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(All Baght. Reserved.) "WRITTEN IN FIRE; n OR, THE WITNESS IN THE DARK BY FLORENCE MARRYAT, AUTHOR OF "Loves Conflict, Fighting the Air," Har Father's Name," &c., <&o., dcc. CHAPTER n fABIAN CHANGES HIS iirm Theabange from a country to a town life, from days pauod in dreamy indolence to a course of active employment which could barely be accomplished ia twelve bourI, wu of much service to Fabian Del»oour% and at firmt he thought he liked it. The idea of being a doctor had always appeared to him a great and good one. To be able to relieve the suffering, to carry eomfort to the sick, sometimes eveu, as it were, to raise the dead to life, seemed only next to the sacred offices for fhich the Divine Physician entered the world. It had been his dream from a child, and it may be remembered how vexed his poor father wis when Fabian carelessly threw on one side the question of becoming an artist or a musician, t) aver hi a greater desire of doing good to men's bodies than of elevating their minds. But, like many worldly dreams which appear so fair in the distance and"turn to a-ilias in the mouth,"the vision which the child and the ymth had dilated on did not realise his expectations when he grasped it. His young mind had rushed on too far in advance, and dwelt only on the momeat when he should stand up a saviour and deliverer amongst men. He had overlooked or forgotten all the bard study that had to be gone through beforehand—the many drawbacks and disappointments-the hours of dullness, when his brain would appear incapable of grasping the simplest meaning—the hours of despair, when he would deride his own presnmption for attempting to tread so intricate a path, and feel in. clined to throw it all aside and return to ITordham to vegetate for the remainder of his existanee. Such feelings are common to all in the pursuit of any branch of science. The mere preliminary instruction any b e easy enough, but once well in the wood," the mind, unnsed perhaps to exert its mental muscle,becomes over-strainod, and feels as though it must give in altogether. In such oases, it is only by walking on, regardless of pain and fatigus, that a man hardens himself to such a pitch of endurance that he can acoozxplirh anything. Fabian had to andergo all these phases, and, although he had a good and clever in- struotor, the second year of his sojourn in Norwich found him just in the very thick of the bat tle— gling hard to comprehend matters as yet too much for him—making greater eff >rta thin a leis capable mind would have taken the trouble to do, and exhaust- ing himself the more for that very re,um. 0 tom he felt just what haa been described above, a sickening conviction that he had altogether over. rate t his abilities,and ooald never rise to fill the higher branches of his profession. Mr. Sutton, lie gentleman to whom he was articled as a pupil, thought himself that Pibian was of far too sensitive and highly-strung an organisa- tion to make a good surgeon; at the game time he knew that, if he persevered, the very feelings that now stood in his way would prove his most powerful allies. They were sorry masters, but would m ika ex 'dleat slaves. Meanwhile he took a great interest in the boy, and tried all he could to make his new lifa plea- tanttohim. He encouraged his taleiti;, both for painting and mnsio, and bade him use them as relaxa- tions from his more important studies. Bat Faiian was not happy. He had. quite recovered his di*ap- poistment concerning Rosie Barnes that is to say, he did not allow it to lie on his mind and make him miser- able, though it had so fir sobered him th ).t he had not found one pretty girl in all Norwich to tempt him to replace her image in his heart. BIt be fretted after the society of his cousins, and was fain to eonfesa that the dreary life at Mordham, the only pleasures in which were forbidlen ones, ivae better than the companionless days he diazged out in Norwiob. Mr. Sutton had no family, and though his wife did all she oould to render Fabian's residence under their roof homelike and agreeable to him, he felt it to be so dull that he always preferred his own ohamber and his book of ituly to an evening passed in Slra. Sutton's drawing-room. Then, again, the society of the medical students at the hospital was not at all to his taste. They were a. tough, underbred set of lads; not quite so lawless), perhaps, as their brethren of the London hospitals are reporte4 to be, bat lower in tone and less companion- able, Fabian could laugh and talk with them between the times for lectures, but, once free from the hospital wards, he did not care to carry their topios of conversation into his private life. His aSectiottate and somewhat womanly heart required sympathy and companionship at home. He waa the sort of boy who would have loved a mother or a sister dearly, a id would be the fondest of fathers and h nbvvls. B t is was doomed to a peculiarly isola ed exijteaje. so far as his feelings were oonoerned, and that fact made him fix his affeotions on Andrew Hayes more securely tkaa under happier circumstances he would have done. For eaoh year seemed to oreate a greater gulf between the characters of these two young men, and yet each year seemed to draw them closer together, or rather to draw Fabian closer to Andy. He thought of no one, and wrote to no one, but his coasin, and during two years of absence he was the only person he had ex- pressed a wish to see. Twice during that period had Andrew Hayes travelled down to Norwioh to visit the young student, though by what means he had procured the money to do so it had never entered the latter's honest heart to question. And now the third year of Fabian's absence had commenced, and one dark dayin the month of Njvnher he was gladdened by the intelligence that his cousin was in the parlour, waiting to see him. Ask young Mr. Hayes to stop a night or two and share your room, if it is agreeable to him," Mr. Button had said, as he announced the news to his pupil, and Fabian had rushed downstairs with t.he delightful consciousness that he should have Andy's eompany for a oouple of days. They had not met for six months, and the altera- tion in both was so apparent that each started as he beheld the other. "By Jove, Fabian, yon have got on! A beard ooming, I declare I Why, you're ahead of me. Well, I suppose we aha'u't be able to write ourselves down boys such longer." More's the pity, Andy. The boys have the hest of it, depend on it. But this is delightful,to see yon apin, old fellow I I couldn't have stood expatriation much longer. I meant to have ran up to the old place and spent Christmas with you." How are you getting on, Fabian ? Very well, M f&r as the practice goeø-d least, 10 Sutton says; but, Andy, I shall never make a good doctor-I alike it more and more every day." Whew That's a bad look out Two years thrown away What will the governor say ? 41 He has no right to say anything," replied Fabian, proudly. I shall be of age in another twelvemonth, and mean to judge for myself. But don't oall it time thrown away, Andy I've learnt more than I ever did in my life daring these two years and no study ean ever be wasted." "WtMttdoyoamfmtodothen?" I cannot .ay-1 have not even decided to abandon the profession- perhaps I may make a start before long and fall in love with it again. Bat I have been in eorreapondenoe with my dear old friend Pere Raoul lately, and he advises me not to go on with the study of medicine unless my heart is in it, I will not go up to London, however, until I have finally decile). But if r feel no greater inolination for it next year than I do this I shall go over to Brusc», I think, and place myself under an artist there. Painting is, I believe, after all,my destiny. My father's blood is too strong in me. I cannot keep my thoughts away from it; and Sutton would be horrified if he knew that half the time when he is discoursing on the formation of the human body to me, I am thinking how the muscles are placed, no* with regard to disease, bat to a good position for the canvas." "I see you will go to Brusoa, old fellow," said Andy. I fancy to. What is bred in the bone, they says a hard to get out of the flesh." And youH leave me to rot in Hordham," added his cousin lugubriously. No, Andy, no," cried Fabian, seizing bis hand, .'2 oow&'t kayo you. I should be coming back in I eoupie or months to see how you were. Ton mn<t Come with M-, de ir boy We'll find y M go.N< W<TIC to do the-e as well, and we'll live together as happy as two kings." I Andrew laughed incredulously. What -should I do in a fine French town? I'm fib for nothing but farming, and know precious little of that Besides, is it likely the governor would let me go? He grows stingier every day, Fabian. You'd hardly believe the pass things have come to unless you saw it." Come into my room, Andy—there is a nice fire there-and we'll talk over these matters in private. The two young men, for at the age of twenty they really had claim to be called 10, went upstairs and sat duwn on either side of the fireplace. How comfortable Button seems to make yon, Fabian. I shouldn't give up this berth in a hurry, if I were yon." He treats me very well," replied Fabian and so does his wife. I have nothing to complain of except myself. But if I stick to the profession I should have to leave Norwich soon and go up to London. And to tell you the truth, Andy, I feel as if I couldn't do it. But what's all this about uncle?" It's come out about Rosie, and there's been no end of a row. Fabian slightly changed colour. He had known foi a year past that Rosie Barnes and his cousin con- sinered themselves engaged to be married to one another, bnt he had not yet quite schooled himself to speak of her without some degree of confusion. H ow did it come out ?" "She told her mother, I believe, and then llr. Barnes spoke to the governor, and said if it was te be they'd better come to some understanding in the matter. And that's natural enough youknow Fabian, for she's an only daughter, and I'm an only son, and Barnes and the governor farm pretty nearly the whole of Mordham between them." Mr. Barnes is willing to give you Rosie, then ?" Well, he says she might do better and she might do worse, but I don't think he'd make any trouble about it, if father would only be reasonable. But not a bit of it. He stormed and raved as if he'd never heard of such a thing as marriage in the world, and wanted to know what I should ask for next, and went on just like a madman. He wouldn't even say if the farm is to come to me at his death or not, or if he'd let me have a shaie in it. So Barnes couldn't make anything out of him, and there the matter dropped." Dropped! Are not you and Rosie ensraged, then? "Oh, yes! I suppose so, but I don't know if it'll ever come to anything." But, Andy, you are twenty years old. You should look out for something to do that you may be able to marry her by-and-by." "What,andleavefather? I shall lose all chance of getting anything out of him if I did that? I don't see how he can will the farm away from ':D.e-it'. freeholfl prrperty you know." But would you rather have the farm than Roaie?" dema nie i Fabian in amazement. Blest if I know! Any way I couldn't keep her with ut the farm, and I don't think she'd care about taki: g a labouring man eitber. Why you don't know the shameful way in which the governor treats m". Ftbian. It's the talk of the village- He keeps me like a chi: i. I can't buy a new tie to walk out with Rosie in, without screwing the money out of him,shil- ling ky shilling." "How is it, then, he gives you the ooach hire down here Andy ? And all to see me, when I really be. lieve he hates." Andrew Hayes looked conscious, and did not im- mediately answer the question. But innocent Fabian took no notice of the omission. He only thought some- hing had g.mewrong with the stem of his cousin's pipe Wel! !— You see — commenced young Hayes, after a pause, "I do a little business now and then for the farmer-. N (thing infra dig, you Fabian but a fellow must. have a few odd copp"rs occasionally, and since it wouldn't look well to see my father's son begg ng, I "I understand J" exclaimed Fabian, brightly. "y,n} earn money by the labour of your hands,aadyou spend it to come down and see me. Thank you, dear Andy but it is a shame uncle should allow you to do it. He knows nothing of it," interrupted the other quickly. He ought to; and he should if I had my will, Andy. To think of Mrs. Hayes's only son being c im- pelled to do farm work likw a common village lad in order to earn a few shillings I It's outrageous Wtiat does Mr. Barnes say to it ? He knows no more of it than the governor! I ex pect he'd fJrbid Rosie to speak to me if it calle to his ears. Don't mention it again, Fabian, for heavea's sake." Of course I won't. If I only had my money in my own hands though, Andy, you shouldn't do it. But uncle has been as hard a gu irdian as he is a father. The pocket money Mr. Sutton insists upon his allow- ing me will barely buy my tdbacco; and as for my cluthes-weIt, they do for Norwich, and that's not paying the town a compliment. If I were not to come of age so soon, I couldn't stand it much longer. I have often thought of complaining to my other guar. dian, M. Fevrier. But the thought of my approaching freedom restrains me." You are a lucky fellow, Fabian," aigbed Andy. "I look forward to nothing but fetters during my father's lifetime." They tuined the conversation at that junoture, for itwas not one to increase the pleasure of the few hon a that theyhad to spend together,but it cropped up again during the time that Andrew Hayes remained in Nor- wich. Once he alluded rather coarsely to his cousin's better fortune, and complained bitterly that there should be so much difference between them. It does seem hard,"he grumbled, "that one fellow should have everything, and another nothing. In another year you will be a free man, and I shall be tied to the governor's coat-tail till he chooses to kick the bucket. I don't quite see that, Andy," replied Fabian. "It is true I have five thousand pounds to start in lifewith but then, you must remember, I am an orphan. Now your father will, at all events, afford you » home so long as yon choose to accept it,and at his death you will be much better off than I myself." It is n t cart ain. He's so cross-grained he may turn round at the last and leave it all to Milly." And she would share it wihi you, I am sure. She has such a truly affectionate heart, and it is all yoara. How i s Milly, Andrew ?' R ither mopish, but I believe she's all right. She hasn't got R >sie's 'go in her, Fabian, and she nerei will have. Milly's too qniet to suit me. But she doe* what she can to make the wretched pUce comfortable and to keep the old man in good humour, so I ought tc be obliged to her for me. I wish she'd get married though, for her own sake." Married! She's much too young for that," said Fa- bian quickly. She was eighteen last birthday." "Was she rea: ly ? Well, of course she must have been, when one comes to think of it" but it seljm. incredible Little Milly turned into a woman." "Yes! And a very pretty woman, too, some people think, though I confess I like more 'bounce* abouf a girl. But Jack Redding would give his eyes il Mill} would only look at him." She musn't marry in Mordham," interrupted hu cousin. "There'anoonegood enough for Mill] thtre." Then I expect Ihe'll die an old maid, Fabian, foi where else do you suppose the can go for a husband ?" When you and Rosie are married you may be able te take her about with you, and shew her a little of the world." Ah !-when we are Just so And when yon'r* married my boy, you will be able to do ditto. T'bf one chance is as good as the other-indeed, much better, You will have something to keep a wife on. I—nothing jt I must stick to my resolution to spend Christmas at Mordbam," replied Fabian "and then I shall b« able to see Milly, and judge for myself." A month later, when he travelled up to the old place, he was astonished to find how much of hit heart he had left there. The bare unfurnished roomi and whitewashed walls, which appeared all the worse for not having been viewed for two long years, yet eemed moie pleasant in Fabian's eyes than the com' Portable apartments be had vacated in Norwich, fot his cousin Milly was there, ready to attend to all hit wants, and Andy's oheerful voice made the welkin ring." The three young people were so pleased to meet again indeed, tha.t they quite ignored the farmer's surly humours, and for onOC in his life Mr. Hayes found himself in the abnormal condition of being nnabls to spoil Christ* ma a for his unfortunate fanu ly. Could Mrs. RayOl, tZQID her grave in the silent oh nrehytud, have, returns! j t* "lat time to look in upon the childien wUom Ad bad left with so perplexed and doubting a heart, she would have been ready to acknowledge that all be- f, ars were groundless. Fabian aud Andrew, growi into fine yoi-.iig men, and possessed of eoura^e sufficient to fight thbir own battles and those of Milly into the bargain, seemed as though they needed no one's help, whilst the girl moved from one to the other, hardly knowing which she carel for most, but with a olaim upon each of them which neither would be slow to acknowledge when the time for action came. Notwithstanding the farmer4 ill-temper, therefore, things seemed brighter than they had ever done be/ore at Mordham Farm. The chil- dren i ad developed into beings well abe to cope w fch the bugbear thit had over-shadowed their home from in fa ty, and if tLey could not subdue, to ignore it. And the future looked as fair for tbrm as it dor's for most. Only-if we sow tares ia our you'h we cannot expect to reap corn in our old age; and though an evil example and faulty training may seem for awhile to lie in abeyance and do no harm, sooner or later the leed which we have planted will bring forth its fruit, and perhaps when we least expect it. <- Rosie Barnes was naturally much mixe4 up with the little gatherings at Mordbam Farm, and Fabian Delacourt was greatly relieved to find after their first interview that she had lost her power to oharm him. Rosie, at nineteen, was to much more fully developed a young woman than she had been two years before, the delicate tints of her complexion had so consider- ably deepened in colour, and the outlines of her K.r.a lost their original grace, that she was no 10llger an object for a painter's dream, and that was the only light in which Fabian had feared she might still affect his senses. To find her,therefore,changed into rather too buxom a country lass, with boisterous manners that veiged uponvu)garity,wa.a the bt sb reward he could ha a for the self-control he bad displayed im his former re- lations to her. That she was, at some time or other to be married to Andrew Hayes, seemed to be an acknowledged fact by all except the farmer, who chose Ito appear ignorant of what he well knew to be the case, MiS4 Rosie was therefore a constant visitor at the farm, aud the open courtship which she permittod A'.drew to oonduct often made Milly turn away with burning cheeks, under the influence of a feeling with which Fabian could well sympathise. More than once during this visit to Mordbam, he spoke to his young cousin cencerniug his intentions for the future, i and the part he hoped Andy might take in them. He found Milly so sensible and sympathetic that he felt that he could repose his confi,tence in her with per* feet lecurity. She agreed with all he IPld most heartily, and lamented the lack of independence in her brother's spirit as much as she did her father's harsh and grudg- ing treatment of him. But she looked aghast at the notion of Andrew joining Fabian in making a home upon the Continent. "What should I do without him?'' she urged." Would you leave me here all alone with father ? 0 Fabian you would uever be so cruel!" Milly when I promised your dear mother to be a friend to Andy, the promise included you. Whatever, then, I may be able to do for him (in the future) is at yuur disposal also. If we make a home together you will come too, and be a sister to both ot us, will you not?" And leave father to die all by himself? Fabian, how could I ? He has been a bad father to us—I acknowledge that freely—bnt still—whatwould mother have said? Does his oonduot release us from our duty ?" No, Milly you are right. But do you think, then tbat it is Andrew's duty also to remain at Mordham ?' "Idol whilatfathtr lives. I "ish be would give his consent to Andy's marriage with R.sie, and then my brother might ftel more contented here. And I think father would, if he saw that Andy was m.re wi ling to work to support a wife. But perhaps it will all come right by-and.b). and then "Then"-exclaimed Fabian eagerly, with a new thought flashing through his brain, "if Anly arId Rosie were married and settled here, and u')n!e didn't want you so much as he does now, you might be free to do as Yúa chose, Milly, and you would come and ive with me in Druaca, wouldn't you ? The girl coloured crimson. I—I—she stammered. How could I go to live with you, Fa-bian ? Why, as my sister and my houaekefpfr, of course. We would have such jolly hale rooms, Miliy, and go to theatres, and all sorts of fun and then you'd end by marrying a Frenchman, perhaps, and settling out there, and I should have you living close by me to the very end of my life. You've no idea how nice itwould be I' No, I'd rather not." said Milly, shaking her head. "I'd rather remain here with father and Andy, and I don't think I should care to mairy a Frenchman, Fabian, thank you all the same I" Fabian was disappointed at her answer and the little interest she seemed to take in his future home, but though he did not renew the subject in her me- sence he often thought of it afterwards, (To be continued.)
MR. E. STANHOPE ONPUBMC AFFAIRS.
MR. E. STANHOPE ONPUBMC AFFAIRS. The Hon. Edward Stanhope. M.P., adir* i'-nj a crowded meeting of Con-ervat:w electors in the Drill Hall, Newport, Is>le of Wight, contrasted e promises.of the Liberal leaders with their perform- ances. He instanced the condemnation uttered by Mr. Gladstone during his Midlothian pilgrimage of the Act passed by the Government of India a year or two before, authorising the placing of certain restrictions upon the importation and carriage of firearms and upon the use of dynamite, and remarked that the very same ttateman had since passed an Act imposing restrictions upon the carriage of firearms and upon the importation of dynamite i-ito Ireland. Some years ago, whpn the remiasi n of the ma t-tax was urged, the motion was alw&y* defeated by one of the leaders of the Liberal par y stating that the remission would be of no use to the farmeis, ard that if it were they were not going to legislate for a class. Last year Mr. Gladstone, in introducing his budget, said that they proposed to repeal the malt-tax because they believed that it would be for the interests of that ciaxs. and he suff-ring interest of agriculture. But now, fin iin0' that his scheme had tx-en found out, Mr. Gladstone thought no more about the farmers, but said that the lepeal of the malt-tax was going to Ie one great step towardr free-trade in the matOr j" Is for the pro .ducti n of beer. At the last »-lecti. u Conservative finance was attackel, and they w. re told that Sir Staff .rd Northcote had provided for an expenditure which wad far in exces-s of the interests of the country. But in the very first year that the Liberal p <rty was enabled to bring in a Budget en- tirely in accordance with their own desires, they found that the expenditure was far greater than ever. Not only were the e-timates of Sir Stafford Northcote with respect to revenue amply and fnlly justified, as beiiijj below what he might possibly have expected, but it was proved that the expenditure which he tht'n thought was required by the interests of the country was now, in the opinion of the Liberal party, not even adequate to it. In reply to the declaration that the great object of the Liberal party was the maintenance of peace, Mr. Stanhr pe pointed to the dangerous state of affaire in the East, the two wars in Africa, and the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, leaving the cvuntry in a state of anarchy. His protest in the House against that policy had been met hy the assurance that the Russian army was not intended to advance any further, but nowthey learned that v far from General Sk beleff going back to Russia. 1 was even now pushing forward in the d're. t Afghanistan. A policy which withdrew Bri •- troops when Russian troops we. e advancing, and wh the whole population "t Iodia was wrtching theriva, I-, between two countries, was one not only fraught with danger in the present, but with incalculable miHclolet in the future. In the Transvaal, the result of t' e policy of the Government was to hand over 700,000 .men, until this moment loyal subjects of th^ Qu> en, to a system of slavery. Turning to the Irish Lai j Biil, Mr. Stanhope said it would require from t Conservative party the most careful and minute con licleration, and he wished they could have in tht consideration the support and assistance of LUlu Beacomfieid.
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The western pilots of the Bristol Channel are enter Ing into negotiations which are likel" to bring to an amicable settlement the dispute which led to the late strike. They now go to sea as usual, and the di.turb- ances at the pil. t station at Pill have ceased. It furnishes, says the Athenaeum, a curious com. ment upon the assurances given in Parliament ana elsewhere concerning the precautions taken with regard to the security of audiences in the case of fire, that at one of our West-end theatres, when an attempt was recently made at a late hour to use one of the extra means of exit, the door proved to b. locked. The key was found, and it was then observed that the door, in spite of all that had been said. openec Inwards. Information has been cpnveyed to the clerk of the peace at Preston of an outbreak of foot-and-mootli disease on the premises of Mr. John Harrison, Lei^i road, West Broughton, A whole he^d of 10 anijnals ia affected,
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CONDITION OF IRELAND. The Chief Secr.-tarv for Ireland has resumed his official dutle., at Dublin Ca,tle. A smith's f"r.:p neir C.ronn, four miles from Athenry, has luen burnt down. The act is said to be a malicious one, arising out of agrarian differences. Two men, who had b'en seen loitering Dear the residence of Lord Oranmore, it Claremorris, were arrested on suspicion, and when searched, two revol- vers and eight rounds of ammunition were found in their possession. On Toes lav a preliminary meeting of the Irish Roman Catholic bishops was held in Dublin for the consideration of the Land Bill. Fiiteen prelates attended, and after a discussion the further considera- tion of the measure was adjourned for a fortnight. Two sales of cattle seized for rent have taken place at Tralee. and of the 36 animals put up 35 were boogh; at fairprit es by Mr. Harrington, the president of the locii Land L ague. The remaining one was purchased by a representative of the Property Protec- tion Society. The dead body of a woman named Elizabeth Me<!iiffe has been found near the railway line at Clara statftn, near Tullamore, with several wounds on the head. She was the wife of the caretaker of a local landlord. Suspicions of foul play exist owing to a recent land dispute. On Sunday night, after the banquet given to Mr. Purnell at Cork, Mr. Parnell, Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M. P., and Mr. John O'Connor, secretary to the Corl: L md League,slept at the Victoria Hotel, where th, dinner had been served, and during the night they were alt robbed of sums varying from J::5 to JB15. A oisgraceful outrage has just been committed at nail in a new cemetery. Oil was poured over the graves a id fences and set on fire in several places. The wh. Ie surface of the greensward has been burned biack and many of the graves injured. It is feared that a riot between Protestants and Catholics may result. An outrage by some soldiers of the 64th Regiment is reported from Ennis. The men broke out of barracks and attacked a man named Gaffney, stab- bing him in two or three p'aces with their bayonets. Another man, named M'Donough, who went to Gaffney's assistance, was wounded in the chin. The affair was the sequel to a disturbance on Saturday evening,in which the military were worsted. According to a Dublin journal, a Catholic bishop lately returned from Rome, brought with him an expression of opinion from the Pop condemnatory of the action of the Archbishop of Cashel in cen- suring his superior, the Archbishop of Dublin. The former accepted the judgment passed upon the matter in the spirit becoming an ecclesiastic in his place, and Was ready to apologise. Archbishop M'Cabe, however, prescribed for his brother the penance of favouring Rim by dining with him, which meeting took place. It having been resolved by the Claremorris Land League that when any farmer who is a members of the League is arrested under the Coercion Act his cropll shall be sown for him, a large body of Land Leaguers assembled a day or two since in front of the house of Mr. Thornis Quinn, whose son is one of the prisoners Confined in Kilmainham, and whose second son is assistant secretary to the Land League, and, forming a procession four deep marched to Mr. Quinn's land, and performed the necessary work on his farm within an hour. Speeches were afterwards made. The event caused much enthusiasm in the neighbourhood. Two bailiffs who attempted to serve writs on the Drumcollogher estate of the Hon. Colonel White were surrounded by a large crowd, which p-lted them with stones and followed them, hooting, to the police barracks. An excited crowd parade i the town during the day, and reinforcements were telegraphed for. A large number of evictions have taken place on the Mountbellew Grattan estate, county Gal way, one of the persons turned out being a priest. The greatest excitement prevailed, Lut there was a great force of oolice, and no serious disturbance is reported. Much distress exists in the distr et, it is stated, especially amongst the herdsmen, h. have i^ued an appeal to the "herdsmen of the coon'y to rise against the rack-renting landlords." At Saint field, oo. Down, a meeting has been held to consider the new Land Bill,and was very largely attended by tenant-farmers. The provisions of the bill were discuBied at some length, after which a series of resolutions were pa»sed stating that the thanks of the meeting were due to Mr. Gladstone for his new Land Bill, which they consider will be the greatest in-taiment of justice, if carried into law in its entirety, that has yet been conferred upon Irish tenant-farmers by any English Government. — Mr. F ni.an. M P., speaking at Ennis, gave great credit to Mr Gladstone for the good Land Bill he had in trxluced, as it was considered to aim at all that was desired—the three F's Fixity of Tenure, Fair Rents, and Free Sale. He hoped it would pass through committee without mutilation. Mr. Goddard, of the Emergency Committee, at- tended byfris staff, assisted at some evictions r < the property of Mr. John Murphy, of Loftus Ha, co. Kilkenny. The estate is in co. Wexforrt. nnd the tenants proceeded against—six in number- id neglected to pay their rents. The two ten its whose houses were first gone to allowed the eviction to be carried out; the third, however, ra' her than allow himself to be put out on the road, paid the amount claimed £ 109, of which £ 30 was for costs. The other three were evicted, but one was allowed back with his family as caretaker, on an agreement to that effect being signed. This con- ce-sion was made at the suggestion of Mr. Goddard on account of the exceptional circumstances of the case, it appearing that the tenant had 10 children, and that a married daughter had only two days before given birth to a child. J. R. O'Gorman, hotel proprietor of Charleville, haseen prosecuted for refusing to give accommoda- tion to Messrs. Goddard and Smith, represenatives of the Property Defence Association, who have been att-nding execution sales through the country in the interest of the land lords. They took rooms at the defend- ant s hotel, but on it becoming known who they were the building was quickly surrounded by a riotous mob, and at 10,30 p.m. O'Gorman directed them to leave or the house would be burned down. They were accordingly obliged to take shelter at the police barracks. A discussion arose as to whether it was an indictable offence, and the Crown solicitor said he could shew it was, but his law b oks and paners were in a parcel at the railway station (which is two miles from the town) and he cou d not get a car to bring himself or his papers into town that morning. He wai thus unable to give the bench the law on the case, and the magistrate decided to refer it to the law adviser for his direction as to what course they should take. In the Dublin Gazette of Tueqday was published an order in council to the following effect: 1. No arms or ammunition shall from and after April 20, 1881, be imported into Ireland except at the following ports, that is to say, Dublin, Belfast, Cork Limerick, Londonderry, Waterford, Galway, Sligo, Drogheda, Dundallc, Greenore, and Wexford. 2. No arms or ammunition shall be consigned to any person in a procaimed district unless such person is licensed to sell the articles so consigned, or to have and carry the same, or is otherwise lawfully entitled to carry or have the arms or ammunition so consigned. All arms and ammunition consigned to any person in Ireland shall be distinctly labelled with the name and address of the consignee,and also with the word arms" or "ammunition," as the case may be, and a written notice shall before the consignment thereof be given to the collector or other principal officer of Customs at the port of consignment of the intended consignment, and of the particulars of the arms and ammunition so to be consigned, with the name and a<tdrf as of the intended consignee. The Gazette also contains a proclamation, declaring that the baronies of Duhallow, Orrery and Kilmore, Fermoy, Condon and Clai gibbon, and Muskerry East,all in the county Cork, shall, from and after the 13th inst., be and con- tinue a proscribed district under the Coercion Act. The barony of Coolavin, in the county of Sligo,is de- clared in a state of disturbance, and requires an extra establishment of police. Three arrests under the Coercion Act were made on Thursday, one of the persons taken being P. J. Gordon, shoemaker, Claremorris. At the railway station, before his departure for Dublin, he addressed a great crowd of people, advising them to keep up their courage, and to go on with the work, as he would be back soon. Go down to Curraghlea," he added, and see what took place there yesterday, where five whole fann ies^ were evicted, one family consisting of 13 individuals, another of eirht, another of seven, and so n, numbering altogether about 35 human beings. ree hurdred police were engaged in the work, and, to the honour of the force, many of them shed tears, and made up on the pot a subscription of £4 or £5 amongst them for the most dis- tressed of the evicted families—(cheers)—for the beanie never insulted a policeman. (Shouts of Never.") I have been informed this morning that the police patrols found those evicted families last night lying on the eide of the road, sheltering them- seues around a small fire, they having been out all night. Go and see after them,—let none of them want." Alter this the train moved off amidst tre- mendous cheering for Mr. Gordon and the Land League. The other arrests were Bernard Corcoran, a farmer living near Banagher, King's County, and a man named Hefferman, in Tralee. All three were lodged in Kilmainham Gaol. On the following day, Mr. James Daly, proprietor of the Connaught Tele- graph, published at Castlebar, was also arrested.
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A branch of the Irish National Land League has been formed at Sunderland. Mr. Broadhurst, M.P., speaking at the annual dinner of the Sheffield Trades Council, referred to the Irish Land Bill as a great and necessary measure, and said he believed no Parliament could exist long which did not deal with the English land question. Electric lighting is found at South Kensington Mu-eum to be much more economical than gas. Light is v, anted for about 700 hours during the year, and the expense of the electric light-the actual working expense—ia 3s. lOd. an hour; whereas the gas cost 16s. an hour. Thursday was the 21th anniversary of the birth of the Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, the younget;t child of her Majesty the Queen and the late Prince Consort, her Royal Highness having been born at Buckingham Palace on April 14, 1857. The og. casion was celebrated in the usual
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t COST OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ] The arn>ropriation account of the vnt" of credit fy th" (Zu 'u) war in South Africa for the year- ended th>-31sr. of March, 1880, shews that the total¡:i',tllt njii in;t0 1 to 63.703,000. and the expenditure to ±.'tV"~V"0l, so that a surplus of £ 478,698 retnnin.s to be surrendered. The grantfov the Secocceniexpedition amounted to f300,000, and the expenditure 0>0,(>00, leaving^ a surplus of S50.000 to be surrendered. The expenditure incurred in the suppression of the native I rehellion in Griqualand West was *1222,200, wnich WPS equal to th.. sum granted. The total payments out "f the vote-< of credit for the war in South Africa have been £ 4,316,221. This is exclusive of the ordinary expenditure of the military wid naval forces.
A LIVERPOOL GIFT TO MR. GLADSTONE.
A LIVERPOOL GIFT TO MR. GLADSTONE. A short time ago, says the Liverpool Mercury, a num- ber of Liverpool opticians, members of the Liberal party, and cordial admirers of Mr. Ga.dftone.conceivr-ft the i ea of expressing in some way their high ap- preciation of his personal worth. Faithful to tiio old adacce that there is nothing like leather, they have carried that idea out by manufacturing for his especial use a masterpiece of their handicraft in the shape of a pair of spectacles. The difficulty of obtaining the Premier's true "sight" was overcome by obtaining private information as to the strength of the glasses which Mr. Gladstone has in ordinary use. As shewing that in this, as in other ways, the great Liberal leader is by no means the old man hisyears would indicate, it may be interesting to know that his "sight" is clawd by these skilled opticians as "remark- ably young" for his time of life. The frames of the spec- tacles are of the best gold, the glasses of the best Brazilian pebbles, and the handsome case in which they are placed bears Mr. Gladstone's name on the outside. Everything being thus completed, the gift is to be forwarded along with a beautifully ilium idated address, which concludes as follows We beg to assure you of our appreciation of your favour in accepting these helps to second sight, and to ex- press the hope that yon may live long to enjoy the use of them, so that we may profit by your vision." The address and spectacles will probably be sent to Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M.P.,for the purpose of being conveyed to his father.
RIOTOUS SOCIALIST MEETING.
RIOTOUS SOCIALIST MEETING. A large crowd, numbering 7,000 or 8,000 persons, assembled an Peckham Rye on Sunday afternoon in consequence of an announcement that a meeting would be held on The Rye" for the purpose of considering the best means of promulgating the views of the Socialist Democratic Club, and also for obtaining funds for the defence of Herr Most. Some time after the hour appointed for the commencement of the proceedings a few men met and began to discuss the general question of assassination of Monarchs. The people gathered round, and as soon as they di co- verod who were of opinion that the Nihilists we in the right," a general rush was made, the spe. rs on both sides being literally swept away. The organisers of the projected meeting then took steps to carry out their programme. A temporary plat- form -a large wooden box turned upside down— was suddenly placed in a prominent position, and a Mr. Kitts having taken the chair, proceeded to say that the liberty of the Press had been infringed by the prosecution recently undertaken by the Government. As soon as the drift of his observations had become apparent great impatience was shewn by the crowd, which had been rapidly augmented. He was warned to stop speaking by many angry exclamations, and when he stated that we were ready ti sanction the murder of a people whilst we objected to the removal of a tyrant," the excitement became intense. He asked those who objected to his sentiments to argue the matter, and was met with a cry, which was taken up and repeated, of We have no dynamite with us." "Will you not hear me?" he exclaimed. "Not whilst you carry bombs with you," was the retort. The indications of a probable riot had become so serious by this time that the police, limited as yet in number, had worked their way towards the speaker, when he sud- denly called on Mr. Buckley to propose "the next resolution," no previous resolution having been pro- posed. Mr. Buckley had only sufficient time to in- dicate that he intended to move a resolution con- demning the Government for the course they had taken, when a cry was raised of Put them in the pond." This was the signal for a rush, and it was only by the strenuous efforts of the police that the speakers and their supporters escaped, being ronghiy handled. One constable was knocked down, and others had to use their fists in self-defence. Whilst this was taking place, some of the supporters of a previous meeting attempted to obtain a hearing, but met with little sympathy. Thtir avowed object was to establish a Land League on English principles, utilising the Crown lands, and a resolu- tion in favour thereof was put and declared carried, although not moie than 20 hands were held up for it. The majority of the crowd declared the resolution was not carried, and another disturbance took place, and as the police did not again interfere, the proceedings terminated by the Land Leaguers being compelled to bring the meeting to an abrupt close, and they were followed off the Rye by a large crowd.
FRANCE AND TUNIS.
FRANCE AND TUNIS. The Central News received on Monday the follow- ing telegram from Paris: Telegrams from Tunis state that a hostile demonstration has been made out- side the house of the French Consul there, who, how- ever, refuses to leave his post until he receives orders from his official superiors to do so. An official tele- gram states that a band of 500 marauders crossed the French frontier yesterday, attempted to carry off some cattle, and laid siege to the block-house ( ccu- p ed by the French outposts. Reinforcements were sent up, and the Zouaves with the Chasseurs under orders of General Vincendon-attacked the enemy. The fighting lasted over an hour and a-half, when the raiders retreated, keepingup, however. agallingfire till over the frontier. The French lost 59 men. The losses of the marauders are, it is believed, considerable, IJUt they managed to carry off all their dead and wounded. Hostilities have now commenced in earnest, and the whole population of Algeria is in a state of great ex- citement. The Paris correspondent of the Times says that he Is stupefied" by Signor Cairoli's statement that the English Government had told him that the late Ministry never consented to a French occupation of Tunis. In reply to M. Wadding- ton, Lord Salisbury, on the 7th August, 1878, wrote a despatch to Lord Lyons, which was communicated by the latter to M. Wad- dington, on the subject of the conversations held at Berlin between the French and English Foreign Ministers. The correspondent was allowed at the time a hasty perusal of this letter, and on reading Signor Cairoli's declaration he at once called on the person who had granted him the perusal, thewod him a copy of what he remembered of t.he des- patch and asked whether it was correct. This gentle- man, however, had himeelf no copy of the despatch, but remembering it very well he corrected a few de- tails, and the document below is the result: "Without being able to voueh for the exact expressions I used, and of which I have preserved no written trace, I nevertheless acknowledge the correctness of M. Wad- dington's recollections as regards the conversations we had during the Congress concerning the Tunis question, and the interest France may possess or have in view. Without dwelling on the terms or shades of expression, which cannot alter the basis of the question or the opinion one may have of It, it is more conformable to what is asked of me to set forth summarily the views of the British Go- vernment relative to the action of France in Tunis. England has in those parts no special interests which can in any way lead her to view with distrust the legi- timate and increasing influence of France, an in. fluence springing from the possession by France of Algeria, from the considerable military forces she there maintains, and from the work of civilisation the is accomplishing on the African Continent, to the deep admiration of her Majesty's Government. Even the fall of the Bey's Government, were it to come about, would in no way change the attitude of E England, who has no interests of her own there, and who would in that case do nothing to disturb the harmony existing between the two countries." The despatch was signed "Salisbury," and it was handed on the 10th of August to M. Waddington, who thanked the English Government in general and t.he Marquis of Salisbury in particular for the frankness with which he had replied to the request for explana- tions which had been expressed by France. It is intended to call the attention of the HOII'6
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of Commons during the present session to the man- ner in which thescheme of reorganisation recommended by the Playfair Commission has been carried out in the Civil Service. Arrangements are being rapidly made by the au- thorities tor carrying into effect the provisions of the Arms Act, and a circular has been issued to the constabulary, signed by the Inspector-General, containing instructions as to the manner in which weapons are to be demanded and surrendered, and the means by which those from whom they are taken ire to receive eonipensation. The constabulary will, further, be supplied with a series of books containing registers of the arms surrendered, the stations at which the surrenders are made, and bwksof label re- eeipts. The instructions are detailed and elaborate. At a meeting of the Goldsmiths' and Silvers. Free Trade Association, resolutions were pass< d praying for the total abolition without delay of the duttee upon gold and silver plate, and expressing a conviction that by the gradual reduction of the dnlv. as proposed by the Government, by six annual re missions of 3d. per ounce, a paralysis of trade will result. During last week 20 British and foreign wreck", of which 11 were British, three being steamers, were reported, making a total of 648 for the present year,or an increase of 218 as compared with the corre- sponding period of last year. The tpproximateva)uo Df property lost was £ 5,500,000, including British £ 2,100,000. Seven vessels were loot off the coasts of the United Kingdom £ ▼« «it« tbandoned at sea.
VARIETIES-GRA VE AND GAY.
VARIETIES-GRA VE AND GAY. Why is a Zulu belle like a prophet of old ?—Be- cause she has not muoh on'er in her own country. A starved tramp said he was so thin that when he had a pain he couldn't tell whether it was a stomach- ache or a back-ache. Master (addressing his class): "Silfnce! This is not IC to be put up with. Directly I begin to talk a stupid fellow begins to chatter." While: man was singing, the other day, There's a good time coming," another man rose and said, u vV ould you kindly fix the date ?" An ingenious quack is trying to prove that Absalom must have used some of his "restorative," else be could not have had such long hair. "In Cork," said O Connell, "I remember the crier trying to disperse the crowd by exclaiming, "All ye blackguard" that isn't lawyers quit the coort "We wish," says a Texas newspaper, that a few of our citizens could be permitted to live till they died a natural death, so as to shew the world what a magnificently healthy country Texas really is." There is a hog in Ohio which is 50 years old. This must be ancient Greece.-Puck. There is a bottle of spirits in Kentucky that is 174 years old. This must be ancient Rum.—American Queen. Lady (to young person who is seeking an engage- ment): "And why did you leave your last place?" Young Person Well, you see, 'm, the master for- got I was a lady, and wouldn't take off his 'at when he met me in the street, so I gave 'im notice." Horace Walpole nentions a sceptical bom tvivan who,being urged to become a Roman Catholic, objected that it was a religion enjoining too many fasts and requiring such implicit faith. You give us," he observed, "too little to eat and too much to swallow." Master Tern my "Did yt.u always have plain bread and cheese for your dinner, Hodges? Hodges No, Master Tommy, I cidn't alius 'ave the cheese; but I sei in a good place now, and gits a matter o' nine shillun a week, and you won't believe the lot o' fellers as comes a mouchin' about me now as wouldn't notice me when I was poor." Hulh.a When did you return?" asked Snopson ?i ii7iS ier? Binns, whom he met in the street. Why, I haven't been away!" replied the latter. You haven't?" incredulously asked Snopson. "Why, r you lo"k so worn-out and near dead that I posi- tively thought you had been away to one of the watering-places for a few weella." An old churchwarden's book of accounts, belonging to the parish of Farringdon, Berks, dated so early as 1518, has the form at that time of admitting church- wardens, in the following words: Chercheyewardenys, theys shal be your charge—" To be true to God and to the cherche for love nor for favor off no man wythin thys parriche to withhold any ryght to the cherche, but to resseve the dettys to hyt gelongythe, or else to goo to the Deyell!" There was a brave soldier, a colonel, Who swore in a way most infolonel; But he never once thought,as a Christian man ought, He imperriled his own life etolonel. 'Twas the fault of his father patolonel, That during his youth bright and volonel, This colonel so fair, had learned to swear, And saddened his mother matolonel. A GreatOccasion.—We have heard of various reasons of escaping interviews which threaten to prove un- pleasant, but one of the most novel was that hit upon by an ambassador of a foreign State. On being called upon by a visitor the usher informed the intruder that his excellency did not receive on that particular day. "But I have a letter of audience," exclaimed the visitor. The usher struck at the root of the matter at once in his desire to serve his master by responding, "His excellency is burying his mother-in- law adding with a pompous air, "and when his excellency buries his mother-in-law he does not like being disturbed I" CURIOUS EPITAPHS. Here lies John Adams, who received a thump, Right on the forehead, from the parish pump. Here lies John, with Mary his bride- They lived and they laughed while they was able And at last was obliged to knock under the table. The following is from St. Michael's, Crooked* lane, London Here lies, wrapped in clay, The body of William Wray I have no more to say. Lord Eldon left an anecdote-book in manuscript, in which he noted the following "During the de- bates on the India Bill, at which period John Robin- son was Secretary to the Treasury, Sheridan, on one evening when Fox's majorities were decreasing, said, j Mr, Speairer, this is not at all to be wondered at, when a member is employed to corrupt everybody Í11 order to obtain votes.' Upon this there was a great outcry made by almost everybody in the House.. Who is it! Name him Name him Sir,' said Sheridan to the bpeaker, 'I shall not name the person. It is an unpleasant and invidious thing to do so, and there- fore I shall not name him. But don't suppose, sir, that I abstain because there is any difficulty in naming him; I could do that, sir, as soon as you could aay Jack ttobinson. A San Francisco publisher sent a "spick-span" new copy of Milton to a Bodie editor the other day. The great mHIl, whose labour, prior to taking charge of an influential mountain journal, had been princi- pally confined to writing police items for the papers during the winter and taking exercise in harvest- held.. m summer, heaved a weary sigh as the office- boy handed him the volume, and, remarking bitterly, "Mure new books to review, I suppose," took out his tobacco-knife, and proceeded to cut the virgin leaves. "Milton Milton?" he said musingly "Some New Yorker, I suppose. Well, here goes for to-morrow's edition anyhow" We received yesterday a copy of John Milton's poems from the enterprising house of X. X., San Francisco. The book opens with a long yarn of Paradise Lost.' This is enough for us. John Milton would do better to return to his legitimate newspaper sphere. He may be able to describe a masquerade ball or a street row, but in our opinion he is a. poor poet." There are many instances on record of attempts at brightening up the dry details of the census schedule with a little fun. A schoolmaster in Dundee returned his census paper with these observations "Permanent endowment, none; voluntary contributions, none; grants from Government, none; school fees, unknown other sources, energy." Under the column "Deaf and Dumb," a native of Belfast wrote: "Husband not deaf—wish to the Lord he was. Wife not dumb -wish ditto, ditto." The following is a copy of part of the schedule given to an enumerator in Kidder- minster: 1. William Moore, king of the castle, or head of the family, widower, 50, respectable labourer, all right.—2. Hannah Brown, sister-in- law, spinster, 46, a lady without a purse, ditto.-3. Alice Moore, daughter, not married yet, 18, a forlorn sempstress, ditto.-4. Agnes Ruth Moore, daughter, ditto, 15, forsaken boot-binder, ditto.—5. Absalom Moore, tail of family, sonr ditto, lad, 11, a. dull scholar, at home, ditto.-The foregoing is a true return concerning all the members of this family. Witness my hand, Alice Moore. I have written this for the aforesaid head or king of the castle, he not being competent. I hope I have given every infor- mation necessary." An amusing story is attributed to the late Presi- dent Lincoln, about the Iowa First, and the chnnges whicfe a certain password underwent about the time of the battle of Springfield. One of the Dubuque officers, whose duty it was to furnish the guards with a pass-word for the night, gave the word Potomac." A German on guard, not comprehending distinctly the difference between B's and P's, understood it to be "Buttomic," and this, on being transferred to another, was corrupted into "Buttermilk." Soon afterwards, the officer who had given the word wished to return through the lines, and on approaching the sentinel was ordered to halt, and the word demanded. He gave "Potomac." "Nicht right; you don't pass me dii wav." But this is the word, and I will pass." No, you stan' at the same time placing a bayonet at his breast in a manner that told the officer that Potomac didn't pass in Missouri. "What is the word then?" "Buttermilk." W eJ, then, Buttermilk." "Dat^is right; now you pass mit your- self all about your piziness." There was then a general overhauling of the password and the difference be- ween Potomac and Buttermilk being understood, the joke became one of the laughable incidents of the campaign. Seeing a Man Home.—I picked Simmons up pretty near dead drunk, and took him home. When I got to his house, as I thought, I shook him a bit, and said, "Here you are," "Right," said he, and gave a big bang at the knocker. Up went a window. "Who's there?" screamed a woman. "I have brought the old man home," said 1. "All right," she cried, and came to the door. She immediately seized hold of Simmons and gave him such a shaking that his teeth seemed to rattle in his head. Who are you shaking of?" says he. Goodness gracious," cr'ed the woman, "that is not my husband's voice." I struck a match, and she found she had been shaking the wrongman. There,"said the woman furiously, "I've been sitting up here expecting my husband home drunk, and now I've wasted my strength on a stranger." "Don't he live here?" said I. "No," said the woman, "he don't." "What made you knock?" said I to Simmons. "Knock," said he "you told me to." "I thought you lived here," said I, Glad I don't," said he. I suppose he was thinking of the shaking he'd had, At last I found where he did live, and got him home. Mrs. Simmons was sitting up for him. As soon as ever we knocked, out she came. "Oh!" says she, "you're the wretch as makes my poor husband drunk, are you?" and she caught me a slap across the face. I've never seen a drunken man home since. Among the superstitions about pins h that the bride, in removing her bridal robe and chaplet at the completion of the marriage ceremony, must takq especial care to throw away every pin worn on thin eventful da.y, lest evil fortune overtake her, Woe alsq to the bridesmaids if they retain any, as their chancea of marriage will thereby be materially lessened, and anyhow they must give up all hope of being mar. ried before the following Whitsuntide. On the other hand, in some parts of England.a bride, on her return home from church, is often at onoe robbed of all the pins about her dress by her single friends present, from the belief that whoever possesses one of them will be married in the course of a year. Much excite- ment and amusement is caused, and the bride herself is often the victim of rough treatment from the Mouthful oompetiton for this mippoaed
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Testimonial from Sir CHARLES LOCOCK, Physician to the Queen I have for some years recommended LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD in cases of general ill- "health with the most beneficial results. I find it to be a very pure preparation, containing "amongst other things free and unoxydize i "Phosphorus highly diffused, and when put severed with has always seemed to give fresh life to the languid and exhausted, and health, strength, and energy. By its use the dull the sluggish, the lazy and languid arise in tb. morning well and refreshed, with an appetite "for food, and fit for study, society or business. CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D." UEBM'S CHEMICAL FOOD Is the true strength-giver and health-restorer, nourishing both body and brain, supplying men- tal and physical power, and nerve and brain food. It is not all like medicine, being entirely different to anything ever before introduced to the publi and tastes like some balmy, fragrant, and der> cioos nectar. LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD Purifies and ranches the blood, thereby renderin the skin clear and transparent, sharpens tho intellect, strengthens the constitution, re-est • blishes the health, thoroughly re-vitalises the system, and is the one unfailing remedy for do- bility from whatever cause arising. LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD Will also be found highly beneficial in a disease Df the Heart, Chest, Liver, Lungs, Kidneys, Sto- mach, and Bowels, and there is scarcely a disease but what will be benefited by it, and in all probability cured. While all other preparations of Phosphorus art, ilow and uncertain in their action, taking day,- and sometimes weeks to produce an effect, this CHEMICAL FOOD (Wine of Phosphates) acts at once and gives strength in one hour, and has been known to restore health in less than a weei:, "ven after the failure of the usual remedies. This remarkable preparation not only contains all the materials necessary for the foundation of a new constitution and for preventing or curing disease* but also evolves everything required fo forming rich, pure, and healthy blood, muscle, flesh bone, brain, Ac., and contains the very element* £ LIFZ. I to; witie 11 {..it. t|\ frrni akohol, aM est. res'.o tho system «■ hih.'i it requires, th< iliscnoe r-f which ohe i csuuos debility. Th. lecretictos are all brought to their natural health) :onditi<:n. and physical decay arrested. This vine is as certain in its action as that wate. tucochps tbirat and its benefits are lasting. OPINIONS OF THE, PRESS. Far superior to beef-tea, port wine, and ah cnic medicines. "-Lancet. A medicine alike suited to young and old, that anaot harm the most delicate, ana very stxeng* ,hening." -Practitioner. Nervous Debility, caused by the constitution laying been injured in early life, can be cured by 'his remedy if taken judiciously."—Medical Times. The nearest approach to a cure for con. sumption that has yet been discovered."—British Medical Journal. Particularly adapted to the female system." •—New York Journal of Medicine and Surgery. Seems to be a specific for every form of weak. ness and eures most diseases."—Dublin Medical Press. A mild remedy of universal application, and a good family medicine." -Mo-nthty Journal of Pharmacy. 11 Lays the foundation of health in the young, and soon builds up a strong constitution." Druiitls Surgeons' Vade-Mecum. Will save ten times its cost in doctors' biDs. American Pharmaceutical Journal. It is one of the few preparations that can be depended upon, and must, in course of time, en- tirely supersede quinine, iron, cod liver oil, tOJÜca bitters, and the thousand and one fashionable" dear, and doubtful remedies."—ChemUt J- DruggiA Sold in Bottles, at 2s 9d., 4a 6d., and lis., and also in 33s. and £5 Gases. Any Chemist not having it in Stock will nroenm it x to order; and there ia a vreat saving in bnyiag the larger siaea. To prevent confusion you ask for LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD 188 that you get it, as our Agents sell all our Nutritives and Preparations which are numerous Jtemember that LIEBICT8 CHEMICAL FOOD it a medicine sold in bottles and bearing the Govern-* ment Stas>p. London Agents: Barclay and Sons, 9^ rall. ringdon Street; Edwards and 8OIML 16J Ones* Victoria Street Newbery and Soosj'a^ Newest* Street; Millard and Sons, 40 Charterhoose Square • Banger and Sons, 150 and 252, Oxford Street* Hovenden and Sons, 5, Great Marlborough Street! W., and 93 and 95, City Road} Sutton and Co 10 Bow Churchyard; Butler *nd Crispe, 4, Cheapsidet Maw, Son, and Thompson, 7 to 12, Aldersgate Street; Lynoh and Co., 171A and 1718, Aldersgate Street; William Mather, Farringdon Roadt anA J- C. Thompson, 121, New North Road. ORDER OF ANY CHEMIST.. LIEBIG & CO. WANDSWORTH ROAD, LCMflM S W. Chem i8t.8 are cautioned agaip.,jt making or offering lor sale preparations and r^]h them "Chemiatf Food as it was deeded th*case of Liebig v Scully, that we *e>* the originators of the name and had the eole right to use it, and all perpoi* se ug ottjei1 aHioIes by this name not only render tbeujgtilvpa liable to an notion for damages bat tttB Ciiaijc^vy procecdinc*. Printed Bnd published by B. Daviess 13 and 24 Kill Street, Pontypridd, in the county of Glamorgan,, ISA i L Y. April 13 18^1,