South Wales Daily News

WAR AHEAD IN CHINA. T)io Examiner says Siuely ti.e-re is mora a teres t f Englishmen in China now tluin Anywhere lse on tlit face of the glwl>e. A. ulrugglu is coming there before which the wretched squabbles in i>osnia or th« xiuesian incursions in Central Asia vanish out of sight. The de-stinies of England are not vitally concerned with either Turkey or Central Asia ,itilpraneiiipire at Sam^rcand noratCimstantinople can threaten her any more with political extinction. But her destinies do hang upon China :Jmost its much as on Indi", fer a China triumphant would mewat-e India more than Russia can ever do. Russia probably grows towards dismemberment, but China victorious would be China united Its it has n^vw been united since its last con- querors overran it from tho north, with a power of overrunny'S the earth unequalled by uny race have our own. The l-ext war with China will dt,cide much for us, therefor#. It will either be the beginning of a further extension of out dominions in Asia at the point wherethat extension could be best managed, and of most advantage to us; or it will be the signal for the decline of our Eastern Empire. Should we come ont of the struggle again the clear victors, it is impossible but that we toice sureties against a. repetition of the sama treachery stronger than any exacted in the past. We must tako a control over the internal government of Chiua'ta an extent nIVer yet dreamt of.

CHANGES AT THE POST-OFFICE. The Post Office Department, says the Examiner, could tll-affohl to lose ihe services of Mr. Scudamore, and now we learn tkat it has sustained another severe loss in the re- tirement Of Mr. Frederick HiU. Mr. Hill has proved him- self t<i be possessed of a larao sltare of his brother Sir Row- land's ability in organisation, and, apart from fiis own pendent capacity, is in a great measui* tke depositary of his brother's administrative principles. Hfe is known beyond the Post Office as a pre-eminently safe and cautious Improver. He was at one tirna employed as an Inspector 6 Prisons in Scotland, and in thiit senloo effeeted considerable improvements i. prillOR discipline. He has always been one of the most active and in- structive members of the Social Sofenoe .Association, and a paper of his, on "Railway Reform," printed In the report of the Railway Commissioners, is an able solution of sortie large difficulties which beset that question. In the Post "Office he had lately, we understand, got in the fhin edge ef the wedge for an extended application of the eoatrnct system, by which, if he cetild have had It fufly earricvd out, upwards of a qoarter of n million would have been saved to the department. The retire- ment of such an officer from the put/lie service, and especially from the postal seivioo, where the devising faculty is especially ri-eedful, M a loss which, with the best intentions, it will be difficult to supply. Fall- ing henlth ia assigned as the cause, irut it 1b appre- hjpndod thu t <1)0 failure has been accelerated by dlsapi)oint- n$nt« and worry of the sort bj- ^hinh tlii» working ability cf Sir Rowland Hill was hampered nrd abridged. Ra- tirernents must always happen JlO'i' and then in the best regulalfcd departments, but the simultaneous retire- ment of two such men as Mr. Scudamore and Mr. Hifl raises a mspicion that there is something unusually rotten in our present postal administration. This is not to he thought of without alarm, for the great reform tiitroduced by Sir Rowland HID. and other collateral reforms, have made the Post OHice. perhaps the most important braneh of the public service. Besides* being the great message carrier, the sustainer of social ties and the speeder of public business, the ptstal depart- ment has beoome the frugality banker and safe insurer to the many. Nowhere is the organising faculty, a very rare faculty, and one which usually can get better paid elsewhere tlyin in the public service, more absolutely required, and that it should be worried out of the publio service is nothing slioyt of a calamity. rd John Manners is regarded with much respect as an honourable and painstaking man, but he is suspected, not without reason, of being dangerously timid and likely to shrink iutroduced by Sir Rowland HiD, and other collateral reforms, have made the Post Office^ perhaps the most important braneh of the public service. Besides being the great message carrier, the sustainer of social ties and the speeder of public business, the ptstal depart- ment has beoome the frugality b:\nker and safe insurer to the many. Nowhere is the organising faculty, a very rare faculty, and one which usually cau get better paid elsewhere tlyin in the public service, more absolutely required, and that it should be worried out of the publio service is nothing slioyt of a calamity. I<ord John Manners is regarded with much respect as an honourable and painstaking man, but he is suspected, not without reason, of being dangerously timid and likely to shrink apprehensively from the sort of progressive ability needed to make good deficiencies and ensure prosperity.

JONES'S BABY AND THE FINANCES. The Joneses have a very interesting baby, and when Mr. and Mrs. Southwick cnlled the other day Mrs. Jones brought the baby into the parlour with them. Presently Mr. Southwiek begnn to explnin his views of the financial situation to Mr. Jones. "I tell yon,^sir, what this country wants more than anything else is to reduce the volume of its currency We have now, in round numbers, 380,000,000 dollars of na- tional bank notes afloat. Now, my policy would be to contract gradually as the country is able to bear it, until Here Mre-Jones broke in upon the conversation to re- mark that the baby wanted to its papa. Mr. Jones took it and Southwick resumed- I say I would contract the volume of that currency as the country s able to bear it, until it is so reduced as to be at par with Mrs. Jones here disturbed Mr. Southwick's argument to RSle Mr. Jones if lie didn t see that the baby wanted to go to its aunt, so Jones passed the infant over to its aunt and Southwiek remarked u*> umi I was about to say that if we continuo to reduce these 380,000,000 dollars, and persist in that policy, in a few months the notes will be upon a par with gold. Then when we have reached a specie basis, we Bliall be able Here the baby bepn to cry in a terrific manner, and Mrs. Jones said she felt oertain that it wanted to go to its mamma, and she took it. When it became quiet, South- lick continued r- A specie basis being secured, we shaH be able to deal with foreign hations in the currency of the world, gold wflt flow into tais country again, the balance of trade will remain with us and once more we shall Just at this point Jones began to make mysterious signs to Mrs. Jones with his hand, and to nod and frown at her. As soon as he attracted her attention she glanced at the baby, and suddenly bundled it up and flew out of the room. Southwiek gave a sigh of relief, and, taking up the thread of his argument said P « Dont you see that once more we shall be able to do business upon a basls. to know exactly where we are? Now, if you inflate the currency, wiPhave in- stead such continued and violent^ fluctuation of values that 0iel'e Mrs" J?"er ifit i!?6 w,tu the baby) no man will be able to eouduct his business operations with any certainty of &Irs- Southwiek took the baby on her lap), a'4 have not only constant speculations in gold but such an expansion of business on all sides that the countiy Just then the baby threwover:Mrs. Southwick's new diess and she suddenly handed it to Mrs. Jones, and koked as if she had a profound conviction that the ulti- mate destination of that particular sucking was the gal- ^s~tt,wkk' "<«■>«» that th», countiT will move straight forwaid to n, panic very S mote terrible iu its conseqvtences than apy that— Mrs. Jones hore burst into the argument to ask Mr. Southwiek to listen to the baby say papa. She coaxed it but it wouldn't. Then Jones tried to persuade it Bay papa for the company, but it sucked its thumb in silence. At b.st Jon«, afraid tJiat Southwiek would tldnk there was something the matter with the child's mind, exclaimed, Say pai>«, or 111 spamc you It began to cry, and Jones saying Gimme that confounded brat," si'iza.1 it and left the room in a passion. Then Mr, and Mrs. Southwjiok withdrew, and srs they went out through the front gate Southwiek said to his 11 If lever owned a bi\l>y like tliO-t^I d tie ft brick round its neck and chuck it into the canal." -The Stfuthwicks have stopped visiting the Joneses, and Mft. Joyps says that if~she'd known Mrs. Southwiek could BO wind about a little sour milk en that hideous old botch of a dress she'd have sent lisr round a DOW one.— Max Adder.

The bar of the Home Circuit have resolved to me' morialiss the vJovirnment iu favour of retaining the name of their circuit MtUr the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, <Tnd Huntingdon have been added to it, instead of call'/Mj it the "Nofolk Circuit, as has been proposed by t'( jnd:;>n in toe ecliemc which they have sub- mitted for the ie anasigemont of the circuits.

CAPTAIN WEBB'S CHANNEL SWIM. If the ariangeroeuts have not been altered since Satur- dav Capt«'» !o i:'r" or,e 0 c'°'^c this morn- ing ou another attempt; t,. s»i. the l'ha.it.el Shouldthe TOQifliHi- nrove favouia")-e, ImikI and Water thinks there seems 'VC''7 of !a with succes" Fortun»ti;ly, it says, t aidam c bo has selected adn i' able pi'ot. Mr. Toms, 011 the last oecasion, took his man the very best course, and start-d exactly at the right moment For the first two hours there was scarcely any tide at all, and conse- Captain Webb was enabled to get three miles to sea without being materially affected by the tide. Tlip stiit too, had been so timed that had the weather fii'nW'pil him to continue he would have finished in slack STil '» "«• ,SViHf '» "ile.ot.lb. French coast he singly would have had to swim straight rrencii ,eat point, probably the highland near rU r nef l' r'imour<l tUl ,«me of the offiosS °S.o» »' Do.«r>.v..decided to get 8leMn 1 n! .^nimmiiv Captain A»ebb on Monday next. TwJ rowing boats will of course, still be necessary, one iwo iowi B be of a good size, to keep with Webb &WU: .ccommod. Sf, 1W.bV. p„,on4 *1 ion.l one of the referees; the other to attendant, boat to and fro to the steamer. Kpffi rin/to his last attempt, the Field says In tha Refe.ringto feat Webb had two chief enemies accomplishment ot uis immersion inth. to contend agamst.v^.f strenglh long watei, an year> 5^ gjn> wejgi1- V40U" n f which, however, is hard flesh, and not 5- !T.S measures 43in. round tlie chest. Abetter adipose and mea these dimensions could not built man than Hjs size enables him to with- be found for sue! erfuj physique to maintain prolonged exertion. Besides these attributes lie is possessed pioiongea exeitiwu having wonderfully improved on ofafairturnof s>eed hav BlackwaI1 ^n)vesenJ this score since his swnu t tho t-de thro1lo fc Thix enabled hun, mal e way D()Ve or thfl w* • H»d he started on {[om g 30 10.30 p>m reuiained the same we ftre certain he would no nc"l^ent h'^jpened to Jj™' pomcwliere between Cape have fetched the lie Unlike Bovton in his first Gnsne/. and C.dais Pie». 1{illge 0Verfal, «leftlff hthad^«t anothe ^kwaj before him. Ho would then ge eask.i;1 and tfa hours to counteiact his 1 .iibab,y have been very time—about a.TU.-v.o ed to fetch ^7 near the French coast, an ll0ur and a half tho aid of the E. y ^.g keepir,g one course before high water at C. far as he went, throughout wfts proved b the to be perfectly right, and Mt. thJ he have given l.im a better tbe wat from was serenes of J eyes fJ'd should he attempt the lea Matthew Webb possesses'tBl'e proverbial J^hn Bull piuck to the backbone, possesses wie proveu xsu pnt occasion, ho was any- thing but disgi-aced. '.rhe cause of defeat was iwyond I% uman thing but disgraced. The «w«> 0 t hfcVe UTed tffl d cont, oL The small rowboat cou^ ftb,e «< >vx^n dght m sueh a sea. Jlf'' ,)0Ur8 or 80> we ar8 tl« dork of the weather »r ^oon)pli8hed his arduous ro.'T.iued he Willi stake at issue on tho resuH ta-K. Oaptim \Ve.. > had no #f £ 50 to nothing b. yonu a bet ot to £ 1,, ining expenses have beeu tarested himself in his very doaervnlj> .æ.-

HANGING MADE EASY. The following letter, from t\s pen of art of "hanging made easy," has been t, governor of all the county gao.s m ^'a )me secretary, edification ami instruction li)e i._ .( Whitehall.—Sir, —So long as it has been the: !aw of the land that crwBinals shall suffer death, ^rt,bvres1)6ct4b|Q dread punishment should be earned into eflec y snd skilful hands, and not, as has the oase of late, be entrusted to any W1 » person, wliooi tlie love of gain and to apply for the performance of the offi torture or entire failure is the inevitable wsnlt, we have recently seen in several instances whe> e men ortli te efass have bean employed. For upwards of X have from humane motives devoted my executions, and have attended nearly all ti)e pi-j.tlgd ones that have taken place in this kingdom tRU long period, giving my advice and # tlie executioner, and in no single ,?7^'c0 I rhave been present has the slighte occurred, or any unnecessary suffering been causea ine unfortunate culprit. In eases where I have occaf T* acted alone, in triple executions, for instance, as a pool, Gloucester, etc., ray plans have been compre y,i+; oessful. I submitted th^se plans to the prison au o •ome years ago, and, though they were then dis *» rejected, they have been subsequently ad°iiited the principal Metropolitan and other prisons an<i be effective. My career lias attracted the notice 0 > -J » by which I have been styled the Amateur, t' tor," "the Medical Executioner," and other <t • writers who presume to know my persons! v fact is I was intended for the medical professio not adopt it, as I have private means. The WF1' In this business has not been from a mercenaiy humane motive, and it has cost me a large am and money, and has been a source of annoyance ■ my best friends. I, however, have persevered cjat.eci to be a humane course, and my by one at least eminent prison phllanthropist the late Mr. Wright, whose portrait iu » mercy now adorns the Council Chamber Guildhall He agreed with m8, *"c^uld be found, l11 Ma,n'1 l,r.°Per f,eehnS' if Buch a one |rement of should deal with such matters. On tn .agisted I the veteran Calcraft, whom I have so long,a«jrtea, X suggested that his office should be perf ttr„e jj. jjie ofiicers of the respective prisons, am criUiinals imon the authorities. Officials at tfl»g Which is a more revolting duty than the other ^eauty would then be in better hands than it is P T*would should then be pleased to throw -the_ma of ^hekitagdom at all times be ready to proceed to any SBgjstance, and sis:«

GARDEN WORK FOR THE WEEK. Kncmw G^kden.—Bring before ti Bible If not already done 1"J tlie willter in frames cauliflowers and lettuce to stand we both the c&uH. are sown. If the winter is not very > flower and lettuce will stond weH a tbey can be eaail »south aspect. Dnnng veiy «w P mats. Sew protected with few •l»»a°«d ,™ke for spring use green ouded^ three feet hijf)l a sloping bank o for the plants when large and facing the south, in readmeev(Ue l b(V]lks of thi|| enougn to plant f their suffering from damp, description, thete is little fe>> aff0rdinK protectk>n besides °fen»f batch of green curled and from frost. Pl.mt out the Ja the stems of gl<jbe broad-leaved B^tav'ai11. gathered, and remove the chokes when all the heads oniong d de»d ul dMfjnns ~™ S. A position tor 1,011. currota (or U]e ,oil 6tm „;iet tho_ seed bed, i0Wn turnips and parsley sowing Thin out 1-overcrowding. Earth up before the plants s becomes necessary, and keep fhe hoe actin,ely clill)leyed amongst growing crops of aU the hoe actively^e 1 ^etabie marrowy, scarlet runaers, descriptions. Ktet ^.t-hered to prevent a stoppage of and French bewis^ 6 kjngs 0f Wiiter will also be a P0WA'in /rthem i^i dry weather. Pull up and stole great help to th turitv for it imi>airs their keeping onions as tW ^ach n«tu y, ^ond th »^u.das "p" 'rvd int» FKOIT CAEDTN. advised a fortnight back. XTsa ? ?' i mfxed with a small V<)rtion-of decayed good turfy JN and HVS jotting set them hotbcd-mamjre well and keep ti^Ai well-watered, out on a bed of w the first two OT three weeks. i Vv! 'Tl fram runners layered m pots or fike? uS8' from the open ground if not already "taken up rrom |j kiwis a» now in capital do?5L& Frujt trees f' ra%lon must not be unne- I'nv Jhe Sowth will soon gel too far ad- 2aSt?SEftSto ruu frcely- Jrapfe givor vanoea ror tne D UK I,r8 and nectarines there are. will noon spoil J't0 nine-inch lengths, and fix Cut up dry bean-s into they cre drowned iu a can of hot water.. 1FH*T to-ygl.l'LS! but possible. Remove the decaying spikes0L^thers^"5Sf without injuring the foliatje, and supp«™ mg their flowers if requisite. The young stock of mg their flowers if requisite. The young stock of these plants, whether from cuttings or seed must be planted in their permanent quarters upon the first favoui- able occasion. Phuft out well-rooted layers of pinks, piootees. and carnations, and finish layenng the two former, if not competed. Seed of ho lyhocks sown now in a shady corner, and the plants they are large enough, will flower well next y«u\ Cut- tings of those plants will also strike freely, if taken off with ft heel, and inserted in the border and covered with %hm^^tiki.€fard*ner't Magatirx*s^

ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS. Prince Napoleon an,l suite are making a tour through Scotland. The death is announced of Mr. W. Pratt, who has been coroner for the northern division of the Isle of Ely ior nearly forty years. The IVar Secretpry and Mrs. Hardy are staying at Braemar. Mr. Hardy will be Secretary of State in at- tendiiiico the Quoen. 1\fr. Rent,ley is about to publish a popular edition of Sit Raid* TII •ic,li toll's memoir and letters of the late Ed wan* Denisoii, Z>I. 1. The aur.ual meeting of the British Association will com- mence oil Wednesday, at Bristol, under the presidency of Sir John Hawkshaw, F.R.S. A Lurgan correspondent states that the houses of nine Roman Catholics and thirteen Protestants were wrecked during the recent riot in that town. The John Bu7l says the name of Canon Baynes, Vicar of St. Michael's, Coventry, is mentioned in connection with the vacancy in the Vicarage of Halifax. 1\-k. Norman Lockyer, the English astronomer, has ar- rived in Paris with Tennyson, whom, says a French paper, he is initiating in the mysteries of astronomy. Mr. J. W. Allineham, of Farringdon-street, London, ha8 recently published a volume of Mr. Moody's sermons, together with capital photos of Messrs. Moody and Sankey for the small sum of eightpence. A New York paper notes, as a novelty, the application of the camera obseura$0 railroad cars, exhibiting to the traveller a moving pietOre of the country through which he is passing. Hospital Sunday in London is pronounced a failure in spite of all that has been done to make it a permanent suc- cess. It is sal 1 that when all the money is collected it will not produce 92,000. The cotton manufactory of Messrs. Simpson and Jack- sou, at Higher Walton, near Preston, has been destroyed by fire. The damage amounts to C25,000, and 200 hands will be thrown out of work. George Howell and Florence Granville, who were charged with stealing portmanteaus and other luggage from trains and railway stations, have been committed to the Old Bailey for trial on five separate cases. At the Hsjnmersmith Police-court, London, Mr. W. C* Smith has been fined 210 and costs for falsely^pretending to be a registered medical practitioner, and certifying as such that a certain child waa not fit to be vaccinated. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, hav- ing had Iris attention drawn to the state of mind of George Ricluirds, under sentence of death in Swansea Prison, an inquiry has been held, and the sentence respited.' For having defrauded his creditors of over £ 9,000 a Manchester mc*chant narped Nioholaos Demetrius Caran- drea, a Givek, was sentenced at the Manchester City Sessions to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour. tSieJV/ uUa states that the late Emperor Ferdinnnd of Austria lias \pft to the Pope a lesracv of 10,000,000- florins, which jp« already been paid at the Vatican. The Emperor has bemieathed also to ihe Pope all tlie ornaments and »icr«d Vessels of l.iis chapel, and most valuable crystals and rare china services. Mr. S. Morley, M.P., writes to say that there is no foundation for the statement tlwt he is to preside at a con- ference of the Agricultural Union. He adds that Mr. Thomas Hughes and himself have undertake^ to consider the affairs of the Union, with a view to bringing about an amicable settlement of the matters in dispute. t>UTing the annual holidays held at Kirriemuir the other week John Alexander, farmer, Ralindarg, jeTy consi- derately allowed the whole of his servants a holiday, and P"-exteil them with M each* He also handed each of his female servants a handsome sum. This is Rot the first y5**Jliat M», Alexander lias disbursed part of his profits lu Hf?e manner. After evidence had been given in the trial of Jeremiah Cash, aWLiverpool, for tha murder of a woman, the jury •topped the ease, exiwossiag an opinion that the prisoner Was huiocent, thaf the witnesses against liim had ■worn falsely.. He was then acquitted and discharged, and the'judtt. ordered that some of the witnesses should be P^jpcuted for perjury. The Local Government Board has just informed the Gffatdlans of the Metropolitan parishes that tho "total ex P^dtture o^t ofj the Metropolitau Common Poor ♦f^d to the several parishes of tho metropolis is £ '3G2,W3 2?- the cenWbu^irtns have b?en assessed at the rate of *»'% >n the puntiiI <-n tire annual rateable value pf propi^rty a the Metropolitan district, which amounts to £ '21,1D2,7G0 + A dreadful act of self-destj uetion has occurred 011 hoard the revenue cut^r Flora, ly^ng in the Ilarwidi harbour. after the hands had turned out one of ^icm, who had p n in a low state of mind consequent upon being ini- Pnsoned in Lewes gaol for twenty-eight days for a trifling °ffence, placed the muzzle of a loaded gun in his mouth, *ud discharged it by pulling the trigger with his toe. The P of his head was blown otf. It is intended almost immediately (says a Dublin iorrespendent) to appoint Mr. Ormsby, Q.C., the present Irish Attorney-General, second Judge of the Ljyuled Es- tates Court. It is also known that Chief Justice Monalian Jill not resume his seat 011 the bench, and Mr. Justice Morris is likely to be promoted to that position. Among likely to be chosen for the vacant law officership, "r* J&mea Robinson's name is mentioned. Some considerable surprise has been created at Bath by the local magistrates sending a. boy, aged about fifteen, Jiamed Orchard to prison for six weeks with hard labour ■ov stealing some pears, of the value of 6d. llie garden in yhich the fruit was growing was attached to Void House, 111 Portland-place which was undergoing repairs, and the prisoner was at work there. The prisoner pleaded guilty, his master gave him a very good character, express- an opin i.hat it was only a boy's freak. The bench, however, iu. 0t think so, and sent him to gaol for six Weeks. A doctor in Bellevue has invented a machine by means Of which an over-anxiqps mother may assure herself from day to dny, or even from hour to hour, that the baby is satisfactorily as regards its increase of-weight. It °onsists of au ordinary cradle, to suit the taste, fitted witjj blltanee underneath which wi'l tell the exact weight of the *-ale abd i. .r.tenis. witiiout any need for disturbing the child, it ia said that after two complete days of life a cnlld weighs four ounces less than at birth. When a ^cek old, it will be the same weight as at birth. From days to live months the average increase should be three quavtera of an omice daily. At live months the ^jght should be double that at bilth. At 16 months the ^eight should be double that at five months. Of course, •ifants vary from tiw*e to time, and each individual has a rule 0^ its own: the great point is that growth ought to bo Constant.

DIFFERENCES AT THE POLYTECHNIC. At a meeting of tho shareholders of the Royal'Poly technic Institution, London, the proceedings were rather dis- turbed, owing to some dissatisfaction that has been felt with regard to the management of the estab- lishment. The chair was taken by the Reverend Prebendary Mackenzie, who proposed to commence the meeting with prayer, but this was_ assented on the ground that the meeting was a commercial and not a a one. The report of the directors was read, and, some discussion, was ndopted, subject to the produc- certain correspondence. The other business of the Meeting gp,ve ris^ to several warm controversies, and at the close the vote of thanks to the chairman was opposed on the ground that he did not deserve thanks. The motion however, carried.

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. ) An interesting-letter appeared in the New York JViJuTie from the pen of Mr. Tlmi u>w Weed 011 tl»e good offices of Queen Victoria towards America during tho War o^ tha Queen Victoria towards America during the War of the beIllon. Mr. Weed has long been tho wheel-horse of. the Republican party in this State, and soon after the war broke out, was sent to England om an important confiden- tlii mission by his old friend, the late Secretary Seward. In the course of his letter Mr. Weed cites three instances in which he was informed, 011 the best authority, her Majesty shewed good-will towards America, and used her influeuce to prevent war between tlds countiy and«SEng- land. Tile inofft striken; of these cases had re- ference to the Trent Affair. Mr. Weed says )Vben the dispatch demanding the surrender of Mason and Seidell was -lead by Lord Palmerston to the Queen, and the consequences of a refusal were ex- Pained, her Majesty was startled and distressed at the idea of war with America. Taking the despatch to the Priuce Consort, who, then in his last illness, was sitting in his apartment, tbe Queen asked him to read it, saying that she thought the language and spirit were liarsh and peremptory. The Prince, conewrring in opinion with her Majesty, subjected the dispatch to erasures and interlineations, in which amended form it was returned to the Premier. In relating this incident to Sir Henry Holland, the Queen added. That was"the last time the Prince used his pen." I This information, Mr. Weed says he obtained from Mr. Kinnaird, and he quotes a letter from that gentleman, dated December 22,1870, referring to the subject. Mr. Weed was aho assured by Lady Russell, and others, of the Queer's sympathies with America in her great struggle. The other evidence of the Queen's feelings were her dis- countenancing the proposed joint intervention of France ¡ and England, looking to a recognition of the Confederate Government, and tho introduction of a resolution into I Parliament repudiating our blockade of the Soutbar" ports. On these three occasions, says Mr. Weed, QueespVictoria cont ributed essentially to the preservation of peaoe be- I tween this country and Eugland.'

A POLICEMAN STABBED IN BIRMING- HAM. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] On Saturday evening three police oil'.cers were convey- iug t aeh a prisoner t hrough the street-? of Mirnnnuoani to the Lock-uj •, when one of them, namtd Macn:aiara was BU'i>:enly stt u;on by two men. 0-~< rushed up to inm on cn'" side and struck him :t v" lent blow on "tlG head with a 1)riel. At the same ii:#tant another fellow fct.bl J.JT ■ i him on the other fide of the head wit a a knife. The prisoner whom he had in custody was retained by hi" brother officers. His ?s-sailants escaped for tbe tiw, but one of them was afterwards arrested. The irjuries inflicted upiui the policeman are of so serious a nature as to reader his recovery doubtful. A curious coincidence is that upou that day twelve the same officer was violently assaulted under similar circumst ances.

THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. Wove pleased, says. the QtvMan, to announce that Lord John Manners, prior to leaving town, conferred a substartial boon upon the young ladies employed m the chief Telegraph-office, St. Martin n-le-Gr&nd, IJ ordered that all detained on overtime should receive extra reraunamtton at the rate. of twepence per hour and that, further, they should be permitted, to refresh themselves with a mug of tea and two thiolc siloes ef 0 bread and serape," to be procured at the I!I) of the nation fmrq the nearest coffee-shop, If the oonsetrnisness of having performed a generous act een- duees to human happiness, tme Postmaster-General will be sure to immensely enjoy his holiday,

HARVEST PROSPECTS. The Agricultural Gazette publishes a tabulated estimate of the hitrvest, which goes to shew that the wheat crop is this v< i-r considerably below an average. The Gazette says A dirtier lot of wheat-fields—mere knocked about an,1 laid —dusky, stained, and often prematurely den,1- than Krc to he seen just now all tlarough Statlord- shire and Warwickshire, so far ss they are com- manded by the lines of railway, one rarely witnesses. And the returns of our correspondents from the Southern coun- ties do not describe much better fortune there. Or the returns upon tlie whole", 36 per oent. declare wheat to be an average crop, 57^ per cent, put it below an average, and only per cent, declare it over average. The follow- illg are the figures with reference to wheat, barley, oats, beany, and peas respectively Number and character of Crop Reports. Crop Returns. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas, Average. 77 98 71 75 70 Below average 123 22 78 b7 54 Above aveiage 14 105 48 28 55 Total 214 225 197 160 m Reducing these to their percentage proportions we have the following figures, which represent the proportions of the several classes of returns in the hundred:— Crop Returns. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas- Average. 3G 43 36 47 39 Below average 57^ 10 393 .^5^ 30^ Above average 6^ 47 24J 17y 30 £ It will he seen from the above that the barley is the best cici> of the year, not more than 1.0 per cent, of the returns putting it below an average. Of oats, the returns are very various, and divided in nenrly equal proportions among the three clflsses-in^-hich we have arranged them. Beans and peas, which promised well, hare been illjurcd Y the weather. The root crop is generally good, as in a wet season was to be expected. The bay crop, though heavy; has been badly made, so that the best qualities will be scarce and dear.

CATTLE DISEASE IN WARWICKSHIRE. Saturday's official return shews that the foot and mouth disease is alarmingly increasing in Warwickshire. There are now 2,281 cases for the fortnight, as against 1,841 for the previous fortnight. One case of plenro-pneamonia has occurred. The disease is most virulent in the districts bordering on Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire*

FEATHERING THE NEST. It is to the credit of the ex-Imperial family of France that it did not cross the Channel burdened with savings from the national taxes. Napoleon III.'s worst enemy ver accused him of laying by for a ralijy day. His party, not himself, profited by his accession to power. The same can scarcely be said either of Pear-head," Louis Philippe, or his descendants; In fact, when Mr. Smith landed at Newhaven in 1848 he had a very comfortable balance lying at his English bankers.' Immediately on their return to France the Orleans Prinoes, true to their family traditions, laid claims successfully, but somewhat inopportunely, to property valued at something like a million and a-half of francs. Very lately they had pressed for the cession of fifty shares in the Canal du Midi, which were formerly the property of Louis Philinpe, but were granted by the late Emperor to the Legion of Honour. M. Bocher, the indefatigable Orleanist agent, had, I learn on excellent authority, an interview with General Vinoy, Chancellor of the Order, in which be claimed not only the shares in question, but compound interest on the same. Now, the Chancell.. is a man of ready action but few words, and there Tor e I am not surprised to hear that M. Boclier was expel! f i ni his presence with more celerity than politeness. fact, the adviser of the House of Orleans was mor:d not physically, kicked out of the loom.—Vanity Fair.

4 stained glass window, the gift of the Imperial Cro." Prince and Princess of Germany, has been placed in the parish church of Saudow., Iste of Wight, in commemoia-' tion of their visit last season. We have the best reason for stating, says the Times, that thai report circulated to the effect that Major the Hon. W. Harbord has received the value of the commis- sion lately held by him in the 7th Hussars ia altqgtthei without foundation.

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MORE DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE IN BIRMINGHAM. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM .] On Saturday afternoon the coroner of Birmingham held an inquest on the body of Ellen Lines, an elderly woman, who was the wife of a blind man. On the 3rd inst. she was drinking in a publie-house, when he entered and some angry words ensued. He desired her to leave him, but as she refused he struck her on the head a violent blow with a stick which he used to guide himself. A verdict of manslaughter was returned against James Lines, the husband of the deceased. Another inquest was held to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Mary Gerrard. The evidence was to the effect that. during a brawl, she was struck on the bead with a brick bv a woman named Lyons, who was at present in custody. li he latter at the time expressed her intention of deing more for Mrs. (x'-rrard. A verdict of man- slaughter was also returned in this case.