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2ND BATTALION 2ND GLAMORGAN RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS.—Headquarters, Cardiff, 4th July, 1883. Regimental orders by Lieut.-Col. Commandant P. R. Cresswell, Commanding 2nd Glamorgan Rifle Volunteer Corps, 2nd Battalion. No. 1.—Captain S. Aitken assumes command of the 2nd Cardiff Detach- ment from this date, the usual certificate regarding the transfer of equipment to be at once forwarded to the adjutant. No. 2.—It having been brought to the notice of the commanding officer ttiat some members are in the habit of going to and returning from rifle shooting matches dressed in a manner extremely discreditable w the corps, viz., partly in uniform and partly in civilian dress, officers commanding detachments are requested to read out to the men at their next parade paragraph 752 Volunteer Regnh\ti011S, bearing upon this subject; After the publication ol this order members transgress- ing the above quoted paragraph will render the-meive. liable to be dismissed from the corps.—By order (Signed), C. H. S. BurLER, Adjt. 2nd Battalion 2nd Glamorgan Ritie Volunteer Corps. 2ND BATTALION 2ND GX.AMOUGAN RIFLE VOLUN- TEER CORPS.—(1ST CARDIFF DETACHMENT.)—Orders for the week commencing 8th July, 1883.-Hegimental orders by Lieut-Co). Commandant R. P. Cresswell, 2nd G.R.V.C.:—Head Quarters, Carditf, 4th July, 1884. No. 2—It haying bt-en brought to the notice of the Commanding Officer that some members are in the habit of going to, and returning from, rifle shooting No. 2—It haying bt-en brought to the notice of the Commanding Officer that some members are in the habit of going to, and returning from, rifle shooting matches dre-sed in a manner exa'<?mely discreditable to the Corps, viz., partly in uniform and partly in civilian I dress, officers commanding detachmonts are requested I to read out to the man at their next parade paragraph 752 Volunteer Regulations, bearing oil the.-subject. After the publication of this order, members transgressing the above quoted paragraph will render themselves liable to be dismissed from the Corps.-lly ord r (signed) C. H. S. Butler, Captain, Adjutant 2nd Battalion 2nd G.R.V.C.—Monday, parade at 8 p.m., drill order, drill in the Sophia Gardens Field, weather permitting, band to attend. Wednesday and Friday, squad and recruit drill at 8 p.m., class-firing from 3 to 6 P-In. Members are reminded that they cannot be returned as efficient unless they have done their class-firing.—On duty for the week—Lieut. J. J. David, Sergt. W. Ho weils, Corpl. W. J.Xolliass, Bugler J. E. -.Next for duty-He-ut, J. A. Jones, Sergt. L. Simpson, Corpl. A. J. F. Stow, Bugler R. Briscoe.—By order (signed) WALTER SCOTT, Captain Commanding Detachment. 2ND CARDIFF DETACHMENT 2:n BATTALION 2ND GLAMORGAN RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS.—Orders for the week commencing 8.h' July, lt-83 :—Monday— Q. R. S. and T. Companies will parade at 8 p.m. Uni- form, drill order. Band to attend. Wednesday and Friday—Squad and recruits' drill at 3 p.m. Plain clothes. Thursday—Class firing from 3 p.m. till dark. Lieut. J. H. Jones is posted to T Company. The detachment will parade at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday, the 14th July, and proce'ed by rail to Caerphilly, and march back to Cardiff, doing some skirmishing and battalion drill en route. Refreshments will bo provided. The officer commanding trusts that every member of the detachment will endeavour to be present, and will notify his intention tA, the colour-sergeant of h com- pany, so that proper accommodation in-y be provided. Uniform, drill order. Band-to attend- The officer commanding also takes this opportunity of expressing a hope that every member of th? detachment will assist him by regular and punctual a ttendance at all parades, so that the efficiency of the detachment may be main- tained, and its members increased to its full strength. On his part nothing sliail be wanting to effect this result. On duty for the week Lieut. J. H. Jones, Sergt. J. Gaudy, Sergt. T. Benjamin, Corpl. L. Hiw- croft, Lance-Corporal J. King, and Bugler J. Stillman. —(Sigued) SAMUEL AITKE.N, Captain Commanding Detachment. 2ND BATTALION 2ND GLAMORGAN RIFLE VOLUN- TEER CORPS (PENARTII DETACHMENT).— Detachment orders for the week commencing 8th July, 1883.- Monday—No drill, the hall being otherwise engaged. Tneziday-Clas., tiring oil the East Moors from 2.;)) p.m. Wednesday—Squad drill at Dinas Powis, at 7.J0 p.m., in plain clothes. Thursday—Squad drill at Penarth, at 7.30 p.m., in plain clothes. On duty for tie week :— Lieut. Coleman, Sergeant E. Angove, Corporal J. Nor- man, Bugler J. Moloney. Next fo.- duty :—Lieut. Vaughan, Sergeant B. S. Clarke, lance-Corporal G. Yarnton. Busier T. Hutciing .—Pensrth, oth July, 1633.—Signed, SNFE'EY Co KMA-S LieutcuAut Com- manding Peuarth Detachmeh

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BIRTHS, MAIUIIAGES, DEATHS Kotke* of Births, ?Jarrla;:cs, and Deaths, are charje at tM rate o1 l,/ol' the}irst Twenty b ords, and 6(JOf every additional Ten Words, and must be PREPAID. In (Ût cases iA" 1I.otice¡n¿st l1e authenticated by the name and address of the writer. BIRTHS. STEER.—On the 30th June, the wife of Mr Robert Steer, (;a.tJe Hotel, Rhy ney, of a daughter. FISHER.—July 3rd, the wife of Henry Oakden Fisher, cf a daughter. 5524 MARRIAGES. HUGGINS—LLEWF.LT.IN.—On the 27th inst., at the l'arbh Church, Llanireclifa Lowor, by the Rev. David Griffiths, foJ, A.. vicar of Resolven, Glamorgan- shire, assisted by tlw Rev. F. Foster, M.A., vicar of the parish, Neville H¡¡gin, Esq., of Belsize-square, London, to Ada Margaret, youngest (hnght r of thc late David Llewellin, Esq., of Bryn Gomer, near Pontypool. 63779 DUNNING-PARK.—On June 25th, at St Woollos Church, N,ewJ>ort. hy the Rev, J, T. Wrenford, Uicharll Dun- ning, to Eutnia, youngest daughter of Mr J. H. Park, of Neath. 5457 JooFS—THOMAS.— July 3rd, at Salem Welsh Baptist Chapel, Carditf, by the Hev. A. Tilly, assisted by the Revs. N. Thomas and S. Jones, the Hev. Thomas J01;e3, pastor of the ahove cha,pe1, to Miss Sarah Adeline (Adde), youngest daughter of MrW. Thomas, St. DosruieU's Villa, Roatli. 5515 DAVIS—HARRIS.—July 3rd, at Holy Trinity Church, Newport, by the Rev. I). Wiiks, Samuel Davis, Grocer, Ac., to lininieline Amelia Harris, youngest daughter of Mr John Harris, Shipbuilder, Newport. CHIDLOW—KIRKHOUSE.—July 3, at Vaynor Church, Breconshire, by the Rev. Howel Kirkhouse, M.A., vicar of Cyfarthfa, brother of the bride, assisted by the Rev. J. K Jenkins, rector of Vaynor, the Rev. Charies Chidlow, M.A., vicar of Caio, Carmarthen- shire, to Jaue, youngest daughter of the latl) Henry Kirkhouse, Esq., of Massmelin, Neath, Glamorgan- shire. DEATHS. GRIFFITHS.—June 26th, at 25, Sophia-street, Cardiff, Martha, widow of the late William Griffiths, of Aberayron. 5459 FERGUS.—June 24th, at Maryhill, Glasgow, Thomas Fergus, aged 76 years. 5460 COLLINGDON—June 29, at 17, Bute-crescent, Cardiff, Elizabeth Ann, wife of T. Collingdou, in her 83th year. 5469 WILLIAMS.—On June 27, Benjamin Williams, chemist, late of Taff's Well and Cardiff, in his 61st year. 5466 THOMAS.—Juiy ht, at the British Workman, Midicent- street, Cardiff. Thomas David Thomas.

SATURDA Y, JULY 7, 1883. LOCAL. JUVENILE SMOKERS. ONE of the first practices to which a boy who wishes to be considered something of a man becomes addicted is that of smoking. This is not so much the case in the country as in the towns. In Cardiff, for instance, one may see any day in the street urchins whoso ages are still a long way from "the teens," sucking hard at, and apparently enjoying with all the zest of an old smoker, a short clay pipe, the tobacco, or rather apology for that "weed," having probably been manufactured by the boys from" hard up"—Anglice, cigar ends. Occasionally a group of these lovers of the pipe may be seen, only one of them being the envied possessor of the means to gratify their precocious taste, the pipe being handed round from mouth to mouth, each juvenile smoker taking a few whiffs. At the Swansea police-court on Monday, two boys were charged with stealing six wooden pipes, a cigarette holder, and several packets of tobacco. The Stipendiary remarked that in Germany, where smoking was more pre- valent than anywhere else in the world, the law subjected a boy under 16 to a penalty if found smoking in public. He thought that was a very sensible law, and he wished it was in force in this country. It is a ques- tion, however, whether fining a boy would be an effectual punishment, seeing that his parents or other guardians would have to pay the penalty.

JUVENILE INTREPIDITY. IT could not be said of the little boy of ten summers, who climbed to the roof of the schoolroom at Dowlais, a few evenings ago, that, like RALEIGH, he fain would climb but that he feared to fall. The sergeant of the armoury had his attention attracted by th cries of a child in the direction of the school- room, and after looking about for some time he descried the little lad on the roof of the building, having climbed up the rain-water pipe to a height of 45ft., and then on to the slates, in order to recover his ball, which had caught in the troughing. The little fellow could not get down the same way as he went up, so he shouted lustily for a ladder, which had to be procured for him. Such a daring feat by such a youngster re- minds one of the lad who bravely cut his way up the- chalky rocks on the shores of the Niagara Falls. It would have been interesting to have watched how the little fellow at Dowlais sur- mounted every difficulty in the course of his dangerous climb. Though he went up higher rather more rapidly than was pru- dent on that occasion, his intrepid little spirit seems to bo stamped with the motto of Excelsior." Such pluck and nerve characterises all our great soldiers, travellers, and discoverers. NELSON when a "middy" was never happier than when he was climb- ing the topgallant masts and WELLINGTON when a boy liked to ride tho most skittish and mettlesome horso that he could get astride of.

EARLY CLOSING" AT THE SOPHIA GARDENS, CARDIFF. THE Sophia Gardens are tho only public pleasure grounds for the southern and western parts of Cardiff, the recreation ground at Cathays being only available for that district. Such places of resort in the metropolis are called the" lungs of the city, and in this respect Cardiff, with its rapidly-increasing population and ever ex- tending area, has only one "lung," unless we add the field near the cemetery as a place of public resort. Wo are told by those who have observed it, that this summer the Sophia Gardens are more frequented than they have ever been. On Sunday afternoons, especially, there are thousands of people, of every age and social standing, to be seen about the grounds, and at certain hours every fine day in the week the number of people in the gardens if, also considerable, and we must say tha the paths and the grass are very nicely kept. But why do those having control over the gardens adhere to the preposterous rule of closing the pates as early as eight o'clock during these long summer evenings ? Many hundreds of young men and women do not leave the shop counter till that hour, and cannot get to tho grounds earlier than half-past eight, when, mnch to their disappointment and annoy- ance, they find the turnstiles closed. It is hardly to be credited how many persons, old and young, are thus obliged to turn back at the gate. What arc those who have the management of the gardens afraid of ? Let them try the experiment of keeping the place open a little later, and if, from any reason, thoy have cause to be dissatisfied with the results, they can easily fall back on the old arrangement. At present the public are turned out of the grounds just at the most enjoyable period of the whole day.

BATHING FATALITIES. THOUGH all are agreed that bathing is a healthful practice, its dangers under certain conditions will always prove fatal to those neglecting to observe the necessary precau- tions. This year, as usual, all through the hot weather, the banks of every river in the neighbourhood of every town or village aro thronged with bathers, and the same thing obtains at every seaside resort around our shores. In weather like the present it is practically impossible to keep people out of the water. There is nothing which a youth resents so much as to be told that because he cannot swim at all, or is but an indifferent swimmer at the best, he therefore ought not to venture into deep water. A falsa notion prevails that the peril is diminished if ft number of non-swimmers go together, where- as, as a matter of fact, it is generally increased. This week we have to publish several bath- ing fatalities, such as that of the youth named West, from Neath, drowned near Briton Ferry, on Monday. West went into the water with several of his fellows who could not swim, and got out of his depth. It is a great luxury, no doubt, to be a strong swimmer, and to be able to go well out of one's depth under theiopen sky. But, on the other hand, strong swimmers are in the minority, and we cannot too strongly impress upon ventersome young people the dangers or going out of their depth while bathing, run- ning the risk of being stuck in the mud in the rivers, and of being carried out by the under-curreuts of the waves at the sea- side.

THE PAUPER IRISH IN AMERICA. THE charter of independence in the United States declared that all men were free, but an exception ought to have been made with respect to negroes and paupers. We are re- minded by the acts of Americans of the homely phrase that" fine words butter no parsnips." We do not view the acts of Irish boards of guardians in sending over to the United States penniless paupers with any favour, but we view with still greater I disfavour the conduct of the United States authorities in sending them back to Ireland bccauae they are poor. Father NUGENT, of Liverpool, by his system of helping the poor Irish, allows much greater humanity than the Irish boards of i guardians, as he gives them enough money to exist upon for a twelvemonth, so that they may reap the fruit of their first year's crop if they settle on the land. To send people penniless to New York is an act of cruelty, and only confirms the belief that the well-to-do Irish are more inhuman to their own people than the English are re- presented to be. What can a poor man, with a wife and three or four children, and perhaps an aged parent, do in New York, which is already glutted with labour? These people ought to be sent to the thriving Western States, where their labour would find a fitting reward. A good system of assisted emigration, by which the poor people would be looked after until they found employment, would be a great boon.

HEINE, THE POET. WE have many instances of the unfortunate marital relations of poets, who appear to be fond of ill-assorted matches. MILTON, BYRON, SHELLEY, and many others could be cited in proof of this. HEINE, the German poet, appears to have been another poet who managed to pick out the most unsuitable person as his wife. We have always been accustomed to look upon HEINE as a most spiritual, sensitive, highly-cultured indi- vidual, but it turns out that he was a wife- beater M. WEILL, the poet's friend, says he used to beat his wife like any coal- heaver He first saw her in a glove shop in the Passage Choiseul, and fell in love with her. The truth is very provoking at times. We build up an ideal poet in our imagination, but we find him on examination to be of the earth, earthy," and to have much in common with the rest of mankind, and even to fall far below most of them. What a fine character THOMAS CARLYLE appeared, until his friend and biographer, Mr FROUDE, tore the delu- sion from our eyes. Mrs EMILY PFEIFFER, in her translation of Heine, has this verse 0, shade of Heine, if I dare Apostrophise that spirit bright, That lucent spirit, keen and rare, By other name than that of Light. Madame HEINE, his wife, did not find that his blows wero "light," although no doubt she often apostrophised him while he was beating her.

NAKED LIGHTS IN FIERY COLLIERIES. THE colliers of the Rose Heyworth pit, at Cwmtillery, are not satistied with the re- enforcement of the recommendation of the district mining inspector that locked lamps shall be used in the pit, and they induced one of the members of the county to put, on Monday last, a question to the HOME SECRETARY with reference to the subject. The reply of Sir W. HAROOURT was decisive, and must put an end to any hopes the men of Rose Heywortl pit may have indulged in as to the abrogation of the regulation which has been recently re-enforced. Sir W. HARCOURT said that since 1881, when the men in the Rose Heyworth pit took to the use of open lamps, there had been several small explosions, burning more or less severely, and he expressed his opinion that unless the use of locked lamps were returned to a severe explosion would occur. He (the HOME SECRETARY) could not discourage the enforcement of a useful regulation bv the inspector. The miners, the inspector" said, become so used to the danger of open lights that they did not see the necessity of closed lamps. He could uot discourage the in- spector in his endeavour to protect the men. In his annual report to the Government, Mr WALES significantly remarks that it is a fact worthy of special notice that all the explo- sions of gas, both fatal and non-fatal, were attributable to the use of naked lights. This, in itself, is a strong reason why, not only all our fiery, but also our comparatively non- fiery, mines ought to be worked with locked safety lamps instead of open lights. He is strongly of opinion that if this were done a considerable saving of life would be effected. If the colliers at Cwmtillery have any re- gard for their future safety, they will surely, in the light of these opinions, cease all agitation on the subject, and resign them- selves to the use of safety lamps.

GENERAL. THE "TIMES AND COMPETITION. THE penny newspapers have, at last, begun to tell on the fortunes of the Times news- paper, and it is reported that arrangements are nearly ready so that that newspaper may be published at two prices, threepence and one penny, like the Morning lleral l and Stanilard many years ago. There is no doubt that the penny edition of the Times willluwe an enormous sale, and will, in the end strangle tho threepenny edition, like the Standard did tho Morning Herald. In 1838, when the penny stamp was on every news- paper, the sale of the Times was 11,800, but when tho" taxes on knowledge," as they were called, were abolished, the sale rose gradually to 70,000. The penny dailies have loft the Times in the rear as far as sale is concerned, because the price of one is a penny and the other threepence. The Tele- graph prints more than 200,000 of its morn- ing edition alone, while the Standard, in its two editions, does the same the Daily News sells about 150,000; tho Daily Chro- nicle 90,000, and the Morning Post 50,000. In 1838 the Morning Chronicle sold 6,300 the Morning Post, 2,560 thoJlorning Herald, 5,833. In less than 50 years the whole newspaper press has been revolution- ised in consequence of the abolition of the duty on paper, the newspaper stamp, and the duty on advertisements. THE MEANS OF EGRESS IN PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. ALL new theatres in New York have to be built at the corner of two streets, so that there may be a greater number of places of exit in case of fire or panic. It is the duty of authorities in towns and cities to see that there are a sufficient number of places of escape at all public buildings, whether theatres, concert-halls, town-halls, circuses, or chapels which are used as places of enter- tainment. The Royal Comedy Theatre in London, as well as Mr CHARLES WYNDHAM'S theatre in Northumberland Avenue, are built at the corners of two streets, and could be emptied in two minutes in case of fire. Many theatres in London have been burnt down twice or thrice in the course of this century, and it is therefore imperative that the safety of the public should be seen to at once. We know of many public halls in provincial towns which have only one mode of escape in case of fire, so that in a panic this avenue would be in- evitably blocked up, and many would be suffocated if not burnt to death. While some authorities are vigilant and equal to the emergency, others seem only fit to be residents of Sleepy Hollow, and to possess that lymphatic temperament which cannot be roused into action until the fire is at their very doors. THE LATE DR. SPOTTISWOODE. THE late President of the Royal Society, who died last week at the age of 58, of typhoid fever, was one of the most illustrious j mathematicians of his time, but his labours were not of that kind which meets with recognition among the public, and Obtains popularity for its owner. Dr. SPOTTIS- WOODE was, however, recognised by those best able to appreciate his mental powers like the Paris Academy of Sciences and other learned bodies. He fell a victim to his many heavy engagements, as he was at I the head of one of the largest printing establishments in London, while his princely table at Seven Oaks was open to all who had done something for science. The late Mr JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS was another learned; printer, but his labours were in a different field. In the missionary field we find that printers have done much for society, as Dr. MORISON, the Chinese missionary, belonged printers have done much for society, as Dr. MORISON, the Chinese missionary, belonged to that profession, as well as Dr. GOGERLY, of Ceylon, Dr. MOFFAT, of African fame, and WILLIAM KNIBB, who made himself famous i by breaking down the system of apprentice- j ship for life (another form of slavery) in Jamaica HOBERT RAIKES, the founder of Sunday schools in England, was also a printer, as well ar HORACE GREELEY, one of the most determined enemies of slavery who ever lived, and in this connexion BENJAMIN J FRANKLIN must never be forgotten. 1\

FOREIGN. FRENCH COLONIAL ENTERPRISE. THE French people seam much irritated at the remarks in our newspapers about their "spirited foreign policy. La France de- clares that the British people do not view with favour the acts of any other people who j copy their colonial policy, as the world is not big enough for British covetousness. It is true that we own a greater area than any other Power, not excepting China, and that i one-eighth of the world is governed from Downing-street. It must, however, be borne in mind that we have given up many possessions in our long history, such as the Ionian Islands, Sicily, the Transvaal, and other places, while we ret more than enough territory to be governed by one central authority. Our position in Egypt is viewed by France with jealousy, but it ought to be remembered that we have vast possessions in the Easit while France has little at stake there. The other day New Guinea was annexed by the Governor of Queensland, but it appears that the Home Government will not endorse his action, and the annexation is null and void. We wish France to be great and powerful, but she must not interfere with our trade in China and elsewhere, or we shall bo forced to take steps to maintain our supremacy at sea as we have done in times past. We can- not live unless our trade with foreign nations is maintained.

CANVASSING AT ELECTIONS A DEGRADING PRACTICE. Mr GORST, the Tory member for Chat- ham, barrister-at-law, without a practice, is by no means an unknown man. His pecu- liar little ways in Parliament in these latter days have made him singular, if not notori- ous. When Mr DISRAELI was called to power as the result of the country losing some way or another its head, Mr GORST, who had always been a safe man with his party, was looked upon as a. man who would be selected for office. Subsequent events showed that he himself considered he had claims which should not have been lightly put aside. But the Machiavellian PREMIER moved and acted in a mysterious way, and when the Ministry was formed, it was discovered that the lawyer who sat for the Kentish borough, and who might at any time have secured a walk over in his native constituency of Pres- ton, had been passed by, and his name was never afterwards mentioned in connection with an under-secretaryship. When blunt and politically-ignorant Jomr HOLKER be- came Attorney-General of England, he did not forget the services of Mr GORST, whose interest and influence helped the successful leader of the Northern Circuit to his seat for the Lancashire borough, which proved faithful to him until promotion to the judi- cial bench rendered the constituency vacant. Ingratitude was not one of the sins of Sir JOHN HOLKER, and so he male Mr GORST his "Devil." We do not mean that so shining a legal luminary as the ATTORNEY- GENERAL was addicted, like some of the un- enlightened people of the earth are even to this day, to Satanolatory but, it is to be explained, a "devil" is a necessity to the existence of the first law officer of the Crown. He is nothing more nor less than a "fag," who reads up the law, and makes diligent search forprecedentsand "cases in point," on behalf of the legal luminary who retains him. If report speaks truly, the membar for Chatham "devilled" Sir JOHN well, but still Mr DISRAELI made no sign. When, therefore, the Fourth Party camo into ex. istance, what was more natural than that Mr GORST should join its ranks ? The mission of the Fourth Party is not only to do and to say the most irritating and un- truthful things to the Liberal party, and to Liberals personally, in and out of the House of Commons, but to prove a thorn in the side of the leaders of the Conservatives, with whom it was formerly associated. So much for Mr GORST in the past we have now to consider one of his latest move- ments in the present. During the discus- sion on the Corrupt Practices Bill in Par- liament this week, the member for Chat- ham took it into his head—out of mere wil- fulness we should say, judging from his past associations and present professions— to move that it be a disqualification in a candidate at an election to make a house-to-house canvass of the electors. It is an idea which has for a long time been the common property of tho Liberal party, but Mr GORST appropriated it with a non chalance and audacity which are by no means strangers to him. There can scarcely be two opinions about the degrading prac- tice of canvassing, but there may be many as to the best methods of getting rid of it. It is, too, difficult to define where ordinary methods of conversation end and acts of can- vassing commence. The difficulty might be met in a form by the introduction into the Corrupt Practices Bill of such words as would make illegal palpable canvassing according to the approved methods of the past and present, about which there could not be very much mistake, and a mere en- deavour on the part of a candidate to make his real sentiments known to those who desired bona fide to become acquainted with them. The present system of making house-to-house visit3 to the elec- tors when election times come round is not only stupid and unsatisfactory, but lowering to the dignity of any man with a grain of respect either for himself or his opinions. It may have won the hearts of our forefathers, aye, and our foremothera, too, when my Lord TOM NODDY descended from his pedestal to talk pleasant platitudes in a familiar way with those whose suffrages he was anxious ta obtain, and it was, no doubt, considered mighty condescending in the squire, who from year's end to year's end kept his nose well up in the air, to tell HODGE, when an olection recurred, that it was fine growing weather," and to. en- quire, in a really solicitous mannor, after mistress and the little HODGES. We all know what extraordinary things were done in those days to catch a vote, and stories, and not unauthenticated ones, of how titled ladies lent their sweet lips—not in talking; but in kissing—to dazzle the understanding of the "free and independent," and to gain a plumper for the candidate whose cause they championed. The country has, we are delighted to know, come to appreciate this sort of thing at its true value, and there are few men in the kingdom who would be sorry if canvass- ing of all kinds were done away with to- morrow. It is an insult to the intelligence and to the character of an elector to canvas him for his vote, and a working man, called up from his breakfast or his dinner, by a candidate and his friends to make the enquiry as to how he was going to vote, would be justified in using that essen- tially British phrase, Mind your own business." An Englishman's house, it is com- monly averred, is his castle, but during the progress of aParlia.mentary contest it is pretty frequently and pretty heavily stormed by one side and the other. It is satisfactory h, know that the Government, through the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, agreed that" this canvassing was a most pernicious practice," but they could not accept the amendment because it would be impossible to define what house-to-house canvassing is. We believe that Mr BROADHURST, whc- ought to know something of the feeling of the class from which he springs, was perfectly within the strict lines of trutb when he said that the working people of the country were entirely opposed to the system. We think that a change is neces- sary, not only as a measure of relief to those who are charged with a grave responsibility in making tho selection of gentlemen to represent them in the House of Commons, but also as an act of mercy and justice to the candidates themselves, to whom the duty of canvassing must be almost purgatorial. Although only eighteen members were found to enter the lobby in favour of the amendment, we be- lieve this was a result due to the individual who brought it forward, and the manner in which he fulfilled the task. When the Govern- ment have come to some sort of definition of what house-to-house canvassing is—which it is hoped will not be a very long time hence—there will, we are sure, be little delay in amending the Corrupt Practices Act in force at the time, in order to do away with a practice which is manifestly insulting to those who have to submit to it, and naturally distasteful and degrading to those who have to uphold it, if they would do ae others do, and leave no chance untried.

PAUPER EMIGRATION TO AMERICA. IT is greatly to be regretted that some un* pleasantness has been caused in America tg