South Wales Echo

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. It is rumoured that one of the Liberal candidates for Portsmouth at the next election will be Mr. J. Bonham-Carter, formerly M.P. for Winchester, and for some time chairman of committees of the House of Commons. MALLOW.—The Standard states that Mr. Patrick Egan, treasurer of the Land League, will contest Mallow against Mr. Johnson, M.P., whose elevation to the Irish Attorney-Generalship has caused a vacancy in the representation of that borough. SOUTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—P *S 5)IR^,R,E. AT Mr. T. B. T. Hildvard M.P- f°r South Nottingham- shire, is about to resign his seat in consequence of failing health. Mr.Hildyard has been unwell for some time past, and has ceased preside in the county. TIVERTON,—Mr. 3rJ,obert J. W"ebster, author of The Trade of the World and other works on trade Questions, has declined an invitation to become the Conservative candidate for Tiverton on the ground that local influence is brought to bear against any 'Conservative candidate, and that in any bill for the redistribution of seats Tiverton would not be permitted to retain its Parliamentary representation. STAFFORD.—Mr. George Lewis, the well-known London solicitor, is mentioned as a. possible Radical candidate for Stafford. Captain Worth, honj sec. to the National Protestant Defence League, has also been invited by a number of in- fluential electors to come forward in the Liberal interest. This gentleman was a candidate some time ago for the borough of Horsham, Sussex, but retired on Mr. R. H. Hirst allowing his name to be an- nounced. Although a Churchman, he is strongly in favour of disestablishment and the removal of the Jjishops from the House of Lords.—Mr. Joseph Arch has requested that his name should be withdrawn from the list of possible candidates to be submitted 'at Stafford, his decision having been dictated solely by financial considerations.

THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. Hitchin is one of the few-places at which Guy Pawkes' day is celebrated by a carnival carried out tn a regular manner and according to a pre-arranged Programme. As the all-important 5th fell on a Satur- day this year the proceedings were antedated 24 hours to avoid inconvenience to market-goers. As soon e.s dusk set in a fusilade of squibs and crackers '.Commenced, and this lasted without intermission, the other diversions notwithstanding, until midnight. Mummers soon began to make their appearance, and *ong before the hour fixed for the commencement the official programme'the principal streets and the Market-square were alive with harlequins, clowns, pantaloons, knights, cavaliers, negroes, devils, judges, Soldiers in every imaginable uniform, sailors, lied jfldians, and nondescripts innumerable, swinging ?re balls, flourishing torches, brandishing murderous- coking swords, clubs, and battle-axes, and making the ^Jght hideous with pistol shots and every other kind noise that individual ingenuity could suggest, ^■t half-past 7 there was a grand display of fireworks the Market-square, followed by a torchlight proces- ion. More than a thousand masqueraders took part the procession, and the blazing torches and the tar parrels, interspersed with colhured lights, displayed the curious habiliments of the bearers to the best ad- vantage, There were also a large number of alle- jrlil-al cars bearin, devices relating to recent events. The proceedings were greatly marred by rain, which began to fall about 8 o'clock- Bournemouth also is one of the few places at which the celebration of Guy Fawkes day is carried out with any considerable amount of display. A Procession of about 400 torchbearers, most of whom were arrayed in fanciful and grotesque costumes, paraded the streets, carrying effigies, one of which yjas intended to represent Guiteau, the assassin of «\r6sident Garfield. A large bonfire was subsequently .,r'dled outside the town, and a fireworks display Jso took place. A large body of extra police were t> the town, but no disturbance occurred.—At "^Ungerford the guy—a representation of Mr. Parnell ^T^as placed in a parish coffin and carried^ through s he streets, the town-crier walking in front ringing his e". In the evening the town was illuminated Ith coloured fires, and a proces-iion of torch-bearers in all kinds of grotesque costumes, preceded by the town band and a railway trolly, on which was placed the coffin containing the effigy, paraded the thoroughfares. An immense bonefire was lighted on the Downs and the effigy burnt.—The anniver- sary was celebrated in Coventry in a most enthusiastic fanner. Hundreds of huge bonfires were lit all over the city, and fireworks and cannon were discharged throughout the night. — In some of the country districts of Warwickshire large bonfires were lighted, in Iaogt 0f the towns they were prevented by the Police. c°urse the day could not pass off without rj,, dumber of accidents. A youth, named iP^ttias Wicks, was admitted to St. Thomas's 5lospital, London, suffering from fearful injuries the face. A spark from a squib icnited some powder in a flask, and the explosion so injured the poor fellow's face that his recovery is doubt- uil.—At Gomersal, near Bradford, a man named ^aines White was killed instantaneously by the ursting a cannon which he and several other men Alid boys were firing.-At Sheffield a young man liallied Arthur Mayer was seriously injured during ilome Guy Fawkes celebration, by the bursting of a 5}?ni the contents of which lodged in his thigh.—At 'hard some boys were firing a cannon, and as it did ?°t go off sharpl.y one of them, named Webber, took it In his hands to ex/imine it. when it exploded, the charge "entering his eye.—In Birmingham no fewer than 29 'Persons were treated at local hospitals for burns and founds received through incautious discharge of and fireworks.

The famous old house at Dolgelly, well known o antiquarians as the place of assembly of the last .J^riiament of Wales, which was convened by (Jwen /^lyndwr in the fourteenth century, is this week to be jazed to the ground, the project initiated by Mr. Hol- ,aud, M.P., for its conversion into a public museum paving fallen through owing to the want of_ funds. ironmonger's shop is to be erected on the site. ..p Mr. Mundella has returned to London from the ^ontinent. During his stay in Paris Mr. Mundella ,C('Hferred with Lord Lyons and Sir Charles Dilke n the French treaty negotiations, more especially they related to the interests of Sheffield. The ,'?ht hon. gentleman has announced his intention of ?elivering his annual address to his constituents at Albert Hall, Sheffield, on the 11th of December, -inother,hitch lias occurred in the negotiations for tbt i^ttlement of the Turkish debt, observes the Statist. ■^hose who are in a position to know, I believe, how- ler, that it will be easily got over, and we are '^clined to agree with them; for all the parties ^oncerned have an interest to bring about the set- tlement. If, however, the arrangement of the •Jiondholders were once carried out, the credit of Turkey would improve, and possibly another loan ^'ght be floated. If, on the other hand, the Negotiations were to fall through, the Sultan would laVe no option but to brelk the convention with F.'e Galata bankers, or find himself unable to pay ,_p»s way. But to break the convention with the j alata bankers, and to refuse to settle with the be-nd- •lohJers, would be to make inevitable the Inter- actional Financial Commission he so much dreads. he only real hope for the bondholders is that the Powers niav have their own reasons for ^°hipelling the Sultan to keep his promises. But j^less they really have made up their minds to Petition Turkey, and are anxiou-s, therefore, that le liability on the Empire should be as small as jl^sible before they enter into possession, it is hardly j'kely that they will trouble themselves on the point. any case, the investing public should bear care- Jjj y in mind that the present settlement is not the settlement of Egypt. There is no great Power :If edged to maintain it, and the Sultan appears, there- ^to be free to repudiate it as soon as he pleases. e speculators who are loaded with Turkish bonds 'lot care for this, because they hope to sell at « tJ not care for this, because they hope to sell at < 1u bfit. It is for investors not to allow themselve be taken in.

I A WARNING TO SERVIA. ] I A great sensation has been caused in Belgrade by the suspension of Monsignor Michailo, the Metro- politan of Servia. He was deposed by a decree of the Prince published on Sunday, the 30th ult. He refuses to leave the palace for the convent of St. Petka, and has addressed a letter of protestation to the Prince, in which he declares that his deposition is a violation of the Servian Constitution and of the laws of the orthodox Church, and states that he has appealed to the Patriarch of Constantinople, the Rus- sian Czar, and the other Patriarchs and Metropolitans, who are alone authorised to decide whether he be I guilty. Besides this, the Servian Constitution forbids that any Servian subject should be condemned before being judged by a law court. He refuses to submit to an act of violence on the part of the Servian Ministry. According to intelligence from St. Petersburg, instructions have been forwarded to 1\1. Persiain, the Russian representative at Bel- grade, to give Prince Milan distinctly to understand that the Russian Government disapprove of the sus- pension of Monsignor Michailo, and it the intimation was disregarded relations between St. Petersburg and Belgrade would be gravely compromised. A Vienna correspondent mentions as worthy of remark that Monsignor Michailo is one of General Ignatieff's most active confederates, and was the object of serious charges in the Hungarian circular published last August by the Neuc Pester Journal. If it be true that he has encouraged Panslavist agitation on the Austrian side of the Servian frontier, his suspension may be easily accounted for. Russian intervention on his behalf would then assume a particularly signifi- cant aspect, and would indirectly involve a difference of no small moment between St, Petersburg and Vienna.

¡ LITERATURE AND ART. (From the Academy.) A Modern-Greek version of "Othello" has re- cently been put on the board of the Olympia Theatre in Athens, and met with a marked success. Messrs. Triibner and Co. on Monday last published a new edition of "Leaves of Grass," being the com- plete collection of Walt Whitman's poems as re- vised by himself. The volume of sonnets edited by Mr.T. Hall Caine, to which we referred last week as about to be pub- lished by Mr. Elliot Stock, is to be called "[Sonnets of Three Centuries." We hear that it will contain sonnets, hitherto unpublished, by Hartley Coleridge, Mr. Swinburne, Mr. Aubrey De Vere, Mr D. G. Rossetti, and some 20 other living writers. We are glad to hear that the example of acting a Greek play in the originial, first set at Oxford, and then taken up by the Edinburgh Academy, is spreading among our public schools. The Alcestis of Euripides is being prepared for acting at Bradford College by the Rev. H. B. Gray, who now fills the two offices of warden and head- master. The music for the choruses is being specially written by the precentor (the Rev. J. Powley), who has attempted to represent the effect of Greek music by a sort of modification of the Gregorian measure. The performances will be given in the week before Lent next year. (From the Athenmun.) M. Renan's translation of Ecclesiastes, with an elaborate preface, is now in type, and is expected to be out towards the close of this year. Professor A. H. Sayce will leave Oxford about the end of this month for a tour in Egypt, in order to copy inscriptions in the country between Cairo and Abydos. The lovers of Shelley may prepare themselves for hearing soon of the discovery of some remarkable data for the hi-tory of the poet's life that have remained unknown even to Mr. Forman. Mr. Alexander G. Murdoch has in the press a new volume, entitled "The Scottish Poets Recent and Living," of a similar nature to a work lately issued by him of the same subject. The matter has been re-arranged and extended, and portraits will be added of the various writers. Mr. Clement Scott has in the press" Lays of a Londoner," which will comprise poems contributed by him to Punch and other periodicals. The volume will include "A Story of a Stowaway," contributed by Mr. Scott to last week's Punck. Mr. Bogue will be the publisher. Mr. Gladstone has, it seems, allowed an outline of his hand to be made for the Book of Hands," about to be published by Mr. Claud Warren. The Presi- dent of the Royal Academy has also granted the i same permission, and so have several persons con- nected with art, literature and science.

GARDEN WORK FOR THE WEEK. I Asparagus and seakale for the first supply to be started at once. All that is wanted is a mild sweet bottom heat. A melon or cucumber bed still retaining some warmth may be revived by turning it over, and mixing with the dung a good proportion of leaves, straw, grass mowings, and other fermentable litter. A bottom heat of from 50 leg. to 60deg. will be ample more than GOdeg. injurious. Place the roots close together, and cover with light soil. Seakale must be° shut up close and dark; asparagus will want air and light; the latter to be cut when the plump purple crowns are two or three inches long above ground. Forcing to be commenced now. Collect the ferment- ing materials—leaves and sweet dung chiefly-and over this lay six inches of tan or spent hops to plunge the pots in. Put in nothing but what has been prepared for the work and has ripe wood and well- formed flower buds. Orchids at rest to be kept moderately dry and ventilated. Endeavour to make them rest com- pletely, as if they do not enjoy a season of complete repose they will not bloom so satisfactorily next sea- son. Those that do not naturally rest to have the warmest positions, bat even these are not now to be encouraged to grow more than sufficient to keep them in health. KITCHEN GARDEN.—The most excellent results may be insured by deAply trenching the soil and laying it up in ridges to be fully exposed to the weather. Many really bad soils become good soils when broken up deeply and mixed with a portion of the subsoil, even though that subsoil may be by itself as bad as the other. On deep yellow loams trenching two spits deep is equal any time to a dressing of manure. Of course where there is only a thin layer of vegetable earth over hard rock or gravel the case is different, but very often some of this un- promising material improves the staple when broken and mixed with it. Sow at a risk Dillistone's early peas and beans. In low situations, where snails and slugs abound, there is little chance of success. On high and dry positions they will probably endure the winter, and come in earlier than spring-sown crops. Aspect is not of so much importance as dryness. Raised borders under walls facing south are generally chosen for these sow- ing; but an exposed position, if dry, will be nearly as safe. The usual causes of failure are damp and vermin. Roses planted now, though with leaves still on them will begin to make fresh roots at once. In any tase make the ground ready by man iiring liberally where roses are to be planted. Plant firm and stake at once. Succulent plants must now be arranged in their tvinter quarters. In a mixed collection the best place for them is a top shelf in the full light, and where they are not likely to suffer by the drip. The requirements for their winter safety are a dry position, plenty of light, air when needful, and security from frost. Give them no water from this date, or at most water with caution only such as obviously need it; and any in active growth or flower keep warm until ,38 -deitei they go to r t.-G(t? -'s Magazine.

William O'bullivan, who was sentenced to five years' penal servitude on account of the Irish rising in 1807, has died at his father's residence, Kilmallock. He had been ailing for three years. A young labourer named Thomas Ward has been sentenced at Maidstone to six months' hard labour for the manslaughter of Thomas Wait, 75. The prisoner when drunk knocked deceased down, and the fall caused injuries which resulted fatally. The County Gentleman, in repeating a rumour mentioned by a society journal, that Prince Jjerpuld ia about to be engaged to a German Princess,adds that a report is current in Court circles that Princess Bea- trice will shortly be married to the Duke of Genoa. Lady Brassey hts been invested by Mr. A. Hoff- nung, the Commissioner of Emigration for the Hawaiian Kingdom, witii Order ol: "KapioLmi,"

f THE ORDER OF ST. PATRICK. The ribbon of St. Patrick vacant by the death of Lord Carew,has been conferred on Lord O'Hagan, the retiring Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Lord O'Hagan is the third Roman Catholic on the Roll of the Knights of St. Patrick, the two others being the Earls of Granard and Kenmare. The investiture will be held in St. Patrick's Hall immediately after the Court comes to Dublia Castle in January. -=

I NEW KNIGHT. Her Majesty has been pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon ProfessorErasmus Wilson, F.R.S.president of the Royal College of ..Surgeons, in consideration of his munificent gifts for the support of hospitals and the encouragement of medical study; he was born in 1809, and began life as an anatomist. He is eminent for his knowledge of dis- eases of the skin, and founded the Charr of Dermatology and Museum of Dermatology in the College of Surgeons in 1869, being himself elected the first professor. He is the founder and editor of a quarterly journal of cutaneous medicine, and the author of a large number of works on matters relating to anatomy and pathology. It was through Professor Wilson's generosity that" Cleopatra's Needle" was brought from Egypt to this country.

THE LAND LEAGUE IN ENGLAND. Among the branches of the Land League of Great Britain throughout the country some difference of opinion has been expressed on the policy of Mr. Parnell's No Rent manifesto. An idea prevails that should the principles of that document be en- dorsed by public resolutions, the Government would I have legal grounds for the suppression of the League of Great Britain,and in Glasgow and some of the northern towns, the attempt to obtain a public endorsement of the Kilmainham programme has been steadily resisted by an influential section of the members of the organisation. Mr. John Ferguson, of Glasgow, who is regarded as the leader of the Irish population in Scotland, has recently urged upon his countrymen "not to commit themselves to 'a course' which would certainly result in the suppression of the only organisation now existing in Great Britain which affords a free and legitimate platform for the discussion of the Irish question." lnaccordance with this advice, the branches in Scotland have refrained from passing "No Rent" resolutions. Nevertheless, it has been re- solved to test the legality of the "No Rent" prin- ciples in Great Britain. A movement has been set on foot to obtain from the English courts a decision as to the legality or illegality of advising people to pay "no rent." It is intended to submit a case to eminent counsel in Edinburgh and London. Should the balance of legal opinion be that advice in favour of non-payment of rent is not a violation of English law, it is proposed that the advice be openly and at public meeting given in several towns in Great Britain. Should the Crown prosecute the persons selected to give this advice, then the question will be fought out in court, with a view of obtaining a legal decision. Pending this action, the Land League branches are advised to abstain from committing themselves on the question.

I NIAGARA. The report of the New York State Survey or Com- mission on the preservation of the natural beauty of the Falls of Niagara has just been issued. The commission was appointed in connection with a pro- posed scheme for the foundation of an International Park, partly in New York State and partly in Canada West. The report, speaking probably of the American side,represents the surroundings of the Falls as "fright- ful. "There is no American soil, from which they can be contemplated, except at the pleasure of a private owner and under such conditions as he may choose to impose and none upon which the most outrageous caprices of the taste may not he indulged or the most offensive interpolations forced upon the landscape." The evil, it is represented, will increase, and the com- mission urges that the State should buy up the sur- rounding land from the private owners as the only means of preserving its beauty on the American side.

An old man named John Wood left his home at Clitheroe some weeks ago, and no trace as to his whereabouts could be found until a day or two ago, when he was discovered hanging in a barn dead. He was of peculiar habits. Occasionally he would leave home and wander for miles, and all attempts to ascertain where he had gone to were futile. Over a fortnight ago he was found in a barn, having been 14 days without food. xne sultan nas conrerred on the Emperor of Ger- many the Order of Nichani-Imtiaz, instituted by Abdul Hamid. Great importance is attached to this demonstration of the Sultan. A special embassy will leave Constantinople for Berlin to present the Order to the Emperor. Great irritation is reported to have been earned in Constantinople by the publication of the edict of the Emperor of Austria, under which the inhabi- tants of Bosnia and the Herzegovina will, in future, be compelled to serve in the Austrian army like the inhabitants of the older provinces. The Porte con- siders this step to bo in transgression of the arrange- ment made when Austria, took charge of the district, her rights under the Treaty of Berlin being only administrative. It is stated, however, that at present the Porte, not wishing to provoke a conflict, will refrain from any steps in opposition. It seems to be certain, says a correspondent of the Times at Darjiling, that the proposed expedition against the Aliwal tribe on the Abbottabad frontier is now abandoned. The Hindu merchants who were kidnapped have been sent back, and the only ques- tion remaining open is the payment of the fine of 5,000 rupees imposed as a punishment for the outrage. The Secretary of State for India in Council has, the Standard understands, declined to sanction the extension of service applied for by Sir Ashley Eden, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, on the ground of his having sat for six months on the Simla. Army Com- mission. Sir Ashley Eden will therefore vacate his appointment in June next and return to England, being succeeded most probably by Mr. Rivers Thompson, Bengal Civil Service. Sir Ashley Eden joined the Indian Civil Service in 1852. Princess Christian has opened a; new Working Men's Club at Datchet, near Windsor. Last spring and summer large numbers of cas/s of small-pox, typhoid fever, and other infectiou1 diseases, were treated in the Mile End infirmary, East London, but the number of such cases having since greatly diminished, the guardians lately ordered that new beds should be provided, and the flock of which the old ones were composed sold. A quantity of the flock has been already sold without, it is stated, having been disinfected, and the germs of disease in it destroyed. Application has been made to the Local Government Board to stop the sale, and criminal proceedings are to be instituted against such of the guardiai.s as are respjnsible for this neglect. More adulteration is being found in Oldham cot- ton. Six and a-half pounds of old iron have been discovered in one bale, whilst in another the sand weighed more than the cotton itself. A Brighton fisherman coming down to the beach in the evenii-*g to put to sea found his boat and nets had disappeared. Next morning the boat put into Southwick Harbour with three youths on board. They were afterwards arrested, and one of them ad- mitted that he and the other lads took the boat, and added that they caught a hundred and three-quarters of herrings. They would have returned the boat to Brighton, but were driven into Southwick Harbour by the weather,and there they sold the fish and divided the money. They have been remanded at the Brighton oIt1tIr>l 1,1 r. ",1, t- u't)I npt- A Berlin telegram states that a naval officer I* the Danish service is about to prosecute the search for the Jeannette, American yacht, by taking the same course as that pursued by that vessel in the Arctic regions. Professor Brunialti, of the statistical archives of Rome,estimates that there are altogether in the world 6,568,000 Jews, of which number 5,500,000 are in Europe, 210,000 in Asia, 500,000 in Africa, 308,000 in America, and 20,000 in Australia. Taking the Euro- pean counties, by far the largest number of Jews in proportion to the population are in Roumania, where the average is 7'44 per 100 inhabitants. Russia comes next with 3'57 per 100 inhabitants, while Germany has 1"22, Great Britain 0 20, and Portugal only 0'04. It has been resolved by the Mersey Dock Board to vill promote a bill next session giving powers to con- struct and work an overhead railway alonar the docka.

[ SOUTH AFRICA. ) The Pietenr.aritzburg correspondent of the Times telegraphed on Thursday There is good reason to believe that the Convention has been ratified, not- withstanding reports to the contrary. The movements of the troops are yet uncertain, though some regi- ments fully expect to leave at once. JMo news has been received from Zululand. The Transvaal Volks- raad has considered the question, submitted by its executive, relating to the apprenticeship of 800 natives by the British Government during the annexation. The State Attorney averred that the terms under which these people were indentured for a long period of service were much harsher than those which the Convention professed to guard again«t, children being separated from their parents. The Executive advised that the a^nrenticeship of these people should lie cancelled. '1 ne Volksraad has ap- pointed n, commission to inquire into the question. The Natti Legislature has passed resolutions approv- ing the complete extension of railways to the Trans- vatti Liii-i Free State borderq within three years of the acceptance of tenders. The State Secretary of the Transvaal advertises a great thanksgiving meeting of Boers to be held at Pardekraal between the 13th and the 16th of December. Private advices state that men are expected to go armed, and an opinion Is expressed that the troops should not be withdrawn until this meeting is over. This ad- vertisement appears in a Natal paper by authority of the South African Republic. President Brand, in reply to an address, strongly denrecated the move- ment known as the Africander Bond, and said it would interfere with the realisation of that unity and brotherhood in South Africa which was so much needed.. The Durban correspondent of the Standard says A correspondent at Standerton telegraphs that the troops there are under orders to move down the country. At Zoutpeansburg there is a report that Moletse has beaten a Boer and his wife, and that the Boers have gone into laager. Native affairs in the Transvaal are generally very unsettled. In the Volksraad a charge has been brought forward by Kruger and Joubert, to the effect that the late Bri- tish authorities in the Transvaal made slaves of 800 natives. It is stated that Joubert called the atten- tion of the Aborigines' Protection Society to the matter. The subject has been referred to a committee of the Volksraad to inquire into and make a report upon the result of their investigations. Much aur, prise is felt here that such a charge should have beea brought forward. It is understood that it is the wish of Sir Evelyn Wood to be relieved of his civil duties in Natal as soon as possible after the reduction of the military garri- sons now in contemplation has been carried out. The post of Chief Magistrate of Basutoland has been offered by the Cape Government to Colonel Bowker, who decided to accept the offer. Colonel Bowker had charge of the territory for many years.

THE NEW FHENCH CABINET. The Morning Post learns fromTaris that M. Gam- betta is actively engaged in the formation of the new Cabinet. M. Challemel-Lacour having accepted a place in the new Ministry, the post of Ambassador to this country has been oifered to M. Ca-imir Perier, who has declined. On Sunday, M. Gambctta hid a conference with the Marquis de Noailles, French Ambassador at Rome, and offered him the post of Ambassador in London. The Marquis de Noaillcs declared that he was willing to accept. No French Ambassador will be appointed to the Italian Court until the post left vacant by General Cialdini at Paris shall have been filled up. It is, however, believed that the Italian Government will offer the Paris Embassy to the Cavaliere Marco Minghetti.

AN ATTACK ON JUGGERNAUT. The Calcutta GauVe publishes an account of a strange attack made on the idol of Juggernaut, at Puri, the most sacred shrine in India, by a body of fanatics. The rioters, who numbered 12 men and three women, and were almost in a state of nudity, succeeded, in entering the temples, and tried to force their way into the inner recesse. Although upwards of 1,000 pilgrims were present, they were not expelled without a severe struggle, in the course of which one intruder was trampled to death. The rest were arrested and have been sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Inquiry shewed that they belonged to a sect of Hindu dissenters, lately founded in the Sumbulpore district, and known as Kumbhupatias, from the fact that its followers wear ropes of bark round their waists. They allege that their religion was revealed to 64 persons in 1864 by a God incarnate, whom they style Alekhswamy —that is, the Lord-whose attributes cannot be de- scribed in writing. They believe in the existence of the 300,000,000 of Hindu deities, but do not respect their images, saying that it is impossible to represent a Supreme Being whom no one has ever set n. They are subdivided into two classes, two of which renounce the world and make no distinction of carte while the third lead a family life, Their habits are said to be very filthy, and, like some European sects, they take no medicine in illness, but rely solely on Divine help. Their attack on the Puri temple was prompted by the belief that if the Juggernaut were burnt it would convince the Hindus of the futility of their religion and the whole world would then embrace the truth.

'EDUCATION IN INDIA. TheGovornment of India has published an important resolution on the subject of the education of European and Eurasian children. The returns shewthatof a total of 8,567 European and Eurasian children of school- going years in Bengal, excluding Calcutta, one-half receive no education whatever. Including Calcutta, there are in the Bengal presidency 5,000 such children growing up in absolute ignorance. The Viceroy justly considers this a lamentable and glaring reproach to the Government. Owing to the peculiar circumstances of India, the Govern- ment cannot confine itself to subsidising primary education, but must assist middle and higher clasa schools. A system of common education for the European and native children is considered impossible on class as well as on religious grounds. Therefore, separate schools are necessary, the cost of which must be met by Government grants. An educational cess on Europeans was proposed, but rejected as forming a class taxation of a most indefensible kind. Large grants in aid and increased subsi- dies will be given, payable according to results, in the middle schools. In the case of free schools, provision wiVl be made for the cost of the buildings and the endowment of scholarships. Tech- nical schools will be established in various places, and general schools in the hills. The Viceroy in Council proposes to grant a lakh of rupees annually, and invites the local governments to report how far the system of competition can be applied to the admis- sion for clerkships in public offices. The Military and Public Worts Departments have been ordered to consider whether it is possible to employ European f youths after their schooling is finished.

FOREIGN IITEMS. A system of savings-banks is to be instituted in India in connection with post-offices. The Tunis correspondent of the Times is assured that negotiations are still actively carried on for the absolute cession to Franco of all the territory north of the river Mejerda. A Pitris telegram states tnat M. Albert Grévy, the Governor-General of Algeria, has sent in his re- signation. This step has excited no surprise, having been for weeks a foregone conclusion. M. Constans is spoken of as M. Grevy's probable successor. With a view to dispel all illusions and miscon- ceptions as to the meaning of the recent visit of the Italian King to Vienna, the Austrian Government has issued to its diplomatic representatives at foreign Courts a circular note, informing them officially of the visit, and explaining its exact purport. It emphaticallyrepresentsthe meeting as only strengthen- ing the guarantees of Europe'm peace. It denies, on the other hand, that the interview was of a nature to give the slightest ground for apprehension or inquietude in any quarter. The Hindus of Multan have accepted the com- promise proposed by the Government of the points in dispute between them and the Mussulmans. The spire recently added to the Hindu temple in front, which excited the jealousy of the Mahometans, will be allowed to remain, but not to be built any higher, and the Mussulmans will obtain soe possession of a disputed well. An extra police force will be quartered in the city at a cost of 8,500 rupees to be levied on the inhabitants. It is Imped th.\t these measures will effectually prevent "1..t.I..t rioting.

MISCELLANEOUS. A Russian Consulate is to be established in Vienna. Some of the best and most modern cotton mills are now announcing losses in consequence of the Liverpool Cotton Corner. Mr. Gladstone baq been aqked to attend the birth- day celebration of Mr. Bright, on the 16th inst., at Rochdale, but he is unable to accept the invitation. The Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Albany have fixed the 12th and 13th of December for their visit to Manchester. They will be the guests of the Mayor. The cashier of one of the Liverpool leading firms has committed suicide at Birkenhead, and an investi- gacion of the books discloses a deficienoy of £3,000 in the accounts of the deceased. The Marylebone vestry has ordered the demolition of five houses in Charles-street, Lisson-grove, which had been described as "fever dens." It was stated that these houses were condemned five years ago The barque Hans Georg, of Bostock, 450 tons, bound from Gefle to Hull, went ashore at Dunbar and the Dunbar lifeboat, of the National Lifeboat Institu- tion, in conjunction with a fishing boat and the ship's boat, saved the crew of 12 men from the wreck. Some American consignors of meat, unable to fathom the mystery of the amazing difference between the prices they receive and the prices the public have to pay, have resolved to apply to the Corporation of London for shops in the new Leadenhall Market. The 5th inst. being the anniversary of the Battle of Inkermann, which was fought in the Crimea on No- vember 5, 1854, the usual custom of decking- the colours with laurel was observed in every regiment throughout the British army that took part in the memorable battle. Among the towns which are contemplating the introduction of electric lighting in the streets are Not- tingham, Barnsley, and Sheffield, from each of which places deputations have visited Chesterfield, where the electric light will shortly be adopted to the exclu- sion of gas. We (Morning Post) understand that the French Government has accepted the conditions contained in the ultimatum presented by the Italian commis- sioners on the duties on cotton and woollen tissues and cattle. The treaty signed is more favourable to Italy than the one agreed upon in 1877. Owing to repeated applications from the colonial Government of Australia to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Admiralty to increase the strength of the naval squadron in the Australian waters, her Majesty's ship Nelson, a heavily armed vessel, has just procetded to Sydney. The committee of Lloyd's have presented the silver medal of the society to the family of the late Captain John Strachan, as an acknowledgment of his bravery in sacrificing his own life to save that of a boy stowaway at the time of the foundering of the Cyprian steamer, off the coat of Wales, on October 14 last. The late Mr. James M'Currey, a well-known advo- cate of teetotalism, who died in London last week, at the age of fourscore years, has left (the following legacies National Temperance League, £ 1,000; London Temperance Hospital, e,-)oo; United Kingdom Band of Hope Union, £ 300 Chelsea Working Men's Teetotal Society, C50. A daring robbery has been committed at the resi- dence of Baron Pollock, Carlton-road, Putney. While the family were at dinner an entrance was effected through a window at the rear of the premises,left open for ventilation, by means of a ladder, which was carried from a neighbouring yard, and jewellery of the value of B100 carried off. The death is announced of the Very Rev. George Henry Sacheverell Johnson, M.Am Dean of Wells, who expired at Weston-super-Mare, where he had been sojourning to recruit his health. He had been in a precarious state for weeks, and unconscious for the last few days. He was instituted 1854. The stipend of the Dean was £ 1,000 a year. Henry Tomlinson Tarrant has been indicted at the Middlesex sessions rn a charge of having stolen jewellery, valved at £258, from a Birmingham firm. He obtained the jewellery, as well as goods from other firms, by pretending that he had the oppor- tunity of submitting the property to persons in high stations of life. Prisoner, who had already suffered five years' penal servitude, was sentenced to a similar term again, to be followed by four years' police super- vision. Five Irishmen have been sent to prison at Wolver- hampton for terms ranging from three to nine months for a murderous assault upon the police. On Sun- day night there was a riot amongst the Irish in Horse- ley-fields, and the appearance of the police was greeted with a shower of stones. The officers had twice to retreat for reinforcements, for the stoning was continued. No arrests could be made at the time, and the prisoners were apprehended whilst in bed the next night. Thp, Earl of Leicester has given the munificent sum of £ lo,000 to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital of which he is president, to be added to the endowment fund. The fund for the new buildings for Carmar- then Endowed Schools has been increased by a donation of RI, 000 from Mr. Robert Parnall, of Lon- don and Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire, and £ 500 from Mr. George Thomas, town clerk, Carmarthen, additional to the JE500 and £100 respectively, pre- viously given. An additional £1,000 is required to build schools for 200 boys. The new law with regard to the cemeteries fit France, which was passed by the Senate after encoun- teringseiious opposition,is about to be put in force by the French Government. Hitherto, as is well known, French cemetaries have been divided into as many sections as there were religious comtrunitiea in the surrounding districts, so that persons of differ- ent religious belief should not be buried together. By the new law this distinction is abolished, and the available ground in each case will be open to all alike, irrespective of religious creed. Sentence of penal servitude for life has been passed at the Gloucester assizes upon Thomas Moun- tain, labourer, for the attempted murder of his wife. The prisoner, who had frequently assaulted and threatened the woman, told her on the evening of September 6 that he would take her life that night, and before she retired Mrs. Mountain wrapped up her throat in shawls. During the night Mountain attacked his wife with a razor as she lay in bed,and cut her face in a horrible manner. Mrs. Mountain was rescued by the lodgers, who burst open the door. Consequent upon the adverse criticism respecting the turret ship Inflexible, the Controller of the Navy has transmitted to Admiral Ryde, commander-in-chief atPortsmouth,a telegram which the Admiralty have received from Captain Fisher,dated from Gibraltar. That officer explains that the ship made the passage in a most satisfactory manner, no defects being deve- loped. In the Bay she encountered a south-easterly gale and also very heavy weather north-west of Cape Finisterre, but she behaved remarkably well. her sea-going capabilities being fully established. Lady Louisa Egerton, of Holker Hall, Lancashire, has been in the habit of giving the children attend- ing the Holker schools a substantial tea once a year. This year her ladyship has varied the form of her generosity, and has just presented a Post Office Savings Bank book to each of the scholars, with stamps to open an account. About 200 scholars re- ceived these tokens of her ladyship's generosity at her own hands, a kind word or two of encouragement to thrift accompanying each presentation. Lady Frederick and Lady EdwRrd Cavendish also took part in the presentation. The Duke of Devonshire carried out the same idea at Hawarden. Mr. Justice Kay, in charging the p'dud jury c'r the Manchester assizes, deprecated the growing; practice of getting up petitions praying for the re- mission or the diminution of sentences passed by the judge. The responsibility cast upon the itidge3 was so great that all judgments were most carefully considered, especially in regard to the highest crimes. In cases of murder, the judsre had no alternative but to pronounce sentence of death, but the public might rest assured that were there any grounds for the remission or diminution of a sentence, the judge would be the first person to bring the facts before the notice of the Home Secretary. At a large meeting of Mid-Lothian farmers and others at Stow, resolutions were passad stating that the present position of the agricultural interest threatens the property of the country, and that a re- valuation of the farms is the only measure which will enable tenants to continue on their farms, and that efforts should be made t) convince the landlords of this fact. Other resolutions were adopted, to the effect that hypothec, distress, and all rules enabling a landlord on short notice to evict a tenant and ap- propriate growing crops, should be abolished, and a compulsory Act passed giving compensation tenants' unexhausted improvements. It was decided to petition Mr. Gladstone and Lord Rosebery to in- troduoft a measure on the lines of these resolutions* —