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nr fattton Cormpottitmi. [We deem it right to state that we do not at an times Meatify ourselves with our Correspondent's opinions. I When the two Houses of Parliament were pro- rogued on the 7th September, the Lord Chancell( f: announced that the prorogation of the Legislate jnre would extend to the 24th November, then to Taeet for the despatch of business. The addition of then words is a merely formal matter, for the const^fttttioit assumes that no indefinite time shall elapse 'oetween the separation of Rarliament ani its meetiiag again. A week or two before the 24th November the Cabinet will probably meet and decide upen a further prorogation of sixty or venty -days, the state of the "country not requiring that the lords spiritual and temporal, and t'fle representatives of the people shall assemble for deliberation afc West- minster. There is, however, some speculation in London as to the possibility of a wintez session. Eastern affairs and Ireland, separately and combined, 4tre looked upon as disturbing influences well calcu- lated to involve the necessity of suisanoaing the Legislature. A winter session is not generally re- sorted to except in cases of great national emergency. There was one in 185?, when Lord Palmerston's Government, bavins amid a financial crisis suspended the Bank Charter Act, brought Parliament together for a Bill of Indemnity, and immediately obtained it. There was another in 1867, to take a vote for the -expenses of the expedition to Abyssinia. There was one in 1878, to adjust the expenditure for the Afghan war. These were all exceptional occasions, rendering essential the meeting of Parlia- ment before the usual time in February. It may be added that a Winter Session 'is resorted to by any Ministry with extreme reluctance, and only as an urgent necessity which cannot possibly be got over in any other way. It is difficult to get the members to- gether. They have made their arrangements for the recess on the understanding that they will not be wanted until February, and have gene to the east, to the west, to the north, and to the south, seme on business, and others upon pleasure bent. They are in India and China, Australia and Japan, in places so far apart as the United States and the Eastern Archipelago, far away enough from Westminster, and beyond the call of the Queen's Proclamation which command their attendance at home. On the eve of the re-assembling of the Law Courts, .after the Long Vacation, and when the judges and members of the Bar had come up to London for an- other year of work, the death of Lord Justice Thesiger, at the age of forty-two, came as a painful shock to those who, having watched his brief judicial experience, had predicted that a long career of useful- ness was before him. Since the Courts separated in August, two judges have died-the oldest and the youngest upon the Bench—Chief Baron Kelly and the junior Lord Justice, the former at eighty-four years of age, and the latter at just one-half. It is only about two years age that death removed the late Lord Chelmsford, the father of the recently-deceased Lord Justice, at the advanced age of 84. At that time of life, after a long and honourable career, a man's work is done, and no-work is harder than that of a man in the fnll tide of practice at the bar or upon the Bench. The former, after a prolonged day in Court, is often engaged during a considerable part of the night, mastering fresh briefs; while ia the case of a judge the announcement is frequently enough seen that his lordship reserved his decision. That means that after he leaves the Court, and when he has returned home, he spends hours in referring to authorities, searching for precedents and getting up an elaborate judgment, which although condensed in the daily papers, finds its way fully into the columns of the journals devoted exclusively to the law. But lawyers are so famous for longevity that when a judge dies at forty-two, it is felt that the public, no less than the legal profession, sustain a loss by the going down of a brilliant sun whHe it is yet noon. It is on the 2nd of November in every year that the Lord High Chancellor of England, officially styled the Xeeper of the Queen's Conscience, play a very prominent part in two important ceremonials. In the forenoon of that day the Lord Mayor Elect of London, accompanied by the Sheriffs, and attended by the Recorder, the Swordbearer, the City Marshal, and the Remem- brancer, proceeds to the Lord Chancellor's residence in State, and is formally presented to his lordship, who then conveys her Majesty's approval of the choice of a chief magistrate which had been made by the citizens of London. It may be remarked that London is the only municipality in the kingdom which presents its mayor to the reigning monarch for an ex- pression of the sovereign's approval; but on the other band the Corporation possesses privileges not shared in by other civic bodies. For instance the citizens of Lon- don elect their own Sheriffs, which everywhere else are appointed by the Crown. The ceremony of presenting the Lord Mayor-elect, although a mere formality-for the memory of man runneth not to the time when the approbation of the sovereign was withheld-is of a very ornate character. The Recorder furnishes the Lord Chancellor with a brief biographic sketch of the new chief magistrate's career and the Chancellor in well-rounded phrases and stately language conveys the Royal will and pleasure accordingly. Then the loving cap, a handsome golden bowl filled with the richest wine and beautifully decorated with flowers, is passed round, the Lord Chancellor taking the lead by drinking the new Lord Mayor's health, the latter re- sponding by drinking to Her Majesty and the Lord- Chancellor, and passing it on to the next in order. This interesting engagement having been disposed of, the company takes leave of the Chancellor and departs. No sooner has this high legal dignitary waved his farewell to one set of guests than another begins to arrive within his gates. His lordship has, as usual, issued invitations to a breakfast to her Majesty's Judges, Queen's Counsel, and Seujeants all learned in the law; and on this the first day of the Michaelmas sittings, they gather under the Chancellor's hospitable roof, looking for the most part fresh and ruddy after their three months' holiday, and ready for the hard work of another legal year. After breakfast the whole party, in carriages, starts for Westminster Hall, the Lord Chancellor at its head. There his lordship opens the business of the sittings, and the several judges file dff to their respective Courts, where, however, not much serious work is attempted during the first afternoon. The Long Vacation has somewhat relaxed the legal mind, and it cannot be braced together again all at once. On the first day staid Queen's Counsel, no less than their lively juniors, linger over the memories of the past, and enjoy again in their mental vision, the days which they have spent amongst the winged grouse or in the pursuit of the finny tribe. The American raetorologists who predicted for us one of the warmest Octobers on record, have for once fallen short of the accuracy which so often charac- terises those forecasts. Instead of the warmest, the month has been the coldest October in these islands for a quarter of a century. The equinoctial gales, having been comparatively mild this year, left a con- siderable proportion of foliage still upon the trees; and when in mid-October, for the first time in ihree-and-twenty year&, a snow-storm passed over the land, the flakes clung so tenaciously to the leaves that the weight broke down the branches in all directions. It seems strange to read of giant oaks being maimed and mutilated in this way; but the grounds of the Crystal Palaoe supplied ample testimony to the devastation which the enow storm had wrought amongst the woods which form so con- spicuous a feature of the surroundings of that popular institution. The building itself, as it generally does, escaped injury amid the heavy descent of snow, its semi-cireular roof acting as a very effectual safeguard against any appreciable lodgment of snow upon it. But for some time to come the miniature forests and plantations round about the Palace will show traces «f the October snow-storm which is almost a pheno- jneaon in this country. The international balloon contest was regarded with much interest on both sides of the Channel. The balloons were to have started from the Crystal Palace OIL the day after the Lord Mayor had entertained at i the Mansion House the President of the Municipal Council of Paris, tho Burgoniaster of Brussels, and other foreign guests. His kmlship, with the Pre- sider At, the Burgomaster, and the Sheriffs of London, we At down to the Palace on a wild and wintry day to W IÍtfteøs the ascent, but the weather was unfavour- able, and the visitors hpd to be content with a handsome luncheon which had been provided by the Palace directors. The competition, however, ■came off on the next day, both the balloons of France and England taking a south-westerly direc- tion, and travelling to Havant, a distance of about 65 miles, in two hears. This, it will be at once seen, is a rate of speed-equalling that of many a line of railway in this kingdom and when the two sets of aeronauts met on the mext night at the rooms of the English Balloon Society in the Adelphi, they received many congratulations on the success which had attended their rapid voyage through the air. In the machine navigated by the English aeronauts was Commander Cheyne, who so energetically prosecutes his desire for a balloon expedition to the North Pole. This is what is often called the dull season, when, no Parliament being in session, and the newspapers having to fill their space as usual, attention is given to subjects which ordinarily would not claim so much notice. But a subject of very deep interest to the inhabitants of London and to all from the provinces who have to come to the metropolis in the winter, has lately been started-and that is, how to prevent those stifling fogs which in the dark months wrap like a winding sheet of death round the capital. Last winter these visitations were as destructive to life as an epidemic, so that their prevention is a matter ef enormous moment to the inhabitants of London. Yet opinions as to the possibility of this differ as widely as do the conjectures as to thqir cause and origin. Some scientific men hold that, being due to smoke alone, the fogs are entirely preventible; others contend that the peculiar configuration of the Thames basin will always cause fog to be an accompaniment of its existence. Some maintain that fog arises from an abnormal quantity of damp, while it is an un- doubted fact that the last winter was a singularly dry one, and that the fogs were worse than any which had been experienced during more than thirty years. It is possible that very few who take part in the Fifth of November celebrations know much of their origin, or of the stirring incidents which gave rise to them. But the placing of thirty-six barrels of gun- powder in the vaults beneath the Houses of Parlia- ment by Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators, in anticipation of the session of 1605, leads to the I observance of a very solemn custom previously to the opening of every Parliamentary session even to this day. The officers of the Serjeant-at-Arms, furnished with lighted flambeaux, and fully as prepared for emergencies as though the terrible Fawkes himself, with Catesby, Percy, and Winter, were still gliding about the vaults with dark lanterns in their hands, make a careful search all through these subterranean regions, if haply a conspirator against the safety of sovereign, lords, and commons might be found lurking there. The lapse of two centuries and three quarters has made no difference in the strict observance of this usage, and there is little doubt that for ages yet to come it will be carried out as surely as the tide will ebb and flow past the sumptuous pile in which the legislators of the future will assemble for the purpose of making laws for the increasing population of these realms.
TRAGEDY IN FINSBURY PARK.
TRAGEDY IN FINSBURY PARK. On Friday in last week, shortly after noon, in Fins- bury-park, London, a man shot a woman and at- tempted to commit suicide. It appears that at the time mentioned a very respectably dressed man in company with a woman entered the Finsbury-park and took the path which runs near the Great Northern Railway. Before they had gone many yards they were heard to have high words, and directly after- wards the man was seen to take from his coat pocket a sis-chambered revolver, point it at his companion and fire it three times. The woman fell to the ground, after which he fired the weapon at himself, falling down upon the grass. Severed persons at once rushed up to the woman, and found that she was bleeding from a wound in the breast. Mr. Cochrane, the super- intendent of the park, at once fctched a doctor and a police-constable, and the formei ordered the woman to be removed to the Great Northern Hospital. There, on being examined by Dr. W. H. Barry, she was found to be dead, and a further examination showed that one of the three shots had penetrated the heart. Another shot had been prevented from entering the body by the stays the deceased wore. The man was next removed. He was able to walk to the nearest cab stand, where a conveyance being procured, he was taken to the Holloway Police- station. There he was examined by Dr. Barry, who, finding that a bullet had entered his chest, and that he was bleeding internally, advised his removal to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-road. The surgeon whilst examining him, remarked that the bullet was deep in the wound. The man exclaimed, What a pity it is I did not put two bullets instead of one into myself, or that this one did not go to the heart. You don't know my troubles." He was then taken to the Royal Free Hospital, and on his arrival there he was seen by the resident medical officer, Dr. Corden, who thought the bullet had entered the left lung. The man complained of being in great pain, but con- tinued to be conscious. In reply to questions, he said his name was William Herbert, that he had no home in England, and that he was an independent gentle- man. Whilst Dr. Corden was dressing; his wound Herbert said, "I hare killed the best friend I had in the world, and I am sorry I have not killed myself but if I had been allowed another minute I should have been able to have done so." He further stated have been able to have done so." He further stated that he had been in England for about eight months having come from Ballarat, in Australia, where he had left his wife and family, and that the deceased woman was his sister-in-law. He also muttered something about knowing that he would have to swing for it if he lived.
THE INQUEST.
THE INQUEST. Dr. Hardwicke. the ooroner for Central Middlesex, held an inquest on Tuesday at the Holloway Coroneea-court, touching the death of Jane Messenger. The deceased, who was the wife of a labourer named Mes- senger, living at 41, Edward-square, and had been living with Herbert, had only returned to her husband on the day before the occurrence. Inspector M'Fadden watehed the ease on behalf of the police. Henry James Messenger was first called. He said—I live at 41, Bdward square, Caledonian-road. I am a wood turner. I am the husband of the deceased We have had one girl. My wife left me on the 10th day of August. When I came home on that day I found the drawers stripped. She went away with the child, with her brother and brother-in- law, William Herbert. These people had been living in my house. Herbert was staying there as my brother. He did not pay. My wife's brother had only been at the house for a fortnight. I saw my wife last Friday week. She came to me where I was at work. She said she wanted a separation order, and I said I would mot give her one; if she liked to come back she might. She stayed with me until nine o'clock and then went away. On Monday she came and brought the child, and I tock her to Deacon's Music Hall. On Thursday she came and brought all her things te my house. On Tuesday she went and took two rooms for us to live at. She went back to Notting-hill, and came again on Thursday night. The rooms were at 16, Albany-street. I left her at about half-past nine on Friday meming, and the next I heard of her was that she had been shot. A police-constable came with the landlady and told me what had happened. I kept at work until I was paid at eight o'clock, and I went to see her at the Great Northern Hospital dead-house. I have identified her as my wife, and I have been told that she was shot by her brother-in-law, Herbert. Dr. Wharry, house surgeon at the Great Northern Hos- pital, said the deceased was brought to that institution on Friday last She was then dead. She had a circular wound between the third and fourth ribs. There was a bruise under the stays. The bullet had passed through the front part of the lung and the side of the heart. The bullet was lodged in the sixth rib. The body was well nourished, and there was no disease of any kind. I have no doubt that death was caused from the effects of the pistol shot. John Bradley said I live at 25, Chatterton-road, Finsbury- park. I am a canvasser. On Friday I saw at about a quarter- past twelve a man and a lady walking on the north side of Finsbury-park towards the lake. I saw them after that sitting down opposite the lake. The man appeared to be taking something out of the hand of the lady. I remarked to myself how strange to see a lady and gentleman sitting there on so cold a morning. I passed them on my way. The two then got up, and I heard a shot, and then I turned round, and the man appeared to be pulling her shawl. He again fired at her, and I ran towards them, and the lady then fell on her knees. I could not hear what she said, but she appeared to be imploring him to spare her. He then fired at her a third shot, and the lady fell on the ground. Herbert then pulled off his coat, threw it away, and pointed the pistol to his own breast and pulled the trigger. He then fell down. I got up to him at this time, and Herbert got up again with the revolver in his hand. I did not know what to do, but thought of striking him in the face. I then saw the revolver on the grass, and at this time several persons had • come up, aad the revolver was picked up. Herbert said, Let me have it," but I took it away from the persoa who had it, and put it in my pocket. Inspector M'Fadden here produced the pistoL Witness continued-A police-constable came up, and I gave him the pistol. He then took Herbert in custody, put him in a cab, and took him to the Hornsey-road Police-station. I have since heard that he was taken to the hospital. Thtre were several persons attending to the lady, and I calted inother cab. When I saw him slioot himself there was something sticking out of his pocket like a knife, and Herbert appeared very anxious to get at this. I heard afterward* that it was a kaiie, and he threw it out of the eab window, t PoUce.conste,)oAe Taylor said: I was called at about half- past twelve to Finsfcury Park. The first thing I saw was a woman lyiIY" on the grass apparently dead. The people said, Thif. woman has been shot by that man." I then took Herbert I'.ito custody. He said, I shan't try to run away, as I have shot myself, and am fast Weeding to death." He opened, his waistcoat, and showed a wound on the breast. Mr. Bradley then handed me the pistol, and a bullet which dropped wit of the lady's stays. In passizigdowm to the gate Herbert tried to get the pistol from me. He said, "Let me have that, 1M that I may finish myself." At the station I found two charges jn the pistol, which were withdrawn. At the gates, whilst handing him into the cab, he took a knife out of his pocket and threw it out of the eab window. This I got a boy to pick up. Whilst in the eab he took out a packet of cartridges, and said, I don't want te hide anything from you." Dr. Berry, the divisional surgeon, saw him, and ordered him to be taken to the hos- pital. OR the way to the hospital he asked me if the lady was dead. I replied that I did not know. Whilst passing down the Caledonian-road he pointed to a house and said, That is where her husband works." At 1.30 p.m., on the 23rd inst., he made the following statement, in reply to a oousin who came to see him, and who said, "For God's sake, whatever caused you to do this? "I There was a certain object I had in view. I wanted to speak to her about it, and I took a tram car to Finsbury Park for that purpose with the full intention of doing what I have done if the in- terview was not satisfactory to me. The reason of my doing so no one on the living earth shall know." Inspector M'Fadden said that at a.quarter to one on Fri- day Herbert was brought in by the last witness, who said that he had shot a woman in Finsbury Park. The revolver and cartridges were handed to me. Herbert was then charged. The pistol was then unloaded, and the packet contained 44 cartridges opened. I have just come from the hospital here, and he is still improving in strength. At the station I asked him where he lived, and he said at a house in Notting-hill, but he did not know the street. Herbert said, when asked, that the woman lived at 41, Edward-square. I went there, and the deceased's sister went to the hospital and identified the body as that of Jane Messenger. I found after- ward that the deceased and Herbert had been living at 45, Stonebridge-street, Notting-hill. In the daytime they were in one room, but they did not sleep together. The deceased slept with the landlady at night. Her- bert has a wife living in Australia, and the deceased woman is her sister. From letters which were produced it appears that Herbert had come over to this country to see about seme property, and one of the letters complained of his not having written to his wife so frequently as he was expected to do. Herbert had been in Melbourne following the business of a bootmaker. At the house where the deceased had lived she handed the landlady a bottle of laudanum and made a statement, but perhaps it would be as well to have them from the landlady herself. On the Saturday he went to live at Xo. 133, Waimer-road, where the papers produced had been found. On the Sunday previous the deceased went to Herbert's lodgings, and was taken ill, but he had inquired of the doctor who attended her at the time, who said there was nothing in that. Sarah De Boo said, on the 16th of August Herbert and Mrs. Messenger came to look at her lodgings, and it was arranged that Herbert should live up stairs aud Mrs. Messenger should sleep in her room. About a week before they left, Mrs. Messenger found a bottle of laudanum in Herbert's pocket, and Mrs. Messenger then smashed the bottle, saying, Ah, he meant that for me." When Herbert came home she told him what she had done, and he was very angry. He after- wards got another bottle of laudanum, which was left in the house. John Allcock said he was walking in Finsbury Park at the time, and he heard a report of a pistol, and saw a woman trying to get away from a man. He heard a second and a third shot, and then the woman fell down. The man then shot himself. Herbert had then dropped the revolver, and Witness took it up. Herbert took hold of his collar, and he took hold of his. Bradley took the revolver eut of his hand. He then looked to the woman and unfastened her shawl, and found her clothes burning. This he tried to extinguish. Mr. Cochrain, the manager of the Finsbsry Park, gave evi- dence as to taking the deceased to the Royal Free Hospital, but she died as they were passing along the Isledon-road. The Coroner pointed out that it was a clear case of wilful murder. One of the jury asked if they might have evidence as to the state of the man's mind. Dr. Hardwick said that they might adjourn for that purpose, but he did not think it of any great importance. The jury then returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against William Herbert.
FIRE AT THE MANCHESTER TELEGRAPH…
FIRE AT THE MANCHESTER TELEGRAPH OFFICE. The postal telegraph service between Manchester and all parts of the kingdom was interrupted on Sun- day night and Monday morning by a destructive fire at the chief office in that city. The fire broke out about eight o'clock on Sunday evening, and about three hundred wires were soon disabled. Of the four hun- dred persons empleyed at the office on weekdays only about a dozen were at work on Sunday. They had to leave the instrument room, on the fifth story, after doing their best to check the flames by exiincteurs and other apparatus at hand. The city fire brigade soon arrived, and were engaged two hours in subduing the fire. It did not appear whence the fire originated, but smoke was first seen issuing from a hollow shaft by which despatches are c veyed from the ground floor, and which communicates with every storey. Contiguous to the lifting apparatus were about 200 "leading-in" wires, each coated with gutta- percha, which soon melted. Great damage was done to the roof and four upper floors of the building. About 50 telegraphic instruments were re- moved by the clerks. They ran great risk, as a third of the main staircase was burnt away, but they obtained egress by an iron bridge communicating with the engineers' department. This bridge is said to have been provided in anticipation of the emergency, on the advice of Mr. Tozer, the superintendent of the fire brigade. Mr. Tozer states' tnat the combustible brigade. Mr. Tozer states' that the combustible materials and peculiar structure of the premises for telegraphic purposes added to the difficulty of check- ing the fire. The wooden tubes and shafts enclosing wires had to the cut away before the burning gutta- percha could be reached. The buildiag is an old one, situate in York-street, at some distance from the Post Office, therefore the interruption was entirely confined to the telegraph business, but the amount of loss and inconvenience it caused is probably beyond calculation. Messages were conveyed between Manchester, and Liverpool, and other neighbouring towns by railway, a corps of messengers being authorised to wait upon the arrival and departure of trains. The cause of the fire was not asoertained. The tapes in the lift were oily, and their ignition from any cause would, perhaps, account for all the rest. The work of restoring telegraphic communication between Manchester and other towns waa oommenced directly after the fire was subdued, and was pushed forward as fast as possible. Mr. Doherty, the super- intendent engineer of the Manchester district, got together a large staff of his men, and he had at his command an abundance of apparatus and material of every kind. The task proved one requiring con- siderable patience and application. The battery room, a most important department, was found to have been more seriously damaged than was at first supposed, much of the floor and many of the shelves on which the batteries were fixed being burnt. The batteries themselves were comparatively uninjured, being made of material which is not readily affected by fire, but most of the battery wires-the wires con- necting the batteries with the instruments-were rendered useless. They were twisted and broken by the heat, had got mixed, and had been deprived of their guttapercha coating. A very large number of the leading-in wires—the wires running from the line or street wires to the instruments—passing through this room, had become one solid mass by the partial melting of the guttapercha covering. All these wires, numbering from 250 to 300, had to be cut near to the point in York-street at which they join the line wires, and an entirely new set substituted, which of course occupied some time. Communication with- London was restored, though only with one wire, at half-past five on Monday morning, and from that time onward the number of towns to which wires were opened steadily increased.
THE VOLUNTEERS.
THE VOLUNTEERS. From the 1st of November next a volunteer, in order to obtain a certificate of efficiency, must fulfil the conditions prescribed in her Majesty's Order in Council dated the 31st of July, 1880, which has can- celled the previous order, dated the 7th of July, 1874. In accordance with the powers granted to him, the Secretary of State has to some extent altered the wording of the certificates of efficiency so as tcoefine more clearly in certain points the intention of the order. No volunteer is under this order allowed the privilege of a reduction of the number of drills re- quired for efficiency after four years' service as an efficient,. unless he has performed during the first two years of Ins service the increased number of drills directed by this order.
A ROMANTIC SUICIDE.
A ROMANTIC SUICIDE. A St. Petersburg paper narrates a touching story of an eccurrence a few days ago in one of the principal hotels of that city. A young gentleman from Moscow, who had'been staying for a few days by himself in the hotel, ordered dinner one day to be served for two. He then went to the railway station, evidently to meet his expected friend. He, however, returned to the hotel alone at dinner time. As his door was fastened and no reply could be got from within, the police were sent for to break open the door. The young gentleman was found stretched across the table shot through the heart. On the table also lay the photo- graph of a yeung lady, and the fragments of a letter were found scattered about the floor. Another letter was found addressed to the proprietor of the hotel, saying that the writer had shot himself in despair because the young lady whom he had been expecting had not kept her promise. Half an hour afterwards came the postman, bringing a letter from the young lady herself, saying that she had missed the train and would be unable to come until the next day. The scene when the unfortunate lady arrived and was in. formed of the tragedy that had taken place can be better imagined than described.
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fHistelhmcfltts Intelligent*. HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. A CURIOUS FACT.—Professor Aughey, of the Uni- versity of Nebraska, has published sketches of the physical geography and geology of that state, in which a curious fact is mentioned, namely, that within the past fifteen years there has been an in- crease in the number of springs, and in the volume of the rivers throughout the state. This is due to an in- creased rainfall, and the increased rainfall is a conse- quence of cultivation. INCREASE IN THE EXPORT OF JUTE. In 1829 the export of jute from Calcutta was twenty tons only, worth about twenty pounds. Now the quantity ex- ported annually is three hundred and fifty thousand tons—nearly two million bales-valued at about six million pounds sterling. This large quantity does not include the enormous supplies retained for us in India. FLOODS IN FRANCE.—Floods are reported from re- ported from several parts of France, andin Paris tho Seine has risen to such a height that the Prefect of Police has issued a notice to the proprietors of ware- houses on the banks of the river, warning them of a possible overflow, and instructing them to remove any goods that may be within reach of the rising waters. At Mirecourt, the lower parts of the town have been inundated, a circumstance which bad not previously occurred for more than twenty years. The Moselle has also overflowed its banks, and serious floods have taken place in the neighbourhood of Metz. At Cher- bourg the floods have subsided to a great extent, but a large portion of the surrounding country is still under water. Two children were drowned while the inundation was at it height, and considerable damage to property took place. EFFECTS OF COLOUR BLINDNESS—Professor Barratts, in his recent lecture on Light, at Leamington, said colour blindness was first investigated by the famous John Dalton of Manchester. An amusing story of his colour blindness was told by the lecturer. Dalton had to lecture at the Royal Institution, and, anxious to appear in a new suit of clothes, he went to a London tailor and, being a member of the Society of Friends, ordered what he thought was a drab suit. He put them on for the first time when he gave his lecture, and appeared to the audience in a flaming suit of scarlet. PRINCE BISMARCK AND THB WORKING CLASSES.— Prince Bismarck (says the Berlin correspondent of the Daily News) has sent a commission to Alsace to study the condition of the workmen there, especially with regard to their dwellings, which are somewhat on the English cottage principle, every man living in his own house. This system seems to be in favour with the Chancellor, who wishes it to be introduced all over Germany by Government help. He conjectures that this plan would go a long way to satisfy the lower classes and make them dependent on the State. BY JOB TROTTER'S BROTHER.—When is it possible to mistake a horse for a hypocrite ? When you take him for a canter.-Punch. SUFFERINGS AND LOSS OF LIJrn AT SHA.-The Liverpool bhip City of Richmond, which left the Mersey on September 14, bound for Mobile, under the command of Captain Corkhill, fell. in on October 4 with a small boat containing a number of persons, who, on being taken on board the City of Richmond, stated that they were the survivors of the crew and passengers of a French barque, the Formosa, which had foundered five days previously. The Formosa was bound from Bathurst, Africa, to Dunkirk. The men in the boat were eleven in number, being the captain, nine of the crew, and a passenger. They had suffered severely from privation and exposure, and, in spite of the kind treatment accorded to them on the City of Richmond, two of them succumbed. The remainder were landed at Mobile. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LONDON.—A serious fire broke out in Oxford-street, London, a few minutes before one o'clock on Tuesday morning. The flames first burst forth from No. 542A, the shop of a toy manufacturer, and spread very rapidly. It was found that a woman was in the building, and before aid cculd be given she was seen at the second-floor window shrieking for help. In a few moments she threw herself out, and was picked up very severely injured, and had to be taken to the hospital. The building, notwithstanding the efforts of the fire brigade, was completely gutted, and the flames then spread to the adjoining houses, Nos. 540 and 541, in the occupation of a bootmaker. Tha fire was kept from the lower part of the houte, but the three upper floors of No. 541 were completely burnt out and the gr«.iU;r joart of the roof destroyed, while the contents oc No. o40 were damaged by smoke and water. The flames then spread to Nos. 542 and 543, occupied by Mr. B. Cubitt, tailor. These premises were also gutted, but the flames were prevented from spreading further. Some slighter damage was done to several adjoining houses. A MUCH-PRIZED DELICACY.-The truffle, that much- prized delicacy of the Parisians, is a natural produc- tion, and is found in large quantities in the neighbour- hood of the capital. In the wood of Aigles, at Chantilly, and on the territory of Gouvieux, an indi- vidual devotes himself to the search of the coveted esculent, accompanied, not by the traditional pig of P6rigord, but by a little wild-looking dog which pos- sesses a wonderful scent. In the months of October and November the truffle hunter earns as much as eighteen or twenty francs a day. SUPPLYING A WANT.—The British Museum Authori- ties are going to move the Zoological specimens to another part of the building, and the vacated gallery is to be made a refreshment-room for visitors. They oan now advertise" Good Accommodation for Man and Beast. Pwnch. A NEW FEATURE WANTVD. -Grimaldi was onee hissed at Sadler's Wells after singing his celebrated comic song of "Tippity-witchet, "andhe appealed to the audience. He had nodded, he said, frowned, sneezed, choked, gaped, cried, grinned, grimaced, and hio- coughed he had done all that could be done by brow, ohin, cheeks, eyes, nose, and mouth-and what more did they want? "Why," yawned a languid voice from the pit, "we want a new feature! MORB THAN SHE WANTED.—The latest and worst ease of lover's revenge comes from Australia. A young man whose affianced went back on him and broke off their engagement received a note from her asking him to return the lock of her hair which he had. He looked over his trunk, he collected a heap of tresses, culled from various sources during his love-making career and forwarded them in a bundle to his late lady-love enclosing a note to the effect that he had really forgotten which was hers, but she might select it from those forwarded, and return the rest at her earliest convenience. The story got out, and the neighbourhood felt so warm for her that she went on a prolonged visit to her country cousins. THE AMERICAN WHEAT CROP.—An American corre- spondent of the North British Agriculturist says "I believe that the United States of America have this year reaped 480,000,000 bushels of wheat-the biggest ever grown. Estimating 50,000,000 consumers at five bushels per capita, and 50,000,000 bushels (11 bushels per acre) for the seeding of our 33,000,000 acres, there will be left for export 180,000,000 bushels, or 22,500,000 quarters, which will more than meet the requirements of Europe. Our spring wheat has some of it been damaged by rain, before it was thrashed. Probably one-third of it has been more or less injured and some so badly as to be sprouted. Farmers, think- ing to profit as they did last year, are delaying thrash- ing in anticipation of a rise in values. But they will fird that they make a great mistake. IT IS THE FACT—NOT SO GENERALLY KNOWN AS IT SHOULD BE.—That "a stitch in time does not always "save nine."—That making more haste frequently gives one the desh-ed result of obtaining more "speed." —That an innkeeper is not always of necessity a "Host in himself.That, though an honest trades- man is a plain dealer, a good working carpenter is a deal planer—That all bakers need not be regular loafers."—That carrying coals to Newcastle is necessary, inasmuch as the coal mines are some distance from the town.—That a nice-looking spinster must be an anomaly, because though she is always a miss, yet she is never amiss.-That, although you may always be constantly getting "stout," yet you always remain thin. -Judy. MEMORIAL TO CLARKSON.—'The erection of a public monument to perpetuate the self-sacrificing labours of Thomas Clarkson as the advocate of slave emancipa- tion was inaugurated on Monday by Mr. Algernon Peckover, who laid the first stone of a handsome me- morial to be erected in Wisbech. Thomas Clarkson was born in that town in 1760. The memorial will be a statue, with inscription and bas-reliefs, designed by the late Sir Gilbert Scott, R. A., and will cost £ 2,000, of which 2600 is still required. THE SUPPLY OF AMERICAN AND CANADIAN FOOD. —The arrivals of live stock at Liverpool last week were much below those of the preceding week, and as regards fresh meat there was an increase. The totals were 1,000 cattle, 1,080 sheep, 744 sides of pigs, 7,685 quarters of beef, 950 carcasses of mutton, and 150 dead pigs. THE TREATMENT OF JUVENILE OFPBNDERS.-Atthe meeting of the Manchester School Board on Monday, a letter was read from the Home Office inviting an expression of the Board's opinion as to the way in which the law concerning the treatment of juvenile offenders ought to be amended, especially with a view to the prevention of the imprisonment of young chil- dren, whether on remand or after conviction. The members of the Board were agreed as regards the desirableness of keeping children of tender years out of gaol; but as there were differences of opinion re- specting the means to be employed a special com- mittee was appointed to consider the question and report to a epecial meeting of the Board. i CHEAP LAND.—Land in Texas is very cheap. The last legislature set apart three million acres of land in the Pan Handle, and ordered a survey, and put it upon the market at a minimum price of 2s. Id. per acre. The survey of this three million acres has just been completed, and the land is now in market. A ROYAL CRADLE.—The cradle in which is rocked the ihfant Princess of Spain is made of polished ebonv inlaid with silver. Its form is that of an open shell. The curtains are of silver gauze enamelled with white velvet flowers, while the coverlet is of white satin, the arms of Spain being embroidered thereon in brilliant coloursr The cost of the cradle without the hangings of fine lace and the garniture of marabout feathers which surround it is estimated at seven thousand francs. THE DEFENCES OF GREAT BRRTAIN-. -According to a Parliamentary return recently issued, the expendi- ture actually recorded up to March 31 last out of the moneys issued from the Consolidated Fund for the expense of fortifications was E7,413,346, in addition t8 which there was a balanee of expenditure of the financial year 1879-1880, not brought to charge on March the 31st, of £ 1,000. Of this total P,3,067,990 is set against Portsmouth. VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL DIET COMPARED.—The vegetable eater pure and simple can extract from his food all the principles necessary for the growth and support of the body, as well as for the production of heat and force, provided that he selects vegetables which contain all the essential elements named. But he must for this purpose consume the best cereals- wheat or oats—or the legumes-beans, peas, or lentils or he must swallow and digest a large weight of vegetable matter of less nutritive value, add there- fore at least containing one element in large excess, in order to obtain all the elements he seeds. Thus the Irishman requires for his support from ten to eleven pounds of potatoes daily, which contain chiefly starch' —of which: therefore he consumes a superfluous quantity—very little nitrogen, and scarcely any fat hence he ^obtains when he can some buttermilk or bacon, or a herring, to supply the deficiency. The Highlander, living mainly on oatmeal, requires a much smaller weight, since this grain contains not only starch, but much nitrogen and a fair amount of fat,_ although not quite sufficient for his purpose, which is usually supplied by adding milk or oacon to his diet. On the other hand, the man who lives chiefly on flesh and eggs, as well as bread, obtains precisely the same principles, but served in a con- centrated form and a weight of about two or three pounds of such food is equivalent to the Irishman's ten or eleven pounds of potatoes and extras.-Food and Feeding. EXACTLY.—How do we know that the business of a hair dresser is more extensive than any other ?—Why, don't you see ? because it extends from pole (poll) to pole. -Judy. GRATUITOUS CONCERTS IN PARIS.-A new incident in the street life of Paris is provided by the gratuitous concerts which loungers are now able to enjoy outside of certain piano shops, where hired performers "dis- course sweet music all day long on the black and white keys. Crowds are of course drawn around the windows of these establishments, for no one has a fonder taste for melody than your side walk idler individuals in various degrees of shabbiness, all with apparently nothing to do-though occasionally may be seen among them some errand boy or shop girl, stopping for a moment and just about to resume their way— bask in the strains of waltzes, polkas, and quadrilles, evincing great vexation whenever some customers enters the shop, and constrains the pianist to check for a moment his floods of harmony. EXTREMES IN FASHION.—There appears this differ- ence between men and women in regard to fashion (says The Queen). Men dress in the current style to avoid being remarkable, and their desire is to keep as far from the extremes as possible. A man wears a chimney-pot hat because it is, under certain condi- tions, considered the correct oostume, and in like manner he wears a waiter's coat at an evening partv; but he does not endeavour to surpass his friends by ordering his hat to be an inch taller, or his swallow- tail an inch longer, than those of his neighbours. Wonwn, on the other hand, proceed to extremes they desire to surpass others, and hence the evils strongly complained of by the more rational of the sex. But is this method of proceeding to extremes imperative on women! We think not; and, in the words of one of the most sensible of our correspond- ents, would add: No sensible woman in England in the nineteenth century need be a martyr to any parti- cular fashion, as she can so easily adapt it to her own individual taste. It is quite possible to be sufficiently fashionable not to be remarkable, and sufficiently un- fashionable to be able to move with perfect ease; and I venture to assert that those women who exaggerate the foolish fashions of this or any other age will be the very last to adopt any costume that may be in- vented for their benefit." To TOURISTS. -Alpine climbing is supposed to be a remarkable healthy exercise for people whose hearts and lungs are strong. Take care, however, that you don't over-exert yourself, and fall into a deep decline.— Judy. BURNING THB RrFusii. --Cremation is coming into fashion as a convenient method of getting rid of the refuse of towns at all events. At the last meeting of the Paddington Vestry attention was called to this subject by a report from the Superintendent of the Works Department, who has lately paid a visit to Leeds for the purpose of inspecting the burning of the refuse of that town in furnaces especially constructed for the purpose. It appears that the authorities at Leeds, having tried the plan for nine months, were so well satisfied with its operation that they resolved to obtain two additional furnaces. The price of one of these was E5,580, which sum included the cost of fix- ing, land, and so forth. The sweepings from the paved roads offal, vegetable, and stable refuse, and all rubbish that could be burned were placed into the furnace and there reduced to a finely powdered char- coal, which was sold at from 27s. to 30s. a ton, being considered a valuable manure. The ashes, moreover, taken out of the furnace found a ready sale among the farmers at 2g. 6d. per load. The Paddington Vestry decided on referring the report to the General Purposes Committee, with instructions to ascertain what would be the oost of a furnace for the parish. THE RosH HARVEST IN ROUMELIA.—In Roumelia the rose harvest is reported to have been an exceed- ingly abundant one this year, the value of the total yield exceeding, it is estimated, a million francs. The richest harvest of late years, however, was in 1876, when 300,000 metikals, or about 3,300 lb., of attar of roses, of the value of 932,017 fr., was exported from Philippopolis alone. About three-quarters of the whole amount of attar of roses produced in Roumelia comes from the Kazanlik district, and the remaining quarter from the country round Eski Zaghra and Philippopolis. The attar is principally exported to France, Austria, America, and Germany, England obtaining what she requires frem India. The French scent manufacturers, and especially the Parisian, buy the finest qualities of attar, paying from fourteen to twenty-two piastres per metikal, or from fifteen to twenty-five shillings per ounce; while the second qualities are mostly sent to Russia and Austria. "MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS."—A sporting friend of ours has recently been observed to be the very first to quit the oenvivial board for the purpose of joining the ladies." Being urged to explain, he replies that, being this jrear unavoidably prevented from enjeying his favourite sport, he can thus at all events see the dears talking.—Judy. A DBLIGHTFUL PRESENT !-The Court Journal says Oh to be a prinoess, if only a princess without a throne Such will be the cry of the ladies who love dress when they hear what a beautiful present the Comte de Paris has lately made to his wife. Once a year, on the fete of Saint Elizabeth, he gives the comtesse a dress. This year he has given her a robe de chambre. It is right royal. It is in the style Marie Leckzinska. It has a train of brocade, and floats upon its distinguished wearer a jupe of ivory satin, magnificent ribands, and lovely trimmings like foam upon the sea; monograms on either side of the robe, with armorial bearings trailing on the ground, make the comtesse the envy of France. The strange thing is that this aspirant of a throne thus grandly provided with a dressing gown is In public the most simply dressed woman that attends the Salons in the Rue St. Germains." GUTTER CHILDREN IN PARIS. From a report recently furnished to the Prefect of the Seine by the Bureau de l' ASliistance Publique, it appears that during the past year 1,672 children, deserted or having no home, were brought up by the police, of whom 1,033 were charged with being beggars and vagabonds, and of this number 80 were girls. It is significant that only 124 were given up to their parents and friends, the large majority being presumably on the streets as professional gamins. Out of 219,000 children, between 6 and 14 years of age, living in Paris, there are about 7,000 who attend no school It is somewhat singular that, with the exception of the hospital in the Rue Denfert-Rochereau, the administration does not possess a single' cr6che, orphanage, or any other establishment for the recep- tion of children, either municipal or departmental. The report concludes with the statement that each year 600 children are sent into the provinces and placed with different employers, who give them elementary instruction and teach them a trade. CHEBRING PROSPECTS.—The cheering prospects of the revenue are borne out by a remarkable increase in the Savings Bank deposits. Perhaps there is *o i clearer index than this of increased prosperity amongst the working classes. In the year ending on the 16th inst., the sum at the credit of depositors in the Bank was increased by about CI,600,000; while for the four i weeks which ended at the same date the increase was f £ 200,000. Thus, the rate of increase for the month < was fully sixty per ceat. greater than the average for ) i the yew. MAMMOTH GOURDS.—This has been a season of mammoth gourds and vegetable marrows. A gourd is mentioned in the Gard Chronicle which measured 6ft. 4in. in circumference, rind weighed 1301b. In 1834 Lord Rodney's gardener grew one which weighed 2121b. In 1861 a pumpkin was growa at Orleans which scaled 242ilb., and measured 10ft. 4in. in circumference. A vegetable marrow was grown this year at Hawkhurst which weighed (imb. It was grown upon a heap of stable manure and garden rubbish mixed. PRICES OF CATTLE.—Cattle are cheap this autumn,. though retail meat prices remain high (says the Graphic). The supplies of home grass-fed beasts has been good, while importations have been by no means insignificant. Good young cows are to be purchased for £ 15, sometimes for £14, while the patient breeder may secure fine yearlings fort9, and capital two-year- olds for £ 5 more. Roots are plentiful, oil cake is not dear, and straw, if not cheap, has been far dearer in some recent years. Thus the purchase and winter keep of cattle ought to be made to pay a fair per* centage on the breeder's outlay. A FINE RIDE.-Our Australian youtn are justly famous for their equestrianism, and the annals of the past contain many records of great feats being per- formed in the shape of long rides; but we question if any will surpass the feat performed by Mr. Thomas Strickland on Friday, the 8th inst. He was at Car. coar, where he had been delivering some cattle, and received a telegram in the morning, informing him of an accident to his brother, and implying that he was in a dangerous condition. He could not start until about 12.20 p.m. when he commenced his journey to Forbes, riding his own horse as far as Canowindra, thirtv-five miles. Here he procured a fresh horse, which took him to Eugowra, twenty-three miles, and at the last-named place he got a fresh steed, which took him into Forbes, which place he reached at six o'clock, thus having accomplished a journey of eighty- three miles, with three horses, in the wonderful time I u "I of five hours and forty minutes, or, including stoppages, at the rate of Hi miles an hour. Considering he had to wait at each place some time while he changed horses, he must have travelled fully sixteen miles Mt hour all through.-Sidney Mail. JUVENILE OFFENDERS' DEFINITION. — Crewd Work "—Flogging.—Punch. SMALL FEET OF CHINESE WOMEN.—A correspondent informs us (says the Graphic) that the following is the authentic Chinese tradition concerning the origin of this custom. He says: "Near Choofowhyen I visited the tomb of an ancient king called Chew Kung.' The old ruins of his capital are still to be seen. He lived B. o 1197. He was a great tyrant, and had a wife, called Ta Kya, who was a greater despot than her husband. She was very beautiful, but had clubbed feet, and to disguise this disfigurement she bound them up in small shoes, with fillets of ribbon round them. The ladies of her Court followed this fashioa, which is the origin of cramping the women's feet throughout China to this day. His minister, Venvangj was much respected; he died, and his second soit Vuvang overthrew the tyrant Chew KlIlg, and slew the Empress Takya. This tomb is a simple mound of earth, with a temple in honour of his memory near." Two COMETS PREDICTED.—Two magnificent comets are prognosticated for next year by an Indian writer, who, according to the Times of Indit, announces that these heavenly bodies will be visible from April 1 te June 12, will stretch across one-fourth of the heavenap that they occupy 2,02 years in their revolution, and that they eclipse the brilliancy of the midday sun, and "form the Original -Light of Creation, the light with which the Genesis of the World opened, thus fulfilling all prophecy, and settling Biblical chronology bevonil dispute. QUITE TRUE. Little Girl (about five yearsj. Mamma, can't anyone marry more than three timea,f —Mamma. I don't know, my dear; but why do yow ask? Little Girl. Because the clergyman always says in the chnroh, "For the third and last time,- Judy. NATIONAL INSURANCE.—At Northampton the Hot. C. R. Spencer, M.P., has presided at a meeting, at which the Rev. W. L. Blackley, rector of North Walsham, spoke on the subject of national insurance. The hon. member said that the scheme might be con- sidered by some to be Utopian, but it was only scoffers who said so. The scheme was one which de- served the careful consideration of all who wished well to their country, and who felt the burden of the poor rates most. Its adoption would ensure the more general praatice of prudence, and make people mcpt independent and desirous of supporting themselves. Apart from its pecuniary advantages, a scheme with such a grand object deserved the support of all classe of the community. A DAINTY DISH. Tipsy shrimps form a most dainty Alld highly esteemed dish in China. The creatures are put in a covered vial filled with wine, and when the top is taken off the shrimps hegin to jump out wildly, giving the eaters ample opportunities for show. ing their dexterity with chopsticks, by catching the tempting morsels in the air.—Talking of Chinese dainties, by the way, black cats are considered the best eating, and a pair of black cat's eyes in sauce com. mands a high price. IMPROVED TRAVELLING.—Scene Remote Scotch Station. Girl: Stay, Maggie, that's no the place Maggie (trying to step into the tender) Oh, this'll do fine for me. It's far better than the carrier's cart -.Flunny Folks, „ ^'I.™I.NG BT ELECTRICITY.—At the Berlin Fishery i £ xhibitiom was shown a curious instrument whereby rod and line fishing could be carried on while the angler was engaged otherwise than in watching the line and holding the rod. The slightest bite of a fish is sufficient to affect the fixings of the machine ia which the rod is set, whereupon, by electricity, the line, hook, and fish are jerked up, and a sma-II bel! warns the angler that the fish is caught. A RETRIEVING CAT.—A correspondent of the Standard narrates an interesting incident of a cat that learnt to retrieve small birds as well as a dog, and which has a setter for its usual companion. That many creatures besides the dog can be taught t* retrieve is well known to naturalists, but the cat's retrieving may not impossibly be due to that love of praise whiah induces cats to bring into their owners' presence rats, mice, and other vermin which they have secured. DIPLOMACY.-INurse (to Professional Friend makiRc a call).—" 'Well, Nuss,' sez he, 'igh and 'orty like, he sez, What do you think ? sez he. Doctor,' I sez, quite differenshial, I sez, I'm quite of your Opinion,' I sez. And I'm of the same way of thinking, Nuss,5 sez he. And so we settles it."—Professional Friend (much interested): "Lor'! And wot woghis Opinion, now ? Nurse Bless yer 'art, my dear Creetur, ia course he never hadn't given none "—Punch. HINTS ABOUT POULTBY.-The Graphic says An American farming contemporary calls attention to the neglect of poultry by English farmers, and points out that whether an exclusive devotion to poultry rearing be profitable or no, farmers can certainly keep a considerable number of fowls at scarcely any cost. The writer thinks that their health is best consulted by distributing them thinly over the farm lands, and he quotes an example in Cumberland, where, on a farm of 1,200 acres, about the same number of fowls are very profitably and cheaply kept. Certainly a fowl to the acre does not seem a very heavy matter of breeding, yet there probably are nothing like eighty million fowls kept in England. The fowl omnibus, t« be stationed in different fields, and wheeled from on* to the other seems an excellent idea, and the fowls find their way to it at night with remarkable sagacity." AN ITALIAN CAPTIVH BALLOON.—At the National Exhibition to be opened at Milan next year there will be a captive balloon, fin the model of the one which was so successful in Paris in 1878. It will measure not less than 180ft. in circumference, 84ft. in height, and contain 15,000 cubic feet of gas. To it will be attached a safe and solid car, capable of containing seats for at least eight persons. A steam engine is to regulate the ascent and descent, and it will rise to a height of about 900ft., affording a splendid view of Milan and the plains of Lombardy. The balloon will be constructed at Milan, M. Henri Beudet, the well- known and experienced aeronaut, having been sent for to dieect the work. DRESS ItEIIOR)f. Yolande writes to the Queen —In answer to the letter on Dress Reform which ap- peared on Oct. 9, suggesting the adoption of Turkish trousers for ladies' wear, may I suggest to my fello", countrywomen, before flying to such an extreme mea- sure, the adoption of the style of skirt universally worn now by ladies on the Continent. This skirt w short, well clears the ground, is not tied back. and is full in width, thus leaving the limbs quite free foe walking. Having lately returned from abroad, I am struck with the sorry spectacle Englishwomen present in their narrow, tied-back, tight skirts, so unbecoming-, so inconvenient. I repeat, therefore, my suggestion of the copying of our sex over the Channel in theic present style of day skirt, before trying such an ex", treme style as the Turkish trouser. CARDINAL PAOCA'S'VILL.-The testamentary diø. positions ot the late Cardinal Pacca have caused ex- treme surprise among his relations. It was expected that he would have left his fortune to his brothers, fa whom he was tenderly attached. But to these the testator bequeaths nothing except some trifling tokertff of remembrance. To his servants he left six montt wages to each. The rest of his property lie gave to the family, prelatura, that is to say, to the first of hÎII relations whu happens to adopt the ('hurch as a pro- fession. Failing such a person, and until-such an in- heritor arises, the yearly profits of his estate will be enjoyed by the eldest nephew of the deceased, but as Boon as any other nephew or descendant of a nephew shall take holy orders and become a priest, he shall b. entitled to the property of the. cardinal. That pro. perty is now worth about 29,000fr. a year, and may men be increased inraltie,