The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

The tenants on the Aughrane Castle estate property of the late Christopher Neviile Bagot, to the number of 450, have refused to pay rents, and as no one can he found who dares to serve writs, Judge Lawson has permitted service to be substituted by post. The tenants owe .Ell.OOO. With regard to the agricultural prospects a corres- pondent writes that the spring work, especially in the West, is very backward. Very few potatoes have yet been put in the ground, a circumstance which some people attribute to a fear of injury from the heavy frosts which have prevailed at night until within the last few days. In many places, howev.r, the preparation of the ground for potatoes and even for oats i- not yet completed, a circumstance which the weatln r at all events is not to be held responsible fur. The New Ross board of guardians have elected Mr. Ryall, a farmer now undergoing three months' imprisonment for xioycotting, as vice-chairman of the unioll tor the coming year. awl selected anutber tenant-farmer to act as his locum tenens during the re. m-.iiidei of his imprisonment. Mi. Parnell is said to be engaged in the prepara- tion of a counter-statement in contravention of that latelv pit1 liisbed by Admiral Maxse, addressed to M. Victor Hugo. He will point out the long- continued sufferings of the Irish people, the futile attempts hitlieito made by Englishmen and Iriahmea wi'h ElIgiih sympathies to improve their condition, and the fact that, but for the intensity of the pre- sent agrarian agitation, arising out of the misery caused by t he recent Irish famine, the new Land Bill would mvm have Lean contemplated,

(All F.hU 1 -weed.) 'WRITTEN IX FIIIE," _L J" A-A OR, Till.: \YT L'N!. ^S TST TI: E D.VEi:. 5Y FLO IIEN'CE Mill P. Y AT, AUTHOR OF Love's Conflict," Fighting xhe Air," Her Father's P. Name," &c., ac., &c. •"■'r'T^s ,-w. CH API F jX. A HERO'S RESOLVE. Although he was suoh a lai thit m ist people would h,ve laughed at, instead of sympathising with, hit iii.-ap[»oiutnient, Fabian felt it bitterly. It must be rotur'nbefel that he was of a poetic and imaginative tfemiwrainent, and possessed a mind far in advance of in* y iri. It was not this that had caused him co fal 1 in lev with Rosie Barnes, but it was this that made the f^t of her having deeeived him ten times more liitier than it would otherwise have been. He had ti'uvei! her so entirely. He knew thu she was you Jg, unfii :ueJ, and eareless, but h« had never dreamt but; that she waa true. Circumstances in the future might Ctmsf her to alter her mind (so he ha d thought), but he L-It certain that what she affina l in the pre- fect she believed trom the very bottuin of her he trt. An.i n nv ttJ tiud that she had been lying to h'm all alw.g that whilst she Buffered hia caresses and incited his vo.vs oftiJelity she had been canyi-ii» on jn t '.lie same game with Andy—his brether and his be-«* friend It was very galling. But Fabian accepted the face in a very different sp> r.t, from what most boys would have done liiglit-en is an impetuous aud unreasoning age iu the affairs of love and the majority of youtha in Mordham, supplanted in their affections, as he had been, would have commenced by abusing the girl and fighting their rival, and, finding neither plan had the effect of reinstating them in their former rights, would have ended by heartily hati ng them both. ButFabiaawascastinahigtiermould. In the tiut place, when he had once read falsehood masked in Rosie Barnes's face, no power on earth could have replaced her um the pedestal she had occupied in his boyish heart. His horror of a lie was too great With that discovery his idol had fallen. False and betrayed, she waa even less than ciay. She had lied, both to him alld to Andy. Sue was no longer 1M,;¡ Rosie, but a diahonourtblo girl whose word he oouid never again depend upon. Then, in the second pta e, Fabian, in addition to his other virtues, was very humble with respect to his own merits. He did not wonder, when he came to consider the circum- stances, that Rosie should have preferred An dy, for, to hin own taste, his cousin waa far handsomer ai.d more manly-looking than himself. Andrew loved uatdoor sp rts also, as befitted a country gentle man, aud if he were upon occasion rather wild io: his "g", K >-ie was accustomed to a little roughness of iiie III the men by whom she was surrounded, and would ad mire his character none the less for that. Th refore Fabian's pure scul would not permit him todeory hi" rival only because he was sucn, and he was only sorry, for Andy's sake, that K ,-ie ijad not possessed the truth and courage tu let him (Fabian) know vthea she had transferred ha; affections to his cousin. It never entered his head to rei with Am1y because he had decoy eu Ills eweeuieait from him It >vasnot Andy's fault. That was evident enough frow the ell tire lgnoiance he haJ diliplayed or Fabian s i..t macy with thegul. 'lhe iault was Rnsie's—only Rosie's—who had permitted him to love and caress her all the while that her heart was giveu to an jther! To be thus dt-ce.ved and made a fool of was very, very hard to bear grief for his own los8 had nQt yet got the better ot iiii indignation at this discovery when Andy re-ei.tt.ied ii,e house. The first words that greeted hilu uciu ill tue voice of hill cousin, calling over the i i.&t t:.I. •' un here, Audy, 1 wa nt to speak to you." Andrew H*yes displayed no reluu tance to enter F.iiiiau'* prt:enc-. He had too muoh confidence in hi. alt-. ctioii to teiir his reproaches. But he looked tbe iiioie guilty ot the two as they encountered each other. L, udou'o think I did it I'll purpose, du yuu, An i> V" w.i> Fabian's frauk inquiry. W 1 i, I don't suppose you did, old boy," renlied Andiew. ensting himselt into aehair but it's deuced hard lilies for buth of us, there's no dOl1bt auuut it. And it's all the more awkward because of cur living Loge: her, and the girl being in and out of tue lioa^e all day long. I don't see how either of us is to gne her up with any comfort. Though she swears •iie'il stick to me for the future-alld I think I shall suit her better than you would, Fabian, after all And most people.seeing Andrew Hayes's fillo, though rather course fac3 and figuie as he lay back in the chair and pulled his yellow moustache, would have thought tbe same. "I dare aay you will, Andj," replied Fabian quietly, but that is net the question. Under any circum- •rslices, wl ether she withed it or no, I should never have inteifered between you and Rosie Barnes again. I have given her up, Andy, now and for ever." Whew whistled the other, "yon can't have cared much for her then, old fellow. All the better for jou!" "It is of little oons equenee if I did or didn't. J had no idta she waa your sweetheart, you may rest assured of that, or I never would have *ai<i a word to her! But look here, Andy, tell me the truth. Do you love her?" Of course 1 du! Like anything! Why, we've bee n meeting atone place and anüthdr regularly thr«e times a week for the last three moutha,and she used to write menotes before that into the bargain I'm awfully sweet on her, Fabian, 1 think she's out and out the jolliest girl for milea round Mordham, and I'd marry her to-morrow if I could. Like a shot!' ended Andy emphatically. Fabian winced under the relation, but kept his tonnteDancewonderfulty. He,too, had considered her —not the" jolliest girl'' he knew, but the most pjrfect speoimen of womanhood he had ever met. And now —what did he think of her? But his generous heart would not betray its broken idol. Well, then, look here, Andy—I'm going away." Uoing awaj 1 What the dickens should yo i do that for ?" Because what jou said just now is true. It will be difficult under the circumstances for 118 all to live together in comfort. The fact is, A ndy (I Uon't mind telling you, who are just like my own brother) but I have made a bit of a fool of myself about Ronie. She didn't like to let me know, I suppose, that she was ket!ping company with you-" "Well, I told her to keep it quiet,of ceurse, because of father," iuterp osed Andy. Ju^t so! and her seorecy was the reason of the mistake I made. I thought she was free, and I've let myself think rather more about her than was good for me-" v. I'm to sorry, Fabian 1" "There'sno need to be, old fellow Only, as things are, it will be beet for both of us that 1 should leave the coast clear for you. So I shall tell uncle to-morrow that I've decided to be a dootor, and shall go up to London to walk the hospitals. What a bore What am I to do withrutyeu ? Bother the girl, Fabian Take her and welcome. I'd rather give her up a. doaen timet over than lose yon." My dear Andy, I appreciate your affection, but my remaining here would make no difference in the mattei. Do you think I'm the sort of fe:low to take another fellow's sweetheart from him, even if she would have me t No! I feel I've been idle too Ion?., Let me go away and learn my profession, and then, after a few years,when I oome back to Mordham again, I shall be able to shake hands with my brother's wile, and forget altogether that I ever wanted her for my own." "I.,(Fabian, you're an awful brick ejaculated' Andy, The "awful brick'' was apparently busily engaged at that moment in adjusting the portrait of Rosie Barnes upon the easef, ttltilst he furtive y brushed away the hot tears that h ad risen to his eyes. "I shall finish this before I go, Andy," he ex- claimed cheerfully a moment after, and haug it up in your bed-room for a parting present. It is not very like her, you know, but you'll value it for the take of what has happened this evenin" If It's a deuced 'ight better-looking than she'll ever be," said Andy, with anytbiug but a lorar-like air not that I don't think her pretty, but it'll be a long ttMM baton I fawn tut for partiug 18. and sm. I r ;,Ue must have told a lie to one or the other to get iu into a beastly scrape as this. •'No, ll", Andy, don think that,"cried F.iHan q'tielily. '"She is but a gill, yon know, and 1 iu*y are all Ih<-n<rh5'ess. Perb>ip« »ht didn't quite kn.,w her own n inland she 1:1. • ih • ;i<1:nira; ion of both »•? us; lii.Mvl n, V Hin K' < v en «h«- has only got you, si-. j h r,: u-h you, nevrt f. an ;"11\1 it'll aii coij-e light ill the end." Well! I hope it may," replied his eousin "bnt if It don't, there are plenty more girls to be had be-ide Miss Rosie Barnes, and so I shall take good care to let her know." And this was the fashion in which the boy loved her,the buy for whom she had deceives abian's h .nesc heart When Andrew had sauntered downstairs asrain, and Fabia:1 was left alune,the pentupgrief would have its way.It is true that be despised her for hereowardica and want of truth; true that he would not have ac. cepted the offer of her love if she had come and laid it with tears at his feet. Yet there was much to be given up that he believed to be his own. Those ardent looks a.nd kisses, the low-toned courtship, the promises of eternal fidelity Even where theie is no lasting feeling, these things are dear to the young and credu- lous, who make a heaven out of them in which to live apart from the outer world. As Fabian recalled and ■wept over such, he forgot his eontempt for Rosie's f.d.-)ehr)od,and felt he could not have resigned them in favour of any ene— except Andy But what was the vow—the promise he had made in gratitude to Andrew's mother—that he would share everything he had, down to his last farthing, with her boy—and she had died happy in that belief? Some- thing came and whispered to Fabian at that moment that this did not include so sacred a possession as his first love, but he repudiated the suggestion as unworthy of him. Neither of them had Rosie's love. There was no doubt of that; but she liked them both, and wo uld be ready to settle her affections upon whichever remained to claim them. So be it, then. Let Andrew win the prize. Fabian, young as he was, knew al- r, .Y that he should not long value a heart that was not entirely his own. urn. As soon as the farmer returned from Norwich his nephew broke to him the intelligence that hs had de. termined to take advantage of the choice accorded him by his father's wIll and commence his studies fur the medical profession. Mr. Hayes attempted as before t. tiissuaae Fabian from such an intention, but find- ing his resolution unaltered, he was compelled to give ill to it. The only stipulation he made was that. he should sutter !:i:ti«>l £ to be placed under the charge of a doctor in Norwich, instead of going to London as he had proposed. By this means Hayes knew that at least half of Fabian's income would still re- main in his own pocket, and the lad made no objection to the plan hard as his life had been at Mordham, Ü was yet his hùme- the only home hè had known in England—and he had dreaded going forth alone into the wilderness of London without one friendly hand extended to him. Haditbeenpossibts to pursue his medical studies in Brusca, he would have retUlne<1 jltyfully to the bnd of hie adoption, but the last seven y: a l arl made him too much of an English- man to render it advisable he should enter himself as student in a foreign academy, where he would have to compete entirely with natives of the country. In Norwich he should not feel quite so fat awnyFrom Andrew and from Milly, who loved him. They would not be so completely separated but that they might still ho!d out a helpin; hand to one another in time of need. So to Norwich it was decided tha' Fabian should go. The lamentation at. hh departure was universal, From his cousins down to Anna and the stable helper, there was rot a dissentient voice in the house, everyone declaring that the life of it would depart with Fabian Delacourt. Farmer Htyes himself was the only one who refused to give an opin if) n on the subject, though even his natural surliness was increased by the secret knowledge that he would have to curtail his domestio expenditure as so. n as his nephew was gone. Milly wept in silence. The poor little girl was more grieved at the prospect of losing Fabian than anyone else; but 1 she was not aware of it herself. She had gr< wn npwith her cousin, whose thoughtful tender nature was far better suited to hers than Andrew's had ever been, until he had become a necessary part of her cxi>-f- enee. But she did not come to a thorough knowledge of the truth until she was obliged to spend her days without him. After all. Andy, for whose ;-ake he went, was the IOlldtst in hie expressions of disgust and disappointment at parting with his boon companion More than once after the evening on which they made the mutual discovery of each other's love, did he attack Fabian in his painting-room, and beg of him to let bygones be bygones, and rsiuam at Mordham. He had even offered never to speak to Rosie Barnes again himself.if his cousin would but resign his Inten- tion of going to Norwich. But this sacrifice, even had it been feasible on Andy's part, would have availed Fabian nothing. It was difficult to explain to the girl's lover, why to say, in fact, that in the face of her ial>ehood, he considered her unworthy the trust of any man. Besides, Andy could scarcely have understood him. What he called love was such a very diffe" rent feeling from that which his cousin had cherished* He had no appreciation of the finer phases of a woman's character, nor 1 he delicacy of mind himself to consider honour in either sex as the bloom upon a peach or the dust upon an insect's wing,on which one touch, e"en the lightest, will leave its ma* k for ever. Fabian loved his cousin all the more for the kindly feelings he displayed towards himself, but he could not help observing, even through them, what a wide gulf was placed between their natures, if not between their affections. One request which Andy brought him the evening before he left Mordham for Norwich surprised Fabian as much as it touched him, because it proved his cousin's complete confidence in him. It was to the effect that he would see Rosie and wish her good-bye before he went. Several weeks had elapsed now since the encounter in the nut walk, and Fabian had stndiously avoided coming ia contact wit the girl who had deceived him. He did not wish to re proach her—being Andy's sweetheart—and he did not believe he could speak to her without doing Ito. < But ow Andrew pr eterred the request as from himself, and Fabian did not like to retule, for fear they should discover how much he suffered from the loss of her. Yet he demurred awhile. "I don't see the use of it, Andy," he said "you can wish her good-bye and all sorts of happiness from me and surely that will do as well "No. it won't," replied his eousin, ''for Rosie has been crying her eye. out about your going all the week. And she's afraid you're angry with her abeut Lhill business and wants to hear you say yeu're not." Afraid he wat angry xcith her t Good heavens! Had the girl already forgotten all she had said and tivorn to him during those many secret meetings in the nut-walk ? And now she could talk of his being "angry," as though the past were a mere matter of vexation! That's nonsense," he replied. "1 have ni right to be angry with anyone but myself. But if Rosie really wishes to see me, of course I can have no objection.' Well, she's waiting for you in the parlour, and I've sent Milly down to the village so now's you r time, oi l fellow. And say something kind to her for heaven's sake, for I've been hardly able to get a word out of her for days past. Fabian threw on his coat and went down stairs with Out further remonstrance. The interview was most unpalatable to him. and he wanted to get it over as quickly as possible, as one sits down to have a tooth drawn. Well, Rosie," he exclaimed in a cheeiful voice, as he advanced and took her hand, Co and -if you've come t. wish me good-bye. Thank you for doing so. As she turned at his voice, he saw that she had been crying.. "0 Fabiaa are you really going away, and all be- cause of me ?" "Not at all. What put such an idea intT your head? I aio going to Norwich to commence to study to be a doctor. That ba< always been my desire, you know, Rosie—to be able to cut off arms and Jtlg", though I hope you will never require my services to do either." Don't responded the girl with a shudder. Fa- bian have you forgiven me ? Are you kure you are got over it 7" Got over what ?" "All my non ^ise—you know—my flirting with Andy. You were so quick to b elieve me iu the wrong— yi'U never stopped to fiud out if I were in rarnest oK u.; i II Fabiaa affected to tieat the matter lightly. j ■ "3» a He felt that if he beca-ue serious be tul.-jht appear tot much so. Ul k'icT vou were not in earnes', at lent with me But I'd i-aMn* tn>t r"fer to that, Ro lie. PL's all pa6i and r.ver. L'I us fnrget it, But I e<t.¡,. 1: f.t 1 m",t smak 1.'1 you bef^rs ron went. O '>lvi surely you k i'iw which of t.ha two I love I he 1,1 Now it wan really becoming I!Ul(,1I11\. Rosie was trrneli!!i<T on Andy's rights, and without the least elm nee of reinstating herself in Fabian's favour. L ice a true coquette as she was, she could not bear to lose one of her subjects, even though she could not hold them both. The boy's brow overclouded. It was a difficult thing to speak to her, but pride and honour came to his aid. "Rosie," he commenced quietly—very quietly, to hide how his lips trembled—" I do not know which of the two you loved the best, but I hope it was Andrft w. for his sake and your own, for I-ihall never talk to }0* about such things again." Why ?" II Because—becau«c—I will not share you with any- one." But if I was enly your sweetheart—always—fro 14 this time?" she murmured. "Are you false to Andfa. well as to me?" he ex- claimed loudly and then, aeeing her frightened look, be continued- No, no I was wrong. Forgive me for shouting In that fashion. But look here, Rosie If you never aaw Andy again from this moment, it would make no difference between you and me. So don't let us speak of it any more, please." The truth is, you never eared for me she pouted. Yes-yee-perhaps that is it—and I'm going away to-narrow, you see so it would have been of no good if 1 had-and-and-O Rosie," he burst out suddenly, with generous warmth, say that you'll love Andrew, and be true to him, for he's a real good fellow, and I think ha loves you." "I don't know, I'm sure. I don't know anything. I'm sick of boys and oourting, and all the rest of it I" replied the offended beauty. 4 [ shall never forget yon, Rosie," Fabian went on, In a softer, dreamy tone, nor the look in your eyes, and the days when you thought you oared for me. But it was all folly, and I've wakened from it as if it had been a dream, and am glaa to think that some day you will be Andy's wife. Be true to him, R )8ie, for my 1:o.1re!" But Rosie did not answer. She was crying. c. Good-b}. said Fabian, holding out his hand. Ehe lifted up ber 8) 61 and looked at him, such be- wildering, beautlful eyes as they were. But he turned aligh\ly away. Good-bye," he repeated, I am glad, now, that I have seen you once more; and remember that my last words were, Be true to Andy. She tried to detain him, but before she had time to speak Fabian had walked steadily out of the room Aid was gone. And Rosie Barnes felt instinctively that she had parted from one who was in every rejpnot her superior. In anothei "feek Fabian Delacourt was settled in Nor vich under the roof of his master, and commenced the routine of a totally different life. (To be continued.)

SERIOUS DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND. A serious riot in which several civilians and three policemen were severely hurt occurred at Newcastle West, county Limerick, the other evening. A rumour had got abroad that Miss Anna. Parnell would pass through the town en route for Limerick from Kerry, and the local brass band, after parading the streets, proceeded to the railway station at 8 p.m., accom- panied by an immense concourse of people to await the arrival of the train. When it steamed into the station, however, it was found that none of its occu- pants answered the description of Miss Parnell. Just then the curiosity of the crowd was directed towards a raitwaycarriageinwhich were seated three policeman and a young man, who turned out to be a nephew of Mr. Willinm R. Croker, of Croom, the agent to Viscount (jl-uillamore, who had latterly been serving writs of ejectment for non-payment of rent on the tenants of the Guillamore estate, in county Limerick. The crowd, on learning this, became extremely violent, and rushed at the carriage door, bursting it open but, the doorway being so small, the three policemen ea-ily repelled the attacks of the in YIHler"" who then betook themselves to a large heap of stones, and kept up a continuous volley until they had utterly ruined the carriage. Another rush towards the young man, who had ensconced himself under the carriage seats, was made, but auain proved unsuccessful. Mutters now became so serious that the police sergeant advanced to the front of the carriage and warned all present that if they persisted in the riot he wlluld order his tn-n to fire. The crowd, however, took no need of thi", Illlt continued throwing stones with renewed vigour. Just then a rifle was seen protruding through the carriage window, directed towards the crowd, and the word "fire" was distinctly heard, but the unfortunate policeman who ut'ered it was knocked senseless, his forehead being -p.it by a blow from a stone. Fortunately at this ctisis the bell was rung for the departure of the train, and as it steamed out of the station a farewell volley of stones was thrown, injuring the other two policemen, and umashinifthe gluss of every carriage window. The crowd then withdrew. From later acconntB of the process-serving affray which took place ou Tuesday between Kiltimagh and Cu lilea, near (llareniorris, it appears that the girl K>te Byrne was not mortally wounded as at first rt ported, although she was badly injured. A constabulary escort, commanded by Constable Roche, proceeded to the estate of Mr. Malachy, at Cullilea, to guard a man who was about to serve a number of notices to quit 011 the tenants. When they reached the hnd they found a considerable crowd of men, women, and children assembled. After about 14 pro- cesses had been served the opposition offered by the people became so strong and menacing that it was found impossible to continue the service of the others. A retr at accordingly commenced in the direction of Kiltimagh barracks. Roche informed the people that 110 further processes would be served that day, andmivi-ed tnem to go home, but they followed the police, throwing stones at them. The police endea- v. uied, by taking a circular route, to avoid the crowd, but toe people cro-s-.d the intervening fields, and, coming up with the constabulary, again began to throw stones. Constable Roche ordered his party to proceed onwards with the process-server as quickly as t,) ev could, while some others lagged behind, walking backwards, and endeavouring to induce the people to th sist from their pursuit. He threatened to fire <in them, and shewed his cartridges, but it was of no ava.il, and at length Roche, finding himself isolated and the n.oi) threatening him, fired one charge of buckshot, and Kate Byrne. aged about 20, fell, having rte<.eived tbiee pe lets in the right leg and two in the left. W hi Ie the people crowded round her the police succeeded in reaching the barracks. The father Af the girl, who had in the meantime goue "n t" Kilti- magh, w&; there arrested. One of the sub-constables w hs m en ly cut .vith a stone between the eyes, and oiliH s (If the party were also injured. It is stated ti t the wounded girl and her father were only spec- tators on the occasion; and did not take part in the attack on the police. An inquest h:-s been held by the Sligo county coroner on the body of Constable Armstrong, who ditd from injuries received in the Clogher affray of He1 ur i; 1 y. The jury found that deceased died from in jo lies he received from some person or persotta unknown. One of the persons shot by the police is 101:1 1<1 to be dying,while another is in a serious condition. Armstrong had rendered himself very obnoxious to the people by prosecuting them for trivial offences,and when the fact ot his death was made known bonfires were liehted on the hill tope and fireworks exploded. t. Ballaghaderin a large procession, headed by a- 1",1)(1, maiched through the streets carrying a coffin 1i led with burning turf, which was subsequently buried near the ehurchyard with a mock funeral ceremony.

Mr. Gladstone, Lord Hartingdon, and Lord Gran- ville have accepted invitations provisionally to the bati piet of the Fishmongers' Company on the 27th. charge has beeD brought in the Chatham p 'ioe-c «urt by the (rillingham local board against th" Secretary of State for War, of unlawfully stop- ping up a public road leading from Chatham inner lines to the sally p"rt, by which access is gained to N?w Brompton. Evidence was adduced to shew that t ie way in question had been used beyond living me- .1 "I v but had been taken in order that a recreation- al ound for the mi itary might be formed. For the de- fine it was contended that amide powers were given the Crown to close and diveit roads under the Jjetei.ces Act, but it was argmd in reply that no defensive works were in contemplation. The magi-'rate reserved his decision. A Par iamentary paper on Poor rates and Pau- erism i as been* issued which shews that in the f. iitth we. k of February this year there were in re- ii,r. of relief tliroi ghout-England and Wales 7S2.768 paupi-rs, which it an increase of 12,4f>5 011 the cor- responding week lass year. Par imieutary paper has been issued on Ele- mentary Kducmion (Singing), shewing the amounts paid in re-peot of the grant of one shilling for singing t." lilt" year ended August 31, 1880. The total M.iii.,nnt paid was .S136,602, and the number of kc' o' Is in which the grant was paid was 25,447. Schools connected with the National Society, or l.,i.urch of England, received £ 73,0^7 British and uii(.ni"UiinaUonal t-chool", £12,045; Wesleyan schools, <>U Kouim Catholic schools, £ 7,237; aud School ixwvi iCiiUi-1. £ 38,172.

i UEMATURE REVELATIONS. v- From the Daily News we gather that the iti- oonvenience ;;iid embarrassment caused by the premature dis-d-wure of views and measure-" while they were stdl under cons,deration by the Go- verutnent not I j):; 1\>:0 to the a lop i -n of special exj-d-esits !"f idou'ifyim: ,v p'e- -fts and mcmoi'.iiida i.»st:t:d <r-m the o!l|. e f in*- pi; t.;n{ of secret and confidential" d"cumerils. I ¡I':tlts intended for Ministers are now printed on a paper manufactured exclusively for that purpo.-e, and recognisable by a special watermark, the num- ber of impressions being restricted to that of the members of the Cabinet, with extra copies for the Queen. Of papers printed for consideration by a de- partment each copy bears the name of the officer for whose use it is intended, printed in red irk. Under these arrangements any particular copv of a paper may at any time bi called in and identified.

ALLEGED PLOT AGAINST THE QUEEN. The following is from a Portsmouth correspond- tnt: Some surprise has been expressed at the Queen having travelled from Portsmouth to Osborne ill the Admiralty yacht Enchantress, when she might have used either of the Royal yachts, and when, in fact, the Alberta was lying alongside the jetty, from which her Majesty departed. The step. however, is thus explained. In the eourse of the morning the authorities were informed that a bomb had been concealed amongst the coals of the Alberta, and they immediately ordered the Enchantress to be ill readiness, at the same time sending the Alberta on a two hours' trip at full speed, in order to ruduce her coal as rapidly as possible, without causing the alarm that a sud- en discharge of her fuel would hare occasioned. The Alojy ta returned shortly before 1 o'clock, when herMajesty was timed to leave the dockyard, and the whole of her officers were ord-red at once to tin Enchantress, which crossed the Solent. A search has been made, but no bomb has been discovered 011 board the Alberta.

THE EARTHQUAKE AT CHIO. On Thursday the Constantinople correspondent of ■ihe Daily Sews telegraphed: The earthquake at Chio was of a very terrible nature. In the capi- tal, Kastro, scarcely a building is uninjured, and two-thirds of the houses have been completely wrecked. Twenty-five other towns and villages are destroyed. The victims are supposed to be about four or five thousand. Kastro contained a populatiOl; of about 23,000, with about 6,000 houses,mostly of stone. Thedamage in the town alone is estimated at £200,000. S ven hours before the accident slight shocks were Hit, in consequence of which many persons left their houses. A private telegram states that 30,000 per- sons in the island are without provisions. On Tuesday evening a Government steamer left the Bosphorus with doctors, tents, medicines, and provisions, including 10,0001b. uf bread and biscuits, and wood for the construction of barracks. Several shocks were felt 011 Tuesday night. The majority of the inhabitants are Greeks. In a later telegram the same correspondent says Nearly all the houses in the old town are destroyi d. A hundred more corpses have been found at Knstro. In many places the cries of persona buried beneath the ruins are still heard. In a village near the capital, containing nearly 4,000 persons, only 150 are known to be alive. It is hoped that others are in the open country. The noise of the continual shocks is described in a telegram to a Tur- kish paper as resembling that of thunder. Smyrna has sent considerable aid already. The British despatch boat Bittern and the Americ m vessel Galena have left the Bosphorus carrying aid. The Chiote merchants of Constantinople, of whom there are many, have sent a steamer with provisions, and have arranged for a Russian steamer also to call there with aid. Accounts agree in estimating the number of dead as upwards of 4,000. The Athens correspondent of the Standard tele- graphs Terrible news continues to arrive from Chio. The prospect of another dire calamity of a totally different nature from the earthquake now inspires the authorities with the most anxious fears, and adds a new horror to the misery of the situation. Owing to the large number of corpses mixed up in the ruins and rapidly decomposing, it is greatly feared that the plague may break out. The living inhabitants have I. st their all, and are in want of bread. The calamity has produced a profound sensation among the population here and throughout Greece. Numer- ous committees are being formed to collect sub- scriptions and send relief to the sufferers. The Lord Mayor of London has opened a fnnd at the Mansion House for the relief of the sufferers by this fearful catastrophe, and about JB10,000 was at once subscribed, chiefly by Greek residents in the Metropolis.

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. At Bow-street police-court, Charges Leeson, alias Powell, aged about 45, has been charged with being illegally at large while under a sentence of transportation. The whole case turned upon the identity of the prisoner, who has been for some years an omnibus proprietor at Lambeth, under the n-inie of Powell, with a convict named Leeson, who ha i prior to the year 1866 been known as a deter- mined criminal in Liverpool. Leeson became acquainted with the fact that a certain book- seller kept all his money in notes in a bookcase. He entered the shop one day and carelessly throwing down five soveteigns, asked if he could be obliged with a five pound note. The bookseller took out j his bundle of notes to ob:ige him, when Leeson snatched them from him and ran out of the shop. A young shop assistant jumped over- the counter and pursued him, but Leeson had taken the precaution to have a bulldog waiting outside, and the animal fastening on to the assist- ant enabled Leeson togetclear away. He was,howeverl traced by the police letting the dog go free, and following it home. In the year 1806 Leeson, together with three other men, was convicted of a burglary at the Manchester Stamp Office, when about £10,000, money and property, wit" stolen. They were all sen- tenced to 15!years' penal servitude, but, at their own reipi st, and on their giving up £4,000 worth of the property, L'esfn and two of the other convicts were sent to Botany 'ay. Leeson soon afterwards escaped, but the other two served their time, and it is said ar" now prosjiering in business in Melbourne. One of these men has a wife and six children, and he re- cently sent over for them to join him. The wife went to the Emigration Commission, but at first could find no one to prove that she was the person whom she repiescnted herself to be. Superintendent Thom- son, E Division, who had arrested the husband and Leeson and a third man connected with the Man- chester burglary, however, remembered the woman and obtained a passage out for her. The only positive pers mal evidence as to the identity of the prisoner with the man Leeson now given was .that of Superintendent Thomson, who swore distinctly that he was the person convicted in Manchester in 1866. Witness hadhimself arrested Leeson in London and gone down with him to Manchester. There was, however, a quantity of circumstantial evidence con- necting the prisoner with Leeson. Amongst other matters, there were tattoo marks on both arms, which, it was sought to shew, were identical with marks known to have been on the arms of Leeson.—A re- mand was asked for and granted.

THE SPIRITUALIST CASE. At the Central Criminal C'-urt, ow the .">th in^t..be» fore Mr. Justice Hawkins,M s..Susan Willis I'l- tcher sui renoei-hd in dischaige ot her bail to answer the crar::e of boring by mem-s of false pretences ob- tained fr"»n Mis. Hart-lJ.v. i-s a large o-iai.lity of juwi liery 11:]([ ot.-ier articiu-, with inteut to cnest and defraud. was further indicted for having conspired with John Wil i«m Fletcher and Francis M rton. no> in custody, to cheat and defraud the pro-ecutrix.— Mr. Montagu Williams, Mr. Snagge. and Mr. Pen- tinck conducted the prosecution. The pr soner vas defended by Mr. Addison, Mr. Bcsiey, and Mr. Cranbourn.

FOURTH DAY. The cro^s-examination of the prosecutrix was con- tlnued on Friday. Nothing improper hId ever occurred between her and Mr. Fletcher. He had never been in her bedroom when in Tours, but they sat up together in the same room until late. In the letter (produced) in her handwriting dated from Tours, December 8, witness addressed Fleteher as her 'Viear brother," and added, As I laid my head 011 my brother's breast I forgot my sorrows." She had l.i>s.-d her brother countless time. but had only be- haved as a generous sister. When she came back in September from A merica "he had not seen her hus- band, but she had een h* r son. Dr. Mack was now her friend and adviser, and she "aw him frequently. He lived close to where she resided. She could not understand what counsel meant, by asking her whether he was her "brother" now. She had affection for him, but oertainly not an improper affection. Captain Lindmark was not lur iover in any improper sense 4f the word. At this point his lordship said that the line of cross- examination failed to effect the charge which was perferred against the prisoner. Even if the learned counsel succeeded in establishing that an improper intimacy had really occurred between the witness and Captain Lindinark it would not affect the charge. Cross-examination continued Witness lived for a pood many years in South America, and she was ad- vised by h«r friends not to oppose the divorce suit brought against, her by her first husband. The name of the person she was alleged to have committed adultery with was Arminio. She did not leave her husband to go to Rio, but he went there first, and she afterwards rejoined him. Arminio was introduced to her on board the vessel in order that he might protect her. That was about 1874. She could swear positively that there were no improprieties between Arminio and herself on board the vessel. The judge again interfered, saying that he did not 1 see the use of this line of cross-examination and, even if the charge was proved, it would not affect his judg- ment, to which Mr. Addison rejoined that he was en- titled to shew whether this witness was worthy of belief. Cross-examination continued Dr. Mack was t. Spiritualist. He thought that she had been humbugged. When she spoke to Mrs. Fletcher of having been cheated hor eyes had for some time been thorojghlv opened to the fact that she had been robbed. Mrs. Fletcher when she spoke to her said there was the certainty of a speedy death be- fore her. After Dr. Mack had spoken to her, she con- sidered that she had been chested and deceived, but up to that time she regarded the prisoner and her husband as good, truthful people. Her belief now was that her mother had never communicated with her.— This closed the cross-examination. Dr. James McGeary was fhen called, and he stated that he had practised in the United States as a doctor, being known as Dr. Mack. He was in America about the middle of last August, and was introduced to Mrs. Hart-Davies at Montagu. Mrs. Hart- Davies made communications to him re- garding the conduct of Mr. and Mrs. FLtcher. Subsequently he consulted a magistrate at Montaga, and obtained a warrant of arrest and power of at- torney. He then proceeded to Mount Pleasant, where Mrs. Fletcher was staying at the Parisian Hotel. He demanded the money, jewellery, and other property of the prosecutrix, and the defendant said that she did nut understand what he meant. He advised her in a friendly way to give up the property in order to avoid scandal. Mr. Fletcher, who was present, said he was tired of the "darned stuff," and did not want to have anything more to do with it. Going to his wife's room he handed him some articles of jewellery. Mrs. Fletcher asked for a full list of the articles wanted, and witness told her that the sheriff was at the door, and would in all probability furnish her with it. The defen- dant's husband said that part of the property was at his mother-in-law's, and an order having been given for it, it was delivered up and given over to him. The matter was afterwards put in the hands of the police, In consequence of having taken other articles than those belonging to the prosecutrix he was arrested, but admitted to bail in 4,000dol. He had not returned, it being understood that both suits, the one against Mrs. Fletcher and the charge against him, should be abandoned. He wa* not a doctor of medicine, but a doctor who healed without medicine. He had advertised as being ab'e to cure persons by laying his hands on them. He laid his hands on whatever places were required to be cured. It cured gout and rheumatism, but it did not extend to broken legs or bones. He considered that the highest phase of Spiritualism. Mr. Henry Francis, solicitor, said that be had acted as solicitor for the prosecutrix. Colonel Morton came to him in January, 1879, with a will, to which he wanted a codicil added. These instructions were followed out. Nothing was said ab >ut Spiritnalum. He had seen the prosecutrix, and she stiuck him as a woman of business habits and well aware of what she was doing. He last saw Colonel Morton on the 31st ult., and the colonel then stated that as he was included in the indictment, and his mouth was there- fore shut, bis friends had advised him not to sur- render. A discussion ensued as to the law of conspiracy, the counsel for the defence urging that there could be no conspiracy between husband and wife, but the jnd^e ruled that the indictment was valid, as it in- eluded a third person, Colonel Morton. The case was again adjourned.

FIFTH DAY. This trial was resumed on Saturday. Mr. Addi- son, Q.C., drew attention to the indictment, prinei- pally to the ninth count, which imputed witchcraft, sorcery, and other practices to the prisoner. His Jord- ship said there did not appear to be much in it.— Mr. Montagu Williams, on the part of the Crown, said he could not withdraw the count. — Mr. Addison further alleged that there could be no charge of obtaining goods from the prosecutrix which were not her own—she being a married woman. Exception was also taken to various other counts, especially the sixth, as no evidence whatever had been given that there was a conspiracy between the prisoner and Colonel Morton. The conspiracy set up was really that of husband and wife, end they could not conspire together to commit an offence. It was even doubtful whether it could be successfully maintained that hus* brind and wife could conspire with a third person. Even if it could be maintained, there was no evidence in the case of any share by Colonel Morton in the three conspiracies charged. The mere fact of the prisoner's marriage prevented the charge of conspiracy being substantiated, even if she were the prime mover in the matter. The learned counsel, after some further arguments, proceeded to state that he desired to call witnesses of high standing, including even members of the Royal Society, to prove that there existed those who possessed the power of communicating with the spirit world. The Judge said that if they were called they could simply say that they believed" that such power exihted. Mr. Add-on replied that with such an expression of opinion from his lordship he would simply call witnesses to character. The legal arguments occupied the court for nearly two hours, and then there ensued another as to pro- duction of certain letters which Mr. Montagu Wil- liams wished to be considered as having been put in, and eventually his lordship ruled that Mr. Mon- tagu Williams possessed the right to do so, although he did not think that it was altogether necessary oh the part of the Crown. Mr. Montagu Williams then replied on the case, and was followed by Mr. Addison, after which the court adjourned.

A few nights ago Darley Walsh, the tenant* farmer who prosecuted the Rev. Mr. Cody, C.C., at the last Kilkenny assizes, )11 the charge 01 Boy. cotting him, was waylaid and beaten. Two men, named Ivory and Foskin, will be prosecuted at the next petty sessions on the charge of committing the assault. An ice gorge near Yankton, Dakota, ha,9 caused the Missouri River to overflow the adjacent country for 25 miles. Over 50 persons have been drowned at Gaysville, Vermilion, and Meekling. Mr. John Head's fellmonger's factory at Plymouth has been destroyed by fire, the damage amonuting to about £20,000. A workman named Brown ascended from the engine-room to the drying roomt oiling the machinery when no sign of smoke was vis) hie but on returning the man found the middle drying-room in a perfect blaze,and had to run through it to save his life. Steam had been got up, and at great peril the stoker rushed through the fire and opened the safety valve. But for this daring act the adjacent hide works must have been blown to pieces. Within half an hour the factory was gutted, and the machinery and valuable stock de- stroyed. A fire which occurred at a cottage at Trippleton, near Ludlow, is stated to have been caused by some -ds, which carried lucifer matches up into their n s at the comer of the building. These by 6 means became ignited, setting tire to the roof. < onsiderable anxiety prevails amongst salt manufac- tuu rs in Wint-ford and the district with regard to the failure of the brine springs. During the past two or hree weeks the supply has greatly diminished, and already there are signs of a serious curtailment in (he pio luction of salt. The brine springs are very low, and some of the salt works are now unable to c-et tlitvr full requirements. Should there be any fuithci development of these unfavourable symptoms, which is not at all unlikely, judging from present; appearances, it is feared that a great portion of the :;alt works will be stopped during the summer month* j A--

VARIETIES-GRAVE AND GAY. ITow men's tastes differ! One dropped into his seat at a restaurant arid murmur d, M. v. e'ther," and his neighbour said, "Cnld mutton." '■ All lknov." lioiit, good or bad luk," ways .To<di Billings, "iz this Our good luk \v.< sit'.ribot to o-:r shrewoo. :-s our bad luk we charge over to some- body else's akount." A Siiart) Lad.—"Come here, and tell me what the four seasons are?" Young prodigy answers "Pep- per, mu tard, salt, and vinegar; them's what mother always seasons with." Miss Brown, I've been to learn how to tell fortunes," said a young fellow to a brisk brunette. "Just let me have your hand, if you please." "La Mr. White, how sudden you are Well, go and ask pa!" Nautical.—Husband (jokingly): "Oh,l'm the main- rtay of the family." Wife: Yes. and the jib- boom and the-and the Small boy (from ex- perience;: And the spanker, too, mamma." (Ap- plause). A distinguished hydr pith is t propounds a new medicine. This infallible remedy for melancholy ia made of fun and fresh air in equal proportion, and is t > be taken with cold water three times a day." Sir Robert Peel, speaking of Lord Eldon, said t iat even his failings leaned to virtue's side; upon which a bystander observed that his lordship's fail- ings resembled the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which, in spite of its long inclination, had never yet gone over. Two countrymen went into a hatter's to buy one of them a hat. They were delighted with the sampl-, inside the crown of which was illilerted a looking- gluM. "What is the glass for?" said one of the mea. The other, impatient at such a display of rural ignorance, exclaimed, What for? why, for the man who buys the hat to see how it fits." The following Italian proverb about womankind is popular among certain wretched bachelors south of the Alps :— Lazy if tall, Cross-grained if small; If handsome, vaIn, Shocking if plain." A rustic poet sends the following posm on a "Squirl." remarking that he is aware that the last lineis a little, too long, which he says is not Aw fault:— The Squirl Am a very Nice bird, And has A bushy Tale, He sometimes ttits Opon a lim, And sometimes on A rale, And Gethers nuts in The summer So that his Winter stock Won't fail." Some fun was caused at one of our popular sea ide resorts by an accident that happened to a well-known curate. Having a horse that did not like the water, he tried to cure him. He rode to a lonely part of the shore, stripped to the skin, donned his b ttliing drawers.and.then mounted his stee'l, which he thought to force inh the sea. But the brute did not see It, jil1d wheeling round, started at full pace for the town, through the main street of which he dashed,greatly to the surprise and horror of his rider, the male G >diva. It is said that the curate did not officiate the next Sunday. KNOWLEDGE. At 30 man suspects himself a fool Knows it at 40, and reforms his plan At 50 chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same. Scene.—Dinner-party at a rich bourgeois' house. Prosperous advocate, recounting his career: When I took my nrst brief, I was excited and nervous, especially as my client was a consummate scoundrel —a bad egg any way you took him. But theu I was beginning my practice. He was a man of good family, the reputation of which would have been fatally tar- nished had he been convicted; so I took the case and get the rascal off." After dinner enters all im- portant personage, great friend of the host, who pre- sents the lawyer to him. Great personage, patronis- ingly: "I do not need to be mtroduced to this gentleman I met him long ago. In fact, I may say I gave him his first start in life. I was his first client." ODK TO THE SUSPBNSHUN BRIDGB, NIAGARY RIVER. Anormus structur Whar, I'de like to know, Did the construcktura stand as bilt this rode Rite throo the air ? Say, gentle Mews, Wot had they to hold on to ? But alas The Mews ses nuthun. 0, Jerusalem Wot boyed 'em up? Imadginashun's florid- Kant get the hang of it I have it now— They did it in balloons Lord Odo Russell, while calling upon Prince Bis- marck on ona occasion, asked him how he managed to get rid of that claesof unfortunate visitors whom he could not well refuse to see, but whose room he found preferable to their company. "Oh," replied the Chancellor, "I have a very simple method. My wife knows them pretty well, and when she sees that they are with me, she generally contrives to come in and call me upon some pretext or other." He had scarcely finished speaking when the Princess put her head in at the door and said. "Otto, you must come and take your medicine, You ought to have had it ten minutes ago." Lord Odo Russell had not till then any i(Jea that his room could be more wel- come than his company. A person of strong imagination writes thus :— If all the seas were one sea, What a great sea that would be And if all the trees were one tree, What a great tree that would be I And if all the axes were one axe, What a great axe that would be And if all the men were one man, What a great man that would be I And if the great man took the great axe, And cut down the great tree, And let it fall into the great sea, What a splish-splash that would be A clergyman in Pittsburg lately married a lady with whom he received the substantial dowry of 10,000dol. and a fair prospect for more. Soon after- wards, while occupying the pulpit, he gave out a hymn, read the first four stanzas, and was reading the fifth, For ever let my grateful heart His boundless grace adore, when he hesitated and exclaimed, "Ahem The choir will omit the fifth verse," and sat down. The congregation, attracted by his apparent confusion, read the remaining lines- Which «ives ten thousand blessings now, And bids me hope for more. Sir Walter Scott told the story of a placed min ister near Dundee, who, in preaching on donah, said,. Ken ye, brethren, what fish it was that swallowed- him? Aiblins ye may think it was a shark; nae, nae, my brethren, it was nae shark or aiblins ye may think it was a saumon; nae, nae, my brethren, it was nae saumon; or aiblins ye may think it was a dolphin nae, nae, my brethren, it was nae dolphin." Here an old woman, thinking to he'p her pastor out of a deal lift, cried out, "Aiblins, sir, it was a dunter (the vulgar name of a species of whale common to the Scotch coast). "Aiblins, tnMod- am, ye're an auld witch for taking the word of God out of my mouth," was the reply of the disappointed rhetorician. A Man who Never Told a Lie.—Yesterday after. noon an old oil man, with crude petroleum dripping from his clothes and legs inclosed in hi^h boots, en- ered the Derrick office and said, "Want an item? I've got the biggest item you ever heard tell of. I struck an ile well on my lease on Monday, an' she flowed a stream of ile 100 diet high straight up for half-an-hour. Then she kinder feed down. One of my drillers was standing over the hole, when she suddenly spurted up again, and if it didn't take that driller right up with it! The stream was a powerful one you see, an* he went up 100 feet. You've seen those little balls as dance about on the top of those little spurt in' fountains such as they have in cities Yes, waal that's the way this ere thing acted, an' there's that air driller right up on top of that hundred- fut column of crude ile, an' he's dancin' about like chaff in a fannin'mill. What do you think of that 'un ? How long has he been up there ? "About four days and four nights." He must be very hungry by this time. Doesn't he come down to get something to eat?" "Why, we'tins just put a plate of hash in this stream of ile, and it takes it up to him, you see. An' it's mighty handy, as he finrt hIS victuals already greased, an' he doesn't need butter." His face was as innocent of deceit as a piece of tanned leather, and when he asked to have his name put down as a dead- he \11 subscriber for information he had given, we didn't have the heart to hurt his feelings by refusing. —American Paper. Why does asparagus resemble long sermons ?—Be- cause the ends are most sought after. An Irish gentleman, who cal'ed on an eminent sing- ing master to inquire his terms, was told, I charge two guineas for the first lesaon but only one guinea for as many as you please Afterwmds" "Oh, bother the first, leswn then," said the other; "let WI begin at once with the second."—Another native of the Green Isle exhibited an equal comprehension of economic possibilities when he went to have his banns of marriage proclaimed. In answer to his inquiry its to the cost, the registrar told him that the fee for being proclaimed in one day was ten shillings for two proclamations, it was five ,hillinglil; and for three times, it waa half- a-crown. Bedad," said the Irishman, "but that's an iligent arrangement. You can just go on pro- claiming me and Biddy till there's nothing to pay at all." Many a man sits up nights five weeks at a stretch, Sundays included, composing a communication for the press on a slate, and then having spent another week copying it until it might be mistaken for a piece of engraving, he walks into the editor's office and remarks, with very badly assumed carelessness that, wouldn't deceive a wooden cigar sign Indian There's something I just scratched off that I thought you might use." Wife (who..e husband is going on a journey) "Gra- cious Joshua what on earth are you doin' up at three o'clock? The train don't go till six." JOlhua. "Well,I ain't goin' to git left. I'll go down and git a cup of coffee, and jist warm my feet a little before I go." (Wife comes down at seven o'clock, and finds Joshua's india-rubber shoee cooking, and h. full erieey ADd snoring. Train gone one lioat «^o," j

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I find it to be a very pure preparation, containing "amongst other things free aid nnoxydized "Phoaphorua highly diffused, and when per- severed with has always seemed to give fresh Hfe to the languid and exhausted, and health. strength, and energy. By its use the dal], the sluggish, the lazy and languid arise in tlh. morning well and refreshed, with an appetite "for food, and fit for study, society er business. CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D." MENG'S CHEMICAL FOOD Is the true strength-giver and health-restorer, nourishing both body and brain, supplying men- tal and physical power, and nerve and brain food. It is not all like medicine, being entirely different to anything ever before introduced to the public, and tastes like some balmy, fragrant, and deli cious nectar. LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD Purifies and enriches the blood, thereby rendering the skin clear and transparent, sharpens tbi intellect, strengthens the constitution, re-esta blishes the health, thoroughly re-vitalises the system, and is the one unfailing remedy for de- bility from whatever cause arising. LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD Will also be found highly beneficial in a disease of the Heart, Chest, Liver, Lungs, Kidneys, Sto- maoh, and Bowels, and there is scarcely a disease but what will be benefited by it, and in all probability cured. While all other preparations of Phosphorus are llow and uncertain in their action, taking days nel sometimes weeks to produce an effect, this CHEMICAL FOOD (Wine of Phosphates) aots at once and gives strength in one hour, and has been known to restore health in less than a week, eyen after the failure of the usual remedies. Thia remarkable preparation not only contains all the materials necessary for the foundation of a new eenstituticci and for preventing or curing disease, bnt ake evolves everything required for inning rich, pure, and healthy blood, tauson, foals tone, brain, &c., and contains the very element* it LIFE. Ihis wine is prrfi* ly froo from Htcohvl. anu .•estores *.o the system w!i*l««vor it. requires, th< absence «f which "f'eu annses debility. Thl lecretiotos are all brought to their natural healthi :ondition, and physical decay arrested. Thfc vine is as certain in its action as that watei juencher. thirst and its benefits arc lasting. OPINioNS OF THE PRESS. Far superior to beef-tea, port wine, and all onic medicines. "-Latt cat. A medicine alike suited to young and old, that ••annot harm the most delicate, and very streng- .hening." p,.aditiouer. Nervous Debility, caused by the constitution laving been injure in early life, can be cured by ;his remedy if taken judiciously."—Medical Times. The nearest approach to a cure for con- mmption that h-,8 yet been discovert."—British Medical Journal Particularly adapted to the female system. '—New York Journal of Medieine and Swrgery, Seems to be a specific for every form of weak- ness and cures most diseases."—Lublin Mtdicai Press. A mild remedy of universal application, and a good family medicine."—Monthly Journal qf Pharmacy. u Lays the foundation of health in the young, And soon builds up a strong constitution." DruiWt Surgeons' Vade-Mecum. Will save ten times its cost in doctors' bills."— American Pharmaceutical Journal. It is one of the few preparations that can Ð- depende4 upon, and must, m course of time, en tirely supersede quinine, iron, eod liver oil, tonioa, bitters, and the thousand and one fashionable, dear, and doubtful remediee,Chemist t Druggist Sold in Bottles, at 2s 9d., 4s 6d., and lls„ and also in 33s. and £ 5 Cases. Any Chemist net having: it in Stack will proenre it x to order; and there is a vrwat saving ia buying the larger siaets. To prevent oonfusien when, you ask for LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD see that you get it, all our Agents sell all our Nutritives and Preparations which are numerous. Awpember that LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD is a medicine sold in bottles and bearing the Govern-, went Staihp. London Agentp i Barclay and 8ons, 94, far. ringdon Street; Edwards and Sons, 157. Qneev Victoria Street Nowbery Rnd Sons, 87, ^Tewgat* Street; Millard and Sous, 40 Charterhouse iSqnare; Banger and Sons, 150 and 252, Oxford Street- Hovenden And Sons, 5, Great Marlborough Street] W., and R8 and 95, City Road Sutton and Co., 10 Bow Churchyard; Butler and Crispe, 4, Cheapside; Maw, Sou, and Thompson, 7 to 12, Aldersgate Street; Lynch and C<i., 171a and 1718, Aldersgate Strpoc; William Mather, Farringdtm Boad; and J. C. Thompson, 121, New, North Road. ORDER OF ANY CHEMIST. h. ¡LIEBIG & CO., WANDSWORTH ROAD, LONDON. SW Chemists are cautioned against making or offering for sale preparations and catting them Chemical Food,' as it was decided in the- case of Liebig v Scully, that we were the originators of the name and had the sole right to use it, and all pereote Belliiig other articles by this name not only render tbenleelves liable to an notion for damages bat AI&" too Chancery proceedinsfii- l'i I rited and published by B. Dpvies, 33 and" 24 >: 11 Street, Pontypridd, in the county of Glamorgan SATURDAY, April 16 18* 1* [