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A force, consisting of 2,000 infantry and 700 cavalry, has been despatched to Khorassan to rein- force the Persian frontier guard. The Dean of Lichfield announces that he will not again accept the office of Prolocutor in the Lower House of Convocation. The Board of Princes appointed to try Chuncr ;How, the late Ambassador to Russia, advise that he should remain in prison until the autumn, and then be executed. The Earl of Beaconsfield and Marquis of Salis- bury arrived on Sunday morning at Windsor by Great Western Railway, and were conveyed to the castle in one of the Queen's carriages. Robert Rutherford, chief engineer at the Glasgow Ironworks, where the boiler explosion occurred about six weeks ago by which 25 men lost their lives, has been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter The triennial conference of the Liberation Society, the holding of which has been postponed in conse- quence of the general election, is now fixed to take place on Thursday and Friday, June 10 and 11. The Jersey States Assembly has voted a sum of money for the enlargement of the public prison, in which the accommodation is so restricted that frequently three prisoners are confined in one cell. An ( xhiblticn and market of niachiucly, imple- ments, and material used or sold by printers, stationers, papermakers, &c., is announced to be held i at tho Agricultural Hall, London, early in July next. At Croydon, Henry Brigden, the driver, and Henry Caltaneo, the owner of a cow, were charged with cruelly torturing it. brigden was sent direct to prison for two months. His employer was fined j £ 5 and the costs. i

MANCHESTER AND MILFORD j I '¡ Y COMPANY Y. THE CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY. I 'urt Appeal, "n Wednesday week, before III tl',t.-J .,j I,]¡I' 1;1I, ;]wl Lon! ,1ustlCí:'S llaallay :ji i-II, nn appeal was made from a decision of j  ¡ l" '¡II ;;1' .j?,,jn.;j,.t' lIall. r,.fn"in an application by the \L't"( ,1 b'ail way« ('ompimy f"r the appointment of (';IIlII,r¡I,.I, ¡of ''ie M audit ster and ??it'rd Hailway ''i ¡".111, '?''?'' the poweis continued by Sec. 4 of J}]l,J", t I 'r tl I tl t 'r-iiiway < 'oiiipanies Act, ISC.7, on ?'?H'ound that 1 f tl"' jVirrct.-is cf the Manchester Company were not )In'l J tl"  tlie line for the WtelC"t f?f all parties, in- ,¡').'11'- I f t I !l:I:' ..?..liters. t?t woe giving prc f ercnes t" a coal "¡I- ,.„i,i|iaiiy, of wInch one of the directors was !I,lIi.. "II ",] diaielmlder, and were by other means ¡fUll tli' I '"ill: t )" interests of the Manchester C ompany :l' \ltJ t 't- t)'? aL-?L'-toentidncJ shareholders. On the 'ï -wd it ??'' alleged that the Directors were ,-tbt', I¡"l' t¡;t' ?'?? interests of aH parties, and that ;I\'IIIII;'ld '"? granted M)y ?ndne preference. Vice- tI¡t, ?!?'r H"H. bd..re whom the matter came in the ('I:I' :'I':lln', wId],' t!?'n? that certain preferences ? "U?'rt ,f"mkd by the Directors, said that, con- I 1t'r 'M .?. t)nt ?'ch preferences would not be con- j" future, and that the other charges against tilIU'I")' 't"r- h(1 110t heen e stablii"hEd, this was not a In' h b e which a ninn?er ought to be appointed. The ,111 1,:IVtherefore been dimi"sed. the Cambrian .? (Vinpany appealed.—Mr G. Hasting, Q.C., 1',¡1 11.1 ¡',  K P k 1 M \17 ?W r?.r-.n. -Nlr K. Parker, and Mr W. ?.rberaPK"™1 I"r¡". Master of the Rolls said that the Company was '.il: :'Il its business in the ordinary way under the • '-enieiit of a Board of Directors. It was in — {vent circumstances, and a receiver had been 11 ^.[j-'it, ,1 at the instance of_ debenture holders. The ill H ).t! ? by the petItIOn was one effectmg the ,tI,d' f h -traction of Section 4 of the Act, which for tr\¡i¡¡'t: 1'l'<'h>dc,1 the rolling- stock and plant of tL" n citiipanies from seixure under executions. 1 l II.. ,? mt ?:? not raised before the Vice-Chancellor I/. ¡I,j hv hllll. I he only point argued before ??\\htt))(' having regard to the conduct of hili! 1' t it was proper that thcy should remain d." ¡1.:¡' 1I1;IIII'l1t ¡)f H?- Company, When Section 4 In t 'i ?! ? with an endeavour to ascertain its .?t).i- !.?!)!ip thought that it meant this in .f? '.n it 't "n!y prevented the roUing stock and 7 fi-ti. '•••hi-' taken in execution, but It gave new    cretliti)i-?; of railway c()mpanies j v »i the fact ?hcthft the Company had 11" (l't !?"t"?'?t"?'? taken iu execution. A ),t »ii.i iiiven to all judgment creditor.-? of rail- ,1], 'j 11' It t' f I I1 v '1'1"1"" ) ) i-i4lit uas taken away for the l"! II" t ¡i'r public, nut of the Company. The two "Ie' 1 I ?r'?' were independent of each other. "I j, .t i i:n!?y t'?? ;may the old right, and it 11." !>• t*» companies who were working r"" tix. but to companies whose traffic was :.• lie i bv another eompunv, for in some eases oi companies had rolling stock of their ii: any ea/e they had plant and the furniture the second part of the section judgment against the Com- v j j i; ohtain the appointment of a receiver, and v >t a manager. There was nothing to show ■ i .p iny iiin.-t be one which was working W hat was the meaning of appointing a I"; it neetsiary a manager"? The term i \a~ well known to the old C.)urtof eive(I sums of inoiiei-, but \jj, i :ithe concern in the sense of buying and If :i receiver was appeinted of a partnership ti.e 11 a■ 1 e was slopped directly. If it was that the trade should continue, theyractice :vi:.t a receiver and manager. The same u known in the case of mine#. A receiver j:, 1111' and paid the necessary outgoings. A l,,tJ\. J i M i ieil "n the trade or business. If a rail- #noii.a! y was carrying on business it must have a l". J !i;*Vnu-ri. iltl the only question was whether the 11" h 11 I C' h h r \I:i; t.) appointed by the Court, or whether :-«mt" alii 'W" anyone else to be the manager. A r.. d,,r «oiil.l pay the proper outgoings under the if the Court. Did not that equally t, i working expenses? The money 1t the receiver was under the control lit ti.e I "lrt, and was to be applied in some viy in what way? "After due provi- <ii H kr wi rkins- expenses and proper outgoings." WliSt "one provision ? Who was to ascertain ubt it was • It seemed to his Lordship manifest were to be under the con- just as the outgoings were. He v- no other way of ascertaining the due pro- i r working expenses but by keeping the whole r.t.der the control of the Court. Otherwise, I w! ti.e receiver came to pass his accounts, how I .jMLe sh. \v that due provision had been made? Tl.e iliiei tors might have called on him to pay certain ..n.. f in. ney. How could he show that they had! for the working expenses of the r. n j auy There was no way of doing it unless the ( mt had tL" power of seeing how the money was ap- It Mimed to his Lordship that when the C'om- ;vua> i. ai'rviiig on business there must be a vli i-er app- inted. But that by no means decided y,L ■ n;i- tn he appointed manager. If the directors •Art.- aeting fairly, probably in most cases they or the • rotary would be appointed but if they were ap- ii tfdthe Court would have a control over them, .n i th- y must show that the money which they had been expended in working expenses and 's, and the expenditure would only be allowed ia ease. In this way the management of the iaipaiiv's business would not be interfered with, and ,t tlie -ame time the creditors would be protected and the r. inpany would bo prevented from laying out !iaii:ey for the future- development of the railway until they had paid their creditors. There must be an or- • rfor tlie appointment of a manager, and it would ie fcffrrcd t" the Vice-chancellor to make the ap- j, iaunent, but without prejudice to any application, y the directors for the appointment of themselves or :e of their number. The costs of the appellants, i 1. itl! in this Court and before the Vice-Chancellor, --t be added tn their debt, except the costs of the rvidence, which would lie in the discretion of the j i.-e-Charice llnr. Lord Justice Baygallay and Lord Justi^ ce Bramwell oiieurred.

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General News. "r'r"r ,r, A new system of shorthand is announced. It has received the Order of the Crown of Italy, Vit^tUe of Beethoven is about to be unveiled at Vienna. The British steamer Shildon has stopped the traffic in the Suez Canal. The centenary of Sunday Schools will be cele- brated on June 28th. oi Dr. Prensdorff, one of the greatest Hebrew scholars of this century, is dead. ^!ia™ Farr has been appointed a Companion of the Bath, Civil Division. Colonel Coope has been dismissed from his com- mand in the Turkish gendarmerie. M. Dufour, a French traveller in Africa, is engaged on a journey in Damara-land. Herr Palisa, of the Observatory at Pola, has dis- covered another small planet. The Paris Salon is to be again open this year in the evening, lighted by Jabloehoff candles. The number of paper collars annually manufac- tured in the United States is 150,000,000. The entire population of the Netherlands pro- vinces at the close of the year 1878 was 3,924,792. Colonel Kuropatkia is to assume command of the new Russian expedition against the Turkomans. Mr. Jamos Howard, one of the newlv-clccted Liberal members for Bedfordshire, has had a fall from his horse. A pension of £150 has been granted to Mr. S. C. Hall in recognition of his services to art and literature. Prince Leopold presided at the annual festival of the lioyal Masonic Institution for (x irls, held at Free- masons' Tavern. On Sunday nearly 200 sermons were preached in London on behalf of the Church of Lnglaud Tem- perance Society. The Queen and the Princess Beairico arrived at AVin(Isor Castle on Saturday evening oil their return from the Continent. i The famous orange tree at Casscl, which was rid- dled with bullets by the Cossacks on September oi), 1^13, has at last died. The Adiiiii-tilt3- hLN-u, tfter "dt:deù the ? ?ordoufelt four-barrel-gun for naval useini-tp?Uing the at.acb; of torpedo boats. The teh-phone is making its way rnpidiv in the 1, l' IlltCh States, and comparatively small cities have from fifty to one hundred instruments in use- At Limerick a movement lias bet n set on foot for summoning a National Representative Conference similar to that held in 1873. A Cabul correspondent states that a force has marched to effect a junction with (reneral Stewart. It consists of 4,000 men and ten guns. | Mr. Edward Joicey, of Whinney House, Gateshead, has bcijmathed £ 2000 to the Natural History Ntjciety of Xeweastle-upon-Tyne. The fifth centenary of the death of tit. Ca.therine f of Siena is to be celebrated by the I)oiiiiiiiciiii I Irtier on the 30th inst. The Composer Yerdi has received, on his return from Paris to Italy, the Order of the Crown of Italy. Two aged descendants of Goldoni, the famous Italian comedy-writer, are now through poverty, in a hospital at Venice, the birthplace of their an- cestor. A great demonstration in Hyde Park is being or- ganised, with the object of demanding tl-at Mr. Gladstone shall take his legitimate position at the head of the new Parliament. A terrible storm swept over Waterford coast on Saturday night. The harbour was full of vessels that had ran in for shelter. Many of them had portions of their rigging and bulwarks considerably damaged. Four shots were on Friday fired, through the win- dow of a house at Newbrook, near Balla, in the occupation of Pat Touhy, employed as bailiff by! Lord Clanmorris. The Irish Government offers a reward of £100 for, the conviction of any person concerned in the attack i on the mail car between Goold's Cross and Cashel on the night of the 10th inst. It is stated that the Bagot will case has been compromised. The very Rev. J. C. Ryle, Dean of Salisbury, has been appointed Bishop of the new See of Liverpool. No less than seventy election petitions are expected to be presented in connection with the general election. It is stated that no fewer than twenty-three Man- Chester men have been returned to the new Parlia- ment. Her Majesty has raised Lord Lytton to the dignity of an Earl of the United Kingdom, by the title of the Earl of Lytton. The German Parliament on Friday concluded the third reading of the Army Bill, which was subse- quently adopted. Under the Treaty of Commerce with England, approved by the Senate, Englishmen again possess the right to acquire land in Roumania. M. Onou, the Russian Charge ?'?j?t?, has pre- sented a note to the Porte demanding that due punishment be immediately meted out to Moham- med Veli, the assassin of Colonel Commeraoff, and declaring that unless justice be done the Porte will incur grave responsibility. Reports have reached Vienna from Teheran to the effect that Abdurrahman, with an army, has reached isidgrad, on the Pandjur, only sixty Eng- lish miles from Cabul. The Khan of Merv has caused several chieftains to be arrested, because they advised the cessation of hostilities, and yielding to Russia. The Swiss journal Genevois understands that, in consequence of some communications on the subject of the Nihilist propaganda in Switzerland, published in H. de Rochefort's paper, La Lantrnie, the Russian refugee, M. Krapotkine, has been expelled from the canton of Genera. He has fixed his abode for the present at Montreux. It is stated that a movement is on foot to forward a requisition from the electors of Louth county to the Right Hon. James Lowther, who was recently defeated at York, to come forward for the seat va- cated by Mr. A. M. Sullivan, M.P., who refuses to sit witk Mr. Callan, and who was, with the latter gentleman, returned for that constituency. Friday evening's North German Gazette, in an ar- ticle upon the English elections, remarks:—" It i highly improbable that a Liberal Cabinet should pursue different aims in foreign policy to those of its predecessor. England will always desire to keep up in Europe her contract with France, and protect in Asia and the East her vast interests." The Central News states that Sheriff Lee, oi Perths?u e, has been appointed to the Judgeship in the Court of Session, Edinburgh, rendered vacant bv the death of Lord Neaves. It is ruinotire(i tltiti. Lord Mure will retire, and that the vacancy creatuc will be filled by the appointment of Mr. J. II. A j Macdonald, Solicitor-General. A movement is on foot to press for a home post- age of one half-penny, an ocean penny postage, i sixpenny tek-graph service, and a universal monej order sy"stem. A committee is in course of forma. tion to press the important questions on the new Parliament. Communications are invited to be addressed to the secretary, Miss E. Boal, 20, Regent- Street, S. W. The semi-official Ayence RU88C, referring to th< demand made by the Powers, that the convents r. nHy concluded between Turkey and Montencgrc Should be embodied in a protocol to be appendltd tc the ILrlin Treaty, declares that the object of thu request is merely to legalise and sanction thearrange- ment made. The meeting of the represent^atives oi the Powers for this purpose would not, therefore, ir any way have the character of a conference. The death is announced, at the age of sixty-seven, of Mr Robert Fortune, an eminent botanist and miinr-so traveller. Mr. Fortune was in 1842 ap- S.ed by the Horticultural Society of London to FcoUec?r of plants in Northern China, and between that year and 1856 he made several adven- turous ourneys in China, and obtained much valu- able information respecting the tea plant. At the Manchester Assizes, Henry Back, 27, an eolceman in the Sal ford force, was sentenced tc six weeks' imprlsonnt for bIgamy. In J i t v,o married a minim r named Edwards, m Sal- ?ford1, 1bu? t ? ?? u 's ?th- .?-???1 on the landing- stage a J v P ■_ w;lcn ;ij|I|U; to depart for Alenca. H?dm? ed ?.?ce, m ] [Awards also said that ??w? aware St the P-onur was married b?or?hey- went through the coiemom. teleO'ram lias been received from the Commis- T• 'T,f Melbourne announcing that it had been found neeessarJ y to make a considerable addition to   and that space would be found for the exhibition of agricultural implements. The  in that class have  been mae, and the dasses of British exhibitors-in every sectIOn e' cept that of art-have been satIsfied. A large ad- ?onalt? has recently been granted to the Umt,d States of America- tte Kuldja The views of Professor Martens on the uHja question arc ™ too paeiHe to find favour With the ques 1 T T" 11 ress of 81. b The New Times ironically press that; the letter was dated the 1st of Apn1, press but admits fgemi-officiai nature of the commm- t the authors' close connection with the 1 o- 1°C>ffice Je'n: undisputed. In the meantime it eignO&ce being undisputt ? Moscow Gazette that eeems, from a letter in ??r to another Chmese^ -c+;ATi is cronping up similar to Bh t ending in California and Australia. It l said that the province of Transkaibal Chinese immi-  h' > invaded every village, and not only SrseS  but beat the Jews witl their underse e J own weapons

-m r I A SHOCKING OUTRAGE.  At Plymouth on Wednesday, Corporal Bray, of the' Royal Artillt.:l' was charged with being concerned in a murderous assault on Mary Brown, a half-witted v* oman, who was found lying in a pool of blood in a field at Devonpurt. She was unconscious, with her ej es closed, her lips torn, and two of her teeth broken. It was reported that the woman remained in a d-ingerotis condition, and several days must pass before her sight is restored. Her depositions as to being attacked by three soldiers, one being an artilleryman, were put in, and evidence gi yen as to the prisoner being seen with her to leave a public house in the neighbourhood of the outrage. One of the prisoner's fingers was cut. Prisoner protested his innocence, and said he accidentally cut his finger in stooping to pick up money. He wished to be con- froRted } the woman, but was told she was totally ?blin? d. He was remanded and bail refused. I

ALARMING SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT. ALARMING SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT. On Wednesday morning, shortly before seven o clock, as an iron girder was being raised to one of the roofa of the Preston new Railway Station it was caught by a passing train. The whole of the scaf- folding of the station roof, weighing 80 tons, was torn down, and nine men were precipitated below. Some of the scaffolding fell on the passing waggons and damaged them. Of the men, seven most miraculously escaped, two others named Hardy and Norris were injured and conveyed home, and one is seriously injured about the foot. The lines were blocked by heaps of debris, and the break-down gang from the Midlands was sent for. At noon the line was clear.

CONFERENCE ON "THRIFT." A conference on Thrift" was held on Wednesday at the theatre of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, London. The Dean of York, in the absence of Colonel Harcourt, M.P., occupied the chair. The Rev. Chairman, in opening the proceedings, remarked 'that the question of Thrift was one of the branches which sprang out of the great question of Temperance. The question of counter attraction, music-halls without drink, and many other matters could be considered with a view to the im provement of the working classes. The Rev. Simon Sturges (Vicar of Wargravc) then read a paper, in which he s'ated that the Church of England Temperance Movement was very rapidly extending. Their i efforts had hitherto been to provide a remedy for intemperance, which was hindering the work of the Church but there was another question which he wished to bring before them, and that was pauperism, There were some 800,000 paupers in the United Kingdom, who cost the country about X8,000,000 per annum. The cause of that pauperism might I be found in improvidence, and in the immense waste of money on intoxicating liquors. In this country there was a public -house to F,ver, 150 of the inhabitants, axd it was the working class who supported these estab- lishments. It was therefore very much to be desired that the efforts of all those who were endeavouring to better the labouring classes should be directed towards bringing the question of thrift before them. If there was one thing more than another which crippled the resources of the working man it was sickness, and that sickness was largely due to drunkenness. Then much good might be done by promoting savings' banks in schools, workshops, and manufactories, and by getting further facilities for i the transfer of deposits to the public funds. (Hear.) He hoped the result of these conferences would be a great improvement in the position of our working men. That object could not be secured at once, but there was no doubt that the end would be arrived at. (Hear, hear.)—Mr. Stephen Bourne read a paper ad- vocating the co-operation of Government with volun- tary effort in disseminating the spirit of thrift among the people.—A discussion took place, after which the proceedings terminated.

THE IRISH DISTRESS. I The Lord Mayor of London has forwarded a lettei to the Duchess of Marlborough, cuntaining an 18th instalment from the London Mansion House Fund, for the relief of the distress in Ireland of S500. making up to the present, 132,000 contributed from that source. His lordship expresses his own regret, which he knows will be generally shared, that the course of events has made it necessary for her grace to relinquish a very active participation in the work ¡ of distribution an reliof organisation, and expresses the utmost confidence in the noblemen and gentlemen who will have the future management of the fund. I

DISTRESSING SUICIDE OF A LADY. On Wednesday, Dr. Diplock, coroner for West Middlesex, held an enquiry at the Marquis of Granfey Inn, Harrow, coneerningthe death of Mrs. Elizabeth Harvey, a widow, aged 42, whose dead body was found in a pond at Station road, Harrow, on Sun- day morning. Mr. Templer, barrister, watched the case on behalf of some relatives. Mr. Andrew Bat- ten, residing at Church end, Harrow, said that Mra. Harvey, the deceased, had been staying at his house. Her husband died some months ago, and three weeks before his death he made a will, leaving his sister the whole of his property. Deceased instituted proceedings in the Probate Court, and a verdict was given against her on Friday last. She was greatly affected at the trial, and said to him, "If they have my money they will have my body." Ellen Nun, of I 35-j, Corfield street, Bethnal Green, where deceased lodged while the trial was proceeding, said deceased left for Ha: row on Saturday. She was much de- pressed, and refused to eat anything for two days. Inspector John Tunbridge produced a paper found in deceased's pocket, and upon which the following lines, signed "E. Harvey," were written: My limbs are now at rest, From suffering, pain, and care I'll meet my friends whom God has blessed, In Hoaven, to part no more. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while men- tally deranged." "—

A WATER SUPPLY POISONED. For the past few days consternation has prevailed in Perth owing to large numbers of the inhabitants being seized with a low typhoid fever or diarrhcea. It has now transpired that the cause of the outbreak is the pollution of the water supply. Some days ago, while the pipes were being repaired, a plug came out, and for a short time the water of the Tay, unfiltcred and polluted with sewage and other filth, was allowed to flow into the town's pipes. Although the flow ■ lasted only a few minutes, it was calculated that as much as fifty thousand gallons of the public supply v.-i-< impregnated with deleterious matter. Upwards of 400 of the inhabitants have been seized with ill- ness, more or less seriously, and each of the medical men in the town has now forty or fifty patients to attend. Samples of the water have been secured for analysis, and a searching investigation has been ordered by the Water Commissioners, which has had the effect of somewhat allaying the public alarm and excitement. ===================

SUPPRESSING A NEWSPAPER. The fine old State of Virginia has (the New? York Herald says) a very summary method of suppressing a newspaper which does not suit it. In Alexandria there was recently published a weekly journal—a roadjaster's organ—which was a little too outspoken to please some of the citizens of that place. The g-cntlemen who did the printing were notified that if they continued to set it up a certain amount of patronage would be withdrawn from them. Not wishing to be made martyrs of in this way they gave up their contract, and the editor was compelled to print his journal in Washington, six or seven miles distant. As his agents were returning a few days ago with the bundles of the printed paper they were met on the steamer by some high-spirited Alex- andrians, who at once proceeded to throw the whole edition into the Potomac.Tllis was doing the thing in the fine old Virginia style; but times have changed, and even an F. F. V. is made to understand that a printer has some rights which he is bound to respect. To the infinite disgust of the F. F. V 's in question, they are accused of "piracy" and several other crimes, upon one or other of which they will probably be surrendered to the Washington authorities.

The Chilians have had another encounter with the Peruvians at Cuesta de la Angelos, the latter being defeated. Mr. J. H. A. Macdonald, the Solicitor-General for Scotland, has been appointed to the Sheriffship of Perthshire. Two fishing-boats were lost on Wednesday morn- ing off the Kincardineshire coast in a storm. Nine men were drowned. Nearly all of them leave widow" and fan-lilies The bulletin issued at eleven o'clock on Friday states that Prince Gortschakoff complained of hea- viness in the head and continued weakness. The Imperial Chancellor passed a restless night, with intervals of delirium. At Leicester Assizes J. Maddocks was tried on a charge of attempting to shoot Mr. Stevens, a County Court bailiff, on the latter attempting to levy an execution on his goods. He was found guilty of an assault, and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. Disquieting accounts come from Eastern Roumelia, where several sanguinary encounters have taken place between the Bulgarians ana Greeks. The local authorities are reported always to have siued with the Bulgarians, and the Greeks, consequently, have been beaten. Trooper Brown of the Cape Mounted Rifles, is to receive the Victoria Cross from the Queen for bravery at Moirosi's Mountain on April 8th last year. Brown carried water under heavy fire to two wounded men, and was severely wounded during his act of bravery. At the Manchester Assizes Margaret Casey, 37, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having attempted to drown her infant child, in the River Irwell, on Easter-Monday. Her husband stated that she was a gpod wife and an affeotionata I mother, but that she was given to drink

THE MURDER IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. At the Northampton Assizes Mr. Justice Lindley tr ed William Dumblcton, a labourer, for the wilful murder of John Edmonds, at Ludgershall, Bucks, on Feb. 3.—Mr. Utillock and Mr. Tindall prosecuted.- At the request of the Judge Mr. Kennedy defended the prioncr.-Thc deceased man Edmonds was a resident of Ludgershall.—He was a man of diminu- tive stature, and aged from 30 to 35. He followed the occupation of a travelling watchmaker, and on the afternoon of the 3rd of February visited the Seven Stars public-house, Piddington, near Ludger- shall, where the prisoner lived. He had been ex- hibiting and talking about some watches which he 1 had with him. Up to within a short time of his leaving—ten o'clock—there were five other men in the heuse, one of them being the prisoner. The deceased and two of them went along the road to the school, where they separated, the two going home, Edmonds taking the road to Ludgershall. The two other men left the prisoner standing alone at the public-house door. Next morning a travelling draper found Edmonds lying partly in a ditch, with his throat dreadfully cut. On Inspector Webb ffoingf to see the prisoner he found a quantity of blood on his coat and trousers. In a field near the scene of the murder a knife known to have been the property of the prisoner was found covered with blood, and in the thatched roof of a hovel near his house one of the watches was found which Edmonds was shown to have been in possession of at the time of his mur- der. In his cell prisoner told the officer in charge that another man, who did not tell him his name, jumped over a wall and asked him to go and see what the deceased had got; and that he borrowed his (prisoner's) knife, knocked the man down, and cut his throat; and that he (prisoner) helped to drag him into the ditch, both undertaking not to split on the other if either were found out.—The jury found the prisonei guilty, but recommended him to merey on account of the way in which he had been brought UP- Tlie learned judge said the recommendation should be forwarded to the proper quarter, and briefly sentenced the prisoner to death.

SHOCKING DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA. An inquest was held, on Tuesday, on tho body of Simeon Pollitt, a weaver, 71 years of age, lately living in Boston :Square, Failswortli. From the evidence it appeared that about the middle of Janu- ary last, a black retriovei dog belonging to Mr. Joseph Kershaw, manufacturing chemist', Moston House, Moston, became ill, and the deceased was called to see it. He prepared some pills, and he u as about to put one down the dog's thioat when Mr. Kershaw's gardener asked him if he had nothing to administer the pill with. The deceased repn. d, Oh, no I always put it in with my hands." The gardener kept the dog's jaws open whilst the de- ceased pushed the bolus" in with his hand, and in withdrawing his hand the dog's teeth scratched it, causing it to bleed Deceased bathed the wound with warm water, and said he thought no more of being bitten by a dog than by a Ik t. I)ee-eased continued to go about his work as usual and to drink much beer until the 14th inst., when he was attacked with hydrophobia His condition remained un- changed until Saturday mornhig.whenhe became much worse, and died tlie same night.—The coroner remarked that this was the second ease of hnlro- phobia caused by the incautious administration of medicine to dogs which bad recently come under his notice, and it o showed the necessity of exercising great caution in dealing with dogs.—A verdict of Death from hydrophobia." was returned.

A CANADIAN MYSTERY. News comes from Balstrode, a village near Artha- baskaville, which is on the line of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, that a dreadful murder has been unearthed. It appears that Odelite Desilets, a comely young woman about 22 years old, left her father's house on Tuesday fortnight to go to that of a neighbour named Lachance. She took knitting needles and wool with her, intending to add use- fulness to a quiet gossip. Nothing more was heard of her at home that day, and a me: aenger being de- spatched on the following day to the house of Laehance, he learned the startling news that no one there had heard of her at all. A search was at once instituted, but it was without avail for a long time. At length the searchers found foot-prints leading to a well, and near by traces of a desperate struggle. Further on they came to the well, and to their horror discovered the body, head downwards, in it. Upon being brought to the surface, it was discovered, that she had been outraged and bruised in a horrible manner. Her face was gashed with knife wounds, and from several gashes in her throat and head blood was oozing. Her hands were cut with a knife, and these wounds, with her torn clothes, showed how deadly must have been her struggles for honour and life. The body wss taken possession of by the au- thorities, yet up to the latest hour no news has been heard as to the assassin. Suspicion points to a ped- lar, who had been seen in the neighbourhood with a torn coat and blood-marks upon his face, but no arrests have been made, and mysiei'v reigns supreme adout the draadful deed, as justice moves with slug- gish feet in the Canadian villages. It will likely remain a mystery.

JEWS AND THE LORD CHANCELLORSHIP. The question whether a Jew can hold the office of Lord Chancellor may, some of these days, become a practical one, and it is worth while to enquire into the nature of the supposed obstacles. So far as wo know, there is no enactment in the statute-Look j which, expressly and in terms, disqualifies a Jew from holding this office. The oath formerly taken by the Chancellor, "on the true faith of a Christian," was, of course, an effectual bar, but these words were omitted from the form of oath prescribed by the "Office and Oath Act, 1867," and there is now nothing in the nature of the Chancellor's oath to ex- clude a Jew from the office. Lord Coleridge, when Attorney-General, referring to this question, went f so lar as to say that "a Jew could hold any office either in England or Ireland." But we appre- hend. that in saying this the learned speaker over- looked the fact that a disqualiiication may exist at common law without the existence of any disabling statute and this, we submit, is the case with Jews as regards the office of Chancellor. It is clear that the Legislature thought that this was so when the Act enabling Jews to sit in Parliament was passed for by that statute (21 and 22 Vict., cap. 49, s. 3) it was expressly provided that "nothing herein con- tained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to enable any person professing the Jewish religion to hold the olliceof (iiiie)- tili(t) Lord Chancellor." An enabling statute, we apprehend, would lie neces- sary to enable a Jew to become Lord Chancellor of England, and for such a statute a precedent might be found in the Act of 1867, already referred to, by Section 1 of which all the Queen's subjects, without reference to their religious belief, were made eligible to hold the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland by Section 2 provision w s made for the ecclesiastical patronage in cases where the Chancellor was not a member of the Established Church; and by Section 3 the exercise of certain other functions of an ecclesiastical character was provided for.

r.r- J THE PREVENTION OF CRIME. Thomas Nash, 33, with no occupation, and no fixed abode, was charged at the Worship street Police Court, London, for that he being a person under police supervision did fail to report himself in ac- cordance with the Prevention of Crimes Act. The prisoner was also charged with assaulting a detective serjeant and a police constable at the time of his apphrehension. The statement of Inspector Mildey, K division,and the evidence of a superannuated police serjeant, showed that the prisoner was convicted of a highway robbery, and after a term of imprisonment was ordered to be three years under police super- vision. That term of supervision expired on the 8th of April, but during the whole time it was running prisoner never once reported himself, nor gave his address as required by the Act. The Inspector said prisoner had declared at the time of his release that he never would obey the law in that respect, and that on a previous sentence of supervision he had "set the police at defiance." Under the Act supervisees have to be served with a printed notice to obey the rules laid down, aud no steps can be taken to bring them within the punishment sections for breach until such has been done. In this case it was Hot until the prisoner was found in custody for a trilling offence that he could be served. After his release he never obeyed the notice. He had, furthermore, been sentenced to six months' imprisonment during the past year.—The prisoner said that the police hunted him down, and that was why he never went near them.-Mr. Hannay said it was clear that the prisoner was liable for breaches of the Act, although hi term of supervision had expired.—The prisoner having elected to be dealt with in this court, was then sentenced to two months' hard labour.

A MILKY SEA. I The phenomenon of a milky sea has been known to occur in certain parts, but has not been very thoroughly scrutinised. Some have considered the luminous appearance in question an electrical effect in thunderstorms others have attributed it to cada- veric decomposition of marine animals and plants others to abundant spawn, with fishes moving about in it. But the truth appears to be that it resulls ] from an immense accumulation of animalcula; capable of becoming phosphorescent, spontaneously or by friction. Some interesting information on the sub- ject (of an exact character) has been lately published by Lieutenant Pornain, of the French ironclad L' Armide, which in February last met with a milky sea in the passage from Point do Galle to Aden. The nights of February 9, 10, 12, and 13 were idiaracterised by the phenomenon in all its splendour, the ship during this time traversing 660 miles (1,100 kilometres) in a mean latitude of 12 deg. north, between the meridians of 61 deg. and 51 deg. east longitude. There was no thunderstorm, the sky was ? lear, the moon new, the barometer, thermometer, iml hygrometer, were regular, and a gentle north- east monsoon was blowing. The temperature of the surface of the water was constant at 25 degrees. The sea was like a snow-covered field in a clear night; and all trace of undulations was lost sight of. The milky look was hardly disturbed by the motion of the ship and working of the screw (which shows that the layer had considerable thickness). By day all disappeared but the hue of the sea was somewhat altered. Looked at attentively over the ship's side at night, the water was seen to contain an enormous number of luminous particles pressed close together, and more brilliant close tit the side (where disturbed). Some 400 of these cor- puscles (1 to 2 centimetres long) could be counted in a bucket holding 10 litres of the water. Drawn out, these were seen to be of gelatinous substance, which quickly dried and disappeared, leaving a dark glo- bule 1 millimetre in diameter, which, in the micro- scope, presented a transparent ovoid animalcule, filled with eggs, and moving its fins and tentacles incessantly. A drop of water added to the dark globule brought back its luminosity and when the creature was bruised in the hand, it gave a bright mark, which was quickly extinguished, and which had no smell. The milky water, kept till day and looked at in the dark, shows no luminosity, even though agitated nor does the water procured by day and brought into darkness. It remains to be determined what causes the luminosity of those ani- malcule, and information is also desirable as to the position of the various milky seas on the globe, the times of their appearance, whether they persist in the same place or not, &c Several of the officers on board L'Armide had witnessed the phenomenon be fore, but never so brilliant or so continuous. The Armide, in going out, had passed 30 leagues further north in February, 1878, without encountering any- thing of the kind.

EXTRAORDINARY :ii -IKGE OF ASSAULT. At the Clerkenwell Police Court, London, John Jackson, aged 38, a licensed appraiser, of 71, Shaftes- bury Street, New North Road, was charged with violently assaulting Wm Tavender, a turner, risid- irtg at 25, Paradise Street, Islington. The prosecu- tor appeared with his head enveloped in surgical bandages. His evidence and that of two witnesses, was that the prisoner and another man (who was not charged) forcibly entered the house by kicking in thefront window, which is -a few feet from the ground. The prosecutor was not quite sober. The nrb. thing the prisoner did was to lift up a shawl saying, 1 • I mean to have this." The prosecutor replied, If you don't put that shawl down, I'll give you in charge." The prisoner immediately took up a stout piece of iron, which was used in the house as a poker, and struck the prosecutor a violent blow with it, cutting his head open, and causing blood ;;0 ilow. The second witness, Mrs. Matilda Smith, who was passing,the house, and saw the prisoner and his comrade enter, said she witnessed the assault and fetched two constables, who came and took the prisoner in charge.—The prosecutor's son, aged 14, gave corroborative evidence. Shortly after the pro- secutor was struck he became insensible, and was attended to by a surgeon.—Mr. Hosack remanded the pnsoner in the 27th inst., refusing to accept bail.

CRUELTY TO A HORSE. At the Hales 0-tn Wtty Sessions Noah lirayne, residing at Oil Hd, was charged with maliciously wounding a horse belonging to the New British Iron Company. Mr. G. S. Gem (B rmingham) prose- cuted on behalf of the South Staffordshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani/nala.—Mr. Hayes appeared for the defence.—On the 18th of March prisoner was employed as a horse-driver at the company's pit. the New lIawne Colliery. Crad- ley. The animal took a wrong turn, which enraged the defendant, and he then took up an axe, and said "I'll give him something this time." He then fol- lowed the horse and struck it a violent blow on tie side, inflicting a wound seven inches in length and two inches in depth.—Joseph Hinton witnessed the oeaurrencu and said the wound could not have been caused accidentally. —Defendant struck the here- with the flat part of the axe head, and the horso might havy caused the wound by wincing at the blow.—Mr. Blakeway, veterinary surgeon, Stour- bridge, was also called for the prosecution.—M r. Gem said it was a most barbarous affair for de- fendant to strike the horse with an axe.—He was then iined -10s. aud costs. The fees of the solicitor and veterinary surgeon were also allowed, being one guinea each, making a total of £ t 12s. In default, ene month's hard labour.

THE NEW IRISH UNIVERSITY. The Queen has signed the charter of the new Royal Irish Universi.y. The names of the Chan- cellor and Senate arc as follows:—The Duke of Abcrcorn, K.B., Chancellor; Dr. R. Chenevix Trench, Archbishop of Dublin; Archbishop Ed war M'Cabe, D.D., the Right Hon. John Thomas Ball (Lord Chancellor of Ireland), the Earl of Grauard, K.P., the Earl of Rosse, Lord Plunkett, Bishop Woodlock, Lord O'Hagan, Lord Emlv, Lord Chief Justice Morris, Mr. Justice Barry, Sir 'Robert Kane Very Rev. H. F. Neville, D.D., Very Rev. James B. Kavanagh, D.D., Rev. J. L Porter, D.D., \V K. Sullivan, Ph.D., and Thomas William Moffett, LL.D., presidents of the Queen's College, Belfast, Cork, and Gal way; Rev. Robinson Scott, D.D., Rev. Gerard Molloy, D.D. George J. Allman LL.D., John T. Banks, M.D. (Physician in Ordinary to the Queen in Ireland), F. R. Cruise, Thomas Hayden, F.R Q.C.P., R. D. Lyons; F.K.Q.C.P., A. Macalister, M.D., W. A. M'Keov. nj M.D., Peter Redfern, M.D., Rev. W. S. Stcven;ooT\, Mr. Edmund Dease, Mr. Arthur Kavanagh, Air Cristopher T. Redington, Mr. Robert Scott, Mr Edward D. J. Wilson, and Mr. John Young.

Tne large armour-plated ship Agamemnon, which was launched from Chatham Dockyard a few months ago, is now approaching completion. In Vienna it is stated that Lord Granville and Mr. Gladstone are favourable to a confederation of the Balkan Peninsula without admitting Austria. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to con bli- the distinction of Knight Grand Cross of theM .it Honourable Order of the Bath on the Right Hon. Richard Assheton Cross, M.P. It is understood that the Rev. G. E. Riddell, of Scarborough, has been selected by the Pope as the new Roman Catholic Bishop of Northampton. Lord Sydney will probably succeed the Earl of Mount-Edgc-uinbe as Lord Chamberlain of Her Maj esty's Household under the new Parliament. The new statue to the late Lord Chief Justice Whiteside has been unveiled in the hall of the Four Courts, Dublin. The likeness is pronounced excel- lent. Signor Cavallotti, the dramatic author, who went to Trieste for the representation of his drama "Sposa Menecle, was immediately expelled by the Austrian authorities. Mr. A. M. Sullivan, M.P. for Louth county, has applied for the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hun- dreds, decling to take his seat in the House of Com- mons with Mr. Callan. An address, bearing 1,000 signatures, has been for- warded from Belgrade to Mr. Gladstone congratu- lating him upon the triumph of the Liberal party in England. On the recommendation of Count Loris Melikoff, the Emperor of Russia has granted a full pardon to the three students of Charkoff, sentenced to exile for revolutionary agitation,

I rl-i 'V"- London Gossip. Saturday was the first great night at the opera- our one and only opera—at Covent Garden. Madle. Alhani was the star. Needless to say then, that the house was crowded. Aibani herself was in perfect voice; and people marvelled, as they are wont to marvel, when she sings, at the perfection of her method. Her acting grows more intense and pow- erful with each appearance, at.d she now ranks UMiong the first three living singers. Her part was in Lucia, an opera not so popular as it might be, because it contains no "pretty pieces" for the draw- ing room, but all the greater as an opera from that very fact.  The Queen returned to England on Saturday from I tho Contment. The royal party, after a fine passage horn Flushing, arrived at Queenborough shortlv after three. A special train was in attendance, and her Majesty soon after left for Windsor. Consider- j able disappointment was felt in consequence of the observance of the exaggerated privacy which marked the Queen?a journey from home. The Queenborough Corporation had intended to present a loyal a Mreas, but the borough magnates had to content themselves I with forming part of the assemblage which gathered j in the precincts of the pier. Her Majesty was re-i ceived at Windsor Castle by Prince Leopold. It may be interesting to public politicians who have recently made an intimate acquaintance with the fact that eggs. do not keep, to know that one London firm alone imports more than a million eggs per week. So large is the business, that the estab- I lishment is carried on after the fashion of the busi- ness of the State. Their is a foreign office, which deals with Austria, Germany and Spain, an Irish i office, which deals with Ireland; and a home de- partrnent. Nearly every egg, before it is sold to retailers, is passed in a daikened room before a gas jet by experts, who divide the evil from the good. The proprietor of this great egg warehouse amuses himself with keeping a society journal. Mr. S. C. Hull had a gift the other day from the Queen s privy purse, lie has now a pension con- ferred upon him out of the civil list. So long, therefore, as he retains the editorship of the Art Journal—worth, it is said, £ G00 a year—and the.tlloO from the state, he will not have to fear penury. 'lie Queen has personally interested herself in his case, being moved thereto by the friendly mention made by Mr. Theodore Martin but this is not her first revelation of kindly feeling towards him. She con- ceived long ago a liking for Mrs. S. C. Hall's works, and sent to that lady her own portrait and an auto- graph letter, which have since occupied the place of honour in Mr. Hall's rooms. Mr. Borthwick is said to be on the Premier's list ftf honours. The Empress Eugenie, before she left for the Cape, gave him two very handsome Sevres vases. She sends them to him with a letter, in which she asks him to keep them as a souvenir of the Em- peror aRd of the Prince Imperial; she hopes that they will be a testimony of the esteem and symj.thy which her husband and her son had for Mr. Borth- wick, as well as a sign of the attachment that Mr. Borthwick had to them. Finally, she hopes that her own name may be added to the souvenirs. Mr. Borthwick clearly deserves this acknowledgment of his efforts. No man could be more loyal to a house in adversity than he to the family of Napo- leon III. I hear that the movement for removing Roman law from the list of subj ects n which students at the Inns of Court have to pass an examinatior is likely to die altogether, or if not, to go to sleep for a time. In that case considerable interest will, among stu- dents, attach to the appearance within a few days of a text-book, in a handy form, from the pen of Professor Hunter, who is at present examiner in the subject for the Inns of Court, and who has already produced a large work on Roman law from the codification point of view. The work is likely to tje interesting to the general public also, as Pro- fessor Hunter by no means confines himself to explaining the technicalities of Justinian, but treats them historically. Her Eoyal Highness the Princess Roval oi Eng- land and Imperial Princess of Germany his been enrolled a member of the Institute of Painters in A ater Colours; and among the works to be exhi- bited in the forthcoming summer show, which opens to the public next Monday, will be found the illus- trious lady's "Roma," as her principal drawing, made in the course of a recent visit to the City of the Seven Hills, has been named in the catalogue. The Prinuesses of the English Royal Family have all inherited a love of art; and from time to time thay manifest a cultivated knowledge of drawing, paint- ing, modelling, engraving, and decorative design, bv their contributions to public galleries but it is only of late that they have broken through the trammels of custom so far as to join artistic bodies, with tho implied promise of becoming regular exhibitors. The accession of the Princess Royal to the Institute foliows gracefully the election of her sister, Princess Louise, to the lanks of the older Society of Water Colour Painters. Dr. Kenealy is dead. The circumstances of hi" end are peculiarly sad. Shortly before hi:- deoarture from London, prior to his defeat at Stoke, he com- plained one night of a violent pain in the heel of one of his feet. A surgeon was sent for, the heel was cauterised, and a "running wound was the result. AY hen the doctor had nearly bled to death, "c was proposed to arrest the hemorrhage-.by amputation. The foot was not, however, removed, as the patient was obviously too weak to sustain the operation. As a matter of fact, mortification set in in the evening, and the doctor died the following morning at half- past eleven. There is little doubt that his humili- ating candidature in Stoke aggravated his wound, which, I learn, gave him excruciating torture during his canvass. It is curious that two devoted ad- herents of the cause of the Tichborne Claimant should have died almost within a week of one ano- ther. Lord Rivers expired a few days ago: and now it is the man who jeopardised his position, lost his place at the bar, and suffered moral ostracism through excesses of his singular hallucination. Great joy is felt at the elevation of Mr. Tilley into the Most Honourable Order of Knight Coin- mander of the Bath. He has served his country long, and he served it well. It is not c. L-ry man who can speak of a service of more than fifty years. Mr. Tilley helped to organise the penny post; he did a great deal to make the distribution of letters one of the most wonderful of modern things; hi' has loyally served under many postmasters- gencf)!. But it is useless to say that he has worked so effectually to tllu last as he worked in his earlier years. For some time the Post Office has been choking with red tape, and he was not the official to relieve it. Mr. Stephenson Arthur Black- wood, his successor, also made a C.B., is perhaps better known outside the Post Office than he is in connection with it. He is one of the best known of revi valist preachers. He and Lord Radstock and Mr Baxter, the solicitor, take it in turns to rouse the people to acceptance of the Gospel by services in music halls, in theatres, and in barns. By the whole Low Church party, Mr. Blackwood's elevation will be hailed with pleasure. 'Ii 'if The peaceful and indolent Maltese were consider- ably astonished a few evenings ago by H.M.S. Minotaur and Agincourt. Suddenly, and just at the preeiso time that Malta thought of going calmly and peacefully to bed, a brilliant light was seen to burst forth suddenly, shooting out a prolonged ray across the water and on to the Rock, which it lighted up in a most vivid manner. This was soon followed by a second similar light at some little distance from tho first, but more erratic in its movements. As fire- works were out of season, and phosphorescence on the waves of such a character as this unusual, the Maltese devoutly crossed themselves, prayed to be deli vered from Satanas, and went to their dreams with troubled fears. But for all that, the startling display was only the crews of the two ships we name hard at work with the electric-light drill. So thorough was the work of our tars that we learn there was not a hole or cranny on the western face of the Rock from the water to the signal station that was not searched out and illuminated as if by mag-ic; nor was there a vessel or a boat in the bay that did not undergo the same minute examination. A light like this turned on to some of the recent elections might disquiet a few members who do not feel, as it is, so extraordinarily secure about their new seats.

The Prince and Princess of Wales and suite hon- oured the Globe Theatre with their presence on Monday evening. In the case of the two men, named Driver and Caley, prosecuted for bribery at the Ipswich borough election. Driver has been committed for trial. Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., has given a scholarship worth zC30 a year for competition among the scholars of Queen Elizabeth's School., Mansfield. I The Massachusetts Republican Convention have adopted resolutions favouring the candidacy of Sen- ator Edmunds for the Presidency, but have elected unpledged delegates to the Chicago Convention. ¡ The Greek Chamber of Deputies has decided by I' 116 votes against 21, to compensate the revenue lor the loss occasioned by the abolition of tithes on the produce of land by an increase in the tax on ¡ cattle. The Leeds Mercury hears that the Post Office authorites have sanctioned a large outlay of money for the purpose of improving the telegraph com- munication between London and the north oi England and Scotland. The Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities election on Saturday tcmun?'?l i:t t? return of Mr. Camp- 1.,11. Conservative, ")v a on the ag- gregate poll. The representation is therefore un- chan ged. Whilst Mis. Wilkinson, au elderly lady residing IE Alma road, St. A.ban's, was. crossing a level rail- way crossing at that plaet-, tho up express from the north, oaughi her, earrie,), her along the metals, and passed over her body. It is statel in lk-viin that steps will be taken to create a me)nop.y of tobacco, by which it is cakn- lated 7.7,000,000 of marks will be gained by the Treasury without augmenting the, price to the con- siliiiier.

j Fun for the Family. I A CHASM that often separates friends—Sarcasm. A max with a wheelbarrow carries all before him, "You ar-my chap," as the girl said to her soldier boy. Ud 1'rJ:1rd of a leaky ship everybody is "admitted to bail. OLI) Ocean indulges in storms merely for wrock- creation. People will pick their teeth, and yet they do not all get good ones. No wonder the wheels of vehicles break down. Tiicy are always tired. SOME doctors are very disagreeable creatures, being always out of patients. When* a man is in a brown study does he give coli ur to his thoughts ? "I LIKE your impudence," as a pretty girl said when her beau kissed her. A LOOK may lie, a smile may be perfidious, but a woman's dress never deceives. THE man who fell into a barrel of whisky said ho was depressed in spirits." I JIKICE is in the heart of woman such a deep well of love that no age can freeze it. ANY girl has a right to look at a milliner's window ami Nyi.,h she had a rich husband. Tin; wind always finds something- to blow about, even if it only blows about one's ears. A I-RETTY wife's big account from tho fashionable milliner is, after all, only a bill of fair. IT is one of the curious ways of the world that a I mall hair-dresser often dyes an old maid. ONLY a small per centago of men have their glass, but every mother's daughter dotes on hers. IT is when the school-girl first puts an "e" to the world "lov" that the spell b egins to work. I HE Postmaster-General should suppress matri- mony by ail means, for matrimony is a lottery. NOTHING makes a woman more angry than to nave her trail taken for an accommodation train. THE gourmand expects g-ood digestion to await on his appetite after all the other waiters are tired out. A )IA'S great ambition is to be credited with some great feat; a woman's, to be credited with small feet. ) A MAX may be very well behaved before marriage, bnt after the knot is tied he is inevitably r- riado fast. Men- advertise for lost watches, lost pocket- books, and lost jewellery, but never for lost p- in- ciples. TEACHER What is the meaning of a sine- cure "—Pupil: "A doctor's aign, sir, is a sign o' cure. The strongest man feels the influence of woman's gentle thought, as the mightiest oak quiver* in the soft breeze. Ir's easier to tie a knot in a bull's horn than to make your wife believe that every other night is a lodge night. A little iioy recently said, Christianstre people who will not be punished for their crimes if they go to church." When two women with new hats on pass each other in the street there is a pair of back stares built immediately. AN advocate of cremation urged as one great point in its favour that "it would save a dead person from being buried alive." "AFTER all," said the baker, as he walked home from an astronomical lecture, after all, the world is only a big turnover." A FitENCH writer describes a young lady as a creature that ceases to kiss a gentleman at twelve and begins again at eighteen. Wanted, a barber who will admit that he erei cut a man while shaving him, and a bachelor who is not looking for a rich widow. JONES, being told he looked seedy, and asked what business he was in, replied, The hard-ware busi- ness—look at my wardrebe! A PHILOSOPHER says:—" You require in marriage precisely the same quality that you would in eating sausage—absolute confidence." The young lady who was blamed for allowing her glove to be discovered in a young man's pocket, stated that she had no hand in it. A young LADY was asked how she could possibly afford, in hard times, to take music lessoRs. Oh, I confine myself to the low notes." IF a man whistles in the street as if be were call- ing a dog, from three to seven men will stop suddenly and look about. Is Darwin right? THE hardest thing in the world for a young woman to do is to look unconcerned the first time she cornea out in a handsome engagement-ring. Ialk about the jaws of death said a man who was living with his third scolding wife, I tell you they're nothing to, the jaws of life." "Str., I will make you feel the arrows of my re- sentment."—" Ah, miss, why should I fear your ariows when you never had a beau r" THE interchangeable family ulster supplies a want long felt. In the possession of a young married couple it can be worn by either party. How men's tastes differ One dropped into his seat at a restaurant and murmured, Hot weather," and his neighbour said, Cold mutton." THE weight of a ton of ice depends upon how long it has been standing in the sun; the weight of a ton of coal is governed somewhat by the price. PEOPLE who lock children up in rooms where there iH ro nre, and then go away to spend the day, should is ro fii-e., to take a coffin home with them. e do not believe that Eve ever sent Adam a valentine in her life, and yet they seemed to jog along as well as the average of married couples. WHY should everyone try to make his own com- pany as agreeable and valuable as possible?— Because it is company that he can never avoid. THE young man who walked up to a California lion under the idea that the animal was a lost do" has been in bed ever since, and that was six weeks ago. THE young man who wanted to be an angel sav« he is not particular about it just at this time, as he got acquainted with the young ladies across the way. "Temper in a wife! exclaimed old Colonel r irehawk I like temper in a wife. "I like it so well that I hope my wife will never lose hers. oof f "MA^ are you going to give me another piece of What do you want to know for slowly?"*86' you ain't I want to eat this piece slowly A sentimental young man thus feelingly ex- presses himself: "Even as nature benevolently guards the rose with thorns, so does she "ndo\ woman with pins." YOU--iC. IAILAIFit: "Are you fond of beasts, Mis., Gi.nhertonr —Miss Gusherton "Oh, really, -11 r. 1 a wker, if you mean that as a declaration, YOU must speak to mamma A VERY brilliant piano player can work up « Home Sweet Home so artistically that in the bang anit confusion of the playing it cannot be distinguished from Moses in Egypt." You may entertain angels unawares," muttered t sturdy Sabbath beggar to one who refused him a drink of cider. AiKulzs don't go about drinking itler on the Sabbath," was the retort. A LITTLE iioy said he didn't want the soft pit-. 3fthe biscuit. 44Some little boys," observed his mother, "would be very thankful to get it. Then why don't you give it them ? answered the four-year old hopeful. A clothes-line is a harmless thing, when stretched from pole to pole until you start across the yard, and step into a hole. Then, as you make a forward lunge, it stops you, so to speak, and throws you down and jerks you to the middle of neck's tweak. MRS. Jones likes to hear the rain on the roof after she goes to bed, and the other morning she uncon- sciously gave utterance to a neat little proverb as the result of some natural indignation in connection with the subject. "It never rains but he snores"— these were her very words.

Mr. Shaw, M.P., Col. Colthurst, M.P., and Mr. Daly addressed a meeting of tie; Cork Farmers Club on Saturday. Mr. Shaw declared he was as much in favour of an active poli v as any man, so far as that policy was consistent v. e reason and common sense. Whenever that poi. > r-twie in contact with reason hfr would exercise a is own opinion and judgment. He expressed confidence in the good intentions of the Liberal majority towards Ireland. Lord Dakeith was entertained on Saturday night at the Music Hall, Edinburgh, Sir James Gibson Craig presiding. In responding to the toast Church and State, the Rev. Dr. Thinn said lie did not admit that anything which had oo"Urred had pledged Parliament against the union of Church and He added that he was certain when the day of battle came again they would find the heart of Midlothian sound. Between 1838 and 1848 Theodore Gudin, who died last week, painted ninety historical pieces for the Museum of Versailles, and the favour he enjoyed under Louis PllilliPPP. wis continued to him by Na- poleon III., to whom hi? became Court painter. In the Salon of 1861 he exhibited the "Arrival of Queen Victoria at Cherbourg," which had been ordered by the Emperor,