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"OH, DON'T TOUCH ME! DON'T COME NEAR ME!" These words were uttered with a bowl-almost a yell. Yet the boy to whom they were addressed wasn't within ten feet of the howler, and wouldn't have come closer for his life. The scene was a big business offica in New York, and the howler was the chief man in it. He owned the concern, and was very rich, and a decent fellow enough. But some- times he would break out like that, and howl as though he had just discovered a fire in a powder mill. You could hear him from the basement to the roof. What was the matter with him? Temporary in- sxnity? Not quite, but something nearly as bad. He had an acute attack of gout in histoe. a.rd nt those solemn crises he couldn't bear the sight oi even a shadow moving in his direction. Ask somebody who has the gout how it feels. Fancy a blacksmith twisting your toe with hot pincers while a shoemaker is thrusting a bradawl through your kueejoint. That's a little like it. Well, there are things not so bad as gout, yet they make us touchy enough. Here comes a man, for instance, who says, "Everything now was a trouble to me." What should he talk that way for? Why should every thing have been a trouble to him ? There is an old saying that while we can't keep the erows from flying, we needn't let them make nests in our hair. That's good sense. But it's easy to give advice and to quote proverbs. How does a person act who suffers from boils ? Now, the fountain of all feeling and pain is the nerves. An hour or two of toothache is a lesson on the nervous system. But there are diseases (or one disease anyhow) in which all the nerves in the body seem to tingle to every sight and sound. The mind is on the look-out for evil-the man is depressed and afraid. Every word means mischief, and every bush hides an enemy. So he thinks. He knows what Solomon meant when he said, The grasshopper is a burden." Mr Michael McCormack is a railway messenger and lives in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. 7n June, 1890, he was taken ill. His mouth tasted foul and coppery, his stomach was sour and dead, and when he forced down a little food he felt so much distress and pain after it that he was sorry he hadn't let it alone and gone hungry. Besides this there were pains wandering through his chest, back, and sides, hurting him, biting here and there like ugly dogs loose in a town. His head swam with dizziness and he couldn't go to his work. AH his ambition and energy were gone out of him. and he would scarcely have exerted himself even if he had been suddenly promoted from the position of messenger to that of station-master of the biggest station on the railway. "After a while," he goes on to sny, a dull heavy pain struck me in the back, so I couldn't stoop over. What I suffered from this and the other things put together, I have no words to describe. I had six months of it, and it was like six years. In such a case a man takes medicines; all he is told about. This I did, without getting ar.y good from them, and I got weaker antl weaker. Everything was a trouble to me; I couldn't bear things I used to think nothing of. In December, 1890, fust before Christmas it was, I first heard of Mother Seigel's Syrup jand what it had done in cases like mine. I got a bottle from Mr Rogers' Drug Stores, and before I had used all of it I felt wonderfully better and by keepiag on with it a short time every pain and ache went out of me, and I was able to go about my work as well as ever I was in my life." These facts are vouched for by H. Rogers, Esq., Town Commissioner, Mullingar. Now, what made messenger McCormack's nerves so sensitive, and his life so miserable for six months f Indigestion and dyspepsia; the same detestable malady that does the same ill turn for millions of others, men and women, of all sorts and conditions. Plenty of them will read this true and simple story, and our opinion is-founded on the best of proofs- that if they try the remedy which cured McCormack they will come out of it as happily as he did. But the sooner the better.

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THE ) TORTHYWAEN MURDER. 4MIAL AND SENTENCE OF THE: PRISONER. At the Shrewsbury Assizes on Tuesday, held before MrJaSce Cave. Richard Bromley, aged 34, quarry- « Porthvwaen tear Oswestry, was brought up for the murder of his son, William Henry B^ornW ard with unlawfully, wilfully, and SXfsIv and with malice aforethought wounding Bicb^d Thomas ^Bromley, and Margaret Ann 3 Thfprisontr pa^fgre'at attention throughout the ^Mr aRuperteKettle and Mr Attlay appeared on f. Wtf the Crown, instructed by Mr Graig, of Ih e^bury and the'prisoner wa, defended by Mr fEm, instructed by Mr Richard Henry Ellis, ° The cferk of Arraigns haying read out the charges, the prisoner pleaded not guilty. THE CASE FOR THE CROWN. Mr Kettle, in opening the case for the Crown, said Jtlfeveddefence of insanity would be put up. Wearer they would have the evidence of Dr ■SjSS 'of the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire K' Asvlum, who had examined the prisoner. v ut«-d Scott Redwell. said his wife was the w o? the prisoner's wife. On the Monday before tSrder Mrs Bromley and her three children came -the tU'irae^ children's names were Richard & J aped 6 or 7. William Henry, aged 2, and Ann aged 3. He took them in and tney Jt £ S until Wednesday night, when prisoner caine :3t l • .rlfn-them He vras in beer at the time. *nBv "ir* Graham Bromley was a good father and a ? u -v,.rd and was particularly fond ot his £ 00(1 bus'- the one he murdered. Ho was children, esp disj.urbance on the Wednesday night. makm,, months ago prisoner was a teetotaler, pp tot^ ve mou.ns ago P weekft bnfc he barf b.aen dnn g had q[ late that pteetxhng t.he trggdy- g in his mind. 4b& pnson^v s ia Thomas Michael, labourer, Jaoe Michael ot i SjSST'O? Thursday, April 7, ske.eaw the Bromley s. k in the m0rning, when KS h»^r/he "J seen anything of Polli, who fiAkaa ner saia she saw her going down w«3 hie wife 3beSfore. He then said, Just g^S^at I have cut the three children's leave ner Know it. pamn time she saw igafoafcs )• Mariraret ^nn jn the road with Eiehw-d Thomas a,. » cheeks and down the Hood running Vroat was not cut at the Si.8 Witness went iown the road after the little time. \Mtness weii eein„ the prisoner leaving twy, Sshe rem»m ~ioua Monday when she heard Lis hon.se on;^be p „ T,,me which implied immorality. prisoner call w;fe a rr^me wmcn^.p^ He atflo aaid he wou ome time last summer she time *he cr? and his wife. On Beftfd rows between the^p Bromley in the road, Apri | jj. jn the afternoon, lacing the house, about tw o ther waa there, and "ked prisoner if he had al i ost (lone gardening. He m&' ViT r» She knew his wife, had gone to gone and left me. Knew t rced round and her et»p father s bouse. Prisoner aaidf You won't see me very soon again. T?v Mr Graham •. When she saw him hrsfc of all on th? morning of the murder prisoner appeared very Sid strange, and he had a look iJ'™ Jh« had never seen before was^ no £ rtms that would result from arms. vV,q ?Sy affectionate father, and he seemed mo.t foL d of ^Itab&by On the whole he was a good husband. Richard Thomas Bromley was tendered as a ^Hi^Lordship You must show that he understands tt! "Sly%°ofM° A«i.y. the boy said be knew what "tCl a lie. His farther answer, were nn- fifttisffte^ory, and hiv evidence was dispensed «l.b, eStte Scott, widow, P.rthy»W«« "inntes la In the kitchen there was a (lot of Hood °nth^ iekrth Witness called out, Dickey Bromlej. Prison <jr answered in a weak voice, and said he had kmS one by his side and .vas just gone himself She w«>t upstairs, and saw prisoner sitting on the Sde cVthe bed. He looked as though he was out of hie inuid and she was almost afraid to go near him, H! bleed no- from the throat; he had a mor m Isis hacd and it was covered with bio.'d. i he dead fcJTf tho baby William Henry Bromley was by him f on th« bed. She took the razor (produced) from him. Mcntified the razor. Prisoner said 'I have they wanted me to do, and I shad suffer that, a-o&van, that woman! r.O. uoweu MrSSam °Bro.r.ley was a yeryldndh„,ban<i Bo .veil, of Pant, said that on tne morning ot Jm'il' Vt'a he arrived at prisoner s house a; b-20. "pots of blood on the walk leading to the lioa?e door, and Wood also upstairs. He wont ■aestai'-s and found the baby dead, ■with its throat St: Bromley was lying on the bed bleeding from a edfc itt throat. Witness got some water and lint, and bwndagei hi3 thioat, and placed him with his SSk tttrainat the wall. He then left the prisoner witb Mrs Scott, and went to the house of a man 2SU Evana, vvhere he found Margaret Bromley, and tiound up a cut in her tin-oat and neck. The Sv Bkbard Thomas was by the door, and aa blood to flow from his wound he left hun. He to Bromley's house, and found prisoner SW* and ho said, This job never would have Et-Wd had my wife remained at home She went wart on Monday night, and I brought her back on Wft/W«day night, and she went away this morning K^fon* J was up. She took with her all the food out o £ tb*- house, and also my clothes, and pawned them. £ > Friday morning witness paid a visit to the ^d found a loaf and a half of bread, a little ■faA af>* sugar, and butter, in a cupboard. Mrs geotfc ilanded over the razor produced Ho took ,rcr and his children to the Oswestry Cottage P C~DWory, of Oswestry, said on April 7 he was in c',a.F",e"of the prisoner at the Cottage Hospit&l. Friffooar said, referring to the tragedy, Vexacion ma-d« uze d.o it, as my wife has broken my heart, and never stops at home to got me anything to eat." On •fbA fallowing day hr, u-iid e another statement to this The only thing that troubles my mind is the IhotiTiit that I have killed my dear little child and lJt {Xu throat, and my own, but I thought we should Si top-ether, ard not be left for her, but thank I in mv proper senses. On April 12, SriLner said, "It was done in an instant before I Wi*v what I was doing, when I found she had left %i she had said, 'Dick, lam going, I should b;0 minded." AVitness was present on April tyn prisoner was charged, and he made no reply. Dr. John Griffiths, of Salop-road, Oswestry, said I., itt,+,onde(I the house of the prisoner on April 7. Be rtSK-hed the houge at 10-20, and went into the vnsclr.. bedroom. He found the prisoner there, the body of his child. The child was quite A\<t? Prisoner was sitting with his back against I^TWAU, with his neck bandaged. He was not ftWsiuir then. He found that he was suffering from V&und across the front of the throat, and he it. Upon examining the baby he lound it Urirut oa its back with a wound across its throat— most prominent part of the throat about an 85* and a half. The windpipe was just grazed, rtfa* t&rrrQ and important blood vessels of the oeck mute uninjured, but some smaller vessels which fttrtng the side of the windpipe were severed. In frift opinion death was caused by hemorrhage. The *aAor produced would cause the wound which he had déf!(}Úbr>.d. Subsequently witness saw the other who were both wounded, and he attended Tf?'. Arthur Strance, physician to the Salop and WAt^t^ouiery Lunatic Asylum, said he saw the on Juno 14, when he came to the conclusion ?W bf was sane, although low and depressed. He to him about the murder. Upon his interview wif.b the prisoner, and hearing the evidence, he had r?lY", to the conclusion that he was suffering from *ra.«s;tory mania when he committed the act. seemed to be greatly upset about his wife him, and when he found she was not m the SR«O' on the morning of the murder he (prisoner) to the conclusion that she had deserted him, K'this completely upset his mind, and that was ■mtirill accountable for wlmt took place. He uiider- Bromley had been drinking, and gathered that :&é ,Mf, not drunk on the Thursday morning. The Jlrirtk might have been a helping cause of the scate M mi ad the prisoner was in. By Mr Graham His theory of the crime was that ih& ptigoner did not know what he was doing at the timè. It was very difficult to torm an opinion con- dftttttSiC such cases. the case for the Crown. THE DEFENCE. Mr C raham said he wished to call one or two wit- ftU before he addressed the Jury on behalf of the lordship Very well, Mr Graham, we had Sufhvf have them now. "WJUiam Bromley, an inmate of Oswestry Work- who said his age was 76, and who managed difficulty, although aided by two stout sticks, 4ig £ tnd the steps in order to enter the witness box, said the prisoner's father was his first cousin. He remembere J prisoner's grandfather, but cou d n"t tell when hf* >:ied. R»' bd eved h« was out of his mind when he died. It was (."enerallv believed to be the fact at the time of hi d. ath. He was taken to Oswestry Workhouse, and -in orfocca-oon he flot out of hed, went to t'le fire, collarNi hold of a kettle of boiling water, and was going to drink the contents, but W'iS prevented. By Mr Kettle His age was 76, and it was about 65 years since prisoner's grandfather was taken to the Workhouse. All he knew was what his father and mother told him. John Eldon Mullet, schoolmaster at Porthywaen, said be knew prisoner well, and had known him for the past two and a half years. On Monday. March 28. he was in his company at his (orison^r'a) h >nse, and afterwards they went together to the club at Llanyblodwell. On the evenirg ot that day he noticed that prisoner was c^rt«i>dy differpnt from his general demeanour. He h-ia never seen him drunk. The strangeness in his manner was such as he should expect to be produced by drink. He spoke as if he was drunk, and witness concluded that he was the worse for beer. Richard Langford, Victoria-road, Oswestry, who, in answer to Mr Graham, aid he was not at present fngaged as Conservative agent, but that he had been for several years past, said he bad known the prisoner since childhood. He was present at a com- mittee meeting of the members of the Llanyblodwell club. The prisoner was pre-ent, and he (witness) was the chairman. Prisoner was very peculiar. That evening they had to elect a secretary, a trea- surer, and trustees. The first part of the meeting consisted in electing a secretary, and Bromley who had formerly be n a steward was asked to continue as steward. When Bromley got up to bpeak he noticed a peculiarity about him, a jerkiness and twisting about his face. He did not seem to be able to stick to one point of the business at a time. Witness put his watch on the table, and said, Bromley, you must stick to one point, and I shall not allow you to speak more than three minutes at a time." He failed to hold him to any one point; he was wandering, and he could not understand the reason for prisoner's peculiarity. After the meeting he walked with him for a little time, and came to the conclusion that Bromley's mind was unhicged. He was very different from his ordinary state of mind. He had been at the club before and had spoken, but his geneial manner at the time referred to was quite different. By Mr Kettle: Was not aware that Bromley had been drinking. The jerkiness and wandering might be attributable to drinking, but he could not tell what it was from. Prisoner had no beer that night. Mr Graham, in addressing the jury for the defence, said it now became his duty to put before them as shortly and concisely as he could the defence which he was instructed, on behalf of the prisoner, to lay before them in answer to the charge. He felt sure the jury, having been sworn to do their duty, would help him in every possible way, that they would sweep away altogether from their minds anything he might say that had better be left unsaid, and that they would, so far as they could, supply anything which he ought to have said, and which, through ignorance of the law or in the heat of the moment, he might have forgotten to say. This was indeed a saH and distressing case. It was no ordinary murder case in which a man in cold blood, and with a deliberate intention, swept away from his path some obstacle that stood in the way, either from greed or lust, no, it was a case in which a father had killed his own child, his own favourite child. To commit a murder a man must be of sound memory and discretion. He would submit that at the time the prisoner committed this act he was in a distresed state of mind, and that he was really unconscious of what he was doing, and if he could not satisfy them that this was so he should ask them to say—although he had taken the life of his little child—that in the eyes of the law he was not guilty. The first thing he would draw their atten- tion to in the past life of the prisoner was that there was some evidence of insanity in his family. They would remember that one of the witnesses said the prisoner's grandfather was insane when he died. It was a matter of common knowledge that it was not at all unusual for a defect like that of insanity in a man to skip a generation and re-appear in a succeeding generation, and when he had proved to them that the prisoner's grandfather was insane it did not follow that because his father was not insane that the prisoner was not. He submitted that there was lurking in the prisoner's system somewhere the taint of insanity, a disease which was so mysterious which baffled medical science, by its breaking out in most unlikely cases, and for most improbable reasons. The first thing that would strike them was that prisoner was a kind father, and that he was at the s-aine time beyond all doubt a kind and affectionate husband, that up to a year ago he had been a tee- totaller, and that unfortunately for him and his chil- dren he gave way once more to the craving for strong drink. The prisoner had weakened bis mind by drinking. He wanted them to see that there was evidence before them to prove that the prisoner was labouring under a delusion. It was suggested by the learned counsel on behalf of t.e Crown kat the prisoner bore i-ome enmity, some spite towards his wife. Was it proved before them? He thought not. There was no evidence to prove that his wife had left him without any food, there was n(,ne to prove that she had pawned the clothes, and with regard to these statements he submitted the prisoner was labouring under a delusion There was the delusion (hit his wife had left him she had only gone to her mother's house, and had gone back again. He did not say drink was the cause of this murder, he did not say that the delusions of which he had spoken were the cause of it, he did not say that the fact that prisoner's grandfather was insane would account for it, but what he did say was that the prisoner had a taint of insanity in his veins, that his mind was weakened by a long courso of drinking, and that the murder was committed when the prisoner's mind was in a state of transition from the condition which he had just described into a state ef positive insanity. He did not suggest that this was probable or lively, but that it did take place on that fatal morning when lie rcse from his bed and found his wife out, the fatal delusion that she had left him came upon him and produced a wild effect. He asked them to believe that the prisoner was seized with a wild passion for blood in an instant, when he was absolutely uncon- scious of what he was doing that he committed the fatal act and found himself a ruined man, contemplat- ing the desolation his own hand had wrought. There was another delusion he should mention. On one occasion the prisoner said, "I have done what they wanted me to do." Who were tliey ? He would ask them to answer for themselves. He thought it meant this, he had within him some devil, some hidden voicos which shouted Kill, kill." He thought that the defence of insanity was a xeasonable one. What evidence could be stronger than that of Dr Strange, who was a specialist 2 He told them that the man was insane. A man might be seized with homicidal mania in a moment, without any warning. He would ask the jury to believe that the murder was com- mitted without a motive. There w is absolutely no attempt on the part of the prisoner to run away, and there was no attempt to prevent the other chihiren, who had their throats cut, from escaping from his clutch. He asked them for mercy, to be merciful, as they would ask for mercy themselves hereafter, and above all he asked them to remember that this was no case in which justice was standing before them with a drawn sword shrieking for vengeance, but rather a case in which justice stood before ihem weeping and lamenting, setting, if she could, to find any loophole for the prisoner, to deliver him from the consequences of his own insane act, and if they could find that loophole in what he said, or in what they had noticed in the case, he was sure they would go home happy men, having done their duty both to their country and the prisoner at the bar (slight applause, which was suppressed). Mr Kettle, in concluding the case for the Crown, said that notwithstanding what the jury had heard they must say whether the prisoner was insane or not at the time the murder was committed. They were to be the judges of that. He did not taink much could be built upon the evidence of the old man, Bromley, who only knew of the alleged insanity of the prisoner's grandfather from what he had heard from his father and mother. He could not tell when the grandfather was removed to the w orKnouse, and he (Mr Kettle) submitted it was a fair conclusion to arrive at that the old man was taken away because of senility, not because of his being insane. The schoolmaster put the case plainly before them when he said he thought the prisoner was drunk, and he thought the jury would probably arrive at a similiar conclusion. There was no doubt that prisoner was somewhat wild after he committed the terrible murder, when he went out into the road and gave his cold-blooded message to Mrs Michael. His Lordship began his summing up at a quarter past one. He said the question for the jury to con- sider was whether at the time of the murder the prisoner was responsible for his actions. The case was a sad one and showed the terrible effects of a man taking to drink. The prisoner, they were told, was an affectionate father, a kind husband, and that he was particularly fond of his little boy whom he murdered. About twelve months ago he took to drink and from that time there were quarrels between him and his wife. It ultimately ended in his drink- ing heavily for three weeks and cutting his child's throat, and now he was arraigned for murder. This was one of the results of the degrading, the debasing, and the intellect-destroying vice of drunkenness, and it was to this in the long run that the prisoner owed his position. It was, however, a remarkable case from the point of view that he took the life of one of whom he was particularly fond. It was sad that in a moment of uncontrolled passion he should have taken the life of his little son. It was a remarkable fact that the prosecution, having called Dr. Strange, should have thrown his evidence overboard and asked -VV; them to find that the pr:soner WAS guilty of murder. If they thought Dr. Stralga had come to a wrong conclusion one would suppose they would have called other scientific men, but they had not done so. The jury, of course, had a right to review the evidence of Dr. Strange, and need not act upon it if they thought he was clearly wrong. After reviewing the evidence, his Lordship said they did not hear whether there were any quarrels before the prisoner took to drink. To disregard the opinion of Dr. Strange would be a etrong thing to do without any evidence on the other side to prove that the prisoner was responsible for what he did. It would be a very wild thing indeed for them to form any conclusion from what they had heard from William Bromley as to the stale of the mind of the prisoner's grandfather. With regard to what took place on March 28, he thought they would agree with him that the schoolmaster took a common sense view of the state of prisoner. The schoolmaster thought that he had too much drink, and this did seem a reasouable and common seuse view to take. On the other hand, Mr Langford said he thought the man was insane. If he really thought so it was a curious way of treating him, to limit him to three minutes, and one would have thought he would have been taken away at once. The schoolmaster's was a common sense way of looking at the matter, and from a gentleman who had been engaged more or less during five years as an electioneering agent, one was not surprised to find he did not take, as one's-self, a eommon sense view of things (laughter). In conclu- sion, his Lordship said that if the jury came to the conclusion that the prisoner murdered the child to spite his wife, they must find him guilty, and that if his mind was upset they must find him guilty of the act, and say that he was insane at the moment. Those were the alternatives, and it was for them to pronounce their verdict. The jury then considered their verdict, and after an interval of a minute arrived at the conclusion that the prisoner was guilty of the murder, but was insane at the time of its committal. His Lordship (to prisoner)—You will be detained until her Majesty's pleasure is further announced. Mr Kettle paid he did not intend to offer any evi- dence upon the other counts of the indictment. His Lordship, addressing the jury, said they had already pronounced their verdict upon the more serious (charge, and it was quite unnecessary to go over the whole of the evidence again, for the result of course would be the same the learned counsel on behalf of the Crown did not think it necessary to offer further evidence, therefore they would find the prisoner not guilty upon those two counts. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty as directed, and the prisoner was removed. On his way down the steps from the dock to the prison cell the prisoner beckoned to some of his relatives in the Court, and when he disappeared below several women gave way to tears.

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY TERCEN- TENARY. This event was celebrated with great splendour and enthusiasm during the week before last. On Wednesday a meeting in support of the graduates' memorial was held in the Examination Hall, Lord Roose, Chancellor of the University, presiding. His Grace the Primate entered the Hall during the pro- ceedings, and, passing up to the platform, took his seat beside the Chancellor amid applause. There was a numerous and distinguished audience. Mr Morgan Owen, who spoke as the representative of Welsh graduates, delivered an eloquent speech. He said My lords, ladies and gentleman, I have very much pleasure in seconding the resolution which has beea proposed by His Honour Judge Twieg. And it seems to me that I am, in a certain sense at least, a fit and proper person to do so as I have the distinguished honour to be a Welshman (Cymro Glan}, and therefore, I belong to the same nationality as good Queen Bess, who founded this illustrious Uriverity 300 years ago, for, as you all know, she was the great grand-daughter of my namesake 0 wain Tudor (app.aase). While crossing the Channel I could not help pondering over the changes that have taken place within the space of these 300 years. The world has been altogether changed during the course of these 300 years in science, literature, art, habits, customs, thoughts and modes of action. i Dynasties have been swept away by revolutions, and revolutions have been succeeded by dynasties. The map of Europe of to-day does in no way correspond with the map of Europe in 1591. And, in our own Isles, the cultured Celt has been succeeded by the tragic Stuart, and both by that House which is so magnificently represented at the present time by our Imperial Majesty the Queen. And what, it may be askt-d, has Trinity College, Dublin, been doing all these years? (hear, heir). Well, like the noble oak, she has taken deep root-I will not say in the affairs of Ireland al"ne, I will rot say in the affairs of the British Isles alone-but I will say that she has taken deep root in the affairs of the whole world, and has influenced their destinies (applause); for. durirg the course of her academical existence Trinity College, Dublin, has 1 sent forth thousands of graduates, who have indentified themselves with the very life in all its phrases of the Universe (applause). To mention just one or to names, we have had in literature a Burke, a Gold- smith, a Swift, a Lever and a Moore, and we now have a Dowden aud a Lecky we have had in Par- liamentary influence a Burke, a Sheridan, a Grattan, an O'Connell, a Butt, a Plunkett, a Randolph Churchill we have had in the Church, an Ussher, a Knox, a Plunket, a Graves, a Magee we have had in colonial influence a Mayo and a Duiferin while in the army and navy we have had—who ? But why mention particular names, for wherever deeds of gallantry had to be done, wherever deads of endurance and of duty had to be done, there were the graduates of our well beloved University of Dublin to do them. And all these reflections remind us of the words of the -poet— We look before and after, And long f r what is not, And our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught. And, a3 with individuals, so with institutions. Actions strike both ways—backwards and forwards, and cur noblest efforts are, humanly speaking, fraught with disappointments. Still, knowing what Trinity College has done, und with our expectations of her in the future, I think we may at this culmina- ting point of her history venture to apostrophize her thus Methink" I see in my mind a noble and puissant University rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle renewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzl'd eyes at the full mid-day beam." Let us, ladies and gentlemen, hope and trust that this Tercententary of her existence may be followed by increased effort, increased fr,iternity,in creased numbers,increased influence,and, may I whisper it, increased electoral independence with the declining shadow of the Castle." May Trinity College, Dublin, ever continue to vie in a friendly spirit with her ancient sisters, Oxford and Cambridge aud soad them professors in their need (applause). And, lastly, may Trinity Colleg3, Dubliu, ever continue to identify nerself with the lives, hopes, and aspirations of the Irish people, and throw wide her portals for the admission of the various nation- alities of the earth-an admission having for its object the cultnre, the amelioration, and the happi- ness(both spiritual and temporal) of all who may come in contact with her various agencies and influences I have endeavoured as far as I am able, gentlemen, to show why we should agree with the resolution I have the honour to second. And, I have no doubt that further subscriptions wiil now flow in freely, continuously, and largely, so as to enable us to erect a memorial worthy of our glorious Tercentenary, and, at the same time, apart from its ornamental attrac- tions, of use to both graduates and undergraduates (cheers).

HOLINESS CONVENTION AT LLAN- DRINDOD. These meetings were held from the 11th to the 15th inst., as announced in our advertising columns, and proved very helpful to a number of Christian workers from various parts of the Principality. They were held very much after the pattern of the gatherings that annually assemble at Keswick, and the character of the teaching was similar to that known there. As it was the first time such meetings had been convened at Llandrindod, the attendance was not very large, the county election having a monopoly of public attention at the time. Across the platform in the well-appointed As- sembly Hall was the Welsh motto, Pawb yn un yn Nghrist Iesu," and this thought of the unity of all Christians was exemplified in the perfect harmony which prevailed. The chair was occupied through- out by William Henry Wilson, Esq., of Broughton Grange, Cumberland. He was ably supported by the Revs. William Haslam, W. S. Standen, T. Lancaster, and Dr. T. H. White. These gentlemen gave addresses consecutively at the different meet-' ings, four of which were held daily. The vivid dis- courses of the Rev. Wm. Haslam were listened to with profound attention, and a deep impression was evidently made upon the audience, as stirring nar- ratives from his own experience were given to elucidate his theme. He is so well known among Churchmen and others by his characteristic books and his evangelistic work that people for miles round gathered to hear him. Llandrindod, at this time of the year, is the centre to which so many gather for rest and refreshment that there could be no place more suitable for such a convention in Wales, and these reverend gentlemen may expect a much larger gathering if they come again to visit this fashionable watering-place next year.

,r. "V 'CHARGE OF ALLEGED SLANDER. COLLAPSE OF THE ACTION. At the Shropshire Assizes. Henry Twillev, Welsh, pool, bronght an action against Mr F. Addie for damages for alleged slander.—Mr Darling, Q.C. M.P.. with Mr Laurence were for the plaintiff; and Mr Jelf, Q.C., and the Hon A. Lytlleton for the defendant.—Plaintiff was formerly park keeper Ht Powis Park, Welshpool, which position he held for some years. His evidence was that during the life- time of the late Earl he had the surplus stock of fawns as his own perquisites, and that upon being subsequently engaged under the present Earl he was told by the defendant that he could continue to have the fawns. Oa the 4th August he killed some of the fawns, and ou the following day sent a man with one of them to the station for a Mr Jones, at Shrewsbury. Some little time afterwards he discovered that the man had returned with the fawn on the instructions of the defendant, and he went to Mr Addie for an explanation. Defendant pointed to the cottage in which he (plaintiff) lived, and said If you are nor, out of this in twenty-four hours I'll prosecute you." Plaintiff asked What for! and defendant repeated the same words, adding, I little thought you were the scamp you are." Plaintiff said, "Call me scamp, I'll prosecute you." On the 10th he SHWI defendant at the Castle, Lo d Powis being present The latter asked him what right h9 had to kill the fawns, and he replied that he' had a perfect right a- the fawns were given to him by Mr Addie. His lordship said, Ic's no use you coming to teli me these t>aes, Twiiley you are dishonest." Plaintiff asked him to withdraw the remark, but his lordship refused, saying that the workpeople on the esfaie were to have the fawns. The plaintiff repliei, That's the first I ever heard of it." He tild Lord Powis that the fawns were given to him by the deren- dant, and asked Mr Addie if he i,d not do so, and the latter shook his head. He left Lord Powis's service in October, and had been out of a place ever since.— Cross-examined The fawns were not to be subject to Lord Powis's sanction. Did not know that he was discharged for gross impertinence. Lord Powis told him he was willing to look over what had happened on that occasion, and he (plaintiff) said he was sstis- fied if hia lordship and the defendant would withdraw what they had said about him, but his lordship said, We shall withdraw nothing." He was not ordered out of the room. John Henry Long, residing in Powis Castle Park, was called to prove that he heard defendant call the plaintiff a scamp, but on entering the box the witness said he did not hear a word of what took place between the parties. Mr Darling said in these circumstances he could not carry the case any further. d The jury at once returned a verdict for the defen- dant. The court then rose.

THE RADNORSHIRE ELECTION. GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT KNIGHTON. The return of Mr Frank Edwards was celebrated by a great demonstration at Knighton, on Monday. Hundreds of people from the outlying districts came into the town to take part in it. The Llanelly prize band had been specially engaged for the occasion. Soon after four o'clock a procession was formed, the principal streets were gone round and also the out- skirts of the town, Mr Edwards being loudly cheered at every turn. The band played an excellent selection of music. Towards nine o'clock a move was made for the topmost part of the town, and men and a few lads were selected to carry the torches, 233 in all, the number of Mr Edwards's majority. After this was done a move was made; heading the procession were: Mr Frank Edwards, M.P., Mr C. M. Nixson, Revs W. Williams and J. Dann, Mr Edwards (Lldn- vair Hall), Mr J. R. Bache, Mr Richard Dyke, Mr Pugh, C.C., Cwmwhitton Mr John Owens, Knigh- ton Mr J. L. Allcock, Mr H. Cartwright, Mr Arthur uwen, Mr D. Jenkins, Llanbiater Road, Mr Mey- rick, Knighton, Mr J. T. Kelly. Bleddfa, Mr John Clee, Mr William James, Wine Vaults, etc., etc. The torch bearers marched two abreast, and a more magnificent sight has never been seen in Knighton. Hundreds of people had walked a long distance to witness the sight, and they were amply repaid. Marching down the principal streets, the band play- ing, people crowded the windows and doorsteps of almost every house, waving handkerchiefs, hats, and cheering as only the Radnorshire Greycoats can. It must have made Mr Edwards feel exceedingly proud of his noble band of Liberals. A halt was made opposite the member's residence, and upon Mrs Edwards, accompanied by her little daughter, mak- ing their appearance, loud and prolonged cheers were given, lasting for some moments, being renewed again and again. Mr Edwards then addsessed a few words to those who get near enough to hear him, for the last of the procession was some distance away. He thanked them for the princely reception they had giver him; they had won a grand victory and he was glad to say that a constituency in which he was rather interested in West Denbigh had followed Radnorshire; for they had turned out a Liberal Unionist by a majority of 2333 (loud cheers). This demonstration had been a most orderly one, and they had shown their opponents that they had gained the victory, and that they also knew how to behave themselves (loud cheers). Cheen were then given for Mr Edwards, Mrs Edwards, Miss Edwards, and the Grand Old Man. Mr David Lewis, Knighton, acted as marshall of the procession, being assisted by Mr Allan Clee, Mr H. Clee, Mr A. Owens, and others. On Fair Day, Mr Frank Edwards, M.P., addressed a very large number of persons at mid-day, from the a very large number of persons at mid-day, from the balcony of the Norton Arms Hotel. He thanked all Liberals present for having put him at the head of the poll, and said that Radnorshire had gained a nobie victory, and re-asserted itself on the side of Liberalism. Mr E. L Wallis, Mr J. R. Bache, Mr R. Dyke, and the Rev W. Williams also spoke.

THE FUN OF THE ELECTION. A BIT OF THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF A TERRIBLY EARNEST BUSINESS. There have been humors in the election, no doubt. There is humor in everything if you can find it. But in this election the humor has taken a good deal of finding. The People's Journal is offering prizes for the best election stories. But the election has been t^o grimly in earnest. The stories sent in are not wildly humorous. The one that gets the first pnze is only this -.—" Bailie Magee: 'My fellow-townsmen are a very straightforward lot. What struck you most when speaking to them?' Political candidate; Well, rotten eggs, I think.' Thi3 obviously never happened. It is years since the humour of rotten eggs was eliminated from English political life. Of Sir Wilfrid Lawson it is related that while speaking at Carlisle he said that he had eclipsed the Grand Old Man by addressing the people from his bedroom window. Certainly Mr Gladstone bad addressed audiences from windows, balconies, railway carriages, and all sorts of places but he had never made a speech in his night shiit. Sir Wilfrid has said funnier things in his day. But this made his audience lausrh. Mr Pritchard Morgan is said to have been the victim of a telegraphic error, which was delightfully humorous to his opponents until he was elected. Then the humor of it largely vanished. He tele- g-raphed to his agent, Make final arrangements." Political excitement rather deranged the electric current, for the message came out at the other end of the wire, Make funeral arrangements." There is a story from Fleet-street of the expectant crowd that waited so joyously outside the Daily News office every night to cheer the announcements of Liberal victories. The results were thrown by a magic lantern arrange- ment on to a large screen, and before any results came up there was displayed on the screen the words, Watch here for results." There were two men pushing about here and there in the crowd on one evening whilst the people were standing waiting for Watch here for results to give way to something to cheer for. Bat although the results had not arrived one of the men told his friend that he was going. "Woodjer want to guy yet fore?" asked his friend, "We ain't got no results yet." Blank the results," was the reply. 1. I've got two of- the watches." And he went. In one of the East-end constituencies a Liberal lady canvasser gathered in an ingenious vote. The Tory candidate had exercised his influence, and the curate had called and left voting cards at the poor houses, asking that the cards should be marked as the elector intended to vote and returned to him. Of course the elector was instructed that he was to vote for the Tory candidate. When the Liberal lady called on the day before the poll the elector said "I've voted already." He was under the impression that in returning the marked card to the curate he had thereby recorded his vote. For whom did you 'vote?" asked the lady, realising the situation. For the one as the curate told me to," was the reply. You're a fair man, aren't you ? asked the lady. "I 'ope I am," said the elector. And you don't want to give preference to one man more than the other? "No." Well, then," she s&id, you voted for the Tory yesterday, why not give our man a turn to morrow? That's fair," said the elector, and she saw that he kept his promise and voted for the Liberal.

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