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'.1.1! N! ?M!rd News. r. .r_r.J' j?get-t oil warehouse in Hamburg was burnt The' Friday. 7 ?50 t unofoil were consumed or (iOtíll 011 ?'Mt ThomMn, a tailor, of Leeds, has been 1) ¡Oc-r1 '1 ff ,ed ? even years' I*nal servitude for  )U)? to murder Ms wife. 8!!¿I'¡oI,d\"ard Morris rsMne, CM., late her 'fht Minister at Stu khoim, handled at Neville )faJ:t) iiekcnhmn, a?ed aixty.six. fiA H,,ya! ?r.mt has been given to Mr. James ?. bc?ar boy," whose autobiography, 1J¡¡hed by M?rN. Ilodder and Stoughton, were ?? .eviewed. r? j?Iarau-Miss Helen Faueit—has been suf- ,La;for anc ?'???? ?m a severe attack of neu- v!iiL and her condition, it M stated, is beginning  ?T??d Sutr Ene steamer Vaderland, bound Philadelphia to Antwerp, has, aeuter' 8 returned to Piiiladelphia with her ''?,i ?'n', rcturHed to riiiladelphia with her rYdi?'.J.d. '1(.lUL f"/I' .t d ra'f natives of Montenegro have arrived in :'I,rer.' f" L "lei t,proiiiotiu,- colliiiercial 1- 'j ,)' '1'1..11" 11. I' with '?? country. The will visit Man- 11 "Hd Livei?uol. Ti.fr? r? "? ?"' ???cs RusscH, Bart., took ■ on 1-riday '? SwallowfieldChurch, Berkshire. (Ill 1 f d d' Ii .} rV '1 'I ?'?? "u"'?cr of deceased's polidc:d Tb -ft' t l' Co ¡¡  ?fmil?"?' friends P??nt. a;¡.d ¡¡¡II! ¡er \.ltascOuierl'cdthehonotl rof a baronetcy '1"1.\ I, 1" 'II d t f I I: T, St?ncei' WcIi?iu acknowl ed?mcnt of the vr ?-?I't'd services W k dlhe has rendered to his di,!lu¡:h.  and .to humanity. d b h I f 1 1'1:' .c, !Lrc?' '"?' ?'? were ????.?y??ca? coal-fall r,r.t' I l1'iJJ Colliery on Friday were found on 'I'T 101.1\1 '1, :i. .'?.' ?y:aur!n''?,?y?L?rcs'?uuig parties who went 'llr, .1\ 1"fl -iVci* .f tLM", 'l?'?c lifeless. Fridaty, EdwL.Lrd Hotchkin, a clerk, A' J- JI 1 'd ¡(' ..n'uKi'l to ?vcti ars' penal servitu d e for ,clI,o.; d F h d I te ?T J' a worn "? Freemaii, whose daughter I tl' ,"111>- "I I ;'0:1' .?ftod liia matrimonial proposals. ( ,nv<' 'ondeiu e respecting maratime jurisdiction 3■ Gibraltar- waters, and correspondence respecting ? ?! ?riti?h engineers and thcSpanishsteamcr t!Jc.. ( c 'dS' t d ? u ''IlL ??'?' ?"? ? Saturday. Lc,.J¡ 1" I 't th t 1 ?) s: 1'cicr?burg !'«./??M? states that another I" d' I A k b ? ? ?? h ealkd the Admiral Arkass, is to be built "1'y.1 e.. L ,,} d ??1' ?tjvit wit? from eight to ten mc lcompoun d l.¡)l". f 13 ('0 h 1 eriliiie? of 13,(ooo-horse power. aTlLl') IY' I. T'I 1 .c D .0 'a ?,1 ??.?i-t William Harley, C.B., C.M.G., ??j?ii-Govcrno!' of Grenada, at present ad- I('U,t .?m-in?thc<jovpmm<tt of British Honduras, WillI.. ¡, 'd L" t ta f 1 ?, ?eji appomtc' leu enau overnor of that ^liuver telegram says: The works at the CLainie] Tunnel at Sangatte have been entirely •cv,ended fur the present, and the Beaumont borer, i-cuiuved from the heading, will be \d l: J ('Ill tv TWLI ot' the son- of the Rev. A. Govin, the pastor ui the .French Reformed Church at Brighton, were lan'dlins"fa ¥ull> wile" ()nO Of them accidentally t«.u,l»«;d the trigger and discharged it, shattering iuljcr'y j'i^- There is considerable stir and bustle at Toulon, uwilJt; to the preparations which have been ordered tu jiv niade by the Government for the French ex- rifiinor. to tonquin. Several vessels are being armed and fitted out. Aficr till, it is not settled that Mr. Spurgeon 4;ial] .migrate to the Westminster Aquarium during ilit re'jairing of the Metropolitan Tabernacle. The diR-ctiji's of the building wanted the modest sum of I' i't:i per service. Ju the r'.itcd States the jobbery of appointments in the Civil Service is so constant that advertise- jaait!. appeal- frequently in the Washington papers i olitring frum I (i to 33 per cent. of the salary as a ilouusi i' r receiving an appointment. Iicix-nt intelligence from Poland states that all Auitro-liungarian subjects of the Jewish confession sjtuv residing ill Russia, and having no definite em- pilovint-n!, will receive orders to quit Russia within te term of three months. A iield-day on an extensive scale is to be held at runsiiK-uth on the 1 Otli of May, when, in addition :to a parade of all the troops in garrison, the Post Offii t V<i]iiuteors will take part in the ceremony, r, *,uriiii-, to London the same evening. CfiTopoudeiice from Tainatave states that the Malagasies continue very busy manufacturinu «s»vgais and other weapons. More than 15,00C arc to be -made daily in Tamatave. It is de. ikucd that nut all inch of territory will be given ur 10 f.-rt igjiers. The Ii'ju>c of Lords has passed an Act for alulisLiiig the church-rate now leviable in the parish of St. Saviour's, Southwark; for vesting in the Lord Bi.-kop of the diocese the right of presentation tu the chaplaincy of the parish church, and foi otWpur]io.»cs. UuíurmiltiuIl has been received in Wick that the Royal < emission IlIlpointedtoenquirJ into the suite ni t' Scotch crofters will visfcs Caithness and jitioid the of small holdings an ample op- portunity of stating their grievances and suggest- iiig remedies. In the Divorce Division, on Friday, Coloiel Bailiie <itanied a decree nisi on the ground of his wife's adultery with Hubert M'Crackeu. Damages were, by consent, fixed at £ 2,000. In another case also a decree nisi was granted, and t,500 damages given by rojisent. The liev. W 13. Weighill, curate of St. Margaret's CLurch, King's Lynn, has been presented with the f, i u. jrxjrlaJ for liav-i-ncr rescued vi-, iii danger of being drowned in the f'.uod c.;u>ed by the high tide on the night of Sun- day, 11. 0 1'he Paris Fit/tnv has outdone its former feat of der.ribiug the battle of Tel-el-Kebir before it was foujrl.t It has published a letter from its corre- slwuilciit at Tonquin, dated from the citadel of llaiiifi'i, which is supposed to have been forwarded I'n.juin to Paris in a single week. "\1: e uped lunatic is reported to have been cap- t. r ii ii. the Osborne ground by one of the detee- uvc- stationed there during the Queen's stay in the We of Wight. The man was removed in a cab, will be delivered up to the authorities of the ;^y!uiii to which lie belongs. At V, esto i-Super-Mare two men have been fined m; n and costs for having been drunk whilst a .Kig- u- bearers" at a funeral, where but for a^-istance the coffin they were carrying must failen to the ground. The husband of the de< v;t >ed was fined 10s. on a similar charge. A trial uf the system of controlled combustion, >iuoke consuming, is to be made on the Erie Ilai!way with some of the locomotives. In this ^v.-tejuthe chimney is abolished altogether, such product.- of combustion as are expelled being thrown out around the periphery of the extension to the boiler. On the arrival at Waterloo Station of a train irowClapham J unction, on Saturday morning, the 1 "dy of a man, aged about GO, was discovered in a first-class compartment. Life was quite extinct. ?. uie no marks of violence upon the body. A ^utility of jewellery was found on the body. There is to be a monument to the Messrs. A. and r. Galignani, at Corbeil, to commemorate their liberal gifts to the town, which are said to have am ounted to several millions of francs. Already nearly £ 1,000 has been received, mainly from the working classes, whose interests these benefactors in ways Lad at heart. A gunner in the Royal Artillery, named "llham Pearce, who at the Winter Assizes at Winchester was sentenced to five years' penal H-rvitude for alleged arson, rejoined his comrades at Ou-purt, on Friday, bringing with him a free pardon, which had been granted as the result of an c.ii]uiry instituted by the Home Secretary. Chinese labour is about to be introduced into brazil. Twenty thousand indentured labourers are to 1c landed at Rio, at & cost of a little over ,t a "<ad. They will be paid Is. 5d. a day, out 7 which they will have to provide their own food. The ultimate importation into Brazil of from to 500,000 Chinese is anticipated. A pensioner named If eyes, living in Tunnel Road, ihrkenherid, is in custody for causing the death of wife because she would not go for beer before I (fptrimjr time. lie pulled her out of bed, threw her *iuier.tly to the floor, kicked her with his clogs on the Beck, and seizing her by the hair, pounded her head several times on the floor. 1 he Town Clerk of Bristol has been served with ,.jirn arnollIltin,g in the aggregate to X40,000 for "Hiipensation for the losses sustained by owners of in t-lie inundated local districts last October iiLt It is asserted that the floods were M" rcu-ed by the neglect of the Corporation to pro- regulate the height of the water in the float- lrig harbour. The Committee of tho two Houses of Paliament Ilic, subject of the Channel Tunnel have decided tlat tll(,,ir I)roceediiigs sli&ll be public. They will ,}¡04 Ineethigs every Tuesday and Friday until in ■, suutide, and will receive in the first instance in favour of constructing the proposed 1.ln: A wife has just petitioned the Ley den court for ?!ce, on the ground that her husband is a The only facts before the authorities ',r li 'iat ?? ??" has been for years engaged in I,ithmgdomest¡ic furniture and destroying ??esuc peace, and they are now called upon to ?'dc whether the case is one of war against society •a!'J of conjugal scrimmage and Leyden family A Sj?cr?offi rough George WUliams, was sen- d 1 p' 0 Ð 'd to t'h's ?"c(:d hy the magistrates, on Friday, to a month's i4 for i I violent assault upon a constable 11 <■ l-ieviousniglit. Frisoner both Mtandk:cked h\qr, and also another constable who came to ? ?<??u'.c. Prisoner only came out of goal on "??.tyjnorning, after undergoing a term of im- P?uiuucnt j?r ? t,uni?. oSence. w l?ri=, police have arrested several specimens rf .ie Brin?t pickpocket during the last few days ? of these (a man named Williamson) has already "se:?n trouble in France, He caught red- l?ll,d,ed at the Magasin du Louvre. He had working v' h:m at ? time of his capture two female ac- ."?'i??-t?Yo sisters named Andcrson—who were al an-c?c'd. .1 all (,,??y hour on Friday morning a fire broke f !u l"<: extensive india-rubber works of Messrs. r ick, Manchester. The whole of the :lt;lpûr¡ion of the premises, which consisted of tti''l?r '?? of vanous heights, was speedily innamcs, ,? highly mnatnmaMe character of the b' ln the buil,madethe work of the n' < ?? ?? a?uout. ?he damage is voy ex- i ltwve. -J ,U'
IALLEGED FRAUD ON THE DUKE…
I ALLEGED FRAUD ON THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH ■A ■» ■ i.I. S?mpriere, alias Mina Jury, was charged at Bow Street Police Court London 011 Weylicsday, before Mr. Vaughan,  COUVlcton :licens.cand failing to notify a change of ,address 11 as required by the Act. tlh? e prisoner was a witness in she ? chL<?  on the 29th of May, IS^cX larceney from a dwelling house, and sentenced to seven yeare penal servitude. She was discharged in Febm-n^ 1881, and duly reported herself as living at an address at Streatham. QI.. notified \Ïlange of address and should have reported her- self on the 24th 3la3? 1881, at Old Street Station It now that about three weeks 01' a lUouth ago the prhiouer went to a woman:    represented herself as her aunt. She dayed there until Tuesday, partlv « f • ^taye(J 'STL? declared that ¡she knew nothing of her.- Detective-sergeaut Reade now Sted th?? prisoner had been '?? from place   months, in consequence of numerous Complaints ?A sjsasj & sss ^arsrss s*aSa2L/'sf^ her. It appeared that 8he had obtai?ed various SU of money from different nobleen an d gentlmen by mean of what was descnbed by Mr. Vaughan as being the most flagrant misrepresentations made by a rank im postor who had succeeded in living upon SaritC tor a considerable time past. One of her victims was the Duke of Edinburgh, from whom  tamed the sum of £ 15, on theTprSenStion ttl she was known to his Royal Highness at Adelaide unne?year as Miss ^or5don' daughter of the late C£ olor^i fG- orT don, and niece of Sir Dominic Daly, Governor of Adelaide. She also 8tated that Ssbe e ?adatterwards married f a man named Senmriere It appeared that the Earl ofKiImoreviS  ?d?e pri.oner's case to the Duke ?f Edin- wt ^0l ter an interview with the prisoner, when ^L?,OU!in^;4 ? lordship that she was Mrs. Sem- i'rIo" 1t.r  aUuded to many t^ngs relat? ing to the R£ oyal visit to Adelaide in 18(?, and f °Je so unreservedly of the late Sir Dominic and Lady Daly, their family, and establishments, &c., Lord Kiimorey had expressed an opinion that no impostor could have been so conversant with the facts alluded to. It, however, transpired upon a subsequent enquiry at the Agent- General's olhce that the prisoner was a well- known unpostor, and that so far from being the niece of Sir Dominic Daly she was only the widow of the head warder of the convict prison at Adelaide, and had been in England for years. She represented that her second husband Sempriere was a clerk in a Government office, but no one of that name was known at Government House. In ad- dition to the above misrepresentations, it appeared that the prisoner had also interviewed Mrs. Glad- stone, and ha 1 received ZCIO from that lady.-Mr. Vaughan said the letters before him revealed a terrible state of imposition and fraud, but what he had to deal with on the present occasion was the charge of failing to report. For this offence she would be imprisoned with hard labour for six months, and at the end of that time possibly steps would be taken to prefer other charges against her.
A PECULIAR CASE......I
A PECULIAR CASE. Miss Robinson, known as the Soldier's Friend," and founder of the Portsmouth Soldiers' Institute, appeared in Portsmouth Police Court on Wednesday under peculiar circumstances. She recently pur- chased the Sir John Falstaff public-house, frequently mentioned in Captain Marryatt's novels, with the view of converting it into a coffee tavern, paying I zC650 for the house and zC200 for the license. Sub- sequently Mr. Brickwood, the brewer and vendor, applied for the transfer of the license to himself, on the ground that he did not part with the license until the next Brewster Sessions. Miss Robinson now produced letters to show that she had bought I the licence with the house, and applied to have it transferred to her name in order to allow it to lapse. The application was granted.
EXPERIMENTING WITH DYNAMITE.…
EXPERIMENTING WITH DYNAMITE. I Whilst Mr. Allen, the borough analyst of Shef- field, was lecturing at the Firth College, Sheffield, on Wednesday, on "The chemistry of explosives,' he made a number of experiments with nitroglycerine. One of his experiments had most alarming conse- quences. He placed a thimbleful of dynamite in I bucketful of water, applied a fuse, and the ex- plosion was so powerful that the bucket was smashed to pieces, and some of the audience saturated with water. Greatly frightened by the loud report, and the fear of serious injury, a portion of the audience left the building.
! -I i CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS.…
I i CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. The Archbishop of Canterbury consecrated at St. j Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday, after an early morning service, three bishops—the Venerable Richard Lewis, M.A., as Bishop of Llandaff the I Reverend George Howard Wilkinson (late of St. i'eter's, Eaton Square) as Bishop of Truro and the Reverend Daniel Fox Sandford, LL.D., as Bishop jf Tasmania. There was a large congregation. The Bishops of London, Bangor, Ely, St. David's, Lichfield, Bedford, and Newcastle, Bishop Oluiigrbtmi, and the Bishop of Bloemfontein took I part in the service. The ceremony commenced a few ninutes before ten, and included the celebra- tion of the Holy Communion. The Bishop of Ban- gor read the Epistle and the Bishop of London the Gospel. The Bishops of London and Lichfield pre- sented the new Bishop of Truro to the Archbishop for consecration; the Bishop of Bedford officiated in a like capacity for the Bishop of Tasmania; and the Bishops of St. David's and Bangor for the Bishop of Llandalf. The sermon was preached by the Reverend F. J. Jayne (the principal of St. David's College, Lampeter).
GAS EXPLOSION IN A PARIS THEATRE,…
GAS EXPLOSION IN A PARIS THEATRE, i — An explosion of gas occurred on Wednesday II evening in one of the dressing rooms of the Ambigu Theatre, Paris, a few minutes before the commence- ment of the performance. Twenty of the occupants of the room were injured, some of them seriously. The audience knowing nothing of the explosion, and being informed that the performance had been postponed owing to the illness of some of the actors, left the theatre quietly, and without accident.
i LOSS OF A VESSEL AND TWENTY-FIVE…
i LOSS OF A VESSEL AND TWENTY-FIVE LIVES. The four-masted vessel County Aberdeen (Mac- lean master) put into Portsmouth on Wednesday afternoon, and reported having been in collision on Tuesday night with the British Commerce, from Loudon to Melbourne (Jones master). The latter sank with twenty-five hands, only the captain and boatswain being rescued. The County Aberdeen, which was from Calcutta to London, had her fore compartment stove in, and lost her jibboom, be- sides sustaining other injuries. The British Com- merce had a general cargo.—Another telegram states that the collision occurred in the English Channel off the Owen's lightship, and that thick weather prevailed at the time. The County Aberdeen remained about the scene of the collision until fallen in with the steamer Paris, from Aber- deen to St. Nazaire, and was towed by the last- named vessel into Portsmouth, where the survivors of the British Commerce landed.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION IN BAVARIA.;
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION IN BAVARIA. According to an oflicial message from the Palati- nate, or Rhenish Bavaria, a violent explosion took place on Wednesday morning in the Post-office van attached to an early train, running between Zwei- brucken and Pinnasens. There is every reason tc believe that the cause of the explosion was a small quantity of dynamite which had been illegally sent by post. The effect of the accident was not only to wreck the van, but to inflict serious injuries on the official in charge. No other person in the train, however, was hurt. The authorities have ordered a strict investigation to be made into the circumstances of the case.
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At the Assizes at Stafford, on Wednesday, James Harvey, abrushmaker, was convicted of a shocking outrage on Emma Hodgkiss, a widow, seventy years of age, at Rugeley, on January 25, and was sen- tenced to fourteen years' penal servitude. It is stated that the Rev. Canon Farrar has been appointed Archdeacon of Westminster. I The resolution passed eighteen months since by the Town Council of Boulogne for the drainage of the tbwn is now carried out. ¡ Lady Martin (Miss Helen Faucit) who has foi. some time been suffering acutely from neuralgic pains in the head, is now somewhat better. The Queen has shown her sympathy by enquiries as tc Ladv Martin's health. The English steamer Thames and the Spanish steamer Magdalena Vicenta came into collision at tlle entry of the port of Bilbao the other afternoon. I The latter sank, and of eleven persons on board only six were saved. It is believed that two of the crew of the Thames perished. I A "National Temperance Federation" is being: promoted, with the object of uniting every temper- ance society, mission, or movement for the purpose of concerting measures for the advancement of the temperance cause generally in every part of the United KinL-dom. I preparationSareeingmade.for telcrection of a I 1 arge Roman Catholic cathedral in the island of Jersey. The site was purchased several years ago, but opera- tions have been delayed up to the present time owing I to the want of funds. It is now expected that the work will progress rapidly. The inconvenience of the present post-office in the House of Commons—a department wholly in- adequate to the growing needs of Parliament- continues to be a topic of conversation among many members. Mr. Ritchie proposes to bring it specially under the notice of the Postmaster-General. A fire broke out at Collingtree, near Northamp- ton and destroyed a number of cottages, out- houses, and stables, belonging to Mr Iickermg Phipps, M.P. The cottagers were unable to save theS furniture, which was all burnt. The fire is eupsed tohavebeeDcu.sed by epMkB from & traction engine.
I HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDY.)…
I HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDY. ) ne ]Earl nf -a +v. c(o umvcu Iue second reading of the Stage JM ?.? of Charities Bill, the object of which was that in any case wherea play was to be given for charitable purposes, eight days' notice should be • to the local a? uthorities. The motion wTf^WaS negatived without a division. ?heSr  Derby made a statement with reference to t^he aannTniPexYaQfti- on of New Guinea by the Queens- land Government, and the reasons given for the step, but her Majesty's Government were awaiting the details of the annexation, which was under- taken ?at ti he cost and respoibility- of the Queens- land Government. The Earl of ?imbeey ^tated n m^er applications under the Arrears of Rent Act as being 50,782 under secton 18, and Rent Act as bem? 50,782 under secton IS?Ind shortly Sock.* T^^ouSe adjoumed HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. H,r i T r-ln I 1 x. «•  =?M:u, ? ?piy weir ?. uamPbeU, wftL7referL?nce to recent occurrences in New Guinea, that it would be premature on the part of the Government to express an opinion on the trans- action until they were acquainted with all the facts of the case. Of course no act of annexation could possibly be of any validity unless it was the act of the central and Imperial Power. Mr. Lewis gave notice that he should call attention to the subject on Tuesday week, and move that the annexation of New Guinea was directly opposed to the policy announced by the head of the Government just prior to his accepting office. On the order for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. Stansfeld called atten- tion to and submitted a resolution expressing dis- approval of the operation of the Contagious Diseases Acts in certain cases. After a long debate the order for Supply was negatived by 182 to 110 and Mr. Stanafeld's motion was agreed to without a division I THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRADE. I iLiLfj x>anKruptcy iJill was on Friday again under discussion by the standing committee of the House of Commons on Trade, Shipping, and Manufactures. On Clause 11 a good deal of discussion took place, and ultimately an amendment was agreed to mitmg the appointment of special managers to the official receiver. An amendment was passed pre- venting the receiver appointing himself manager. and the committee adjourned.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY.- I…
HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. I I T.f,?,l n- J I-  attention to the distress which prevails in certain parts of Ireland, and moved a resolution in favour of a large scheme of | emigration. The Marquis of Lansdowne supported the motion, and suggested that the present limit of ¡ ;C5 in aid of Irish emigration should be relaxed. Lord Carlingford admitted that there had been very serious distress, but it was now only of a partial kind, and had been greatly alleviated by the special efforts made by the Government. While ad- mitting that emigration was the best remedy for the congested and poverty-stricken state of the Western districts, he said the Government had no desire to force emigration upon the people. The noble lord also pointed out that although emigration had been carried on to a considerable extent, it had I unfortunately least affected those districts in which it was most needed. After a few words from Earl Fortescue, the Earl of Donoughmore, and Lord I Oranmore and Brown, the motion was withdrawn. The Contempt of Courts Bill passed through Com- mittee, and their Lordships adjourned at 7.5. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-NowAy. I rni- TT nc nome secretary stated that a bill for the protection of young girls was being drafted, and would be introduced shortly in the other House. Lord Randolph Churchill having asked what course the Government proposed to take with reference to the resolution passed on Friday night condemnatory of the Contagious Diseases Acts, Lord Hartington stated that he was in communication with the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Home Secretary on the subject, and hopel shortly to be in a position to make an announcement. The re- maining questions having been disposed of, the Attorney-General moved the second reading of the Parliamentary Oaths Act (1866) Amendment Bill. He said there were many legal disqualifica- tions of members, but religious belief, or the ab- sence of religious belief, was not among them, and he knew of no office whatever for which disbelief had a disqualifying effect. It was purely acci- dental that it excluded a man from sit- ting in Parliament, and he maintained that they had no right to raise up a barrier which should not exist by law to prevent a person from sitting and voting as a member I of that House who had been chosen by a constituency to represent them. Sir R. Cross moved the rejection of the bill. He contended that the I measure was introduced solely to enable Mr. Brad- laugh to take his seat, and he charged the Govern- ment with bringing it forward simply to catch votes. He protested againstthewords "freedom of relibrion" I being dragged intothe discussion. It was not a ques- tion of religion, but of irreligion, and if theyaffirmea the second reading, they would offend the con- sciences of a large majority of the people of this country for the purpose, not of relieving a person who had a conscientious scruple, but for the sole object of admitting an atheist to Parliament. Mr. Torrens seconded the amendment. The debate was continued by Mr. Baxter, Mr. Dalrymple, Mr. 01.9ullivztu, Mr. Hugh Shield, Baron de Worms, Mr. Hinde Palmer, Mr. Egerton, and other speakers, and was adjourned. THE GRAND COMMITTEE. Mr. Goschen on Monday presided over the fifth sitting of the Grand Committee on Trade, Shipping, and Manufactures, when the Bankruptcy Bill was again taken up. Considerable progress was made, I and the Committee was engaged in the considera tion ) of Clause 16 at the hour of adjournment.
I-HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY.…
I HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. ijord JJerby, replying to Lord Camperdown, said the Transvaal Government was about to inqiiii-c- into the alleged encroachments upon Zulu territory, and meanwhile persons would be prevented from crossing the frontier in an unlawful manner. He admitted that the existing arrangements between the British and the Transvaal Governments were not satisfactory, and the British Government were willing to consider a modification of the Convention, ¡ but its nature could not be decided until the wishes of the Transvaal Government were known. i HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. I mi. UlT-l 1.J mm a lit: metropolitan itailway Bill was read a I second time, and a motion was carried instructing I the Committee that they had powers to require the company to pull down the ventilators now in course of erection on the Thames Embankment and in certain streets of the metropolis. Mr. Bourke having asked whether any repre- sentations had been made to the United States Government respecting the Fenian conspiracies in America against life and property in this country, Mr. Gladstone said he could only repeat the answer given by the Home Secretary the other day, that it would not be for the public interest to make any I statement at the present time. I THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON LAW. I Un Tuesday the Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Law met again under the chairmanship of Mr. Sclater-Booth. Mr. Buszard moved a proviso to Clause 2 of the Court of Crimi- nal Appeal Biil, to the effect that no second new trial should be granted, on the ground of the non- production of evidence known to the defendant at the time of the former trials. After some discus- sion this was adoped by 37 to 12 votes. Other amendments having been considered and nega- tived, the committee adjournel. II I he Joint committee of the Lords and Com- mons upon the question of constructing the Channel Tunnel assembled on Tuesday; Lord Lans- | downe presiding. Sir Edward Wafdn, chairman of the South-Eastern Railway, was the first wit- ness, and said he estimated the capacity of the proposed tunnel at 2.50 trains per day each way, equivalent to the conveyance of 14,000,000 pas- sengers in the year. With regard to the defence of the tunnel, he proposed the construction of a great tort near tho mouth, and he thought it would not be unreasonable if Parliament required the shareholders to build such a fort. Estimating the cost of the tunnel at £ 08 a yard, the outlay should not exceed £ 3,000,000. Sir Frederick Bram- well, C.E., was then called, and the Committee ad- journed.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.…
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. I  -.1 On the order for the secona reading or the rool Removal and Settlement (Ireland) Bill, which pro- posed to prevent the removal of Irish-born paupere from England and Scotland to Ireland, Mr. Buchanan raised an objection, and the Speakel ruled that the bill had not complied with the Standing Orders. The order for the second reading was then discharged. Mr. Richard moved the second reading of the Cemeteries Bill, the object of which was to absolve the authorities from the obligation to divide cemeteries into two parts—consecrated and unconsecrated- and to erect two chapels. Another main point in the bill was to put an endto the existing arrangement with regard to fees, which placed the parochial clergy in the same position in cemeteries, as they were in churchyards. Sir W. Harcourt accepted the bill in principle; but the pecuniary proposals, he said, would require careful consideration in Com- mittee. Mr. Beresford Hope moved, and Mr. Stanley Leighton seconded, the rejection of the bill. A long discussion ensued, lasting until a quarter to six o'clock, when by the rules of the House it was suspended, and the order for the second reading became a dropped order. The House adjourned at 5.50.
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•»- ~——————————— The Austrahan mails, t ut San i-'rancisco, has been delayed by a snowblock in Wyoming. A man was knocked down and killed instantly by the up Great Eastern express while crossing the line at Murrow Station, near March. Twenty-nine British and foreign actual ship- wrecks were reported during the past week, making a total of 739 for the present year, or an increase of 229 as compared with the corresponding period of last year, the increase for the week being four.
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I I GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. I FRANCE. A Cabinet Council was held at Paris on Tuesday morning, to deliberate upon the projected bill authorising a credit of 5,000,000 francs, for pro- tecting the rights of France in Tonquin. It has been decided to send out 1,500 men to Tonquin, in two transports. An explosion of dynamite occurred about mid- night on Monday night outside the house of a miner, near Montceau-les-Mines. Little damage was done. The outrage is attributed to personal I vengeance. I ? DUEL IN PAIN. "nr- 1 ? i "C learn irom JUadrid that a duel has been 1 fought between the Director of the paper repre- I senting the Dynastic Left and Senor Rute, the husband of the Princess Bonaparte Wyse. Senor Rute was wounded with a second cut on the left I side of the head; but the physicians report his condition as having improved. The duel arose out j of violent articles published on Party questions. I RESIDENT ARTHUR. 'P.c,1_ SIDE 1;UR. I n4TT ^nur reacned Washington on Sunday hif iUne S. is 54il to be completely recovered from his illness. CYCLONE IN THE UNITED STATES.-I GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. A cyclone, which has had most disastrous e e,?t 6as passed over a portion of Mississippi. A despatch h? ??' the capital of that State, reports that at Wesson thirteen people were killed and sixty injured. Twenty-seven houses were destroyed. Beauregard, a small town, has been levelled with the ground. Twenty-three of its inhabitants were killed and ninety wounded. It is stated that a number of people were fatally injured, and mu h iamage was done at West Point, while at the ?owu of Tillman, which was almost entirely destroyed several people were killed and wounded. Law- rence has also suffered terribly, and other places have been more or less damaged. Later intelligence shows the ravages of the cyclone to have been more disastrous and widespread than at first reported. Its effects were felt not only in Mississippi, but in Georgia, Alabama, and Ten- nessee. Twenty-five persons are reported to have been killed in south-western Georgia, where an immense amount of property was destroyed. Violent storms have also occurred in the Western States. The cyclone was most destructive in south- western Mississippi. Several persons were killed at Starkville. Albany, Georgia, also suffered severely. The latest reports from the different sections of the Mississippi, visited by the cyclone, there state that eighty-three persons were killed, and about 300 wounded, many dangerously. The New York Herald publishes a despatch from Americus, Georgia, stating that twenty persons were killed, and 200 wounded in that part of the country. THE DUKE OF GENOA. T- .'L- roiL 1U un: vuamoer 01 deputies, at Rome, the annuity of £4,000 to the Duke of Genoa on the occasion of his marriage with the Princess Isabella Di Bavaria was voted by 245 ayes against 23 noes. The Premier, Signor Depretis, in defending the Bill against the Republican minority who opposed it, stated that Victor Emmanuel had on one occasion, when the finances of the country were low given aver a million lire of his Civil List, and that in 18 < 7, vhen the finances being improved, it was proposed to restore the half of this sum to him, he had refused it. Signor Depretis dwelt on the services which the Duke of Genoa had rendered the country, and closed with an appeal to the bond of gratitude uniting the House of Savoy to the nation, which was crowned with loud applause. I THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION. jaany ixish societies in New York and its vicinity elected delegates to the Philadelphia Convention on Sunday. Most of the proceedings were quiet. There was little talk of dynamite. Many societies refused to admit reporters, on the ground that the publicity heretofore given to their proceedings had injured the hish cause. The President of the j League at Philadelphia stated on Sunday that all references to dynamite would be suppressed in Wednesday's Convention, as the strict interpretation of the rules would forbid the discussion of such matters. All the League delegates from New York are opposed to dynamite, but many from other organizations are in favour of it as a menace to England. Redpath gave a reception to Bren- nan on Sunday evening. Many Irish leaders were present, including Rossa. There were no speeches, but a general desire was expressed for harmonious II action at Philadelphia. SWITZERLAND. For several sufficient reasons, but chiefly on the ground that the management of the State railways in Germany and elsewhere is intariably more costly than that of lines wor by private com- panies, the National Council has decided against the proposed acquisition of the Swiss railways by the Confederation. The report of a serious accident on the St. Goth- ard Railway, circulated by the Continental Press, is officially contradicted. There has been no acci- dent whatever. NORWAY. I in Monday night's sitting of the Odelsthing, the proposal of the Parliamentary Committee to im- 'I peach all the Councillors of State was adopted by fifty-three votes against thirty-two. The sitting I, lasted until one o'clock on Tuesday morning. EXPLOSION OF A GUNPOWDER MAGAZINE. lIiews from Marseilles says a formidable explo- sion took place on Sunday night ai St. Chamas. A magazine containing 3,000 kilogrammes of pow- der caught fire and blew up. The flames rose nearly thirty yards high. So violent was the ex- plosion that large stones were thrown a distance of 200 metres. Only one person was killed and no one injured. A letter from Saint Chamas announces the discovery of some of the remains of the body of the only victim, who was the guardian of the powder magazine. They were scattered in various places. The remains were collected, placed in a coffin, and interred. The damages are estimated at several hundred thousand francs. If the catas- trophe had happened while work was going on there must have been a terrible loss of life. I SOUTH AFRICA. A correspondent writing from Maritzburg, April 19, says:— Serious fighting has occurred in Zululand, owing to Zibebu having destroyed the crops belonging to Undabuko and other members of Cetewayo's family. I The accounts are conflicting; but it seems that Zibebu gained some advantage. Zibebu at one time was reported killed. An effort is being made ;o hold Cetewayo responsible. I am convinced ;hat he is blameless, though he has been since com- jelled to call up men from the Reserve to protect himself. Mr. Kruger has been elected President of the Fransvaal by a large majority. (THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.) DURBAN, APRIL 17.* The peace negotiations lately carried on be- tween Mapoch and the Boers have been broken off, and there has been some desultory fighting, without any decisive result. The losses were trifling on both sides. (Delayed in transmission through interruption of the Cable). the Cable), CAPETOWN, April 19.* All is quiet in Pondoland, but the posts have! been strengthened. The magistrate at Salaa- napf is engaged in investigating the recent frontier; disputes. Mr. Scanlen, the Premier, has returned from Basutoland. He states that the difficulty in that country is virtually settled, Masupha being the only stumblingblock. The Cape Mounted Rifles are under orders to leave, and the number of magistrates has been greatly reduced. Letsea and the other chiefs have admitted that their grievances j have been removed. The Ministers, however, have not seen Masupha, and according to the latest reports, Captain Blyth, the Governor's! Agent, has been subjected by him to insolent treatment. Captain Blyth is stated to be dis- couraged, and his resignation is expected. Some apprehension is also felt that hostilities may be resumed between Joel and Jonathan Molappo, but the accounts received on this subject are very contradictory. Delayed through interruption of the cable.
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The re-opening of the Alhambra is announced to take place in October next. The Empress of Germany, while travelling on a railway recently, narrowly escaped a great danger from the collapse of a railway engine. Henry Langridge was found guilty at the Middle- sex Sessions of attempting to rob the charity-box in front of Queen Katherine's. Hospital, and the assistant judge sentenced him to four months' im- prisonment. with hard lal,iiir. The police have reason to believe that the parson who recently left an infant at Exeter Workhouse gate is a person who has run through a fortune of between £4,000 and L-5,000, and is now in the en- joyment of a fixed income of over 1100 a year. The Mayor of Manchester presided at a meeting held at the Town Hall, at which it was decided to open a subscription in aid of the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of Hull fishermen who were lost in the North Sea during the gales of last month. A New York journal states that there are in that city at least 80,000 women who support themselves and their husbands by the work of their hands and brains. Spinsters of this kind, able and willing to support a husband and family, would do well to emigrate to England. Owing to the numerous applications for tickets of admission to the banquet to be given to Lord Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northcote, by the com- mittee of the Beaconsfield Club, the Duke of Wel- lington has placed his riding school at the disposal of the club on the occasion. Writing to Mr. D. W. Williams, of Aberdare, on the proposed taxation of mineral royalties and ground rents, the Marquis of Salisbury remarks that he prefers to reserve the expression of his opinions on the matter till a measure dealing with the subject comes before Parliament.
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NOTES ON NEWS. IN one period of England's history tbe rivat I roses played a prominent part, and for thirty years were the emblems of the adherents of the Houses of York and Lancaster. English poli- tics are again threatened with rival flowers. Mr. H. H. Adams suggests that as the Conserva- tives have adopted the primrose as their flower, the Liberals should retaliate by wearing on the 1st of May a sprig of white May blossom. Apart from the childishness of a proposal of this kind, there will be considerable difficulty in most places in complying with this sugges- tion this year, as it will only be in sheltered localities that hawthorn blossom will be found on the 1st of May. AGAIN assurance is given that the Czar's coronation will take place at the end of next month without any further delay. St. Peters- burg advices, by way of Berlin, state that the Emperor and Empress will reach Moscow on ay lst; that the coronation will take place six days afterwards; that the festivities will be kept up until June 8th, and that on June 10th their Majesties will make their State entry into the Russian capital. There will thus be a period of three weeks during which special watch will be maintained against the machinations of the Nihilists, and its close will be looked for with anxiety, however festive may be the brilliant gatherings at Moscow. A DISTINGUISHED member of the Egyptian campaigning force has been decorated. Some delay has taken place in awarding the honour, owing to a vulgar prejudice on the part of the authorities against the recipient. The appli- cant for decoration was a female, and with a modesty characteristic of her sex she declined to ask a favour. We refer to "Nell," the sagacious dog belonging to the Royal Marine Artillery, and which marched in front of the corps serving in Egypt from Tel-el-Kebir to Cairo. The officers asked for a medal and star for her, but the authorities with dogged persistency refused. The officers therefore got up a subscription amongst themselves, and have presented Nell with a handsome silver collar, a medal, and a star, and the brave old bitch is now quite a heroine. MAGISTERIAL advice is a very good thing in its way, but it loses a good deal of its force by its lack of originality. In America the case is somewhat different, for the simple reason that the occupants of the Bench have some- thing original to say when they do speak. Take, for instance, the speech of Mr. Justice Morgan, at the Harlem Police Court the other day. Addressing a man who had been beating his wife, the exemplary dispenser of justice said, Whenever you feel like striking anyone, leave a woman alone and come around to court, and I will knock you out in one round myself. Strike a woman! You ought to be ashamed of yourself! That is the sort of advice a man would be likely to remember. Possibly the bellicose magistrate would look blue if the wife-beater did feel like hitting someone, and did come round to have a little mill" with the representative of law and order. The judge, however, was pretty safe, for a wife- beater was never yet a man of courage. THE finances of the Porte are described as being in a more than usually deplorable con- dition. Long arrears of salary are due to the civil officials and functionaries, and the Times correspondent at Constantinople reports that many of these persons "unable to provide for the daily wants of their families and even for their own personal locomotion," are forced to abstain from attending to their duties. The I Sultan has" oIdered a remedy to be found," but the Ministers are helpless, and "hopeless misery is imminent." The correspondent, summing up the state of affairs, says:-Pay- ments are put off, assignments on provincial revenues are repudiated, garrisons are left for months without pay, officials are driven to beg in the streets, stores and provisions of daily necessity are unpaid for, and the contractors refuse to provide any more without a payment on account. Although these evils may not for a time produce a stoppage of the daily routine of public government, yet the moment may not be far distant when they will bring about that natural result." I JEAMES, in Rome, seems to have a very sensi- tive soul; or, rather, the particular Jeames I who lately served Sir Augustus Paget in the Eternal City, appears to feel misfortune more I than keenly. This young man, who rejoiced in the na Le of Pietro Traini, broke, one evening, two tea-cups. The accident preyed much "upon his mind," alth ugh Sir Augustus did not reprimand him. The next day the Italian soldiers practising at the Roman butts found their shooting considerably interfered with by a person who persisted in placing him- self in front of the targets. Naturally officers and men did not wish to qualify for a first-class in murder, or manslaughter at the least, and the stranger was "warned off" the marks- men's course." The intruder, Pietro Traini, in walking away, mildly remarked that a ball in the head signified nothing to him, and with that sage remark he retired to a secluded spot, where at once he shot hims lf dead. If Eng- < lish servants took the breaking of crockery as seriously to heart as this Italian did, we should, as a nation, be without a single maid-servant to-morrow. BELATED farmers and distressed landowners are talking about getting up a petition to the Queen thanking her Majesty for the manifestly kind intention displayed in her in-onuuckuauuto on the lamb question, but beseeching her with- out a day's delay to withdraw it. It is really becoming a very serious thing for the class whom her Majesty designed to assist. To honest people, living remote from the fringe of Court, it would doubtless appear an incredible thing that the promulgation of this order in the Royal household should have serious and im- mediate effect upon a great industry; but such is the fact, and on Monday, at Smithfield Market, lamb, which a week ago was four- teenpence a pound, fetched only ninepence. It is not in the immediate influence upon the meat market of what may be described as I the Court proper that it is to be seen; but, lying outside this is a wide circle of the people to whom Thackeray once devoted a whole book, who would undergo privations I more serious than that of dispensing with lamb in spring in order to comfort their souls with the notion that they were doing what was fashionable." These people won't have lamb on their tables because the Queen does not have it on hers. This is no laughing matter for the farmers, for many of whom it is the lamb that pays the rent, and who have been looking forward to the present season to make up for disappointment in others. It has been shown in a hundred letters from practical authorities that the Queen's kindly meant notion is founded upon a fallacy, and that nothing but harm can come from the pre- valence of the edict. There is little doubt that I when the facts of the case are brought under the notice of her Majesty the same goad intcn-I tions that caused her to interfere will induce her promptly to withdraw, and the question of I mutton will lie left to settle itself in accord- ance with the sounder laws of supply and demand.
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There is no truth whatever in the widely-circu- nted report that the Deanery of Winchester has Dern offered to Canon Barry. The value of the United States exports of domestic bread-stuffs in March was nearly 18,000,000 dollars. A Renter's telegram from Brindisi states that Sir Auckland Coivin let:, thereon Monday morning, lil his return to Egypt. The death was announced on Saturday of Mr. R. r. Culley, coroner for Norfolk. Mr. Culley was appointed to the Norfolk county coronership in I lune, 1878, and had acted as deputy-coroner for ax teen years previously. Germany will take part officially in the forth- coming Electrical Exhibition at Vienna. Seven million rabbits have been killed in Aus- tralia in less than a year, and yet the rabbits do not seem to decrease in numbers. Sir Frederick Milner, Bart., writes that he has not yet been invited, as had been stated, to stand for Ashton-under-Lyne. About 37,000 signatures in favour of the North- umberland Sunday Closing Bill have been obtained, and many more are expected. The GilBhts announces that the Duke of Argyl has taken a larga country house near Fontainebleau for himself and family. WW* « -» W « m «« m > «i The Jbarl ot larborough, who has Deen travel- ling during the last three months in the East Indies, is expected home in the second week in May. The Rev. Charles Grant, vicar of Shapwick, has been nominated by the Bishop of Bath and Wells to the rural deanery of Glastonbury. There sailed irom Queenstown last week for the United States no fewer than 2,279 persons, mostly peasantry from the poor districts of Ireland. The ninety-fourth anniversary dinner of the Royal Literary Fund will take place at Willis's Rooms, on May 2. General Lord Wolseley, G.C.B., will preside. In addition to the silver candelabra and the car- riage presented to the Bishop Designate of Truro, a sum of at lea at 13,000 will be paid to his account at his banker's.
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SOCIETY GOSSIP. (Fron:. The W(,rN.) Mrs. Stonor was beloved by all who knew her, and deservedly, for never was there a mure charm- ing woman. The Princes of Wales has been plunged into the deepest sorrow by her death, as (she had been constantly in at endance on her ever since her marriage, and was probably her closest aud most izitizuitte irien(I in England. Durinir the Jrrmcc s^ absence in India Mr. Stonor was the rrmces9s? s chosen coni?amon, and when H.R H. was at Cannes last winter she kept her R,iy..l riiis- tress eompany at Sandringham. The Prince gave up Epsom in order to attend the funeral, and the I ri. ncess remained at Marlborough House in emu- plete seclusion, from the moment when she luard of tho. death until s he left for Osborne on Thurs.inv, all engagements having been at once cancelled. It was observed, when the Princess landed at Ea-t Cowes on Thursday, that she was drc?d in mourn- in- Her Royal ILghne? carried a hr .?. uaa'r.iet of primroses, which were handed o her a^-h' passed thrpu?h Portsmouth by Princes Ed?rd ? S.txe-W eimar. A correspondent, living near Windsor, asked one of the keepers of the Forest to obtain for her a young squllTel, which she intended ke. pin°- a pet. The keeper replied that he cuuld not, as he had received orders to kill three hundred squirivi's the skins oi which were wanted as cloak-tninmh,g I for a certain illustrious lady resident in the m i-h- bourhood! My correspondent opines that the Qilet.ll would be very angry were she to hear of this con- templated wholesale destruction, and that; the kind heart of the Princess of Wales would undoubtedly be touched. It does seem rather a large ord- r' It is stated on pretty go -d authority ihat w hen the Duke of Connaught was last in Germany the Prussian Minister of Marine remarked, quire in- cidentally of course, upon the greater efforts in shipbuilding which France was making compared with this country; and it is certainly a fact that written representations upon the same subject from uiiierent influential quarters have been somewhat contemptuously pigeon-holed in the Government offices. But the question cannot be much longer bur.:ed. Our maritime supremacy is sciioa>lv threatened; and if we are not willing to degenerate as a naval Power, our constructive programmes I must become more imposing than they are at present, or we may some day experience the costlv ujsauvantages ot shipbuilding under the existing 1 influences of a panic. The officials of the Zoological Society have ben for several months deeply concerned as to the f; Lt; of Mr. Forbes, their prosector and c?mp:ir:?i?u I anatomist, w ho went to Africa last year to make I researches in natural history. He was a youn<>- man who ha I done remarkably good service, and was devoted to his work. News has just been ob- tained, after most laborious inquiry, that he die I at Sherboro last January of dysentery. His fatlier, J. S. Forbes, the chairman of the London, Chat- ham, and Dover Railway Company, and his associates at the Zoological Gardens will have the sympathy of a world far wider than that of science to which his death is a disastrous and most ret°rret- ful loss. (From Truth.) I The" authoriscd n announcement in the Lane-'i respecting the Queen's health was insert ed hy Sir William Jenner at her Majesty's express wi: h, as the stupid and alarming inventions of some imaginative writers have caused a great deal of trouble and annoyance to the Royal Family. It is said that when Sir James Paget examined the injured joint he remarked, "that if it had been treated directly after the accident, it would probably have given her Majesty little or no trouble. The Queen was coming downstairs at the Castle to go out for a drive, when she tripped and fell. She refused to listen to the suggestion that she should return to her room and have the injury examined, but entered the I carnage and Grove on, and it was two hours beiore she returned, when there was so much swelling and inflammation that it was with great difficulty that her Majesty reached her rooms, and she has not since been able to walk. Her Majesty takes daily drives in a small pony car riage, which goes at a foot pace, Princess Beatrice walking at the side. A complete apparatus has been arranged toth at Windsor and at Osborne by which the Queen's chair is brought on a level with the car- riage, and so close to it that one step suffices to mako the change. While indoors, her Majesty is wheeled about in a chair. Earl de Grey has beep shooting in India with a party got up by the Maharajah of Durbungah, and has made a total bag of 1,683, including four tigers, forty-seven buffaloes, two hundred and eighty pigs, and four hundred and sixty-seven deer the re- mainder of the bag being "small game." The Anglo-Indian sporting world is very angry at the success of the party, and bitterly complains of such wholesale destruction, particularly as it happens to be the breeding season. Recruiting does not seem to progress so satis- factorily as the authorities in Pall Mall would like, nor is this to be wondered at when all things arc tak"u into consideration. At the War Office, Frederick the Great's fancy for tall men predoiniii- atos, so the standard is religiously kept up to 5ft. 7in. Now common sense might tell the authorities that a stout little fellow, measuring, say, 5 ft. 4 in., is far more likely to make an effective soldier, than a tall individual, whose lengthy legs seem scarcely able to carry his body. By all means: insist upon a certain chest measurement; and if the power to lift a heavy weight or strike a strong. blow were also required from all who wish to en- list, I think it would be an advantage. But mere height is a ridiculous, as well as a suicidal, test. ("from L' ) çt rem ïje. In our enthusiasm on behalf of the pigeon, wa should not forget a humbler and possibly less in- teresting animal, who b condemned to suffer tor- ments beside which those of the blue rock fade into hisi?nincance. I mean the rabbit, trapped in a hedgerow, and left to linger in agony for hours at a stretch, until the trapper comes to put the un- fortunate little creature out of his pain. Trapping rabbits in steel traps is a most barbarous and brutal custom, and is moreover perfectly unnecessary, as 11 tney can equally well DO captured m a wire snare, which kills them in a few seconds by strangulation. That Tynan, alias No. 1, formed one of the Guard of Honour furnished by the Queen's West- minster Rifles, on the occasion of Her Majesty opening the Royal Courts of Law, is a fact, but the circumstances under which he was present are not generally known. On the morning of that day about 350 members of the corps presented them- selves for duty, and as Colonel Bushby was in- formed that the services of 100 only were required the work of selection had to be proceeded with. Tynan made a distinct personal application to the commanding officer, to be included in the Guard of Honour, and Colonel Bushby acceded to his request. The question is now freely discussed as to what particular motive he had for desiring to be present on the occasion. While some consider he had some sinister object in view, others think he may have acted {.om prudential reasons, wishing to be identified with a loyal act and classed with good men and true, as a satisfactory reference in the event of any suspicion attaching to him thereafter. The approaching coronation of the Czar Mealla an old story about the Due de Momy, who reprc-I sented France when Alexander II. was crowned. As usual in these cases, the ambassador extraordi- nary spent more money than the government allotted him. To recompense himself, the Duke took out a large quantity of wine, which, being included amongst his luggage, was allowed to enter Russia free of duty. Once beyond the custom- house, he sold the wine at a good profit, and was enabled thereby to eclipse all the other envoya with the sumptuousness of his displays. M. Wad- dington, who goes out as the French representa- tive on the present occasion, might take a hint from this stratagem. English actors, who purpose starring it in foreign parts, should take warning by the awful fate which befell Mr. Edwin, Booth in Germany the other day. This distinguished actor aroused the enthusiasm of those who had the privilege of per- forming with him to such an extent that at the close of the piece the male performers, with one consent, rushed upon him, and, in spite of his struggles, km'ed him! This example emboldened the ladies of the company, who followed suit on the following night. History does not narrate whether Mr. Booth reaped sufficient enjoyment on the second occasion to compensate him for the martyrdom of the first. That, I should say, would depend a good deal on the personal attraction of the ladies. If it had been at the Gaiety now.
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Queen Nathalie of Servia arrived at Cannes on Saturday, on a short visit. The Archbishop of Canterbury has consented to be the President of the Christian Evidence Society, in succession to the late Primate. The death is announced of the Rev. Thomas Ford Fenn, who was only recently appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the rectory of Thwing, near Driffield, East Yorks. The deceased was formerly bead master of Trent College. Derbvshire. A society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren was founded at a town's meeting held under the presidency of the Mayor in the Liverpool Town Hall. A proposal is now being ventilated in the Lan- ca-,hiie Conservative papers for the erection of a statue to Lord Beaconsfield in one of the principal towns of that county. At the Fitzwilliam Colliery, near Hemsworth, George Mott, a miner, has been killed by a fall of coal, and his son John, aged twenty-two years, was seriously iJlj ured. Madame Christine Nilsson will make her first ap- pearance in London, since her prosperous toumee in the United States, at a concert to be given at the Albert Hall, on May 9. Arrangements have been made for accommodating at the Sailors' Home, Stepney, the four hundred fishermen who are to visit London at the opening of the Fisheries Exhibition. The institution of Civil Engineers has now on its register 21 honorary members, 1,347 members, 1,671 associate members, 524 associates, and 774 students, making in the aggregate 4,337. The Southampton Liberal Two hundred on Fri- day night adopted Mr. Edwin Jones, merchant, as their candidate to contest the next election with Mr. Henry Lee, the present Liberal member.
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Fun for the Family. oJ, CAN T be beet-Turiiipg. I HOYEY jars— Lovers' quarrels. AN aid that is not an aid—A blockado. FOR good board apply at any saw-mill. A NEW way to pay old debts—With cash. A FiEE-Ei-c.vrE—Dodging a bullet from a rifle. A PAIR of pinchers- A couple of snuff-takers. THE latest sweet thing in cradIes-The new babv. Anxs have they, yet toil not—chairs. EYES have they, yet see not—needles. LEGS have they, yet walk not-tat)lea. Lips have they, yet KISA not—pitchers. HANDS have they, yet steal not—clocks. TEETH have they, yet chew not-comba. HEARTS havo they, yet pity not—cabbage. TONGUES have they, yet taste not—buckles. E.tus have they, yet hear not—old BUUK leave. IT is not necessary to use water in poring over II, book. '1 h' <1, WHERE every MAN MEETS, with his d,icrts-At dinner. AN inhospitable maa-One who refuses to en- tertain an opinion. Doz; T open your purse too hastily or too wide, nor your mouth either. WHEN must a man die in order to recover 'i— When his life is insured. THE slowest man e ver heard of was one who could not get out of his own Hu who indulges too much in an eye-opener is liable to go home on a shu:;er. A CCGAR may be the (,ht in the worO. but sooner or later it will meet its mat^-h. NOEOOY wisaes the baby stolen still it is a relief wnen the nurse cribs it at night. THE seashore gets its reputation for charity on account of its constant care of an offin'. T ?IND not the T T TAND not the T —"T is often silent; but a tea party is the noisiest thing on record. A LADY was dreadfully affronted because a gem Io- man accosted Her as an ot(I acquaintance. NATURALISES somehow neglect to record the f::ct that young deer always run on hind legs. SPECULATORS in "promising" mines are always ready to let you in, but never let you win. A SECOND-HAND clothier publicly announces that he has left off clothing of every description." "THEY tel1 rac you have had some money left you, n' ■ sai• d Brown. Yes," replied Smith sadly "itleft mo long ago." A BOY says in his composition that Onions arc a vegetable that make you, tick when you don't eat them yourself." A-V accomplished talker, but not always a de- Jightful companion—One who, if'you have nothing to say, says it for you. A MAY having fallen from his berth in a sleeving car, hurt his knee rather badly, and at once claimed that he was lame from his berth. PA," said little Harry, what is a soldier of fortune —" A soldier of fortune, my son, is i soldier that never has any fortune at all." THE corpulence that is gaining upon two or thi.o of the professional runners was not unexpected. It has long been known that haste makes waist. A FRENCH lady, driven by famine to cat her pet dog, as she was finishing, exclaimed: "Poor thin" I how he would have enjoyed picking these bones?" OH, pa," exelaimed a young lady, "why don't you get a lot of fir trees? It would be so nii e to raise our own furs—we could have any kind we wished Is there anybody who can, ■ucccssfully oppose a woman's will ? A lawyer has sometimes buen alio to do it-has even had a woman's will upset and set aside. Timy say Smith and his wife did not get along well together. Is that true?" asked Browu. "Not a bit of it," replied Fogg; "they are never together. "A RSPUTASnUN," says Josh Billings, "once broken, may possibly be repaired but the world wiil alwus keep their eyes on the spot where the 't Kracic was. "No man can do anything against his will," said a metaphysician. 'IFiix, slid his servllt, i "I had a brother who went to Botany Bay agasi. his will, sure." IT is said that sore throats vanish when cncii t. I in a silk handkerchief. Getting a girl in a sil » dress to put her arm round the neck ought to ha. e the same effect. "WHAT is the use of a wooden coffin ? said ;;n Irishman to his friend. Sure it will decay vciy soon. Bedad, I'll have an iron one, and it will "i. me all my iife THERE are two reasons why some people follow the advice of "mind your own First, they haven't any business; and soton mind to bring to it. PARTY looking for lodgings: "But the use a piano is of no use to me. I can't play." Landlady Oli, sir, but you'd ',tv u the use of; all the name. My daughter is always a-practising MRS. SMITH, triuinphantly— "The that rocks the cradle is t!:c hand that rules the world." Mr. Smith, cynically—" IfeS, indeed, my dear; as; 1 that's why the world! is ao deuced badly governed. KNOWING dog !:—There is one theatrical is: -.isa^i in this country who can refuse to engage a \voi::an without making an enemy of her. lie tells her —with an air of regret too—that she's too young. Oit, iny love," cried a gushing husband, I love you so that I would go to the ends of the eart :i to please you !I- That's just what I want YUlt to do," she replied, as !;hat once began to If,\ck iiii trunk. DEARMr. Jones," said a teamed woman, "you remind me of a barometer that is filled \vi:h nothing in the upper story. "—" Divine Amelia Brown," retorted Jones-, yoa occupy my upper story. AN English lady who had been in the far East told a French lady that Hindoo girls are taught to think of marriage as soon as they can talk. 8: replied, Fren-h girls are not. They don't require teaching. A LITTLE three-year old girl, while her mother was trying to get her to sleeps became interested i:t some outside noise. She was told that it was; siusedi by a cricket, when she sagely observed:—" ilami!>a, I think he ought to be oiled." Is he honest ? inquired a banker of a f: iend who recommended a man for janitor. $4 1, e lie echoed; Well, I don't know what you .-all i. but he returned a borrowed umbrella to me yesUr- day.' The man was engaged as cashier. THE Nctte Fr-.tc. IVmc recently had an advci-ti.- •> ment which ran, "Wanted a man without Ci- cumbrance, of middle age, willing to travel; be a misanthrope, with bitter experiences ol tho wickedness of mankind. Pay and position tfood. Everything found." LITTEB Anna awoke one morning with her < i badly bit tea with mosquitoes. Ob, mami: said she,, my chin is -,o stiff I can't .smile it." CIa, another oc.:uoion, waking up and seeing the da> light, she exclaimed, with a shake of her hand, See, papa it's unuighted now. "WOULD yon like a new song with an refrain?" asked a lady of an unmusical lean; tu which he replied with enthusiasm, Ah wlu-n y. talk of music 1 always like to hear there is to be a ^refraining." lie emphasized the last word s> peculiarly th?t she shm the piano with a bang. LooKlm at it another way—" It is !tsta:tJ!n.? rule in my cli i ?,i!i(i one clergyman to an?lhf.t? "for the sexton to wake up any man that he sees asleep." "1 think," replied the OLher, "th. it would be better for the sexton, whenever a man- goes to sleep under your preaching, to wake yju up as NVELL, you're the biggest goose I ever saw," said an uncultivated but honest Oxonian to the partner of his joys and sorrows. And she, who had the advantage of a public school education, smiled upon him with a seraphic smile as she re- I marked, Oh, deary, you are such a self-forgetl'ul darling I" A FASHIONABLE LADY, whose -position in i Y had been but recently attained, in boasting of j;, i- new residence remarked that the windows wer all of stained glass, whereupon her honest old- mother exclaimed, "That's too bad! It spile.- everything! Won't soap an' turpentine taku the stains out ?" A-CELEBRATIN' of it What's the crowd about?" asked a stranger, as he noticed a stream of visitors going into a fashionable residence. It' a silver -,vedd:n', obligingly replied his In- formant. Wliat's a silver wedding F" "Why, a chap's been married twenty-five timpN, and he's a-< elebratln' of it." NOTHING annoys Sile Difenderfer quite so much- as an able-bodied bore. One day after an half hour's vaporing* from one of these peculiar gums, lie i;,tid:lVell, calli to-morrow afternoon, orany other afternoon this week." But," said parasite, you are never here afternoons." s all right; that's the reason I want you to caii at that tiine. n THE late vicar of Sheffield once said to the la e Mr. Peech, a veterinary -3tirgeoii how is it you have not called upon me for yottr account f" Of), il r. l,'c-ech I never ask gentleman for money." Indeed," said the vicar, then how do you get on if he does not pay r" Why, leplied Mr. J Ve< h, "after a certain time I coiielude tiizli. he is not a gentleman, and then I ask him!"
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It is stated by a flomcastle correspondent that a gentleman of Brighton has presented Marwood with a sword, as a recognition of the valuable services rendered by the public executioner." A Fair Trade Conservative named Harris, having devoted thirty years of his life in accumulating proofs of the folly and mischief of Fret, Trade, has resolved to contest Bradford at the next election. At a meeting of the Middlesex magistrates a resolution was passed approving of the bill of Air. Dixon-Hartland providing for the better regula- tion of theatres and other places of public amuse- ZiLtjlll,. It is proposed to invite subscriptions at New- castle for an oil painting of Sir William Armstrong, for presentation in recognitioni of Sir William's iiift of two parks, and other acts of munificence to the city. At the Bvrby Assize- sentence of five years* penal servitude was passed on au habitual swindler, named Henry Mitchell, for plundering a furnished house near liuxu n, which he had. "taken" fOK six months. The :s to be compensated for the suffering he has undergone by a pilgrimage of Italians to Rome next autumn. It is proposed ostensibly by the Duke of Salviati, to prove to bim that the true Ttalv is on his side.