The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

Wilippi.slu hi.P.,S. The principal task of the parliamentary Whip is to keep the forces of his puty well t gotbe, and to keep them in good fighting array. Tuere is always a large number of uiembors who require much peisuasiuu to iuduce them to come to the trout. Some have so little interest as to which oide WillS, that they wont attend any but the most iuipurtaut divisions. Others may be out uf towu, and will not put themselves to the trouble of coming up merely for the put 1) stj of recording their votes and goiug home again. UtlJers plead llluess of a seriuHs natule wlllch will prevent them attending aJl the reasous ad vanced iu Sciipture agaiiii6 atteudiug the feast are employed aud with these the ingenious whip has to deal to the best of his ability. If the occasion be one of little political signihcauce, he wiii peihaps accept the reasons, and say nothing but should a chaug" uf ministry hang on the 10SUe of a debate, all his luge- nuity is exerted to bring his Uleu to their posts. Fust of all, tie tries the ordinary persuasion, of iutimatiug by circulr that, uU a certain evening, business of the u t. most impurtauclJ to tlie paity is to be tH1.wsacted, and beseeching theiu to be in their place. I hose who do not respond to this appeal z, plied with arguments of a atrouger character, Perhaps the influence of some great man In the neighbourhood is brought to bear, by way uf persuasion; perhaps hmts aie thrown out of a coining redidtrihutauu vf vtficiral emoluments perhaps some patrolJage is bestowed just at the proper moment; per- haps an iuvitatiou to diue with the Prime .Minister is c juveyed; or some other lever made use of which is powerful fur Couvictiou. In the c tt3e 0f the sick, some discriwmatle/n requires to be employed. 81wuld tUe illuess prove to be very serit>us, there is of course an' eud oi the matter; but if it be oUe wherein no danger will be run by removal, all the temptations uf cUluf, ts during thejouruey to Loudon, iu the shape ui eXclUSIve firdtd. railway carriages and luxurious mattresses, are held out as bails; aud the luvalides appear in due course at the di visiou, with their arms sluug, leauing upon crutches, or enjoying the pleasaut roominess of Bath-chairs. The last iremorable instance of a great whip* was ma le by Mr Brand, the Liberal teller, 011 the occasion of the full uf the Rusuel-Uladstone Cabinet, upou the defeat of their reform bill iu 186ö. That occasion was sigualised by the preseuce of meu who had uut been seen ia the house for years. Old wen who had lung passed the Psalmist's limit, the sick, aud afflicted, dilet- tanti valetudinanaus, the lame, the paralysed, had bee" brought together to meet the momeutousness uf the crisis. 80me had beeu SuwluoneJ from beyond the Alps; others had been wooed from the prostration of their couches; many had bean stopped in mid caieer ot their travels; one had beeu takeu from the delighis of his marriage trip, and several frulU the bed-sides of relatives iu extremity. Tue eutire list of members on both sides of the house was swept, aud the lelegrapu employed iu all directioua. Tue result was, that with the Ijxep(i)n of a ît\V WihJ were absolutely uuaole to be preseut, the whole of the Ull"ubcrs were wlupped-up for the divisiou.—Ch ttn'wr't Journal

AN ELECTION IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTUttY. The following, which was taken from a memorandum Al S. of Mr J. Harrington, of Kelstou, in Somersetshire, dated 1646, will give s tuie idea of the way in which members uf Parhaweut were elected iu the olden time: To our muche honoured and worthie friend J. I I., Estj., at his house at Kelstou, year Bathe. Wortuie ir,—Out of the long experience which we have had of yotar approved worth aud siucerity, our Cittie uf Bathe have determined and settled their resu. lutions to elect you for Burgess of the House of Cum- mons in this preseut Parliament for our said Cittie, and do hope you will accept the troub.e thereof, wbich if you do, our desires is, you will not fail to be with us at Bathe oil MomUy next, the eighth instant, by eight of the morning at the fuithest, tor theu we proceed to our electiou. Awl uf your determination we iutreat you to certifie us by a word or two iu writing, and seud it by the bearer to your assured loving friends, JOHN BIGO, the Maior. WILLIAM CUAPMAN. Bathe, December 6th, 1615. A note of my Bathe business about the Parlia- ment Saturday, December 26th, 1646, went to Bathe, and dined with the Maior and Cutizens; conferred about my election to serve in Parliament, as my father was help- less and ill able to go any more; went to the George Inu at night, met the Bailiffs, aud desired to be dismissed from serving; drauk strong beer aud metheglin; ex. pended about iijs., weut home late, but could nut get excused, as they entertained a good opinion of my father. i% Monday, December 29th.-Wetit to Bathe met Sir John Horner; we were choseu by the Citti1.eue to serve for the Cittie. The Maior and Cittizeiis conferred about Parliament business. The Maior promised Sir John Horner aDd uiyself a horse apice wheu we went to Loudou to Parliament, which we accepted of; and we talked about the Syuod aud ecclesiastical dis- missious. I am to go again on Thursday, and meet the Citizens about all such matters, aud take advice t h ereon. "Thureday, 31.—Went to Bathe; Mr Ashe preach- ed. Diued at the George lt.u with the Maior and 4 Cittiuns spent at dinuer vj eb, in wine. 8. d. Laid out in victuals at the xj 4 Laid out in drinking vij ij Laid out in tobacco and drinking vessels üij 4 41 January 1.—My father gave we 41. to bear my ex- penses at Bathe. "Mr Chapman, the Maior, came to Kelston and returned thanks, for my being choseu to serve in Parlia- ment, to my father, in the name of all the Cittizens. My father gave me good advice, touching my speaking in Parliament as the Cittie should direct me. Came home late at night from Bathe, much troubled heret concern- ing; my proceeding truly for weu's good report and mine own safety. Note.-I gave the Cittie Messenger ii sh. for bearing the Maior's Letter to we. Laid out in all, 31. vij su. for victuals, drink, and horsehire, together with certain gifts."

AN EX-CATHBDRA REPROOIF.-The Bishop of Roches- ter held a Confirmation a short while ago at Clavering, near Saffron Walden, Essex. On going into the church he found the chaucel well packed with respectability," anxious to get a good view. He at once ordered hie chair to be placed under the chancel arch, where he re- ceived each candidate separately, kueeliug on the chancel step. Instead, too, of addressing the candidates from the pulpit, he went down into the church and called them round him. Thus in both cases be turned his back on the occupants of the chancel, and quietly taught them a lesson. Sir E. Lacon ought to know something about elections by this time if anybody does. In 1852 he was petitioned against by Mr M'Cullagh Ton-ens, now M.P. for Fins- burv who had unsuccessfully contested Great Yarmouth agaiust him. This petition went off by reason of some informality in the recognizujces. In 1857 Mr Torrens again contested Yarmouth against Sir E. Lacon, haviug the benefit of a colleague in Mr (now Sir) K. W. Watkin This time a House of Commons Committee declared- Sir E. Lacon having turned the tables against his op- ponentB and petitioned himself—that the Liberal mem- bers had beeu guilty of bribery, and they were unseated. Sir E, Lacon declined, however, to contest the borough in the election which follower). Jn 1859 he was again ia the field with Sir H. Stracey, now M.P. for Norwich; he was returned, aud was once more petitioned against. He, however, kept his seat. In 1805 Sir E. Lacon for the last time conteatei Great Yarmouth; he was re- turned and got over the inevitable petitiou, but a com- mission of inquiry was appointed, and the notorious corruption proved to exist at Yarmouth led to the dis. franchisement of that borough in 1867. Left thus with- out any political holding ground, Sir E. Lacon drifted I into the new constituency of North Norfolk; last month witnessed his return for that division and the close of I the year brings him his fourth opposing petitioll.Pall Mail Gazette..

DREADFUL WRECK. OF AN A VIEKICAN 1 VESSEL OFt" TilE WISH COASr. I A portion of the passengers and crew of the Starry Banner steamship, trading between New York and Alexandria, has arrived in 1,ulItlolI, and report the total lutI of that vessel with 122 lives ill a great stonn on the 21st of December, some 7 o miles off the coast of Ire. land- It appea s that shoitly after getting into the Atlantic on her VUJae home to New YOlk the Stairy Bauner experienced very rough weather. Aftei battling with it for several days it was thought advis- able to Berk a poii of shelter, and Captaiu Summers accordingly ian for Southampton That port was reached in safety, and, after a short stay there aud some appear- ances of a more propitious state of the weather, the Starry Banuer once wore steered out into the Atlantic un the 14tu iustaut. She had not, however, been lou/ó at sea in this second attempt when she experienced a Muece8iou of the most villleut gales, extelldlU over a week, and culminating in the loss of the vessel alld the greater portiou ol those ou board her. Great alarm was felt ou ooard from the commencement of the bad weather, as the vessel was known to be old, and atis- pected to be not over sound, aud also because the wiudB and waves were violent beyond the experience of the oldest sailors oU boui'd. On the 19tu of December the storm increased in intensity, and the waveB 8wept ovei the vessel as if she was a mere log, carrying away or rendering useless the lifeboats. On the 20th the hurri. c-iue redoubled its fury, and all hope for the safety 01 the vessel was dissipated by the yielding of the bow plates to the fearful blows of succes ive waves. The fate which this made inevitable was anticipated to a great many by a fearful catastrophe ou board shortly afterwards. The greater number of those on board, passeugers aud crew, wore assembled ill aud about the saloon, as the only place wheie a little shelter could be secured. Suddonly" series of waves of the same character to those which had already smashed ill the bows struck the saloon, smashed it into atoms, and wa*hed it, and the greater part uf those who had as. I sembJe,1 vithiu it, i:.to the raging sea. A rough esti- matt>-tli titue not being uUe for even couutiug the dead anti wissing-pl,lCes the loss uf life caused by this occurrence at 100. The shrieks of the victims of this iucideiit as they struggled amid the b >i!ing and augry waters amid floating wrecks were appalling. A youug ollicor of the United States army-cavalry branch— nobly distinguished himself at that moment. Casting aside a portion of his clothing, aud tearing away from the sailors and others who eudeavoured to restrain him in what th-y looked upon as absolute madness, he pfu.iged into the Bea, "ud by h s skill as a swimmer saved a large number of lives by briuging the drowbii.g people within the reach of a:s¡:t;:LUCd from the de>k i his gentleman's name is Major H. Joy. By this time tha vessel was rapidly breakiug up, aud the rewallJder of the passengers and crew took to rafts which had been hastily put together, leaving the sinking vessel to her fate. So hurried were their movements that no water or provisions could be secured, and in that helpless and uuprovided state they were obliged to trust theuiselws to the tneicy of the Atlautic. The"aptalll, three mates, with 118 others, had perished ere this, and the remainder, under the command of the chief officer, Air L. V, u H\l1 eu. were butteted about iu a very hopeless state for three nights and two days, when, on the 23r.t iustaut, they were picked up by a French barque, and on Sunday morning 1"lIded at HUlllogne In a I forty two persous, Ullt of a compauy of 164, were sifely landed in Frauce after euduring great sutferiugs awl the constant terror of au ever-threateuiug death on board the rafts. NARRATIVE OF THE CHIEF OFFICER. Mr Lionel Van Bureu, chief officer of the Starry Buren. ives the following graphicaccmunt of the fuuud. eriug of the vessel:— The ateuuship the Starry Banner, 2,000 too. burden, bouud to New York from Alexandria, with crew awt passengers numbering 164 souls, was totally 1 st oil the night of the '2lst December, in lat. 49 N., long 23 W. She had bad weather from the time she left Southamp- ton up to the Ittth, when she encountered one of the rn"8t violent storms ever experienced. The gale was terrific ill the extreme, aud raged with fury for thiee day., the shin crew, and passengers being completely at its meter. The bows of the 8talJ}er wer stove iu, and the bulwarks sniveled to atomki the life hoats were all lost On the 19th, while the calitain, thiid and fourth mates, and boatswain were ou the bridge, a tremendous sea washed over the ves.d, carryiug ilway the hridge, officers' quarters, ga!1ep, &c. in fact, everything on the deck fel. a prey to the violeuce of wind and water. Not oue of those who were on the bridge were rescued. I The steamer was now in charge of the chief ofifcer, Lionel Van liureu. The water had got into the tire- room, putting out the lires. On the morning of the 20th a ten inc hailstorm set in pieces of ice fell as large as a good-sized potato; no oue could remain on deck whilet it lasted. By six o'clock toe buwpl"teo gave way, aud it was feared the steamer would have Koue down, out she wa k,-I,t well before he wind, this being the only chauce left. Thc Kecoud ofifcer, being ou wa ch, was going inwards the wheel-house, when a s-a struck the steamer's steru, carrying away the wheel- house, the ofifcer, and wheelsmau into the sea. Only "Ue of them was saved. By teu o'clock the gale had in- creased the vessel dipped and tossed, the waves ruu- IJin mountains high. The cargo heaved against the decks, c'mpleteiy burstiug them up; and the steam-r was now looked upon as lost, there being teu feet of water iu the hold. All hands weie now called into the saloon, and the chief officer told them he had doue everything in his power to save the wssel, aud she was now left to the mercy of the waves. It was pitiful to see the pas^e .gers and crew. The ladies could not con- trol their feelings, for they apparently felt their time was short iu this world. Childreu clung to th ir sob- bing mothers; hardy old seameu were down oil their knees, prayiug to Heaveu for mercy. The vessel was now hove to. By twelve o'clock a tremendous sea struck the saloon on the starboard side, shivering it to atoms square through to her other side, and sweeping more than a hundred human beings iuto the raging waves. Had it not beeu for the forethought of a pas- senger, by name Henry Joy, a major in the United States aruiy, and a Dative of Loudon, who persuilrled a number of the crew aud passengers to go into the hold previous to the destruction of the saloon, the whole of those (in board would have been struggling in the water. So soon as 1ajor Joy could get out of the hold, which he did with two seamen, aud when he saw so many humau beings in the watnr, he threw off his coat and jumped overboard, despite the entreaties of his fellows for it was considered madness to throw himself into such a raging sea. To all persuasion ho turned a deaf ear, making for answer that he had swimmed in as rough a sea. aud he should not st-ind by and see his fellowmen drowned without lending a hand to save them. By this time the ships crew were all out of the hold and were throwing ropes to those in the water. Major Henry Joy himself saved 22 who could not swim, in- cluding seven ladies and bve children. Three of the saved the major brought to the ship at one time, hold- ing two with his teeth and the third under hiii arm. It was said by all who witnessed his heroic conduct that he was the most powerful swimmer they ever knew. Sixty of those washed iuto the water were seen no more. The chief officer was knocked iuseusible from a fall off the forecastle, and remained so for several hours. There being uow no other man capable of matiaging the ship, it was by unanimous voice given iuto the hauds of Major Joy. Night had now set iu, and the storm raged as strong as ever. Major Joy went down below, and found 12 feet of water iu the hold. He then ordered the men to commence making rafts out of whatever they could get, lashing them well together, for the steamer was sinking fast. Guus were fired and rockets thrown up, but nothing came to our assistance. Major Joy, who kept to his post all night, reports seeing I he starboard light of a vessel, but uo notice was taken of our dis- tres; he was washed overboard twice during the night, but succeeded in gaining the ship again. The sea was now making a clean breach over the vessel, and she laboured heavily; a sudden crash was heard in her stern, aud on looking it was found that her starboard side was stove in, and she was fast going down. Major .Joy ordered the rafts to be launched, and the survivors were lowered on them. The rafts were lashed to. gether so as to prevent them from drifting apart. EveryttAing was done quietly and orderly, Major Joy being the last to leave the wreck. About ten minutes afterwards the steamer went down stern foremost. The survivors were on the rafts two days and three nights without food or water, when they were rescued by a French barque, and landed in a very destitute state at Boulogne on Sunday last. Several of the crew and passengers died from exposure while on the rafts, and others jumped overboard. In all, one hundred and twenty-two persons perished.

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HORRIBLE SJENE3 AT AN AMEUICAN GALLOWS. The man Dua", who was for a short time Mayor of Laramer City, and who was recently a, reated on a charge of garotting a man at (iolden City, Colorado, was takeu from custody by a party of vigiUuts and hung The particulars of this horrible affair are as follows:—A secret meeting was held by the Vigilance oiumittee in Oenver, and the question of Dug m's crimes fully con- sidered. The impression had got out that the gaol would be assailed some time during the afternoon, aud lie taken therefrom aud executed, and in cousequence uf the rumour, about four o'cl -ck a crowd of men, women, aud children lined the Bi,lewalk along botn sides of Lari- uier-street. They held their position until nearly ur quite dark, when thinking that the expected exhibition uad ueen iudetiiJitely postponed, they retired to their howes. They were mistakeu in their surmises, as it "inee appears. It became known in sowe way that Dugan would be removed from the Larimer-street prison to the city gaol iu Front-street Some time dmiug the evening, and the "aaemblal(e, aa it appears, had coucluded to improve the occtsiou by taking tutu from the efficers aud executing him. About six o'duck he was taken iu an express wagon fur the purpose of the proposed trausfer. As the wagon left the west-eud of the bii Igo a whistle was soiiuded, awi immediately auswered from the dlreCliou of the calaboose. Soon after the wagon turned into Front-fstreet it was surrounded by ninety or a hundred armed men, who demanded a halt and the sur- render of the piisoner. Having him in possesion, they retraced their steps and turned west ou Fifth-street to Cheriy-street. Midway between Fourth and Fifth- streets, on Cherry-street stand two or three cottouwood tree., under one of which the processiou halted. The express wagon, which had beeu t,,ket) possession of, was brought to the front and pi iced directly under a limb of the tree. In a moment a rope was thrown over a litub, and in another moment Dugan was standing in the waggou immediately under tue fatal noose. Some one theu told him if he had any remarks to make, to make them, for his time among the living was short. He cum. meuced by asking them to sei>d fur a Catholic priest. I killed a mau in the mountains, but it was iu self- defence. I did ?u>t kill the man in the Black Hills twas another fallow that did it To the question about having a«sii>ud in garotting Squire Brooke, lie said I didn't do it I have uever hurt anybody or stole aur thing. I have beeu a bad mau but I am not guilty of anything deserving of hanglllg." He frequently asked that a minister should be sent for. "One called this afternoon, but hadu't tune to stay then; he wanted we to seud tor hila if anythmg happoued' Again he was warned that his moments were numbered, and again asked to confess if he had any cOlJfeliion to wake. I killed the UlU iu the mountaiu iu self-defence, have beeu tried and acquitted. The mau iu the Black Huls was killed by another 11¡<tw. I uever stole auything from anybody. I did assist iu loboiug Squire Brooks, but I was nearly out of money, and had to do it or starve. I only had six or seven dollars, aud could not get any any other way. I had to du it or die. 1 have been a very bad man, but have done nothing to be hanged fur. Sp ire my life any other punishment. Oh! my poor mother; it will kill her; don't let it get to hei send for a CatUolic nlÎlJiter." His c01Jfenitln or remaiks were con- stantly inteirupted by his cries; in fact, iu the trying moment he was cumldelely unmanned, cryiug and Bob. bing like a baby, and uttenll¡¡IJri.yers for melcy from him whose laws he had frequently awl repeatedly outraged. After he had said all he had t(i say, the order was heard, Drive on,"aud the waggou which had served as his frail bul wark between life aud eternity moved from under, and the spirit of Sanford C. Dugan took its flight to the presence ot him who shall judge us all accordiog to the deeds done in the body. The fall, about bruke his ueck, He waB a Ulan six feet two inches in height, aud weighed 205 pouuds. Alter hangiug until life was extinct he was cut down, and his budy given ill charge of the coroner. Dugan was a young mau, hardly 23 year, old, aud a native of Fayette County, Tenusylvania, where his mother atidfriedds now reside. He first came to (Joluradoiu 1861, ,t teamster. He continued iu that busi.ess until the winter of 1864. wheu he got into difficulty at Black Hawk, vshich cut- miuated in the death of a tuau named Cllrti, aud for which Dugan wa-s indicted for wdflll murder. After two yeais' imprisonment, wl.Jich wasn't auy imprison- inent at all, he beiug allowed, in cousequeuce of good behaviour, to ludill about town at will, he eeciped by a teelwicilltty which quashed the indictment, aud before a new one had been leturned he had removed to Denver, and entered upon a career of fast life, which finally brought turn to the Larimer-street Prison, under the charge of au attempt upon the life uf his mistress. For this be was &eutenued. aud served out his tiuie in prisou. -St Joseph'8 Jlerald,

Lord Hatherley, the new Lord Chancellor, iutends to spend the winter iu Home. CAPTURI: OF A M^AVER.- Her Majesty's gunboat Dryad sighted a slave dhow on the 4th of September, wheu oil Johauua. The Dryad at once gave chase, aud kept alter the dhow for about four houis. One or two blank charges were fired over the craft, but the captain did not give in till hi, dhow was run ashore, aud then he aud about half of the crew took their boats and made their escape. 'The dhow was a craft of aoout 100 tons, and had 190 slaves on board. These rue", women, aud children ha,1 been *hut up in a oquare of about 26 feet, and u:auy uf the poor creatures, who were mostly young, were so weak and ill that they could uot make their way oil board of the Dryad. However, assistance was given, aud all were C eared out, and eleven of the crew who remained were also taken on bUllld ths Dryad. These were lauded at Madagascar, and the slaves were takeu to the Seychelles, which the Dryad reache,1 on the 12th of September, the slaves having euerally much recovered, and ouly four deaths having occurred amongst them whilst on board the Dryad. ACCIDENTS DURING THE GALE.—The tremendous gale on Sunday caused a number of accidents both on set aud n land.—At liochdale a serious accident occurred at a school-ro'jm chapel where about four hundred people were assembled The service began at half-past two, and shortly afterwards one of the windows was blown out by a gust of wind. The service proceeded ulltiltive minutes to four, when another violent blast lifted oil the roof. The gable end of the two side walls fell in, after which the roof crashed in upon the whole. A large Dumber of persons were buried beneath the debris, and the work of extiicatiug them occupied about an hour and a half. No person was killed, but very many were most seriously injured. Part of the front wall of the Methodist New Connection chapel in the course of erection in John-street, liochdale, was also blown down The walls of a uew Baptist chapel in St. 11,rge's.road reached their highest point, had been waiting 80me days for the stonework to be placed on the top. About noon on Sunday a violent blast of wiud caught the building, and entirely demolished the wall on the west and most exposed side. The east wall and the front also suffered serious damage. The framewoi k of the gallery on the west side is wholly broken down, as is a good deal of the woodwork. The damage has been roughly estimated at EI,OOO. A SELF-ACCUSED POISONER.—John Cope, a sergeant in the 17th brigade, Royal Artillery, now stationed at Dover Castle, delivered himself into the hands of the police at tuat place, on Saturday evening last, stating that he had murdered 4iis wife by poisoning her. He was very rational at the time, and signed the following statement, which he made to Mr Coram, the chief con- stable I, John Cope, iiprgeant 17th brigade, R.A., do now state, that on February 22nd. 1867, 1 caused the death of ioy wife Elizabeth, by administering to her a drug in a pure state, called nitric acid, for the purpose of destroying her life." The prisoner was confined ia a cell until Monday, when he was brought before the magistrates in Dover. Mr Coram then said that he had made inquiries, and found, from papers in possession of the prisoner, that on Tuesday, the 26th of February, 1867, an inquest was held at Woolwich on the body of his wife, who had died from the effects of poison. Cope was then called as a witness, and stated that the deceased had confessed to him before her death that she had taken nitric acid iu order to procure abortion, as she dreaded her approaching confinement, and had a great aversion to children. The jury returned a verdict that the de. ceased had died from the Hit. of poison administered by herself. Cope soon after this deserted, enlisted into the 10th Hussars, and subsequently gave himself up at Woolwich as a deserter from the Koyal Artiliery. He had since been very abstemious, aud was of a religious disposition but recently he had been drinking, and Mr Coram had doubts as to his sanity. The magistrates determined to remand the prisoner for a week. Cope, who is a decent-looking young man, on being made acquainted with the decision, said, It is right enough if you will take my word for it, and you can save your- selves the trouble of remanding me." Among his papers were "anode," addressed to bis dead wife, and several pieces of poetry, in all of which he, in speaking of her, used the most endearing terms. HORHES.—TAYLOK'H CONDITION BALLS.— They po.e,,? extraordinary merit.—Bell's Life. I'l-Y T,,yl(,' Condition Field. An invaluable preparation.—York Herald. They are lwculiarly efficacious.—Sunday Time, N.B.The same iugredieuts are prepared in the form of powders, which can be had by asking for Condition Powders, in boxes, eight powders, 2s 6J. HOUSES. —Taylor's Cough Powders, to be had of che- mists, 2s 6d per box eight powders. These powders will be found the best remedy for horses' coughs, colds, sore throats, influenza, kc.; and, as they are given in a bran mash, will be found the best means of giving medicines, and obviate the danger of choking, so liable in giving a ball when horses are suffering from sore throat, fcc. Persons using the powders may consult the proprietor, T. Taylor, gratuitously.—Veterinary inflr-; mary, Burton-on-Trent. AgentsJonej, Denbigh Jones, Rhyl Rouw, Kuthin and all chemists. H80 The Earl of Hosse has be-n ch, sen, by a majority "f VlltS, t., be the p-er to SIt in tlw Huus" oi Lords in the rooui of the late Lord Famhaui- The Empress Eugenie is to pass a part of the spring at Enghiou for the beLeU, ul the w>te«». A sump- tuous bath is beiug built fur her near oue of the foun- tains. The Russian Invalide eontaills a teleg'am dated Tiflis, December 20, relating that au attempt has been mate ou the life 01 the Eugbsh Consul (Mr Taylilr) at E, ze. rum. General Sir Herbert E lwardes, K.C B., who received that honourable distinction fur his services iu the sup- pression ul the ludiau mutiny, has died at the early age of 49 years. Ou Christmas night a young married woman, named Cussons, committed a most daring burglary at the house of her uncle near Driffield, stealing two notes and otherartic.es. She haB beeu arrested. Tom Jones, a boy ten years of age, has died at Driffield from the etlrcts of injuries inflicted upon hit. by his sister (twelve years of dge), who, owing quarrel, gave him a violeut blow in the stomach. It will be gratifying to kuow that no borough-rate will be required iu Bristol fur tiiis half-year. Such a circumstance ha, not occurred since the passing vf the lUuwcipal reform act. Wtste II Prt&n. During the year 1867 English books of the value of 8o0,000 dollars were imported iuto the United States but Eugland imported iu the sauie time American books of the value ui ouly 37,000 dollars. The lablet sava that a subscription is being set on foot by the Italian youths of üol,,ua, TUrlu, .\11 an, &c., tll preseut tue Pope with all oileiiug ou the anniversary ot his first mass, 60 yeaia since. We believe that Colonel Wilmot will be the Conserva- tive ctlwlll1a.e for the seat in South Derbyshire, Vacant owiug to the death uf Sir Thomas Uresltry. Mr Evans, one of the late members, will agaiu come forward in the Liberal iutere.t.-Imperwl Rt1,ÍÆUJ, At Granada, a small station un the line from Barce- lona to Valentia, live armed men declared their inteu- tiou of stopping a tram ou its passage, but the railway meu of the statiou hred at them, aud compelled the. to rim away. Geueral (irant dodges about the couutry as though he were under a contract to Visit a very large uuiuber of places withiu a very short op ice of time, it is sug- gested that he adopts this plau to keep clear of the office-seekers. During a severe storm last week Miss Harse, the daughter of a farmer liviug at Uphill, near VVestou- super-Mare, was stiuck by lightning as she stood in front of a looking-glass. ï lie effect was to blacken and paralyse one side lIt her. A soldier of the Hoyal Artillery-who claims to be descended from the royal huse of Stuart-Is under atrest for wautonly Illurderiug a native seivaut at Attock. The prisuner-whu had recently succeeded to some £ 3,000—bad deserted from j'e.-h,1\vu" and has a conliruied bad character.—Madras Athenceu/n. The cold at St. l'eters1,utg is extreme, the ther- mometer marking 21.5 d«g, below zero (Ftli.), Tue public drives and principu streets are crowded with sledges. There have beeu a few intermittent showers of rain, but the frost immediately returned, the tempera- ture remaining about the same. Prince Napoleon has written a letter to Captain Gustav Lambert, who is.about to uudertake an expedi- tion to the North Pole. After poiuting out the advan- tage of private action in such undertakings, the Prince announces that he forwards jC400 towards the expenses of the uudei taking. By sending a stream of air, by means of an air-pump, through a cask of petroleum or parafiu refuse, it be- comes charged with the vapour from the petroleum, and bums with the brilliauce of ordinary gas. Canada papers state that this umv mode of illumination is in very general use in that couutry. KKSFITB OF A CONVICTKD luRDRKR-The governor of Taunton gaol on Monday received a respite in favour of the convict Sweet from the Home Secretary. This act of mercy has been doubtless influenced by the fact of his fellow-convict Bisgrove having declared him to be totally innocent of the Weds murder. A melallcholyoccurrence took place on Thursday, ill Fordrough-street, Birmingham. A girl, seventeen years of age, named Emma Chatwin, daughter of the laud- lord ot the Box Irou Inn, was decorating tlie house in the manner custom iry at this s ason, when her clothes accidentally caught fire, and she was burnt in such a fearful manner that death resulte in a few huurs, A OKACKFUL COMPLIMENT.—'The Emperor Napoleont iu returu for a proof copy of M. Gustave Dore's Illus* trations of Dante, sent the artist a pencil surmounted with II large diamond. The following autograph letter accumpanied tbe pleseut Monsieur Dore,-Y"ur pencil produces such beautiful things that I should be pleased if you would do something for my sake with the pencil I now send you.—NAPOLKO'N." A VIOLENT PRIEST-A prosecution has just been commenced against the cure of Oustrijosekeke, in Bel- gium, uamed Vita Eecke, for haviug struck a violent blow with his breviary ou the head of a young girl ten years of age, by which he inflicted a scalp wound. She died four days after of a sort of typhus, which was at the time prevailing in the commune. The priest had purchased the silence of the girl's father, bin the occur- rence was too publicly kuown to escape the knowledge of the authorities. A QUALIFIED SCEIOOLMASTER-A schoolmaster having beeu advertised for for the Somerset county prison at Taunton, the governor has received the following appli- catiitti Sir,—I have taken the pleasure of righteu to you Sir for the Situation as I sean ou the paper i chold be very happey to embrasetbe Situation if think fit Sir i cau have a good charicter frotne of aaey of the gean- teary of the Neberhood for the Lot 211 years not a spot in my charicter. Sir, i never tried for any oftis before but been always to hard to work i alll a married man and my age is 36 years. Sir i be Long to a respectfell fauiiley wy father iij leaving in Wjnshata parish a car- piuter Somerset i am your abbeadent servant. W. B. With my own hand." A horrible event has been the talk of all Florence during the past few days. A young servant girl, re- markable no less for her beauty than for the irreproach- able steadiness of her conduct, was found to have been barbarously murdered and thrown out of one of the wiudows of the house in which she served. Her person was dreadfully disfigured, and her mouth was filled with earth, for the evident purpose of stifling her cries. Her mistress, au elderly womao, married to a young husband, has been arrested, with her brother, on sus- picion of having committed this criwa, which is so P, posed to have been prompted by an entirely groundless jealousy. SEQUEL TO A "CHAFFING MATCH.A very sad case of manslaughter took place on Christmas Eve in Shad- well. Two men who had worked together for .seven years at a charcoal factory, aud always on the best of terms, commenced what is called a chaffing match." The wirdy warfare continued some time, until at length one of thew, named Arthur, threatened to strike Timothy Howard, his fellow workman. Eventually Howard gave Arthur a blow which knocked the latter off the platform on which they were labotiritig-a fall of sixteen feet-to the ground, Arthur fell on his head, his neck was broken, and he was taken up dead. Howard was the first to go to the assistance of deceased, and ex- pressed the most poignant regret at what had occurred. He was taken iuto custody. MINISTERIAL PROMISES.—The spoeches of the various 'ministers at the re elections do cot contain many pro- mises of measures of special interest to the lawyers- Nor could it have been expected of them, for the re. movalof the Protestant Church in Ireland will amply occupv the session. Law reform will again give place to political reform, and social improvements will con. tinue to be postponed for measures more fitted to stimu- late the seal of partisans. The reformed Parliament is Dot likely to be in this respect better than its predeces- sors. On the coutrary, for many years to come political questions will take precedence of administrative re- forms, and there is a goodly crop of them in the rear, to come in turn to the front. After the Irish Church is abolished, there will be the English Church to be dealt with in like manner, and then the Irish laud question and then the English land question, and then the House of Lords question, and theu the taxation question, with a host of others, so that there is little hope of a siogle session being found free for the consideration of such questions as poor law, crime, local government, public health, and law improvement, and such like questions unconnected with party.—Law Times. Do" LICEN8BS.—The duty payable by its owner for each dog, of whatever description, is five shillings. Dogs under the age of six months are, however, exempt from duty. The license terminates on the 31st Decem- ber following the date of issue, and no license can be granted for a less sum than the duty for a whole year. The penalty for keeping a dog without a license is X5. Licenses for packs of hounds can be granted only by the collectors of Inland Reveuue. Liceuses issued under this arrangement must bear the undermentioned stamps -1. A stamp of the Inland Uavanue.office. 2. The dated stamp of the post-office from which the liceuse is issued. Persons obtaining licenses from a post-office should see that they bear these stamps. These licenses will not be issued from the post-office during the month of December in any year. All licenses required during that mouth will be issued by the officers of Inland Revenue. Forms of application for licenses to be granted by the officers of Inland Revenue will still be issued at any post-office, if desired. It will be observed, however, that at money order-offices the license can be henceforward obtained without the necessity of using these forms, The electoral college of Ozieri (Sardinia) lias returned Garibaldi. Tll1ee men. DU1ell Coleman, LaWlelJel, and HOllpen have been committed for trial at ondon f-.r s**llit>g pho- tographs pirated from Some vf Messrs (iraves and Co. s etlgl avinK9. The Foreign Oiffce copies of the report made by Mr Ilassam respecting his missiou to Abyssinia, and the re- port of Consul Cam-r-u describing the chcuai-taucesof his imprisonment, have b 'eu issued. A I.ork Hospital, ua,ler the provisions of the Conta- tajiious diseases Act has been opened in Connection wiLL the camp at Co shearer. The t.oral co,t of the hua. pital has been nearly £ 4000 the accouimodatiou pro- vided is for twenty-live patients. A Paris journal giveo the list of condemnations in- dieted by the Tribunals on the press since the pa«siuK of the law of the 11th "f May last. Th" fines Amounted in all to £ 121,987f.»aud terms of imprisonment to which manage* a or editors have beeu sentenced to sixty-six months. Tile betting houses on the Paris Boulevards, called "sport poules," have all beeu shut up It is yet a pro- bleiii whether authority, which has tolerated their pro- ceedings for a long while, uow means to proPecute them as gambling establishments, which they undoubtedly ne, or for cheating. The Manrheiter Guardian believe* that Dr Jackson* Bishop uf Lincoln, has iutimated in the proper quarter that he had never hesitated a"out the acceptance of the bishopric of London, and that be will b»* prepared to enter upon its duties so soou as the bishopuo becomes legally vacant The Inverness Advertiser gives the score made at clmg firing—60 rounds—by Captain Andrew Fraser, 2d C"UI'¡ p: y V.1.?t,r?. The shooting wa. "itl? the common Enfield. The analysis in shooting gives 28 bull's eyes, 29 centres, 2 outers, aud oue miss out of 6d rounds. Tbi. is the highest score in class liring made by any volunteer. A shocking accident occurred the other night, at the Camdeu-road station of the vlidland Railway Company. A passenger was upon the lille, and not perceiving a train which was coining up behind him, and being too late for the warning giveu to him, was knocked down and fearfully mangled by the train passing over him. Life was extinct when he was taken up by the officials. The Wcot Ham Board of Health are considering a proposal for the prcuase of Uptou-park, near Stratford, for the sum of £ 25,000, for the use of the Eist-end Londoners. Different members of the Guruey and Buxton family offer to suhsctibe about £6 HeIO, and ano- tht-r Xt;,1)00, it is stated, cau be had from other quarters. Application will also be made to Government for assist- ance, and a deputation is to wait on the Home Secretary at as early a date as possible. A neW church in Vomers I'own has been consecrated by the Archbishop-Designate of Canterbury. The church is ill the midst of a very squalid neighborhood, and, -»s it stands, it is a splendid example of English Lord Somers gave the freehold of the site, and Mr George Moore,a member of the committee of the Bishop's Fuud, erected the building aud adjoiuing schools, at a cost of more than £ 12,001). A shockiDg tragedy has occurred near Whitchurch. Mr R. Whittield, farmer, of Ightfieid. wag f lying in a ditch on his farm. He had gone out sho. ting soon after breakfast aud returned to breakfast. He wcut Ullt again, and a man on the farm about two hours af"er, I saw Mr Whitfield's dog in a field, and thinking that they were after the sheep he went to them, when to his horrer he found Mr Whitfield lying dead iu the ditch. The upper portiou of his head was blown entirely away. One part of the skull wa, found some distance away from the spot in all opp ,site direction to where it would hive beeu shot,and wheie it had, DO doubt, beeu carried by the dtigs who had actually eateu the flesb, and licked the blood from the head of the unfortunate man. The jury returned an opeu verdict and the dogs which made such a revolting meal were ordered to be shot Forty persous have appeared before the magistrates at Boltou, to sustilin claims fur compensation for damage done to their property during the late election riots. Mr Gorst, who appeared for the Salford Hundred, held that it must be proved that the parties intended to wholly destroy the building before the claimants could establish a felonious demolishing and sustain the claim. On the other hand, Dr Pankhurst contended that inasmuch as the rii.t was put down by the autho- rities whilst the mob were in the very act of doing the damage, the offence amounted to a felony. Had the parties desisted of their own accord he admitted it would have been a misdemeanour only. The justices decided that there was no demolition or intention t" deellubh withiu the meaning of the statute. A special case for the Court of Queeu's Bench was granted. HERON STRANGLED BY AX EEL -The Rev Mr idoey, rector of Gooderstone, writing to Land and Water, says :—On Saturday last, juht at the ¡,a"k of my residence, a heron was found lying in arikalo mortis on the bauk of the little trout stream which mnS through this parish with a tine t'el twi-terl so tightly round its neck as to cause st.faugll1.,ti"n. Thc eel bavillg been speared through the head by the upper Illiludilile of the heron's bill (about three-fourths of the whole length of the bill passing through), had, in its efforts to get free, coiled aud knotted itself rouud the neck and bill ot its enemy in such a way as to bind the two together aud cause strangling, by the neck of the heron beiug bent douole. Neither heron or eel beiug quite dead wheu found is sufficient pruof in itself of their having de- stroyed each other as here related, aud I was myteif an eve-witness uf their beiug found in the pusitiou abuve described. THE ST. ALBAN'S JUDGMENT.—The Spectator, cow- mentiug on the judgment iu this celebrated cause, says ho celebrant of the Ellcllar..t in the English Church is uow forbiolden to kneel, except as all commu- nicants kneel, when he himself receives the elements he is forbidden to prostrate himse f before the bread aud wine; he is forbidden to raise the chalice aud the pateu to his head in token of adllration; he is forbidden to light candles on the altar by way of symbolising that the Light of the W"rld" is present ou the altai- lie, is for bidden to mingle water with the wine in token of the mingling of the wat. r and blood which flowed from the side of Christ; he is forbidden to "cense the ves- sels used for the consecration; he would be, we imagine, forbidden to cbauge his vestments during the service, with special reference to any view of the character of the acts in progress; iu a word, he is forbidden to ex- press his views on the" real presence" by any act or word not prescribed in the Rubric; and as no act or word is prescribed iu the Itubiic which ordinary Protes- tants think inconsistent with the purely spiritual inter- pretation of the service, this is. ill fact, equivalent to saying that the celebrant of the Eucharist in the Church of Englmd is forbidden to uiai k any strung divergence of belief on this bead, of which he may be conscious, from the ordinary Protestant belief, by any sort of out- ward sign. We think it must be evident that the effect will be to shut up the safety-valve by which our Ru- manising priests, in the usual spirit of English compro- mise, have hitherto got rid of their own self-dissatisfac- tion at being associated with such an arrant set of heretics. While they could persuade themselves that they had the real magical line of apostolical snccession still unbioken, and that, as regarded their faith, they could somehow legally express it, though only by rite, and gesture, and fymbol—they were content. But now that these peculiarities of faith are wholly driveu in- wards-now that, if they obey the law, they will be obliged to become undistinguishable from the crowd of mere Protestants, will they be able to bear their situa. tion ? The most earnest and heartily convinced of them —those who really believe that they have the power of summoning Christ's body to the altar by virtue of their sacerdotal powers, and who feast themselves most ar- dently on the dream of the divine grace which they believe that they thereby summon at will into their lives -can, we imagine, be scarcely content to acquiesce in the impoverished worship to which they are HOW con- signed. We suspect that the judgment will drive a good many, and a good many of the best among the Ritualist priests, into another communion. Ought we to rejoice in this result, or to regret it ? Mainly, we think, to re- joice. We, for our parts, shall regret that, so far as great towns are concerned, where churches of all sorts are open to believers of all sort" it will now be illegal for some excellent persons who have hitherto sincerely- believed themselves Anglicaus to gratify their religious tastes and devotional feelings as they liked best; and we shall still more regret this if it compels them to submit themselves to a still more rigid, a much more despotic, ecclesiastical government, by joining the Roman Ca: tholics. So long as they were content, and sin- cerely content, to remain in communiou with Puri- tans and heretics, it was not for us to cast them off; and if they gained something in conciliatory tone, we certainly gained much 10 the variety of forms of reli- gious feeling brought within our observation by our grotesque union with them. But it is very difficult to devise any system of comprehension which shall include extremes of faith so wide, aud yet shall not be a great practical iuj ury to the average English congregations in rural parishes, which have no choice except either to submit to the vagaries of a clergyman by whom they are revolted as by a Papist in disguise, or to be driven out of their church altogether. his, as we have often maintained, is a mischief so grave and threatening as to menace the very existence of our Church. And we cannot pretend to regret that it is to be abated, even though the result should unfortunately be to drive a good many worthy people, who seem to us not a little superstitious already, under the dominion of a system which is, indeed, much more superstitious, but will at least give that degree of intellectual relief when an ex- ceptional, and so to say, capricious superstition, is re- ferred to an overruling idea, logically consistent and sys- tematically developed oiL tveij side. It is reported that the Bishop of Winchester ba had another stroke of pa.ra!) .,18, Vice.Chauc.lI..r Giffard is to be the new Lord Jus- tice, a/HI Mr W. James, Q.C.,isto be made a Vice-Chan- cellor. Up to last week, 673 miles of the French Atlantic table hitt bce" manufactuied and certitiei i.y the en. ginecs. An inquest h"s been It, 1,1 ttli, bod? of a mau wUn for L'i? Y{LrSf according toa iiei^hoaur's i'jt<t.!ell1dlt, 11.d uever come home sober. The American UOIIS" of Representatives has passed a bill llovviu^ wBieu in Goverument employ the Mme p»y r.s UJCU. VVhelau, the as^a-siti of Mr D'Arcy M "f: in Canada, has been further re>pited uutillhe ür,t «,f Fe- bruary. It is repotted that oe will have a new trial* with the venue changed to Toronto. James Drake, a meMenger in the office of the Lon- don, Asiatic, and Auieiicau ( oitipady, who is charged with having stoleu nearly £ J.U00 iu cht-q^rb, notes, acd cash, Which, had t-eeu entrusted to him by 3 cieik haa been COllJlultted for tnal. Tue Queen has appointed the Right Hon. Robert Seymour Vesey K.C.S. I., Gove: r,r of the Presidency of Bombay, to be an Extra Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order or the Star of India. A young man is in custody in Salford on a charge of murder, arising out of a public-house brawl. ii,, pri- souer, Michael Johnson, was beiug remo\"1 from a beer- house in Re^eut-road, having been disorderly, when he stabbed the beerseller's assistaut, who was ejecting him, inflicting a fatal wound. A d-tective oiffcer, named James Krnp, of North- ampton, while going home between ten ati-I e-even on Saturday night was shot I,ya shoe machinist named Bridg.ater, who is III custody*. K- mp WM at "uce con- veyed to the infirmary, where he remaiu.- in a m^1 dan- gerous state, having received the contents the gun uuder his left 'collar.houe. Frolll Sheffield there is news of a sad C'e of suicide. A woman named Davis had beeu for some months in a state of despondency, owing to the n < u that she had committed the uupardonable siu of b.^sphemy against the Holy Ghost. She had manifested symptoms of suicidal tendency, but the doctor attending her thought theie .s no need of rcstiaint, and on Curisruia* Eve after apptadug IIIHJ:II,lly lively, she wel, t, her l ed- room, atid cut her throat with a carving k;.ilV.\ Tbe Duchess of Aro:dl is gazetted Ii i.( g, oi the Robes the Duke of St. Aloans, Captain of ti, yo. luuiryof the Guard; tue E:trl of Morley, a L'dd in Waiting; Mr Greviile Nugent. M.P., a Groom its a,ât. iug; Lord de Tabley. Treasurer of the Household and Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Controller. I he tew A'imira ity 11"1 is gazette I. It cot s;sts of Mr Chl<ler.; ,Imi. lal Sit- S. C. Dacres, Admiral Sir S. it. Pobin-on. Con- tioller of the N-'Vy, Lord John Hay, 111 1' and >;rQ. v. Trevelyan, M. P. A great number of members of Parliament Lave signed a memorial prepared by \Jr Hadfi-;d, .P aad Mr Basdey, M. P., to Mr Reverdy John-o.i, asking him to use bis influence in favour of f>stah)r;i,lug- ocean penny postage between the United Starts a"el Great Biitaiu. Mr Johnson's reply is not published, but it is stated that he gr3cefully r.-ceived" the meuiot ial, and cheerfully expressed his willingness to promote the object. The total cost of the erection of St. Paul's C ithe^ral was X747,954 2s Pd. The palisade of cast iron round the edltice in the churchyard. 5ft. 6in. in height, with the seven beautiful gates (there being 2,500 balustrade!, weighing together 200 tons Slib., cost at e).1 ("r lb., £;I,2021)s üd) The contract for the organ, winch was built by Bernard Schmidt (better known as Father S nith), was £20,,0 exclusive of its eve. The irreat bell, which was cast in 1700. c"st £627 4s, and the smaller hell, tuned to a "fifth" of the great bell, X243 15., Od.-Uty Press. EXECUTION OF A WOMAX AT LiNcorv — Piiscilla Bigs^idyke, who was convicted at the late Line In Assizes, oi the mur,ler..f her husband, Richard LJIl{a. dyke, by poisoning on tbe 30th cieptelUh,.r, at Stickney, was executed on Mo ulay at Lincoln. Q i.arre/s had arisen between the deceased and his wife, as tie. was jealous of a lodger named Proctor. On the ?0th of December the deceased went to bis woi k (8inkilig a well), and when be returned in the evening he was in his usual excellent health. He took a healt I weal of mutton, short-cake (made by the prisoner), aud tea. He then lighted his pipe and sat down by the fire, but in tbe course of ten minutes he waø seized with sickness and purging, which continued to iucrease in violence all through the nijit nn. til tile 1J10rniug. when he died. A post m"r t. III exa- mination by Professor Taylor showed large quantities of arsenic. It W,t¡3 proved at the trial that the convict had been in !>osse".i"n "f arsenic prior to the de«tu of her busbaud. The convict was executed in tLe p ivate manner prescribed by tlie law. She made n > confession although exhorted to do so if she were guilty. THE LONDON SEWAGE -It is reported that the popu- lation of 13at king are dying off at the fearful rate of sixty-five per thousand. Such a death rate would very soou produce depopulation. The cause of this frightful mortality is not far to seek. London h i-; doue much by an excellent system of main-drainage to cleans-* the Thames about the bridges, but all the sewage of London north of the Thames is poured out within two hundred yards to the west of the mouth of Marking Cie, ii, where shoals of foetid mud are said to have coih-cted. The result is that the medical men of Barking are not "equal to the emergency, and recourse has lied) had for ass stance to ttie doctors of Stratford and IIf"rd." Not long ago the subsoil of London was saturated and the well. poisoued by thousands of cesspools. A great progress in sanitary reform was effected when these were aMished, and the sewage was dire< f)y pome into the nearest pait of the Thames. But Father Thames could not hide the loathsome burden the water became putrid, and its odours fortunately penetrated into every apartmeut of ;he Hon,e of Commons. The result was the main drainage. ow, the nuisance is at Batking and Pluuistead, and must beagaiti removed. This time we hope to see the 8ewage applied to the fertilisati 'U of land. Although the volume uf the Thames at the poiut of outfall is so great the sewage is not immediately diluted, becai.se the salt water, having a very ddl'erent specific gravity, will not readily mix with the fresh water sewage.—The Beho. DREADFUL TIUGEDY IN LONDON ON CHKISTMAS Dty, —On Christmas night a dreadful murder was com. mitted in Alfred-street. Barusbury. A mau named Campbell blew out the brains of a fellow lodger Lamed Moir, with whom he had been driukiogduring the wurn- ing. The murderer was at once arrested and brought up at the Clerkenwell Police-court. The prisoner and the deceased, with some others, all of win ui lived iu the same house, formed a Christmas party, duiing which they had songs and recitatious. During the evening the prisoner proposed to go to the room of Moir, the de- ceased, and have a quiet drop of rum. This was agreed to, and when they were having some liquor quietly, the prisoner put up his hands in a fighting attitude, aud said something about figbtiug. The decea.e,1 offered to take" him, with one hand, but nothing more came of it. I he prisoner theu took a rifle that was hanging near with a bayonet close to it. The deceased tried to get the rifle from the prisouer, aud there was a phort scuffle, during which the bayonet fell on the deceived. The prisoner walked rouud the table with the ritle, and left the room for a minute or two. On his returu the deceased was in the act of putting the bayoLet iutol itS case, wheu the prisouer cocked the rill" saying he was going to put out the light. He fired before he cUllld be prevented, and the ecea8ed fell with his brain. blown out. The rifle must have been loaded by the prisoner, as its owner, the brother of the deceased, had not used it since he had cleaned it, three ytear, before. The police have discovered a cartridge-case, with several cartridges in it, and also a cap-box, with the lid oti, in the room where Campbell had evidently loaded his weapon. It appears from the evidence adduced when Campbell was brought l;efore.a magistrate, that there was something between the prisoner aud deceased, probably jealousy. The two had been out drinking together and had talleo into bad company, After that he said be not think of facing his sweetheart, whom he had left in Scotland. The prisoner had enlisted into the line, and when he was asked why he had doue that he said, I did one foolish thing that night, I have now done a second, and I shall do a third, and then you will know all about it." The witness's mother li,t I & short time since spoken about the conduct of the I)ris,tier, and re- moved some razors from the bedroom, as she she was afraid the prisoner might do some harm witn them. Although the present age teems with inventions of the highest character and value, few amongst them if iudeed any one, can compete, either in skillful originality and ingenuity of design, or snnphClty 1D cons.rudwn-III & woril, in absolute utility, with Mr White's Moc-Main Patent Leer Tu?,?. Th,nsands a lready ,?,k,?-wl,dge with unmistakeable sincerity, their gratitude for the relief they hwe experienced by its adoption, whilst the great bulk of the Surgical profession have I'r"Jlouqce,1 in its favour. Freedom from all clumsy and elaborate ap- pendages, the bestowal of comfort in its wear, and ex- traordinary cheapness, are the characteristics of this Truss-—Can we marvel therefore at its popularity ? INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.—Place Oil the upper bar of agrate, with the heads projecting about one inch inwards, some ordinary lucifera -iu a few moments they ignite. Then in the same position place a few of the Pateofc Safety Matches of Bryantnud May, London (which ignite only on the box), and it will be found that they may re- main for houm-in fact, uutil the wood becomes literally charred—without taking fire. We look on this, as a singularly interesting confirmation of the Safety of the New Matches. Care must he taken in hotlIiIes avoid actual contact with UIe Same.