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LONDON CORRESPONDENCE.'
LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. W4 deem it right to state that we do not identify our. salves with our Correspondent's opinions.] CIBCULIABS to the supporters of the Government in the Houses of Lords and Commons, urging their attendance at the opening of Parliament, have been issued by Lord Granville and Mr. Gladstone. Similar missives to the adherents of the Opposition have been sent out by Lord" Beaconsfield and Sir Stafford North- cote. i¡ Following t'. in the wake of these leaders of parties, Mr. Parnell has issued a circular to his supporters, in which he invitea) their attendance at a meeting to befheld in Dublin on the 4th of next month. The Irish agitator en chef is evidently of opinion that it is the Home Rulers who have the best claim to be called the Fourth Party. In the Parliamentary circulars mention is made of the "important business," or matters of moment "as it is otherwise designated, which will be at once brought under notice. Though 4this is the ordinary formal style of announcement on such occasions, it may be taken for granted that the chiefs of the Oppo- sition have an idea that the Government will lose cotime in bringing in a measure intended to deal remedially with the land question in Ireland. But, in' connection with this good intention, Mr. Parnell's circular to his followers has an ominous significance. In some of his recent inflammatory speeches he has broadly declared that no land legis- lation that can satisfy him or his associates will ever emanate from the present or any possible English Government. The Compensation for Disturbance Bill of last session was much too great an inroad upon established usages to be acceptable to the landlords in the House of Peers, but Mr. Parnell has scouted it as merely pottering with aque3tion which be knows how to deal with in a very dif- ferent way. The Government may, therefore, lay their account with being opposed, tooth and nail, by the Parnell party whatever may be the character of the measure they ihtroduce. The Land Leaguers, while coun- tenancing and even urging the non-payment of rent by impecunious tenants, have boldly launched the scheme of the Government buying out the landlords, and selling the land to all comers at Canadian or New Zealand rates of purchase. Is the Government prepared to go this length ? In fact, looking at the frightfully disturbed state of Ireland, and taking into account the wildness of the notions that have been popularised by thef leaders of the League, it becomes a question if the present is a fitting time to undertake any legislation on the land at all. Mr. Charles Russell, M.P. and a host of other correspondents, including an eminent English judge, have been expounding their views on the subject with much particularity andj fulness,) but still the irresistible question arises, Cui bono if none of the schemes propounded will satisfy the Irish people ? It is sad to have to say so, nevertheless the state of feeling in Ireland, with inflated expectations in the ascendant, is such that there is reason to fear all the labour of the Government in preparing a comprehensive remedial land measure will be merely labour lost and time thrown away. A patient in delirium must be watched and nursed and strapped down if necessary; he cannot be cured off hand even by powerful emetics. The announcement that the Metropolitan Fire Brigade had been summoned to the Agricultural Ran at Islington, where the SmithfieldClub Cattle Show was being held, would have been sufficiently alarming if there had been any real necessity for the call. It seems that a spirit lamp in the gallery of the bazaar was upset, but that no damage was done beyond the destruction of the lamp. It was, therefore, a false alarm, though it was perhaps best to err on the safe side by tele- graphing for the Brigade. One shudders to think what havoc might have been wrought, and what loss of life might have been caused if a fire had actually broken out at the Agri- cultural Hall on the show week. It would have been no easy matter to remove the fat stock in haste, and then the visitors, though better able to take care of themselves,'were very numerous this season. The gross number who passed the turnstiles and paid for admissionjwas something like 23,000 in excess of 1879. The fine weather-more like spring than December—helped, no doubt, to account for the great increase in the number of visitors. Statesmen, who can keep their heads as cool in storm as in calm, do not fall into the mistake of panic legislation. Now, enthusiastic football players are likely to at- tribute to panic the action of the Mayor of Southampton, Mr. J. H. Cooksey, who, on ac- count of a recent accident in the football field, which terminated fatally, has intimated his inten- tion to use every means in his power for pro- hibiting the game as hitherto played being con- tinued either in the Porter's Meadow-field or upon any other 'part of the public lands in Southampton. But the mayor is quite right in doing what he can to prevent the gamv being played in future according to ltu>»l>y Union or. other dangerous rules. When unobjectionably played, football is a fine, healthy, winter game but the Rugby rules give so much rooan for rough throws and collisions that the game be- comes, as a magistrate recently said, fit only for coster mongers.) t, A wiseacre, who had noW that the fogs in the north-west of London are generally denser than in other parts of the metropolis, and who had witnessed one afternoon a blue, misty exhalation rising from the Regent's-park, came at once to the conclusion that the supineness of the autho- rities had much to do with the density of the fogs, as he had reason to believe that the aforesaid park was not properly drained. It ought to be, as it does not want for slopes or artificial waters. But the fact is that the soil is clayey, and it is there- fore bound to give out vaporous moisture in cer- tain states of the atmosphere. No authorities can, by their fiat, change a damp clayey into a dry sandy soil. D. G.
CHARGE AGAINST A RUSSIAN JEW…
CHARGE AGAINST A RUSSIAN JEW SCHOOLMASTER. Mr. John Humphreys held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of a boy name Barnet Orchovich, aged 8 years, who, it was alleged, died from the effects of injuries inflicted upon him by a schoolmaster named Isaac MarcheTich, a Russian Jew. The evidence, which was interpreted by Mr. Michael Nathan, went to show that the deceased was in the habit of attending a school kept by Marchovich, in order to learn Hebrew. On Monday, the 6th inst., he returned home and com- plained, of having been kicked downstairs by the schoolmaster. The great toe on his right foot was found to be injured, and on the 9th inst. he was removed to the above hospital, where he died a few hours after admission. A post-mortem examination was made by Dr. Holts, wbo found that death was due to pyaemia, or blood-poisoning, arising from the injury to the foot. A younger brother of the deceased deposed that the latter had been ill-treated as described. Marohovich swore it was untrue that he assaulted the deceased, and two of his pupils, named Cohen, gave testimony to the effect that on the day the deceased eomplained I of being kicked downstairs they were at the school, and saw nothing of the kind take place. The jury returned a verdict that OrchoTieh died from blood poisoning consequent upon an injury to his foot, but that there was not sufficient evidence to show how 1 the injury was caused.
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Mi ojmiji i x's TXA, 40 years has been preferred. BOSVIKAB'S TSA, supplied direct to the public. Hour I max'a Tba, sold only in Packets. THBUK SEEMS to be considerable likelihood of a maaIl-pox epidemic. A report presented to the Metro pditan Board of Works shows that the increase in the fttrtnight in the total number of small-pox patients was 115. One hundred and eighty-one were admitted to the different hospitals duriag the fortnight, as against one hundred and fifty-nine for the two previous weeks. Xhei majority of the cases ceme from the south and wast of London.* LAST SUMMER Mr. Justice Hawkins, at Wor- cester, in a moment of enthusiasm, was the means of making up a match between a baker and a young girl whose throat he had attempted to cut. He even gave the happy pair a sovereign to purchase1 the wedding- ring. The bride has now eloped with a man who has a wife and six children; if her husband should cut her throat a second time we (Echo) fear Mr. Justice Hawkins will be discouraged from again playing the pleasing part of a matchmaker in court. SHIPWRECKS.—There were 33 British and foreign wrecks, of which 20 were British, reported during the past week, making a total of 1551 for the present year, or a decrease of nine as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The approxi- mate value of property lost was £ 2,500,000, including British £ 2,000,000. Four vessels were lost off the coasts of the United Kingdom; ten were abandoned at sea. I
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. MAFETENG REINFORCED A Cape Town telegram, under date Dee. 9th, says: Advices from Mafeteng state that the Patrol Column which was last reported as retiring, owing to the force being insufficent to retain the 'captured positions, has not yet returned to Mafeteng. Tsitsa's village has been taken with trifling loss. Mafeteng has been strongly reinforced. A foraging party in the Leribe distrie" has been compelled to retire with a loss of thirteen killed on the Colonial side. The military operations in the Transkei have been most successful, and the force under Major Baker has defeated the Pondomisi. THREATENING ASPECT OF AFFAIRS IN THE TRANSVAAL. The same telegram contains the following: The aspect of affairs in the Transvaal is very serious, the Boers assembling in large numbers and threatening to take forcible measures. An attempt has been made to arrest the ringleaders, and a proclamation has been issued warning the Boers of the results of persistence in their illegal agitation. ROUT OF THE PONDOMTSE. 1 A Durban telegram, dated Dec. 8th, says: The leek of the rebellion on this side has been broken. f fhe Pondomise have, been entirely routed, Strachan clearing the Orange river of rebels. The President of j ;he Free State « alieves that six months may see the entire subjugation of the rebellion. WHO ARB THE BA8TJTOS? The following has been issued by the Peace Society Who are the Basutos ? They are, or, as we must now, alas! say, they were, of all the tribes of South Africa, the most hopeful and progressive, and the fastest friends of British rule. At the present moment the Basutos occupy the most advanced position of all the tribes of South Africa. In the year 1869 the chiefs wore only blankets, and the people skins, whereas now it is rare to find a Basuto who is not dressed in European clothing. Ten years ago the revenue was about £2500, whereas laet year the actual revenue was £ 23,000. The value of the produce get out of the soil by the industry of the Basutos (who number about 130,000 souls), is over a million of money annually; and the imports of the country have, in a decade, increased from fifty tons a year to 10,000 tons. Basutoland is one of the finest countries in the world. Eleven years ago, at the conclusion of the pro- tracted struggle with the Free State, the Basutos found themselves starving, without herds or flocks, cultivated lands, or ploughs, houseless and ruined. These same Basutos could lately point to thousands of square- built houses, very many of them with walled orchards attached, and to neat buts fenced in with reeds, a country, on every mile of which the smoke of some village rose into the clear blue of these sunny skies; to lowing herds and bleating flocks; to droves of wiry, hardy horses; to their own well-clothed persons, as an evidence of their bright prosperity; and they possess acre after acre of wheat, whence, on every hand, the dark green of the growing maize stretches away until some mountain or the far distance closes the view. But more than that, Christianity had made con- siderable progress among them, through the exer- tions of some devoted missionaries. In a petition which these people presented to Sir Bartle Frere in January last they refer to this. We have done our utmost," they say, to obey our magistrates. Ohristianity is progressing in the country." Sir Garnet Wolseley speaks tol them as the loyal Basutos." Such they proved themselves to be through a long course of years. When other tribes were malcontent or in open insurrection, they always sided with us. In the petitions already referred to, and published in one of the Blue Books, they refer to this in a most pleading and pathetic appeal. Such are the people whom the Cape Government has first driven to rebellion, and is now trying to exterminate. It was warned that the policy it was pursuing would inevitably change their well-tried loyalty into hostility; warned by magis- trates, missionaries, merchants living in the country, and best acquainted with the inhabitants. The "wont of these prognostications have proved true. We are glad that in this instance the British nation'is not re- sponsible, for the Government have hitherto steadfastly refused to take any part in the conflict.
AFFAIRS IN THE TRANSKEL
AFFAIRS IN THE TRANSKEL The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily News, under date of the 16th Nov., says Affairs in the Transkei have gone from bad to worse, and the delay in throwing forward troops has emboldened the enemy, who in some force attacked a squall body of Europeans and some friendly Fingoes, killing five of the former and fifty of the latter, and raiding into Fingoland. Among the dead on our side was Captain von Linsingen, C.M.G., a most gallant old soldier, who did good service during" the Gaika Gaieka War, for which he obtained a decoration; and in an attempt to rescue his body his eldest son, a lad of seventeen, was also killed. There seems to be some inexplicable delay in grappling with the revolt; and this delay is having the worst influence on both friends and foes, and there is an uneasy feeling as to what news we may get from day to day. The men and the material are at hand, but somehow there does not seem to be much energy used in bringing them to bear. We may hope, however, that the overwhelming reinforcements now on their way to the scene of action will enable th e authorities tc act with more vigour and to stay the tide. The official despatches giving detailed accounts of Mr. Hope's murder have been pub- lished. It seems that the Government, with an insane credulity, furnished the Pondomise, with some 300 breech-loading Snider rifles and 20,000 rounds of am- munition j-ist prpvious to thn dreadful event, and that the treacht-r-ius ctiiet up to the Jn-t iiioiwut professed obedience and loyalty. Sonio trifling successes are re- ported on the north-eastern border, but as a whole our outlook is about as gloomy as it possibly can be. The war is not popular in the colony, it is loudly con- demned in the Free State, but the general feeling is one of sullen determination to make an end of it with our own resources, cost what it may.
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COAQULIKE.—fhe Best Cement for Broken Articles, 6d., Is., 2s. Posfcago 2d. Kay Bros., Stockport, Sold everywhere. SHOCKING DISCOVERY IN A CELLAR. A shocking discovery has just been made by the Notting- ham police. They have recently been investigating what was supposed to be a case of concealment of birth, and had obtained warrants for the arrest of a young woman named Kate Durant and her mother on that charge. The women, however, disappeared from their home. The police entered the house, and on going into the cellar they found, after digging for a short time, a quantity of human bones and some decomposed remains, which are supposed to be those of several newly-born children, but they failed to find the body of the child to which the younger woman is supposed to have recently given birth. The elder woman gave herself up to the police, and her daughter has also been apprehended. They were taken before the borough magistrates and remanded. DYES.—Judson's are the oldest and most re- I liable. Anyone can use them. Anything can be dyed with them in a few minutes. Sixpence per bottle. Sold everywhere. No fear of spoiling anything with Judson's Dyes. FROZEN TO DEATH.—Information has reached Liverpool of the stranding of the vessel Garibaldi while on a voyage to Toronto, Canada. She was driven out of her course by a severe storm, and went ashore at Weller's Beach, Consicon. Three of the crew and the cook (a woman) were rescued by the people on shore, but the remainder had to stay on board all night, and the weather was so bitterly cold that the chief officer was frozen to death, his body being found leaning against the cabin window and encased in ice. The othera escaped, although they suffered seriously from the cold and exposure. HAVE IT is YOUR HOUSE—LAJIPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE-and use no other. The only safe anti- dote in Fevers, Eruptive Affections, Sea or Bilious Sickness, Small-pox, and Headache; having peculiar and exclusive merits. Use no substitute. See per- petual injunction against imitators; also the unani- mous judgment befbre the Lords Justices Bramwell Brett, and Cotton, 22nd Jan., 1878, in Lamplough's favour. 113, Holborn-hill .London. BREAKING INTO AN ALHSHOUSB,-Henry Rockett has been committed for trial by the Bye magistrates for breaking into an almhouse, for the purpose of committing a robbery. The fellow entered the dwelling of a poor old woman, aged 86, and, while she was in bed, attacked her, knocking one of her teeth out and otherwise maltreating her. She was too ill to attend the hearing, and her evidence was taken at her own residence. In defence, the prisoner said be was under the influence of drink at the time. A SUDDEN AND SEVERE HAILSTORM, with thunder and lightning, broke over Berlin on the 12th inst. The Linden was covered with large hailstones in a few seconds. This was followed by a hurricane. A POLICEMAN FINED.-Another instance of the dislike of the policeman to have his number taken. An old lady, aged 70, anxious to secure the evidence of Police-constable Griffin, 138 X, asked him for his number. This so annoyed 138 X that he at once dis- covered that Mrs. Sell was drunk, and so marched her to the police-station, a mile and a quarter distant, refusing to let her call a cab. At the station the inspector immediately released Mrs. Sell, i-ad the magistrate fined the policeman 40s., with £ 1 9s. 6d. costs, only refraining from sending him to gaol in thd belief that be would be further punished by dismissal from the force. IT WAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED that the Masonic Hall, Newport, had been broken into and jewellery belonging to various lodges of the value of about XIOOO golon.
AFGHANISTAN.
AFGHANISTAN. THE FINAL EVACUATION OF THE KHYBER PASS. The Sibi correspondent of the Times, under date Dec. 12th, says: The Cabul road is said to be safe, except between Jellalabad and Lundikhana, where it is disturbed by Shinwarris. The final evHeuation of the Khyber by the British troops only awaits the completion of the arrangements with the local tribes. It is believed that a subsidy will be paid to them, in return for which they will be required to hold the pass in our interests to guard the road, to give warning of any hostile movements, and to under- take not to build any forts. Whether this arrange- ment will work well, time will show. At present the great majority of the Anglo-Indian public is inclined to look upon the action of the Government in thus again trusting to the faithless Khyberis as one more instance of the triumph of hope over experience. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE IN SOUTH AFGHANISTAN. The Times correspondent at Sibi has the following, under date of December 12th: The pack-saddle ques- tion has always been a plaything of theorists at Simla and Bombay, and of men of partial experience. I notice at present the indiscriminate use of three dif- ferent saddles. Each of these has merits. None of them, however, is perfect, but each is, at best, suitable only for a particular class of animals. The heavy Otago saddles, for instance, may suit large mules, but they are certainly bad for small ones and ponies. The large number of sore backs is doubtless greatly due to this cause. The animals are supplied with unsuitable saddles at first, or get them in course of service. The evil does not always admit of remedy when discovered, or it is viewed with ignorance or indifference by inspecting officers and subordinates. It is not unfair to say that, with some notable exceptions, the transport duties are not zealously performed by British officers. The service is unpopular and is generally entered in order to get to the front. Hence come sloth and neglect. The attendants are not duly checked, and sore backs and sickness are the result. The evasions, decei t, and neglect of their animals by the attendants are notorious, and drivers are even known wilfully to wreck their carts in order to bring their journey to an abrupt end. Much has been done to check these evils, and the rules of the transport service are excellent upon paper. If they were only acted up to, and if the transport oiicers were always seconded by care and trained exertions on the part of the troops, sore backs and starved animals would be rare. The proper loading of the animals is an art not acquired by troops till they have been long in the field. The Punjab frontier regiments are said to excel in ic because they have more practice than the rest of the army. A British regiment, on the contrary, which lately left Sibi fully equipped, was brought to a standstill after a few marches from the number of animals that had become unservicable. Such facts may be recorded in justice to the transport officers, but probably the returns only partially explain the real state of the South Afghanistan transport service. Numbers of animals not returned as sick are really unfit to carry loads from being too weak and slight, and never ought to have been purchased. This is notorious, and much money would even now be saved if the pistol were freely used to remove use. less animals. Certainly a strong hand is required to correct the existing evils. A commander like General Roberts, working through a strong lieutenant, would minimise them. The Candahar command has changed hands three times in three months; zeal has slackened since active operations ceased; and. lastly, the Bombay Government is a long way from the Bolan. These-three causes have all affected the transport department.
TERRIBLE SUICIDE WITH DYNAMITE.
TERRIBLE SUICIDE WITH DYNAMITE. At a ball at Sehwarzenburg, Saxony, a young man entered, having what appeared to be a cigar in hit mouth. He went to the chandelier as if to light it and a terrible explosion ensued. The lights were extin. guished, the walls partly gave way, dancers of both sexes were covered with blood, and the young man was blown to pieces. He had resolved on committing suicide and had adopted a dynamite cartridge for that purpose.
FRESH EARTHQUAKE IN AGRAM.
FRESH EARTHQUAKE IN AGRAM. A telegram received at Vienna On the 8th inst. from Agram states that a fresh violent shock of earthquake, lasting two seconds, occurred in that town at twenty- seven minutes after midnight. Subterranean rumblings followed the shock and continued to be heard through. out the night. As on the last occasion the shock was accompanied by distant stormS and preceded by a slight vibration. Great panic again prevails among the inhabitants, and is increased by the prevalent impression that the present seismic disturbance is the forerunner of the still stronger shock which Herr Falb, the professor of geology, and a specialist in the theory of earthquakes, has stated as likely to occur about the middle of the present month. A Vienna despatch, dated the 9th inst., says: Last night there was a strong earthquake shock at Agram, which lasted six seconds. It was preceded by a loud rumbling. On the day previous the earth trembled for an hour together. Last night was the strongest shock since the first. Two walls fell in and the houses shook. The inhabitants fled terrified to the open places, and some families left the town. The official organs are trying to make light of this news. The surrounding villages also felt the shock.
SIR CHARLES DILKE AT CHELSEA.
SIR CHARLES DILKE AT CHELSEA. Sir Charles Dilke and Mr. Firth, the members for Chelsea, addressed a large meeting of their wmstituenb at the New Town 11 nit, h'eiisin^toii, which was densely crowded. Sir Cha-les directed his remarks almost entirely to the foreign policy of the Govern- ment in respect to Eastern affairs. The honour- able baronet maintained that the present Government had settled the Asiatic frontier of Turkey and also the Montenegrin frontier, but concerning the other questions which remained to he dealt with they did not find much patriotic assistance from the language of Lord Salisbury. The interest felt by England in the future of Turkey was very great, and the Government were taking every step in their power to prevent tbe catastrophe of the fall of the Turkish Empire, or to avert it as long as pessible; and the only means they saw for preventing it lay in the united action of the European Powers. Mr. Childers, M.P., afterwards briefly addressed the meeting.
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KAy'S COMPOUND ESSENCE OF LINSEED, a demulcent expec- torant, for Coughs & Colds. Sold everywhere, 9 £ d., Is. lid. CHARGE AGAINST A WARDER. — William Miller, an assistant warder at Parkhurst Convict Prison, has been committed for trial for trafficking with the wife of a convict named Tannebaum, ana endeavouring to obtain from her by means of forgted letters purporting to have been written by her husband the sum of .£10, The prosecuting counsel stated that the convict whose name bad been used was at Ports- mouth Prison, and the only explanation he could offer as to how Miller could obtain the address of the con- vict's wife was that he had been assisted by some unknown conspirator at Portsmouth Prison. OBDE& of your newsagent the Christmas Hamper,' beautifully illustrated by Priston, and containing stories by the Rev. Jackson Wray, Rev. Paxton Hood, and Miss Florence Hodgkinson; also an original Christmas Carol, arranged for the pianoforte by F. W. Williams. One Penny; post free, lid. Offices, 167 and 168, Fleet-street, London. GREAT FIRE IN NORWAY. — A great fire eecurred at Arendal, bv which the Post Office and eighteen houses were reduced to ashes. Twelve horses which were in the Post Office stables perished in the names. FATAL BICYCLE ACCIDENT.—A youth named John Snrytb, who resided at Underwood, Torquay, and who started on his bicycle in the morning, was found by a gardener about mid-day lying in an unconscious state at the foot of a hill some two miles from his home. Medical aid was at once obtained, but it was of no avail. From the position of the body of de- ceased it was apparent he had been thrown. The remains were immediately removed to Underwood. Deceased was 21 years of age. HORROR of Toothache avoided by Jasper's Zomos. Instant cure. Post free fourteen stamps. — 8, Palmerston road, London, N.W. A CABINET COUNCIL WAS HELD on the 13th inst. in Downing-street. The Ministers present were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chan- cellor, Earl Spencer, the Duke of Argyll, the Right Honourable Sir William Haroourt, Barl Granville, the Earl of Kimberley, the Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers, the Marquis of Hartington, Earl North- brook, the Right Hon. John Bright, the Right Hon. W. E. Forster, the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, and the Right Hon. J. G. Dodson. THREE LADS, named Ogden, Morris, and Maw, were committed to prison by the Barnsley magis- trates for nine, three, and six months with hard labour, for breaking into two shops and stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel, which they pledged at Sheffield and other places, giving fictitious names and addresses. When before the Court they accused each other of taking part in various robberies. 11, transpired that they purchased a half-penny candle and slept out all night on Dec. 1, for the purpose of being able to force open several places of business the next morning. LORD DUDLEY, who owns a large number of collieries in the South Staffordshire and East Wor- cestershire districts, and has hitherto employed a number of surgeons to attend men wounded in the workings, has given the surgeons notice to leave his employ, intimating that he shall contract himself but of the Employers'Liability Act.
BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.
BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. The case of Everton v. Clews came before Mr. Justice Watkin Williams and a common jury in the Bail Court. This was an action for breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Talfourd Salter, Q.C., and Mr. Pitt Lewis appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Mellor, Q.C., and Mr. Graham for the defendant. The plaintiff, Mies Lucy Everton, lives with her mother, a widow lady, in Ladbroke-grove-road, Not- tmg-hill. The defendant is a brewer's traveller, living near Derby. The plaintiff and defendant first met at the end of February, 1877, and by the middle of the following month they became engaged. At that time the plaintiff was 21 years of age and the defendant 23. It was arranged that they should be married in Sep- tember, but by mutual consent this was altered to Ootober. In the month of October, however, the mar- riage was again postponed. The plaintiff was much annoyed at this postponement, and there was some conflict of testimony as to the circumstances attend- ing it, the case for the defendant being that he bad then sustained a pecuniary loss, and that his mother repre- sented to the plaintiff that as they were both very young, it would be better to wait for a time. The plaintiff, however, seemed to think that her wishes had not been sufficiently consulted in the matter. The postponement, according to the plaintiff, was not for any definite time, but, according to the defendant, it was until the following spring. In February, 1878, the plaintiff called upon the defendant to fulfil his engage- ment, and on his declining to do so then, she, on the 18th of February, returned his letters, a ring, a photograph, lock of hair, See., and demanded from the defendant a return of the letters she bad written him. On the 3rd of April, 1878, he returned her letters, &c., and supposed that the affair was ended, but on the 9th of January, 1880, he received a letter from the plaintiff's solicitor. It appeared that the defendant had a cousin Edith, whom he had known all his life. This lady in February, 1877, married the plaintiff's brother, and for the sake of his health they went in that month to South Africa. In August of the same year she, at the request of her husband, returned to England, and the defendant, who was her nearest DfaJe relative, went with the plaintiff and her mother to Southampton to meet his cousin. On this occasion he kissed his cousin, and this, the plaintiff stated, annoyed her, although the defendant said that, having been brought up together as children, this had been his habit. In November, 1877, intelligence came from South Africa 01 the death of the plaintiff's brother, and the evidence for the plaintiff was that after that the defendant paid atten- tion to his cousin Edith. About a year after the alleged rescission of the defendant's engagement with the plaintiff, in January, 1879, he became engaged to his cousin Edith, and they were married in July, 1879. The defendant denied that he had paid any particular attention to his cousin until long after February, 1878. The explanation of the plaintiff for the lapse of time between the alleged breach of promise by the defendant and the commencement of proceedings- nearly two years—was that she was unwell during that time. It was, however, suggested on behalf of the defendant that the cause in reality was that until November, 1879, the plaintiff's father was alive, and that he, regarding the engagement at an end, would never have countenanced these proceedings. A verdict was given in favour of the defendant
THE SOLIHULL MURDER.
THE SOLIHULL MURDER. There is little room now for doubt that ttamurder of John Gateloy at Solihull was the act of the agent of a secret organisation. On Tuesday evening the lodg- ing of the deceased man was searched, and a book was found containing entries of subscriptions on behalf of the Irish Land League, and unquestionably connecting the deceased with that body. Several men who knew the deceased bad spoken of a little book which he carried with him, and in which he entered subscriptions on behalf of the Irish land agitation. Taken in conj unc- tion with this discovery, it is a significant fact that deceased bad been heard to express an intention of severing his connection with the agitation, and it is generally supposed that he must have been tracked to Solihull and murdered by a former associate. It is stated that once or twice lately a man bearing a re- semblance to the murderer called at Mr. Graham's farm to see the deceased. It is further stated by a man who was present in the parlour when the murderer was conversing with the deceased that the former said," Ob, but you must have to do with it," referring, it is thought, to the Irish agitation. The two men who were supposed to be the confederates of the murderer now turn out to be friends of the deceased. They are brothers named M'Hale, employed at the farm the deceased belonged to. They werp drinking at the same table as Gateley and his, murderer, and after the shot was fired, being refused access to their com- rade, who was receiving the last rites of religion from Canon O'Sullivan, they went away. No clue or trace of the murderer has yet been obtained. A man answering to his description was seen running in the direction of the main road to Birmingham a few minutes after the shot was fired, and it issurmised that he bad some vehicle waiting for him in which he made his escape. A reward of £100 has been offered by the Rome Office for the apprehension of the murderer of the young Irishman Gateley. The description given of the murderer is as follows: Age between 30 and 40 years, height 5ft. 4in. or 5in., complexion fresh, full brown beard, not very Iong.;hands rough and appeared to be those of a working-man, was dressed in a long gray Ulster coat, rather shabby, with band and four buttons behind. Information to be given to the chief constable of Warwickshire, Kenilworth." No clue has yet been obtained by the police. It is stated that the murderer bears a remarkable resemblance to the assassin of the Irishman Stephens at Sheffield, and as the manner of the crimes was analogous it is believed a clue to the fVrmer will throw lighf upon the Sheffield mystery.
EXTRAORDINARY FORGERY CASE…
EXTRAORDINARY FORGERY CASE IN FRANCE. The Times Paris correspondent says A painful sensation has been created by the arrest of M. and Madame Friedland, the latter charged with forging her grandmother's signature to acceptances amounting all to 198,000 francs. M. Friedland is a Hungarian, who takes great interest in the turf. He married, five years ago, Mdlle. Marie de Persigny, daughter of the Due de Persigny, the well-known Minister and prompter of Napoleon III., and grand- daughter of the Princesse de Moakowa. The latter has a life interest in property, valued at 12,000,000 francs, whieh on her death will revert to her daughter, who since the death of her second husband, M. Lemoine. who was in the Khedive's service, has resumed her title of Duchesse de Per- signy. On the Friedlands getting deeply in debt the duchess was unwilling or unable to aid them, but the grandmother signed a bill for 30,000 francs. In a few weeks bills with renewal expenses fell due amountingto 192,000 francs. Thegrandmother peremp- torily refused to assist, but Madame Friedland is said to have handed to her husband as genuine documents acceptances by her grandmother for 198.000f. These were negotiated with bankers and others, but the Princess disclaimed having signed them. Madame Friedland went to Ohislehurst, the Empress Eugenie being her godmother, but without result, and both she and her husband are now under arrest.
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KAVs COMPOUND ESSENCE or LINSEED for Colds t Concha, cures 9 cases oat of 10. Sold everywhere 94d., Is. lid., &o. HALF-HOLIDAYS UNDER THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS AcT.-An important communication bear- ing on this subject has recently been received by the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce. At a meeting of the Chamber early in November attention was called to the fact that from recent communications between another Chamber and the Home Secretary it appeared that the entire cessation from work on a Saturday could not be allowed to count as one of the eight half-holidays to be given by employers to their work people under me pro- visions of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1878. The Sheffield Chamber accordingly memorialised the Home Secretary on the subject, and the following letter has now been received from Mr. Redgrave, Chief Inspector of Factories: With reference to the memorial from the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce to Sir William Harcourt I have to inform you that he is advised that it will be legal to reckon cessation from work for the whole of a Saturday as one of the eight half- holidays prescribed by the Factory Act to be given in course of each successive twelve months." This c6mmunication from Mr. Redgrave will set at rest a question which has given rise to considerable difference of opinion. KEATING S COUGH LOZENGES. — C111U: COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHrns.—Medical testimony states that no other medicine is so effectual in the cure of these dangerous maladies. One Lozenge alone given ease, one or two at bed time ensures rest. For relieving difficulty of breathing they are invaluable. Thev contain no opium nor any violent drug. Sold by all Chemists, in Tins, Is. H4. and 2a. 9d. each. A POACHING AFFRAY. -The Workington magistrates bad four labourers, named Howell, Clarke. Williams, and Curtis, before them, charged with night poaching and. assaulting game watchers on land belonging to Mr. Curwen, of Workington Hall. Three watchers who were on the road shortly before midnight on the 4th inst., hearing a rabbit squeal, went to the place whence the sound came, when several men set upon them and knocked them down with stones and bludgeons. The chief keeper was stabbed in the jaw. The prisoners were committed for trial at the assizes. AT AN INQUEST AT BRISTOL, on the woman Thomas, for whose murder a man named Yemm gave himself m custody, the medical evidence was to the effect that. although there were bruises on the body, they were not sufficient to cause death, which resulted ,from serous apoplexy, and a verdict to that effeot was returned.
TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. LOSS OF 101 LIVES. A terrible explosion took place on the morning of the 10th inst. (Friday) at the Naval Steam Coal Colliery, a pit near Pen-y-graig, where ninety-three men had gone down to work but a few hours previously; the number of those who were in the pit at the time being, however, reduced by two who bad come up again. The pit, which is the property of Messrs. Rowlands and Morgans, is 450 yards in depth, and is but half a-mile from the Dinas Colliery, where fifty-seven bodies still remain unrecovered since the explosion of Jan. 13, 1878. At half-past nine o'clock on the previous night the manager of the col- liery, Mr. Rowland Rowlands, brother of one of the proprietors, received a report from David Lewis and David Lodwick, the night foremen, that everything was all right below at both pits. Between one and two o'clock in the morning the whole neighbourhood for miles round was startled by hearing a most terrific report, which echoed through the mountains, and was heard at Tonyrefail, a village four miles distant. In a very short time the whole country was alive, and thousands of workmen who had been awakened from their beds by the concussion, the cause for which they could divine only too truly, were soon hurrying to the scene of the disaster, each carrying a lighted Davy lamp to guide them through the darkness of the night. The roads were also thronged with poor wailing women whose relatives, either husbands or sons, had left an hour or so ago for the fatal shaft. Mr. Moses Rowlands, one of the proprietors; Mr. Rowland Row- lands, manager Mr. Moses Rowland, jun.; and Mr. Williams, olerk, were among the first to reach the top of the upcast. About 'five o'clock Messrs. Thomas W. Evans and David Davies, of Ruthin, overmen, volunteered to des- cend the downcast in a bucket attached to a wire rope. They went down 400 yards when they came to an immense heap of boarding which had fallen from the top of the shaft, and which put a stop to their further descent. It was calculated that the heap was twenty yards in depth, but they shouted to any who might be alive below, and in a few seconds heard a faint response from the bottom of the abaft. Meanwhile the most intense anxiety was evinced by the thousands waiting on the surface for the return of the two brave explorers. The aspect of the vast throng as they stood in the dark night on the sloping declivity above the shaft—those in front trying vainly by the light of their Davys" to peer: into; the grim blackness below—was awfully imposing. As the returned bucket approached the surface the most pain- ful stillness prevailed, and when the two men stepped out of the bucket, and reported that voices had been heard in reply to their shouts, a mighty sigh of relief and hope escaDed from the multitude. Preparations were then commenced to descend again for the purpose of penetrating if possible through the dibrit lying at the bottom, for this dangerous task three gallant fellows volunteering, viz., Evan Jenkings, leader, William Williams, and Thomas Morris. As they stepped into the bucket prepared for the descent with brawny arms bared and with their faces wearing a resolute expression to do or die, the most lively emotion was evinced by their comrades, every one of whom would without a moment's hesitancy have accompanied them to attempt a rescue were it practicable. On reaching the top of the dSbris the three volunteers left tbe bucket and stepped on the rubbish, shouting like their predecessors to those below, and were rewarded by hearing a responsive shout. The three gallant miners instantly commenced their task of cutting a way through a heap which consisted of broken timber and stones. By nine o'clock they reached the bottom, working their way through a zigzag hole made in the immense pile. From the bottom they then commenced cutting their way in th« direction from which they had heard the shouts. Having made another hole fifteen feet in length they broke into the open, and could hear conversation being carried on. Grop- ing in the darkness, aided by the sound of the voices, they found four men who were alive, but in a semi-delirioua condition. These four men-Thomas Morris, J. H. Evans, David Marony, and David Jenkins-were assisted through the holes to the top of the dibris, and were then brought to bank at ten o'clock. It is impossible to describe the exciting scene witnessed on the pit bank as the wives and ohildren of the rescued men recognised in the blackened features of the exhausted creatures assisted from the cage the beloved form of father and.husband. To them it appeared verily as a return from the valley of the shadow of death, and their expressions of thankfulness were affecting in the extreme. In the meantime another gallant band of explorers had descended the upeast shaft three-quarters of a mile to the south-west. This party consisted of Mr. D. Thomas, Albert medallist of the first class, Mr. E.Thomas Mundy Hall, Mr. W. Glilloway, late deputy- inspector of mines for South Wales, and now manager of Dinas Collieries; Mr. Thos. Griffiths, manager of Oymmee Collieries; and Mr. John Hanard, underground manager of the Glamorgan Colliery Company. It was tbroughthe upcast that the terrible blast had spent its greatest force. This second band of gallant explorers traversed the roadway between the two shafts, and the scene they witnessed by the pale glimmer of their lamps baffles all description. Sixteen dead bodies were dis- covered in a kneeling position, death having come to them all while they were engaged in prayer. One body, that of David Lloyd, lampman, was found in the doorway of the lamproom, also in the attitude of prayer, one of his arms encircling a young lad, as though to protect him from harm. Lloyd was an old man, exceedingly well known in the district, where he bad spent the whole of his life in quiet industry. The sixteen bodies, fomo or whirc'i were fearfully burnt, were taken to bank at once and deposited in a temporary dead-bouse, which had been constructed close by the top of the upper pit. Some of the bodies are so fearfully burnt as to be almost un- recognisable. Up to a late hour on Friday night thirty bodies had been recovered, and many of them had been identified by relatives or friends. They all bore indications of having been severely burnt, and in one or two cases it was evident that they had been struck by falling dibris. Nearly the whole of them were found to tke east of the main roadway, where the force of the ex- plosion seems to have been very great. Sixteen dead horses were met with, and the party of colliery pro- prietors who descended at the upcast shaft de- scribed the pit as being in a state of great disorder, the roadways having been seriously damaged, and many heavy falls having occurred. The ventilation was, however, good. The efforts of the explorers, who are numerous, are now being concentrated on the removal of the fall at the bottom of the downcast shaft, and when this is com- pleted they will be able to make use of the cage, the bucket being of course very incon- venient. Hitherto the colliery has been exceptionally fortunate in its freedom from accidents. The miners are almost unanimous in giving it a good name. It is, however, well known that all the Welsh steam coals are very fiery, and in his last annual report her Majesty s inspector for the district, Mr. Wales, con- demned on this account the use of gunpowder and naked lights. RECOVERY OF MORN BODIES. A correspondent, dating from Pen-y-oraig on the 12th inst., says: The work of recovering the bodies was proceeded with all last night and to-day. Last night sixteen bodies were brought up which were found in one working. Evan Lewis, who came up shortly before the explosion, states that he passed by the place where these men were about one o'clock, and saw them all sitting down, having what they call a one o'clock dinner. When brought to the surface it was noticed as an extraordinary fact that these men nearly all had their jaws broken. Mr. Wood, manager of a neighbouring colliery, who was exploring, came across the bodies of three men, all of whom seemed to have been attempting to avoid the suffocating sulphur and gas which were in the pit after the explosion. One man had his face literally buried in the dust, another had both hands over his mouth, and a third had endeavoured to cover his mouth with his coat collar. Up to the time of writing there have been sixty-four bodies recovered, and the latest official estimate of the killed is ninety- four men and boys, twenty-two horses, and one donkey. The management are now endeavouring to set the fans at work to promote better ventilation; but consider- able difficulty is experienced in consequence of the precautions which have to be taken against driving the bad air from the downcast shaft through to the upcast, and so rendering the latter useless for the work of recovering the bodies which will now take place there. No theory has yet been expounded with regard to the cause of the explosion, but great thankfulness is expressed for an accident which took place here last Monday, and which resulted in about half the usual number only being down the pit when the disaster occurred. Indeed, most of the men who have lost their lives were engaged in repairing the cage at the bottom of the upcast shaft, which fell down the shaft on Monday and caused considerable damage, in conse- quence of the engine-man over-winding. STATEMENT OF JOHN MORGAN. John Morgan has made the following statement: I was in the mine at one o'clock in the morning, and just as the explosion occurred I lost my lamp and my light. There was a loud report, and a fall of the roof on either side of me. I bad about ten yards of space, and I ran backwards and forwards. I tried te find mv lamp and could not for a long time. I thought J could hear Hanlier," a trolly drawn by a horse on a tramway. The explosion caused the loss of my lamp. The falls were in the right band heading near the downcast shaft. I kept running backwards and forwards and I shouted Itll the time. I felt that my hands were burnt, and that [ was bruised, The hair of my,, head and my whiskers were all burnt off. As I ran about I felt a dead man lying on the ground. The body was then turning cold. I still kept shouting. I had plenty of air. I was very hungry, and I made a search for my victuals. Before the explosion I had a jug of water. I searched for it also. I found neither. I had given up all hope when the explorers came. I was quite prepared to die, and I bad given up all hope that any one would come near me. When I first saw the men's lights I shouted, and they came." TWO'JOINT INQUESTS. Mr. A. Reece, coroner of the Pen-y-Graig district, opened the inquest. He said that as some of the bodies were lying in the parish of Ystradfodwg, in which district Mr. Overton is the coroner, there would be a joint inquiry. The jury viewed about fifteen of the bodies which were brought to bank in the Pen-y- Graig district. The proceedings created considerable interest in the village, there being a great many people present in the room when the inquest was opened. A great amount of dissatisfaction was evinced amongst the workmen owing-to the constabulary having selected a jury of eighteen, and having omitted to put upon it men who were practical miners. The explanation of Sergeant Price, who called the jury, is that be was anxious to have a body of men who were Alto- gether unconnected with mining, and who could be thoroughly relied upon as being impartial. After an absence of about an hour and a half the inquest was resumed. By this time Mr. Overton, the other coroner, bad arrived, and it was definitely decided to make it a joint inquiry. Evidence of identifica- tion of the fifteen bodies was then given by James Row, who stated that he was one of the county police-constables, and was stationed on the works of the Naval Steam Coal Colliery Company. Mr. Moses R. Rowlands, manager of the upcast shaft, said he repi esented the management of the colliery. They bad now succeeded in getting sixty-five bodies out of the pits, but there were thirty-six still under- ground. He thought, however, that these thirty-six would be got out at once, and that the pit would be ready for an early inspection. Mr. Overton expressed his regret that Mr. Wales was net present, because these cases were becoming very notorious of late, and the Government might like to send down some one from London to watch the proceedings. Besides, a great deal had been said in Parliament recently about these accidents. After some conversation it was decided to adjourn until the first Thursday in January. The jury then proceeded to view the bodies in Mr. Overton's district, and evidence of identification having been given, orders for burial were made out. RELIEF FUND. The Lord Mayor of London has opened a relief fund at the Mansion House. It appears that the number of persons left dependent on public charity is 271, and that the amount required to relieve them will be about £ 17.000.
LIST OF COLLIERY ACCIDENTS…
LIST OF COLLIERY ACCIDENTS IN WALES. A list of Welsh colliery accidents during the last thirty-five years will be read with interest at the present time: August 2, 1845-0ronbacb, naar Merthyr Tydvil, 28 lives lost; January 14, 1846—Risca Colliery, 35 lives lost; June 21, 1848-Victoria, Monmouth, 11 lives lost; August 11, 1849-Lletty Shonkin, Aberdare, 52 lives lost; September 3, 1851— Aberdare (chain broke), 14 lives lost; May 10, 1852— Duffryn Pit, Aberdare, 64 lives lost; May 10, 1852—Gwaendraeth Vale (water broke in), 28 lives lost; March 12, 1853—Risca Vale explosion, 10 lives lost; November 29, 1855 — Owmamman, Aber- dare (cage upset), 8 lives lost; July 15, 1856 —Cymmer, Pontypridd, 114 lives lost; October 13, 1858-Primrose Colliery, Swansea, 13 lives lost; same year-Duffryn, near Newport, 20 lives lost; April 6,1859—Chain Colliery, near Neath (flooded), 26 lives lost; December 1, 1860—Risca Colliery, Newport, 45 lives lost; February 19, 1862—Gethin Colliery, Merthyr Tydvil, 40 lives lost; October 17, 1863—Morfa, Glamorganshire, 31 lives lost; De- cember 26, 1864 — Maeeteg, Glamorganshire, 14 [lives lost; June 16, 1865—New Bedwellty pit, Tredegar, 26 lives lost; December 25, 1865—Upper Gethin mine, Merthyr Tydvil, 30 lives lost; Novem- ber 8, 1867-Ferndale Colliery, Rhondda Valley, 178 lives; Juno 10, 1869 Ferndale Colliery, 60 lives lost; July 23,1870—Llansamlet, near Swan- sea, 19 lives lost; March 2, 1871—Victoria, Mon- mouth, 19 lives lost; October 4, 1871-Gladys pit, Aberdare, 4 lives lost; January 10, 1872—Oakwood, Llynvi Valley, Bridgend, 11 lives lost; December 4, 1875-Powell Duffryn, New Tredegar, 22 lives lost; December 5, 1876-Uan Colliery, Pentyrch, 12 lives lost; December 18, 1876 -Abortillery, Monmouth, 20 lives lost; September 11, 1878-Prince of Wales Colliery, Aberearn, 269 lives lost; January 13,1879- Dinas Colliery, 68 lives lost; July 16, 1880—Risca Colliery, 120 lives lost. —■
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ANCHOR BREWERY, DUBLIN. (Largest Brewery in Ireland but one.) [138 The Christmas Fancy Stores, For TOYS, GAMES, CHRISTMAS CABDS, and ARTICLES for JPRESEKTS, 35 & 37, COLMORE ROW, AND 100, NEW STREET. BIRMINGHAM. These Establishments have been opened for the purpose of meeting the large and increasing demand for Toys, Games, and the innumerable articles, useful, amusing, instructive, and or- namental the selection of w1uch at this season of the year occupy so large a part of the thoughts and anticipations of all households. Great care has been taken in the selection of the goods offered for sale, and comprise the largest and best assort- ment ever offered to the Public. The whole of these articles have been bought after a personal inspection, direct from the manufacturers in Germany, France, England, and other countries, and can therefore be sold at prices which do not have to bear the profits of intermediate agents and merchants, through whom it is usual for such goods to pass. For the convenience of those who may not be able to make a personal visit to the Stores, arrangements have been made by whioh par- cels of the values of 7s. 6d., 10s., 12s. 6d., 15s., 20s., and upwards, are made up, and sent, Carriage Paid, to any part of the Country, on receipt of P.O.O. Letters to be addressed and Post-Office Orders made payable to H. B. PARISH, 35, Colmore Row, Birmingham. Special care is devoted to the selection of Goods for these Parcels, and the utmost confidence may be had that full value is given, and any parcel runt givtng satisfaction may be seat back, aM the mom" will be retained, or a new assortment made Mp. To facilitate the selection, a Catalogue, containing the fullest par- ticulars and prices, will be forwarded on application to the [lSJ Wholesale Stores, Church Street, Birmingham. TTJCTAN^ED. —Trustworthy industrious person. as District »» Reta1lAgent tor I,onáon Tea Dealers' Asøoc1atlbn. Address, Secretary, 58, Chad wick Road, London, S.E. [139 Washing-Day Reform. HARPER TWELTBTREES' VILLA WASHER, WRINOERi and M ANGLES, does the Family Wash in Four Hours, without rubbing or boiling Carriagepaid; free trials easy Weekly Payments-—80, Fins-bury Pavement, London, B.C. [1S8 PARALYSIS, RHEUMATISM, &c. For Corel by Halse's Galvanic Apparatus," send S stamps for Pamllhlet to Mr. HAi-SK, 40, Addison Road, Kensington, London. [1S1 rpoUJOURS WHISKEY. JL A Blend cf the Finest Stills in Scotland, 44s. per dozen case, as supplied for many years to the House of Commons. Dr. TICHBORNE, P.C.S., says:—" I have carefully analysed the 'TOUJOURS,' and, although submitted to a rigorous test, I find i!pørføcUy Ire. from the impurities generally found in Whiskey; it is also equally good in flavour, a8 it is pure in quality." pAIiOMIKO SHERRY. J- The most exquisite of Xerez Wine, 88s. per dozen. Specially shipped to our firm. TTTRGIN MADEIRA. V A Pure Wine of our own shipment, 30s. per dozes. Highly recommended to Invalids [137 SIR CHARLES CUNINGHAM & CO. 9, Old Jewry, E.o. TtENT*S WATCHES, CLOCKS, ^ariS •1^ CHRONOMETERS. Illustrated Catalogue sent £ re& Apply to 61, Strand, or 34, Royal Exchange, London. [121 E ALLEN, Furrier. 239, RÊGENTSTREET LONDON, W. CATALOGUE OF PRICES sent free on application. Fur Seal Paletots, Muffs, Capes, Trimmings, Car- riage Wrappers, Cloaks, &c. Sealskin Jackets Re-Dyed, and made into Paletots. Established 1828. [ug 1 000 LADIES'ULSTERS from 8s. lid. to 25e. The J Langtry, Grasmere, Sandown, & others. KngravinM & Self-Measure Forms free.—Ba^bu & Caisi', 198, Regent St., London. TIIMROD'S CURE for ASTHMA, CATARRH, COLDS, CROUP, &c. The Discoverer of Himrod's cure, for 12 years a great sufferer from Asthma, has at last succeeded in combining this moøt successful remedy. Canister, 48., by post, 4s. 3d., otall Chern- ists. Bole Agents, F. Nswnnar & Soys, l, King Edward St..I»ndon. TOWLE'S CHLOSODYfE for COtfattS. "*■ ASTHMA. BRONCHITIS, CONSUMPTION, SPASMS, & £ Onedose gives speedy relief. Is. l^d., 2B.gd.,and4g.6d. Of Chemises. TOWLE'S CKLORODYNE LOZENGES and JUJUBliB. 6d. and Is. box; or post free for 7 or 14 stamps. [JlJ TOWLE, Chemist, Back Piccadilly. MAw»Ttan+.ny THE EXCELSIOR SPRI-NO' • !5IA3TEESS7 J- Used by Royalty, the Nobility. OttaMry, and Medical Profession, and acknowledged by all to be UNEQUALLED for COMFORT and CLEAlfLINESS. CntcULARS, &C., FROM CHQRLTOK & .DuaPAT.n, Best Six Cord Sewing Cotton, SOFT, ELASTIC, AJSTD MJ^ABXJE. ERMEN & ROBY, MAiJCBESTER. lUriLNEif'S SAFES, tire E-,sb aad Ghelrat SAFEGUARD against FIRE and THIEVES. [115 TXTATCHES, Gold Rings, Silver Jewellery; Electro-Plate. ▼ and Cutlery Wholesale Illustrated Catalogue flfee —JAM ES SIMMONS, 29, fiudley Street, Birmingham! BILLIARD & BAG-ATELLli TABLES. A LARGE STOCK of NEW ai SECOND HANI! TABLES always on hand. WRITE FOR'JUICE LISTS. G. EDWARDS, 188, Kiogaland Road, London. 50 Christmas and New Year Cards for Is., post free, la. Id.; 250 Scraps for Is.j Wonderful Packet Crewels, 9&d. per dozen. Cheapest Housein the World foi WOOLS. Every one should send for. descriptive boot, post free • P L. KiyQBBPRY'a, South Kensington.Baaaar, London. 8.W. [lg "THE WONDERFUL BORAX DRY SOAP." Sold in lib. Packets, Id. eacb^everywhere. WHY SO? 1 See Eight Graphic Sketches and Borax Uses, free of all Agents, or direct, on receiptof.Ppst Card, from the PATENT BORAX, COMPANY, [124 ■ Birmingham. EDUCATION (.England or Abroad).—PARENTS may r. TO T,^re? ,of «har»e> the counsel of CAPTAIW de DARTBRET BISSOij, M.A. (Author of Our Schools and Colleges"^ a* to the best Schools for Boys and Young Ladies, prospectuses and full particulars sent free by po8t.—3BerneM Street, London, W. [125 r,n i/V^' SIA COMPORTING- Remedy for Indigestion xx and Rheumatism, and a ready Household • 7 7 Remedy for the Prevention of all Diseases. 7Xd.. #1/1,1.& 1/1^. 2/9. and 11/ per Box, of all Chemists. Post free for p.stamps, by U.H..I.OWK,Wolverhampton. A SINGLE WATCH PQS$ffREE by Registered Post at TBADB PHIGE. SILVER, from 15s.; SOLD, from 87s. Bd. All Warranted. Send Post Card for Illustrated iist. 30 Snaxa/vinas- P126 G-OTTIiDEN', Watoh Manufacturer, Crewfcerne, Somerset. Q WEE TING'S ~pp, STABTITSTTKP over 40 YEARS. and acknowledged to be rroOTH-ACHE THE SAyEST and QTJTCKBST T CURE for IJIOOTH-ACHE, TIC. "PI LIXIR. ^ETTBAISIA, fto. Sold by all Chemists, in Bottles, Is. lfcd. .——————. and 2a. 9d. [127. H AHDYSIDES, fiNUFfv Never fa118 to Cure' Tic in 2 Minutes, 'v HANDYSTUfcS'l TSS?SNUFF. Neuralgia in 2 Minutes.' HANDYSIDES]1 Toothachein2Minutes.' Toothache in2 Minutes. HANDYSIDES! ELl°™S„™Eo™NEi SNUFF. A Cold in 2 Minutes. w 3,000 Testimonials, some of 16 and 20 years' gtamHincr Order of your Chemists. In Bottles, Is. ijtd. and 2s. 9d.; post free. Is. 3d. snd 8s. Manufactured only by W. HANDYSIDES, 28, Grainger Street West Newcastle-on-Tyne. (ISO Newcastle-on-Tyne. pso « f. G-EO. EOE 8c CO., DISTILLERS, DUBLIN, ESTABLISHED 1767. Choice Old Dublin Whiskey, In Cases, containing two gallons each, (jr. R. bottled in bond for security, and fully # # if. branded. The Trade supplied. Consumers through all Wine Merchants. (34, 4?(l MONTHLY easily made by the sale of PACKET TEA. French Coffee, and "One and All" Shilling Cocoa. Write to OT.mTfT). Oi.rvKP Jk Co- 281. Southgate Road. London. N. r1 DmECT Postal COMMUNICATION BBTWBKN FRANCE AND AUSTRALIA.—The report of the Presi- dential Commission on the proposal to establish direct postal and commercial communication between France and Australia and New Caledonia has been adopted. The service, which is to be ready in two Tears, wiP i have its starting point at Marseilles and its terminu»v5 at Noumea, passing by the Suez Canal, Reunion, Mauritius, Melbourne, and Sidney. At first it will be monthly, but there is a hope of making it fort- nightly to enable it to compete more effectively with the English lines. A LADY, finding her little girl engaged in plucking the feathers off her sister's hat, asked her angrily what fhe meant by behaving in this manner. The little one replied: Mamma, I was only trying to make myself joto a bird; you know you eaid, Fine feathers make fine birds."