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THEOBROMA CACAO..
THEOBROMA CACAO.. South America is the home of this tree. Dampiers the voyager, who visited the Caraccas in 1682, says: —' The coast is a continual tract of high ridges of hill and valleys, which alternately run pointing upon the shores from North to South. The valleys are from two to five furlongs wide, and in length from the sea three or four miles. Cocoa-nuts, of which chooolate and cocoa are made, are the main product.' A Cocoa plantation—or walk, as it is called-may contain some thousand trees, besides which, it has grouped about it the stately coral tree, as a protection for the young trees from the too scorching heat. TLey are not unlike the cherry in form, and seldom exceed twenty feet in height. The nuts are enclosed in pods as big as a man's fists put together, and will number almost a hundred in each. The crops are in December and June, and a'Well-bearing tree will produce twenty or thirty pods, which are gathered during a period of three weeks or so, as they turn yellow. As a ripening process, they are then allowed to lie in heaps, and afterwards spread out in the sun on mats, and when dry, each nut, (about the size of a kidney bean) has a hard thin skin of its own. When required for use, they are roasted, and the husks removed. Many millions of pounds of Cocoa are now annually consumed in this country, whilo prior to the reduction of the duty in 1832, the quantity was not half a million. But although this progress has been made, an adverse influence has continually been tending to check its con- sumption in the attempt of some manufacturers to gratify the public desire for a cheap article, and throwing on the market that only which is inferior and adulterated. However, shortly after the reduction of the duty, the doctrine of Homoeopathy was introduced into this country, and greatly stimulated the use of Cocoa. Being almost the only beverage recommended to those under the homce ipathic mode of treatment, it became very essential that a preparation of a quality at once attractive and pure should be made obtainable for their use. James Epps, the homoeipathic chemist first established in this country, was induced to turn his attention to the subject, and with the assistance of elaborate machinery, succeeded at length in perfecting the preparation now bearing his name. The very agreeable character of this preparation soon rendered it a general favorite. An additional recommendation was the facility with which it could be prepared for the table. It but required two teaspoonfuls of the powder to be put in a breakfast cup, then to be filled up with boiling water or milk, and the beverage was ready. But, although this preparation had been especially introduced for the use of homoeopathies, medical men of all schools soon began to recommend it. Its natural attractiveness of flavor, and its developed grateful qualities, soon obtained for it a position which had only been withheld from cocoa through misadventure. Dr Hassall, in his work, Food and its Adulterations,' says:—'Cocoa contains a great variety of important nutritive principles—every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body.' Again, As i nutritive, Cocoa stands very much higher than aither coffee or tea.' Dr. Lankester, says:—'Cocoa contains as much flesh-forming matter as beef.' Dr Liebig, says Theobromine, the most highly nitrogenised vegetable principle.' (The most nutritious food is as a rule highly nitrdgenised.) Dr Hooper, says :—'Admirably adapted for the sick -f(.f those in health it is a luxury.' Epps's. Cocoa, or, as it is more frequently called, Epps's Homoeopathic Cocoa, is secured in fIb -Llb and lib tin-lined, labelled packets, and add by Grocers, Con- I fectioners, and ChemUtB.
HURSLEY CHURCHYARD.
HURSLEY CHURCHYARD. Where shall we build his monument ? For great Has been the man, and great shall be our praise. Where Oxford with its towers Crowns Cherwell's lilied flow ? 41 Or by the side of Itchen's silvery stream ? Or, best of all, in his own rural nook, Hursley, a homely name, Now blazed to all the world 0 friends, be patient. Not in these our days Can the full measure of our debt be known, For thousands yet unborn Shall raise and call him blest, Who spoke heart-music to their inmost hearts, And being dead, yet speaketh. Such as he Comes not again, but shines The star of all the age. For he hath found his niche in all our hearts There is his most enduring monument: And would ye aught beside To voice our gratitude, Seek not to measure his unfathomed worth, Nor weigh your gifts in nice proportion out; Such were an idle task; Build freely what ye will— A church with shapely spire pointing to Heaven Or aid fair learning to aspire like his In college-halls or rear A home for charity. But yet the while remember, that in him Greatness and lowlihead so duly met They formed a guileless man Whose penance here was praise Among Christ's little ones to live and die, Such was his dearest choice, his only claim: Among Christ's little ones His bones are laid in death. Bring hither no intrustive pomp and noise They would but mar the quiet of his sleep. Build to his praise elsewhere, Here for his praise be hushed. And so may haply in the days to come, Some pilgrim wandering o'er the upland sea Which girds old Winton round, Thrilled by a distant peal, Listen and say, Those are the Hursley bells Then tracking yon white spire against the blue By lane and copsewood, reach The nestling church at last; There shall he seek and find a humble grave, Cngorgeously adorned with quiet flowers, Turf-bound, and fragrant all With his own violets shy,- A lowly mound, no more and at the head The emblem of bis dear Redeemer's love, A simple cross of stone With carven name and date There shall he linger long, thence only drawn By tones of prayer from yonder chancel dim, Where white robed children raise Their evensong to Heaven. Another fills his place; no more that voice Weak yet how strongly pleading, leads the choir Be sure, his station now Is nearer to his Lord, To that dear Lord he followed from afar. We dare not track him further be it ours By the same paths to win The same dear bliss at last. Ascension Day, 1866. G. H. M.
SUICIDE OF COLONEL HOBBS.
SUICIDE OF COLONEL HOBBS. (Special Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.) ST. THOMAS, APKIL 28. I am writing on Saturday morning after a sea-passage that would have been memorable for nothing but delight had not one distressing incident overthrown all the plea- sure of brilliant skies and tinted waves and glorious island scenery. The illness of Colonel Hobbs, men- tioned in my last letter, had passed from physical to mental disease, or had proved at the last to be what from its origin it might have appeared—a giving way of all the powers of brain rather than of body, under the ter- rible and protracted trial he had endured. His frame, indeed, though wasted and bowed by suffering, was yet strong and active so much so, that in paroxysms of his disorder the strength of four or five men had hardly served to keep him down on his bed. He was sitting quietly enough in his chair on the quarter-deck, at- tended by Dr. Grant, of the military staff, into whose care he had but recently been given. Brigadier-General Nelson, coming on board to bid farewell to several of his friends bound for England, saw and was reoognised by poor Hobbs, and the two shook hands. Fearful of ex- citing the unfortunate officer, his companion in arms contrived to make the meeting as brief as kindness and soldierly sympathy would allow and, before the deck was filled by continued arrivals of passengers and their friends, Colonel Hobbs retired to his cabin. When at sea his health improved. The unhappy, perhaps blame- able, certainly brave and gentle officer, whom I have knowa and could not but esteem and pity, was on deck talking with some friend, when his eye met mine, and I beard my name uttered as poor Colonel Hobbs rose and advanced to meet me. We shook hands, and I said truly how glad I was to see him looking better, and able to walk on deck and take pleasure in so lovely a time and scene. He replied with few and melancholy, though calm words, that gave no indication of an impending fit of madness. Presently, seeing Mr Roundell close by, he went to him and shook hands. I afterwards found that when that gentleman addressed the colonel in kind terms, telling him of a sincere pleasure in being his eompagnon de voyage, the poor invalid said, 'Ah that is what you all say-what you all say and soon afterwards, when he came back to the spot where I stood, and I expressed a hope that the passage to England, so prosperously begun, would help to set him up again in health, he made a half-complaint that so many people were con- spiring to I chaff' him with pretence of sympathy. This little petulance was the sole sign of any diseased- imagination which Colonel Hobbs disclosed to me at that, or indeed at any, period. Presently he spoke, with much more show of confidence, about the injuries he had received and when be ueed the phrase 'speaking to you as a dying man,' I attributed the expression naturallv to his weak condition, and gave no thought to any suicidal purpose which might have led him to use such words. Mr Payne passed near us, with some Jamaican curiosity in his hand-a humming-bird's nest on a little bough, as I remember-and we began talking about it, glad as two of the three must have been to create a healthy distraction in the morbid mind of the ttiird. Lapsing into his gloojny mood, Colonel Hobbs now descended slowly the stips of the companion, and was followed by his medical attendant, Dr Grant, whose vigilance, baffled though it was, cannot be impugned. The doctor saw his patient to his cabin on the main deck, laid him quietly down on his couch, placed a sentry at the door, and came again on deck, believing that the Colonel would fall into a sleep, to which his tranquil condition seemed disposed. In less than five minutes, the cry was heard, 'Man overboard!' The paddles stopped-were reversed, then stopped again. The chief officer was first in the boat that was to be lowered and by his steady and. collected behaviour encouraged the crew to prompt attention as well as willing activity. In the wide track of foam curling and creaming in our wake, tie face turned towards us-not so near that its features could be recognised, not so distant that its black hair, large drooping whiskers and moustache, could be mistaken-was the head of Colonel Hobbs. He was swimming-swimming strongly; and he might, repent- ing his act, have kept himself afloat, for he was an ex- cellent swimmer. But his first mad determination seemed to come again upon him with full strength, and suddenly he went down, like a plummet. Nor was he seen again. Half an hour, or more, the boat was pulled ai rcss and across the current which would drift him from the spot where he had disappeared, and would, one vainly strove to hope, show his body on the surface. Then, abandoning the fruitless attempt, our boat's crew returned to the ship, which proceeded sadly on her way. Colonel tlobbs was only thirty-six years of age. He was remarkable for a naturally sanguine cheerfulness pf disposition, which he blended with a habitual piety that almost took at times an austere form, though it never led him noticeably into such gloom as deepens into religious monomania. His insanity was, there can be no doubt or question, caused by the long-sustained excitement of what was virtually a trial, and a criminal trial; and, justly or otherwise, he fell a victim to the Jamaica inquiry. The manner of his death needs yet some few words of explanation. Suddenly springing from his bed, and rushing past his sentry, he was seized by the man, whom he quickly overpowered and flung back. He then leaped over the chain that guards the sponsails, and with one more bound was in the sea Sh, rt of forcible restraint no precaution on the part of his attendants could have averted bis fate. Although Oil it-jeiving charge of the patient, Dr Grant had been told ihat be was net suicidally disposed, the assurance was one which his medical officer wisely resolved to make, if possible, doubly sure; and, finding that the opening of the port in Colonel lIubbs s cabin was large enough t > admit the pas-age of a human body, he had it rtduced to half the size the day before the ship sailed. Two servants had beea appointed to attend and watch, their c-L nd. They were men belonging to his regi- ment, the G'h and there was certainly no appearance of their neglecting the duty imposed on them. One man was getting his dinner at the time of the colonel's too successful attempt on his own life. That humble soldier, 1 believe, has suffered as much sorrow as any man on board. As for the joor widow, her first inevita- ble bit etness of grief seemed, while yet it was a thing to t' mc, too terrible for any of her friends to approach and it was in vain that we sought among the lady pas- sengers one with sufficient strength to undertake the task of breaking to her the overwhelming truth Mr Westmarland at length took the sad r.mce on himself at the general desue. The bov, little Herbert Hnbbs, bad ncxi to he told, His passionate grief drew tears from man* eves. One gomiernan, almost a stranger to the lad took b.s l.ttle 'Jand and said, I was your age, my boy,'when my father did and with touching simplicity the child looked up and said through bis teara, I shall be nine years old t.-morr.»w, sir; ..h, my pi a my dear papa »» A little girl. of Mngultr b riulv, and nother boy who is a mere infant, are the remaining chiliiiei. N, man (r woman who rends this st ry will arudae, as an impiri- nence or a faNelv sentimental wish, the expression of a strong hope that the uasu of CuLnel Hublos will be leniently considered by the military authorities
FINAL REPORT OF THE CATTLE…
FINAL REPORT OF THE CATTLE PLAGUE COMMISSION. The third and final report of the Cattle Plague Com- mission, just issued, discusses scientifically the symptoms. nature, origin, method of propagation, and treatment ol the disease. As was stated in their Second Report, thi commissioners requested some of the most eminent physicians, veterinary surgeons, and chemists of the day to investigate the Cattle Plague from various scien- tific points of view. The reports made by these gentle- men are printed in the appendix to the report of the Commissioners. Two important facts have been ascertained with regard to the earlier symptoms and course of the disease. The first is, that within 48 hours from the time when the animal has first taken the disease, the temperature of the b idy rises from 2 to 3! degrees of the thermometer. Two days later a sort of eruption on the mucous mem- brane of the mouth and other parts may be discovered. Taken in connection with the rise of temperature, this affords conclusive evidence of the presence of the disease, although it is still 24 hours before any ordinary symp- toms of illness are discernible. Under ordinary obser- vation, therefore, not fewer than four days, the very time daring which the disease is most amenable to treat- ment, must be lost. Death takes place usually on the seventh day after the first perceptible elevation of tem- perature. The second fact alluded to is that a certain definite poison causes the morbid state of the blood, and that the blood contains this poison in sunh t. manner that within less than 48 hours after infection a small portion of it will give the disease by inoculation. A minute portion of the mucous discharge from a diseased animal, if placed in the blood of a healthy animal, in- creases so fast that in a short space of time the whole mass of blood, weighing many pounds, is infected, and every small particle of that blood contains enough poison to give the disease to another animal.' The poison re- tains its vitality for a length of time of which the limits have not yet been ascertained. Mucous discharges have been known to retain their power of giving the disease by inoculation as long as eleven months. The matter runs down the hide to the floor or woodwork, and when dry may be carried as dust in the air, and infect other beasts when received on the absorbing surfaces of the eyes, nose, mouth, lungs, or stomach.' The existence of the poison, however, can only b3 proved by its effects on the animal system. The most minute chemical and miscroscopical investigations have hitheito failed to de- tect it. Like other animal poisons, it requires parti- cular organisations in order to become operative. It can multiply in the body of a bovine animal, or a sheep, goat, deer, or gazelle while we have satisfactory proof that it is incommunicable to non-ruminants. Moreover, it has different degrees of intensity in different species, the sheep and goat taking the disease less easily than the ox. Animals which have once had the plague seem to lose all susceptibility to its influence a second time. The Commissioners believe that to define the cattle plague as a contagious disease expresses the whole truth concerning its propagation. They had no evi- I dence whatever of a spontaneous origin, but, on the con- trary, the first recorded cases were all in animals col- lected from various parts of England and Holland ex- posed in the Metropolitan Market on the 19th of June, and afterwards distributed among five different sheds Subsequent introductions from the Continent have also been proved. The report states —«It follows the lines of cattle traffic, and does not arise spontaneously.' In short, all the facts obtained, both at home and abroad, are conclusive evidence against the assumption of occult atmospheric conditions, and in favour of its spread by multiplication in the bodies of living animals.' To what extent the poison may be carried is not determined, and may vary with local conditions. A distance of 20 yards has been sufficient, while 100 yards have not been sufficient to secure immunity. The influence of varieties of soil has not been marked, but differences of elevation may be important; and in Yorkshire, where the only careful observations on this point have yet been made, the plague has adhered almost entirely to the lowlands and dales, and not a single outbreak is recorded at a height of 1,000 feet. Similar facts have been noticed in other counties. Sanitary conditions are believed by the Commissioners to be altogether subsidiary. Overcrowd- ing, bad ventilation, and impure water cause the disease to spread faster and to be more fatal; but they neither produce the poison, nor can the best sanitary conditions be relied on to exclude it. In some of the worst cow- sheds in London the plague has not yet penetrated in some of the best it has swept the stock entirely away.' The disinfectants found to possess the necessary condi- tions for destroying the germs or poison of the disease are only four in number-chlorine, ozone, sulphurous acid, and the tar acids (carbolic and cresylic) -and the efficacy of even these seems imperfect, for, say the Com- missioners, to find a perfect disinfectant for the cattle plague would be to stop the disease at once.' The tar acids, combined with the occasional agency of sulphurous acid, are selected as the most effectual, and the Commis- sioners strongly recommend the use of carbolic acid throughout the country in uninfected as well as in in- fected districts. The experiments hitherto made on the combined action of carbolio and sulphurous acids aro said to be very encouraging. The Commissioners are anxious to raise no false hopes, but they think • that a fair case has been made out for a large and systematic trial of similar measures.' Vaccination and inoculation are pronounced utter failures. A tabular statement con- cerning modes of treatment shows very similar, and by no means successful, results from four totally different methods of treatment, and appears to force the inference that the drugs had produced little effect, if any. Strong medicines, in fact, have been proved to heighten greatly the mortality. Homoeopathy, injections into the veins and under the skin, and inhalation of chloroform, proved alike useless. The only beneficial method of treatment is stated to consist in regulation of diet. On this point the evidence of the Edinburgh Committee shews that the proportion of recoveries is very largely increased by judicious feeding with soft mashes of digestible food.' Under this treatment, out of 503 cases 191, or nearly 38 per cent., recovered. It is remarkable, moreover, that dividing these beasts into two groups, according as they belonged to large or small stocks, in the former 22 per cent., while in the latter 62 per cent., recovered. The explanation offered is that in smaller stocks fewer beasts are ill at once, there is less concentration of the poison, less crowding, and, not least, better nursing. An analysis of another group of 813 cases indicates still more conclusively the influence of feeding. Among cottagers' cattle, generally fed on mashed food, the re- coveries were 73 per cent; in large stocks where dry food was often given during convalescence, the recoveries were 57 per cent; with mixed food of mashes and hay they were 22 per cent.; while among cattle fed entirely with dry food, and treated medically with drugs, the re- coveries were but 13 per cent. Although a larger num- ber of cases would be required in order to determine re- liable averages, the general fact that upon the regulation of diet depends much of the success of treatment is plainly established. We are told that < perfect clean- liness, ample ventilation, constant disinfection of the air and discharges by tar acid, and the most careful feeding with soft mashes of the most digestible food, -such, and such only, are the measures which our present experience sanctions for the treatment of the disease.' The Commissioners, in considering the manner in which the plague should be dealt with, adduce some remarkable statistics as to the course of the disease in Yorkshire and Cheshire before and after the passing of the Act which authorised compulsory slaughter. Up to that date the disease shewed no sign of diminution, but in both counties after that date it steadily declined. The diminution,' say the Commissioners, was not only coincident with the action of the new restrictive measures, but runs a course closely parallel to the opera- tion of the most important of these measures—slaughter.' But' if there be any delay-if treatment be resorted to, and killing be delayed till hope of recovery is L-st the object of slaughter is frustrated.' They are convinced that rigid and systematic means of disinfection,' with 'unsparing strictness and unremitting watchfulness,' will alone be sufficient to extirpate the disease and in order to guard against its re-appearance they recommend the slaughter or quarantine of cattle at the ports of disembarcation, and urge that advantage should be taken of the present opportunity to render permanent those alterations in the supply of meat to large towns which it has been proved could be effected with but little com- parative inconvenience. 0
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SPIRITS.- Returns were issued on Friday relative to the quantity of spirits distilled, duty thereon, &c., in the United Kingdom in the year 1865. The number of gallons .distilled was 26,750,684, delivered duty paid "rt,?! K6'42/'33?' and Put int° bond 20,035,357. The number of gallons of proof spirits on which dnty was paid was 21,819,559, the duty being 10s per gallon, and amounting altogether to £ 10 909 784 19s 5fd. The proof spirits consumed in the' United Kingdom amounted to 20,811,155 gallons. The quantity of proof British spirits exported to foreign ports from the United Kingdom was 2,681,025 gallons, and the amount of drawback paid thereon was £20,658 3a 5id. LYNCH LAw IN UTAH.—Just before the end of Marrh Mr Brasafield, a well-known citizen of Nevada, engaged in the freighting business between Sail Lake City and Reese Iiiver, and lawfully joined in marriage by Juilee McCurdy, one of the Associate Judges of the United States Courts in and for this territory, to a lndy of this city, who was claimed by the Mormon leaders as the wife in polygamy of a Mormon now absent on a foreign mission. This lady, by the sanction of law and by the authority of one of the highest legal offleers of tije Ter- ritory, abandoned the false position in which she had r Mlly joined hBrself in nuarriace with Squire Brassfield. Charges of resisting the police on the wLddinl niX3 «'asgenWerHl"ylitUted him. and his wedding night was passed in one of the celH of rhn citv prison. The lady, fearing th U efforts would bdmadew to be [ssued f7onmfTh^ n'' Writ ofhabeas corPus to be issued from the United States Court, in orderto ascertain whether she was entitled to the custody of them or not. The writ was triable before Judge MeCurrl By request of the opposing counsel, the hearing wL postponed until Monday evening, the 2nd of April \ir Brassfield was in court with the counsel for himself and wife. Judge Snow annouuced to the court that the case in issue involved the legal and constitutional right of polygamy, and that he thought it better to so state tLe case in plain words. Additional time b< ing required, by mutual consent of both counsel the case was further post- poned until 10 a.m. on the 4th, and tho rOLrl adjourned. Within ha;f au hour thereafter Bras^fitld, when within a few sters ot the vintel where ho resided, and when in company with the United States Marshal, was "bot in the b, ck, and within one hour from the 'in.e he left the U nT-house he was a dead man. It woul i he u«eles« to deny the fact that, in the opinion of the Gentile commu- nity of this city, the killing 01 Mr Brassfield was a deli- beratdy phulled scheme, conccicred arid hy men high in authority in the Mormon church.— Union. Vidette, Salt Lake,
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS BILL. On the motion for reading the Redistribution of Seats Bill a second time, Mr Disraeli said he could not help thinking that the Muree which the Government proposed to take with the small boroughs was of too restricted and meagre a ;haracter, and he begged the house deliberately to reflect upon the important consequences that were involved in 'he change. He presumed that the real object of the various Reform Bills which had been produced since the ict of 1832 was to render the House of Commons a more complete representation of the country and its numerous attributes, the landed, manufacturing, and commercial interests, professional classes, and the interests of our colonial and Indian empires. For this purpose the small boroughs had been and were a moat useful and efficient instrument. But by the scheme ot the Govern- ment the very boroughs which returned representatives of the commercial, financial, colonial, and Indian interests were virtually disfranchised, and the house was called upon to attack about half of the whole number of seats in the country. This step had been adopted for two reasons: the first of which was to give a representation to communities that had developed their strength since the Reform Act. On this part of the subject he went entirely with the Government, and agreed that it would be wise to give them a direct representation. Whether it should be effeoted by adding to the number of members of the house or not he declined to take upon himself to say. This great change, however, was also proposed for another object; that was, not merely to give representatives to commu- nities that were not now represented, but to add repre- sentatives to places that were already represented, and to attain this object many of the counties and great towns were to have a third member. This proposal involved a new principle-that of plurality of voting— which he looked upon with some doubt and suspicion, for it was not consistent with our electoral system, which recoiled from plurality of voting. Once that growth in population and property was regarded as constituting a just claim for an increased representation, they would not be able to stop at three members for the large towns. Then, with regard to the means by which the new seats were to be obtained, namely-that of grouping-he re- minded the house that that was a system which was altogether foreign to this part of the king- aDd,}e further objected to it on the ground that it would aggravate existing anomalies by a process of wanton injustice, and would suoceed only in producing an enfeebled and imperfect local representation He came to the conclusion that any system of grouping that was founded on the principle of grouping represented towns must prove a complete failure, that it would dis- appoint expectation, and that the house ought not to give it its sanction The safe principle was to reduce the redundancy of the old borough representation and apply it to new boroughs. By doing this they would add enormously to the content of the countrv, introduce into the house popular and vigorous elementa, and at the same time go a long way towards a solution of the immense difficulties connected with the county franchise and which beset every Minister who attempted to deal with the question. The right hon. gentleman then urged upon the house the necessity of preserving the fhSThT h ,?Cter,,°Vhe x.C°Unty con8t^tuencies, so that they should really be what their name imported. He complained that, even as the franchise was now arranged, there were great masses of the population who ought to be represented, and that the legitimate repre- sentation of the counties was imperfect, yet the bill did nothing towards providing a remedy. How, then, was he to meet the Government? It was not want of time alone that was an obstacle to legislation at this moment. It was the want of maturity alike in design, preparation and procedure which had marked the actioS of the Government. And even now he did not think that the question of parliamentary reform was understood by the country, by the house, or by Ministers themselves He admitted the difficulty, and did not shut his eyes to the position in which the house was placed. The fact was that the country, the house, and the Government were on this question in a scrape, and he should despair of their ever extricating themselves had he not unlimited confidence in the good nature and good sense of the House of Commons. We must help the Government (exclaimed Mr Disraeli, amidst enthusiastic cheers and TK W? ?U8^- forSet th« last two months. The Chancellor o the Exchequer must recross the Rubicon. We will build up his bridges and supply him with vessels.' The right hon. gentleman was in a position in which be could retire from the ques'ion of parliamentary reform for a moment with dignity. He must not sacrifice his country, his party, or his own great name to a feeling of pique. He was still sup- ported by a majority. He could act in deference to the wish of the country and the disposition of the house Let him at once give instructions that complete and accurate statistics should be prepared with regard to the borough franchise. Let him give immediate orders that the most ample information should be acquired as to the share which the working classes already possessed in the county franchise. Let a commission, acting under the Inclosure Commissioners, visit all the parliamentary boroughs of England and examine and report on their boundaries. Abandoning the scheme of grouping represented boroughs, and recognising that the proper way of dealing with the subject was to appeal to the existing represented boroughs to spare him a part of their superfluity, let him prepare a well-digested and complete scheme, which would give representatives upon the principle of grouping the most important un- represented boroughs; then let him consider the results in consultation with his colleagues, and he would have the opportunity of submitting to the house measures that would command the sympathy of the countr1 and receive the sanction of Parliament. Mr Card well, speaking in the name of the Government, declined to act upon the advice of Mr Disraeli, and con- tended that the measure was not only framed in accor dance with the spirit of the Reform Act, but was based upon sound constitutional principles. After some further discussion, the bill was read a second time in a house of 27 members, and ordered to be committed on Monday, the 28th instant.
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EXPERIMENT WITH TOIIPEDOES —An important ex- periment to test the power of a torpedo was made on Tues- day in Porchester Creek on the ship America, in the presence of Colonel Fisher, R.A, Colonel Askwith, R A Captaiu Horton, R.A, Commander Lawson, R.N, Mr Fergusson, C.E, and Mr Abel, chemist to the War Department. The torpedoes used on the occasion were twelve in number, charged with different amounts of explosives, two being of 201bs. two of 361bs, two of 401bs, two of 50ibs, and four of 601bs. In addition to this another torpedo filled with gun cotton was placed tinder the bows of the America. The twelve torpedoes were affixed to the bottom of the ship, and fired by a magnetic lino from a boat belong to the Excellent at about 70 or 80 yards; the effect being that the ship was nearly blown out of the water, with her sides bulged, and her massive timbers blown into fragments. The ship settled, and the report of the committee will consequently be de- ferred. A WALK ACROSS EUROPE BY A BOY.-A feat of juvenile courage and perseveranoe has just been accom- plished by a French boy of thirteen, which is worth mention. three months ago, dissatisfied with his treat- ment by an uncle in Paris, he started from the capital with sixty francs in his pockets to go to his mother, who is married to a second husband, a French workman in the employ of the Shah at Teheran. With the aid of a map and guide-book the little adventurer tramped light across Europe, receiving such hospitality by the way that on reaching Constantinople, he had still nearly half his francs remaining. After a short rest in Pera, he crossed the Bosphorus, en route for Persia, but, a little beyond Scutari, was stopped by some Turkish policemen, and brought back till an interpreter was found. His story being thus learned, he was passed over to Pera, and plaoed in charge of the French consul, in whose custody he now is, unable to understand why he should be interfered with, and angrily irupiltient to pursue his journey. Love for his mother, and a keen yearning for her protection rather than any wild Impulse of boyish adventure, seem to have been his chief motives througbout. Levant Herald. THE YEOMANRY AND THE CATTLE PLAGUE.—-The fol- lowing letter has been addressed by his grace tho Duke of Marlborough to the clerk of lieutenancy for Oxford. shire, as to [bo annual assembling of the yeomanry at oodstock London, May 8, 1866. My dear Sir —I beg to inform you that after full consideration as to whe- ther ;t would be prudent to give the use of Blenheim Park for the exercise of the yeomany force, assembled for duty this season, as in previous years, I have, with great reluctance, felt myself compelled to acquaint Lord Churchill that, owing to the existence of the cattle plague in various part-! of the county, I shall he obliged for this year to depart from my usual custom, I am informed by competent professional advisers whom I have consulted, that the assembling of a considerable body of men (many of them farmers, and accompanied by their horses and equipments) from different parts of the county could not possibly be unattended with very considerable risk of spreading the cattle disease; and therefore, however un- willing I may be to deny the use of my park for the pur- pose above-named, my neighbours'' interests, as well as my own, render it, I regret to say, necessary for me to do Davenp'or't R. MARLBOROUGH. To S. M. OCCURRENCE AT BOLTON.-On Saturday Iflii naml^vv-'n0 oiSce,le Wii< witnessed at Bolton. A Charles riqruiL"1™ rkson> aSed nine years, son of Mr his father to Black burn-road, reqnested ni3 tatn^r to allow bun to ridp « 4.^ ,u\ vi distance of about 100 yards. Tha father i-f, i t a th„ .n:m | 11,3 lather lifted his son on to the animal, which had only been purchased a <ortni«ht ago and which, apparently not used to the saddle began to unge, and the lad was thrown off the horse In falling, one of his le^s caught in the breeching whiJh became twisted, and the little fellow hung wiA £ 2 oil the ground. The occurrence was witnessed by several ot the neighbours, whose screams terrilied the animal and it started off at a furious gaJlop along Blackburn-road: to Astley Bridge, and along the road to Harrowcrott Farm, the poor lad's heitd being banged violently upon tile road at every bound which the horse gave. The father was busy with his cart at the time the lad was thrown from the horse, and his attention was only drawn to the occurrence in consequence of the screams. He, however, in almost a stat^ of distraction, rushed in pur- suit, followed by several of his neighbours, but they were unable to overtake the animal, which soon became lost to their view, and the pursuers were only dirreted in their course by the track made by the body being dragged along I be road, which at intervals was stained with blood Several attempts were made by persons to arrost the progress of the animal as it madly bounded along the road, and it was not caught until it had entered a farm- f?roaer hpnat-, afier having galloped a distance three mi.es. The lad was still hanging to the horse, •pitS. qUUe de"d' b°dy preeen,ed R Rightful
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.1
THE CATTLE PLAGUE. 1 The Secretary of the Veterinary Department of the I Privy Gouncil-office, in his return for the week ending i May 5, 1866, makes the following statements regarding I the Cattle Plague B 4 Of the counties in England, exclusive of the metro- polis,' two counties remain free from the disease. In 16 counties no cases have been reported as occurring during the week. Six counties show an increase of 70 cases during the week; 15 counties show a decrease of 722 cases during the week showing a total decrease during the week in the counties of England of 652 cases. The metropolis shows a decrease during the week of 25 cases. Of the counties in Wales ten counties remain free from the disease in ten counties no cases have been reported as occurring during the week; no counties show an increase during the week; one county shows a de- crease during the week one county shows a decrease of 51 cises during the week showing a total decrease during the week in the counties of Wales of fifty-one cases. Of the counties in Scotland ten counties remain free from the disease in 27 counties no cases have been repotted as occurring during the week three counties show an increase of 11 cases during the week; counties show an increase of 11 cases during the week; four counties show a decrease of 41 cases during the week showing a total decrease during the week in the counties of Scotland of 30 cases. Of the counties in England, Wales, and Scotland 22 counties remain free from the disease; in 53 counties no cases have been reported as occurring during the week; nine counties show an increase of 81 cases; 20 counties and the metropolis show a decrease of 839 cases; showing a total decrease during the week ending the 5th of May, 1866, in England, Wales, and Scotland of 758 cases as compared with the week ending the 28th of April, 1866. Eleven inspectors who reported cases last week have not reported in time for this return—viz., for the county of Cambridge, 1 Chester, 3 Huntingdon, 1 Leicester, 1 Middlesex (<-xtra metropolis), 1; Norfolk, 1; Nottingham, 1 North Riding of York, 1 and the metropolis, 1. These inspectors returned 80 cases last week.'
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APPEARANCE OF THE CATTLE PLAGUE IN JKhLAND. DUBLIN, MAY 14 -The Northern Whig of to-day publishes in a special edition the following telegram, forwarded to them by a magistrate resident in the dis- trict, announcing that the cattle plague has broken out in county D0wn:- 'The rinderpest has broken out in the town-land of Drennan, in county Down, about five miles from Lisburn, near Bailie's Mill. I saw four cattle killed by order of Mr Ferguson, veterinary surgeon, who came here last night. A oordon has been drawn round the infected district. Eight cattle have died, four have been killed, and four others will be killed by order.' CATTLE PLAGUE INQUIRY.-QUARTERLY RETURNS — On Monday a parliamentary paper was issued containing returns of the number of farms, &c, affected, and of the animals attacked, killed, died, and recovered from the commencement of the disease to the 30th Sept, 1865, and 30th D ceuiber, 1865, respectively. According to this return the number of animals attacked in England,Wales, and Scotland in the period mentioned was 76,006, killed 13,906, died 43,812, and recovered 7354. The number of farms, &c, affected was 9954. THE CATTLE PLAGUE IN IRELAND.—With respect to the outbreak of the cattle plague in the North of Ireland, the fact of which has already been communicated to you by telegraph, the following notice was issued on Tuesday evening from the Veterinary Department of the Privy Council Office, Dublin Castle: 'The cattle plague has made its appearance in the town hnd of Eennan, parish of Drumbo, barony of Unper Ca«tlereagh, county of Down, on the holdings of John M'Kee, William M'Kee, and William Rea, which are in the vicinity of each other. Although eight deaths had taken place before the maladv was reported by the owners of the animals, such stringent measures of isolation, the slaughter of all infected animals, their burial, and the disinfection of premises, have been taken, as well as its having been determined to suspend the sales of live stock, excepting for immediate slaughter, in all fairs and all markets for a considerable distance round the district, that there is every prospect of the disease being not alone arrested in its extension, but also speedilj stamped out, especially as the circumstances of the locality are particularly favourable to such a de- sirable result. (Signed) 'HuGnFsRGusoN.H.M.V.S. A CATTLE PLAGUE lNSPECTOR.-George Scott, of Lismore House, Kentish Town, an Inspector under the Cattle Plague Act, and Thomas Sketchley, butcher, of Barnsbury and Newgate Market, were charged with having obtained two cows from Thomas Plant with intent to defraud, &c. Mr Plant said he kept cows in High- street, Camden Town, and on the 5th of April he had two in his shed, when about ten o'clock at night the Inspector (Scott) called, and asked how he was getting on. The inspector said he was lucky in having his cows so free from disease. They went to look at the two in the shed, and Scott pronounced one of them diseased. He on another occasion gave the same decision with respect to the second; and the other defendant, Sketchley, then became concerned in the cjse. Scott asked Plant whether he would have the animals killed or sent away alive; and he said he preferred the latter plan of getting rid of them. After some chloride of lime had been thrown on the cattle they were marched off, Plant telling a man to watch where they were taken to. Certificates, signed by Scott, were produced, which described the two cows as diseased and destroyed; and evidence was given to show that they were first led to a slaughterer's, and after being left there for a night, were afterwards sent away alive, Scott asking the slaughterer to say that they had been killed. They were afterwards slaughtered and sent to Newgate Market. The case was adjourned, Mr Vaughan consenting to take bail for the appearance of the defendants. THE CATTLE PLAGUE ORDERS —CONVICTION OF A RAILWAY SECRETARY.—At the Wandsworth Police Court Mr Frederick Clarke, the secretary of the South-Western Railway Company, was summoned by Inspector Arm- strong, for that he did on the 24th of April last unlaw- fully move upon the South-Western Railway seven fat oxen from the metropolis, to wit, from Nme Elms to Kingston-upon-Thames, in contravention of an order in council, dated the 24th of March, 1866 The Secretary did not appear, but he was represented by Mr Crombie, the la," clerk of the company. Mr Super- intendent bent attended on the part of the Commissioners to support the summons. iVrCrombie then explained that the cattle had been removed under a misapprehen- sion on the part of the officers of the company, who were entitled to carry from the Cattle Market. He had a cer- tificate stating that the cattle were perfectly sound, and also for their removal to their railway. The company's officers fancied that the metropolis meant the metropoli- tan police district, and it appeared that the boundary on their line terminated at Barnes. This was the first case of the kind, and under the circumstances he must plead guilty, and asked for the infliction of a nominal penalty. Mr Bent said there had been a mistake. The officer of the cattle market had misinformed the driver. As soon as he (Mr Bent) found it out he sent to the cattle market, and stopped the practice. Mr Dayman said mistakes were committed every day by persons who did not seem to have read the general orders, which said that no cattle should be removed from the metropolis. This led to an argument between Mr Crombie and the magis- trate, who said that the metropolis was like a trap. Once the cattle entered the metropolis, there was no power to remove them out. Mr Crombie said the company were constantly removing cattle to Portsmouth for the Govern- ment. to Southampton, and other places, where there was no power to receive them. Mr Dayman thought the company were wrong. He also said that he understood it was intended to enlarge the area co-extensive with the metropolitan police district. At present the orders aoted rather bard upon the butchers, who were just outside the boundary, as there was not sufficient accommodation in the metropolis for the slaughter of cattle. He then fined the company 20s, and 2s costs.
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FATAL STEEPLECHASING. An unfortunate occur- rence took place at Lyons, a fytr days back, on the occasion of a fete given in aid of a benevolent institution. Everything passed off favourably until the running for a military steeplechase, in which started six officers- Lieut. Moii-sy, of the 6th Lancers; Lieut. Riquet, 7th Lancers; Viscount Lejeas, M. do Moismont, M. de Bechenec, all Lieutenants in regiments of the garrison. In jumping an Irish bank, which the six competitors reached in a cluster, the horse of M. Riquet, which was leading, fell, and in a moment three others had rolled over the first, and the four with their riders were lying in a heap. The spectators rushed forward to extricate them men, when Lieutenant Moussy was found to have been killed, having his skull fractured; the chest of Lieut. Riquet was ciushed by his horse falling on him, and that officer is now lying in a most (jangerous state M. de Balfortes had a leg broken, and the fourth, Viscount Lejeas, escaped uninjured; one of the horses was killed. Lieut. Moussy had only been recently promoted, and ftoin his pay helped to support his aged mother, who resides at Valence, Drome. He bad also invited his sister to witness the race, and she was one of the first to learn the disaster. Lieut.' Riquet had recently been transferred from the Chasseurs d'Afrique, and had taken a very active part in organising tbe fete Galignani. CHOLERA IN LIVERPOOL.—Dr French, the medical officer of health to the Liverpool corporation, on Friday went on board the Helvetia, the Jessie Munn, and the War Cloud, in order to inspect the condition of the passengers and the cholera patients. He was accompanied by a posse of officers. It is generally understood that the people will be removed on Saturday from the vessels to ware-houaes which have been provided by the local authorities, and cleared for the purpose, at the Harring- ton dock. On Friday the crew of the Helvetia, who have been for some time dissatisfied with their forced detention on board (and who petitioned the mayor to be allowed to leave), seized the tender by main force, and landed themselves. They were subsequently arrested, and a consultation was held with the magistrates a& to the course which it would be best to pursue with regard to them. Mr Murphy, of the Sailors' Home, after a good deal of conversation with the men, induced 39 out of the 40 to agree to go on board again in the afternoon The 40:h man remains in custody. This man stated to. the magistrates, that the people on board the Helvetia were dropping off' at the rate of three a day. Since Thursday night there has been one death at the emigra- tion sheds from eholera-viz., that of a child—the mother is in a "cry critical state. There are five additional cases of diarrhaBa, showing decided choleraic symptoms. The shedj are kept in a quarantine state apart from the town. Several more deaths have oc- curred on board the Jessie Munn, and at the Workhouse; W* isease has also made its appearance at the Bankhall Warehouses, and in a group of low lodging-houses near the bailors Home. Amongst the deaths reported aie ,those of Mr Ross, a surgeon, who has attended patients on board the Helvetia, and Father Callaghan, a Roman Catholic clergyman, who caught the disease whilst visiting the patients. t
AMERICA.
AMERICA. NEW YORK, MAY 2, MORNING. The Reconstruction Committee have reported the amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any state from abridging legal and personal rights, or denying equality of legal protection establishing a voting popu- lation as the basis of representation and disfranchising as Federal electors, until July 4, 1870, all those who voluntarily engaged in the rebellion. The committee nave also reported supplementary bills, providing that the lately rebellious states should be restored to their full representation. When they ratify the proposed amendment their representatives can take the required oath of office. Such states are to be allowed ten years to pay the accumulated arrears of direct taxes. Also a bill declaring the following persons ineligible to hold any Federal office: -The President, Vice President, and foreign agents of the Confederacy, all Confederate officers above the rank of colonel in the army and master in the navy, governors of states, judicial end civil cmcere, and persons educated at the national, military, and naval academies who favoured the rebellion, and all who unlawfully treated Federal prisoners of war. In the House of Representatives a resolution calling for the immediate trial of Mr Davis for treason and other crimes, and his execution, if convicted, baa been referred to the judiciary committee. It is represented that the health of Mr Davis is rapidly fliling. In the Senate, Mr Johnson, of Maryland, has read a letter, which the Senate refused to consider, from General Wade Hampton, reiterating the charge that Sherman wilfully burned Columbia, and asking Congress to ap- point a committee to investigate the facts. It is reported that the Cabinet held a special meeting yesterday to consider the report of the Reconstruction Committee. All the members, except Mr Harlan, strongly disapproved the report, anj declared themselvesin favour of the President's plan of reconstruction. The Lower House of the Tennessee Legislature has passed a bill admitting negro testimony in the courts of law General Canhy has been arraigned before the Federal court at New Orleans, for preventing the execution of the order for the sequestration of cotton. Mr Seward has addressed a letter to Mr M'Culloch, declaring that none of the various propositions for the adjustment of claims from British cotton bondholders were entitled to the consideration of the Federal Govern- ment. The monitor Mantonomah is reported to be under orders to proceed to the fishing grounds. The cholera in the quarantine at New York has as- sumed a mild form 101 cases are still there, but there have only been seven deaths since Friday. One hundred Fenians left Eastport on Monday for Boston. It idlfemoured that a small gang still remains, with the object of using torpedoes against the British vessels. The British steamers Rosario and Cordelia ar- rived at Eastport on Monday. General Meade has returned from his official visit to General Doyle at Saint Andrew's. It is believed that the Federal troops at Eastport are under marching orders. Their destination is unknown. Previous to the departure of the Fenians from Eastport a Fenian wrote to General Meade asking him if he would seize arms intended for the protection of fishermen, to which the general replied that be would seize all arms used, and arrest all persons engaged in viulating the neutrality laws. Kelly, the private secretary to James Stevens, has published a card stating that Stevens would positively leave Havre on the 28th April, in the steamer Napoleon, and on his arrival in America would make a tour of the principalities to advocate Irish independence. A committee of Philadelphia Fenians has been ap- pointed to wait on O'Mahoney, to demand that he should produce an account of the expenditure of the Fenian funds. It is reported that O'Mahoney will have difficulty in proceeding in the present convention. The Fenians are obtaining a postponement of their action with a viev to depose him, until the arrival of Stephens. No Irish bonds of either faction are now being sold.
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MALT AND BARLEY.—A return issued on the 10th inst shows that in England last year 44,168,628 bushels of malt were charged with duty to the amount of jE5990 3s 4fd; 2,362,909 bushels in Scotland to the amount of £319,00748 8td; and 2,414,960 in Ireland to the amount of j6327,311 17s Old. In the same year the quantity of barley imported into the United Kingdom was 2,189,153 quarters. SUICICE THROUGH LOSSES BY THE CATTLE PLAGUE. On Tuesday an inquest was held on the wife of Thomas Wilson, of Shipton's Farm, Htliiwell. The family appears to have been ruined by the cattle plague, and tbe approach of rent-day without any means of meeting it had preyed on deceased's mind. While the husband bad gOlle to Manchester to raise some money, she sent their two little boys out to play, and when they returned she was found hanging by the neck in her bed-room. Her throat was also cut. Verdiot, Temporary Insanity.' A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.—A correspondent has forwarded to us half a sheet of note paper, which was picked up in the Bristol Channel in a sealed bottle a few days ago, on which are written the following words:- We are all lost-Nlay 9th, 1863. Lost, off Lundy,' a vessel called the Hope, of Liverpool, bound to South Coast of Afrioa.-S. JONES, Commander.' The paper on which this message is written appears to have formed part of a letter, as a portion of what seems to be the adhesive part of an envelope is attached to it. The writing is in a bold hand, and is written with a lead pencil. We bave printed the signature S. Jones, but it may possi tdy be 'G.' Jones, as the initial letter is somewhat illegible. The bottle containing the message was picked up by Mr Ashford, Black Nore, Portisbead, and we have no doubt the finder will readily forward the original to any person who may be interested iu the circumstances to which it relates.- Western Press. THE CANNON-STREET MURDER.—The prisoner Smith was brought up for further examination on Friday. Mr Wontner said he did not propose to adduce any ad- ditional evidence, but he thought it right to state that since the last examination further enquiries had led to the result that the evidence of the costermonger Smallman was not reliable, and he therefore felt justified in withdrawing his evidence from the case. Mr Williams, on behalf of the prisoner, protested, not only against the way in which the prosecution had he n conducted, but also against the application just made by Mr Wontner, which be con- sidered a most unprecedented one, and on the part of the prisoner he asked his lordship to bind over that witness as well as the other. The case against the prisoner was of the slightest possible character, and depended entirely upon identity and the nicest possible measure of time, and he had no hesitation in saying, as an old Eton man, and well acquainted with every inch of the distance, that it was in possible for the prisoner to have gone from the Fifteen-arch-bridge at the time he was seen, to catch the train at Slough. A man on horseback could hardly have done so. The depositions, including Smallman'li were then read, and the usual caution having been given to the prisoner, he sail, 'I am entirely innocent of the charge, but, by the advice of my counsel. I reserve my defence.'—The prisoner was then committed.
ROYAL NAYY IN COMMISSION I
ROYAL NAYY IN COMMISSION I STEAMSHIPS. I Aboukir, Jamaica Adder, Chatham Achilles, Channel Adventure, China Advice, Queenstown Albacore, Bermuda Alberta, Portsmouth Alert, Pacific Algerine, China Amazon, Devonport Antelope, W. Africa Arethusa, Mediter. Argus, China Assu ance, Medit. Asp, Pembroke Aurora, N. America Barossa, China Basilisk, China Banterer, China Beilerophon, Prtmth Blk. Eagle, Wlwich Blk. Prince, Channel Blazer, Queenstown Bouncer, China Brisk, AuytSelia Bristol, W. Africa Britomart, Dvnport Bustard, China Buzzard, N. America Cadmus, N. America Caledonia, Mediter. Caradoc, Mediter. Chanticleer, Medit. Charon, Devonport Clinker, Plymouth Clio, Pacific Clown, China Cockatrice, Medit. Cockchafer, E. Ind. Columbine, Pacific Constance, N. Amer. Coquette, ord. home Cordelia, N. Amer. Cormorant, China Coromandel, China Cornwallis, Hull Cossack, Meditter. Curacoa, Australia Cygnet, X. America Dapper, Dartmouth Dart, Portsmouth Dasher, Jersey Dauntless, Humber Dee, store service Defence, Channel Devastation, ord hm Donegal, Liverpool Deris, N. America Doterel, Brazils Dromedary, W. Af. Duke of Wellington, Portsmouth Duncan, N- America Eclipse, Australia Edgar, Channel Edinburgh, Queen's Ferry, N.B. Elfin, Portsmouth E nclian tress, par. ser. Enterprise, Medit. Espoir, W Africa Esx, Australia Fairy, Portsmouth Falcon, Australia Favourite, Dvnport. Fawn, N. America Fervent, Bristol Firefly, Mediter. Fire Queen, Prtmth. Flamer, China Forward, Pacific j Fox, par. service B'redeiick William, Queenstown Galatea, N. America Gannett, N. Amer. Gibraltar, Mediter. Gladiator, Devnport Gleaner, Brazils Grappler, Pacific Grasshopper, China Greyhound, W. Afric Handy, W. Africa llardy, China Harpy, Devonport Hastings, Queen's T. Havock, China Haughty, China Hawke, Queenstown Hector, Portsmouth Helicon, Portsmouth Hesper, China llighfiyer, E Indies Himalaya, Portsmth Hogue, Greenock Hydra, Mediter. IIvarna, Milford Industry, Woolwich Insolent, China Investigator, W. Af. Irresistible, Sthmptn Jackal, Scotland Janus, China Jaseur, W. Africa Kestrel, China Landrail, W.Africa Lee, ord home Leander, pr& home Leopard, ord. home Leven, China Liffey, N. Amelica Lightning, Scotland Lilv, North America Linnet, Brazils Lion, Greenock Liverpool, Channel Lizard, Sheerness Lyra, Mozambique Maiacca, Pacific .Manilla, China Meanee, Mediter. Medusa, Sheerness Megaera, store ser. Mullet, W. Africa Mutine, Pacifiic Narcissus Brazils Nettle, Portsmouth Niger, N. America Nimble, N. America and West Indies Oberon, Devonport Oetavia, E. Indies Orontes, Prtsmouth Osborne, special ser. Osprey, China Pandora, W. Africa Pantaloon, t. om bllY Pelican, Portsmouth Pelorus, China Pembroke, Harwich Pengnin, Mzmbique Perseus, China Phoebe, ord home Pigmy, Portsmouth Porcupine, Channel survey. Princess Alice, De- vonport Prin. Consort, Chan. Prin. Royal, China Procris, Gibraltar Psyche, Mediter. Pylades, N. America and West Indies Racer, Mediter. Racoon, Portsmouth Sanger, Coast of Af. .tapid, Cape rtattler, China Rattlesnake, W. Af. Research, Chatham Resistance, Medit. Revenge, Pembroke ttifleman, China Rosario, N. America and West Indies Rovalist, N. Amer. and West Indies Royal George, Dublin Royal O.iK, Medit. Rl. Sovereign, Chan. Salamander, Aus- tralia Salamis, China Satel ite, Brazils Scorpion, Portsmth Scout, Pacific Scylla, China Serpent, China Severn, ord home Sharpshooter, Brazil Shearwater, Pacifla Sheldrake, Brazils Skylark, Gibraltar Slaney, China Snipe, W. Africt Sparrow, ord home Sparrowhawk, Pacflc Speedwell, W. Africa Speedy, Jersey Spider, S. America Sphinx, N. America Spiteful, Brazils Sprightly, Portsmth. Staunch, China Steady, North Amer. and West Indies St George, Portland Stromboli, pas home Styx, North America and West Indies Supply, Woolwich Sutlej, Pacific Swallow, ord home Tamar, troop ser. Terrible, Mediter. iTerror, Bermuda [Torch, W. Africa Trafalgar, Queen's- fprry, N.B. Tribune, ord home Trinculo, Channel Triton, Brazils Tyrian, Mediter. Urgent, Portsmouth Valorous, Cape [Victoria, Mediter Victoria and Albert, Portsmouth Vigilant, E. Indies Vivid, Woolwich Wanderer, Mediter Wasp, Mozambique Weazel, China Weser, Malta Wildfire, Shserness Wizard, coast Syria Wolverine, N. Amer. Wye, store service Wyvern, Devonport Zebra, W. Africa SHIPS. I Acorn, Shanghai Active, Sunderland Asia, Portsmouth Boscawen, South- hampton Brilliant, Dundee Britannia, Dartmth. Cambridge, DeTonpt. Canopus, Devonport Castor, North Shields Cumberland, Sheer- ness Doedalus, Bristol Eagle, Liverpool Egniont, Rio Excellent, Portsmth. Ferret, Portsmouth Fisgard, Woolwich Formidable, Shrness Hibernia, Malta Implacable, Devon port I mpregnable, Devon- port Indus, Devonport Isis, Sierra Leone Meander, Ascension Martin, Portsmouth Naiad, Callao Nereus, Valparaiso Princess Charlotte Hong Kong President, Thames IRoyal Adelaide, De- vonport Saturn, Pembroke Sealark, Devonport Seringapatam, Cape of Good Hope Squirrel, Devonport Saint Vincent, Ports- mouth. Trincomalee, Har- tlepool. Victory, Portsmouth Vindictive, Fernando Wellesley, Chatham Winchester, Abrdn -0
STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY.
STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY. [Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at which the Depot of the Regiment is stationed.] 1st Life Guards-Reg. Park 25th do Canada, Preston 2nd do-Hyde Park Do [2nd bat] Ceylon Royal Horse Guards- Preston Windsor 26th do Bombay Preston 1st Dragoon Guards -Ban- 27th do Ber^ali Buttevant galore, Canterbury 28th do Aldershot IA H° «enSLa1' C £ Qterb"ry 29th do Malta, Chatham Canterbury 30th do Toronto, Parkhurst K K n°M' 31st do Portsmouth h° n,?Ki "? 32nd do Gibraltar, Buttevnt 7^ ?ublin, „ 33rd do Bombay, Belfast 7th do Bengal, Canterbury 34th do Bengal. Colchester Manchester 35th do Be f Chatham 2nd do New bndge 36th do Ben|a]; Belfastam !!° e[8n°L 37th do Fermoy IS 1° ?,din,bu^h 38thdo Bengal, Colchester rbpy ♦ 39th d0 Manchester 6 hdo Bombay, Canterbury 40th New Zealand, Chathm Bengal, Can- 41st do BenKalj Colchester FIFU a AKI u i 42nd do Bengal, Aberdeen 55 r Srn H it 43rd d0 Zealand,Wnchsti 9th Lancers, Dundalk 44th do Bomba £ over "*• O h Hussars Dublin 4othdo Bombay, Parkhurst Uth do Colchester 46th do Lueknow,Pembroke l^f}1 nS' v1" u 47th d<> Montreal,Pembroke 5^ W Dra?- Y0rk 48th do Sborncliffe 14th do Hounslow 49th dQ Colcbester 15th Hussars, Sheffield 50th do N.Zealand.Parkhurst mS lon\CMS; £ atnterbnry >lst do Bengal, Winchester do Alder,hot 52nd (}h Al{fers'hot 8th Hussars, Canterbury 5:3rd Waterford 19 li do Bengal, Canterbury 54th do Bengal, Gosport 20th do Bengal Canterbury 55th do Ren^al^ Pre £ ton 21st do Bengal, Canterbury 5Gth do Bombay portsmoth Woolwich^"1 [l8t ^h do N. Zeafand, Butt, wooiwicn 58th do Bengal, Belfast D° [2nd bat] Aldershot 59th do Birr Do 3rd batl Woolwich n«4. Do Uh bat j S. Zealand 60$, £ jtJ^ M* Do [5th bat] Aldershot nT,„fh n„v,r„ Do ("6th bat] Curragh 5° [r2°d £ Bu^lin Grenadier Guards [-1st bat] ^lestel Madr88' St George s Barraoks n„ r)., D° 12nd baO Wellington B. ^in^ester^ Queb6C' Do j 3rd t)<it W i n d sor />« 0j i »# Coldstre^msGuards [ist bat] 62nd dQ Guospo;fc r^rwi'han Ph<.i0»a (63rd do Aldershot Scots FusiMers Tlst batl 64th do Wellington B 1 batJ 6oth do Devonport Do 12 nd batlTower 66th do Dvnpn, Plymouth 1st foot Madras Colchester 67th do CaPe> Belfast Do r2nd' ban Cork 68tb do N- Zea]and, Preston Colchester 69tfl do Aldershot o r»rL- 70th do New Zealand, 2nd do [1st bat] Cork, Shorncl.fFe Do [2nTbat] Bermuda, Aldershot Chatham <2nd do Edinburgh 3rd do [ 1st bat] Curragh, do Ljmerick Chatham I4th do Dov<;r Do do Barbadoes, Mullingar do 4th do [1st bat] Bombay, do ^Iadrf'Jel/^st Chatham ''do Bengal, Chatham Do [2nd bat] Nava Scotia ?8thdo Gibraltar, Stirling 5th do [1st bat] Athlone 79th do Bengal, Aberdeen Colchester 80th do Bengal, Chatham Do [2nd bat] Natal, Walmr. ^stJd? Aldershot 6th do [1st bat] Jersey «2nd do Bengal Colchester YValmer 83r<i do Curraeb Do [2nd bat] Jamaica 84th do Malta, Colchester Colchester 8ath do Curragh 7th do rist batl Bemral 86th do Gibraltar, Newry Walmer J BeDg 87th do Portsmouth Do [2nd bat] Quebec, Walmr *jenSal< 8th do [1st bat] Malta, ^th do Bengal, Aldershot NewrLy 90th do Bengal, Preston Do [2nd bat] Malta,Newry Aberdeen 9th do [1st bat] Cape, ?on.?doP Pembroke 93rd do Bengal, Stirling Do [2nd bat] China, 94th do Bengal,Chatham Limerick 95th do Bombay, Pembroke 10th do [1st bat] Cape, 96th do Bombay, Belfast Chatham 97th do Bengal, Colchester Do [2nd bat] Madras, 98th do Bengal, Colehester Chatham 99tl1 Cape, Buttevant 11th do [1st bat] Bengal, 100thdo Malta, Parkhurst Buttevant 101st do Bengal, Walmer Do [2nd bat] China ^nd do Madras, Chatham 12th do [1st bat] NewZealnd Bombay, Colchester Chatham 104th Bengal, Parkhurst Do 2nd bat] Bengal, Chat, Madras Parkhurst 13th do [1st bat] Aldershot 106th Bombay, Mullingar Ferinoy 10?th Bengal, Curragh Do 2nd bat] Mauritius 108th Madras, Curragh 14th do [1st bat] Sheffield, T09th Bombay, Buttevant Fermoy Brigade [1st bat] Do [2nd bat] NewZealand, Canada, Winchester Newry [^nd bat] Bengal, 15th do B.N. America, Winchester Chatham Do [3rd bat] Bengal, Win- Do[2d bat] Gibraltar Chester 16th do Canada, Colchester [4^h batt] Canada, Win- Do [2nd bat] Nova Scotia, Chester Colchester 1st West India Regiment 17th do Canada, Aldershot Bahamas Do [2nd bat] Nava, Scotia, pnd Mullingar 3irdioBarba s 18tli Madras, Shorneliffe Ceyton Eifles Ceylon Do [2nd bat] New Zealand, CaPe ^°".nted CaPe Ourraph J of Good Hope, Canter- 19th do Bengal, Chatham burX -o- „ Do [2nd bat] Birmah.Chat, Canadmn Rifles, Toronto 20thdo Bengal, Chatham St Helena Regiment, Sainf Do [2nd bat] Japan 6 ,^a „ Chatham Ko7^1 Newfoundland Com 21st do Glasgow panv, Newfoundland Do [2ndbat] Madras, Prston Malta Fencibles, Malta 22nd do New Brunswick, Gold Coast Corps, Cape Parkhurst Coast Castle Do [2nd batt] Mauritius. Medical Staff Corps, Chat- 23rd do Bengal, Walmer bam, Kent Do [2nd bat] Gih., Walmer Royal Engineers, Chatham 24th do Curragh Army Hospital Corps, Do j 2nd bat] [tango on, Bnt. Chatham
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RINDEIVPEST IN THE HUMAN SPECIES ANT. ITS CURB. --There is a story going in North Staffordshire that a farmer in the direction of Leek, who had lost some cows, was fully persuaded that he had himself been attacked by the epidemic. Forthwith he consulted his own medical man, who tried to liugh him out of the notion, but to no purpose. rlhe farmer then went off to an old well-known practitioner, who beina; a hit of a wag, and seeing how matters were, entered minutely into the details of the case, expressed his concurrence with the patient's views, and told him "e could cure him. He then wrote a prescription, sealed it up, and told the farmer to go to a certain druggist in the next Potterv town. The farmer lost no time in going with the prescription, but was somewhat startled when the druggist showed him the formula, which ran thus:— This man has got the cattle plague, take him into the back yard and shoot him according to Actof Parliament.' There is no need of saying that this VM a Perfect cure,'—Macclt*Jltld Courier.
I I THE LONDON MARKETS.
I I THE LONDON MARKETS. CORK EXCHANGE, MARK-LANK, MOSDAV, May 14.- KW ,VIa8 a moderate 8BPPly of wheat from Essex and ■tnrJ °?.or?1D?! 'hat of barley, beans, and pea« fresh arrivals of oats from Scotland Q j *reland. There were fair import* of foreign wheat flonr Th thoslof were very large, but not mncb • Ihe weather has been variable during the pa*' haff winHD part' bnt «howerv in the latter vary,nK from NNW to SW. Yesterday wa« a cmrn,P«uthick and heavy. English wheat met n«Pf,?i ?• 'J?e ful1 price8 of last Monday for rptnil ^Uf e8' demand for foreign wheat was in Tnu»n<ffS Were ab0ut ls per q,,arter higher gene- raNy Town flour waa unaltered. Country marks were held 2s per sack over last Monday's quotations. French and American were firm. Malting barley was in fair request at fully «« much money. Grinding samples were saleable at a slight advance. Malt was disposed of full prices. Beans were rather dearer. Peas met a good inquiry at more money for prime boilers. A good ex- tent of business was transacted in oats, at the quotations of last Monday for all descriptions. Linseed was slowly at less money. Rapeseed sold steadily on former terms. Not much passing in English cloverseed, but for foreign there were buyers at moderate prices Tare. were placed in small lots at irregular prices. BRITISH. „ Shillings per Qr.| Shillings p«r Of fPAeor—Essex and Kent, Oats— English feed 24 25 59, p0ian(i 26 ]« Ditto, red 37 50 Scotch feed 25 2s Norfolk, Lincoln, and Ditto potato. 28 30 Yorkshire, red 37 45! Irish feed, white]" 19 26 Barley—Malting 35 40 Ditto, black 22 Distilling 3? 34 Beans—Green 40 4? ClievaLier Ticks 40 Grinding 31 32 Harrow 45 4# ifait—Essex,Norfolk,and P^hiVflKnii d9 44 Suffolk nalp <11 en r?as »V hite boilers 42 4* ClievaHer P"V.V.V. -1 *,aple 1 KlSme'Ware'&t0Wn fR -n F/a)ir—Towii;' householVl 44 4« Household 38 39 „Br0Wn 54 Country 35 36 Rye 31 33! Norfolk and Suffolk 34
BREAD.
BREAD. LONDON, MONDAY, May H.-The prices of wheated bread in the Metropolis are from 7td to 8d; of household ditto, 6d to 7d per 41b loaf.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. LONDON, MONDAY, May 14.—There was a full averse supply ot foreign beavta and sheep on offer here to-da/V' in but middling condition. With foreign calves we were very scantily supplied. Sales progressed slowly, drooping currencies. The arrivals of beasts from out own grazing districts were only moderate. The qu litf of most breeds, however, was prime. From Scotland th* receipts were by no means extensive, but in very prin" condition. The supply from Ireland was limited, and the beef trade was in a sluggish state. Compared wi^ Monday last, however, no quotable change 100" place In prices. The primest Scots and crosses sold At I from 5s to 5s 2d per 81b. The arrival of beasts frorll I Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, amounted to about 1,100 Scots, crosses, and shorthorns; (roll1 other parts of England, 550 various breeds from Scot" iand, 260 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 40 oxerl and heifers. The supply of sheep was tolerably ROODP but there was no improvement in the weight of tb* various breeds. The mutton trade was heavy, and 10 'ferior sheep declined fully 2d per SIb. The best Do.n' and half-breds, out of the wool, produced 6s per Bib* Our quotations now refer to shorn sheep only. Lan>&" were very dull, and 6d to 8d lower than on this d»7 se'nnight. The supply was limited. The few calves IØ the market sold at irregular quotations. Pigs were* dull inquiry, at barely stationaty prices. The nuwbet on sale was small. Per Slbs. to sink the offat Coarse and inferior «. d. ». d.i Prime ooarsewoolled ». d. '• f beasts 3 10 4 21 sheep 5 6 5 Second quality ditt» 4 4 4 8 Prime South Down A Prime large oxen 4 10 5 0 Sheep 5 10 6 Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 5 2 Large coarse calves 5 4 5? Coarse and inferior Prime small aitto .606? sheep. 4 0 4 S Large hoifs 4 0 4 ? Second quality ditto 4 8 5 41 Neat small porkers 4 6 4™ Sucking Calves 22" to 24s; and Quarter old Store FigE, 306 t0 33s. eacn.
POTATO MARKET.
POTATO MARKET. LONDON, MONDAY, Maya. These markets are fairIt supplied with potatoes. The trade is firm.
HOP MARKET.
HOP MARKET. LONDON, MONDAY, May 14.—The demand for boPj was good last week, although the monetary panicstopP^ trade the last two days, but the inquiry keeps up j well.
BUTTER MARKET. !
BUTTER MARKET. LONDON, MONDAY, XMAY 14.—English butter J* cheaper, the finest Dorset having receded to 116s to Devon 108s to 112s per cwt. Of tresh butter the supp'j is now plentiful, and the quality is good. Demand at 15s for firsts, 16s for seconds, 13s for thirds 138 6d fot west country, and Bs to 10s per dozen for inferior.
SOUTH WALES RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
SOUTH WALES RAILWAY TIME TABLE. I «| WKKK PAVS.— VP TRAINS. -1 (S Stations ^.2 (class, class.|1 & 2 class. 1 & 2 ol^ £ Mil. Starting from a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. 0 New Milford 8 55 11 20 5 0 41 Johnston 9 10 11 33 5 14 \\t 9} Haverfordwest 9 20 11 41 5 24 S 144 ClarbesLO, Road 9 32 11 56 — I I? 21 NarberthRoad 9 45 12 13 5 50 1 1 x 2GJ Whitlsnd 10 0 li 24 — • ,1 32 St. Clears 10 10 12 38 8 li 40) Carmarthen Jnc 9 0 10 34 1 0 6 27 8 60 Llanelly 9 50 11 11 1 47 7 6 9 K 72 Swansea T 30 10 10 11 27 2 15 7 22 10 77 Neath (dep.). 7 58 10 47 11 49 2 53 7 51 — 114 Cardiff J 45 12 41 1 0 4 47 9 2 126J Newport 10 25 1 40 1 80 5 16 9 21 143\ Chepstow 11 15 2 30 1 08 6 0 9 61 •••• lTlj Gloucester (dep.) 12 40 4 5 2 55 1&2 12 40 178 Cheltenham(arrj 1&2 5 5 3 15 7 45 11 30 ••• 208 Swindon (dc p.). 2 35 6 10 4 25 9 10 2 20 2S5 Padding-tor 4 45 9 30 6 15 ,11 10 4 35 WEBK WAYS. DOWN TRAINS. ^4 sj 1 Stations. j1',2'3' V'3' .1. 2, -2 jelass. class, class.jl & 2| claafl*| ~— ———p» l" ——■— a.m. a.m. 9 15 8 # » a, ,12 40 iLj 121 Cht-tenhani (dep$10 |l0 35 l,2,3jl2 15 114 'Gloucester(dep.) S 35 111 15 3 30 12 45 S 14l j'Chepstow 7 44 12 24 4 Si 1 35 ] 15,Newport 8 35 1 8 5 35 2 20 'It 170j! Cardiff 9 8 1 37 6 0 2 41 2 208 Neath (dep.) 10 57 3 22 7 52 3 48 t 216 Swansea 11 12 3 30 8 0 3 ^5 7 45 J 225 Llaneii; 11 58 4 15 8 43 4 32 8 22 244 J Carmarthen Jnc. 12 49 5 10 9 35 5 10 9 7 253 St. Clears 1 4 5 27 5 27 9 23 258J! Whitlana 1 19 5 41 5 41 9 35 /V 264 |Narber*hB Jad. 1 33 5 54 5 54 9 48 270J Clarbeston Road 1 47 6 7 S 7 10 2 275ji Haverfoidwest. 1 58 6 19 6 19 10 13 !$it 280^ Milford Road 2 13 6 32 6 I2 10 25 FT 285 ;New Milford 2 24 6 45 6 45 10 .15 (L\ SUNDAYS.— UF TRAINS. SgNDATS.—DOWN Stations\l\1,Z' stationsiMA 1.2,3,-1,2,; [class, class.jelass. |class, class.!class. From a.m. p.m.lp.m. From a.m. a. m. la. *»• ''f N. Mil. 11 0 5 0 Pad no 0 Mil Road 11 13 5 14 Swin. ,e I p.m. -JtA R.West. 11 23 5 24 Chel. de 20 f Clar. Rdll 36 — Glou.de 3 30 fi Nar.Rd+ 11 49 5 50 Chep 4 38 J jj Whit. 12 1 — New 5 24 StCleara 12 15 Cardiff 5 49 l1 Car .Jnc. 112 37 6 27 Neathnie 7 38 » S Llanelly 1 23 7 6 Swan.d« 7 55 j Swan.de 1 45 7 22 Llanelly 8 33 Neath. 2 22 7 51 Car.Jnc 9 20 i Cardiff. 3 56 9 2 StClears 9 86 "L New. 4 28 9 24 whit 9 52 „ J Chep. 5 6 9 51 Nar.Rd-f 10 7 Glou. di 6 25 12 40 Clar. Rd 10 33 if Chel. 1& 2j 1 5 H.West 10 34 A Swin.de 8 li 2 20 MilRoad 10 50 ? j# Pad.ji: 15 ■» S5 N. Mil jn 5 Jjx
MILFORD BRANCH LINE OF RAILW;\f.,
MILFORD BRANCH LINE OF RAILW;\f., From Johnston (late Milford Road) to Milford^, VP TBAINS-WEEK DATS. VTT^^ a. m. a. m.. p. rn. r>. m n m a. m« ?' Milford ..dep 8 50 il 10 | 1 50 4 55 ?' 0 11 0 » Johnston arr 9 5 U 25 2 5 5 9 7 10 DOWN TRAINS WEEK DAYS. DOWI 11.* ■ aA*?; a- m* P«m. p.m. p. m, a. m. I P' jf Johnston dep 9 25 11 40 2 15 6 31 7 20 11 20 S* Milford.arr 9 40 11 55 2 30 6 41 7 35 11 30j^
PEMBROKE AND TEN BY RAILWAY.
PEMBROKE AND TEN BY RAILWAY. UP TRAINS-WEEK DAYS. -< Pr 2 3 4 ,!> 1,2,gov. 1,2. 1,2. 1,2, gov. FROM.* — a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. Tenby dep 7 45 10 0 1 30 J 45 Penally 7 48 10 3 1 33 5 48 Manorbeeg. 7 57 10 14 1 44 5 59 Lamphey 8 7 10 25 I 55 6 10 Pembroke 8 10 10 30 2 0 6 15 Pembroke Dock arr 8 iO 10 40 210 6 35 Hobb's Point(coach 8 35 10 55 2~20 6 40 DOWN TRAINS—WEEK DATS. "o.tf'' tT„ „ a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. I Hobb sPoint (ferry) 8 40 It 12 2 45 7 20 FROM 1, 2, gov. 1,2. 1,2. 1,2,g'ov. I, FROM 1, 2, gov. 1,2. 1, 2. F2, Pembroke Dock dep 9 0 11 30 30 730 Pembroke .dep 9 10 li 40 3 10 7 40 j Lamphey 9 15 II 45 3 15 7 45 f Mancrbeer 3 26 11 5- 3 2 6 7 56 j PcnaUy 9 37 12 7 3 37 8 7 renby 9 40 12 10 3 40 8 10 !d
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