Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

LINES FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF SAINT DAVID. I Bt B. LI.WD, BARD OF S"OWDO. ) Of yore when Britain yet was young, When Rome decreed oppression's date, Our bards the Strain consoling sung, Inspir'd—foretold* a happier fate— That Ocean's waves should waft our fame- The nrst of nations boast our Name." Rule Britannia, &c. In adverse days we left the plain, And sought the summitst unexplor'd, Where never tyrant for ,'d the chain, And Caesar's eagles never soar'd That ocean's," &c. There Freedom dwelt, a mountain fair- There bade each B riton'st bosom glow With her they breath'd a purer air, With her repeli'd their every foe. "That ocean's," &o. Till heaven, in blissful healing hour, Our sires § restor'd to London's)) throne, Where union nerves their ample power, And empire's is still our own. "That ocean's," &e. O'er Briton'b** fair extended face, By culture, Commerce taught to smile; One great, one rich, one potent race, Now decks, defends, the Mighty Isle"f-f- That ocean's," &c. In these triumphant brightnr days, Through friendly men.'la now.. Tweedy —he Dee When peace her olive branch displays, We give this grateful hour to glee. Sons of Snowdon—Sons of Doe§§ We grive this crateful day to gieo! Sons of Thames, Tweed, Boyne-the Dee We give tbia graceful dn.y to glee Rule Britannia, &c.

11 Tra, Mor, trt Brythoit"-Talic.in, -t.D. 560. 'Wherever the ivives of oce.m rc.ich, Britons will be known. t After the Romans, with a. view to the quiet subjection of Brit un, had drained it of its youth and strength, to fight their ha.ttlcs on the continent, the Britons were less able, on the extinction of the Ronun power. to repel the repeated invasions of the Saxons, Danjs, and :N urman, and historians have observed, th:tt the spirited and high-minded of them gradually retreated to the mountains, now calle 1 Wales, for there, as the Palmist says, "The strength of the hills WM thcir's also." The 27th Tnn.l re2ord8 th2 name,; of ihrc3 warriors, whose determination it was "Nad cynt o gtd, namyn ar en hslorau." To lenvc the battle only on their briers. ? The restoration of the line of Henry VII. of the house of Ttidor— AH hail ye genuine Kings j Britannia' issue, hail-Gray's bard" i! The sovereigns of the various na.ttons that occupied thit part of Britain now called England, were by the Britons c:).Ued Kings of London, to distinguish them from the Sea. Kings, or Chiefs, of the dUftirent banditti; which in the early ages infested the sea.- eo-tsts of Europe; and in so forei-n a light were they beheld by the Britons, that the Norman invasion, and the submission of the Saxons after one battle only, wa. considered as a war between two strange nations, with which they had nothing to do. *I The annexation of W.tles to England wa5 an event which l must, from the disproportion of their power, at some period take place; but that it WcH not accomplished without the aid of policy, Edward bringing his Q'leen to lie-in at Caernarvon, and appointing the Prince of Wales heir of Brit.nn, is a proof. Another act of conciliation was his confiding the young Prince to the care of the mother of the celebrated Sir Howel y Pedolau (Sir II,)wel of the horse shoei), so called from his being able to straighten them by manual strength. She was of the family of Ririd Vlaidd, L?rd of Penltyn, and then resident at Nenadd Ltlanfaelog, in Anglesey. Brydain, the fair and beautiful Isle from Pryd, the countenance, or appearance—a radical and rational derivation, and not from Bryth, as commonly said. ft Among the variety of poetical mmes by which Britain was described by the Bards, one was "Ynys y CydGirn" (Isle of the Mighty men). tt The Tweed and the D;e, unhappily, for ages divided foes. ? The building of Chester appear-, to hive been predicted at a remote period, for Tudnr Aled, in his Ole to the Castle of Crogen (Chirk) says- :M:n brenddwyd am Beryddon, Yr ai Gncr hir ar gwr hon." It was said of old that there will be a city or fortress on the shore of the Peraidd, the sweet or delicious river, now the I Black ra.rk Re tdnig-room, Chirk. 1.:U:.=

I MAGAZINES AND REVIEWS. HANOYER SQUARE. London,: Ashdowil, <m(Z Parry. Haitover-sqttare. This excellent musica.1 magazine has now attained its nfth number, and proves quite as attractive as at nrst. The contents of the present number are:—Reveries Balses, by Stephen Hallor, son?, Kissing Her Hair, by MoUey; Gilopda C'mcert, bv NL-tefzxrren and a song, River, 0, River, by Elizabeth Phclp. THE BROADWAY. Zo.n7o)l ROttfle'¡ge ctitcl Son, Broct(?!,cay, Lnclgate HiU, <me! Nen; York. The cnrrent number of jS)'ocn!tuct?/ is full of light, cheer- ful, and instructive papers. Second Thoughts a.renmshed, I and the reader left in n. most charming chaos of un- finished possibitities. The Fortunes of Brakespeare the Free Lnnce are scarcely as spirited as hitherto; Wo- men's Novels is a very readable article on the popular authoresses of the day; and London Newspapers, by Henry Lsdiey, of the LVctu Yorl. Eonn.(.t TuMe, will be read with great interest. EXETER HALL.-London: Illetzle)- aiicl Co., aiK.! G. Rotttletlge Hin! Sons. This is a new monthly magazine of sacred music. It is well got up in a showy cover, and is ornamented with a lithograph frontispiece—the subject being Queen Mary in prison. The number contains five pieces, viz., Queen Mary's Prayer ?n.cred song, Mi-=s M. Lindsay Sunday Eveninsrs at the Harmonium My Je'<us as thou wilt, C. E. Willing (new hymn); The Benediction. Stephen Glover; Sacred Themes from Gounod, E. F. Rimboult. The magazine will prove a favourite with lovers of good sacred mu'ic. THE Quivriz.-Lo,,t(7oit: JjT<3M)'s CfisseH, Pette; anâ Gal_pii?,, Let. Belle SrnwClge Yanl. As usual the contents of this popular magazine com- prise that which will suit all classes and all ages, while the illustrations are of themselves worth the money charged for the entire part. The subjoined extract, from an article on Pretentiousness, contains a quiet sarcasm on the numerous race of modern" shams" :— Let's 'tend to be ladies," was a rennrk I h"a'd from juvenile lips not Tcrv long ago, and being hard up, not *e apich for a new subject as for a title for th" sa'ae, I had to thiiil-tteni fur a text; for, after all, that word thu-< abbreviated for prei*mt is one that has no exact synonym in our l?ui?uagc. We read, t&:tiiiilv aLl, account of the Pretender, in those sch'ool-Iu-itory \"¡j>ks whiü are so marvellously adapted to the proper" dha curNat. estimate of things in schools generally; but the Engl&k IIisttf.y Pretender is not the only one in Eng)ish life aU do ?tot ..<0>1, exactly that crown of empire, but they aspire to one wki<M. 0"" not properly belong to them. Haying met a cleric whe ledtted as nearly like a bishop as it was pos-ible to be—the CIl'l"ock being, waistwards, very deep, yet M<V an apron—It struck me very forcibly how remarkably sw'et the grapes would be, could he but get hold of them; and, moreover, how thorou-.tli'.y done some devout curate would be by raising his hat to the ecclesi- astical pretender ? TiNSLEY'S 18, Catherine-st., Sti'Ctml. The March part commences the second volume, and a new serial tale, entitled A House of Cards. Notwith- standing that the writer discards the u.ual plan of novelists, and lays open the mystery of the story at the onset, it begins with much spirit, and promises to be very interesting. The two or three opening pages, partly descriptive, partly renectlve, about Gray's Inn, form really a charming little introductory essay. In The Rock Ahead a crisis is reached, and the entire contribu- tion is striking and full of rough eSective vigour. Dr. Brady's Adventures are again very sensual, and beep the readers' interest on a rack of excitement. The Ameri- can Fenian" furnishes another article entitled The Irish Conspiracy. He seems to care not to meet Miss Cobbe'a arguments in the last number, and shifts from the "rounds be occupied in his Rrst contribution with real unb'ushin? American effrontery. Then he said it was the Irish in America who were the soul of Fenianigin and the renl originators and sustainers of the movement- now he says it is entirely of an Irish and not an Ameri- can organisation, because, forsooth, the organisers have proved blunderers—a, thing impossible for an American. There are some pretty verses in this number; the poem, For the King, is really excellent, and has genuine spirit in it. CASSELL'S 1\IACAZINE.-Loit,-Toit Casscll, Pettet, and GalpÜL, La Belle Sailtage Yai,d, LncIgate Hill. The monthly part for March will be found rich in illustrations, poetry, and general literature. The leading story-Poor Humanity—is drawing to a close, but still possesses powerful interest. Below Freezing Point, by Dutton Cook, is completed, and proves a capital story. Mr Greenwood continues to furnish reports of Grim Realities in London Life, from which we extract the following on Queer Lodgings:— Croodness only knows for what manner of people the houses in Broad Yard (alias Little Hell), and Bit Alley, and Rose Alley, and Turk's Head Court, and Fryingpan Alley were originally built. In more than one instance the arched entrances to these awful placed are less than a yard in width (this is no mean con- jecture, but the result of placing my walking-stick across the entry, and marking how wide it was), and could never well have been wider, and yet the houses on either side are lofty as many of those of our fashionable squares. The way widens somewhat where the houses in the al)ey begin; but, at its widest part I should say, it would be not at all difficult for the top-noor lodgers on one side of the way to thrust a c'.othes-prop through the window of their opposite neighbours. I have an idea that the tall houses originally were built of red briel:, but they are black now-black and oleaginously festooned, as though at some time a monstrous soup-kettle had been lodged astride the roofs of the double row, and had boiled over. I remarked this singular appearance to my missionary friend, and he expressed an opinion that the bad drainage hnd something to do with it. Some of the windows of the tall, hideous houses are altogether unglaxed and boarded up; others are patched with paper, or bulge with dirty rags. Some of the houses have door-steps, scooped all hollow in the middle by the feet of many generations. Some have street- doors, but this is an exception, that house appendage being regarded as superfluous, and long since converted into firewood in the majority of cases. All the houses are rotten, ruined, and (in the last stage of decay. The cellars and kitchens are a ditch of sewage, the flooring rat-eaten and worm-eaten until it is all honey-combed and sapless, and presents no temptation to either creature: the chimneys smoke, the roofs leak-but this last- mentioned defect seems to be regarded as rather an advantage than otherwise by the occupants of the garret, since it secures to them at rainy times a supply of water without the trouble of pghting and scrambling for it at fhe one water-butt m the court. MATTHEW HENRY'S COMME:XTA.UY.-Loitdon.- Cassell, I feMer, ancl Galpin. Messrs Casaell, Fetter, and Galpm have been for some time past announcing a New Annotated Edition of "Matthew Henry's Commentary," in three-halfpenny weekly numbers, and in sevenpenny monthly parts. We are now in receipt of the nrst monthly part, which has been forwarded to us a few days in advance of pubhea- tion. The distinguishing feature of this new edition is in the Annotations, which are to consist of entirely new and original notes, the fruit of modern research and reflection. On introducing it to the public, the publishers express their belief that in these days of religions con. troversy, the issue, in a handsome form, at a. price bringing it within the means of all, of a work which at every page vindicates the majesty and honour of the Bible, by appealing to the intellect as well as to the hearts of its readers, cannot fail to win for itself a recognition commensurate with the earnestness with which Christians of all denominations are now impelled to contend for the pure word of God. The part now before us extends to the tenth chapter of Genesis, and any one taking It up cannot full to be struck with the vast amount of Scriptural instruction which it conveys. The Commentary itself is too well known to stand in need of any commendation in th se columns. The indefatigable earnestness with which Matthew Henry addressed himself to his gigantic task still commands our highest admiration; and so far from the work having waned in the estimation of the public, it has continued so to grow In the strength of Its hold upon the English people, that when we see a Bible on the family book-shelf, we instinctively expsct to see a copy of MATTHEW HENRY by its side. It will be the now notes upon the Commentary, or rather in aid of it, that will call for criticism from time to time as they appear. We may fairly say that this first instalment gives good promise of their being very much to the purpose. Our readers will be able to judge of their character from the following extract from the annotations to the nrst chapter of Genesis. The Annotator writes :— Those who have to dispute the authenticity of the rerit:ttcu,,h tutYe often objected that it '-pe:tks of the creation of light before the sun is mentioned. But this objection is of no force. In Ycr. 3, 4 'light' is properly meant, but in ver. 11—18 the Hebrew' word denotes luminarn. which are the material receptacles a.ii'1 dispensers of light, appointed by God for the use and ben'nt of his creatures. So in the X.\V Tú"tarncnt we read that God is light, and in Him is no darknc.s at alt;' but Christians are to be as 'lights'—thut is, 'luminaries'—in the world, rcceivmg :i.nd reflecting the lig:it of truth :md grace which comes from the Father of light- Seieutihe researches have shown that the moon, although a luminary giving light, I-; itself a dark body, and that the same is true of the .sun, whose rays the moon rcflect. Tin sun, moon, and stars were ordained to distribute the light which existed independcntiy of them. In nature and in grace mMm are employed for manifesting light, and for exhibiting th'; wonderful works of God. We should add that the work is carefully printed on fine toned paper, royal quarto siza, and that the first monthly part Is enriched with a bsautiful full-page drawing by Gustave Dore, The Return of the Ark," as a frontis- piece. CASSELL'S POPULAR EDUCATOR. L01tloit C'aM<!H, Pettei-, (t:T,fJ <?<x!pt.T., Belle Saivage Yai-(.1, Ltccljate Hill. The fourth monthly part of Cassell's New Popular Educator" brings ua to page 273 of a work which answers truly to its tit]e. The two hundred and seventy-two quarto pages comprised in the four monthly r parts now issued, which can be purchased at 7d. each, contain au amount of instruction which, on baing detailed, sounds fabulous. So comprehensive, indeed, is the aim of this work that, if we had not baforc us the undeniable fact that in its original form it made good its programme, we should be led to raise the question, whether the new edition had not set Itself a task beyond its power. It would certainly strike those who are not acquainted with the Popular Educator" that a work which professes to instruct the people in the numberless subjects which it embraces, must be either a great failure or a marvellous success. Taking the subjects alpha. betically, ws read the following list:—Algebra; Archi- tecture; Arithmetic; Astronomy; Book-keeping, Botany; Chemistry; Civil Service Papers; Comparative Physiology; Conic Sections Drawing Electricity English English Composition English Grammar; English Literature; Essays on Life and Duty; Ethnology; Euclid; French; French Pronouncia.tion French Readings Geography Geology; Geometry German; German Pronounciation; German Raadir gs Greek Gymnastics History Italian Land Surveying; Latin Logarithms Mathe- matical Instruments Mechanics Moral Science Music; Natural History; Natural Philosophy; Naviga- tion Painting in Water Colour; Penmanship; Per- spective Physics; Physical Education; Physiology of Man Reading and Elocution Shorthand Sketching from Nature Spanish Theory and Practice of Teach- ing Trigonometry; Papers on tho Universities and on the University Middle-ctass Examlm.tions. Such a list as this certainly looks presumptuous, and what would seem to enhance Its presumptuousness is the conndent way in which it is announced that any one of ordinary intelligence, who is able to read and write, can, without the assistance of a master, instruct himself in the numerous branches of learning which the Popular Educator" combines. The testimony, however, of those who have availed themselves of this work Is too unani- mous and weighty to justify a doubt of its being intrin- sically what it professes to be, and we do not hesitate to pronounce It to ba t!ia most remarkable production in the shape of a comprehensive educational work that has ever been placed within the reach of the public.

Ex-GovEBNOB EYRF,The Daily .NeK's is informed that before the week is out Sir R. CoHier will apply to Sir Thomas Henry, chief magistrate of Bow-street police- court, for a warrant for the apprehension of Mr E. J. Eyre, on account of his part in the putting to death of Mr Gordon, of Mr Gordon, of Kingston, Jamaica. Sir R. Collier is retained for Mr J. S. Mill and Mr P. A. Taylor, acting on behalf of the Jamaica Comniittee. MYSTERIOUS END OF Two LovEES.—On Friday morning week, the body of a youm woman was fount! in the Rochdale Canal, near David-street, Manchester, I about a quarter to eight o'clock. From the appearance of the body she had evidently been in the water for several days. The body was [removed to the Mechanics' Arms Inn, ChorIton-street, to await an inquest, and in the course of the day was identified as that of Ehzabeth Guild. While the boatmen were removing the body, some other men who were working a boat near to Chorl- ton-street discovered the body of a young man in the canal, and removed it also to the Mechanics' Arms. He was well dressed, and had a watch and about 31. in money in his pockets. His face was somewhat disHgured, the injuries having probably been caused by the boat's keel. The body has been identified as that of Thomas Royle. Inquiries were made by the police, which re- sulted in the discovery of the fact that both the deceased left a house in Portland-street together about half-past eight o'clock the previous Saturday evening. They were then apparently on friendly terms. Nothing had been seen of them since, until their bodies were found in the canal as above described. The inquest was held on Sa- turday, but no additional light was thrown on the case. No marks were found upon either of the bodies which would justify the supposition that violence had been used, and it could only be conjectured that the couple had fallen into the canal by accident, probably while lark- ing.' The jury returned an ope- verdict. \VnAT ARE HECZSSARIES ?-A,. action was brought in the Court of Exchequer on Satui ..iv last, for the re- covery of money for goods supplied to Scotch gcntle- mar, Mr Edward Bum CaIIander, by Messrs Ortner and Houle, jewellers, of St. James's-street. M. CaMander pleaded that he was not of age at the time the articles were delivered, and that they were not necessary for his condition of life and position in society. In 186J-, when he ordered most of the goods, he was not quite nineteen. His family was wealthy, his income was 34(M. a year, and he held commission in a crack regiment. He had been taken to the jewellers by one member of his family who certainly was old enough to know what he was about, and recommended to them by another. Under these cir- cumstances the jewellers thought they were justified in serving him with a. watch, a dressing-case, and certain lockets, guards, ba.ra, drop?, chains, a.nd enamelled nothings, to the value of 1321. 13s, which the young gentleman thought himself justi6ed In orJennsr. A cer- tain la.wsuit which had an'ected Mr Calender's income had caused him to alter his views of ju,tificatlon, while the jewellers still retained theirs. He left his regiment and went abroad, and decided that the watch and dress- ing cases and the trinkets were all pure sllpedlultic, ana that the only things furnished by the jewellers which were really indispensable to a youth starting in life were mourning paper, envelopes, a steel dye, and other trin'ja to the value of 6L. 13a and the jewellers brought the action for the balance. Thay got 103L 14a more; the only item struck out of their bill being a fourteen- guinea locket, which the jury thought the young man might have done without. DR. LiviNQSTONE.—The Natat Jfercicry of the llth of January copies the following from the Ti-a)tsvaal Irgits, received in December:—"Mr Marthinus Swarts, the elephant hunter, who has just returned from one of his annual shooting excursions in the interior near the Zambesi, informs us that in June of last year be Spoke to some natives who had accompanied the great traveller, whom they calI'Minarip," signifying 'good'—the name by which Dr. Livingstone is known to the natives. These men Mr S warts met three days' journey north of the Victoria Falls, who informed him that in the be- ginning of April last Minarie" (the doctor) stated to them that he was now going away, and dismissed them, giving them various presents, and al=o sending presents by them to Retanga. This took place at a certain spot twenty days' journey on foot from where Mr Swarts met them, and close to some. very large river which runs in an easterly direction. Retanga is chief of the Barootsi, and Cepopo is his chief captain. This very large river has its sources at some distance from the Debeba, and is described by the natives as considerably larger than the Zambesi. Mr Swarts farther says that the coast cannot be far distant, as the natives had sea. shells in their possession, which they stated they had got from the big water, meaning the sea. Mr Swarts also says it wouli be impossible for the doctor to transmit any [ letters, as noj native could be induced to carry them be- yond his own tribe, for venturing beyond which certain death to the messenger woull be the consequence. So far as we know this very large river Is not laid down on any map, and being hitherto unknown, it ia very probable that the doctor, after dismissing these native servants, had proceeded to explore it, intending to reach the coast at a point where the river discharges itaelf into the

DISCOVERY OF MR SPEKE. The following communication was sent to the- London papers at noon on Monday from Scotland- yard:—"Sir Richard Mayne presents his compliments to the editor, and requests he will make it publicly known that information was received this morning of the Rev. Mr Speke's safety. Mr Charles T. Murdoch on receiving this intelligence communicated It im- mediately to Sir Richard Mayne, in order that the public mind might be relieved as early as possible from the painful state of suspense that the case has produced. —Whitehall-place, Feb. 24tb, 1868."—It seems that on Wednesday week Sergeant Soady, of Padstow, Cornwall, received a photograph and description of a. man named Ayre.who had absconded from Hull with a large sum of money. On the following Friday he saw a man at Padstow dressed as a bullock drover, who, he believed, answered the description of Ayre. He conversed with him at his lodgings and left. Soady then t;ent for Inspector Opie, of Wadebridge, who went to Padstow, and, with the sergeant, on Saturday, took the person into custody, and found a large sum of money in his possession. The omcers took him before H. P. Rawling, Esq., Justice of the Peace at Padstow, who remanded him for three days. Meantime the police sent a letter to Sergeant Barnes, of Bodmin, who on receiving it went, accompanied by Mr Vincent, deputy- chief constable, to Padstow, and after minutely examining the prisoner, those omeeis were satlsned he did n3t correspond with the description of AyM. They then waited on the magistrate, who considerately remanded the prisoner to Bodmin. On the way the police officers were struck with the gentlemanly bearing and department of the prisoner, and were convinced they had no ordinary man. On arriving at their destination a more strict search was made of the prisoner and his luggage, among which were several books with the name of Dick Madwell'' written in them, besides articles o! clohin- to enable him to assume any disguise. The police, however, were not to be decclveJ, for having seen a description of the Rev. Mr Speke in the newspapers they turned their attention In that direction, and after a most careful observation and comparison they were strongly satined that their prisoner was no other man the Rev. B. Speke. They charged him with it, and after considerable hesitation he admittel he was the Rev. Mr Speke. They com- municated at once with London. I MR SPEEE S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF. The rumour that appeared last week to the effect that the friends of Mr Speke knew of his whereabouts led, it is assumed, to Mr Speke himself making a clean breast of it. In tact, there really was no foundation for the assertion, but it was suggested as a ruse, and, as It turns out, has answered most effectually. A letter addressed to Mr Murdoch, and dated from the Crown Hotel, Padstow, delivered by Monday mornlng'a post, was, however, the first information the friends of Mr Speke have had regarding their relative since his mysterious disappearance. This epistle, which is rather lengthy, is written by Mr Speke himself. It is ? narrative of his doings from his arrival in London down to Sunday, and its general tone implies that he had conceived the idea of mysteriously disappearing from the time he left his home. In it he says he has been gui!ty of many sins, but that he is now brought I to a state of contrition, and, although he trusted that his friends would forgive him, he could not possibly return to London after what bad appeared about him in the newspapers." He also says, It was impossible for him to go to the wedding," and that his sudden disappearance would bo the best excuse for his non- attendance." It will be remembered that he left the Chard Station, on the South-western Railway, on the 8th January, taking a return ticket for the metropolis, and was coming to London professedly to act as the bridegroom's best friend, at the marriage of a most intimate acquaintance. The letter ahotfs that the report as to his taking a four-wheeled cab and driving to a house in Eccleston-sqnare, where he stayed talking to the foomf1.n who had been LIs parishioner and pnpU, to his subsequently going out and saying that he was going to buy a hat, and afterwards transact a little business in Westminster," is quite true but it did not refer nor In any way account for his 1m t being found in Birdcage-walk. Ee says that he returned that same ni,,Iit down the South-western line, and went on to Southampton, from which place he has travelled short stages to Cornwall. By degrees he got rid of the money he had in his possession, and, finding himself penniless, he solicits the assistance of Mr Murdoch, to enable him to get ou to Liverpool, thence to embark for America." Mr Speke arrived in London on Tuesday, in company with his brothcr-In-la.w, Mr Murdoch. He gives the following account of his proceedings since leaving London :—On the night of his disappearance lie went to Basingstoke, and the next day walked on to Winchester, a distance of eighteen miles. Thence he proceeded to Bishopstoke, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth. He remained at Portsmouth until the 20th January, visiting during the time various places in the neighbourhood. He then proceeded by steamboat to Plymouth, where he arrived on the 30th January, making that place his head quarters till February 16th. WhUst there he visited, among others, the following places:— Egg-Buck'and, Tamerton, Roborough, Ivy- bridge, Coto-Hele, Saltish, and St. Germans. In the latter place he attended church nn Sunday, February 16th. He proceeded next day to Fowey, a little port on the south coast of Cornwall, where he remained one night, and walked on to Lostwithiel, six miles, the next day. On the 20th he walked another six miles to Bodmin, the county town. There he put up at the Queen's Head, a small second-rate inn, intimating his intention of remaining there for some time. On the following day he went on to PaJstow, a distance of 15 miles on the north coast, where he was arrested. He left his luggage, consisting of one large carpet bag, In which however it afterwards appeared were several smaller bags, at the Queen's Head. Two hundred pounds in bank notes and gold were found upon him. When brought to Bodmin he wiis a little excited, but 1 talked rationally with the chief constable. He appears, however, to hold peculiar religious views. His great object in leaving home was, it seems from his own stutemeut,, to get. to a country where nobody kne-,v any- thing about him, that he might labour for hia living and preach the gospel to his felloe-working men. He had, he states, obtained a greater insight into the spirit of the Bible by lonely study on the rocks by the sea shore, and he felt his responsibility. On being asked why he did not go abroad at once instead of wandering about England, he replied that it would have been of no use to attempt to do so, as he knew the telegraph would be at work and the detectives watching to stop him. He hoped by moving from place to place to tire out all search, and then, after a time, he should be able to get away from a seaport without molestation. He had laid out a plan for future action when arrested. He in- tended to return to Bodmin and attsnd church there on Sunday the 23rd, then to visit various points of interest on the Cornish coast, and afterwards proceed to Ilfracombe, and cross over by steamboat to Swansea. He had already ascertained the times of sailing of the steamers for Swansea, and proposed to walk through Wales to Liverpool, and there embark for America. He had read the newspapers daily, but the public excite- ment consequent on his disappearance had no effect in changing his resolution. He admitted to his brother, however, that he was now ashamed of what he had done, and cried when told of the anguish felt by his frienda as to his fate. It is stated by Mr Murdoch, Mr Speke's brother-in- law, that his extraordinary conduct has been the result of a hallucination. It appears that at the death of Captain Speke, the Rev. Mr Speke became heir to the family estates. Since that time, for no assignable cause whatever, he has indulged in an impression, which has gradually developed itself during the past two years into a kind of monomania, that his family had ceased to care for him, and upon more than one occasion previous to his disappearance he expressed himself to this effect. It Is therefore assumed by his friends that his mission to London on the 8th of January, namely, that of standing as bridegroom's best man at the marriage of an intimate friend, had the effect of matnr- Inn' the mania, so to speak, to a state of frenzy for the time being, and under this influence the nnfortunata gentleman embraced the opportunity, to use his own words, of severing himseif from his family." This, then, is the sole reason, if it can be so called, for Mr Speke's sudden and strange adventure, and one which it was his full intention to carry out by going to America but for the circumstance of his being arrested upon suspicion of being a runaway bankrupt. Upon every topic but the one referred to, the reverend gentleman is perfectly rational, and although he made little or no objection to return to London with Mr Murdoch on Tuesday, he still persists that his family are indifferent to him. Indeed, so depressed is he upon this subject, that his friends have resolved upon taking the highest medical opinion as to his condition as early as possible.

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