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A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. A scene of a very remarkable character occurred the other day at the Fenchurch-street Station of the Blackwall Railway. It would appear that for some time past a difference of opinion has existed between the Blackwall Railway Company, and the non-privi- leged Cab League, with respect to the latter body to ply for hire on the roadway in front of Fenchurch- street Station. It has, however, been deoided that the non-privileged cabmen had a right to ply for hire in front of the station. Since that decision the rail- way company have erected barriers and chains for the purpose of preventing non-privileged cabs from enter- ing the roadway. It was then resolved to use force for the purpose of compelling the railway company to yield. The other morning, therefore, at eight o'clock, Mr. Pearce and several members of the League, accompanied by thirty men, some of whom carried sledge-hammers, made their appearance at the barrier, and Mr. Pearce gave orders to the men to use no violence, but to defend themselves. The men removed one of the chains, and admitted to the front of the station five cabs. A body of railway officials rushed forward, and suc- ceeded in forcing two of the cabs out of the enclosure, and the cabmen proceeding to de- fend themselves, a terrific fight ensued. One cabman had the flesh torn off one of his legs during the milde, and fell upon the ground from loss of blood. Some of his companions lifted him up, and he was taken to the hospital. A railway man bad his face bruised and his lips out. A horse and cab belonging to a Mr. Dale was attacked, and it was thrown to the ground, the horse being severely injured. The rail- way officials, who formed rather a strong party, succeeded in putting up the chairs and barriers. The men, armed with sledge-hammers, instantly rushed forward and broke them. When the fight was at its height a body of the City police appeared and took sides with the railway company. They cleared the roadway and arrested a costermoDger and a horse- keeper. They were taken before the Lord Mayor and discharged. Mr. Beard, the solicitor, applied for a summons against some of the railway men for the damage done to the horse and cab, but it was re- fused. + AT A MEETING lately held at Radcliffe in connection wtth the National Reform Union, resolu- tions were passed expressing approval of the conduct of her Majesty's Government, and the fullest con- fidence in Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues. The meeting pledged itself to give the utmost support to the Government in passing the Education Bill. THE OTHER MORNING, shortly after the last train had left the Farringdon-street Station of the Metropolitan Railway, a plateplayer called the atten- tion of the station-master to the fact that a man, about 45 years of age, was lying dead in the tunnel. The body was lying in the six-foot between the metals, and the chest, head, and legs were broken. The de- ceased was dressed in a grey coat, black trousers, and a wide-awake hat. In his pocket were found 7s. and a railway-tieket.

TOWN TALK. BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Ow readers will understand that we do not hold ourselves responsible for our able Correspondent's opinions. I DO not think any bit of social news has made a greater sensa i ion for a long time, than the conspicuous announcj-mPiit of the proposed early marriage of the Earl of Derby to the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury the stepmother of the present marquis. That Lord Derby had formerly been attached to the lady, the eldest daughter of the late Earl of Dela Warr and the late Baroness Buckhurst, was not secret; but the Lord Derby had long been set down ad a disappointed and confirmed old bachelor, ready to growl with Othello, Man delights me not or woman either." So strong was this conviction that when his young brother, some fifteen years his junior, married in 1864, the daughter of the Earl of Clarendon, he was talked of, as a matter of course, as the heir-presump- tive of the Derby titles and estates. The Earl of Derby is now forty-four, and, probably in consequence of'his dislike for field sports and all out-door amusements, old for his age in manners. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury is forty-six, and has three children-the last a boy, born in 1864. At the last Drawing Room the equipages of the young and of the Dowager Marchioness were conspicuous in their brilliancy of light blue and silver. Some foolish people have been writing as if this matrimonial alliance had political importance; but this is absurd. Whig and Conser- vative noble families intermarry constantly-as, for instance, the other day the Marquis of Lansdowne was married to a daughter of the Duke of Abercorn. Be. sides, men are not in the habit of being led by the step. mothers, still less by the second husbands of step- mothers. The result of this marriage will probably be to open hospitably the doors of the mansions in St. James's-square and at Knowsly-park, which would otherwise have remained closed, and to again revive the glories of the Derby equipages, in addition to the modest brougham that has hitherto contented the present peer. EARL HOWE died last week, the representative, through his mother, of the great admiral of that name. He was long the Lord Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide, and at one time most unjustifiably the subject of a funny but profane jest in Theodore Hook's best or worst style. He was, perhaps, most famous as the father of three magnificent daughters -by his first marriage-the Duchess of Beaufort, the beau ideal of a duchess, the bright and golden- haired Countess of Westmoreland, and Lady Emily, wife of Colonel Kingscott, C.B.,M.P., and Master of the Horse to the Prince of Wales. Earl Howe's only daughter by his second marriage was married last year to the Marquis of Hamilton, eldest son of the Duke of Abercorn, the duke created by Mr. Disraeli. The Prince of Wales mentioned her in one of his published letters as "a great acquisition in society." Two other illustrious-I suppose I must not say personages, have also recently departed from a life in which they made a considerable sensation-the race- horses West Australian and Stockwell. West Aus- tralian won the Two Thousand, the Derby, and the St. Leger; Stockwell, the St. Leger and almost every- thing he afterwards started for. Both passed into the possession of Lord Londesborough, when having succeeded to his uncle's vast wealth, he began to reward himself for the long years of stinted means he had passed as Lord Albert Conynghame, with a breeding stud, amongst other luxuries. On Lord Londesborough's premature death the great stallions were sold. leThe West was bought for France, and never, like other illus- trious warriors, begat anything worth naming. In fact he was quite the Marlborough or Wellington of stallions. Stockwell, less distinguished on the turf, was the sire of more winners than any horse ever known, and has been a rich annuity to his owner, the millionaire, Mr. Leyland Naylor. Stock- well was probably the best sire ever foaled. In common with Voltigeur and King Tom, he became the special object of the abuse of Dr. Shorthouse, who has lately paid the penalty of his libels on Sir Joseph fiawley, by a term of imprisonment. Mr. Naylor, Baron Rothschild, and the Earl of Zetland treated the systematic abuse with silent contempt.- P. P.

THE GHOST OF THE SEA. A correspondent who sends us the account of the death by drowning of two fishermen off Darrynane, makes the following curious addendum to his narra- tive :—The casualty occurred by the striking of their boat upon a sunken rock, and out of eleven men who composed the crew two were lost. The rescued men say that when embarking they were called on by some unseen person to return. Not heeding the warning they rowed on, when they heard a horn sounded, ta which also they paid no attention. A few moments before the boat upset they say they 4,eard laughter and other sounds quite^close to them, but the dark- ness rendered every object invisible. There is, we believe, no doubt of the good faith in which these statements are made, or that the men themselves are fully convinced that they heard the noises they describe. The only question is whether their fancies are, according to the theory of a celebrated historian, the result of the influence of the natural phenomena by which they are surrounded—giant rocks and melancholy ocean; or whether there is in acoustics any manifestation analogous to the mirage, which could produce a reflex of sounds at an almost incon- ceivable distance. 4. A PERSON WHO TRADED EXTENSIVELY IN TEA in Dublin became bankrupt" some time ago. He was, however, arrested in London, and brought back. It is said that on him the police found more than .£1,000 in money, and in his portmanteau several gold watches, chains, rings, breastpins, and other valuable articles of jewellery, besides various docu- ments. A large number of Dublin tradesmen wel- comed their distinguished townsman on his arrival. THE SULTAN was so much pleased with a leading article on his speech from the Throne which apeared in the Teraki, a Turkish paper published in Stamboul, that he has conferred upon the editor, Ali Bey, the grade- of eaimacam (lieut.-col.) and given him a baksheesh of .£500. The military rank given to the fortunate editor is explained by the fact that he was originally a cadet in the military school. MR. WILLIAM JUPP, aged 66, a London cab proprietor, who was out with his cab the other day, was called to take up a lady. The deceased who was on the box, leaned round to fasten the cab-door,whenhe overbalanced himself and fell off the box on to the wheel of the cab, from whence his body rebounded heavily on to the pavement, the back portion of his head coming with great force against the iron rail- ings in front of the house- On being seen at the hospital he was found to be snffering from a severe laaerated scalp wound and concussion of the brain, a.nd soon died. Verdict, "Accidental death."

Summary of Passing Events. TEE inhumanity now practised on sheep and cattle of all description is at last to have an end, and the Privy Council, after disregarding the question for so long, have now announced their intention of doing their duty. After the 31st July it has been ruled that every pen shall not exceed 9 feet in broadth or 15 feet in length; the floer shall have proper foot- holds, and the place shall be ventilated. Between each 1st ef Nov. and 30th of April, freshly-shorn sheep are not to be carried on deck. From the 31st of October next, animals landed from a vessel shall, on a certifi- cate of an inspector to the effect that the regulations have not been observed, be detained until the Privy Council otherwise direct. Where animals are put on board of or landed from vessels, provision is to be made for a supply of water gratuitously. From the 31st December next every truck used for carrying animals on a railway is to be provided with spring buffers, and the floor thereof is to have proper footholds, and from the 30th June a railway company is not to allow any truck used for carrying animals to be overcrowded. Between each 1st November and 30th April, trucks used for carrying sheep freshly shorn and unclothed, are to be covered and inclosed, but shall be properly ventilated. Every pen, car- riage, truck, horse-box, or vehicle used for carrying animals on land is to be cleansed and disinfected.

THE United States Naval Court at Yokohama has decided that in the matter of the collision between the Bombay and the Oneida, the former ship was to blame. The report is somewhat virulent in tone, and concludes in the following words :—" Finally, from the evidence adduced, which has been accumulated to a degree only in measure of the gravity of the case, from the inspection of the known courses and posi- tions on the chart, which is a part of this record, we fix the entire fault of this dreadful collision, the total loss to the Government of the United States of the steam corvette, Oneida, with the destruction of the i lives of 115 of her officers and crew, on the officers and commander of the English steamship Bombay. On the other hand the English court at which the Americans were represented found that the Oneida was to blame for causing the collision, while Captain Eyre of the Bombay was to blame in not laying-to after the accident. Mr. Shaw Lefevre in noting this discrepancy between the English and American decisions suggests that there is a possibility of arriving at a settlement by the relatives of one of those lost on the Oneida bringing an action for damages against Captain Eyre. It is, however, most probable that the decision of the English court was just, and that the Americans were, in a measure, influenced by that bitter feeling which is always paramount in any case of interna- tional discussion.

A SIGN of the times, evidencing the advancing civilisation of the age, is to be found in a recent dispute between two Parisian journalists. It appears Mr. Rance, on the staff of the "irreconcileable" paper-had roundly abused M. Rogat, a writer on the Patrie. In turn M. Rogafc abused M. Ranoe, whereupon the latter responded with a challenge. It is highly to the credit of M. Rogat that he refused the duel, replying that he measures the diapason of his polemics by that of his adversaries, and that when he replies to abuse by abuse, he will not submit to the duello test." Now that one of that fiery class of French journalists has had the moral courage to refuse the duello, we hope, most sincerely, that others will take heart of grace and follow so good an example.

AT almost the same moment that the English Government have announced that they will guarantee a loan of .£1,000,000 towards road-making, and the erection of public edifices in New Zealand, comes the news that the war in that colony is at an end. We have often heard this before, but this time it really appears that the news is true. With. out venturing to offer any comments upon Lord Granville's colonial policy, it is certainly a matter of considerable congratulation that the immediate necessity for British troops has ceased, and that both colonists and Maories are turning their attention to pacific and useful improvements.

ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMY. The principal proposals in the Army Enlistment Bill, which has just been published, are as follows Twelve years is to be the limit of the first term of enlistment. The Secretary of State may vary the regulations so that a soldier who has served three years may enter the reserve force to complete his term; but, in danger, her Majesty may order such soldiers to re-enter the army service. All enlistments are to be for general service; so that the military authorities may post a recruit to any regiment; but he will then remain with the same branch of the service, except in case of sickness. The Secretary of State, however, may allow enlist- ments to be made for particular regiments. A soldier who has served his time may be re-enlisted, and serve altogether twenty-one years. The numbers of the militia and the reserve force are not to exceed in the whole sixty thousand. A soldier who has completed his twenty-one years, may, if fit, continue in the service, and may then leave it at three months' notice. The provisions for calling the reserve and militia into actual service in case of war are to' be extended to cases of imminent danger or great emergency. Finally, the Secretary of State is en- dowed with powers of directing the training of the first-class of the reserve, which is not to be drilled beyond twelve days in the year, or twenty drills of two hours each. ♦ EOSSETTER'S HAIR RESTORER is the only prepa. ration which can be confidently relied uponfor restoring grey hair to its original colour. It assists nature in supplying the oolouring properties which may have be. come deficient through age or disease. Price 3s. 6d.

IMPORTANT TO, AGRICULTURISTS, MILLERS, AND OTHERS. A new cattle-food asid grinding-machine of most simple eonstruction, which is destined to cause a useful revolution in cattle feeding, has just been brought into notice by Mr. J. L. Norton, of 21, Mark-lane, whose nameds "household in connection with the Abyssinian Tube-wells. At a meeting of agriculturists, held at Mr. Burt's farm, Worplesdon, near Guilford, Mr. Norton erected a machine in a barn, and proved to the surprise of all present that this little mill, costing .£20, could not only grind all sorts of grain, but also bones, locust, straw, and in fact any hard substance. Gorse and bramble bushes were also crushed up, and came from the machine with an odour, as sweet as new-mown hay. It will also readily disintegrate bark, dye-woods, and all fibrous material, and for this purpose will be a great boon to those engaged in tanning, dyeing, &c. The mill consists simply of a circular iron frame fixed verti- cally, with the inner surface serrated. Within this frame.four iron arms make 3,000 revolutions per minute, and as the various materials are fed into the machine they are struck by the arms and driven against the serrated surface of the frame with a velocity which instantaneously reduces the hardest kinds of grain to a meal fit for feeding purposes; and turns it out at the rate of about four to five quarters per hour. We may add-as. showing the resistless power of the mill — that it will pulverise with the greatest ease chalk, cobble stones, fire bricks, buffalo horns, and, in fact, any hard substance. The space occupied by this wonderful machine is only 2 feet 8 inches by 2 feet 3 inches, and the power required four to six horse; of course it would thus seem that the machine requires great power, but it has been proved that it takes no more than any other mill in grinding the same quantity in a given time; and although steam- power, when it can be used, is best, four, six, or eight horses (according to size of machine; ca,n always be made to do the work equally well; for which purpose Mr. Norton has an improved horse gear, specially adapted for driving the machine. Farmers are daily sacrificing valuable food for their cattle, because they have no ready means for grind- ing up feeding materials and mixing them according to their requirements.| But with such a simple machine as we sketched on the premises, if horse power were used, wet days, when other work could not be done, may be turned to the most profitable ad- vantage and if the aid of the steam power were occa- sionally required, travelling steam-engines are now everywhere available.

THE SHIP MONARCH. It will be remembered that it was stated that the Monarch, in crossing the Atlantic, proved herself to be a. goad sea-boat. The following report on the ship Monarch was published in the United States while that vessel was there:—" Having escorted her Britannic Majesty's iron-clad turreted ship Monarch from Portsmouth, England, to this port, I have consequently been afforded sufficient opportuni- ties to form an opinion of her sailing, steaming, and sea-going qualities. During the voyage we encoun- tered a variety of weather-light, moderate, and mo fresh breezes, and strong gales with heavy seas. Uneler steam alone she is fast, steers well, and turns well. Under steam and sail steers well and is fast; under sail alone steers well, but not so well as under steam alone. She carries much weather helm, with wind and sea abeam, which is generally experienced in very long steamers. With smooth sea steers well under all circumstances. By the wind steers well under any circumstances of the sea. The difference of speed observed by angles taken with a sextant, from the topgallant and royal yard to the rail of each ship, was found to be one and a half and one and a quarter miles under sale alone per hour, between the screw coupled and uncoupled or disconnected, with screw revolving. Her motions, rolling or pitching, are so slight that I think there would be but rarely an occasion when the height of sea would prevent her from fighting her guns. Her accommodations are very great-Cabins, ward- room, steerage, and berth-deck being large, light, and well ventilated, and not requiring artificial ventilation. Under all circumstances during the voyage she has proved herself a capital 'sea boat,' and capable of steaming or sailing around the world unattended or unescorted." THE SUCCESS OF THE AGE.—Ask your Grocer for the "New," the "Manzanillo," & the "Semoline" Oocoa. Manufactured by Mercer, TJnsworth, & Bevan, London. THE DEATH IS ANNOUNCED of the Rev. Dr. Dill, Professor of Theology in Magee Presbyterian College, Derry. The deceased clergyman was one of the foremost of the Irish Presbyterian Churchmen, and was looked upon since the death of the Rev. Henry Cooke as the leader of what is termed the Conservative party in the General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian Church Body. Not being disguised with the usutJ mmera.1 powttec7 Horniman's Teais reliable for itniformst-rength, delicious flavour, fyrcalcheapness. Sold in packets by 2,538agents. A DEPUTATION OF TYNE SHIPOWNERS and iiiver Tyne Commissioners, introduced by Mr. Stevenson, M.P., have had an interview with Mr. Shaw Lefevre, on the subjects of the borowing power of harbour authorities, the abolition of compulsory pilotage, the charges of coast lights, and the responsibility of ship- owners in respect of sailors at foreign ports. TO FARMERS.—Fowler's (Leeds) Double Furrow Plough is the best, price zelo. Catalogues on application. OF COURSE THEY WOULD.—Dr. Lyon Play- fair, while speaking, in the House of Commons, on the 4th inst., upon Mr. Jacob Bright's Bill for the Enfranchisement of Women, said: There were many things which women were not fit for; as, for instance, to serve as soldiers, for they would con- stantly be marrying the men-soldiers." And suppose that they are ever permitted to sit in the House of Commons itself-which many claim as their privilege, or rather, their right, to be allowed to do—wouldn't they be constantly pairing with the male members ? -Punch and Judy. FOOD AND ITS ADULTERATIONS.—At the time of the Lancet Sanitary Commission on Adulterations, Dr. Hassall wrote of THE NOURISHING STOUT (Raggett, late Blockey, London) as a genuine, most wholesome, and highly nourishing beverage, less heavy, and consequently more digestible than London stout in general," an opinion since confirmed by the medical voice of the country. The NOURISHING STOUT can be had of the appointed country agents, in bottle and casks of nine and 18 gallons, or will be forwarded direot from 21, Duke-street, St. James's, to residents in any town in which there is no agent. M. ROCHEEORT HAS BEEN INFORMED by the Governor of the Sainte Pelagie Prison that if he continues to write in the Marseillaise under the signature of Henry Dangerville, he will be kept au secret, aad effectually prevented from communicating with anybody outside the prison walls. A similar intimation was given to M. Paschal Grousset, the author of the articles in that paper signed No. 144." COLMAN'S BRITISH CORN-FLOUR prepared from rice, is not only a delicacy for the healthy, but also a most wholesome and useful food for invalids and children. J. & J- Colman have for a number of years been occupied in an endeavour to produce a Corn-Flour which should form a wholesome and delicious article of diet, pure in quality and delicate in flavour. After many experiments they have arrived at the conclusion that no grain is so suitable for the manufacture of Corn-Flour as rice. The flour of rice can be reduced to the 5ne=t powder it is free from all peculiarity of taste, and is pronounced by the highest medical authorities as a most wholesome and easily digested food.

CONTINENTAL ON DITS. THE Princess Metternich gave fashion a peculiar shade of "green." Her highness has now taken the lead in butterfly yellow-like her carriage somewhat. For the future Metternich yellow will rule for a day. THE Prince Imperial is studying fortifications very ardently. IT is said that the editor of the Temps has made 1,300,000 francs by betting on the result of the voting in France. A FEW of the Anti-Plebiscitary Committee, thinking it a pity that M. Cernuschi's second .£4,000 should be wasted in the mere printing and distributing of "No" bulletins, proposed a vast banquet, at which revolutionary toasts should be proposed and speeches made, but M. Cernuschi telegraphed back—" No, no No banquet, or the money must be returned So the hungry Republicans were balked of a dinner. AN industrious person conceived the idea of farm- ing the back of the millions of letters of the Em- peror to the voters of France, and letting the back page for advertisements. M. ERNEST RENAN does not often appear in the Parisian salons, and received but scant encourage- ment the other evening to repeat the exception he had made. The witty Madame O. could not resist the temptation to corner the smart writer, and at the conclusion of some verbal ferocity, said, Well, M. Renan, although you think so ill of the apostles, there is one who I am sure you would treat as a confrere." "Which one, madame?" "Saint Thomas, mon- sieur," AN extraordinary scene took place outside a cafe chantant in the Champs Elysees this week. A gentle- man flung down a lighted fuse, and it set fire to the dress of a lady. Seeing the danger, all the con- sumers rushed out to her rescue, and inundated her with beer, which they were drinking. The result was successful, and she was not much injured, though frightened, and much scented with the liquid used in her preservation. THE Empress of the French ordered masses to be said in several churches for the success of the plebiscite. THERE are about 800,000 professional singers in France. L'Italia Militare informs us that there are forty- five brigands in all at present at large in Southern Italy, and as this information is likely to be correct in every detail, we reproduce it for the benefit of the travelling public. BARONESS BAUDE, the wife of the French Minister Plenipotentiary at Athens, has opened a subscription in favour of the wives and children of the soldiers wounded in the encounter with the Greek brigands. A list is being at present circulated among the salons of Paris, and the object excites very lively and general sympathy. A SCENE of a curious mature occurred at a little theatre the other night. Of a sudden an actress stopped, took off her diamond necklace and her ear- rings, and presented them to a lady in a private box, saying, M. le Marquis, who is with you, sent them to me, but I was not aware that he was married." Was this spite or virtue ? and if the latter, what kind of virtue P A PARISIAN gandid recently gave a certain lady, Madame a very pretty little pet monkey, called Jacque, which she showed to her friends, extolling its beauty and docility. Happening to bite a male visitor, he has taken his revenge by sending a para- graph to a paper and hoaxing it in the form of an an- nouncement of a birth. Thus, Monsieur —— and Madame (mentioning the names, and the resi- dence of the latter), of a son, which has been named Jacque." QUESTIONABLE POLITENESS.—A German gentle- man, a baron of course, who is famous for his efforts to be complimentary d la Francais, at all moments, no matter how inopportune-therefore falling into some desperate mistakes that have become chronicled for the amusement of the world-the other evening, after some private theatricals, approached the hostess to compliment her roundly and bluntly on her acting. The lady smiled and said, Yes, baron, it is said to be a difficult part, and I have been told, I must confess, though it sounds somewhat vain, that it requires some talent and vivacity to play it." Madam," replied the baron, you have proved the contrary, and shown the error of your informants, and your superior knowledge over them."

THE GREEK MASSACRE. Further correspondence is now published. It con- sists of various despatches exchanged between Lord Clarendon and Mr. Erskine, a letter from Lord Mun- caster to Lord Clarendon, and several inclosures. In a despatch dated April 28, Lord Clarendon declares that everybody who was in league with the band, whether by giving it information or by urging it to insist on impossible conditions, ought to be- brought to trial; and he adds, that it is 81'. scandal to civilisation, and an offence to the Powers who called Greece into existence, that after the lapse of forty years such things should occur. Lord Muncaster, in his letter, states that he and; his fellow tourists knew nothing of any other- escort than the four mounted gendarmes by which they were accompanied. He had not the slightest idea that the foot soldiers seen on the road had been sent as an escort, or that any request had been made for the carriages to go slower in order that the men mightkeep up with them. Four of the captured brigands had been examined in the presence of Mr. Erskine and the Italian Minister, and reports of the investigation are included among the papers. The written instructions given by the Greek Government to its envoy, Lieutenant-Colonel Theagenis, are also included. According to these instructions the brigands were to be warned that they would be treated with the utmost rigour if they in any way illtreated their captives. They were moreover to be told that if they quitted Oropos the Government would consider itself released from the engagement the English and Italian ministers had made to suspend all pursuit. In his despatch dated the 5th inst., Mr. Erskine says he considers that the collision between the troops and the brigands was provoked, if not commenced, by the former attempting to prevent the escape of the latter to a part of the country where they" might, have held out for any conditions they thought fit to impose." "From this statement, I infer," he adds, that if Alexander (the dragoman) had been in earnest, and had hastened to rejoin the brigands, they might possibly have been induced to retrace their steps to Sykamenon, and to believe in the- assurances of Lieut.-Colonel Theagenis that the terms originally offered were still open to their acceptance." Lieut.-Colonel Theagenis, in a fuller report than he at first drew up, says that had ;time permitted Oropos would have been completely invested, and that in that case the deliverance of the captives would not- have been doubtful. The brigands, however, took to flight, and then, in pursuance of the orders of the Government, the soldiers pursued them. The Athens correspondent' of the Augsburgh Gazette states that the Arvanites band of brigands entered Greece about a month ago from Turkey; that, chased by military patrols, they had been many days in hiding, and had, indeed, resolved to return to Agrapha, in the Turkish territory, where the majority of the band lived, when they received notice from the hand of a friend that some distinguished travellers were preparing to make an excursion to Marathon; the brigands then at once resolved to make the tourists their prisoners, and thus at once to procure money and pardon for their past offences in Greece. The same writer says that by a singular fatality Mrs. Lloyd lost her first husband, an officer, who, it is said, was killed by a brigand in India. In- this letter it is also stated that when, at the funeral ceremony in the cathedral, the French Minister, Baron Baude, saw General Soutzo, he said, in no whisper, that his presence was a scandal, and, on being questioned by the brother of the ex-Minister of War, repeated his ex- pression of this opinion. The same evening, we are told, the Minister of War resigned. As a striking illustration of le spleen Anglais, this correspondent records the visit, the day after the funeral ceremony, of two Englishmen to Marathon. The authorities remonstrated, but les Anglais said they would g° without escort if none was provided, and at length the commandant gave them ten mounted gendarmes. The correspondent says :—" They had actually inspected the locality of the capture!" Another correspondent surmises that the guide, Alexander, taken by Lord Munoaster's party, was treacherous. He gives credence to his assertion from the following fact:—A few years ago he and a friend went to Marathon by water, and when within about nine miles of the destination, the sailors, after con- sulting with Alexander, the same guide, refused;. to go further, and advised enoamping on shore for the night. The correspondent and friend, how- ever, had noticed several suspicious looking indi- viduals lurking behind the rocks, and compelled the men to proceed by threatening them with their- revolvers. In the end they did continue their journey and arrived safe. This correspondent also- suggests that some inquiry should be made as to, Alexander. The bodies of Mr. Herbert and Mr. Vyner have arrived at Southampton, and been received by the corporation. They were afterwards given over to the undertakers. A further correspondence has been issued from the Foreign-offioe. The principal paper in this series is a statement made by Louis Gleissner, a German courier, who accompanied Lord and Lady Muncaster and Mr. Vyner on their journey in Greece. Gleissner was not with them when they were captured, but he afterwards visited the prisoners, and offered to remain in the place of Mr. Vyner. This, however, Mr, Vyner would not hear of, and accordingly the pro- position was not made to the brigands. Gleissner states that the prisoners complained of the incorrect manner in which the dragoman, Alexander, translated the remarks of the chief. He also mentions an obser- vation made to him by Lieut.-Col. Theagenis, ex- pressing mistrust of Alexander. Two letters from Mr. Vyner to Lord Muncaster, and one from Mr. Lloyd to Lord Muncaster, are also included in this correspondence. In the last letter Mr. Vyner im- plores, as a dying man, that the request of the brigands for a formal trial followed by a pardon may be granted, otherwise we must die in a day or two," he says, besides the needless bloodshed that would ensue." These men are desperate," he adds in a postscript, no pressure will avail." « EMIGRATION.—The American Emigration Agency secure for mechanics, artizans, and others, producing good testimonials, immediate employment on arrival cheap board and lodging, and, in seme cases, advanced wages, through their correspondents in America. The Agency issue THROUGH TICKETS BY RoYAL. MAIL STEAMSHIPS, and all Canadian and United States railroads, at lower rates than are obtainable elsewhere, by steerage, intermediate cabin (everything found and separate table), and cabin also first-class clipper ship passages. Large parties will be offered1 additional advantages. Offices, 9B, New Broad- street, London, E.C. 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