The Aberystwith Observer

PASSING EVENTS, RUMOURS, &a A correspondent of the Pall Mall Ge&tte makes a sugg stion wh'ch is perhaps worth Consideration. He points ont the unfairness of apprenticing boys of pauper parentage at the expense of the parish, while the ratepaying labourer must put his children out as lie can and urges that, while the country wants soldiers and pailors, and gives a high bounty to get them, these pauper children should not be reared as civilian" in an expensive district school at the rate of six or eight shillings a week per bead, but should be trained for service in the army and navy. Cheap literature continues in a remarkably flourish- ing condition. "Scott" and "Cooper" may be had forfixpence. and" Bill wer" for one shilling; and in addition to these low-priced edition* of ever popular writers there are other standard works—poetry and general literature—to he had at equally modest prices. So there is now no excuse if our English girls do not become as well read as their American sisters, who not only read much but have a happy way of quickly digesting and then conversing on what they read, so that their conversation is never insipid. The following is scaroely creditable to the police of London The other day a notorious thief known as The Badger." was convicted of robbery and sen- tenced to nenal servitude fo" seven years. When the prison van in which The Badger was to be removed from the sessions house arrived, about 200 of his "pals "attempted to rescue him as he entered it. This the police managed to prevent, but they could not prevent the roughs following the van and maiming the prison officer stationed behind it by pelting him with broken granite. He received a dangerous cut over the left eye, several severe blows on the back of the head, and a wound on the nose. And this occurred in the very heart of London The LanOtt urges that there should be a Minister of Public Health, who might, be associated with the Home Department of the State, and from whom would proceed all general directions for the preserva- tion of the health of the nation. It also suggests that there should be a Vaccination Board, presided over by an independent medical man, and a staff of medical men appointed to vaccinate, apart from the Poor Law Board, and under the control of the Home De- partment.. According to Signor Natoli. late Minister of Education in Italy, there are 210 large libraries in that country (164 of which belong to the nation) containing together 4.149,281 volllmes. These libraries are very rich in ancient literature and theological works, but modern literature is very it sufficiently represented in them. Comparing the numbers of books in the large libraries of the different European States with their population, Signor Natoli shows that the most richly endowed country in this respect is Bavaria, which has 1,21)8 000 b toks, or 26*4 for every 100 of its inhabitants. Next come France and Italy, with a proportion of 117 per eent. each; Prussia, 11 per cent.; Great Britain, 6 per cent. and Russia, 1'3 per cent. A return was issued on Monday to an or^er of the House of Commons on the motion of Mr. Sandford, which shows the diversity of franchises that prevailed in the English and Welsh boroughs before the Reform Bill. For the most part the suffrage was in the hands of freemen, freeholders, and inhabitants paying soot and lot, and not receiving parochial relief. There were, however, aaany exceptions. At Bath the fran. chise was limited to the mayor, eight aldermen, and twenty-four common councillors, while at Bedford household suffrage prevailed, and at. Presten the suf- frage was vested in all the inhabitants at large." At Buckingham the bailiff and twelve burs>es»es re- turned the members of Parliament, and at Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight this privilege was limited to twelve aldermen and one burgess. With a view to encourage the development of coal- cutting by machinery, the association of colliery pro- prietors of South Lancashire and Cheshire have decided to offer three prizes to the inventors of the best machines for the purpose. The machines sub- mitted for competition are to be supplied not later than November 1, and they will then he practically tested in the collieries before a committee appointed by the association for the purpose. The committee will by this means ascertain which machines are most suitable to the requirements of the trade, and prises of 500l. 2001. and lOOt. respectively will be awarded to the three best. A case of religious intolerance has just been brought to the notice of the Swiss Federal authorities. Mr. Scbild having died at Nernier (Haute-Savoie), the cure wished to prevent his beiug interred in conse- crated f round, as he was a Protestant and the mayor was obliged to exert his authority to have the burial performed. However, after it was over, the cure sent three men to open the grave and remove the coffin elsewhere. Two gendarmes prevented the exhuma- tion but on the priest declaring that he was authorized by the Bishop of Annecv, the brother of the deceased applied to the Federal Council that it should appeal to the French Ambassador to have such proceedings put a stop to. This step has been taken on the advice of the mayor, who has expressed his determination to have Swi*s citizens respected in Franee as Frenchmen are in Switzerland. The first session of the North German Parliament was opened on Sunday at Berlin by a speech from King William. Notwithstanding the Evangelical views which are in favour at the Prussian Court, there was a very brilliant gathering at this Sunday fete. On the right of the throne were the Cro Prince and the other Royal princes, with the exception of Prince Frederick Charles, who took his place among the members of Parliament. On the left of tbe throne were the Federal plenipotentiaries, headed by Count Bismarck in military uniform. The Queen, the Crown Princess, and her Royal Highness's eldest son, Prince Frederick Charles, Prince William of Baden, Prince Nicholas, of Nassau, Prince Henry of Hesse, and al- most all the diplomatic body were present, and the number of spectators was very great. The King was much cheered before he began to speak, at various points of his speech, and at its close, when Count Bis- marck declared the Parliament to be open. The King then bowed three times to the assembly, and quitted the hall amid great enthusiasm. The painful incident of a spectator dying in the hall gave the ceremony a sad colouring. Further proceedings were taken on Saturday last in respect to the charge of "wilful murder against General Nelson and Lieutenant Brand. After some explanatory evidence from previous witnesses the magistrate was addressed by Mr. Hannen, Q.C., and Mr. Bristow, on behalf of the accused, and by Mr. Fi'zjames Stephen in reply. Sir Thomas Henry said that these able and elaborate arguments proved cor. clusively that there were doubtful questions of law and disputed matters of fact which he could not undertake to decide or to reconcile. He therefore committed the accused for trial at the April sessions, admitting them to bail as before. It is understood that the case will be removed by writ of certiorari to the Court of Queen's Beach; and it is rumoured that it will be a trial at bar" before four of the judges and a jury. The first practical result of the recent conference of clergy and working men upon church-going was the simultaneous preaching on Sunday last of a great num- ber of sermons specially addressed to the working classes, The movement (which it is said is due to the suggestion of Mr. George Potter) was more general among the Dissenters than among the Church clergy, but Dean Stanley preached an admirable sermon in the Abbey at the afternoon service. He took for his text the words of John the Baptist, "Art thou He that should come, or do we look for another?" and proceeded to show how the teaching of Christ was adapted to the universal wants of men, while at the same time His religion bore a peculiarly kindly aspect towards working men.—The Rev. Newman Hall reo commended' the temperance movement as a great auxiliary in bringing working men to church. He urged the providing of secular instruction and recrea. tion to counteract the demoralising recreation that abounds, and said that, in order to break down the alienation of artisans, Christians should show them more sympathy, aud meet them on ground that they were willing to meet upon. He al«o urged the im- portance of haviug double services. the one for the non-crmrchgoing, wno had no taste for worship, and the other fur those who could appreciate it. The Archduke Stephen, the news of whose death was telrgrapht-d the ottier day, wa< born on the 14;h i of September 1817. He began his political career in Bohemia, when he.oeeapted aD important post in the I U-overnment, and 818 amiaoie manners and great per- sonal courage (rained him Imuoh popularity. On the death of his father, the Archduke Joseph, in 1847, he succeeded him as Palatine of Hungary. This appointment was received with the greatest enthusiasm by the Hungarians, and at the beginning of 1848 his influence with them was almost unlimited. The revolution. however made it impossible for him to reconcile his good will towards the Hungarians with his duty to the Emperor, and he resigned his post. since 1850 he has lived in a aortof exile in his castle of Schaumburg, his political opinion* having alienated him from the Imperial family. He died, curiously enough, on the very day when the Hungarians recov- ered the rights which they lost when he left them.

IMPERIAL" PARLIAMENT, In the House of Lords, on Feb. 22, Lord Derby moved and Lord Russell seconded an Address of Congratulation to Htr M»jssty upon the Mr h f a Princess—a motion which was agreed to nemine umtradieente lord Cianneartle, in tutrooucing a bill for regulating the tentre of land in Ireland, condemned the exaggerated critlci-ms tbat bad been passed upon the prevailing system, and insisted that Inland WM really increasing in prosperity. After a she't nhmtsion the hill wai read a lirat time. The British Horth America Bill passed through committee, after a brief di-cosslon, and their lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons Sir R. Palmer called attention to the unsatisfactory state of the different appellate Jurisdictions in this conntry. With a view to remedy the defects, which he described with (treat minuteness, the hon. and learned gentleman proposed to abolish the exclu«lve Jurisdiction of the Courts of Q leen's anti );x<JhrqUf>r, anti to make tbe three common law oourtl branches of one great coun, three Judges to a fu I court. He would dispense wiGh tbe attendance (f judges at chqmbt>rs, and transfer all minor bl18lness to cbi.f clerkl or masters, and where on" oonrt was overburdened with causes and another insufficiently supplied, a portion of the business of the tormer might be advantageously handed over to the latter. Hiving made other suggestions of a minor character, the bnn. ana learDed Ilentleman proce<1ed to cODsltier the next Iortion of the lubj ct—namely, the appellate Jurisdiction; and here he Isid down the two prlDciples that not more thsn one appeal should be aUowed in any case decided by the lunerior courts, and tbat there should be but one Murt of appeal for both equity and common law. To this c >nrt be coold transfer to it e appellate Jurisdiction of the Hou«e of L.,rdl, 8nd the legal functiona now performed bythac branch of the Legislature should cease and determine as soon as a more effectual trlhunal bad been established In its stead. The Attcrne) -General reviewed the various suggestions of the bOI). and learned m.m}ooer, anti denied that they would effeot any savins ot Judicial power that was worthy of con- sideration, or that the administration of justice would be promoted or Imorove" thereby. Mr. D Griffith asked the Chancellor of tbe Cxcbcqusr whether the Government intended to ask the House to come to a conclusion in favour of the reduction < f the franchise without affording a clear Indication of what that reduction il to Tne Chancellor of the Kxohequer replied that on Monday, before asking the House to agree to the Resolutions, he should s'ate how the Government thought the principles contained in them OlJ.t to be a; plied. He had taken a note of tb. variou quaetions which hid been addressed to him durirg the last ten days, and In due season would answer tisem all. Mr o borne revived the subject of the vote for the Paris lixbtbliion by calling on the S-cretary of the Treasury for furtber explanations; and, runnlnll through I be item" nne by one, he denounced the majority of them, in his usual tffaotive annllmualn¡r 8tyle, III Ihamefuny extravagant. Mr. H A. Bruce, as the member of the late Government who was responsible for the first estimate, explained that the large expenditure was necessitated by the extraordinary requirements ot the Ft8DCh Commission, and tbat. If we had not yielded to these we must have withdrawn from the exhibition. Mr Bunt promised that the Estimates for 1866-67, which would be printed In a f-w days, should contxlu full Informa- tion III to tne manner in whIch these sums were made up. After some remarks from Mr. Bareiford Hope—who com- plained, ai one of the Comml.aionere, that thty had no voioe in sanctioning this expenditure, and begged some one te move fer a Sit act Committee to Inquire into their proceedings—and from Mr Grenville, Mr. Oiborne gave notiee that be should move the House to prohibit the exhl- bttton of implements of war, and the subject then dropped. The hill for tbe contiunance of the Habeas Corpus (Ire- land) Susptndon Age passed through committee, was read atbird time, and passtd. a c'ause being inrerted, on the motion of Mr. Bngwell, providing that persons arrested nn';er the Act shall be treated as untried prisoners. The remaining business was disposed of, and the Houte adjourned. In the Heule of Lords on Feb. 25, the Earl of Derby moved the second read'ng of the Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Ac' Continuance Bill. H« raid If the Geveri msnt _ad only to deal with tbe resident Irish population this bill wou d be wholly unneo.8Iary, for they were in tne main thoroughly loyal, but the Fenian leaders had not been arrested through their assistance because they had a great dislike to the character of informers. Eari Russell gave a cordial assent to the bill, considering that circumstances rendered it imperative. Tbe Esrl of Kimberley also concarred fa theneoessttyot the measure. The bill was then read a second time, and, the standing orders having been suspended, was read a third time and passed. Lord S'. Leonards called attention to the question of the employment of volunteers In the case of riots or insurrec- tion. He quoted Lord Mansfield and other authorities to show tbat it was the duty of volunteers and of eyery weU disposed person to act as special constables and to assist the civil authorities. The Lord Chancellor observed that It would be illegal to use the volunteer force as an armed body in the suppression of riot or disturbance. Earl Huisell hopt d It would not be necessary to lay dewn any Jaw on the subject or to call out the volunteers, who, not acting under a regular officer, might not display the temper and forbearance which were usually exhibited by the regular tioops. A'ter a few observations from the Earl of Balmore the subject dropped, and several bills having been advanced a ataee. thetr lordships adjourned. Tbe Brouse of Commons was densely parked in every part in expectation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's state- ment nn tbe Reform Resolutions. Among the peers pteseut wtreErl Russell, Eiri Granville, the DuksafArgyi), and Loid Cadogan. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE. Mr. Disraeli, who was received with cheers, rose at ten minutes to five, and moved that the House go into C >m- mittee to consider the Act 2nd and 3rd Win. IT, chap. 25. The names of those who brought in that bill, he said, would live in history. Never was any political experiment more successful; but there was a deficiency in that Act wheh arose from want of due consideration of a great and impor- tant question. Tie political rights of the WOll: ng classes which existed before '12 were on that occasion abolished, and during the period which had since elapsed there has been a painful feeling that questions have not been treated with that na* ional sympathy which was desirable. The Govern- ment now wished to do something to bring back that power which the old Constitution recognized, and which all wlthd to see accomplished. Previous to 1832 R..form was a question which excited much party feeling, but at present there was almost an entire unanimity. With these feelings he should endeavour to speak on those Resolutions which be placed on the table a fortnight, ago. It had been said that the Resolutions were vague and unsatisfactory. His presence tnere that alght to give an explanation on the subject was thought an answer to these complaints. He should first ask the Bou<e to consider the borough franchise. In considering thh question, the anxiety of the Government has been freely to extend the franchise, and at the same time not to derogate from the character of the 8nUlø: to see whether they could not reduoe the suffrare, having regard to three im. portant qualities, namely, capital. Intelligence, and labour. They bad therefore determined to introlnci f ur new borough franchisee. Tbe first was an educational franchise. He should wish to see such a franchise extended, aad 10 Lbe bin founded on tne Reaolutloul it would be ex. tended not so far, perhaps, as some might wish, but still it would be a irauehise that weuld admit a considerable cam- ber of persons. The second franchise would be a eatings' bank one, the qua'ifloa'ion being Sul. in the savings'bmk or a p*rio« nf one jear. The third franchise would be founded on funded property Toey proposed that any person who hau Sui ia tbe public tuods of this country should be ent'tleo to a vote Tartly, they nropoted that every person utho paid 20e a year in direct taxation shotil i have a vote In tbe election (;1 mrmnus of P.l1"mllnt. The result would be that at the present moment 36,000 would register them- selves as voters under the iavings-hat<k franchise, 10,600 under the etlucalion franchise, 7 O K) under the funded property franchise, and 1).000 under the dtreet pay- ment franchise. Having now stated the proposed new francblsee he now came to what the Government proposed In reference to the amendment of the pre- sent franchise. With regard to plurality of voting the Government proposed that any occupier might also have the franchise in addition to tbe new qualifications; but that was a view the Government would not Insist on. Passing over, therefore, Resolution Jfo. 5, they had to consider what was to be tbe basis on which the Parliament should take tbe borough franchise, so far as occupation was concerned. What the Government r< commended wal a III rating fr&llcbl. This would give new voters to the amount of 140,000, but from this a d. inc- tion of 10,000 had to be made, leaving 110,000. Altogether there wc uld be an addition to the borough voters of 212 000. With regard to counties they proposed to add the four new frarcbises, the same as in boroughs. The t.ffect upon the counties would be to give an addition, by direct taxa- tion, o( 62,000; by iunded property, ot 32,000 by education, of 15/00; and by the savings ba* k franchise of 25,000. It wai also proposed to reduce sne county franchise 80 21'1. ratirg. With all deductions that would add to the occupiers of the counties 82,000. The whole of the Increase to the country would thus, in rouud numbers, be 410,000. Alluding, next, to tbe question of bribery, the hon tentleman said It was proposed that when a candidate haa been guilty of bribery the other candidate who had been proved to be pure lbould be returned In bis Itead, althouih he was supported by fewer voters; also, that after a certain time corrupt boroughs sbould lose the power of returning members. A bill tor these purposes would be brought la simulta- neously with the Franchise Bill. Considering what had taken place, the Government aI, 0 proposed to disfranchise wholly the boroughs ot Great Yarmouth, Totnes, Selgste ana Lancaster, and to transfer tbeir seven seats to boroughs which bad rhen into Importance. Tue new boroughs to which It was proposed to give members were Hartlepool, Darlington, Burnley, Staleybrldge, St. Helen's, Dews- bury, B*rnsdale, Mlddleiborougb, —he begged to be excused from naming the next one.—In tbe meantime, but It was 18 the" Black Country Pasatng over It, there WEre next Croydon, Gravesend, and Torquay. The Govern- ment also recommended Parliament to divide Tower Hamlets and IIv. it two fresh members. Fourteen members were thus proposed to be given to new boroughs. With regard to counties it was recommended to take the fol- lowing counties and divIde them In every case there would be a constituency to the new members of 100,000 county vp^rs-Nor'h Lancashire, North Lincolnshire, West Kent, Ii.t Surrey, M ddletex, South Sttff >rd?hire, aud South D-von. That would be fourteen members. Tim numoer of seats ihoy proposed to deal with was thirty. Of these he bad explained 28. With regard to the other two they proposed to CArry cut a tebeme mentioned in the bill ot 1859. They proposed to divide South Lancashire and also that the House should recognize the claims of London University- Respecting small boroughs which had two members, they proposed that those with a population uuder 7 000 should be asked to spare their supei fluoua representa- tives. These were in number twenty-three. Having next adverted to several facilities which it was proposed to introduce to facilitate voting in counties, the right hon. gentleman sat down amid loud cheers. Mr. Lowe said they had spent the last fortnight In en- deavouring to find out what were the propositions of the right hon. gentleman, and he suspected that government themselves had been trying to do the same thing. During that time they ought to have been considering them. Bat even now the plan of the government was not before them. There was no precedent for the course proposed. The Indian resolutions were the basis of a bill, but these were not and could not be, and he recommended their with 'rawal. The right hon. gentleman said that come what may Govern- ment should not be tnrned out of office on tbe question of Reform. Wr.y was Government to have the matk of Cain set upon them thit no man mould kill them ? He objected to their going into committee on resolutions fur which no one was to be responsible they were ambiguous, and were mere abstractions. It was said at one time on the question of Re- form that they were within 24 hours of a revolution. He be- lieved that they had been within much fewer hours thlln tbat of household suffrage. He held household suffrage in great dread. but whatever rutlnlt place there was botweeu the present suffrage and household suffrage he thought would he only temporary. Th, principle of fancy franchises was a bad one it was an arbitrary connection between two things which have no necessary connection The proper qualttica- elf n would be the performance of State outies and he bear- ing of State burden* It was only right that I h. eliu of -he working el888es shot IJ he admitted 10 tne franciuae lha omission Of 'h-> loigei franchise wi-s a serlnu. omisston. He suggested th*<; lhay should pi»e vott-s to all pa>«rs of the lncxnie tax, but. De opnd tut- h lUf w .ultl not act in alpirlt of panic o ot u. due htste, a* tne .ffect of the me«rl.,gs that Dad hte' held, "u" a. wnich there was so much misrepre- sentation, n..d dl..d away. Mr. Britiht joined la press the Government to abandon their proposed ourse, which waa rsprubated by every ORe off the Treasury beuou After Mr. D sraelt s speech, he maintained, the resolutions were out of pUee; they would ot only wa-t<! time, but would throw the snoject Intocbaoa, would lower the cnaracter of the EtncuMve Govern orient, tnd would "Americanise"* the Honss of Commons Hedis- cusied the ohief features of Mr. Disraeli's nketch bill. assert- ing that 61 ra iog would not be equal to 8l rental, that the oaloulatinns as to the fancy frauchiies were of no value; and. In alluding to Mr. Disraeli's argument that the Housa had last year decided on a rating franchise, he a-ked him why be had not accepted the decision of fba Government 00 the county franchise. He rallied the Ministerialists, In a tone of bitter sa' 0 sno, on their change of opinion, and In his peroration urged with great force and eioq'ienes that, as It was pressure from outside which haa induced this and the late Government to touch < he question, Mr. Disraeli should be permitted ry his party to make concessions which would put a ston to further discussion and agitation. Mr. Walpole defended the course of procedure proposed, and contenrled that tbe propositions of tbe government came up to the requirements of tbe clUe. Mr. Lairg condemned the government scheme because It licked the character of finality. The only final solution was honsf-hoid suffrage Mr. GNd*tone afkfd Mr. DUraeli on what ba»ls he rested his calculations of the numbers to be admitted by his rcheme. for to 10m" of them he had listened with a little Increoulity. The lateral franchises would not touch tha labouring classes at all, and as the 61. racing franchise would not admit more than 100 000 voters, he contended that Mr Disraeli's bill did not afford at favourable materials for a settlement as h's bill of last year, which proposed to xd- mlt 200.000 of the working classes. H8 approve 1 Mr D sraeli's project for the prevention of brioery and corrup- tion, and also the proposal to put it in a separate bit!; and the same course might be taken with the proposals for im- proving county registration and dimlnisbli g expemes. On the mode of procedure he pointed to the concurrence of Mr. Lowe and Mr. Bright as a tgilflcant indication of the feeling of the Home, but it the Government continued of opininn that Resolutions were preteraDle to 8 b'll, he would w«iv» his oi J-ctions, pressing upon them at the same time that after Mr Disraeli's speech, the Resolu- tions ought to be altered SO M to embody the uovernment plan. The very vagueness of the Resolutions, he argued, must now be a source of serl. m embarrassment to the Go- vernment themselves. Illustrating his argument by refe- rence to the Re«o'utlonson redigtrlhu'ion, and predomllance ot elates, and ih*t no attempt would b. made to proceed with the Resolutions until Thursday, he suggested that th.. Government should Ute the Intenalln consider- ing whether they would not withdraw, er at least modify, the R solutions. The Chancellor of the Exchequer rep1 led that some of the Resolutions mlffht now, perhaps), be unnecessary, and they would be withdrawn; others might ba altered but he de- clined to withdraw the whole, alleging that there were several on which It was desirable that the Government should hive the opinion of the House. After a few obiervaMons from Mr. Roebuck, Sir •. Grey, Mr Warner, and Mr. Serjeant Gskl. the resolutions were postponed till Thursday, The Trades Unions Bill and the Marriages (Odessa) BUI passed through oommhtee, and the House adjourned. In the House of Lord-, on Ftb 26, the Duke of Marlborough and the Earl of C v-ogan tlgnliled the Royal Assent to the Habeas Corpus Suip-nslon (Ireland) BiJL Lord EI e" borough presented petitions in reference to the Pahlic Schools Bill, and thought the b..t course would be to hand to tbe Xul of Derby an amended clause which he proposed to introduce. The E .rl of Deroy said he would give It his best considera- tion, and alter some further remarks the Bill was committed. The Etrl of Bradford (Lord Chamberlain) brought up her Majesty's most gracious answer to tha Address of con- gratu'a*lon on Ihe Dirth of a princess to the family of H.R.H. the Prlnc" of W..les. It was ordered that the answer be recorded In tbe minutes of the douse. In the House of Commons, at the request of Sir Augustus OPff-rd. Gentleman U.her rf the Black Rod, the St-caktr. accompanied nyiseveral members, proceeded to tlh. roper Honse to bear the r yal Assent declared hy Comm'silon to to,e hill for contlnnlII the HAbeal Corpus Suspension Act in Ireland. Oae hundred and fl'ty-slx petitions were presented from an equal number or the inhabitants of Bridgnorth, praying the House to pass this station a measure based on registered residential manhood suffrage, protected by the ballot. MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said I think It would be coBvehtonttotnetiouMtortnetotakethe earliest oppor- tunity of stating the course that the Government propose to pursue with respect to the tubj^ct under discission last nlgbt. The great ° Ject he had 10 bringing forward the Resolutions wnlch were the suhj ct of disenssion was really to secure a fair ana candid reception for the p<r.pi«al which we hoped in a legislative form to introduce. It is impossible for me to conceal from myself the observations that have been made by gentlemen of authority In this House, and particularly bY) the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr Glacis'one) Imply a promise tint the bill will receive a and csnriii consioeratlon, I believe the hen member tor the Tower Hamlets, Immldlatetyfollowed by the right hon. centieman opposite, stated tb*t the second reading of the hi I would mctt with no difficulty. I there- fore take the earliest opportunity of Informing the House that her M i" I «-"v«rnment, after considering all that has taken place—although convinced of the propriety of the course original 7 taken—are of opinion that they should best promote the course of public business by not asking the House any further to proceed to the consideration of the resolutions. 1 }: on lihe earliest opportunity practicable. Introduce a bill—It Is impossible for me to fix the day. A Reform bill is not like a road hill Preparation is necessary. I think that In a week s tlmr^—on Thursday week I shall have hormur to Introdaoa a bilf. Mr. Gladstone remarked that the right hen. gentleman having referred te him on a tuaiter of considerable difficulty and importsnc". ne found it necessary to follow the state- ment lie (Ur. Disraeli) hid made out of the usual order of business, although lie did not say ou« of th< discretion he might have been entitled to nse under the circumstances. Hili thought he woud be fully justified in moving the ad- journment ot He cou'd hot h-tlp saying th it great trouble would have been saved if therignt hon gentle- man had adopted the course hid now taken at an earlier stage Just before the rl^h*. hon. gentleman rose, h"(Mr. Gladstone) had placed a notion in tbe hands of th, C erk, as an amendment to the motion, that the Speaker ttave the chair on Thursday Dfxt It was as foil .wsThat her Ma jest>'» G jvertimetit having Informed the House of the principal provisions"! tbe hill wblcl1 they prop08" t > Introduce, lc ia ibe opinion of tbe House tbat Under present circum.taLc,.a dla- cnulon of the R.olutioBa no_before 'htmmatt tend to dt-lay the practical consideration of the question, al.d that it will be for the public advantage that toe plans ot Her Majesty's Government should be IUDmhted to tl1l1m In a definite form HecouU not hesitate to express the opinion that ihe course tbe right. hon. eentleman had hktn was the courte woictl wss most tor the Ild,antaill of I h.t Home, and that It wellt lurther than what wa* proposed by tDe motion which had been laid on the table. That motion would have lelt it open for Ministers to withdraw the resolutions, and bring ia new ones, or on the other hand to bring in a bill; but the right hon. gentleman had now promised to take the latter course. With regard to the expressions of opinion which had been manifested he would say that the delay in brlltgfog in the bill was a delay inherent in the mode of pro- cedure adopted. In conclusion Mr. Gladstone impressed uoon the Houte that no pledge had been given to tupport the second reading of the bill. It would be matter for subsequent consideration whether he and those on his side of the House would consent to the second reading of th e bill. He hoped the bill would be tuch that they could expedite Its earlier stages, and then Join issue on thoae points, many or few, on which they might be inclined to differ from her Majesty's G >vernment. The right hon. gentleman then moved the adjournment of the house. Mr. Bright aaid as the Cuancellor of the Itch quer was in the mood for receiving advice from that side of the House, he rose for the purpo.e of making a suggestion, which many might not approve. He wanted the right hon. gentleman to consider wnether it wou d not be advisable for htm to taks the ad'ice he (Mr. Bright) tender»d about a vear ago, namely, to in rodnce the Franchise Bell alone J if 80, be thorght there would be little o J action to the second read- it g but if they Introduced the subject of redistribution of seats at the same time, that would net be a statesman-like mode of procedure. Lord John Manners, in reply te Mr. Bright, said he dfd not pee that his advice was likely to be more succenful than it was last year. The motion for adjournment was then withdrawn. Lord R yston reported the rt p'f of hfrMajettytothe address voted her on the birth of a Princess. Mr. Wnalley asked the Home Secret*ry a question con- cerning the riot at Wolverhtmptoo, and remarked that Dr. Armstrong had received threatening letters from parsons cat ling th.m elves F«,nlans. Mr. Walpole said he had received no communication on the subjeot. Maj >r Anson moved for a select committee to inquire into the duties performed by the British Army lu India and the Colonies.

ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EMI. GRANTS SAVED FROM A WRECK. Tbp. storms which recently passed over this conntry and Ireland appears to have swept with terrific vio- leDce over the Atlantic. Bv the arrival on Monday at Liverpool of the African (Royal Mail Steamer), we learn of several shipping disasters to ve^els that failed from the Mersey and the Thames. Toe chips Rhine and Constantine. from London, and the Lea and Re. solute, from the Mersey, had all arrived at New YOlk in a more or less disabled condition. Tae latter ship on the voyage out, having left Liverpool on the 29 h, had met wit.h extraordinary severe weather and on the 25th January, when in lat. 39 30 N-. long. 68 10 W., fell in with the American ship Bavaria, bound from Havre to New York with emigrants. Toe vessel was dismasted about seven days previously, and the passengers and crew were found to be in a most deplo- rable condition. Captain Freeman at once bore up, and lay by the dismasted vessel, although there was a gale blowing, and the sea running very high at the time. Tae captain of the Bavaria asked Captain Freeman if he would take the passengers away, and his officers and crew would try and rig a jurymast and make for some port. Captain Freeman at once com- plied, but seeing that none of the Mava/rian's boats were being got ready, he lowered, and two picked crews, together with the first and second officers, pushed off from the vessel for the Bavaria. Although it was only one p.m., still, with the sea running so high, the task was both dangerous and difhcult. Notwithstanding this, however, the gallant fellows made four trips, and fucceeded in bringing away sixty-four emigrants in safety. At 4 30 p. m. the chief officer's boat was swamped, just after the emigrants had been taken on board the Resolute, and the crew nearly drowned; and at 5.0 p.m. the second mate's boat reached the side of the vessel, in an almost sinking- state, having been knrcked under water by a tremendous sea. Fortur at lv the crew, and twenty-tinea wom^n and children, wtre ali Sivtd. Ie wai now getting dark, and the 8t(.rm was increasing every mom-m but Cap ain Fretmm stood nobly to the task he had undertaken. At daybreak on the 26'h the Resolute's boats were again lowered, and after a series of desperate struggles at 8.30 a.m. 170 emigrants were safely housed on board the Resolute, and at 10 a.m., after giving some ropes, &c., to the Bav iria, Captain Freeman went on his course. Captain Freeman had only his crew's provisions to divide, and for eight days all the people on board had only one biscuit per day. Th" steamer Caledonia, and the John Bright were failen in with, trom both of which vessels Captain Freeman received provisions for his famishing: crew and passenger?, all of whom he, however, landed safely at New York, having reached that port on the 9ch instant. On Monday the ship Emergency arrived at Liver- pool from New York, and the captain reports that about two a.m. on the 18th inst. a large ball of fire, coming from N.W., burst over the ship, knocked the crew down on the deck, and injured one severely. There was a heavy gale blowing at the time from the S.W. aad S.S.W. °

OUTSIDE THE HOUSES OF PARLIA. MENT ON MONDAY. Whenever an exciting topic is known to be coming before the House, people are apt to wander down to Palace-yard, some, if it Is a "people's question," with a view of cheering their friends and hlssine tneir opponents, while others make it their pleasure to look on Oa Monday, though the all- excittcg question of Refotm was known to be enteiiog upon another pease at the House, the usual exciting sceno in Palace-y»rd was to a *reai. extent ahient. The fact may be attrionted to tbe signal faUn^s of the late demonstra- tions" abnu'the metropolis but, whatever the ciuse, tlure were n"tafary rime mor" thtn a few bUT'red p-rs >ns ihout W,g'mii ster h* 1 a id »hV streets luij tcent to Palare- y.rd, ami. tb..n¡¡h there were some inciden s Wjrth UCùrd. luB, ther.. was \10 grt-at excitement. The anxiety to obtain admission to the House Itself was as great m oyer II la on sutb occasion, ana at six o'clock In J tbe morntng &8 many perlOnl a* woutd nave nima vn members' ga'lery twioe over were admitted to Si. S'ephen's- hail, there to wait until the afternoon, anri many of these people mnst have waited throulb the email hours of the morning before admission. The sightseers outside the UnUle and in Westminster- ball did not gather until about three o'clock in the after- noon. Little knots 01 people had begun to assemble in Palace-yard at that time. but tbe police, of whom a strong bofly was POlted ab mt all the approaches, refused to allow any one to loiter within the preolnts of the Yard. Inside the Hdt or outside the Ytrd" was the oraer they gave to everyone who lingered about New Palace-yard. The respeotab e people generally entered the Hall, where they were dressed" in a lonlllne three or four deep. reach- ing from the door to the stairs, while other spectators, moat of whom were of the artisan class, accepted the alternative of lounging about the works" which obstruct the approach to Palace-yard, Member afcer member passed through both crowds, the one in the street and the one in the Hall; but for some time not the least show of approbation or disap- probation was made, though several of those who thus passed were well-known men on both sides. Lied Elcho was In an open carriage, and was followed soon after by Lord Grosv-nor, and though their name* pasted from month to mouth, there were no cries from either tide. The people in the H*ll stood very quiet and very patient. The eyes of the lo»g line were directed anxiously towards the door, and t.he name of each member who entered that way was freely buzsad about There was no attempt at cheering any one, however, net even wall-known metropolitan members, until Mi Fawcett entered, an.1 he was the flrst who recteiveo a popular recognition. LJrd Ru»sell soon after- wards entered the Hall, and repeated cheer*, with waving of hats, greeted him as he passed. M>\ T'tltera, the late President of the Poor Law Board, and LC)rd Clarendon entered together, and they had nearly reached the door before they were recornlz.d and cheered. By this time it was past four o'clock, and people were in- quiring on every side if the eianceilor of the Sxchrqusr had gone in. and if Mr. Gladstone had OOOle. It waa then, when curieslty was at the highest prdnt, that Mr. Lowe, acoompanled by a friend, walked throegh the orewd. He was lo.rantly recognized, an« was followed down the Yard Inw Weatminater-ha 1 He had scarcely passed through the doorway when eome voluntary usher shcuted ont, In a tone loud euougn to be beard a CODlt"r1!lble distance, II Mr. Lowe Those next tbe door cheered him, then some hissed, and tome fllw yelled. Tile cheerl aro8. a¡¡r:11l louder s?Ul and more general, and quite overpowered the marks of dis- approbation. A few moments after a brougham passed through the Yard at great apeed, and waa followed by the crowd but they were too late. The brougham, which contained the Chancellor of the Kxehequer, had passed through the mem- bera' carriage entrance, and the people were stopped at the door by the police, who tffeotually checked the demonstra- tion from proceeding further, and cleared the Y uli ot the iiemonotrators, who expressed aemewhat loudly ihsir dis- appointment at not being able to give tbe right hon. gentle- man "a good howl" Shortly another carriage passed through towards the carriage entrance, followed this time not o»ly by those at the top, but by a large number frees the H»l', and loud cheers aud waving of hits were given in greeting of Mr. Gladstone, whese carriage disappeared within the archway before he had time to return any acknow- ledgment of the reception thus accorded him. After his the assemblages began to melt away, alid in a short time there hot few people waiting either in the Hall or out- aidw the House.

GETTING OFF LIGHTLY! A oonvict oondemned to death in Belguim, whose sentenoe had been commuted to hard labour for life, ha* just been delivered up to the French authorities. His name is Vital Donat. of Panillac, in the depart- ment of the Gironde, and he was formerly a merchant at Bordeaux. He was condemned to death by a sen- tence of the 13th of November last at Antwerp, for having in that: city, where he had taken refuge in the false name of Willis Romero Donatry, wilfully set ire to oertain combustibles for the purpose of burning one or more ships, being also oonvicted of forgery. He is now about to take his trial in Franoe as a fraudulent bankrupt, and for the forgery of bills of lading to the value of nearly a million of francs. His position is somewhat strange, for he escapes from a sentenoe of hard labour for life to undergo a trial which can entail at most hard labour for a definite period, and should he be acquitted, which ia not, however, very likely, there seems to be no way hy which he can be given up again to the Belgian authorities for crimes oommitted in Belgium.

DISEASES OF ENGLAND AND OF SCOTLAND. The diseases which are the chief and mostformidahle enemies of human life are not exactly the name in Scotland as in England, as the following facts will illustrate:— The returns for 1863, which are now completed, agree in pltclni; consumption at the head of the 'i<« In bo*h countries, the cause in England In that yMH- of 251 deaths in every 100 000 persons living, and In SooMand 2i7. Bat from this poiat the lists differ. Scotland more favourable to ioneevlty, has old aee next, accoanting for act deaths among 100,000 persons living; in E iglaad life was terminated by natural decay in old aqe la only IS4 among a like namher of tae population. Bronchitis eomta third, and in eold Son Hand accounts for the large number of ISi deaths per 100 000 living; bronchitis is third also in K<i«land, but esused only Ii7 deaths per 100,000 living. Debility, premature birth, and atrophy, which eome seeond in the lagliah list, and eause i 177 duths among lea.OOC persons, atand fourth in the Seotch list, aeeountlng for only 11. deaths per 11",loo persons Typhus and Infantile fever are next in the Scotch list, csuilng 118 deaths among 100 000 persons, bnt io gland 081y 18; and In the came amount of popula- tion soarlatlna destroyed 115 persons in Scotland aad 140 in Bolland, so that tbe total mortality from there Nvars, which were epidem c in 1883, was almost identical In the two countries. Convulsions stand nfxt upon tr>e S igligh list, killing 1?7 among 100.000; in Scotlaad the numb.r ia-sra'ed as only S7 From tlh point the lists d ff9>- greatly. Tne next teven moat fats1 tiiieasee in Se >tland were heart; .t8e" destroying 86 among 100,000 measles, 74 pneumonia, 74; croup, 68 hydrooepHalus, SI; diftber'a, 58 small-pox, 55. r« JCn?land the a^vtm wer* pneumonia, H8; heart diteve, 90; diarrheal, 73: measles, it; wbooplng-e^ugh, 55 paralysis, it apoplexy, 47. Tnese 14 oliea^e* caused aboat two-thirds 01 the deaths of the yaar. It WAl a yeir of gTeat mortality, the ratio in both countries being the same, namely, 23 per 1,001.

HONOUR TO THE BRAVE! At a meeting of the Royal Humane Society, held in London, on Friday evening, for the purpose of consider- ing the claims of those who saved life in the ^Regent's Park calamity, many of those who really distinguished themselves in that great disaster received some recog- nition of their services. Mr. Abel Thomas, a student of X^genVs Park College, who, at the riak of bis life, rescued a felow student from death, and Mr. Ortre, a surgeon, who also rendered great servioes, were considered worthy ot receiving the stiver medallion of the tooWy, and their oases were recommended to the general court aceordingly. Thanks, on vellum were given to Dr JUward Norton, who haa already rrcalved a silver medal, tor services rendered on the same occasion. The bronai medal was awarded to Mr William Archer, the boat k-eper on the ornamental water of theltke, who rescued afr Denton, that gantleman'* two children, and six other persons; to William Br!ghtwiiis, for saving three persons; aBd to James Moore for saving five persons. Pecuniary rewards were also given to various panoos for rescuing others who had not, in the majority 01 instances, eome forward to thank those who rescued them. Thanks on parchment were awarded to Clariel Whyte for saving James M'Donald; to William Mattocks, for saving Mr. Piekertou and five otbera to Q: C. MaKh»w», for lAying George Plnkerton (the "man with the pipe"); and to a bu oher named Break. A large number of ottier rewards wera given to persons for saving life in different parts of the worlo, and nndarctrcam- stances ef great danger. The rewards Ily"n were to the full extent of the society's funds, which are not large, and have been mucb decreased by the many expsnses caused by the late severe weather; expenses which, the secretary reported, had not been met by increased liberality on the psrt of the puolic, Inasmuch as but little over lOOl. had beea received this year.

Htktllantons Intelligence, HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. AN EDITOR'* EXPLANATION.—The "NEWYork Independent tella of a current story of Mr. Tilton, the chief editor, being about to marry one of the contributors to the paper, Miss Anna Dickinson. The editor being absent from home somebody wrote to ask him the truth of the report, and Mr. Tilton thua answered:— In reply to your kind Inquiry whether the story Is ladesd. that I am to marry my pleasant friend, MWs Anna Dickinson, permit me Just to mention (what must suffice for the present) that in this, as in every other important matter, I am bound by a rule which I have observed for now nearly eleven years; and that is not to take a conclusive action without the advice of Mra Elisabeth R TVton. v-rv sensible woman, and the wife of yours truly, IHKOD )It): TILTON. A FATAL DOKL.—An account was lately given of the death in a d'lel of Prince Bernard de Solms, his antagonist being Count de Wedell. This latter is not unknown in France owing 110 the incidents connected with the famous ballooning expedition of the G-eant,' which, as may he remembered, made its descent in Hanover. M. Nadar, in relating his serial excuraion and all that followed could not find sufficient expres- sions of gratitude for the count, who lavished the most courteous attentions on the aeronaut. After the battle of Langenaalea, in which the Hanoverian troops covered themselves with glory, the Prince of Solms and his brother had to answer before a court martial for their conduct during the action. They were both acquitted, but the issue of the trial, it is affirmed, had not effaced from the minds of certain officers of the Hanoverian army the uufavourable impression of the first moment. The duel is attributed to an expression of that feeling, which was resented by the other party. THE IRISHMAN IN PARIS.—I will finish my letter with a story (writes the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.) Lut night there was a dinner, at which many English tadteaand gentlemen were present. One gentleman, wno 1 believe bails from the country which supplies the world with i nlans, continued throughout the evening sojing, Mr. S'>-and-So, be<'ad I have known him since he was sobiftb, and he usually t >ok bis wine-glass as the standard Pre- sently they bf gan talking of English newspaper writers, and they got on him who is cert-inty the tallest," and, as I think, the be8t. Do you know Mr. H. 7" aeked M le Feaien of a very mild Englishman. "I do, I ausureyou," was thereply "Ihave known him since ha was that high and be got i p "d pointed to the top of the door, which h.. could bare y reaoh-" I met him at Nice last year," added our friend, quietly. SIMS REEVES AND THE BABY.—The other night, Mr. Sims Reeves was singing in the Town-hall, Grennock, and had just delivered the verse— I had a message to send her, So tender, and true and sweet, I longed for an angtl to btar it, And by it down at her feet— when a baby in arms, borne by a woman who sat clese to the platform, began to cry. Mr. Reeves stopped, and asked that the child should be removed. A few persons immediately began to hiss, and called to the woman not to goo, and the majority cheered the singer. Mr. Reeves reured, and on returning was again greeted with hisses, and again retrn-d. The woman meanwhile had left, and it was explained that it wts,a mistake that she had been admitted with tbe child. Ultimately, Mr. Reeves again returned, and was received with applause, and ODtained an encore. IN DEATH RK-DNITED !—About fourteen years ago a well-to-do tradesman, who had prospered in a quiet street lying under the shadow of the Houses of Parliament, settled his affairs, and was gathered to his fathers, assuming that his fathers found a resting- place in the Brompton Cemetery. His widow carried on the business after the dea.th of her lord. and in pro- cess of time she, too, became the prey of "the last enemy This event took pl"ce about a fortnight i-ince. Pursuant to the dyint; rt-qne«t of the d- ceased, the body of her husband was exhumed (the nece-sary forms having been complied witt,) and conveyed to an nadertaker's, where the old oeffin was placed in a new; and on the moraing of the ianeral two fcwaraes might he seen wending their way through West- minster to Brompton. One contained the remains of the husband, the other of the wife. They were buried in one grave. In life they were long separated—in death they are re-united. HORRIBLE MURDER BY A YORN* OIRL.— CeteatineMulnt. 16 years of age, has just been sen. tenoed to 15 yeare' penal servitude at lilois for the barbarous murder of an old woman named IJelins. a hawker. The old hawker called at the honse of the girl's father, and there the girl saw that she had a little money in her purse. She offered to accompany Delins for some distance on her road, and armed her. self with a bill hook with the deliberate intention of taking a favourable opportunity of murdering and robbing her. Twelve days afterwards the remains of the old woman were found in a lonely spot with tbe head backed to uieces. Mulot was arrested, and con- fessed to the crime an! all its horrible details. IGNORANCS IS BLISS!—A London correspondent tella the following :— Cahire'veen is Fenian to the backbene, man, woman, and child, who make little or rather no secret of their pre- dilections that wsy. One woman I ipoke to said, Yes, sure. I am a Fenian, and rj he ashamed of myself If I was'nt What d > you mean by being a Fenian?" I Inquired. The woman hesitated a little, and then said, I don't rightly know what It means, but I hope I'm a gool Jeni*n for all that. And that U the answer, I believe that ninety-nine out of "very hundred wou'd m.k.. They do not quite know what Tenianlsm II, or what it wants or intend* but they are staunch Fenians for all tba', quite ready to give their livag, as I fear we shall some day flr.d, for their eanse. These people would Indeed delight the Eajpsror of the Trench, but he can no longer boast that he re1¡pa over the only oountry where people are ready to go to war for an dea. ATHLETIC SPORTS.—The past week's athletic sports at Oxford have witnessed the defeat of two gentlemen who have attained the highest honours in the athletic world in the metropolis, Cambridge, and elsewhere, the first, Mr. Collett, of the Amateur Athletic Club, London, having been beaten in the moat easy manner over a very severe quarter of a mile course on the Wadham gronnd by Mr. Laing, of Christ Church and the seeond, Mr. Milvain, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, who won the champion hurdle race in London last year, having succumbed in a hundred and twenty yard" hurdle race, over twenty flights, at the Lincoln College sports, on the new university running ground, both to Mr. Hiidyard, Pembroke College, Oxford, and Mr. Jackson, Mag- dalen Hall, who ran a dead heat in their first trial Mr. Milvain carried off his heat after a splendid race with Mr. Phipps, of Exeter College, who had a great Eaton reputation, but finished behind the dead heaters in the 6nal race, which was won after one of the best contests on reGord by about a foot. in the short time of 16.} seconds, by Mr. Hildyard. The university sports are fixed to take place on the new running ground on Friday and Saturday, in London, on March 15th and 16ch. RELIGION OF THE JUDGES.—As some little misunderstanding seems to have arisen lately respect- ing the religious tenets of the judges, it may not be thought: out of place, perhaps, to notice, with respect TO the Court of Queen's Bench, that the Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Mellor are members of the Established Church. Mr. Justice Shee is a member of the Roman C»tho>ii faith, Mr. Justice Lush is a Baptist, and Mr. Justice Blackburn a Unitarian. P rhaps it has never before occurred that so many d fFrirent creeds have been professed by the various judges of one court, yet no oourt at the same time gives greater satisfaction to all who come to it. A CONTRAST—Now AKD THKN !—Great eflorti are being made in Venice to give animation to the Carnival, as a means of encouraging trade and diminishing the misery suffered by many in the newly- emancipated city. Letters thence speak of much gaiety, crowds of masks, music and merriment on St. Mark's-square at night, perfect rder everywhere. What a contrast," says a letter,— With the carnival we have bpen uied to for many years past, whjn the fear lest the ma k shoaM cover the coun- tenance of an Austrian nolice-ag-nt sufficed to drive every one from the Pisszt. The few who had a mind to amuse themselves were fain to do so In thetr houses. None would give Vienna a pretext for saying that Ttnice was satisfied. This year all is changed and trade o«neflis by tt. For the last days of ths CarnlyaIgreat festivities are preparing, In the hope of attracting many foreigners. AN AMUSING SCENE.—A ludicrous Bcene occurred in Chicago a day or two since. A gentle- man, in passing a lady, noticed that her nose was fast freezing. Without the least warning, and on the impulse of the moment, he grabbed a handful of snow, and commenced rubbing her face with it. The lady was indignant and frightened at first, but thanked the gentleman when she learned that his object was to remove the frost from her nose. A Naw MEMORIAL BRASS AT CARISBROOKE.— A mural brass has recently been placed in the parish church of Carisbrooke bearing the following inscrip- tion :— In memory of Colonel Sir Faithful Fortescae, lot, son of John Fortercue, Esq. of Buckland Ftlleigh, Devon, by Susannah, daughter of John ChichesUr. of Raleigh. He was a distinguished Royalist officer, and fougbt In several battles cf the great civil war. At the restoration he becim* a gentlemsn of the prtvy chamber ot Charles II. Having left London to avoid the contagion of the plague, he retired to this Inland He soon afterwards, being then of a great age, died at the manor ot Bowcomhe, in tbis par'sh and was buried within these precincts, 29h 1hy, MDCLXXYT. This tablet is placed here by his eldest male representative, Thomas (Fortescue; Lord Clermont, I860.

EPITOME OF NEWS. IRITISH AND FOMMN. A Reform demonstration was held on Monday at SundtrKnd. Work was su>pevded, and a procession which is said to have numheped 12,0(0 persons, passed through the principal streets. There wa< no disorder. It is stated that the subject of regulating the speed of travelling by railway will be brougai before the House this Session. During the past week 41 wrecks were reported, making a total for the present year of 801. Poer Grant, the American General, is excessively oat at havlag to receive such mo'ley groups of peopla at his levee. Some of them arw Confederates, who indulge in sly jokes and laurhter as they approach aad shake hands, doing it with an awful grip. Mr. Henry Varley, a tradesman of Notting-hill and Newgate Market, has taken Izater Hill tor six cansecutive Sun'iay nights, to preach to the working classes. The flrlti service took place last Sunday evening. Oi 27 765 children born in Scotland during the last quarter <>f 1858, no lass than 2,7dl or 10 per eent. were illegitimate. The bronze workers of Paris, in number aot less th MI 2 800, have b..eD on strike slaee the beginntag ef last week. SdVerity-four masters, in a very angry letter, refuse to accept the terms proposed by the workmen, and threaten to dltciarge those remaining at work. It Is fi-ared that the Journeyman gas Iltkra-an equally numerous body—will also strike, The Duke de Frias, a grandee of Spain, and one of thA richest men in the country, has arrived in Parts With his wife, formerly L..dy C>-ampton, and who was known to the nuMctlword as Miss Yictoria Balfe, daughter ot the eminent tughsh composer. A parliamentary paoer has just been issued eontain- incr the r'-vit- < c«.ie ot regui anions lncorporaiing the initiate of June 11, 1866, with a schedule of all articles can."red or modified, and of all new articles, by tbe Committee of Privy C')U"Cll on Kdmatlon. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Chair. man of the Brl l-h Commission, has forwarded to the Society for the Propagation of the G llpel a liberal donation towards the fund for erectine (on the sire granted by tbe Frefet de 180 Seine, close to the Paris Exhibition buildings) a temporary ehnr h for the use of English and American visitors to Paris in 1867. Count D'Hincourt, Lieutenant in the mounted Chasseurs, charged wlllh th.. tranaport and the presentation to the Bmperor ef Japan of 25 Arabian horses, offerM hv the French government has just left Maraeiil-s in the Eldorado Be is aocosneanie < by a groom from the Imperial stables a corporal, and 12 men. Lord Belper has purchased the West Leake estate in Nottinghamshire, formerly t->rd Myddleton's prooerty, for the sum of 85 OWl It Is 1,600 seres in extent, and Is art j tcent to Lora Beiper s property near Kegworth. Viscount Amberley has given notice that he will ask the Secretary to he Treasury on Thursday whether It is trua that a sum of i21 101. h to be allowed to each Jla¡r"øb ju'or on account of travelling expenses to and from tile Exhibition at P*r>s; and, If eo, whether this Inm includes ih* whole amount to be given to each juror, or whether he will receive any further payment. At a meeting of her Majesty's commissioners of the Paris Exhibition on S iturday. several proposals were dis- cussed and discarded. Among others certat" boat races on the Seine, in which wom.n of all nations were to compete: and though last not least the Great Prise for Sell-Uioriaca- tloo, to gain which every man or body of men wire en. couraged to give themselves out as the most perfect com- bination of moral and material success In the lintverse. The ship Arcadian, Captain Gover, which left the Mersey a few days ago for Savannah was totally wrecked on Sunday last on the Wexford coast. Tne crew are reported safe. A cabman named Cox was found drowned in the ornamental water In the R-g«nt's Park, London, on Sunday morning. He had in his pocket a snmmons to appear brfore the police magistrate and answer a cbarge of unlawfully stsnding on the rank with another driver s cab. From what his wife told the police It would appear that the fact of having bren summoned had weighed upon his mind and led him to kill himself. It appears from a Parliamentary return issued on Monday, that the p»yi»euts for travelling ana other expense* of witnesses tuo^moned by leltct commit ees of the H nte of Commons in 1864 amounted to 1 (-W. Us In 18#6 the amount was 1 t84i. 6s 10d., and latt jear 1 M« 17<- 4d. Ammg the parliamentary papers issued, is a return from SOil of the m&uicjpjtl corportnttns in the Kingdom, r ho wing tne claims that are requ r-"l and allowed in each respte ively, as entitling the ttppijant to r«C!tive the Ire dons of th. ci y or town, and to be placed OIl ttie parliamentary electoral roil as a freeman voter, &c. A series of sums, amounting in all to 66.783Z. 53. it. win h.,ve to be voted In order to make good excesses on csr- tatn grants for the civil ietvic« f >r the year ending 31, 1W. The pr .ceedu.gs for the repreidlon of the Fenian agitation have led to an uaexpec'.ed expenditure ot 7,722(. The postage of public departments has exceeded by &,522J the rum estimated, dtc. On Saturday night, all a caMnet-maker named Nixon, was going along ^"Wsered and ft 11 on a Joiner's ch-st-1, which he had in his side pocket, and which pirreed his bedr, aevenmi one of the main arte- ries. He was removed to the Public Hospital and Dispsnsary, but dttd within half an hour after his adm>sston. On Monday morning between 4 and 5 o'clock, a fire broke out at 19, White-street Borough, London, oa the pre- mises of Mr. French, general dealer »nd grocer. The flre- weipe attended sooner than the engines, but before it cou'd be made nse of a man named Tommev and his wile, with two children, jumped our, of window, and were all severely in- jured. Mrs. Tommey was removed to the hospital. DUt wMxo serioutly burnt, -htt the is notexpeeted to r*oover A < f Mr. lurmt ey, teu ye*rs of age, w»s bornt to death. T. e tire was not put oat until the hoas. Jra4 been totally destroyed. The Illustrated London News gives currency to a very odd utudur. lt u to >he ot tnat the Qu*en having com« rouna ?o the views °t toe capital punishment aboliiiooistg has determined henceforward to use her Royal prerogative of mercy, and lo al'^ "0 criminal to be executed The Scnperor of the French Is said to have once expressed him.ell L* 1?Uar cour,se— provided Me»ai«&ra t*XQ AaBatrins flM vet the example ol sparing human 1fte. A priest from Algeria who had been in bad health wac recoDlmendell to travel, and arrived lately at Marseilles, where he WAS stopping at the Hotel de Bordeaux, and waa only noticed for hI. q il-t and gentlemanly bebavtuur. Three day. ago he was t^ku g his nN-ct.s in the puillc room, at tne otner end 01 which a merchant was si uilarly engaged tn compel y ..¡,h tw" 1a"I"8, wi,en 811 .t ouc* the priest pte"hht y ap^ro c ed the merchant, alld .elzlug blm by th41 hair stllo\.bod lurn With a f,lIo()l"ku1Je In tQ" head lhe wound happily is not severs. The assailant was at oooe asrested, [ hut tlnre seems to he ae doubt that toe Is insane. The death is announced of General Senfft De Pllasch, one of the principal ceTebrities r-f th.. Saxon "rmy. He haa been through all the wars ot the Empire According to a return ju»t issued, the game license a for the yaw ending th" 31 t Moreh last amourred ir t 9 United Kingdom to 57 677and the number ot p6rs«i.s licensed was 168,305. Some petroleum springs have been discovered at Wieslooh, in Btden, and it is stated ti^at the oil yielded was exacted similar to that from Amerioa. At some of the towns on the Western lakes, U.S., the sturgeons that get too stale for market are sold on the wharves to the steamboat stokers, who thrust tbem Into their furnaces, and add greatly to the fierceness of tbe fire. Twenty of thece large ash ate said to be equal to a cord of wood in raising steam. In a Dissenting chapel, in London, on a recPnt Sun- day, the preacher, speaking of the relisiiu« condition of Ireland, pointedly remarked that" ritualism, lite" a spiritual rinderpest, was rapidly spreading over the bland" It is said that th1* cost of the page full of advertise- ments that appeared the other day in the London Times was 11601. We see, by recently-published statist'c*, that the thirteen jeadtnir railway "companies of Great B itsio in the year 1165 paid the lum of 8)0 0002. to passengers for penoTlal Injuries. In this case ah.tbtlC3 bring the fact home at a glanoe in a remarkable manner. Major Palliser writes to The Times in answer to MLr. Baiille's question about the sum voted f r his invention, 'J'; 's as much similarity between a shot chilled and chuled shot as there 1* between a horse chesnnt and a chest- 8Ua horse. The American shot were merely chill.- i at the end whereas Major Pallisar's shot are made of cblllad metal throughout. A meerschaum pipe, manufactured in America, and deslmed for the Padi Exhibition, is now to be teen lu New Y<wk. Tbe pipe its If is eleven inches in length. !ird r."e ami-er miuth-pi°ce eight inches lbcg and two inches thick. The carving on the trunk of the pipe r«pres»nts th. roee'ing of Macbeth andBarqao w th the wlrche<i, on their wfyf-otn the battle fi»-ld. The figures and hordes are four Inches In beight. Surmonnt'Dit the bowl Shakespeare is represented seated In a chair, looking down upon the scene. A telegram from St. Petersbuiyh anniunces that very extraordinary railway accident had occurred near Korslew, the entire train being overturned, hy which ten lives were sacrificed and thirty persons much injured- The estimated number of valentines despatched ?m °* delivered bi London this year was close upon two millions, yielding an amount of postage considerably above 10,0001. A requisition, signed by roo citizens of London, clergymen of metropolitan parishes, and ministers of various seets, has been addressed to the Lord Mayor, praying that his lordship will convene a public meeting in order to consider the effect which is produced upon the we] fare oi the people by the sale of intoxicatfner Hquo's on Sunday In compliance with the requisition, the Lor-' Mayor h*s called a puoRc meeting for Monday, the 4th of March, in the Guild. hall. An account relative to the loan to his Majesty the King of Sardinia, by virtue of the Ants 18, 19 and 20 Tic., i'sue i on S&turtlay. shows that the amount of the lOan In 1865-A6 was 2^)00,0002 and that the interest, as well as 4S 1,6422 <J«. td of the principal, bad hsen paid up to 1866, the present unpaid balance being 1 743,3572. ISi. 8d. On Saturday an acconnt was issued fhowing that up to the end of las* year 1 080 3 52 12s. 3 I. had been paid by this country for intereit and s<nking fund of th*t pori.m c-t the Greek l«sn gnar*'teed hy this Otuntry hy Acr<2, 3, 6, and 7 of Wtill*m TV. The sunn repaid by the Gr..ell:: government amount io 68,7502 16i. lid. The Empress Eugenie is preparing two collections o f pictures an.1 oth>-r < bj=cti oonnected with the Empress •Trephine and Maria Antoinette. When connpleted inry are to be open te the public during the Exhibition, at the palaces of Malmaiaoa and the Petit Trianon. TomSayers' magnificent mastiff, Lion," is in the market fer sale. A market man in Harrisburg has manufactured a sausage fif«y feet nine inches in length. Barnum has long since revivified his collection, which Is now not in the slightest degree suffering from surgery 0'1. of Ule ttdms of attraction IA Fenian, weighing 000 pounds and the collection of Gordon Cam- mbtg a third a Venua of eight feet tn height, ptrf-ct, and in proportion, every inch of tbe body, as it is dtl cately said. She t* oalled Miss Arma. Here is another story about the North German elections:—A coachman or Stettin was ask-d oy his wife which of the candidates he had voted fo». "I don't know," was h!srrply, "as the voting wa» secret O't being pressed to explain what he meant hy secret voting, he aaded that, each voter had got his voting paper in a sealed envelope, waici he had put into the voting urn without reading its contents. Great preparations are being made in the fashion- able world of Paris for a bal costume wntch is to r»Ke place shortly at tte Tuiierles All the guests are to te drobaed in the costume of Henry III. The Russian Government iq said to be seriousl-* con- templating to Introduce the Gregorian Calendar into Ru«sla. This is strongly opoosed by the Russian clergy, who a-aclsre that the Introduction of the Gregorian Calendar would be equivalent to recognizing the Pupe. It is M;d that in shoeing horses which are used upon the pavements of Boston, US, a cushion of ind;a>ur-b^r has ef late been placed between the shoe and hoof, with very satisfactory results. A fourth edition of Mr. Hepworth Dixon's "New America" is about to be is'u^d, with an adni i i.al idul- traMon, representing The B derett of the Shakers." General Grant is most assuredly expected from America to visit the Great Exhibition. He will br;n^ a h.rgc retinue with him. The "Murphy" of France has predicted swamping rains for the early "reign" ot the Exhibition. The Empress of the French at a recent ball wore a number of blick dlamnndl and has set the fashion fur tb.se articles. may take the hint. The Times will have four special correspondents in Paris aurirg the Exhibition. The chief h« already arrived. The religious community of London ia promised a novelty in tne shape of the smallest Methodist pr«*ijier In the world Th8 r*v gentleman Ia aoont .'11PC 1 'ít>f than Gmeral Tom Tr.umb. Though a little man he is said to be a (tre-a a-t preacher." A month Bince a train from Peterborough ran off the Great Eastern Railway near E y, the rtrsnl-, Mug that the engine driver was killed an I stveral p rsons were severely it jured Among oth rs, Mr. Hhh, Juu., a vountt man residing at Ely. has ever since remaiued 10 a shattered state, being unable to stand or move In oonsequence ot apinal injury. The company has compromised m..t.en with Mr. Hilisa, regards compensation, by the pavmant of i,6°C I. J It is said Arfemus Ward is under the proress;onal care of Dr. Marv Walker. Ha b A Ward in tha hosi-italin which she Is a Walker." It ia stated that Her Majesty the Queen will act as one of the godmothers to the infaut daugattr of the Prince and Princess of Wales. J[^r* W, Jerome, who offered to Princeton College the for firct gen'leman." was robbed imme- diately afcer of 100 oor dollarx in Federal ?eau cities, for the re- covery of which he offsrs a reward of ?6,000doilars.—So much for trying to be a gsntleman in America! Miss Thackeray, it is said, is about to be married to Mr. Leslie g,ephen, secjtid sou of the late Sir Junes Stephen. In its account of what took place at the Court of Justiciary iu Edinburgh, when the newiy cr>s»,4 p< -r Lvii Colonsay, took leave of the Scottish b .r, the Daily Telegraph ««ys:—"The Lord Justice Ganeral is a grand looking old figure, upwards of six feet high, with kdon b a;k ryes, and profile like a notched battle-axe A list has been printed for the use of Parliament, giving in alphabetical order th« boroughs of E i -l*ud aud Wales previous to the Reform Bill 01 1832 ai d stating tne nature of the suffrage existing iu each borough. The return was moved lor by Mr. Sandford. Mr. Spurgeon has been to Paris, with a view to preaching during the exhibition. The burning of slow matches, which consist of tow, saltpetre, and vinegar, on board some of Ih", West India packets, have been found tffijaciuus In preserving the health of the crews. What woa't thieves steal? In one of the London police courts, a skilled pickpocket h*s ooen committed for trial for steatta^a Par see merchant's turban !—Iu another, a be-ery navvy wR seut ro gaol for a couple of months, far stealing leaden o ffla plat.es from 8;. Panoras churcnyard— lie was engaged lu tunnelling beneath It-anrt Selling t ¡\jm for as much as they would fetch as metal In the roMh" to he brought home, like the proceeds of Gamp's wooden leg, "inliquor." Persons keeping dogs will do well to note par. tlcmlarly one fact connected with the bit! now oeioie tne House of Commons for the reduction of sncd >gt,*x After tbe year ending "hiti Sunday next, the asi-s-ed tax on 'logs h to eeaM, and nobody is to be allowed tn keep a uo £ imltus ke shall have obtained and paid for a licence to be issued by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue. L'he price of '.ha license "Ill he Ave shilling and persons keeping dogs with- out a license will be flntd. s A French senator, whose loyalty is above suspicion, was some days ago seat for to the Post-office in Paiia, to be at the optnlsg of a letter addressed to him which • on suspicion, irom c«rtaiu ''f-xtemal signs," ot containing the Cuunt de Chambor 's circular. It wu found that ttieenvrlope eontained a shopkeeper's list of prices, and tne senator received his worthless let:4ir after losing a couple of hoars in seeking it. The Cbineae department of the French Exhibition, It is said, will be a real novulty. 0 I a plecs of wa;»r in the park some of the birds trained by he 0h nese to fi =h will be shown. These birds called the leu (M rive into tia > water at a signal from their masters and room gaacr.illy with a Hah, whleh they don't swailow. Why ? Became cte/ c^n's, by reason of a ring placed round the neck. The San Antonio Ledger (Texas) says that See fat chickens are selling at three dollars a dozen, and turkeys at nine dollars a d ziu; venison hams, six dollars a loz^n; sweet potatoes at seventy-five cents to one d, hu p;r bushel; pork, four and five dollar* a hundred, aud bsei of splendid quality at five cents a pound. "A rumour has gone abroad that the Qiwn x4 em. ploylnc lome of her leisure hours In wrl.tnga ooú", whlcQ is shortly to be puoliahed rot. I. an agi or royal author- thip and we think it probable that her ii j H¡y is engai,vd, with the assistance of Hr. Helps, in writing a memoir of the late Prinoe 0 >nsort "—Athencsum At one of the Liverpool churches the other evening1, the ou ate was pre»china, when a Woman (a R m-tn CaMi .re by persuasion) suddenly mad« her appesrance lu t aisle of the cnurch, aDd holding up a Wije bo Ue. shouted out, "D • you sell ho y w^r here ? N r.ply b^n* gl -eu to tnls question, it being perceived that she w*s lu-oxicV:ed the agaiu called ou at the top 01 h r voij-, ihis Ume. addresatng thli rev gentleman la tbe pulpit, "I'm go>zto ■w married to morrow, yon know, and I waot •, of hoy water. Have you got any ¡{"ro?" She Wu promptly removed. M. GirolamoScola, proprietor of a villa on Lato Couau aud po a^agor ot an imm.n<o fortune, titW out t\14 bn»iu» a 'ew days ago iu vexitloo as havlog lost a smvl su n of money. After his death 209,000t. in gold Wero fouud in his house.. The Lancet, cotnnae:ntung on the d^h frnm 11 g.'inpr Of. a private In the 74rh R .tmeIlt,B8j8;- F;Ky lus ts aTe last douole tbe proper number to Ve tiven at o. r t((ne, and to confine a man to p on sub^qn«u ty jg to ch8 development ot threatening mUch.ef. Flogs" g houl b9 inflicted on tne Duttocks and not on ihe h,ck nvtr irn-. porta** vital org ins, snd no man af,er pun s mexic thjuld 00 to c.ose coi.fi jemeufc or low diet." The Russian Government ha^decided on ob'ireratingr the name of Poland. From April next Ih., nam^ of tha "USdom of Polind" will be replaced by thar of ''T.ie Military District of Warsaw." "Tin courte yof the lanauage oftx>=cu'.ioner» is always an aggravation of ihe puni-bm -nt." Hei.eeforth the word Poland, engraved upon so many an exile's heart, will have to be replaced, if thrre is rocm on that, for the words, "The Military Divt-ion of Warsaw." The words will encompass, ea«. in, and oreak tne h<-a""t. It is generally understood (-ays the Lancet) that tLo accouchement ot tne P>1' cee» Ch may fiji c «' to ta"?e place In Ajrll, and that ■ f tli-i prtf.cff .Mcy in Mty uext. Wo hear that m each ca.e Dr Arthur Fa le 's emr-tred to attend, and that Dr. Prlts ly will ha calico nyw In c»»a any assistance 1* r* quired. Ii- is said that Sir Cbar^ L -ojck has promised to be prestnt on the occasion of the Princess Mary's confinement, although he will take no active part in the conduct ot the case. The keeper of a. lodging-house in Golden-lane, St. Luke's, London, h\d a quarrel witu his wite last week, anri 'n striking at her he hie their infant, whienshe he'd In h-r arms, and kmedit on the spot. The woman, whuhad only bee •„ con- fined about a mon-h. received several severe hiows At the h¡quegt, after heariyg evidenc-, toe coron*/ Bald fft tber" Was no charge against the husoand as f»r as i n«t ciurt was coi c-rueo, iiui n" Doped 'bat tife mag "<1. t1!i ,)Ot abln to P"Dlfh ooth Ihe .'IHO&I.'<1 &0,1 wil. f >,■ r:ng d,unk a* beas.s One «a» as as iu-- "t tr Tn jury returned a verdict l'bat tll., c'ecensed expired 1. vr. tn" mortal effecta ol congestion ol the hraht, from natural ounces."