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General.j
General. Advices dated March 30th, from Sydney, state that the Duke of Edinburgh has laid the foundation stone of a monument in that city to Captain Cook. The Italian High Court of Appeal, having concluded an examination into the penal code, has reported in favour of the abolition of capital punishmen. The Standard says "it is clear enough now that the Irish Church Bill will receive no material modifications in its passage through Committee." A shorthand writer has obtained a verdict of R114 8s. from Mr Edwards Wood for taking and transmitting notes of the Abergele inquest. 0 A New York paper recommends married women to retain their maiden names, as one way of maintaining their rights. The Oxford University Boat Club has accepted a chal- lenge from America to row a four-oar race, in August, from Mortlake to Putney. A paper published in the West Riding announced gravely, but still, perhaps, with a touch of irony, that a convicted thief had been sent for two months to the "House of Commons." The Express states that Colonel Cobbe, Chief Constable of the West Riding, has been appointed Inspector of Con- stabulary, in the place of General Cartwright, who resigned about three weeks ago. A Philadelphia paper states that Mrs Dr Mary Walker, after several applications for office, has received an answer from President Grant that she might have an interview when dressed as becomes her sex. A despatch from Melbourne, dated the 30th of March, states that a parliamentary committee was inquiring into allegations of bribery at the elections, and that serious disclosures had already been made. The Bristol Times says that the Rev. Benjamin Speke, whose mysterious disappearance excited such general interest, and almost consternation, throughout the king- dom some two years ago, is engaged to be married to a daughter of a Wiltshire squire. A beerhouse-keeper, carrying on business in one of the villages of Suffolk, having been fined by the local magis- trates for permitting playing at skittles for beer, appealed to the Court of Queen's Bench. The Chief Justice and Justices Mellor, Lush, and Hayes held that playing at skittles for beer was gaming within the meaning of the statute, and affirmed the conviction. 0 The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was, last week conferred by the University of Edinburgh on the Rev. H. R. Reynolds, formerly of Leeds, and now principal of Cheshunt College; the Rev. J. Stoughton, Kensington. The degree of LL.D., was conferred on Professor Playfair, M.P., Mr M. Arnold, and others. The Government Bill for amending the law relating to the militia has been published. It provides, among other alterations, that the militia, when in training, mav be placed under the command of general officers of the regular forces, and gives power to attach such officers to the militia regiments. The property qualification for militia officers wiU be abolished. The Conservative working men of Bristol have given their late Conservative candidate, Mr Miles, a Bible and Prayer Book by way of testimonial. A Conservative printer, Mr Baker, said the reason why their presentation took the form it did was that the Bible contained the politics of the Conservative working men. Benjamin Higgs's choice modern library of well-bound standard books has just been brought to the hammer. Almost every book, it is stated, was in half morocco, gilt edges," or "morocco, gilt and red edges," "half red morocco, gilt edges," half calf, gilt edges," or half russia, gilt." The collection included a choice assortment of bibles. At a recent sitting of the Committee on Parliamentary and Municipal Elections, the Mayor of Bradford gave evidence, advocating the abolition of public nominations and declarations of the poll, and he at the same time ex- pressed an opinion favourable to the introduction of the ballot. He also thought that on the day of election and of declaring the result the public-houses should be closed, except to travelers. Sir Hope Grant's official report on the Volunteer Review at Dover has been published. The gallant officer speaks highly of the great willingness and promptitude" shown by the force in carrying out his orders after having been dismissed in the midst of such fearful weather as that which prevailed on Easter Monday. At the same time he expresses his opinion "that the force cannot be really ser- viceable if it is not placed, while under arms, under some more stringent military control. Such a large body of armed men, not amenable to any military discipline, might be the cause of very serious embarrassment." The Cairo correspondent of the Levant Times makes the extraordinary statement that the recent plot to assassinate the Viceroy of Egypt, by placing a bomb and a powder train in his box at the theatre, was concocted by the man- ager of the theatre himself. He it was who first discovered the bomb and powder train, and gave information to the authorities, his real object being not to take his Highness's life, but to obtain credit for saving it. This gentleman, with two accomplices, is now stated to be in prison await- ing the result of an investigation into the matter by a commission which has been appointed, consisting of the English, Austrian, French, and Italian Consuls. On the 7th ult. President Grant addressed a message to Congress, urging that body at once to take steps with a view to bring back the States of Virginia and Mississippi into the Union. He suggests that measures should be adopted for submitting to the people of the former State the Constitution framed by the Convention of 1868, and to the people of the latter the Constitution they once rejected. Were both these constitutions adopted the basis of a restoration of both the States would have been laid. The New York papers speak in high terms of the tone and spirit of President Grant's message. The Spanish Cortes, on the 22nd ult., passed the clauses of the constitution which provide for the liberty of the press, freedom of public meetings, of association, and of petition. During a previous sitting of the assembly, Senor Castelar, the Republican member, created an extra- ordinary effect by the eloquence with which he defended the cause of religious liberty. At the conclusion of his speech, the members crowded round him and expressed their admiration by shaking his hand, and even kissing him. Throughout the country the effect has been equally remarkable, and a subscription is on foot for the purpose of presenting him with a national testimonial. The Italian papers contain information respecting a conspiracy which is said to have been discovered in Milan. The report that arrests had been made, and Orsini bombs seized, is mentioned by both the Pungolo and the Gazzetta di Milano, but merely as a rumour that prevailed in the city. The Perseveranza, however, takes upon itself to state that there is some truth in the rumour, blended with much that is incorrect, and it promises to give its readers a full and complete account of the machinations discovered in two or three days. One of the persons arrested is described as Mr Nathan, an Englishman, who is said to be an intimate friend of Mazzini. At the date of the departure of the last mail from New Zealand the rebels on the west coast were still in consider- able force, under the renowned Tito Kowaru. A strongly fortified "pah had been captured by Colonel Whitmore, but not before the Maories had made good their escape without, apparently, having lost a single man, although exposed for twenty-four hours to the fire of the besiegers. There is considerable disappointment that the pah was not carried by storm, but, pleads Colonel Whitmore, no troops in the wurld could have hewn their way through a double row of strong palisades, backed by rifle pits and flanked by two-storey erections such as were con- structed in this fortification, and defended by excellent shots and desperate men." An important question affecting the value of a dying declaration was decided by the Court of Criminal Appeal on Saturday. At the last Bristol assizes a man was sentenced to death for the murder of a woman who had lived with him as his wife. The theory of the prosecution was that he had pushed her into the Avon, with the in- tention of destroying her life, but the only evidence against him was the dying statement of the woman, which con- cluded with this declaration :—"I have made this with the fear of death before me and with no hope at present of my recovery." The poor woman died a few hours afterwards, but in consequence of the introduction of the words "at present," it was contended for the prisoner that when the statement was mude there was not such an impression of impending death on the mind of the deceased as to make it admissible. The Court took this view of the matter and quashed the conviction. The Countess of Mornington, widow of the notorious William Pole Tylney Long Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, who died recently, in her seventy-sixth year, adds an incident to the Romance of the Peerage. After the ruin into which the reckless Earl's affaire fell, some forty years ago, this lady was for a brief time an inmate of St. George's Workhouse, and more than once had to apply at police courts for temporary relief. Yet she might have called monarchs cousins." She was descended from the grandest and greatest of all the Plantagenets. Her mother (wife of Col. Paterson), Ann Porterfield of that ilk, came through Boyd, Cunningham, Glencaim, and Hamilton, from Mary Stuart, daughter of King James the Second of Scotland, and seventh in descent from Edward the "First of England. The Earldom of Morning- ton, extinct in the elder line of the Wellesleys, has lapsed to the Duke of Wellington.-Athen(eunt.
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BREAKFAST.—A SUCCESSFUL IFXPERI.SfENT.-TI-ie Civil Service Gazette has the following interesting remarks:— 4 i There are very few simple articles of food which can boast so manv valuable and important dietary properties as cocoa "While acting on the nerves as a gentle stimulant, it provides the bodv wita some of the purest elements of nutrition, and at the same time corrects and invigorates the action of the digestive organs. These beneficial effects depend in a great measure upon tne manner of its pre- paration, but of late years such close attention has been given to the growth and treatment of cocoa, that there is no difficulty in securing it with every useful quality fully develope 1. The singular success which Mr Epps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa, has never been surpassed by any experimentalist, Far and wide the reputation of Epps's Cocoa has spread by the simple force of its own extraordinary merits. Med- ical men of all shades of opinion have agreed in recommend- ing it as the safest and most beneficial article of diet for per- sons of weak constitutions. This superiority of a particular mode of preparation over all others is a remarkable proof of the great results to be obtained from little causes. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestionand nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a deli- cately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors'bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may he gradually built up until strong enough to resist ever/ tendency to disease. Hun- dreds of subtle maladies ar3 floating aroulldr us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keepi-i, ourselves well fortified with pure bk'xl and a properly nourished frazno.'
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The Good Old Times. (From the Gentleman's Magazine, 1736.) Feb. 4.—A Horse, 12 hands and a half, ran 100 miles, on Banstead Downs, in 15 hours. Feb. 24.—A Man was committed to Salop Gaol for kil- ling a Woman and her Child; he was supposed to be recover'd from Lunacy, but seeing an Ax, he took it up on a sudden, knock'd 'em down, and cut off their heads. March 24.-His Majesty gave the Royal assent to an Act for repealing an Act against Conjuration and Witch- craft. April 9. -Wm. Bithill and Wm. Morgan were Hang'd at Worcester, for Cutting down, in Company with other Rioters, Ledbury Turnpikes. May 3.—Notwithstanding the Example made last Month, the People of Herefordshire cut down the Turn- pikes again. May 10. —Receiv'd Sentence of Death, Stephen Collard for stealing a Silver Watch; George Ward, for robbing Mr Gibson, a Baker at Islington; Thos. Tarleton, for Horse stealing; Daniel Maiden, for stealing a Silver Tankard; Jos. Glanwin, for stealing 12 Handkerchiefs; Chris. Freeman, for stealing wet Linnen. May 31.—The Works near Chester, for making the River Dee navigable having been brought as imagin'd to perfection, 'twas thought proper to attempt keeping the Sea out of the old Channel, and turn it up the new Cut, but at high Water the pressure was too great for the Sluices and other Works, and the Sea made its own way up the old Channel again. July 3.—One Ereskin a Quaker made a 2d solemn Progress thro' Edinburg, crying, The great and terrible Day of the Lord is coming September 30.—The Robberies talk'd of this Month are very numerous, yet some have predicted more for next. Maidenhead Thicket, Hounslow Heath, Putney, Barns, and Finchley Commons, and Places adjacent, have been the Daily Scenes of Action. October 31.—About the Middle of this Month, the Hon. Watkin Williams Wynn, Esq., was Elected Mayor of Chester, at whose Treat, his Lady presented 120 Services of Sweetmeats to that Number of Citizen's Wives, valued at 7s. 6d. each, and the Feasting continued for several Days, in so much that little Business was done but by C"oks and Confectioners. Such Appearances of Gentle- men were never seen there since Ld. Delamere was Mayor, at ye Revolution. November.—Several Ships forc'd ashore this Month were barbarously plundered by the Welsh and Irish.
Accidents and Offences.
Accidents and Offences. Benjamin Higgs's defalcations amounted to more than £ 70,000. On Wednesday morning a man was found dead on the railway between Cork and Mallow. His skull was terribly fractured, and it is believed that while traveling along the line he was robbed and murdered. Intelligence of another agrarian murder comes from Ire- land. Mr Bradshaw, a justice of the peace, residing near Cappawhite, in the county of Tipperary, was shot dead near his own house on Saturday morning. Intelligence has been received in Dundee of the wreck of the ship St. Vincent, of Glasgow, a casualty which was at- tended with the lost of the captain and twenty-three of the crew. The vessel was lost in Cook's Straits, New Zealand, on the 14th of February last. A lad thirteen years of age, who had played truant from school, was loitering about on the banks of the river at Leeds, when his cap was blown into the water. He un- dressed and plunged into the water to recover it, but became exhausted and was drowned. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals prosecuted a salesman in the Metropolitan Cattle Market for having exposed ten shorn sheep for sale on the 29th March. The magistrate held that shearing sheep so early in the year, and exposing them to the wet and the cold, was cruelty within the meaning of the statute, and convicted the defendant in a small penalty. It is antici- pated that the legal question will shortly be argued before the Court of Queen's Bench. We may never really know what prompted Sheward to reveal the terrible secret which he had borne in his breast for so many years, the revelation of which cost him his life. There is, however, a story going the round, that while in a shop, at Norwich, his attention was accidentally directed to a work relating to the discovery of long-hidden murders. It was noticed that he appeared much affected, and hurriedly left the shop. The other night, at Connah's Quay, a ship captain named Bellis, who was drunk at the time, was ill-treating a subordinate, when Hughes the mate came up and cried "Shame." Thereupon the captain wanted him to fight, but Hughes refused and begged him to be quiet. Bellis, however, struck Hughes, a fight ensued, and the captain was killed. Hughes has been committed on a charge of manslaughter. Last week a woman named Cogger, apparently moving in a respectable sphere of society at Woolwich, was charged at the Guildhall with perjury. Prisoner last August met with an accident on the South-Eastern Railway, upon which her husband brought an action, and claimed E2,000 damages. The defence set up was that Mrs Cogger was drunk, and that the accident was her own fault. On being cross-examined she swore that during the whole time she was in London she had had but one glass but it was proved that she had had at least five half-quarterns of "Schiedam." She was committed for trial, and bail was refused. An unrehearsed scene occurred at the Bradford Theatre, the other night. A youth, in rapidly descending the gal- lery to obtain a front seat, acquired such a momentum that he was unable to stop himself, and pitched head foremost into the pit below, a depth of about twenty-four feet, alighting partially on the shoulder of Mr Cooke, violinist, and then bounded off on to one of the pit seats. As he fell over the gallery, the lad clutched at the railing, but was unable to retain his hold, and his body turned com- pletely round as he descended. So little hurt was he that he wanted to go back to the gallery/and sit out the per- formance but, being dissuaded from this, he asked for, and received back, the sixpence he had paid for admission. On the 23rd the directors and officials of the National Provincial Assurance and Loan Company were charged with having conspired to defraud the public, by. inviting them to join a concern which, although apparently flour- ishing, was really hopelessly insolvent. This is the society in which several of the "directors" were menials in West- end mansions, and as the prosecution was convinced that those men were innocent agents in the hands of designing persons, the summonses against them were withdrawn, in order that they might be examined in the witness-box. One or two cases were gone into with the view of sustain- ing the charge, and the other defendants were remanded. A London tailor, named Charles Jones, seems to be afflicted with a propensity for searching for things in strange places, and to act upon the old axiom that a lame excuse is better than none. The other night, just at closing time, the potman of a public-house was surprised by a sudden fall of soot from the taproom chimney. The potman's thoughts were of cats, but on looking up the chimney he saw a boot, with a foot in it. Come down," said the potman, and straightway the remainder of Mr Jones was presented. With the greatest suavity, Mr Jones explained that he had gone up the chimney to look for his stick." A dark lantern, which he had taken with him to assist his search, was afterwards found in the chimney. Mr Jones is now with the police. A correspondent at Douglas, Isle of Man, sends an ac- count of a scandalous outrage perpetrated by a body of miners at Kirk Michael. It seems that a dispute has arisen between Mr Tetley, who is a very large shareholder in the Kirk Michael Lead and Copper Mining Company, and the directors of that concern; and in consequence, work in the mine has been almost completely suspended. The men labour (wrongly, it appears) under the impression that they have been deprived of employment by Mr Tet- ley, and in revenge they have on two occasions bombarded his residence with large stones, smashing the windows and placing the lives of the inmates in jeopardy. They have also sent to Mr Tetley a letter threatening to kill him.
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Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, a Conservative, has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire, HOLLOWAY IS OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Diseases of the most formidable and chronic characters have been cured by Holloway's remedies. Ulcerations which have proved themselves incurable by any other known means have healed kindly under the purifying and regenerating in- fluence of this excellent Ointment. Sprains, stiff joints, contracted muscles, and glandular swellings can be most safely and effectually healed by Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which can do no harm under any circumstances. 1Neither of these medicaments has anything deleterious in its composition both areessentiallypurifvingandstrength- ening in their nature. The combined power of these noble remedies enables them successfully to cope with most descriptions of impurities, and to cure, or at least relieve, most varieties of diseses. THE POPE AND THE MILORD ANGLAIS.- The Pefit Moni- tear reports the following extraordinary exchange between the Pope and an English nobleman:—" Pius IX. received with his own hands the offerings presented to him by the different deputations. Amonsrst others, the Pope received, on the 10th. an English nobleman, who presented his Holiness with a skull-cap filled with sovereigns. At the end of the tassel was a diamond of_ immense value. Having presenting his magnificent offering, the English- man added, with the usual phlegm of his nation, that he gave the present on condition of getting the Pope's skull- cap in return. Pius IX. smiled, aud ringing the bell he ordered the servant to bring him another Calotte. When brought he took off the one he wore and gave it to the Englishman, who put it into his pocket and retired, saying that he was never so pleased in his life." ATROCIOUS MURDER IN BRECONSHIRE.—A murder of a very brutal character was committed at a solitary farm- house on the borders of Breconshire between Saturday night and Sunday morning. The farm is called Nant- y-derri, and the unfortunate victim was a widow, who was generally known to her neighbours as Mary Nant-y-derri, but whose proper name was Mary Morgan. She was last seen alive at a shop at Hirwain, the nearest village, at six o'clock on Saturday night, and on the following morn- ing a neighbour, going into the house, found the deceased lving on the floor quite dead, her body burnt, and the slumbering embers of a quantity of hay which had been piled on her body. Her head was covered with a piece of carpet, and when this was removed, it was seen that a deep hole existed in the side of her head, and the other side was completely charred from the effects of the fire, which had evidently been ignited for the purpose of destroying the body, and probably of setting the house in flames. The deceased was of miserly habits, and was reputed to have a large sum of money in the house. This, no doubt, temptd the murderer, but he must have been foiled in his hope to secure it, for the sum of £.3.:> was found concealed between the bed and the matress of the deceased. The murderer must have entered the house through the window, and is at present undiscovered, and in fact no clue has hcen obtained as to whom he is.
Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical. Mr Mackonochie has been presented with an address at Leeds, and was announced to preach at Bradford, but an episcopal inhibition prevented him. The Right Rev. Bishop Trower (late Bishop of Gib- raltar) has accepted a commission from the Bishop of Exeter, empowering him to undertake generally the epis- copal duties of the diocese. It is some small consolation for the bickerings engen- dered by religious controversy to know that when en- gaged in the holy work of charity Englishmen lay aside those prejudices. The Duke of Cambridge presided at the fifty-fifth anniversary of the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, and among the guests were Lord Ashley, who attended as the representative of Lord Shaftesbury, and Archbishop Manning. The latter responded to the toast of The Clergy and Ministers who have rendered assistance to the Charity." A meeting in connection with Christian missions was held in Exeter Hall, last week. The presence of his Highness the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, as chairman, and of Lord Lawrence as one of the speakers, gave a special interest to the proceedings. The Maharajah said the only excuse he had for occupying the position as chair- man was the interest he felt in the missions. Nineteen years ago he, then a heathen, became converted, and had ever since felt the great advantages that had accrued to him since his soul had been brought to the light. The Bishop of Peterborough, inveighing against volun- taryism the other day, illustrated his statement by remark- ing that "upon the endowed principle Felix sometimes trembled before Paul, but upon the voluntary principle, Paul was for ever trembling before Felix." The Binning, ham Post adds To prevent the comparison from break- ing down, we must assume, of course, that the boldness of the discourse which smote the conscience of the Roman Governor was inspired by the handsome endowment which secured the life-long independence of the apostolic preacher. Earl Russell, in assenting to a recent request to be a vice-president of the National Association for Freedom of Worship, writes to Mr E. Herford, of Manchester, as follows:—" It may be difficult to abolish pew rents by law in old churches where there are existing faculties; but everything ought to be done for the spiritual benefit of the poor both in the old parishes and in the new districts. Nothing has tended so much to discourage the attendance of the poor at the public service of the Church of Eng- land as the separation which is made between those who can afford to pay pew rents and those who cannot."
Parliamentary.
Parliamentary. FRIDAY. In the House of Lords, yesterday, Lord Monck called attention to the military condition of the kingdom. In the course of his speech he expressed himself satisfied with the numerical strength of the force, but complained that the organization was altogether defective. Lord North- brook explained at length the steps which the Government proposed to take to increase the efficiency of the army, and for the better organization of the militia. After re- marks by the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Delaware, the Earl of Dalhousie, and Lord Truro, the subject dropped, and their Lordships adjourned at 8.30. Very few obstacles were interposed in the way of the progress of the Irish Church Bill in the House of Com- mons. The questions were small in number, and of their result it will be almost sufficient to say that Mr Bright declined to take any steps to disturb the rule of the road at sea, as at present established and recognised by all the maritime nations of the world. The Prime Minister in- formed Lord Henry Thynne that the exclusion of clergy- men from the House of Commons extends to all persons in Episcopal orders, and, as he believed, to no others and Mr W. E. Forster told Lord A. Montagu that the steam- ers which recently brought to London and Harwich car- goes of sheep, some of which were suffering from sheep pox, are to be thoroughly disinfected before they are again employed for the transport of sheep or cattle. Only one inquiry demands any special notice. Some time ago an order was made, with the assent of Mr Monsell, on the part of the Colonial Office, for the production of papers relating to the attempt made by O'Farrell against the life of the Duke of Edinburgh, which have already been published by the authority of the colonial legislature and last night Mr Newdegate inquired why this order had not been com- plied with. Mr Gladstone replied that upon examination it had been found that these papers included many docu- ments which it was the duty of the Government not to publish, among others the record of a conversation be- tween O'Farrell and some persons in authority, which was made by a shorthand-writer of whose presence the convict was unaware; and it was therefore the intention of the Under-Secretary for the Colonies to move the rescinding of the order for their production. The Prime Minister was completely successful in his appeal to hon. members who had given notice of motions upon supply, and, all these having been withdrawn or postponed, the House at once went into committee, and resumed the consideration of the Irish Church Bill at clause 18. This clause pro- vides for the compensation of lay patrons, and in it Mr Goldney had on the previous evening moved an amend- ment with a view to establishing the basis upon which ad- vowsons in the hands of private individuals, or corpora- tions, should be bought up by the commissioners. This amendment now again came under consideration; and, after a short discussion, it was negatived by a majority of 112-272 to 161. Then, curiously enough, Capt. Archdall moved that the sums awarded for these advowsons should be paid, not to their owners-whether indi vidual or cor- porate-but to the Church body to be created after the passing of this Bill. The observation of the Attorney- General for Ireland that this would be more direct and manifest confiscation than anything that had been pro- posed by the Government, drew from Sir S. Northcote the comment that although the Government were very careful of the rights of patrons they made no provision for those of congregations; and when Serjeant Dowse re- marked that the amendment must have been proposed in joke, Mr John Hardy replied that it had been brought before the House only to test whether there was any hon- our among those whom its author and himself regarded as thieves. This extraordinary amendment was then with- drawn and after a little conversation as to the rights of Trinity College, Dublin, and the use which the authori- ties of that institution were likely to make of the sums which they would receive under this section, the clause was agreed to. Upon the next clause, which repeals all laws that interfere with the holding of assemblies, synods, or conventions, Mr Disraeli proposed the insertion of words empowering the bishops, clergy, and laity of the Disestablished Church to meet in convocation or general assembly in order to frame a constitution and regulations for the general Government and management of the church but, as the amendment was opposed by the Go- vernment and did not appear to excite any enthusiasm on his own side of the House, it was withdrawn by the right hon. gentleman with the observation that it had been in- tended to prevent the occurrence of a kind of religious Donnybrook Fair; and the clause was agreed to. Clause 20, which preserves for a certain time, and under certain conditions, the existing ecclesiastical law, and provides for its enforcement by the secular courts, was objected to by Mr Sherlock, MrCandlish, and others, on the ground that it would secure to the disestablished church a position superior to that of any other sect in Ireland, and by Mr Henley on the opposite theory that it would impose un- necessary and unfair restrictions upon that Church. These objections were, however, for the most part re- moved by the explanations which were given on the part of the Government; and, although Mr Walpole still doubted as to its operation, the section was agreed to. Clause 21, providing for the abolition of the ecclesiastical courts, having been assented to without opposition, the next controversy arose as to the extent to which the new Church body, the incorporation of which is authorised by Clause 2% shall be allowed to hold land. The power of that body to hold real property is by the Bill confined within narrow limits, and this restriction Dr Ball pro- posed to omit. This amendment gave rise to a good deal of discussion, in the course of which its supporters re- proached the Government with injustice, in that while through the operation of the Charitable Bequests Act the Roman Catholic Church '3., able to hold land to any ex- tent, it would confine the di established Church to a very small quantity. To this Mr Gladstone replied that the Charitable Bequests Act, which was intended as a but- tress of the Church of Ireland, had proved practically in- operative for the benefit of the Roman Catholics and at the same time promised that if the operation of that mea- sure gave rise to any inequality, it should, in one way or other, be removed. Lord J. Manners twitted the right hon. gentleman with taking refuge in the theory of but- tresses whenever he found himself in any difficulty; and Mr Assheton Cross asked that as all the other but- tresses" of the Church were about to be removed, the Charitable Bequests Act should go with them. When a division took place Dr Ball's amendment was rejected by a majority of 102—259 to 157, and the clause was agreed to. A still keener discussion was excited by an amend- ment proposed by Mr Disraeli in Clause 23, which pro- vides for the redemption of the annuities and life interests of ecclesiastical persons. The section of the Bill leaves the action in this matter entirely to the recipient of the annuity or the owner of the life interest. The alteration proposed by the member for Buckingham- shire would have transferred the initiative to the Church body, and would practically have enforced the commuta- tion of all these annuities and life interests within the year 1871, at the rate of fourteen years' purchase. The amendment was resisted by the Government on the ground (among others) that it would improperly limit the freedom of action which ought to be lett to the clergy, would in- volve a State responsibility for the security of the commu- tations, and would, in fact, effect :t re-endowment of the Church and was supported by Sir R. Palmer, and other hon. members, on the ground that it afforded the only means of providing some compensation for the vested in- terests of the laity. The result of a division was that the amendment was rejected by a majority of 100-294 to 194; and after the clause had been agreed to, progress was re- ported. The other orders were speedily disposed of, and when they been got through the House ad- journed. MONDAY. In the House of Lords, Lord Lismore, in deference to an appeal by Earl Granville, postponed a question, of which he had given notice, with reference to agrarian out- rages in Ireland. A conversation which ensued on the subject was sustained by the Marquis of Bath, the Mar- quis of Westmeath, Lord Cairns, and the Earl of Malmes- bury. On the order of the dav for going into committee on the Tenure (Ireland) Bill, Ear] Granville replied to the charge recently made by Earl Grey that the Government was desirous of shelving the question. Earl Grey advised Lord Cla-nricarde to postpone the further progress of the Bill until after Whitsuntide, and then to throw upon the Government the responsibility of postponing further legis- lation on the subject during the present year. Lord Westbury followed in an intemperate speech, and was re- plied to 'by the Duke of Argyll. After remarks by the Marquis of Westmeath, Lord Cairns, and the Lord Chan- cellor, the Marquis of Clanricarde consented to postpone the Bill until the 25th May. Their Lordships adjourned shortly after eight o'clock. The House of Commons went into committee early in the afternoon on the Irish Church Bill. On Clause 25, which relates to churches and glebes, Mr Disraeli charged Mr Gladstone with having failed to deal with the Irish Church question in the gracious and generous manner which he had promised, and on the faith of which he and Mr Bright had persuaded the public to endorse their policy. Mr Gladstone, in reply, maintained that the Bill was conceived in a generous spirit. Several amendments proposed on the clause by Sir George Jenkinson were withdrawn. Mr Gladstone moved the omission of the third section, which provides that certain churches of a monumental character should be maintained out of a fund to be provided by the Commissioners. After a warm de- bate the amendment in favour of striking out the section was carried by 232 to 132. An amendment proposed by Mr Hardy was negatived, and the clause was agreed to. Clause 26 was also, after some discussion, agreed to. Dur- ing the consideration of Clause 27, progress was reported, and the House adjourned at 12.40. TUESDAY. In the House of Lords, Earl Russell moved the second reading of the Life Peerages Bill. The Earl of Derby criticised, at considerable length, the leading pro- visions of the measure, but intimated that he did not intend to oppose the second reading. After some dis- cussion, the Bill was read a second time.—Earl Grey's motion for the second reading of the Representative Peers for Scotland and Ireland Bill was met with an amend- ment, by the Duke of Buccleuch, to refer the Bill to a Select Committee, which was carried, on a division. Their Lordships adjourned at 9'30. In the House of Commons, Mr Layard stated, in reply to Mr Gregory, that Government had finally decided to propose to the House a plan for the erection of the new Law Courts, on a site to be acquired between Somerset House and the Temple. Mr Trevelyan obtained leave to bring in a Bill to make better provision respecting the application of the revenues of Greenwich Hospital. Mr Loch moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the Scotch game laws. There are three Bills before the House on the subject, introduced by Lord Elcho, Mr M'Lagan, and Mr Loch, and Mr Loch explained that as the second reading of these had been necessarily postponed the second reading of these had been necessarily postponed until June 23rd it was impossible that they could pass this year, and the inquiry he proposed was for the purpose of ripening the subject for legislation next year. The motion gave rise to a protracted conversation, which, in spite of repeated interpositions of the Speaker, ran off first into a discussion of the three Bills before the House, and after- wards of the whole subject of game laws. Lord Elcho and Mr M'Lagan examined the provisions of the three Bills— the first to show that none of them satisfied the Scotch farmers, and to impress on the Government that they alone could deal with the subject; and the second to maintain that a Royal Commission would be the best mode of in- quiry. The Lord Advocate, on the part of the Govern- ment, acceded to the motion, "and the debate seemed to have been brought to its legitimate conclusion, but Mr Taylor and Sir H. Hoare prolonged it by repeating the ordinary arguments against the policy of the game laws and their administration. Mr Greene, on the other hand, defended both, and Mr Bright, adverting to a remark of his quoted by Lord Elcho, that the farmers had the matter in their own hands, explained that he meant not that they might remedy their grievance by contract with their land- lords, but by returning representatives of their own to Parliament, who would alter the law. But he acknow- ledged himself disappointed that the farmers had not made a greater progress in a commercial spirit, although at the last election the Scotch farmers had taken a remarkable step in that direction. The inquiry he approved, as likely to accelerate the chances of removing laws which he de- clared once more to be opposed to the true interests of the country, demoralizing to the labouring classes, ^and dis- creditable to our civilization. The motion for a Select Committee was agreed to, after some remarks from Mr Liddell, who asserted that it was not the game laws, but the abuse of them, which was unpopular with the farmers, and from Mr Muntz, who excited no little merriment by maintaining that hares and rabbits, which were the only really mischievous ferce natures, should be exterminated, as they were not fit for human food. The motion for rescinding the order of the House for the production of the papers relating to the O'Farrell con- spiracy, on the ground that they contained matters which should not be divulged, was strongly resisted by Mr Newdegate. Mr Whalley said he thought it extremely desirable that they should obtain every possible information upon that subject. He had frequently called the attention of the House to the Fenian conspiracy; but lie had not stated all that he knew, and, indeed, he had scarcely been allowed to state anything at all. (A laugh). It was a most re- markable circumstance in the history of that conspiracy that the Government had endeavoured to surpress all inquiry and to stifle all information with respect to it. If they would only grant him a committee he could show that the conspiracy had been organised in America by the heads of the Roman Catholic Church, and that it had been carried out in this country with the full knowledge and connivance of the Roman Catholic priests, and that it was co-extensive with the existence of the Roman Catholic population both in England and Ireland, while it extended even to those Protestants who sympathised with Roman Catholics, among whom he was sorry to be obliged to included the right hon. gentleman the Secretary for Ireland. (Laughter.) At present there was no appear- ance of Fenianism, because the word had gone forth for peace. It was clear that they were under discipline, and of course under the direction of the priests. Looking to the great increase of Roman Catholics in the army, and particularly in the Engineers and Artillery, it was right the House should have all the information that could be obtained on the subject. If the supposition he had made was correct, that the Fenian organisation was based on the same principle as the Roman Catholic rising in 1798, it was impossible to overrate the gravity of the question. Then, as to the disturbances in New Zealand, the governor, Sir George Grey, had admitted that wherever he went he found that Roman Catholic priests were at the bottom of the war and rebellion. (Hear.) The motion for rescinding the original order was carried. The second reading of the Beerhouses Bill, the object of which is to transfer the licensing of beer houses from the Excise to the Magistracy was carried, and the House adjourned at 12'50. WEDNESDAY. In the House of Commons, the Imperial Gas Bill was referred back to the select committee. On the motion of Mr Denman, the Evidence Amendment Bill was read a second time. Mr Denman explained that in such cases as those of seduction much valuable evidence was lost by the principal parties concerned being excluded from giving evidence, and the Bill proposed to abolish this anomalous 0 state of things. It also proposed that the privilege of giving evidence on affirmation should not be confined to Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists, but should be ex- tended to any witness making a declaration that he or she conscientiously objected to taking an oauh. Mr Wheel- house moved the second reading of the Bill to exempt hospitals and similar institutions from rates, but as the discussion was proceeding at a quarter to six o'clock it was stopped by the Speaker in accordance with the stand- ing orders, the Bill thus being talked out." The House then adjourned. THURSDAY. In the House of Lords, the Marquis of Bath gave notice of his intention to put questions to the Government with reference to the recent outrages in Ireland. The Arch- bishop of York, after moving the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Bill, consented to withdraw it, and introduced another, which was read a first time. The Government of India Act (Amendment) Bill was, after a long debate, read a second time. Some other Bills were advanced a stage, and their lordships adjourned at eight o'clock. In the House of Commons, Lord J. Manners asked if the Government intended to take any steps for the better protection of life in the counties of Tipperary and West- meath. Mr Chichester Fortescue, in reply, said the question had engaged the serious attention of the Govern- ment, and most energetic measures were 1 eing taken to suppress the outrages. The House shortly afterwards went into Committee on the Irish Church Bill, Mr Glad- stone announcing that the Government could not accept Mr Disraeli's amendment to clause 27 to give the Glebe houses to the general body of the Church. The amendment was negatived on a division by a majority of ninty-one. A long debate followed on clause 29, which transfers to the Church body private endowments since the year 1660. Mr Disraeli's amendment to strike out the date 1600 was lost, and so was another by Mr Hardy to substitute 1560, the latter by 306 to 220. Mr Disraeli moved that in determining the character of private property, the Com- missioners might receive historical and other evidence not strictly legal, and to allow costs. Mr Gladstone said that the Commissioners were never bound by technical rules, but the amendment would establish an undesirable precedent. The question of costs will be dealt with here- after. The amendment was withdrawn. Sir F. Heygate moved that lands granted by Royal Grant of statute since the second year of Elizabeth may be transferred to the Church body, on applic-tion, within six months after Jan. 1st, 1871. Mr C. Fortescue opposed the amendment, which, after some discussion, was negatived by a majority of 283 to 180. The clause was then agreed tn, and progress reported. • 7"' £
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THE UPPER SEVERN AND VERNIEW.-A., in the Field, says :—We have had no lack of water in our rivers of late. Since my last there have been two good spates down both Severn, Verniew, and tributaries, so that there has not been much salmon fishing, either with rod or net. Trout have taken very shyly, and very little has been done. No doubt the variable weather has had much to do with this. Since this day (Wednesday) week, when we had a heavy tempest for five hours, but with scarcely any rain, the trout have been very abstemious. The country is now looking very lovely. The fresh green hedges, the snowy blossoms of the wild cherry (here very abundant), and the pear, and the exquisite piuk of the &}>pie blossom, form a delightful feature in the landscape. TURNING THE KEY ON THE TURNKEY.- The other morning a prisoner named Clarke in the Queenstown bridewell effected his escape in rather a clever manner. About half-past six o'clock the turnkey, Duffy, went into the prisoner's cell with washing materials, leaving the key in the door while he went to the extreme end of the cell to lay the articles down. While Duffy was thus stooping, with his back to the prisoner, the latter slipped out and locked the door, making a prisoner of the bridewell keeper. Clarke then made his escape through the street door, hav- Clarke then made his escape through the street door, hav- ing the key in his possession. He had a clear start of a quarter of an hour, because Duffy was confined in the cell for that time before he could succeed in bursting open the door with the assistance of his wife, who was on the out side. Pursuit- was at once taken up, but to a late hour he had eluded arrest.—Cork Examiner.
Tipyn o Bob Peth.
Tipyn o Bob Peth. The Mid-Wales. Railway Bill was read a third time in the House of Lords on Monday evening. The Flintshire Militia have assembled at Mold, and the Denbighshire at Denbigh. A sparrowhawk entered a house at Wrexham Fechan the other day, and -killed a canary. The bold intruder was captured. A woman of penurious habits, who lived by herself, re- cently died of starvation, at Chester. She had an account of R759 19s. 8d. at the bank. Mr Ashbury's Cambria has commenced taking in stores for an immediate cruise, to test her sea-going qualifica- tions, previously to the great Anglo-American yacht race. Why are the Liberals to be congratulated and the Conservatives commiserated in the borough of Brecon ?" Because both have got a good Hyde-in! The Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry, under Lieut.- Col. Tottenham, will assemble at Ruthin on Saturday- June 12th, for eight days' duty. Mr William Edwards, second son of Mr Edwards, chemist, Denbigh, has just gained, at Queen's College^ Oxford, an open scholarship of the value of R75 for five years. It has been resolved, at a meeting at Carnarvon, to establish a Cambrian Mutual Freight Insurance Society (for foreign-going ships), and the office of the society is to be at Nevin. The Bishop of Lichfield, who maintains his old reputa- tion for indomitable energy, has been delivering an address at Brierley Hill, on the recent accident. At the close his lordship called for three cheers for the rescuers. The absence of the Hon. W. O. Stanley from some of the divisions on the Irish Church Bill is explained by the fact that Lord Stanley of Alderley is seriously ill, and that the hon. gentleman is in attendance upon him. At Worth en, the other day, a boy was playing with a top, when it rolled into some machinery. He crept in to recover it, the machinery was set going, and the poor fellow was killed. A deputation from the Shrewsbury Town Council has waited upon the School ( ommissioners, to urge that the Corporation should elect three trustees, instead of one as proposed, and that the meetings should be held in Shrews- bury instead of London. It is stated that these points have been conceded. Since the first of last month the Great Western Rail- way Company have ceased to use the broad gauge between Birmingham and London, and passengers are now con- veyed in the same carriage between Birkenhead and Lon- don. It is stated that all the broad-guage rails north of Oxford will be taken up at once. An inquest at Crewe last week revealed a deplorable scene. Mrs Ball, the wife of a boiler-maker, had been found dead in bed, and it appeared, from the evidence, that the night before, the deceased, her husband, a woman named Fairbrother, and others, had a drunken orgie, and Mrs Ball was carried drunk to bed, where her husband followed her in the same condition. They slept with their child, a girl of ten, and the woman Fairbrother slept under the bed. The little girl, who was called as a witness said she did not know anything of God, or the Bible, or heaven and hell. The verdict was, "Died by the visitation of God,, from natural causes, brought on by excessive drink- ing." One of the jury suggested that "Died by the visitation of God was a much too common verdict, and should often be changed for Died of a visit to the pub- lican. Two clever lawyers were caught tripping at the Llan- gollen Petty Sessions on Tuesday week. One, in cross- examining a witness, said "Do you wish this Bench and the public to believe what you say ?" The opposing advocate retorted: We are concerned only in what the Bench believes the public has nothing to do with it." After a while the second lawyer had occasion to ask the magistrates to give the informer half the fine in a case that had been heard, and he enforced his request by ob- serving that "At other Petty Sessions they did it!" Down on him came one of the Bench with When you quote the practice of a superior court we will listen to you. We have nothing to do with what other Petty T Sessions practise." Now perhaps Lawyer No. 2 deserved his rebuff; but Lawyer No. 1 was only too honest in appealing to 'the public.' After all it is the public- posted up by the Press—that often keeps the Great Un- paid straight. The Curiosities of Irish Church Literature will be an entertaining book when some enterprising collector pub- lishes it. Here is an extract from a lecture by Dr Massinoham at Crewe: we don't quite understand it, but that doesn't matter in lectures of this kind—It has been well and humorously said by the Rev. Dr Lowe, that Mr Gladstone had been flea-bitten by Cardinal Cullen, who presided over the details of his Bill. The Premier contributes to the periodical called Good Words.' In 'Good Words for trie Young is a tale about an entomologist resident on an island, that had the dangerous qualification of enabling every one to have whatever he wished for. The entomo- logist wished that his eyes might have microscopic power. Awaking in the morning, he saw a huge, monstrous sort of lobster, with a huge proboscis smeared with blood, which so terrified him that he fainted away. Instead of a flea, Mr Gladstone has seen microscopically large, another irritating creature, with a cardinal's hat and red stockings, In the opera of Faust' Mephistopheles sings the song of 'The flea,' which is thus freely translated :— ° To Ireland a doughty flea, Came in a hop from Romp, And tlai re, in Du lin Custle, he Soon made himself at home. In ymrp'o an fine linen, This doughty Sen was dress'd, He lia 1 red stocki* gs on his leg, And a cross upon his breast. lie made the Viceroy fi lget; On the penpln's bio d he fed. And England's rreat Prime Minister Was bitten in the head. His trouble it wns dro'l to see, With his Scotch wit to back him. Our fathers, then, they'd catch the flea, And when they caught they'd crack him." The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in the representation caused by the unseating of Mr Howel Gwyn took place on Friday. Lord C. J. Hamilton, the Conservative candidate, and Lord Hyde, the Liberal can- didate, having been proposed and seconded, the former addressed the assemblage. His lordship confined his ob- servations chiefly to the Irish Church question, and in adversely criticizing the policy of Mr Gladstone he ven- tured to predict that the measure now before the House of Commons could not, in its present form, pass both Houses of Parliament. Lord Hyde then came forward, but his remarks were only partially audible on account of the noisy interruption. After some introductory remarks, he went on to say that what was wanting in these times was, social reform, administrative economy, educational pro- gress, and religious equality all of which, he contended, were advocated by the party to which he belonged. Re- form was undoubtedly the work of the Liberal majority in the House of Commons, although a Conservative Govern- ment was in office at the time the measure was passed. With respect to administrative economy, he pointed to Mr Lowe's Budget, by which a reduction of two millions and a half of the national expenditure was effected, together with the total abolition of the fire insurance duty a re- duction of a penny in the pound in the income-tax and reductions in taxes on locomotion. He then referred to the Endowed Schools Bill as a sign of educational pro- gress, and dwelt on the blessings of education generally and with regard to the last item of national requirement —" religious equality he spoke in commendation of Sir J. Coleridge's Bill for the admission of Dissenters into the governing bodies of the universities. He supported in toto Mr Gladstone's Irish measure. The mayor then took the show of hands, which he declared to be in favour of Lord Iryde, the Liberal candidate, on which a poll was de- manded on behalf of Lord Claude Hamilton, and fixed for next day. The poll took place on Saturday at Brecon, and at the little town of Llwyel, distant about twelve miles, which is united to Brecon for parliamentary pur- poses, and contains between forty and fifty voters. The Liberal candidate, Lord Hyde, took the lead from the beginning, and at eleven o'clock the numbers were—For Lord Hyde (Liberal), 310; for Lord C. Hamilton (Con- servative), 221. By two o'clock Lord C. Hamilton had slightly improved his position, but his chance was now considered hopeless. The poll at that time stood thus :— For Lord Hyde, 369 for Lord C. Hamilton, 285 and at the close the numbers were—Lord Hyde, 391; Lord C. Hamilton, 328 majority for Lord Hyde, 63. This is therefore a gain of one seat to the Liberals.
THE WELSH FASTING GIRL.
THE WELSH FASTING GIRL. The case of the girl Sarah Jacobs is producing some con- troversy. One correspondent (of the Liverpool Mercury) writes-" I have not one word to say against the bona fides of Dr Lewis, of Carmarthen; and the able editor of the British Medical Journal has, no doubt, carefully sifted the statements made as to a little Welsh girl abstaining from food or drink for seventeen months, before giving those statements publicity. Readers, however, who have good memories, are warranted, I apprehend, in reminding the public that some of the most barefaced im- postures and some of the grossest delusions on record have for a time been bolstered up by medical testimony—the witnesses being entirely conscientious, but transparently duped and hopelessly prejudiced in favour of the sham. It was Dr Badeley, a phvsician of high standing, who, forty-seven years ago, published a narrative of Miss- Barbara O'Connor, a nun in the convent of New Hall, near Chelmsford,' having been cured of a bad thumb through the prayers of Prince Hohenlohe; the prayers in question being offered up at Bamberg, 111 Germany. It was a phvsician who first introduced the impudent im- postor Cariboo to the Bristol public; more than one physician believed the practical bull of a blind woman seeing, in the memorable case of Miss M Lvoy; more than one medical man solemnly attested that Ann Moore, the fastin,T woman of Tutburv, lived without food; and it was in the~house of a physician that Bernard Cavanagh, the fasting man, resided, implicitly believed in by his host, until he was discovered one day in a cook-shop, devouring ham and beef. In all these instances the respectability of the medical witnesses was unimpeachable, and their motives beyond supicion; yet in all were they completely hoodwinked and humbugged. The case of Johanna Southcote furnishes another extraordinary instance of medical credulity." Another correspondent, referring to the case of Ann Moore, who was alleged to have lived for twenty months without food, says—"After exciting immense curiosity, Arm Moore was detected by a very simple experiment. Her bed was placed upon scales, so easily moved that they indicated the slightest increase in the superincumbent weight. It was therefore absolutely impossible for the woman to receive any nourishment without the fact being disclosed bv an alteration in the weight indicated by tne scales. After a very short probation, Ann Moore had to give in and ask for nourishment, and ^she then admitted that she had been regulary supplied v* ith food, tooogh^in very minute quantities, by her friends, v>no were parties very minute quantities, by her friends, v>no were parties to the imposture."
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Agricultural. COTTAGE FARMING. A daily contemporary, in the course of an article in which it suggests that facilities for the free transfer of land and the purchase of small farms, assisted by public loans, would be very beneficial, especially in Ireland, gives the following interesting abstract of Mr Samuel Vallis's little volume on Cottage Farming:—" The experiment of cot- tage farming, tried in the first instance at Newbury by Mr Vallis, was attempted, as Mr Rogers points out, under the most favourable circumstances, and his success consequently is the more useful as a proof of the intrinsic sources of strength latent in that system of husbandry. The land which Mr Vallis rented appears from his description to have been decidedly inferior to the average in quality while he paid not less than £ 4 5s. an acre for it; the arable land in his possession was two acres and a quarter, but during the latter years of his experiment he also rented a small meadow for his cows. When he commenced his work he had the assistance of the pupils of the industrial school, but a change in the educational policy of Govern- ment necessitated the loss of this efficient aid, and Mr Vallis thenceforward did the work of his little farm him- self, with occasional hired help. At the outset he had to provide tools, some of which he invented and improved for himself, and buildings for his stock, consisting of a couplis of cows and some pigs. He was his own architect and. clerk of works, and his pupils entered zealously into the building operations. Then came the purchase of stock- a hazardous enterprise for the small capitalist. Mr Vallis was fortunate in the purchase of a valuable cow for a moderate price, and his farming operations thenceforward were chiefly directed to make the most of his bargain. His experience led him at once to adopt stall-feeding, or "the soiling system, as he terms it, in place of pasture and he shows conclusively that one acre of land under green crons -lucerne, mangolds, carrots, and so forth-will maintai^ a cow for twelve months, while three acres of pasturao-e would be required the difference in cost being nearly five pounds a year. The "mixed system," which Mr Vallis also tried, he recommends where the close attention re- quired for stall-feeding is not possible for the cottager. As to the disposal of the produce, Mr Vallis found no diffi- culty ir. making both the manufacture of butter and the sale of new milk paying speculations. He tells us, how- ever, that on the exposed system," as compared with- stall-feeding, there 13 a loss of fifteen percent. The other branch of Mr Vallis's stock-keeping, his breeding of pigs, was equally successful; though he points out how the ordinary methods of rearing and feeding them are so wasteful as to leave no margin of profit. But though it was from his stock that the "cottage farmer" derived his more sub- stantial gains, his ingenuity was more strikingly displayed m the versatile expedients which he adopted for cropping every yard and almost every inch of his two acres H! grew mangold-wurtzels and carrots as alternate crops, and planted cattle melons m the trenches between his potatoes. By losing no space however small, hewasable, inadditionto- the green crops for his stock and his potatoes, to raise cabbages and lettuces, early peas, and vegetable marrows-no con- contemptible variety of the cottager's ordinary fare. As to the net financial results of small-farming, Mr Vallis presents a balance-sheet showing how, according to his own experience, a cottager may pay a rent of fifteen pounds a hhw/lTl aCrfiS °f.Ia,nd and twe*ty guineas a year for hued labour, and yet clear a profit of sixty-eight pounds per annum-more than twice the ordinary wa-es of the agricultural labourer. Of course, when the cottager has a strong son growing up, the hired labour would not be needed, and the profit would be so much the larger."
CRYSTAL PALACE.-SEASON 1869…
CRYSTAL PALACE.-SEASON 1869 AND 1870. The programme of the sixteenth season is to be issued shortly by the directors. From an early copy it appears that a multitudinous variety of attractions are offered to patrons of the palace. The season will open on Saturday, the 1st May, with a grand musical festival in honour of Rossini. 1 he orchestra will be on a gigantic scale anrvivw; mating with that of the Handel festivals. It will ro™sist of upwards of 3,000 carefully selected performers includ mg the orchestras of the Crystal PahJ Cor^any' and Sacred Harmonic Society, the chorus of the London con- tingent of the Handel Festival Choir, and numerous other amateurs and professionals of the first rank. On the 1st May likewise a transparent scene, which has t een specially painted for the Crystal Palace by Mr Matt Morgan re- presenting the "silver" and "golden" illuminations of St. Peter's at Rome, will be exhibited in the Concert ilall Its displays will be accompanied by the music played on .he silver trumpets on Easter day in the Church itself A series of eight grand summer concerts, on the Handel Orchestra, conducted by Mr Manns, will be given on Saturdays m May, June, and July, for which the mr^fc ernment artistes will be engaged. Another £ re ,t novel attraction is the announcement of operas to be per- formed on the complete and most commodious stage which was last year erected in the Concert Hall. These will be played in English, supported by thoroughly efficient com- panies, and will be under the management of Mr Geortre- Perren, Mr Manns conducting. There will be an altera- tion in the Flower Show arrangements in the comin, season. Ihere are to be two grand showa i c ° taking place on the 15th May^aSd the 5th t'T first a new and very attractive feature will be an national Bouquet Show for wliioh 1 ,1," exhibit a wedding bouquet a ball l^ nCl?mpet|tor ^ill bouquet. The Rose Show, alwavs a deli'.i-h'r' ialKLf-Jase will be held on Saturday, JuS £ ^^1 exhibition, national show of gladioli will be held. In large mimbcrs these gay flowers produce remarkable effects of colour The magnificent displays of fireworks for which the terrace and grounds of the palace are so admirably suited will be continued through the coming season. A recent report in the Times describing the firewcrb in Rome at Easter alluded to the palace as far in advance of the Roman displays Ihe able pyrotechnists of the companv Messrs Brock of Nunhead and Mons. Ruggieri ofParil will add such imposing features to this vear^ i will increase the prestige of these popula? exhibiting8
THE MACIIYNLLEl^ TOWN~HALL…
THE MACIIYNLLEl^ TOWN~HALL SITE SIB,-I was glad to observe an article in your last on the above subject, which to the inhabitants of this town is a most important one, and should not be decided hastily, as it is done once for a century, and even more perhaps-the present.town and market-hall havin- been built eighty-six years ago. In deciding upon a sTte "eTver,f flings should be kept in view. One object to be amud at is to get the site most advantageous to the majority of the inhabitants, and also the most central place for business. The future prospects of the town should also be considered, and in what part of the town is it most probable that building will be carried on and addi- tions made. 1 his town cannot extend on the station side because the river Dovey often overflows the meadows and sometimes up close to the houses in that direction, so that no one would build in that direction should land for that purpose be obtained, which is unlikely. But in Maen- gwyn-street, and close to and adjoining the proposed site in that street, there is plenty of healthy and most suitable building ground Almost all the different lots sold at the recent sale of Mr Long's estate are situate in this street top of the town to Or.wfttl, and way to the station would be much shortened thereby from wo l |P<ir i ,lt'town- yh°uld this street be made it would be a great boon to toe inhabitants, and the Maer. gwyn-street site, would tlien.be a,s advantageous to a W portion or Penrallt-stxeet, as if it were erected in thtt street. iours,-&c., A TRADESMAN.
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Dunville and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recom- mended by the medical profession in preference to French brandy. Quotations on application to jVlessrs Dunville and Co., Belfast. Religious enlightenment is making encouraging progress in Bavaria. In the course of a debate in the Upper House on education, Prince Hohenlohe protested against the nar- row party feeling exhibited "within the domain of the Church," and declared that one consequence of this nar- rowness was, that Church and State were unable to so hand in hand. 6 Application has been made to the Judge of the Arches Court to accept the letters of request forwarded by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, m order that the prosecution of Mr Bennett, of Frome, for alleged heresy mi>dit be proceeded with in that Court .Sir R. Pliillimore0 ques- tioned whether he could accept the letters of request, as no reasons had been assigned why he should do so. Counsel contended that under the Church Discipline Act his lordship had no option. Sir R. Phillimore reserved his decision. SOMETHING LIKE A NUGGET.—We are informed by a private ^mnmmcation just received from Adelaide that on tne zutn or hebruary, a nugget was found at Dunolly Victoria, which has realized 29,000, and yielded 2 268 ounces of pure gold. It has been named the Welcome Stranger,' and has been forward to England. This is the largest nugget vet found in Australia. CHARLEY'S MISSION.—The new member for Salford and nuisance in the House of Commons has declared his 'Mis- sion in the world. He promises to devote his life 11 to the object of depriving Mr Gladstone^ ot^\Ve power Jo destroy our Protestaiit constitution, by relieving him of the cares of office.. Mr Charley does not seem to expe, t ^olprnbW thlS?lu«'\e-handed, although he evident:y has a tolerably good opinion of himself, but he knows there are hundreds m Parliament and millions out of "there are hundreds m Parliament and millions out of it UP°" such a mission as a high and holy one and who will heartily join in the good work." The par- liamentary hundreds' h, ve been rather remiss in the good work so far, we should say, and the outside mil- lions seems to have gone astray most wofully. But Mr Charley thinks it will take months, perhaps years," to accomplish the work lie has set the hundreds and millions to do; so we must not judge hastily. G A SINGULAR WAY OF TRYING THE STRENGTH.-At the Marylebone police cburt, a tall, powerful-looking man who said his name was William Femister, labourer, was charged with being guilty of the following extraordinary conduct:—John Emery, t'e prosecutor, said I carry on business as a boot and shoe manufacturer at Euston road On Saturday evening- the prisoner came intomyshou ami said he wanted to be fitted with a pair of boots I turn, d round to reach some from a shelf, when he caught me ly thew;aist and threw me up to the ceiling. You may imagine I was very much suprised, ard more =o when he picked me up and threw me through the glass door and broke the glass. (Laughter.) He was under the infl ence of drink, and told me he did not want to hurt in, but merely to show me his strength. (Loud laughter).— Mr Lyncourt: Is he a powerful man ? Complainant (a snort, thick-set man): He must be, as I am rather heavv. Prisoner: I had no intention to hurt him; I only wantei to try my strength.—Mr D'E.yncourt (to prosecutor): Did he tnrow you to the ceiling ? Prosecutor My head just touched it.—Prisoner: I only wanted to show him how easily I could lift him.—Mr D'Eyncourt said he must pay a fine of 10s., and 5s. costs for breaking the glaas doo.. The amount was paid, n