The Aberdare Times

A meeting of Dublin cab and car owners and drivers, chiefly owners wa, held on Sunday afternoon in the Nine Acres, Phoenix Park, near the Ecene of the 'heir abhorrence and indignation. A hey assembled to the number of about 400 in Beres- tord-place, the chairman and speakers being in a wagonette, which headed a procession four deep to the park. The wagonette was then drawn up and served as a platform. Mr. Rorke, a cabowner, was called on to preside, and, addressing those present, said that with Bad heart, in common with all the men in Ireland, they had made it their business to go there to express their deep horror and indignation at the dread- ful crime which was committed in that beautiful park 0Djlu n-rT.ay weekl Ifc was one of the most brutal and hellish assassinations that had ever occurred, and they believed that it had been perpetrated by some foreign mode which had been brought into this country. (Hear, hear.) They deeply deplored the murder of the noble Lord Frederick Cavendish, who had been sent over to try to do some good for Ireland, He had come there in the mornin2 of his life, fail of health and strength, intending to do all in his power for this country in accordance with the wishes of Irishmen and accord. ing to Irish ideas. He was about to wipe out the angry stains left by others who had been here pre- viously. (Hear, hear.) The confidence the speaker had in Mr. Gladstone compelled him to believe that he had sent his lordship to do all in his power for this country. They deeply deplored that noble hearts were still within prison walls but still more they deplored the fact that the deadly assassins were still at large. They would make every effort to capture them. (Hear, hear.) They also regretted the great loss they had sustained by the sudden death of Mr. Burke, the Under-Secretary. Resolutions expressing in strong terms the feeling of horror, indignation, and sympathy felt by the meeting, and pledging those present to do all in their power to assist the authorities in bring- ing the assassins to justice, were passed unani- mously.

The Tuatn News, in an article upon the life and career, social and political, of the late Mr. Burke, who was born in Tuam in 1829, bears the following testi- mony to his conduct as a landlord, referred to lately in so feeling a manner by Mr. Forster:—"He possessed an extensive property in this county, chiefly at Knocknagar and Lekid, and during the past three years of distress, in addition to allowing liberal abate- ments in moderate rents, which were never raised, he provided for every man upon his estate work during these seasons of want, and this at high wages. In consequence his death is as deeply felt as it is deservedly deplored by these henest, attached, and grateful people. In one particular instance an old, illiterate, and poor man upon the estate, suffering from threatened blindness, was brought up to Dublin, placed by Mr. Burke under the best medical care, maintained there, and sent back free of any expense, happily cured of his visual defect; and while under treatment three times a week during his protracted recovery did the man burdened with the cares of administration find time to visit this aged dependent upon his noble charity We could enume- rate numerous other cases where the true nobility of the murdered man was displayed, but we pen these T.. M,ln tbat' w°il6 the memory of his public actions is fresh in the public mind, these cases of unostentatious benevolence may also be known to the public."

Throughout every part of the South of Ireland indignation meetings have been held in reference to the late assassinations. The fund being raised by the Corporation of Cork for augmenting the reward offered by the Lord Lieu- tenant amounts to £1,000.

Earl Spencer has issued a proclamation calling attention to the fact that persons knowingly harbour- ing any of the murderers of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke, or aiding them to escape, become liable to penal servitude for life. A reward of jB500 is, there- fore, offered to anyone who within three months sball give such information as will lead to the arrest of those who assist the murderers to frustrate the endsef ustice.

Thousands of persons visited the scene of the murders on Sunday. Reference was made to the crime in strong denunciatory language by preachers in several of the churches. The public excitement continues on the subject, and there appears to be a great anxiety to aid the detectives in their difficult work. Every scrap of information is being collected and fitted into the history of the occurrence.—The statements of fifteen persons have been taken as to having seen a car with four persons upon it at different points along the route the assassins are believed to have followed. The police it is said, have some important information with refer- ence to the purchase of weapons such as would inflict the wounds but they are very reticent on the subject.

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Achonry has written a letter to the Freeman's Journal expressing "the feelings of dismay and abhorrenoe with which the clergy and laity of this diocese condemn and execrate that appalling atrocity, which has awakened a sense of honest indignation throughout this country such as no other tragic event has awakened in the present cen^7 murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke,

The Times' American correspondent telegraphs Exteniove detective arrangements are being made in New York in response to cablegrams received from the Dublin police. It is intended to ferret out the ramifications of the assssination conspiracy on this side, if any exist; and also to watch the steamers as they arrive.-The official reward for the apprehension of the assassins has been posted at all the police stations."

LETTER FROM THE QUEEN TO MISS BURKE, The Queen has shown her sympathy with Miss Burke in the following kind letter Buckingham Palace, May 10. "Dear Miss Burke,-Though not personally ac- quainted with you, I am anxious to -exprefs to you again in writing how deep and sincere my sympathy is with you in this hour of terrible affliction and bereavement, and how much I deplore the loss of one who had devoted his life to the service of his Sove- reign and country so loyally, faithfully, and ably. It is impossible to express the horror which I, in common with the world at large, have experienced at the dreadful event of last Saturday and, while nothing can make up to you and poor Lady Frederick Cavendish the loss of a beloved brother and husband, the universal sympathy which is felt for you may, I hope, be something to you. Trusting that your health may not suffer, and praying that God may support you, Believe me, yours sincerely, "(Signed) VICTORIA, R." Miss Burke and her brother desire to convey their heartfelt thanks to the numberless public bodies, cor. porations, and associations who have sent them copies of resolutions expressing sorrow and indignation at the foul murder of their beloved brother, and they also hereby assure them that these tokens of deep sympathy have been a source of great consolation to them in their cruel affliction.

The Poltes Gazette contains the following desar iption of the four men wanted for the murder of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke :— 1. About 35 years old, stout make, dark complexion hair, whUkers and moustache recently clipped so as to give a bris ling appearance; narrow forehead, natural hollow or dinge on bridge of nose, wore a soft black jerry hat and dark clothes. 2. About 30 years, sandy hair, whiskers and moustache, brown faded coat as If much exposed to sun, soft black Jerry hat. 3. About 20 years, small dark moustache, no whiskers soft black hat and dark clothes. 4. About 30 years, sandy hair and moustache, beard on chin, wore dark clothes and soft black hat. The height cannot be given of any, all being sitting on an outside car, driven by a man between 85 and 40 years red bloated face, with a few days' growth of beard. Had on dark or brows coat, supposed frieze and low soft black hat The horse was a bay or chestnut of good action, and the car had either a dark green or a red panel. The men had the appearance of sailors or well-to-do artisans.—JOHN MALTOK Superintendent.

The SOCIETY for the EMPLOYMENT of WOMEN. The annual meeting of this society has been held at their offices in Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, and was well attended, principally by ladies. The Earl of Shaftesbury occupied the chair. The secre- tary read the 23rd annual report, which spoke of the various industries in which, through the instrument- ality of the society, women are employed, including art decoration, wood engraving, lithography, plan tracing, clerks and bookkeepers, shorthand-writing, the working of the telephone, dispensing, printing, hair- dressing, and waitresses, and it also stated that a register .-P free charge of women seeking employment, references as to character and capa- bilities being all that are stipulated for by the society that during the year 347 names have been en- tered on the register and 230 remain on it at the present time, and that permanent employment had been procured for 62 persons. Seventy young women had begun to learn some kind of business, while thofe seeking temporary work had been employed on 813 occasions. The Earl of Fortescue moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. Mocatta, both of whom spoke of the greater employment of women on the Continent th *n in this country, and the latter said he knew of broker's offices in the City where they were now employed, and they did their work very satisfactorily. He aleo said that in Vienna they were largely employed on the Bourse, and exclusively in the working of the telegraph and the telephone.

FISH CULTURE.—In noting the falling off in the number of trout and the threatened extinction of salmon in the rivers of Maine, which he attributes to the stringent game and fishing laws in Canada, and the consequent run upon the rivers in neighbouring territories, Consul Ward records on the other hand the striking success which has attended the propaga- tion of black bass. This fish, though only introduced into Maine since a short period, is already, we learn, very popular. "For lakes and ponds (says Mr. Ward) where there are no trout the black bass is considered a most valuable acquisition, and many such waters were stocked with the latter last year by the Commissioners. Besides being an excellent fish for culinary purposes, ba?s is particularly valued on account of its being one of the few amongst its tribe which are able to cope with the voracious pickerel or pike—a fish frequently met with in Maine, but not considered a desirable inmate for any water owing to its deatructiveness." DEATH OF THE LARGE ELEPHANT IN THE JARDIN DE8 PLANTES.—The elephant Bangcouch, which was presented to the Paris Jardin des PJantes by the King of Siam in 1862, died last week after an illness lasting over two or three months. He was twenty- five years of age at the time of his death, and his body was at once removed to the Museum and dis- sected. It is said that his female companion, Ajuna, bears up well under her bereavement. WHEN THIS OLD COAT WAS NEW.—The Great Exhibition of 1851, whilst giving a mighty impetus to every branch of industry throughout the British em- pire, did not fail also to wake up the woollen manu- facturing interest to the necessity of introducing new departures in the direction of quality, makes, and styles. Before that time cloth was made of such tex- ture and value that it was only the middle and higher classes who could be said to be clothed in woollen; the working man must go clamping along in his wooden clogs and fustian or cotton-cord breeches. The writer, not long ago, was travelling in a third-class carriage, with an old-fashioned Yorkshireman, who was well i>Ki«P?ed ln an C(lually oid-fashioned blue Devon- buttL* Se £ u°afc' with lofty collar, long tails, brass good clrd b^.P^kete. Said I, "That has been a warm' my. frlend. "Aye, lad," was the quick afore me t lfc.sud be, for my feyther had it feyther afore him"1!16/ &r?re him' my Kreat old sort, made ??at' truly—one of the proof from the verv rlL would stand on end, water- rubbed and cuffed WS» wefu a.nd warp>to be fear of becoming tattered or t without any moth, the fire, or the flood I aching but the proud possessor that it was of Ver >ts Warehousemen and Draptri Trade Jturml y,_

BURNING OF THE HYGIENIC EXHI- BITION IN BERLIN. T?vCiivI;,(1ay<.ecnln"in,ast week> the Grand Hygienic Proin P1 atBer^' ^'ich was to be opened by the hv firp V/-6 °n. ncl:,y> wa8 completely destroyed builcW th!f n «erUin. how> or in what Parfc of the mif, at. ,Hgratlon originated; but it broke tiro# I i Quarter to seven, and before half-past lav a hein if Woode'? pile and all its costly contents fliLn Z!Pf 8m,ok'nS ruins. The action of the cuDibwtihlfl t'U a considerable breeze and the cambustiole nature of the building. F'le Br%acte, which was rapidly on the the 'adiaeent1 f °^Mt0 prevent fche flames extending to the adjacent buildings. The Lehrte (or London) tioTbut C!°uSe to th? sceDe of the conflagra- thn favrmraHi a-° ? exertions of the firemen and to which mS direction of the wind, that terminus, TnUrelv^^L^ AW,SeLhave been burned down. FN<R tA thl P T" Another pile of buildings belong- aa weii aa the Hous« f;„n r A ^n anc* tbe barracks of a por- r Hanaro K T were afc one moment in the have Buffered. ,ort»»»Mr none of these buildings MifrAns nfn lr**1? "ri-1* just opened. On a 8idh £ lme which had iust Btood a number of wagonB aDDlances of all < m Viennft» with ambulance their valuable fr«!» £ fS for tho exhibition. They and their valuable freight were all consumed. Great crowds flocked to the scene of the conflagra- who' Sn hS thf £ 8t 40 »«ive was the Ifc^or, SeTwK The estimated loss is between two and three millions of marks. The papers of the exhibition-which was wholly the res t private enterprise—have alone been saved. Apart from the great pecuniary loss, the disaster is deplored as a serious check to the advance- ment of sanitary sconce. That science could not fail to have Profated by a comparative study of the splendid collection af hygienic apparatus and inventions of all kinds which have been consumed.

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS. ^0W our reports from agricultura districts are favourable, and tne farmers generally are hopeful (8ays Land and Water). It is true the atmos- phere up to April 20 was rather cold and dry, but by no means unseasonable and although there has been frosts, rendering the nights chilly, we have thus far escaped a long continuance of east winds which are often so detrimental to vegetation at this senson of the year. From the 20th, we have been favoured with a succession of showers, which have in some parts been so heavy as to amount to a superabundance; still both the pasture and arable land have received con. siderable benefit. The meadows are now well covered with herbage, and will thus retain their moisture, and consequently will not fail to produce a faii swartb at mowing time, and with a f £ w weeks more genial weather will guarantee the pastures all tbat might be desired for fattening stock. With occasional showers through May, the hay crops will give fa.r promise of greater abundance than they Rave yielded of late years; and although farmers have been somewhat hindered in spring sowing, those crop. that have already been got in show an excellent plant, and on the more heavy soils the frequent showers have much facilitated farming operations, and rendered rough and stubborn surfaces to be later on made into good seed beds. The wet weather in many places prevented the continuation of mangold planting, yet from the warm and moist state of the soil not much loss will be sustained by an early planting of swedes in their stead. The wheat crops, especially on the heavy clays, are not quite all that could be desired, partly owing to April frosts, and in a certain degree to the poorness of the soil, from the latter having been so continual y saturated with rain from the last several ungenial Reasons. Much still remains to be done by the landlords in the way of draining, while the tenant will be wise to give heavy dressings of manure-artlficial to further im. prove immediate growth, and farmyard for the future and thus again render the soil in that state of heat which can alone give remunerative returns to the occupier.

MR. JUSTICE FRY on the VICTORIAN ERA. At Stoke Newington, on Friday evening in last week, the annual meeting of the local "Mutual In- atruetion Association of the Society of Friends was held. After the report had been read, the President of the year, Sir Edward Fry, reminded the audience that nearly thirty years had elapsed since he had last addressed the association, in 1854. At that period the great palace of glass for the Exhibition of 1851 had been taken down, and the popular idea that its erection was to inaugurate an era of universal peace rf the (!rimeany w the commencement Crimean War. Subsequently other great SSffi iv°iTed' both EUR°P« and America, coufiicts which we can already perceive to have been overruled for great good, inasmuch as the American Civil War gave the death blow to slavery in the United States while the Franco-German War, and the brief preceding contest with Austria, estab- lished German unity, set aside the weakening influence of the many petty princes of the old regime, and shattered the dangerous and demoralizing preponder- ance of France under her military Napoleonism. In one direction, however, there was retrogression. Poor, unhappy Ireland is now in a worse condition than 30 years ago, though strikingly resembling, in many re- spects, her condition as described by the poet Edmund Spenser, who held the office of Secretary to the Royal Deputy for Ireland, a Dosition similar to that of th* late Lord F. Cavendish. In a book on Ireland, written by him nearly 300 years ago, and from which Sir E. Fry read extracts, were, passages narrating almost exactly the same evils which are now the curse of that island, such as the prevalence of crimes of violence, the difficulty of getting juries to convict evil-doers, and the prevalence of venality and perjury; so that, even at that distant period, some persons so despaired of Ireland s regeneration that they expressed a wish that it could become altogether a sea pool." Turning to literature, the lecturer observed that neither in poetry nor history had any greater leaders arisen during the thirty years than Tennyson and Grote, who about 1854 were the recognised heads of these departments. But in science it was very dif. ferent. Here great changes and vast strides have been made. Electricity in particular has assumed a mar- vellous and most promising position. Darwin and the evolutionists have wrought a revolution which has been attended by a sort of panic in the religious world. But this panic has already in a great degree subsided, after a brief duration, as compared with the similar religioaa panios which followed the discovery of the earth's motion round the sun and, in our own century, the revelations of geological science. For, whether the work of crea- tion had taken place by immediate action, or with very gradual developments, by the slow operation of natural environments and influences, in either case there was nothing to militate against the glory and wisdom of the original Creator, but the contrary. There is, how- ever, of late a tendency towards materialism in many minds, a tendency to exalt matter beyond intellect or soul. For himself the lecturer felt, at least as certain, if not iaore so, for his own consciousness, of the reality of intellect as of that ef matter. Scientific men talked about "molecules" and atoms," things, by the way, which, even to them, were so far matters of simple faith, for they had never seen a "molecule," or an "atom," though he (the lecturer) did not deny their existence. But he felt it a striking fact that he, like others, was conscious of the same person- ality, the same individual consciousness now that he had 30 years ago; although, meanwhile, according to the physiologists, the material portion of his existence had completely changed every seven years. Hence there was to be experienced a being within us separate from matter. But tho materialists, in order to account for ii.tellectual and spiritual influences, had assumed for their "atoms" and "molecules" various powers of development or of capacity. Well, on this principle, if you chose to put or infer anything virtually intel- lectual into matter, why, of course, you could after- wards get it out or infer it out of matter again. In concluding his interesting and instructive ad. dress, Sir Edward Fry recommended his younger friends not to be too discursive in their pursuits but to remember that a well-educated man has been defined as one who knows some- thing about everything and everything about some- thing "-that ip, one who has a fair, general, and a profound special knowledge. Hence the audi- ence were advised to adopt courses of lectures or studies of single subjects, rather than desultory attention to a variety. Also it was observed that in literature the best books are generally the oldest as the Scriptures, the classics, and the poets, divines and thinkers of bygone ages whereas in science the reverse holds good, the best writers being the newest and latest. A hearty vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to Sir Edward Fry for presiding on the occasion.

MUTTON IN FRANCE.—Mutton is very seldom eaten by the peasantry of France, and its unpopularity is almost as great among the working classes of the cities and towns. Servants in many districts refuse to touch it, and I have known cases where express stipulation regarding it was entered in the contract. The proportion of mutton to other meat consumed in France isabout thirteen per cent. C. in Land and Water. THE ORIGIN OF PARCHMENT.—The skins of animals were used for writing upon in very ancient times. The obvious convenience of this substance must have caused its adoption as soon as any means were devised for preserving it from spoiling- • and the large size of skins, added to their plia- bility, must have caused them to be preferred to leaves of trees. It is most probable that the rolls of books mentioned by Ezekiel, Isaiah, and other pro- phets, were rolls of skins; and the very ancient copies of the Bible preserved by the Jews in Cochin, in India, are said to be of leather. These skins would naturally be made as white as it was practic- able, in order to receive and show the ink, and thus by degrees would parchment be invented. The invention of parchment Musuady attributed to Eumenes, King of Pergamus, who reigned in the third century before the Christian era. He was the founder of an extensive library, in which the new manufacture was largely introduced. The use of this article, aided by that of paper from papyrus, which was first brought from Egypt about the same time, had a most beneficial influence in diffusing litera- ture. Its whiteness, strength and eize, gave it a preference over other material and to its durability we chiefly owe the remains of ancient science which have reached our times. Even at the present day, with all our improvements in paper-making, the use of parchment for documents of importance prevails over that of paper. Its English name is most probably a corruption of the ancient one, Pergamena, which was derived from tbat of the place where it was firit manufactured or moit Med,

I LADIES' SANITARY ASSOCIATION. In London, on Saturday, at Exeter-hall, Dr. B. W. I Richa dson, F.R.S., delivering the last of a course of lectures on the subject of Domestic Sanitation" before the members of the Ladies' Sanitary Associa- tion, dealt with the question of recreation and health in regard to the young. Dancing, Dr. Richardson observed, was especially adapted to young children, who, he added, were Tii ance it was, in fact, a part of their nature. All the muscular capability was brought out in dancing and the time, in his opinion, had come when it ought to be studied as a means of development °i Physical capacities in respect both to grace of attitude and power of limb. The lecturer strongly recommended, of out-door games, the old English game of bowls, croquet, lawn tennis, and cricket, while he condemned football as a dangerous, inartistic, and brutalizing exhibition. Amonz useful exercises of a recreative kind he recommended swimming, learn- ing to ride, and the use of the tricycle, while he did not recommend foot-racing, climbing, or excessive walking. With regard to mental recreations, he placed singing in the first position. Games of mental skill, such as chess, were commendable within due limits; but here, again, there was the danger of mental strain from competition. Dealing with a series of rules in regard to personal health, the lecturer remarked that all that was really necessary for efficient daily ablution was a large wash- hand basin, a good sponge or flannel, a rough towel, a piece of soap, a gallon of water, and a tray bath in which to stand before the basin. All then that was necessary to be done was to stand in front of the basin and thoroughly sponge the body from head to foot rapidly, following up the sponging by quick and effective rubbing of the body with a dry towel. To secure uniformity of results it was good practice also to have the water within a few degrees of the name temperature at all seasons of the year—a mean tem- perature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit being a good stan- dard by which to be guided. wS? oV,eXti/ £ le related t° (said the lecturer,) £ bich 8b°uld be made to adapt itself equally to the body with perfect looseness in all parts which should be so adapted as to maintain an equalization of tem- perature in different seasons whioh should be porous, to adnnt of free transpiration which should be per' fectly arranged with regard to colour, so as to equalize &nh% e 1 Tu1C 6l,Uldbe free of injurious colour- • es I f°llme dyes aQd which should be cleanly, since health would not be clad in dirty raiments. y The third rule advanced by Dr. Richardson related to exercise, which, adapted to the health and strength of the body, should, as a matter of principle, include a third part of the day of 24 hours, and should com- bine with mere physical exertion some mental exercise also, so as to escape monotony of movement. The fourth rule referred to meals and the times at which they should be taken. Meals should never be so arranged as to be heavy-four meals a day at regular intervals, and with regular proportions of food, being considered the best arrangement Dr. Richardson also referred to the question of pleep, and at the conclusion of his lecture was unani- mously accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

THE WAR WITH INSECTS. A capital hint has been given In some of the French country districts to schoolmasters in other parts of the world (says the Qlobe). The instituteurs have been despatching the pupils during the hours of recreation in search of noxious insects, and espe- cially of May bugs, which are said to be particu- larly prevalent this spring. In some places the invasion has already commenced, and in others it is confidently anticipated by all the weather prophets and gardeners who pretend to a knowledge of the insect world. The natural history of the May bug appears to be somewhat peculiar, as the lady of the household after appearing on the leaves of hedges and trees for eight or ten days only, beats a retreat into the ground, where she devotes her attention to the laying of eggs. So important is this business that before it is finished many thousands of eggs are deposited, and out of these are soon hatched an equal amount of white grubs. The moment for directing an attack upon the bugs is theiefore that immediately preceding the retreat into the soil, and it is during these few days that the schoolboys have been sent out on their murderous campaign. They are rewarded for their exertions by a small payment, but it may easily be believed that the desire for killing operates as a stronger inducement to them than the hope of gain. Such a service may also act as a sort of antidote to the passion for birds'- nesting, which is as mischievous as the other is bene- ficial.

FROZEN ROBINSON CRUSOES. Most desert uland novelists and playwrights, from Defoe to Charles Re..de, place the scene of their heroes' suffering and privation on tropical islands, which, if not wholly barren coral reefs, contain enough of vege- table food and fruit to sustain the liveB of the ship- wrecked mariners, and are warm, fertile and comfort- able. # But fact, which is stranger than fiction (says an American paper), has added new distress to the victims of romance and drama, and cast the victims of mis- fortune in a Southern sea, upon an island ef volcanic peaks covered with snow and icy plains untouched by the sun. They were on the ship Trinity, from New London Connecticut. Petroleum having ruined the whale oil market, its owners sent it to Heard's Island, in the South Sea, after sea elephant oil. Putting four men on one end of the island, October, 1880, they sailed to the other end, eighteen miles distant. A storm came up which drove the vessel ashore. The crew landed and took refuge in the wooden shanties which had been built by previous crews some years before. A fire was made, and the thermometer being below freezing, and after hauling a cask or two of PTOVMWMi ashore, the men lay down to sleep. About midnight three of them arose and walked down to the bay where the ship lay, to see if she was going to pieces, for on that depended their chances of landing their food. To their astonishment they could not finl her. Looking off they beheld her riding oat to sea, unf carryin« a11 their provisions with her. The tide had risen and floated her away, and, like the Hying Dutchman, she may be still sail- ing over the seas at the mercy of wind and tempest. The captain cheerfully announced that they would probably have te stay at least a year on their island home, so they set about looking for food. Of a cer- tain sort there was enough -wild sabbage, tolerable only after long boiling, sea elephants, sea leopards, e'j j times as large ae seals, and penguins, which pro- vided them with both its flesh and its eggs. Although they were less than twenty miles from their comrades on the other end of the island, a volcano of enor- they were less than twenty miles from their comrades on the other end of the island, a volcano of enor- mous height, covered with icy steeps and seamed with ravines hundreds of feet:deep, cut them as completely off as if a whole continent separated them. The months went by and they employed or amused them. selves as best they could. The cold and freezing storms made outdoor work almost impossible, and two of the men, while in search of food, froze to death. However, they clothed themselves in the skins of the sea-elephants and leopards; while beds and pillows were made of the feathers of the captured birds. The loss which sank most profoundly into their souls was the loss of their tobacco, and although they came from Connecticut, even the wild cabbages proved to be only a mocking substitute. Some religious books and a dozen copies of Harper's Weekly, which they had brought with them, were their only literature. The carpenter made them a wooden ball, and a base ball club was formed, the cook acting as umpire, the elephants, leopards, and penguins as spectators. A sundial was set up, but from lack of a sun was not of much use. During the spring and summer of last year they killed sea elephants and secured 500 barrels of oil, which is worth 8,000 dols., and belongs to them. Last December their four comrades from the other end of the island made them a visit in a boat built of boards and equipped with a sealskin sail. Shortly after the United States ship Marion found and rescued them, landed them at Cape Town, whence they were sent home. —

I CURIOUS BEQUEST TO THE JEWS. The Toronto Globe says :—" A suit is pending in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice for Ontario for the construction of a will which is of such a peculiar nature that it is worthy of perusal. The testator is the late Rev. Thomas Hannay, of the village of Williamsford, a Presbyterian clergyman. His will was made on the 7th of May, 1881, and he died on the 7th of June following. The will, after bequeathing legacies to the wife of the testator, and to the United Presbyterian Church of the United States of America, continues:—' Thirdly, as the time for the fulfilment of prophecy in the conversion of the Jews is now rapidly approaching, I give for Jewish missions the sum of 1,000 dollars to that Church which is sound and evange ical in doctrine and pure in worship, using songs of praise, the In. spired Book which can unite all nations, Jews and Gentiles, in all ages in singing with their voices to- gether for the glory, honour, and praise of God. i ourthly, to the pious poor converted Jews that meet together for the reading of the Scriptures, for their instruction and mental edification I leave 1,000 dollars. To my executors I allow the sum of 5 per cent. on the whole of my estate for their trouble In col- lecting the same. The balance of my estate I leave to the poor and destitute, to supply their temporal wants in food and raiment.'

ELECTRIC FISHING. A French yachting paper gives some description of the new apparatus which is being used with the per- mission of the Government of that country tor fishing by electricity at night (-ays the Globe). It cnnsi«1» ot a globe of tflass withm which the electric light i* shown. Two conductors, encased in flutta Dercha, ar- arranged su as to meet one another on the inside, very much on the RPTN- ur'ncip!" -vh'zb now fattili.-T to all viM.orstoth.Crystairal.ee. They communicate with a nshing boat anchored at a convenient distance, and can of course be set into activity by the occupants of the boat. As to the globe, it is attached to a weight below and a float above, so that it can be raised or lowered to the desired depth. As soon as the carbons are ignited, and the glass in proper position, ail the sea in its vicinity is illuminated brilliantly and the fi«h, over whom light is well known to exercise an irresistible influence at night, come eae-criy and sometimes in large shoals, within the rays. They may be seen from above disporting themselves in the un. accustomed brightness, and little dreaming of the sinister purpose with which the little fete is or- ganised for them. It is then that other fishing-boats, armed with nets, come up and set to work at the un- conscious victims, which they surround as well as they can without interfering with the apparatus connected with the lighted globe. It may be supposed that this device is calculated to operate with much deadly effect whenever it is used; and there seems to be much doubt whether it will ever be allowed as a recognised kind of fishing within territorial waters. Indeed, the licence granted by the Government is said to be merely provisional, and for the purpose of testing the new machine.

THE RECENT FLOODS IN MISSISSIPPI. A gentleman who has returned from a two monthi' trip through the flooded districts of the South, gives the following descriptions of the scene* he wit- nessed II People up here have no idea of the terrible state of things," said he, Such sights and suffering of man and beast beggars description. On Saturday morning I left Little Rock by rail to Madison, forty miles from Memphis. We were eleven hours going a hundred miles. At Madison we took the steamer down the St. Francais to the Mississippi and up to Memphis. i Here the water spread out nearly sixty miles wide, on I an average of fifteen feet deep, and in many places much deeper. In the midst of all these waters were villages and farms almost deserted by all except the live stock, We saw in one place a narrow strip of land about one hundred yards long and six to fifteen feet wide. This was crowded with sheep and cattle and hogs crazy with suffering. We saw houies where the water reached above the second floor. From one of these two men in a dug-out or small boat came j out and picked up a dead animal that floated on C the water, and carried it back to the starving in- i mates of the houses. On a raft in a small inlet we saw r: sixteen mules and started to take them aboard, but found them raving so fearfully and acting like maniac brutes that we dared not go near. Several hogs th at were sitting on a leg in the midst of the water left it and swam to our boat, crying almost like a human being. Such screams 1 never want to hear again. As we left them they would swim back to the stump. From one of the houses a man came out with a letter for Memphis. He said his wife had just died of starvation, and for Heaven's sake to send him help.

A FORTUNATE AERONAUT. Considering the risks run by balloonists, M. Eugene Godard may esteem himself a lucky man (says the Evening Standard). The celebrated aeronaut has just made an ascent from a public garden at Berlin, this voyage being, the German papers state, the 1,866th he has accomplished since the age of eighteen, when, alone and unaided, he constructed a paper montgolfier, which carried him to about a hundred feet above terra firma. To have gone up in a balloon 1,866 times without meeting any serious misadventure is to be singularly favoured by chance; for it is no depreciation of M. Godard's proficiency as an aerial navigator to say^that much always depends on chance in these excursions in the air, whioh have been attended with disastrous consequences to others whose knowledge of ballooning could not, however, be called superficial. Some of his voyages have been long and perilous ones. He has gone the distance of two, three, or even four hundred miles through space on occasions, but the average of each excursion has been four mi!es. Therefore, after multiplying 1,866 by four, it results that he has travelled a distance of 7,464 miles in the air. Upwards of 5,000 persons have at different times accompanied him in his balloon, to which nothing approaching to an accident has ever happened, excepting once. Whilst he, with three other travellers, were crossing the Pyrdiiees a terrific snowstorm surprised the little party. The persons with him were thrown out of the car, fell into a ravine, and sustained severe, but not fatal injuries. As to M. Godard, he escaped unhurt.

EPITOME OF NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. At a meeting of the Cobden Club, held on Saturday, a resolution of profound regret at the lots of Lord Frederick pawed! member of the club, was unanimously A New York telegram says that the visible supply of wheat on May 12, was 10.300,000 bushels, as against WKWXP th6 PreYioU8 week: do. Indian corn, 8(9°0>000 bushels, as against 8,400,000 busbels the previous ^ee^" cl5*jancas of wheat for Europe during laat week, 260,000 bushels do. Indian corn, 210,000 bushels. Five sample? of gold and silver ore from the Trans- vaal are being exhibited at Marittburg The value of the samples is upwards of £ 3,000. Private information (tele- graphs a correspondent ef tha Daily \ews) is said to be promising with regard to the Trausvaal goldflelds. Another of the few Waterloo veterans has just died at Ipswich, In the person of William Tricker, aged 87 years at g,e/,ln lb% 43rd Light Gantry, ^d was prewnt at the battle of Waterloo in that capacity. On Monday night, Cardinal MacCabe visited the House of Commons, and received the congratulations of a large number of the Irish members. Mr. T. P O'Connor eventogaonhuyr?vLKAm^ HoB8e on MoDdar evening on his America. The Marquis of Hartington was in his Dlace in House ef Commons on Mon&y for the first tile since the assassination of his brother. On Monday morning Edward Hanlan, of Toronto the sculling champion of the world, left London en route for Liverpool and New York. A large Lacustrine canoe, in excellent condition, has been found near Bex, 4,000 feet above the sea level and nearly S.OOOJeet above the Valley of the Rhone. No Lacustrine relios have ever before been met with in Switzerland, at such an elevation. interesting present for the Queen is being pre- pared in the United States—the first proof of the new Gar- field postage stamp. The portrait of the late President for the stamp was selected by Mrs Garfield, who also chose the colour l and the likeness is said to be admirable. The stamp «°nd ^er frame, with an elaborately worked silver and gold border, the concave portion of the frame being made of ebony, and the whole Is placed in a cedar box, lined with royal purple, and mounted in silver. During the month of April, according to a Leipzig correspondent, no fewer than 3,735 emigrants' tickets for America were taken in that city alone. A small number of the emigrants-316-were Russian Jews, A cow with six legs has lately been brought to San Francisco trom Colorado, where It was found anions a herd of cattle on the plains. The extra legs grew from the shoulders, and were shaped like hind legs, but they were much shorter, and did not reach the ground. The Constantinople Correspondent of the Standard says that a Turkish transport, with troops on board, ran asround at a place called Rozban Bogaz, near the entrance to the Bosphorus. Some two hundred soldiers were on board at the time of the accident, and of these no less than fifty were drowned. Between 200 and 300 Jewish refugees have arrived at Constantinople from Russia In a state of-destitution, and their co-religionists of Constantinople being with few ex- ceptions vtry poor, find great difficulty in providing them with the necessary food and shelter. a At a meeting of the London Court of Common Council on Monday it was unanimously resolved that seven years having elapsed since a similar entertainment, a ball be given at the Guildhall to the principal mayors and other municipal authorities of the United Kingdom and their ladies, and that the entertainment take place on Monday June 19 next, at a coit not exceeding £ 2,600. It was remarked in the House of Commons last week that no political murder had been committed in Ire- land for a century. The Annual Register tor 1797 reports that Viscount Kilwarden, the Chief Justice, and his daughter were proceeding in a carriage to dinner in Dublin when they were met by some bravoes in the open street. The lady was lifted out of the carriage, and carried to a place of safety, while the Viscount was stabbed almost in hiftdaughter's sight. Globe. A fire broke out about one o'clock on Sunday morn- ing in the skin worlls of Messrs. Sanderson and Murray (Limited), Galashiels. The main buildings were completely destroyed, the kiln sheds and scouring-machines only being laved. The damage is said to be upwards of £ 1 CO,000 The buildings, which are on an extensive scale, stand close to the line of railway from the north on the east side of the Gala. Half an hour after the alarm was given the fire had spread from end to end of the buildings, gaining complete mastery; and no hopes being entertained of saving the main portion of the works, the efforts of the firemen were directed to the preservation of the surrounding buildings. The additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regents Park, London, during last week included six northern marsh tits from Russia, presented by Mr. A. H. Jamrach four pigmy pigs from K epaul, a Burmese tortoise, a terrapin from Burmah (received on approval), two green monkeys from West Africa, a grey-headed love bird from Madagascar (re- ceived in exchanged, a water chevrotain, a golden-haired tiger cat from West Africa, a mercenary amazon from Columbia, three Chiloe wigeon from Chili, a silky bower bird, two bine faced honey-eaters from Australia a red handed tamarin from Brasil, a wild duck, (British), four yellow-billed cardinals from South America, purchased. Some men engaged in cutting peat in the parish of Firth, Orkney, have discovered in a new peat bank ahoni three feet deep, two skeletons, lying alongside each' oth«r and both at full length. There were no remains$ctet oi coffin, and no implements. The bones were quite Mack and resembled leather, being pliant. There waa .1. ,!?! stMce mixed wlth the bones, but whether belonging to the bodies or the clothing has not yet been ascertained. The spot is situated a very short distance from the scene of th! Battle of Summerdale, fought 1539, between the Orkney men ♦ £ Kne>S-8 me,n. regarding which it is recorded Barrv that the boun-s of those slain at that battle were oft-times found in his time in a vevy fairly preserved state. At a meeting held in London on Monday at the LJfohih!?» resolutions were carried approving of the fn fp^v, ,°/ a sch°o1 f°r dramatic art. It is proposed ?.?n' 8taKe deportment, dancing, and fencing y would be afforded for the study of lan- guages and music, i.ord Wharncliffe presided- and amongst the speakers were Mrs. Kendal, Mrs. Stirling, Mr. Boucicault, and Mr Toole. The Kent tnd Supsex Agricultural Labourers Union new its tenth animal derc mstration at Maidstone on Mon- 2ayJ l\OT sev,' n men, women, and yui'tr persons, headed by twelve bands, paraded the town ii. the morning, aull In the afternoon there was a mOllster fite as well as a public niHt-ting At the latter the annual report was read. It snowed th.tt the income of the Union last year was £ 11 411 Is. 7d., A falling (.ff of £ 269 only; £ 10,030 7s. 7d had been txpended, £ tf,700 being sick pay to members, and there to now a total available balaiiee of jCS.531 68 8d The report added that the general work of the Union had progressed satisfactorily, and that the organisation had effected a great I change in the habits and condition of the labourers, giving I them greater Independence asd a more manly bearing. i to: It is reported that Prince Bismarck is at present confined to bed, and can neither walk nor stand. A cyclone on Friday x'n'ost 'Uvtnn ed C!.er»ke« City, EiUisas two persons were Killed and 13 wounded. The total number of lives lost by the recent colliery expl -sioii in Wesi.pht.lia is 62. About as many persons have b en wounded Seventeen thousand three hundred and ninety-two -migrants arrived in Ncn Y- rk last week, making 85,276 ciufing the first two weeks of May. William H. Val.derhilt intend* to build on Staten Isldi d h 200,000 dols. family mausoleum, 70ft. bi:h and cuvi-ring all acre and a half of cround The site is a large knoll just outside of the cemetery and fronting the Moravian Church. The mausoleum, if built according to the deBigiU, will be visible on a clear day 20 miles at sea. In the lists of wedding presents to Prinoe Leopold no mention has been made of the Marquis of Lome's gift. Th's is a large picture of the City of Quebec, which has been painted by a Toronto artist. Thin was a happy thought on the part of the Governor General, comprising a pleasing acknowledgment of native talent with brotherly affection, Quebec is, in its older part?, a very picturetque city, and the picture, when it comes over, will be a great addition to the attractions of Claremont. A fresh cure for malaria has been tried in Calabria with great success. Recently a poor field labourer, who could not afford to buy quinine, tried to cure himself by eating wild lupin seeds, and got well in two days, so tha Calabrians have completely adopted his remedy in all fever cases. The lupin seeds are very bitter, and resemble quinine in several respects. Messrs. Cook and Son have received £ ei\??raa« announcing the safe arrival of all the pilgrims in Jenua^UB» r flu25 wh5 i°°^ th* loD* from Calfa >aaareth, Galilee, and Hablotu. The party will return fronr Jerusalem to Jaffa on the 29th and 30th lust. ♦ TheGerman Empress, who ia at present on » visit Bftd*n« "it one of her Ladies-ln- ip Ems to »reet the Empress Eugenie and present her with anandsome bouquet of violets. Last week's receipts of cotton at all United States hales; since 1st September, 4,M0 600 Exports to Great Britain, 86,000 bales and to th* Continent, 21,000 bales. Total since 1st September, 8 07MQ9 bales.. Stock at all ports, 624,000 bales. A centenarian raven has been shot near Metz. The bird was unusually large, and one of its feet was encircled by a metal ring bearing the inscription, Born at Loudrsv 1782. The beat in Australia this year has been unusually great, and on January 19 in Melbourne the temperature reached 110 deg. in the shade and 169 deg. in the sun. The French Protestants, who worahip in a crypt bcraath the Canterbury Cathedral, held a special service there on Sunday in commemoration of the Reformation. The service was largely attended, and the sermon was preached by Bishop Oxenden. The rage for sunflowers has crossed the Chanul. and fasbional Parisians are wearing the mthetic blossom in great quantities. On Sunday and Monday about 6,000 emigrants passed through Hull, on mute for Amerioa. I There were thirty-two British and foreign actual (hipwreoks reported during last week, making a total of Bit for the present year, or a decrease of 145 as compared with the con-esponding period of last year, the increase for the wetk being 23. British-owned vessels numbered 13. Five t were steamers, with an aggiegate tonnage of 3,600 tons, aU hem? foreign steamers. Total tonnage lost for the week 12,161 tons. Total number of lives lost and missing, si The arrivals of live stock and freah meat at Liver- pool last week from the United States and Canada show a large decrease in live stock, and but a slight increase in fresh meat in comparisou with the preceding week. The totals were 759 cattle, 490 sheep, 4,261 quarters of beef, and 942 carcases of mutton. At the annual meeting of the Royal Yacht Squadron on Saturday the Prince of Wales was elected Commodore in the place of the late Earl of Wilton. The office was at once assumed by the Prince. On Monday morning Mr. W. J. Payne held an in- quest at Guy s Hospital, London, npon the body of Edward toley, aged twenty, residing in Bermondsey. From the eri- dence it transpired that on Tuesday afternoon last the deceased came home from work, and feeling tired, went upstairs to lie down, taking the baby with him. The stairs were steep, str.ught, and had neither bannisters nor hand- rails, and the deceased, while playing with the child, missed his footing just before reaching the top, and fell to the bottom on his back. The baby was picked up unhurt, but he sustained a fracture of the spine of so serious a character that he died at the hospital on Thursday.—The Jury re- turned a verdict of Accidental Death. A Router's telegram from New York reports that a pleasure-boat caps&ed on Monday on Lake Calumet near Chicago, and twelve persons were drowned. A conference of those interested in assisting unem- ployed workmen was held in London on Mondav at thn Canon-street Hotel-Sir J. Eardley-Wilmot, M P in the chair. It was stated that 6,000 working men ha<{ signed papers expressing a wish to emigrate. Mr Rankin MP spoke in favour of emigration, pointing out that at the pr^ Kimrtiorn whin>7er<Vne&rly H000-000 Paupers in the UnPted Kd ntw^nJf a 8Um,of £ 1°.00°.000- Captain Bedford other gentlemen also (poke, and resolutions were passed approving of the emigration schemes. A Council of ministers has been held at Madrid to discuss measures for the relief of the distress in Andalusia, rid'thi «»cr0p* iaVe rnlued the Prolonged drought and the severe gales of last week. It was decided to ask tha representatives of Spain in Odessa, Smyrna, the United States, and other places what quantity of cereals there is available there, witia a view of either declaring Spanish ports open for the importation of breadstnffs or reducing the tarin duties. Parliamentary legislation in the United States in becoming as encumbered as in our own country. During the last eight years the percentage of Bills submitted to Congress which have become law has been steadily declining, having fallen from 32 per cent, to per cent. Thus 10.007 Bills were laid before the last Congress, and only 450 were passed. 0ri at Windsor Castle, the Queen con- lcf?r^lCross on Lieutenant Richard Alan Hill, 2nd BSttalion> orthamptonshire Regiment, for gallant con! duct at Laing s Nek; also on Lance-Corporal Jameii unnw Iste Snd Battalion Connaught Rangers, for gallant oondncit n Fontein and Private Edward Fowler, 2nd Battalion Cameronians (Scotoh Rifles), for conspicuous bravery at the assault on Inhoblane Mountain —Her Malestv abo decorated five non-commissioned officers and men with distinguished conduct medals. The Jan May en, a Dundee whaler, has been lost while prosecuting the Greenland whale fishing. The vessel was severely sqneeaed early in April, but the was not considered sjrfous until some weeks after. TOe vessel then made for Iceland for repairs, aooompanled by several other fifT'i tter.ms<i8 80 rapidly, however, that she was -iH, abandoned, and the crew transferred to the U JfoykJibik, Iceland, and conveyed to Leith in the Danish mail paoket. The Jan Maven was a screw steamer, waa purchased from Peterhead by the Dundee owners, and was worth £ 16,000. It was insured. if Jn'je(^ States House of Repreeen tatives, by one hundred and thirty.two to sixty-six. have naaaed tha ^'8trlbuting the balance ef the Geneva Award It t68 J™4' 'or damages resulting from' the ? con,e<lerate cral»ers, including those occuiring within four leagues of the shore; and, secondly, of the claims for premiums for war risks, whether paid to corpora- tions, agents, or individuals. ^!nPei?a William of Prussia continues to towards convalescence. The Infant Prince is described as a fine, healthy baby, with the bine Hohenzollern eyes. The Crown frisew hZ, be«i assiduous in her attentions to her daaghter-ln-law who V?ct £ £ KngU8h nUr8CB 8peckUJr recomnieiaded byVwS The Chinese in America are said to ho rlaiint,^ withatimdino^ '"ther immigration 8 SSSKX Sift *? tJ» uid think tt»t u .ddltif.Q.1 aJJ brethren would spoil their value. In many places Uieycw command quite as high wages as other libbouwrs, Chdnese cheap labour threatensbecome a tha put On Saturday the funeral of Mr. Wm. Stratford Dugdale, of Merevale Hall, who, with a large number of others, perished from injuries received in a gallant attempt to rescue the colliers still entombed at Baxterley Colliery, took place in Merevale Churchyard, an immense crowd being present. Amongst those attending the obsequies were Sir e.hag. Trevelyan, Lord Leigh, Sir H. and Lady Holland, Hon. j Portman, Mr. >'ewdegate, M.P., Mr. A. PeeL M.P., and Mrs. Peel, the Marchioness of Hastings, and Mr. John Dugdale, Recorder of Birmingham. The procession was headed by three colliers and three engineers, who risked their lives in rescuing Mr. Dugdale after the explosion. The coffin was made from an oak grown on the Merevale estate. and, instead of a pall, was literally covered with beautiful wreaths of the choicest

^STrSLUSbnt. 1'1IR EGYPTIAN Clt{:H8. a stH^»i^*yiu6r^arl Granv!1,e. according u f^perf«t ur itv ttUT™ce t0 thl' fl- j ptiai 4o the course *|Q u' hf fc»'d. bet-ww,, K.l uxt hl> T,talfe had ito«a wp tu"1 t'u. m-,Aires »ud"y Mi, ,ther £ sTd *» A;^dri f F;'euchlh,I'a *">« heen d the in i lere they would find evenfW»th a» nndeiit,nrting had «it of cortain contir. r' icr "»»««« to be "Sfon. replvinc t gencie3 adang. iVhl ?0Vemmetrw £ 6ch °t £ 'ord ^eauchamp, •farton*1 he included thT t0 agree to the onnn -° Squire ln?n f>, f speech— one for a nacUries. vvhat wl J*$means of adjust to deal with the inf«* *aa uot informa- ?T Richmond »t,j n'ormation possessed. JLordBeauchamp^dt°nD and ^rd Kimberley LWa8 withdrawn ? pre" h« motion, sposed of. thfiiv Lua>n<? .tiie Orders of the Dav "*0 clock, luslllP3 adjourned at twenty- )PsE OF rv,v y £ °Jt> C" Bi'ke stated, in answer En^ °Ld manifested ?h"CieSi°f vieW which b:'d &> Government. « ii'es between tue CorH ° et'd; that th^f ? f! Esyptian Question erenf h rfgard to th« »° Po,veinmeI"8 were in S^tualittef, ™J0.tfc«'steps to betaken in cer- th?'Pe 0°nfident th»t i?oped would not arise Be £ ol all the OpMf ^°Ur8e agreed upo" d tv ded that th« T ? i Powers as well as of 10 Proceed to Alexandria^ Frenoh fleeta had 11 aaSedRt^KNT AND MR" PARNELL. ? iJo^noe tffdoc^n?!the ^MUTy whether tn tw e Wrst LnrIi AfHi. 2^sed from custody, i documentary evidence Their lettera between IhT: rule, and t S?r. P^uctlon would not fall to Jw*Uoed. Ir^of8 J»o reason at present why «r the their production 'esponsibillty^of the|_Govern- h ^ocumMi^r.1 a •1Stt6r wWch I understand *OJTy that °a<lon jj0 J^^ad Albert-mansions before °°nTersatl as wished to tell you °Per fof m °n* ^ad made up my mind that it 'hich 1 had imJj1* M>Car'hy in possession of d Pl*- O'QSIY communicated to you. I I °' *^e a^>so'u'e necessity of a <1U08^on whieh will leave no ?*•* ifc behind> and which will BhJ tenantry thay they have been I <>ed to me » ^enero*ity. (Hear.) The proposal >v»r howe* Sa88ested in some quarters, of Jd be absni^f^'any years the Payment might uUy ejui j y reJected, for reasons which BPon the »n to ^ou- 11 the arrears ques- JnfldancB ^es lndi°ated by us I have every We should ^f6d by my wUeagues—that the fciuld K. Jable to make strenuously and •U kinds fC »topping outrages and on oha«i~f permanent leglnlation r»<j w, r* 1 may say that the views whioh fair-ranf 48 to the admission of lease- p- So Ion U*e* °'t11" -Act are more con- th, AoV*" 016 fl°wer of the Irish peasantry Ant v '8 oann°t be permanent settle- agl, h ''w^oh we aU so much desire. I eesion BOme comPromise might be It is n re8ard to the amendment of the twre u^uecessary for me to dwell upon the, cl*n ° dertved from the full extension' r whlch now seems practically to have ve «k I*?" The accomplishment of the »d bv'th °Ut to you would, In my Judg- Uon o c°untry as a practical settlement egg.' I believe that the Government at thmv. *rom 'hn state of the country, men«n Juatlfled In dispensing with o*«Uei. — Yours very truly, C. 8. 'tef^whefh^ thl right hon' gentleman 9 °ity oibtcrJ?°le"ir read by the hon. Matter. only documentary sr'hB^ the hon> member for the Citv had read the whole of the letter* id that be had not read from the original for Cla-o ? ^hed lllm l,y the hon. and omitted ?n .11 P0E8'ble tr.at a para- hid n of Oh 1 oh I ") iSpt-akine »ired if obJection t0 the hon and gallant erTs h«h0^i,licat,ng t0 the House t^e 8 fte bad written it. laid-When I spoke in ans wer to a former atinn number. It is obvious that I thine IVearmah d tt^e the cont€nta of that ^onkmttClt. 8ay,mthe Slight68t eed wbether the other letter referred to was nd learned member for Bundalk. d he had not the letter in question with herefore, unable to read it. (A document id to the hon. and gallant member by copy of the letter in question had been put sh he would read. The hon. member then 'tter as that read to the House by the hon e City, the concluding paragraph of which the following terms shment of the programme I have sketched idgment, be regarded by the country as a Int of the land question, and would, I feel 0 co-operate cordially for the future with In forwarding Liberal principles (great the rt.Government at the end of the Ses- ted 4t8 of the country, feel themselves In dispensing with future coercive i&or M ^etheJ ?d J° I*K the riKht hon- mem- been in„f ?e Jhad obtained a copy of the id that tK aa a member of the Cabinet. a member was not entitled fore the H^n W cb did not relate to any "wired to irT ^.jUnlster h^Wilether the ri8hthon. gentle- ^ork before va ^en the letter of the hon. i^ad been aJriL '"formed the House that no ,or Cork bff^I! a* between himself and the ore the Kilmainham suspects were Would litn 1 ask whether any other letters ;»e??!av«:^ *hi?k my hon. friend will the onlv w»a former question he will see i.that thety^» letter. 1 did say, and L^nd. (Hea* k* n?t the slightest under- a the City The bon. gentleman <sked notM« wked nothing from us, ^7 l L.t g Tota him- °*n>e the proposition with NoT^ e Government? J. "hSffiar, a tXlon whe^l^L^611 passed. Clause 5 was progress was reported, and the ^e^then* EENT (IRELAND) bill ot rent f° brlng in 1,18 Bm relating to Govern Fe d' be described as the I Overntnent POlicy in regard to Ireland- Unected wif3ease °' the suspects not be- Was Dm crime, and the Prevention of 0,1 be 40 thr°w new duties on the 60 nudertat 0t aU that the tribunal is that it 1. m, and among other proofs 6 stated 1 °f cases at the rate of A deal by way of preliminary, that ifter mei,H arrear8 alone and no other > of comr> °(^, would be based he examined the arguments iopposiL^!Lloa? arrangement, aa distin- *hlch th« <f of compulsion and gift. J3* » comn,,1°rernment h.ad drawn in favour 1th JS™Puta«y composition he showed was '• on thi Precedents, and it would be based id also i •ectlon relating to arrears in the Bill Th° 80rne extent on the clause in u bemttrt„t-ppIic4t'"n, however, instead of iu»lted*A ♦ h*rbyland,ordor tenant, but the tulred th„f ??D°i#s of £ 80- iiifflth's Valua- 1 ^ovemhSr iton nant *hould have paid the > h»ve proved Kovenjber' 188L The 1 Pay mo?r .J?competent tribunal >°Wer »o j ? the L-nd Commissiouers Judges ThleKat? the duty to the M the sum in advance would be a '.year'srent orh.im case must not be dd the JJJJ* areears due. When tbe rest of th« State had made nor "rears wonld be cancelled. certain da.t« rent'on«d that tenants 'Piicationa K jVe the benefit of the 18 »q^ed ^dged bffore June 30, Church SUTDIUB LA5°? the first in- pffi/»JFT--4- und, and, in so far AS that due of 'the^i!16 c5,naolidated Fund. The ^a half, wMle it^ould nS'r h? nt of arrears NECESNA™ K 8 '° reckon I'- He admitted tha7th» Pr"vided at less 8 Precedent set WM » „ 9Ue«tion was diffl- rerpowering duty on.e> and nothing nt if anything wpr«H„ haT? lnduced him to fo the>progress of the Bin' • should be done d °n the £ ogr £ deP«d on "wae with the Prevention said xt ii £ dT £ u,U ByiiriS„eJ° abatafo from with respect to it /uat after the first u waiting until we 8ee°^ally speakufg he measure submitted to ^n paPer thl deposed largely to deDat? #" in the fh I take it there is a disSn^f from that hoee which are ordinaril" »>ftween • a measure of great importance, and n°n' for the first time brought forward £ v J. we can hardly regard it as an entirely fn»^' heaf'^ Tbespeech of the right hon. niwf# *11,6 thmk tiiat he was disposed to D: Ne w 11088 10 Put his name on the back o„' 5" measure is founded upon a Bill that ^^tn'ght ago on the motion of the (nbepf^fxr Sre this difference, however, the™L».ew Boss brought In aBillintended e been ifif8,i which amendments of the 'fined tn ™ j^bereaa the Government Ross J 111080 Points. The hon. "Won, S»d ? scheme for dealing with s Purchnoo 1 proposed a clause for 'Pose to dLd 411(1 other matters. The ution that thJL ^rrears alone, inasmuch «°rb the wh^fJ ^a^ tbey lell us that this I had H Church surplus but J'New logsT dwcusting the Bill of the it was rlffhf A mi8bt have discussed the r the other n ~PP ihe Church surplus ;fo the pumo" aPPly ^e whole of the Jher to the d™/ arrfear8- notliing will be «^eveloPment nf the Purchase ^^Wration clln^i 1 tllick is very ^nsider thiaRiff" (Hear ) That being tL^ bw ZLUP°n, ltf 0WD m«its1 t tho O* reflection p„a'f 18 sufficient to [ the Goyer^n- Evidentiy, it is in the «SltH a pur«ly Irish fund *hU 11011 should I>n?iL • but also tnl! jl. the surplus of m^P°1e of enablim?^^ tbe Consolidated «5a ■b^th1'th respec' to arrear, t0Tl?etet,the Sift, f ihe Principle of COIDM., CLAIM 'tion. Tf*! n°t at this moment f by •«««» K.if.'pS1: ward by the member for the city of Cork have been ac- cepted by the Government, and they have now proposed those views to us. (Hear.) I can only hope that it will be in the power of the member for the City of Cork and his friends hereafter to support the Liberal party (cheers) without any reference to any barpain whatever. Well, we shall have to deal with this question upon its own merits, I and I IliJI say a more difficult question or one that re- quires to be appioact.cd m're entirely from tin point of the responsibility of th,: Government without reference to the opiiiiouof any section, but with reference to tluir own "pinion as to the ti us merits of the question, I have never known. For what have you to do? You have a case in which large sums are due from tenants to laudl^rils in 1-1 spect of rent in arrear. A considerable proportion of the sums 50 due are due from persons who could pay, but who have declined to pay-(Oppoaition cheers)—not upon their own suggestion, but upon the suggestion of an organization. You are ftoing to say to such perEons If you cannot pay, your liabilities are to be discharged at the expense partly ttt a great Irish fund that is available for the whole country, and partly at the expense of the Imperial Ex- chequer. What are you going to do with regard to per- sons who have paid their rent—(hear)—have paid not only at considerable sacrifice to themselves, but also under cir- cumstances of considerable danger—that is to say, the danger of being boycotted, having their houses hnrned, or country, and partly at the expense of the Imperial Ex- chequer. What are you going to do with regard to per- sons who have paid their rent—(hear)—have paid not only at considerab!e sacrifice to themselves, but also under cir- cumstances of considerable danger—that is to say, the danger of being boycotted, having their houses hnrned, or of being mutilated, or. perhaps, actually murdered ? And there is another question I might Rak-Are you going, when you make this provision for meeting the CeIS" of those who are behind in their rents, to do any- thing for those persons who we have reason to believe are indebted to their tradesmen or their bankers ? Are you satisfied that you will meet the whole case of those who have grievances in Ireland or not ? I do not wish at the present moment to pronounce any opinion upon these questions, for they are questions which require very careful consideration. I do not, of course, object to the introduction of the Bill, and I only make these ob- servations In order to point out the extreme difficulty of the matter, and that I think we ought to have some fur- ther arguments than those that have yet been presented to no why these grants should be made by way of pift rather than of loan. Many gentlemen well acquainted with the state of Ireland would have rather recommended that loans on liberal principles should be made, and that repayment should be asked for from those who have been assisted in this way. Every one must see the desirability, however, of settling this question, if it can be settled my own belief is that it could be settled by way of loan, but I do not wish to pronounce any final opinion. We ought, however, to ask the opinion, not only of the hon. member for New Boss and of the hon. member for the city of Cork, but also of gentlemen in other parts of the House well acquainted with the condition of Ireland. I may say that I do not look upon this matter with anything like satisfaction, and though I am ready to consent to the introduction of the Bill, I think we ought to have a full and fair discussion of the measure and consideration of its principles. Mr. Shaw thanked the Government for the measure, though he did not concur in all its provisions and urged them to grapple with the other outstanding questions, in order that Ireland might be settled. Mr O'Shea gave a detailed account of his communications and conversations with Mr. Parnell, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Chamberlain, whioh led to the release of the three vi.P.'s, and Mr. Forster also made a statement as to his share in the negotiations, which, be said. had bten small, and which had only confirmed him in his opinion that the Government of the country would be weakened by the pro- posed arrangement. I Mr. Parnell, Mr. O'C. Power, Dr. Lyons, Colonel Nolan and Captain Aylmer also spoke, and leave was then given to bring In the BUt Some other business was disposed of, and the House ad- journed at ten minutes past two o'clock.

THE ASSASSINATIONS IN DUBLIN. On Sunday morning, at St. Michael's Church, Chester-square, London, Canon Fleming said On last Sunday I preached in Dublin for the National Asylum for the Blind.' I could not help feeling that there was a certain appropriateness in the subject. Are not the Irish people blind, at present, to all that is true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report ?' That Sunday I shall never forget. That week I shall never forget. Dublin looked like a city of the dead. The shutters were up everywhere. It seemed as if one were walking through the city of a Pharoah, in which there was not a house where there was not one dead.' The pall of sorrow and shame brooded over it. No one can know the present condition of Ireland without going there. The papers, however graphic, can give you no more than an idea of it. But shall we despair for Ireland ? God forbid. 4 Man's extremity is God'a opportunity.

Canon Lyttelton, preaching on Sunday at Hagley, Worcestershire, said he was desired by the principal sufferer and chief mourner to ask them all in that place, where so many years of her youth had been passed, to earnestly pray that men's conduct might be so guided in regava to the terrible event which bad oc. curred, that it might tend to the pacification of un. happy Ireland and to more friendly relations between the two countries. Should this be the result in the end, she, in a noble and Christian spirit, said she would be comiorted in her infinite sorrow, and be willing that the sacrifice of her loved one should have been made. Canon Lyttelton said that at least one of those who fell was, as he himself knew, aware of the danger he ran. Ihur. noble, single-minded soul knew it fully, but without a. moment's hesitation on that aoore he went forward at the call of duty. Let them hope and pray that maDy a heart in unhappy Ireland might be drawn more nearly to them and the two nations more closely knit together by what had occurred.

„ Dubhn correspondent of The Times savs •— Curiosity is shown as to the policy which will 'be adopted with regard to the political prisoners still de. tained, No doubt the crime in the Park has eaused an upheaval in official quarters, and the regular adminis- tration of affairs has been disarranged. But with the cooling down of feeling the Exec-utive is calmly resum- ing where it left off a week ago. The very wor^t that the assassination societies can do is to delay justice for a short term. Of course it is absolutely indispensible that there should be careful inquiry made by Mr. Tre- velyan into each case but I venture to say continued imprisonment will not be tolerated where the offence is purely a political one. It may be questioned, in- deed, whether Lord Frederick Cavendish or Mr. Trevelyan would have accepted the joyless Irish ap- pointment on any other conditions. Strict inquiries, therefore, are going on with regard to every case of arrest under the Act of last year, and the result will soon be made known." stat^Th re^etby the Duke of Devonshire to memMV f y-, r?detick Cavendish, and other WMkMmlft'8 family have received during the last Trim nr^t«U1 2tl0,ns of Public bodie8 and letters w'tl>tKtS expressing deep sympathy been a satisfrLn f of bl8 Bon* It would have replies, but their im° been able to send separate impossible, and n.umber has rendered this their moBt grateful J[ 111 this manner to return them whioh has thus'^ the !"ndfeelinS towards Times. 'bus been manifested. "-Monday's

Writing on thT~13th~7k me Times says A fai „D?b!>n correspondent of awful tragedy which haT ha? Paa»ed since the the nation with grief and ifrced the heart of assassins are at large, and it and still the midst of peaceful citizens. Ever Ifved are 111 increases their confidence in beinsr* wblcb closes pursuit of justioe and lessen the chan to bafHe the The police have been making indefat.i^8i?i* detection, discover them, but the difficulties of ethe. orts to are enormously augmented by the del lr task few persons unconnected with them >•«,?<?' a?d hope to which they cling. Arrests are made in various parts of the country, which ser only to show how Httle has been done and how little is known of the character of the crime. The public are led from day to day to expect some startling reve- lation, and to-day the city was full of excitement at the news, which ran like wildfire through it, and was quickly believed, that the four assassins had been actually captured in the "Angel" Hotel by detec- tives, after a desperate struggle, in which one of the police was stabbed. From the city the report was spread through the suburbs, and there was a general expression of satisfaction. It was soon found, however, upon inquiry that there was not a farticle of foundation for the story. The police are now beginning to despair of raccew in finding any clue to the myctery, ..1. though the detectives are taxing their ingenuity and energy to the utmost to obtain one. A further pro- clamation appears to-day offering a reward of J6500 for information that may lead to the arrest of any person harbouring or screening the murderers or thtir accom- plices. It is a significant fact that while a miscreant can be procnred in the o -untrv for a few pounds raised in small subscriptions to murder another, who is a "tr^E^r to him and has done him no wrong, an offer of £ 10,000 regard with a free pardon to all but the actual murderers has hitherto failed to iuduce anyone to Gome forward and assist the authorities 'lining to justice the perpetrators of a cold. blooded and cowardly atrncity, which is universallv denounced and felt to be an indelible stain on the country. The Cork correspondent of The Times writes :-On Saturday there was a remarkable expression of sym- pathy on the part of the tenants of the Duke of Devonshire at Bandon. During the recent agitation the Duke never forfeited the good opinion of his tenantry or the esteem in which he was held as a landlord, and now in his sad bereavement the tenantry are anxious to testify their feelings of deep sympathy with his Grace. On Saturday 150 of the tenantry assembled in the town of Bandon on a brief notice. The chair was occupied by Mr. Hosford, J.P., and among those present were two parish priests. A simple but touching letter was received frcm the Presentation Order of Nuns, who are also tenants of the Duke. We," it stated, the sisters of the Presentation Convent, Bandon, are anxious in union with the other tenants of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire to ex- press our abhorrence of the foul act which caused his son, Lord F. Cavendish, to lose his life, and also our heartfelt sympathy with the noble duke and the other members of his bereaved family. :We heartily endorse any resolution that may be drawn up at to-day's meet- ing." During the proceedings allusions were made to the many acta of kindness which had distinguished the Duke's dealings with his tenantry, and the resolutions of sympathy met with unanimous and hearty con- currence.

SIR F. ROBERT'S MARCH FROM CABUL TO CANDAHAR. The correspondent of The Times, writing from Cal- cutta, says :—The ceremony of the presentation of bronze stars to those men of the 72nd Highlanders who had takenpart in General Robert's famous march from Cabul to Candahar took place on the 6thinst. In the course of a speech the General who presented the decorations said:— It is unnecessary for me to dilate on the good ser- vice done by the 72nd Highlanders in Afghanistan. Tha long, trying march of his column and the gallant fight near Candahar have not only been ably told by General Roberts himself, but they have been described and praised, not only by the press of our country, but by the press of every nation in Europe. The Germans alludid to it as the best conducted action fought by the British since Waterloo; it was a grand march, ending in a most successful action. The 72nd lust in this fight their gallant colonel and many a good soldier, and received un- qualified praise for their conduct in this episode of the war, as they had done for their conduct in the whole campaign. They were second to none. This is not the tirst time I have served with the regiment; about twenty-four years ago I was in camp with them under Lord Clyde, not very far from this. We were con- stantly engaged with the mutineers, and the heat was excessive, but under all trials the 72ad were then, as they always have been, renowned for their gallant. •oldier-Iikt qualitigg."