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[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] STRIVE AND THRIVE, j CHAPTER XXVIII. A CHASE. IF Mr. Belmont's attentions to Miss Mink had not been sufficiently marked to justify the inference which Hugh M'Cann, in common with many other people, had drawn, they certainly did not fall much short of that point. His intimacy with the family had gradu- ally increased, and step by step he had become in- volved in so many semi-confidential relations with Miranda, that he probably would not have felt at liberty to recede from the delicate entanglement" into which he had been drawn, even if he had desired so to do. Having gone so far, there was an implied obligation upon him to go further, and the momentous step which he was thus forced to contemplate he cer- tainly did not regard with repugnance. He well knew that he had no strong attachment for Miss Mink, and he believed that the only being Who could have aroused his torpid heart to its full capacity for deep and passionate love, was lost to hirn for ever, through his own folly and blindness. But be was interested in Miranda; she seemed to him Upright, amiable, and affectionate; and he believed her fitted to adorn the station which, as his wife, she would be called to fill. Unfortunately, when Miss Sibbald's messenger, Hugh M'Cann, who was no Mercury in his move- ments, set out in search of his master, that gentleman Was absent from his hotel, nor had they left any clue to his whereabouts. When Hugh had learned thus much, and had re- jected that it was too early in the day for him to be fit Colonel Mink's, he started forth to look for him, and spent nearly an hour in the search, before he became impressed with a sense of its utter useless- ness. He then returned to the hotel, where, to his chagrin, he learnt that Mr. Belmont had been in, and had again gone out, during his fruitless search for him. Hugh now did what he ought in the first place to have done-he remained in Howard's room, and Patiently awaited his return, watching for him at the same time from one of the windows. He believed he Would not be long absent, for his writing desk was open and covered with papers, and Carl was lying nsleep beside it. If the dumb brute could only spake, now said Hugh, whose anxiety became intense as he saw that the clock indicated nearly half-past eleven. Where is the masther, Carl, eh ?" Bnt the dog replied only by beating a tattoo" on the floor with his tail, and the Irishman began Seriously contemplating running down to the ship, asking the captain to hould on" for another hour. He might leave the bit o' paper," he thought, On Belmont's desk, and he did not doubt that it would tell the whole story. But a little reflection saved Hugh *fom this second blunder, and after another quarter of an hour's suspense, he heard the welcome step of his Inaster on the stairs. He rushed out to meet him, and thrusting Miss Sibbald's card into his hands, he said-- Read it quick, now, or yell be too late." Why, what's this, Hugh! This is nothing that I interested in. This is the card of Miss Grace ibbald, a very pretty name; but one that I never heard before." Turn it over, then. It's on the other side." Howard complied and read- Steamship Bolivar, foot of Chambers-street, ^orth River—twelve o'clock to-day.' Here is some ■stake. This is not meant for me." j4 Isn't Miss Wallyworth in it?" Miss Walworth! no! What do you mean ? Speak quickly, you stupid fellow!" The now disconcerted Hugh replied quickly, but not with increased precision- th *fc's herself that's in it, sure, and the little brother at was drownded with her. They're both on that there, and they'll be a'f>her bein' in the East in_gees while ye're standing her. It sails in ten minutes." "Run for a hack, then! youll find them just opposite," said Howard, and he himself ran down- stairs ahead of his servant, and did not abate his speed, until, side by side with Hugh, he reached the carriage stand. self ^cvr? them he said. Here, this him- Hugh ;Ung 0ne> and springing in. Jump in, Is it inside I'll git ? asked Hugh, hesitating. Yes—yes—quick now! To the foot of Cham- ers-,street, driver! The steamship Eolivar and a overeign for you if you get us there in time. The i,, "lay n°t be punctual," he continued to Hugh, tpii U i.1 Relieve these steamships usually are. Now, me all about it, Hugh. Where did you meet her? at message did she send, and was her—her husband with her ? Howard's air, although betraying some agitation, J n 0 mea^s evinced a joyous excitement. He was a. ly anxious, indeed, to see the beautiful girl once alnf6 whose image had so long haunted his memory, though he did not doubt the interview must be a Painful one to him. f Hugh told his brief story as lucidly as was possible Or him, and at the close of it Belmont asked him gain—" Was her husband with her ? And what kind of It man was he ? t He wasn't with her at all. Perhaps he'd gone on the ship ahead iv 'em." j Possible that he is going with her to toaica, if he is a man of business but I should thI^OS0 ke would at least see her embark. What did ™ other ladies call her ? Mrs. what ? j^. Just Edy, sir; nothin' else, barrin' I called her tlrfv Wa,1yworth myself siveral times, s'een I forgot she was married." And didn't she correct you P 4 Not at all." 0v ,elmont thought he had never seen the streets so Vf^ ed before. Every conceivable variety of h*6 seeme<lto b0 in his way, and he looked out despair upon the wedged and slow mass which "dented his hackman from reaching even the nearest 0 °Ss street, and getting out of the jam." The two PPosing currents came to a dead lock, which the icemen, who flitted busily about amidst it, vainly OUght for many minutes to disentangle. diffi tIle mass began again slowly to move, the culty was still extreme, and but for a lucky ought of Hugh, several additional minutes would »iave been lost. "If you've ary a dollar for him now," said the Irish- man, pointing to the policeman who stood nearest the ^friage, and who was beckoning to the docile stage- Qrivers and indicating their several courses, "he'll put us through." Acting on this hint, Belmont called the man to SaidSide' aud sliPPing some silver into his hand, he M' 1>ray, my friend, make a passage for me into ^g^y-street without delay! My business is most je/|jhe man closed his hand upon the money without few 'ant' ^PPed in front of the carriage, making a ituT Kl»ns to the watchful drivers, yet scarcely utter- a word of command to any. Difficulties vanished 0ffiglCalIy now' anc* the beleaguered carriage, thus alH?lally Piloted, soon emerged into the cross street, v, ough not until the clock on the City Hall had the hour of twelve. Pro Was' course' a ^ew minutes later when it ap- ye ?j?hsd the river, and Howard's forebodings were ea» ? khe answers which he received to his first ««o, lllfluiries for the Bolivar. 'She, off, Sir! suT *on £ I)as she been gone?" sir fs keen lying off in the stream these two hours, go! a; her wheels are just beginning to move. There rjf her parting gun, now." e enough Howard saw the smoke and flash, j, started at the reverberating roar. by aspired with sudden resolution, and impelled riVe 0rne such energy as that which, in this very spra' two years before, had made him a hero, he tiearn^rom his carriage and ran to the end of the where a few watermen, who had been in h, "etween the ship and shore, were yet lingering Q,the r boats. ° Oil Quick! to the Bolivar," he said, springing into in0vjns „to° late," said the gaping man; she's N U'ant | matter—we'll try! Be active, now, if you oar i»'U'n a day's waSes in ten minutes. I'll take l,o^he men bent earnestly to their seemingly his n, SVa^. Hugh, who having followed closely on sh°ufc^j s heels, now stood amazed on the dock, on J? git carried off, masther, as sure as ye set fut j her 1 to tl r. Kape her off, I tell yees, or ye'll have to go East Ingees." ° eoitiAtVeT fea.r' Hugh," Belmont called back. "Ill I e back with the pilot outside the Hook." I Outside the Hook ? It's outside his sinses he is, Pm thinkin' muttered Hugh. Ah, may the saints presarve him from ever gittin' on board, at all, at all." There did not seem much danger of Howard's reach- ing the vessel, for although she moved but slowly at first, yet she was nearly in the middle of the wide river, and each revolution of the wheels seemed faster than the preceding one. Of course the oarsmen took a diagonal direction down the river, and by dint of the most laborious efforts (in which the waterman confessed himself outdone by his passenger), they suc- ceeded in getting a good offing before the puffing monster came abreast of them. This was their only chance, and Howard, who had his handkerchief ready tied to the handle of his oar, rose and swung it high in the air, shouting loudly as he did so. Some commotion about the pilot-house inspired him with hope that he was observed, and he at once redoubled his cries, and waved his signal with increased rapidity, when, to his unspeakable joy, the great wheels ceased to revolve, and, dropping to his seat again, joined the boatman in urging forward their little skiff. It's rather an impudent thing to do," he 'said, laughing, and no doubt they think they are hailed by some officer of the law, or perhaps by some dila- tory passenger. I hope the captain is a good-natured fellow, or I shall never be able to pacify him." Belmont got safely on board, and having succeeded in making his peace with the incensed pilot (the cap- tain needed no propitiation), he at once proceeded to the cabin in search of Eda. CHAPTER XXIX. EXPLANATIONS. EDA had of course entirely abandoned the hope of seeing Howard, and she had come sadly to the con- clusion that it was better for her peace of mind that they should not meet. Yet she would have been glad for her father's sake, to see him, for she knew that it would gratify him to hear from so valued a friend. The Misses Sibbald had left her about half an houf prior to the sailing of the ship, having gone ashore in a tug which had brought off a number of the passengers, and she had soon afterwards gone below, not a little depressed in spirit, despite the prospect of a speedy reunion with her beloved parent. As the weather was fine, and nearly all of the few passengers were on deck, Miss Walworth had no difficulty in finding the quietude and retirement which she longed for, without confining herself to her narrow state-room. She and Frank were quite alone in one end of the principal cabin when Belmont approached them, and so little did she imagine the possibility of such a visitor now, that she did not look up at the new- comer until he almost stood at her side and his voice sounded in her ears- Eda!" Mr. Belmont!" Astonished beyond measure, yet more deligntea than astonished, and more embarrassed than either, the beautiful girl, with fast mantling blushes, ex- tended her hand to meet that of her friend. Nor was Howard quite self-possessed. Absorbed in ad- miration, and stung by regrets, he hesitated in what terms to address the lady, whose charms, one glance sufficed to tell him, had even more than fulfilled the bright promises of her girlhood, when Eda herself took the initiative, and said— I am ashamed to have sent for you, Mr. Belmont, though I was assured that I ought to do so, and I thought it would give papa so great pleasure." "I should never have forgiven you if you had not," replied Howard, interrupting her; I have sought long and diligently for your father and you." But I fear I have put you to very great incon- venience. I know it must be so," she added, with an anxious look; and besides, how are you to get off again, since the ship has already started on its voyage t" Oh, I shall go off with the pilot some two hours hence," replied Howard, gaily. "Never fear for me; and now, before I SlY more, will you please to tell me by what name I am to address you, for although I have heard, it has escaped my memory." Is it possible that you have forgotten ? Eda. Walworth." Oh, I had not forgotten that, but it is your new name I ask for, Eda." Eda looked bewildered for a moment, and then said- I have no other name." Are you not married, then?" Colouring deeply, Miss Walworth replied in the negative; and Howard, with a surprised and pleased wok, added- I I really beg your pardon, but I thought my in- formation quite authentic on this point. I may still call you Miss, then, without fear of offence." Belmont at once proceeded to inquire particularly about Mr. Walworth's health, and an animated con- versation of many minutes ensued, during which each party had many questions to ask and answer; while Frank, who had gradually edged nearer to the stranger, with some vague sense of recognition, soon engaged a share of his attention. In response to Howard's earnest yet delicately- worded inquiries, Miss Walworth was led to relate most of the important events of her life, during the two preceding years; and if she had been disposed to disguise the poverty to which her father had been reduced, there was one circumstance which forbade its concealment. She wore neither watch nor jewellery, and it was certainly due to the friend who had bestowed these costly presents upon her, to explain their absence from her person. I know," she said, when she had spoken of the necessity which had compelled them to accept a home with their relations in the country, I know that you will give me credit for not having parted with your gifts, excepting in a real emergency. There were no other available means to enable papa to go south, and —and we only pledged-we did not sell them. Although Eda tried to touch lightly on these topics, her eyes moistened as she spoke of them, and she turned her head aside. But may I ask why it was, since you are going to join your father in Jamaica, that you did not rather accompany him there? It can scarcely be two months since he went." Franky and I did not go with him, because all the money that we raised was barely sufficient for him alone, and he was able to leave us only a few dollars. Why we are going now I will tell you, and in doing so I come to the most wonderful, indeed the only truly wonderful part of my story. First, how- ever, I must tell you why I left my uncle's and came to New York, and some of the incidents which befell me by the way." Succinctly, yet graphically, did Eda narrate the various facts with which the reader is already fami- liar, pausing at times to choke down the emotion which impeded her utterance, and brought the now unheeded tears into her eyes. "Poor dear child!" exclaimed Howard, involun- tarily, as she paused at that part of her narrative where, after having suffered so many wrongs and cruelties, she stood alone in the streets of the great city, not daring to look at or accost a fellow-being, lest she should draw some fresh indignity upon her. Poor dear child Surely Heaven must have some blessings in store for thee, in compensation for such sufferings as these!" Eda soon subdued her emotion, and resumed her narrative. It grew brighter-coloured now; and, as she painted the cordial reception which she met with from the Misses Sibbald, and their prompt and generous aid, Belmont found himself sympathising as fully with her joys as he had with her distress, and inwardly blessing the hospitable friends who had given her shelter and relief. Let me remind you here," resumed Eda, that my father must be kept ignorant of what I have undergone, for I know how deeply a knowledge of it would pain him. If, therefore, you should write to him, please not to allude to these things." Howard's schooled yet sensitive heart had felt the fascination of Eda's charms even in that season of her comparative childhood when they had first met, and during his years of absence, as we have seen, pleasant memories of her had often regaled his soli- tary hours; but never had she seemed so lovely to him as at this moment, when not only the full light of her beauty, but all the purity and sweetness of her cha- racter were revealed to him. Such a picture of filial and sisterly love, constant to its unselfish purposes, through trials which might have shaken the sternest heart, and sedulous now only to prevent the knowledge of those sufferings from reaching the loved parent in whose behalf they had been endured, seemed to him something far above and beyond all ordinary attainments in human excellence. (To be continued.)
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ROYAL COUNTIES AGRICULTURAL…
ROYAL COUNTIES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The Mayor of Southampton (Mr. James Bishop) gave a banquet at the Victoria Booms in that town on Wednesdav night, in honour of the visit of the Royal Counties Agricultural Society this week, and there was a large and influential assembly of gentlemen, including Lord Henry Scott (president of the society), Mr. Alfred Giles, M.P., Mr. Stewart M'Naghten, Sir Frederick Perkins, the Mayors of Portsmouth, Win- chester, Newbury, Romsey, Basingstoke, Lymington, and other boroughs. Responding to the toast of The Houses of Parliament," Mr. Giles, M.P., in the absence of Mr. Henry Lee, M.P., senior member for Southampton, commented on the immense personal responsibility now devolving upon members of the Legislature. They all knew it was necessary to have two parties in the House of Commons, but the fact of there being at the present time four par- ties there showed that the party lines which used to rule formerly were not so strong as they were. He thought the party colours were now much more blonded than they used to be, and this was illus- trated in the late and present Governments, but he did not believe this was to the disadvantage of the country at large. The House of Commons possessed many good qualities, but amongst its many virtues charity towards its opponents was not pre-eminent, and they would all be glad to see a little less of those personal remarks which inflamed the passions and put an end to argument. He deprecated the en- couragement of so much talking in the House, and commended to some of its most brilliant orators the old maxim of Hamlet to Polonius. He expressed the hope that in future legislation they might be able to do something to substantially benefit the interests of agriculture. The toast of "Success to the Royal Counties Show" was proposed by Sir Frederick Perkins, and responded to by Lord Henry Scott. "The Health of the Mayor" was enthusiastically eceived.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. A novel case—M'Alden v. Schnedeerhe-was tried at the Sheriff's Court, Preston, on Wednesday, before a special jury. On April 24 last the plaintiff and defendant were at an hotel in Barrrow-in-Furness, partaking of refreshments. The defendant asked the plaintiff to stir up the fire, and while he was doing so poured a box of red dye over M'Alden's head, observing that he was phrenologically feeling his bumps. The plaintiff afterwards tried to wash it off, when he found his face, neck, and hair all dyed red. when he found his face, neck, and hair all dyed red. The defendant then exclaimed jocularly, You will be a red devil for three months." The plaintiff washed himself again, but the more he rubbed the more intense the colour became. Besides staining the fea- tures and hair, the stuff spoiled a couple of suits, several shirts, no end of collars," and also altered the hue of the bed clothes. M'Alden was likewise thrown out of employment owing to the ridicule he ex- perienced, the boys and girls shouting Red Indian as he passed along the streets. He had tried daily to eradicate the colouring matter, but without success, for the dye refused to depart, and affected his eyesight. The plaintiff appeared in court with a finely polished scarlet countenance and a head of bright chestnut hair. The defendant had been in the habit of carryivg a box filled with red powder, which he distributed as snuff, the effect being to dye his friends' nostrils a deep carnation. It transpired that be was the manager of the Flax and Jute Works, Barrow. The action was brought to assess damages sustained by the plaintiff, for whom Mr. G. Cooper, barrister, appeared. The defendant con- ducted his own case, and caused considerable amuse- ment in court. A verdict was found for the plain- tiff—J20.
ITHE NE"\\ LORD CHANCELLOR.
THE NE" LORD CHANCELLOR. Sir Hardinge Stanley Giffard, Q.C., the newly- appointed Lord High Chancellor, is the son of the late Mr. S. L. Giffard, barrister-at-law, by Susanna, eldest daughter of Mr.F. Moran, of Downhill, county Mayo. He was born in 1825, and was educated at Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1852 and M.A. in 1855. He married firstly Caroline, daughter of Mr. W. C. Humphreys, of Wood-green, Middlesex, and secondly Lynie, daughter of Mr. H. Woodfall, of Twickenham, by whom he has issue. The learned gentleman was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1850, and joined the South Wales Circuit, whereon and in London he rapidly acquired a large practice. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1865, and was elected Treasurer of his Inn in 1881. Sir Hardinge Giffard was appointed Solicitor-General in November 1875, on the elevation of the then Attorney-General, Sir R. Baggallay, to the Appeal Court, and the consequent appointment of Sir John Holker as Attorney-General. The learned gentleman thenreceived the honour of knighthood. He had not a seat in the House at the time of his appointment, but afterwards succeeded in getting returned for Launceston in March, 1877, at which place he was again successful at the general election of 1880. He had previously unsuccessfully contested Cardiff in November, 1868, and February, 1874,; and Horsham in 1876. The appointment of Sir Hardinge Giffard to the woolsack will give general satisfaction to mem- bers of the Bar, with whom the learned gentleman is deservedly popular, as he has always taken a most prominent part in all matters affecting the interest of the legal profession. He took a warm interest in the ra formation of the Bar Committee, of which he was afterwards elected first chairman. Sir Hardinge Giffard has been retained in most of the leading cases of the day, and his undoubted abilities and unfailing courtesy have always commanded the respect and at- tention of both the Bench and Bar.
LADY WRANGLERS AT CAMBRIDGE.
LADY WRANGLERS AT CAMBRIDGE. Those establishments over which many a Philistine once made so merry, and as to the success of which many people, even of a highly esthetic turn of mind, were inclined to be sceptical-we mean the halls and colleges for ladies at our two older Universities—are belying by their achievements the pessimist prognos- tications of their enemies. After several preliminary successes of a less complete kind, Newnham has now sent: up for the great mathematical examination two ladies who have won the blue ribbon of the Cam- bridge academic year. Miss Rickett and Miss Hewitt are not only Wranglers, for that quaint title of honour is no longer reserved for the sterner sex, but they are avowedly equal in the merit of their achievement to several of the men who have won the much- coveted dignity. There is no longer any reason why a lady should be supposed incapable of attaining a still higher place, and even eclipsing all male competitors in the race for the first place in the mathematical tripos. Miss Rickett and Miss Hewitt, together with the five other students of their sex who have won less eminent distinction by appear- ing in the honour list as senior or junior optimes, deserve to be numbered amongst the heroines who have established a grand biological principle. In solving the arduous and puzzling problems presented to them by the examiners, they have at the same time set at rest a question of more general interest- whether the feminine brain and the feminine consti- tution were equal to the prolonged strain of reading for a high class at the University. No amount of theorising or experimenting by scientific processes could have given us the certainty that these ladies have now procured for the world, by actually apply- ing to the matter in dispute that indisputable form of argument embodied in the hackneyed schoolmen's phrase solvitur ambulando. The Graphic.
FRENCH WATERING PLACES.
FRENCH WATERING PLACES. A commission appointed by the French Govern- ment two years ago to report on mineral water legislation has just concluded its labours. It re- commended the creation ot four districts, each I under an inspector nominated by the Minister of Commerce, at a salary of 12,000fr., with 3000fr. for travelling expenses. The inspector, a physician of 20 years' standing, is to renounce his practice, and is to visit every station in his district at least once a year, staying long enough at a place to see the work- ing, and, if necessary, repeating his visits. There are now 1027 mineral springs in use, and 391 establish- ments, receiving 221,000 visitors a year. Up to 1881 the inspectors were entitled to fees from the estab- lishments, the State acting as intermediary, and levy- ing the tax on the proprietors but difficulties having Ii arisen, a law of 1882 declared the inspectors not en. titled to any remuneration. The appointment of this Commission followed, and the majority recommends the system above described. At each station there is to be a resident doctor, to give gratuitous advice to the indigent patients, who number in all 15,000. The establishments are to be taxed to defray the expense of the new system.
CURIOUS ACTION ON A CHEQUE.
CURIOUS ACTION ON A CHEQUE. In the Court of Queen's Bench on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Day and a common jury, the case of Wilkinson v. Mainwaring was heard. The plaintiff, Mr. Horace Wilkinson, of 23A, Red Lion-square, Middlesex, sought to recover from Mr. Charles Henry Mainwaring, residing near Portman-square, the sum of £50, the amount of a cheque. The plaintiff claimed as endorse against the defendant as drawer, and the defendant denied that the plaintiff gave con- sideration for the cheque. Mr. Jervis and Mr. Ven- nell were the plaintiff's counsel; while Mr. Kemp, Q.C., and Mr. Baggally were for the defendant. Mr. Kemp, in stating the case for the defendant, on whom it fell to begin, said the cheque was drawn a long time ago—in August, 1883-that it came into the hands of several card-sharpers, and that the plaintiff, who was now the holder' brought his action as being, according to his contention, the holder for value. The plaintiff was a person who lived in a little lodging at a rent of 5s. a week. The defendant was a person of property. He had given way to drink, and when persons got drunk knaves and scoundrels not unfre- quently took advantage of them. In August, 1883, the defendant was at Brighton. He had previously met at Nice a person of the name of Mr. Meynell Collier, who was an expert at cards, and got his living by his wits. In Brighton there was a gambling club. The learned counsel did not know whether the police were acquainted with it, but if not they ought to be. The defendant, being somewhat under the influence of drink, suggested going over to the club to have a little gamble. They went; the game was baccarat, which required a cool head, and the more drunk a man was the more likely he was to lose. The defendant was introduced at the club to a Dr. Harrison and a Mr. Solomon (the secretary or treasurer). These gentlemen took care whilst the play was going on that the defendant should be liberally supplied with more drink. When he had lost all his money they produced counters, and he continued to play and lose, and was induced to sign a number of cheques, one of them being the £50 cheque now in question. They cashed one cheque for E40, and he stopped payment of the others. His losings amounted to about £350. Amongst the parties to some of the transactions was a Mr. George Roland, who bad a singular history, and was otherwise known as Raisis, Raggi, or Ponsini. As to the claim, be (the learned counsel) maintained that if the defendant was drunk at the time when he signed the cheque, the plaintiff was not the bond fide holder for value. Mr. Justice Day: I do not quite accept that proposition. Mr. Kemp said there could be no doubt that the defendant was swindled at a gambling club whilst under the influence of drink. The defendant, in giving his evidence, said Solomon was pretty well known at Brighton, where he was called The Hodgehog." Mr. Kemp What is his particular habit: An uncomfort- able person to handle, or what ? Yes. (Laughter.) Examination continued The defendant said the only part of the cheque in his handwriting was his signa- ture. The rest was filled up by some of the others. The Judge: It is a very commercial-looking cheque. Mr. Kemp: Very commercial, my lord—gambling commercial. In answer to further questions, the I defendant said that after he lost his money he had a vague idea that Collier took him home. The Judge Not to Collier's discredit, surely ? (Laughter.) Mr. Kemp: No, very much to his credit. (Laughter.) Mr. Baggally: For £350, my lord. The Judge But the defendant says that Collier lost too. (Laughter,) Cross-examined by Mr. Jarvis, the defendant said he was connected with the Park Club, when the members were brought up before Sir James Ingham and was broken up. So you were not such an innocent lamb as to fall into Collier's hands ?—No. Cross- examination continued, the defendant said that he bad dined before meeting Collier on the pier at Brighton. He was then three-quarters and a-half drunk. (Laughter.) Collier entertained him hospit- tably at the club-very hospitably. (Laughter.) He, the defendant, did not give the cheque intending to dishonour it. He was intoxicated three-quarters and a-half. (Laughter.) Mr. Jervis submitted that there was no defence to the action. The learned Judge held that there was evidence of fraud to go to the jury. Mr. Jervis, addressing the jury for the plain- tiff, submitted that when a man went to a club to play for money he was expected to pay honestly if he lost. It was the defendant himself who wanted to be taken to the club, and he admitted that the signature of this cheque was his ordinary signature, showing that he was not in the state of intoxication represented. The plaintiff was a Continental commission agent, and had come into contact with Mr. Raisis in the way of business. Mr. Raisis was a Greek gentleman, and there was not the slightest ground for the suggestion that he had anything to do with the aliases mentioned by Mr. Kemp, or that the transactions in question bad anything whatever to do with cardsharping. The plaintiff stated in evidence that he met Raisis at the restaurant at Palmerston-buildings, in the City, and also at the Cafe Royal in Regent-street, where they also met the Count and Countess de Gramont. The Judge: We have heard the name before. A good old name, very well known. (Laughter.) Mr. Kemp: The name, my lord, of one of the oldest families in France. (Laughter.) The Judge, to the plaintiff How did you meet these scions of the French aristocracy ? (Laughter.) The Defendant: I met them by acci- dent. Cross-examined by Mr. Kemp, the plaintiff said he did not depend entirely for his living.upon his business as a Continental commission agent. He had a subsidy from his wife, who was a lady of fortune. She did not live with him, but lived in Belgium. lie had lived in lodgings at 5s. 6d. a week, but did not go away without paying. He did not meet Raisis promiscuously, as he did the count and countess, but could not tell where he lived and did not know that he ran away without paying his landlady. Re-examined by Mr. Jervis, the plaintiff said Raisis had a. residence in the Rue de Richelieu, in Paris. Madame de Gra- niont, the lady referred to as the Countess was called as a witness for the plaintiff, and said her name was Josephine; that she bad apartments at 13, Grove- place, South Kensington, where she paid a guinea a week, and had also a box room in a street leading out of Tottenham-court-road, where she paid 17s. a week. Her husband had an income from rent in France, where they had a house in the suburbs. Her husband was frequently away on business without her. She did not know that he had anything to do with betting, or that he took part in the play at the club at 3, Cavendish-place, Brighton, as Dr. Harrison. The learned judge, in summing up the case to the jury, observed that where there was fraud of the kind sug- gested, the defrauder was a worse rogue than many a poor thief who was sent to prison to expiate offences against the laws of property. The jury, after a few seconds' consultation, returned a verdict for the de- fendant on the grounds of fraud. His lordship gave judgment accordingly, with costs.
MR. LOWELL ON LORD SALISBURY…
MR. LOWELL ON LORD SALISBURY AND IRELAND. Mr. James Russell Lowell arrived at Boston on Saturday in excellent health. He talked freely with the reporters about English politics, saying that Lord Salisbury is an able leader, but there is much trouble ahead of him. The Conservatives will find if they take office they must largely pattern their Irish policy after Mr. Gladstone's, which gave the Irish more than justice demanded. The Irish have vastly more advantages than the Scottish or English farmers. The Irish question will be settled peaceably. They are human like the English. About one-fourth are thoroughly loyal to the Government, and a much larger proportion would like to be, but are overawed by some of their leaders. The Irish are a peculiar people. They talk for the sake of talking, paying little attention to what they are saying, or stopping to consider its effect. I believe Mr. Parnell to be earnest and sincere in his efforts on behalf of his countrymen," continued Mr. Lowell; but many others are not so. I do not see how any other policy can be adopted towards Ireland. She can never be separated from England. The natural location of the two countries forbids it. There was much talk about annexing Ireland to the United States; but the absurdity of that appears on the face of it. Lord Salisbury is of the war party, but he will be obliged to carry out Mr. Gladstone's Russian policy. He will be very careful, now the responsibility is on his shoulders, how he involves the whole Continent of Europe in war, for that is what a declaration of war between England and Russia would mean. I have never thought there would be war. Much was said about the effect of war on American trade, but it would not be so advantageous as was supposed." Con- cerning his personal relations with the British Go- vernment, Mr. Lowell said: I could not have been more pleasantly situated. Had it not been for the change in my family relations I should probably have stayed in England. There is nothing but English blood in my veins, and I often remarked that I was just as much English as they. I am glad to get home, yet it hardly seems like home," he said sadly, in conclusion.
MR. GOSCHEN, M.P., ON THE…
MR. GOSCHEN, M.P., ON THE CONDITION OF TRADE. On Tuesday afternaon, in response to the invita- tion of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Goschen gave an address on the condition and pro- spects of trade, in the Manchester Town Hall. There was a very large attendance. After apologising for venturing to address an audience of suffering experts, Mr. Goschen said he would make only one reservation, that the meeting should not think of the cotton trade only, but of trade in its broad aspects. There was no person in that hall who did not admit that there was a depression in trade. That he should not attempt to prove, nor should he follow into the ques- tion as to the existence of low prices, as he under- stood that the existence of low prices was generally admitted. In this depression we had some features that bad seldom been seen before during a time of depression. We had a contrast between low prices and no speculation, and we had the contrast between low prices for the raw materia yet with no advantage derived from the manufactures and commerce generally. There was one contrast to which he would ask their particular attention, and it was this, to the universal acknow- ledgment that there was depression in trade and at the same time to the astounding statistics which were published by the Inland Revenue Office as the income tax returns. How was it that the income tax returns showed a continual increase, while every manufacturer and every merchant was complaining of absence of profits ? Because, if there was one feature about the present depression, he took it that it was the absence of profits? Lord Derby in his recent speech at the Trinity House made the significant statement that no proportion of the increased wealth of the nation had gone into the pockets of the landowners, and, there- fore, it was to be inferred that it was due almost without exception to the growth of English commerce, and English manufactures, and English foreign trade, and he showed that the gross assess- ment of the income tax had risen in the last 15 years from £430,000,000 to £ 600,000,000. He was bound to say it was not true, not in the very slightest degree true, that any such sum came from the increase in trade, commerce, and manufactures going abroad. Let us congratulate ourselves that at all events the retail trade must be in a satisfactory condition generally. This being the case, there ought to be a greater increase in the smaller incomes than in the larger ones, and so he found it to be. Taking the years 1876, 1877, and 1882-3, he found that between those years the increase in incomes under X500 bad been 6 per cent., while those of S500 and over had been only 4 per cent.; therefore the profits of those with incomes under E500 had been very much larger in proportion than the others. When he came to look at some of the industries of the country which were separated, then he passed from satisfactory progress to most unsatisfactory decay. He saw that the profits of the iron industry had fallen from £7,000,000 to £3,000,000, and that those of the mining industry had fallen from £14,000,000 to £ 7,000,000. Those were startling figures, showing under what con- ditions some of the great industries of this country were being carried on. He rejoiced to think that in many other departments of trade it was not so, and that our national industry was made up of such a vast variety of separate industries that, notwithstand- ing some might languish and suffer, many of those on which the prosperity and power of this country depended were still fairly maintained. The savings of the country seemed still to be accumulating. The consuming powers of the country showed no signs of diminution. In the consumption of liquor the decline was, however, noticeable. We now only drank 10 glasses of spirits for every 13 that we drank in the greatest drinking year, which was the year 1875, and we had cut off one glass out of 10 even during the last four or five years. In tobacco there was a very slight decrease. We had cut off a pipe and one cigar out of every 35, and that was supposed to be due partly to the higher duty. There was some satisfac- tory feature in regard to pauperism. Pauperism had fallen during the last 15 years from 5 per cent. to 3 per cent. of the population, not from 5 per cent. to 3 per cent. upon the same, but from 5 per cent. to 3 per cent. on the increased population. The statistics with regard to the cotton trade showed that competition was increasing, pad the volume of trade increasing, while profits might not be increasing at the same ratio. The number of spindles of all kinds had increased from 44,200,000 in 1879 to 47,000,000 in 1883, while the increase in the persons employed had risen in those four years from 483,000 to 513,000. The right hon. gentleman, referring to the complaints of over-production, said that traders might object to this large production, but they were not justified in pointing to over-production as a cause of bad trade, unless they could show that there were stocks rotting in the stores. It was not desirable to rely simply on our past prestige. We must look at the conditions under which we obtained and maintained our trade, and see which we could not command, and which we could, and ought, and would con- tinue to command. He wanted to know if there had been a falling off in trade had there been no ex- pansion. Where, if they examined the statistics, had there been the most expansion, and in what direction was there most hope. He found that while our trade with the great manufacturing centres of Europe bad progressed very little, it had increased much more with the colonies of those nations. We had increased more with the smaller countries in Europe than we had with the large countries in Europe, but most of all had we increased in our own dependencies and colonies. He thought that, looking to the picture of industry and commerce which was spread out before us now, the chief hope was this, that the teeming millions of the old country might find customers in the teeming and increasing millions of Great Britain beyond the seas. (Cheers.)
THE SCOTCH FISHERIES.
THE SCOTCH FISHERIES. The herring fishery of 1884 in Scotland was the most abundant ever known." This is an encouraging statement to start with in the report of the Fishery Board for that country (says the Graphic) but, un- fortunately, it has to be qualified considerably by cer- tain admissions made later in the report. Foremost amongst these is the unsatisfactory statement that the year's take was largely composed of immature and small fish." The board, as is the nature of boards, look upon this circumstance as merely a slight drawback to the fortunate results of the fishing, which in consequence of the misadventure was "of much less value than it would otherwise have been." Other people will see in this proceeding; of the fisher- men something of evil augury for the future as well as of disappointment for the present time. For if the larger and more speedy boats now used for the pursuit of this fish are beginning to be able to find large shoals, as they did last year, much earlier than usual," and so to destroy mil- lions of fish which if left alone for a month or so would be worth their full price, a new element of danger and mischief has evidently been introduced, which in course of time may ruin the herring fisheries in much the same way as oyster fisheries have already been ruined, and as sole and turbot fisheries are being more gradually destroyed, all along our coasts. Another bad feature in the history of this fishing is the fact that by reason of the big" catches made "the market became glutted with cured herring, and a great fall in prices took place, especially of maties" and immature fish, the effect of which was to inflict serious loss upon the fish curers, who had made con- tracts in advance for the year. The trouble was much aggravated by the fact that owing to the exorbitant charges for carriage by railway the dealers were not able to get rid of their superfluous stock. If the rail- way companies would consent to levy rea- sonable rates upon the transport of cheap sorts of fish, an enormous benefit would be done to many of the populous and needy districts in the inland of Scotland and England, while at the same time the fish dealers and fishermen would be saved the serious losses in- flicted upon them when whole boatloads of food which ought to be valuable have to be thrown overboard, or used as dressing for agricultural land.
__n_-SPURIOUS SOVEREIGNS."
__n_- SPURIOUS SOVEREIGNS." The short Act of Parliament passed in 1883 on the suggestion of the Mint authorities, consequent on the tricks and frauds resulting from the sale of the imitation sovereigns known as Hanover medals," seems to have been eminently succcessful. Evident ? as it was on the face of them that these medals were S merely counters, they were as a fact passed upon j many ignorant persons for real sovereigns. Cheating by these means, it may be remembered, was one of the petty offences of the assassin Lefroy, incidentally revealed at his trial. Last year it appears from the Mint report that there was but one prosecution for I this offence as against 26 in the previous year. The instance was that of a pedlar, who was proved at the Worcester Sessions to have found persons credulous j enough to give him 12s. 6d. each for these worthless bits of metal.
A STRANGE FUNERAL.
A STRANGE FUNERAL. A curious funeral was witnessed a day or two ago in Paris. It was attended. by the Representative of the Prefect of the Seine, and the cortege consisted of upwards of 7000 indigent persons of both sexes and all ages. It might have been thought a philanthropist or a benefactor of the poor was being buried, but it was nothing of the kind, the funeral being that of an eccentric individual, and the people attending it doing so at the rate of two francs per head. The deceased -as has been said-an eccentric character, grew tired of living, and determined to hang himself. Before doing this, however, be revenged himself on his heirs for certain real or imaginary wrongs by bequeathing to the Prefect of the Seine all his pro- perty, amounting to some hundred thousand francs. A letter informing that gentleman of the circum- stance was despatched to the Prefecture, after which the testator committed suicide. By a clause in his will he stipulated that the Prefect should give his body a decent funeral, that the prayers of the Church should be read over it, and that it should be made known that every poor person of the district in which he resided who attended his funeral would receive a gratuity of two francs. The Prefect executed scrupulously these instructions, excepting in so far as the prayers of the Church were concerned, the Church refusing them on the ground that the defunct had committed suicide. The family are intending to dispute the validity of the will, alleging the testator was not sane when he drew it up.
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED MILES IN…
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED MILES IN AN OPEN BOAT. The German man-of-war Hysene, which has been engaged cruising about Australia and the South Sea Islands for several months past, fell in with a small boat at sea a short time since. There were three people in it, and they were in a very exhausted state. They belonged to the British barque Bothwell Castle, and in their small boat had travelled no fewer than 1750 miles. The three men were the captain and second officer of the Bothwell Castle; also a boy named Smith, who was one of the crew. The men were carefully and kindly treated on board the Ger- man man-of-war, and afterwards told their tale of shipwreck and suffering. The Bothwell Castle went ashore and became a wreck at Ngarick Island. The men were several weeks in their boat, during which time they underwent, great hardships. They finally arrived off the Pellew Islands, where they were picked up by the Hysene, which landed them at Matupi, New Britain. The crew of another vessel wrecked in the South Sea also underwent great hardships in an open boat. They were the captain, his wife, and five seamen of the British barque Bittern, which was wrecked at Browse Island. They left the island in an open boat, and reached a place called Derly. Nine of the crew were left on the island with a three months' supply of provisions, and water to last sixty days. On the captain reporting the matter to the authorities, the cutter Eagle was despatched to Browse Island to suc- cour the survivors. Captain Bergman, of the Bittern, went in the cutter to assist in the rescue of his com- panions.
BRITISH TACTICS IN THE SOUDAN…
BRITISH TACTICS IN THE SOUDAN WAR. At the Royal United Service Institution, Major C. Cowper King, R.M.A., lectured on the tactics carried out by her Majesty's troops in the Soudan war. There was a large attendance, among those present being Generals Lord Chelmsford, Lord Mark Kerr, Sir Beauchamp Walker, Sir W. Wilbraham, Sir Edward Hamley, Massey, Manson, George, and Smythe, Colonels Boulderson, Swaine, and Hamil- ton-Grace, Major Frederic E. Walter, R.A., and Major Gunter. The chair was taken by Colonel Sir Lumley Graham. The lecturer began by remarking that many of those who theoretically studied the art of war had viewed with more or less disfavour the method of fighting that had been lately adopted for meeting savage tribes. Squares had gradually assumed an authorifcativelyrecognised position as the most suitable tactical formation for such wars, in preference to those which were in use half a century ago, and that with- out reference, as a rule, to the number of men en- gaged. Notwithstanding the enormous improvement in arms and equipment of modern European armies, we seemed to be insensibly drifting into a permanent adoption of formations that had, under every condi- tion, some unavoidable elements of weakness. No one who had read the account of the battles in Zcluland or the Soudan but must fully recognise the self-denial and bravery of those who fought there. The circum- stances attendant on each campaign were so peculiar Liar as to necessitate special tactics. In the Zulus we met brave savages badly armed but led by skilful leaders, and with a tactical system that was new among such people. In the Soudan we found a still braver adver- sary, equally indifferently armed, and who showed an even more splendid indifference to death. Without as much organization as Cetywayo's host, they pos- sessed a daring religious fanaticism which took the place of skill. It was admitted that these exceptional circumstances must be dealt with at the time as best they could, that some means of successfully engaging such adversaries must be devised on the spur of the moment, and that—good, bad, or indifferent—they should not be subject to an immediate hostile criticism. I But after hostilities had ceased they might well be submitted to friendly examination. He then discussed the" tactical periods which European armies had passed through in the last century, and described the causes of the various changes of formation. He con- demned the square formation used against the Soudanese as giving the narrowest front of fire, I pointing out that it had many inherent weaknesses, j lacked mobility, and was uiiScult to manoeuvre, even with rigidly drilled troops, over bad ground. The square had four weak points at its angles, and their danger only lessened in fighting from their becoming flattened. There could be no question as to the necessity of the square when the numbers were small. At Abu lilea and Abu Kru Sir Herbert Stewart and Sir Charles Wilson had no choice, all the more from the amount and slowness of the transport. The lecturer advocated a broader front formation to meet the Soudanese than could be given by the square, on the ground that the Soudanese tactics were mainly those of shock and charge, Sre seeming quite secondary. They sought to close with their adver- sary, and this being so, it would certainly appear that the main object of the formation to resist them should be suoh as would prevent their closing at all. A bold rush was best stopped by the rain of bullets. He then sketched out a series of tactics, on the battalion basis, having four companies in firing line and the other four companies in square behind to protect the rear and contain the transport. He suggested that the troops in the rear might be in oblong formation, the long faces towards the enemy. With a brigade the centre battalion might be in line, the other two battalions being either partly deployed or partly in square on each flank, in echelon, accord- ing to the ground and the enemy's position. In the discussion which followed, many suggestions were made and various views were expressed. Colonel Sweeney described tactics which he had practised whereby he could easily move up a brigade to take an octagonal or diamond form from the three battalions moving in echelon of companies. General Sir E. Hamlyn thought that the adoption of the square was fraught with the elements of great peril and disaster, and quoted eminent authorities in support of his view. Practical experience, he said, had shown that the square was a horrible forma- tion," presenting a huge target, which even the worst marksmen could not fail to hit. It was unwieldy, and was almost, impossible to maintain. The square should never be adopted except in case of absolute necessity. In the Soudan, it seemed to have been established that our men had fallen from their com- rades' bullets, and he had the testimony of eye- witnesses which went to confirm the view that the square in such cases was bad for offence and defence. He would suggest the alternative formation of echelon for moving; the line formation would prevent an enemy such as the Soudanese from closing. Colonel Lonsdale Hare remarked that it seemed to be thought that the eminent British commanders who in Africa., the Soudan, and other places had promptly adopted the square must be "muffs." These muffish tactics had been adopted by other countries as well, and some of the critics were of the class who thought that Napoleon could be taught something, who could correct Wellington, and had something to say about Moltke. The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the lecturer.
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Good spirits are often taken for good nature; yet nothing differs so much insensibility being gene- rally the source of the former, and sensibility of the latter.