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town_talk.. j Ov.T feeders 1mU imde--stand tho, 1ce do not hold, 01,!ysel1!es responsible f«r owr able Correspondents opinions. PJ^LIAMSNTARY proceedings have been re- j markable this week. by the first defeat of the Government by a maj ority of twenty-two. It wa.s on a Scotch game law bill, and if the Premier floes not take care he will suffer a like defeat on an English bill. At the word rabbits the English farmers become rabid. They have the ballot, altiiougb. they have scarcely used it yet. as a ciass they are more than CORsarvative- they are reac but on the question of hares and rabbits they are prepared, like their leader, Mr. Sewell Bead, to be revolutionary. The best friend of the English game laws at present is Mr. Peter Taylor, who would, if he could, exterminate nob only all game, but all squices. O-sr the .question of the site of Koightsbridge Barracks the Government had an easy victory, liie' real motive of the Kensington opposition was practical, but not patriotic. There is no doubt, that the presence of 500 fine lello vs in uniform, many of them good-looking, does often u Rl 11 disturb the domestic economy of neighbourisg mansions; and in spite of declarations to the contrary, I am convinced, knowing the spot w oil,, that if the barracks were removed, the cluster of publis houses oppo- site would lose more than half their value. But the barracks have to be somewhere; the road is to be widened. The new building is not to be as hideous as the old one, and the talk about living rooms built over the stables being unwholesome is all sanitary cant. Of course they would ba unwholesome if the heat of the stables rose through the floors; but if the archi- tect does cover the stables with brick arches he will know how to seal the floors so as to keep out air from below and water from above Tht3 question of the Queen's title as Sovereign of India is now settled to be Empress—much to the dissatisfaction of many—I may say most of the Premier's followers. But Mr. Disraeli, who would "aka no title for himself, will not deny himself the pleasure of creating an Empress. Msny of his friends thought that he ought to have been content with making a Duke. Tsfsag is terrible news for the old-fashioned families who have prided themselves on their stock of plate. Silver, in consequence of the im- mense discoveries of silver mines in California and elsewhere, has declined, is declining, and is likely to fait further in value. The Empire of Ger- many having decided to substitute a gold for a silver currency makes the matter more serious. This depreciation has long been foretold by men of science. ij he Government is so far impressed with its importance, especially as affecting India, that Lord George Hamilton has moved for, and Dotairieda committee, including all the most eminent and banker s from both sides of the House. Only imagine silver spoons be- coming a5 cheap as elestro, and silver soup tureens an ordinary part of a middle-class dinner service. Iff England men of direct German descent have taken high positions in Parliament, and even in the Cabinet; for instance, Mr. Bolckow, who is a Mecklenburgher, naturalised by A.ct of Parliament; Mr. Samuelson, who was born in Hambargh of German parents; and M>. Goschen, laid First Lord of the Adairalty, whose father and mother were both Germans, but he was educated at Barrow and Oxford. The pre- sent French Cabinet contains in the Minister of Education a gentleman, Mr. Waddington, born of English, parents in France, naturalised a Frenchman, educated at Rugby, where he dis- tinguished himself for scholarship and at foot- ball, and at Cambridge where he not only came out in honours, but rowed No. 6 in the winning Cambridge boa.t of the Inter-Universty match. LOAD OHrEF JUSTICE COCKBUKN has been to the Guildhall to receive the Freedom of the City, and made a remarkable speech—not less re- markable because some forty years ago he was, by IJS-OB of Cambridge reputation and aristo- ciatie connections, appointed one of the commis- sioners for inquiring into the management of the corporations in the principal towns and cities of England. Although Sir Alexander Cockburn has-holt the Reform Ciab, he proclaims himself stult. reformer, and a root-and-branch reformer of English law in a speech occupying several columns, from which I h1vD extracted the follow- ing weighty statement: I have received a com- munication which suggested to me that I should take this opportunity of expressing my senti- ments upon corporation reform— (laughter)— but I assure you I know a great deal better. If I have your permission I will say a word or two on the subject of the law. I have bean from a very early period a law reformer; yet it is but natural that I should entertain strorg feelings of reverence and attachment for the law, which it has been my province for so many years to deal with and to administer. Coming to the Judicature Acts which. wera passed in L873 and in 1874, I am happy to have this opportunity of saying it thus publicly, as the resale of my own experience during the pa.st few months, that this legislation has effected very great and salutary improvements in the ce-ndition of English law. The tendency of man and of all institutions ought ever to be, not to rest and bo thankful, but to progress and to improve. However, though I cast back, t confess, a lingering look to the names of the pa t, yet in substance the thing remains very msch tho same, and we must accept that through which I readily admit that very considerable good has teen achieved. But don't tctus persuade our- selves, and don't let our rulers persuade them- selves,' that all is done that has to be done. Your law Is scattered over an area. which makes it difficult to find what you want at the moment you want, it. A Roman legislator complained that the works on Roman law had become the lü2.c1 or many camels. How truly may that be aaid of the law of this laml-with this exception, that for camels I would, if you will allow me, substitute cartloads. It has become a labyTinth in which no man can find his way unless he has got a lawyer to go along with him and support him. It is time that all that was removed it is time that your law should be reduced into intel- ligible phraseology; it is time that your law should be digested. They are good, sound, whole- some laws; but the difficulty is where to find them. This is not a state of things, creditable to this country, and as a great politician once said, f Register, register, register,' my advice—and I am glad to have the opportunity of expressing it publicly here-to the legislator, lawyer, and the layman is, Digest, digest, digest —codify, codify, codify. I won't listen to the man who tells me that "the thing is not capable OF being done." 6 In These words are the more remarkable because they come from a man whose life has been the life of a lawyer, and who has lived from the times when to utter such sentiments was to be in opposi- tion to the Bar, the Bench, aacl the whole army of solicitors was to be considered a madman, an incendiary, a revolutionist, an atheist, and every- thing that was horrible in the eyes of the Earl of Eldon and his friends at Merchant Taylors. THE new patent process for making artificial ice at a comparatively small expense is likely to have very important results as a means of pre- serving meat on loag voyages. The process that is to supply ice floors for skating all the 0 el year will be applied to a larder in every Oriental steamer and vessel built expressly to carry cargoes of meat from the most distant regions. It is, they say, a long lane that has no turning; and Mr. Gamgee, the inventor, has found his turning toward fortune, after more than twenty years of failures, professional and literary. He commenced life as a veterinary surgeon, educated and accomplished in science and modern languag es far beyond average. He established a Veterinary College in which he did not succeed. Ha then moved to Lon- don and established another at Bay3water; that was stillles3 successful. Then he founded several sanitary journals and took out several meat-pre- serving patents, none of which lived or succeeded. And now he seems to have perfected something as good as the Plympton skate and worth as much. n NEWS comes from Copenhagen of a locomotive that draws tram cars without noise or smoke-a real blessing to London, where the sufferings of tram horses are dreadful. P. P.
SERIOUS OHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.
SERIOUS OHARGE OF EMBEZZLE- MENT. At GaiMball Polios court, Mr. Robert Valentine Dodwell, of 4, South B^sk-terrace, Kensington, was charged befora Alderman Finnis with embezzling up- wards of £ 2000 belonging to the Oriental Telegram Agency (Limited) and the Antilles Telegraph Com- pany, of which he was managing director, and appropriating it to his own use. Mr. Grantham and Mr. Moulton prosecuted; Mr. Davis, solicitor, de- fended. Mr. Grantham said the prosecutors had unlimited confidence in the prisoner, and it was in consequence of that confidence that he had been able to act as he bad done. The defendant was a telegraphic engineer, and had established a busi- ness of collecting and packing massages for different parts of the globe. In 1871 he sold that business to a company called the Oriental Telegram Agency (Limited). He received g- J6500 in money and ^500 in paid-up shares, and was made niansging director at .£450 a year. After some time it was found out that the defendant's system did not extend to South America, and the directors formed the Antilles Company with a view to cover that area of country. Too defendant was made the managing director of the second company, and his salary was raised to < £ 600. A person named Boohs and mother had established a similar business, which they carried' on under the name of the Anglo. Continental Telegram Company, and which consisted principally in telegraphing the prices on the Stock Exchange. The defendant bought that business from Rochs and his partner, and while he waa acting as managing director of the other two companies he worked the business of the Anglo-Continental Com- pany—which he had re-named tha Cable Company in conjunction with them. He gave Mr. Rocha, who understood several languages, a situation in the Oriental Company, and in that position he re- ceived letters from the Continent with remittanne3 in them, opened them, entered the remittances in a book, and then gave them to the defendant. It was the defendant's duty to pay into the bankers of the company all moneys that he received, and to enter them in his cash-book, but it appeared that although he paid nearly all those cheques into the companies' bank, he never entered one of them in the cash-book or any other book of the company. On the other hand, all the caeh he received he entered in the cash- book, but never paid it into the bank. From time to time the cheques passed through the bank swelled the bank account up to considerably more than the cash boo1: showed ought to be there, and in order to bring the two books to somewhat nearly balance the defendant made entries of payments in cash made by the Cable Company (which was himself) to the Oriental Company. At length the Oriental Company, knowing whatbushaesa they had been doing, expected to find a balance of ■ £ 4900 at their bankers, but instead found only .£2800. That deficiency occurred between October, 1874, and October, 1875. They never bad any ana picion of the defendant, but feeling certain that they were being robbed, they consulted their solicitor, and after investigating the accounts had taken the present proceedings. Mr. Rocb s said he was manager and superintendent of the packing department of the telegrams of the Oriental Telegram Agency (Limited), and waa appointed last January. In 1873 be was part proprietor of the Anglo-Con- tinental Telegram Company. In 1874 he sold it to Mr. Dodwell, who carried on the business under the name of the Cable Company, and appointed wit- ness a a manager at X150 a year, The offices were removed to the same building where the Oriental and the Antilles Companies carried on their business, 140, Leadenhall-street. The Cable Company received messages from the Continent to go abroad on behalf of the Oriental and Antilles vJompaniea. He was employed by Mr. Dodwell up to January last. It was part of his duty to open the letters that came from the Continent, take out the checks and other remittances that arrived from the agents of the Oriental and Antilles Companies, enter them in a book, and then hand them to the defendant. In a few cases he gave them to Mr. Bell. The book he entered the checks in was one of the books of the office. The cash book produced did not contain the entries of all the amounts he had received and entered in his book and paid to Mr. Dodwell. The cash-book was tept by the secretary to the company under the inspection of Mr. Dod well. The third book pro- duced was kept by Mr. Dodwell, and from it the secre- tary copied all the entries into the cash-book of the company. It was the duty of the secretary to pay in all money he received to tha bank, but Mr. Dod- well also paid money into the bank. The two checks produced he received from their continental agents on behalf of the Omental Company. One was for .£47 6a. and the other for £ 55 odd. They were dated April, 1875, and were both endorsed by the defen- dant. They were not entered in the cash-book or the bankers' pass-book. They had been cashed by the Hammersmith branch of the London and County Bank, where the defendant banked. Mr. Davis said the defendant did receive those checks, but they had been accounted for. Witness, in continuation, said the third check produced had been paid into the bank of the company, but had not been accounted for in any of the books of the company. That check was for .£50 5s, lid,, and came from Hamburg. Daring four or five months they had no permanent secretary, and during that time Mr. Dodwell acted aa secretary. The list produced was in the handwriting of the defendant, and wa3 a list of the amounts he had paid to the defendant, but it did not contain the whole of them. He received them from Continental agents, and paid them to the defendant.' In August, 1874, he paid the defendant four checks for £ 38 Is., and they had not been accounted for in the books. Alderman Finnis adjourned the case for a week, taking the defendant's own recognisance to appear. ACTIVE PEEPAEATIONS are now being have for the reception of the Prince of Wales at Malta on his return home from India. 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LINKS WITH THE PAST.I
LINKS WITH THE PAST. I The Rev. C.J. Batham, M.A., Reotorof Brettenham, Suffolk, writes thus to the Times: "Your review on February 29 of Prince Charles Smart' gaya the High- landers under Lord George Murray, (marching by Penrith, Shap, Kendal, and Lancaster, reached Preston on the 27th of November.' Perhap3 the following brief narrative may interest some students of history and tradition. My grandfather, Brian Batham (son of Christopher), of Burton, near Kendal, where he was born in 1732, well remembered walking about four miles to see Prince Charles Edward marching at the head of his army, and that the night before about eighty men (chiefly Highlanders, who took much snuff) were quartered on his father's premises — the officers in tho house, the man in the stables, &3.—■ and that oaa of the officers left a dirk of value, but sens back for it next day. Christopher Batham, whüst) ancestors long lived at Burton and Batham, or Beetham, near Kendal, had a small estate, and buried the title-deeds and other thinga on the approach of the Stuart party but the latter behaved very well, and did no harm beyond taking quarters. Lest it should seem strange that one not much beyond middle life should have only one generation between him and a spectator of the rising in 1745, I add these dates Brian Betharn, vixit 1732 1808, buried in Town- church, Peterborough; his son Elward, my father, vixit 1777-1861, buried at Lincoln." Another correspondent, signing himself Senage- narian," has contributed the following interesting re. miniscences "On the arrival of Prince Charles and his army at Darby, my grandfather, who waa then 42 years of age, and owned a small property in the parish of Darby, eight miles to the north of Derby, was, with others, sent for by the Prince, in order to ascertain the feeling of the country towards his cause. Prior to his introduction, the Highlanders were paraded before these gentlemen at a place called Nan's.graeÍl, in which there was a large sheet of water, and the order of March being given, the Highlanders were mush more than knee deep in the pool before the Halt.' This, no doubt, was intended to make a great impression—which it did. Soon after, one of the Staff, with lofty plumes in hia bonnet, jocularly and familiarly addressed my grand- father by name as an old acquaintance — of course, much to his astonishment; but when his recollection was recalled to a Highland piper who had soma months before made a great impres- sion among tha girls at a dance on Belper-green, the mystery was solved. Suffice it to say that the result of the interview with the Prince was not encouraging, and the next day he and his army were on their march back to the North. An incident of little importance to the public, but not last to hia descendants, took place at that time. My grandfather was the owner of a considerable number of horses, and, fearing re- prisals, he started one morning early, with his men and horses, intending to hide them in a large wood three or four miles off. When half way he met with the owner of the wood, a Mr. Grammet, with all his horses, coming to hide them in my grandfather's wood-they looked at each other and turned back. My link wHh the pa8t is somewhat longer than the rev. rector's. My grandfather was born in 1703, my father in 1769, and myself in 1807."
A KENTUCKY GAVE STORY.
A KENTUCKY GAVE STORY. A correspondent of the Louisville Courier Journal, writing from Columbia, on Jan. 30, says About the middle of the past week two young men named White, while idly wandering in a large tract of wild, dense forest, in the south-eastern part of our county, discovered what they supposed to be a sink-hole or fox-den, and with that idea proceeded to explore it. After a little trouble in making their way through the entrance, the cave (for such it proved to be) became large enough to admit of their walking upright. They had proceeded thus in this passage probably 150 yards, when they emerged into a large and picturesque gallery, the beauty and grandeur of which will rival lhat of the old Mammoth itself. The room, according to thriir calculations, is about 150 by 100 feet, and abounds in all the varieties of the stalactites and stalagmites. But 'tis not the things that we naturally expect to find in oaves that I wish to mention particularly, but the curious reo mains that were discovered therein. In the north- east corner of the first gallery (for there are five, of which I will hereafter speak), about 5ft. from the grousd, they noticed some strange characters or hieroglyphics neatly carved in the wall, which, upon close examination, proved to be the head-rock of a vault. A few minutes' prizing served to loosen this and disclose to view the interior of an enclosure in the solid rook of about 5ft. by 10ft., which contained the remains of three skeletons, which measured 8ft. Hiu., 8ft. 5in., and 8ft. 4fin. in length respec. tively. The heads wore lying towards the east, each body parallel to the other. Beside them lay three huge-what looked to be-swords, but they were so decayed that upon being touched they crum. bled to dust. After examining the remains, but finding nothing that would serve to throw any light on the question as to who and from whence they are, they closed the vault, but in doing so knocked their torch out, which they bad contrived before entering, leaving them in anything but a pleasant predica- ment. After searching some time for their lost treasure, they concluded to try to escape by feeling their way out; but in this they made the matter worse. They stated that after leaving the first large room they struck a good sized branch, and continued following it until forced to turn into another passage—tha stream disappearing suddenly in a huge perpendicular gulch—which led them into another spacious hall, the size of which they believe to be quite as large as the first. Out of this second opening, and through what they conceived to be three others, similar at least in size, their way seemed to gradually ascend, until their hearts were made glad by the discovery of light ahead, and finally emerged from their ugly confine- ment through a hole about midway the cliff of Russell's Creek, having been confined in their subterranean discovery over thirty-eight hours. The whole country thereabout ia rife with speculations concerning the interesting discovery, and numbers of citizen's will visit it aa soon as the Messrs. White finish their work of rendering the entrance less diffi. cult to pass. The above is a correct account, and may be relied on, as the young men are of unim- peachable veracity. With a party from town, your correspondent will start in the morning to further explore, and, should new curiosities present them- selves, will give you then the acconnt of an eye- witness. ø SAD ACCIDENT TO A LITTLE GIRL.—A sad accident has occurred to a little girl named Eliza. Smith, aged 3, residing in Hockley. About eleven o'clock the mother left the child in the house while she went to the brawhouse at the back to attend to some washing, and was gone but a few minutes when she was alarmed by screams in the house. On run- ning out she met the child enveloped in flames, and coming towards her. The poor ohild was fearfully- burnt, and now lies in the General Hospital, where but faint hopes are entertained o Iher recovery. SUSPENSION OF A LARGE HOUSE.-The Manchester Examiner says Private commercial advices received in Manchester announce tha sus- pension of a large house in Bohemia, that of M. Kaufmann, of Prague, manufacturer of linen and cotton goods. The debts amount to upwards of £ 100,000. This firm stood very high in Upper Austria, and was considered one of the richest and moat prosperous houses in Prague. The aspect of things in Austria is reported to be very gloomy. Trade is said to be at a complete standstill, and a most disagreeable state of uncertainty prevails in commercial circles. As IT OUGHT TO BE."—" At the Docks," WWIES Dr. J HASSALL, "I took samples of Horniman's Teas, which I found PURE; the quality equally satisfactory/*
THE SNOW STORM AND GALE.
THE SNOW STORM AND GALE. The weather in London on Sunday was cold, boisterous, and gloomy. A cutting north-east wind blew through the streets, which were deserted to an extent far beyond what is the case on Sunday at this time of the year. Shortly before one o'clock extreme darkneis came on, but cleared away in about eight or ten minutes. This was followed by a gale from the north, snow falling thick and fast. The steamboat traffic on the river was for the time suspended, and it waa with difficulty the omnibus and tram car traffic could be carried on. Subsequently the snow was succeeded by a fall of rain, and then the running of steamboats was resumed. A large barge was carriod by the strong flood tide and wind against the pier of London- bridge and foundered, but no lives it is thought were lost. At Chelsea much damage was done by the j gale. Hoardings wore blown down, and several casualties caused by falling materials wore attended 11 to by the surgeons of the various hospitals. A stable- man is reported to hive been killed by the falling of a telegraph wire. His neck ia partially severed, and he expired shortly after the accident. At the time of the Empress of Austria's arrival at Windsor, the storm was raging with all its violence, The train left at two o'clock on its return journey, but upon its arrival at Slough it was stopped by the station master, who reported that between Slough and West Drayton a number of telegraph posts had been blown down and thrown across the rails. The sea swept clean over the Admiralty Pier, Dover, and also dashed along the beach and up the stone apron in froat of the Lord Warden Hotel, making the whole of the approach to the pier im- passable. At East Cliff the roadway is it one point entirely destroyed, and the sea made a clean breach up to the gardens of the houses there. The South. Eastern Railway ha* suffered but very slightly. A quantity of shingle was carried by the sea on to the line which runs to the Admiralty Pier, and as the tide fell man were employed to remove it. The Lord Warden Hotel got a large quantity of water in its cellars, but the windo w on tho side which generally suffers the most had been barricaded, and thus serious damage was prevented. The Ostend and Calais boats left at the uauai time, but was compelled by the severity of the weather to return, the sea running exceedingly high in mid Channel. The sea made a sweep over the outer fortifications at Portsmouth, and poured into the moat in a line of cascades, while the spray flew acroaa the ramparts, put the whole of the Grand Parade and Broad-street under water, and flooded houses in the neighbour- hood. The Vict,oria. Pier was much injured, some of the timbers being carried away. To the eastward the sea overflowed the beach, and, breaking over the Esplanade, inundated the common from the pier to Southsea Castle in one direction, and to the Pier Hotel in another. The tramway waa submerged for a considerable dis- tance, Southsea Pier suffered. One of the projections on the terrace of the Assembly-rooms was destroyed, several boathouses were overturned, the seats, on the Esplanade torn away, and tho carriage drive covered with seaweed. The mainmast which serves the parish church as a vane was also thrown down. At Weymouth the quays were flooded to a con- siderable depth, many parts being utterly impassable, in consequence of which the houses near were inun- dated to a considerable extent. It was, however, along the banks of the Backwater that there was the most sea, this part of the town presenting a moat unusual appearance. The sea was rougher there than has ever been known, and as the tide in several plaoea rose above the quay walls the streets were flooded. The neighbourhood of John-street, in which is situated the old poorhouse, was more deeply flooded than any other part of the town, some of the dwellings there being more than a foot under water. A large number of vessels have sought the refuge afforded by Portland Breakwater., amcng them being a great many fine steamers, which shows the severity of the weather. At Bath, heavy rain, snow, and sleet storms pre- vailed from midnight on Saturday till two o'clock on Sunday afternoon throughout the district of Somerset, Gloucester, and Wiltshire around Bath. This, with the intermittent rain and snowstorms of the previous week, caused the Avon to flood con- siderable tracts of land, and to invade low-lying houses in Bath. The storm has done much damage at Blackpool. The tide of Friday night was at its height at midnight, and was the highest of the year (registered at 19ft. 5in.)i During the night the sea fence from the Albion Hotel to the Royal Hotel was almost destroyed, one breach being eighty yards, and another, opposite the Aquarium, sixty yards, in extent. Above the latter breach a great por- tion of the promenade has been washed away. Smaller breaches were also made in the sea-fence at South Shore and opposite the Lane Ends Hotel, which, in the latter case, was afterwards increased to half the distance between that inn and the Royal Hotel, In some places there were holes three or four yards deep in the embankment. On Sunday all the labourers that could be got together were employed in shooting immense quantities of clay, stones, and straw into the breaches in the fence, and in puddling the sides of the holes. There waa a lull of the wind,jhowever, two hours before high water, and the increased damage was not so great as was ex- pected but the breach opposite the Aquarium was almost doubled in extent; the whole length of pali- sading on the promenade was thrown down 3; another breach of fifteen yards lorg was made in. the hulk- ing, and near South Shore one breach wag nearly thirty yards long. It blow strongly at Liverpool and off the port, and raised so high a sea that the ferry traffic was in some measure interrupted. Several severe hail showers fell in the early part of the morning, tho wind being then from the north-west. The wind afterwards changed to the south-west, and the weaiker became milder. One of the severest snowstorms experienced this year in Scotland commenced on Wednesday, and con- tinued until Friday. In Edinburgh and the surround- ing district the snow had accumulated to the depth of about three inches; but in exposed and upland localities the wreaths had rendered the roads almost impassable. On the North British Railway the line between Pomathorn and Peebles was completely blocked. Between the former sta- tion and Leadburn, near Penycuik, there was a depth of from three feet to four feet of snow, through which the trains were unable to make progress. The line had, besides, been ob- structed by one of the eairiages having run off tho rails. The train which left Edinburgh at 6.20 p..m. for Peebles had to return. Oa Friday morning Mr. Bell, the district engineer, left Edinburgh with a squad of 150 surfaoemon, aided by fifty labonrors, and, with the assistance of a snow plough, began the work of clearing the line, and, by three o'clock in the afternoon, the traffic between Edinburgh and Peebles waa resumed. The interrvption between Edinburgh and Peebles was, however, not so serious as might have been expected, the traffic between the two places having been carried round by Galashiels. On the Caledonian line the utmost exertions were used to keep the rails clear. Batween Auohengray and Carstaira engines were constantly kept running. The branch from Auohengray to Wilsortown was blocked on Friday morning, but by midday the traffic was resumed. The Gaeataira and Dolphinton branch was in a similar difficulty, and was only cleared about one o'clock in the afternoon, The through line from Edinburgh to Ayrshire, by Muirkirk, was perhaps in the worst position of any of the railway liaea. The snow had here acoumu' lated to such an extent that communication was stopped for some days. The 4.20 p.m. train from Edinburgh to Ayr on. Thursday m into a huge, wreath some distance beyond Douglas, with the awkward result that many of the passesgers were unable to get out of the carriages, where they re. mained during she night. The train was extricated during Friday forenoon, and brought back to Eim- burgh. As might have been expected, the roads to the south and south-east of Edinburgh have been drifted up, and omnibus and cart traffic has been carried on with considerable difficulty.
IMPEACHMENT OF A MINISTER…
IMPEACHMENT OF A MINISTER Oif S TATE, Mr. Belknap remains in his own house, which is guarded by police. At the request of his counsel he will not appear before the Polica-court for a week, and afterwards the case will be aetecl upon by the Grand Jury of the district of Columbia. Senator Carpenter and Mr. Montgomery Blair are his counsel. ]..11:. Marsh has escaped to Montreal, and the pro- ceedings are therafore complicated and necessarily delayed. It is said that Mr. Belknap cannot be con- victed without Mr. Marsh's evidence. The Evening Post says the Democratic members of the committel) have allowed Mr Marsh t? go after a protest by the Republican members. The War Office hag been offered to a gentleman whose name will not be pub- lished till he accepts. Judge Taft, of Ohio, aecordiag to a Washington despatch of March 8bh, has accepted the Secretary- ship for War. The members of the Committee of the House of Representatives who investigated the Belknap affair, having been smnmonad to give evidence before the grand jury nt the District, Court in the criminal pro- secution pending against Mr. Belknap, declined to reveal the testimony taken before tham, or anything of the proceedings of the committee while further in- vestigation is progressing. They consider that such revelation would ba calculated to iatimidate wit- nesses and prevent additional disclosures, Mr. Clymer, chairman of the committee, reported this to the House of Representatives, which, after an excited debate, adopted a resolution declaring the summons a breach of privilege, and directing the committee to disregard it. Mr. Clymer indignantly denied that the committee had connived at the escape of Mr. Marsh. Several Republican speakers accused the Democrats of obstructing criminal proceedings in Mr. Belknap's case. Mr. Belknap has not yet been called before the Court, and the lawyers think it will be impossible to convict him without the pre- sence of Mr. Marsh. Mr. Belknap appeared before the police-court on the 81;h, but his examination was waived. The amount of bail was fixed at 25,000 dollars, which was for some time not forthcoming. Mr. Belknap consequently remained in custody until a late hour this evening, but the sum required was ul. timately furnished, and he waa then set at liberty. During the proceedings in court he was much de- pressed, and covered his face with his hands. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Repre- sentatives has reported that Mr. Marsh, whose testi- mony was necessary to connect the late Secretary o War in the case of impeachment, had escaped, and that therefore the matter must be re.committed to the said committee, with instructions to sit during the session, and raiort on the matter at any time. This report was agreed to. IT HAS BEEN DECIDED to impeach Count Arnirn of high treason. Hia property will conse- quently be sequestrated. ABTHUS ORTON, it seems, has been unwell, but his illness is not serious. He will probably be well again in a few days. THE KILKENNY GKRAND JURY awarded Father O'Keefe a sum of .£150 out of the county funds aa compensation, under the Peace Preservation Act, for the wrecking of his houae last October. LAMPLOUGH'S PYBHTIC SILINE.-—1"Have it in your houses, and use no oehar," for it is the only safe anti- dote in Fevers, Eruptive Affections, Sea or Bilious Sickness, and Headache, having peculiar and exclu- sive merits. Sold by all Chemists. The Master of the Rolls has granted a perpetual, iijunction against others using tha name and trade mark. NORTHUMBERLAND-AVENUE, the new western thoroughfare to the embankment will be opened on Saturday weak The character of the ceremony on the occasion has not been definitely settled. FAMILIES, SCHCO^S, AND LARGE ESTABLISHMENTS, where bread and other flour food is extensively consumed, should use Borwick's Gold Medal Baking Powder, with the direc- tions given by the Queen's private baker, who holds it ia the highest estimation. Sold in Id. and 2 1. packets, 6d., Is., 2s. 6d., and 5s. boxes, by grocers, co-a ^handlers, and bakers A TELEGRAM FROM WASHINGTON states that a tornado has swept over Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa, causing great loss of life and destruction of property. KEATING'S COIJGH LOZENGES are daily recommended by tie Faculty for their certain cure of Coughs, Asthma, Bron- chitis. One lozenge alone gives relief. They contain no cmtam nor any deleterious drug. Sold at all chemists, in times* la. lid.; *ad tins. 2s. M each. IN THE FICENGH SENATE, the President read a letter from M. Thiers, stating that he had repre- sented Paris as deputy for forty years, and that he felt constrained to renounce representing Belfort in the Senate. WHAT IS WEALTH WITHOUT HEALTH ?— Take Bragg's pure Vegetable Charcoal, sold in bottlea, 2s., 4s,, and 6a. each, by all Chemists, and by the Manufacturer, J. L. Bragg, 14,Wigmore-street,W. CARDINAL MANNING ON TRADES UNIONS. -Speaking the other night at the Hackney Working Men's Club on The Dignity and Rights of Labour," Cardinal Manning defended the right of working men to combine for the protection of their interests. The same right, however, was to be conceded to capi- talists. Be strongly condemned tho employment of married women in factories as detrimental to the well-being of society. INFALLIBILITY.—While the question of the possibility of a human creature being infallible is being disputed, an exemplification of actual infalli- bility pan best be seen by the study of mechanical art. The "New WiUcoz and Gibbs Sewing Machine,"1 with automatic movements, can bo proved to the satisfaction of even the moat refined controversialists to be absolutely infallible in the work it professes to. do. It never, by reason of dropped stitches, breakage of cotton, or other difficulties, fails to accomplish perfect work. It ia therefore infallible. Perfectly Silent, extremely sapid, it makes the strongest and most durable seam it is possible to produce. Free trial at home. Apply to our Certified Agents, who may be found in all important towns, or to Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Co 150, Cheapaide, and 135, Regent'&tssot, London; 16,Cyoss.atreet(Roya!. Exchange), Manchester; 113,Union-street, Glasgow$ 32, New-road (facing North-street), Brighton, 15a Mercery-lane, Canterbury. ASSAULT BY A POLICEMAN.—A county po-liee officer na.med Harris was fined 2,0s, and costs for a gross assault at Newton. Tho policeman de- posed on oath to the truth of certain, statements by which ha Bought to establish a charge of assault against a man named Finnigan, These statements wore conclusively disproved by several witnesses,who on their part succeeded in convincing the Bench that the policeman had aotsd in a most disgraceful manner towards a woman named Starkie and to Fin- nigan. The oharge against Finnjgan was dismissed j and Sir John Mantell, being of opinion that Harria had committed himself most grievously," inflicted the penalty previously stated. The constable's wife said her husband had had a glass or two- KAYES WoRSDNLL's PILLS have been est ablished over 50 years, and during that time have cured thousands of persona afflicted in almost every possible way. They are known throughout the world as the beat family medicine, and aro absolutely indispensable to iourist emigrants and colonists in every variety of climate, To be obtained OS all pa^tmediciare vendors.