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DENTISTRY. MR E. L. JONES (of the firm II. M. Jones & Son, Surgeon-Dentists, M.C.DE., 1.9, Northampton ^Uce, Swansea—Established 1809) attends TENB?-—The last consecutive Tuesday and Wednesday l!* each month, at Mr J. M. Henton's, 5 & 8, High-street, £ >« Ten to Five o'clock. Next visits October 27th and November 24:h & 25th^ December 31it. P HAVERFORDWEST—The last Thursday, at Mr Wm. ^fifflth's, Bootmaker, High Street, from Ten to Five °clock. Next visits October 30th November 27th; De- Cel')bcr 24th. V, PEMBROKE DOCK—The last Friday, at Mr WRA. Cook's, Usli Street, from Ten to Five o'clock. Next visits 25th j October 30th November 27th. Artificial Teeth upon the newest and most approved Pr'ncipies. Q Children's Teeth simply, but successfully regulated, gyrations performed without pain, by a New and Safe One of the Firm Daily in attendance. A VACANCY FOR A PUPIL. ^9, Northampton Place, Swansea.

THE EARTHQUAKE IN- SOUTH AMERICA. Mr Nugent, the British Vice-Consu! of Africa, whites foUowg oM tfle afternoon l^e of August, about five dock, Wt) were visited with a mo«t tremendous earth- j'luke. I had scarcely time to get my wife and children fen° tlie stroet wLen the whole of the walls of my hou<e sa or.rather were blo wn out. as if jerked at us. At. the ttio time the earth opened probably two or three inches, IInd belched out. dust accompanied with a terrible and °T^rpowering stench the air was darkened as midnight, I could not see my wife and children, who were /'Min two feet of me. If this had lasted any time we tn.Qst have been sufFocated, but in about a couple of ^Ul"tes it eleared. Collected my household goods, I then ar'ed over the trembling groud for the hills. We Passed unhurt through falling houses, where we saw ^"struck down stone dead; others maimed, appealing (j„r lc'!Pi which we coold not give. A merciful Provi- j '^e was over us, and, strange to say, when all was fear > lost my presence of mind. We wended our sad -CIQ^ as we^' as we cou'd, towards the hiils. My wife, QaSe.'° ber confinement, could not push on. I was earl. Yi-,i- -dear baby, and supporting her with the other art,)I the earth shaking all the time, making us stagger e drunken people, when a great ery went up to heaven jj c'i as few men have heard—"The sea is retiring I tovIried 011 fl,uJ 113(1 bare|y g°t to the outskirts of the when I looked back. "tb Craeioue God, what a sight! I saw all the vessels in )¡ e hay carried out irresistibly to sea (anchors and obains as packthread) probably with a speed of ten miles Si "our. In a few minutes the great outward current jui^d, stemmed by a mighty rising wave, I should ^sh'6 '•leet' high, which came in with an awful tt|e »tarrying all before it in its terrible msj ;sty, bringing eirci 3'e t'1.c pipping with it, sometimes turning in es> as if striving to elude their fate. Meanwhile the troy15, Pa"d on, struck the mole iuto atoms, and des- °1 s office, which was adjacent to it, and hurrying Huin °wec! *'le ^ustom*h°use- Hushing down the ffreet it carried everything before it in its irresis- r^.coime, the remains of my dwelling-house, unfortu- cha-,? to a great extent ray own property, faster than a U '<?« of scene m a Christmas pantomime. All my Wl 88 ere disappeared—the fruits of 22 years' ^'ork gone in a moment—and uiy ruin was com- t| "'t'd. I stood breathless, looking at the awful sight, but l^ankiiig God that life had been preserved to me and my {fived ones, but each second was a lifetime. Looking J^Wards 1 saw the ships still hurrying to their doctih few minutes all was completed; every vessel was 0f*W ashore or bottom upwards. The Peruvian vessel \ar America lost about 85 hands j the Wateree lited States steamer of war), a vessel with a small >at)ght of water, was carried bodily on the top of the OhVf,i and landed about a mile inshore with the loss of Le The Fredonia (United States transport) was >i'n *°Pward8, every person on board periled. The Vc '*toB of the British bark Cbanaroillo (name uncertain) w,e ^iug hiv;li up beyond the beach, a mere hull, about Sn r cr -w" perished; but as yet 1 know not the par- 1»|. ars. An American bark, laden with guano, has not C* v«stige to tell her fate. We lay out on the hills all fcif without food or covering, watching and praying ^(.f^vlight. When morning came I walked into the 4 PaVirt8 of Ibe ruins) a,,d out of one ^ot a few l)iscui,s- ''tn- some sugar, and a kettle. I then de- Si to start for my shed among the hills, the nurse Nd Carrying the children. So we trudged ^our sad si*' my vvifc up with great spirit. We found uninha,>itahle; another night on the plain, Vts ay 1 mnnaged to construct a shed with sticks and > and there I left mv famih' -«■ £ » — IUST OLD BOTTLE OF WINE.—A* a banquet Ve8lJen at Kemy (Bouehes-du-Ilbone), a bottle of year 1472 wa« presented by Huron Brisse, Sow- nown gastronomist/who was one of the guests. )Ve ,lns to the account of this relic given by the'don;ir, X "Ujidred nobles from Swabia, Bavaria, Swif.zer- S\ 0!her countries accepted, ia 1576, an invita- 16 fiis,90ms arcj3ery fetes at Strasburg. The vintage of l*nstaed year was then held in high veneration, quantity of the produce was procured for k°uour handed to the illustrious strangers. { *10snVemaine^' al'd waS COI5siSDOi3 to tho collars of .JJ'ly t Pltal to he preserved, and has since been carc- « 0uc!a;8uted UP- '-t,he wine has 0,jly been touched on t;>t)a8es S''m Vis^s by Sovereigns cr very tigh per- b0s* ^aron Brisse was some time back a patient in ital, and before leaving was shown over the as reputation as a gourmet had reached was not only allowed to taste the famous ^ol,^e ,n question was given him. The to .^e P^esen<- banquet hesitated before sacri- con i r c.uri°8ity such a precious gift, and, after a ^/tation, decided on depositing il in the local a suitable iascriptioa. j

THE WESLEYANS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT. The following letter has been addressed to a London contemporary:— SIR,—I am glad to see that Mr Morgan' Howard, in his speech last night at the Horns Tavern, announced (what is well-known in Wesleyan circles) the disgust and annoyance felt by the Rev Thomas Jackson at the unfair use made of his letter to the late Wesleyan Conference Notwithstanding Mr Jackson's repeated requests that the letter should be considered as private, and should not be published, it was sent to the newspapers. Wo have seen how the Dissenters and Radicals have been endeavouring- to make capital out of a hasty letter, written by a venerable man eighty-five years old. There is no doubt that the great majority of the Wes- leyan ministers, as well as laymen, are as firm as ever'in their attachment to the Church 01 England and Ireland. The secret of the apparent fit for Liberalism by the late Conference is as follows. Unfortunately, for the la-t 20 years, Methodism in Ireland has been a dwindling thing, gradually diminishing both in number and influence. There are now only 19,591 Methodists in all Ireland. Large subsidies in money have been sought and obtained both from England and America, but no revival has taken place. All this time the Established Church has been gaining ground in numbers and in the affection of the people. This has been too much for the Irish Methodist preachers and some English preachers of Irish origin; and their persistent Radical talk at the late Con- ference, I am ashamed to say, was not met and put down. as it ought to have been, by the true-hearted men. No doubt pi'y for their position was the chief cause of the lenity shown to them. ] am rejoiced to see Mr Morgan Howard so staunch in his opposition to the proposed atrocious robbery of the hilih Church, and wishing him all success, I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A LAMBSTII WESLEYAN ELECTOR. Lambeth, Sept. 18. — LORD NAPIER AT RUTHIN. Lord Napier of iVlagd da met with an enthusiastic re- ception at Ruibin, on Friday, when he visited the Fine Arts Exhibition, established in connection with tho Eis- teddfod held last month. In reply to nn address pre- sented to him by the mayor on behalf of the town and corporation, his lordship said when he propo-ied to visit his relation, Mrs Lloyd, at Barton, he did not expect that he should give the people of Ruthin so much trouble, or receive so general and extensive a welcome as he hsd met with that day. After the very gracious notice which her jestv the Queen had taken of the Abyssinian expe- dition and of himself, and after the many instances of national gratitude, he felt that he was trepassing in re- ceiving further congratulations. He felt, also, that he was taking an undue share of notice from his brethren in arms, who contributed so much and so largely to the success of the expedition and he regretted that he could not, present to them many deserving sohiiers of all ranks who shared in the expedition with honour. It would be difficult to describe in a few words the enthu- siasm ard high spirit, which animated all ranks of the army at the time of the expedition. Soldiers from home regiments and often from distant quarters of the world volunteered, and officers from all parts of India threw up valuable appointments in order that they might join. On the part, of those men his lordship thanked tiiem for their kind welcome, which he felt was a compliment to his brethren-in-arms as much as to himself. There was a class of sold'.ers who specially deserved public help and sympathy—the soldiers who by war or by climate were disabled from active service, and who calllo to England with their little pension, and found it very hard to live upon it alone. By the energy and the noble spirit of one officer, Captain Walters, formerly of the 8th Hussars, a home and a refuge had been found for all sick soidiers. He was very glad to have that opportunity of paying tribute to Captain VYalteis, who hud made a home fur so many comrades. (Cheers) Referring to the Abyssinian war, Lord Napier said he had that morning received a letter from General Russell at Aden, who informed him that, so far, his efforts to preserve internal peace in Abyssinia, after the departure of the British army, had proved successful. General Russell wrote that of the two principal,natile chiefs—Prince Gobayze and Prince Kassai—the more powerful of the two, Gobayze, who commanded the largest, and who had succeeded to the throne of Theodore, had written to Kassai to say that the country was large enough for both of them, and that, for his part, he desired peace. Kassai had repiied in a similar strain, and thus there was a prospector the country re- maining at peace, and recovering from the troubles which bad oppressed it for many yenr-i. (Cheers.) On Saturday Lord Napier paid a second visit to the Exhibition, on this occasion for the purpose of formally closing it. Several speeches of local interest were made. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A STATION MASTER.—Mr Wm. Perry, station master at Sallins, was killed by the 8 5,3 mail Ira in from Dublin on Thursday morning. lIe was standing on the platform, near the steps, and watching the passing of the goods train from Cork to Dublin, when he was seen to let something fall out of his hand, and was in the act of stooping to pick it up when he fell down on the The mail from Dublin, which does not' stop at Sallins station, c"me rushing past at the time, and dragged the man upwards of thirty yards down the line, He was frightfully mutilated. ANOTHER ACCIDENT T') THE IRISH MAIL. — Our Dublin correspondent sends us by telegraph an account of another accident which has overtaken the ill-fated Irish mail. The mail train, from Dublin to Kingstown harbour, consisting of an express engine and two car- riages, at half-past six this (Friday) morning, struck a cow at Sydney Parade station. Getting off'the track, the train ran in upon the wooden platform, carrying away about sixty feet of it. Tfce engine was thrown obliquely across the two line of rails the driver, stoker, and a couple of other persons were much shaken, but escaped serious injury. The sailing of the Holyhead mail baat was delayed an hour.—Pall Mall Gazette. was delayed an hour.—Pall Mall Gazette. INFANTS AND THE FRANcnIsE.-By the 3rd Section of the Reform Act 1867, one of the necessary qualifica- tions of a claimant to"entitle him to be registered as a voter is that he should be of full age. What, then, is full age From the notes to Mr Wilkinson's book We take the following Full age is completed cn the day preceding the (21st) anniversary of a person's birth (l Bl. Com. 473); and as the law does not notice any fraction of a dav (1 Salk. 44 2 lb. 62.5; 1 Ld. Haym. 84, 280, 480; 2 lb. 1395), a person becomes of age ti e very instant that the hour of twelve o'clock in the morn- ing of such preceding day is passed. Where, therefore, the voter's father proved that he was born at nine o'clock on the morning of the 11th, and be tendered his vote on the morning of the 10th, the vote was, after argument allowed (Bishops Castle, Rogers, 166.) It will not be necessary that the person claiming to be registered should have been of full age during the whole of the period for which he is required by this sec'.ion to have occupied, and to have been rated. It will be sufficient if he has, in fact, complied with the requirements of the section in those respects, and is of age at the time of the revision of the lists (See Powell v Bradley, 34 L. J. 67, C..P.; 18 C. B., N.S., 65 1 H. and P. 159.)-Law Tithes. AGRARIAN OUTRAGE IN WALES.—A few days ago an outrage ot a very determined character was perpetrated on a sheep walk, named Moelprisk, 'in the county of Brecon, the property 0' Colonel Powell, of Kameos, formerly M.P. for Cardiganshire. The sheepwalk in question consists of some thousands of acres of grazing land, no habitation of any kind whatever being met with for miles. In order to prevent the land being grazed and otherwise made use of by the farmers on the borders of tho sheepwalk, and a right of common thereby acquired by them, the landlord, about two years ago, in conjunc- tion with the tenant, built a house upon the waste, and placed a man to live in it, as shepherd. This person, with his wife and a child six weeks old, were the occupants of the cottage so built. On the Thursday night, the husband being away, and the woman and child in bed, a party of about 15 men entered, and ordered her to get up, because r,hey intended pulling the cottage down. She did so, and immediately afterwards the whole building, together with the bay and turf stacks on the premises were set on fire. The woman was not allowed to clothe herself previously to being evicted, aud, accordingly, in her night-dress, had to travel with her child for several hours before finding a shelter at an hospitable farm-house, called Garregboyd, where she remains in a precarious condition owing to Irisht and the exposure to cold. The perpetrators of Lhif outrage had their facc-s blackened, their dress turned nside out, and had adop'ed other precautions to prevent dentification. A handsome reward has been offered by Jolonet Powell, the landlord, for the discovery of the juilty parties, i

BISHOP WORDSWORTH ON THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. At a conference of the ctergy and laity of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the united diocese of St. Andrew's, Dunkeld, find Dunblane, held at Perth on Thursday, Bishop Wordsworth delivered an address on 'The pasi history and present condition of the diocese.' In the course of his remarks the Bishop said, We and our successors have still to replant the Church, so as to offer her scriptural services and her apostolical ministry to the intelligent choice of all the parishes in the diocese—159 in number—in every one of which she was formerly represented by a resident clergyman. I had ventured till lately to entertain a hope that in this undertaking we should have been met in a brotherly spirit striving within us for the recognition of four great fundamental prin- ciples—viz 1, The principle of ecclesiastical unity on the Anglican Reformation; 2, The principle, of-Christian amuesty of past. diff. rences; 3, The principle of national intercommunication between the Established Churches of the three United Kingdoms; 4, The principle of the duty and importance offtli classes, high and low, meeting together in the house of God for the worship of our common Father. I had hoped that a recognition of these principles on the part of many pious an enlightened ministers and elders of the Presbyterian bodies, and especially of the Established Church, would have induced them to meet and combine with us in the same attempt; and consequently f have laboured more or less continually since I became bishop, as believing it to belong to a bishop's office, to promote, as far as possible, such a result. But that enterprise and the hope which prompted it, I am sorry to say, L have now abandoned. Not that I repent either of the charitable hope, or of the enterprise itself, but because I have learnt from experience that there exists in the way of tho success of the undertaking an obstacle which must Srst he removed. I refer to the peculiar forn. of the Presbyterian ordination vow, which binds both ministers and elders to take no step whatever, direct, or indirect, to modify their existing system in regard to matters either practical or doctrinal Of their secret inclination in many instances to extricate themselves if they could from that unhappy pledge—a pledge to which there is nothing parallel in the Church of Enirland —I have had abundant evidence. The truth is —and it is becoming every day more manifest—by introducing such a pledge, designed as it was at the Revolution to secure for ever the exclusive ascendancy then obtained over episcopacy, iiid after the Union made still more stringent in order to debar the possible effect of English influence, however salutary in matters ecclesiastical—by intro- ducing, I say, such a pledge, the Presbyterian Establish- ment overreached itself, nnd is now, so ;o speak, caught in its own net. Good and able Presbyterian ministers and good and able Presbyterian elders may he persuaded in their own minds at least some modification of their system, by which they would be drawn nearer to us and to the Church of England, would be desirable for their own benefit and for the benefit of their people; th. v may b persuaded of this, but they are precluded by a factious and unholy obligation, the legacy of distempered and diorganised times before the Union, not only Jrom acting upon that persuasion, but tron; reoiumending openly what they think conducive to the enlightenment of those whom they have undertaken to guide. The persuusion may he allowed to transpire in the pages of an English periodical, or in books never iikely to be seen or heard 0; among the masses of our fellow countryoien but this is not all. In the General Assembly—in the inferior P/erbyterian Courts-not a whisper will be heard to that effect. The same sentiments may be expressed, as-1 mvselt have heard them, again and again in private; but we shall wait in vain if we suspect that any action will follow on the part of those who utter them under present circumstances that is, so long as a worse Papal non possurmts prevents them from doing what their consciences wouid otherwise dictate to them to do. Too long we have suffered that anti-national and anti-Christian pledge to remain uu- exposed too long we have brooked in silence the crumb- ling to pieces ot the parochial system in hands which being sell-bound, are not, competent to arrest, the evil) too long we have looked on without remonstrance while the use of al! ecclesiastical property has been engros.-ed by a section of the communjty whose title to its pos- session was never constitutionally valid, and may now lie questioned on other grounds. Meanwhile it is obvious that the effect of the present state of ecclesiastical matters in Scotland is, and will be, to compel Episcopalians to become voluntaries so long as they sea that a system which they must see to be erroneous, and which fails to fulfil the Junctions of an E^tabli.h^ent in any wide or • general sense, is obstinately persistent and in.roova' lc in its error. Whatever may be our opinion as individuals upon the abstract question of Church and State, we may reasonably consider that it would be better to have no Establishment at all than one which is indissoluby wedded to false ecclesiastical principles, and which, by its Democratic or Republican tendencies, is slowly but truly undermining all that is most valuable of the British Constitution both in Church and State. If either an Established Church in England is to be preserved, it can only be by their being brought into harmony with each other, I do Inot cay into identity, but into harmony, upon sound aud Catholic principies, sufficient to admit of their practicai co-operation. The Church of England claim, to stand upon the truth, and as such claims to be Established the Church of Scotland must claim to stand upon the truth-the same truth—and as such to lie Established; or both Church Establishments will fall, and deserve to fall, and with them, or not long after, the aristocracy and the Monarchy will lall to, as they did irt the 17th century. I « —— THE SIAMESE TWtNS.-The Paris Illustration pub- lishes a portrait (or portraits) of the Siamese twins, who are about to entrust themselves to the celebrated sur- geon M. Nelalaton with a view to being separated. The twins are simple and quietly dressed in costumes of identical pattern and colour—dark morning coat, dark trousera, plaid waistcoat. It appears from a -memoir which accompanies the drawing that the two brothers, one of whom is named Chang, the other Eng, are fifty- four years old, and that they were only four when they were taken from their native land and brought to Eu- rope, whence, after they had been exhibit3d for some years (with great advantage to themselves and others), they proceeded to the United States. Here, after a cer- tain time, they bought land, made the acquaintance of two charming sisters,' who consented to marry them. settled on their estate, begot nine children each, and lived together in great happiness until the American civil war broke out. Then Chang declared himself a Unionist, Eng a Secessionist, and the quarrels between them became so violent that the twins were at one time on the point of fighting a duel. Sn, at least, says the author of the article in the Illustration, who writes with the air of a man enjoying special sources of information. MR. W. H. GLADSTONE, M.P., AND THE REV. W, KEANE, M.A.—The following correspondence is pub- lished — Penmaenmaur, Sept. 5th, 1S68. Rev. Sir,—In your pamphlet I read this sentence, I believe the Church of England disestablished from the State would become a bigoted and intolereut priest- craft, little differing from Popery, save in doctrine; and not even differing in that respect if Mr Gladstone's doctrines, as well as politics, were to be adopted.' May I ask what ground you have for the belief ex- pressed in the latter clause ? "I am, Rev. Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) W. H. GLADSTONE.' Whitby Rectory, Sept. 7th, 1868. Sir, —1 have no difficulty in answering your letter received this morning, and have no hesitation io abiding by whrt I have written, which you have cor- rectly quoted. When I observe a man for thirty-live years show sympathy, both in public and private, with Hi^h Church doctrines, which in my opinion differ little from Popery, and which have already led many of their ad- herents to Rome when I find among his strongest sup- porters those who openly advocate union with Rome, such as Dr Pusey, who has written a book to show that < Popery and Protestantism are ^identical; when I find such an one uniting with the ifleg,ally self-styled Arch- bishop of Westminster, and the Irish Romish cletgy in a crusade against the Royal Supremacy and Protestant j Establishment in Ireland, I think I am fully borne out. in what I have said. f In politics, Mr Gladstone has presented as many changes as the phases of the moon, but I will do him the 1 justice to say that in religious opinions I have never re- girded him other than an advocate of llomisb, as opposed to Protestant, views. t I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, t (Signed) "WM. KEANE. ] W. H. Gladstone, Esq, M.1Y i FALL OF A HULL AT HULL.—An accident of a very seoious nature is reported from Hull. An old building, known as Old Sugar House, Lime Street, fell at eleven o'clock on Monday morning, burying no less than forty persons. The building has for some time past been used by Messrs Wa k'rs and Smith for the storage üf linseed. A lerge quantity v'as packed in the uppc.r storeys, and the weight was too murh. for the building, and, the beams giving way, the house fell. Three of men who have been recovered are alive. Two bodies were soon after wards extricated, but up to a late hour the ruiaa had not been fully explored. THE EFFS-CIS OF SMOKING ox BOYS.—Dr Decaisue (Bull. General de Ther.), in the course ot investigations on the influence of tobacco on the circulation, ha- been struck with the larg j number of boys, aged from 9 to li> years, who s noke; and has been led to inquire into the connexion oPthis habit with impairment of the general health, lie has observed 38 boys, aged from nine to 15, who smoked more or ies>s. Of these, distinct symptoms were present in 27. In 32 there were various disorders of the circulation, bruit deso/-ffle in the neck, palpitation, disorders of digestion, slowness of intellect, and a more or less marked taste for strong drinks. In three the pulse was intermittent. In ei.),ht there was found on ex- amination more or less marked diminution of the red corpuscles; in 12 there was rather frequent epitaxisj ten had disturbed sleep and four had slight Cloerations of the mucous membr inc of the mouth, which disappeared on ceding from the u'c of tobacco for some days. In children who were very well nourished the disorder was in general less marked. As to the ages, eisbtof the boys were from 9 to 12 years oi l; 19 irom 12 to 13 The duration of the hahit of smoking was--in 11, >rom six months to a year; and in 16, more than two years. The ordinary treatment of ancemia in general produced no effect as long as the smoking was continued but when this was desisted from health was soon perfectly re- stored, if there were no organic disease.-British Medical Journal. THE CHASSEPOT BULLET.—Paragraphs have from time to time been making their appearance in the public journals as to the effects of the Chassepot bullet and the enormously disproportionate size of the. exit as compared with that, of the entrance wound Our readers will no doubt remember that, these statements were bast,il upon experiments made with this weapon at the camp at Lyons on the bodies of dead horses. W'e have been favoured by Dr. Gason, of Rome, with information as to the effects produced hy this bullet at Mentana in November last, which cannot fail to prove highlj interesting at the present time; and Dr. Gison's observations are the more valuable on account of their being based on the personal experience of a skilled professional observer. It would appear from the reports from the camp at Lyons that the bodies of dead animals were used for the experiments, and it was even alleged by some that those of dead mea had been s milarly employed if so, it is a practice which we are told is not altogether unknown in Erench history. Be this as it may, the wounds on tho dead bodies of men, or animals are not, for several physiological reasons, idntieal with those inflicted on living subjects, and the difference in their appearance was remarked by Dr Gasoa after the battle o! Mentana. The projectiles used by both. combatants in that engagement were, principally the round ball, two sizes of the Aliuie, and the Cbassepotball. The lightness of the Chassepot Srelock and its loading at the breech eauped a far greater proportion of wounds ia the upper part of the body than was the ca-e in those wounded by balisfrom the muzzle loaders. Theentranca made by the Chassepot ball was very small; the exit not not much larger. We have the authority of Dr. Gasori for positively asserting that among the cases brought into the hospitals at Home there wa, not one where the wound produced by the Chassepot huih-t bore any proportion to that mentioned in the report from the camp at- Lyons— that the exit was as large as a person's two fists.' There was much less effusion of blood beneath Lhe skin than in wounds by the round ball or Minie. The long bones were more frequently split. The immediate elects of the Chas-epot were more fatal; but the ulterior effects less severe and fatal in wounds produced-by the Chassepot than in those of the round ball or Minie. To no other cause, says Dr. Gason, can he attribute the greater tataliity and more numerous amputations that occurred tn the military Hospital at, Iiome among the Papal troopa than among the Garibaldians. The former was naturally supplied with better accommodation, and bad as j:ood mcdical attendance as it was possible; whereas the Gari- bahnao* were lodged in a much inferior building, and were overcrowded, and the attendance was supplied by surgeons not llJ gunshot wounds. This was occasioned by me exceptional state of affairs, and the authorities not being prepared for so severe an engagement. The expense was borne by the Civil Hospitatot S"nto Sptrito, with the exception of a comparatively small hospital, where the expenses were met by private sub- scriptions. Both parties might have been lodged in a more healthy situation than in Rome—close to the field of battle. The external hemorrhage was greater ia wounds produced by the Chasssepot ball than by any other form of projectile; and in those place* where the Italians fell when struck by it there were large pools of blood. The Chassepot bullet is one inch loug, blunt pointed; its base, the broadest part in circumference, is half an inch in diameter. Its weight is sis drachms and a half.— The leaned. OUR EMPIRE,—The usual official returns front the British possessions were laid before Parlia- j merit last Session, and have since been printed for circulation, British India heads the list vrith its j vast population of 150 000,000 souls. Its area, however, 938 901 .square miles, seems almost small when compared with that of our North. American or our Australian possessions. British North America indeed is returned as containing only 632,360 square miles, and a population in 1866 of 4,007,816; the Dominion of Canada, 375,987 square miles, with a population of 3,753,000; Newfoundland, 40,200 square miles and 130,000 people Prince Edward Island, 2,173 square miles, and 90,000 inhabitants; British Columbia, 213,000 square miles, and 34,816 popu- lation in 1861. But this is without reckoning the vast north-west territory waiting to be occupied- territory that brings the extent of British North America up to, perhaps 3,000,000 square miles. Not far behind in extent is Australia, with its 2,582,070 square miles, and a population fast ap- proaching 2,000,000, though only 1,662,063 in tha year 1866, to which these completed official re< turns belong. The extent of Western Australia is 978,000 square miles, a territory nearly as large as British India, but with a population (in 1866) of only 21,065, less than a 7,000th part ol that of India; Queensland is returned with 678,000 square miles, anda population of 96,172 South Australia, 383,328 square miles, with apopulation of 163,452 • New South Wales 323,437'square miles, with "a population of 431,412 New Zealand, 106,259 square miles, with a population of 208,682; Vic- toiia has been so conspicuous by its great pros- perity that many forget its comparatively small extent 86,881 squar; miles, but with a popula- tion of 643,912 in ] 866, and now about 700,000; Tasmania comprises 26,215 square miles, with 97,368 inhabitants. The West India islands con- tain no more than 12,683 square miles, hut the population in 1S61 was 934,197 Jamaica has half the area, 6,40o square miles, not far from half the population, viz. (in 1861), 441,255. The Cape of Good Hope and Natal add 216,755 square miles to British possessions, with a population of 759/261 Ceyl m, 24,700 square miles, and 2,088,027 people • Mauritius. 708 square miles, and 310,050 of popu- lation; British Guiana, 76,000 square miles and 148,025 people (in 1861); Honduras, 13,500 square miles, and (in 1861) 25,635 people. The other colonies and possessions—the Straits Settlements Hongkong, West African settlements, Lahuan St.' Helena, the eight Falklands, Bermuda, Gibraltar," Malta—being the extent of the possessions of this kingdom beyond sea up to 4,562,000 square miles, and their population to 161,436,000—a number which has. increased since the date of these esti- mates or enumerations. Including the British North-West American possessions, and linking the whole to the mother country, the metropolis of this vast domain, the Queen's realm will be found to comprise territory of about seven millions of English square miles, with a population approach- in- 200 millious of souls. 0