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Thousands 0/ Testimonials from all ?«ff?. ?oM in Bottles, 2s (><! each. and in cases, containing sis ,tin: the quantity, lis each,sufficient to effect apermanent cure iH Ifn?-stsmti?g :?.-s, by an 'Cbmists and Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the world, or sent on receipt if 30 or 132 stamps, by "FUC LINCOLN & MIDLAND COI:NXI:S' DRUG COMPANY, I Lincoln." Trade Mark BIJúOD MIXTURE." 1814 F.STABL1-HFD IN THE 17rru CENTURY. LACK'S CELEBHATED EVAPORATED BOD OIL. 0 GI;ARANTEKD ITU:K FROM WATER AND ALL DJIE<;<.Y MATTER. Now used by the principal Consumers in the Leather Trade in the United Kingdom and the Continent. Simli-'aniple Caslis strut on approval, Carriage Paid. SLACK & Co., Chamois and White Leather Dressers, Chesterfield. A GENTS WANTED.-Elcctric BELT" Polishing Water- r-roof Blacking Co., Ashton-under-L>ne. Samples ITID pa: titulars free 12 stumps One Shilling, or Post free, 1/2. MOTHER scr IDE to the MANAGEMENT and m FEEDING ot INF ANTS, by Annand Sempte, M.B., Physidanto the North London Hospital f'.r Children, etc. "This is a good ibonk,"—Lancet. "Contains a fund of valuable information." —Medical New*. HENRY KIMP- TON, High Holboi n, London, W.C. A'vtaiy Men of England who sujjer from New us Dtbiiihj. 31.t published. r1 pKE COXFE?SIO?S AND EXPERIENCE OF AN  INVALID. Di-ai?ned as a warninx and a caul ion to others; sup flying at the same time the means of SELF-CURE, l>y one tYho llas cured himself, after undergoing the usual anlount Jle-'ii-ai Imposition and Quackery. >Higle copies may be had (post free) by sending a staniped .idJrewed envelope to the author. ARTHUR DIXON, Esq., Hourslow, near London. THE ||TE E SB A M A DYE BT1 SE R, ¡ AND NORTH WALES NEWS. I EVERY FRIDAY AND I SATURDAY. PKHI: TWOPENCE, or free by Post, in advance' lis per annum. PifCE TWOPKNCE, or free by Post, on credit, 12s per annum. The Advertiser has now been established TuiRTv-r'v- veavs, and Mthe ad?-owtsd?pd County Parer for rkv B1GHSH1RE and FLINTSHIRE, where ith? circu? f t)onmore tha,n tbt of any other PITPOR IPUBLISLICU in eitLt;- of those counties. It is also extensively circulated m trie counties of Chester, Salop, and Merioneth, and throughout tl:u I'ruicijimity and will, therefore, be found a ",or all kinds of advertisements. 'Orders for papers and advertisements received at the ofhtre :—Adveru*er Office, Wrexham, Mr C. O. E" -IVIPV Osv.estry Mr J. Morgan, Mold; Mr T. a:ia the following AGE!'TS AGENTS Ai..?? .StNith and Son, Railway Station £ a{*lU Mr Williams, PostOii,,? Sai8 .l\lr II. Evan:, ¡ B,n)r-lsycocd Mr Mullock BI^JI-IH'JJII &c., MCS^ER^OR Hf:k?:h(ad Smith and Son, Railway Statin ?m?ha.m .Mr J. C. AstoN.39. aad M, Small- brooK-?tre?t B?c-.st-.yn <?c.?r Pickenng Bry!uho .MISS Howard, Po-? U:R-? ?ry.:?:ys. Mr Lluyd, PostO?? 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Situated on the premises and exclusively the private property of the firm. WATERS. TJORFCS BHANÐED" R. ELLIS SON, RUTHIN," STI.-RY IAHEI i registered and bears their Nanie and Trade Mark Sold everywhere, and fnolesale of R. ELLIS & SON, RUTHIN, NORTH WALES, Manufactureis to he Royal Family. *,CFNrTS: W. BFST :Lti(i so- LONDON AGENTS: W. BEST and SONS, Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square. CAUTION.-BEWARE of spurious imitations, and insist on having ELLIS'S RUTHIN MINERAL WATERS. SOLE ADDRESS;—R. ELLIS & SON, RUTHIN, NORTH WALES. 756 RENOWNED REMEDIES. rl]Tmnt'Jfi,, .j" A' 'J ¡; u: Ii !¡¡! .'J A. THE P!LL8 I I c-" !2;f),cor<!l DISORDERS OF the I ? I?IVER, STOMACH, KIDNEYS, AND BOWELS, I M T;i..y :Y?ornt' n'.? r.:? )r- to hcahh DEBIL:TNT&I Constituiiom, and ARE in%-a!uaMemaIl Complaints II :? !?d?!)':u tn i\n.ei- !.f?!! r:?rs. For Children and the agd they are priceless. 1 THE 0!NT?ENT j p r. "1 e.r-. ")0 T). t r"1 T I f: ? i..?, -.? 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"'n' ]I. 1'ze' the >rj as. zis srd 33 • '1 he 2s qd. cont.iir.S Ili-, -n -;I; i:y 0' sn-alle- s i ze; the I P <■> ■ i i->ize iixievn the 221. s?ze tliirty-lhree and the 33*. size fifty.twotimes the I 1 q?a tny of THE su?I'?r BOXES and PoL-. H i F '!i I RIIV.E'! ?itc?-tions arc af?xc? to each BOX and Po?, AND can be HAD in any lan,?ua-e. I /? N.B- Advne C-RA"IC ?t THE ABOVE ADDRESS, daily, BETWEEN the ho?rs of 11 and 4, or by letter. g i].:?'z:m:rWr:¡¡;;B£;¡;C'>:0=-=-7; .¡; >- If you are a man of business or L^WI^R, weakened by the strain of vour duties, avoid stimulants and take IrLop BITTERS. If you are a man of letters, toiling over your midnight work, to restore brain and nerve waste take HOP BITTERS. If you are suffering from over-eating or drinking, any indiscretion or dissipation, take HOP BITTSB3. If you are married or single, old or young, rich or poor, suffering from poor health or languishing on a bed of sickness, take HOP BITTEES Whoever yon are, wherever you are, whenever you feel that your svstem needs cleansing, tonin0" or stimulating, without intoxicating:, one bottle of 0 ROP BITTEB3 will do more good thnn 95 in all other medicines or doctor's visits. Hayc vou dyspepsia, kidney or v.nna.ry complaint, disease of the stomach, boicols, blood, liver, or iti £ TT\ R ou WILL be cured if you ta I:e IGRQT5 If y..H ha\e natu?cncy, rheuniatisin, or gout, O. are simply ailing, are weak and low-spirited, trv it! Ask your chemist or druggis' l for or goi-,t, c. at-c s-r".ply alling, are we0z and low-spi-tted, try it! IT 33"A.Y -O[ilt I..2F53. IT MAS SAVISD IMETINDREDSO FOR SALE BY ALL CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 269 See that III A c it ts v o u t it! M ?< 1402 uL MAN MUvim  17A) LARGEST MANUFACTURERS I NTHE WORLD 17?) ONE BOX OF CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS is warranted  to cm'c fU disf h?r?es from the Urimuy organs in either sex, acquired or constitutional. Gravel, and Pain? in the back. Sold in boxes, 4s 6d each, by all Chemists AND Patent Medicine Vendors or sent to any address for 60 stamps by th-3 MAKERS,' • The Lincoln A Midland Counties Drug Coimpany, Lincoln" -Wholesale agents Barclay and Sous, London, and -tll the Wholesale Houses. 993z BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, Euston Road, London. MO R I S O N S VEGETABLE .L1 UNIVERSAL MEDICINES. To be had of all Chemists throughout Great Britain O RASS, REED, STRING, and DRUM and FIFE 13 BANDS, PIANOS, ORGANS & HARMONIUMS sup- plied at Wholeia.1* Price st 3. MOORE & Co Buston-road, Hudaersfield. Prices with drawings of every instrument post free. Music for any kind of Band. Bandmen's Caps. Patronised by the Army, Navy, RiSe Corps. Second- hand Instruments bought or taken in exchange WALKER'S CRYSTAL CASE WATCHES are super- seding all others. Prize Medals, London, 1S62, Paris 1867. Silver from £ 3 3s. Gold from £6 6s. 77, Cornhill, B.C.; 230, Regent-street, W., London. Descriptive Pamphlet free. __0 (^ENOA (Italy LARGE), CORAL MAXUFACTROY.— Jr RAFAELE, COSTA AM Co., 17, Via Giulia. _u_ LADIES' GOLD KEYLESS WATCHFS, a!! the J?test  improvements, jewelled in every hole. Perfect Time- keeuers Beautifully Snished and of exquisite workman- ship. Equal to any watch sold at 3 guineas; price only 38s"(5d. Money returned if not approved of —Send P.O.O. to FREESTONE I.; Co., Victoria Mount, Woodsley-road, Leeds. CDRNS CORNS '-EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY. 4 6Y^HIROPODINE," the latest invention, will posi ?_? tiveYv cure. A tnal wUI convince you. It differs from anything yet invented. Price 13M, free by return 15 stamps. Try it. Pof age, Chemist, Beverley. Q,T A l\BIEIU"S" G eff"duaIly CURED by Coireepondence ').J and practical MITNU'TL, or ptrsonal'y. Articles on The NATURAl. SYSTEM in Elocutionist, Dec., 1882. Cor,y fre-e.-N. H. MASJN, 18, STAVORDALE ROAD, HIGHBURY, LONDON. IX V ENTORS. —PATENTS SECURED (and sold) in Great Britain or abroad at very low rates. Proopectus Ifree.-INvETORS' "l'ln'TE, 42 & 43, Essex-street, Strand, W.C. CHS, FUFCNOT'S ??Q A^A D?Med in CM PRIZES of 1 '?OC)'? < ? V x:?,0 0..eS.OOO, 5 ?4,000 c. for IS Tieketspurchascil for JANUARY 15th, 1881, have two chances. Apply lor MiiliinS Tickets (join 4d. for reply and Lists) to Mr Ilci-e, P.O. Box, 72, Geneva; or to Mr James Colmer, (;3, New Oxf*.rd-st., London, W.C., who will for- ward applications to Geneva. C lHRi^TMAS CAHDS,-AU the best Cards by Tuck. i %.?/ SiMesheimer, HUdesbeimer & Faulkiner, Marcus Ward, Prang, MIIN^ELL, S'c'nppei' &-c. at cash prices. Descriptive Catologv.E post free. C. Smith & Son, 63, Charing Cross, London, S.W. J > R. SCOTT S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS are wrapped in a square greezi pael-age and sold at Is 1 ?.d and 2s Ski a box, of all Chemists, or by post for 11 or 34 stamps of the Proprietor, W. LAMBERT, 173, Seymour Place, London, W. « 17N AVANT VEAST Wilkin & Co., JE? BUTTERINE Appold St., Finsbury, London. A CERTAIN CURE FOR THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. G" RATI S, a :\fEDICAL WORK showing sufferers hov W they may be cured and recover Health and Vitality, without the aid of Quacks, with Recipes for purifying the Blood and removing Skin Affections; also chapters on Happy Marriages; When and Whom to Marry; The Tem- peraments Stammering; Vital Force, How Wasted and how Preserved Galvanic Appliances and the Wonders of the Microscope in Detecting Various Complaints. Post free for Two Stamps.—Address, Secretary of Institution of Anatomy, Birmingham. 2167 A L V E S A N D T A P S MATHER and PLATT, Salford Iron Works, Manchester. LIBERAL TERMS to the TRADE. NERVOUS and PHYSICAL DEBILITY.-A gentle- man, having tried in vain every advertised remedy, has discovered a simple means of self-cure. He will be happy to forward the particulars to any sufferer on receipt, of A stamped and directed envelope. Address, J. T. SEWELL, Esq., Brook Villa, Hammersmith, London.   GRATIS, by Post, on receipt of Two Stamps to pay Postage. THE BOOK OF POSITIVE REMEDIES. It is the B. Book of Positive Medicine for the Cure of all Diseases. The Poitive Remedies were used for Thirty Years by a Retired Physician when in practice. They are now patented, and the NAMES GIVEN IN ENGLISH to enable invalids to select the Remedy proper for the disease, and Cure themselves. Everyone should possess a copy of this Book of Positive Remedies. Sent direct from the Publishers. H. SMITH & Co., 26, Southampton-row, London, W.C. WARRANTED TO CURE. PROT*-DYNE PILLS ARE A POSITIVE CURE for Debilities and Derangements of the Generative and Nervous System, Prostration, Pimples, Loss of Energy, Physical Depression, Premature Decline, Wastiog Diseases, Exhaustion of Nerve Power, Local Weakness, and all Disease resulting from Loss of Vital Force. After using these Pills, the body and nerves are restored to Health and Vigor. May be had direct from the proprietors on receipt of thirty-four stamps. Sent by Post to any address. H. SMITH & Co., Laboratory, 26, Southampton-row, London, W.C. 2663c HAPS CURED IN 24 HOURS WITH NOSWAL." Post free for 8d and Is 2d per bottle. Prevents chil- blains. ])A-NLEL JUDSON ali(I Son, 77, Southwark-st., London, S.E. PARCELS POST. PARCELS POST Dress C?ps. Mob Caps. Curtains, Collarettes, &c SulfndM v?lue. Will be sent to any part of England free on recejptoÍ P.O.O. for 10 and upwards. W. COTTON, WEEKDAY CROSS, NOTTINGHAM.
I a BOY'S FATAL DEBAUCH.
I a BOY'S FATAL DEBAUCH. A boy named Thomas Owen, twelve years of age, who resided in Foundry Street, Warrington, W" found dead on Christmas Day under somewhat peculiar circumstances. On Christmas Eve the lad was employed opening mussels in the market place, and shortly before twelve o'clock he left the work and went with three other lads a little older than himself to a house, where they drank a pint of undiluted rum between them. Deceased was taken home in a helpless state of drunkenness, and had to be undressed and carried to bed by his mother. On Christmas morning, at eight o'clock, he was found dead.
I-,THE FOG: FATAL ACCIDENTS.
I THE FOG: FATAL ACCIDENTS. A fog of great density hung over Manchester and district on Wednesday, bringing with it painful casualties. About 6 p.m. several workpeople were returning along the bank of the canal at Failaworth from their work, when four of them walked ac- cidentally into the water. A terrible struggle ensued, each clutching at the other in their attempts to reach the bank. Another workman, coming along, hearing cries of "Help," ran in the direction of the drowning people, when he missed his step and fell in. He, however, succeeded in gaining hold of the side of the cutting, and endeavoured to assist the others, who were struggling in the water, but without avail, for, getting exhausted, he pulled himself out, and ran to t ee exhausted, he pulled himself out, and ran to the nearest house for help. In the meantime two of the persons—a young girl and young man, named respectively Elizabeth Hardy and James Walkden—had disappeared. The others contrived to drag themselves ashore. The bodies were dragged for for upwards of four hours before they were recovered. Singularly enough, at this time last year two sisters were drowned within fifty yards of the spot in a similar fog. A fog of extraordinary density prevailed on Wednesday at Ashton-under-Lyne,Staleybridge, and vicinity. The opening of Leeds races was postponed owing to fog. A dense fog has greatly impeded navigation at Sheerness during the past two days. The mail steamer Prince Hendrik, from Flushing, due at Queens- borough on Christmas morning, did not arrive until noon on Wednesday, having been fogbound in the North Sea. In the metropolis on Wednesday the fog was not so general as on Christmas Day; but in some parts it was dense in others comparatively clear. There was a considerable fog in the Eng- lish Channel; and at Eastbourne in many streets the fog was so thick as to be almost impenetrable even by the electric light; and during the after- noon only half of the pier could be seen. —^—————
IAN INTELLIGENT DRUNKARD.…
I AN INTELLIGENT DRUNKARD. At the Bow Street Police Court, London, on Wednesday, a man who at first refused to give his name, but eventually gave it as George Webb, was charged with being drunk and disorderly on Christmas Eve, and assaulting the police on Christmas Day. The prisoner was found in Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, on Monday night, lying on the pavement perfectly helpless through drink. He was conveyed to the station on a stretcher, and upon recovering he was ad- mitted to bail to appear and answer the charge on Wednesday. On Christmas Day, however, he accosted a constable in New Oxford Street, and asked for a common lodging-house. The constable directed him to one, whereupon the defendant called him "a liar," and struck him with some severity in the chest. He was again taken into custody.—Mr. Vaughan: What are you? The defendant: An interpreter. I speak five different languages.—Mr. Vaughan: Why don't you get employment? The defendant: Because I drink. I have been locked up twenty times, and have been living on drink and nothing else for the last three or four weeks. I wish I I was in an asylum.—Mr. Vaughan said surely a man of defendant's intelligence ought to exercise his common sense, and refrain from getting into such a degraded state of drunkenness. He thought the best thing that could be done would be to order the defendant to find sureties for a length of time, and he (Mr. Vaughan) hoped no one would be found to come forward and enter into the necessary recognisances. He should order the defendant to find two sureties in £10 each for six months, and he did so in the defendant's :interest, trusting that a total absence of drink during that time might act beneficially OIL the defendant, and rescue him from his degraded position.
.I !THE CLYDE SHIPOWNERS AND…
THE CLYDE SHIPOWNERS AND MR. I CHAMBERLAIN. The Shipowners' Association, replying to yr. Chamberlain's circular, express approval of the Board of Trade proposals designed to lessen pre- ventible loss of life and property at sea, although they consider such loss has been greatly exagger- ated. The question of overloading ought to be made clear beyond dispute, but the Association contend that overloading is generally becoming a matter of opinion, which is gradually adjusting itself in favour of the shipowners. Increased liability to shipowners and passengers requires consideration, but the Association entirely oppose the proposal to establish local tuarino courts, being satisfied that the ordinary tribunals alone should be the arbiters between shipowners and the Board of Trade. j
,SUICIDE OF AN INTENDED BRIDE-…
SUICIDE OF AN INTENDED BRIDE- I GROOM. John Denton, aged .25 years, an assistant to an auctioneer, was to have been married on Tuesday to a young woman at one of the City churches. Shortly after eleven o'clock his mother and younger brother went to the church where the marriage was to take place. The bride was waiting tlil- arrival of the bridegroom; but he did not come, j aud after waiting till past twelve the parties left the church. It afterwai Is transpired that Denton, who lived in Cornwall Road, Waterloo Road, had taken poison. He was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he died.
ISTRIKES IN FRANCE....I
STRIKES IN FRANCE. I Tne strike among the miners and glass blowers I in the North of France, which at one time appeared imminent, is being avoided through the tact of the men's delegate, M. Roudet, who has gone through all the districts where discontent has been manifested, and has held numerous con- ferences with the leading mine owners and glass manufacturers. The moderation displayed by M. Roudet appears likely to bear the best fruits, and he is sanguine that the main demands of the men will be met in a conciliatory spirit. At a meeting at Aniches yesterday, which was numer- ously attended. M. Roudet said: "The day will come when justice will be legally done to our claims, for we are honest men who wish to live by labour." Complete tranquillity prevails every- where, and hopes are expressed that even at Anzin the ill-considered conduct of the employers will not prevent an amicable adjustment of the matters I in dispute.
IRREDENTIST INSULT TO AUSTiitA.…
IRREDENTIST INSULT TO AUSTiitA. I The Moniteur de Rome publishes a telegram from I Vienna which states that the Italian Irredentists I had forwarded to Count Taaffe the sum of twelve hundred and eighty francs, as the proceeds of a subscription to defray the expenses incurred by Austria in the trial and execution of Oberdank. The Moniteur says the money has been returned by II Count Taaffe to Count Robilant, the Austrian Minister at Rome. The fact that this insolent I manifestation took place, and that the money was sent, is true; but a correspondent has authority for saying that instead of being a subscription, the entire sum was furnished by two individuals.
I FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE CHANNELI…
I FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE CHANNEL I SQUADRON. Letters received from the Channel squadron at I Vigo contain particulars of two fatal accidents which have occurred on board ship. The men of the Sultan were engaged on the 18th inst. in send- ing down the upper yards, when an able seaman, named George Ritty, fell from the foretopmast crosstrees, and striking the sheer pole in his descent, I one of his legs was wrenched clean off. He died soon afterwards in great agony. Two days after- wards John Edward Jenkins, an able seaman of the Agincourt, fell from the fore royal yard of that ship to the deck, a distance of 170 feet, and was killed on the spot. Both men were buried ashore with I naval honours.
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Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne will probably go to Italy early in the new year. Footpads seem to be getting bolder and bolder I in New York city. A box of explosives has been discovered on the Great Western Railway, near Powderham Castle, the seat of the Earl of Devon. The University of Pennsylvania has challenged the Harvard University to row an eight-oared shell race, with coxswains, at any time, over any distance of water, and at such place as may br selected bv Harvard. While a party-of gentlemen were snooting over the woods of Messrs. Crawshay, in Dean Forest, Richard Jones, a beater, aged eighteen years, was accidentally shot in the neck and mortally wounded. Mr. Dering, the new English Minister at Coburg, assumes his office at the commencement of January, and at the same time Mr. Scott, his predecessor at Coburg, goes to Berlin as Cliarg e d' Affaires. The Assessorship of the University of St. Andrew's was decided on Saturday by the election of Sir Richard Cross, M.P., he having polled 731 votes. His opponent, Dr. Benjamin Ward Richardson, polled 344 votes. At a pension of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, Lord O'Hagan (formerly Lord Chancellor of Ireland) and Lord Fitzgerald (Lord of Appeal) were elected benchers of the society, of which they were formerly members. The Duke and Duchess of Albany, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Countess of Lvttcn, and other distinguished persons visited ot. Alban's Cathedral on Friday, having driven over from Hatfield House. The recent absence of Baron Pollock from court was occasioned by a severe cold only, which, umU-r medical advice, made it necessary for him to keep his room. In other respects the health of the learned baron has ififin verv srood.
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1 GENEIRAL FOREIGN NEWS. j THE ILBERT BILL. 11 LL. We learn from Calcutta that that portion of the concordat arranged between the Indian Govern- ment and the Anglo-Indian Defence Association relating to the enhanced power of district magis- trates on the basis of the modifications approved by the Secretary of State for India in his recent despatch is as follows: I The right to be given to European British subjects when brought for trial before a district magistrate or sessions judge to claim trial by jury, such as is provided for by Section 461 of the Criminal Procedure Code, hold- ing the following conditions No distinction be- I tween European and native district magistrates or sessions judges to be made. The powers of the district magistrate under Section 446 to be extended to imposing a sentence of six months' imprison- ment, or a fine of 2,000 rupees, or both. The Ex- ecutive Committee of the Anglo-Indian Defence Association to treat this understanding as a settle- ment of the question. EARTHQUAKE AT LTSttONV I An earthquake shock was felt at Lib;- at half- past one o'clock on Saturday morning, but did not excite much notice, such shocks being of frequent occurrence here. A second shock, which lasted twelve seconds, occurred two hours later, being accompanied by subterranean rumblings, awoke the entire population, and caused a panic among the inhabitants in the narrow streets. The seismic wave passed from north-west to south-east. No damage was done, the houses being constructed to resist earthquakes. Particulars published concern- ing the earthquake state that some old buildings and high chimneys were slightly damaged by the shock, which was felt throughout the country. At Setubal the inhabitants were so alarmed that they made for the sea shore. FRANCE AND MADAGASCAR. A letter has arrived at Zanzibar from the French Admiral Galiber, announcing that on the night of November 16 the Hovas made an a1 tempt to carry off the Queen of the Sakalaves from Magunsra. The attempt was foiled by the fire of the French gunboat Pique, and a party of riflemen from the Forfait, under the command of Midshipman Ducrest. The sanitary conditiou of the French forces is described as everywhere satisfactory. The negotiations with the Hovas has not been resumed. PRANCE AND CHINA. A despatch from Admiral Courbet giving par- ticulars of the French losses at Sontay has been received by the Minister of Murine in Paris. The total in both attacks is said to have been 85 killed and 240 wounded. A telegram from Paris published by the Cologne Gazette states that during his re- cent stay in London the Marques Tseng con- cluded a secret treaty with the British Govern- ment by which it was stipulated that after the taking of Sontay England would offer her media- tion to France. The Paris Temps protests against the persistent rumours of British mediation with regard to Ton- quin, and says: "There must be very little faith in the solidity of our claims in the management of our diplomacy, and in the valour of our troops, to call so loudly for mediation. We admit that England is in an excellent position to oner her good offices; but we repel, as absolutely out of place, the language held by English journals since the taking of Sontay. France must only seek a recognition of the righta she claims; and it is not right for England to offer mediation so long as China does not ask for it. France, however, will always pay great attention to England's counsel." TERRIBLE FIRE AT A SCHOOL. We leam from Constantinople that on Sunday morning, at eleven o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises occupied by the Germano-Israelite School. The flames, which were first seen in the basement of the building, spread with such rapidity as to prevent most of the children from effecting their escape by the ordinary means of egress. Many were thrown or leaped out of the windows of tho upper floors into blankets which were held in the street, and in the course of their descent several were more or less seriously injured. Nineteen charred bodies were found, but it was feared that more had perished, as thirty children in all were missing. The directress of the school, seized with niisshitu threw herrelf out of a window into the street, and was killed on the spot. ITALY. The Pope has distributed a large number of beds and a considerable amount of money among the poor as his Christmas gifts. The statement made by the Cologne Gazette that the Emperor of Austria would shortly visit Rome is contradicted on all sides. GERMANY AND THE VATICAN. xierr von Kendell has sent to the Syndic ol Rome a bust of the German Crown Prince, accom- panied by a letter, couched in flattering terms, thanking the city for the splendid reception ac.. corded to his Imperial Highness. The German Ambassador at the same time forwarded to the Syndic, in the name of the Crown Prince, the sum of 3,000 lire, for distribution among the poor. EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN. According to intelligence received, the Catholic mission at Khartoum has arrived in safety at Berber, and is proceeding to Cairo. With reference to the intelligence published by a London paper regarding a communication alleged to have been made to the Egyptian Government as to tlia future policy of England in regard to the S-'udan, it is authoritatively stated that Sir Evelyn Baring has repeatedly given the Egyptian Govern- ment to understand that the British troops would assist the Egyptian army in case of Egypt proper being threatened. It is, however, denied that the British representative has intimated that the British Government is prepared, if requested, to despatch the English fleet to Alexandria, or that they would not oppose the despatch of an expedition to the soudan by other European Powers. DESTRUCTIVE GALE ON THE SPANISH COAST. A despatch from the Governor of Granada ;tates that the gale which raged there on the 19th inst., destroyed half the town of Mamola. rhe harbour was much damaged and the ship- ping suffered considerably. Many people were jij ured. AKHA RAIDS IN ASSAM. The advanced force of the expedition sent against the Akhas crossed into the Akhali country )U the 17th inst., hoping by a rapid movement ;0 rescue the two native Forest officers cap- ;ured by the Akhas during their recent raids into 3am. FRANCE. A banquet, at which covers were laid for 70 quests, was given at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Paris on Saturday evening. The diplo- natic body warmly congratulated M. Ferry on the successes gained by the French troops at Sontay. The Marquis Tseng was invited, but did not attend. RUSSIA AND BULGARIA. We learn from St. Petersburg that Major- General Kantakuzin, the Chief of the titaff of the Corps of Gendarmerie, has been relieved of h II present functions, and has been granted leave of absence for the interior of the empire and abroad. It is semi-officially announced from Sofia that the Russian General Prince Kantakuzin has been appointed Bulgarian Minister of War. OUTRAGES IN AMERICA. A broom factory, together with some adjoining buildings, has been burnt down at St. Louis. The loss is estimated at four hundred thousand dollars. Three persons-a woman, her daughter, and grand- daughter—have been murdered in North Carolina, under mystericus circumstances. A party of negroes have fired on a party of whites, at Zaxoo City, Mississippi, killing three and wounding some others. A negro had previously insulted one of the whitemen, which caused the latter to congregate. SOUTH AFRICA. A meeting of chiefs and head men of the reserve territory, including John Dunn, Dabulamauzi, and Undabuko, has been held at Ekowe. The opinion of the meeting seemed to be in favour of the re- moval of Cetewayo.
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Lord Harris has withdrawn his name from the list of members of the Farmers' Alliance. A stained-glass window to the memory of Dr. Drewitt, author of "The Surgeon's VadeMecum," is to be fixed in Wimbome Minster. A despatch from Connelsville, Pennsylvania, says :—" Roughs stoned Mrs. Langtry's car as it passed through this place. No person was in- jured." The Duke of Newcastle has made an abatement of 20 per cent. to his tenantry upon their rent. This has been done by the noble duke for the last, three years. Sir Digby Caylev, Bart., died on Friday night, at his residence, "Brompton Hall, near Scar- borough. Deceased always exhibited very deep interest in agriculture. The suicide of a highly-esteemed merchant of Vienna, Herr Mathias Stricker, the head of an ironmongery firm, has caused a deep impression in the Austrian capi t al. The Bishop of St. Albans has appointed the Rev. W. J. Lawrence, rector of St. Albans Cathedral, to be archdeacon of St. Albans, in place of t::e late Archdeacon Grant. In consequence of the strike of labourers at the Limerick Gasworks, the Lord Lieutenant has ordered soldiers to work in their stead pending a settlement of the dispute. It is stated that the Rev. Sydney Linton, vicar of St. Philip's, Heigliam, Norwich, has accepted an appointment as the first bishop of a new diocese in New South Wales. A committee has been formed at Pessau to raise a bronze statue, doulile life-size, to William Muiler, the writer of Greek songs, and father of Professor Max Muller, of Oxford. An old lady named Mitchell died suddenly at Sheerness on Friday. The shock to her husband was so great that his mind became deranged, and he had to be-rqraoydd to the Union Infirmary.
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NOTES ON NEVS A RATHER disheartening statement, from an American point of view, was made the other night at a banquet given at Philadelphia to celebrate the anniveisary of the landing of the Puritans in the Mayflower. The Secretary of the United States Navy, who was one of the speakers, praised their own line of steamers, and hoped their vessels would long fly the Stars and Stripes; but a director of the com- pany, who followed, declared that they would be compelled to sell their business, for it seemed as if no steamers would pay except under the English flag. SPECULATORS in Baron Grant's gold mine must remember that not only is Baron Grant a financierof repute, but also that the gold mine which is to make the fortunes of everybody -connected with it is in the Transvaal, and that unless it is "rich beyond the dreams of avarice," its commercial success depends upon the making of certain roads which we are not -—— J A 1 r „ AIL Tl nnwiy cv see uiiuertaKcn oy lune noers. iz is again asserted that the land has been bought for a song, and it is certainly being sold for a fortune by the promoters. In any case, it is a purely speculative venture, and those who enter upon it must do so with their eyes wide open, and keep them wide open after they have got into it. THE French Government have sustained a defeat upon the common-place subject of American bacon. Some time ago the prohibi- tion against the importation into France of salted meat from America was withdrawn, and this was on Saturday made the subject of an interpellation by M. Paul Bert in the Chamber of Deputies. Notwithstanding the fact that the withdrawal of the prohibition had been made in response to numerous demands, and that no cases of the dreaded trichinosis had oc- curred when the free importation of pork was permitted, the Government were left in a minority of 221 against 280. It so happens that they have not taken their defeat greatly to heart, for M. Herisson, the Minister of Com- merce, who had charge of the question, after- I wards declared in the lobby that he accepted the vote of the House. Until, therefore, a special bill on the subject has been discussed and passed, the French people will require to dispense with salted meat from America. IN reference to social matters our budget is I i both a heavy and pleasant one. In the first place we have the sale of a volcano. Who would buy such a ridiculous thing ? Who would offer it for sale ? What could the pur- chaser do with it ? How could even the auctioneer's clerk describe it ? are natural questions. We cannot say. We only know that a volcano has been sold and that it was sold by auction. The desirable lot in question is situated in Mexico, and is named Popocatepl, a contraction of our English words pop-off and cat-take-the-hindmost. According to a Mexican paper the place has been bought by an American speculator, who intends to build a railway up its sides, and to drive a tunnel to the crater, in order to mine out the sulphur, which will be chiefly used on the spot for making oil of vitriol, after 50,000 tons have been annually exported. The purchaser, in fact, has contracted to supply that quantity. Any offers for Vesuvius ? ————— AN amorous swain desires a wife from the ranks of the workhouse paupers. The chair- man of the Wrexham Board of Guardians was quietly presented by the clerk with the follow- ing pretty little document at the last meeting —" Sir,—I hope you will pardon me for writ- ing these lines to you, but I may only state that I have no home. I am in lodging, so my object is to ask could I have a tidy woman from your institution which would make me a tidy  wife. I am in regular work, and am able to support a wife; and I am sure that if you could assist me in having one I should feel happy. I enclose you postage stamp for reply; which I hope you will kindly let me know whether I can have one from your place or not, and on what condition. I am a steady person, and j thirty-two years of age. A reply would oblige i yours truly, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, care of William Williams, Bank-street, Ponkey, Ruabon." It is needless to say that the read- ing of the letter caused no little amusement. It was suggested that the chairman should write for a portrait of the would-be wooer. Would it not be better to allow the man him- self to come and select a suitable partner i amongst the many blushing damsels who take their daily meals in the House." A DENLU. comes from Brussels to the report which has recently been in circulation of an approaching interview between the three Emperors. The rumour that the Emperor of Austria would shortly visit Rome, with: the view of affording an external confirma- tion of the alleged Mid-European Alliance, has also been contradicted. In a note which has, it is said, been sent by the Vatican to the Nuncios abroad, the interview between the ¡I Pope and the Crown Prince of Germany is described as a tacit recognition of the i rights of the Papacy and a triumph of Catholic diplomacy. It is a significant fact! that General von Loe, who is an adhereni; of the Church of l-ome, and who accompanied the Crown Prince to Spain and Italy, has been nominated, in place of General von Thile, Commander-in-Chief of the 8th Army Corps, who retires from active service. Another step t in the policy of reconciliation has thus been taken by the concession of one of the demands of the Ultramontanes, who have frequently urged that the head of the army corps in the I Rhine provinces and in Westphalia should be a Catholic. Amongst the Royal visits announced are one by the King of Spain to Rome early in the spring, and another of the King and Queen of Italy to Berlin. LORD DERBY seems likely to have every I savage chief in South Africa with -a grievance here presently besieging the doors of the Colonial Office. The latest arrival is Samuel Moroko, called Sam for short out in South Africa. He claims to be the rightful chief of the Baraiongs in the Orange Free State. The Boers of that republic refused to admit his claims, made terms with his brother, and scattered Samuel's people, so that he lost not only his territory but his tribe. He has come over here to persuade Lord Derby that it is the duty of England to collect the scattered people and to replace its chief upon the throne of his father. Of course, Lord Derby will do nothing of the kind. Very possibly Samuel has been treated with in- justice, the Orange Free State always pro- II c: e ling on the principle that the fewer natives it keeps within its boundaries the better; but Lord Derby has no locus standi from which to give advice to the republic. If he wrote a letter it would be ignored, and more active measures are out of the question. Samuel was urged by his best friends not to come to England upon a wild goose chase, but he would not agree to any abandonment of his purpose, and he thinks that while we have the Bechuanas and the Zulus and the Basutos on our hands, we may as well take in another tribe or two-just to make our task worthy of our greatness. But we shall never do anything of the kind. Samuel will i get a polite refusal to his request.
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Dr. Loewe, the celebrated Latin Scholar, fell down the lift at Gottingen University, the other day, and was killed. Professor Huxley will, it is rumoured, be offered a baronetcy. Edward Trowbridge, a coachman at Denton, near Canterbury, while drunk, fell from his box. He was run over and killed. A surveyor's labourer, named Harding, was accidentally killed on Saturday morning by falling down a staircase, in which some alterations were being made in the Town Hall buildings at New- eastle-on-Tyne. ••UID you give Johnny the medicine, Mrs. Browns asked the doctor. 11 Ob, yes, doctor, replied the loving mother, and then she added in- nocently, and it don't seem to have done him the least harm." At the Thames Police uourt, on Friday, Alfred and Emma Sexton were committed for trial oa the wharge of torturing and ill-using Charles Sexton, aged twenty-one years, an imbecile, who, from his stunted and emaciated condition, had been supposed to be a boy of eleven years old. At Lowestoft the herring fishery is now over. Compared with the previous year the season "has been a much more successful one, although ihe tunl weather during the present month greatly inter- fered with the fishing. The entire returns aro 7,705 lasts, compared with 5,286 in the year 18S2. Mr. Theodore May, a well-known horse dealer in Paris, has shot himself on the quay near the Pont de la Concorde. Death was instantaneous. He was in his seventy-third year. The cause of the suicide is said to have been the loss of a law suit in connection with a Government contract. A memorial having been forwarded to Air. Ulad- stone in favour of the abolition of the power of Naval Courts-martial of inflicting penal servitude in certain cases of insubordination, the Prime Minister has replied that he has handed over the memorial to Lord Northbrook, who, he promised,
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For for the Family. V/> N V/ v/ y S « > » RASKS high-Old butter. FOOD for thought—Fish. GOVERNMENT pastry—A mint spy. THE coaled fire throws out the most heat. A SEALED proposal—The engagement kiss. A FINE thing in neckties-A diamond pin. AN expensive wife makes a pensive husband ALWAYS at cross purposes—Ferry companies. WHY is a balloon like silence ? Because it gives ascent. A NOD thing in bonnets-—A dozing woman in church. SoHXAHBtnasK is believed to be an unconscious tranceaction. WASTED—A long Ulster in exchange for a short bathing-suit. THE prettier the feet and ankles the easier they get up stares. A SUSPENDED sentence—The one the atammereB tries to speak. WITH an eye to the main chance—The leader of a country choir. A LAZY chap has found out that working between meals is unhealthy for him. IT is doubtless owing to our being made of clay that we are so easily broken. h dg,, IT lSD, t a great way to the end of a cat. s, nose, but it's fur to the end of its tail. AND the cloud wedded the shadows," sings a poet. Sort of a bigger mist, eh ? WITH ladies of taste you cannot hope to accom- plish much unless you are accomplished. MANY a woman who does not know even the multiplication table can "figure" in society. WHEN a young man begins to raise down upon his face it is no wonder that he acts like a goose. AN advertisement to invest in certain new lines is with awkward honesty headed, Purchase of railway snares." THE patience of an angler waiting to take a fine trout from a pool is excelled only by that of a trout waiting to be caught. WE meet in society many beautiful and attrac- tive women whom we think would make excellent wives—for our friends. A YOUTH begged a belle to give him something he could wear next to his heart. She sent him A red flannel chest protector. THIS world is pretty even—the piano has spoiled many a good dish washer, and many a good dish washer has spoiled a piano. Now that it is an established fact that cleanliness is next to godliness, there are people curious to know what godliness is next to. A MATBON of an orphan school, the other day, on being asked why the pillars of the school were so dirty, replied that they were not orphan cleaned. "GOT on your husband's cravat, haven't you ?" asked a neighbour of Mrs. Bilkins. '*Yes," replied Mrs. B., sadly, the only tie there is between us now." THEBE is a rumour from Germany that a learned chemist has discovered a wonderful oil that will restore youth to old age. It must be a species of e-live oil. Do you want fast colours ?" asked the draper. "No, indeed!" she answered, with a pretty blush. My husband does not like any- thing fast!" Tommy, that was abominable in you to eat your little sister's share of the cake!" "Why," said Tommy, "didn't you tell me, ma, that I was always to take her part ?" OLD gent—" Ah, Mrs; B., did you keep a dairy during your visit to the country;" Mrs. B., in- dignantly—"No, sir, I didn't. The family bought milk from the neighbours." THE judge in a breach of promise caso recently gave the shortest charge on record to his jury- After the lawyers had talked for their fees, liia honour said, "How muchr" "WELL, I shall do my best to have justice dono you," said the lawyer to the client. Indeed, if you are going to do that," replied the rascal,, "I think I'd better be off at once." "MY brethren," said Swift, in a sermon, there are three kinds of pride- of birth, of riches, and of talents. 11 shall not speak of the latter, non of you being liable to that abominable vice." A WAG, speaking of a friend which he suspected of living altogether beyond his means, observed that he believed he would owe several thousand pounds after all his debts were paid." "JULIUS came out of college highly educated, and made his mark in the world." But what of that 1'" cried Mr. Scroggins; I never had any education, and I always make my mark." WE have a splendid view from our house," said Mortmain, whose residence is amply protected by mortgages. "Yes," replied Brownricg, "a splendid view, but a deucedly dismal outlook." PEECOCIOUS five year old—" Pa, how is it a jury can convict a man of manslaughter when he killed a woman E" Pa, bolting his breakfast: "Ask your ma. She knows more about manslaughter than 1 do." "WHY may that fruit be called a vigorous stream?" asked a man, as he pointed to a currant. The conundrum having been given up, the man said: "It is because it is a em-rant that has to be stemmed. "Dm you give Johnny the medicine, Brit. Brown?" asked the doctor: "Oh" yes, doctor," replied the loving mother, and then she added in- nocently, U and it don't seem to have done him the least harm." JUDKINS, when asked why he was moving OUT of a house the other day, said that he had been brought up to the belief that pay-rental authority must be obeyed, no mattes how much he was lut, out about it. S A GENTLEMAN was talking to the owner of a fero- cious bull-dog, and asked him the question-UDo you think your dog would become fond of a stranger tin "Yes," replied the dog-fancier, "if he was raw; but he wouldn't if the stranger was cooked." "IT is something I can't understand," said Mrs. Wigglesworth, laying down the paper. "Why every Frenchman'S first name begins with a M. There's M. Ferry, and M. Wilson, and M. Grevy, and a dozen more. Must bother the postmaster terrible. A YOUNG lady has received the following note, accompanied by a bouquet of flowers Dear I send you by the boy a bocket of flours. This iz like my luv for u. The nite shade menes kepe dark. Rosis red and posia pail, my luv for u shall never fale. "IT does seem that this child is a long time int learning to talk," said a lady to her husDand; meaning their little girl. Ah, well," said tho cynical gentleman, "don't worry yourself about her beginning She'll doubtless know how to talk many years before she knows how to stop." THE editor of an "independent" organ, head- ing that his rival, a party organ," was goingp to have a new man at the helm, said, "It won't make any difference who the new editor of the organ may be. Whoever turns the crank, an organ always grinds out the same old tunes. "I UNDERSTAND you referred to ME as a pig, sir," remarked a pompons elderly gentleman to a young man who had spoken disparagingly of him to a third party. "You have been misinformed, sir," replied the young man. "I hope that I knew better than to refer to a person of your advanced ago as a pig. Dr. SMOOTTIMAN is quite a ladies' doctor," observed Mrs. Faintaway. SO nice! said one lady. SO chatty said another. Never prescribes nasty things!" said a third. HOb., he's a duck!" cried an enthusiastic young matron. "You mean a quack," growled her husband, who had just seen the doctor's bill for one year's attendance. "WHERE are you taking me to?" asked a criminal; addressing the detective who had just arrested him. I'M taking you to the office of the police superintendent," was the reply. I wish to observe in this case, then," said the culprit, that it is the office seeks the man, and not the man the office. A FBEXCHMAN who took to learning English, persevered till he came to the word ague." When told that its two syllables might be re- duced to one, by prefixing p" and I, mak- ing plague of it, the philosopher remarked that half the English might have the a-gue, and the other half the pla-gue; as for him, he wouldnttl bother more about it. HADYN had the weakness of being unable to bear being represented as an old man. When he was about seventy-eight years old he was very seriously angry with a painter who represented him as he then was. If I was Hadyn when I was forty," said he to the painter, "why would you transmit to posterity a Hadyn of seventy-eight? Neither you, nor I, nor the public, gain by the alteration." HOBACE Mayhew once joined a league for the suppression of "tips" to waiters. Lunching one day, he began to feel nervous at the time for pay- ing the bill arrived, but finally mustered courage to say, William, I am sorry for you; but I have joined the No-tippers." Well, Mr. Mayhew," answered William mildly, "as you are an OLD! customer I don't mind telling you that I have joined a rum lot too. We've bound ourselves to upset hot dishes by accident over the legs of stingy cuatomera."
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An inquest was held on Friday, at the Cam- bridgeshire Lunatic Asylum, at Fulbourne, before Mr. Palmer, coroner for the county of Cambridge, on the body of William John Amps, an inmate of the asylum. On Wednesday, while the preparations fcr the Christmas decorations were being made m the asylum, the deceased was seen to chew some twigs of a yew tr,e, and he died a few hours after- wards. The medical witnesses were of opinion that sufficient narcotic poison had been taken by the deceased, who was apoplectic, to accelerate hiaf death. On Saturday morning a singular accident, which resulted in the death of a navvy, named Thomas Bennett, aged forty-eight years, occurred on tha new Hull and Bamsley Railway. A shot was about to be fired, and when the fuse was ignited deceased took refuge in the mouth of the Brierley tunnel, about 75 yards distant. Immediately after, the shot was fired, deceased was seen to fall, and on a ganger going to his assistance, he found him- bleeding profusely from a wound on the head. It i.s conjectured that a piece of stone was driven oy the blast against the mouth of the tunnel at the opposite side to where Bennet was standing, and, rebounding, struck him over the head. Bennett was conveyed to the Barnsley Hospital, where h41 died in the afternoon.