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SPIRIT OF THE DAILY PRESS.
SPIRIT OF THE DAILY PRESS. DIFFICULTIES OF THE EASTERN QUESTION. There is no reason, says the Times, for deeming the ttandard of European statesmanship of to-daj utterly be- neath that of former tim,1. and it would be fairer and more like the truth to recognise at once that all this per- piexity indicates the existence of one of the most entangled and momentous problems which have ever presented them- selves in the course of modern, or of any, history. It is quite evident, moieover, that the explanation of the diffi- culty must he sought in something far beyond the dis- turbed provinces themselves. As for the abstract difficulty of providing good government for them, we may as well say at once that there is no such difficulty at all. Any one of the Great Powers could solve that problem to-mor- row if it only had the chance. Austria certainly could do ii lsetter still could Eng'and, which already governs hundreds of millions of people of mixed races. Lord Justice James i? so far quite right. We o»ly want a rea- sonable code of laws, some trustworthy courts of justice, and a sufficient force at Cliii- back toc,irry out their deci- sions and, itS we have said. this could be provided by any one of the Powers—still more by a.il combined. Where, then, is the difficulty ? In ,hat", does the problem consist ? Obviously not in the circumstances of Servia, or of Bosnia, or of Herzegovina, or of Bulgaria; but in the sense en- t.-rt;i,;iiecl on -ill sides that political interests of the first importance to every Power concerned are involved in any alteration of the government of these unfortunate pro- vinces, and that the issue at stake is really greater, of more moment to civilisation, than even the looal interests which justly excite such intensity of sympathy and enthusiasm in this country. The Bulgarian atrocities themselves are an illustration of this truth, however unweloome it may be to recognise it. They are horrible beyond all conception but what do they really mean? Not merely that the Turkish Government, is weak, corrupt, and wicked. They reveal the fact that Europe, no less than the Tn i kish Go- vernment, has to deal with the portentous facts of the existence on its soil and adjacent to it of a mass of reckless and uncontrolled barbarism. We have to deal, in other words, not merely with certain ruffians who disgrace humanity in Bulgaria, but with an Asiatic Power still pre- serving in its midst the fierce and barbarous instincts of an uncivilised race. AN ARMISTICE AND A CONFERENCE. Upon the hypothesis, soys the Daily Telegraph, that there is no Khivan trick being prepared again—rio Tartar duplicity where what is solemnly promised by the ruler is laughed to scorn by his subordinates'-»we must still recall tre pacific assurances of Alexander II., and believe him solely desivous to see ihe Christians secure and contentedly settled under good and equal laws. What the Powers w;h in these respects the Porte now engages to carry out; And. mei-iiwhile.there are many plans and ideas everywhere published and discussed which hitherto have goneunder the common name of ■' local autonomy." The Sultan ha« asked to have this loose term dtfined, and pledges himself to put in execution the best phms which will give it effect--preser- ving, of coiii-,e, as evn Mr. Giadstone has stipulated, his territorial sovereignty. The time has, therefore, arrived when all such floftirg iuess should be reflueei to solid propositions of reform in a conference and by his readi- ness to accept this practical step the sincerity of th^ Em-j peror of Russia will now be tested. A suspension of hostilities in the Morava Valley, enforced upTin T.oher- naycff -for Servia is at present virtually a province of Russia, must precede the Conference and the rest is matter for exhaustive discussion, since we know that. the intei.tions of the Su'tan actually exceed what was demand. We hope, therefore, to see Russia gladly loin to promising a gathering, and thus vindicate the pious single-mindedness upon which her recent demarche has thrown such ugly suspicions. If nhe refuse the end would then be gained of demonstrating that the Servian war and the Bosnian and Bulgarian insurrectioRs,together with the Sumarokoff mission, nsve been all merely stages of the old sinister policy, and that Constantinople, not Christian emancipation, is the object of so many acts of double- dealing. In that case the political situation would be cleared up, and we should at least hear no more at home of" friendly accord with Russia," which way lately the sheet anchor of Bulgarian orators. In this direction, then, the path of honest Governments seems to lie plain and straight an armistice and a conference will help all Europe to know what can be done to right the wrongs of the past, and to open an era of quieter times for Turks and Christians together for both must continue to exist. TURKEY'S RELIANCE ON ENGLISH SUPPORT. "The belief is general," writes the Constantinople cor- respondent of the Daily Netos, "that in spite of the massacres, in spite of every crime in which the Turkish Government may indt-lge, England will still be its friend." If such is the inveterate hope of the official classes at Constantinople, it must be admitted that language has been and still continues to be emploved by some public writers in this country well ellculated to foster such a de- lusion. It will be for the Queen' Ministers to convince them how utterly they have mistaken the intentions of this country. The time for illusions is past, and the Ottoman Government munt brace itself up to encounter realities. Whether we assume that it is from inability or unwillingness to comply with the counsels of the Powers that it has just rejected their proposals, the necessity of decisive action on the pari, of the European Cabitusbs is equally demonstrated. If the Turkish Government is powerless in its own dominions, the fate of the Christians certainly cannot be left in its hands. The Powers have not interfered without the amplest justification and proved necessity, and they would leave the Christians, who constitute the majority of the population of European Turkey, in a worse position than ever if they recoiled beiore threats of massacre. The Powers are well able if they choose to put such notions out of the heada of the most excited of Moslem enthusiasts, and com. pel the Porte to grant any securitiea which may be found necessary for the good government of the Christians of Turkey. It is only the belief that the Powers will not agree to aet together that encourages the Porte to reject their advice, and as good as it was seen that this confidence is ill-founded, we should hear that much which is now de- clared impossible of acceptance had been agreed to at Con- stantinople. RUSSIA AND THE TURKISH QUESTION. Eliminate Russia out of the question, says the Morning Pott, and if there did not cease to be any Eastern Question at all it would at any rate be emptied of all really danger- ous elements. Therefore Russia is the disturber of Europe. If reform in Turkey would settle the question and satisfy Russia it could be obtained easily enough, for if the Porte shewed any hesitation in giving practical effect to its promises the Great Powers, were it not for Russia, could bring the required pressure to bear. But Russia has only used the question of reform in Turkey, the proteoting of the Christians, as a means to her own ends, which have been pursued with admirable tenacity and continuity from the tia..es of Peter the Great. Twice she has thought that the question was ripe enough to allow her safely to lift a corner of the veil and shew for an instant the features of her policy-on 00 when the late Csar became confidential to our ambassador, and now again in the proposition to occupy the provinces of Turkey and to watch the Bosphorns. It mighlj be thought that if the root of the evil afflicting Europe coOn thus be determined the remedy would be alire obvious and simple. And so we believe it is. Europe, we are convinced, might be spared the paralysing fear of impending disaster if only it would ceme to the conclusion that instead of taking common counsel with the burglar for the security of the house, tht true wisdom would be to hand him over to the police. I.et the real offender, the promoter of all mischief, be stripped of his assumed garb of Christian sympathy, and compelled to attend to his own legitimate affairs, and the Eastern Question will be almost solved. TURKEY AND THE CONDITIONS OF PEACE. May not the Turks, says the Standard, fairly desire to know which of the several interpretations that have been put upon the conditions of peace they are to accept ? frothing can be clearer than that the views of England are not identical with those either of Austria or of Russia. The Austrian theory probably falls short of out-s in regard to the measure of independent action to be allowed to the provinces. The Russian theory, it is certain, is far in advance of what any Power has put forth. Literally interpreted, it would mean something even beyond the programme proposed by the Emperor Nicholas in 1853, for it amounts to com- plete obliteration of the Turkish rule—at least in Europe. If that, or anything like that, is v. hat Turkey is required to accept, we cannot be surpr.sed at her exhibiting some opposition to the project. She may reasonably urge that this is hardly a peace programme. She may point to what has been done and is being done m Servia as evidence that such a scheme is intended to be a distinct provocation to war—a ° averted by ber self-destruction. T ?"r 18 the autonomous process to be carried? s Turkey to. sur- round herself with a network of Servias- of provinces whose neutrality is to be interpreted ItS perfect frteedom to attack Turkey,but absolute immunity from being attacked by Turkey ? It is no wonder that the Porte should rebel against such a pIau-that it should resist it even at the risk of breaking off the negotiations. To demand sufch a sKitifinlfjCtOuBft Gt,J_i of them—that they are brutal, ferocious, and fanatical. They would be exhibiting a more than Quaker- like temper were they to assist in their own annihilation in the manner proposed. To urge upon thexn the total dismemberment of the empire can only be a proposal suggested in the interest of those who believe that thty have an exclusive right to its reversion. Such a plan can only have been framed with a view to its being rejected, in order that the rejection might serve as an excuse for a fresh violation of the public law, and a further develop- ment of the Sclavian conspiracy. TURKSY AND EUROPEAN INTERVENTION. But the Turk in Europe is not, says the Morning Ad- vertiser, and under present circumstances cannot be, his own master. His fate is bound up with that of others, and it is imperatively incumbent upon them, in their own self-defence, to protect him from his own folly. He is at present, and must be as long as he continues to be a I member of the European family, in leading-strings. The time may come for his expulsion from that body—and it may come sooner than some of us expect-but until then he must be content to be treated in forma pupillari. It is not, therefore, to be' for one moment sup- posed that the obstinate attitude assumed by Turkey to- wards our proposalm for peace is to be tolerated. The peace of Europe is in the custody of the Groat Powers, and it is impossible that they should allow it to be impe- rilled by a nation so hopelessly vicious and corrupt as Tur- key has proved herself to be. If she has no consideration for the fears and apprehensions of Europe, and refuses to listen to the voice of friendly remonstrance, then force nrnst be used—as much force as shall be found necessary to bring her to reason. But in the exercise of this force the utmost caution must be observed. No one Power must be allowed advantage or precedence all must act in unison. There must be no territorial aggrandisement; but, on the contrary, the most complete and entire disinterestedness. The sphere of this joint occupation, moreover, must not be limited to Turkish territory, but made to include Servia and the other dis- turbed districts. There may be objections raised against proposals so comprehensive, but there will be objections in some quarters to any proposals, and the more permanently satisfactory the scheme the mere numerous will bo the objections.
I LATE GEJNEKAL ISEWS.
LATE GEJNEKAL ISEWS. The Right Hon. W. E. Forster, M.P., will address his constituents at Bradford tomorrow, u2on the Eastern Question. The Duke of Cambridge, who is now engaged in the in- spection of the troops in the south-eastern district, at Shorncliffe and Dover, will visit Chatham to-morrow, for the purpose of holding a review of the forces in that dis- trict. A movement is on foot among the large body of school- masters and teachers in London to raise a volunteer col-pa from the members of their profession. It is proposed to make the battalion administrative, so that members could Jjoin anywhere within a radius of eight miles round St.. Paul's. All persons connected with education will be eligible. A preliminary general meeting will be held at one p.m. to morrow at Harp-alley Board School, near Ltidgete-eii-eiiq, "hn Sir E. H. Currie and other distin- guished friends of education will be present.
PIRACY AND MURDER.
PIRACY AND MURDER. The Stan.boul Criminal Court has just finished the ex- amination of the 17 Laz pirates who some time ago were taken into custody for outrages committed in the Sea of Marmora and other places. The prisoners, with one exception, are all from the same place. Rizeh, a town in LazlMan, on the north-eastern coast of the Black Sea, and, besides the acts of piracy for which they stand committed, they are also I accused of having broken into and robbed a monastery on the island of Marmora, of having wounded the monks ana murdered one of the servants. The grwvest crime, how- ever, with which they are charged, is having boarded a small vesset near Heraclea, which they completely pil- laged, then murdered the crew of six men, a lad on board only escaping a similar fate by hiding himseli under some planks, after which they sank the vessel. Some of the objpcts stolen have since been found by the police, the culprits themselves having revealed their whereabouts,
INDIAN BURGLARS.
INDIAN BURGLARS. India is scandalised not a season, says the Mussoorie correspondent of the Delhi Gazette, "passes that we do not. record something sensational up here in the shape of either a suicide, elopement, or wholesale murder, but it is rare to hear of a European, the son of a retired lieuteiant- colonel, being caught with natives in the very act of burglary, or of a civilian making himself scarce, having regularly swindled European and native looal bauks. "iS- cerii, millionnaire Urlies, and ppnerala' wives." In tne fur- mer case the delinquent, was seriously injured at the time of his car'ure, and is not expected to live, so society may probably be deprived of his company. In the latter instance this creditable young Bengal civilian, who happens to be a competition-wallah, after his peccadilloes absented himself from his post without leave, but so numerous are the kind friends making inquiries after him that it seems improbable that he will return to shed again upon Derah the light of his countenance, and his disconnection from the service may not improbably be of' permenant duration.
JUDICIAL STATISTICS IN 1875.
JUDICIAL STATISTICS IN 1875. A Parliamentary return was issned yesterday morning giving judicial statistics for 1875 in England and Wales. Part I. -dealll with police, criminal pro- ceedings, and prisons and Part II. with common law, equity, and civil and canon law. The returns shew a continued decrease in the number of the criminal clashes at large and known to the police, and in the number of houses of bad character. As compared with the previous year. a decrease appears in the number of indictable offences reported by the police, and in the number of persons for trial at assizes and sessions. In the number of commitments to prison, and in the number of persons summarily proceeded against before justices, there is an increase. The decrease in the number of indictable offences occuis in the classes of offences against property without violence, of malicious offences against property, and f forgery and offences against the currency. In the class of offences against the person there is a considerable increase. The number of convictions for murder was greater in 1875 than is found recorded for any previous year.
ITHE EMPLOYMENT DODGE.
THE EMPLOYMENT DODGE. Yesterday morning, before Alderman Allm, at the Guildhall Police-court. London, five young men, of the names of Pickin, Dalgleish, Hervy, Bond, and Pickett, ap- peared to give evidence in respect of summonses they had taken out against one William Stacey, trading under the name of Stacey and Company. The City and Suburban Enyelooe and Circular-Addressing Office," 8, Monkwell- street, Wood-street, E.C.; but the defendant did not ap- pear, although a clerk from Mesllrs. f ntchers", of Cheapside solicitors,stated that he expected him. The compainants had deposited amounts varying from £ 10 to 15(1 under the promise that the defendant would give them a weekly salary of £ 1, with six per cent, commission on orders, or £ 1 ION.. with four per cent. commission they had not got their wages, nor could they obtain the return of their deposits.—Alderman Allen adjourned the case for a week, in order to allow the defendant to make some terms" with the complainants, who did not at all appear satisfied with the arrangement.
PROFESSOR HUXLEY ON BIOLOGY.
PROFESSOR HUXLEY ON BIOLOGY. Professor Huxley delivered his first lecture yesterday morning,at the Royal School of Science, South Kensington. since his return from America. The learned scientist did not seem any the worse for his visit to the States, although a trifle paler than usual. After a few introductory re- marks, he plunged at once into his subject, biology, which, by tho way, has nothing to do with electro-biology, psy- chic force." or spir itual ism. To explain what is meant by biology, it may be briefly said that all natural objects ad- it of an obvious separation into two primary groups, according as they are dead or alive—according as they exhibit no phenomena except such as can readily be referred to the working of known physical and chemical laws, or they present, in addition, tha phenomena which we are accustomed to group under the name "vital." The studies which occupy themselves with dead bodies concern the physician, the chemist, the geologist, the mathematician, and the mineralogist. The study of living beings, irrespective of the nature and position of these, is the province of biology, derived from the Greflk words bios, life, and logos, a discourse, meaning the science ot life; or, in other words, what has until late years been termed natural history. All living beings, however, may be dividtd into the two kingdoms of animals and plants; the study of the former constituting the department of zoology, whilst botany is ex- clusively concerned with the latter. In accordance with this division, biology splits up into these kindred sciences, although they form really only one discipline, as Professor Huxley points out, which is divided only as a matter of convenience; for the scientific zoologist should no more be ignorant of the fundamental phenomena of veget able life than tire scientific botanist of those of animal exis- tence. Professor Huxley then went exhaustively into the Subject, the report of which is more fitted for the pages of a scifentific journal than the columns of a newspaper. The learned professor was, p,s usrtal, clear in his definitions and eloquent in diction, and received from those who had the pleasure of listening to him a genial and hearty welcome back to the sphere of his labours.
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At the Thames Police-court, Johann Sorgenteene, a foreign seaman, has been charged with assaulting Charles Sankins, an English seaman, and deliberately biting off his thumb. The case was remanded for a week to see how the injured man may go on, and for the attendance of the doctor. Some money was advanced from the poor- box for thA jjsuteUiato exp«n!eft of tbejB«QAB«#QC,aaaJua -<1- ,j;}.¡-). _u
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEW.
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEW. The damage done by the hurricane in the Isle of Wight is estimated at 212,000. Dr. Moorhonse, the Bishop-designate of Melbourne, win be consecrated in Westminster Abbey on Sunday, the 22nd inst., eleven o'clock. Themprriage of the Marquis of Tavistock and Lady Adeline Somers-Cocks, daughter of the Earl aad Countess Somers, will take place on the 24th inst. The Walsall Town Council has agreed to apply the Artisans' Dwellings Act to a part of the town contain- ing 119 dwellings and between 500 and 600 inhabitants. A concert by upwards of 3.000 members of the Tonic Sol Fa Association, as represented by various branches and classes throughout the Metropolis, has just been given at the Crystal Palace. At the magistrates' sitting at BTailsham, George Gravett, master brickmaker, has been fined £20 and costs for sell- ing beer without, a licence, and committed to the amnizes for wilful and corrupt perjury arising out of the defence set up. We (Daily News) understand that a requisition in the Conservative interest is being signed, to the Lord Major calling on him to convene a meeting at the Guildhall in support of the Eastern policy of the Govern- ment. At Bury St. Edmund's a colt breaker named Drake lost control over two horses, and as the street was full of market psople headed the animals into a plate-gli-ss window, whilst he saved himself by jumping on to the sun-blind. Singu- larly enough, only one horse was slightly injured. The Barnsley magistrates have ordered the committal of Mr. Joseph Towend Machen, a gtntleman of independent means, to Wakefield House of Correction, and issued a -rrant for his apprehension, for assaulting James Wiatherhogg. head ostler at the King's Head Hotel. Elijah Griffiths, an ironworker, aged 50, has met with his death at Messrs. Bagnall's works, near Wednesbury. He was engaged in flinging tbe red-hot noetal from the paddling furnaces to the steam-hammer, when, it is sup- posed, his foot slipped, and he fell forward and caught the falling blow. Death was instantaneous. At the Southampton Town Council the question of the increase of lunacy in the borough has been discussed. It was s jewn that whereas in 1868 the number of pauper lunatics chargeable on the local rates was 69, it had in- c, eased, according to the btue-booli, to 145 in 1875, and that there were now 166 to be provided for. In appreciation ot the gallant conduct of the crew of the salmon coble who rescued the lives of the sailors from the three ships stranded in Delhaven Bay on the SOth ult., the inhabitants of Dunbar and neighbour- hood subscribed a purse of £20, to be divided amongst the men. Provost Brand made the presentation. At the Middlesborough Special Adjourned Sessions, the renewal of the liceuce to the Fox and Hounds Inn was again refused. The application was on behalf of the Cor- po: ation, who own the property, and are offered £ 1,200 for the licence. An appeal to the Quarter Sessions is ex- pected, under the permission of the justices. Additional excitement has been caused in Hull by its having become t.,own that the defalcations of the late borough tmasurer, Bolton, now an invalid, who was 55 years in office, and of John Brooke, accountant, who was 25 years in office, and who shot himself last week, amount to over £:26,000, instead of £10,000 as originally stated. The superintendent of the Perth county police asks that severer sentences may be passed by magistrates to repress the growing lawlessness in the county. He complains that the increase of Highland games competitions, which now take place at every little village. has had the effect of increasing the number of roughs and idle people in the district. Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, speaking at a meeting.of the North Walsham Agricultural Association, said that if Russia was carrying on war against Turkey, while profess- ing to be a neutral, she was guilty cut conduct which ought to be reprobated and put down by Europe. If the rule which had heretofore existed were allowed to be thus broken through, no country in Europe would suffer more from the breach than the British Empire. I am informed, says the London correspondent of the Scotsman pap3r, that in view of the increasing number of enlistments for short service, the War Office authorities contemplate the reduction of the number of married men allowed to be borne on the establishment of each regiment. This reduction is believed to be in the proportion of three out of every seven, but will be brought about gradually in order to avoid cases of individual hardship. The strike of the iron shipbuilders formerly employed by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Queen's Island, Belfast, continues, and an address to the trades unionists and other artisanfc of Belfast" has been issued. It quotes a resolutiun alleged to have been passed at a general meeting of the shipwrights of Queen's Island and other tradesmen supporting them, which lesolution urges the organisation of a proceeuion and demonstration in Belfast, on Saturday, 14th in St. Mr. Jardine, the unsuccessful Liberal Candidate at the last election for Dumfriesshire, has been entertained at a public banquft at Dumfries, and a letter from Mr. Gladstone was read on the occasion. He said he was obliged to decline attendance at public meetings,even when within convenient reach, for he was satisfied that such II t tendan ce would be prejudicial rather than otherwise to the great interests involved in the present and prospective course of the Eastern Question. Considerable excitement has been caused at Sitting- bourne by an elopement in humble life, the parties being the wife of a itiaii named Aur.ten, and a railway official on the London, Chatham, and Dover line, named Fisher. The woman, it is stated, robbed her husband extensively, and obtained a new suit of clothes for Fisher in her husband's name. Fisher was appre- hended at Herno-hill, to which place he had removed from Sitt.ingbou-.id, some of the property being found at his lodgings. At the City Police-court, Hereford,a respectably con- nected youth, Walter Edwards, a booking cler'{ at the H-urs Cunrt Railway Station, has been charged with s ealing a quantity of jewellery, the property of the Great Western Railway Company. The stolen property consists of valuable pins, studs and other articles. A charge was also preferred against a youth named George Charles Matthews, a parcel porter at the same station, of stealing a lady's gold chain and pencil-case, value £ 3 10s. Both prisoners were remanded, bail being refused. At the Liverpool Police-court a curious case has been heard in respect to a practice which prevails to some extent amongst the lower classes of the town. A man was sum- moned for having with seven others entered a mourning coach taking a coffiri containing the body of a child who had died from small-pox. The question was whether he could be fined for such a proceeding. The magistrate said there were 1 rovisions enough respecting infected persons whilst living, but with the utmost ingenuity he could not bring this case within the law. The summons was therefore dismissed. A terrific explosion of mineral oil has taken place on the premises of Mr. Frederick Bower, ironmonger, Netherthorpe-place, Sheffield. Mr. Bower was endeavouring to get out the tap from a long iron tank containing the oil by means of a soldering iron, but failed, and then made use of a blow- pipe in order to melt off the lead. Whilst doing this the oil or vapour exploded with a terrific report, blowing the tank end out and knocking Mr. Bower down. The oil escaped and took fire, but the flames were soon got under, without heavy damage resulting. At the Salford Pelice ceurt George Crossley has been charged with feloniously receiving 163 suits of new clothes, 18 coats, and 64 pairs of trousers, which had been stolen from the premises of a clothier inChapel-street by a woman named Annie Taylor. A considerable quantity of the stolen property had been found in the shop of J. F. May, a pawnbroker, after notice of the thefts and a description of the missing articles had been supplied to him. May was apprehended, and, together with Crossley, was committed for trial on the charge of feloniously receiving. The woman was admitted as a witness. At a meeting of the School Board for London, ptesided over by Sir Charles Reed, the day for the triennial elec- tions has been altered, at the suggestion of Canon Gregory, from Thursday, the 30ih of November, to Tuesday, the 2Sth. It was decided to ask the Vice-President of the Privy Council to receive a deputation with reference to the instruction of pupil teachers at centres, and the School Management Committee were requested to consider the system of half-time instruction at board schools, with the view of making it more continuous in all cases and more convenient to the working classes. At Sheffield Mr. Barlow, Master in Lunaey, has held an inquiry disclosing extraordinary facts relating to Miss Eiiau-beth Shearwocd, an eccentric wealthy lady living at Sharxow, Sheffield, for the purpose of ascertaining her state of mind. The family are wealthy. One sister, although worth £30,000, went begging, and another, simi- larly wealthy, is a lunatic. The evidence given shewed that the subject of the present inquiry frequently sat on doorsteps with only a chemise oh. She generally kept meat a fortnight before cooking it. She was filthy in her hnbits, and would leave cheques about or press them upon the acceptance of various persons. The annual Conference of the Evangelical Alliance has been opened at South port. In the annual report reference was made to the persecution of converts to Christianity in Turkey. The committee reiterated the charges against the Turks of oruelty to the Christian converts, both native and foreign, and drew attention to the fact that, notwith- standing the ample proof which had been offered t4 the contrary, Sir Henry Elliot had assured Lord Derby "with confidence" that nothing in the nature of a perse- cution of Christians was going on. The British Minister's report was written a year and a half Ago, and the Com- mittee of the Alliance remark that recent experience had supplied a cozaiaftntaty on Sir Jtie&ty'e blindnew or ia. differeaMi J.
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BR> NCH OFFICES in £ tha UNITED KJLmUDOM. ENGLAND. Ash,«n-U-T.146, Stamford »t I Maid atone 8, King street La.row-in-FurxieeS Dal- ^aa-heater 105. Murke, It ke.th Street Ai., ulesooro' 2,, Lin- jbi: h 5, Quiet stfeet ihorpei-o,,d .Cowmer,ial at,-ee: Newcastle 16, Grainger tjm d. y Main street stroe:, W. Bi. m ngham .93, New btree I tWFOiiT 28, Hi^h street B-bhop Auckland M»lt Northami ton.11, At>uij;- biiovel) a d tou St. te" B'yth -.2, Market place Norwich 55, I ondon at B iton 101, bride awgat-i Nottingham Town Ciub !*viton 31, Mai ktt pi tee bunuings ¡$nAt.on.iSl, Mal iu,t VI LCe bunuings B adfo d Jj8, Mechanics' Oldham 54, Yorkshire strept lnbtitule ^pji.shaw 39, Aohton Old BriKhthouse 5,Itin<rstreet road Bnsiul„lS A 19,Hiyh street I Oxf rd.3. New road Canterbury ..17, St. Margaret eutf-.rborotigh.Uinswr Gat.. Strest way Chelmsford.High street Plymouth..3, Bank of England uhesier.Foie^a es ieet place CI ckheaton. 5, C own stref t ortsea 165, Queen street uhesier.Foie^a es ieet place CI ckheaton. 5, C own stref t ortsea 166, Queen street Co ch ster .Matdleu fetreet Rawten»tall 6, Bank street Crewe 104, Mill St e?t Reading 61, J>>ru>oti street ne«v*bury .l,C!iurchstreet Ri|>!ey Market place Dudley .217, Wolverhampton »o. hd *le..66, Yorkauir« bticut Salford 4, c ross ia»e Exeter lfl.Quee" s'rett sheffi -id 46, Chmchst e?t Fxeter 19,QueOn Birect sheffi -id 46, Chmchst e?t Giteshead .High Level end Shiplev 11. Kir! gate louce ter .1)6, Westgatest -ou bampton.,105, Hi*h street Guild ord. 161. Hinh street ( Stockton street Heckmondwike, lia ket *tret» Torquay 68, Fleet sti eet Hi b Harrogate H, We t- \Jakefi«ld .8 K-rkitaie morland s.re«t „ t 2, Br-dRe st-e^t Hu.Jd. rsfldd.76, Kin?street We.t Bromwich.. Hurh sti eet li-SwSoh lfl,Bu'ter ma ket v\isoe» h .61, Ma i-et p see Kei iiley ilarke" place Wolverhampton^Queen ftrecC Leeds. 14 Boar U> e | Worcester 2, St Nlcho Tei^S*r.GranbT 8 reet ■,re' t Lgj,,h 6, Market st. eet Yarmouth Broa l row Liverpool 21, Bold street, \ork.. 24, Coney street SCOTLAND. Aberdeen 225, Union st, Glsssow # BuchaniLn at Arbroath 161, H",h lOt: Greei,ock.. S. West Biwkhall at Ayr • •«<>, High st Hamilton 32, Caozow st Cupar Fife <7, Bonny jit I tiawiuk .13, H gh »t Dumbarton 14, Bri ge st fnveiT.esa .23, Ac.demr st Putufrns 1*7, iHnbst Kirkai ly 22<>, High t>t Dvinee. — ..l^.Nethergatu M<n{rose IO*?, High st D .l'fermline 13, Bridge sf Paisley 101. Wfeh i»t cross Edinburgh 74, Prinoee st P-Ttn 6i, John st Galashiels 60, High st Stirling 61, Murray place IRELAND. BalJymena— 75, Church-street. Dublin—69, Gra'ton-'treet. Be.fast—4, Donegal-square, N. l.imerick—41, Thomas-street. Cloiimel—Alain-st' eet. Londonderry—1 Carl>sle-rd. Coleraine—20, C'hunh-street. VVaterford—124, Quay. Cork—79, Grand Paraae. WALE, SWANSEA. 103, Oxford-street, CARDIFF 5, Queen-street. CARMARTHEN 7, Lammas-Street, MEEIHYfi .1, Victoria-street. RINGER'S SEWING M-ACIHNES. 1" t. __4_- JpOWELL AND NIOHOLLB. TOBACCO, CIGAR, & SNUFF MANUFACTUBEBS^ 20, ST. MARY STREET, CARDIFF. POWELL and NICHOLLS' Gold Leaf Birds Eye. POWELL and NICHOLLS' Bristol Birds Eye. POWELL and NICHOLLS' Virginia Returns. POWELL and NICHOLLS' Havannah Mixture. POWELL and NICHOLLS' Cut & Cake Cavendish POWELL and NICHOLLS' Superfine Shag POWELL and NICHOLLS' Virginia Shag. POWELL and NICHOLLS' Harp Shag. POWELL and NICHOLLS' Irish Roll. POWELL and NICHOLLS' Thin Twist. POWELL and NICHOLLS' Sweet Sixteeus. POWELL and NICHOLLS' Honey Dew. POWELL and NICHOLLS' First-Class Cigars. POWELL and NICHOLLS' Genuine Snuff. POWELL and NICHOLLS' Russian Cigarettes. THE TRADE SUPPLIED ON BEST TERMS. 20, ST. MARY STREET. 9592 J. M. H A I H B COAL MERCHANT, LAKCTC BOT7BV COAL, MyDyddtshrra BedAtfk LARGR HOUflB COAL, No. •Talk. LABOE BOUi. COAL, Powell's Red Ash Lantw*. l'HHuUOH-alil>-TUIU>Utt& fTflAfa 8MXLL HOUSE COAL. SMALL glirrJW GOAL. LA&OE STEAM COAL, SnMtosleMk HUTSTKAU OO VL, SMALL BTRAN OGAI. COJJC. Speelalrateelor large qnantfttet, <ytar%teca^ Omass: 81, WEST BUX&-8TBXKT, SOCKS. G8t- TOR HOUS* EAbX blOTX, TMmmiwm.rf. AnnsMr HENRY BAILEY. Mr GBORQE LEWIS. „ Mr IsAAO &UTCEB, Tag Yale Btihn* H Button. TRUTH MUST PRTCV AIL."—Comtotr 8. gILK AND FELT HATS AND C F EVERY DESCRIPTION. S: W E I C HER T, MANUFACTURER, BUTE-ST. UKPOf, 2, MOU-N. Established 1858. OFFERS nothing extraordinary, but really 000..1 Articles at fair and reasonab e prices He does not keep an "imnense stock," but sufficiently large for aiypur.ua of select from. He does not sell cheaper than any other houss in the trade," but qui t* áR cheap as any. S. W. is in possession of Allie-A ine's Parent Conformateur. the only Ins rument which takes the exact Size, and thus socures a Perfect Fit. A VISIT WILL AT ALL TIMES BE VERY JWOK APPÄAIoClATw. 6349 H R I S T I B, GUNSMITH, 6TKEL STAMP AND BRAND OUTTE336 DIE SINKER, 4a, h. QHRISTUPS SHEFFIELD wAjaMotra IS THE BEST AND CHEAPEST PLAGE For STcrj description of WARRANTED TOOLS & CUTLERY, None but Fnun-Ouws WOBJUCEM UPT, And LOWEST PRICES CHARGED. At CHRISTIE'S SHEFFIELD WAREHOUSE 112, VICTORIA STREET, EBxSTOL, Sttff SPECCAL. SEVERAL CAKGOES OF NEW T E A, Oomristlng of the FINEST QUALITY of this Season's Growtlv have now arrived. ThefoUowing qualities are well worth notice :— SEASON 1976-7. GOOD BLACK Tia Is 8d per lb EXCELLENT BLACK TIA Ss Od per lb A R&ALLT GOOD, CHEAP FAMILY TEA 2s 6d per lb GENUINE BLACK TEA. 2s 8d per lb CØOICE BLACK TEA 38 OJ perb VIET FINEST TEA IMPOITTZD 3s 6d per lb 24 per lb less on Gib i'areels and upwards. V c. HOW B L L- THE CARDIFF TEA & COFFEB SALESMAN, 86 and 87, ADAM STREET, CARDIFF. 3332 -8775 MR. GRAHAM YOUNG, dental sub-geoh, -1- No. 7, Park street Br stoi. Attendance proftss oli,lly CARuiFi —KVERY WEDNFS* DAY, at 13, CR' 'CKHERB i OWS, from 10 to 6. IVEWPORT- SECOND and FOURTH THtJhSDAY in every month, lit HU1 n. I J u e., chemist, 64, HIGH STREH, frr.m 1> to 6; next v si S THURSDAY, Oct ljr.h and t«th BRIDGEND—FIR T Siij THIRD TWUR8DAY in evsry month, at W. Powell, che.ais.V 92, CAROLINE 8TRF-ET, flrom 1) to 1.S0; next icitf THlJRSn", i, Ottober 5tn and 19th. Artificial teeth on the most approved eyextm, from 6tI to tie esch. Stopping fro% 2s 6d. Painless operations by nitrous oxide gas by apnolnt. rftenr. only, by letter to residence. 370 5f tt~|7<OR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFEL"—S« X? Deuteronomy, chap. joL vers# S3. CLARKE'S WORLD-FAMED BLOOn MIXTURE. THE GREAT BL<?J) PURIFIER AND RESTORER, for cleansing and clearing the Blood from all impurities, caaa,, be too lugniy recommended. For Scrofula, Scurry, Skin Disease and Sores of all kind a Lever-failing and permanent e. It Cures Old Sores. Cures Ulcerated Sores on the Neck. Cures Ulcerated Sore Legs. Cures ]Jiw.,kheads, or Pimples on the Faos Cures Scurvy Sores. Cures Cancerous UlcerB, Cures Blood and Skiu Diseases. Cures Glandular Swellings. Clears the Blood froru all impure Matter From whatever cause arising. As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, and warranted free fromanytbinginjurious to the most delicate constitution of eitheT sex, the Proprietor solicits suiferers to give it a trial to test value.. Thousands of Testimonials from all parts. Sold in Bottles 2s. 6U. each, and in Cases, containing six times the quantttj, 11a each—sufficient to eft act a permanent onre in ivifwTViltu £ .O'W-^anding cases,—Iby ALL CHEMIST^ AND PATENT MEDIUINJS VENDORS throughout the Unite* 411 J wor'*i» Or Witt to any address oa receipt of 30 tf 1S2 BtAZtipi >by J CLARKE, Cbem Hlyh-street, Li- tcoi^ 132 st" by J CLARKE, Cbem Hlyh-street, Li- tcoi^ „ 'tfhaleaftto: All ftbUmtifoaicine Houaei. SOU) lli CARDIFF by Joy, and Coleman, UViemiste. Now. oon: &. M. Thomas, 121, Commercial-street. Pontvpool: £ Stephens, Cbrence-etieet. Ebow Vale 1* P. Jones. briii*eiad & j. Price; Cardiff. L\ Anthony, ftoyal Arc*He and Srt St Marv-rtreet.. 8. P. Kerniok. Whotaaate. tt Duke-str*et; &. U"r an, chemurf, Uaestesr; Q. Price, 197. Cramerd»i*w .NevOtort,/Mosul; A.. C. £ *ac«, CtoiuieC Bzyhteaws* 1> •v •v
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I 1)11 LOEDON COIifiESPOKDEKT. ¡ I LONDON, Thursday evening. fti-ort. Vivehroi. Dr. Cr "jon, the )ried v ei" ^>(^er's College, Cambridge, was ?>e8tsi'day at Cherry Hinton, and the name Pere 3f St. Peter's, was mentioned in the ?^t.e thstf 8 6uccfcss0r- The Same authorities number of freshmen at Cambridge follf 3 year as it was last. So closely does uPon the heels of death. to all accounts,the Plymouth Congress ? It c^n scarcely be, as has been ^°U]<J Plymouth is inaccessible. Peo[>le ^Pt tl° ^er than that i{ there was anything to l^nia nleni' j'18*- po3sibloi that the Congress the. ,be overdone. What with the lawyers edical ei°n'an Theatre and the opening of the %8ic j10o's at tlie beginning of the week, law, i^ftthj4 • ^^T'nity have been all g- ing in for "6 a Uiv,-?11* the shape of a C»n«ress. There must th somewhere. ^ste^jSaP^ an(i fifty-five more births than deaths London last wee-i! What are we VLSj .No wonder provisions are hi^h. ciK gives one of the population of the ^"2,285 births, and 1,230 deaths What t^fk 5 more,peihaps,to read in that always ig ^0cumer*t, the Registrar-General's R<v « even these numbers are below par. Al- ?r "'crense of population, the births are 14 ii &th8 163 below the average of ten years. Afte births have it- k44e 18 somewhat severe comments that were )Wifv n the action, or rather inaction, of the i!Vjrlganisatlon Society in a recent case, 1 j8 S0Ine curiosity for their new report. It ^3 an ancient oracle. It lumps » '°H *'n ^nsianoe, in one total, without disciimi- a'so ^^ismissed,recommended, orassisted. Mn --eludes in one category vagrants dealt specif} ing what particular kind they received. lam quite alive to mendicancy, and also aware that the H '^fssifous are those who do not beg but 1 the society remedy this wrong by lQto the opposite extreme and relieving ftvGobody- R? sil^rea* ttoroi. hfares will soon dispute with u^Wa6ry Thames he ':n« of London's Sileni ^rom iched fragments of .S, fares w'th ^le Yal de Travers prepara- have gone on to whole streets. Oxford- bl C* Holborn are now "up," and are j^s. r^f being laid with wooden A he worst of this wholesale roadmaking |N d7 ail(l omnibus traffic Ju s to make fie Urs> until by-and-bye, as Mr. Richard °f0llRhf 8a'^> w^len he had blocked different are8 in another way, we shall have to go y ^li&kKet across the street. But the result will when it is accomplished. The London at last realising wha.t a wit told them SMW feadiest method of paving with wood, j kyjer °nly." said, to lay their heads v.br an<^ the thing was done." So it is. I oil at o's woric among the poor in East J ltai-^Ua^fi8s him to speak with authority on kidnaPPins q' lestion and lie quite Oh reoent revelations that have bseu the subject. That the trade in these '«N 13 profitable to the speculators anu ol the little ones themselves, is eaF" It is not, be it observed, dj^atio* w^° are thus traded with. There are of jJ1* yet more shocking to be made in the Dr. Barnardo glances at this when measure#sh >uld also be employed ^Vjj. ^Se who import little girls for hire as M^iaj j0<lela, a traffic which,I believe,is unabated, Dee^ hardly say, pregnant with danger L 8*adation to these poor untor- being generally well formed and by their personal attractions only to be eventual!}7 led into lives of I V^Q6 hy such exj^eriences." If the tlj0Vernnaent' co-operate with our executive, elO should be no difficulty in stopping ctice8. M t* kle aS° described to you the method <ijf a ve>*y determined vegetarian propa- Consiated simply inverting the order • He began with dessert, proceeded tol so went oh to cL erly concocted V «>eC°mP°3ed of vegetables, maccaroni, eg-s (winch are not interdicted cJ'1* very strict vegetarians). The vV tllat b3* the time the meat y dined. They had become tatjl\q In spite of themselves. But his guests W11* 8cheme, and be gan to shirk his iiivi- 88 t^ey had vogetariarf proclivities method. From an t^e placed beside each guest it was made it ^hile t^ie inverted order was still ob- Ca beginning of < dinner, that order c0Ui^6 v"«nd to tlie usual one *vy 6 the repast. Thus, the order being 0 t^e entries, meat, fish, soup—accord- w?vious programme—at this point the was re8Ume<i with second fish, #econd joint, and so 6n, ending S *8, dessert again. The flesh-eateT, St only to oide his time, and <iine as of o:d. But, my N* 0OHfa me, the vegetarian example S*t +^l0Us> and the butcher's meat Nt-^r^ed. The most curious part of this Was ^iat it was a flow of soul also. The v') 0*t teetotaler, but had so arranged his \j| J fruit essences, effervescing drinks, k' *in Gre ',an<^e^ r,,un(i in decanters, along 'tl$'•ctpj'- ^,at the most'determined abstinent y and almost fancied himself a three- ^tSTw look yesterday into a volume most devoted of ShakBpere ELIr. Cowden Clarke. It treats of the 0' ^el4rac^er8 'n t^e different plays and I t? being struck with the indignant way *«»%• geutleman .denounces Colley K6ig j ttfjj 11 of Richard III." Mr. Clarke vj%beue8> as he tal*, in superlatives, i > ^Ve' the original Boythorn of Bleak Ui could find no such cause for com- co„ enry v. which holds on ita j 1%S at the Queen's Theatre. The in- aM ere they are made, are still Shaks- i W+i Countings are only such as are JH ij *Hc[ .'e situations. The Battle of Agin- t. in'6 "Coronation Scene are pictures V o'a memory and tempt a second Q Q Season has commenced in Ketvsing- ^eotly this annual event takes kN Hi!!? y°ung roughs, armed with ^Url station themselves under the Xh missiles in utter disregard of v f°ul in the extreme i)0 n0t ] ° have been active in pursuit of tn a ,tlinS the summer, CC*>iib be aaen now. Every year H ^eri8> an<^ every ye^ we have V' The place is a regular bear- via weeks ago two young ladies t},'ch; ^°Uce.CoPon by detectives and summoned dn?rk -*or carvinS their names on a i* t<ui 5'ieru f' tivesor constables interfere with N^.Ub, "f "Wnuttree.. '^0«ghtful the other day when I f i, evonshire sent me a basket of 6 ivi6 C'|arcrej -that 3s. 9d. was rather a heavy ^oulH°uthe °arriag0' Ifc did- ^UBt e car • been the proper thing to lJ/N'0, examined the ticket, and S" ?i* |0n.PHid before the apples left k^6 ca^i 8 lill'nga appears to me rather bth?"le t-baik9t oE Hol ? ou rp Devonshire on Fi'iday and AnA6 y» not improved by their faie^ this is a railroad age, and The statement that 70 per cent, of the children brought up by hand in France die has ample justification in the reports issued by different mayors and doctors who have published official re'urns. Surely it is high time for the Govern- ment to interfere. A marble bust of the Marquis de St. Georges, UH. author of several romances, has been presented by the proprietors of the Figaro to the theatre of the Opdra Comiqne. The Press and the Theatre are much allied in France. The College of France is endeavouring to rear fish to fertilise all the rivers and ponds which are now barren. The manager, M. Chantian. is most devoted to his task. and during the siege of Paris he stinted himself of food to provide for his charges. He has some trout varying from four yet-rs to four months.