a i£ W advd£= rccs aili THE LATE SIR DONALD M* LE0D, 4 crowded ouuregatien assembled cc Sunday mora' fa* in the Baptist Cnapel. Allen « tre* t Kensington. London, the chapel in which the late Sir Donald Friel 51 ' Leol was acc- ut^ med to worship, an announcement having been made that the Rer. Dr. Stnugfaton would freach a funeral seimoo. Most of the persons present * Dr.' stoughtaif" selected for his text the Slat Palm, verse &—" Into Uy hm » d » I etmmatd aajr spin*, for rkoM UM ralamudmt. O, Lord Hum God of tn* XT Having referred to the melaach '. y occurrence which would be the subject of their thought^ the preacher rave a brief sketch of Sir Donald M I. wi life and labours. He said in India Sir Docald waa ccu- ttaecooaly successful in establishing friendly rela- tions with the natives, and of interpreting their feel- ings aad engaging their attention. He oanse- quentlr acquired a wonderful influence over them, and all who knew him soon came to love him as a father and friend. Indeed it had been said by one who knew the people well that if ths natives had been called upon to elect a prince it would have been Donald M'Leod. Mr. Leopold had said that if all rulers had been like him there would be neither Hindoo nor Mahommedan in Tmli* % remark that had been fully endorsed by one of our leading newspapers. He was not sent out aa a missionary to teach Christianity, but the embodiment of Christianity in his life was a gcepel in itself. Dr. S tough ton spoke of Sir Donald's great exertions during the outbursts of cholera in India, of his zeal in the cause of the Christian Vernacular Society, to a meeting of which, to take the chair, he waa proceeding when he met with his fatal accident, and of the terrible loss he experienced in 1855 by the death of his wife. He was accustomed to visit her grave every year, although he frequently had to travel immense distances in order to accomplish his object He had pronounced opinions on theo- logical snd ecclesiastical subjects, but he sunk them aO when any practical work waa to be done, and this eminent Oriental scholar and statesman might often be seen addressing meetings of young women and like assemblies in ths darkest parts of the East of London. He never strove to accumulate wealth, and died, as the world would say, poor. His teal for religion was great snd there was one of royal and princely rank whom he converted who Is now working with success in the missim field in India. His sufferings in the hospital were not, as some had supposed, agonizing. To a friend who saw him there he said there waa something the matter with his limbs, but he did not exactly know what it waa. He preyed earnestly, and his but words were, " Praised be His holy name for ever and ever." After this he gradually sank, and then he simply ceased to breathe. Tbe sermon was listened to with marked attention by the vast congregation, with a great many of whom the late Sir Donald M'Leod was on familiar terms. MURDER AND SUICIDE AT NAPLES. A Neapolitan correspondent writing to the Poll Mali Gaz/ tta au the 3rdInst., says :— " Yesterday, at about eleven a. m., the whole quarter of tbe Riviera dl Chiaja was thrown into violent com* motion, owing to a tragical affair which occurred In the Villa Nationale, resulting in the death of Mire Ada Schiassi and of Mr. J. H. Gordon. Mr. J. H. Gordon, formerly of the British Indian Civil Service, bad been for some months living at the Pension Anglaise, 114, Riviera di Chiaja, kept by Madame Schiassi. Among the four daughters of Madame Schiassi were Ada and Louisa ( twins). Some time ago Mr. Gordon became attached to Ada, and proposed to marry her, but the offer was refused by the mother, aa the young lady was already engaged to a naval officer. Since then Mr. Gordon ( who was about 50 years of age, and awidower) thought fit to annoy Miss Schiassi with his attentions to such an extent that the mother was obliged to request him to change his quarters as soon as poseible. This seems to have prieved Mr. Gor- don very much, and to have caused him to commit the crime of which you have heard. Yesterday morning, about 10' 45, tbe twins; Louisa and Ada Schiastd, Went to the gardens of the Villa Nazionale for their usual morning walk, when they were met by Mr. Gordon, who accosted Louisa and asked her why they wished to get rid of him, and also the reason why her sister Ada refused to entertain his suit On her refusing to listen to him he left her, and, approaching. Ada, com- menced upbraiding her, and finished by commanding her to follow him, whicb she naturally refused to do : upon which he, stepping back a couple of paces, pullea a revolver from his pocket, and tiring two shots at Ada, which entered herbaok, turned the revolver upon himself, fired two other shots, and fell down a corpse. The police authorities and a creat crowd were im- mediately on the spot, but all efforts were useless, as both the s& sassins and bis victim were dead. At the inquest this morning Ada was found to have been shot through the heart In Gordon's case death was caused by one of the shots having completely severed the aorta. On Gordon were found a gold watch, an Albert chain, with a small gold whistle, and a locket containing a portrait, supposed to be that of his late wife ; on the little finger of his right hand, an onyx sienetring, with his initials, J. H. G., and inside the gold of the ring were the words ' Sophie, Oct —, 1SGG j' a purse con taming 375f. in paper, three sous in bronze, and one silver sixpence. Gordon had taken the precaution to destroy all the papers which might lead to his identification, and it was only through bis bankers that the authorities have beea able to find oat anything about blm." ASTOUNDING MESMERIC POWER. The 27omeuard Mail tells the following remarkable , tory :— A curious case of mesmerism is recorded by the civil surgaon of Hoehungabad. A young woman named Nunnee, aged 24, was married some twelve years ago ; she, however, did not go to her husband's house for two years afterwards. After staying with him for eight days she suddenly became insensible, and re- mained so for two or three days. She waa taken back to her mother, and soon got well. Then follows a very remarkable history. During the next tour or five years she never entered her husband's bouse without falling insensible and remaining so. He was very kind and attentive to her; she liked him, but whenever he came into her presence she at once sank into this state. This went on till she be- came emaciated and exhausted, and at last her parents applied to the court for a separate maintenance for her. while she was in court the husband entered, and she instantly became insensible, and was carried to the hospital, where the case was carefully attended to by Dr. Cullen, in March, this year. While in this state her pube was even, breathing soft her body piiant bat she could eat nothing. Experiments were carefully made to see if there was no trick about it. While she was in bed, her husband was muffled up, and made to walk through the ward. She said she felt that he was near her, and she was by no means well, but had not seen him anywhere about > ext day this experiu. nt was repeated, and she actually became insensible as before. When the husband left the place she recovered. The experi- ment as to the influence of the husband's presence waa tried in all torts of wayr. He was made to » —, behind her, and to be near her in a separate ward, bat this had ao effect bat whenever he was brought to look on her face, though muffled up, or disguised as a policeman, as a sepoy, and so forth, shs was at once influenced. The experi- ments continued for aboat a month and the condnfat was that the husband unconsciously mesmerised her. The Court came to the condusion that it was impos- sible she could live with him, and a separate allowance ordered. Tbe husband was asked to try if he coald not remove the effect seeing that he had the power to cacao ft, bet he was quit ® frightened it tbe idea cf having ths power, aad could not control it ia any way. Tbe returns of Liverpool emigration made op to ths snd < f last sionth show m Innerecd, la tbe imtarwbpssUgxsled the mcntb over ths number wha emigrated ta ths pr- vfcus Sorember. Tbe eleven — tts ottMsyssr compared w* j, ttaTeB ncntfcs of last year stow ea Increase of S7,3iS In ths maaber of emigrants. " The time has arrived whea sa iacresas should be made ta the at* of pay cf the cOcere c! ii_ e srmr. On sp- — fc* 1** tojbe case cf Beutenaata. IS* tor every five year? aervle*, the ctber cradss bets; allowed a preBortk. Bat « a^ wace. Mr. sboaUbssr tn U crleri ts tbe timber ef cfficers tsss tbs eCeet ef threwtag extra ex- E « aae opcathase who remain. He ss^ gesiko to reiooe aess expenses Is atassrd whilst the preai- i hi « b rate ot prices cf ssat < fc . c; otfaaea. la fact. It Is the re= eral ery c< B- « s- yn that It ts eea to !—->~ t.; to d) sH ttat ts nqatred U to at tte preset rxSe.-- 0w* SPUTTERINGS FROM " JUDY'S" PEN. As Elective Peace ( piece) Maker.— A baQ ta a chlaasbop. TAIXTO Sospeasa.— Hanciaa. A Ulxz Mistier halts when HE marches. A Bar » Glass for tbe Cyea.— Veer sixth glass cf hot hrandy- and- water. Kvs* tS yoa ere fa a harry, yoa need not drink your Ua with a fork. X » rcHT yoa to reckon a dog's worth by what hs will fetch or what he will briag t ^ jaafce* an the difference If yoa pat Dr. Ufore Instead of " A ECKTER. at parting," as the drunken """ said when h* ran up against the poet. A STv- CK- nr Trade- II riery. THE best Flowers for Winter Wear— Fnrre. BE temperate In diet— oar first parents ate themselves out ot boaae and home. • THIT SST crocodiles do not really weep: we know a sailor, ttoush, who has seen whale's blubber. WILL the " Woolwich Infants, " which disappeared under valer the other day. be rocked In the cradle of the deep I AnnexOr. ms — Two t'lln^ s TOO should never borrow: ixouMe, and a copy of J CM. 1 h J former will be sure to come ; the latter can bo had for tho pal try sum of twopence. , Kor AX Ai. vxKTlSEraT.— What fsni& os pickl- does 9 » reh name when tho rejects au oflcr from Policeman X l ?—" SAT. lfob " ( Nabob). As KiUte in " Tail Male"— A po » t- oCl » order in a late packet- boat. • WHAT U tho difference bat ween a tortolsesh » Il torn and a Jamit child?— One Is a brindled cat, the other a killed EPITOME OF NEWS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN. . Tho joint occupation of San . Tnan Island ceased itovember 32, In accordance with the award of the Emperor Wnilsm. Hereafter the United States will occupy It ex- clusively. 1 Through the efforts of the Danish Consul in Xew York over 2.000 dols. has been collected ( and remitted by cable) for the benefit ot tbe sufferers by the recent Inunda- tions on the coast of Denmark. On Tuesday the Don Ouillcmvo arrived at Liverpool, brlnRtDc ten survivors of the crew ot the Indian Queen. which lclt oueboc on the 10th November lor Liverpool, and encountered fearful weather In the Atlantic. Her Majesty the Queen has sent a gift of £ 5 to the youth Hughes, who was recently tossed by tho bull, " Prince Loopeld," at the Fleculsh Ksrm, Windsor Great Park. Bughes, who was taken to tho Windsor Boyal Infirmary, Is going on favourably. A public Grammar School is about to be established at Lorftan, In accordance with the requirements of a will made by a local merchant named Walts, who died 20 years ago, leaving a sum of money, the Interest of which ( now amounting to £ 4,000) waa to be applied for the above object. Mr. Gladstone has written a second letter to the Bev. Dr. Potter, of Sheffield, stating that his contradiction qf the report that ho was a Rnman Cathollo applies equally tp his conduct In reference to Koman Catholicism. Dr. Potter says he will communicate with his Informant. In reply to a memorial the Endowed Schools Com mlisioners have stated that they propose henceforth In all dehemes which give the head- m\ ster the power of dlimlsslng nslstant- masters to make such dismissal subject to an appesi to the goVernon. A meeting of Americans resident in London was Held at the Lsngham Hotel nn Satunlsy evening when, upon tho motion of Mr. llu « h M'Culloch, resolution wore adopted, lamenting the death of Mr. Horace Greeley, extolling the purity of his private life,; and referring to his Services to his qonntiy and to humanity. i From April 1st to tbe 7th inst the Exchequer re- ceipts smounted to £ 43,417,147, an Increase of nearly two millions and a half as compared with the corresponding Mrlod of last year. The expenditure has been £ 46,467,580. On Baturday fast the bslai. o iu the Bank of England ex. deeded five millions and a half sterling, j Sir George Balfour, K. C. B., was on Monday re- turned, without opposition, for Klneardlneshlre, in succes- « on to the late Mr. Dyce Nlcol. This was tbe drst election hich has taken place in Scotland under the Ballot. Sir Georgo Balfour, who Is now C3 years of age, began his military career as far back as 1S25, when he became a lieutenant In the Boyal Madras Artillery, j Mr. Justice Keating, in the Court of Common Fleas, heard a somewhat curious esse Involving " consequential damages." A young woman sued her mistress, tho keeper {•( a refreshment- room in London, for compensation on account of Injuries sustained by the fill or a skylight which had for tome time been reprtjentod as In an Insecure con- dition i and, after bearing evidi- nco on both sides, the jary ( leclded in favour of the plaintiff, with damages £ 12i. • The grievances of jurymen were on Monday the Subject of a memorial to Mr. Justleo Grove from a number ot merchsnts and gentlomcn ot the City of London. His lord- Ship waa slttlntr at Guildhall, and tho hardihlp Involved In tho present mode of summoning Jurors waa forcibly brought be- fore him. The judge said ho hod no power to remedy that Which was complained of, but he hoped the matter brought before him would be dealt with in one ot the proposed law reforms. Mr. Gladstone, in reference to a complaint that Go- vernment messengers accepted private engagements In the papacity of waiter*, write* to say that unless the persons complaining are prepared to prove that the Government ser- vants accept pilvate engagements during the hours which thoy are expected from the nature of their employment, to devote to the public serrloe, ho doea not see that her Ma- jesty* Government can Interfere In the matter. 1 The Annual Show of tho Smithfield Club was opened at the Agricultural Hall, on Monday, ller Majesty aad the Prince of Wales were amoncst tho exhibitors ol stock. The total number ot entries was 428 The Irish cattle were four and the Welsh two In number. The crow or mixed bred cattle numbered 20, and there were 10 animals In the extra stock classes. The sheep classes cor. t di. ed 103 entries, aad thero wcio 69 entries of the various breeds of pigs. Last week tho mean temperature at the Royal Ob- servatory. Greenwich, was 41 deg., and slightly below the average for the corresponding week In 0( ty years. Bain fell on each day In tbe week, except Wednesday, amounting In the aggregate to 113 Inches. The rain- fall of the 342 days , of this year, on 182 ot which rain was measured at Green- wich amounted to 27 inches; the average annual fall In the Jpast tan years has been 24 Inches. Shortly after six o'clock on Monday nfght a boiler explosion occurred at Messrs CrosOeld'saeap works, Bank Q uay, Warrington, by which tho lives of three men are p laced in Jeopardy. It sppsnri that the boiler, which was si tuate In tbe silicate yard, exploded with great force, and was lifted nearly 100 yards from the spot. The escape of tbe I at earn severely scalded two w. rkr. WD, named Wright and K orman, who were at once taken to the Dispensary, where they lie In a dangerous condition. On Tuesday the Committee recently formed in the City tor raising a fund towards the relief of the sufferers by the lnundatlans in Italy held another meeting at the Man- sion IIouso, London. Baron Oeatli, tho Italian Consul- General In London, stated that tho subscriptions up to this time amounted In all to £ 2.673 o ld, to which was to bo sil led about £ 130 which had ban promised, but not yet received. An appeal, written by a mora her of tbe committee, for sub- scriptions, and describing the deplorable results of the Hoods was read, and ordered to be put forthwith into general circulation. After the transaction of other business In con- nection with the fund, the meeting was adjuurned for a Week. Wort ley Hall, those it of Lord Wharncliffe, situated near Sheffield, has narrowly escaped destruction by tire. On Monday morning, about one o'clock. In thi midst of a hur- ricane of wind and rain, a fire broke out In the laundry, which Is situate In a wing on tbe north skin of the butHlng, aad above which are servants te irooms. Fortunately Lord Whamrllffe waa at home, and took an active part In the efforts to arrest the fire. A plentiful supply of water, derived from reservoirs near, was poured Into the burning part of the building, and in about an hour all danger waa over. The fire originated In the laundry, and destroyed Its contents, and gutted the bedrooms above It Tae wind was blowing across the lanndry towards ths main building of tbe hoaie, aad ha/ 1 the dames ones escaped from the rooms n which they originated, DottJog could have saved ths mansion. The damace Is covered by insurance. The Eighth Parliament of Queen Victoria! was four yean old on Tuesday last, having beea summoned to meet on the 10th December. 1 v. a. Since It assembled at West- minister. 64 peers aad 40 Busobere of tbe House of Commons have died, and of the Utter r.^- aber SO were Liberals. The oldest peer removed by death w » s the irl of Oaslow, who was OS; tbe younjest was tte Kirl ot Aberdeen, who was drowned at tbe age of Vi Tbe oldest member of the noose of Gjmm-. ns was ColonelHjkBS, the representative of tbe dty of Aberdeen, who waa 82 : the yo- ingit was Captain Spetn, who died wken oely 2-, aad within a few weeks ol his elec- tion lot Renfrewshire. Of tbe l-, 7 n . r. wri who have been retained to tbe preaent ParlUc.-.. v lncladli g the re- ekcttons oa tbe formation of Mr. Gladstone's Government, 84 are Liberals, 44 are Conservative*, anl 7 are Home Bakes. There are now two vacant setts, rtz., i' . rUrahlre and the Orkneys. " The clcsmg mentis cf the year 1E72 wiU long be TEGGBBCRED tn traay s bereaved bunaebold sad ta EIST S devastated district. We do not kr - Oat history has ever re- carded ssch a car. Ur. ot- 1 s* rles of hurleaaes, rals- fiooda, sail breadatlocs as w> xili teeta to have prevailed pretty assztr tbnagboat £= rope daring the pa* three months, alww^ coesta& t rain has swoilan the great rivers, until the acca- m- ilat^ g waters have Vent thr . i. h whatever ( rail embank- ments had been erected by fisiMH BIUIMUB, sad tamed tsto lakes tasaaaaas dlstrteti * laad ban wh£ h the feb*. b « tanti had to See as rise of tbe- r Uvea. Gales have swept oava ca distant coaeti. ruining tbe tedsstrles of tb » ^ nall pr^ etstfcas Bvmgcn tbe fc V. ace ot tU tea; and har- ricaae*! hare caazht in gfckocsaa tha great fleet of vewta tegtbe w/ dtft tsrfTr& ar. 1. le tnm p-- rt to port, wrecking » bks » oc as b act Xafij m^ o tosan yec.~- Leadc la bail* William Wallis. another Waterloo veteran, has beea awarded a gratuity ot £ 2 by tbe C\ « amand* r- ln Chk t An aereemCTt has been come to by the dairvmen and mtoellera of Brighfca to talae ths jAre ot milk OvMa « d. to. M a qaart. i ^ ZH^' M r < presented an exhibition to the Bradfaid Gremmar School. Uc » M,- foe two rear*, aad open to oMajwtiUoa by pupils from tbe elemsatare schools In ths borough. The Board of Trade accounts show that la the month of November there w « e exported trees the Vol ted Kingdom » l, Wa toasof troo and UmI of the value ot C3.1SS 4X1 Tbe oianUty ta leaa by 14 SW tons than In November. l>: v, b « l the value shows an increase amounting to fcSSO. 2: 4 ' The fiwt report of the Brighton Wealden Erpkwatioa has been Issued It ststes that several obstaclea hare b « « a met with, bat tbe boring Is now prxwedtng at a depth ot ninety six fest In a bed of hard Mae tlmeet. MW. lbs com- mittee will be recommends* to reduce tbe diameter o( tbe bora During November oar exports amounted to £ 23. « 72 « fi3, belnc aboat three and a quarter millions sterl- ing abi. re those lor tbe same month In Ustgrrar. but It mar be assumed the Increase arises rather from the augmented valne of special commodities than from any addlUon to the quantities actually sent abroad. " Truffles appear to be very abundant this year. Ths Department of the Drome hu prvvluced £ 72.( XO wo.- th : ths let. & 6.0CC; D.. nlogne, < « ), 000; Aveyroa. £ 24/ 00: Vaadasr, A16. SO0: and CharenUs, £ 20.000. Tb* entire produce In Franco Is estimated at fremiTJO. OOO to £ i0 « ), 000," — The Garden. The present nn « ea. « onahl>< mildness of the weather has produced a spring like aspect in Kent, and nsar Keston com- mon acres of primroses and uiowdreps are tn blossom, and the banks covered with vlokts. tbe furs* ts In full bloom and last w** k a neit of young thrashes was taken oat of a holly tree near Holwood Park. The Constitutional crisis in Prussia is virtually at an end, theFpper House ot the Prussian Diet having passed all the clauses of the Dlstrlcta Administration Bill without amend- ment. The party of Iter Von Stahl mado a stand on the 8th clause, to which tb* y prcposed an amendment, bat were beaten by 114 votes against 67, whereupon tho party retired from the contest. Ths Chicago Inter Octan states that Alderman Rate ham, who has boon on a visit to hia lumbermen la Michigan, 12 nines from Malnstoe, says his men report that many deer are found dead In the wools, having died from eplcooty. No deer Is shot now. When one is fotnd dead, the skin is removed to be made into leather. At Brighton the first public illumination of ths Aquarium, last Saturday evenlag, was very meceksfuL Ths attendance was extremely good, and tho lighting everything that csold be wished, whether lor giving effect to the archi- tecture of the building or rendering visible the contents ot the tanks, every movement In which was distinctly observ- able. On Monday afternoon tho Lord Mayor of London received the following communication through the direct 8panl » h cable just laid by the India Rubber, Gntta rercha, and Telegraph Works Company between Bilbao and the Ltsard :— The Alcalde of Bilbao, In the name of the Ajuntamlento, sends respectful greetings to Sefior the Alcaldo of London on the succrsiful completion of tho moana of telegraphic communication between tho two ports." Tho cclestials of San Francisco have a way of pre- paring a great feast tor themselves. Three times a year ihey spread a Royal banquet b** lde tho grave* of their departed friends, and after a llttlo while turn to and eat It themselves. On a resent occasion of this kind forty express waggons were employed In trauiportlng hogs, chlokens, rlco. and liquor to the cemetery, andjover one hundred waggons were In the pro- cession. As an attempted solution of the labour difficulty, a prospectus has been Issued of a Co- operative Mining Society for the counties of Northumberland and Durham. It Is pro- posed that 10 per cent shall be allowed to capital, then a re- serve fund Is to be formed, and the remainder ot the prollts to bo dlvldod equally l> etween labour and capital. Ths capital Is to be raised In £ 6 shares. " Ithasb « « n reported that a horse epidemla, similar to the New York ephlpplc, has broksn out In D* vonahlre. We have, however, received no ovldenoe that caa tree* the rumour to anything more than the presence of a midlgnant form of lnfluonxa in a local stable. Though tbe cry may be ' Wolf I' at present, the example lately set before us la America shows that we should be prepared for such a catas- trophe.'— Land and Water. An inquest has been held nt Sheffield ou tho body of a Journeyman tailor named Edwarda. Ou Friday night, be- fore going to bed, he ate a large quantity of mussels. Korly the following morning ho awoke in great pain, and died be- fore a medical man could be In attendance. A vn/ t- nwrUm examination shewed that the primary cause of death waa disease of tho heart, but that death had besn acc « lorated by eating tho mussels. Tho surgeon who mado the examination S? resied tho opinion that the man would have been now ve if ho had not eaten the mussels. The Suits Timet BBVB-.— The weather In Switzerland continues unusually mild for the seaaon of tho year. Since the 22nd of November the thermometer In Geneva has ranged from 40 to eo degrees Fahrenheit, and In some parts of Swit- zerland thu Weather appears to bo oven milder than here. Thus In tho cantons of Thurgau and Saint Gall tho violet, rose, lasmlno, and cherry may now be seen In full bloom. At Schwarzenegg tn tho canton Bern ripe raspberries were gathered on tho 80th ult., and on tho 2bth a magnificent purple roso was pluckod at SchOnenberg, In tho cautoa A rather serious accident has occurred to Mr. Wil- liams, chemist, at his shop, 124 Bt. Phlllp's- road. Sheffield. Towards dusk ho struck a match, in order to look for some srtlcle, and unfortunately one of the sparks fell upon a small barrel containing about twe pounds of gunpowder, a portion of which exploded In his face, burning his hair very severely. A cry of " Fire !" was raised, and a neighbour rushsd Into the shop, and threw the oontents of » water- buckct npon Mr. Williams, whose clothes had been ignited by the explo- sion. The shop was Immediately shut up, and medical attend- ance was procured tor the sufferer. THE FALMOUTH AND PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY, DecEMBeR 14,1W2 Sramtl. NOTICE. Kiuiberley Grammar School, FALMOUTH. The Annual PUBLIC MEETING AND PRIZE DAT Will bo lield on WEDNESDAY, 18tli Inst., at Quarter past Two, under tlio presidency of The Venerable Chanoellor Phillpotts. EXAMINEES: Bev. A. A. VAWDBY, B. A., CambridRe. Eev. K. F. B. EICKABDS, M. A., Oxford. Rev. SALTKEN ROGERS, M. A., Oxford. BCT. W. J. ROWLAND, M. A., Oxford. Rev. H. H. MAYO, B. A., Oxford; and Bev. WILLIAM EOGEBS, M. A., Oxford. Tlie parents and friends of the pupils, and all others interested in the cause of Education, are earnestly invited to attend. Art Union of London, 444, WEST STEAND. Thirty Seventh Year. Plan for the Year 1873. EVERY Subscriber of One Guinea will receive, besides a chance of a Prize at the Annual Distribution in Apr' 1, an impression of a fine Plate, " REBEKAH." " And the Man wondering at her, held his peace, to toil, whether the Lord had made his journey prosper- ous or not." GEN. xxiv., 21. Engraved by W. HOLL, after the original by P. GOODALL, R. A. The prizes include the right to select a valua- ble work of Art from one of the Public Exhibitions, Bronze Yases and Tazzas, a limited number of volumes of Choice Etchings by the Etching Club, Porcelain Statuettes, and other works produced especially for the Society. An Artist's proof copy of the plate, with five chances in the distribution, may be had for five guineas; an India paper lettered proof with two chances for two guineas. Specimens of the plate may now be seen on application to the Local Honorary Secretaries and Agents, who will receive Subscriptions and '. ve every information. The Subscription sts close on the 31st March ; but ( with a view to induce an early entry of names) the print will be forwarded, in February for every mem ber whose subcription is remitted to the Office before the end of January, through either of the following Agents or Secretaries, at Falmouth— Mr. JOHN EOBERTS, Jan., Insurance^ r oker. Helstone— Mr. GEOEGE LAN YON. Launceston— Mr. T. WHITE. Liskeard— Mr. W. HARE. Penryn— Mr. S. HALLAMOBE. Penzance— Mr. W. COBNISH. St." Austell— Mr. F. W. W. SQUIRE, Bank. St. Columb— Mr. G. B. BOSISTO. Truro— Mr. C. THOMAS, New Bridge St. Hsl Cornwall DENTAL Establishment, Victoria House, ST. AUSTELL. Mr. H. M. PRESTON, SXTIRG- IElolSr DE1TTIST FEOM LONDON. TEETH on the improved principles of self- adhesion. No unsightly wires or fasten- ings required. The Teeth made on this system are unsurpassed for comfort and durability. Not being cumbered with wires or other unsightly fastenings, the Teeth are able to adapt themselves to the movements of the moulh, whoreby mastication and articulation are permanently restored. Teeth supplied on this system have given satisfaction wlien all others have failed. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. A LAEGE ASSORTMENT OF Jewellery, Gold & Silver Watches, Ladies' and Gentlemen's CHAINS, ALBERTS, EAR- RINGS, LOCKETS, Sic., SUITABLE FOE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, On Sale at very low prices. FALMOUTH Boys' British School. THE Annual Public EXAMINATION of the above School will be held in the Boys' School Boom, on Friday evening next, the 21st inst., when the parents of the children, and friends of Education generally, are invited to attend. To commence at Seven o'clock. Mr. PllESTON or his Assistant may be consulted a the followiivj place, viz.:— FALMOUTH— the first and third Saturday, at Mr. WICKS', Grocer, 21, Market Street, from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. ST. COLTJMB— the first and third Thursday in the month, at Mrs. CoADEii's, Stationer, Fore Street, from 1 a. m. to 5 p. m. 1 For further particulars apply to MR. JACOB, Jeweller, Arwenack St., Falmouth. CLOSE OF THE BOOKS FOB 1872. The Scottish Widows' Fund ( MUTUAL ) LIFE ASSURANCE 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 MEMBEBS ALONE. The Distribution is made on the equitable sys- tem of allocating Bonus Additions to the sum assured, increasing in compound ratio with the age of the Policy. Thus the Society is very attractive to good lives. SECURITY OF THE HIGHEST OBDER is maintained. The Assurance Fund is un- equalled Dy any other Offices in the County. ACCUMULATED FUNDS £ 5,346,988 ANNUAL INCOME 663,702 The magnitude of the sum in the control o f 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 MOBE THAN THE BASIS OF CALCULA- TION ASSUMES AS BECEIVABLE. THE NEXT DIVISION OF PROFITS will be made as at 31st December, 1873. When the surplus of the seven years then end- ing will be distributed among the Members. Taking the results of the fire 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 INTEBEST REALISED IS HIGHEB. THE CLAIMS BY DEATH ABE LIGHTEB. THE NEW BUSINESS IS LABGEB BY MOBE THAN A MILLION. AND THE RATE OF EXPENDITUBE IS STILL VERY MODERATE. ASSUBAMCES affected before 31st DECEMBEE, 1872, mill 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- terraca TIME OF HIGH WATER AT FALMOUTH AND PENRYN QUAYS. MOBNINO. EVENINO. SATCBDAY Dec. 14 4 16 4 38 Sutday 15 4 57 5 19 MONDAY 16 5 39 5 56 TUESDAY 17 6 15 6 33 WEDNESDAY 18 6 51 7 10 THURSDAY 19 7 27 7 45 FRIDAY 20 8 3 8 23 JMutoutli & lenrp fjltofely © imes. SATURDAY, DKO. 14, IS72. the " Caroline Coventry." from New York for Lon- don, abandoned in a sinking state, and landed here on Thursday. Eleven men from the " Louisa," bound to Dundee, abandoned in a sinking state and landed lie- e yesterday — four men of this crew were lost before they could be rescued.— The Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, through Mr. F. H. Earle, its honorary agent at this port, has rendered aid to men of aU the above crews, send- ing many to their destinations, and finding board and lodging for them at the Sailors' Homo and elsewhere. COUNTY COURT.-— Mr. Wm. Crouch Squire, corn- factor, brought an action at this court, on Thursday last, against the High Sheriff of Cornwall for £ 5 for books taken from him, and for £ 25 for an assault, at the sale of the goods of Mr. L. C. Kel- way, bookseller, which took place in August last. It appears that Mr W. Jackett, the sheriff's officer, received a telegram from the Under Sheriff during the progress ol the sale, which was being conduct 2d by Mr. T. B. Olver, requiring him to stop the sale, and to prevent any of tne goods from being removed the premises. Jackett read the telegram in the sale- room, and cautioned parties against taking away goods. The plaintiff had bought a lot of books, and had got into the street with them under his arm, when Jackett and his assistants seized them, and in doing so, as alleged by the plaintiff, used some violence and caught hold of his arm. Mr. H. Rogers, of Helston, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. G. A. Jenkins, for dependent. After hear- ing the witnesses the Judge summed up, and left it fov the jury to say i1 more force was used than was necessary to remove the goods from under plaintiff's The act of the officer, he said, was the act of the sheriff.— The jury— Messrs. F. E. Renfree, W. Jenkins, J. Lobb, W. Best, and J. Vivian— re- tired, and in about a quarter of an hour found a verdict for £•'.. GrEAT GALE.— A terrible storm raped along the coast on Sunday afternoon and evening last, causing great loss of shipping and life, as well damage onshore. In another column will be found statements of its effects in various parts of the ' country. Not a single casualty took place among the numerous shipping in our harbour. One ; e bhip, however, moored outside the Black- cut away her masts in uhe night from an apprehension that she was drifting, but Irought up all safe. Some damage was done by steamers, a? they came into the harbour, colliding with other vessels. On shore several houses suffered severely. A chimney fell on the house occupied by Miss Nash, at Wodehouse terrace, and came into a room where Miss Nash and a friend, Mrs. Ley, were sitting, who were both knocked down by the debris and much bruised. A large tree was blown down in the ropewalk, and fell across the telegraph wires, temporarily stopping telegraphic communication. At Waterloo road R chimney fell, breaking in the roof and smashing a bedstead and other articles of furniture in the rooms below. At Earle's Retreat iron launder was blown down, the lead carried off the roof- ridge of one of the projecting windows, and several slates on the offices displaced. At the service in the chapel here, which was being held at the time the gale wa3 nearly at its height, the voice of the minister was sometimes drowned by the roaring of the wind. ABANDONED AT SEA.— The " Louisa," bound to Dundee, with deals, was caught in the gale of Sun- day, and turned over, the crew providentially were able to get on her bottom, where they were exposed to the seas breaking over them for three hours, when the mainmast was carried away and the vessel righted again, the men, with the exception of four who were drowned, scrambling up the side as she righted, on to the deok. Everything had been swept aw?, y, the ship was full of water, and the men were now exposed on the deck to the wea- ther and the seas, which constantly beat over them, without any protection, until Tuesday morning, when they were taken off by a passing vessel and landed here yesterday, having lost everything.— The " Caroline Coventry," a fine ship belonging ta London, and commanded by Mr. George Ellery ( a native of Falmouth ), from New York to London, sprung a leak on the 28th ult. All hands had to go to the pumps, and cargo was thrown over to lighten the ship. On Dec. 1st and 2nd all the boats were crushed, the seas making a clean breach over the vessel, filling her cabin, ana washing away her bulwarks, and everything moveable, the crew still holding on to the pumps. A vessel passed them when in this state, out paid no attention to their signals of distress. On the 4th the brig " Alliance" bore down to them, and roscued them from the sinking ship, which went down shortly after. They were transferred to another ship homeward bound and landed here on Thursday last.— The steamship " Florence" le^ t Cardiff for Civita Vecchia, on Thursday week. During Friday night heavy wea- ther came on, and the pumps becoming deranged, so that the men had to bail out the water from the engine room in buckets, the ship was turned about to put back. When some distance west of Scilly she was caught in the storm of Sunday and became unmanageable, her steering gear getting out of order. The water soon rose so high in the engine- room as to put out out the fires, the steam pumps were totally stopped, and the men had to set to work with buckets, baling for their lives. Durinj the Sunday night her remaining boats were smashed the life- boat having been previously crushed by i sea, one of the men being badly hurt at the same time, and another subsequently having his arm and collar- bone fractured. On Monday a schooner camo up with them and stood by for some time, but the sea running so high prevented any aid being ren dered, and she left them. Death now appeared inevitable, but they began to construct a raft on Monday evening ; a large steamer, the " Edgar," then hove in sight; tried to render help, but the fearful seas prevented it. The " Edgar" disap- willing to continuo under the old rules, but would rather resign than adopt their new ones. The con- troversy has continued for the last five months, ending in the Joint Committee writing to all the London Fire Offices respecting the moneys paid by them to the brigade, thereby throwing distrust on the officers of the brigade. The committee, not content with this, afterwards drew up a strong report, condemning the conduct of the officers, and accusing them of " abstracting" the minute book of the committee. The report was afterwards pub- lished without allowing the brigade an opportunity of replying to it. The mass of the inhabitants viewed this report as a vindictive one, based on technicalities, involving no principles whatever, tending to impair the efficiency of the brigade, and to dishearten the men. This was a foolish and narrow- minded course of official action, for it could have but one tendency, to wit,— the destruction of that esprit de corps which has always characterised those men who do battle with the elements. The result has been that the officers and men felt " they had been pursued to the bitter end of dissolution, ' and at the monthly meeting of the members on Tuesday evening last, they resolved unanimously to dissolve that clay. Other resolutions were passed authorising the officers to at once sell the ladders and all the numerous appliances which the brigade had procured out of their own private funds, the proceeds of which, together with the surplus fund which the treasurer may have ( after paying all out- standing liabilities) to be then equally divided and paid over to the four following charitabie institu- tions, viz. :— 1. The Falmouth Public Dispensary. 2. The Falmouth Misrocordia. 3. The Falmouth Infant Orphanage. 4. The Royal Cornwall In- firmary. Falmouth has thus foolishly lost the services of a valuable institution which the Joint Committee did not know how to appreciate, not- withstanding the laudable example set them by the county magistrates at the county session in 1869, when they presented the brigade with the hand- some sum of £ 50 for their exertions in saving the County Police Station, at the great fire in Market- street, when the brigade workod for 18 consecutive hours without leaving the street.—[ To the above we would add that in answer to the memorial of some of the late members against the division of the surplus funds as resolved on by the Brigade, a letter has been forwarded to Mr. T. R. Olver, J. P., signed by a large majority of the late members, testifying their entire approval of the proceedings at the meeting in which the dissolution of the Brigade and the mode of disposing of its surplus funds were decided on.— Some of the memorialists of last week have, we understand, requested their names to be erased from that document, and ex- pressed their disapprobation of the way their signatures were obtained for it.] F A L M 0 U TH . THE CHAPEL AT EARLE'S RETREAT. — Mr. M. Barratt will preach here to- morrow afternoon, at 3; and Mr. W. Taylor on Tuesday evening next, at 7. THE NEW RECTOR.— The Rev. W. Wright, of Norfolk, was inducted into the Rectory on Monday last, by the Rev. W. Rogers, of Mawnan. The Rev. H. H. Mayo was present and signed as a witness. PABISH LOCAL BOABD AND THE FIre BrI- gADE.— At the last meeting of the Parish Local Board, a letter was read from Mr. Thos. R. Olver, late captain of the Brigade, stating that the mem- bers of the Brigade liad determined to dissolve; the following resolution was unanimously adopted by the Roard, on the motion of Mr. J. J. Skinner, seconded by Mr. R. R. Broad :— That this meeting deplores the circumstances which have resulted in the resignation of the members of the Volunteer Fire Brigade, and desires to acknowledge, with gratitude, the very efficient services rendered by them during the period the Brigade has been in ex- istence.— It was considered by the members of the Brigade that, as the Town Board were in possession of the engines, the uniforms should be sent to the Parish Board, and accordingly on Friday the uni- forms of 18 of the Brigade were sent to the Parish Board room, where they now are. SHIPWrECKED CrEWS.- Several shipwrecked crews have been lauded here within the labt fow days, including fourteen men taken off the "- City of Glasgow," bound to Pensacola, abandoned in a sinking state. Eleven men taken off the " Express," from Quebec to London, in a sinking state. Ten men from the " Jenny Lemellin," from Swansea to Valparaiso, in a sinking state. Nineteen men from the " 8. s. Florence," from Cardiff for Civita Vecchia, abandoned in a Binking state on Tuesday List, and i landed here on Wednesday. Nineteen men from peared and despair overtook the " Florence's" crew, but at four o'clock on Tuesda again seen by them. The winds and after a desperate struggle the sinking steamer iv morning 6 had abated i little, was reached by the " Edgar's" lifeboat, and the nineteen men were taken off The men were landed hero on Wednesday last. THE DISSOLUTION OF THE FirE BrIGADe.— We copy the following from the columns of a con- temporary, giving a clear statement in regard to the proceedings leading to tho dissolution of the Fire Brigade.— The inhabitants of Falmouth, and indeed the whole district around it, will learn with dismay and rogret that this enorgetio, experienced, and well disciplined fiio brigade was on Tuesday evening last dissolved by tho " unanimous" vote of its members, and Falmouth is now left to the care of the policc. We cannot view tho dissolution but as a great disaster for Falmouth, as this Brigade, since its formation in 1868, has in tho numerous and heavy fires which have occurred in Falmouth withm that time, done noblo work, and has proved one of the best organised institutions of the kind in the West of England. Its promptness in as- sembling at the call of " fire," ana the speed and energy with which they have got to work, added to tho perfect and systematic way in which they have grappled with the fiery fiend, has won for this brigade the almost inexpressible admiration of every inhabitant for their services, and always a ready tribute to their courage and devotion. The Falmo- thians looked upon them as their strong rigj} t arm, and would C9nti! nue to do so > vjii/. st thjcy paw ffyem so brave, proqipt, and activo in the discharge of their duty. This brigade has had its triumphs, but for the last six blontns it has had its' trials owing to the action of the Joint Committee,' why from. reasons of their own, have offered not a little of, senseless opposition, by endeavouring to force upon' the brigade new rules, and to control thojr private finances, which the brigade resisted as interfering with their rights and privileges as volunteers, The I secretary informed tho committee that they were PENRYN. NOTICE TO FAMILIES.— A saving of ten per cent, on your Christmas fruit and groceries, by going to J. Martin's Establishments, the People's Grocer, Penryn. Families supplied at wholesale prioes, currants and raisins not to bo surpassed in quality and price. Prime new figs 3d. per pound, port wine Is. 3d. per bottle.— Advt. Jiteratm. THE PBESENT AGE : ITS PROGRESS RIPE FOB ARBITRATION TO SUPEBSEDe WAB. By John Gill, Penryn, Cornwall. London : Peace Society, 1872. Mr. John Gill has long been known in his own immediate neighbourhood, and, of late years, in circles somewhat beyond, as an earnest worker in the cause of peace ; disseminating its principles, upholding its doctrines, accelerating its holy mission, and occasionally wielding his pen against the glittering god of war. Week after week his unpre- tentious Advertiser leaves his printing- office, at Penryn, laden with the burden of his life- work— his condemnation of battle and bloodshed, and his warm appeal to the nations of Christendom to practice arbitration, to cultivate the fellowship of peace and universal brotherhood. And sucn a glorious theme as this, which was first caroled to the listening earth by the lips of angels, is worthy the best energies of the greatest and most gifted minds, whether philanthropist, statesman, or poet. In the present case, however, our genial- hearted countryman has adventured his thoughts in a small pamphlet, and comes before the reader with a book and a preface. From the latter we learn that this printed essay has been delivered by the writer to the children and teachers of various Sunday schools in Cornwall, wherein Mr. Gill is anxious to form Bond of Peaoe Societies ; and we are glad to find that he has succeeded admirably. This, we believe, is a new movement in the right direction, and we commend this treatise, calmly and considerately written, to all those who are in any way connected with the tuition of the young. Some of the statistics given by Mr. Gill are most amazing, but our space precludes quotation. We heartily wish such an earnest and honest man God- speed in his evangel of peace : which should be worked for, and prayed for, and earnestly sought after; not only by the preacher in the pulpit, tne poor man in his pen, and the editor in his chair, but also instilled by parents into the hearts of their off spring— namely, that war is, next to strong drink, the greatest earthly curse of tho labourer and the lord. We will only add that the sentiments con- tained in this twenty- page pamphlet have our hearty concurrence ; and we dare Delieve that indi- vidual effort cannot fail to aid in the dethronement of soldier- craft, and ushering in the prophetic era " When cHArITY shall conquer, As overcome it must, And every battle weapon Be buried in the dust." $ irtks> Carriages, ah& feat^ s. TVI AERIAGE8. At the Wesley ChapeL Falmouth, on Sunday last, by the Rev. J. E. Coulson, Mr. James Devonshire, shipwright, to Miss Laura Vincent, both of Fal- mouth. At Budock, on Saturday last. Mr. J. Bray, St. Mewan, St. Austell, to Emily Brewer, youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas Kenwood, master of the Falmouth Union Workhouse. At Constantine Parish Church, on Saturday last, by the Rev. R. F. B. Rickards, Mr. James Mylin, to Miss Downing, both of Trebah, the residence of Charles Fox, Esq. DEATHS. At Norfolk Road, Falmouth, on Saturday last, Lucy, wife of Mr. John Lowry, coal merchant, aged 66 years. At Arwenack Street, Falmouth, on Tuesday last, Elizabeth, widow of the late Mr. William Jones, aged 85 years. At Berkeley Vale, Falmouth, on Saturday last, the daughter of Mr. T. Donovan, aged 1 year. At Trewithian, Gerrans, recently, Mr. Thomas Sara, aged 82 years : also, at Gerrans, on Saturday last, Mrs. Grace Penver, aged 81 years. At Mylor, recently, Mr. John Tallack, master mar- iner, aged 39 years. Mann " ' dure of Cocoa, Cacaoine, A Chocolate..— We will now give an account ot tho process adopted by Messrs. James Epps and Co., manufacturers of dietetic articles, at their works in the Eusten Road, London."- See article in part 19 of Cauell'i Household 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 and varied processes the Cacao bean passes through ero 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. Eppa, to fit it for a wholesome and nutritious beverage, might be ef interest to the readers of Land and Water article in Land and Water, October 14. BreakfaH - Epps's Cocoa.— Grateful and c » mf* rtinf 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- of well- selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided breakfast tables with a delicatelv flavoured beverage which may save ua many heavy doctors'bills.' Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water, or milk. Each packet ia labelled-'' James Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London."— Also makers of Epps's Cacaoine, a very thin beverage for evening use. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TBOCHES, for the cure of Coughs- olds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, or any ritation or soreness of the throat, are now imported and sold in 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 strength • ening the voice known in the world. The Rev. Henry Ward Beechersays: " I have often recommended thea to friends who were public speakers, and in many cases they have proved extremely serviceable." The genuina have the words " Brown's Bronchial Troches" on the Government Stamp around each box. Sold by all medicine vendors. — London Depot, 493 Oxford Street. VALUABLE DISCOVERY FOB THE HAIR I— A very nicely jerfumed hair dressing, called " The Mexican Hai » Renewer," now being sold by most chemists and Per- fumers at3s. 6d per bottle, is fast superseding all " Hair Restorers"— for it will positively restore in ewery ease, 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" Till MEXICAN HAIR RI- NEWER," prepared by H. C. GALLOP, 493, Oxford Street London. FRAGRANT FLORILINE. — For the TBETH and BRBATH. A few drops of this liquid on a wet tooth brush pro- duces a delightful foam, which cleanses the Teeth noa 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 amoke. The Fragrant Floriline is purely vegetable, and equally adapted to old and young. It is the greatest teilet discovery of the age. Sold in large bottlee and elegant cases at 2s. 6d., by all Chemists and Perfumers. H. C GALLOP, Proprietor. 493, Oxford Street, London. IT is a recognised fact, that Bragg'a Vegetable Charcoal Biscuits is ope of the most invaluable remedies for indigestion, flatulency, acidity, foul breath, & c. The following is Dr. Hawaii's report on Bragg'a Carbon or Charcoal Biscuits :—" I have, on more than one occasion, subjected to analysis Bragg'a pure Vegetable Charcoal, also his Charcoal Biacute, and I have always found them to be most oarefully prepared; the charcoal and other materials used im 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' Jfood and its Adulterations,'' Adulteration Detected,' and other works." Sold by all Chemists. The New Adulteration Act. — Any porsoa now selling adulterated articles ia liable te a penalty of £ 50 for the first offence, and six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for the second. Borwick's Baking Powder ia warranted pure and free from alum and other iryurious ingredients found in most cheap Baking Powders, therefore nay be sold without fear by all dealers. yew metal pocket Vesta Box, with patent spring Cover.— Bryant and May have recently introduced very useful little Pocket Vesta Box, with a most in- ; enious and simple spring cover; it ia a novelty ia , ^ ennv. Chemist or Chandler will supply it. Caution. — In calling the attention of the Trade to a recent decision in the House of Lords, in the case of " Wotherspoon v. Currie," whereby an exclusive right to the use of the word " Glenfield" in connection with Starch is indisputably established, we would also intimate that this decision renders the sale of the starch made by the defendant illegal, and will subject the seller of it to a Penalty of £ 10,000. We beg to intimate to those who may have been induced to buy it, that t* 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 tho current price. This will entail a loss upon ourselves, aa the packets will be broken up and aold for Waste Starch, but it will at the same time be the means of rendering the Article useless for further deception. Anv information that will lead to conviction will De rewarded. RJ W0THER8P00N & Co. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYROP FOR CHILDBBN Should- always be used when Children are cutting teeth j 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 wincL regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and oiarrhcea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing Syrup is sold by thousands of Medicine deal- ers in all parts of the world at Is. ljd per bottle and Millions of Mothers can testify to its virtue.— Mana- actory, 468 Oxford Street, London. THE SECOND COMING OP OHB1ST. Inserted by the Rev. J. W. Carter, Vicar of Christ Church, Stratford, London, E. coUNTY NEWS. Prowess of a Penzance Mqn.— Mr W. H. Millett, of the P. and O. Co.' s service, ' has received the " Queen's" Gift — tife Victoria" and' Albert medal of the 1st' clasi, fot saving 145 lives from a stranded vessel. He ha* fjno; yp won tht'ee medals, a jjold locket, and a very handsome gold pin and pearls which were presented to him t^' e other day by the wife of a man whom he saved from drowning in Melbourne)- The numbs* of Uyei gayed by him since leaving " Penzance , in 1856 is 153. Worldlings do not like to think about the aeoond coming of Jeans. They do not wiah to believe that it will corns suddenly, unexpectedly, as a thief In the night, us the lightning from heaven. They do not think of it, it doea not influence their minds, it doea not enter into their calculations. They do not watoh, they do not prepare, they do not keep themselves ready for its auddiin and certain approach. And so they wul be surpriae. l and unpreparai to meet the Judge of quiok and dea. l, who is coming with all Has ransomed traia to take vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not His bleaaed Gospel. As it was in the days of Noah, BO shall it be alao im the days of the 8on of Man. when Be shall appear aa the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. To that glorious day the hopea and eipecta- tationa of all believeis are directed. Then will the Saviour: 1 ppear in His refulgent glory, then will He tiia Kingly beauty, and ma lore and power be mide kmwn to the assembled universe. Then shall be the day uf the Redeemer's power, when all oppoeition shall be pat down, and His sceptre of righteousness shall command the world. Then the aong of rqjoioing and praise shall be raised by the chnron triumphant, and be echoed through heaven. " Now is oome salvation, and strength, the Kingdom of our God, and the power of Hia Christ, and He shall reign for ever and ever." Dear reader, how will you appear when Jesas thai comes? To Him every knee mast bow. If joa receive Him not as your Saviour now, you must meet Him then aa your Judge. If yon embrace not Hie offera of mercy now, you must then sink beneath Hia righteous indig- nation. If yon refuse to sit on His right hand, thea you must be placed on Hia left hand. If you refuse heaven, then yon mast have hell. If yon doaire not the company of God, of angels, of saints through the oount. loss ages of eternity, you muat have that of devils, fiends, and lost tormentwig aqala. Flee then from the wrath to oome thfoa^ h the blood of Jesas Christ. Contributions or stamps to pay for these insertions in this and 155 other newspaper ( which % re sappoaea to have two million readers weakly ) will be thankfullr received hy the fiev. J. Vf. Carter, 7, AveiM- roM, Bow, London, B, ' THF FALMOITTH AND PENRNY WEEKLY TIMES. SAT1' RDAT, DEC. 14.1873. 6e ® raL Smral. READ HERE, AND SEE THE GREAT BENEP1T8 DERIVED FROM A Is. 1* 0. ARTICLE. Alloock'a Porooa Pinvn rJf » relieved io£ Terer « when in the greatest pain u j all other remedies had ailed. Pbjnctans and eorzeons « f » I! • C'ools recaff. mend U « D. A doctor laid the other day .—" I do uftt know » beth « r AJleock'e PUsUn contain all tLc rirtaee joa uen'be to them, bat thu I do know: no pluter or local application ha* ever cirwi my patient* aocb srreat xwafort-" ffp pnbliah a caa « of cure ® , « bowing heir wond « rfal rirtoea. Farther evidence of their vain © to auffenng humanity II b « < l9 « 7aftratad t » my ona calling at the principal Wncj. Immense Success! 9d. Tins can now be had TARAXACUM DANDELION COFFEE. Prepared up- jn an improved principal, from the pure fresh Dandelion Root. THIS Coffee, the valuable qualities of which are now so universally appreciate- 1. can be highly recommended, and u 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, being remarkable for its strength and quality. recommended to Invalids as an article B BOX CHITIS. Henry D. Brand re th, Esq., Liverpool. 105, Ilaxnpton. street, Birmingham, Nor. 27, 1871- Dear Sir,— I bare for eome months past been . n the nabit of using Allcock's Porous Plasters { procured from tbe establishment of Messrs. 8nape and Son, 13, Great Hampton- street, of this town ) when suffering from bronchitis and severe pains in the side, and have on every occasion fonnd immediate relief, whereas I had previously consulted two medical men without \ dentin? tbe least benefit. I can with confidence recommend them to any ( no suffering from the ; same complaint.— Yours respectl'ullv GEORGL STYLES. | NFLAMMATION OK THE LUNGS. " Henry D. Brandreth, 57, Great Charlotte- street, Liverpool. " Dear 8ir,— We beg to enclose another testi- monial as to tho effieacy of Alloock's Porous Plasters. James Radclifio, Stamford- street, Mosely, says ho hud been confined to his bed five weeks suffering from inflammation of the lung?. He coughed continually, with great expectoration and difficulty of breathing, which brought him so low that he was unable to rise in bed without support He nppliod one ol your plasters, and found relief in nftoon minutes, after which ho ' ' " to ration f above is exactly bis own statement o me.— Yours respectfully, " JOHN B10KLE. " Pro SV. BOSPOOK, " ' 11, Stamford: street, Ashton- under- Lyno " November 24,1871." n CI ATI OA. says tho cough stopped and the expeotora ceased. He is now quite rooovered. The al of diet, and particularly to those who suffer from weak Digestion, Nervous and Dyspcptic Affections, Flatulency, Distension » nl Billiary Obstructions, in all cases of which Mill be found invaluable, at the same time extreme^ pleasant to the taste. ' Public Speakers and Singers will find it to be a very pleasant beverage atter their exerti assists digestion, and stimulates the operations of the Stomach. MANUFACTURED BY T. B- PERCY, Chemist, ( Member of the. Pharmaceutical Society fif Great Britain. ) TRURO. Branch Establishment NEWQUAY. Sold only in Tin*, at 9d., « £• 1?. 6d. each, ljy Chemists, Grocer « , Confectioners, and Italian Warehousemen. Hey wood, October 9,1871- BHenrv D. llrnndretb, 57, Great Charlotte- street, Liverpool. Dear Sir.— Please to send mo anothorsix dozen of Allcock s Plasters and two dozen Brand- reth's Pill's, Is. lid. Tho Plasters seem to produce wonderful results. There is scarcely a day passes but some one is telling mo of the cores thoy are making. Rhonmatism in various ports of tho body disappears us if by magic. Only on Sunday last Mr. Jaoob Ueywood, Albert, terrace, Starkey- stroet, Heywood, informed me that he had been troublod with soiatica for three years; so bad was it tho last twelve months of that timo that ho was uuable to follow his em- ployment. Ho had tried many doctors, been to Matlock, and spent £ 2 on a largely- advertised eloctric- chain belt, but all to no purpose. Some one at last persuaded him to try your Plasters. 11 o aid he had no faith in them, but he would try thom, for he was stuck fast; they oonld not mako his pain muoh worse, and it would only be a little moro money sent after the rest. So he bonght two ; one he placed on is thigh, and the other on his back, and a weok after ho was ready r - for his work. It is now six months ago, and he has'had no retnrn of bis paius.— Yours truly, W. BECKETT* HEUMATISM OF THE WRIST. RHEUMATISM OF Henry D. Brandreth, Esq., 57. Great Char- lotto- street, Liverpool, U ... 36, Crown- street Liverpool, Nov. 21st, 1871. » . Dear Sir,— Three months since I could not us- my right hand, owing to rhoumatism in it and in my wrist, and ever ten weeks 1 was in great pain— unable to find any relief. After trying many remedies, 1 was at last persuaded to try Allcock's Porous Plasters. 1 bound one round my wrist; in tbreo days I had great relief, and in a week's time was porlectly oured Your plasters are a blessing to the afflicted. 1 havo positivo information ot their being of great bonefit in bron- chitis and asthma. It will give mo pleasure to answer any communication concerning them.— Yours truly, ..„ , THOMAS DAVIES. PERCY'S CELEBRATED PECTORAL BALSAM. TT is the best Remedy ever discovered for curing Coughs, Colds, Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Spitting of Blood, Brochitis, Spasms, Influenza, Consumption, Pains in tho Chest, and other Pul monary Complaints. It has a pleasant taste, and may be taken by persons of all ages. IMPORTANT TO PURCHASERS. Lot 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 bting put off with some other Medicine which dealers may recommend, solely on tho ground , of having jmore 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. 1WM 2s. 9d., and As. 6d. each, duty incluiid. * » * A waving of 2a. 3d. is effected by purchasing the large Bottle*, as each bottle contains six of the small one. SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE VENDORS. IS IT POSSIBLE IHAT a tender- hearted, kind, and loving mother can _ look on, day after day, unconcernedly, and see her darling— tho pet of the family circle— pine away through ths baneful cffects of tho well- known pest of children— Worms! or can she witness the frequent convulsive fits occasioned by the same direful enemy, and not try thu never- falling 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, Titfrno, and Sold by all Chemists and Druggists. In Packets at 7hd. and Is. ljd. cach. Free by post for 8r H S i a » » . AORNT— Mr. BASSETT, 1, Market Strand, Falmouth. IjlOR GOOD PRINTING, in the best style ! of workmanship, with tho greatest expedi- tion, at the most moderate charges, apply at the Offico of thisl Paper. flLEANLINESS ,- W. G. NIXEY's Reflnefl V BLACK LEAD wtd evarjrwbtra by all Shopkeepers. / CLEANLINESS^— W. G. NIXEY's Refilled V BLACK LEAD for polUhlnf • toTfi, Sc., equal to burnished W. 0. NIXEY's Refined BLACK LEAD. it being Imposed upoo SPUMOUS IUITAI AfiC roe W. 0. L - MXTM XT. U Sobo 8gun, LOCDFLO. W. • cd qpoo ' by'unprlnclpiL- . tmUr proflt. are manufacturing and Tending LILONBC- A. LLC OC K ' S POROUS PLASTERS are sold by all Druggists, at Is ljd each, with full direction ® for use, or iu any eiso to suit- Tho yard Plaster is specially recommended tor tamilios and physicians. One yard equals 18 plasters. Prico lis per yard, 7a 6d per half yard, or 4s por quarter. PRINCIPAL AOE. NCI FOR GREAT BRLTIAN ( Wholesale aud Rouil ) : ( 7, ORE ATUfcLARLOTTci SC., LL^ cJRPOOL. g.— A Plaster scat to any put of the country for 15 stamps. First- class bookbinding. OKRSONS wishing to avail themselves to _ L the opportunity of sending in the parrel now making up for transmission vo a drst-^ lass Bookbinding Establilhment. should lbrffard nooks and numbers which they wish to havo oound, to the l'rintini,' Offices on the Quay, as early as possiblp. Charges, moderate— quality of work, the best - styles, modern and elegant. FRED. H. EARLli. O T I O E , Clioap aud Good Printing at toe Juices of this Paper. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE. THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE. CHLORODYNE is v^—. inod by the Profession to bet^ ie niosi wonilerftil amlra! nab'. g rgjfjy evgrdiacoi er » » l. CHLORODYNE is the best resoedj- known for Coughs, Consumption. Brenchiti*. Asthma. CHLORODYNE efffcetaaDy chccksacd srwKa too often fatal d » cases— Diptberia, Ferpr, Croup, Ague. CHLORODYNE acts like % « 5iarm ia DiarrhcE^ aai is the only specific in Cio i and DrsenSBy. CHLORODYNE AcasOr catsahm « U attacks of Bpikrr* T, Hysteria, Palpitation and 8pums. CHLORODYNE u the c= Hj paiuaure ia Kasnlgb, Rhirin-. i:. sm. Goat, Cancer, Toothaclie, Mcnsgitis, 4c. From Loin F* ASC » COXTXCBAX. Moant Cbarie?. Donegal llih T'Tember 19C8. " Lord Francis Coc— who dij nn » last year l> Dnrh: some of Dr. J. C : r- owte's Chlorcdyce ftros Ut. Darmport, sad has f; aad U a taost wotderfal nsediaoe, will be e^ i to harr haU- a- daeeaNwtlwi e « at si ocae to Itn irtaa." " Earl Bussell communicated to the College of Physicians that ho r- reived s dispatch from her Maiestr's Consul at Manilla, to the effect that ChV. erst h * .- a^ ujg fearfully,- • ad that the ONLY remedy of any aerrice Traa CHIX) ItODY" 2T s •. l -. , Ui December 1= 64, CACTIOX.— BEWARE of PIRACY » nd IMITATIONS CACTTOS.— Sir W. P^ OT WOOR> fcjwt thai Dr. J. Cotru ii. ru nndj- jiadly. lbs InraatOT at GH& OBODTCX; that story of tfa* fm « n, waa Ci^ iwatdy cssrz « . which, he rt — ttted to had TW.. Lfch J^ y 7 __^ oWiaB « tl » atlslW.^ « .* 5MaadlUe » ch. as c « nu- 5 the wcrds" Dr. J. COIXI3 BBOWXS* 8 . OBtOSClPYXS " on the GcrTT-^ r- i S-. j- r. P-, Onr » tfjuf IoLx: qy — each t « xtie. taa Uiraiasw - J. T. DAVHSfPOBT, 33 Gr& U Busaell Street. Bioomaburr, London. Antral irramrartmtnts. Try MARTIN'S NEW SEASON'S nFIC M. SSL SPLENDID QUALITY 2s. per Pound. The PEOPLWlii ocer, & c., | Lower Market St., and West St., PENEYN. Genteel llonses lo be Let or Sold in Obelisk Road. TO BE LET OE SOLD, with immediate possession, two elegantly- designed and i commodious DWELLINGS ( newly- built), in ' Obelisk Road, commanding the dnest views in i Falmouth. Each House comprises 2 Parlors, 2 Kitchens, 5 Bedrooms. W. C., and a small Cellar; with a Garden in front and convenient Courtlage at the back. Apply to Mr. JAM. ES MITCHELL, Builder, Falmouth. FIFTH SEASON. > REECH- LOADERS. > SECOND HAND. > EEECU- LOADERS. > FROM £ 10 10s. > REECF- LOADER8. ) BOTTOHT FOB CASH. ' CATALOGUE AND PBICB LIST 3 STAMPS. E. WHISTLER, 11, STRAND, LONDON. Artists' Own Art Union, Under thcSanctionf Her f ! ; i >••- H Privy Council. ONE SHILLING PER SHARE. 1ST PBIZK—" Waiting for tho Master," ( Sher- wood Forest), by G. Armfield, £ 80. 2ND DO.—" The Sunbeam," by Elate Gray, £ 50. To be Drawn December 17th, 1872- 3, Adelaide Place, London Bridge. R. C. WILLIAMS, Secretary. AGENTS WANTED. Shares subscribed previous to Dec. 31st will participate in Bonus ONE YEAR EARLIER than those subscribed after Jan. 4th, 1873, THE General Mutual Permanent Land, 3tnilding and Investiueiit Society, CHIRP OFFICE :— 44, BEDFORD ROW, LONDON, W. C. TBTT8TEES :— ROBERT NICHOLAS FOWLER, Esq., M. P., Cornhill, E. C. JOHN FREEMAN, Esq., J. P., Woodlane Houso, Falmouth. ALDERMAN THOMAS S. OWDEN, Bishopsgate, E. C. 7\ per cent, for 1871 ( including Bonus 2i per cent.) paid to holders of oompletod Shares and placed to the credit of Subscription Shares, on capital invested the whole year. 6 per cent, per annum paid on Deposit Loans ot £ 100 and upwards, for sums deposited for not less than twelve months. 5 per cent, per annum paid on ordinary Deposits, withdrawable on short notice. Interest paid by Dividend Warrants half- yearly. Profits divided annually, and paid by Bonus Warrants. SHADES, value £ 10, £ 25 and £ 50, bearing interest at the rate of £ 5 por cont., and participa- ting in profits declared, may be realized by single payments or monthly subscriptions extending. over a term of years. Entrance Fee?, 6d., Is., and Is. 6d. per sharo rojpeotivelv. ENDOWMENTS for Children not forfeitable in event of death. Females and Married Women can join the Society as Depositors or Members, and their Investments are specially protected under the " Married Women's Property Act, 1870.'' For Prospectuses, last Report, Balance Sheet, & c., apply to THOMAS CORF1ELD, the County Surveyor, Arwenack Street, Falmouth. CHARLES PHILLIPS, tho Agent, Killigrew Street, Falmouth. Or to the Secretary, CHARLES BINYO. N, it, Bedford Row, London. Advances promptly made upon security of Freehold and Leasehold Property ( only), repayable by monthly or quarterly instalments for fifteen years or less, by which means property may be :— J i— ments slightly exceeding the rental value. or Sale of Appropriations. The Monthly Ropayinents include all Law $ fftiftS. tieueral Assnranee C ® mpnij, LIFE— FIRE— LOANS. sTiKLisnED 1837. CAPITAL, £ 1,000,000. Ofia- es, K/. VO WILLIAM STRStT, LONDON. PROGRESS OP THE COMPANY, Now Policioa N. w issued. Assuring. Fnuuium. AjMte. 1S6S ... S13 ... £ 251,93! ... £ 7,290 ...£ 347,63 » 1569 ... 778 ... 29( 3,995 ... 10.15S ... 3S3.001 1570 ... 789 ... 319,896... 11,191 .. 38506;) 871 ... 898 ... 333,579 ... 10,123 ... 438,999 BONDS TEAR. 1PHE current Bonus noriod cloiM on the 31it Deoembor noxt. Persons MsurinR prior it that date on participating tables will share is the division of profits. GEORGE SCOTT FREEMAN, SeoroUrJ. Branch Office— Arwcnack Street, Falmoath, JOHN ROBERTS, JUN., District Managor for Cornwall. fPHOUSAJfDS arc at this momont rejoicing over t tho beautiful heads of Hair rustorud to them by using NEWMANE'S HAIR GROWING I OMADK. which was nov.. r known to fail in pro. lucing hair. Prico Is. and - s. Od. REY HAIR RESTORED to its original color ; G acquired by payments NO BALLOT ^ Charges of Mortgage, Interest, and Expenses. No deductions at timo of making tho Advance or heavy Fines on Redemption. Survoy Fee and registration, £ L 3s. f? d. on applications of £ 500 and under. The Blood! TneBloodiS The Blood!! CLARKJS' 8 BLOOD MIXTURE, 17* OR CLEANSING anil CLEARING the BLOOD iJ from ALL IMPURITIES, whether arising from youthful indiscretion or any other cause cau- nut be too highly recommended. It Cures Old Sores Cures Ulcerated Soros ia the N ck Cures Ulcerated Sore Legs Cures Blackheads, or Pimples on Face Cures Sourvey Sores Cures Cancerous Ulcers Cures Blood and Skin Diseases Cures Glandular Swellings Clears the Blood from all Impure Matter from whatever cause arising. Aa. tlus Mixture is pleasant to the taste, and war- ranted free from mercury— which all pills and moat medicines sold tor the abovo diseases contain— the Proprietor solicits sufferers to give it a trial to test its value. Thousands of Testimonials from all Parts. Sold in Bottles 2s. each, and in Cases containing 6 Bottled, 10s. each, sufficient to effect a permanent cure iu 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 Ajents :— BARCLAY A SONS, LONUJN, A. EVANS, 3s Co . EXETER, and all tho WHOLESALE HOUSES . Illustrated Catalogues Post Free, Larger Edition 12 Stamps; on application at the above address, or to I 76, 77 & 78, 0XF0ED STBEFT, AIAO AT fi Mansion House Bldngs., London. Sheffield Factory— The Royal Cutlery Works. London Factory— Winaley Street Electro; Works. T Greyness prevented and tho growth of tho Hair promote! by using NEWMANE'S HAIR LOTION. This is at once tho CUKATKST and Bfcrr HAIR RESTORER out, as it has stood tho teat and ia pronounced superior to tho highor- pricod London preparations, FREE from DANGEROUS POI- SONS, and certain in its action. Try ono Shilling Bottlo and be convinced of its efficacy. Bottlos la and 2s. 6d. each. SCURF or DANDRUFF instantly romovod by N l',\\ MAN I. S HAIR WASH. Tho Boot and Cheapest Hair Clcanor extant. In Bottlos at Gd. and Is. Sold in Falmouth by W. F. Nowman, chomist Market Street. N. WESTCOTT, Cargo Clerk anil General Mercantile Accountant, 1, WATERLOO ED., FALMOUTH. Ship's Average, Victualling and Wagoa' Accounts calculated, and Survoys Neatly Copiod. " Vessels' Half- yoarly Returns to Shipping Master mado out. Tradesmen's Books kept by tho Year. Deeds Engrossed and Mado Up, in tho newest London stylo at the shortest notice. BORWICK'S BORWICK'S 3AKINQ POWDER OoU H » W, Hot., 1668; Sold M « U1, bU, 1 Arte, 166* 1 BAKING BORWICK'S BAKINO POWDER m^ M delioiou. Braid without VwL BORWICK'S BAKINQ POWDER mka Podding., Putiy, ud FlnMi < rtlk Ua> Batter wd E « g>. POWDER BORWIOK'S BAKING POWDER • old ervjrwfawv, In Id. wd Sd. P^ k. u, ud " " ----- , ^ . . MtLuiMitl BORWICK'S OOLD MKDAL BAKINQ POWDU. 6d., U., 2i6d. IB) S. FtUnt loott by vaqkL B. TOT. to uk for Mid THE CHEAPEST PACKAGE OF TEA M ENGLAND. ACHINESE CADDY. oontAlninff 18 lb*, of r* » lly good Black Tea, neat enrriaga froo to any railway tuition or nArkct town in England, on rocolpt of by PHILLIPS & CO. Tea MERCHANTS, 8 Kino WiaiAII ST. Cm. LOKDOSr, >. 0. LUB Really Good and Truly Cheap Tea. STRONG to Fino Black Tea, la VI, la 0d, 2a and U Od lb.; 40B worth Rent oarriiwro free to any railway aUt or market town in England or W& lea, on receipt of 40a try i W per ludot PHILLIPS & CO. TEA MERCHANTS, 8 KING WILLIAM 8T. EA Prime Coffeo la 2d, la hi, la Od. A Price LUt r* M. PHILLIPS ft CO. havo no agouti, and no oonnoetioa wtth any Hooae In Worcester, Swanaea or Witoey. IT700N0MY IN CRAPE MOURNING. I HA ONE FOLD of KAY A RICHARDSON'S I NEW PATENT ALBERT CRAPE IS AS THICK as TWO FOLDS of the old make. I OTANOARD BAM. BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. LiuiTEO, u 10 ClouicnU- laiie, Lombanl- at., London, iaane* DrnfU on tho Diamonri- flolda and 16 principal town* in Sooth Africa. This Bank transacts every dcacriptlon of Banking biuiaeee. rpWELVB 0ARTKS de VISITE, 2> 8d, 1 UfcUit out. I. u lute Hi m. tad r. Lixnwna MAONETINE. DAHUIW and CO, 08 NORTH WOOLWICH BQAD. LONDOJT. Or at any Chemiat aad DroggiM Elbe Kingdom. PONY CAREIA. GES& VictoriaBrongbuns. • * ve> 71 f" CTti- tlon U PrVT C « nl » r~. I 4 wU. 1m. Hi- "• f'.'- i"-' LIUAa**. nmothmma; iv- r trm. TAUND TICVTTU Park Vrm ar- ngfm-. T 09P ' T HATE, 4c.— An defect, ot tke hajV. cuul ^ ' •• L.: :• r nwlM ' 7 !-.. ft y , . . ... r iv^.'. kw. te. nrMLitoRT Lnri'.. - •, 1 k. Dic. rr. o mm KI. iiu. Mm JUDSON'S DYES.— 18 Coloni, ed. caeh. T> IBB0H8, WOOL, SILK, ySAIHl*!, II ( fcetDjid in 10 tolf wuhou ^ '' , 1 . '. - TLltimnmumwanlM. Oft 1(' K 1.1 « t » ! 1DMI> r. ' Pr:,. MX. r, h • He THE FALMOUTH & FENRYN WEEKLY TIMES. SATURDAY, DEC. 14, 1872. ts nf % gag. ( By an Occasional London Correspondent.) [ Tho remarks tinder this head are to bo regarded as the ex- pression of independent opinion, from the pen of a gentleman Sn whom w © have tho greatest confidence, but for which wo jieverthelcss do not hold ourselvee responsible. J The news from Prance has of late been read with jgreat interest in our politically quiescent country, and fwill continue to bo of interest. French politics ape Tather puzzling to Englishmen, but there is now more than usual inducement to endeavour to understand them. The situation of affairs is evidently critical, and the conflict of parties is severe. But if it be true that there is a'coalition of three important parties— the Bonapartiste, the Legitimists, and the Orleanists— there is, perhaps, more danger in this coalition than there is in any antagonism among contending factions. > But there is some reason to doubt whether the rumoured • coalition actually exists. £ n any case, the British now watches the progress of the crisis in France with • more interest than has been excited by French affairs since the conclusion of the war. A great meeting is about to be held here, in the ' Guildhall, with the Lord Mayor in the chair, to pro- test against the injustice connected with the incidence land assessment of the Income Tax, and to urge its final trepeaL As to the repeal of the tax, there is not much probability of that. By its means several millions of money are raised with the utmost ease, and our Chan- " cellors of the Exchequer, be they who they may, w21 tenaciously cling to this tax, and will be in the main Supported by the House of Commons. But the evils connected with the incidence and assessment of the tax ® re another matter altogether, and we have recently lias so many complaints on this matter, and complaints indisputably so well founded, that the public will not • be" satisfied without having Income Tax reform next cession. I do not remember any strike in which the public, both out of London as well as in it, has taken more interest than in that of the gas- stokers of the metropolis. The men struck at a critical time, when the days are drawing towards " the shortest span," and when these men believed that the [ labour market • was in suoh a condition that they could not be easily replaced— an expectation in which they soon found they were being disappointed. The sudden cessation of the manufacture of gas in London wouldbeso serious a matter that it was not at all surprising that the Com- missioners of Police at once took measures of precau- tion in case of the calamity of the streets being left in darkness ; and they did more than this— they in- structed their men to send labourers to the gas works, to. replace the men who had suddenly, without any notice, deserted their posts. Of course the gas- stokers have complained bitterly of this conduct on the part of the police authorities, but the public generally appear to tbinV that the Commissioners acted very properly. It really became, and very rapidly, an affair of police juris- diction. The dimly lighted streets— never very bright at night— and the entire absence of gas at some of our railway stations must at once have raised hopes on the part of the light- fingered gentry, a3 well as those whose fingers are not light, and whose grip is un- pleasantly powerful, and fears and misgivings on the part of the public. Happily all danger of an inade- quate supply of gas has now passed away, and the stokers are sadder and wiser men. Meanwhile the public can have no sympathy with the men who struck— not on any question of pay, for they are notoriously well paid for unskilled workmen, but on the pitiful question of a couple of union men having been dismissed, and the company refusing to reinstate them at the dictation of the union. Though itls'sud , that some 4,000 men " turned out," the result will not materially effect the labour market.. One set of men who were well paid and fairly treated have quarrelled with their bread and butter, and their places have been and are still rapidly being filled up by other men — dock labourers, watermen and lightermen, mechanics and artisans, and even a few clerks ( a positive fact)— who were previously out of work, and many of them in severe distress. In a week or two— nay, in a few days— juBt the same amount of work will be done as before; only hundreds of those who were cheerfully looking forward to the Christmas festivities find their prospects very gloomy ; while hundreds of others, who scarcely knew where to look for their next meal on any day, have found new employment and new resources. Altogether, the public, I believe, are now rather pleased than otherwise that the strike of the gas- stokers took place, considering the result. As we have been talking lately so much about gas, let me ask whether it is not high time, in tbia age of marvels and invention, that something were invented Avhich should supplement if not supplant gas? Car- buretted hydrogen gas— especially of the bad quality that too many of the Companies supply— is wel " known to be injurious to the eyes and the brain; it is dangerous, and explosions of gas are frequently fright- , fully destructive of life and property; and then it is stated that gas- making uses up 400,000 tonB of coal annually, leaving us only the coke, which is very un- wholesome fuel. Our scientific Eien should see to it. In spite of the- miserable weather, large numbers of country visitora have flocked up to the metropolis to witness the great annual Cattle Show. Thpse who visited the Agricultural Hall this time last year] will remember the bulletins that were posted there relative to the then alarming condition of the Prince of Wales, and the contrast between the state of affairs then and now is pleasurably descanted on. As to the exhibition itself it is an admirable one, and in some respects more in- teresting than any of its predecessors. No animals are exhibited in the Agricultural Hall which have been shown at any other exhibition duricg a mcnth preceding the opening of the present skow ; more rigid examin- ation of the animals has now takea place than ever, and it is believed that there is sot one case cf an animal affected by disease throughout the vast area of tho hall; while the arrangements for the general public are better than ever, and the consequence is that Che Cattle Show is quite a popular promenade, and the necessary attractions are drawing daily crowds of right- seers and loungers. Having rambled thoughtfully through the Implement department, I am tempted to moralise about the emigration of agricultural labourers, and the immense impetus that this will probably give to the ' introduction of machinery, but I will only say that agricultural implement makers generally were never so busy as they now are, and that some of them have now in hand orders which they are not likely to be able to execute for months; Will all this injure the position of the farm labourer? Probably, but I hope not to any great extent; but certainly it will benefit the great mass of the com- munity by speeding agricultural operations. Quietly and unostentatiously arrangements are being made for the third of the series of International Exhi- bitions, to be inagurated on May- day next. This Ex- hibition bids fiir to be the most important and the most popular of the series hitherto. A leading department will be food and the machinery and implements used in its production and preparation, together with an exposure of the various systems of adulteration. As far as can be seen at present there is no probability of food being much, if at all, cheaper in 1873 than it is in 1872, nor is there much proeptct of tho pemicioui system of adulteration being checked, and this department of the Exhibition therefore will be pecub'^ riy interesting. It will be pleasant news to many to hear that Mr. Spurgeon, who has for a long time been in poor health, and who was recently very deviously ill, has almost wholly recovered. Among his congregation last Sunday was Mr. Sergeant Bates, who performed the Quixotic but well- meant freak of carrying the American standard from Gretna Green to London. The rev. gentleman sent for him after the service, and they had a chat in the study of the popular preacher. The Sergeant urgently pressed Mr. Spurgeon to pay a visit to the States, assuring him that he would be heartily welcomed, but the rev. gentleman replied that his work at home was more than he could accomplish, and that " while Alexander sighed for more worlds to con- quer, he had quite enough on hand in trying to con- quer one." Of the welcome that would be accorded to Mr. Spurgeon no one can doubt. There is quite enough superstition and quite enough of fear in respect to spiritual visitants without any practical joking to produce this state of mind. I am very glad therefore to see that a " ghost" has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for frighteaing people in dark suburban lanes. This will be a warning o other ghosts, who have lately been playing dis- graceful pranks to the annoyance and dread of re- spectable people. Indeed, I think that six months is not enoughtfor this kind of thing. It does incalculable harm, not only in frightening innocent and unoffending people, but by keeping up a silly but unconquerable superstition. Wilful and deliberate offences, to which there can be no temptation but the wicked love of injuring others, ought to be severely punished. It is proposed to form a London Bookseller's - As- sistants Club and Institute. Whether the assistants in this branch of business particularly require such an institution, any more than the young men in other departments, may be doubted, but the fact may be taken as affording additional proof of the modern ten- dency to club life. The rich, the middle classes, and working men now all have their Clubs, and I do not think that on the whole the fact is to be regretted. By some it is maintained that the Club lessens the ap- preciation of home. It may in some cases, but in bow many more cases does the Club act as a dissuasive from " spending the evening" ( and money) elsewhere. For Working Men the Club is specially valuable in this respect, and it is a great pity that there are not more of them and that those which exist are not better patronised. The City Press states that " Sir John Bennett lec- tured at the Athenaeum, Camden- road, last week, on the Labourer and the Land," and there ends the in- formation. Now I think the public would much like to have Sir John's views on this important subject. He has paid so much attention to social questions, and has of late years had such practical experience of " the labourer and the land" that I venture to hope he will not confine himself to enunciating his views on the subject to a local literary institution. EXECUTION IN LONDON. The prisoner Augustus Elliott, who was convicted at the hist session of the Central Criminal Court of the murder of a young woman, named Mary Jane Ald- ington, was executed on Monday morning within the walls o$ the gaol of Newgate. The facts will probably be fresh in the recollection of the public. The prisoner had become connected with the deceased, who was only about 21 years of age, and who had led an immoral life for about four years. He was in the habit of visiting her at a place where she re- sided at Hoxton, and a quarrel took place between them, when he suddenly drew a revolver from his pocket ana Bhot her. He then fired one of the barrels at his own head, and inflicted some injury upon himself, but not of a serious character. The deceased lingered for some time in the hospital before she died, and the culprit also remained under medical charge for a considerable time before he was in a fit state to take his trial. The case WOB clear, and the jury convicted the prisoner after a very short deliberation; but although they re commended him to mercy, it was stated at the time by them that they did not do so unanimously. Under these circumstances it was felt from the first that there was little or no hope of a commutation of the sentence of death. The culprit appears to have led what is called a very " fast life," and since he leftschool, or, at all events, since he has been engaged in business pursuits, he rarely or never attended church, or took the least heed of religious matters. He wa3 a constant attendant of the different music- halls in the metropolis, and his habits were of a very dissipated character. For a long time the condemned man appeared to be under the impresrion that his life would be spared, and it was not until within a day or two of the time appointed for the carrying out of his sentence that he appeared to realise hi3 dreadful position. The Rev. Sir. Jones, the ordinary of New- gate, who has been with him almost constantly ever Bince his conviction, at first appeared to have enter- tained a rather unsatisfactory opinion of his state of mind, but the unhappy young man evidently relented at thie last, and expressed a regret which appeared to be sincere for his crime, and at the same time a hope that he should be pardoned by God for his dreadful sin. The prisoner also said he hoped that his unhappy fate wouldbe a warning toother young men who were leading what was called a fast life, similar to what he had done, to avoid similar courses, or they might be placed in the same position that he was. The relatives of the culprit appear to be respectable persons. His mother, who is a widow, keeps a farm at Chalk, near Gravesend. She is a very aged woman, and took her last farewell of her unhappy son about a week ago._ She was un- able to bear the agony of another interview. The cul- prit has also been visited by his brother and sister; and the last person who saw him, belonging to his own family, was his brother, who visited him on Wed- nesday last. The culprit went to bed at nine o'clock on Sunday night, and slept soundly for several hour?. When he awoke, which was about half- past six o'clock in the morning, he dressed himself, and was then visited by the ordinary, who remained with him until the last moment. Mr. Sheriff Perkins, accompanied by Mr. Under Sheriff Crosley, arrived at the prison about half- past seven o'clock, where they were received by Mr. Jonas, the governor, who shortly afterwards conducted them to the cell of the convict. He shook hands with Air. Sheriff Perkins and the governor, and expressed his thanks to him and to all the other officials for the kind manner in which they had treated him since he had been in the prison: He asked for a class of brandy, which was given to him, and he asked for a second, which was also given him. He was also very anxious to be permitted to smoke for a short time, but this, of course could not be allowed. The culprit walked to the scaffold with a firm step, s. ud without the slightest assistance. The only persons on the scaffold were the ordinary, the culprit, and Cal- era. ft. The culprit placed himself under the beam, whi « - h he had previously gazed at intently for a minute or two, and he submitted to the operation of b eing prepared for the fatal moment with- out e.' dnbiting the least emotion or the slightest fear. He was left standing all alone for at least a minute whilst Calcraft was engaged beneath the scaffold in making tho necessary preparations, and during this period the culprit appeared to swing back- wards and' for wards, and to exhibit a good deal of emotion. The c'rop then fell, and the culprit appeared to be dead in an instant. The execution * vas, indeed, strictly private. No one was present but Mr. Sheriff Perkins, Mr. Under- sheriff Crossley, iMr. Jonas, and the governor of Newgate, and of cou ree the chaplain and some of the gfwl officials, and afe\ v representatives of the pres*. The black flag WM hoisted at the moment of tho execution, and a forma 1 inquest was afterwards held upon the body. The culprit was 31 year. * of age. The annual meetincr of the * Smlthfield Club was field on Tuesday, when the Duke of. Richmond was unanlmou- Jy elected President for the year 185 ' J MtL> 00; and tho Coloj THE MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR OP CHINA. The Daily News publishes the foHowtog ( from a private letter), under date, Peldn, Oct. 12 :— " The fortunate day and hour for the Imperial wedding have been fixed, and the ceremony will take place at daylight to- morrow ( full moon). The Foreign Ministers have all b: en asked to request foreigners not to go to- day or to- morrow into any of tho streets through which the pro- cession going for and returning with the Bride will pass ; and the Ministers, have consented, but have re- turned very cold answers, as the Chinese Government have not had the courtesy to advise them officially that the wedding was to take place. We have been able to see something of the arrangements, but very little, and are hoping to see some more this afternoon. " Pkkin, Oct. 16. " We had wtrt I never expected— a perfect view of the procession yesterday. We succeeded in getting im- mediately opposite the entrance to the Imperial Palace, and in persuading the mandarins sent up to order us down thatweoughtto be allowed to stay, and they fortunately assented. The coup < Tcccl was magnificent. The pro- cession was not very long, but the dresses and appoint- ments were splendid. First camea Prince on horseback; then 48 white ponies, with yellow housings, led by men in scarlet; the band, in scarlet, silent; 32 ban- ners, 48 fans ( big round things), 2 black umbrellas, 2 white ditto, 6 yellow ditto, 6 red ditto, 2 blue ditto, 2 embroidered yellow ditto, 192 lanterns ( all these things carried by men in scarlet); Prince Kung, looking very handsome, on horseback, with his four- bearer chair carried beside him ; the chair, yellow and gold, carried by sixteen coolies, all in scarlet ( with batons), with sixteen spare coolies to relieve them ( the chair apparently containing the Bride); about 100 officials on horseback, in their best clothes ; about 200 officials on foot, ditto." LINES BY A LOVER. ( From Punch.) WOULD you then know my CELIA'S charms 1 She carries pug- dogs In her arms: E'er dresses in the newest taste. By lacing tight deforms her waist. Bears on her head a brigand's hat, Gay feathers flaunting high on that: Her hair is only half her own, The other half elsewhere has grown ; Her cheeks a dab of rouge reveal, Her boots three Inches high of heel: Her fingers are bedecked with rings As paltry as the songs she sings: Her talk is slang, she votes men slow Unless a thing or two they know: She loves champagne, detests cold mutton. Knows barely how to fix a button: Will wagej gloves In racing bets. But, having lost, to pay forgets: In dancing she can twist and twirl A8 deftly as a ballet- girL Yet ne'er has learned with grace to wait But struts with an audacious stalk She treats her servant like a slave ; She spends, but ne'er has learned to saves Loves shopping, bonnets, and bazaars: Can skate, ride, row, and smoke cigars: Beads trashy novels by the score. But votes all better books a bore : Will flirt with whomsoe'er she can— O, am not I a happy man! MISS FAITHFULL AND MR. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN. Miss Falthfull, who left Liverpool recently In the Oceanic, writes from New York in the Victoria Magazine:— After the first few dayB of severe weather, one after another appeared on deck, and capped their perform- ances by dining in the saloon; and if anything could make a sea voyage bearable, the arrangements made in the steamers of the White Star line would do so. The Btate- rooms are placed in the centre of the vessel, where the least motion is likely to be felt; and until Mr. Bessemer's invention comes into general use, these steamers will continue the most popular boats ' with travellers who know the discomforts of the other lines, and are capable of appreciating the effort which has been made by the White Star line to render crossing the Atlantic as pleasant as may be. Among the chosen few who enjoy a sea voyage was George Francis Train; and where he is, neither silence nor gravity can reign. As he never ob- jects to any personal allusioES, I shall be pardoned for adding that 1 have seldom seen BO strange an individual in full possession of hiB liberty. Imagine a very tall man, attired in a heavy sealskin coat, advancing towardB you with a somewhat fierce expression, ex- claiming, as he strike's his hand on his heart, " Madam, you have probably seen a Republican and a Democrat; but in me behold an American citizen!" and you can picture my introduction to Mr. Train. HiB great ambition is to be elected Presi- dent ; and he so fully believes his wish will be grati- fied, that he liberally distributes a carte de visite on which is printed after his name, " Future President of the United States 1" _ I do not find that manv Ameri- cans endorse his opinion, though they do justice to hiB wonderfiU oratory and vivid flashes of wit. Certainly our ambassador would not pray for the realisation of his hopes of aggrandisement had he heard him declare, on board the Oceanic, that the instant he became Presi- dent he should demand a large sum of money from England as compensation for Ins unjust imprisonment; adding that, unless he received a telegram acceding to his claim, he would hang the English Minister to a lamp- post In Washington 1 Miss Faithfull's tribute to the worth of Mr. Greeley is not less interesting because it reaches us simul- taneously with the announcement of the distinguished campaigner's death. In a letter from New York pub- lished in the new number of the Victoria Magazine, Miss Faithfullwrites:— " I had a long talk with Mr. Greeley at " dinner the other night, and he seemed very Indifferent about the result of the struggle, though he has relaxed no effort to ensure his succcss. When 1 saw Mr. Greeley surrounded by some of his disciples, I no longer maryelled at their enthusiastic devotion. He has just that kind of personal magnetism which enchains chivalrous hearts, and I never more enjoyed an hour's talk over our English poets. Browning and Tenny- son, and Lowell and some rising American poets. Mr. Greeley's choice and numerous quotations proved that his knowledge kept pace with his loro. A fascinating, quaint humour ran through all his remarks, and shone out more particularly In his reference to tho political campaign in which he Is playing so conspicuous a part. fflimUmwm Intelligent*, HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL, HUMOURS OF THE BOSTON DISASTER.— Somo of the signs erected in the ruined district are re- markably funny, and show the good- nature and philosophy that prevail to so large an extent among us, ' ttnd which is so distinctive a feature of the national character. One sign reads, " Removed for repairs ;" another, " Gone up?" another, " Great sacrifices here;" another, " Closed during the heated term ;" another, " Out of evil cometh goods;" another, " A burning shame;" and so on to infinity. WHAT WILL SITE DO WITH IT?— At the Yorkshire Christmas Cattle Show a " silver- mounted claret jug was taken by a cow." No one will grudge the cow this or any other distinction which its merits and good conduct deserve, but it is not easy to see what pleasure or benefit such an nnimal ( strictly tee- total in its habits) can derive from the possession of a claret jug. Olaret is not the usual beverage of cows, and even if it were, the jugs which hold it are so con- structed that it would be impossible for those creatures to drink out of them; and the mere contemplation of a claret jug, silver mountings and all, must be a matter of indifference even to the most high- bred cows. Al- together, one feels that a new wooden pail, filled with ordinary fresh water, would have been a far more use- ful present.— Punch. Pious USES.— Tho following have been left to the various oharities by the late Lady Wbeler, second daughter of the late Rov. W. CaruB Wilson :— Church Missionary Society, £ 5,000; Church Pastoral Aid Society, £ 5,000; British and Foreign Bible Society, £ 5,000; endowment of Heworth Chwrch, £ 5,000 ; endowment of Drax Vicarage, £ 5,000; London City Mission, £ 3,000; the Religious ' iVaet Society, ca_ noo the Irish Society, £ 2,000 : thejows' Society, " ' ~ ' inial Church Society. £ 1,000. OLD- FASHIONED CHAW. — The Duchess of Newcastle, who was a great writer of romances in the time of Charles IL, asked Bishop Wilkins, who had {" ust announced his discovery of a world in the moon, low she could get there. " As the journey," said she, must needs be very long, there will not be any possi- bility of getting there without stopping on the way." " Your grace," replied the bishop, " can be at no loss for places to stop at, as you have built so many castles in the air." EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.— A man in the Tyrol has just selected a remarkable place for the com- mission of suicide. His name was J. Turner, and he was sacristan of the village church of Brixlegg, as well as bellringer. In performing the duties of tins latter office he took especial delight, and was wont to say that he would end his days at the top of the steeple. A short time Bince the cur£ of the parish died, who, like the sacristan, had been thirty- seven years in office, and at his funeral Turner was observed to be much affected, alluding to this coincidence in their circumstances. Some evenings since the people were surprised at not hearing the angclus tolled as usual, and in the morning, on coming out to mass, were astonished and horrified to see their sacristan hanging from the cross at the sum- mit of the steeple, whence the body was afterwards moved with great difficulty. CONTINGENT ADVANTAGES.— Emily: " What has made you Take to those great Gloves, Gertrude ? They make your Hands look Gigantic !"— Gertrude ( engaged): " O, my dear, my Hand is disposed of; and when that's the Case, one can give up Appear- ances, and go in for Comfort."— Punch. THE MAN WAS SWOEN !— In a Western novel, Bobert Greathouse, an amusing instance is given of that tendency exisitng in the uneducated mind to con- found profanity with the solemn taking of _ an oath. Jack Gowdy, an ignorant stage- driver, desiring infor- mation about an affidavit he wishes to make, a lawyer—" Is the.- swearing very tall ? Is the swearing such very hard swearing that it takes a scientific man to do_ it ? Suppose a gentleman, not a professional man in such matters, nor yet a scientific man, but say a man who never swore much except privately on his own account, at stablemen and oiflers, and faro- dealers when they did not pull the cards square, and abolitionists and free niggers occasionally in a general way; suppose, I say, such a man as that should com- mence swearing up this case, say this evening, as soon as we could commence work, and we should keep it up steady, without interruption, till to- morrow morning at five o'clock, do you think we could fetch it up to the notch? Yes? Then it would gratify me very much if I could take a swear at them there docu- ments." The consequence was that the rn. m was TESTIMONIAL TO JOHN KNOX.— The Kirk of Scotland holds peculiar views on the subject of Lights. The chief of these may be said to be the Moderator Lamp. The Rev. Dr. Candlish is also a shining light; his name implying that he is indeed something like a candle. Not to be confounded with any parson in the Ritualist party, whose weakness for wax- tapers in- duces them to burn daylight.— Punch. THE REV. C. H. SPURGEON AND SERGEANT BATES.— On Sunday Sergeant Bates was amongst Mr. Spurgeon's auditors at the Tabernacle, and at the conclusion of the forenoon service the Sergeant, by request of the preacher, met him in the study. Mr. Spurgeon there presented the Sergeant with a copy of each of his two works, " Morning by Morning," and " Evening by Evening." Mr. Bates warmly pressed the reverend gentleman to visit the United States, and assured him that no European clergyman could expect a heartier welcome there from all classes than Mr. Spurgeon. The reverend gentleman, who seemed much moved by the warmth with which the Sergeant preferred his request, regretted that he could not promise to visit the States, as his work in London was more than he could accomplish, and pleasantly re- marked with regard to this invitation to visit the New World, that while Alexander sighed for two worlds to conquer, he, Mr. Spurgeon, had quite enough on hand in trying to conquer one. LAMBETH TO JAPAN.— On Wednesday, in last week, after a meeting of the Bishops at Lambeth, in which among other subjects the effort recently made by the Japanese Government to restrain the perse- cution of the Christians was discussed, the Archbishop of Canterbury paid a formal visit to the Japanese Ambassadors at the Buckingham Palace Hotel. His Grace expressed in his own name and in that of his brethren his thankfulness for the progress which has been made in the cause of religious liberty in Japan, and his earnest hope that the intercourse at present existing between England and Japan may lead to further good results. EXEMPLARY EXPLOIT.— Sergeant Bates, Co- lour- Sergeant of the American Artillery, has success- fully accomplished the feat which he bet 1,000 dollars he would perform, of walking from the Scotch Border to London with the Stars and Stripes without having his flag insulted. It now remains for some wise Eng- lishman to attempt the corresponding achievement of marching from one end of the United States to the other with the Union Jack.— Punch. MITRAILLEUSES IN RUSSIA.— The Gatling gun has been adopted by most European nations, our own included; but it is to Russia apparently that the honour is due of developing the principle and fixing the establishment of the Gatling a3 a distinct arm of service. Fifty batteries of these mitrailleuses have already been formed, and more are in progress of formation. The battery is composed of eight guns, and three batteries comprise a brigade. The guns are well horsed, and the extra ammunition ( which is in- terchangeable with that of the new Berdan breech- loader) is carried in two- wheeled caissons, which move rapidly over the field drawn by three horses abreast. THE LONDON GAS STOKERS.— On Monday, four men, formerly in the employment of the Com- mercial Gas Company at Stepney, were charged at the Thames Police- court with unlawfully neglecting and refusing to fulfil their unexpired contracts of service with the Company— the assigned date of the offence being the 3rd inst.; and it was specially set forth in the summonses that " pecuniary compensation would not meet the circumstances of the case." It came out in the evidence that tho men were engaged as stokers at 38s. 9d. per week; that they worked in alternate hours from Bix in the morn- ing till six in the evening, being six hours' labour in a twelve hours' task of duty; and that they had abruptly left their work because a stoker at Ful- ham, whom they considered to have been improperly discharged, was not reinstated on their demand. Testi- mony was given as to the inconvenience which the ac- cused and those who took the same action with them, had put the Company and the public, and the efforts made by the loyal servants of the former— fortunately successful— to continue the supply of ga8 in the district they serve. After the case had been heard at con- siderable length, the magistrate, commenting sharply on the nature of the men's offence, not against the Company only, but also against the public, Beutenced all the defendants to six weeks' imprisonment, with hard labour. DEFAMATION OP CHARACTER.— It is a long time since the Chaldean monarch, noticed by Mr. George Smith in his admirable paper on a remarkable Cuneiform Inscription, lived, but for all that due re- Sect ought to be paid to his memory. We were sorry, erefore, to read in the newspaper a ' statement for which there does not appear to be the slightest founda- tion, that Izdubar " in his search for immorality had learned the legend of the Deluge from Sisit" We hope Mr. Smith, or Sir Henry Rawlinson, or Eome other friend of King Izdubar, will at once give so injurious an imputation the fullest contradiction.— Pvnck. A " SeALLoox" BALLOT Box.— The Ameri- can Seal Lock Company, through Messrs. Mordan and Co., have just brought out a new Dallot box The box is of japanned metal, having a deep lid, and a high internal shoulder rising up within the lid, so as to prevent voting papers from being introduced or withdrawn in an irregular manner. In front the lid presents a sloping surface, in which a brass frame containing three sliding plates for " seals" is inserted. The central plate, when drawn down, opens the slit through which voting papers are to be passed into the box, and the lateral plates, when they are both drawn down, allow the lid of the box to be raised. When sealed no voting paper can be passed through the slit without first breaking the central seal; and the lid of the box cannot be raised without break- ing both the lateral seals ; these seals are of glass, so lettered and numbered that they can be identified, and so made that when broken they cannot bo replaced. Hence such a ballot box, if its lateral plates are sealed when the votirg begins, and its central plate is sealed when tie voting is over, seemB to afford complete security ajaiost amy kind of unauthorized tampering with ita contents. " HEAVY WET."— The Present Season.— Punch. A WATERLOO VETERAN.— The death is an- nounced of Dr. William Gibney, at Bath. He obtained the degree of M. D., Edinburgh, in 1813; entered the army, and served as assistant- surgeon in the 15th Hussars at Waterloo. He subsequently practised at Cheltenham, and became physician, and afterwards consulting physician to the Cheltenham General Hos- pital. On retiring from practice he resided at Totnes, and afterwards at Torquay. He died at Bath on the 4th inst., aged 78. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1873.— The com- mittee for cooking and its science held its second meeting in London, on Saturday, and examined a pre- liminary list of cooking processes suggested for exhi- hibitaon. It was resolved to print and circulate the list to each member, in order to obtain suggestions, and for the purpose of preparing a detailed list of aishes of which it was desirable to show the prepara- tion during the Exhibition. FINE ART GOSSIP.— We understand that an eminent Equity Draughtsman is engaged on a work of Art, which he hopes to finish painting in time to be able to send it to the exhibition of the Royal Aca- demy.— Punch. THE LATE MRS. SOMERVTLLE. — Sir H. Holland, who for more than 50 years was inti- mately acquainted with the late Mrs. Somerville, contributes to The Times a few personal recollections of that lady, which he thinks may be of interest. After noticing facts connected with her scientific career, he says:— She was a woman not ot science only, but of refined and highly cultivated tastes. Her paintings and musical talenU might well have won admiration, even had there been no- thing else beyond them. Her classical attainments were con- siderable, derived, probably, from that early part ol life when the gentle Mary Fairfax— gentle she must ever have been— was enriching her mind by quiet study In her Scotch home. It may surprise some of the readers of this letter to be told that she waj admirable in npedlework also. A rent In old lace she would so re- pair that the new work could hardly be distinguished from the old A few words more on the moral part of Mrs Somervllle's character ; and here, too, I speak from Intimate knowledge. She was the gentlest and kindest of human beings; qualities well attested even by her features and con- versation, but expressed still more in all the habits of her domestic and social lift. Her modesty and humility were as remarkable as those talents which they concealed from common observation. Reverting to a time forty or fifty years ago, I recollect dinner parties In London, at which guests, strangere to Mrs. Somerville, have commented to me upon the charm of her appearance, ignorant of, and not perceiving, those other qualities which have made her eminent in the world. Scotland is proud in having produced a Crlchton. She may be proud also In having given birth- place to Mary Somerville. How TO ROUT RABBITS.— A lion, as the story goes, will ran from the sudden crowing of a cock, or the braying of an ass— it is related that before now lions in Parliament have been'scared by the braying of asses- and an old writer, Nicholas Cox, in a work published in 1697, informed his readers that " the drone of a bagpipe inserted in a cony burrow, and sounded of a sudden, will make the conies bolt." No wonder; and, if Shakspeare may be credited, it has wrought greater wonderment than that. GENTLEMEN AT LARGE.— Jim: Bill, I say, show us the Skeleton in your Cupboard.— Bill: I ain't a got no skellinton in ne'er a cupboard, but ( indicating his waistcoat- pocket with his thumb), ' ere's a bunch of skellinton- keys !— Punch. . SWALLOWING PINS AND NEEDLES.— The Fort- William correspondent of the North British Mail writes saying :— There appeared recently In the Mail an account of a ser- vant girl, in the employment of Mr. Ewen Cameron, Spean Bridge, who, while hanging out some clothes to dry, acci- dentally swallowed a quantity of pins she kept in her mouth, and after being attended to in the Belford Hospital, Fort- Will! am, vomited twenty- eight At that time she left the hospital apparently quite well, and went back to service. Shortly afterwards, however, the former Eymptoms returned, and she was advised to go back to the hospital, where, under the treatment of Dr. Hutcheson, she remained till lost week. Extraordinary and almost incredible as it may seem, during the time since she first came to the hospital no fewer than seventy- eight pins and sixteen needles have been abstracted from her body. The greater part of these she vomited, but some were taken out through her skin on different parts of her person. Tho pins included a large one, nearly the size of a darning needle, and a " safety " one. The articles are all preserved at the hospital, where any person miy see them. A CENTENARIAN.— There is now living at- Laymore, a hamlet a few miles from Bridport, in Dorsetshire, an old lady who is now in her 101st year. She was born on the 1st of May, 1772, and married a man named Stanton _ in 1797, who died about six- teen years ago. Mrs. 3 Stanton has a small army of children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great- great- grandchildren scattered more or less throughout the globe. She retains all her faculties, with the ex- ception of being rather deal She is also a great smoker; even in bed the pipe is her companion. Mrs. Stanton is an old servant of one of the oldest families in Dorset. From the age of Beven until her marriage she belonged to the household of Mr. Hugh Trenchard, of Maudlin, a descendant of Sir Thomas Trenchard. A DEED OF DARKNESS.— The Gaa Stokers'' Strike.— Punch. CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE IN 1873.— A meet- ing was held in America, on the 12th nit, in the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, to hear the report of the Rev. Dr. Schaff, who is connected with the Evan- gelical Alliance^ on the subject of the general Confer- ence which it is proposed to hold at New York in 1873. Dr. Schaff said that between 40 and 60 distin- guished men from almost every country in Europe would attend the Conference, and take part in its de- liberations. Altogether, from 300 to 500 visitors might be expected on that occasion. There would be a great- variety of subjects to be discussed, such as " The pre- sent state of Christendom," " Christian union," " Foreign and domestic missions," " Christianity and Government," " Christianity and philanthropy." The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher addressed the meet- ing, and said the Conference of 1873 would be a meet- ing of universal Christendom. There would be a larger number of brethren from the different Christian Protestant denominations than, perhaps, ever met before on the American shore. It was to be an inter- change of Christian thought and Christian sympathy. It would be worth something for those on this side of the Atlantic to know what the trials and difficulties were which had to be encountered by those on tho other side of it, and to show them what the Gospel could do among a free people where it was not limited by the interposition of the State and not hindered by a general scepticism of the people. BETTER CONDUCT.— It is along lane that has> no turning. The most hardened offender may reform. Wonders will never cease. Somebody is not so black as he is depicted. Strikes may come to an end, coals and meat may become reasonable in price, the rain may- stop, Mr. Avrton may grow polite, next May may be warm— for November has passed and gone without a fog l— Pundt. MOUNTAIN RAILROAD.— The Western Di- vision of the Colorado Central Railroad ( narrow gauge)> has been completed from Golden, a distance of 16- miles, to a point within three miles of Black Hawk ( says the Omaha Herald). It is now open for business. In some respects this railroad is the most remarkable- that has ever been used for passenger transportation. The line follows the canon of Clear Creek, which is ex- tremely narrow, in some cases contracted to a width of 40ft. It has precipitous sides, from SOft to 1,000ft. in height Through this canon the railroad finds its way, following closely tho side of the stream, but built upon rock foundation and beyond the reach of high water. The descent of the creek for .16 miles is 100ft per mile, but it is extremely irregular, Jul many places moving along with very slow velocity," and at other points plunging over falls from 15ft to 40ft in height. The steepest grade used is 175ft. per mlfe, and the shortest curve is 190ft radius. All the can used are fitted with one loose wheel on each axle, tr which expedient the friction of the curvature is elim- inated, and the locomotives are enabled to draw tram* with ease which it would be found impossible to mov? if the cars were supplied with wheels of tho ordinary construction. The average speed on the road is eight miles per hour. The operation of a road with these peculiar characteristics being in 6ome degree an ex- periment the speed has been reduced to a hmit whiab is perfectly safe. It is anticipated that a higher speed may hereafter be used with entire safety. During the construction of this road many doubts were expressed as to the practicability of its operation, but the amount of business which is now being transacted over it and the freedom from accident which has attended its operation has rendered it a matter of certainty that, with proper care, roads of this character, aiid often with grades exceeding 200ft to the mile, may fyo advantageously used. SATURDAY, DEC. 14, 1871 XHE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES, THE LORD CHANCELLOR ON THE VALUE OF LEARNING. The Lord Chancellor on Saturday received an ad- dress from the Head Master and students of Leam- ington Cellege, of which institution Professor Palmer, one of Lord Selborne's broth ere, is Vice- President The ceremony wai held in the College hall. In the presence of many of the leading resident* of the town. Among those present were Lord Leigh. Sir Robert Hamilton, the Hon. and Bev. J. W. Leigh, Dr. Jephson, and Colonel Machen. The Lord Chancellor was accompanied by the Hon. Miss Palmer, Lord Selborne said he would accept what Mr. Wood had said, so far as it related to himself, as an acknowledgment of the reepect which Englishmen everywhere are pleased to pay to that high office and those great duties connected with the administration of the law to which he, however unworthy, had been called.^ It was a distinguishing feature— and long might it continue to bo so in this country— that persona of all ranks, all ages, and all shades of opinion unite to recognize the principle of authority, order, and law in the persons of those who, according to the course of government in these realms, were called to represent that principle. It was also true that, if any man succeeded by labours not dishonourable, and by a sincere desire to follow such lights as he possessed in the discharge of his duties, in advancing his position, he was sure to corn- man d th e cordialsympathy and kindly f eelin g of all classf a of his fellow citizens. After alluding to the past history of the College, and auguring for it future success nnder the zealous and able management of the present Head Master, his Lordship aaid he would venture to remind the students that they had before them precious op- portunities, on which, it might be, everything in their future lives depended. Though certainly not desirious of aaying more about himself, he was personally a living example of the benefits of a good education. It waa the only fortune his parents were able to give Mm, but it waa the best. Both a » school and at the universities he obtained benefits by that education which had followed him through the whole courae of his subsequent life. He had not in saying this mainly In view what was commonly called success in life— « uccess In tt profession, the advantages of money,' or advancement to posts of honour, or even the highest dignitaries in the State; he did not desire to speak of these thinga as otherwise than as most important, and most naturally the objects of honourable ambition, pro- Tided they be honourably pursued; but there was something better than any of these things which every young man might obtain if he would do his best, and SHOPS VERSUS " STORES." The following letter, on the abcrre subject, appeared In Ths Twnttol Monday • I suppose it is by the violence of their conduct that the retail traders hope to crush the to them obnoxious Civil Service Co- operative Societies. Upon the principle that if you throw sufficient mud some of it ' must stick, the National Chamber of Trade and its affiliated members of Parliament have lately hwped a THE ILL- FATED " MISSOURI* The bomlhg at sea of the steamer Miaovri, off th* Twelve survivors who escaped in a boat and lands* at Abaco, have brought to America the intelligence ; of what waa one of the saddest calamities of the time, and it waa then thought that out of 93 souls they were all who escaped. It appears now, however, that four others escaped, though after almost incredible sufferings. When the Missouri caught fire all appears to have been confusion, and all the boats launched were swamped or capsized. The party of 12 above referred to righted a capsized boat and baled it out, and in that way saved themselves. The story of the four others can best be told by one of their numben It is aa folioWB :- He says they made preparations to lover a boat, and 39 personj Jumped Into her ; but owing to the mismanagement ol the davits, one end fell Into the sea, the other hanging In Uie air, to that several wero split ont. Nine, however, managed to hold on until someone on the ship cut the boat loose, and she went free ol the ship, although she was fall1 of water. They saw two men clinging to a boat bottom upwards, and wanted thsm to come on board, bat the two men thought their situation the best. Finally, however, one ol them came on board, and one of the nine went and Joined his • ompanlon. Shortly afterwards they met the boat that had the twolvo on board above- mentioned, and wanted them to take them on board, being in a sinking condition, but the commander of the boat objected, sajing he had enough on board. He threw them a bucket, and they tried, though ineffectually, to bale out their boat. They parted compaay with the boat, which steered towards Abaco, and at nightfall pulled back towards tho steamer, hoping the fire would prove a beacon for passing veisels. About? seven In the evening the veiscl sunk, and then tbey pnt their boat bo fere tho wind. On tho second and third day they suffered greatly. On the latter day a vesiel came within a mile of them, and they shouted and hoisted their clothing, but were unable to attract at- tention. On the fourth day ono of their number died, and two others, becoming crazy, jumped overboard during the night. The boat was all the time full of water, and they sat in It waist deep. On the fifth morning another man died, and a crazy man Jumped overboard with the bucket. This left four of them, and that evening the sea being calm they succeeded In baling the boat out with their hats. From threo life- preservers in the boat they made a. small sail, set it, and steered south, but they were so exhausted they could do little. On the sixth and seventh days affairs continued about the same, and on the eighth, sighting lsnd, they succeeded In landing at Powell's Key, near Abaco, In the evening. They had eaten and drunk nothing ilnoe leaving the ship, and lay down on the beach in a horrible condition. After a short rest they got up and managed to reach some deserted houses, near by where they found a spring of fresh water. This raised their hopes wonderfully, and they slept there all night. On the ninth, day they found a few tomatoes, and boiled them, having found matches and a pot in one of the houses. This producing a little strength, they launched their boat, and endeavoured to reach the mainland, but falling, they went ashore again, and slept there a second night. The tenth day they made a final effort to reach the mainland, but were sa exhausted, they were hardly nble to stand, and could not launch their boat; so they lay down beside It In a dying oon- dftlon, giving up all hope. Soon, however, they saw a small sloop cruising near the shore, and hoisting some clothes on a pole, again lay down. This attracted attention. The people on the sloop came ashore, and found them, and,, carrying them on board, took them to Green Turtle Key, where they remained a week, and four days afterwards they reached Nassau, whence the report comes. Subsequently they went to Havannah to embark for New York. These lour persons were all employed on the Ill- fated Missouri, being the first and third assistant engineers, the oiler, and a fireman. power of intellectual resources, intellectual enjoyment, the moral discipline involved in all these things, the power of turning whatever faculties they posseaaed to the beet advantage— these thinga carried with them, nnder God's blessing, and under the guidance of right principles, the enjovment and happiness of use- fulness, whatever their calling or station. These things, which must rest upon the love of truth, the study of truth, and the practice of truth, were in themselves the greatest gifts any man could have. _ They were offered equally to all— not equally in respect of the outward advantages they carry with them, because the gifts and the powers of the mind were not equal; but they might depend upon it that those who would use such gifts and powers as they poetess, who would be good and obedient students nnder discipline, and try to learn all that they could, would find sufficient reward— would be content with the lot they might be called to, would be useful In the discharge of the duties of that lot, and would be re- warded with the only things which, after all, are worth having— the respect of their fellow men and the approba- tion and final reward of the Creator, to whose work all their lives ought to be devoted if they would be either • useful or happy. His Lordship concluded by urging the students to profit to the utmost by the advantages • offered to them at the College. Lord Selborne resumed his Beat amid loud cheering, - and, the Head Master having expressed a hope that his Lordship might at some future time be induced to again visit the college, the meeting separated. " TENANTABLE REPAIR." The cause of " Harbottle v. Pooley * has been tried In tho Court of Queen's Bench, in London, and was an action by a landlord against an outgoing tenant for alleged breach of his undertaking to keep the premises in tenantable repair. The plaintiff is lessee of a large old house at Clap- ham, under a covenant to keep it in good repair. He let it to the defendant for three years at a rent of £ 200, under an agreement to keep it in tenantable re- pair. The house was at least 200 years old, and in such a state as to require continual repair. The de- fendant swore that he himself had laid out nearly £ 300 upon it during his brief occupancy, and still it waa far from being in a complete state of repair. In fact, he said, it required euch frequent repairs that " it • would be cheaper to pull it down ana rebuild it" Still, as it was large and spacious, and he had spent • already BO much money upon it, he was willing on fair terms to take it for a lease renewable for Beven, four- teen, or twenty- one years, and he accordingly made such a proposal to his landlord, the first lessee, offering to lay out £ 1,000 upon alterations and repairs, and assuring him that the house would require a new roof, and that the outbuildings were in a state of dilapidation. This was in October, 1871, but for some reason or other the parties could not come to terms, and the tenant, the defendant, left the house, taking with him his fix- tures, which the landlord refused to purchase. In taking down these fixtures some small holes wero made in the walls, especially of the drawing- room, which it waa said would require, in consequence, to be repapered. The chief landlord was dissatisfied with the state of the house, and he had a survey made of the repairs which - vould be required under the respective liabilities of his lesseo ( the plaintiff) and his tenant ( the defendant). Such a survey was accordingly made, and according to the valuations it would require £ 82 to put the house into tenantable repair, and £ 250 to put it into " good" repair. The instructions given by the chief land- lord to his surveyor were these :—" I want you " ( he wrote) " to make Buch a aneoification as I can enforce against Harbottle, and he can then seek to enforce against Pooley." However, the amounts of the two valuations under these very different liabilities differed, as above stated, and in the present action the defendant's landlord, the lessee, only sought to recover the sum of £ 82 for the liability to leave in ttnantable repair, and the question was whether or not the premises had been left by the defendant in tenantable repair, and if not, then to what extent and amount they wero not in such repair, or, in other words, what it would cost to put them in such repair. This, it will be shown, was very much a question of items and figures— very difficult for a jury to try upon evidence of surveyors and other wit- nesses one way and the other; and, therefore, the learned Judge suggested a reference to arbitra- tion, but without effect. Yet it was obvious as the case proceeded that it might have been settled in an hour if, when the dispute hrst began, a surveyor agreed upon by both parties or appointed by the Court, had gone over the premises and judicially determined the question. In the course of the trial the plaintiff gave up an item of £ 14 for repairing the drawing- room, as this was admitted to be rather in the nature of orna- mental repairs, and tenantable repairs meant only such aa were really necessary. This reduced the claim to £ 68, and out of this £ 7 16s. had been paid into court. In the result, after a long trial— which might just as well have been held in the County Court— The learned Judge put the case to the jury thus :— Was the house when given up by the defendant in a state of " tenantable repair!" It does not matter, upon that issue, said the learned Judge, in what state the house was in when the defendant took it. If it vuuuitcu wo wverunuer a false issue their real aim and object, which is to extinguish the healthy competition to which they have been exposed through these societies. The question, in fact, lies in a nutshell. Has any one tradesmen or any body of tradesmen a vested right to claim a portion of my income, or anybody else's income ? 1 The theory of the National Chamber of Trade is Jr o- h ™ 18 rolh * v?£ ed 1 de° yifc- ^ « > do the Zo, 000 members of the establishments in Monk well- Btreet and the Haymarket Upon this rests the whole matter m dispute, and all the stock invectives employed against the managers of those establishments are merely blinds to conceal the true nature of the agita- tion. The truth is that the Civil Service Societies have shown, and the public have not been slow to learn, that the profits of the retail traders have of late years been exorbitant. They have shown also by the contrast between the goods sold at their stores and those obtainable at the ordinary run of shops to what an extent adulteration has been carried and inferior goods passed off as first- rate articles. They have demonstrated the power of the system of cash payments as against that of credit; and for all these things they have incurred the wrath of the retail trade. Well, finding that any attack upon the principle of co- operation would be futile, the tradeemen of tho metropolis Mid their brethren m the country have con- centrated their energies to compass the suppression of toe osores, Decause their managers are salaried ser- vants of the State. To hear them talk, one would imagine that they were the only tax- payers in the land; that the clerks in the Government offices were in their private employ, and that all official salaries were disbursed month by month without the slightest re- turn on the part of the recipients. Will it be treason if I just venture to suggest that the thousands who deal at the Stores are also tax- payers ; that the clerks contribute towards their own pay more in proportion to their incomes— every penny of which is taxed— than any other class, with the ex- ception of the Army, Navy, and Clergy, who stand on the same footing, and that the conduct of the vast business of the Empire proves that some little return is made to the nation for the liberal (?) allowances paid to its employ ( s I The Chancellor of the Exchequer has already stated that the tradesmen have no case against the managers of the societies. The Government has made a bargain- so much pay for 80 many hours of work, and such and such, quality of work- given the proper attendance at offiae, and a zealous and efficient discharge of duties, and the bargain is complete on the side of the Civil servant. On his leisure hours the Government has no claim whatever. And as a matter of public policy it is better that the servants of the State should occupy their spare time in honest endeavours to increase their scant pay and keep themselves out of debt, than that they should fall into a fatal habit of indolence or a still more fatal courae of dissipation. Nevertheless, the tradesmen return to the charge, and Bay that it is unfair that Civil servants should be allowed to trade. Good heavens! Unfair to whom? To the State which employs them ? To the publio who throng their Stores ! To the community at large which ( I aver with CHOOSING AN OCCUPATION FOB A YOUNG MAN. ( From . the Scientific ArnerxMn.) If a toy is constantly whittling sticks, fond parent" Bay that he has " marked constructive ability ;" or if he can whistle one or t\ vo notes of an air correctly, " he will be a great musician:" or if ho can draw with reasonable accuracy, " that child is a born artut," If these presumed or assumed evidences of genius are acted upon, and those in authority seize arbitrarily upon the young man and fore e him into a trade on The PURCHASE of the RAILWAYS by the STATE. The Times, In drawing attention to the number of new railway bills of which notice has been given for next session, remarks that competition is the irregular and scarcely legitimate, and which the pnhlio are compelled to invoke in default of irregular and legitimate control bylthe State. There ought not to be the slightest vestige of road monopoly in the country. The traiss, their number, their speed, the other arrangements, including the charges, ought to be, first, in the interest of the public; secondly for the proper remuneration of railway shareholder*, managers and servants. This is so plain that we must come to it eventually, in one way or another. But here is the gTeat question before us, and one that seems to call for even bolder legislation than the present raceof statesmen, not wanting in oourage, are prepared for. At this moment the sum necessary to purchase all the railways in these isles would not be far short of the National Debt We need scarcely say ( The Timet adds) that it could be done, and probably would, with- out the imposition of a single fresh tax, by the simple substitution of public stock for railway paper. But to think of the comparative cheapness with wnich thepur- chase ' could have been made only ten years ago! That opportunity is gone by, and some will think the present Increased value of all the railway* a manifest proof that it has been better for the companies ana for the public to leave them alone. The State may have lost the opportunity of a good bargain, but the nation may have gained. There are, however, not a few rocks ahead, which may yet leave it questionable whether it may not be better, even for the shareholders, to be relieved of an investment which must always have an ambiguous and therefore uncertain character. The in- fluence of the public increases rather than diminishes, and threatens to become very imperative in all matters of railway management. whose class the world has far too numy already. sketches a little; tinkers a little with tools; drums a little on a piano: and in time falls into line with the rank and file of the noble amy of incom- petents and revilers of fate. He iray protest with all hia strength in his earlier years that he is not fitted for the occupation chosen for him ; ho may demand to bo transferred into somo other calling that his soul hungers after - r it is all in vain if some ono in authority, be _ the same parent or guardian, Bays : " Your profession has been chosen for you and yon must follow it; your elders have had more experienco than you and can tell better, by reason of it, what voir need ;" and BO the young man is condemned for fife. He goes moping all hia days and refuses to be com- forted, simply because his heart is not in what he ia doing. He la out of hia element; machinery of the world; he is UBUV; he disturbs the s bad as a broken wheel was not then in tenantable repair, it was his fault; far he agreed to keep it and give it up in a state of tenant- able repair. Therefore, if it was not in such a state of repair when he took it he was b- und to put it in such repair. It is, however, important to bear in mind that it was a very old house, and a state of tenantablo re- pair must have some reference to the sge and general character of khe house. Such a house, under such an agreement as the present, must be left in a state of tenantable or substantial repair, having reference to its character as an old house. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. As Mr. Angus Gregors m was riding home to his i residence, Calman- vllla, on Wednesday, he was thrown from his hone, about two miles from Lochgilphead, on the Oban- rosd, and received an injury on the back of the head which proved fatal. Three gentlemen who wtre driving in a dog- cart found him lying on tfce road bleeding profusely, and cinvejed him with all speed to tbe residence of his medical attendant, Dr. Hunter: but his aid was of no avalL Vr. ; r ; < r* on, who has left a widow auaiamily. was well knowf throiuhont the Western Highlands and also In Australia. , T any of t , jority of the people, but unfair to the retail trader only. Far be it from me to set class against class. I have no wish to interfere with any one ; but the right which the retailer claims of choosing with whom he shall deal in the wholesale market I claim for myself, and the whole public in the retail market. And I maintain that it is the interest of every con- sumer to support the Civil Service Societies at the present juncture, for without doubt if the societies were to disappear, prices would immediately revert to their former scale. In attacking the societies the National Chamber of Trade is fighting a shadow, tilting at a windmill. Supposing it to be possible— which! dispute— but, for the sake of argument, Buppoaing it to be possible to obtain an Act of Parliament having a retrospective action and fnuned to prohibit Civil Bervanta making use of their leisure hours, what would be the result ? Would the societies collapse ? Certainly not: All that conld happen would be the retirement of the directors who might be on the active list, and whose places would be at once filled by pensioners, over whom Government has no control. The societies would go on just aa usual. Their position is abso- lutely unassailable before the law, and it will be well if the tradesmen will look this in the face before any further ill- blood is created. I am told by friends who incline to espouse the cause of the retail trade that many think the competition of the Civil Service unfair, because the Civil servant has hia salary to fall back upon, and the trader has nothing but his ahop to rely upon. All I can Bay to thin is, that if the poor trader is unfairly weighted against the Civil servant, he stands in exactly the same position in regard to the rich trader who starts, as must often happen, with an assured inherited income. To make such an argument as this hold water there should be a law that no one with a private income Bhould be allowed to engage in trade. _ Only a word more as regards the Civil servant What is to be the limit of hia discretion in regard to the employment of his private time ? H he is not to bo a director of a co- operative aociety, may he be on the committee of a club? May he write a novel or paint a picture? Having written the novel and painted the picture, may he eell them ? Will not their sale interfere with the vested rights of the pro- fessional writer and painter ? May he edit a magazine? Or contribute to the Press ? I ask these questions in sober earnestness, for within my own knowledge the Editor of the Edinburgh Review is a Civil servant, and I can tell off upon my fingers artists and writers who are receiving public salaries, and receiving their salaries honestly for work honestly and faithfully per- formed. In conclusion, with reference to the tradesmen them- selves, I submit that, as a matter of social, even of political, economy, they do not exist for their own benefit at the expense of the community whether they are wanted or not but only when they are wanted. No one has a claim to custom simply because he chooses to set up a shop. And the time has arrived when it should be stated boldly that there are a great many more shops than are required to meet the wants of the community. If there were fewer shops, trades- men. could afford to sell at lower prices, and thus com- pete with Co- operative Societies upon the only fair and reasonable ground. No doubt, it is a bitter pill for the tradesmen to swallow; but they cannot escape it Coach proprie- tors, drivers, stablemen, the whole army of road- side hotelkeepers, waiters, and chambermaids had to find \ other occupations when railroads were made ; machi- j nery has superseded hand labour in nearly all our , manufactures, and now tradesmen have to leam that | their number must be limited by the field for their , employment. They cannot resist the march of events, i and the Civil Service Co- operative Societies are only 1 insignificant items in the forces which I have no doubt will in time make the ordinary shopkeeper a relic of the past— I am, & c., G. H. D. December 7. RELICS OF SEDAN. on a train; everything with which he is connected goes halting and bumping and jumping because of him. I£ he does not reach the highest place in his profession, his elders, with astonishing Inconsistency, upbraid him and say that he has no ambition, no energy, no desire to succeed; when the simple fact is that he has no qualification to command success. " How can I know about a thing I danno nothing about ?" exclaimed an exasperated and badgered wit- ness in tho box. " How can I have inspiration to preach when I am always thinking about machinery ; or paint, when I am always wishing to preach, when divine truths fire my heart to go forth and turn men from the error of their ways?" A man out of his placo Bays these things at heart if not in actual word- i, and his whole life is embittered by the blindness of his elders who would not peo, but claimed tho right, be- cause they had the power, to squeeze a human heart into the comer they thought it should fill. For it is crushing the heart out of the man to make tho boy travel in a circuit he is unfitted for. All his energies Mid amhition reach forward to one goal; all his nature is bent upon that one thing, and because yoa can- not 6ee as he Bees, oh parents or guardians I because you are not hitn and do not love it as ho loves it, you destroy his future power. It is a serious re- sponsibility to assume ; to direct the calling in life a young man shall follow, an action to be taken only upon great deliberation. Whatever^ hj undertakes he must stick to. In the early years of ti » lily, when the world expects but little of him, he must'atndy or work hard to be qualified for the later ones, when it exacts a great deal. He cannot be always young ; he cannot have two youths ; he must give his young life, his bright hopes, his aspirations to the workin hand. What if nis heart is far from it and he is longing with all hia strength for that other calling which you have put out of his reach? You might as well go out Into the world when he is of age as Bome foreign parents do, and select a wife for him. With equal consistency you might nay: " I have had more experience in the world tnan you; you can live happier with this woman, than one of your own choosing," yet this ia an action you would shrink from committing. Is not a man's profession the same degree as hi3 wife ? Does he not five by it as with her ? Are not all his hopes centered upon it, his happiness bound up in it ? Is not the contentment which springs from a congenial occupation in some re? pect the same as connu- bial affection ? It certainly is ; for unless^ a man love the work to which he applies himself Ms labour is of no force, of little worth. Ho is half- hearted, simply because he lacks the inspiration which enthu- siasm lends to every occupation, even tho humblest. The shoemaker who likes to make shoos makes better ones than the- convict enforced to do BO, and th e same is trne of every, work under the suiu. Let every, young man choose his own occupation in life. In any event let him choose it If he has no particular bias or bent, let him find Bomething to do, all the same. A parent or guardian may say : " My Bon, it appears to me that your walk in life liea this way," ana point out the advantages likely to accrue or that can be absolutely given him if he adopts the suggestion, but this is all that should be done. If he revolts, or objects and says " I cannot," do not retort with " yon shall, or you are no son of mine." You will live to repent it." You will wear sackcloth and ashes for it. Humble yourself a little before you over- throw him. A boy has a right to his choice. He has an inalienable natural right— yea, a constitutional one— to " life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi- ness." Words mean something, and the choice of an occupation embraces all of these. How can yon force a boy into a workshop to learn a trade when he has no aptness whatever for it, except that he has been seen to make boats of kites, things that a child naturally amuses himself by ? You cannot, von have no right Consider the matter somewhat If he is a tractable, affectionate, and docile boy, so much the worse; you use hia natural affection as a vehicle to work your will with him not seeing that in after life he will become a listless, moody, inefficient labourer in tha vineyard, because you have trained him to a Btake, or spread him on a wall, instead of allowing Mm t J grow free and unfettered as he should. Consider this matter in some other light than your own Inclinations. He will doubtless live many years after yon are gone. How shall he best perpetuate your name and family ? By following his own natural inclinations, or by trying to force his nature to ran on a track too wide or too nar- row gauge for him ? Think over it I as regards imports and exports. The position of France was also considered, and it was remarked that there 15,000,000 of acres are annually in fallow in that conn- try, and that the total population connected with agriculture is 7,330,000, while the country could not be regarded a* much more than Belf- supporting in an agricultural point of view. In concluaio* n, Mr. Jenkins indicated a general preference for the large over the small farm system. The Belgian system could not, he thought, be considered the best, because it was so expensive in the men, if not in the monev, required to work ' it; but on tho other hand, he held that England had much to learn from Belgium with regrad to farming. On the whole it might be affirmed that English farmers need not be ashamed of a fair comparison of their achievements with those of their neighbours, notwithstanding the want of tenant right and protection for the capital invested by them inihe sofl. An interesting discussion followed, in the course of which Mr. G'. S. Bead, MP-, deprecated the aggre- gation of small holdings into large ones, on the ground that they were of great use by affording an opening for deserving and energetic men, and referred to in- stances of that kind in his own country; while Mr. Wren Hoskyns, MP., took a ni ™ jlnr view, and ob- served that climate and other circumstances deter- mined to a great extent the size of farms in different parts of the country. The question was deemed so important that the discussion waa ultimately ad- joumed. there was no expression of excited feeling. The cir- cumstances which led to so rare an event as a public execution must have been overwhelming, and I will consider them not so much in reference to the individual sufferers as to the state of society | at large. Beyond all dispute, crimes of blood have 1 greatly increased, and are yet increasing through- out Italy. _ In the Provinces of Catanzaro ami Coaenza, l from which those two men came, property and life have no security. Of murders I have reported I I know not how many within the last twelve years, ! and in my last letter I gave you a recent case of in ten- j diarism, in which property of the value of 60,000 lire > had been destroyed by some miscreants who had failed to extort money. There waa another similar case; recently in which I forget now how many olive trees had been cut down. Hitherto circostun^ e altenu- anti have shielded the blood- stained murderer, who on leaving the court has insulted the Court with every mark of derision, and the results of this 8entimentalism have been an increase of crime which now alarms even Italians. Justice has there- fore in two case been permitted to have its way, and the sentiment of many has been wounded. * Two homicides have been committed to punish one,' saya a Naples journal It is not a fair way of putting it. The power of the law, on the contrary, has been as- serted to insure public security, and to save society from falling into a state of chaos ; for not merely in the Romagna, but in other Provinces, the knife is in every man's hand, and life is insecure. Is not compas- sion to be felt for the victims of unbridled passions, and ia personal security to be guaranteed only by the attenuanti circoslami of sentimental juries ? I find some little inconsistency in the language of the journalist whom I have cited, and many others who talk about ' high civilization' aad the ' brutalizing effects' of each a scene aa that witnessed in Messina. Yet the eame persons have no hesitation In hacking each other with broad swords in the name of so- called honour, and justify the duel as essential to the character of a gentleman. Can it pro- mote high civilization for two men to blow each other's brains ont or cut and slash each other with tb « aword ? I do not think, however, that any good will be obtained by a convulsive and occasional erection of the extreme penalty of the law. Th « e must be ceitsdnty about it— justice must not waver, nor must it linger, as in the case I have reported, two years and four months." The Glasgow dairymen have raised the price of mfflc iy a halfpenny per gill. THE BOSTON FIRE AND THE BOOK TRADE. The A the rut um quotes from the New York Weekly Trad* Circular tho following Information about the losses sustained by the book trade in tho Boston Are :— '' It proves, however, that the book trade has suffered almost least of any. According to the most careful es- timates, the total loss of the trade is about 250,000 dols.. but this includes the loss of the Boston Pilot, owned and published by Mr. Patrick Donahoe, the well- known Lady Donghty's dying deposition was taken at Jlchborne- house on Saturday night by Mr. Bowen, junior counsel to the Treasury, In the presence of the Hon. G. Dntton, a county magistrate for Hampanire. Mr. Serjeant Blelsh and Mr. Horace Browne, counsel for tho Claimant attended and cross- examined her ladyship for upwards tf three hours, tho proceedings altogether lasting from tight o'clock till after midnight The Eton. Captain Arundel, Dr. Teggart, of London, Dr. Butler, of Winchester, and the solicitors Instructing counsel on ei: her side were also In attendance. Many of the London gas- stokers are very anxious to return to the work they so Ol- advlsedly deserted. They aro naturally dissatisfied with the result ol their movement and are very dejected at the prospect before them. Some of the men are said to have made overtures to tha foremen pro- posing to disassociate themselves from the union and return to their work; but they were Informed that such overtures could not for the present, be entertained, and that the men could only ho re- enca? ed on the epecLic agreement of a week's notice to be given on alther side. ture. Hia building was totally destroyed, with tho plant of his paper and a considerable stock of book plates and sheets, aggregating half that amount or 125,000 dols. With characteristic vigour he appeared at once in a card, saying that he waa proud to state he was fully able to sustain his losses, and that he would recommence at once. " The Pilot office ia at 260, Washington- street, until the granite building goes up again in the old place,' Lee and Shepard, tho great Boston jobbera, had a happy escape, which seemed almost miraculous. Their losses, we are informed, on the very best authority, will not exceed 13,000 dols., which is fully insured in non- Boston companies. The immense stock of goods in their Washington- street store was scarcely dam- aged, since the saving of the Old South protected it from all but the after explosions of gas, which broko in the windows, and the loss ia therefore chiefly from goodB in the two huge lofts in Milk- street, used by them for storaee and packing. . . . Brewer and Tileston, 17, Milk- street, have but their entire stock on hand of Worcester's Dictionaries, which fortunately was small, and of their other publications, fully covered by insurance. Wool worth, Ain? worth, and Co's manufactory of copy and echool books was in tho heart of the burnt district, and is a total loss. Wo have as yet no particulars as to their insurance. J. It Osgood and Co. had 10,000 dols. to 15,000 dols. worth of steel plates and other goods In storage in that part of the city, but their stock was well insured. B. Worthington's store, adjoining the Old Sooth, with 30,000 dols. to 40,000 dola. stock of valuable Engteh books, was almost miraculously naved. Some of tho stores in Washington- street lose a few hundred dcflarB each from the breakae° their windowB by the heat, and this is abent alL Early on Friday morning an Italian sailor, one of th crew of the Maria Teresa, an Italian brifr, which had been damaged by collision with a schooner and run ashore at Prawle Point, on the South Devon coast, savagely attacked with a knife and severely wounded several persons In that neighbourhood, amoDg others two at tbe Coastguardmen and their wives. The man la a fTaatlo state first attacked his shipmates in their bedroom In the Inn at Prawle, and then escaping from the house stabbed In a furious manner at every one he came across, until at last he was killed by a blow on the bead from a cutlass. In aeU- defeoc^ by tho chlcf officer ol the coastguard at Prawle. A STROKE AT A STRIKE. ( From Punch.) THERE are some things men may strike at, and some things that they mayn't. " At the risk of stifling all question, If they are In the right or they ain't. One of those things Is the bull's- eye that lights the Police- man's beat, And another's the gas- lamp that illumes dwelling and shop and street. We can't have the springs of order and light, of a sudden, the levers made Wherewith to screw up wages, or adjust troubles of trade. And any Union that tries this on Disunion will bring about Betwixt the public that suffers, and the workmen that turn out The Stokers on strike the Marseillaise may sing in Trafalgar- square, But till they make a better case for their sudden and strange ont- flare, They H find folks disposed to treat their tall talk as gas of very bad quality, And to retort on their prayer for support with cold- shoul- dered Inhospitallty. If there's tyranny In masters, there's tyranny In men; We've learnt the lesson before, and now seem like to leam It again; But of all the strikes, Ill- Btricken, that ever Punch did see. This strike of the Stokers seems the worst, on all accounts, to be I LARGE AND SMALL FARMS. The concluding meeting of the Fanners' Club for the present year was held in London on Monday evening, at the Salisbury Hotel, Salisbury- square, Mr. Cheffins, Easton Manor, Dunmow, in the chair. The attend- ance was, as usual in the Smithfield week, very large. Mr. H. M Jenkins, Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society, introduced, in an able paper, the question appointed for consideration, viz. :— " Some comparative results of large and small farm systems in providing food for the people." He commenced with an elaborate examination of the quantity of staple food per head, especially com and meat, required for consumption by the population of the United " Kingdom, connecting with this an estimate of the amount of food consumed by horses necessarily largely employed in the cultivation of small farms. The food consumed by horses was, he said, on the average, sight times as much as that consumed by man. Two- thirds of the land of England, he re- marked, is under grass and green crops; and of the meat consumed in this country during last year 77.1 per cent, waa of home growth, 12.8 per cent. wa3 imported from Ireland, 5 per cent was Imported from abroad, and another 5 per cent, consisted of imported provisions. The treatment of the sub- ject in the paper waa so essentially statistical aa not to admit of being summarised. It also em- braced an allusion to Belgium as a country of small farms, and Mr. Jenkins observed that whatever might be the case as regarded comparative productiveness, it would be well it England resembled Belgium in the avoidance of waste. The consnmption of meat in that country he estimated at 431bs. per head against 951ba. in England, adding that the imports and exports of food balanced each other. Holland was similarly made an object of comparison, with a similar result It is stated by telegraph that buffaloes are BO thick along the railroads In Western Kanias as to seriously inter- fere with the running of trains. Bold riders and valiant hunters, once more to the front! It is in contemplation to hold an examination for direct commissions In the army In May next. Thu will be the first examination nnder tte naw system of open competi- tion for first appointments In the Cavalry and Infantry of the line. A remarkable collection of arms, documents, pieces of armour, and shreds of uniforms, picked ' up on the Bcene of the battle of Sedan, has been brought to Lon- don from Belgium, and is now open to the inspection of the public at the Lyric Hall, Great Portland- street The collection, which has been made by M. Dubois, a member of the Belgian Ambulance, was, in September, 1870, first exhibited in Brussels in behalf of the fund in aid of the victims of the Bazeilles tragedy. The firet object which attracts the eye of the visitor to the Lyiic Hall is the dial of the church at Bazeilles, pierced and cracked by bullets, and blackened by the fumes of the fire. In other quarters of the exhibition there are twenty- eight pieceB of melted gold, silver, lead, and glass, found amongst the ruins of the church, numerous charred relics from other buildings of the town, and the signboard, which, hanging almost intact between the crumbling walls of two ruined houses, bore the legend which contemporary French writers found so significant, " Bourgery, marchand defl^ aux." The principal items of the collection relate, however, to Sedan, and include specimens, some in remarkably perfect condition, of the various dibris left upon the held of battle. Lying Bide by Bide in glass cases and round the room are the kepis of the French and the spiked and tufted helmets of the Germans some of the latter bearing the motto, " Mit Gott fur Konig mid Vaterland ;" buttons carrying the numbers of nearly every regiment on euner siae engaged in ine ngns; pieces of thell; bullets, some of which have a history ; a heap of epaulets ; piles of swords more or less rusty: cuirasses with tell tale dints; jackets bullet- pierced and blood- stained; specimens of the Chassepot and the needle gun, with one mitrailleuse in per- fect condition, notwithstanding its having been " fished" out of the Meuse; banners, trumpets, bombs, pistols, and, in short, " all the circumstance of glorious war," with a few skulls and bones in place of "' the pomp " that forms part of the stock quotation which is necessarily absent from this collection— unless we mark aa " pompous " the campaign carriage of the Emperor Napoleon, which, together with a portion of his Imperial Majesty's glass and china, forms a promi- nent feature amongst the relics of Sedan. Not the least interesting section of this extremely interesting collection is the document which M. Dubois has gathered together. They are in a glass case at the entrance near the dial from Bazeilles Church, and the first that meets the eye in glancing over them is one taken from the pocket of a French soldier who died at Sedan. It ia dated " Bazas, 23rd July, 1870," and the writer expresses his regret that the 31st Regiment of the Line is " ordered to Prussiaj" but comforts his correspondent with the reflection that the French army will steadily " swallow up these Prussians, who shall never return from our midst." Another scrap of paper which the visitor will linger over is in the inner roon near a case where tbe broken biscuits taken from a French knapsack are flanked by a couple of famous " war sausages" of the Prussians. It is cut in the ehape of a heart, and was found in the purse of a Mobile, in company with 2 francs and 25 centimes. It bears the following inscription, which, though ill- spelt and badly written, waa possibly held by the peasant eoldier to be a very choice and melodious sentence : " NoubGe pas marie jeanne qui panze toujours a toi." SECURITY to LIFE and PROPERTY in ITALY. The Timci'HapleB correspondent, writes under date Novem- ber 80 :— " Since I wrote to yon several important events have occurred! which are worth noting. There have been, in the first place, two public executions in Messina, or to pnt it in the words of the reporter, * two homicides have been committed to punish one.' The criminals were two young men of Cosenza, one of whom had paid the other to murder his father- in- law to anticipate a small inheritance. The crime was committed on the 3rd of July, 1870; the trial came off on the 14th of July, 1871, a year and a few daya later; and the rare punishment of death waa inflicted sixteen months after their condemnation. Thus, in this " our" Italy, as the people proudly call it, two years and four montha have elapsed between the com- mission of a fearful crime and its punishment. The concourse of spectators was immense, the majority con- sisting of women ; public order was not disturbed, and fortunatel already Saratoga are seen where but a exaggerated bj cornea of care! THE FALMOUTH & PENRYN WEEKLY TIMES SATURDAY, DEC. 14, 1872. of revolutionists no way of escape haa yet been found 1 from the necessary inequalities of father and son, teacher and scholar, officer and soldier, and it isdanger- OUB to destroy the forms by which reciprocal depend-, ence is maintained, and inequalities are duly balanced. . . . The growing emancipation of young people from old- faahioned forms of respect would eeem to be making them so unendurable in society that they are more and more exiled from it. What does it profit that they possess all knowledge if they do not behave " according to their age and condition " ? Affection is damped for the learned little roughs,- who would have been delight- ful if only they had been trained in habits of respect by attention to its outward and visible signs. " Nature is " not| altogether " a holy thing," whatever Squeers and Rousseau may assert; she has to be reformed from the cradle, and infant- school teachers can witness how important the conduct of the body is in training children. We see how charming it is in a Russian child to kiss his parent's hand, to remain standing until bidden to sit, and listen until aeked to speak. The discipline of these Tartars and Cossacks is the same in which our Philip Sidneys and Jane Greys were trained, which gave models to Vandyke, and kept green the family affection that wa3 once our boast; and we hardly do well to neglect it. We certainly provido sufficient discomfort for ourselves during those few minutes in which our Berties and our Hildas, admitted to the drawing- room, endure the miseries of shyness or inflict the miseries of rudeness ; both of which would have been avoided if habitual good manners had put everybody in his right groove. The humours of the rising generation are almost past a joke. We shall soon painfully understand why our ancestors sent their sons to learn behaviour as pages in ether households, and the Gaelic laws of fosterage applicable to prince Aid peasant may regain approval. Our few remaining opportunities of learning manners gestures of respect will continue to be recognised necessary to discipline, and discipline as necessary to serviceableness. Uncomfortable parents may possibly insist on reform in the manners of their children 5 but it ia doubtful whether the etiquette which trains us to respect for women will be preserved even in its present frag- mentary state. ... Even supposing that women Mid children were once more to be trained to gi veland require respect, there would still remain the danger of that insatiable familiarity which is breaking down among men more important breakwaters than those of rank and wealth. Let us not flatter ourselves that, when persons of the upper classes profess indifference to ceremony, they show a frank humility. Whenever they are taken at their word, they immediately retire into moneyed or titled superiority. As rules are dropped, intercourse becomes more difficult between persons of different station, who might be friendly if each man only knew what manner was expected of him, bat who now oscillate between servility and arrogance. The uneasy millionaire shakea his hand off in the effort to excuse his greatness ; but it ia thankless, and in hot weather unpleasant, work; nor can one wonder if a dislike of meeting clients who have been taught to f. hinlr not shaking hands an insult should grow on him. Our national, but comparatively modern, salutation, since it haa replaced other forma, has been tried by all manner of men for all manner of purposes, and haa been found wanting for the good, but useful for bad, ends of intercourse. No longer a pledge of troth, it is too often a pledge of mutual suspicion and hypocrisy, and it has been found that citizen kings, emperors of the blouses, and other magnates may perform the " shake hands" in public without fraternity being thereby absolutely secured. ... It is curious to observe the relations between phy- sical and mental attitude. The Boldier who stands at attention is a different being from the lout who lounges and loafs through existence. Society would not have become the spasmodic effort it is if in the lapse of etiquette unselfish politeness had not almost disappeared. Great dulness falls on a party of the newly risen generation when chaff is exhausted and there ia a check in the hunt after excitement. No one ia courteous nowadaya without aome gain in prospect; deference to the wishes and attention to the wants of others are no longer the usual proofs of breeding and education. Our neighbours seem to have become our natural enemies, towards whom we have no social obligations, whatever may be our egotist expectations from them ; and in proportion as we have abandoned the customs of society bequeathed to ua by those who formed it, a selfiah, arrogant exclu- aiveness has been increasing in our manners. . . . There is no surer dissolvent of home affections than discourtesy, and a domestic ritual is almost necessary to due observance of the Fifth Commandment— the only one that promises social stability. Our manners have changed since it was usual, for instance, that a son should ask his father's blessing before he assumed in- dependence, and our Bocial securities have certainly not improved. At the most superficial glance it is plain that our intercourse with our fellowa haa lost much of ita old charm, and has become a tax on time and temper. We gild our partif s with more gold than we can afford; we infuse naughtiness in vain, champagm is not strong enough to raise our depressed spirits whei encompassed by our friends. Interminable croquet Erofessional music, desperate dressing, are the links o fe. A symptom of our increaaing unsociableness ii the impossibility of general conversation. Our dull and doubtful talk must be kept private, and we should sink under boredom and shyness were we to find our- selves in a salon such as once gave tone to the educated world Whether any return to older and better ways possible or not, it is at least idle to console ourselves by pretending that we show honest manliness and simplicity in our abandonment of good manners. It is ai well to face the consequences of joining the mob of destructives, the believers that by change are we saved, the timorous who curry favour by familiarity, the multitude who do in Bceotia what the Boeotians do, the rude who encourage rudeness till they suffer the results in person. IN THE TROPICS. Rio insido is disappointing. The Rua dos Pesca- dores chiefly consists of warehouses and offices. The Rua Ouvidor reminded me of the streets in Valencia, being long and narrow, and well sheltered from the rays of the sun; it consists entirely of shops, chiefly of French tradesmen, and probably the dearest in the world. The Rua Direita leads to the palace, and con- tains, among other valuable institutions, the Exchange, and also the Exchange Hotel, kept by a worthy fellow- countryman of the name of MacdowelL There is an abundance of omnibuses in the town, and also of steam- boats to carry people across the bay to the various suburbs ; and the tickets for them are current as small change. The churches are not remarkable for architec- tural beauty, but the congregation is the thing of real importance ; and going into one church before break- fast I was much struck by seeing so large an attend- ance, and of all conditions, from persons evidently of rank and wealth to little slave children. There are several fine squares, and the cafis are much frequented. When you have your hair cut. such is the extreme consideration for languid limbs, that a piece of furniture is put before you, with three bars of wood at various heights, on one of which, according to your size and sense of fatigue, you rest your limbs ; and, if a native, of course smoke. On the whole, it was rather like being in the stocks. The British population of Rio has been estimated at about 10,000, equally divided between rich and poor. They are fortunate in possessing a very excellent chaplain in Mr. Preston, of whose interest in the young men of his congregation I heard much, though not from himself. He preached a plain and useful sermon in the commodious English cnurch, in the cmbelish- ment and improvement of which a sum of £ 2,000 had recently been expended by a single individual. The congregation was good, and the Binging by a trained choir particularly so. The position of consular chaplain is both important and difficult, demanding the com- bination of qualities not easily to be found in one per- son, and requiring, in addition to the efficient pulpit ministration, much dignity and firmness, much tact and Christian consistency. English society far away from home is not subject to the same con- trolling influences that benefit it in England- there is always a certain amount of foolish gossip- ing : and the precept of the wise man, " Also take no heed to all words that are spoken," ought, I should think, in various applications of it, to be continually borne in mind. The chaplains oro paid partly by the Foreign Office and parily by the re- idents— the office doubling what is paid by the residents up to £ 400 a your; so that the maximum salary is £ 800 a year : not a bit too much in these expensive countries. By an id some time ago at the instance of the London, consular chaplains have obtained the boon of retiring on a pension after sixteen years' service. Knowing nothing of the west coaat of South Amenta. Iamnot in a position personally to speak about it; but from what 1 both saw and heLd on the eastcoast, I am thoroughly convinced that the Church of England is worthily represented in her ministers there, whether for personal character, orthodox doc- trine, or devotedness. The environs of Rio are ex- tremely beautiful. . Among other places, Tijuca, distant about six or seven miles, certainly ought to be visited, and if possible, stayed at. You go out of the city in'an omnibus for three or four miles, always approaching the mountains. When you arrive at the foot you hire a mule, and ride up one of the finest roads in the world, fit with gas, and skirting a magnificent ravine clothed with tropical vegetation, and the monotony broken by magnificent palms covered with flowering creepers, and rearing their feathered crowns into the blue air. At the summit of the hill is Bona Vista, where many of the Rio merchants have villas, and from which a superb prospect is obtained of Rio and the mountains on one side, and the Atlantic on the other. Lower down the hill on the other side is a delightful boarding- house kept by Mr. Bennett, well known and highly respected hy Englishmen in Brazil. The elevation being 800 or 900 feet above the sea, it is much cooler than Rio, and, in the hot weather, it is extremely difficult to obtain accommodation, as many Brazilian families stay all through the summer. The profusion of wild flowers all round the house is quite wonderful— and the garden is pretty. In front of the sallc a manger is a charming verandah ; and a bath of delicious cold water is a great attraction to young men. There are many pleasant excursions to be made in the neighbourhood ; and a more agreeable place cannot easily be found in the empire.— Good Words. TRAVELLING IN COLORADO. Of the whole rocky chain, Colorado Territory pos- sesses the chief mountains— certainly the most famous; for here, amidst a multitude of others, each one a mo- narch in itself, rise Pike's and Longs' Peaks — names linked with the earliest history of the West— the land- marks of prairie voyageurs in days gone by. Further west. Gray's Peaks; Mount Lincoln, and a host besides tower, with summits crested with eternal snow, and, circling, surround those beautiful and wonderful valleys, which Rasselas might envy— the North, Mid- dle, and South Parks. Here is the snowy range, the icy mountain wall which parts Orient from Oc- cident— the " divide," as it ia popularly called, where melting snows discharge their waters east and west to the world's greatest and most widely separated oceans. The days of danger are passed in Colorado. Upon most of the state routes the traveller is as comfortamy tourists came to see the gold mines, perhaps longing to pan out some " duBt" for themselves; mineralogist and geologists here find the earth's wealth thickly spread before them; the botanist meets a new and splendid flora, and cactus growing thriftily beside the snow ; the eyes of the ornithologist are dazzled with the dark blue green irridescent plumage of the bold and fearless Rocky Mountain blue jay, and he starts at the sudden cry of the large, garrulous, black and white jackdaw. The sportsman looks to his rifle as he sees the monstrous tracks of the cinnamon grizzly, and by the camp fire listens with surprise to the stories of ad- ventures with " mountain lions," of hand- to- hand en- counters with huge elk, or the thrilling climbs amidst the cliffB in pursuit of the big- horn or mountain Bheep; regrets the absence of his fly- rod as he hears of cold crystal brooks swarming with speckled trout of the same old habits and as vigorous in their play as those that haunt the Adirondack lakelets or the streams of Maine. The jAlpine tourist feels anew the longing for adventure as he hears of untrodden summits vying in altitude with the loftiest of the Swiss Jura; and the artist longs to stand in the presence of- those scenes which have inspirad the pencil of Bierstadt. It is a great pleasure- ground, and soon to be the resort of those that leave the stale and hackneyed routes of European travel to see and appreciate the fresh glories of their native land; the summer home of those who, loving mountains, prefer to find their Alps this side the stomach- troubling ocean. The visitor to Denver has at least a distant view of the mighty mountain chain, some of the peaks and ridges of the snowy range showing slightly above the darker foot- hills. Numerous interesting routes into the mountains diverge here; but passing most of them, we will go westward on the un- finished Colorado Central Railroad seventeen miles, over the last piece of prairie land, and entering the foot- hills, rest at Golden City. Golden City is not as auriferous as its name implies. Its mineral wealth is principally coal, and its mills and well- utilised water power make it the manufactuiing town of Colorado. It is iust within the foot- hills, which, edged with vertical sand stone precipices— from which one pro- minent summit gains the name of Table Mountain— almost surround the valley where it lies. From here a stage can be taken for. Central City or Georgetown; and while Georgetown should be the objective point, those desirous of visiting the gold mines will proceed by way of Black Hawk and Central City, re- gaining the other stage at Idaho, the celebrated soda springs. This is the route for the Middle Park vi& the lofty, snow- bound Berthoud Pass. On this line also lies Guy Hill, famous with all stage- travellers and stage- drivers in the region for the steep, almost dangerous piece of road descending it westward— a zigzag way carved in the face of the mountain— down which the aix- horse coach is driven at fall speed.— From " The Dome of the Continent," in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. The VISIT of the JAPANESE EMBASSY to ENGLAND. The Times, in the following leader, reviews the probable result ol the Embassy to England for that remarkable people the Japanese :•— The visit of the Japanese Embassy to this country may be supposed to have terminated with the formal reception of the Ambassadors by Her Majesty on 1 1--*. we may review the le result of a mission so truly Thursday last, and they and we may now incidents and compute the extraordinary. We live in an age of such marvels that few things cause much astonishment; yet, if anybody had predicted thirty years ago that an accredited Em- bassy would really arrive in this country from Japan, he would have been ridiculed for his pains. Japan was then, and had long been, the most myste- rious region of the whole globe, the more so because it was neither savage nor uncivilised, but the seat of a most ancient race, with an organised Government, well- developed industries, and venerable traditions. The manners and customs of the inhabitants were said to resemble in some degree those tf the Chinese, but China itself was only imperfectly known, while of Japan we possessed merely the strange and fragmen- tary accounts which had filtered through the journals of certain Russian prisoners. The Japanese had bound themselves, or were bound by their rulers, to na- tional seclusion. One country alone was allowed once a year to send a single ship to their ports, and through this channel a few characteristic wares and products of the country found their way to Europe. Twenty years have not elapsad, even now( since this seclusion was interrupted by Treaties establishing com- mercial intercourse, and yet our own eyes have seen the representatives of this remarkable people, and the Queen of England has received a letter from the un- approachable " Mikado " of Japan. Asiatics are so prone to reserve in their manners and , passed idj . of L conversation that it would not be easy to say what the departing Embassy really thought of England and the English, or what reports of us, our country and our doings, the Ambassadors will carryback with them. They have, it must bo owned, been well received. They have seen everything they could wish to see; they havo been treated ^ with courtesy, and even with cordiality, by our municipal bodies, and the dignity of their character has been recognized by a reception at Court. Perhaps, however, it may have occurred to our visitors that the aristocracy of England was somewhat less demonstrative than that of their own country. Japan is the land of great nobles. If we may believe all we read of it, the state of saciety must be very like that existing in England some five centuries ago. Feudalism is the chief insti- tution of the country. The Daimioa, or great noble- men, enjoy incomes as large as those of our richest Peers, ana they exercise a territorial jurisdiction un- known in England since the Wars of the Roses. Their retainers are numerous enough to form small armies; indeed, the aggregate force of these followers is exceed- ine- lv larce. Our three Nor* 1-— * NAPOLEON'S RESPONSIBILITY for the DUKE D'ENGHIEN'S ' EXECUTION. ( From " Tha Uistory of SapoUtn t'j, ie First," by P. Lanirey.) The Due d'Enghien reach. ed Paris on the 20th of March, about eleven o'clock in the morning ; he was detained at the gate till f 0ur o'clock in the afternoon, evidently for fresh ordrre from MalmaiBon. From thence he was conducted by the outer boulevards to the dungeon of Vincerjjes, where Bonaparte had placed as governor a confide" ntiol man, well worthy of the work over which ho was ' M preside. It was that same Harel who had delivered np to him the innocent heads of Arena, Ceracchi f Topino Lebrun, and Demerville, for a crime of wb jch he was the sole instigator and the sole perpetrator. The prince was then allowed to take some rest ap. d refreshment. It has b^ en discovered by a close inquiry that was afterwords instituted upon the tragical event, that when the Due, d'Enghien arrived at Vincennes to be tried, his gra pe was already dug 1 Towards midnight he was awok'd by Captain Dautancourt, who commenced a preliminary examination, as reporter of the com- mif < sion. Hia replies were Bimple, noble and modest, extremely clear, and perfectly trutMul. He admitted Aie had served all through the war, first as a volun- ' teer, and afterwards as major of the vanguard of the Corps de Bourbon ; that he received pay from Eng- land, and had nothing else to depend on. But he denied ever having known either Dumouriez or PichegTU. At the moment of signing the report, he wrote with his own hand upon the minute, " that he earnestly de- manded to have a private interview with the First Consul. My name, my rank, my way of thinking, and the horror of my situation, he added, " make me hope that he will not refuse my demand." The choice of the hour alone indicated that his fate was decided. It is. this request of a dying man, repeated a few minutes later before the commission, and not only foreseen but refused beforehand, as both Hullin and Savory attest, that is transformed, in the narrative of St. Helena, into a letter, which was kept back by Talleyrand, always thirst- ing for the blood of the Bourbons. " The duke," says Napoleon, " wrote me a letter, in which he offered mc his services, and asked for the command of an army, and that wretch of a Talleyrand did not give it to me till two days after the death of the Prince ? " This is a twofold and shameful calumny, one against Tal- leyrand, the other against the Due d'Enghien, and tie latter is particularly odious; it is_ like a blow struck by the executioner on the face of his victim after he has beheaded him. The Duke wrote no letter at all, much less such a discreditable one ; but even if he had written it, either at Straaburg or at Vincennes, it would under no circumstances have been put into the hands of M. Talleyrand. It would have been sent with all the other papers direct to Malmaiaon, or, in case of a very improbable confusion, to the Grand Judge, or R^ al, who was charged with the superintendence of the police, or even to Murat, governor of Paris. It is not possible that it was ad- dressed to M. Talleyrand, then Minister of Foreign Affairs. Supposing him to have been the cruel monster that such a deed would denote, Talleyrand was too pliant, too'cautious, to act thus towards a man like Bonaparte. This anecdote can only do harm to the memory of him who invented it, and to the intel- ligence of those, who have sanctioned it. At two o'clock in the morning, the Prince was brought before the mililary commission that General Hullin presided over. By the mournful and immo- vable countenances of these men, accustomed to placid obedience, it was easy to see that they had received their orders, and the condemnation of the accused was written upon their severe and dejected faces. Every- thing in tnem and about them declared the melancholy office they had accepted ; the darkness which sur- rounded thenij the mystery with which they pro- ceeded, the silence and isolation of this nocturnal hour, the absence of witnesses, of the public, of a counsel that is not refused to the worst of murderers, of all the forms for protecting the accused, the stealthy alacrity with which they hurried through their work, all these mute things have a terrible voice, which cries :—" These are not judgeB! " At the sight of their attitude, the prisoner divined the fate that awaited him. The noble youth stood erect, and replied with simple and manly dignity to the summary questions addressed to him by Hullin. They were put for the sake of form, and were merely an abridged repetition of those of the captain reporter; th « y state no other fact than that of having borne arms against the Republic— a fact that the prisoner did not deny. It is Baid that when Hullin asked him if he was connected with a plot against the life of the First Consul, the blood of the Cond& boiled| within him, and he repelled the suspicion with a flush of anger and indignation; but the hard reproaches • which twenty years later Savary placed in the mouth of Hullin, are devaid of all probability, for the judges were more embarrassed than the accused. Hullin, • who is a better authority,' assures us, on the contrary, that he endeavoured to suggest to the prisoner a reticence that might save him, and that he rejected it • with lofty resentment, as unworthy of himself. When the examination WSB terminated, the Prince repeated his demand to have an interview with the First Consul. Then Savary, who had hitherto stood in silence before the fire- place, and behind the presi- dent's chair, Baid: " Now, this is my business ! After remaining half an hour with closed doors, for the semblance of a deliberation, and the drawing Tip of a decree signed in blank, the prisoner was fetched. Harel appeared with a torch m his hand ; he conducted them through a dark passage to a staircase, which led down to the ditch of the chateau. Here they met a company of Savary's gendarmes, arrayed in order of battle, the prince's sentence was read to him by the aide of the grave that had been dug beforehand, into which hia body was about to be thrown. A lantern placed close to the ground threw ita dismal light upon this scene of murder. The con- demned man, then addressing the bystanders, asked if there was anyone among them who would take charge of the last message of a dying man. An officer stepped out of the ranks; the duke confided to him a packet ® f hair to give to a beloved one. A few moments ofter he fell under the fire of the soldiers. Such was this ambush, one of the most cowardly that has ever been laid at any period. If we are to believe the excuses of those who took part in its execution, no one was responsible for it, and fatality alone committed the crime. To all the unfortunate mistakes which were discovered too late in this event, may be added a last and still more deplorable one, which would alone have ruined the prince. R^ al, charged with questioning him, opened the order which entrusted him with this mission when it was too late, and he did not arrive at Vincennes till after the execu- tion. But if R& d was appointed to examine him, how was it that Murat, who cursed the part he had to play, took upon himself to confide it to Captain Dautan- court ? And if R3al hastened to Vincennes, how was it that he wrote two letters to Hullin in the morning, begging him to send a copy of the examination and sentence? Never have more miserable subterfuges been imagined, to ecreen the guilty from the just contempt of history. The same may be said of ftavarye atory with regard to the reception given him by Bonaparte when he went to Malmaieon to render an account of his mission: " He listened to me with the greatest surprise / ... He fixed Ins lynx eyes upon me. There is, he Baid, some- thing incomprehensible in this. . . . The sen- tence was not to be pronounced until R& d had examined the prisoner upon a point which it was im- portant for us to clear up There is a crime that iSK?" A0 n° thing !" The point to be cleared up was etill the question of identity of the duke with the mys- terious personage, bald, fair, of middle height. When we think that such impudent inventions have been accepted by a whole generation, we are led to ask if falsehood has not m iteelf a savour and an attraction so irresistible for vulgar appetites that truth can no longer appear to them other than repulsive I No • in the catastrophe of Vincennes there was neither accident. ^ nor confusion, nor mistake; everything in it was con- t eived, premeditated, and combined with artistic dve, and any one must have let prejudice destroy co. mmon sense, who accept the stories invented by the criminal himself. How $ ould the man, whom we see in hi; s correspondence so particular, so attentive to the smoli'est details, so penetrating and so inquisitive with regard to the most insignificant agents of the 2conspiracy, one man who dictated the questions to be naked, and directed all the proceedings against aerelle and Che woman Pocheton, suddenly became e sport of quivroquos, of heedlessness and the tre- mendous mistakes, which are attributed to him when the persons in question were a Bourbon or a Cond « 5 ? How can we admit that a mind so clear- sighted, a character so self- willed and imperious. oould in this critical cir- cumstance havo been merely a docile puppet in the hands of Talleyrand ? . No; In spite of falsifications and lies, in spite of hypocrisy, more odious than crime itself, he cannot escape the responsibility of PJI act which he performed with the most calculation ; the deed will remain his own before God and before men, and history will not even admit in his favour that division of ignominy which complicity creates for the benefit of the guilty, for in the murder of the Due d'Enghien there was one principal author, and there were instruments, accomplices there were none. FROM AN INDIAN VERANDAH. ( From Chambers's Journal.) Flop ! we start to see a large lizard on the mat, and minus an inch or two of his tail, which has broken off in the creature's tumble from the rafters overhead. The revered tail wiggles about as if endued with dis- tinct life, while the late proprietor of the phenomenon sneaks away_ somewhat sluggishly, and as if partly stunned by nis tumble. There are several more of his kind hunting flies and insects in general about the pillars and posts, noticeable among them a handsome little fellow, having a lithe body like a snake, a forked tongue, and two streaks of yellow down the sides of his olive- green coat. The natives say that this lizard is poisonous, so much so, that its bite iB death within the hour; but, in point of fact, it is innocuous, having neither poison nor fangs wherewith to inflict an injury. Not so an uglier customer introduced to us now by the gardener, who carries him dangling across a long stick. This it a young cobra the maly has just killed in a large bed of petunias, and is recog- nised as one of a family that has for some time past taken up its abode in the stonework of the garden welL The paterfamilias has been several times seen on his travels between our garden and another a few hundred yards distant, and is described as a large serpent nine or ten feet long. A late gardener, whom we dismissed in consequence of his feast and fast days numbering one- third of all contained in the year, might have killed this reptile many times, but would not avail himself of his opportunities, from supersti- tious motives, it being a part of his religious belief that the serpent family [ in the well were in some way re- lated to him, but in what degree of cotisinhhip he could not precisely explain. But he used to describe his meetings with the cobra as exceedingly auspicious events. According to hia account, the snake knew his biped cousin right well, and would acknowledge the profound salaams with which he was greeted with a graceful motion of the neck and head. The cobra would not move out of the path for the man, however, and as in a meeting of this description some one must go to the wall, the cobra's cousin was that person. A large buffalo next claims our attention by forcing his way into the garden, where he begins to browse on our choice shrubs and flowers. The tailor Bees him, and springing with unusual activity to his feet, runs at the animal with his best speed. So do all the other servants about the house, while we enjoy at our ease a buffalo- hunt, in which the animal canters ponderously abemt the compound, pursued by butler, cook, tailor, groom, and even lady's- maid. Why all this zeal in our service ? Because, when the buffalo is caught and tied up, our zealous domestics will not let him go again until the brute's owner pays them four annas, or six- pence ; and pay it he will, for he knowB that, should we prosecute him in the police- court for trespass and damage, we should get a much larger sum out of him, — five, or perhaps ten rupees ! What becomes of the four annas the servants best know. It is probably divided among the lot, and considered a handsome douceur for their pains in keeping " master's" garden free from all bovine intruders. Excited spectators of the hunt have been our mon- keys, Jacko and Judy, who have watched all its details with breathless eagerness, jumping up and down on their box, and grunting their approval or dispproval with each actor's performances. Their characters are distinct. Judy is a sweet- tempered little thing, and a favourite with every one; but Jacko is a ferocious brute, without a friend in the world except his wife, whom, by the way, he most cruelly ill- treats. He is a truculent rogue, and if a native— even he who feeds him— should venture within the reach of his chain, Jacko makes him pay dearly for his temerity, by seizing any available portion of his person, and taking a bite out of it Dogs, too, he abhors, and, when attacked by one, Master Jacko takes his chain in one hand, and with the other climbs his post until beyond the reach of danger, when, erecting all his fur, and causing himself to appear twice his natural size, he jabbers defiance at the enemy, making hideous grimaces at him also. Should the dog's attention be distracted for a moment, Jacko is down the pole like greased lightning, and up again with a like speed, but not before he has extracted a handfol of hair from some tender part of the dog, who, on his part, looked absurdly angry and foolish under the treachery to which he is thus sub- jected. In vain poor Judy trie3 to soften her lord's vile temper by fleaing his coat with the greatest assiduity. Even in such blissful moments as these, some villanous thought will cross Jacko's mind, when, with furious and guttural grunts, he will rush open- mouthed upon the partner of his joys and sorrows; an assault that will provoke piteous squeaks from the lady thus chastised, and a thrashing for Master Jacko from his master. About this time we note that the wall of the com- pound ia ornamented by two large white vultures, or acavenger- birds, facetiously called the " Indian turkey. " The pair are kissing with apparently great affection— a practice to which they are much given. But what loathsome caresses must be theirs 1 It fs as if nature had indulged in a sly jest at the bird's expense by instilling a love of osculation in its foul ugly person. Tradition has it, that upon a certain occasion two young officers newly arrived in India, and on their way to join their regiment, " up country, " mistook these birds for some species of edible fowl, and having shot o number, dined upon them with a tolerable ap- petite ; but then a " griff " will eat anything ! Their repentance and disgust may be more readily imagined than described when they came to learn the habits and name of the " game " they had fed upon BO unwisely. THE DECLINE OF POLITENESS. ( From the Saturday Review.) Possibly one of the reasons why the theory of our descent from marine ascidianshasbeen enthusiastically entertained is that it excuses a rupture with the past. Yet, do what we may, we cannot altogether break with our forefathers, and perhaps we have some reason to be thankful for thetenacious survival of old customp. " There is," says Bacon, " no trusting to the Force of Nature, nor to the Bravery of Words, except it be Corroborate by Custome," which elsewhere he declares to be the " principall Magistrate of Man's Life." In the general break up of social habits, to which we are all more Or less contributing with light hearts, the rules of politeness would see © to be gradually disappearing. If the new conditions of our lives have developed no suitable etiquette, they have at least produced an inordinate self- sufficiency. " Deportment" has been the butt of fa- cetious writers, and it is hard to Bay whether etiquette has suffered more from priggish friends or from sati- rical scoffers. There are many persons who think dis- regard of ceremonial a fine proof of advanced ideas. Yet nothing is better proved than that noble manners have been a part of every noble age. To acquire them was reckoned a chief part of education, and Only half- witted persons were excused from the obligations of etiquette. Not being capable of the manly dignity which requires and bestows respect, they might chatter and smirk at will, but they were not admitted to the equality which is claimed byour free- and- easy professors of impoliteness. Social ritual ha3 been so abused forpur- poses of vanity and sycophancy that it is easier to expose its absurdity than to provei ts value. Distinctions of rank have played BO mischievous a part whenever social corruption has set in that it is tempting to fancy we can get on with simpler machinery. In reality, however, rules of gesture are almost as necessary to sustain civility as rules of speech, and we can haidly realise how we should endure much further neglect of when our free fashlonB came to be B classes below us. Michief enough less language; but the no- meaning and impertinence of our phrates would be restrained in some degree if our familiarities of manner were kept within due bound. As our speech gains in unintelligibleness, our bows and curtseys, ana notably our hand shaking, acquire more value. Unfortunately there would appear to be increasing revolt against etiquette and good manners. Now etiquette Is the law of civil intercourse, the art which— to quote a French authori y of the teven- teentu o » Titnrv when France was mistr- ss of European society men W ™ to " se com porter chacun selon son condition, prendre toujours gardf la quality de la pereonne avec „ n traitc de blen observer le temps, ct de regatderlu lu,,, 0fi on ren- contre." Thefundamentnlrnlea by which itsdeWL, must be ordered are " un m^ pris Chre^ tien de soy- m6me," and " une eatime poor tous lea autres." After all the theories Biwerful in the 15th century than the Japanese aimios are now, and it is impossible not to imagine that the Ambassadors, impressed with the precedents of their own land, may have anticipated more hospi- tahty and attention than they actually experienced from the Daimios of England. However, we have our own ways, as these visitors no doubt discovered ; and, as they come to learn, and found no obstacles in the way of acquiring information, we may hope their satis- faction is substantially complete. The question now is what will follow. How far HM! we, or they, be the better for this singular visit ? We have been told— though all reports from Japan must be regarded as imperfect or doubtful— that the country is almost in a state of revolution from the rapidity of its recent progress. What in Europe is described as tileRenaissance of civilization or society has burst upon Japan with the abruptness of a social convulsion. We have made but little impression on the Chinese, and not much more, until very lately, on the Hindoos, but ant.^ r(? nrae of a few years' duration with the world outside them has sufficed to throw the Japanese into a ferment of reforms. Perhaps the truth is that the spirit of inquiry and progress always existed among tnem, tor their policy of seclusion was of comparatively k " Su1 the traditions of earlier times may have still survived, to quicken into life again when im- pediments were removed. At any rate, this very Em- is enough to prove the change which must have 1 mrp. tVlQ .. 1 rr1. . • . :,-— « » » —— va^ jou useu, a mysterious almost unknown personage. None but members of his own family are. permitted, we hear, to learn his name. Like the mythical Princes of Hindostan, he ^ supposed be of Divine extraction, and the practical administaation of the country- so far as it is not in the hands of the Daimios- was for many generations left to devolve on a humbler representative of Sove- reignty. With all these vestiges, however, of pri- maeval society, the Japanese, like their neighbours, the Chinamen, have a strong practical turn. Take any average specimans of either people, and they are as alert, as versatile, and as sharp- sighted as the Americans themselves. A Chinaman will learn any jl trade, live on any wages, and keep himself going " wherever he may be, and the natives of Japan, we read, are in these respects by no means behind the Chinese. They are even said to possess some advan- tages of national character, and to approach more nearly to the European, or even the English, stamp than any other Oriental people. What will they do now, ofter thus reviving and extending their know- ledge of the great modern world? We have had Japanese visitors before, but this was a Japanese Embassy. Nation was formally brought into contract with nation, and the idea of seclusion or isolation ought to be entirely abandoned. Practically we suppose it is so, though the territory of Japan is by no means very accessible even now, and we hear not only of the existence but of the possible predominance of aparty in the country bent upon once more keeping foreigners at a distance. There are rumours of civil war, of Daimios in insurrection, and of revolutions at Court. On the other hand, it is said that the great nobles are really anxious to be free traders, but that their wishes are thwarted by the Government. We hove, in point of fact, much to learn of the coun- try, and it is probable that the Japanese Ambassadors know more about us at this moment than we know about them._ It is certainly curious that of late yeais our trade with Japan should have gradually declined, until, in 1870, it was less than a third of what it had been in 1867. Such an effect must have been due to artificial causes. No one can imagine that a people BO shrewd and industrious as the Japanese would, after _ beginning to buy and sell in modern fashion, be disposed of their own accord to surrender the manifold and obvious fruits of such an intercourse. There must be intervention somewhere, dictated, no doubt, by private interests or social prejudices, and we may hope one result of this visit to Europe will be the re- moval of the obstacles thus established. The Japanese are peculiarly diligent and ingenious, and it is, indeed, a curious proof of their success in handicraft that one of their products should have brought with it a name to be naturalised in our language at a time when all the ports of Japan were closed, except, at rare intervals, to the Dutch, and when the whole country, with its inhabitants, was nothing better than a mystery. These days, however, are past. Willingly or un- willingly, Princes and People alike have put them- selves in communication with the outer world once more, and from this position there will be no second withdrawal. Let us hope that our visitors, on their return to their native land, will give a good account of our disposition towards their country, and that such intercourse as is for the benefit of both peoples may be speedily developed and long maintained between Japanese and English. LOSING AT WHIST. Some men grumble on principle, because it is a national privilege, and they avail themselves of the Englishman's birthright. It is their own mess of pottage, and they partake thereof freely. Some do it again on principle because they believe if they grumble enough it will bring them luck. Some do it in the hope that they will excite sympathy, and that their friends will feel for their ill- fortune, which, by- the- bye, whist- players never do. Some grumble to annoy their friends, and we are bound to say these succeed. They declare that they have not won a robber for a fortnight. They have not had an honour for an age, although we are conscious they have secured them more frequently than we. This is a dis- agreeable habit that players must dispense with. We do not go to the whist- table to grumble, or to hear people grumble, or to be scolded, but to play whist. We desire to enjoy ourselves in our own fashion. Our happiness is increased by seeing our friends happy; diminished by seeing those around us cross, angry, 6urly, or disagreeable. It is the duty of a whist- player to be agreeable, as it is the duty of every man to do all else he has to do as plea- santly as possible. There has been no special commandment that whist- playera should be unplea- sant to their neighbours. The disagreeables resulting from bad play are quite sufficient without the addition of real or imaginary grievances. If we play according to our means, and we entreat our readers never to play for more than they are prepared then and there to pay, it is of very little conEesequence to third parties whether A or B win or lose. We may be sorry to see a man lose more than he can afford; but our sym- pathies are only then given on the assumption that he who so lost is a fool. We think that o man who BO loses more than he can afford is an ass, and we vary this opinion by sometimes assuming him to be a simple ass, and at others a dishonest ass; because the man ia dishonest who plays for sums he cannot pay, just as much as he is dishonest if he takes our purse. We know it i3 very hard on bad players to have a con- tinuous run of luck against them. It is harder on good players : but if the best players lose more than they could afford, we could give them no sympathy on ac- count of their loss. They ought to " know that skill only occasionally tells, and that the most skilful may have such a rim of cards against him that skill is of no avail.— The Westminster Papers. LOOKING AHEAD! In addition to the measures adopted to increase the armaments of Germany, which have been already an nounced, the number of students in the military school/- is to be augmented. The Berlin military school, which has now 700, will henceforth receive from 850 to 900 pupils. The number at the Potsdam school, instead of 200 will be 300; at Oranienstein'the 140 will be raised to 200, and at Wahlatadt there will be 220 in place of 200. In addition, " a new military school will, it is said, be established at Ettlingen, and will reoeive the average number of students of the other military colleges. After that the Prussian army will have at its disposal five schools for its infantry sub officer*. There ia also a Saxon military school at Strupfnn, and one is being constructed at Wiirtemberg. The- cavalry are not so well supplied, as . throughout all Germany there is only one school for the snb- officera of this branch of the service. The Military Academy has hitherto accommodated sixty officers per annum an students; in future it will hove ninety. The School of Artillery and Engineering, now attended by 260 officers, will in future receive 350. Similar augmenta- tions will take place in the other military schools. Special courses of study hove been arranzed at Berlin, Potsdam, Eriiirt, Casael, Hanover, and Neisse for the under officers promoted to the rank of officer for dis- tinguished services during the campaigns 1870- 71, and who may not have received sufficient education to fit theai for the duties of their new sphere. The Glasgow dairymen have raised the price of milk