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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.I
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 0? Iwas, March 13, Lord Granville, on the invitation of the Duke of Richmond, recapitulated the state- r:6nt made a few minutes previously iu the other House, s toi the provisions of the Treaty signed yesterday by the lenipotentkries at tho B1 *ck Sea Conference, tie added h*t the French Plenipotentiary had signed the Protocol as "ell as the Treaty. Lord Nelson, In calling attention to the new Education ode of 1871, expressed his gratification that Mr. Forster nad conceded the principal alterations to which hia notice rif .i!reJ" Accepting the new Code as a bona fide fulfilment had conceded the principal alterations to which his notice referred. Accapting the now Codess a bona fide fulfilment or the pledges made by the Government last year, he ad- i yerted to two or three points which still demanded recon- lideration. The Date c! Richmond, who had also given notice of a jnotion in favour of diminishing the number of attendaucts in evening schools in agricultural parishes, which had been conceded by the Government, proceeded to criticize several «rtisles of the new Code which required amendment. 'ihe "Jvernment had been more liberal with regard to money, out they had made the terms so much more stringent that he doubted whether the schools in agricultural districts would he much bettor off. Lord Halifax gave exolanations on the points raised, and, With regard to cert&i- questions put without notice by the •"Uke of Richmond, saia he would inform himself upon them, and reply on a future occasion. Lord Shaftesbury glanced at various points in the new Code, expressed his deep regret at the exclusion of music from Schools. He bore eloquent testimony, derived from the ob- servation of many year, to the humanizing influences of the hymns end simple sorgn taught in schools, not only upon the children, but upon many wild and la" less parents. To strike out music from the schools was to surrender one of the greatest advantages God bad put into our hands for the i refinement of the humbler classes. The Lord Chancellor, in moving the second reading of the ■yayer-boek (Table o £ Lessons) Bill, briefly described the l changes made by the measure, which had now been before the public nearly two years, and had been received with ( • general assent. He alio adverted to the injury ir ilicted upon < the printing trade by the existing delay and uncertainty, as an additional reason for passing the bill Lord Shaftesbury, while accepting the new arrangement of i LSPSOBS as, upon the whole, an improvement, renewed his s objections to certain changes, and regretted that for the sake r of the peace of the Church the Athanasian Creed bad not I ( been eliminated from tlio public service, while retaining its I Place In the Prayer-book. I i The Bishop of Glocetter supported the bill. Lord Stanhope again expressed hia repugnance to the Public use of the Athanasian Creed, but was unwilling to hazard the loss of the bill by extending its scope. He trudted that the Archbishop of Canterbury, who held an equally strong opinion against the use of this creed, would, on his return, consult with the other prelates, and remove this great stumbling-block from the Church. Lord Cairns renewed his protest a,tiiist the recital in the bilI that the new Table had obtained the consent of the Con- vocation of Canterbury and the Committee of Convocation of York, when the licence of the Crown had never been given to the Convocation of either province to consider the subject. Lord Ebury was disappointed that so small an Instalment of thfi Commissioners' recommendations had been embodied In the bill. The Bishop of London pointed out that the bill would not » preclude legislative action upon the other recommendations Of the Ritual Commission. Thousands of the laity, as well as many of the clergy, would regard any attempt to remove the Athanasian Creed lrom the Church Service with regret, If not with Indignation, and any attempt to legislate in this Sense would only imperil the passing of the bill. Lord Grey said that the new Lectlonary, although an un- doubted improvement, would be dearly purchased if, in order to remove the uncertainty in the printing trade, any under- standing existed that this bill was to be the end of legislative reform in the Prayer-book. He denounced' the mis-named and Irreverent Athanasian Creed with great warmth aa the barbarous production of a barbarous age, to which he never listened without feeling3 of horror and disgust. Lord Beauchamp pointed out the difficulties In the way of removing from the service a creed which, in his opinion, had been a source of comfort and consolation to many generations of Churchmen. After a few observations from Loru Lyttleton and the Bishop of Chichester, Lord Granville explained the reasons which had actuated the Governmeut In not going beyond the Lectionary In the Present bill. At a later time they reserved to themselves the power of proposing legislation on other recommendations of the Commission. ReeJgniziDg the force of Lird Cairns' objection, he said the Government would be willing in Com- mittee to strike out the recital in the preamble as to the consent of Convocation. The bill was read a second time, and their lordships ad- journed. In the House of Commons, a number of private bills were read a second time. Mr. 0 Morgan gave notice that on a future day he would call attention to the recent acquittal of Martha J'orpey, and to the expediency of -.1 olishing the law which in certain cases exempts married women from the responsibility of their own criminal acts. Mr. Bailie Cochrane asked whether the Government, before coming to any decision in the Conference, would "ot take means to lean., vhat were the contingencies which, in Baron Brunow's opt) i .n, justified a violation of the Treaty of 1856, the more empeo:a ay as subsequently, in reply to Lord ranvilie, the Russian Ambassador declared that these con- tingencies had never been realised ? Lord Enfield, in reply to the first question, said that Lord Granville had received the permission of the Russian Ambassador to state that the contingencies to which his Excellency had aliuded had reference to the pos- sible bearing of the war between Austria aud Italy, upon the integrity and Independence of the Turkish •empire. His lordship then went on to say-:—"A Treaty has been signed to-day at the Foreign Office, by which ii °'auses °' the Treaty of 1S56 respecting tha neu- tralisation of the Black Sea are abrogated. The restric- tions Imposed by previously existing treaties upon the J^orte with regard to the closing of the Straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus are so far -modified as to admit of their opening by the Porte, even in time of Peace, to the vessels ot war of friendly and allied Powers, and in case the Porte should think it necessary to do 80, in ordertoensure the execution of the stipulations of thb Treaty of Paris of March, 1856. The treaty just signed also provides for the prolongation of tie European Commission of the Danube lor twelve years, and also for the canned neutraU- sation of the works already created or to be created by the Commission with a saving of the rights of the Porte, as a territorial Power, to send ships of war into the Danube. At the first meeting ot the Conference, on the 17th January, a pecial protocol was signed, recording that it was au essential u i« e °' nations that no power can liberate Itself from the engagements of a treaty, or modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the other contracting Powers ty means of an amicable arrangement e *urther to say tint tha French plenipotentiary has this day signed the protocol, with the treaty and the proto- cols of the Conference, and the treaty will be presented to parliament with the least possible delay. h ^e^ate on the Army Regulation Bill was resumed 1 .Sir J. Pakington, and after a lengthened discussion, in 1 which several hon. members took part, i Mr. B. Oiborne moved the adjournment of the debate, « and Mr. Gladstone, in acquiescing expressed a hope that ] {* would be brought to a close on Thursday. Mr. Bentinck, ( jjowever, and Mr. Anderson, on behalf of the private members, declined to be bound by any understanding. The Stamp Act (1870) Amendment Bill was considered in J^ommittee, and some other bills having been disposed of, the House adjourned. <
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t 'he House of Lords, March 14, Lord Cairns laid on the •able as public measures two bills, the Presbyterian Churih oi Ireland Bill, and the Primitive Wesleyan Methodist Society Ireland Bill, which liad la the first instance been intio- nuced a3 private bills. They were read a first time. Their lordships went into committee on the Tables of Les- BOna Bm After a brief conversation, the Lord Chancellor consented to omit a sentence from the preamble, and the bill then passed through committee. In the House of Commons, the Right Hon. James StansfeJd took the oath and his seat on his re election for the borough of Halifax. Mr. Heygate asked the First Commissioner of Works what -teps had been taken since November last to secure the com- pletion of the Wellingtou Monument by some sculptor of established eminence ? Mr. Ayrton said that the subject had been under the con- sideration of the Government, but they had not yet at rived at any final decision. He was Informed that they would do "oin a very few days, and the papers relating to the arrange- *uenta made would then be laid upon the table. Mr. Gladstone, replying to Mr. Aclaud, said that tha Bill wr.the Adjustment oi .Local Burdens, referred to in her j"lajesty's speech, would continue to receivo the at- tention of the First L >rd of the Admiralty, notwithstand- ing his change of office. He could not name the date of its introduction until the Army Regulation Bill had been read a second time, and some progress had been made with the army estimates but li was the intention of the Govern- ment to introduce 't before"Easter. Mr. Dease asked whether the officers of the recently dis- banded West Indian, Capo Mounted, and Royal Canadian regiments who may be desirous of retiriug from the ser- vice will receive theover-regulation sums current in their laitfc regiments, and which they would have obtained had therir regiments not been disbanded. Sir H. Storks replied that over-regulation prices were given hy* the bill to all those officers who would receive them If the bill had not passed; and every individual case would be decided by the Commission. Captain Dawson-Damer-asked whether the scope of the Westmeath Committee recently appointed would be extended to the county Mayo. The Marquis of Hartir.gton said that, although the County j«ayo was not entirely free from outrages of various kinds, there had been a great and satisfactory improvement in the condition of that county. He could see no reason, therefore, or including that county within the scope of the committee. Mr. Gladstone asked the hon. member for East Surrey to Postpone the motion of which he had given notice with eierence to the evils that had arisen during the recent cam- paign from the want of an authoritative recognition of the *&ws of war on land, as a discussion on the subject at the present time would be very inopportune. Mr. Buxton consented to postpone the motion.
NAPOLEON'S IMPERIAL PROTEST.
NAPOLEON'S IMPERIAL PROTEST. The following is a translation of the Emperor ■Napoleon's protest against thedeposition of his dynasty, as published in the Situation TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AT BORDEAUX. Str.—At a time when every Frenchman is deeply lament- "J8 the conditions of the peace, and thinking only of the •Misfortunes of his country, the National Assembly hss decreed the downfall of my dynasty, and has proclaimed that i "Wie was responsible .'or the calamities that have happened Protest against the unjust and illegal declaration—unjust oecause when war was declared the feein g of the nation, roused by causes Indepuldent of my wish, produced a general and irresistible enthusiasm illegal becauue the Assembly electtd for the sole ol-ject of concluding a peace, has exceeded its powers ill dealing with questions beyond Jes competence, and because, even were it a Consti- tuent Assembly, It would have no_ power to sub- stitute its own will for that of ih9 nation. Tne example o* the past confirms this. The opposition of the Constituent ^ssembly In 3848 yielded to the elections of the 10th of i>?cember, and ill 1851 the nation, by upwards of seven ILLIli,Ia pf votes, supported me against the Legislative Assombly. Political feeling cannot (overcome right, and in jrauce the baais of all legitimate government i1 the plebiscite Beyond It there is only usurpation by some for the oppres- sion of the fo*5- I am ready, therefore, to submit to the free Expression of the national will, but to it otly. In the Presence of lamentable events, which impose on every one self-foam and disinterestedness, I could have desired to remain silent, but the declarations of the Assembly compel kne to protest in the name of truth disregarded and national fights despised. Accept, Mr. President, the assurance of my Mteem. (3lgn9d) NAPOLEON. WilhelmshOhe, March 6.
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E Knocker) and the President (Mr. W. R. Motfll.) The Mayor was the most earnest, and at the same the most eloquent opponent of the introduction of Punch, believing it to be a publication contemptuous of re- influences, If not absolutely hostile to them. Under these circumstances he regarded all anomalous its In- troduction to the reading rocm of the Christian Young Men's Association, believing that whatever did not tend to pro- mpts the growth of Christ in the minds and heaits of the Hwriber.-j was, in a certain degree, inimical to their realnros- perity and benefit. To this argument It was replied that a great number if the acts and pursuits of every-day social life wtr.M cf a neutral kind, and that consistency In the Christian lite did not necessarily entail abstinence from hartnles/i amusement, or from such diversions all were not Irreligious. An opposite illustration was afforded by a youthful and daring member of the association, who desired to know whether, when the Mayor walked to church behind the mace, human vaDity or the growth of the kiogdom of Car 1st was the uppermost feeling. We believe it \\a, n it thought necessary to repiy to this impertinent remark. The president took up pretty much the same gronnd KS the mayor had occupied, and triumphantly prcducsd a buck number of Punch, containing a humorous illus- tration of an old lady imparting to a sympathising friend the fact that, although she permitted Jemima the cook to go to chapel three times a day, she discharged her duties in the kitchen no better, arguing that this wa3 a sneer at religion. The Rev. n. P. Hushes, in replying to this observation, said he had no doubt that the old lady vvcis a staunch supporter of the State Establishment, and in- tended to show the demoralhiog influence of chapels. He differed.from tbe Chairman in his impression of the cartoon, and balieved that this re-duetto ad ubnurdum was another blow add-d to the many which Punch had already given to the fetters of religious freedom. Several other speakers took part in the debate, and, from what we can understand, tha bes^ of tho argument lay with the advocates of Punch, although their opponents managed to command the greater number of votes.
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Referring to the discussion, the Pall Mall Gazette also remarks Happily for its own peace, the world Is frequently ignorant of much 01 the evils going on until the removal of such evil dieciosps the fact that it has existed. For Instance, until the Dover Express informed us tbst on Monday evening In last week the Dover Yi U')^ Men's Christian Association decided, after a long discission, that Punch should no longer be permitted to lie on the table of the reading room of that body, few people had any Idea of the dangerous temptation to which these young men were ex- posed. Notwithstanding the apparent profanity of the illustration alluded to by the president of the association, of an old lady informing her friend that although she permitted Jemima, the cook, to go to chapel three times a day, the dis- charged her duties in the kitcheu no better, we think It just possible that Punch may not have intended "aMeer at re- ligion." Jtmima, the cook, under pretence of going to chapel was probably ill the habit of walking abroad with one of thosa Christian young men who often so sadly interfere with the proper discharge of the duties of domestic servants. The old lady, suspecting this to be the case, makes the offensive remark referred to by the president—not speaking irreverently of the chapel, though perhaps sneering at certain members of irs congregation. We almost wish the good young men of Dover could, consistently with tl-.elr drity, ha-,e taken this lenient view of the matter, for exclusion from their ret din room will be a terrible blow to a sensitive nature like that, of Punch. By their stern justice they will probably drive him to despair, whereas by a little tolerance, a few kind words, they might perhaps have made him as truly Christian as the Record
SCENES IN THE FRENCH NATIONAL…
SCENES IN THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. The Correspondent of The Times, writing fcom Bordeaux, gives the following sketch of "scenes" of not unfrequent occurrence in the French National Assembly It there be anytbing in this National Assembly more remarkable than the want of dignity with which it was ret t-oacbed by some of its own couutrymen after a rec -nt memorable and painful discussion it is thelack of discipline pervading the whole establishment. There is an absence of order, of decorum, of obedience to rule, of the punctuality so essential to the proper con- duct of the proceedings of any great legislative or deliberative Assembly, which occasionally amounts to something very like anarchy, and which at all times must surprise and shock persons accustomed to the regularity aad gravity of some o'lirr analogous European Chambers. The sittings rarely begin at the hour appointed, long before which the galleries are generally crowded with spectators. The arrangements of this temporary Chamber being inevitable incommodious, the floor very limited, and the seattt narrow, the Deputies are generally few in the House until the President has taken the chair. His arrival is announced by the roll of drums outside, and his appearance by a cry of "Hats off!" from the ushers in attendance. He ascends the platform, subsides into his arm-chair, sticks his glasses on his noso, and begins to read the letters and papers that await him. The Deputies enter in large numbers they are some time getting into their places. Some of thern mount the platform to speak to the President. The h )ur appointed for the sitting is generally two o'clock, but it is usually half-an-hour later before the President comes in, and about a quarter to three before he rings his bell, and often with some difficulty obtains sufficient silence for the business of tko day to com- mence. An Englishman, accustomed to the pro. found respect and implicit obedience always shown to the Speaker, feels his hair actually staud on end at the di-meanoar of some of these French Deputies towards their equivalent functionary. What hopes can there bs of the proper conduct of a House of Commons in which ore of the least esteemed members of the Left— and there are not a few in that section of the Chamber who command but little respect—ascends the tribune, Mid, aftM- plainly expressing a doubt of the President's reracity, declares him to be the colleague of a forger, ind, facing about, confronts him with looks and a tone which a'"ne constitute an insult ? You will have had an account of the scandalous scene which occurred in Friday's Chamber. For a ;enth part of the disrespect and violence towards the Jhair which M. Pyat permitted himself upon that day m English member would have found himself in mstody. But it is quite impossible to conceive an English member even venturing upon the verge of such >ehi»viour. M. Pyat, however, went off scot free, after lurling defiance and abuse at the President and the Assembly. I have not heard of any steps being taken ;o punish him for his insolence. One of the great sources of noise is the licence al- lowed to the galleries. There are too many spectators and nobody to keep them in check and prevent loud talking, boisterous laughter, and even coarse and dis- respectful remarks, most audibly uttered, addressed to the Tribune, to the Ministers' bench, or to the Chair itself. Is has been complained that too many places are given to women, but they are generally attentive listeners, or, if they speak, it is in whimpers to each other. On the other hand, it isnot unusual, in a gallery exclusively alloted to men, to be prev ented hearing what parses by unrestrained coaversations and vehement ap- ostrophes. Imbecile I cries one individual when an orator makes arema) k his wisdom condemns "Grcdin exclaimed a gentleman of hirsute aspect and evidently of ultra-democratic views, when Thiers one day deplored the want of organization among the troops, which rendered war impossible; "Gredin, pourquoi ne les as tu pas organist }" And it is often in those galleries, of which one would naturally suppose the occupants most anxious to hear and carry away all they could of the proceedings that the running fife of bad jokes and offensive trivialities is most vigorously kept up. Order is not promoted by the overcrowding of some of the tribunes, due either to an excessive issue of tickets or to facilities afforded by undue means. The doorkeepers of the mock Parliaments of the Empire h\\ve been imported into Bordeaux. A journalist who goes to one of the allotted galleries seriously to watch the flitting is apt to find himself crowded upon by mere spectators who in some occult manner have obtained admission.
A SKETCH OF M. THIERS.
A SKETCH OF M. THIERS. The Daily News' Correspondent gives the following sketch of M. Thiers, when in the tribune of the National Assembly :— M. Thiers looked weary, and his voice was weaker than usual. The ashy pallor of his face was heightened by the bright red hangings of the President's pulpit, which towers over the tribune. The chief of the Execu- tive Power, when his head and chest alone are seen, does not so much look like an elderly gentleman, aa aa old witch in the frontispiece of a penny story book. Thethicksnowy hair is brushed up into a point over the forehead, and at a distance produces the effect of a night- cap. A flood of gaslight falling from the lamps of the President's box gives exaggerated prominence to the side bumps of the forehead. The light of the cen- tral chandelier conceals the eyes in the glare of the large spectacles. The cheeks and mouth having greatly fallen in of late, the very hooked nose and pro- minent chin of the Chief of the Executive are more witch-like in their outline than they used to b?. M. Thiers, when about to make a long speech, first sattles himself comfortably in the tribune. He feels the boards under him, tests the polidity of the desk in front, takes out a large pocket handkerchlbf (the one he used yesterday was surrounded with a broad mourn- ing border), sip3 about a table-spoonful cf cau sucrSe, with which he rinses his mouth, for he rarely swallows it; and with a second handkerchief wipes his forehead, i Silence is pretty well restored before these preliminaries are gone through. Placing bath hands flit upon the i desk, and turnif g his head in the direction of the Left, as if he wished to gain it over, instead of the Right, < M. Thiers began, in a voice at first weak, but which gradually rose to a full audible pitch.
A COMPLICATED CASE.
A COMPLICATED CASE. The causa of "Cbambfrlaln v. Chandler-Chandler v. Bank of England ,hasbleen heard before Vice-Chancellor Sir R. Malino, and was as f allows The plaintiff in the first of these cases was a herbalist at Heitf »rd, who in the year I860 had the misfortune to be indicted for the manslaughter of a patient. Pre- viously to the trial he transferred into the name cf the defendant, Mary Ann Chandler, who had lived with him for 20 years as his wife, a sum of £2,190 stock, de- siring, according to his own account, to secure it from the chance of forfeiture. The jury acquitted him of the chart e, but the lady declined to re-transfer the fund, alleging that the gift had been absolute and un- conditional. Thereupon Chamberlain dissolved his con- nexion with heraud induced a third person to personate Mrs. Chandler at the Biuk, and to execute a transfer of the fund in her name to trustees for his own benefit. On the (iicc )very of these facts the Bank pro- secuted all the parties for forgery, including Chamber- Jhey wer.e> however, acquitted on the ground that the transaction, though grossly improper, was not fraudulent,, as the fund was, in fact, the property of Chamberlain. Mrs. Chandler then instituted the second of these suits against the Bank, to restrain them from paying the dividends to any one but herself; and Chamberlain, on his side, filed his bill against Mra. Chandler for a declaration that he was equitable owner of the fund. Mr. Glasse, Q.C. and Mr. Ludlow appeared for Chamberlain Mr. J-Pearson, Q.C., andMr. Badcock for Mrs. Chandler; Mr. Kekewich for the Bank. The Vice-Chancellor suggested early in the ease that it was eminently one for settlement, and it finally stood over that the parties might consider certain terms of coiupromiso proposed by his Honour.
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A meeting was held in London, on Monday night, in tUi>p'.»rt of the bill for legalizing marriage with the sister of a deceased wi?e. Mr. W. M'Arthur M.P., occupied the chair, and was .ipported by Mr. T. Chauibers, M.P., and several ;ii^iub. U, rf the Lambeth vestry and dissenting ministers of til" borough The following resolutions were carried Tiiat the t xisting law prohibiting marriage with a dt ceased wl &'a .t3tH being practically inoperative, the rich being able to satisfy heir consciences by marrying abroad while the pc> ii-fe&I iiiemselves justified Insetting it at dtflince, this meeting it of opinion that the public welfare demands its iTm*)d:atc repeal." "That this meeting rejsices to learn that the general opinion in Scotland in relation to the bill COKKIGCH with that held in other portions of the United Kingdom." A petition to the Qouae of Lords in lavour of the bill was adopted.
THE FENIANS AND THE HIGH COMMISSION.
THE FENIANS AND THE HIGH COMMISSION. An American correspondent writes, in a letter dated Phila- delphia, Ksb. 21:— The Fenians are already looming up as an element with which the commission may have to deal. A letter has been sent by one of their sympathisers to the Secretary of State asking whether the commission is empowered to adjudicate upon claims of American cuizens wrongfully confined in British prisons on sus- picion of their connection with the Fenian movement. In reply the secretary says I have to state that as the commission h not yet organised it is impossible to anticipate what action may be taken upon the fcui ject to which your letter relates." The Fenian ex-prisoner.3 went from New York to Washington this week, and for two or three daj H were the guests of the Washington city government, visiting {jublic buildings and attending banquets. They, of course, visited the President, who received them kindly. They said their treatment in English prisons had told severely on the health of Rome of them. The President asked if any among them were American citiztns, To this, answer was made that none present were citizens, but that R. O. S. Burke, and E. N. Condon, two Americans, were yet in prison, and they desired to bring their cases before the President at the proper time. To this the President replied that they could do eo, and that whatever was proper to be done by the government would be performed. Last evening the Baltimore City Councils gave the Fenians a reception, and this afternoon they are having a banquet in that city. O'Donovan Ti saa began this week the lecturing tour for which he is to receive 3,000 dots, amontb. He naade bis debut at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia to a fair audience, his lecture being upon his prison life in England. Two of his com- panions. it is said, have been prmi led with clerkships in the New York Custom-house. Altogether, the best speculation these Irishmen have yet indulged in has evidently been their incarceration in England. |
COUNT BISMARCK IN FRANKFORT,…
COUNT BISMARCK IN FRANKFORT, The following is from an Occasional Correspondent of the Daily News, writing from Frankfort-on-the-Main, the 10th last. Count Bismarck's very short sojourn in Frankfort has proved of greater interest than was expected. True, the staid Frankforters have not quite forgotten the time when the Count wai Prussian Ambassador to the old German Bund, nor yet I860 but they do not bear grudges' in these times of national re- joicing. Count Bismarck went away well pleased with his brief stay, however. He arriyed at about six o'clock in the evening, by special train from Mayence, and departed again soote two hours later. At the station a great crowd of people had assembled, together with the heads of the official departments and many per- sonal friends of Count Bismarck. At six the If co- motive, decorated with the Imperial eagle, a laurel wreath and garlands, entered the station, and Count Bis-marck was received with enthusiastic cheers, which he answered by putting his head out of the window, and nodding his thanks. After a vain attempt to get out of the carriage on the right side, he was formally greeted by the officials, and then entered into apleasant, easy conversation with the laiits and gentlemen with whom he had become acquainted during his earlier residence in the city. The Count was in the best of spirits, full of pleasantries, a few of which I will note. The weather was extremely beautiful on the journey," said the Cnancellor, among other things. In France it was quite spring the trees were mostly green some indeed, were in blossom i but in Metz the climate was quite German." He askfed after the losses sustained by Frank- fort in the war, and said that the stay of a part of the army in France was a guaranty that the war indemnity would soon be paid for the French devoutly wished to get the German soldiers out of the country. "We took possession of only one part of Paris, for the reason that we did not wish another man to be sacrificed. The Count then entered the carriage again, the time being up for proceeding by a connecting line to the Hanau Railroad Station, at the other end of the city. From his carriage Bismarck said Gentlemen, I know, as citizens of the old German coronation city, you will join with me in a cheer for the German Emperor." Cheer upon cheer followed, and after the enthusiasm had somewhat abated, Bismarck added, "The German Emperor was neces- sary to us as the symbol of our unity. To him we must firmly hold; and if we hold together we shall never be attacked again." As the train set in motion towards the other station the Count was loudly cheered. Arriving at the Hanau station a short stay of ten minutes was made, and a number of prominent ladies and gentlemen hastened to greet the Count. An inci- dent occurred here as comic as it is interesting. A wine- merchant of the .city stepped up to the carriage door, and, in pure Frankfort direct, addressed the man of iron in the following tel m., which I translate, though their force is greatly lost in the process :— Wine Merchant: Right glad we are, Excellency, that you have helped us to such an honourable peace. We have great respect for you, and you have stood well in our memory from the time that you were first among us. I wish that you could live fifty years longer, and would always take care ( of us. Count Bismarck: I thank you for your friendly wish but fifty year3 Is somewhat too loiig; I should be quite contented with fifteen. Wine Merchant—And then, I hope, Excellency, that we shan't have any more y ars. Count Bismarck As long as we live, we shall certainly have Rone. Wine Merchant: Excellency, you have a mighty long ride to Bsrlin, aud I know that when I have such a journey to mf.ke I always get huogry on the way and so I have brought something—(draws from under his arm an object an ell in length, and carefully wrapped up in paper, which was found to be a long sausage). Count Bismarck Ha that's capital. Thanks. Ts this a Frankfort s tusage ? (Hands it over to his adjutant.) Wice Merchant: No, not a Frankforter, bus a good one. It is a Go stinger. But allow me, Excellency, to put just another question When is the Emperor cemlng back? Count Bismarck 1 think on the 15th of March. Wme Merchant: His Majesty has also had a pretty hard time of it during the severe winter. Count Bismarck Yes, you are right. Unfortunately, this interesting conversation was cut short by the approach of two old acquaintances of the Count. The locomotive whistled shrill. The train was again in inoiiou. Wine Merchant: Excellency, a happy journey to Berlin." Bismarck waved his hand ia reply to the many and enthusiastic cheers, and in a few moments was out of sight, leaving a very pleasant impression behind him.
AGRICULTURAL WAGES in SCOTLAND.
AGRICULTURAL WAGES in SCOTLAND. The earnings of Scotch agricultural labourers have increased very much in the last 25 years, probably one- third. They are hired by the year or balf-year, and generally housed upon the farm. The farm kitchen system still prevails in some counties, but has generally given way to the cottage for the married men, the un- married men being lodged in bothies—that is to say, buildings on the farm, Mr. Culley, assistant commissioner for the principal agricultural counties in the east of Scotland, under the Children's Employment (in Agriculture) Commission, states that in the Border counties a hind, or pl#ugh- man, receives only £ 5 a year in money, the rest of his wages consisting of a cottage and garden rent free, the keep of a cow, carriage of fuel, potatoe ground, and certain allowances of oats or oatmeal, barley, and peas. In Perthshire, instead of Vlie cow's k':ep, a Scotch pint of new milk is given daily, tha grain pay- ments are reducsd to an allowance of oatmeal, and the money wage is increased to £20, Formerly hinds' cows were common enough in West and Mid-Lothian, but they are disappearing, if we may not say they have disappeared, and elsewhere where cows are still the rule there are signs that the hind may socn lose this, to his family, the most important item in bis list of payments in kind. Mr. Culley states that in his extensive district the married ploughman, hired by the year or half-year, receives wages in money and in kind equal to about 15s. a week the unmarried ploughman, similarly hired and paid, about 14s, the ordinary labourer, hired by the week, Is. less. The Scotch labourer has the means of saving money while unmarried, and, in fact, a Scotch couple very commonly when they marry have something like JE40. equally contributed by the man and the woman. As soon as the elder children have received what the hind considers a sufficient education, the position of the family is one of comparative ease. Under the family system of the Lothians and Border district, with its accompanying family purse, incomes of from £ 75 to £ 100 a year coming into a hind's cottage are by no means uncommon. In West and Mid Lothian a married ploughman can command the following wages and allowances :—Money, £26 a year; cottage and garden rent free oatmeal, 65 stone potatoes, 16awt. carriage of five tons of fuel; harvest food. Women are paid 14 J. a day for ten hours' work, except in har- vest, when they receive 2s. a day and three meals, or as high as 3J. a day without food.
OUR EXTRAVAGANT WAR EXPENDITURE.
OUR EXTRAVAGANT WAR EXPENDITURE. A public meeting, convened by the Workmen's Peace Association, was held in Lor-idon on Saturday, for the purpose of protesting against tlie proposed taxation for the reorganisation of the army. Mr. Stuart Mill, M,P., presided, and amongst others on the platform were Mr. Jacob Bright M P Mr P. A Taylor, M P,, Mr. Charles llW, M.P. s £ Wilfred Larson, &c. The meeting, which was densely crowded was extremely noisy from beginning to end. The Chairman, in opening the proceeding?, said that whatever diversity of opinion might exist in this country as to the constitution of our military forces they must mcat of them feel dissatisfaction with the measure of the government, which had been prepared as a gre.it army reform, to cure the existing defects in the military system. If an army was ever to be made of use it must be ready for use when it was wanted. Our army, however, was vastly too large when it was noi wanted, aud always too smafl when it was wanted. We depended too much upon our Channel fleet for safety. We paid 14 millions a year for our army, whilst at half the cost the Prussians were able to bring 500,000 men into the field at a fortnight's notice. It was now proposed to add to that £14,000,00,0, another R3,000,000, which was a kind of reform that would satisfy no one, and if they were to have neither efficiency nor economy it was time that the people took the matter into their own hands. The desired object, be contended, could not be accomplished, by any in. crease in their standing army. No country could afford to keep a standing army large enough for the purpose of war, aaiwe, least of all; therefore our aimv should be our whole people trained and disciplined. What was 1 wanted was that all who had arrived at manhood should be pieced under military trainir;g-say a fortnight annually—and that would obviate the necessity for a standing army altogether. The Government bill gave a more expensive standing army, but did not do any- thmg towards making the people citizen soldiers, and therefore was not a reform, but an aggravation of existing defects. With regard to the abolition of pur- cnase, he said that it was only good as part of a system. The great evil of purchase was that the army wa3 officered by idle men, who had never done a day's hard work in their lives; but if the army was to beofficered by men whose desire was to play at soldiers, the only good part of the system was that they were made to pay for it. He contended that no promotion should be possible except to men who had made military matters their serious study, and urged that the bill, as a whole, was a Btep_ in the wrong direction, for in it he could see n°nTeriT\0': a J3fcUer s^a':e thinjs in the future. Mr. D. Guile (general secretary of the Ironfounders' Society) moved the first resolution, to the effect That the meeting, believing the country was never safer from invasion than at the present period, refuses to sanction any increased vole of money to our army, already more costly than any other military force in Europe, and regrets that a Liberal Government should be so weak as to yield to the ill-founded fears of the alarmists by laying fresh burdens on an already over- taxed pootie." The speaker, in the course of bis remarks, was interrupted by a large number of men in the galleriea, who waved red handkerchiefs and ex- hibited placards bearing the words, "English Re- public," shouting at the tame tiuoe "Republic for ever. This piece of foily drew forth expressions of indignation from the very large majority of the meet- mg m the body of the hall, who in a few minutes suc- ceeded in silencing the interruption. Ti'r1"' ?ow,ai^ Evans seconded the motion. Mr. Jacoo Bright, M.P., iu supporting it, said he i wad sure that the chairman did not expect every speaker that followed him to agree with all he bad Sr u- °r i 8 did not wish to see this a nation of Boldiers, because he believed that no nation of sol- diers could ever conduct commerce as the English bad done. They had come together that evening to ask why the extra amount of R2,800,000 was demanded of the people. He believed there was no man present or elsewhere who could give a satisfactory answer to that question. (Hear, hear.) He did not wish to speak in terms of disrespect of the present Government. He had given it his consistent support (voices-" Oh, yes, and laughter), but they must not expect too much of any government (a voice-" No milk and water sentiments, Mr. Bright"). He could not but think that the people should be more active, for unless they were, they would most assuredly have an increasing expenditure. which would ultimately bring about bad res alts. (Cheers.) He did not believe that there was a man in the country, unless he was crazed, who was not fully convinced that the present expenditure for the protection of the country was already enough (cheers.) That meeting, as he under- stood, was called by the Workmen's Peace Association (oh, oh, and laughter). Now he did not agree with any poncy that did not provide a powerful voice of interference when occasion might arihe, and if the Peace Association had any other policy it was not, in his opinion, consistent with its title. There were, he said, great political and social questions to be settled in this country but a settlement would never be ai rived at except through a long term of continued peace. Er', 4* Tayior. who was loudly cheered, said the bill which had been introduced by the Governmet with reference to the army was a kiid of compromise. He was bound to say that he at one time voted for rai iog 30,000 men more to the army, but the period had passed, and at thd present they were never safer in bis opinion from attack. (Cheers.) They did not want an increase in the army-what they wanted was a national force. j Mr. Johnson, in a lengthy speech, denouncing the action of the Government as prejudicial to cause of 1 hoerty, moved au amendment to the effect that Eng- > hnd would iaeviiably decay unlesa entirely recon- « stituted upon a pure cosmopolitan p-,iiciple. > Mr. Elliot seconded the amendment, assuring the meeting that they would never have a decrease of taxa- « tion while they had kings and queens to support (loud cheers). The Chairman expressed a hope tint Mr. Johnson J would withdraw his amendment, as its points involved 1 questions they had not met to discuss. Mr. Johnson refused to withdraw his motion which was ultimately put, and lost by an overwhelming ma- jority. The original motion, on being put was carried amidst tremendous cheers. A second resolution, calling on the members of the House of Commons to resist by every constitutional 1 means the proposals of the government t. add to the I present warlike expenditure, was moved, seconded and 0 'upported by several working men from the provinces; b md a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro- feedings, 1 — E
WHAT WILL THE GERMANS DO!…
WHAT WILL THE GERMANS DO! t V The commercial, industrial, and artistic breach be- h ;ween France and Germany, as proclaimed by the t French, must, if maintained, bav.? some very curious o -esults (remarks the Pall Mall Gazdte). What will E become of the German waiters, German bakers Ger- a nan tailors, German makers of scientific instrurnllntp, w German musicians, and German Jews, formerjy so a lumerous in Paris? We have heard it suggested that tl German waiters, who (as every one who has lived in a ai Jerman hotel must be aware) are great adepts kt bed-making and at housemaid's duty generally, oi vouid make good servants of all work, in which h: lapscity numbers of them might find employment se n Engiaad. There would be nothing new in COlli- o( )init.g in one hard-worked servitor the characters of in ;room, butler, coachman, and gardener but to get, at ki ne wage, a domestic able and willing to act the parts in f footman, cook, and housemaid would be both novel p; ,nd attractive, and the thing, we feel sure, might be tr aanaged. This, it is true, would be less to the advan- th age of the German waiter than to that of the person in ngaging him and the German tradesmen and arlizans in rill also, no doubt, suffer from the decree of expulsion nt ronounced against them. In the matter of musicians, th owcver, the balance of exchange is, we fancy, dead th gainst the French. If, henceforth, no French musi- in iat's visit Germany, the Germans will not suffer ar iuch by that. Bat if German musicians are to be 8P xcluded from France the want of them will be felt reatly in the French orchestras. What, too, as o German composers? Meyerbeer was a rank 'russian, and as great a diplom itist in his way s Bismarck himself. To object to Prussians and 'russianisin and tolerate Meyerbeer would be a grave on iece of inconsistency. A.s to Offenbach, formerly a °h rerman in Germany, a Frenchman in France, it has foj ow been decided that the unhappy man is to the Ger- tans as a Frenchman, to. the French even as a German. le is, indeed, a Frenchman by naturalization, a Ger- L, tan by birth. He belongs, then, to neither of the two A. rantries, and might appropriately take up his resi- te. snce in that part of Lorraine which for the present is Tt andescript, but which is to be declared French or co erman, according to the decision of the Conference. fter that he could emigrate to the Grand Dachy of v uxemburg. 11 na 9-1
THE TRADE SOCIETIES' CONGRESS.
THE TRADE SOCIETIES' CONGRESS. a .^ndon, last Saturday, the delegates of the Trade societies Congress resumed and concluded their delibera- tions Mr. George Potter, in taking the chair, adverted to the deputations from Birmingham and Halifax that upon Mr. Bruce on Friday, remarking that the rigns hon. gentleman's concessions and admissions to these influential employers made the case against the ora clause of the Trades Union Bill much stronger for the employed. With a clause so worded as to be open to the objection of "extreme vagueness," and yet having to be interpreted by magistrates who bad neither a legal apprehension nor education," what would become of working men ? They would be com- pletely at the mercy of prejudice and ignorance, and liable to be punished by those who desired it for the crime of simply looking after tbeir own legitimate interests. He suggested that the committee to whom they had confided the question should have their hands strengthened. Mr. Macdonald (National Association of Miners) said tne answers given to the deputations of Friday ought to arouse working men from one end of the king- dom to the other. He was astonished to find men like j u u°n jnc* M«ntz endorsing such sentiments and he hoped the delegates when they returned to their constituents would tell them they could expect nothing but class legislation from- their members. The com- mittee should be invested with extraordinary powers under the circumstance?. Mr, Lloyd Jones (Manchester Fustian Cutters) thought it would be worse than folly, in the present state of things, to attempt to fight the battle in Parlia- ment, where the strength of their opponents lay. Their course and duty should be to take up strong pr^u* ] outside the House of Commons, JpivV.; -he; re- sponsibdity of what was done i- r i..uaient to the members themselves, bn=- altogether the imputations east rr men j,y this clause. Mr. -Allen (^ i r-makers and Iron Ship-builders) observed that what the working class bad hitherto obtained from Government had been wtung from them by sheer force, and the only way to insure future justice wa3 the formation of a national political union. they would never do any good until they got the voice of the people on their side. Ui'timat c'ly,* on the motion of Mr. Halliday (Amal- gamatedMinera Association), seconded by Mr. Hodg- kicson (Composition and Frame Makers), it was re- solved unanimously to empower the committee ap- pointed to watch the progress of the Bill through both Houses of Parliament to use every legitimate mtans to secure the rejection of the 3id clause, atd the incorporation of such amendments in the other clause as were requisite and necessary to maet the washes of the Congress; and further to empower them to convene another general Congress of delegates from all centres of industry in the United Kingdom, if they should find it to bo necessary, with a recom- mendasicm to working men to hold meetinga on the subject in every pari, d the country. Various other resolutions were carried in like manner the threw firat proposed from the chair, and seconded by Mr. Geo. Howell (Loudon Operative Bricklayers) v z., that the Congress could not separate without re- cording its opinion that primary education should without delay, be applied to every child, and technical education opened to every person connected with the industry of the country that the attention of the Government should be called to the fact that com- missions appointed to inquire into questions affectin? the conditions and treatment of working nieii never include members of th»ir own class, and that with the view of making such inquiries more satisfactory work- ing men should always form part of these commissions ■ that the members of the Congress took upon themselves the duty of urging their constituents to promote in- dustrial partnerships, and to use their united capital for the purposes of self-employment: that the present taxation of the country, both imperial and local, was enormous and burdensome, and required re- adjustment, so that income and property should bear its fair share, and the burdens on labour be propor- tionately reduced that the waste lands of the country should be utilised for the beneut of its unemployed labour that there ought to be direct representation of laoour in Parliament; and lastly, that the international traternieation of labour waR a matter of the most vital c onsequence to the interest of the industrial classes aad the welfare of society at large. Professor Beesly, who spoke to the latter resolution, bire testimony to the value of the movemont to which it relates, tending as it did to equalize wages at home a ad abroad, and to promote the forma; ion of foreign trade unions. He agreed with Mr. Eccarius (Inter- national Working Men's Association), the mover, that if thoroughly carrie i out it would rid Europe of the curse of standing armies and said he believed the Franco-Prussian war was supported by the middle class in order to divert attention from the labour ques- tion, Formerly, when strikes occurred, employers had recourse to the importation of foreign labour bUT in. ternational association had tended and would continue to prevent that. Votes of thanks were passed to Messrs, Leicester, Bailey, Solly (Rev. H.), Latham, Hickey, and Walton for their papers on The Limitation of Apprentices,3* "Reduction in the Hours of Labour." "Working Men's Halls and CiubV Direct Representation of Labour in Parliament." "What Means ought to be adopted to make this annual moveable Labour Con. gress permanent?" and "The Utilisation of Waste Land?." A paper by Mr. Goldwin Smith on "Emigra- tion as affecting the Working Man," would have been read, but at the last moment it had not reached the secretary. An address to the Trades' Unions, drawn up by Mr. Lloyd Jones, and embody- ing the views and resolutions of the Congress on the application of arbitration ar.d conciliation to trade digpute. was approved, and ordered to be printed and circulated. Ia the meanwhile, Mr. Rupert Kettle has undertaken to draft a Permissive Bill to give legislative sanction to the principle wherever the masters and men are willing to adopt it. It was arranged that the next annual Congress should be heid at Nottingham, on Monday, in the second week of I January, 1872. The accounts, showing a total receipt of k25 and an expenditure of £ 514a. 5d., were audited, and £ 2 each having been vottd to Messrs. Oiiger and Howe!! for their services, the balance was left at the dispose of the Standing Parliamentary Committee on the Trades Union Bill. Thanks were then accorded, by reclamation, to the Chairman (Mr. Geo. Potter), and the Congress was dissolved. J-.
POSTAL REFORMS.
POSTAL REFORMS. On Monday, a conference was held under the pre- sidency of Lord Henry Lennox, M.P., at the rooms of the Society of Arts, in London, to consider the sub- ject of the late postal changes, and to adopt recom- mendations made by a special committee fcr removing what are considered to be various anomalies in the present regulations. The chairman urged as one requisite change that the present postal card should give way to a postal en- velope. which would be two grains lighter than the cards, and would secure secrecy, and he pointed out that the present voluminous regulations of the Post Office, covering, he said, five pages of printed matter, and causing great confusion, would be unnecessary if the authorities would abolish the petty distinctions they had established between daily and weekly papers, and papers published at longer intervals. Thus, he said much labour would be save 1, for great pains ? ere now taken to find whether newspaper parcels were of authorized dates under the regulations, to go for the cheap postage, and thus there was a direct loss to the public service. He did not desire to limit the privileges now given to newspapers, but he considered that parens, printed or otherwise, samples or otherwise, and whether closed or open, under the general head of parcels, should be carried at rates commencing at a 1 halfpenny for two ounces, the Post Office to° make J such limitations as to weight and bulk as might be j found convenient. He gave as instances, to show how < ill-understood was the present system, even by the authorities themselves, the results of traps which J aad been laid for the Post Office by sending articles l. is samples, and it had been found that articles which sometimes passed as samples were on other occasions f iurcharged as trade parcels." He said all this was ] nost vexatious to trade and to a trading community, md it behoved all classes to press for a sensible and e mderstood system. Mr. Le Neve Foster read a letter from the Earl of { Mar in support of the proposals, and after remarks by t VEr. Symonds, Mr. Dean, Mr. E. Chadwick, Mr. Webster, and other gentlemen, resolutions were passed r mpporting the views expressed by the chairman. r b
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. In the year 1S70 there were 286 persons killed on the railways of the Urd'ed Kingdom. The killed com- prise 90 passengers, 115 servants of railway companies or contractors, 17 persons passiug over level crossings, 59 trespassers, and 5 other persons. In the same year there were 1,239 persons injured on the railways-viz., 1,094 passengers (only 10 of them through their own misconduct or want of caution), 129 servants of com- panies or contractors, 3 persona at level crossings, 9 trespassers, and 4 other persons. Sixteen passengers were killed in the Newark accident, a collision caused by the breaking of an axle of a waggon of a goods train 6 at Marshmore, near Hatfield, by the breaking of the tyre of a wheel 7 by a collision of trains at Harrow 5 by a collision at Carlisle 15 by a collision at Stairfoot with waggons which had broken loose while shunting at Barnsley, and ran own the incline and 4 by a collision at Brockley Whins station on the North-Eastern line. These were the most fatal accidents of the year. In the last five years 1,244 persons have been killed on the railways of the United Kingdom, and 4 500 have been injured. 258 of the persons killed were pas- sengers. The number of casualties to passengers occurring from causes beyond their own control has increased (normously of late. The number of passengers killed from such causes was 15 in 1866, 19 in 1867, 40 in 1868, 17 in 1869, and 66 in 1870 and the number of passenger injured from causes beyond their own con- trol was 540 in 1866, 689 in 1867, 519 in 1868, no less than 1,043 in 1869, and 1,084 in 1870; making a total in the five years of 157 passengers killed, and 3,875 injured from causes beyond their own control. The number of passengers killed in the five years through their own misconduct or want of caution was 101, and the number injured was 48; in 1866, 16 killed and 7 injured; in 1867, 17 and 8 respectively; in 1868, 22 and 6; in 1869, 22 and 17; in 1870, 24 and 10 re- spectively.
THE REVIEW AT AMIENS.
THE REVIEW AT AMIENS. The Crown Prinze reviewed the German troops at Amiens on Monday, the Ecnp6ror being unable to be present on ac- count of Indisposition. His imperial Highness addressed the General and stall officers who surrounded him in the following words:— I am directed by Lis Majesty the Emperor to inform you how great is his regret that id-health has pre- vcuted him from being here in person to see the First Army, in which he has ever taken the warmest in- terest, and in whose achievements he has ever rejoiced. It is an almost marvellous thing to see troops in the condition in which I now find you, after the severe and trying campaign to which you have been exposed. You personally, General von Goben, I must, in the name of the Emperor and of our Fatherland, thank for the manner in which you have led our troops; for you have fulfilled those brilliant expectations that all Germany ever entertained of you. What you have now done for your country and your Emperor will be handed down to posterity, and become a well-known fact in the history of our Fatherland.
" THE MODERN DICK TURPIN."
THE MODERN DICK TURPIN." In London, on Tuesday, Horace Wright, whose strange freaks in the country have earned for him the name of the "Modern Dick Turpin," was brought b fore the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, charged with stealing £30 belonging to Mr. Samuel Cropper, of 70, Cheapside, with which sum he had been entrusted to pay a bill. Sergeant Bull deposed that on the 22nd of February the prosecutor, Mr. Cropper, gave infor- mation of the robbery to the police, and that he (witness) went to Cambridge, and found the prisoner in custody of the chief constable. He told him he was a detective officer, and that he would be charged with stealing two Bank of England notes for JE20 and jELO, belonging to Mr. Cropper. The prisoner replied that that was cor- rect, and he was very sorry for what he had done. He added, "If I had £io,oeo I would give all of it to him; he was exceedingly kind and good to me, and I have been very ungrateful. When I see a horse with a saddle on I must be there if I have got money. I think I am mad." Upon him one halfpenny was found. The Lord Mayor, owing to the unavoidable absence of the prosecutor, remanded the prisoner for a week.
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The above case furnishes the Pall Mall Gazette with a theme for the following observations It seems that there is an aspirant to the honours won by TVe> urpin the famous highwayman. Mr. Horace Wrtght, describes himself as a medical student, and has already distinguished himself by one or two highway robberies con- ducted in the approved fashion, namely, on horseback with a mask and pistol, was arrested on Friday night in a j labourer's cottage, at Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, on a charge of robbery. Mr. Wright had taken lodgings in this secluded village, which was perhaps selected by him as a retreat owing to its being In the neighbourhood of the real D:ck Turpin's early homo. That gentleman according to the Xewgate Calendar, was born at Thaxted, in Essex, no great distance from Castle Camps; and It was owing to his imprudently writing to his brother in that county, when he was imprisoned under the name of John Palmer in York Castle, for horse-steillng, requesting that a witness might be sent from London to give him a character, that his real name was discovered. The letter was returned unopened to the post-office because the brother would not pay the postage of it; it was then accidenta!ly seen by Mr. Smith, a schoolmaster, who had taught Turpin to write, and so knew bis hand. Mr. Smith was despatched by the E sex magistrates to York, and immediately selected his former pupil from all the ether prisoners In the Castle. The consequences were rather serious for poor Turpin, as It led to his being tried for murder and hanged. His death was, however, as beautiful as his life, for not many days before his execution he purchased "a new fustian frock and a pair of pumps,'In cr ?er to wear them at the time of his death and on the day before his exesution he hired five poor men at ten shillings each to follow the cart as mourners. Ha gave hatbands 2nd gloves to several persons, and also left a ring and other ar'icles to a married lady in Lincoln- shire with whom he had been acquainted. If Mr. Wright's attempts to walk in the footsteys of this truly great man should unhappily conduct him nho to the gftJlows, let us hope his last hours will be marked by a similar liberality. —
BUENOS AYRES v. LONDON.
BUENOS AYRES v. LONDON. An English Resident at Buenos Ayres has sent the following letter to 1 he Times, for publication, and which conveys a vivid picture of the crime that must inevitably exist in a large city — During the last year Her Majesty's Emigration Commis- f loners have from time to time stated through the press thst they considered themselves bound to publish warnings against emigration to Buenos Ayres (a province where Eng- lishmen are cordially and hospitably welcomed) on the ground of want of sufficient protection for life and p.operty. Permit me as an Englishman who has resided ai intervals for 15 years in South America, ton of them in Buenos Ayres, to mention my personal experience of that capital and London. In Buenos Ayres I have never encountered an attempt either ot robbery or violence, and have been so accustomed to immunity that I never even carry a walking stick as a means of defence. In L mdon, which I have lately visited, the following has just been my hte. I was dining with some friends at a west-end club on Friday evening last and left about half-past eleven I walked direct to my lodgings in Pall-mall, hid arrived at'the doorstep, ami when In the act of taking out my latchkey a woman pushed, or rat.ier- s^u^zid, between me ana the door, laid hold of my left arm, aud turned Lack the breast os my overcoat Almost simultaneously, a man ran again-1 mo violently on the other side, the woman screamed and ran away, wnile the man abused me in foul language for having pushed the woman, and threatened me with violence I was so astounded at his audacity that I never for a moment sus pected the real object of the attack, and before I could recover from my astonishment the fellow ran off round the corner, up a dark street. In a moment or two afterward I die- covered that my purse, containing a check lor £ 126 and a bank post bill torjESO 18s. lod., together with some gold and silver, had been taken out of my left breast pocket. I gave chase up some dark lanes for a considerable distance, and eventually met a policeman, who accompanied me in my useless attempt to catch the thieves. Now, this is exactly what occurs In South America when our Indian ■w—m tutmuL— JZWJ pickpockets vor clear-farms ") of the Pampas come upon yonr English settler and sweep away his cattle as my purse was swept away. If he resists or follows them his life will pro- bably pay tha forfeit, as mine might perhaps have done had I been successful in catching the thieves in the back slums of the Seven Dials, or some such, to me, awfial and outlandish neighbourhood. But the comparison is much worse for the Emigration Commissioners than for the River Plate Governments f..r there settlers or sfjuumers are plainly told that if they go beyond the frontier they may make more maney, because land is cheaper, but they run the risk of losing their lives because the Government cannot protect them while here' in civilised London, in one of the m 'at frequented ai d iashionable thoroughfares, within a stone's throw of the highest polica authorities in the kingdom, a peac^aWe citizen i3 attacked on his own doorstep, robbed of £150, and threatened with having his skull cracked, which would probably have been executed were it not for some persons irho were approaching the spot. After ..his escapade I am compelled to believe London no more secure for life or property thun the Pam;>a, aud certainly far less so than our c ty of Buenos Avres.
AN ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
AN ARMY OF OCCUPATION. in the following letter from n lady resident at Si. Vaiery, portray some of the mis.-ries incident to war March 9-1 think It will interest yon to hear how we have o n, a u ,er T.u,ES!an dominion. Thty arrived from 1,600 to OoO, aud as th,s is so small a place It soon became evident that every toleraoly-3izod house must have a good nnm- • e had eight, then six for a fortnight, and ginca we have two, and God knows for how long Madame and my brother-in-law had eighteen between them The regulation tax for their meals was as follows -.—Cife au lait bread and lir.ter at eight; bread, meat, and beer at ten a upe graftae, meat, vegetables, and beer at one; cafe r.oir and a windlass of brandy at lour; soupe grassc meat, vege- tables, and beer at seven five cigars per diem, tni besides five candles. Imagine the burden, and the same to all the bmall tradesmen. The soldiers in many cists turned the people where they were lodged out of their bads. Some of our friends were obliged to sleep on the floor, and one lady, who remonstrated, told by tha soldiers she might sleep In the street. The com- mandant, who lodged witn a widow lady, who has. a beautiful house here, turned her out of her own bedrooom, took her arawing-roooi for his eating ana sinoklng-room, and required all sort of things for his table must difficult to procure here. A gentleman Incensed by the iu- solence of the soldiers called them canaille Ho was seized, brought to the commandant, who ordered him the sch.ag, and the poor widow lady was only saved from the outrage of seeing this gentleman Hogged in her own couit- yard by Impionng the commandant on her knees to spare her such an insult. Another I ady received the soldiers very crossly; in revenge they took her drawing-room to Bleep, eat, and smoke ia, and In hor dialncr-room they per- formed every disgusting office of nature on the 11 jor. Besides this they drank tilteeu bottles of wine every day and kept uo anoiee and singing all night. But the cruellest thiug of all was on the 1st « f March a solemn Requiem service was ordered for our peor dead soldiers Would you believe it, the Prussian author.ties insisted on celebrating a Protestant service of thanksgiving for their victories in our church on the same day, and at an hour which so Interfered with the service as to compel the clergy to hurry it over, and hardly had the last note of the Requiem died away, before they marched into the church witn their drums aad music and sang the Te Deum of Vict • ry They demanded 20 000; from this little town. aod 5,0C0f. from a miseranly ¡¡oor commune. In vain the Maire expostulated iayiog how many widows and children had been lateiy thrown upon the town by the epidemic that had prevailed The commandant exhibited his order! signed hy Bismarck, to take even the ladies' jewels to make up the ium. The Jlaire and my-brother-in-law represented t-ie mpossibiiity for—to pay 6,COOt. They offered them- telves as hostages, and accordingly the next day 0-- was ivrested by an officer and fonr men armed to tie teeth lis poor mother, at 73. and an Invalid, sat pale as ieath and trembling like a leaf, while her favourite ;on was carried < ff, none of us kLowing where, as ;hey said he would be sent io Germany.' Oa arriv- ng at the village in question he waF, however, re- eased and the extortionate demand given up, showing how hty had trusted to intimidation for getting the money.. The commandant had a very fine map. Oa a gentleman re- narking it he said, YM. it is a very fine map, and it is the nap of your town; see, here is your house, here the church, £ c.' He added, I have It tluce two years.' Tne officers lere talk openly of tneir cesigns on England and cf an nvasion. They know everything about ihe inhabitants 1 tere, who are Republicans and who not. Such was our ate during the Armistice. What would it have been Curing j he war ?' 1
ICUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.
CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS. The N. Y. Star publishes births under the heading The happiest women in town." Mr. Sullivan, of Lockport, New York, introduced a new fashion in suicide by cutting his throat with a handsaw. -New York Sun. On his late return to Salt Lake, Brigham Young found his wives drawn up in a hollow square to receive him. A Toxan lost a valuable mare, and telegraphing to a neighbouring town to arrest the thief, received the Lconlc replyMare here; thief hung." An American paper in an obituary SRyq Mr Smith was an estimable citizèU. He died with perfect re- signation. He had recantly been marrisd." Mr. Henry Btnecke, of Chicago, left a note for coroner, explaining that his suicide WAS au act of CGtJ6Uer- ateuess for his Wife, who was "iu great want of another husband." The Atalanta Sun aEki :Why are we not to-day the richest peopie in the worhi ?' Tne Louisville Journal presumes it Is chicfly because there are o'her people in the world who have the advantage of us in point of pioperty. A dutiful son in Detroit has killed suxty-seven of his neighbours' cats to get money to buy his mother a set of false teeth. He has made a qiiet neighbourhood where once was a howling wilderness, and the old woman can now eat heartily. Syracuse, Illinois, juries do not place a very high value on babies. Recently a four-year-old child was killed by the cars near that city, and the j ary awarded the parents 200 doliars. Later two bear cubs were also killed by the cars, and the jury awarded the owner 450 dollars for each cub. A Pennsylvania paper asserts that the sufferer from a heavy robbery in the oil regions has employed liwyers to defend two of the men accused of rubbing him, that he may not be compelled to pay the reward of 10,000 dols., he offered for their arrest and conviction. It is said that if a woman would paint the skin of the face blue at the corner of the eyes for a small space, shading off in the direction of the ca-, it would give a languishing softness to the countenance, and make the greatest of shrews look lovely, mild, and meek. Here is a chance for tens of thousands te j amp at. A man in Sparta, Wisconsin, wishing to present an organ to a church, wrote to a friend in Now York to know what it would cost to get ore. He received a reply that he could get a little organ for 1,000 dollars, but if you exi ect to get to heaven on the organ dodge," you had better invest about 5,000 dollars. He took the high-priced one. The Ntw York World classifies explosive compounds in the order of their comparative danger, as follows lv9rosene. nitro-glyeerine, dynamite, Cincinnati whisky, gun- powder, and last doughnuts. In explanation it says Xhe blasting powder of the last named mixture is not generally known; but a gentleman somewhere out West has lately been blown upland seriously injured by the bursting of a doughnut."
EPITOME OF KEWS. BRITISH AND…
EPITOME OF KEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Three boys, belonging to the Mars training ship at Dandee, were drowned on Monday by the capsizing of a boat at the mouth ot the Tay. At Birmingham, a butcher has been convicted before the magistrates of having on his premises a quantity of diseased meat, and was sentenced to three months' im. prisonment without the option of a flue. An outcry is being made against the wholesale destruction of the eggs of the plover. The war against the plover is held by some to be one great cause of the difficulty of raising a turnip crop, and of the great increase of Insects and slugs. A clairvoyant doctor of Hartford proclaims his superiority over all other soothsayers, astrologers and prophets, by advertising that he fortells the past and present," as well as the future. A sea captain, invited to meet the committee of a society for the evangelisation of Africa, when asked Do the subjects of the King of Dahomey keep Slinday?" re- plied, -'Yes, and everjthing else they can lay their hauls When the Ballot Bill comes before the House of Commons for a second reading Mr Stephen Cave will move that no system of voting can be considered satisfactory which does not afford means for allowing proof of the vote of any elector in the event of the election being challenged on petition." It is expected that the lock-out in the iron trade in Lanarkshire will be brought to a conclusion in a few days by the men resuming work on the masters' terms. The dispute has now lasted eight weeks, and has been the cause °v a large amotlnt of misery and destitution. It is estimated that during the struggle the men have lost In wages upwards of £ 60,000. During a recent trial the counsel, among other ques- tions about the hilly state of the road, asked a carter, "When you get up the hill, what do you do?" Why, go down again, to be sure replied the rustic, who appeared much astonished at the want of information maullesied by his questioner. Mazzini ba1 left England. His faith in a republic Is as strong as ever it was, but he confesses with sorrow that his fellow-countrymen are not so well prepared for It as he thought they were. He has set forth his views aDd aspirations in what may be called a farewell to England, published in the new number of the Fortnightly Review. We (Daily News) are glad to be able to state, on the authority of a letter from Mr. Bright himself, to a personal and political friend, that the right, hon gentleman's health is at present better than it has been at any time since the com- mencement of his illness. Mr. Bright will presently visit Scotland to enjoy the sport of salmon-fishing. A remarkable right of way case has been decided at < the Exeter ass ZM. The plaintiff was a brother of the ] Attorney-General, and the defendant the Rev. Mr. Pari by, af Horrabridge, near Plymouth. The case lasted nearly i three days, aud will Involve costs to the amount of abcut a i thousand pounds; yet, according to the counsel for the defendant, the right of way could have been purchased for tourpence a year. L'.eutenant-Oolonel Yolland, in one of bis rep.mts to the Koard of Trade this year on a collision near the \vl2au station 01 the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway "observes that it transpired during the inquiry that the s: >ual-men in 0110 cf the cabins are on duty once every other week at the time when they exchange night for day work for 23 hours at a spell —[The Times heads this stateraent Crimiuql Economy. "J vl'uuuu The Hon. Anne Evelyn, Lady Warrendc- di-d nt Versailles on the 5:h Inst. Her ladyship, «hj 'was tS youngest daughter of George Evelyn, third Viscount Ea'! ?Tn P Zi°e« ,A"ne' d^gMer end heir of Mr John Crewe <:f Bjiesworth Castle, Chester, was born November -3, 1791, and consequently was in her e ziuie h year. She marred October 3, 1810, the late RU-ht lion Sir biro net, who died ir'i February venera°le lady had been long resident in France.' John Gregory, lying under sentence of death in the raiu'Ph r ?S ^°V°f murder 01 » l*nd bailiff, named fhi Rev Mr W V, 2, D?ade a confession ol his crime to Mr- R;chle. an Episcopalian clergyman. The un- maQ ..a8s' £ U8 tuo cause for the murder. He is thoroughly penitent, but seems to have np fear of the terrible late that awaits him. A movement in favour of the commuta- tion of the sentence Is on foot. uuimuw*. Large pieces of a wrecked vessel or vessels, apparently of considerable dimensions, have been washed in at different parts of the Cornish coast during the last few days. On one great piece of timber is the word "Levering- ton," and on another" Wolfville." There is also a thick card, preserved as much as possible, containing the follow- ing :—" Steamehip Leverington, Captain W. Clark, broke main shaft, lat. 48, long. 7 W. strong S E gale." A deputation of school-teachers, headed by Mr. Whitwell, M P., Mr Dmt, M.P., M». Jacob Bright, M.P., Professor Fawcett, M P., and Dr. Brewer, M.P., waited upon Mr. Forster on Monday, for the purpose of urging objections to certain portions of the new revised code. The deputation asked that payment in proportion to success in passing pupil teachers should be made direct to the teachers that Govern- ment shouid make an extra allowance for each child passed in each extra subject; that the inspectors should inspect, and not examine, all the children in the school on the day of the examination who had not been presented in any standard that the child's age should not at present be taken as a criterion for the standard that the standard for girls in arithmetic should be lower than for boys in arithmetic as they had needlework to attend to, and that there sheuld be a power of appeal against Inspectors' reports. Mr. Forster promised to consider tne matters brought before him by the deputation, but at the same time pointed to the Impractica- bility of establishing direct appeal to the Council. • "'1" European Ruasia possesses 19,266,667 h. rsis— that is, 260 horties fcr every 1,0j0 men. An English speculator has sent over some Landsom dogs to Paris—fancying the race extinct, perhaps. Eight coloured lawyers have just been admitted to the Washington bar. An old woman, named Davis, residing at Cardiff, fell into a well at her house, aud was drowned. Her Majesty has offered apartments in Hamptoa Court Palace to Mrs. C jw, er Coles. The In,nan gov, rnmi-nt ha, dirccled that all articles irite.idr.d for tha International Exhibition shall bs exempted from export duty. Miss Maria C'enim, the aunt aad mot' e of E-lgar A. foe died iu Baltlmor.% on the 16/h u t.. at the ad- van cod age of SI. A lally in court the othc-r day h'a>-e as a proof < f her rjwpec. ioilKy, that she had been 19 *cars a Mlfe, aad was tne mother of nine children I of Alleghany county, Virginia, ^7, 4ft(>' r<t the 88e 01 117, leaving an orphan daughter only 08 years old TneNew Yoik fund for the r-li«f of tho French -J"St U;JC!1 100-0u0 c.r- trlbuted 80,100 dois and California tent 10,0 0 dols ana scvera. other cuies ii&ve large conlribuUuus. The IUa-.iraled Newt atafes that the will of HVrr Baron Nathaniel de RothschJd, who <lied In P,ri* Ixst voai The IUa-.iraled Newt atafes that the will of HVrr Baron Nathaniel de RothschJd, who <lie,1 In P,ri* Ixst voai was proved in London, on the 27th uft,, under £1,80U,000 Pd- sonalty lu E^land. r The first person.illy conducted excursion to Paris since the declaration o! peace, left the Brighton Statt.ni London-bridge, at 5 15 p.m. on Tuesday, and was conducted by Mr. J. M. Cook. A boy, aged six years, has died at Bjlton from hjdrophohia The child was bitten by a mad dog which roamed about Bolton on the 14 .h Fabruary, and this Is tho second cs.se of death from a bite from the same dog. We (Daily News) understand that the Queen has been pleased to confer upon \1 t. Klou.it, who has been lately f,cling Is hpr Majesty's C msul at Paris, the honour of the C impaniorshlp of the Bath. The secret correspondence of the Empire, which hu already bstn published in French at Brussels, has been traut.alcd into Eaglish, and is about to be published iu London. The number of boys in the royal navy on the 1st of April last Is stated, in a parliamentary return j list ifsaed to have baen 4,54) first class ai d 2 313 secoud class. TIle bond fide seamen numbered 18,054, and the coastguard flaet men 3,737. The South London Press says that, should Mr. C. H. Spurgeon bs spared, he will in August next preach his thou'andtli sermon. He will then make a special Effort; raise £ 1,000 for new schools. Mr. R. W. B.rt, who has real a most constant vl)- s.jrver"? Lunar phenomena since 18C4, has communicated t" the PhUonophicul Matjazir.e, a paper "0.1 some recent UiFec>g!4tions relative to Lunar Activity," In which he au- Prove that all is to! qaiescent on the suifice of our sateuite. Tile following announcement lately appeared in a New York paper:—"Edwin Eien, painter, is requested to communicate with his brother, when he will hear something to his advantage-his wife is dead." A woodman recently felled a tree in Owen County, Indiana, and in an opening of 55 feet from the base was found the skeleton of a besr much decayed. The appearance Of the skeleton and its surroundings Indicated that it muet have been there for nearly a century. A barbed nail is coming into use in America. Its advautages arc obvious, for once driven In It will keep its hold as long as the wood around it remains solid. Its actual cost is little more than the common nail, and as a small barbed nail answers as well as a larger nail of the ordinary kind, it is stated to be considerably cheaper to use. A Parliamentary paper containing answers to ques- tions addressed by the War Offlca to officers commanding MilitiaRdglments was putlished on Saturday. To the ques- tion whether recruits could be drilled for three or six mouths when enrolled, 78 oiffcers In the kingdom return the ani wer Yes and 63 the answer" No" A number return the answer" Doubt/ul." From Scotland the majority of tha answer" N 0." „,1 t"hA undere!and8 the Bishop of Winchester has ,Wn0m many have been ,n the habic table" f Conaecratlon "standing before the iademenfc PlA^mi £ -'e iaw M enunciated in the recent witnTorrrn r j udgni«nt^ is persoikally unable to reconcile it with formlr judgments. o conv'cted at Ennis of causing the death of a 0 y of tender years, by burning him with a red-hot pokvr. a Freemason of him, have been set:- tencea by the L^rd Chief Baron to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour. Mr. James Rankin, of Bryngwyn-park, Herford- snire has offered to build at his own expense a free library and scientific maseum for the city of Hereford, on condition that the former be maintained by a borough rate. A strange incident was witnessed in Hyde Park the other afternoon, when the pitrk was crowded. A Mahome- tan, coolly unrolling his praying mat on the greensward, knelt down. and, with his face turned towards Metci gravely performed a long act of devotion. A considerable crowd assembled to contemplate tho Mussulman, who ap- peared wholly unconscious of the curiosity he excited. The Brazil mail has brought intelligence of the lost of the well-known Liverpool clipper Great Padrii. When built, and for many years after, she was reoorteu to be tha «R?fl vViy* f,?r many years formed one of (ho celebrated B.ack Bau line. It appears she bee 'me lesky off Cape Horn, and was abandoned on the 10:h July three hundred miles south of Binia, the master and cr.w beKg picked up and landed at Bahxa by a barqie. r^8 £ harle3 Crutty, a justice of the peace, was proceeding home on Saturday from Castle bar, where he had been attending as grand juror at the assizes, he was fired at wi ie near his residence, ten miles from Cistlebar, f nd it ia fea,d. mortally wounded. The servant who accompanied him was also shot iu the head, and is since reported dead The assassin was concealed in a small grove. Four men are arrested oil suspicion. Mr. C. otty and servant were fired at last year near Westport, but escaped. The o-ilv cause assigned is that Mr. Clotty had a litigation with genu tenants for trespa'i?. The Postal Committee of the Society of Arts, numbering ISO members of Parliament and a large number oi manufacturers and others interested in postal reform, has recently held several meetings. In the opinion of the com- m'ttee, it is desirable tbat every complication in the Post Offi ;e Regulations ehould be removed by all letters, whether closed or open, being charged at an uniform rate, commenc- ing at one halfpennj that all newspapers should be carried at one halfpenny each, and that all other matters should be tteated under the denomination of parcels, and be carried at the ra'e of 2oz for ouo halfpenny. The Court of Probate was opened on Saturday with the case of Hitchin v. Eardley, in which application was mane to revoke letters of administration granted so lone ago as the year 1833 to the defendants, as next of kin to Miss Mary Adams, who died in that year intestate, possessed of property amounting to about £10:,000 The right to the grant is disputed by the plaintiff on the ground that tha paity through whom defendants claimed as next to kin was illegitimate. The case therefore resolves itself into a ques- tiou of pedigree. In reply to a deputation from the National School Teachers' I uion, Mr. Forsier on Monday dealt with several objections which had been made to 1h.. new Education Code. The right hon. gentleman, inter alia, held out no prospect of grants being made under Aiticle 17 for teaching sewing to girls. He could give no hope of a change in the age of UJspectora and assistant-inspectors, to allow of the appoint- Ment of old irasters to such posts, nor of the transference of au appeal in disputes between managers and masters from the inspectors to the Education Department. The elevation of Sir H, Bulwer and Sir W. Mana- field to the House of Lords Increases the number of Peers created, since Mr. Gladstone came Into power to e^hte«n The representative character of the nev Peers' be btst gathered by a glance at their names :-L"rd ChanCenoJ Hatherly, Lord Penzance, the Lord Chancellor^ of iS" Lord Lawrence, late Governor-General of India- Lord Lisgar, Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada • the Earl of Southesk and Lord Rollo have exchanged Scotch for English Peerages; the ISarl of Listowel, an Irish Peer, sits as Baron Hare; Lords Acton, Castletown, Greville, Howard Robartes, and Wolverton were formerly in the House of Commons and the Marquis of Kildare and Lord Eliot have been called up in the lifetime of their fathers, the Duke of Leinster and the Earl of St. Germans.
THE MARKETS.
THE MARKETS. MA.RK-LANE.—MONDAY. The wheat market has opened with steadiness. and former the next three months no second fleet can HA From America the cable telegrams are unhnportaut, price. remaining unchanged, and stocks are rmall. In the Low^r Baltic ports shipments are becoming active, but no bulk of wheat or flour is looked for from that quarter. Ol oats tares, and peas there may be fair quantities received. This morning, in Mark-lane, oats are neglected, and an abatement of 61. since Friday, Is. from this day week, seems neceaaarv Barley, maize, beans, and feeding stuffs keep In retail demand at late rates. From abroad the accounts of the fine aprlne weather is as favourable as those received from the district^ of the United Kingdom. MEfROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAY. Tne cattle trade to-day has been characterised by an In creased amount of firmness. The supplies of stuck h>.ve been only moderate, and as the inquiry, in sympathy with the deau meat-market, has been more animated, prices have had an upward tendency. V ory few foreign beasts have been on sale, but the arrivals from our own districts have been about equal o last week Prime breedshave been scarce. For all qualities the tiade has b.en firm, ai d prices have rl«*n 9 per 8ib., the besr; Sc >ts and crosscs eellinga't 5s 61 to 5s SI p-rS.b. From N ufolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received about 1 750 Scsts and crofnei g _i of E gland 850 various bleeps'\VoT Scotlands" K and crosses; and about 103 oxen from Ireland Thi of sheep has been about equal to MondS fast Th« tr^Z request, on former terms. PiKS have been quiet at about late Per 81b. to sink the offaL PecfvV^Q^fuvaStS 4 9 f r r"me So'atbdown 6 o' 6* 4* I'r-vr'i.h. 4 b ^ge coarse calves 8 8 4 4 weoISB" 0 0 5 4 Prime small 6 0 6 0 S„ots, <fcc. 6 55 8 Large hogs 3 64 0 I !.6i. coarse sheep 3 C 3 11 Neat small porker* 4 6 6 2 8^ou; quality. 4 44 8 SucWlng calves. 0 0 0 0 r coarae woo«eu 6 2 6 10 Qr. old st.plgs.esch 22 0 25 0 METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—MONDAY. A bctfer feeling has prevailed in the dead meat market. Business has been on a more extensive scala, and prices have ruled firm. Per 8;b. by the carcste. In.'iiior tfesf 3 4 3 8 interior mutton S 4 4 0 Middling ditto 3 8 4 0 Middling ditto. « 04 4 Prime large dltto„ 4 8 4 10 Prime ditto 4 10 fi 2 Prime email ditto 6 0 5 2 Large pork 3444 Veal. 6 0 5 4 Sm»M dttto 4 6 5 0 Lamb, 6s. 8d. to 7& lOd. WOOL. The wool market continues to present a steady aspect Business, on account of home manufacturers is conducted on a full average sale, and values are w ell maintained Pni. export tho Inquiry has been to a moderate extent at currencies. Fleeces.: Southdown hoggets, 1« lid to 1. 0*1 half-bred ditto, Is. 8Jd. to Is. 41.; Kent fl'ecesi,%< Is. 3Jd.; Southdown ewes and wethers Is 'old i Leicester ditto, Is. Id. to Is. ljd. Sorte • ClothinlVV^ 4Jd.; combing, lid. to Is. 3d. per lb. iot,nlng,ls. to 1?. FISH. Herrings, pickled, 30s. to „ barrel; bloaters, 3s. to 4; 41 • 'o • • per box turbcts, 8s. to 12a • h-ilL ^f AH 10d- 4i- 10d. 18s. to 25s.: trawl haddocks in* ea«h plaice, 1°. 6d. to 4s. per pair • ALL18" per ,>askec = 12j. to ISs. per basket £ 1. f ♦ per 8Core>' Stings, kerel,3i. to U ner <C^ V Sd. per pound; mac- per barrel; lobsters ISj I'^M! haddocks, 25a to 38i. dcz?n; native ovste'rs £ 10 12i. to 25j. per bushel. sters, £ 10; commons, 15i. to Sis. por HOPS. bera^Macted6}^^6^ a *m0UDt of ^siness has v,„„" transacted in most descriptions of hops and nricei have been maintained. Choice coloury Kents have been nriPB. h readily owing to the extreme scarcity, and Weald «Mid aand £ ast Kent, 40s. to 140. Weald of Kent, 40s; to 76s.; Sussex, 85s. to 70s.: Farnham and country,75s. to 1128. olds, 20s. to 60s. per cwt. '———°' POTATOES. Large supplies of potatoes have been offered for dlspoial. For all qualitterthe demand has been inaottve, at late rates English Shawa, 81)s. to 110s. ditto Regents, 60s, to 100s j Scotch Rogentt, 66s. to gos, and Rocks, 60s. to 75s. per toni