The Cardigan Observer and General Advertiser for the Counties of Cardigan Carmarthen and Pembroke

LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. THE political thermometer has, like the ordi- nary weather-glass, shown a milder tem- perature throughout the week; but no material change for the better can be said to have taken place as regards war prospeots. There is a widespread feeling and fear that no good will come of the projected Conference, and the Govern- ment seem to have the same impression, as great activity is observable at all the dockyards and mili- tary oentres. There is significance too in the pro- minence given in the metropolitan papers to everything that concerns the army and navy. One day last week there appeared, in the outside sheet of the Times, an elaborate article on our field forae, containing statistics which possess more than ordinary interest at the present anxious time. Of late, in the metropolis, there has been an increaje in the number of recruiting sergeants, and volunteer corps are likewise addiog largely to the number of their members. TVra lil-\3 before me at this moment a paper, issued from the head-auartera of the 19th Surrey R fles, New- street,* Kennington park, announcing tha.t permission has been obtained from the War Office to raise two more companies, ani inviting respectable young men, height not less than five feet six inches, to join immediately as reoruits. As inducements to join it is stated that the entrance fee, five shillings, is the only expense incurred; that thecoips has good brass and drum and fife bands; that there are two ex- cellent rifle ranges; that* valuab e prizes are given annually for competition; and that dramatic, athletic, and cricket clubs are esta- blished in the corps. What more tempting in- duoements could be laid before respectable young men? One of the small side arohes is all that now remains of Temple Bar, and Fleet- Btreet presents at that part quite an un- familiar appearance. The solitary arch still standing makes it look as if besieging cannon had been employed in the work of demolition. Some time must elapse before we get entirely accus- tomed and reconciled to the absence of the Bar, great obstruction though it was to the traffic. The change upon this portion of Fleet-street will be very marked when the stately Law Courts are finished, and when Childs' new bank, which u to present some fine architectural features, is erected on the opposite side. During the winter the Law Courts, in spite of the continuance of the masons' strike, have continued to rise, and they are now an object of attraction to passers-by on the pavement. The building with its turrets is now sufficiently advanced to let it be seen that it will prove, when completed, ornamental as well as useful. Sir George Jessel, when suddenly fired at by Dodwell the other morning at the entranoe of the Rolls Court, displayed an amount of coolness in the circumstances which proves him to be a man of wonderful pluok. A judge differently con- stituted as to nervous system would have been unable to reply to the congratulations offered him in the ready and colleoted manner the Master of the Rolls did almost immediately after the alarm- ing occurrence took place. For similar attaoks 011 judges, with murderous Intent, it is necessary to go back to the years 1616 and 1631, and it ia i something remarkable, considering the maniacal tendency of persons with real or imaginary diffi- oulties, that no outrage of a like kind has been attempted between the last-mentioned date and the morning of Friday last. If the poor crazy Cobbett, son of the famous William Cobbett, who died suddenly a short time ago, and who was always going to the courts with a grievance, had been constituted like Dodwell, there is a possi- bility that he too might have attempted to take the life of some judge. It has been mentioned that the nearest parallel to the incident referred to above was the assassina- Mon of Mr. Spencer Percival, then Chancellor of the Exohequer, by John Bellingham at the en- tr_ '.ne to the lobby of the House of Commons. iBelliiigham, who had carried on business as a •wiamh^nt at Archangel, and who had a grievance for th, he appealed in vain to the Treasury to Mid de: ressed, posted himself in the lobby on th^ on.r of May, 1812, and shot Mr. Percival rightbelINugh the heart. It was Lord Granville, «ur A2-c. »dor at St. Petersburg, whom the assassin fly accused of negleoting his suit, and whom h" nded to have destroyed had not the unfortunate chancellor of the Exchequer fallen first in his way. In Brougham's "Historical Sketches" it is stated that Bellingham (in this respect res: lbling Dodwell) never attempted co escape, ana that he was taken, committed, tried, condemned, executed, and dissected all within one week from thetime he fired the shot. Still more summary was the punishment inflicted on the ruffian who attempted to injure Chief Justice Richardson at the Salisbury Assizes in the Bummer of 1631. His right hand, which had hurled the brickbat, being first oni off and nailed to the gibbet, he was immediately hanged in the presence of the Court. More than one protest has been entered of late against encroachments whi ih are being made upon Hyde-park and Regent's-park. As regards the first it is complained that, in the most prominent position within view of Park-lane there are two new buildings complete—one the chief gardener's house of three storeys, the other a large and lofty engine-house-and that in another pro- minent position there are being ereoted an ord- nance office, a large police barrack, and a guards' barrack for the protection of the powder magazine, which last building ought certainly to stand in a very different locality from the site it now occupies. With respect to Regenfe-park the complaint is that one of the house-owners within the inner cirole has erected large and permanent building's adjoining his house. Since the Zoological Society have, at various times, lnoreased the number of their buildings as their family multiplied, no other encroachments ought to be tolerated and it is fervently to be hoped that the recent remonstrances that have been made on the subject will cause measures to be taken as effectual as those that have been directed of late years towards the protection and preservation of Epping Forest. Ladies who, like Mr. Justin M'Carthy's Minola Grey," make the Regent's-park their favourite resort for recreation and meditation should earnestly protest against all those encroachments that threaten to produce constipation of the lungs of London. But there is something besides the eyesores of encroachments troubling Hyde-park at present. The Serpentine, which has the misfortune of being an artificial sheet of water, without a constant living flow to keep it pure and olean, is already becoming offensive at this early period of the year, and there is no saying how disagreeable and noxious the effluvium may prove by the time the summer months come round. It was believed that the thorough clearing which this fine piece of water got three or four years ago would have kept it sweet for ever; but, alas! keen olfactories, even as far off as Hyde-park-corner, know too well already that this belief has turned out to be a delusion. Something will require to be done without delay, otherwise the park will lose the at- tractive charm of sweet and exhilarating air. D. G.

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SOMETHING LIKE A FOSSIL. A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, writing from Colorado Springs, says: The latest discovery, and one of the most important, perhaps, in the line of extinct monsters which are supposed to have lorded it over whales and other small fish, is the one just made by Professor J. H. Kerr, of the Faculty of Colorado College, located at Colorado Springs. The find' took place in the Garden of the Gods, near the famous gateway, while the professor was pro- secuting his systematic study of the rocks in that locality. The formation evidently is lower cretaceous, hence the fossil remains of the animal—or, more pro- perly, serpent or lizard—are of great antiquity. Pro- fessor Kerr has had several waggon loads of parts of the fossil brought to town, but several days' of hard labour will be required to get the remainder of the huge monster above ground. Careful measurements cannot as yet be effected, but by certain calculations, best known to scientific men, it is concluded that the reptile, in the days of its life, attained the start- ling proportions of 117 feet in length, and, when reared upon its lugs, not less than thirty feet ia height. The opening of the mouth was nearly twenty feet, and several casts of teeth over two feet long have been taken out. There were giants in those • ays'—among the fishes. Apparently embedded in the monster's stomach were several smaller reptiles and fishes, among them a petrifaction that appears to have been the well-known offensive and defensive weapon of the swdrdfish. The discoverer thinks that this sword may have caused the death of his lizardsbip. Compara- tively a small portion of the huge framework and of the various specimens of reptilia upon which the sarpmt' breakfasted—of the portion that has been removed— is actual bone, but there are excellent casts from hollow bones. Professor Kerr has not decided in what order to place his discovery. In examining the rocks and the soil of the plateau upon which is situated Colorado Springs, Professor Kerr found petrifactions of various kinds of tropical nuts—almonds, Brazil I nuts, &c., together with English walnuts. Some of these nuts were of surprising size, being as large as a man's fist."

THE EXPERIENCE OF A TICKET-OF- LEAYE MAN. George Atkins, compositor, was indicted at the Middlesex Sessions, before the Assistant Judge for having stolen thirty-six printers' metal blocks, value £50, the property of the Great Northern Railway Company. Mr. Grain conducted the prosecution. On the 2nd of February a carman named Marsh re- ceived the parcel containing the blocks at the Oow- cross-street office, and a few minutes after he had placed it in the van he missed it. He saw the pri- soner, with the parcel on his shoulder, crossing Farringdon-road, and the van boy pursued him and gave him into custody. The jury having returned a verdict of guilty, Herbert Beeves, ex-warder at the House of Correction, proved that the prisoner had been ten times convicted and twice sentenced to terms of penal servitude. The prisoner said that in conse- quence of the character just brought forward against him, and which he knew would be prepared for him he was at first disposed to plead guilty. However, the Court must naturally regard him, after-such a description of his antecedents, as a thoroughly incorrigible man. If they knew what he had to pass through they would be inclined to regard his unhappy case with less severity, and with some Email amount of sympathy. It was only when a man was discharged from penal ser- vitude and came back into the world again, hoping to strike out a fairer course in life, that he began to fully realise the true terrors of penal servitude. Without aid from some friendly and influential hands, and with all the espionage of the police weighing against him at every step he took in the direction of an honest livelihood, the wretched ticket-of-leave man had no chance of getting on. Half of his miserable life had been spent in the servitude of an angry law, whch he offended only because be could not get an opportunity, do what he could, to obtain the means of sustaining life by means of honest toil. There were some men who were accursed in this world, as everything went against them, and all their best efforts for good resulted only in a harvest of bad. He begged to be allowed some consideration in the way of mercy, because he was yet young, and miserable as bis life had been, he prayed for another chance to get into the right path. Penal servitude was of no good, either to the public or the prisoner, because it was utter and overwhelming destruction to the latter. The Assistant Judge passed sentence of ten years' penal servitude, to be followed by seven years' police supervision.

MILITARY DIVORCE CASE. The case of Currie v. Currie and Thewles, in which both the petitioner and co-respondent are officers in the army, was heard before the President of the Divorce Court without a jury. Mr. F. A. Inder- wick, Q.C., Dr. Tristram, and Mr. Callaghan ap- peared for the petitioner; and Mr. W. B. Griffiths for the respondent. The co-respondent was not re- presented by counsel. The petitioner is a captain in the 41st Foot, and the respondent, at the time of the marriage, was the daughter of a solicitor at Brecon. The petitioner and respondent were married there in the year 1873, and cohabited together at various places on terms of perfect happi- ness till 1875, when they went to reside at a cottage called The Glen," near Farnborough, in the neigh- bourhood of the Staff College at Sandhurst, where Captain Ourrie was engaged in his professional duties. The co-respendent, who is a captain in the 69th Foot, was intimately acquainted, with Captain Ourrie before his marriage, and continued on the same terms afterwards, visiting him at Farnborough and other places. In July, 1876, Captain Currie was suddenly called abroad by the death of his father, and on the night of his depar- ture there was a ball at the Staff College, to which several of his wife's guests, among others the co- respondent, went, she herself remaining at home. The petitioner had telegraphed to the co-respondent not to come as he himself was compelled to leave, but the telegram miscarried. Captain Thewles returned from the ball early, and passed the remainder of the evening alone with the respondent in the drawing- room. In February, 1877, while the petitioner and re- spondent were travelling through Wales, the latter became unwell, and, at her husband's suggestion, came up to London to consult Sir William Jenner. She went to stay at Woolwich with her husband's sister, who had married Captain Bengough, and early in March she was confined of a child, of whom she admitted to her husband that Captain Thewlea was the father. The petitioner wrote to the co- respondent to know if it were true, and he, then re- siding at Bugby, wrote by the same post, the let- ters crossing, confessing the fact, apologising, and offering all reparation in his power, promising, among other things, to marry the lady when possible. Wit nesses were called to corroborate these confessions, who gave evidence of having repeatedly seen the re spondent and co-respondent together under sufficiently suggestive circumstances, whereupon the President pronounced a decree nisi, with costs against the co- respondent.

THE GREAT FIRE AT BRUGES. A fire broke out in Government House, situated in the Grand Place of Bruges. The burning pieces were carried a considerable distance by the wind, and as the devastating element made its progress the dome on the roof fell in, and what a short time before was a scene of activity and preparation for a large ball, tbe first given by the new governor, was in a few short hours nothing but a waste of blackened walls, the whole of the front part, comprising the principal apartments among them, and the handsome ball room, in which elaborate preparations forthe ball had already been made, being completely gutted. If this fire had occurred in London three or four powerful engines would probably have extinguished it in a couple of hours, but the wretched apologies for fire engines at Bruges are almost useless, and the only really emcient one, ef English manufacture, had to be despatched from Ghent by special train. The origin of the fire is at- tributed to two causes. Workmen were busv till two a m. preparing for the ball, though it seems certain that it was either from some accident to the gas or from the overheating of the calorif&re, which is said not to have been used for eleven years, that the fire happened. The new gevernor, who has only been a few months in office, is much to be pitied. Since his arrival he has been endeavouring to make himself as popular as possible at Bruges, and this ball would no doubt have been a great success.

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ATTEMPT TO SjdOOT fHEfMASTER OF THE ROLLS. An attempt has been made to shoot the Master of the Bolls. On his lordship's arrival at th. court the other morning, as he was alighting from his carriage the Rev. Henry John Dodwell, who was standing nnar, fired deliberately at him with a pistol, but the bullet (if any) most providentially missed him. Mr. Dod- well, who is apparently insane, was at once taken into custody. When Sir George Jessel afterwards took his seat in court Mr. Roxburgh, as the senior Queen's Counsel present, said that he rose to express on be- half of the Bar and the profession their deep sympathy with his lordship in reference to the dastardly attempt on his life, and their thankfulness to God that a life so valuable to the profession and the public had been spared, and their earnest hope that he might continue for manv years yet to preside in that court. The Master of the Rolls, in reply, said that he thanked Mr. Roxburgh and the rest of the Bar most heartily for their kind expressions. His escape had certainly been very providential, and he was very thankful for it. He was glad to say that the man who had made the attempt was probably not respon- sible for his actions. it appeared that he had re- cently presented a petition of right to Vice Chancellor Malins, which that learned judge had refused to re- ceive, and he had then come to the Appeal Court. When the petition came on in the latter court his lord- ship happened to be sitting there, and the Court had confirmed the decision of the Vice Chancellor. The man had since that time attended regularly in the I Appeal Court on each motion day and made most ridiculous motions, which had been uniformly refused. Lord Justice Thesiger only mentioned to him re- cently that the man was insane, and on the last occa- sion of his appearance in court had told him that unless he was quiet he should be obliged to order his removal. This last circumstance had probably aggra- vated the wretched man and hence the attempt had been made. Such attempts had been made before; still, it was extremely rare that such a thing occurred against any of her Majesty's judges for anything done in their judicial capacity. He desired again to express his thanks to Mr. Roxburgh and the Bar for their kind sympathy. His lordship then proceeded with the ordinary business of the court. Mr. Dodwell was taken before Mr. Flowers, IjtBow- I street Police- court. He is 52 years of age, and was described as of 19, Moor-street) Sobo. The charge against him was that of having discharged a pistol at the Bight Hon. Sir George Jessel, the Master of the Rolls, one of her Majesty's judges, with intent to murder or to do some grievous bodly harm, in the Rolls-yard." William Hayes, court-keeper and usher of the Bolls Court, Chancery-lane, said that the prisoner spoke to him ia the Boils Court and asked him when the master arrived. He told him he sat at ten o'clock, but usually he arrived ten minutes or so before that time. The prisoner left the court, and a few minutes afterwards Sir George Jessel arrived in a hansom cab. According to his custom, witness wen to meet him at the door. His lordship had barely alighted from the cab when there was a report of a pistol fired so close to witness's ears that he was made deaf for some time afterwards by the noise. He turned sharply round and saw the prisoner standing with a pistol in his hand. He called for the police, who came and took the prisoner into custody. The pistol produced was the one the prisoner had. It was a simple single-barrelled pistol, which could not be fired more than once without being reloaded. Witness said the prisoner made no attempt to run away; he offered his card to Sir George Jessel, who, however, did not take it, and walked up the steps into the Rolls Court. He had pre- viously seen the prisoner at the Bolls Court, where prisoner had had a caae, and Sir George Jessel decided against him. That was in or about November last. He had not heard the prisoner express any feeling in the matter, except in court, when he argued very angrily with his lordship. William Whitebread, police-constable 511 E, said that when he heard the report of firearms be at once ran up the steps of the Bolls Court. He saw the prisoner with a pistol in his hand. The prisoner said, I have done it." Witness asked him what he had done, and the priaoner aaid, I have shot the Master of the Rolls, which. I wanted to do." .He also said the Master of the Bolls had did him out. of two rights. He found on the prisoner a powder flask and a few percussion caps, bnt no bullets. He also had a letter which he particularly wished to have posted. Chief Inspector Wood handed the letter to the magistrate, remarking that it was of import- ance to the case. The prisoner requested that the address at least should not be made public. Mr. Flowers said that he did not think any part of the letter need, be made public, although it must be kept as part of the evidence. The prisoner appearing still- very anxious that the letter should be forwarded, Mr. Flowers ordered the substance of the letter to be com- municated to the person to whom it was addressed. In his cross-examination the prisoner asked the con- stable whether he did not, on the way to the station, say that he should be able to produce evidence that would startle the public and make the case of the detectives appear trivial; that he could produce a letter in which his lordship refused him his right of petitioning against forged returns and that he had been turned out of two life appointments by forgery and false returns. The constable stated that he had not heard any of those statements. The prisoner then asked for the attendance of the second constable who went with them, as he, at least, must have heard. Mr. Albert Thomas Watson, superin- tendent of workmen at the Public Record Office, then came forward and said he had heard the statements of the prisoner. Having corroborated the evidence with regard to the prisoner being found with a pistol, he stated that the prisoner said he had petitioned the Lord Chancellor on a petition of right, and through forged letters had been deprived of two life ap- pointments. The prisoner here began to cry; This being all the evidence proposed to be called for the prosecution, unless any traces are found of where the bullet, if there were any, which is very doubtful, went, the prisoner asked if he had not the privilege, of askIng the Master of the Rolls a few queatioaa. Mr. Flowers told him that if the Master of the Bolls were present he, of course, would have had, but, as it was, the case was complete without the master's evidence. The prisoner could renew his application at the trial. The prisoner wished to read some notes he had made in a book, but Mr. Flowers said he should be obliged to remand him, and then when the case came on again he would have an opportunity- The prisoner, again very much moved and in sobbing tones, said: For five years and a quarter I have not been heard. Oh! pray hear me at last. This is a free country, and you are obliged to hear me now I am in the dock. If I were not in the dock, you would put me down. I appealed to this Court some time back, and Sir James Taylor Ingham said there was no appeal from the corrupt dismissal of a petition of right by the Lord Chan- cellor." Mr. Flowers again reminded the prisoner that he would be heard on remand, and then ad- journed the ease. On the prisoner being placed in the dock on the following day, Superintendent Thomson said he had a witness who saw the prisoner fire the shot. The prisoner interrupted, and said he had noticed in a news- paper that morning that Sir George Jessel had made an tie parte statement. This, he thought, was most unfair. He also had to complain that he had not been allowed to see the reports of this case. Mr. Flowers said that could scarcely be, as he had just complained of one of the reports.. The prisoner stated that one of hia, friends had put him up to that, but the prison regulations prevented him seeing the papers. Lord Justice Thesiger had also made state- mentslibelling him. Mr. Flowers said these were matters he could not exerciae a control over. The prisoner had better not enter into those matters; he would find the present case quite enough for him to meet. The evidence was then proceeded with. William Parsons, law stationer, Chancery-lane said: I saw a cab arrive at the Bolls Court, and as Sir Geo. Jessel got out I heard a pistol fired. It seemed to have been fired at the side of his head. Prisoner is the man who fired, and he was taken in charge. I should think, from the report, that there was no bullet in it. I have had, as a volunteer, great experience. Croea-exammed Yen were aboat a yard from Sir George Jewels cab. Prisoner; You are mistaken. I particularly allowed for the windage. (Laughter.) They are laughing at what they don't understand. I mean for the wind to carry the paper, which was very light. I am sur- prised the paper went so far as it did. By Mr. Flowers: A pistol fired without a bullet would make a noise liKe a bad cartridge. Mr. Flowers: Is there any evidence of a bullet being found ? Superinten- dent Thomson: There is evidence of the bullet not being found. Charles Atherton, usher of the Rolls Court: I had occasion to go into the hall of the court, and heard a vehicle coming up. I went to assist Sir George Jessel, but found the other officer was doing 110. I saw the flash, and ran to assist his lord- ship. I did not see the prisoner s face. Cross-exa- mined: I heard a voice calling; but I did not know who called. r.(bd not hear you say" Sir George, I am Mr. Dodwell." Mr. Flowers: I call upon you for your answer to this charge, and I would particularly call ycur atten- tion to these words of the witness Whitehead. He says: I asked him what he had done, and he re plied I have shot the Master of the Rolls, which I meant to do. Now, it is those words which made me decide to send you for trial on the more serious charge of intending to kill. The witnesses were all formally bound over to appear and give evidence at the trial, and the case then terminated.

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1-, WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the "Illustrated London jS/ewt") The will and codicil (dated the 6th of May, 1876, and the 18th of January, 1877) of the Rev. Francis Swan, late of Sausthorpe, Lincolnshire, who died on the 5th ult., were proted on the 2nd inst. by the Rev. Charles Trollope Swan, the son, and the Rev. Thomas Henry Lister, the executors, the personal estate being sworn under £ 350,000. The testator leaves to his wife, Mrs. Susannah Swan, -pecuniary legacies amounting to £ 2000, and a rent-charge of X500 per annum for lifp; to the Lincoln County Hospital, the Society for .the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, £100 each upon trust for his daughters, Mrs; Mary Blenkm and Mrs. Mary Charlotte Lister, S25,000 each and a few other legacies. As to the residue of the personalty, he gives one half to his Bon, the Rev. Charles Trollope Swan; one moiety of the remainder to his son, the Rev. Francis Henry Swan and the other moiety upon trust for his grand- children, Francis Edward Lister Swan and Florence Swan. All his unsettled real estate at Aswardby, Lincolnshire, including the advowson, the testator devises upon trust for his eldest son, the Rev. Francis Henry Swan, for life, with remainder to his son, the said Francis Edward Lister Swan, for life, with remainder to his first and other sons, according to priority of birth in tail male; the rest of his unsettled real estate, including the advowson of Sausthorpe, he devises upon trust for the said Charles Trollope Swan, for life, and then to his eldest son-in strict settle- ment. The will (dated Jan. 12,1872) of Mr. Sydney Smirke, R.A., formerly of Regent-street, and Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor square, and late of The Hcllies, Tun bridge Wells, who died on Dec. 8 last, was proved on the 30th ult. by Thomas Lambert, Miss Margaret Jane Dobson, and Simon'Adama Beck, the executors, the personal estate being sworn under fSOPW. The testator bequeaths all the honorary medals presented to him or any of his family in his possession, to his daughter for liie, and then to the President and Coun- cil of the Royal Academy, to be by then preserved for ever; his furniture and household effects to his daughters to Mr. Beek X200 per annum for manag- ing his property; upon trust for each of his daughters, Isabella Lange, Mary Oetavia, and Margaret Jane, such a sum as will produce £ 650 .per annum; and upon trust for his son, Albert John, for life, £ 5000 Consols the rest of his property he gives to his three sons, Sidney, Edward, and Alfred. The will and four codicils (dated Sept. 24,1874, Nov. 21, 1876, and March 8, June 28, and Sept. 6, 1877) of Miss Mary Carpenter, late of No. 24, Begent- street, whodiedfOnjQet. 301ast,were proved op the 28th ult. by William Benjamin Carpenter,'O.B., and Russell Lant Carpenter, the nephewsj Joseph 1 Car- penter Lewis, atid Joseph Estlin Carpenter, the executors, 'the personal estate being sworii under £ 25,000-. Among Numerous other legacies the testa- trix bequeaths: £ 200 each to the Ministefs' Uenevolent Society, established at Birmingham, 1853, and the Governesses' Benevolent Institution, Harley-street, MarYlebone; tloO each to the Hospital for Con- sumption and Diseases of the Obeét, Brotnpton, and the London Domestic Mission Society; and .£50 each to the British Home for Incurables and the Portland- street British Schools. (From the City Press.") The will of Mr. Woolfrey Middleditch, late of St. Paul's Churchyard, and of 31, Crown-street, Bury St. Edmunds, who died on December 11th last, was proved on the 1st February by Mr. A. B. Bayfield, the sole executor. The testator gives, devises and bequeaths all his real and personal estate to his wife, Mrs. Ann G. Middleditch, absolutely. The will of Mr. George W. Collen, of the Heralds' College, Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms, who died at his residence, 52, Oamden-square, JjLW., on the 9th January was proved on the 28 th.'ult. by Mrs. Elisa J. Collen, the widow, Mr. C. E. Cree, and Mr. G. St. Mark Bishop, the executors, the personal estate being sworn under £ 10,000. The testator bequeaths to Mr. Bishop X100 as an acknowledgment for his trouble in acting as an executor and; trustee; to his wife, his furniture, residence, and £ 100 together with the residue for life jonhei4 death the residue is to go to his children, if any, but if none, then he gives legacies to three of 'his fttobdol,land the ultimate Ksidoe to his nephew, Mr. G. H. H. Oollen. The will of Mr. Michael Rodoconachi, late of 2, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, Exchange, broker, who died on the 1st ult., was proved on the 5th inst. by Mr. A. A. Rallii the acting executor, the personal estate being sworn under f 10,000. The testator give. a certain special fund standing in his books upon trust for his late wife's daughter, Laura Fanny Georgiana Canning. The Residue of hia genera estate is divided into two portions; one of them is given upon trust for hii -daughter Despina and her children, and the other portion for his daughter Vierou and her children, but each gift is conditional; upon their not Becoming a professed member of a Catholic institution. 1 vi The will and Codicil "of Mr. Jamteg F. Bum, late of Kirby-street, Hatton-garden, bookbinder, and of 5, Upper Phillimore-gardens, Kensington, who died on Nov. 23rd last, were proved on the 1st inst., by J^r- J. R. Burn, the son, and Mr. J. Bain, the nephew, the executors, the personal estate being sworn under £ 30,000. The testator lfeaves legacies to his brotber> Mr. G. Burn, to his sister, Mrs. Bain, to his sons in" iaw, to his daughters, Mrs, Mercer, Mrs. Mills, *n<* Miss Emily J. Burn, and to others, and. the rest his property to his said son. .p..

THE KAFFIR WAR. ARBIVAL OF THE BEINFOBCEMBNTS. News from Capetown, received at Maderia, states that the Union Company's steamer Nubian, which left Southampton on the 12th January, having been chartered by Government for the conveyance of the 90th Regiment of Light Infantry, arrived at town on the morning of the 4th February, after a passage of twenty-two and a half days. The same company's steamer Danube, which left Plymouth °n the 11th January direct for Algoa Bay, with a-portion of the same regiment, arrived at that pori on the morning of the 5th February, having made the pill sage in twenty-four and a half days. Sir Bartle Frere, the Governor. of Cape Colony, has dismissed the Molteno Cabinet. The Ministers, how- ever, retain office pending the appointment of their 8occessors. Mr. Spring is now engaged in forming a Ministry. The rupture is stated on good authority to have been caused by the Governor disputing thb legality ef the Ministerial action towards the native chief Gongabella. 1

THE NEW POPE. Without waiting for Cardinal McOloskey the OOn" slave has rapidly fixed on Cardinal Pecci as the nOW Pope. He was proclaimed from the balcony of St. Peter's, by the name, style, and title of Leo XIII. Cardinal Joachim Pecci was born at Carpiiieto of Amagni, on the 2nd of March, 1810, and not onl1 as pamerlengo of the Roman Catholic Church, but for intellectual force, for sagacity, for integrity, and for services in which all these qualities have been conspicuous, is entitled to great respect. Be ia at once loved and feared. Tall stature, and lean as a hermit, he is remark* able for the contour of his head, which is fine, and for the decision of his features, which are rather Jugular. He has a deep, musical voice, which j8 highly effective when lie delivers a discourse. He i0 sinaplicity and even austerity itself in private life, but is dignified and even majestic in his cardinal's robes, and seems on public occasions to he deeply pene- trated with the sanctity of his office. When delegate at Benevento. he swept brigandage from the province; and when at Spoleto and .1' Perugia, he showed equal repressive enargy, inso- much that in the latter city it happened one day that the prisons remained empty from the sheer absence of crime. Gregory XVI. rewarded his maoy Bervices by making him Archbishop of Damiata i° 1843, and sent him as Nuncio to Brussels, where h? won the respect and admiration of King Leopold II; After three years in that nunciature the same Pontiff Preconised him Archbishop of Perugia. The l*'? Pope created him'Cardinal in the Consistory ° the 19th December, 1853, with the title of San Crisogono. Cardinal Pecci always showed to advan- tage in critical moments, when sagacity and firmness were needed. To his learning and forethought the Church owes the Academy of Saint Thomas, a foundation for the discipline of priests. Of this institution he has been' the assiduous president. In addition to his scholarly and theological attainments, he has considerable merits as a poet. He was made Camerlengo in September last, and in the appoint- ment every one acknowledged the sound judgment of Pio Nono.

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THE EASTERN QUESTION. | THE HOPES OF THE HELLENES. An Athens correspondent says: Great hopes are now placed in the success of the insurrection in Thessaly, Epirus, and Crete, and the feeling is pin- ing ground that rather than submit to the inevitable consequences of the new .situation, if unaltered, Greece should assert the rights of Hellenism, even by again sending her army over the bor jer. The army is now increased by the second class «f army is now increased by the second class «f reserves, and, besides, many battalions of rifle volunteers are forming. The insurrection having! now spread all over Thessaly, where the Turks have retired into the fortresses, while Epirus and Crete are rapidly rising, being already under the rule of an insurrectional Government, it is believed that the Greek population, aided by the Hellenic army, will be able to cope in those provinces, even single-handed, against Turkey. THE RUSSIANS AT STEPANO. The Grand Duke Nicholas arrived at Sbefano on the morning of the 24th with the Sultan's consent. He was received at the railway station by the Greek I clergy and Raouf and Mehemed All Pashas. The Preobraschensky Regiment and a detachment of Cossacks, under General Schukoff, together with a special company of troops, escorting the Grand Duke, entered the place, which was evacuated by the Turks. THE AUSTRIAN VOTE OF CREDIT. Tbe Times Vienna correspondent, under date Feb. 2ocb, says: In thn Cabinet Council held under the presidency of bis Majesty, and in which, besides the three common Ministers, the Austrian and Hungarian Ministers took part, the question of whether a vote of credit should be asked from the delegations was dtéided in the affirmative. The decision, how- ever, was merely <»ne of principle, the "exact form of the credit to be demanded and other parti- culars having been reserved for subsequent agree- ment. Previous to the meeting of the delega- tions, which is fixed for the 7th of next month, another Cabinet Council is to come to a final resolu- tion on these points. As regards the form, the present inclination seems to be to follow tbe Eng- lish precedent, and make the demand general without specifying mobilisation or any other I measure as its object. The money is to be granted to enable .the Government to take those measures which may beeome necessary to guard against surprises, which, in view of the precarious position of things, seem by no means out of the question. A*'to the sum, a credit of 60,000.000fl., or about £ 6.000.000 sterling, seems to be • contemplated but, as before said, the final decision of these points has been deferred. This delays as well as the circum- atancetbat the meeting of the delegations has only been axed. for a fortnight henctf,1fould seem to indi- cate that the precise sum and the particular form of demanding it will be made dependent on the future turn of events in the East, not less than on the result of the pourparlers both with the Powers and with Russia, especially as to the Conference and all the questions connected therewith. DISARMAMENT IN BOSNIA. With, the view of re-establishing peace in Bosnia, the Porte has ordered a general disarmament both of the Mahomedans and Christians in that province—a measure which, if carried out, might be successful in its object and even induce a return of the refugees from Austria and Servia. The Beys there, however, are not at all disposed to comply with this order, It as having been instigated by Ottoman Effendis from a desire to encroach upon their privileges and reduce them to a level with the Mahomedan landowners in other parts of the Turkish Bmpirea AT GALLIPOLI—SETTLING THE NEUTRAL ZONE. A correspondent at Gallipoli, dating Feb. 25th, says A meeting was arranged to dAY between Sabit Pasha, commanding here in place of Suleiman, and a Russian officer at Examili, eight miles beyond the mu tT ,e8» fco settle the limits of the neutral zone. T^Russmns having advanced some fourteen miles on this side of Charkoi, the limit prescribed by the armistice, alarmed the population. Five kilometres will now divide the outposts of either army. Since Sabit took command the defence works have been strengthened and improved, and a chaussie parallel to the lines made from sea to sea. A strong occupies the lines. The health of the camp is good, but small-pox rages among the refugees in the town, numbering ôOO. The Agincourt, Hotspur, and Oygnet are here, Admiral Oommerell in command. The Swiftsure is in the Gulf of Xeros. THE SURRENDER OF WlDlN. The surrender of Widin, a telegram from Bucharest stateq, has, been settled between the Roumanian com- mander and the Turkish general. The Ottomans marched out with arms and baggage before the ,Koum»nian army, which then entered the fortress, The town has liIuffèred much from the bombardment. The Christian and Roumanian inhabitants, number- *u!?itive8 from Plevna and the environs or "idin, not fewer than 70,000, gave the victors an enthusiastic reception. A few days before the armistice was concluded a deputation of leading inhabitants begged the Governor to out a Btop to use- less conflict. THE POLITICAL BAROMETER AT ST. TV, TV a PETERSBURG, The Times St. Petersburg correspondent, writing on the 25th ult., says: Tiie political barometer is rising to-day. Some people who habitually take a very gloomy view of the situation speak confidently about the prospect of an amicable arrangement witti England. With regard to the British fleet in Turkish waters, the modus vivendi announced by Lord Derby is considered satisfactory, though it is strongly con- demned by many outside the official world. In official circles it is maintained that the agreement does not at all affect the principles announced Prince Gort- cnaKoffin his despatches concerning an eventual occupation of Constantinople but I have reason to believe that for the present there is no intention of sending troops into the Ottoman capital. Apart from political considerations, it is thought that for sanitary and other reasons it is better that the troops should remain outside the city. THE INSURRECTION IN THESSALY. *Zr\tim>S ^rrespondent, dating Surpi, Feb. 28, says, -lne engagement here on Monday was brought on by an attempt on the part of the Turks to surprise and capture a body of Greek infantry 4000 strong, witn a battery of field artillery under the command of Skander Pasha, a Hungarian, who marched at mid- night and surprised the van, numbering about 400, rpvl Lw ?8 and Basdeki, west of Macrinitza. ? r »t six in the morning, and was watched from the houses of Volo till five in the even- ..Turkish volleys and the deliberate fire • ^^rgente being heard without inter- mission. The position of the insurgentl/ pdsted be- • 'i? 1!ocfJ on the side of a steep mountain, was much in eir favour, the Ottomans being massed together 1 u lmea- The insurgents held the enemy in fvfj? ^Lfour' *nd then broke through and took up potion ab the Monastery of Si EUfes, from berore whiehiihe Turks Anally retired. The guns of thè castle and of » man-of-war supported the Turkish • cen"nander of an Italian despatch boat bour remonstrated, and telegraphed to Balomcafor an ironclad, which arrived next day. curing the action wo.nen and children supplied the msiu-gents with cartridges and food. cult to give precisely the Turkish losses, especially as the wounded were concealed and are being only gradually brought in, but it in stated by men m the Turkiah service at more than 600. The lMUJlMtilfHt Sixteen killed and eighteen wounded. Of ten naif-naked bodies which were brought in on mu es, nine were shockingly mutilated, one being that of an Italian. Skander Pasha telegraphed to the Oommandant of Larissa that they had gained a vic- tory but witb great loss. The courage and steadiness of the insurgents are admired by the Turka. Taxea r?>en levied on the villages of Macrinitza, and flour 18 of which are now allowed to buy corn and dour. rp. T. PEACE CONDITIONS. 0/),, e ltrn*s Vienna correspondent, under date Feb. 24th, says: The news from Constantinople still re- presents the position of things as uncertain and rather critMai. Several versions reach us about the peace conditiona. confirming the statement that Bulgaria is to be of much larger extent than Drojectedby the Con- ferenoe, reachuur even down to Salonica. The report that the Russians had demanded part of the Turkish ironclad fleet, which has always been suspected, is likewise confirmed. The cession of the vessels would form part payment of the war indemnity. The Sultan il 880Id to be more averse from granting this part of the Russian demand than any other/which seems natural enough, as its concession would involve the disarmament of Turkey by sea as she has been dis- armed on land—a matter of all the greater import- ance now, when, by the organisation of Bulgaria, communication by land with the remaining Western K r°^?CeS A -European Turkey will be almost barred. Another report as to the cession of a naval sration to Russia comes back again persistently, only the accounts vary as to where that station is demanded. According to one version, it is in the Sea of Marmora, another makes it somewhere on theBosphorns, while a third has it that the Bay of BMKOB, opposite Therapia, would be ceded for Russian purposes. The war indemnity is stated to be five milliards of francs, of which one milliard would have to be paid at once by a loan to be guaranteed by the revenue of the new Principality of Bulgaria. The Roumanians, Servians, and Montenegrins are to parti- cipate in this war indemnity, irrespective of the terri 1 torial aggrandisement they are to receive. The cession of Armenia is mentioned among the peace conditions, but it does not seem clear whether this is to be reckoned under the head of war indemnity. MORE DESPATCHES. Further official despatches respecting the affairs of Turkey have been laid before Parliament. On the 18th Prince Gortschakoff informed Lord Derby that the Russian Government maintained its promise not to occupy Gallipoli nor to enter the lines of Boulair, and that it expected in return that no English troops would be landed on the Asiatic or European coast. This engagement was entered into, the British Go- vernment at the same time stating that it was pre- pared to extend the engagement to the Asiatic side of the Straits upon receiving an assurance from the Russian Government that it also would not occupy that side of the Straits. The assurance was given on the 21st. ALLEGED SECRET TREATY. The Pera correspondent of the Times says: Facts tend to show that the Turkish policy had become dis- tinctly Russian, and to justify the strong suspicion, amounting in many minds to conviction, that there exists between Russia and Turkey a secret treaty which M. Onou, now at Constantinople, is charged to nego- tiate. The Turks, no doubt, embraced Russian policy from no love of Russia, but because, embittered acd disappointed by the desertion of the European Powers, especially England, they had no alternative. They were, further, astute enough to see that it, gave them their best chance of embroiling the Powers with their enemy, but whatever they may say to English- men about their willingness to join England against Russia, and whatever hints they may throw out about their readiness even to defend the lines at Constanti- nople, they cannot be depended upon, even though they may not be deliberately insincere. If they did not actually join with Russia, they would at least refuse to fight against her, partly from a natural weariness of the war party, partly from a national tendency to submit when overthrown. Hence those Englishmen who are endeavouring to bring about a rupture of tbe negotiations are playing a dangerous game for England, un- less they can count upon Austria, as to the policy of which country they have not here in Con- stantinople any trustworthy information. Between Hungarians and Slavs at home, and between philo- Turks and pLilo-Russians here, Count Zichy is in much the same embarrassing position as the Turks, between the English fleet and the Russian army. He therefore oscillates so much from one side to the other that each claims him for its ova. His philo-Turk friends declare most positively on his own authority that Austria will go to war rather than consent to the Russian conditions, while his philo-Russian friends declare no. less positively, also on his authority, that Austria is, still ia Record with Russia and Germany, and has ho serious intention of fighting fta Turkey. TURKISH PRISONERS IN SERVIA. The English and Prussian Consuls-General with their wives visited the Servian fortress, when the two ladies distributed a large quantity of tobacco among the Turkish prisoners, who appeared to be in good spirits. They are for the future to be sup- plied with the same rations as the Servian soldiers. Among them are Nizams, from Asia Minor, Roumelia, Bosnia, and Albania. There are also Ponaks — i.e., Bulgarians long ago converted to Islamism—who, speaking the language of their race among themselves, are only able to mutter their prayers in Turkish. The officers have separate rooms. A bimbashi (a major) is even allowed apartments to himself. A Servian officer accompanied the visitors through all the rooms and a dragoman was present to interpret between them and the pri- soners. The latter are allowed to write to their rela- tives, and the Servian Post-office transmits their correspondence gratis. They are nearly all fine-looking men. WHAT RUSSIANS AND TURKS SAY ABOUT ENGLAND. An Adrianople correspondent says: There is now a sincere desire for peace, and most officers with whom I have conversed deem the war over. At the same time, the general remark is that everything depends upon England. Russians and Turks alike express their inability to understand the policy of the English Government. One of the latter nation compared it to. a conjuror's card trick, whenfr with apparently one card only in the hand, he manages to show, to two or more persons a card which each has previously selected; "and so," he added, "we wanted and believed in English assistance, and the Russians believed they saw no intention to inter- fere, but it was all deception." I overheard some Russian officers at a restaurant discussing the position of affairs and the probability of English interference. One of them remarked, We crossed the Pruth and the Danube, and England waa silent; we took Plevna andatill England spoke not; we. crossed the Balkans and victory succeeded victory, yet England remained taciturn. Now, therefore, when we have finished, and Turkey is completely defeated, why should she speak?" General IgnatieS assured me that the question of the Dardanelles would not be raised by him, but ia to be reserved for settlement by the European Powers. THE POLITICAL SITUATION AND THE CONFERENCE. The Times says Lord Beaconsfield, in the House of Lords, expressed with moderate confidence a hope that the termination of the terrible caiamities-of the war was at hand, or might be contemplated at least with a probability of its occurrence." It seems to be agreed that the place of-meeting of the Conference is to bÐ Baden, and, but for the dilatory plea said to be put forward by a Power alluded to, but not mentioned by Lord Derby, the Con- ference might be opened early in next month. If no unreasonable delay is interposed, the exact time of tiieeting i. a matter of comparative indifference, pro- vided that no attempt is made in the meanwhile, on the principle of beati possidentes, significantly empha- sised by Prince Bismarck, to withdraw from the cog- nisance and control of the Conference matters which must necessarily be referred to it. In this connexion it is not without significance, though the coincidence was doubtless accidental, that Lord Derby's exposition of the present situation was immediately followed by the second reading, on the motion of Lord Beaconsfield, of the bills based on the vote of credit lately passed by the House of Commons. Whatever the original purpose of that vote in the mind of those who were responsible for it, whatever the objections of those who originally opposed it, the country is now agreed that, as circumstances stand at present, the Govern- ment is entitled to all the strength and support which can legitimately be derived from it. Lord Beaconsneld's exposition of the purpose of the Go- vernment last night was, as Lord Granviilesaid, calm; and temperate. A Conference is about to meet; it i must have one of two alternatives issues—that is, it must end in a prolongation, and, therefore, probably in an extension of the war, or, as all Europe hopes, and no Power more fervently and sincerely than England, in a durable peace. Oh either caM every Power interested will have deli- cate questions to deal with and complicated in- terests to adjust, and will need to speak not only with all its legitimate influence, but with no hesitation as to the purpose of the people it represents. The country is now united in a far more real sense than, as wenow know, the Cabinet was united when Parliament met. It will support the Government in its policy all the more firmly because that policy has been declared and is fully understood.

THE CITY OF LONDON DIBECTOBY.—The present is the eighth annual issue of Messrs. Colling- ridge's Ci ty of Load pa Directory, and it exhibitssome new features which are "calculated to make it still mQre: useful ta IIlen of business. One of the new features is the introduction of a complete list of bank- ruptcies and liquidations by arrangement for the year 1877. An officially-corrected list of the members of Lloyd's is also now given for the first time. The enterprise of the publishers is further shown in recor- ding commercial and topographical changes to the latest possible date. The same carefulness in noting changes is shown in the large coloured map, which adds to the value of the work. POETRY AND POLITICS.—Mr. Tennyson will contribute to the March number of the Nineteenth Century a poem to be called" Sir Richard Grew- ville, a Ballad of the Fleet," Sir Gamet Wolseley, on England as a Military Power in 1864 and 1878 and by Mr. Gladstone on The Paths of Honour and of Shame." RIOTING IN LONDON-BREAKING MB. GLAD- STONIS WINDOWS.—A labourer named Holland was charged, at the Marylebone Police-court, London, with having thrown stones in Harley-street, on Sunday afternoon, and with having assaulted three policemen. The prisoner was one of those who, after the" war demonstration" in Hyde-park, went to Harley-street, shouted and groaned outside Mr. Gladstone's house, and broke some of the windows, thepeby doing damage to the extent of between £3 and £4. When taken into custody Holland was exceedingly violent, called upon the crowd to rescue him, and kicked the policemen who had him in charge. The magistrate ordered him to pay a fine of 40s. for the offence of breaking the windows, and £ 3 10s. the amount of damage, with the alternative of two months in the Heuse of Correction. For the assaults upon the constables he was sent to prison for three months. with hard labour. HQBOTXAN'S TEA, 40 years has been preferred. L HOBNIITAN's /TEA, supplied direct to the Public Hoasnua's Ts* sold only in Packets.

JS PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. -+- MINISTERIAL STATEMENT.—In the House of Lords, Lord Derby, replying to an inquiry by Lord Granville, said there was an understandinar between Russia and England that the former should not advance her troops towards Galli- poli or occupy the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles, and that the latter should not disembark troops at GAlli- poli or on the Asiatic shore of the Straits. Accord- ing to the latest information, continued the noble earl, the English fleet was at Touzla Bay. Admiral Homhy had discretionary powers to choose his own anchorage, and he had fixed on that spot after communication with our Ambassador, end not in consequence of orders from home. The difficulty as to the meeting place of the Conference had been got over by the selection of Baden-Baden, and V j the Austrian Government had proposed that the meeting \| should be held towards the end of the first week in Maicb» but he had heard a statement, to which he attached som0'' weight, that one of the Governments concerned would pr°* bably object to the shortness cf time, and ask for longer delay. One or two of the Powers preferred that the ference should be atten ed by the Foreign Ministers; hot her Majesty's Government would not depart from the ordi- nary course of sending an Ambassador to represent them, and it was believed that that course would be adopted by the majority of the Powers. HOUSEHOLD FRANCHISE.—In the House of Commons Mr- Trevelyan submitted his annual motion in favour of estab- lishing a household franchise throughout the United Kingdom similar to that now existing in the English boroughs, and so redistributing political power as to obtain a more complete representation of the opinion of the electoral body. The hon. gentleman devoted much of his speech to a reply to Mr. Lowe's recent articles on this sub" S ject. He contended that the administration of this country had become pure in proportion as the franchise waS made more popular; and he prayed the House to do fof i the counties what had been done for the boroughs- j Sir. C. Dilke seconded the motion, and also replied to some t of Mr. Lowe's arumentg. He defended the proposal on the ground of its utility and expediency. Mr. Lowe said if this demand was conceded the arguments in its favour would be equally valid for a further lowering of the francbisØ, until universal suffrage was reached. It had not bee" shown that the welfare of the Empire would be promote" by the proposition now submitted to the House. r. Plunkett argued that no illiterate person should have the franchise, and the resolution would add to the consti- tuencies a mass of persons unable to sign their names, but numerous enough compJetely to swamp the already enfraf* chised classes. The debate was continued by Mr. Charley, Mr. Heygate, Sir C. Legard, Mr. Macdonald, and otW* members. Mr. Laing stated thai experience and study converted him since the time when he followed Mr. Lows into the Cave into a supporter of the resolution. Mr* Goschen vindicated his opposition. His main argument against the proposal lay in the relations of the agricul- tural classes to the poor law. If they would eman- cipate themselves from their present position f respect to that law they would come much neare* to being safely admitted within the pale of the Constitution. The electors created by the last BeforfP Act had not yet been sufficiently tried. The Marquis 0 Hartington observed that nobody had expressed the slightest distrust of the agricultural labourers, or of the voters who might be enfranchised under the motion. V therefore appeared to be only a question of time when tb* concession would have to be made. All the argument against the proposal had been urged against the admiS* sion to the franchise of the householders in borough* Sooner or later the question would have to 1* settled, and that perhaps runder circumstances favourable than the present. The Chabcbllor ?l the Exchequer justified the conduct of the Government^ extending the borough franohise to comities by remUp" ing tke House that, at the settlement of 1867, it was undfF* stood that the distinction between the borough and "tb. f county franchise was to be maintained. With regard to the particular' measure under consideration, its effect would be to introduce into the electoral body of the United KINGDOM a larger number of new electors than had ever been under any single Reform Bill. It would probably be million and a half. At any rate, the number woald sb large that ifc would materially disturb the basis 0 representation. In these cireumttances they would bile to accompany the measure with a serious r tion of seats, and to make arrangements for the sentabion of minorities to counterbalance th& vast of the newly-enfranchised classes. This being the the House would be doing a foolish thing if it pledged its&J, to ah abstract resolution of this character by any plan having relation to the consequences to whiCh? might lead. Upon a division the resolution was by 271 against 219, the majority against Mr. Trevely9^ being 52. i THE GBEEK OUTRAGES.—In reply to Lord Granville, F1/ r Earl of Derby said that papers with regard to the affairs 0 Greece and the Greek outrages would be laid before | lordships in a few days. He had received a communi<j ( tion from the Greek charge d'affaires containing rep of? of outrages on Albanians and others in Thessaly by Turto<j? troops. After receiving these reports he coTnmnnicatg* with Mr. Layard, asking him to bring the matter lmdlt the notice of the Turkish Government and express the earnest hope that they would take proper steps immediateO to repress the disorders. Mr. Layard acted upon thoo instructions, and stated that the Turkish Minister fa Foreign Affairs had expressed some doubts as to the realw of the statements made, but had promised to ren>°f? the irregular troops who had caused the complaints, give protection to the Christian population. what understanding the troops were withdrawn the Turkish territory he was unable to say. IneOø sequence of Greek troops being sent into Turkey the kish fleet had been sent to the Piraeus if the Greeks W7 asked for the intervention "of the guaranteeing After some correspondence, her Majesty's Government they did not understand what was meant by the guaranteeing Powers, but they would use all their endeavours to j further hostilities. Since then the Greek troops had withdrawn and all hostilities had ceased. THE TEEMS OF PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TUBKB*; 8 Mr. Forster,— Sir, perhaps I may be allowed to askj Chancellor of the Exchequer whether her Majesty, Government have received any recent information to the precise nature of the terms of peace laid do* £ by the Russian Government. I wish also to the right hon. gentleman whether he can f1*. the House any information as to the proposed ference. The Chancellor of the Exchequer: Sir. nfj Majesty's Government are in much the same positionJr is the right hon. gentleman. We have received no cial information on the subject of the terms of We have received a good deal of information various quarters but to some extent the information tb"' received is not quite consistent with itself. I think better, then, not to rest our faith upon those reports. appears, however, arranged that the Grand Duke Nichols* should enter San Stephano at once, and that peace is to be concluded there. "What the precise terms of peace are, her Majesty's Government, as I have said, not officially informed. In regard to the proposed ence, it is, I believe, settled that lit should meet at Baden. Lord Lyons has been selected as the British reP.^ j j sentative at such Conference. As to the time at wnJ the Conference is to take place, we have no Mr. Forster: May I ask the right hon. gentleman whetJ* £ be has received any information as to the time at which signatures will be given to the terms of peace. Several the newspapers to-day say it is expected that the terms peace woulri be signed to-day. The Chancellor of the chequer: "We have received no official information "°n ™ point..oJl INCOME TAX.—Mr. Hubbard renewed his annual rootl c- the taxation of the country, that, considering the øø cessive and inevitable re-enactments since 1842 of the P^t perty and income tax, it was expedient that, witb0^ needless delay, the unequal incidence of the tax should- corrected, and that by the adjustu ent of its 0{ the tax should be adapted for permanent use in the imperial Revenue. After dwelling at some length on inequality and injustice of the income tax present levied, the right hon. gentleman observ^ that he should be content with an assurance the Government that tbey would place the in the hands of the able and accomplished | of the Inland Revenue Department; for if that were he believed that a scheme might be prepared ■t- would place the taxation of the country on a just, an able, and a scientific footing. The Chancellor of the chequer concurred with Mr. Dodson,who had inef»«*^j demonstrated that it would be impossible to aCe" the income tax in the way desired without V j. during a great deal more difficulty, heartburningi t%f inequality than it was proposed to remove. He re»^ £ granted that where there were general complaints it desirable that they should be inquired into; and he took to communicate with the Inland Revenue Board its chairman, with the view of seeing whether were any points in respect of which the admin1 tive system could be improved and complaints He was desirous of making the tax, so long as it maintained, as little oppressive and as fair as possible I a division would not lead the House to any conclusion would be either intelligible or practically useful. A motion was then withdrawn. would be either intelligible or practically useful. A i motion was then withdrawn.

A MODERN MIRACLE. A miracle is alleged to have been wrought at & village of Maunch Chunk in Pennsylvania. A 1*^ by name Miss Amelia G-reth, has, it is asserted, btfj, raised from the dead by Father Heinau, a G^rO^ Catholic priest at Maunch Chunk. Miss G-retb, cording to her own account, was enabled, through communication from her guardian angel, to prfid' her own death from consumption on the 2nd iJ but the prediction was accompanied by the gratify^ announcement that she would be restored to life W* miracle, would get up from her death bed, attend I and return from church cured of all ailments, the day mentioned Miss G-reth died according and her remains were viewed by 7000 persons, j were permitted to pass through the room in which' corpse was lying. After Miss G-reth had been d«*j for about an hour Father Heinau, who had atten* her in her last moments, announced amid the profound silence that he was about to "call her." then cried Amelia!" and, there being no reopo shouted her name again in a loud voice, upon Miss Greth immediately came to life, and "Father." The scene in the room, it is stated, at that moment indescribable." Cries of joy tbeØ weeping were heard an all sides. Miss Greth asked for a Bhawl, and was accommodated wi^jj sealskin jacket, which a lady who stood by the bed* took off and placed on her shoulders. She then wa'f^ alone and quite rapidly to the church, followed W-y immense concourse of people in a state of wild ei? ment. When she arrived at the church Father Helf jj» preached two sermons—one in German, the English—and on the conclusion of the service Greth returned to her room apparently strong. hearty. She has since been interviewed by porters; but, as she is not permitted to sensations during the time she was dead, her tions were confined chiefly to details as to her A which seems to have been far from satisfactory, y, sf ============ *J.