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Mr. Sullivan, proprietor of the Kation, and Mr. Pigott* proprietor of the Irishman, convicted at the present Dublin assizes of publishing seditious libels upon the Government, were sentenced on Saturday morning. Mr. Justice Fitz- gerald said that it was the grossest folly or the most flagrant misrepresentation to say that the Fenians at Manchester werte not legally and righteously executed—not for a political offence, but for murder, and that Gfwernment would be im- possible if the administration of justice were to be so grossly libelled as it had been by the defendants. Sullivan was sentenced to six months' and Pigott to twelve months' imprisonment, and at the expiration of those perieds to be bound over in heavy recognisances to be of good behaviour.
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The following was communicated by the editor of the Western Morning News ;—" A man dressed as a bullock drover was arrested on Friday at Padstow with a large sum of money in his possession, and was remanded three days on suspicion of being a man named Ayre, who lately absconded >from Hull..lie was proved, however, not to be Ayre. Among his luggage various disguises were found. Being a man of superior deportment, further suspicion was aroused, and it was thought that his description corresponded with that of the Rev. Mr. Speke. After great hesi- tation he admitted that he was that gentleman. He is now in the custody of the police at Bodmin. His conversation was perfectly rational."
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The Times has the following leader on the case :— The public will learn with great satisfaction that Mr. Speke is said to be alive and well. Mr. Murdoch, who only on Monday so confidently contradicted any report to this effect, has in- formed Sir Richard Mayne that his relative has been found at Padstow, in Cornwall, by one of tho constabulary, and lie is no doubt at present under close supervision. If this in- telligence be correct, there is an end to the great mystery of the last few weeks. Since the Road Murder we know of nothing that has so much excited people's minds and, in- deed, the disappearance of Mr. Speke, if viewed under one aspect, was of much more general importance. To those who inclined to the hypothesis of a Aurder the incident suggested the apprehension of a new danger. It had to be supposed that a man thirty-five years old, of good stature, and of bodily strength above the average could be made away with between six and seven o'clock m the evening in a walk between Warwick-square, pimllco, and Queen-square, Westminster^ that not the slightest trace of the deed should anywhere re- main that no one should have heard a cry or a struggle that the body should have been so effectually concealed as to have escaped every search and, finally, that all was so wen planned and executed that not even a reward of £ 500 and the utmost exertions of the police were able to bring the truth to light. It was this aspect of the case which gave it a legitimate public interest, and made it a proper subject for discussion in the Press. Mr. Speke disappears, and his re- latives, after a very short interval, offer a reward for his discovery, which they soon increase to an unusual amount. This "reward is placarded on evepr wall. It becomes known that the most efficient detectives are searching for the missing man, but without sucoess. The hat that has been found suggests to many minds the idea of robbery and murder in a well-known and much-frequented thoroughfare, beside one of the Royal Parks, and between the Palace of the Qaeen and the seat of the Legislature. The question which every one asked himself was whether a strong man in the vigour of life could be thus made away with in the centre of London, whether our metropolis was infested by murderers of such skill that this clergy- man, and perhaps others of whose disappearance the public was reminded, could have perished by their violence and passed away without a trace. If such should prove to be the fact, it would certainty be a reproach on our municipa government, and would Bhow the necessity for a larger and more effective police force to cope with a criminal class so dangerous. Could it be possible that there really existed in London a body of murderers unsuspected by the Government or the police, that a secret and mysterious Thuggee could flourish within a mile of Scotland-yard, and leave our deteo- tives in despair f If a man can be made away with between six and seven in the evening, what is the prospect of those who have to pass through the deserted streets at between three and four in the morning? If Mr. Speke, thirty-five years old and vigorous of frame, can be swept away, what is to become of old age or womanhood ? It neeJ not be said that when a matter of this kind is brought before the poliee, and an appeal is, moreover, made by the offer of reward to the whole community, it becomes a question in which the public is almost as much interested as the missing man's relatives. They, of course, think only of the Individual, and are actuated by personal attachment; the public thinks of the possible dangers which hfs disappearance may indicate. We were first induced to comment on this subject by a desire to lessen the alarm which the facts of the case and the vague reports concerning it were creating. It Beemed to us that the hypothesis of a murder, go far from resting on incontrovertible reasoning, was not so plausible as that of a voluntary absence. Even if we knew nothing of the case, we should have the right, according to the law of proba- bilities, to decide in favour of a flight; but in this case there were other circumstances which seemed to oppose the sup- position of murder. The hour, the district^—in some parts thronged with people, in none absolutely deserted,—the fact that a great reward should have brought forward no one who could give the slightest clue to the mystery, the fruitless search made by the police—all indicated that no such crime had been committed. Should the person found at Padstow prove to be Mr. Speke, we shall have the satisfaction of having done some practical good by assisting to dispel a groundless alarm. As for Mr. Speke himself we have yet to learn the causes of his extraordinary escapade. Sup- posing him to be in possession of all his faculties, and to have committed this act with the deliberate resolu- tion of withdrawing himself either for a time or permanently from the society of all who knew him, it is difficult to imagine a more heartless or mischievous act. He has brought the most poignant distress on his friends, he has subjected them to infinite inconvenience and anxiety, he has Inflicted no little labour on the police, and he has terrified the more timid part of the public beyond measure. In short, he has made a public scandal, for which he will assuredly have to do penance. A man has, indeed, a right to go where he pleases, but he has no right to make off uuder. circumatanceswhich must bring suspicion of the most heinous crime upon the neighbourhood, and possibly upon some innocent person. He has no right to make appointments for the purpose of persuading the world that he intended to go out only for an hour, the necessary consequence being a belief that he haa met a violent end. Such conduct is not only an offence against morality but against the public peace, though from its rarity it has never been brought under the penalties of the law. This strange affair confirms a remark we made in first commenting upon the subject,—that it was a mistaken method to suggest only reasonable hypotheses when specu- lating on actions which were probably completely unreason- able. It is quite natural that people in general should have thought it Impossible that Mr. Speke should be alive and in possession of his liberty. They could not conceive such cunning and perversity as were indicated by the order to the groom to be in waiting the next evening at the station, the buying of the hat, and the appointment made for half-past six that, moreover, he should leave family and frieads in the deepest trouble, and remaia indifferent to every call of affection or honour week after week. But experience in the morbid part of human nature teaches that men do these things, and that the very qualities which make the action strange and repulsive to the rest of the world exercise a fascination over them. After the painful anxiety this event has produced, it will be a relief If we are assured that it has only been the result of eccentricity and folly carried to their extremes, and that there is no reason to believe London to be more unsafe now than it has hitherto been. Great-crimes are rare in this metropolis, considering its enormous extent and population, and It may be said confidently that in no great city of the world are the streets more safe to one who goes about his business steadily and soberly.
_ PORTERAGE OF TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
PORTERAGE OF TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. At the Bradford County Court on Friday, hefore Mr. Daniel, Q.C., Judge, an action was brought by the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company against Mr. Mutchihacn, poulterer, &c., at Bradford, to recover lis. claimed by the company as the porterage of a message from Bridgenortli to a place called Wheat-hall. Mr. Terry appeared for the company, but the defendant did not appear. The following are the circumstances — On the 19th of December last, at Bradford, the defendant paid for a telegraphic message, which was addressed to Mr. Parsons, turkey-breeder, Wheat-hall, Bridgenorth." Nothing was said as to where Wheat-hall was, and the message was accepted at the usual price of Is. for twenty words, under the supposition that the place was within the limits of the free delivery at Bridgenorth. The company's servants at Rridgenorth found that Wheat-hall was eleven miles from Bridgenorth, and caused a messenger and horse to travel that distance to deliver the message. The coat of doing so was lis., which Mr. Parsons, who received the message, refused to pay. and the company ccHtflequenUy now sued the defendant, as .the sender for recovery of the sum. Mr. Terry contended that the company, having received the message, were bound, in fulfilment of an implied obligation, to deliver it, and, not being able to recover the extra expense from the person who received the message, were justified in falling back upon tho sender and demanding the sum sought. The judge gave a verdict for the plaintiffs for the sum sought and the cost of one witness from Bridgenorth.
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THE SILVER WEDDING OF THE 1- EX-KING HANOVER. The Vienna Presse of Feb. 19 gives the following account of the famous Hietzing fete :— The f6te given by the King of Hanover yesterday waa very brilliant. From civ lit o'clock in the evening the salons, of the kuraaal of the town park were crowded. In th" centre of theprincipat salon was arranged the "silver chamber "of the royal house of Hanover. The rooms were decorated with the Hanoverian and Austrian colours—yellow and white—aud the ladies' dresses were of the same tinis. At nine o'clock the royal family entered. After the first friendly salutations the kiug raised his glass aud spoke as follows "My dear Hanoverians,—Receive the expression oi my most warm j!ratitude at your coming here to be present at this family fete. By this step you have changed' a foreign soil into my native land. An intimate family'bond of a thousand years connects the House of the Hanoverian kings with their people. This same bond still subsists. Your presence is the proof of it. Yon are the mirror of the senti- ments of all my people, a mirror which refleots their fidelity and attachment. I cannot sufficiently thank you for this fide- lity. Words are inadequate. I can only say :Thanks thanks, thanks. God's justice rewards such fidelity, and he will ?- ward it in this instance. There have been examples in Ike history of my house of exiled princes who have been restored. The first head of my house was forced to quit his country but he returned. You all know that my grand- father lived 10 years amongst strangers and afterwards came back to his country. Thus Providence gives me a right to betievethat Ismail return to Hanover a free aid independent King. I invite you to drink to the restoration of the king- dom audtbrone of the Guelphs, and to my return In your midst. p graut us an early resurrection of the throne of Hanover May He vouchsafe my return amongst my people, whose fidelity and attachment are a shining example to the people of ot:ier lands To our speedy return to the kingdom of the Guelphs Long live Hanover "• The persons present, amongst whom were some twenty Viennese, raised hats aud handkerchiefs, and bravoed with immense and prolonged enthusiasm. The king's own voice was distinctly heard amongst the others, aud team soiled, down his -cheeks.. He then drank from the cup, which was handed round, and all the Hanoverians present drank after him. The Hanover journals state that among the presents made to King George on the occasion of the twenty- fifth anniversary of his marriage, there are no fewer than 1,573 cushions worked by hand.
MYSTERIOUS END OF TWO LOVERS.
MYSTERIOUS END OF TWO LOVERS. On Friday morning the body of a young woman was found in the Rochdale Canal, near David-street, Man- Chester, about a quarter to eight o'clock. From the appearance of the body she had evidently been in the water for several days. The bodv was removed to the Mechanics Anns Inn, Chorlton street, to await an in- quest and m the course of the day was identified as that of Elizabeth Guild. While the boatmen were removing the body, some other men who were working a boat near to Chorlton-street discovered the body of a young man in the canal, and removed it also to the Mechanics' Arms. He was well dressed, and had a watch and about £3 in money in his pockets. His face was somewhat disfigured, the injuries having probably •been caused by the boat'* keel. The body haa been I identified as that of Thomas Royle. Inquiries were. made by the police, which resulted in the discovery of the fact that both the deceased left a In .use in Port- land-street together about half-past eight o'clock the previous Saturday evening. They were then ap- parently ori friendly terms. Nothing had been seen ot them since, until their bodies were found in the can al as above described. 'The inquest was held on Satur- day, but no additional light was thrown on the case. No marks were found upon either of the bodies which would justify the supposition that violence had been used, and it could-only be conjectured that the couple had fallen into the canal by accident, probably, while. larking." The jury returned an open verdict; I
I I 1THE BANKER AND THE CABMAN.,
THE BANKER AND THE CABMAN., Mr. Herbert Bulkley Praed, of 189, Fleet-street, banker, was summoned before Sir Robert W. Garden at the Guildhall, in London, for assaulting Henry Edward Sawyer, the driver of cab 1,661, and the latter appeared to answer two summonses taken out against him by Mr. Praed-—one for demanding more than his legal fare, and the other for being guilty of misbe- haviour by using insulting and abusive language to him. Henry Sawyer said that on the 18th inst. Mr. Praed took him from the cab rank in Piccadilly, near the Albany, and told him to drive to Fieet-str-eet. Ha told him where to stop, and when he got down he gave him Is., but he demanded Is. 6d. He got off his box,' as Mr. Praed would not give him the Is. 6d,, and asked him for his name. He rang a bell, and then Mr. Praed turned round and gave him ^violent blow in the eye, which knocked him down. He got up again, L and was Btruck again by Mr. Praed, and when he got up again he was knocked down a third time. A police-constable oame up, and he waa given in charge of a police-con stable, but at the station-house both parties were referred to this court for redress by way of summons. Frederick Dewsnap, a shorthand wnter, swore that the defendant struck the complainant three times and knocked him down. Mr. Dawes, surgeon, said he had attended the com- plainant for injuries received on the face. His eye was bruised, and his jaw swelled and appeared to be the effect of several blows. Mr. Praed said he took the complainant's cab from Piccadilly to Fleet street, and gave him Is. as his fare, and then he rang his bell to go indoors, but the cabman got off his box and demanded another 6d. He refused to give it, and then the cabman put himself into a fighting attitude, and declared be would have it. He also said, "You are no gentleman, and I suppose it is your last shilling." 'Vhen lie assumed feuch a threatening position he (Mr. Praed) knocked him down. He got up and again attempted to strike him, but he warded off the blow and again struck him in the face. The police came, and they went to the station-house together, where they gave their :names and were liberated. William Carpenter, porter at Praed's bank, said he answered the bell, and when he opened the door he saw- the cabman facing Mr. Praed. The cabman was in a fighting attitude, and struck "viciously" at Mr. Praed, but he warded the bldw *if}'and struck him in the eye; the"calftiian1 came rfp'to fight again, and he Struck him again and knocked him down. The cab- man came up again to fi'htj and was again knocked down by _Mr. litaejl. He then called out for the police, and thtyboth went te iEhe st^te'on-hoi^e,- where they were released. Mr; Praed then got into the witness-box, and on his oath repeated his statement, 1 Sir Robert W. Carcfen said at first he. thoughtr the cabman was a very ill-used man, but after that evi- dence he would dismiss the summons against Mr. Pratd, and, considering that the cabman htfd been severely punished already, that he had loft his d& and had to pay his solicitor, he would dismiss the summons against him also.
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CorrtsfBKJttiU. I vv> r1p,em it right "to staite that we do Mt at ali timo I 'iufify ourselves with our' correspondent s opinions, j U Parliament is proceeding steadily with ita business, r ui I there is no likelihood of any great party battle which would result in a change of the Ministry. The fact of this being the last Session of the present Par- lament would act as a damper upon any such pro- posal. were it seriously made, and then the Liberals .y that it is scarcely worth while to do anything of the sort, seeing that the Conservatives will stand no hance of office when the new Reform Act comes into operation—which remains to be seen. Nor, in fact, -»,* mid the public at all relish any change of Ministry tuis Session. The prevailing idea seems to be, let the present Session work itself out, and then we shall all have a fresh start, and commence a new political career at the next general election. The precincts of our Legislative Chambers, our Palace of Parliament, now present quite an animated appearance any fine afternoon on the eve of right hon. and hon. gentlemen meeting for business. This famous locality has been much improved of late. The iron :md gilt, palisading skirting the road leading on to the ridge presents a pretty aspect in the sunshine, asd the ext«*rar of ■ the building ia to be further orna- mented by flower-beds whioh are to be laid down, and hy the placing of four additional statues. There is now also ft splendid arcade leading from the Houses of Parliament to the bridge. Thia arcade has stained glass windows,, a tessdated pavement, and handsome vas lamps, which, altogether, have a fine effect. But strange that so splendid a building should be marred by the principal chamber not being adequate ior the number of members that constitute that chamber—a fact which comes out all the more start- tingly when we find a proposal to increase the number is now under discussion. There is little doubt that sooner or later the House of Commons chamber must l>e enlarged, at the cost of a few tens of thousands. Thejiewa from America wUl now be watched with trreat anxiety, for it would seem that the rumour that reached us some little time ago, that President •F oh neon had determined -to-auapend diplomatic rela- tions vfth us if the Alabama claims were not settled, is iiot without some foundation. The Times lately con- tained a startling statement from its Philadelphia correspondent, to a similar effect; but more startling still it an official declaration by the President. He says: All negotiations for the settlement ot the Alabama, claims having been closed by correspondence between our Government and that of Great Britain, the matter stands as though nothing iiad been done by either Government as tending to an adjustment. There ia authority for saying that these claims will at onoe be pushed to a finality with vigour, and that the Government will demand immediate reparation," &c. This is virtually President Johnson's nwn language, and as such is of no little moment. It 's not surprising, therefore, that such rumours of language as these have set people talking of war, as a possible event. Yes, it is possible, no doubt, but is it lit all probable ? Against the probability of any such a calamity it is urged that America and England "pring from the same stock, and have the same language, similar institutions and laws, and that the two countries are bound together by the ties of com- merce. Perhaps the last consideration is the strongest ,f all. As to the two countries being blood relations, perhaps that is the very reason why t hey are so often quarrelling but still the relationship will perhaps keep them from going to tpen war. The aspect of affairs just now, however, ia anything but pleasing, and it will require mutual lorbelutance and sound judgment to calm the ill-feel- ing that has arisen in America, and the irritation that ;iI ri rr.v being {■wit in our own country. The nation generally has confidence in. Lord Stanley's conduct of the negotiations^ and the Foreign Secretary has evi- dently a firm conviction of the justice of his position, ut the misfortune is that there is a large and in- fluential party in America who will not look at the matter in the same light as he does so that the situa- ttonis critical. In these fast and feverish times we are not only anxious to have the news from all parts of the world the moment it has transpired—the electric flash of the telegraph gives an excuse for the phrase—but we r ometimes anticipate events that never occur, and pro- reed ,fco moralise upon them. A little while ago the c eath" of Mr. Justice Shee was announced and memoir. of him appeared when the poor gentleman, now dead, alas! was in the land of the living; the I 'eath of an emiaent statesman has been speculated on ■< -ith most indecent haste and now a learned Baron has been reported dead when he was only ill, and is happily now progressing towards recovery. Early news i» a very good thing, just as early green peas are piodjfmt the passion for being first in the market t ometimes leads to awkward results. What thoughtful observers of passing events have long'foreseen is how taking place. Co-operation, as opposed, to retail shopkeeping, is now making head- way.Several co-operative storey are now in full working in London, and are achieving a commercial success for themselves while they rM decidedly conferring a benefit on housekeep- ers. These co-operative associations supply meat, bread, fish, flour, cheesemongery, grocery, potatoes, vegetables, &c. There are several reasons which have induced enterprising men to start these oe-operative stores, and the same reasons influenced customers. mong- these are the high prices charged at retail ? bops, the evils of the long-credit system, the shame- iv I extent to which adulteration baa been carried, nd false weights and measures. Of course no one wtJE](1 maintain that these evils affect all ► hops, but that they do exist to a large extent is un- deniable. Some of these evila are undoubtedly cured i >y the oo-operative stores. There can be no dis- puting the more reasonable prices at these places oompared with, those at shops generally all i ransacti< ns are for strict cash; and there a no reason to suspect the existence of false weights and measures, but when I read that "a hemicat analyst andmieroacapist has been engaged, who will examine, by the most searching tests, all tores received into the emporium, and all supplies ,-isued from it," I ask myself "Quis custodiet ipaos • -ustodes ?" or, in plain English, what guarantee have he customers that this will be done ? We must all of !'3 be familiar with tradesmen's placards which deal in startling statements about adulteration, quote the f.ancet commission, &c., and then wind up by—Try • Jones's. The weak point of such advertisements is always at. the end. The cooperative stores will do ell to remember that customers want a guarantee in this matter, not a mere declaration. On the whole í here is very little doubt that this co-operative sys- i pm will extend, and the only wonder is that we 1 ava been so long without them. From an interesting l ook on "The Railway Service," by Mr. W. F. -mis, it may be seen that the Rochdale Equitable of. twenty-eight worl ■ j weavers, lormed themselves Into a co-operative suoiety so fong aso as 1844. It began with a capital of £28, and in iSGO there were 6,246 members, with a capital of i-'97,489. The same little book gives some valuable acts relative to railway co-operative stores. The r-ystem is, in fact, available for almost any class, and etail tradesmen must now be prepared to find these oint-stock affairs spreading and multiplying. And 80 it would seem we are about to have a University for Women, to be for lady students what Oxford and Cambridge are for young mien. A lady, .IT! Bodichon, has subscribed £1,000 as a commence- ment, and several other sums have been given towards he scheme. The institution is to be in the country, i ut within easy reach of the metropolis. The resident authorities are to be women, but the various classes re to be taught either by men or women, as may be ound expedient. The buildings, with accommodation ,r 100 students, are estimated to cost about E30.000, so that the institution will be on an extensive scale, ientting a University. The cost of University »ducation, however, will be very different to that at Oxford or Cambridge, for it is not to be ;,bove £80 a year for each student, each of whom i-s to have separate rooms. If this be carried out, as proposed, it cannot but give an immense impetus to the education of women, and perhaps not 1 he least remarkable effect will be the check to that ashy course of boarding-school education^-with its in. t vitable accomplishments," which costs so much and produces so little. There is nothing to prevent our sweet girl graduates in their golden hair," if Vennyson's idea is realised, aoquiring any amount of accomplishments," after they have laid a solid foun- dation of learning.
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ASSING EVENTS, RUMOURS, &C. The seven prisoBera, William and Timothy Deamond, Nicholas English, John OKeefe, James O'Neill, Michael J trretf, and Anne Jutttce, who stood remanded on the < large of wilful murder of the peraona killed by the < terkenwell explosion, were again placed at the bar for final "lamination at Bow-street poUce-courton Tuesday morning, ;ul were forrh&fly committed lor trial. Mr. Lewis applied 'or the admission of CrNeill to bail, but Sir Thomas Henry j-fused. _■
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A letter from Rome announces that the Congregation of ritea is bnany-engaged in weighing the claims of Chriato- ? her Columbus to the honours of canonization. The idea of giving the discoverer of America a place among the saints of lie Church is originally due to Cardinal Donnet, Arcnbishop f Bordeaux, who published it in the form of a letter to the ope, printed at Marseilles in 1866. The Archbishop en- ) trges at some length on the virtues of Christopher Colum- bus. his devotion to the Holy See and his miraculous dis- I "very of the New World, which the author is at great pains TO show could never have been the consequence of scientific < lucation, but of faith alone. HjaMographera have been, unfortunately chiefly Protestants, who have wilfully con- i cealed the hero's zeal in the cause of the Church. Pius IX., his Eminence adds, the only Pope who hag crossed the Atlantic and navigated the Pacific, appears to be providen- tially chosen to understand the greatness of Christopher Columbus and to appreciate and honour his services. In conclusion, the Cardinal remarks that though St. Andrew, brother to jjfc. Pei-»r, is tbe chosen protector of L,e boatmen and lishermen oi Italy, the ere vr of the fleet and sailors in general have nn patron saint who has h\1nseif navigated the deep. Pius IX., it is said, favourably received the Arch- bishop's proposition, ana the opinion of the Congregation of Rites, to whom it was referred, is expected with considerable interest in Rome.
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The Times gives some scandalous details which have been elicited by a Board of Trade inquiry respecting the sonduct of Deal salvors towards those whose property they have assisted to save. The result of the enquiry, so lar as it affects two American ships, has just been published by order of the House of Commons. About ayear ago the committees of maritime insurers at Paris and Havre signed a memorial in which they represent that salvage, as practised aloin; our coasts, borders closely on piracy thut French mariners dread the shark-like propensities f English boatmen almost as much as the rocks and the sands and that English pilots are wont tomake ruinous claims for having simply performed a profession-1.! duty. ilr^Montagu Bere, who conducted the enquiry, indicates as the proper remedy the establishment of some local tribunal, which would assess, in a summary but impartial manner, the remuneration equitably due to both parties.
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In April, 1865, a letter was addressed by the Poor Law Board to every union and parish in England and Wales, sug- gesting the advisability of providing a store of cod liver oil at the workhouse, or some other convenient plice, for dis- tribution amongst the sick poor on the prescription at the medical officers through the relieving otllcers, and that quinine and other expensive medicints should be supplied either by an order of the medical officer on a chemist, or by the medical officers themselves. According to a return moved for by Sir John Simeon, it appears that in 4C1 unions the guardiau9 have acted wholly or partially on the recom- mendation of the Poor Law Board, and in 225 they have not acted upon it.
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In its last number, L'International, a French journal published iu London, gives a comparative table of the Eng- lish and American fleets. According to the Admiralty returns, we have, including every species of vessel afloat or in active construction, a force of some 700 ships. At the end of the American war the North had a total of 600 ships. Since that she has sold off all but the best, and her fleet now numbers 339 thoroughly lerviceaU. vessels. In effect, the naval forces of the two countries are almost equal, says the International. "The United States have their Nelson and Collingwo04 in the persons of Porter and of Fairagut." In the course of the article Nelson's memorable signal to his fleet before Trafalgar is done into French. We present it to our readers as one of the curiosities of translation? Aujourd'hui la vielle Angleterre compte que chaque homme fera son devoir."
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The habit—or vice—of smoking has rapidly increased. In the year 1841 the quantity of tobacco cleared for consumption in the United Kingdom amounted to but 13J oz. per head of population- tn the year 1865 it amounted to 21 oz. per head. Twenty years ago nobody with' any pretensions to the character of a gentleman would have been .seen smoking in the !!treets; nowadays, everybody smoke3 when and whert: he pleases, save in his wife's drawing-room and at church; and in the best clubs the best rooms are' now given up to the smoking members of the community.
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During the last three or four years wheat has been gradually growing dearer. In the second week of February, 1865, the average for the. United Kingdom was 38s. 4d. per qr.; in February, 1866, it had crept up to 45s. 6d. per qr.; in February, 1867, it had risen boldly to 61s. 4d. per qr. j and now, in February, 1868, the last average recorded was 73s. 4d. per qr. Fortunately for the middle and lower classes, the price of meat has fallen to a more reasonable level. President Johnson has nominated General M'CleUan as
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United States Minister to Great Britain. The President has also issued an order removing Mr. Stanton from the post of Secretary for War, but Mr. Stanton refused to surrender the olfice, and appealed against the President's order to the Senate. Thereupon the Senate declared the order to be illegal, and Congress referred the matter to the Reconstruc- tion Commitee. To the latter body was also referred at the same time a resolution for the impeachment of the Presi- dent, who reported in its favour. Thus the quarrel between the President and Congress is arriving at a climax.
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If the Fenian cause has its martyrs," the other side is not destitute of them. On Saturday another victim was added to the list of murdered Irish policemen Constable Casey died of the shot fired at him by Mackay, the Fenian captain, on the night of the latter's arrest. The wound was in the leg, and it was found necessary to resort to amputa- tion but, despite the skill and care of the best surgeons that could be procured, the uufortunate man gradually sank, and expired at about three o'clock on Saturday morning. A verdict of Wilful Murder" has been returned against Mackay..
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In the seven years between 1861 and 1868, Italy—that is, the kingdom of Italy—has borrowed £ 115,800,090 If any deubt is entertained of the fact, here are corroborative details: Bastogi loan, £20,000,000; Minghetti loan, £ 58,800,000; Sella loan, £17,000,000; rentes created by Signor Scialoja, £4,000,000; rentes of the worship fund, &c., £4,000,000; sale of State railways, £8,000,000; State lands obligations, .ec,oeO,COO; forced loan of 18Gû,£14,OOO,OOO; bank loan, £10,000,00&; and Treasury bonds, £,1,0013,000. Thus Italy has been adding to her indebtedness at the average rate of upwards of £ltS,OOO,OOO per annum since 1861..
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Brighton and Portsmouth have each put in a claim to the honour of the Volunteers' presence for the Easter Monday Review, and the Sout.h Western, and London, Chatham, and Dover Bailway "Companies have offered to take the men down on the same terms as last year. At a meeting of metropolitan commanding officers, held on Monday at the rooms of the Nationsl Rifle Association, in London, it was resolved that the usual review should be held on Faster Monday, and that the questions of ground and transit should be referred to a committee which will deliver its report on the 3rd March.
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We (Morning Star) are informed that Mr. Eyre, the late Governort>f Jamaica, having come to London, an application will be made to Sir Thomas Henry, at Bow-street, in the course of this week, ior a warrant to bring him before the court, charged with being accessory to the murder ot Mr. George William cordon. The former application, it may be remembered, which was stopped by the grand jury notwith- standing the strong and conclusive charge of the Lord Chief Justice of England in favour of the case going to tnal, was against General-Nelson and Lieutenant Brand, Mr. Eyre not having at that time come forward to meet the charge. The application for the warrant will be made by Sir Robert P. Collier Solicitor-General of the late Government, instructed by Messrs. Shaen and Roscoe, on behalf of Mr. John Stuart Mill, M.P, and Mr. P. A. Taylor, M. P., the chairman and treasurer otthe Jamaica Committee.
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There was issued on Monday morning, in the form of a parliamentary, retnra, aJist (made up to December 31) with the names of every merchant vessel or steamer engaged rn the Abyssinian expedition chartered in England, with the net and gross register tonnage of each ship, the horse-power of eacl1 engine, the price per ton each ship is chartered at also the name of each registered owner of srtch ship as ap- peared upon the register when the ship was tendered to the Government for hire, and the name of each owner as now stands supoa the register, with the name of the broker who tendered such ship. The ships taken up are eighteen. The gross tonnage is 34,290. The grots horse power is 4,670. The aVerage rate per ton if discharged at home is 30s. G.J. The rl\1ie if discharged abroad varies considerably. It is 453. pdr ton in the case of several vessels, and as low as 25s. in oneTiiily, the Parana.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. The House of Lords sat somewhat less than a quarter of an hour, on Feb. 21, during which no business was done. In the House of Commons, Mr. Hardy, answering a ques. tion from Lord Enfield, stated that the metropolitan police force was about to be increased by 1,000 men, 100 sergeants, and 20 inspectors. In answer to Mr. T. Baring, Lord Stanley stated that diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Mexico had been brOten off by the act of the Mexican Government, on the pretext of our recognition of the Empire. What mea- sures would be taken to enforce the Conventions In favour of British creditors and bondholders was under considera- tion. Sir S: Northcote. (answering a question from Captain Vivian) entered into a long explanation of the steps taken for establishing a more direct system of telegraphic com- munication between this country and India, and with the Abyssinian Army, in which he stated incidentally that Sir R. Napier, in his last despatches, had expressed a confident hope of his being able to finish the Expedition this season. A discussion on the taxation of the metropolis was raised by Mr. Goschen. who had given notice to call attention to the last report of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and to the continuous increase of the burdens laid, and proposed to be laid, for various purposes, in London and elsewhere, on the occupiers of rateable property Mr. Goschen com- menced, by analyzing with great minuteness the returns of local expenditure recently laid before Parliament—of the Imperfections aud confusion of which he made great com- plaint—drawing from them the general conclusion that the local, taxation of England amounted to £17,000,000 annually. Passing then to metropolitan taxation, and repeating his complaint that the returns of the Board oi Works were very deficient, giving no account of the properlly of the Board, and of its aggregate liabilities, he showed that between 1887 and 1866 its outlay had been about £ 10,900,000, the annual expenditure rising gradually from je90,000 to over £.000,000. The metropolis now paid three millions and a half in local taxation,—viz., Poor rate, £ 1,250,000 local rates for cleansing, paving lighting &c., £ 1,000,000; Board of Works, £ 750,0Q0; and police rate, £ 500,000; and,; looking to the important works which the Board had to carry out, it was impossible to expect any re- duction of expenditure. The important question then arose, where is the money to come from ? In discussing this point Mr Goschen showed that the taxation of the occupier had been carried to its extreme point, that it had driven away capital from the building trade, and that it made it impossible to house our poor, inasmuch as it was only by overcrowding and by the neglect of sanitary regulations that cottage property could be made remunerative. Laying it down as an axiom that the cost of local improvements and em- bellishments could no longer be spread over the whole metropolis, or that, if they were, the Eaat-end would have an irresistible claim to the equalization of the poor-rate, Mr. Goschen examined the various sources from which addi- tional taxation could be obtained. Occupiers, as he had already shown, were taxed up to their utmost capabilities. The wine and coal duties were pledged up to 1882, and it would be most unwise to promise the Metropolitan Beard a reversion of them. In the place of these expedients he suggested,—first, a rate on the owners of rateable property and, next, a slight increase of taxation, coupled with an equalisation of rates over the metropolis. But what he laid most stress upon, arguing that the cost of local improve- ments ought not to be levied altogether on houses and land, was a metropolitan municipal income-tax of one penny, which the Beard might hand over to the Government in exchange for the house tax, which would produce about the same amount. Colonel Hogg, speaking as a member of the Metropolitan Board, agieed with Mr. G08chen that owners of property ought to bear a certain part of this taxation, but pointed out that the value of property had greatly outstripped the increase of taxation, and that Parisians were much more •'1 t?'.xec' for their improvements than Londoners. In justification of the Board he pointed to the large and im- portant works which had been executed hy the Board, and as to the accounts he replied that they were in the form pre- scribed by Parliament. Colonel Sykesi analyzed critically the accounts of the Boaru, particularly the salaries, maintaining that they showed great extravagance. B Mr. Ayrton concurred generally in Mr. Gogchen's view^ especially in his suggestionafor the equalization of charges He drew from his speech the moral that the Government ought to take the question of Metropolitan Finance into their own hands, and, in place of the present system of petty loans, there should be a Consolidated Metropolitan Stock for the expenses of metropolitan improvements. Thus meney could be borrowed at at per cent. Colonel Neville-Grenville bore testimony to the large in- crease of local taxation in the provinces, and Mr: H. Lewis was making some observations on the hardships which would be inflicted on the poorer ratepayers by additional taxation, when the House was counted out. In the House of Loads, on Feb. 24, the Marquis of Clanri- carde rose to call the attention of the House to the question of tenure of land in Ireland. The noble Marquis said it was his intention to enlist their lordships' attention on be- half of a bill on this subject similar to one he had intro- duced last year. What was the condition of Ireland now? He maintained that it never was in a better condition for material prosperity than at present. Grossly exaggerated statements were being continually made by agitators, representing that the tenants were being greatly oppressed by the landlords; but such was not the case. One gentleman had expended £112,000 on improvements cn his estate, no return for which had yet been made. Fo.s himself, he had not such: I a horror of tenant right as many ba<V but he certainly dis- liked to see schemes advanced for thosettleTien); of tenant right which were foolish and misleading in the extreme. Ho reicrred to certain returns which had been made to the House on the subject of tenant right, observing that what he wanted to arrive at was some measure of right in the mat- ter. Instancing several counties, he proved by statistics t1ùl.t the praetiee of eviction was very unequal-one county yielding 5 to 1 in a given period as compared with the county of Cork. In lSGG there were 1,100 Uiviaioas in Ulster, and only 700 odd iu Connaught. These facts ought to be made known. The noble marquis, who was almost inaudible in the gallery, proceeded further to speak of the misrepresenta- tions which those who wish to stir up strife in Ireland circu- lated. It w;is thought from their statements that the Lrrllers in Ireland were a small class. most of whom held something like thirty acres from their landlords. This was not the case; and he knew of one tenant who paid £ 40,000 a year rlmt. He reall a report showing that the condition of the population in some parts of the Horth of Ireland was everything that could lie desired. There were 660,000 agri- cultural holdings ill Ireland, and he wanted to know by what right it was urged that these holdings should be purchased, as was proposed. Was it true that it was the peasant pro- prietorship which advanced the interests of a nation? Did they introduce the newest improvements? use the best and most efficient labour? or raise the value of land, or stock it with cattle? It was just the opposite. They used women's labour, and were so limited in their abilities that he denied they were of such service as "ere represented. Ánd yet these peasant pro- prietors were held up above the great landlords He would say that the poor pOlJulntioll in IreJalld resisted the tempta- tions which were laid before them with great fortitude. Notwithstanding what had been told them, or what they read in the newspapers, they still remained loyal. It was attempted to raise a panic, but it was of no avail. He trusted and believed better days were in store for Ireland, and he hoped that the bill ho now brought forward would tend to help on that time. He could say that rents had been paid most readily, and n10st easily, and there was every hope thnt prosperity would return to Ireland. Lord St. Leonards saw no necesllity for fresh legislation, unless it could be shown that the act of 1860, which ap- peared to be most fair and business-like, had failed. The E^rl of lvimberley said tho noble Marquis's bill was so extensive that care must h\1 taken to prevent its introducing confusion. The state of Ireland, as compared with England and Scotland, showed a necessity for the interference of Parliament. The bill of the noble Marquis would not do harm, but might tlo good, but in some respects it was ùdl- cient. He deprecated sweeping revolutionary remedies, which would produce worse evils than the present. The Earl of Malmesbury said, on behalf of the Govern- ment, he should offer no opposition to the second reading of the bill when it arrived at that stage, but he recommended' that the bill should b^ referred to the same committee as that of last year. The policy of the Government on this question would he explained the next day (Tuesday), in another place, by the Secretary for Ireland. The bill waa the. read a first time. On the order of the day for the second reading of the bit! for continuing the Buspeusion of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, Earl Russell said it was a matter greatly tp be deplored, to find the Government askiug them for the third time to suspend the constitutional rights of their fellow- subjects in Irelaud. But the House could not refuse to do so unless they felt that it was unnecessary, or that the powers had been abused by the Government. He admitted that neither of these reasons applied to the present case. Still they were bound to probe the causes of the dissatisfac- tion which prevailed in Ireland. He deprecated the post- ponement of legislation, and urged the importance of satis- fying the mind of Ireland as necessary to the safety of the empire in the event of a quarrel with the United States. He condemned t. he Irish church as a grievance and an anomaly unpàfaJleled in auy other country, and demanded that the Government should at once state.whether they meant to propose remedial measures, or to uphold a policy of resistance. The Earl of Hardwicke asked why Earl Russell, who 80 long held the helm of state, never while he was inotnce brought in a bill to give effect to the views he now expressed. The abolition of the Irish church would seriously weaken the power of the English government in Ireland. Earl Grey cordially agreed with the views of Earl Russell, and insisted especially on abolishing the great grievance ef the Irish church, which was an insult and degradation in the eyes of the Irish people. The Duke of Richmond said the government had, as they were bound, taken into consideration the state of Ireland, but they must decide for themselves the time and occasion for intrpducing their measures. The Marquis of Westmeath denounced the Irish Roman catholic church as a political engine. The Earl of Kllenborough thought it would be a mistaken policy to conciliate the Roman Catholics by the oppression of the Protestants, or to set up the one church by the spoliation of the other. At the same time it was desirable to establish religious equality in Ireland. The Protestants, however, were the civil garrison of Ireland. Afters few observations from the Bishop of Ossory, the bill was read a second time, and their Lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons Mr. M'Laren gave notice that, on the second reading of the Scotch Reform Bill, he should move that no arrangement for the distribution of seats will be satisfactory which does not treat Scotland, as to the number of its members, as an integral portion of the United Kingdom and that to establish an equality at least fifteen additional members should be given to that country. Mr. Hardy stated, in reply to Mr. Candlish, that he did not intend this seuion to introduce a measure to prevent the pollution of rivers. The Public Departments (Extra Receipts) Bill was read a second time. The Railways (Extension of Time) Bill was read a second time. Leave was given to Mr. Ewart to bring in a bill to intro- duce into this country the metric system of weights and measures and to Mr. S. Cave to bring in a bill to carry into effect a convention between her Majesty and the Emperor of c:. concerning the fisheries iu the seas adjoining the British Islands and France, and to amend tho laws ro- tating to British sea fisheries. Lord J. Manners moved for leave to bring in a bill to further continue and appropriate tho Londoh coal alld wine duties. Mr. Labouchere thought it a questionable policy to con- tinue these duties from 1882 to 1888, with a view to borrow- ing money upon them now. If the bill were identical with that of last year, he^should offer it aU the opposition in his power. Leave was then given to hring in the bill. The Lord Advocate moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the procedure in the Court of Session, and the judi- cial arrangements intho superior court? of Scotland. The object of the bill, he stated, was to expedite the decision of cases, and this it was proposed to effect by extending the time for the sitting of the courts to some extent, and also to make certain arrangements by which the judges would be enabled to decide cases at times when at present they cculd not come before them. The bill also provided a new court of appeal to review the decisions of the sheriffs and it re- duced the number of the jury in civil cases from 15 to 7. Mr. Moncreiff criticised the provisions of the bill, but expressed his belief that the bill would effect a great im- provement on the present procedure. Leave was given to bring iu the bill, and also to bring in another bill to amend the procedure in the Court of Justiciary in Scotland, and the House adjourned. RESIGNATION OF THE PREMIER. In the House of Lords, on Feb. 25; the Earl of Malmes- bury rose and said—My Lords, it is my duty to inform your Lordships that the Earl of Derby, in consequence of failing health, has been obliged to tender hi? resignation to her Majesty, and that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept it. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to send for the Right *Hon. the Chancellor of the Exche- quer, to form a new Administration. It the feeling of the noble lords opposite (ami I know it must be so) is regret that failing health and illness, takes him, as it-were before his time, from among us, and deprives us of his advice and the benefit of his experience, how much more must this be felt by those friends who have sat side by side with him when in office and in Opposition? My lords, there is but one consolation uuderthese circumstaikces. hope that that rest which the noble lord proposes to give himself will restore him to nil again in greater strength, at all events ps an independent member of Parliament, to give lis tie bene- fit of his advice, and that we may enjoy the charms of hig eloquence. I had rather say no more on this subject. There- tore, I will simply state the course I propose with regard to the business of the House. As it is necessary that the Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Act should receive the royal assent before Saturday next, I propose that the committee on that bill shall be taken to-night, and that the House shall reassemble on Thursday, for .the purpose of pass- ing that measure, and then adjourn again until Friday, when the House of Commons meets. Earl Russell expressed his deep smypathy with the noble Earl and his colleagues in the Government on the loss they had sustained, and a hope that their Lordships might again see the noble Premier in his place in the House. The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act passed through com- mittee and their Lordships adjourned until Thursday (Feb 27.) In the House of "Commons, Lord Stanley rose and said: Sir, I have to announce to the House, and I do it with deep regret, that Lord Derby, in consequence of the state of his health, which, although improving, is still such as to render absolute repose from business necessary, has felt it his duty tù tender his resignation of the office he held ,to her Majesty, and her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept hh resignation. I have further to state that, by her Majesty's command, my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer is at present engaged in the formation of a Ministry. Under these circumstances I am only follow- ing the usual and, I believe, the invariable custom if, on the part of my right hon. friend, I venture to suggest the ex- pediency of an adjournment till the necessary arrangements have been completed. I deeply regret, and I am sure that my right hon. friend deeply regrets, to introduce any ob- stacle between the debate on a subject perhaps the most important which could engage the attention of the House; but I think the House will feel that the circumstances are such as to leave U9 no option. I propose that the House on its rising do adjourn till Friday next. Mr. Gladstone said; So far, Sir, as regards the motion for adjournment, under the present circumstances I should have thought that it would have called for no single word from myself, 80 obvtoUØ1y U It; circsuntonoa, of the case. With respect, however, to the special cause of tkat retirement which Lord Stanley, by a singular destiny, has had to announce, I cannot help expressing for myself, what I know will be generally felt, my regret that a career so long, so active, and, in so many respects, so distinguished and remarkable as that of his father, should have been brought to a close by the failure of his bodily health and strength. Mr. Maguire hoped that the Government would appoint an early day, and a Government day for the consideration of his resolution. Lord Stanley promised that it should be put down for Friday (Feb. 28). The House then adjourned till that day.
A DOCTOR'S TROUBLES.
A DOCTOR'S TROUBLES. An Edinburgh physician, with the curiously-appro- priate name of Allshorn, haa just been badty cast in an action against the Compagnie Immobilifere as pro- prietors of the Grand Hotel du Louvre, under the following circumstances :— In July, 1866, Dr, Allshorn was staying at this hotel, when a letter came addressed to him which he alleges summoned jum to London on business of very great importance. The to some mistake on the part of the servants of the otel, was put in a wrong box and not duly delivered. A J wtf- later, Dr. Allshorn received a telegram referring to „ expressing astonishment that he had not kept i i11*! ln Lond°n. Then only, in consequence of Jnquir • was found. Dr. AUshorn's correspondent had by that time left London for Venice, and thither the doctor proceeded to find him. Unfortunately he got to Italy just about the time of the battles of Lissaand Custozza, and he was arrested and detained in custody for some time on suspicion of bemg an Austrian spy. He brought his action to recover 7,500fr. damages from the proprietors of the hotel for the prejudice caused to him for the non-delivery of the letter. Iu computing his claim he charged for his travelling expenses to Venice, 60fr. a day for his forced sojourn in Paris, and 5,000fr. for the loss of practice as a physician during his absence from Edinburgh. The court held it not proven that he had suffered damage on any one of thes6 heads, and did not think f it made out that there waa any necessity for his going to Venice. Accordingly the doctor's action was dis- missed with costs.
REMARKABLE SUICIDE.
REMARKABLE SUICIDE. An inquest has been held at Plumpton upon the body of a man named John Hindson, aged fifty, of Penrith, who had been found dead on the railway at Plumpton. On Wednesday afternoon the deceased attended the Carlisle assize for the purpose of giving evidence in defence of his sister-in-law, who was being waed on the charge of receiving goods from her daughter, knowing them to have been stolen. In the comae of his examination, his lordship (Mr. Justice Meiior), apparently doubting the veracity of his state- ments, asked him several questions, the answers to which had the effect of throwing discredit upon his previous evidence. When the deceased first appeared m the witness-box he seemed to be very nervous, gave his evidence in a low tone, and with some hesitation. I As his lordship continued to question him his agitation increased, and he ultimately left- the court quite abashed. In passing sentence on his sister-in-law, the learned jnd;;e referred to deceased's evidence, stating í he had been brought forward to give a colour to her case, and that had he not given straightforward answers ha the questions he put to him, he would iuive found it his duty to have punished him for hits conduct. During the afternoon Hindson was noticed walking up and down the platform off the Citadel station, evidently in a dpsponding state of mind. In the evening he left Carlisle for Penrith, but instead of going on to Penrith he got out at Plumpton and when the train moved on he was found lying dead on the rails. It is con- jectured that he threw himself upon the rails and allowed the train to pass over his body.
BiSCOVEPiY SF M. SPEKE.
BiSCOVEPiY SF M. SPEKE. The following communication was sentto the London papers at noon on Monday from Scotland yard :— Metropolitan Police-office, Feb. 24. Sir Richard Mayne presents his compliments to the editor and requests he will make it publicly known that information was received this morning of the nev. Mr. Speke's safety. Mr. Charles T. Murdoch on receiving this intelli- gence communicated it immediately to Sir Richard Mayne, in order that the public mind might be relieved as early as possible from the painful state of suspense that the case has produced.
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PLYMOUTH, Monday night. Information was received at Plymouth this afternoon that the Rev. Mr. Speke had been found by the Cornish police. There is every reason to believe that the. information is authentic. It seems that on Wednesday last Sergeant itoady, of Padstow, Cornwall, received a photograph and description of a man named Ayre, who had absconded from Hull with a large sum of money. On the following Friday he saw a mall at Padstow dressed as a bullock drover, who, he believed, answered the description of Ayre. He conversed with him at his lodgings and left. Soady then sent for Inspector apie, of Wadebridge, who went to Padstow, and, with the sergeant, on Saturday took the person into custody, and found a large sum of money in his possession. The officer took him before H. P. Rawling, Esq., Justice of the Peace at Padstow, who re- manded him for three days. Meantime the police tent a lettcr to Sergeant Barnes, of Bodmin, who, 011 rtceiving it, weut, accompanied by Mr. Vincent, deputy-chief constable, to Padstow, and after minutely examining the prisoner, thoae officers were satisfied he did not correspond with the de- scription of Ayre. They then waited on the magistrate, who eonaideratoly remanded the prisoner to Bodmiu. On the way the police-officers were struck with the gentlemanly hearing and deportment of the prisoner, and were convinced they had no ordinary man. On arriving at their destination a more strict search was made of the prisoner and his luggage, among which were several l^ooks with the name of Dick MadweTl" written in them, besides articles of clothing to enable him to assume any disguise. The police, however, were not to be deceived, for having seen a description of the Rav. Mr. Speke in the newspapers theytnrned their atten- tion in that direction, and after a most careful observation and comparison they were strongly satisfied that their pris- oner was no other than the Rev. K Speke. Tbey charged him with it, and after considerable hesitation he admitted he waa the Rev. Mr. Speke. They communicated at onee with London.
MJi. SPEKE'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF.
MJi. SPEKE'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF. The rumour that appeared last week to the effect that the friends of Mr. Speke knew of his whereabouts, led, it is assumed, to Mr. Speke himself making a clean breast of it. In fact, there really was no foundation for the assertion, but it was suggested as a ruse, and, as it turns out, has answered most effectually, A letter addressed to Mr. Murdoch, and dated from the Crown Hotel, Padstow, delivered by Monday morning's post, was, however, the first information the friends of Mr. Speke have had regarding their relative since his mysterious disappearance. This epistle, which is rather lengthy, is written by Mr. Speke himself. It is a narrative of his doings from his arrival in London down to Sunday, and its general tone implies that he had conceived the idea of mysteriously disappearing from the time he left his home. In it he says he has been "guilty of many sins, but that he is now brought to a state of contrition, and, although he trusted that his friends would forgive him, he could not possibly return to London after what had appeared about him In the newspapers." He also says, It was impossible for him to go to the wedding," and that his sudden disappearance would be the "best excuse for his non-attendance." It will be remembered that he left the Chard station, on the South-Western Railway, on the 8th of January, taking a return ticket for the metropolis, and was coming to London professedly to act as the bridegroom's best friend, at the marriage of a most intimate acquaintance. The letter shows that the report as to his taking a four-wheeled cab and driving to a house in Eccleston-sqnare, where he stayed talking to the footman, who had been his parishioner and pupil, to his subsequently going out and saying that he was going to buy a hat, and afterwards transact a little business in Westminster," is quite true; but it did not refer nor in any way account for his hat being found in Birdcage-walk. He says that he returned that same night down the South- western Hne, and went nil to Southampton, frolJl which place he has travelled short stages to CornwalL By degrees he got rid of the money he had in his possession, and, finding himself pennyless, he solicits the "assistance of Mr. Mur- doch, to enable him to get on to Liverpool, thence to embark for A meIica." Mr. Murdoch and Mr. Inspector Williamson left London, on Mouday night, for Padstow. There is nothing in the letter to show that the writer ever assumed a disguise of any kind.
MESSRS. PIGOTT AND SULLIVAN.
MESSRS. PIGOTT AND SULLIVAN. The severe sentence pronounced upon Messrs. Pigott and Sullivan will, it is hoped, give a salutary check to the spread of seditious publications (writes The Tinned Dublin correspondent). In requiring them to enter into bail for two years at the termination of their respective terms of imprisonment, the judges have rendered the punishment more stringent, and adopted the best precaution against any return to writings of the class which the Crown has been obliged to indict. They may have been led to adopt this course, or at least confirmed in their view of; its expediency, by observing the character of last week's numbers of the two prosecuted journals. In the Weekly News there is a print representing Britannia as a bloated, help- less, old hag, shrinking affrighted from Columbia, who advances with a determined menacing air, and presents the Alabama claims' OIl the pom1-, of her sword, which almost touches Mrf. Britannia's" breast. The tendency of such a sketch needs no expla- nation. Another cartoon of the lady is announced for next week in a notice headed "Portraits for the People," which states that "as it had been ruled that to depict Mrs. Britannia otherwise than as a very grace- ful, beautiful, and angelic woman is highly seditious, and that to represent her as either old, or ugly, or cross is grossly illegal, and is a crime which a Dublin jury may adjudge deserving of condign punishment, we beg to say that our next issue will contain a portrait by which onr artist hopes to comply with the injunction of the law and to satisfy the most fastidious loyalists." Mr. Sullivan seems sadly disappointed with the Dublin jury who tried his case. A circum- stance may be mentioned which made his conviction mortifying, and at the same time more significant. One of the jurors was a very respectable Roman Catholic gentleman, whose father, a friend and fol- lower of O'Connell, happened to serve on a similar case, but pursued a very different couise. He was one of the jury who in 1848 tried Mr. Charles Gavin Duffy, the founder of the Nation, on a charge of treason-felony, and alone held out against a convic- tion, declaring that he would eat his boots," as the phrase runs, rather than find that gentleman guilty. His digestive powers were not put to the test, but he remained inflexible sufficiently long to obtain the discharge of the jury without agreeing to a verdict. The result was that the prosecution was ultimately abandoned. Mr. Duffy entered Parliament, and afterwards went out to Australia, not as a convict, but as an enterprizing colonist, and he returned soon to visit the old country," not upon a ticket-of-leave, but a pension from the Colonial Government as a Minister of the Crown. Mr. Sullivan has some little set-oil against his disappointment in the press prosecu- tion in the fact that the juror who dissented from his fellows in the processions' case in favour of an ac- quittal, belonged to the class of his bitterest political opponents. He addressed some "parting words," on the eve of his sentence, to the readers of the Weekly Neics, whom he designates "the true jury of my country, whose verdict I most prize," to assure them that this monstrous decision, this deadly blow at the life and liberty of the national press, shall not intimidate me or silence the Weekly News. He further says :— Fellow-countrymen,—The dictates of justice, the conclu- sions of judgment, the emotioWl of the heart are beyond the coercion of man. England may 9IIud us to gaol, but she cannot force us to praise or worship that agalu2t which our heart and consciences are in revolt. She may get verdicts ¡ as she pleases from permitted juries, well trained in treason- felony trials, but she cannot change the verdiot of the world upon that hideous scene in Manchester. As for myself, from the moment the Crown came upon me with a double prosecution I knew my doom was sealed. I knew that on one indictment or the other—or on both—my incarceration was to be achieved, in the vaiu hope of silencing or terrorising the journals which I have conducted. Then I resolved to meet the ordeal plainly and directly, fully con- scious that, come what might, the verdict of my ieliow- countrymen would be with me. To exchange home and family for the rigours of a prison may be hard, but brave and good men are now daily consigned to severities far more protracted thau tho3e awaiting me at K ¡hnainhall1. The spirit of sacrifice was never stronger in our race than it is to-day, and never since first Ireland had a press that she could call her own have the national journalists been missed from the roll of those fallen at their post." Fellow-country- men, I will not haul down the flag. Neither will it faU to the ground when I am struck down by the foe. Other hands, true and tried, will bear it onward still, till I can once again take my place at the post of responsibility. — I remain, dear fellow-countrymen, ever your devoted friend, ALEXANDER M. SULLIVAN. The Irishman writes in a similar spirit :— All we can say is that these prosecutions and convictions will not break the spirit of the national press. No matter what may be the period of Mr. Pigott s incarceration, he has friends who will bear the lamp he has lighted, and keep this journal worthy of his suffering and his name. It would be senseless bravado to say that they will defy the law- even as administered by Green-street juries. But within the limits of the libel law—arbitrary, and therefore tyran- nous, as it is—it is possible to advocate the national cause and animate the national heart. Next week we will have something to sny of the restrictions which these ex- tiaordlnary convictions place upon the liberty of the Irish press. To-day we will content ourselves by saying that, whatever be his punishment, Mr. Pigott will endure it like a man. There is one privilege, of which neither prosecu- tions, nor juries, nor judges, nor gaolers can deprive him. In his dungeon-cell he can utter the aspiration which is now, it seems, branded as the watchword of sedition, God save Ireland!
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Visits of sympathy have been paid to Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Pigott (now confined in Richmond Bridewell), by Sir John Gray, M.P., Mr. Serjeant Barry, M.P., and several members of the town council of Dublin, of different politics. These persons, however, were not suffered to do more than leave their cards, or enter their names in a book to be shown to the prisoners, who are confined in the ordinary cells, but, on a medical certificate, have been allowed a better than the prison dietary. The board of superintendence considered on Monday their application to be allowed to receive and answer letters freely, and referred the matter to the Inspectors-General of Prisons. The board are said to have passed an order (their meeting was private) exempting tho prisoners from wearing the prison dress,. and allowing them to "provide food at their own ex- pense, subject to prison regulations."
CLEVERLY DONE!
CLEVERLY DONE! A few days prior to the re-assembling of Parliament, Colonel Wilson Patten, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, left Warrington for the purpose of relieving one of his colleagues in waiting upon her Majesty at Osborne, for a few days During his ftojotfru there, Colonel Patten received a message reqipring hi^attend- ance in London, for which he immediately started. On his arrival at the terminus of the South-Western Rail- way, and while superintending the .removal of his luggage, he was accosted by a person of gentlemanly appearance. He addressed Colonel Patten by name, shook hands with him," asked him how he was, and followed up the usual salutions, by making inquiry into the health of her Majesty, stating at the same time he supposed the colonel had been to Osborne. The questions were rapidly put, and the manner of the person threw the colonel off hia guard completely. After a few more remarks with reference to the weather, the interview terminated, and Col. Patten afterwards got into a cab, and, on proceeding to consult his watch, found, to his utter astonishment, that it had been abstracted from his pocket, and the chain to which it was attached cleanly cut, his interro- gator at the railway station having managed, amid the hurry of hia interview with the colonel, to purloin it. On the day following, Col. Patten was again at Osborne, and mentioned the circumstance to the Queen, when her Majesty is said to have replied, Well, Colonel Patten, I would strongly advise you never again to shake hands with any person you don't know."
ATTACK UPON A HOUSE BY ARMED…
ATTACK UPON A HOUSE BY ARMED FENIANS. COKK, Tuesday. Last night, at nine o'clock, the butler at Maryboro House, about four miles from the city, answered a knock at the hall door, when immediately five fellows, armed with revolvers, rushed in, and demanded delivery of all anus in the house. The proprietor, Edward Eyre Newenham, Esq., county magistrate, came from the parlour, and the demand was repeated, when he went to his bedroom and fired a shot through the window, to give an alarm. The band then went into the demesne, and fired at Mr. Newenham, in at the window. Mr. Newenham replied with three shots from a revolver. One of the assailants fell on his knee, evidently hit, and was removed by the others, who made off.
IN HONOUR OF JOAN OF ARC.
IN HONOUR OF JOAN OF ARC. The Bishop of Orleans has announced his intention to make the festival of Joan of Arc, which is annually observed in his episcopal city, a more than usually marked event this year. The fete is held on the 8th of May, the anniversary of the day on which the Maid received a wound in the breast while delivering Orleans from the English in the year 1429. The Bishop is to preach the annual panegyric, and it is understood that his sermon will be an elaborate collection of his- torical proofs of the chief lacts of Joan's career. The sermon is to serve eventually as evidence towards the proposed beatification of the Maid of Orleans, a pro- ceeding which will make Sliakspeare once more a prophet. The poet put the following words into the mouth of Charles of France :— No longer on Saint Denis will we cry, But Joan la Pucelle shall be France's saint. The Cardinal Archbishop of Rouen has been invited to preside at the fête, as representing the city where Joan was martyred, and as representing, we might add, the body that condemned her to execution. Probably the Bishop ot Orleans will find himself able to dispose of the considerable documentary evidence which goes to show that Jehanne, as sbe signed herself, was never burned at all, but lived to be comfortably married, some other having been substituted for her at the time of execution.
A NEGRO EXECUTION. j
A NEGRO EXECUTION. A coloured man, named Williams, was recently exe- cuted at New Brunswick (N.J.) for shooting a man named Reddick. As the fatal hour drew near the prayers of the doomed man grew more fervent, and the six clergymen with him, one of whom was a coloured preacher, redoubled their exhortations. Hymns appropriate for the dreadful occasion were sung during which Williams gave forth frequent ejacu- lations, such as—"I see my father;" "Welcome King Jesus;" The gates are open to receive me:" I want to go right away This is really God's day My Jesus will give me to eat and to. drink, and to wear Oh, Lord, some quickly;" "Buethren, fear not death—it is good to dM meet me in Jheaven, for I shall be there soon" To-day I shall siiag with the angels in heaven—glory be to God." While on his knees his body swayed to and fro after the manner of coloured persons during religious excite- ment, every fibre and muscle in motion. After a time he was requested to get off his knees and sit down, as he might be tired. No," said he, I'll sit down in glory soon." He was soon requested to stand up, and white in that position clapped his hands and diUiced for very joy, uttering expressions of hope and players for sinners, calling all present to meet him in ghory when he left this earth. Not a shadow of fear of death, or doubt, appeared to cross his mind during the whole morning. On an expression being made that lie might be sustained in this hopeful strain of mind to the last, and that his soul might be saved, he said: "Don't be uneasy brethren; you needn't think I am going the other way I shall surely be in heaven before twedve o'clock; be sure you meet me there." He was con- sulted about the disposition of his body after death. He said It matters not who's going to bury my body. I have no friends. I am called an Ethiopiian man, but glory to God, this day the poor Ethiopiam is !;oiiig to be in heaven. Friends will take care of my II body but Jesus will take care of the soul." At length the hour of execution arrived. About ten, ex-Sheciff Cox came into the cell with a suit of clean clothes, a^id said, "Joseph, we are come to <lrena you." He re- sponded, "All right; I am prepared to go," On Mr. Cox saying that it was a n.co suit they were going to put on him, he said, I'll have a better one on soon, in glory." He was then dressed in a pair of black pants, white vest, black merino sack eoat, white I shirt and collar, and while adjusting the collar he said, "I don't v/ant any standing collar, for God don't want any l'lllook well enough in his sight." After he was dressed and the noose plactd around his neck, he was led to the door of the cell and the death-war- rant read to hjHy the clerk of the court. This long and wordy ■Wument, occupying some twenty minutes in reading, did not disturb his equanimity in the least, and at the close he said, "All right; God be praised." He was then asked, Brother, do you feel that the Lord is with you Oh, yes, I do." He was advised to keep his mind constantly oh heaven, and not allow himself to be disturbed I by the surroundings, when he said, Never fear for me the Lord is with me." He then ex- pressed a desire to see Bridget Dergan, the condemned murderesa of Mrs. CorielL As lie stood, at the door of her cell, she sat inside plunged in a state of the deepest dejection. The woman lifted her eyes from the ground, and they fell upon the ominous form of her dark-skinned predecessor, with his arms bound, and the deadly iioose around his neck. She sank down again, cowering and sobbing, while her face became a ghostly colour. Williams said to her Bridget, I've come to bid yon good-bye. May the Lord bless you. You can't be redeemed unless you repent, and ask His forgiveness. He will hear your cry, and stand by you at the last. With me to-day has been one of God's days—the happiest of my life. If you wish to see me again you must come to Jesus, for I am going strait; u,, into his arms. Good-bye, Briilget; may the Lord save your soul.' With a heart-rending shriek, which your soul.' With a heart-rending shriek, which reached the ears of the assembled crowd outside the gaol, the unhappy woman crouched down in a corner, buried her face in her hands, and shook in an uncon- trollable fit of ertiotion. The negro proceeded to the place of execution at- tended by Sheriif Clarkson and the Rey. Mr. Page. He was placed under the scaffold, the noose fixed to the fatal rope above his head, when he said, in a clear voice without the slightest apparent tremor or fear: Friends, this ia my last day. In a few minutes I shall be with Jesus. Meet me in heaven, where I am going soon. It is there you will find me on the day of judgment. Thank God for this day It is blessed to be here. Oh yea now let me go. Amen." A part of the fifty-first Psalm was then read by the officiating clergyman, while Williams ejaculated, "Thank God I'll be washed clean and white to-day. To-day is one of God's days." On being counselled to stand tirm, he said, I don't mind this at all; in a little I shall be with Jesus." The black cap was then drawn down over his face, which was calm and peaceful, and covered with an air of perfect resignation the sheriff stepped into the little pen beside the scaffold the dull blow of the axe on the rope was heard, the heavy weight within descended, there was a convulsive jerk in the air, aud the soul of the negro was launched into eternity.
:An APOLOGY OFFERED and ACCEPTED.
An APOLOGY OFFERED and ACCEPTED. A case has been before the Lord Chief Baron in the Irish Court of Exchequer with which the affairs of a Roman Catholic Liberal newspaper were mixed up. The plaintiff, the Rev. P. Clarke, is a Catholic clergyman of Belfast, and the defendant, Mr. A. J. M'Kenna, a gentleman who edited the Ulster Observer for a committee of clergymen and others, by whom it had been established. Disputes arose, and during these Mr. M'Kenna used the words, the cause of action, which were described as a slander unparal- lelled in its character, that the plaintiff had'' prostituted the confessional in his (the defendant's) regard. The Rev. Mr. Clarke said that as administrator he was entirely in the hands of the bishop, Dr. Dorrian, and that if confidence in his character were impaired he would be suspended. Dr. Dorrian, on being examined, said be understood the words to impute that Mr. Clarke had broken the seal of the confessional, which would be very distinctly and atrociously contrary to his duty as a clergyman." The Bishop also stated that he himself had complained of the conducting of the paper. It contained" many things uncatholic and unorthodox." It never reviewed a new work, and he thought it desirablj that the priests of the diocese should have reviews of historical and scientific books. The Bishop also considered its tone inconsistent, "blowing in one direction this day and in another, direction to-morrow." As he (Dr. Dorrian) was living in Belfast, the other bishops of the province expected he should give advice in reference to the paper." The case was ultimately settled by Mr. M'Kenna's tender- ing a written apology, in which he explicitly denied that he intended either by language or thought" the imputation attributed to his words: "frankly and unconditionally withdrew" any imputations those words might have have conveyed, and undertook to pay the costs of the plaintiff.
The PRESENTATION of the "GOLDEN…
The PRESENTATION of the "GOLDEN ROSE." A most imposing pageant has lately been celebrated in Madrid. The "Golden Rose" has been, in the Pope's name, presented to Isabella II., Queen of Spain. Stripped as he ia of the wealthiest part of his temporal dominions, borne down by the requirements of his overgrown army, and indifferently relieved by the Peter's pence levied among a hundred and fifty millions of believers, Pope Pius IX. can still dispose of gifts prized by devout Roman Catholic Sovereigns above all earthly possessions. To the Prince who has best deserved of tbe Holy See he sends the blessed Sword and Cap (to Stocco e it Beretto), and the Royal lady whose zeal for Holy Church has most shown itself either by actual deeds or pious intentions is rewarded by the equally blessed and even more precious Golden Rose," which is looked upon as the "noblest distinc- tion to which Royalty may aspire. Every year, as we are told, on the fourth Sunday in Lent, his Holiness bestows his solemn benediction on these coveted presents, but it is only on very rare occasions that he finds Crowned Heads worthy to receive his signal bounties. The last instance m which these high honours were conferred was that by which the present Pope, a fugitive at Gaeta, in 1849, evinced his gratitude for the shelter and hospitality extended to him by King Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies and his Austrian Queen. It was confidently expected that the Emperor Napoleon and his Empress, to whom Pius IX. was indebted for the wonders of De Failly's Challsepotand for M. Roulier's "Never!" would be equally re- warded, but their anticipations, if ever entertained, have been disappointed; the Cap and Sword have been laid up in lavender and stowed away in the store- rooms of the Vatican, and the Golden Rose found its way, not to the Court of the Tuileries, but to that of Madrid. It is not easy to conceive anything mere striking than the performance of the ceremony. At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 8th inst. Queen Isabella, attended by the King, her august Consort, deigned-to receive Monsignor Luigi Pallotti, the Apostolical Ab- Legate, or Special Messenger, who delivered his creden- tials, and announced the object of hisimportantmisaion. The whole assembled Court then repaired to the Royal Chapel, a spacious and magnificent edifice, running the whole length of one of the wings of the Palace, where the Queen's Confessor, Father Claret, Arch- bishop of Trajanopolis, was standmg on the steps of the altar, awaiting them. The Golden Rose, delivered by the Ab-Legate into the hands of the officiating Archbishop, was by him laid on the altar, on the Gospel side, and close to the labernacle." Mass was then said by the Archbishop, who, when he came to the Ite, Missa est, seated himself with his back to the altar, while a chaplain of honour" read the Pontifical Briefs, explaining the motives which had induced His Holiness the Pope to send her Majesty the Golden Rose, together with his Apostolical benediction to her and her Royal family. The Ab-Legate proceeded then to deliver a most im- pressive and touching address, in the Pope's name, to his best-beloved daughter in Jesus Christ, Queen Isabella, explaining that the "Golden Rose is the pledge of the paternal affection of the Pontiff-who sends it; the emblem of the faith, justice, and charity of the Sovereign lady who receives it, and the happy foretoken of the protection of God who hallows it." He prayed that this flower, bathed with the dew of heavenly blessings, might breathe on all opam the sweetest perfume of Christian charity he called on the Queen to open her heart to a_ holy joy on seeing before her the precious jewel which once adorned the thrane of Isabella the Catholic, and which the sacred hand of Pius IX.even in his day:, of tribulation and bitter sorrow, was now pleased to send to her, that it should once more shed its lustre on the glorious diadem of Castile. He reminded the Queen how the hand of the same Pius sent the holy water with which her eldest son the Prince of Asturias, was christened, and he prayed that the blessings at that time invoked upon the infant's cradle might dwell with the young Prince and crown him, as it were, with a wreath of peace, glory, and justice, so that he who was to be Alphonso XII. mig*ht "be heir to the wisdom of all the Algnonfloj- and to the holiness of all the Ferdinands- At the close of the Ab-Legate's address, and after reading the Brief by which the Pope empowered Father Claret to present the Rose to Her Majesty, the Queen, followed by the King ^6ns°rt> "P to the altar and knelt/011 its step, when the Ab-Legate took the Rose from its place and transferred it to the officiating Archbishop, from whom it finally reached the hands of the exalted Lady for whom it was intended. At the same moment the Archbishop pronounced the Latin formula appropriated to this ceremony, saying: Receive, 0 beloved daughter in J ems Christ, this evidence and lasting monument which we wish to give thee of the earnest love we bear thee, as much for thy signal services towards this Apostolic SeeLM for- the hifch virtues by which thou shinest among women. Accept thia mystic Rose, be- dewed with balm and musk, typifying the sweet odours which should exhale from the good deeds of all of us, especially of those living in high places. Accept it, beloved daughtei, who, in the temporal order, art noble, mighty, and endowed with at V'rtue; a(,d » m theT^^ as a 2x>s« pl-ii.iteu beside a *,re »k oi plan .ous waters, &c. The Rose is not, as might ba supposed.. an object of trifling value on the contnny,it is r. truly remarkable work of ait, representing a branCk of a rose tree, with the thorns and budi in pure g, lId, and having at the extremity n, fewer of larger size. The bongh rests on an elegant pedestal of silver gilt, which bears the papal arms among its ornaments. The intrinsic value of the present, calculated by the weight of the gold only, is about £400. The chiselling is of the most exquisite workmanship, and in its cup, among-its petals, the Pope, at every benediction he pronounces upon it, inserts a few particles of amber and musk, imparting to it the sweetness to which allusion is made In the Brief. e pon receiving the Rose the Queen returned to her place, whence, htill holding the conse- crated trinket, she repaired to her apartments. The Rose was then intrusted to a Court Chaplain, by whom it was exhibited, and tendered to the devout kisses of ail the officers of the Household ami dignitaries of the Realm. The final resting-place of the blessed flower private oratory of^ the Royal apart- lnents.
ARCHBISHOP MANNING ON ..♦*;•…
ARCHBISHOP MANNING ON ..♦• EDUCATION. 'n,^ pastoral letter from Archbishop Manniutr, read hi all the Roman Catholic churchoa in the diocese of Westminster last Sunday, his grace makes the following allusions to the proposed educational changes which have of late been so much talked of:— But it is of vital necessity that we should be fullv sv'v.ke to the risk of changes, which, though made ir.h no hostile purpose, and even with the best inten- tion, would nevertheless, in the end, be fat^l to Christian education. The civil powera are everywhere separating themselves from the Church, because the masses of the people are separating them- selves from Christianity. There was, perhaps, never a moment when Christianity had a feebler hold over the people of this country; and that for two reasons :'the action for religion over the-masses has grown perpetually less, and the masses have multi- plied year by year. At such a time as this, io. hasten and to extend the separation of religion from educa- tion is an imprudence bordering on infatuation. Better let even our sectarian divisions exist than rob Christian children of Christian education, howsoever imperfect. To be in earnest for a fragment of Divine truth is better than to be indifferent about the whole of Christianity. Excepting a handful of doctrinaires, and a few professed secularists, there is not to be found any number of people in the country who would prefer a school without Christianity. For ourselves, reverend and dear brethren, and dear children in Jesus Christ, these schemes cannot be accepted. The religious confusions which have prev-.iled even on upright ;and Christian men to entertain such theories as possible, if not as ex- pedient, are signa of the latter time, and fulfilments of our Master's words, "when the Son of Man cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on the earth? In the midst of these confusions, it gives great peace to.'know that our Catholic educatiou. is both extending and. rising every year.
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The ex-King, of Hapovew's gushing .display ^t.the Heitziag dfhnar a^ems-likely.td; cost hfrn de$r.: f.*The Prussian Government threatens to stop tHe pocket money he receives as a monarch out of business, Uqù!88 he makes an apology for his offensive speech, or pro, mises never to offend again in a similar way.j ( In noticing the above event, the Vienna cowes-
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pondent of the Daily Telegraph wri*s f In justice to the Austrians, \vho" atc heartily disgusted with the whole affair-anli how should they not be so?—I wish to state distinctly that neither the Imperial family, the army, the municipality of Vienna, nor the official wojid took any part whatever in the festivities above described. A Court ball was given at the Burg yesterday evening, expressly to show that the Court ignored the ex-King's demonstration, regarding ^lt aa purely a family rejoicing. Had one of the Imperial oall-coom3—given constantly to uommittees of public bails, «c.—been lent to the exiles for the occasion, there might have been sotne pretext for asserting that the Emperor had enoouraged an auti-Prussian cabal; but as even this favour was withheld, I trust the good people at Berlin will understand that no blame is to be attributed to Austria for what, after all, is but a display of objectless, after-supper bravado, harming nobody but the weak-minded persons who were present.
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It is said that General M'Clellan has a claim to a share in the Banda and Kirwee prize-money. He has proved himse ))to be the nearest of kin, and, consequently, heir to Miss Alicia Campbell, who inherited from her brother, the late Lord Clyde, 11. poition < the Handa awl Kirwee prize- money. C ,,¡;c' 1 lath or was cousin german to the late turd Clyde. These ciieumstances ought to give additional weight to the reasons for the gallant General's appointment to this country.