The Aberdare Times

is* futo Cirmpnitri 4Mm « right to state that we do not at all tint] £ S**g £ f i with «ur Cesrespendenf s opinions. J As the month of July progresses, the glories of the London season begin gradually to wane. When the eun is not shining with an intense heat, the atmosphere is close and stagnant, and all who have the means turn their thoughts towards the country and the Continent. Religious, charitable, and philanthropic gatherings, which for weeks previously have taxed the energies of prelates and noblemen, grow less in number, the distributions of prizes by Royal princesses become fewer, and by the end of the month the blinds are closely drawn in thoroughfare after thoroughfare of of the West-end. I may here say that the season which has now seen its last days has by common consent been the most brilliant witnessed in London since the death of the Prince Consort. To say nothing of the presence of the Shah and Czarewitch, it is a matter of notoriety that the various mem- bers of the Royal family have worked most ener- getically in endeavouring to fulfil the numerous de- mands upon their time. The presence of a Princess at a bazaar for a charitahle purpose, or of a Prince at a dinner for the benefit of the funds of a hospital, is a very great attraction, and the invariable result is a con- siderable addition to the receipts. No wonder, then,, that the managers are so anxious to secure the attend- ance of a member of the reigning House at their annual meeting, and there can be no question that the Royal family are increasiDg their hold upon the respect acd affection of the people by the ready response which they give to the invitations which pour in upon them to lend their aid towards the advancement of the cause of charity. It has been said that the affairs o some of our great metropolitan hospitals are not in so satisfactory a con- dition as might be desired. Mention has been parti- cularly made of St. Thomas's Hospital, which, as many of your readers will probably remember, was originally built at the foot of London Bridge. When the extensive alterations made by the South Eastern Railway Company were carried out there, the proposi- tion of the governors to erect the hospital upon its present site, opposite the Houses of Parliament, was strongly opposed by the City Corporation, who objected to the institution being transferred to a district which was already sufficiently aervedby Westminster Hospital. The op position was, however, in vain, and the new build- r'iÍ1g was erected in seven blocks upon the south side of Westminster Bridge, not far from the Archbishop of Canterbury's ancient palace at Lambeth. The site and the erections have cost about £ 600 000, and as the total accommodation is 500 beds, it follows that each bed will have cost more than £1,000. A statement has been issued, showing that 150 beds are now closed for want of funds, so that accommodation for only 350 patients is now available, as compared with 600 in the old hospital. It is hoped that the share of this noble institution in the proceeds of the Hospital Sunday col- lections will enable the Governors to make more provi- sion for the mass of suffering humanity which is always to be found in the metropolis. Another institution of a different character is in a far more promising way. In the year 1619 a charitable gentleman, Edward Alleyn by name, founded a school for the education of a limited number of boys, and endowed it with an estate at Dulwich, one of the most charming suburbs of London. At first there were only twelve boys in the school, but as the land gradually Increased in value, the income was proportionably augmented. The consequence is that the Dulwich estate of to-day yields an amount which 200 years ago would have been deemed perfectly fabulous* Three years since a magnificent new college was built at a cost of £100,000, and 650 boys are now educated within its walls. It is about a quarter of a mile from the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and stands in the midst of a beautiful and fertile country. Dulwich is to the south of London what Highgate is to the north -a lovely spot studded with villas, and apparently as far removed from the noise, the bustle, and the smoke of the vast capital as though it were a hundred miles away from it, instead of being, as the case really is, only about twenty minutes' distance by rail. The con. trasts between the crowded city streets and the suburban delights of such a place as Dulwich can only be ap- preciated by those who witness th"m daily. Under the auspices of the Social Science and the Howard Societies, an inquiry has lately been made into the condition of the police cells of London, and it has been conducted with the sanction of Colonel Henderson and Colonel Fraser, the chiefs of the Metropolitan and City forces. From this it appears that the police cells of the City, which are under the control of the Cor- poration, are generally superior to those in the metro- politan district. They are better lighted consequently there is less difficulty in securing decent order. Mr. Tallack, whose name is well known in connection with this question, and who was one of the committee selected to carry out the investigation, is of opinion that com- plete isolation is not desirable. One weighty reason is that when drunken prisoner? have been left alone Miieide has often been the result. On the whole the result of the Inquiry is such as to convey a favourable impression of the management of our police cells, an impression which has not at all times prevailed. All who know Waterloo Place in Pall Mail will remember the collection of statues and monuments which there abounds. One of the latter is an emble- matical figure representing the victories of the allied armies in the Crimea while one of the statues is to the memory of Lord Clyde, and another to that of Benjamin Franklin. A few days ago a statue of Sir James Outram, the great Indian general, who was buriod in Westminster Abbey just this time ten years, was added to the existing group of figures. It is by Mr. Foley, the well-known sculptor, but it is not to remain permanently in its present position. Its desti- nation is an open space opposite Government House, Calcutta, and so excellent has been the treatment of his subject by the artist that many will regret that it is not to stay longer upon its present site. Amongst the attractions of the International Exhibi- tion is a collection of drinking implements, and a very curious one it is. There are found old drinking horns, which were so much used by our Saxon ancestors, the Goths, the Romans, and even the Greeks. To make an examination of this singular array, and to contrast it with the splendid assortment of pottery in the exhi- bition of 1871, is to obtain a very comprehensive idea of the extraordinary progress which has been made in civilization sinoe the days when the Romans were mastem of the known world. Time was when horns were considered treasures worthy to be bequeathed, and they are often mentioned in early wills, and noticed in the list of effects belonging even to Royalty itself, for many of them were worked in gold and silver, and ornamented with carving and elaborate devices. Thanksgiving Day, the 27th February, 1872, is not to be allowed to pass without some substantial mark of remembrance of the day when the Queen went to St. Paul's to return thanks for the recovery of the jSrince of Wale. It has long been a matter for obser- vation, and indeed for regret, that although neaily two centuries have elapsed since the building of our great metropolitan cathedral, it has practically re- mained unfinished according to the designs of its eminent architect, Sir Christopher Wren. Contrasted with the embellishments lavished upon some of the .structures upon the Continent, St. Paul's has never shown to advantage, considering the enormous wealth of the English nation. Subscriptions to a large amount have, however, lately been raised towards the completion of the internal decorations, and amongst these is a window in commemoration of Thanksgiving Day. The designs are nearly ready, and are to be laid before the Dean and Chapter. Although London has been, for a long time, com- paratively free from large conflagrations, a fire occa- sionally breaks out, demanding the utmost exertions pn the part of the Fire Brigade to master it. The number and efficiency of this important body have lately occupied the attention of the Metropolitan Board of Works. and although there is no doubt re- specting its capabilities, many have urged that its numbers are insufficient for the protection of such an immense area as that occupied by the British capital. Sometimes there is a fire which renders it necessary for the w ole of the brigade to be concentrated at one spot-sucb, for instance, as that at the City Flour Mills last November; consequently, at such a time the rest of the metropolis is left unprotected. Those who argue in favour of increasing the Brigade contend that this ought not to be, and that there should at all times be a sufficient reserve to deal with any emergency which might arise. Two great fires occur- ring simultaneously at opposite ends of London, or even one following immediately after another, when the energies of the Brigade are spent, and the men are exhausted, is a contingency for which so vast a city ought not to be unprepared. Chicago was destroyed because its firemen were wearied out in suppressing a conflagration only a few hours before the breaking out of the fire which swept like a whirlwind over the place. Both the Court of Common Council and the Metre, politan Board of Works have within the past few days taken decisive steps for the prevention of an outbreak of cholera. Seeing that the dreaded plague has appeared in ports trading with the United Kingdom, and that it is not only in the eastern part of Europe, but also in many cities of the United States, it is evident that all the efforts of the sanitary authorities will be required to keep it out of Great Britain. There is no doubt that in the Austrian and Russian dominions its presence has been felt all the winter; in the beginning of Jane it showed itself in Western Prussia; it'afterwards travelled to DantStc and to Peeth; it is stalking through Bohemia and Gallioia; and the fact that it has manifested itself at Vienna has connderably increased the public anxiety. In the autum of 1871, when it was hovering upon the shores of the Levant, a joint committee of city and pert amthorities framed a scheme for the inspection of all vessels coming into the Thames. It was estimated that £1,200 a year would suffice to maintain a com- petent staff, but the money could not be had, and the plan therefore collapsed. The Court of Common Council has, however, now voted JE400 a year for a medical officer of health, and JE120 for an inspector of shipping; and should any farther appointments be necessary, they will doubtless be made. Meanwhile great stress is laid on the importance of direct ventila- tion in houses. Where there are skylights they should be kept constantly open, and the dwelling is thereby thoroughly aired from the top to the bottom. Un- questionably fresh air is one of the best preventatives against the attacks of the disease. The Wimbledon competition opened under a sky clear as that of Italy, and with a burning sun pouring down its rays upon the marksmen. On the same day there was a review of the troops at Aldershot, witnessed by the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Cesarewitch and the Cesarevna, the Dukes of E iinbnrgh and Cambridge, and Prince Arthur. It is odd, but true, that reviews generally happen on daya of blazing heat like that of last Monday, when the small amount of breeze which does blow is hot and stifling, and when any exertion with even the lightest of garments is felt to be oppressive. What the experience oi the troops must be on such a day, with their tightly- buttoned coats, and closely-fitting stocks, can be known only to themselves. However, it is felt by the military authorities that, as the army cannot select the weather in which they would prefer to go to war, neither should they choose the day on which to go through the fatiguing exercises of a mimic battle. The figure of the Cesarewitch has by this time become familiar to the habituta of London Society. As the heir to the Throne of all the Russias, and a connection, by marriage, of the Prince of Wales, he is everywhere received with great deference, and was included in the list of distinguished guests at the banquet lately given by the Trinity House Corporation.

THE TICHBORNE TRIAL. Friday was the S2nd day of the trial, which pro- ceeded, as usual, before the three Judges—the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Mellor, and Mr. Justice Lush. The first head of evidence entered into was the surgical, which had reference chiefly to marks of bleed- ings, in connection with which the examinations of the defendant on the subject were read. Mr. Barnard R< tt, M.R.C.S, and oonsnlting surgeon of the Westmlnstt-r Hospital, stated that during the progress of the Iftat trial he was from time to time consulted as to the health of the defendant and his ability to undergo the trial; and he was afterwards deputed to examine his per- son, in con junotlon with Mr. Seymour Haden. Oa the 19th of December, 1871. he made that examination, and found certain marks a mark on the back part of the head on the right Ilde-a superficial scar, about half an inoh In length, just behind the ear. It had been there, he thought, for many years. It was the only mark on the back part of the b/Md. On the face there was a mark on the outer side of the right eyebrow, and also a mark over the nose. The mark on the nose Indicated a very severe wound, extending from the inner part of the left eyebrow to the noae, and radiating to either side of the no e, Implicating a considerable region. It appeared that the nose bad been broken at some time. The eyelids he examined carefully with a microscope, and found no trace of any wound or scar on either of them. (This was with reference to the accident to Roger In the course of his voyage to South America, when his eyelid was injured.) Nor was there any other mark on the left eye- brow than that already described as the wound to the nose. The mouth had been Injured. There were marks on the Inside of the lower lip corresponding with the lower teeth. As to the teeth, they were very irregular, and four were gone In front. As to the ears, there were no marks or punc- tures but the lubes were free from the side of the head. (Roger's, it has been proved, adhered to the side of the cheek). On the right arm he found two small vaccination marks in the usnal place. There were no punctures for vivi- section-no trace of bleeding marks whatever. (It has.been proved that Roger was bled in both arms.) In answer to the Lord Chief Juistice, Mr. Holt stated that the marks of bleeding! were In general Indelible. It took at least 30 or 40 years to erase them, and even then they were not always obliterated. There was a circular scar, somewhat depressed, midway between the elbow and the wrist, at the bAck of the forearm and another circular scar on the writ) near the root of the thumb. Then on the left arm he found, near the elbow, two small msrks an inch and a half apart, over the deltoid muscle the intervening spaoS between the marks being perfectly natural, soft, and pliable, without any trace of induration ever having existed or any indication of any thread having passed between them. (This was to negative the existence of marks of an issue which Roger had.) Between the shoulder and the elbow there was a round mark about the size of a florin (the present florin), which appeared as if there were a series of punctures with healthy intervals of skin between them. At the elbow he found no mhrks of bleeding. (Colonel Blckerstaffe proved that Roger was bled In both arms at Canterbury, and that there were then marks of three or four previous bleedings) Three inches above the wrist, In the centre of the front part of the forearm, there was a deep square cicatrix or scar (an Inch by an inch and a quarter), from which was a line, an Inch and a halt in length running towards the wrist. On the thumb. which was somewhat pointed, the nail had been recently cutt short. (This was as to the thumb case, raised on the 70th day of the last trial). It was cut short down to the very quick," or the red line seen under the nail. In regard to size, the hands and fingers were small and fatty, with depressed knuckief. The bones of the hand were small. Oa the ring finger of the left hand (t.he fourth) thero were slight points, as If punctured. Mr. Holt went ou to state that he examined the legs and feet. There was no malformation In the legs, though they were a little in-kneed. On the centre of the right knee there was a mark an inch or so above the knee-cap. Upon the ankle there was a small depression or scar on the Inner side, an inch above the sole of the foot, as If a wound of some kind had existed. There was no other mark on the foot. It *a* not on a vein-it was not a bleeding mark. On the left at kle there was a clear Incised wound an inch and a quarter in length, an inch and a half from the lower edge of the ankle- bone, and two Inches from the under part of the foot, slightly concave. There was also an indentation, as If the result of an old ulcer, close to the inner part of the ankle-bone. There was a brown mark on the left dde-a brown stain about five inches in length-tlnee-quarters of an Inch below the ribs. (This was the brown mark given by the defendant as a proof of identity but no witness has yet stated that it was seen on Roger ) As to the marks on the eyebrow and nose, he thought they were probably .made at once. The lobes of the ear must have always been detached from the sides of the face, and in this respect they never altered. (Roger's ear was said to be adherent.) As to the marks on the right arm, the small marks on the upper part looked like vaccination marks. As to the large mark, It indicated a wrund of some kind. As to the marks on the lett arm, there was a known distinction between a seton and an wue. (Several witnesses have said that Roger had an Issue and no seton; the defendant described himself as having had a seton.) They were made in different ways--the seton by a puncture and a thread (as the defendant bad described), This would leave two scars, indicating the punctures, and an intervening hardness or induration, which would be more or less indelible according to the length of duration of the seton; if for a year then it would remain a very long time, perhaps for over, and if the seton had existed two years he should expect to see the mark at any time. An issue was the destruction of skin and tissue beneath the skin, either by caustic or burning. T > produce this effect It was kept open by peas or some foreign substance being inserted (as it had been described by Mrs. Nangle and other witnesses in the case of Roger.) The scar of an issue remained for ever, and no time could ever obliterate It. Having that described the distinctive marks of the seton and Issue, Mr. Holt declared that he found no trace of a seton on the defendant's arm, nor of an issue and he positively stated that no issue ever existed on that arm. (The defendant, in his eross examination, declared he had a seton. and describes how It had been done. The Lord Chief Justice referred to the cross-examination on that point. The defendant described It as done with threads: Tbat is a seton t—Yes.") Mr. Holt repeated that there was no trace either of a seton or an issue. As to the punctures, h3 could not say how they arose. As to the square maak on the left arm nearer the wrist, It must have resulted from the skin and tissue being removed. Such an appearance could have been produced by cauterizing, and the size of the wound- must originally have been larger than the scar, as soars always oontracteA, Sueh au appearance could not be pro- duced by the arm having bsen In splints, as the defendant had described. The arm had no appearance of ever having been broken. The defendant's cross-examination on that point was here referred to and read. Mr. Justice Lush observed that the defendant said be could not rememoer the bleeding until MCann told him of it A juror quoted the cross-examination, in which the de- fendant said he did not know of It as the time. A juror observed that it had been proved that Roger was bled on the temporal artery. Mr. Barnard Holt, in answer to the Lord Chief Justice, said that the mark of bleeding on an artery would be much deeper than on a vein, and would be Indelible. A juror asked it Mr. Holt bad found any mark on the temporal artery. Mr. Holt said he had not looked for it—it had never been mentioned. Mr. Hawkins said it had never been mentioned all through the defendant's case at the former trial. And the bleeding itself on the artery had first been mentioned during the present trial by Colonel Blckerstaffe, who had not been examined at the former trial, the came having been stopped before it came to him. Mr. Holt was cross-examined by Mr. M'Mahon, and was asked whether there were no marks on the ankle of the cutting of any vein, and he answered that of course It was Impossible to make a cut without outtlng some vein, but there had been no cutting of the saphena vein (the bleeding vein) and being askrd whether a medical man might not in a hurry cut the wron? vein or In the wrong way. Mr. Holt said Tn the first place, he ought not to be In a hurry, and the next place he ought to know his buMness better. Being pressed as to whether there were no marks of bleeding on the arms, he answered decidedly that there were none. Again and again he declared that there were no marks, distinct or indistlnot, on either of the defendant's arms. Asked as to the mark of an issue, whether it is always indelible, he answered emphatically that it was, and necessarily was so. As to the punctured marks on the arm, he declartd that he was certain that they were not vaccination marks. There were a great many of them. A Juror Were they made by a medical man ? Mr. Holt answered that it was impossible to say. They wtre marks which might have been made for various pur- poses. The Lord Chief Justice observed that at the ast trial one of the medical wltntB ea for the oefendant had said that they mlicht be foreign n marks. we^'nnui4, ^°w.eve'- »a,d he was quite sure that they Ko d0«bt many years ago vaccination abroad V ot Punctures, but then there were aho poatulea in vaccination whlch destroyed the tistue. racclnXn win noibe th0 such punctures fcr ^ere would 1°"° thew were Intervals of healthy skin, over in answer tn V?* °f !Sa,>' distinct postules. More- punctnre. would^noi {T* f" Holt ga,d the area these auite imneTeMATv f ,arge M a would be sSSt^saarsiX?* S" » baok of the fore arm, there was no corri«n^l^irSCar °\ the other side. There wm, however Mother 2! irm *uD wrist, at tbe root of the thumb As to thfhS^! near the tbe left side, it wasjust beneath the ribs. Astothe^ht eyelid, there was no-mark as if nude by a fishhook ^re was a mark on the eyebrow, but not as If made by a fllh hook it might have been made by anything; but lt wai on the eyebiow, not the eyelid (aa the defendant said) (The cross-examination of the defendant was referred to and he stated it was on the "upper eyelid of the right eye ") As to the thumb, he repeated that the nail was cut to tnos quick, using a popular phrase. Asked to look at the de- fendant's thumb, and asked whether cutting of the nail would produce the appearance, the aDswer caused sorne amusement. Indeed, he said, that having been curious » bout it he had actually produced the same appearance on his own thumb-A statement which created still more amusement. A Jaror asked as to the brown mark, whether it was ap-1 parent. Mr. Holt said It was. tion ?Jurut: 14 wa* not likely to escape a mother's obierva- Mr. Holt I abozad n%y ROL (The mother h.d WliUeD 8hM Iht had n8nr IeeD Mr. Holt said the mark eould be teen the moment the person was undressed. Several witnesses who had seen Roger bathing said they had never seen It). A Juror: Is It possible to remove tattoo marks ? Mr. Holt: No, if effectually made, except by burning, and then the scar of the burning would remain. Jin answer to other questions, Mr. lc stii the marts, if not effectually done, might become less district, but they could not be re- moved except by destroying the substanee of the akm. wnlesa the ia n was destroyed, the marks must remain. Mr. Hawkins pointed out that the defendant himself had said he had never had any tattoo marks. In answer to the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Holt said the scar of a bleeding en the temporal ar>ery must remain. Have you seen any such mark on the defendant r-I have not looked. I c*n see none as I stand here, but I can examine the defendant a head. Jnstloe "Id that if the defendant choie to offer it, his head might be examined now Mr. Kenealy said he would not object. Mr. Ho)t thereupon approached the defendant and care- ;u''y ^th temples with the aid of glasses, «nd j.ronomiced that there was no mark on either of them. In answer to a juror, Mr. Holt said there was no appear- JJ K*^i0n arn>' but that wa» a "ad of wound wbicn might disappear. Mr. Seymour Haden. the lurgeon who had accompanied ? B examination of the defendant, quite con- curred with h?m in his account of the marks on his person As to the mark on the baok of the head he said It was ex- tremely small, and as scars grew with age, would have been smal er still when made, and could not have been produced by S J?J_ defendant had represented It as the rbsult of the fall from the rock at Pornlc ) He was certain tbat there was no trace of puncture on either eyel'd (The def. n-Unt had sworn that a fishhook penetrated the upper p*rt of bis e«e- i to right arm, there were the marks of proper vaccination. As to the marks on the left arm, he had had considerable experience In the making of setons and issues, and he described and distinguished them as Mr. Holt had done; but the defendant, according to the evidence, has the marks of neither. As te an issue, he said, it had a tendency to elongate and extend downwards, and the mark was characteristic and indelible. He produced a model he had made of an arm with an issue In it, to illustrate it, and he declared It quite distinct from any mark which the defendant had upon his ar<p. An issue of a year or twos duration would infallibly elongate and travel down- wards, and produce an elongated wound and ssar, and the scar would be indelible. here was no such mark on the defendant, nor was there even the appearance of a seton, though there were marks of punctures. There was no traoe whatever of an Issue. They were unable, Mr. Haden said, to account for the larger mark on the arm. As to the smaller mark. he said It was the result of the re- moval of the subttanca of the skin by burning or excision. I™ suggestion of Mr. Hawkins was that the letters ?rer*' tattooed there.) With reference to the thumb, Mr. Haden went on to say tbat he wss struck by observ- ing the defendant passing a little ivory Instrument under the nail and passing It In every direction. Upon at-eaking to the defendant about It, he said that he could so pass It. The result of this was to alter the appearance of the thumb. The form of the thumb depended on the attach- ment of the nail. By detaching the nail the fleshy por- tion of the thumb gathering round the bone became more pointed In form. The flesh, losing the support of the nail, formed about the bone, which then was its only sup- port, 81id so It became pointed In form. On a second occa- uj t fjsdeu said, after an interval of two months be arkted the defendant to repeat the process, but he could not, as the instrument wounded the flesh, from which Mr. Haden said he Inferred that it was too tender to bear the operation. AI the result, be fQrmi'd his Judgment that exoept the artificial changes he had described, the thumb was in a normal state. It was not smaller, but looked smaller or narrower in oonsfquenoe of the process he had described. Mr. Haden added that he had tried the process upon him. self and had succeeded very well. It was not painful If done is a certain way he described, and it conld be Tery U 40 or 60 days. (It is in evidence that during the earlier part of the last trial the defend- ant kept his band In a glove, and that the case as to the thumb was not raised until the 70th d-y.) With refer- elJc? the bleedings in the feet, Mr. Haden concurred with Mr. Holt, end produced a model which he had made of a foot, in order to illustrate the position of the saphena vein, which is the one bled, and he marked the places where a surgeon would cut it for the purpose, both in frout, over the instep, and not on the ankle; and then he marked the jpot where the mark was' on the defendant's ankle Inside-where, he said, no surgeon would ever think of cutting, as there was no vein to bleed, (rhe defendant s account was that he had marks on both ankles Inside.) It was Impossible, he said, to bleed in such a spot. and no surgeon would think of it. The nearest vein fit for bleeding was two loohes distant from the There was no mark on either foot of the defendant which indicated that any vein had been cut for bleeding; ntither were there any traces of bleeding on the arms, for which he had searched most particularly. His experience of Meeting marks was thtt they never disappeared. He had never known one disappear. It must be eitremelv rare for such a mark to disappear, and it would be rarer still for the marks of several to disappear. The cut went benaath the skta, and the mark must always remain. It might or might not be visible; in his experience it was vhlble, but It must alwaj s remain. Mr. Haden then went on to state that all the marks made were on the left arm or the left side of the body, except the vaccination marks, and the mark on tha brow, and •"ey were anch as might be inflicted by tbe rigbt hand. The cross-examination of the witness, f< r the present con- °I?!i surgical evidence, and, after a curious piece of evidence about the wreck at Rio, the evidence then reverted to wrapping, and several more witnesses were called to Identify the defendant as Orton. The next witness was John Bates Jftchols, who came in consequence of having read the reports of the case. In 1854 he was at Rio, on board a vessel there as cook and steward, and remembered the Bella being there. He also remembered her sailing thence with a cargo of coffee, hldts, and ro<e wood. He noticed the longboat on board the Bella.-It was amidships, in its proper place, and saw a chest of drawers stowed in her. (There was evidence that a cbeat of drawers had been found floating with the longboat ) The witness was not cross-examined. The next witness was Mr. Henry Robert AngeL He said I am a master mariner in command of the ship Collingrwe I arrived en Friday from Australia. Mv parents reaiued at Bndport, in Dorsetshire. When a boy I became acquainted with the 1838 I knew Arthur well. When In London I stayed with the Orton-. I heard Arthur had gone to South America, and I lemember his return and remaining at home for some time. When he first arrived be was taken much notice of he was particularly clevfl in lassoing dogs, and I saw him catch a coal porter in the same way daughter.) He was a young man, I should have said in those days, who would make a name in the world (ianghter.) Mr. Hawkins He has (laughter) That wss your prophecy. Wltuess: Yes. But 1 could not say whether for good or bad. I heard in 1963 that Arthur bad gone to Hobart Town In the Middleton. In 1863 I saw the defendant. At first I did not recognise htm. He was a trifle bigger than Arthur Orton in 1853. Mr. Holmes a;,ked me, and I denied knowing the defenlant. Mr. Holmes knew nothing of the will appointing nie executor, but Mr Uobinson had shown to me a cop>. I said to the defendaut, "Sir Roger, you made a .will In New Zealand," supposing Wagga W*gga to be there. He denied ii, and said he had only made one, and that it was drawn up by Mr. Holmes. I said I had seen It, and that it bore his sign manual Mr. Holmes said, What's that? I have never heard of a will made in Australia." De- fendant again denied it. Mr. Holmes atked rte to make an am- davit that the defendant was not Arthur Orton, and I de- clined, because I thought I reoognlaed hkn as Arthur Orton -that I was beginning to see signs of Arthur Orton In him. I agreed to meet him again, and an appointment, was made 'or the following Thursday to dine with Mr. Holmes. The defendant was also there. Mr. Holmes gave me a description of the defendant's meeting his mother in Paris. He said the defendant was much affected at the in- terview, and sbed copious teirs. I have described it that he blubbered ltke a whale (laughter). Some one came in before the party broke up, and spoke to the defendant. There was nothing said about the defendant's history. Mr. Pannell, who was with me, and is since dead, declared the defendant was Arthur Orton. Is the defendant in your judgment Arthur Orton t-Yea, he fa but I don't think he kuowa it himself. (Laughter ) He might have forgotten his own identity (laughter), or he would not have the assuranoe he has displayed. Mr. John D-nial Pound: In 1839 I was clerk to the Thames Steam Towing Company, having offioes in VVanplng opposite Mr. Orton's, and remained In their service uotfl 1869. I knew the whole of the urton family perfectly well I saw the defendant on the first trial. I recognised him. Who ia he?—Arthur Oi ton. I have not the least doubt about it. William Scswen, a railway porter, who/In 1867, had been at Croydon, and knew the defendant there—from seeing him come to the station—remembered on one occasion receiving a Sarcel from htm to take to South Bermondsey. He asked lmto take It to Mrs. Brand, E-.ton-place, Bermondsey and he took it there accordingly but there he was directed elsewhere, and he inquired at several places and they did not tnloW the name. At length he was directed back again to the same place, and there he saw Charles Orton and gave him the parcel. Witness asked him if he o.iutd see MM Brand, and he said she was in bed, but he was her husband and accordingly the witness left the parcel with h!m Some time afterwards he saw the defendant, who said nothing to him about the parcel. Mr. Kt-nealy dtd not eross-examine the witness Mr. Hawfcius referred to a passageTh the cross-examination of the defendant-admitting that he had sent money to- Charles Orton, and that he had corresponded with him under the name of Brand. rhe further hearing was again adjourned.

The hearing of the came was resumed on Monday morning:— Dr. Kenealy: Before the proceedings are commenced I have an application to make to your lordships. It is that t-io Court will dispense with the attendance otthe defendant for some days. He has erysipelas considerably advanced in one ler, and it is commencing in the other, and the medical man states that he must recline ju a horizontal position, and avoid moving about, or getting in and out of his brougham, if the progress of the disease is t:1 be stayed. We have our medical man—a gentleman of emlnenoo-here, and then we make no objection to the defendant's be'ng examined by another meuical man on behalf of the Crown. Mr. Hawkins I am not disposed to Interpose any obstacle to an application of this sort; but there are some witnesses to be examined wn.o have not yet seen the defendant In the course of this trial, so that, on the whole, it perhaps would be better to adjourn altogether for a few days. Dr. Kenealy I do not want any adjournment of that rort-I only ask that the defendant may be excused attend. ance. The Lord Chief Justice: I think we may now ask when close the case for the prosecution will Mr. Hawkins Subject to one or two witnesses who I have not yet been able to examine, I think by about Wednesday and subject always to the time the examination of the wit- nesses on handwriting may occupy. Tnere are some letters not yet put to, and some documents not yet read, which will occupy some time; and then, as I said, I have two or three defendant ° not ye' had 1111 opportunity of seeing the Kibl? £ J?s1llc€ 11 two or three days would be nf 1 de,.end«»t to come back without danger for that period mischief, we might perhaps adjodrn for that period. Mr. Justice Lush It appears to me to be desirable that the witnesses should see the defendant 6 Mr Hawkins: I do not think it would be satisfactory to examine those witnesses in the absence of the defendant who will have to be asked, Is he or is he not the man t" The Lord Chief Justice: Well, then, witnesses of that sort must give their evidence as to his identity In court, he being present. That is the vi, w the court is disposed to take, fciut we certainly should not wish to force him to he here until he has had a reasonable time to recover from this attack. To-day, it we are going into evidence as to hand- writ ng and nothing else, hie presence elniaotibe neceas&rv" Mr. Htwklns: I should thlLk not. The Lord Chief Justice Tite defendant may therefore go and need not attend again till further notice. Alter a discussion respecting tbe adjournment of the trial and its probable length, the Lord Cnlef Justice said it would be premature now t,) decide—we must wait until the j prosecution is finished. We shall then not resist any fair application under the circumstances and we ou.<ht to agree to a week. But in a trial of this kind It Is important that there should be no waste of time. The subject then dropped, and the defendant left the court. lhomas King was then called and said I am a photo- erapher, and one of the chief operators of the Stereoscopic Company. I have been with them about 16 years. (Photo- graph produced and handed to witness ) I see an indistinct- ness about the thumb 01 this photograph. I see no pecn- larity about this to indicate anything more than the usual formation of the thumb. A lens used in taking a photograph covers a certain space, beyond wt.ich the focus commences to fall off and ultimately fades altogether. This indication (the thumb) is In consequence of the failure of the focus of the lens. The witness was then cross-examined, after which, Mr. Charles Chabot was examined by Mr. Hawkins, and aaid-I am an expert in handwrtting, and have directed a great deal of time to the study of handwriting. I have made handwriting my study for aoout eighteen years. I have bad submitted to me a number of letters and documents par- written by Roger Cnarles Ttcti borne, by Arthur and,by tbe defendant. I believe I have seen all the original autographs in tbe case, an" I have examined them wttn the view of forming an opinion as to the persons by ZlSSE.S3. ™ ^.hav" a of the documents and w Th.» P u °' wU(*. have been furnished to the jary. Xbere are altogether thirty photographj that I have examined in the list furnished to the jary, and I have arranged them as those of Roger Cnarles Tichborne, of Arthur Orton, and of the Claimant. As to the general result of my investigations with reference to the handwriting in tbe undisputed letters of Rogr Tichborne, I believe those letters were certainly none of them written either by Arthur Orton or the defendant. With respect to those letters whieh are in the undoubted handwriting of Arthur of defendant, I do, without doubt, believe tnem to be written by one and the same person. wr^ten by Soger Charles Tichborne ?— I belitve you have prepared for yourself the reasons for the opinion you have formed ?-I have. Will yon be so good as to state your reasons for coming to the conclusion you have formed 1-1 find In the handwriting *t0v. c?ar'es Tichborne nine specialities, which dls- tlnizutsh his handwriting from all handwritings In existence. I should say the difference is as great as in the case of mMK* upon a man's person. He might have motes, womndt, and other marks, various of which might be found upon any other man, but it would he impossible to find them all in combination, In pre- ebely the same way on two persons. You might find one, two, three, or four of them, but to tird more than that would be almost impossible. First, Roeer Tichborne had a habit of joining the small "a" to the capital letter C". not to the termination but to the body of the letter, as in the word Cahir." 'I here are prefixes to the rounded letters, "0" forms a component part, such as a" and °ther letters, I flnd peculiarities tu the Claimant's handwriting. I mean a prefix to such letters as m" |and w and those which begin with an up stroke. That exists In Castro s letters, but to a very minor degree. The next pom is the inveterate habit of using the letter a hi the rounded form, the up-stroke being turned back. Then there Is a peculiar formation of the capital letter E" which I cannot iie-cribe In words, but which Is contained In one of the letters in the word England, and such as I have never seen elsewhere. Witness I have observed every peculiarity in the hand. writing of Roger Tichborne, but I have selected nine, and If you find the same nine peculiarities in any other hand- writing, that handwriting will infallibly be Roger Tich- home a. If nine points are not enough I can mention others, I have done the same with the defendant's handwiting. The first is an occasional and peouliar formation of the eapital L. The peculiarity is that it looks more like the capital letter "Z The most striking instance of it it In a letter which is not photographed. Li the letter No. 31 you will Bed it occurs three timea.c.1n the words "Condon," Letter, and "Life." The next peculiarity Is the capital letter "I. In the handwriting of the defendant the loop is made conversely, or on the right side. Roger makes It properly on the left side. The defendant carries all the loops through the body of the letters, and that Is what Roger avoids. But the most distinctive point is the additional up stroke which he makes on the other .side, or the side wh^re he begins the loop. The ?ext is the capital P.* The peculiarity is carrying the formation of the loop of the letter below the line or level of the other letters; in fact the oapltal P and the small "p" are often indistinguishable, but in whatever form he makes it, he never carries It above the ether letters. The Lext peculiarity is the formation, but only occasional, ef the capital letter S. It ccjurs in the word Son." The next is the peculiar manner of forming the small letter "ait is ccoasional; It dots not always occur, but frequently. The commencing loop of the "a Is detached, and sometimes it it in the for- smalTioop a dot, or a thickening, but It is Intended for a email loop. A Juror.-But there are some 20 small a "'s In this letter, and not one of them is made in that way. The witness pointed out numerous Instances In the writing adopted in one set of letters that were not to ,be fOUIld in the other. The defendant', habit in Australia was to make the shoulitr of the R to the left. but since then different—^to the right and to the left, retaining the latter nfayiHVe £ 8lnoe' compatible with the form of Arthur Orton ?* Tbe undoubted Roger always makes a large shoulder to the rlgbt-In some instanoes so large as to be undla- tinguuhable from the letter N," causing confusion in read- lng tne^letters. Roger's was a free, flowing, rapid hand, and 'he defendant's handwriting there are instanoes of some oi the letter s being in a still more flowing style. The examination of Mr. Chabot had not concluded when the Oourt adjourned.

DEPARTURE OF THE SHAH FROM LONDON. "Our Special Correspondent" of The Times, writing from Cherbourg, on the 6th inst., gives the following in- teresting particulars of the departure of the Shah of PtrMA from London. The splendid character of the welcome given to the Shah in Western Europe has been fully maintained up to the time of hi< landing on French soil and leaving this port for Paris, where he is to arrive this afternoon. Yesterday England and France furnished him with a sea convoy such as no Monarch ever had before, and it is gratifying to reoord that In dolne so the two nations made a manifestation of their entente cordials which will afford the highest satisfaction both In France and England. About the manner of the Shah's departure from London It Is not hecessary to sav much. That the streets from Buckingham Palace to Vtctori* Station were lined with the F-jot Guard* that the Household Cavalry at present quar- tered iu London were aU on duty th-it the Prince cf Wales, the Duke ot Eiinburgh. Prince Ar hur, the Duke of Cam- btidge, and Prince Christian, all in full uniform, accom- panied His M-je.ty to the railway; that the magnificent Court equipages, the appearance of which at the Charing-cross Station elicited such genenl admiration on fhe evening of the Shah's arrival, were again brought into requisition for his departure that Mr. Knight, the General Manager of the London and South Coast Railway, turned the Victoria Station into a most magnificent conservatory: that he had a sumptuous saloon carriage in which were tables laid with fruits and flowers tnat watching over his effects to the last was Mr. Inspector Starr, owing to who-a careful sapervlslon not one article of property belonging to the Shah or any of his twite wa* missing daring their stay in England-all this Is only what the public will have been prepared for. In short, it was an official programme most successfully ob- served. Then, good time was kept by the special train con- veying Hia Majeaty to Portsmouth. It wsa timed to leave Victoria at a quarter pact ten, and perform the journey hi two hours. It did not get off tin 26 minutes to eleven, but It did arrive at Portsmouth tn two hours after. The train* ran into the Dockyard and fairly down to the water's edge, so the reception of the Shah was purely NavaL The Admiral of the Port was there, and to were the Naval Commander-in-Chief and the Captains of all Her Majesty's ships then in the Harbour, all those officers being in full uni- form. Post-Captain the Duke ef Edinburgh, who had come down in the train with the Shah, also wore hit naval uni- form, and the Army. which otherwise would have been nowhere on the occasion, was represented by Prince Arthur, in the uniform of the Rifle Brigade. With the two Royal Princes, the Shah, on alighting from the saloon carriage, walked on board the Rapide, the Commander, Captain Benio, reoelv»nx him on the gangway. The moment the Shah was en board the French yacht their Royal Highnesses took their leave, and the Grand Vizier attended them to the shore and off the gangway. Within a very few minutes the whole suite of the Shah had embarked, two of the Persian Princes and several of the Ministers and Generals being acoommodated on board the HirondelU, which lay close to the Rapids. The latter, which was built for the private use of the Emperor Napoleon III. about ten or twelve years ago, is one of the largest and most beautiful steam yachts afloat, la the time of the Empire she was called the Bag's, but though the Imperial bird still maintains its attitude on her prow, Republican sentiment has been vindicated by the change of her name to the Rapide. The Hirondeke, a hand- some and very swift steam yacht, of about 1,200 tons burden and 500 nominal horse power, was built for the Empress Eigene, when she was In the habit of spending a portion of each summer at Biarritz. She lias for her com- mander Captain de Timbre, and for her senior officer First Lieutenant Ptton, two of the most accomplished offloers In the French Navy. As there was a luncheon for the Shah and for every one who attended him on board the boats, the Captains, with considerate politeness, allowed every one to enjoy it before the yachts cast off their moorings, 80 that it was two o'clock before they left the harbour, the hour and a quarter which had elapsed from the time the Shah entered the Dockyard having been spent in perfect Oriental repose. As the t woyaohts left the harbour all tbe old men-of-war and tbe troopships were dressed out with flags, but the scene did not become imposing till the Rapide and the Hirendelle reached Spithead and were met by their grand convoy ot English iron- clads. On their port side the Northumberland, closely followed by the Agineowrt, fell in wlthstrikitiK dignity, and on the star- board tbe SUltan and the Htreules performed the same movement with equal exactness. As tbe two ja.-ht*, the one about two Oitbtee' length behind the other, passed out into the Channel the four huge ironclads took their place at either tide of them, and so this stately squadron proceeded southwards In a tolerably smooth sea, and with a clear at- mosphere all around, till half-past live o'clock. By that time any hired yachts or excursion steamers which had come out from Portsmouth had been long ago left behind. Some noble ships from America and other distant ports crossed our tract, but except the two French yachts and four great ironclads there was nothing to be seen In the direction of Cherbourg until, at the hour named, five great hulls became just visible on the horizon. In another instant the Northumberland, the Agincourt, the Sultan, and the Hercules were pouring forth their thunder and the tricolour was rushiug up to every masthead. The English Squadron was saluting the Frenoh. which was now approaching us at full steam, and every instant becoming more Imposing. In a few minutes more the French officers were able to recogufza L'0c6>m, the flag- ship of Aamiral Raynaud, Le Surren. La Reine Blanche, La hitis, and L. Armide, with the dashing-looking little R&nard in close attendance It was imp >sslble to regard wilheut admiration this magnificent squadron. There is no nation on earth which might not well be proud of those five French ships. It would, indeed, be difficult to find finer war steamers than the Ocean and the Sufren. The French squadron came down upon us, three at escTlslde, the Rinard included, which, being furnished with a longploughllke prow, rut the water like a swordfish When they reachedl the Rapide they turned, and, reversing the!r course. fell in on either side of the two yachts—L'Ocian La Reine Blanche and L'Armide on the starboard, ana L, Svffren and La Thitit on the pott, the Renard dropping in behind the yachts to enable the French Squadron to become convoy. Our ships h'\d slackened steam and allowed the Rapide and the Hirondelle to them. All this was of Itself a manoeuvre beautifully executed and weU worth seeing, bringing as It did, the nine massive Ironclads of the two squadrons luta tines on either tHe of the yachts, e,ch squadron contributing Its ships to each separate line. Bits grand beyond all power of description was what oocurred when the movement just spoken of had been completed. Alter one of the most tremendous salutes ever fired by five snips the French squadron hoisted the Union Jack to every masthead, and almost simultaneously with this mark of honour to the Engliah fqia<ir^n, and before the tmoke, wbich for some minutes after these terrific broadsides had raised thick clouds over mUea of the sea, had cleared away, the French had their yards manned. On every ship cheers were heard, breaking forth through the volumes of smoke, and when the two squadrons could see each other dis- tinctly again the French sailors on every yard, having paid the regulation tribute to the Shah, were giving round after round of cheering for their English allies. The English tan responded from the decks, and tnere was a moment's silence, and then sounds of musio-ftom every English ship the MarteiUaUte, and from every French ship God Save the Qu<«en"—were watted over the tea. Both squadrons seemed reluctant to put an end to such a scene. Tne French still stood on the yards, the bands still played on every ship, the cheers on each side were renewed, and every one aeemed carried away by the surpassing grandeur of this international demonstra- tion. But Cherbourg was now the destination of tbe Shah and the Freuch Squadron, and a point somewhere north that of the English squadron no, after an interchange of signals between the two Admirals, the four English ironclads fired a parting salute to the Shah, and th..o, In the stateliest manner, turned off, the Northumberland leading; the Agincourt, the Sultan, and the Heroul,. followiug exactly in her wake. The manner In which this last manoeuvre was •>x->euted by our ships elioltwd cries of "Bravo" from the officers on the French yachts. It was half-past nine o'clock before the Rapide and the Hirondelle, with their powerful conv y, got tnto the roads. Here no Ialute was fired, but there waa a very fine illumina- tion of the purt and of all the ships of war lying r ft here. One of the largest forts was brilliantly lighted, and so was the tower of the Cathedral Cnurch. The frontage of the great basin was effectively illuminated with Chinese lanterns, coloured fires burnt at various points along the shore, rockets were sent up high into the air from the land and from on board the ships, and by means of electric lights charming effects in divers colours were produced on the surface of the sea itself. T. e Shah slept on board the Rapide, but at Dine o'clock Hia Majesty left the yacht and was rowed to the Arsenal, where, on a decorated landing, he was received by the authorities amid a general salute from forts and ships. Having paid a short visit to a portion of the Arsenal, he entered a special train and proceeded oa his way to Paris, without passing through the town. A vast oon- course of people lined the railway. As the train passed through the Dookyard the Shah stood at the closed window of the carriage and the people admired his diamonds, but there was no enthusiasm whatever.

THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHAH IN PARIS. The Paris correspondent of The Times, writing from Paris the 6th inst., thus describes the Shah's recep- tion in Paria :— At twelve minutes past six o'clock the Shah, whose approach had been announced by the discharge of cannon from Mont Valfirien, reached Ranelagh, where two tents had been erected for his reception. Marshal Mao-Mahon, the Doc de Broglie, M. Ferdinand Duval, Prefect of the Seine M. Lion Renault, Prefect of Police; Nazar Agba Mlrs* Amed Khan. the Comte d'Hsrcourt, Secretary of the Presi- dent: M. Opipei)hetm. the General Consul of Persia, and several other distinguished persons were present to receive him. T'ie Shah was welcomed by the Marshal, and afterwards by Na:ur Agha. His Majesty entered an opeu carriage drawn by four horses, with nhtCK and gold harnessing. He handed to the Marshal the ttraod cordon of the Lion and Sun. Two squadrons ot Cavalry and 20 carriages torim 'd the cort4ge. After a slight shower the weather oiesred up and became very fine. The Ofowd, which from Ranelagh as far as the Avenue de FImperatrtce had been scattered, became Im- mense from the neighbourhood of the Arc de Trlomphe to the Champs Elyt6i-s. The Place de la Concorde, the Terrace of the Tuilerles, and the colonnade and steps of the Corps Liglslatif were coverel1 with a vast num- ber of people. At the Arc de Trlomphe the Municipal Council offered refreshments. The Prefect of the Stine pre- sented In the Oiiental style an address. The President of the Municipal Council delivered a short speech to the Shab, who took his seat in a gilded chair. The general view of the Place was magnificent, and It was calculated that nearly 20,000 persons had assembled at this point. The procession proceeded down the Champs ElysS-s, in which the trees and housetop. were covered with people. The scene at the Place de la Concorde was very fine. The procession crossed the bridge there, parted in front of the esplanade of the HOtol des Invaiides, and-returned by the Rue St. Dominique to the Palais Bourbon. On retiring the Shah was saluted by those taking part in the procession. Marshal M'Mahon left at eight o'clock, and was cheered by the crowd on leaving the Palais. The Sbah was accompanied In his carriage by the Marshal, by the Grand Vizier of Persia, and the Due de Broglie. This evening some public edifices In the Champs ElysCes and the boulevard are illuminated. The number of foreigners In the streets is unusually great.

THE RECEPTION IN PARIS. The Correspondent of the Daily Newt, writing from Paris, Suuday night, thu* describes the Shah's reception in the laud of sunshine :"— Par's has not enjoyed sucb a holiday as this since Queen Victoria visited the Emperor Napoleon III. In 1856. lhe Republicans somehftw couli not mitre up their minds to place the Shah on a footing with the kh.ga they were In the habit a few years back of seeing In thcirstreets. They looked upon him as a sort of Arabian Nights" heio, stranger in all his ways and belongings than the Prince Charming of a fairy tale. The Royalists were delighted to pay homage in him to a political principle they are unable to affirm at Versailles. As to the tradespeople and artisans, they fancied his visit to Parts could not fail to set money in circulation and the landlords buoyed themselves up with the hope that his advent over here would he the signal for wealthy foreigners to return and hire their unlet apartments. From an early hour the whole city was ag jg. Tne tide of human beings, towards noon, flawed in the direction of the Chamns Elys&es and the Arch of Triumph, where it was announced the Shah would be shown fora few moments to the Parisians. All the way from the Place de la Concorde to the Place de l'Etoile the footpaths were filled with a gay Sunday mul- titude. The houses were dressed eut with flags and velvet hangings Balconies and windows had "To let" in most of them. The American inhabitants hospitably threw open their front sitting rooms to their friends and ftiendt hif nd*. Free luncheons were gtven by the wealthy ones in honour of the Ktrg of Kings. A free luncheon means a w«ll fur- nishedbuffet, wlthTiberal enpplfes of champagne, being kept up for seven or eight hours, for the benefit of every country man or woman on the vbfting list of the lady of the house. The Place de VEtoH*, which was encircled with tiers of benches, was the central point of the f&Se. I tthrabs which w(IUId have been ornair ental on the stairs leading to a ball-room masked the base of the Arc of Triumph, whose outlines were lost In extraneous decorations and adornments. The taste displayed in this instance by the dlreotion of the Garde Meuble afforded a parallel to £ at v „ Campagna Inn-keeper, who dressed up the broken statue of a Pagan goddess, dug up In Sunday garments not omitting her coral necklaoe and plnchbeek bracelets. L? mj "U frames, covered with blue striped eanvas bid away the mutilated bas reliefs of the arch fielng NeuIUy. A sort of trelJls-woik spread itself like a net over every part of the entablature. It was stuck all over with flag-stafs, from which hung an Infinity of flam and fancy streamers, of endless length and variety of blue yellow, and Solferino and Magenta reds, They were inter- mingled with wreathe of proportionate dimensions of artid- otal laurel leaves, which had served to deck out P-ris on the occasion of the Enperor Napoleon III.'s triumphal entry into it at the close of the I'arlan war. On the top of the monument was placed an object of gigantic size. It looked at a distance like one <f those Wheels of Fortune one turns in the hope of winning crockeryware at French fairs. On making inquiries I learned that it was Intended to represent to-day the Sun of Per»ia, and hereafter is to serve at the illuminations as the point whence raj s of electric light are to emanat?. The interior of the arch was arranged as a tent. It was hung in white and green silk, and furnished with aim chairs fnd settees, and a buffet ou which sweetmeats and cooling drinks were laid out. The Municipal Council of Paris here awaited the Shah, who, it was arranged, was not to pass through the monument in his carriage. Circular benches surrounded the Place de I'Esolle. They were divided into sections, named after the first six letters of the alphabet, audtwo unlettered tribunes--to wit, that of the Council of State at the top of the Avenue de Wagram, and «fi £ ne 6 corDer of tbe Avenue de l'lmperatrice, wninh was reserved for Met dames de Mac Vlahon and Buffet and ten other ladles of high official position Madame de MacMahon, who was dressed in blue and white, might have been tikeu by a stranger ignorant of the political r..lime now governing France for a Quven sar- roundetl by her Court. She sat in a sort of throne-like chair, whilst the ladies who came with her chMe to stand on the IMpa leading to it. The social status of the ticket-holders admitted to the amphitheatre oould be guessed from the up- notttery of the sections to which they were shown by ushers 10 black tights ard silk stockings, and wearing steel chains round their necks. Extravagant toilettes were the exception bnt very elegant one* were by no means rare. The ■^vSn^V' a>. 8 rule' were simply frail gauze structures on wnich to set wreaths of flowers, of grapes, of ivy berries, of curranta wh te and red, ef forget-me-not, of cornflowers, 2 l }w c**e °' young girls, large daisies mixed with verves bows. Some queens of beauty and of fashion came out hi broad-leafed Tuscan straw hats, modelled after the head-gear Winter halter gives the Empress EugSoie in his best portrait of her. • J' calculated that 10,000 persons obtained admission into the Place de l'Etotle. There was, however, no incon- venient crowding anywhere. At four o'clock a heavy rain- lail and thunderstorm were apprehended. But. just b»f»re five, the clouds dispersed, and the sun came out magnifi- cently. Pleasant breezes fanned the leaves of the um- brageous chestnut trees at the back of the tribunes. When a cannon announced from M"unt Valerien that the Shah had arrived at Passy, the weather was truly delicious. As the troops forming his Majesty's guard of honour rode round the Arch of Triumph, they were bathed in the ruddy glow of the setting sun. Nasr-ed-Dn'* Jewels could not possibly have been sten under a more favourable light. As be descended from his carriage to receive the address of the Municipal Council, the spectators uttered a cry < f admira- tion. Never In their lives had their eyes been so feasted. The moment tht Royal cortige entered the Champs Etyteps the Amphitheatre, in the eertre of which rose the Arch of Triumph, presented the appearance of a theatre. At the close of-the play employes of the Garde M- uble at once set about rolling up oarpeis, and wapgons cam- forward t • fetch away flowers and orange trees. The multitudes which had P,. ,Lntiy f°r hours in the avenues lea-ting to the Arch climbed across the barriers, and uuited with the occupants of the lettered tribunes in sacking the buffet where the Shah had previously taken some refreshments. Some ladles got badly bruised In tbe onslaught, but there were no bones broken Later in the evening the Jockey Club and proprietors belonging to tbe Conservative partv Illuminated, lhe Boulevards looked dazzllngly brilliant. While walking along them I could with difficulty realise the hosrors I wit- nessed In this city in the summer of 1871.

THE DEATH OF THE SHAH'S MOTHER. The following particulars have been received relat- lllg to the death of the mother of His Majesty the Shah :— "The death of the Queen-Mother occurred at 8 s.m. en Monday, the 2nd of June. The deceased Queen had been III for some time past, and even before her son, the Shah, left for Astrakan fears for her recovery were treaty expressed in Teheran. The exact nature of the Illness It is liuncult to arcertaln, but It is supposed that it was to the fever by which It was accompanied that Her Majesty finally succumbed. No sooner was the fact that the Queen was really dead known In the bazaars than crowds of women thronged from all parts to the palace and loudly expressed their sorrow in bitter sobs and crLis On all sides one nean of the esteem tn which Her Majesty was held, and the love borne her by the Shah is saia to have been of a character quite exceptional In the Eaat. It is a well-known fact that his Majesty would not eat other, than the food prepared in her houaeuold, on which was impressed his mother's own private seal. Tetexrama an- nounclng the decease of the Queen were at once despatched to aU Persian telegraph stations, aua for three days business has been entirely suspended at all the krger totras Manv 40 ">e disposal It the body "the Mosou'ft n? ,KiU ln the Mutched Shah, or Malestvret ir r'ifn probably so remain until Has. «ArAm w i.! when it will be conveyed withgreat t.° or Quonm It is said that Her Majes'y ex- preeseu a wish that her remains should be Interred at the former place, where was buried the great Imaam All, the father of Hoseln, the head of the Sheah sect, to which the entire Persian nation belongs. The general belief appears, how- ever, to be that the Qaeen's resting place will eventually be Quoum, distant 20 pharsackhs *rom Teheran, or about 70 English miles. It Is there that her husbatfd Mohamet Shab, father of his present Majasty, Is buried. A funeral service lasting for three days has been performed In the Mutched Shah. and was attended by the Ministers, such other high personages as did not sccompany the Shah to Europe, and nearly hale the population of the capital. large numbers of people have also attended on the Viceroy, the youngest son of the Shah, to offer their eon- dalences on the recent sad event. Dally telegrams, report- ing the movements of the Shah in Europe, are now regularity received and distributed throughout the country. They have aroused renewed Interest in His Majesty's tour in the West, and cannot but have a very beneficial effect, as lfiow. lug the welcome universally given to the Shah and his numerous suite."

THE SHAH'S PRESENTS. Besides the present of jewels to the Queen, his photo- graph in diamonds to the Prince of Wales, and the sword to the Duke of Cambridge, the Shah offered his photograph in diamonds to Earl Granville, who ex- tracted the photograph, and, placing it to his b-art, tendered his thanks for his Majesty's condescension, explaining as he returned the diamonds that etiquette forbade an English Miniater to receivft a present from a foreign Sovereign. To Lady Rawlipaon the Shah f^ve a tiara of diamonds, and to the Duchess of Suther- and a bracelet. Lord Morley geceivtxi a valuable snuff-box set with diamonds, and other officials suitable presents. To the Bervants at Buckingham Palace his Majesty gave £ 2,000, and to the police £ 3,000.

A GOOD gROSPECT. The Postmaster-General at Washington, according to the New York Herald, has at present under con- sideration a scheme for a postal card convention be- tween England and the 13 nited States, by which the cards would be delivered in either country for three cents. The only obstacle in the way now is the de- mand of the steamship companies, who receive two cents, and urge that they are underpaid. The new Philadelphia steamship line has signified its readiness to carry the mails at the lowest rate. The Postmaster- General has authority to make the convention without reference to Congress, so that the old idea of ocean penny postagemay be approximative^ realized in a few months, and this will be a long step towards the lower- ing of the rates for letters, It is seme consolation to feel that while meat, coals, and house rent becomedearerday by day and year by year, postage takes the more satis- factory line of becoming cheaper. The most in. veterate grumbler aa to high prices must confess that he can write far more letters now for a shilling than he could have written a few years ago. Unfortunately, even the most romantic young lovers cannot live entirely on correspondence (says the Pall Mail Gazette) and there comes a period in each day when the pen must be relinquished for the knife and fork but it is only due to the Postmaster General to admit that if the butchers and coal merchants behaved as well to their fellow-creatures as he does, life would be a far less difficult task than It is at present.

EPITOME OF NEWS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Further slight shocks of earthquake have been felt in Belluno and the neighbourhood. A New York telegram says three shocks of earthquake were felt at Buffalo on Son- day morning, causlag the buildings and shipping to rock Something above a hall porter-A stout butler.- Judy, The banquet at the London Guildhall in honour of the Shah is said to have cost not less than £ 5",000. It appears that the revenue of the Sn..z Canal in June amounted to £67,72), as compared with 439 711 in June 1872 the increase in the receipts of the Canal Company last month was thus no loos than £ 28,(K0. as compared with the corresponding period of 1872. Monday (the 7th) being the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Thomas of Cttnterbury. zome 300 ladies and gentlemen took part in an excursion organised by the Catholic Young Men's Association to the scene of Thomas a Beckett's murder. Mr. G. A. Sala is nowentirely recovered from the severe ailment under which he has for five months been labouring, and has resumed his literary duties. Up to Monday the amount received at the Mansion- house in aid of the "Rotpttal Sunday fund" had reached upwards of £27,000. A project is on foot, says The Times, for a subscrip- tion 01 about £60,000, to establish a short line of railway m China as a present to the Emperor, with the view of bringing the Imperial mind to a sense ot the advantages to be de- rived from the introduction of such works. AN Irishman's Brogue—Pat ois.— Judy, The lion Wallace, belonging to Mr. Manders's col. lection of wild beasts, died on Friday at Easington near Durham. The cause of death is stated to have been inflam- mation of the lungs. The body was at once dispatched to Mr. ? mMeum at Liverpool It will be remembered that Wallace took the principal part In worrying and killing the lion-tamer M'Cwhy, at Bolton, some mouths since. All kinds of queer stories are cropping up about the Sh th. It is said that he got to bad witu difficulty at Buck- ingham Palace. Green is the sacred colour of the Prophet, an. i a green carpet had beeu laid on the floor of His M»iesty's bedroom It happened, however, that there were yellow spwts In it on which he contrived to tread, and so reached his bed. Queen Isabella of Spain, before leaving Rome last werk, presented the Pope with a cross set 10 diamonds, and subscribed £800 to the Peter's Penoe Fund. litr daughter subscribed 9400. The much-talked-of duel between M. Paul de Cassagnac, the reputed Imperial jnornalist of Paris, aad M. Ranc, the recently-elected deputy for Lyons, came off on Monday afternoon at three o clock on the territory of the Grand Ducby of Luxembourg. It Is said, that at the end of the first assault, which lasted ten iniuutes, blood appeared in the upper part of M. Ranc b rightarni; M. Ranc and his two seconds having; declared the wound not serious enough to interrupt the duel, a second assault took place, ln which, after a few minutes, M. de Cassagnac was wounded in the h,wd't^J.r uT^ entering tbe palm, and passing ^Dg the_w^st. M de Cassagnac wss compelled to drop his an:or eXfuntalng his hand, declared the /K0UK' al?d 84,(1 that considerable lufliinmation J ? and fore-arm. The seconds on both 5.ii *f?n 'hat it was impossible to contiuue the duel. After his wonna had been dressed, M. de Cassagnac was p acea in a carriage and driven towards bettembour<. M, »U0 *° Luxembourg. MM. Ranc and Cassagnac did not address a single word to eafh other on the ground, and merely exchanged a formal bow on meeting. The newt) of the intended duel attracted so large a crowd that the gendarmerie had to interfere to keep order. We, The Times, regret to learn that the military correspondent of the Sofwa. Colonel Romanoff, translations of whose fnteresting letters "On the Way ta Khiva" we have tt different times published, psrished by his own hand at the camp, Karak-Atn, a lew mtrohee from Khlva. having shot himself with hs reviver. It is not known what were causes of this act, but Colonel Romanoff seems to have suffered for a long while from a painful disease, which may have preyed on his spirits. In London, on Monday, Charing-cross Hospital on the M. a market gardener. The ev while at work in Covent-garden plained of the heat of the sun. and went home, when a doctor from sunstroke. Before anytht died. A put mortem eiamlni suffered from disease of the laea lived for some heurs longer. A catuea." The joint committee of tht at a meeting on Monday night I prepared to accept five per cen go to arbitration for the othi to the districts proposed by 1 conference with the masters. About 150 American ladi< pally teachers, were entertaiue Museum of Science and Art ii* ] ing. The Lord Provost presidi evening addresse< of welcome i Knox and by Dr D jna'dson, rec School; the R-.v. Mr. Witherspo and the Rev. Professor Cashing, The excursionists are under the „ On Monday, the forty-nii Royal Society for tbe Preventto held at St. James's-hall; the En The Duchess of Teck dlstributei S .ciety to a number of children schools for essays in furtherance effected by this useful organlzit The blacksmiths and strike Lancashire Railway at Bury h 11. per week. July has arrived, Parliai the fifth month of the Session, ealculate when they will be » Hope is triumphant even In the sanguine reckoners are not wai an unusually early breaklnp-up Alps, the seaside, and the Vien not Improbable that the pr so soon as the 28th of July, will begin to assemble for tbi prospect is tempting, but it Is j lather to the thought, and that will occupy a longer time than for its performance."—Leader h "Marry, come up," is a Judy's bachelor friends that more appropriate, unless prices On Monday the London sented with new oolours by Lad Andenon Rose, ooionel of the re prevented by Ill-health from b mati log the presentation, expre colours were eul-rusted to the ha men, who would never fail to loyalty and devotion for which been renowned. The competition at Wimbli by the National Rifle Associate morning. The entries are about represent between 2,000 and 3,1 having entered for the Queen's George's Challenge Vase. Two will take part in this shooting. It is announced from Viec an epidemic character there, an< came usual at this time of year t The Prince Imperial, who In Switzerland, will return for tb hurst, in order to reoelve, on the of the national /Me, the good wl faithful followers who last ye Nipoleon III. The Prince will House, as her Majesty will be al few days at that time. Mr. Clemens, more wid Twain," who recently visited Loi "The Gilded Age," in conjunctic Warner, the editor of the HartJ the ''Backlog Studies," "Saunh In a Garden," Ac. A pretty and well dressed at several pairs of gloves ln a coloured, shocked the assistant t thought the lavenderest." A smaller amount of tonna Clyde last month than In June, there is an increase of nearly M,< first six months of last year. A Dresden engineer propoi Ing the durability of riUroid tli they may be made to last four t The sleepers, ef whatever kind o dry for some time 10 air, then a chamber. They are next lntrodi pregnatton apparatus containing are impregnated thoroughly nOat coated with silted sand or coal Every fissure Is caretuliy filled t sleepers.are first dipped Into hot work which may be exposed is ventor further states that woo< also used for house-building pm results. The Shah is passionately well as barley sugar. Strawbsrri unknown fralt in Persia, and 1 novelty, or irom His Majesty sup] EoglUb, he took such a fancy to that they may be said to have article of his diet. The directors of the Mancb merce have adopted a memorial subject of the shortening of the morialists view with grave apprel Legislature to impose further rei dustry of this country, and pray the hours of labour of women in introduced into the House of Con approval of the Premier and 1 totally uncalled for hy the condit fraught with peril to the future classes and the capitalists. The gentleman who asserted opened his mouth without putting t upon to apoiogtie, said he was very j^dy* 0 m nottbe siz The crops over the entire nca usually well, and the farmers In almost every kind of crops, have at ing prospects. Flax, which Is natu: In erest in Ulster, in consequence of the staple trade of the province, is A rabbit mania is raging in J fetch enormous prices, and the mi animals has provoked the hlgh-han authorities, aDd soma Japanese arrested and imprisoned for having at an auction, It being considered u gambling. A journal whose column the rabolt tablet has been starred. A statement has been circulati don press, medical and non- medical surgeon Nelaton lies seriously ill at but the report is now declared to be The Garter vacated by the dei Zetland has been conferred upon th The Estimates being now essential business of the Session I Barring any unforseen contingency. Parliament will be prorogued aboa the last week in the present month.- When the Shah was at his firs of Wales at Marlborough House he the cellar, and the Prince, seeing likewise, and the other guests adoi hospitality and-friendshlp. On Saturday the engineers, exc at J. Brown and Co. s, Atlas W Cyolops Works, and Vickers, Sons, an Sheffield, came out on strike, augm out. l'he employers show no signs < on the contrary, deemed It advisable Association of Engineering firms. 1 mined to stand it out, and are supi tion. Beyond one or two machine) Inconvenience has yet resulted, bu more frequent, a large number of n the various Ironworks will In all pro In revolt against the tyranny Of ladies has been instituted ln New dresses that will neither violate good In price, and to use their utmost effo friends do the like. Griffin and Mordecaci, two a hanged at Raleigh, N. C., receive* sentenoes to lmprlsoment for life j time appointed for their executln already collected around the scafl dressed for the occasion, had taken and were engaged lu devotional exei of the Governor arrived. It is announced that Prince A queathed the whole of his private to some palace, situated at the Pot dai morgauatlc wife, the Baroness von has offered to sell the same to Gjvei is to reside in Austria. The Levant Times of June 28 a ful incident occurred in connection Mr. Haddan, O.K., Ottoman ecgln Aleppo, had charge of the electric Hi front 01 the yaU of Rat hid Pasba. AI II On awaking the next morning, Mr. I discovering that he was totally bill be no doubt, of watching the eltctrii extraordinary power. His medical reason to hope that 10 the course of will be restored. If in 1872 six millions more 1871, and nearly twice the price w fore the amount of capital which pa the coal in teroat miy be taken to hav The troops.under orders for E csuvres will assemble on the 28th ltu Sir Joseph Dickson, the En, has been In attendance in this coun sent the senior surgeon of the BrtLiI of the Skin, In Great Marlborongh-s announcing that.his Majesty the Sh pleased to bee me patron of the hos] that the special prevalence of the mo in Persia may be the cause of the.8b in the "lepers of this country. At Huddersfield the oounl decided, In a peaching came, that aimed and fired, poaching could not I summons should have been taken ou A parliamentary return recent the total extraordinary disbursem embassies and IDI-eionl abroad for JBK 493 lis. Id. The largest dlsbur jea.SM 10s. 1 urkey. &,435 111 Id. and United States, £2,71717.. lid. ponalture by tne P-rsia n mission were couriers, 41,435 let id and Incidents rhe rtirkjan Alia Ion paid £1,380 13, penses, and £ 1,106 17s. 7d. for wtj ?r kead of France is £ 1000 tne largest portion of the disburtame mission was £ 1,131 6s 7d.. for telegi couriers. The mission which lncurn was that at Coburg, which only expe; UO 103. lOd. was for postage stam jourmys on public service Ozobcnzin ii the name given bi Renaru to a new explosive lubstan1 acting upon benzln, boiling at 81 deg. ( czone formic and acetic acid are pro precipitate formed, which, being arll white solid, which Is the explosive co tonates violently when struck or whe unstable in the air; water decompc Athceneum. An inquest has been held in Loi cross Hospital, on the body of Jamc who committed suicide on Friday last Catholic priest, said the deceased arriv motniug with his cousin, and wen) H iteL He was not well, and had b He went to lie down in the after, cousin locked the door outside, and sodn after heird an alarm, aud on g ceased being carried into the hotel, a the hospital. James Sprigs, who wi building, saw the deceased get out < on to the balcOny. He went from he got to the end, and then he spra and falling through the skylight wlti to the pavement below. fhere wai when he got to the last window. X of the hotel, desert tied the constructli the bJconettes ou suie, there being whicn auy person could walk and hold until getting to the end of the build that the deceased committed suicide unsound nind. #