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LONDON AND NORTH-WESTFRN RAILWAY Traffic Return, WEAK ending Dec. 30th, 1883. Passengers, Parcels, Horses, Carriages, Dogs, and Mails E70,836 ■Merchandise, Minerals, and Live Stock.. £ 84,744 Total for the week £ 155,580 Corresponding week iu 1882 £165,410 Aggregate to date £ 5,297,822 STEPHEN REAY, SECRETARY.

CARNARVONSHIRE AND ANGLESEY. INFIRMARY. Weekly Report, Dec. 13th, 1883. In.pa.tients 18 Total number of out-patientsiadmitted since OCTOLIER 25th, 1883 181 DO do during PAST WEEK 20 HOMO-PATIENTS 60 Visitors for the ENSUING week :-Hou. Miss F. Hughes UNA WM. Phillies, Esq. Hon. Physician for ensuing week :-Dr. Richards. Bon. Surgeon for ensuing week Dr. Hughes. R. ROW TJ.VND JONEK,

DENBIGHSHIRE INFIRMARY. Month Ending December 31st, 1883. IN-PATIENTS. ADMITTED ii 0 DISCHARGED 8 1 Cured. Hemaininthehousen RELIEVED 3 1 42 DEAD 0 ODT-PATIENT3. ADMITTED 77 MA LE IN-PATIENTS 1 D i seliFtr,e d 77 l,i.pationts I DtschM?'ed 41 Adfnin?.tsiuceJM. ?arej. 24 LSI., 1883 1990 Relieved 16 Dead. 0 Irrenlarity 0 Presents of books, papers, old linen and oalico (urgently ueeded), will be thankfully taceived. HAMMOND WILLIAMS, L.R.C.P., Ac., Resident MeJieal Officer.

THOU ART FALSE. [ORIGINAL.] Farewell, farewell, the bonds of love I break, and thou art free; Farewell, farewell, 'tis better so, Since thou art false to me. Another fair one shares the heart That once was mine alone, Another meots the loving eye And bean the tender tone. Take back the ring, the jewell'd ling, 'Twill waken lneao y sad; Let it adorn a fairer hand, And make my rival glad. Yes! yes! I will forgive it all AS FRIENDS, THEN, Ie, nl part, You to forget your former life- I with A broken heart. FAREWELL, FAREWELL, THOU ART RELEASED From ties ignored BY thee; FAREWELL, FAREWELL, THE ONE I LOVE MUClt ø" FAITHFUL W. I WYCH HAZEL.

PENCIL OR PEN. Oh, for the spell of the artist» brush To carry t his golden glen And to se? it there 'mid the roar and rush Of wearily toiling men I They should gzo on the mountain's eloquent face, 'I hey should breathe its fragrant air, And perchance a dream of the wondrous grace KighHighteu a dim heart there. I envied thee, painter, thy artist eye, As I looked oil the hallow hill; Yet are there no graces too softly shy For the magic of thy skill? Lo wonderful moaBes and tiny flowers Make the marge of the streamlet fair, For is is not n grudging hand that dower* The glen with its beauty rare. And the mystic wonder of the place, In things both great and small, Is the witchery of exquisite grace That crowns and perfects all. And while thou, O artist, the great things seest, And the splendour, as 'tis meet, I may turn my freer gaze to feast On the small grace at my feet. The Pimpernel twines its tender thread 'Alid tiie mouses green and wet, And the Sundew nestles in russet bed With its glistening coronet. The Wild-thyme curves out its fretted spray, And many a cushion swells Of the Ivvleived Campanula With its thousand fairy hells. Then the magic pencil I'll crave no more, Hut I'll wield my uncouth pen, And the mosses and flowers shall bring their store For the solace of weary men. And the care-worn toiler in dusty ways The things that I see (shall see. And shall sing to the Oiver his song of praise, As he shares my joy with me. 1'.8 BISHOP or BEDFORD, in Good Word) for January.

Communicationt must be legibly written in ink, and on one tide of the paper only. They must be authen- ticated by the name and address of the ivriter-not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. We cannot undertake to return communication* of which we do not avail ourselves or hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspon- dents. ARUNDEL CASTLE. Sxit,-Your paper to-day states that Arundel Castle gives the title of ERrl" to its proprietor. Allow me to differ, and to say that barons by tenure do not exist now. You will, I think, find this settled by a judgment uf the House of Lords in the case of Admiral Berkeley (afterwards created Lord Fitz Hardinge), who claimed to sit as Baron Berkeley by tenure. This decision would, I SHOULD sav. necessarilv include Arundel Castle.-I am, yours faithfully, am, yours faithfully, ALPHA. December 29tb, 1883.

DISSENT V. POLITICS. SiR,-Tii reply to Mr Touchstone's letter I beg to say that he has entirely failed to prove the charges which he made against the Nonconformist ministers of Swe.nsea. Perceiving that he could not sub- stantiate those charges, he could do nething better than prefer similar charges against other ministers in other parts of Wales; but I would refresh Mr Touchstone's memory with the old adage that two blacks do not make one white." Respecting the last charge made, I must ask the reader's indulgence for another week, so that I may have ample time to make the necessary enquiries in the matter.-I am, sir, yours obediently, T. W. GRIFFITH. Llandudno, January 3rd, 1884.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND STATE PRE. VENTION FOR SMALL-1'OX. Sin,-As questions relating to the public health have usually found a place in tho columns of your interesting journal, I venture to offer for the con- sideration of vour readers a few observations on the above subject. Vaccination was alleged by Edward Jenner to prevent small-pox for life, but this claim is now universally disallowed by the more enlightened members of the profession in all countries. Three-fourths of all who are attacked with amall-pox have been vaccinated, and Mr Marson, Medical Director of the Highgate Small- pox Hospital, reports that in 1871, of 950 cases, 870 had- been vaccinated. In the epidemic at Bromley, the Lancet for August 27th, 1881, reports that of 43 cases (16 confluent) all had been vacci- nated and three revaccinatcd. Two of the con- fluent cases died, and a similar epidemic occurred at Amptbill last yeur, where Dr. Slinn, the medical officer, certified that all had been vaccinated in like manner. That vaccination does not mitigate small-pox is shown by all the small-po- hospital returns, which have been tabulated bv Mr Alex. Wheeler, of Darlington, the average mortality of 18 per cent. being at least as high as in the last century, before vaccination was introduced. But a still more remarkable testimony is at hand, and was brought before the House of Commons by Mr P. A. Tavlor, of Leicester, on the 19th Julie-that of Herr G. F. Kolb, of Munich, Member Extraor- dinary of the Royal Statistical Commission of Bavaria, author of several statistical works of European reputation. He says: "From child- hood I have been trained to look upon the cow-pox as an absolute and unqualified protective. I have from my earliest remembrance believed in it more strongly than in any clerical tenet or ecclesiastical dog^ia. The numerous and acknowledged failures did not shake my faith. I attributed them either to the carelessness of the operator, or the badness of the lymph. In course of time the question of vaccine compulsion came before the Reichstag, when a medical friend supplied me with a mass of pro-vaccination statistic I, in his opinion conclusive and unanswerable. This awoke the statistician within me. On inspection, Ifound the figures were delusive, and a closer examination left no shadow ot doubt in my mind that the so called statistical array of proof was a complete failure. My inves- tigations were continued, but with a similar re- sult. For instance, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, into which the cow-pox was introduced in 1807, and where for a long time no one, except the newly- born, escaped vaccination, thoro were in the epi. demic of 1871, no less than 30,742 cases of small- pox. of whom 29,429 had been vaccinated, as is shown in the documents of the StatQ department. When, with these stern proofs before us of tho inability of vaccination to protect, we reflect upon the undeniable and fearful mischief which the operator so often inflicts upon his victims, the con- clusion forces itself upon us that the State is not entitled either in justice or in reason to put in force an enactment so directly subversive of the great principle of personal right. In this matter State compulsion is, in my opinion, utterly unjus- It i, neadles to add that this unimpeaohable evidence was most judiciously ignored by Sir Lyon I'iayfuir and Dr. Cameron on the part of the MEDICAL faculty at the last discussion in Parlia- ment. Suoh admissions would have been fatal to the continuance of vaccine coercion so strongly denounced by Mr John Bright in the Times ot Thursday last.-YotirB faithfully, WILLIAM TEBB, F.R.G.S. Hydropathic Establishment, Llandudno, Deo. 29th, 1883.

THE DEAN OF BANGOR ON DISESTAB- LISHMENT. SIR,—I recollect being at a well-attended national eisteddfod, held some years ago, at one of the chief toWIJS in North Wales, where a clever chaired bard was adjudicating upon some poetry which had been sent ill to compcto for a £20 prize. Amongst other witty and sensible remarks which he made upon the "Art of Poetry (as a very old bard called it), I was the following: He said that when chemists are II making some kind of medicines in their laboratories they had to boil the ingredients until the whole mass is reduced to a certain consistency, quantity and quality, and without which careful, steady, fiery process the whole thing would not be of any use, and could not answer the purpose for which it was intended. I have struggled hard to pull through the Dean's heaps of undigested raw mate- rials, which he recited at the late meeting at Car- narvon, and I was thinking if he had heard the sensible remarks of the above bard and taken his advice, to boil down his materials until they had been reduced to something less than one-half, and taken care each time he stirred the (jonteuts of the cauldron to remove the scum, he miht with safety, if not with success, venture to administer a small dose to our friends, the Liberationists. His plan in this intermiuable speeoh at Carnarvon seems to me to be iluite in unison with that of his recent big book on St. Matthew, that is, Que)i? diure chaos rudit indigettaque motes. With rea.rd to the conversation alleged to have passed between the Dean and the late respected Cynddelw. I am afraid the Dean's memory is rather treacherous in that respect; that something might have passed which the Dean construed to mean what he aid is only possible, but, even admitting that, I am bound to say that it was very ungenerous of the Dean to repeat what might have been a slip of the tongue in an unguarded moment, or in striot confidence, and should have been kept subrosa, and never divulged. Does the Dean know that a hearsay evidence or any alleged conversation of that sort, in the absence of the individual, is no evidence in law? And we remember reading, when mere brats in school, de 1/1Q/Il;'S, nil nisi bonum. The Dean, nor any one else, cannot now do any harm, nor yet any good, to poor Cynddelw, but it is just possible that some of those he left behind may have his alleged in sincerity, if such it was, cast in their teeth. If the Dean of Bangor goes in for auricular confes- sion after this wanton betrayal of confidence, I am afraid he will not have many candidates, especially among the fair sex! Kiss and tell will never do! The Dean seems to say that if the tithe were done away with the rent would be immediately raised, and that the money would go to the land- lords' pockets; but I oannot see that, and I am fully persuaded that the money would be diverted to some more general and national channel. I The Dean pretends to feel deeply in the behalf of those dissenting ministers whose stipend averages £69 per annum, but charity should begin at home, for I can mention to him hundreds and hundreds of livings in England and Wales from £5 and £6 up to the enormous sum of £100 per annum, minus a house "To starve the ministry," says the Dean, is to debase religion and demoralise the country." Areed; but where can you find a greater system of starvation among any denomination than in the Church of England? I maintain that dissenting ministers who receive £69 are far better off than a poor clergyman who gets his £100 per annum, for the following reasons: a dissenting minister spends, as a rule, nearly half his time from home, aud he is well taken care of wherever he goes-tlie best of everything in the house, the very fat of the land; he can also embark in any trade or profession he likes to increase his income, and hence we find that thousands of them are well-to-do shopkeepers, say nothing about their stipend, be that £69 or £690. Besides, as a rule, a clergyman (whether he has the means or not) is expected to give something to every poor person lie visits in his parish, and to everyone that calls at his door out of the parish, as well as to contribute towards every religious and charitable institution all over the world. But a poor clergyman seldom gets a cup of tea at any table but his own and, as to trade or profession, he dares not meddle with them" upon pain of ex. communication." The only twe things open to a poor clergyman are, keeping a school and a small farm. A school used to be a great help to a poor clergyman many years ago, but no lonaer-tliat school system is now so changed as to put that out of the question. Then there remains only farm- ing; but capital is wanted in farming, and a good bit of agricultural knowledge, say nothing about manual labour, for which a clergyman is perfectly unfitted. It is really sickeniug to think of the abject poverty of many ot the working clergy, both in England and Wales! Oli the thousands that are obliged to sail under false colours! who try to live in a somi-genteel way, and are obliged to deny themselves and families many a little comfort that the artisan can command! These are men who have been brought up to the Church from their cradle, passed their colleges, had their degrees, but for the want of a patron, or wht-t is better still, money to buy a living, are consigned to the limbo of poverty, which is only to end with life It is hard that thousands of the working clergy should be obliged to send begging letters or petitions to the charitable societies in London and elsewhere for a little pecuniary assistance to pay off pressing little debts, and sa ve e bailiff to come to the house, say nothing about getting means for Christmas pudding I met an old friend the other day, who happened to be one of thes unfortunates, and had applied to one of the societies.two months ago, and this is the answer he bad- Sir, the committee regret to say they have no funds at present in hand, and cannot rive you any assistance. Upwards of 500 had applied before you," &c. Let not the Dean then telk any more about the po- verty of other ministers until the same stigma be reo moved from the Church of England clergy, his brothers in education, scholarship, talent, faith, labour, and all but-pocket. But more of this and other matters mentioned in the Carnarvon speech, if time and liberty will allow.—I remain, vours obediently, ALIQUIS. 1

SIR,—Tho Deltll of Bangor's account of the Church, it3 ministers and communicants during past ages, requires to be taken, lika his discription of the Puritans, with a grain of slt, An honest eye witness, the Rev. David Simpson, of Maccles- field, himself a clergyman of the Church of England, writing towards the close of the last century gives this testimony: 11 We of the "English establishment have so long boasted of the excellence of our Church, congratulate our- "selves so frequently on our happy condition, paid "ourselves so many fine compliments on the "unparalleled beauty of our hierarchy, that a stranger would be led to conclude to be sure we must be the holiest, happiest aud most flourishing Church upon the face of the earth. whoreis when yon go into our most Btately and magnificent cathedrals and other sacred "edifices, you find them almost empty and "forsaken. At best all is deadness and luke- "warmness both with priest and "And then, what shall we say to the secular "condition of the clergy of our land, to the Patronage of beneficies, to the common and abominable sale of livings, to our sinecures. pluralists and non-residences, to our declaring we are moved by the Holy Ghost to preach the Coqpel, when we are moved by nothing more "than a desire to obtain a good living." Again he says: It is well-known that onr confirmations "are frequently A burlesque, our ordinations disorderly, and our visitations riotous and intemperate. The parson and his wardens must "have a good soaking together once a year at least. It is equally true that all through the kingdom, "wherever there is a cathedral, and a greater "number of parsons than ordinary, there is "usually the least appearance or real religion among the people. The general lukewarmness of the clergy is a cnrse to c"cry neighbonrhood where they abound." In the iimea of Bishop Barnet matters were equally bad. In the preface to his "Pastoral Care" that able and zealous prelate complains in the mo3t effecting terms of the low state in which Catechumens and candidates for ordination usually appeared before him, and in "The History of his Own I Times, says: "I have lameuted during i "my whole life t. t I saw so little trne zeal among "olir clergy The Dissenters hrwe a great deal "among tliem; but I must own the main body of "our clergy has always appeared dead and lifeless to me, and instead of animating one another, they "seem rather to lay one another to Going back to an earlier period we find Archbishop Cran- mer, in a letter to Lord Cromwell, strongly de- nouncing certain dignitaries in the church. He savs: Ilaving had exnerionos both in times past and also in our own days how the sect of prehend- aries have not only Fpent their time in mnch idle- ness, and their subitance in superfluous belly- cheer, I think it not to be a convenient state or degroe to bo maintained, considering that com- "monly A prebendary is neither a learned nor a toachor. but a good viander." That tho corrup- tion of the Church of Rome brought about the reformation is not more true than that the formal- ism, intolerance, and low spiritual condition of the Church of England in the 17th and 18th centuries, gave rise to Methodism. Why then should the Dean be so fierce with the revivdist and the Non- conformist ? Have they not conferred an incalcul- able benefit upon the Church? Have their rivalry and opposition, not les thfln their influence and example, been unfelt in awaking the Church to a sense of its position and responsibility? And the hated Liberationism ho also is an instrument in the hands of an over-ruling Providence, a-id is doim a good work which the best sons of the Church will one day come to realise and acknowledge. The Dean reproaches Nonconformity with its inadequate support of the gospel ministry. Well, considering that Dissent, compared with the long oenturies of rule claimed by the Dean on behalf of the Church, is le. in its intancy, Lnd I onsidering that, unlike the Church, it was not born with the silver spoon of compulsory tithed, it may safely be asserted that the record of its progress hitherto in every land deserves to be emblazoned in letters of gold Dr. Thomas has eloquently depictured its triumphs in Wales. But its successes are not con- fined to one people or one country. The voluntary United Presbvterian Church in Scotland took its origin 100 years ago, in an obscured hamlet IN Kinross-aiiir where four ministers met together and constituted its first Synod. There are now 170,000 communicants, an annual revenue of up- wards of £ 350,000, a sum exceeding tho whole Tithes of the Church of Scotland, and £ 200 & year is the minimum stipend of each minister. 1 he Free Church of Scotland 40 years ago left the Establish- ment sacrificing manses, sohools, churches, and every penny of endowments. It has now many thousands of costly and capacious churches, houses, schools and collegos is numerically as strong as the (state Church, and has a yearly income of more than half-a-million. The churches have also numerous charitable and benevolent schemes, and their missionary agencies are actively propagating the gospel in evbry quarter of the globe. But are the champions of the State Church entitled to throw stones at the humble surroundings of certain phases of dissent? The Bishops, Deans, Prebendaries, Canons, and so forth, may truly say, the lines are fallen to us in pleasant places; we have a goodly heritagebut what of the poor incumbent and the half-starved curate? In the year 1714, when Queen Anne's bounty began to be distributed, there were 5697 livings iu the church under JE50 a year; and so late as the commencement of the present century there were thousands of th6 clergy destitute of the ordinary comforts of life. Even now, the Estab- lished Church of Scotland has had to resort to the voluntary principle embodied in the Free Church Rustentation Fund to augment the poor stipends of 320 of its clergy; and at this very day, after being rooted in the soil for hundreds of years, protected by the legislature, and reaping the rich endowments of a wealthy country, is the Church not constantly clamouring for money? In one place CGO,003 is wanted to restore a cathedral; in another, a QUARTER of a million for a new bishopric; and on di'ery hand appeals for funds, to buttress this giant es- tablishment against the assaults of Mr Dillwyn and his supporters, and to enable the great overspread- ing Ecclesiastical Hierarchy to hold its own in competition with poor despised Polychurchism. The energy and devotion of the Welsh people con- tinue to flow with over increasing strength in the direction of Dissent. Estrangement from the epis- copal rule of priests and bishops is all but complete, particularly in the rural districts where the weak- ness of the Church is matter of current observation. Dining one day in the company of several Welsh clergymen, I endeavoured to show that the true policy of a Church was to rely on the people and not on the secular power. My words fell on most unwilling ears. What wonld become of us here in Wales," exclaimed one of them iu alarm, if it were not for the support of the State r" I will conclude with a brief delineation of the attitude of the Church in one parish, a type of many in North Wales. Parish of L. Population 350. Tithes C544, collected twice a yearin a public house, a quart of ale being bestowed on every one bringing the money on the day appointed. Average attendance at church, exclusive of the incumbent and his family, from six to ten individuals; their religious wants, summed up in a couple of services weekly, costing the community at least £50 per head per annum. Sunday schools, none; minis. terial visitations, none; classes for young people, none; confirmations, none. Donations to charit- able institutions, nothing; to Bible Society, no- thing; to home and foreign missions, next to nothing. This then is one of the De%n's fortresses of Christianity," equipped to repel the advance of materialistic philosophy; but, alas, the soldiers have deserted, and the watchmen are asleep. The little chapels in the valleys and on the hill sides, with all their struggles and divisions, are centres of power and usefulness that may well rebuke the in- ertia and inditleronce of the State supported Church. I enclose my card.—I am, &0., RELIGIOUS EQUALITY. 29th December, 1883.

A boat containing six men and some cattle, while under sail from Clare Island to Roonali Point in the mainland, was capsized and all on board were drowned. The three Masonic charitable institutions which are supported by the voluntary contributions of the craft during the year, realised a total income of £ 55,99? 14S 3d. Of this sum the boys' school received t24,895 7S Id; the Benevolent Institution, 1:18,449 6s; and the girls' school, £12.650 Is 2d. The largest total attained previous to 1883 was in 1880, when the sum amounted to 949,763. The boys' schOOl, which is now at the head of the list, is boarding, housing, clothing, and educating 221 boys the Benevolent Institution, the second on the list, is granting annuities of £40 each to 172 men and £32 each to 167 widows; and the girls' school houses, boards, clothes, and educates 239 girls be- tween the ages of seven and sixteen. The boys leave their school at fifteen. Daring the year E8675 has been granted to 334 cases of distress from the Fund of Benevolence, which is composed of 4s a year taken from every London Mason's sub- scription to his lodge and 2s a year from every country Mason's subscription. PERFECT HEALTH restored without ledieine or expense. THS STOMACH, BLOOD, BRAIN, NEnv, LIVER, LUSG3, RREATH, AND SKIN restored by Du DKLICIOUS KEVALSNTA which cures eliectually dysiiep sia, indigestion,: constipation, acidity, rough, 83th mil., bronchitis, consumption, phlegm, diarrhoea, dysentry, liver comphints, fI \tnleney, distension, htemorrhoids, nervons. n?s.?, bilionsness, typhus, typhoid, ecarlet, gastric, enteric, bilious, ague and ot'ier fevers, sore throats, diotheria, measle", catarrhs, colds, rheumatism, goat, eruptions impurity and poverty of the hlnod, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, low spirits, spleen, palpitation, heartburn, headache, nerfous debility; iitius3a and vomit- ing after eating, even in pregnancy or at sea; sinking Ilts, exhaustion, epilepsy, paralysis, atrophy, wasting diseases, feverish breath. 117 years' invariable success with adults and delicate children. 100,003 cures of cases considered hopeless. Four times as I\o\tishin and sustaining as meat, and digesting when no other food will stay on the stomach, it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. We quote a few of the 100,000 CuresCure No. 4:1,432, of 50 years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervous- ness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomitinj. by Du Barry's Food.—MARIA JOLLY. Cure No. 103,516.—Preservation of Life.—A dan- gerous illness having left my stomach too weak to assimi- late ordinary food of any kind sufficient to keep me alive, I owe mv preservation to Do Parry's Revalentr. Hscuits. on which I subsisted for months, recovering a healthy diges- tion, and strenth. and health, and Il\nsele, to theaston- ishirent of myself, my medical adviser, and friends,- EDWARD WOOD, Bolton, 14th June, 1883. Cure No 98,418 —Consumption.—" Du BARRY'S FOOD has, through a kind Providence, been the means of preserving to me the life of a dear wife, who was fast sinking into the grave in the last stages of consumption, not beinq expected to ive from one minute to aiiother.-Ilov. T. OHORLEY, Itollywell, North Wales, March 5, 181D" No. 46,S01.— The Marchioncss de Brelian, of seven years' liver com. plaint, sleeplessness, and the most intense nervous agita- tion, debility and melancholy, rendering her unfit for sodal intercourse. N8. 89,21-2. —" Liver complaint and d larrhœa, from which I had suffered fearfully for three yj-irs, despite the liest medical treatment, have yielded to Du arrv's excellent food.—W EDIE, Major, •> M.S, "Unattached." No. 85,132. -Dr. F. W, Bencke, Professor of Medicine in Ordinary to the University, writes April 8, 1872: I shal1 never forget that I owe the preservation of one of my children to Du BARRY'S FOOD. The child suf- fered from complete emaciation, with constant vomiting which resisted all inedieal skill. and even the greatest care of two wet 11 No. 48,320. Du BARRY'S FOOD has cured ray wife of 20 years' most fe.rful suffering from nervous nnd bilious attacks, papulation of the heart, and an extraordinary swcllin a 11 over, sleelessne.as, and asthma. Medical aid never availed her, -AT\SASIO LA BAEDKBA, Mayor of Trapani, Sicily." No 72,018.Du BARRY'S FOOD has cured me of 36 years' asthma, which obliged me to get up four or five time every night to re ieve nw chest from 1\ pressure which threatened suflbca f,on-—tfev. P. WOTLLET. Ecrninville, France." Cure No 8:1.015, of 20 venrs'fearful dehilitv, Avignon, April 18. 1876. Du Barry's Food has pedp,.tly cured me of 20 yù"' d"pep.i., OPíH'esion, and (\hi.Hty, whi,?l? prevented inv dressing or ,,idres?ing myself, or makiij" even tlie slightest effort. 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I SCHOOL DISCIPLINE EXTRA- ORDINARY. At the Thame; Police Court, London, Mr Baandors eo the bench, John James Mansfield, assistant teacher at the Greencoat School, Whitehorsa-street, (Jollltllercia.nJ8.ll I £ &sc, was charged with assault- ing a scholar named Arthur Parry, between eight and nine years of age, who lesides with his parents in Commercial-road. It was alleged that the defendant, because of Parry's talkativeness in class, tied A leather strap round the boy's tongue aud fixed it by a string t4 a chair, aud kept tbe ltd in that position for two or three minutes. This-,took plaoe on the afternoon of Wednesday, Noverhbir 28th last.—No solicitor appeared for the complain- ant; Mr St. John Wontner appeared for the defen- dant.—AUTHOR PARRY, a very intelligent-looking lad, who was sworn after ho had stated to the magistrate that he did not know the nature of an oath, but knew it was wrong to say what was untrue, said, in answer to questions by the clerk I attended the Greencoat School in Whitohorse-street. Mr Mans- field is one of the teachers there. On a Wednesday afternoon about a month ago we were going on with our geometry class.—What took place theu?—He tied my tongue to a chair.—What for?—For talking in the class.—Did he tell von first of all to keep quiet and not to talk?—No; he never told me nothing. He took out a strap and tied it round my tongue with a slip knot, and then tied the strap with a string to a chair.—Was there a buckle on the strap?—No. He made the slip knot, and put it on my tongue amd pulled it.-Mr BABNDBRS How did he get your tongue out of YQar mouth ?—He made me put it out, and then he put the strap on it.- The CLKRK: How long did he keep you in that posi- tion?—I don't know how Ion, --A few minutes? —I cannot tel1.-Did it hurt you?—Yes, it screwed my tongue, and made a little scar on it.-Did it bleed?—No.—Was that all that was done?—Ye*. Mr SAONDERS: HOW did it finish?—Mr Mansfield undid it. I tried to get it off myself, and he took it off for me.—Was it on a minute?—I cannot tell how long it was. After he took it off I stayed until the school went out. When I got home I told my brother, and he told my father on Thursday morn- ing.—Cross-examined by Mr WONTNKB Did it hurt you ?—Yes. Hotiedittothechairandthenpulted it tight. It hurt me on the place where he tied it round my tongue. I did not call out or make a complaiut about it.-Did you laugh?—I never laughed at all, never a bit.-Did yon not make faces ?-No, never. I do not know how long I have attended this school, but it has been a good while. You have not been a good boy at school?—No, sir. You have been frequently caned?—Yes, sir. When we do not behave ourselves, our names are put on the black board. My name has often been on the board.—Is it the fact that yon are always talking in school ?—Yes, air; Mr Mansfield has oftened complained to me about it. He com- plained to me about it on that Wednesdoyaftar- noon. He told me not to talk, and I continued to talk.—Did not he say, "It is no use tryial to punish you; so I will try to shame you ?"—No. Did he not then tell you he would make you hold out your tongue in front of the class, and in order to make sure you did so he would put this strap upon it, and if you spoke the strap would drop off? -No, he did not,-Did not he say he would make you ashamed of yourself ?—No.—He took me and tied the strap to my tongue.—Did he not merely place this strap on your tongue, and lay the string over the back of a chair.-No. He tied it to a place where the chair was broken.-In a knot ?-Yes.- Will you swear it hurt yon at all ?-No, I must not swear over it (laughter.)—Did it hurt you at all ?- Yes.—Did your father speak to you about it for more than a week afterwards ?-No. Beforo he spoke to me about it I remember having fallen on my back, but I did not bite iiiy tongue. I never told a lad named Ben Gouh that I had tumbled down and bit my tongue. I did not say to him, I have a good chance of getting Mr Mansfield into trouble, and I bhall tell my father that he cut my tongue with the string." I have been pnnished both by Mr Waugh, the head-iiiaster, nd Mr Mansfield.—Did you ever say that you would smash the master's face?—Not me-my father. That was after my tongue had been tied up.— GKCROE PARRY, father of the bay, said that, eight or nine days after this took place, he heard his two boys talkiug about "tongue tying." He ques- tioned them, and Arthur then told him what had occurred. He did not look at the b jy's tongue. After ascortaniing the names of some h1 who were in the class at the time, and making in- quiries, on the following Monday morning he sa.v the defendant. He first saw Mr Waugh, and told him his complaint, and then the defen- dant was called in by the head-master. Witness ch%rged him with having tied his bov's tongue with a piece of strap, and then fixed it to a chair with a string. Mr Waugh said to the defendant, "Istiiere itn; truth in it?" Mr Mansfield's answer was, "There is." Mr Waugh instantly replied, "Theu voti must stand the racket of it, for I won't stand byyourback over it." Defendant thei followed witness out and said, I did not injure your child's tongue, but I did it." The witness, who se mwd to grow very excited over the story continued Your worship, I never charged him with injuring the tongue. There is A mark on his tongne, but I can account for that. He fell down once in the kitchen and bit his tongue. I simply charged him with committing a brutal indignity on my child by tying him up by the tongue.—Mr SAUNDRRS That is rather a strong expression. You might think from that that he was suspended from the roof by the tongue, or something of that kind.—By Mr WONTNER: He could not see how the child could be called unruly if the master gave him a reward for diligence.- Mr SAUNDERS We have it that he was caned fre- quently.—WITNESS: Where is there a boy in a school who has not had a caning? Mr WONTNER: I suppose you were angry ?—I am angry about it still. You said you would smash his face?— I said, If I had the choice of one of two thin is- that is, of taking the law upon you, or of taking it into my own hands, I would sooner take the law into my own hands, and your face would stand a poor chance."—Did not he offer to explain how it really happened?—Yes. Did you notcontinue loud and angry language to him ?—Yes. When he said, I admit I did it, but it did not hurt your child," I replied I will have nothing more to do with you." Mr SAUNDERS recalled Arthur Parry, and asked You could have taken the string off your tongue, couldn't you?—No. lie took it off. But if he had not taken it off you could have taken it off yourself ?—I could not have taken it off myself. Mr SAONDERS If lie pulled it so tight that you could not have taken it off, it must have done some serious injury to the tongue.—WILLIAM JANE, nine years of age, a scholar in the same class as Arthur Parry, stated that he saw Mr Mansfield tio Parry's tongue to the chair with a strap and a piece of string for talking. It seemed to hurt the boy. Parry did not call out. but he looked as if he were beginning to cry. Mr Mansfield kept him there a few minutes, and then untied him and let him go.— By Mr WOITNKR Parry had been chattering. Parry was always talking in class, and had been repeatedly punished for it. The strap used was the ,trap of a ba? 'a p. Witness did not know to orr b01X:sb1t wi:1 out of ta k;a:: in the desk. He heard Mr Mansfield tell Parry not to talk. Parry went 0 I talking, and Mr Mansfield said, "I will make you Ilshamed of yourself by making you keep your tongue out, and to make sure you do it I will put this piee of strap on it, so that if you talk the strap will fall off."—How did he place it on his tongue?—HS twisted it round tho tongue and pulled it very tight. The tongue did not bleed. Next day he let me see a little mark on it-a little scratch. Parry did not look like laugh- ing when the strap was on his tongue. I did not see him make faces when Mr Mansfield's back was turned.—Did not the boy laugh as though it was a very !ood joke ?-No; he laughed just as if he was going" to cry (laughter).—Evidence practically to the same effect was given by two other boys, named Charles Aiano and William Holmes, and this com- pletei the case for the complboinant,-Mr WONTNKR asked whether ho had really anythiug to answer in this case. It was somewhat nnnsual to punish a boy in that way, but he denied emphatically that there was any assault. Mr SAUNUSR8 did not think Mr Wontner need trouble himself any further, as he had made up his mind on the case. Of course it was of the greatest importance that children, many of whom were sent compnlsorily to sohool, should be treated in a pro- par manner, bnt punishment must also be inflictort or discipline could not be maintained. At the same time it was also of great consequence that no un- usual, or severs, or cruel punishment should be used, but only of a character sufficient to correct that which was tob3 corrected. The question was, whether this was a punishment of that character. It did not seem to be intended as a punishment; the boy did not seem to take it as a pnnishment. Although the lail looked very intelligent, it was quite clear he was rather unruly at school, and was an incorrigible talker, with whom remonstrance seemed to have had 110 effect. He had elso been caned, and it had had no effect. The master then resorted to something which would degrade him, just as it used to bo that a very stupid boy had to put on the fool's cap, or that a boy disposed to fight had his arms tied, or that aboy in the habit of running away got his les tied. What did the master do ? He did what he should not have done. He said, I will shame you: put out your tongue." But if the ?jy had not chosen to pnt out his tonoue,no power on earthcouldhaveputitinpowerof the schoolmaster to tie it. However, the boy puts it oat. The string does not really hurt him. He does not cry out as if it hurt him, nor did he make any complaint to hit father. When the teacher is spoken to on the tubject he admitted it, and offered an explanation which it seemed the parent did not accept. The question was whether this was a punishment. In his opinion it was not. It was more an example to the rest of the school of what degradation they would be subjected to if they did not leave off talk- ing. He therefore dismissed the complaint.—Mr WONTNKR applied for costs. The case had been t&lked about a Lot?d deal.-Mr SAONDEBS replied in the negative. H ald?d that it was a very trivial, trumpery thing. It the boy's tongue had been cut, or if it had baeu shown that there was any real cruelty in the matter it would have been different. It was an admonition to the child not to talk any more; no punishment was intended, and no punish- ment was inflicted. To defendant: You should not resort to anything of this kind again.—The DsraNDANT: No. air.-The parties then left the court.

JURYMEN AND PATENT MEDICINRS. The Coroner for Central Middlesex, Dr. G. Danford Thomas, held an inquiry at the Providence Hall, Church-street, Paddington, as to the death of William Henry John Heath Sliehan, aged seven months, which was alleged to have resulted from the administration of a patent medicine sold as a specific for whooping cough.—WILLIAM FRANCIS HATR SHEIIAN, 23, Marylands-road, Paddington, said deciasod was his child. It had been brought up by hand owing to the death of its mother, and had been suffering about a month from whooping cough. He had given it a patent medicine called "Holt's Specific," as many persons had recom- mended it, and the child in the same house, aged one year and nine months, was also taking it. MARTHV WU.I.UŒ05, residing in the same house, stated that she took chargo of the child on the death of its mother. She had given the child five doses of the" specific altogether, tho dose being oue teaspoonful every four days. She gave the doses regularly. On Wednesday night she put the child in its bassinet, aud on Thursday morning, about eight o'clock, she found it dead.—The Cono-igit: What effect did you expect from the medicine?—WITNESS: To make the child sick, and it did so the fir3t dose.-Dr. FINZI, 99, Sutherland- gardens, was sent for shortly before nine a.m. on Thursday. The child had been dead about an hour. There were no signs of suffocation. He had made a post-mortem examination, and found the lungs healthy, but with the air cells enlarged. There were patches of inflammation iu the stomach and intestines, which had been caused before death, which was due to failure of the heart from chronic poisoning by antimony when suffering from whoop- ing cough. He had analysed the specific and found it contained antimony, which would have the effect of creating excessive vomiting, depressing the heart's action, and irritating the stomach and intestines.—The CORONER Now taking int,) consi- deration the number of dotes administered to the child, and the quantity taken in each of those doses, do you consider the antimony had any share in causing the death?—WITNESS Yes.—CORONKR You are positive ?- WITNESS (emphatically): Yes.— A JUBOR remarked thatit was monstrous the Govern- ment or some authority did not interpose to prevent the saleof these patent iiiediciiies-tliey were simply poisonous rubbish, and should be condemned as such. (A concurrent 11 hear, hear," was the response of the jurors generally.)-The CORONKU also concurred, but said, under the existing law, there was no mode of stopping the sale of these dangerous medicines. Persons could take out patents without being compelled to state the ingredients, which they kept a secret. In France the case was different. The law compelled a statement to be made outside the vessel what the contents con8i"ted of. Such a law was required here to protect the public. (" Hear, hear," from the jury.)—Dr. J. E. CUROENVEN, Craven-hill-gardens, deposed in obedience to the coroner's warrant he had assisted Dr. Finzi in the post-mortem, and corroborated his evidence.— CORONER: Can you estimate the amount of anti- mony in each dose?—Dr CUROENVEN Yes; half a gr:tin. The witness added that he had seen two children suffering lately from the effects of the same medicine. One had died and an iuqu?st had been held on it, the other had its heart 90 enfeebled that he had been obliged to administer brandy to it, and it was now recovering. This specific was vended by a lady who kept a confectioner's shop, who, he did not suppose, knew the effects of anti- mony.—The CORONER supposed the" secret" had been handed down to her, as the handbill advertis- ing it said it had been established eighty years,- A JuitoR: If it is the same as that sold in St. Paul's Churchyard it used to be called" Hooper's. CORONER: Designated "Holt's."—I)r. CUROENVEN read an extract from" Peirar's Medica describ- ing the effects of antimony. He also said that tho deceased was healthy and well nourished. There were no traces of disease in the lungs, and he would have lived had it not have been for the administra- tion of the antimony. No doubt the death had resulted from the effects of antimony contained in a preparation called" Holts Whooping Cough Specific."—The ConoxtR here remarked that, at an inquest held by him a fortnight since, the proprietress of" Holt's Specific attended with her solicitor, but made no comments. It was strange, however, that neither of them were present upon that occasion.—The jury having consulted for some time, returned the followiug special verdict: That the deceased had died from syncope, through failure of the heart s action wheu suffering from whooping cough; and the said jurors are further of opiniou that the said death was accelerated by the admini- stration of antimony, contained in a mixture called Holt's Specific for Whooping Cough and the jurors desire to call the attention of the Homo Secretary to tho want of protection to the public in the sale of patent medicines, with a view to some legislation restricting the sale of those containing poisons and other dangerous remedies." -The inquiry then closed.

SHOCKING DISCOVERY. On Monday information was forwarded to Mr William Carter, coroner for East Surrey, of the fiuling of the body of a newly born male child minus the head. It appears thai on Sunday morning about half-past nine, while Henry Dade, one of the keepers at Kennington Park, was walking along one of the pathways near tho Brixton-road end, he noticed a parcel in the shrubbery close to the railiugs which separate the park from the high road. Having secured and opened it he found it to contain the headless body of a male child wrapped up in a number of news- papers. Dade at once communicated with the police, who convoyed it to the station, where it was seen by Dr. Simmouds, the divisional surgeon, who expressed an opinion that the bead had been severed from tho body by some sharp instrument during life. The body was subsequently conveyed to the-mortuary, to await an inquest.

AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCULAR. The following circular has been circulated amongst the Orange GrH.nd ;VIllsters in Ireland — "A selieins3 for the better organisation of the Orange Society as a fighting force. That there should be a body of men enrollcl in every district, to be called Orango Volunteers or Orange Ililitia that these men should be iu(lividll:lv of sound body, good character, aud steady habits, the men to lie, if possible, old soldiers, or men who have rerved in a disciplined force; to be under no leaders except those of a district master, or in his absence, of a council of not less than six lodge masters, irrespective of the usual law., an:1 orders of the society. That, on enrolment, each man should be reattached as in the case of Militia reserve men, and sworn to obey the ordors of the district master or council; that evory mall on joining pays £1. to defray the expenses of a Snider rifle. In order t ) hold out inducements to join, every honour shotil (I be accorded them at every meeting. Tliey should be allowed to vote first in all lodges, and to he free of every lodge in the kingdom to be free of lodge dues, &c,; to wear a cherry-coloured ribbon round the arm or as strips upon the sleeve; to inarch first 111 every procession. That iu districts where Orangemen are scattered the arms to be kept in depot at the nearest Orange hall, or some suffici- ently strong place to emmo their safety. The Governmjnt to be petitioned to allow Orangemen to keep arms in the different barracks of Ireland, That some signal or codo of signals should be in force to assemble men instantly to a given spot, That the district council should sit one a month to collet reports as to the movements of disaffected men; arrange as to signals, passwords, and to ascertain tlie state of the arms and distribute ammunition. The opinion is that the brethren in most districts would respond to the call of their chiefs under the conditions named with heartiness. Should even twenty men respond in each district it would De worth the e-cperirneiit.-I am, gentlemen, vour obedient servant, C ALBXASDKR, W. W., No. I Dyan."

The medical profession are now orderi ig ('a<1hlll'y's Cocoa Essenco in thonfands of cases, becau 0 it contains more nutritious and flesh-forming elements than any other beverage, and is prefemble to the thick starchy cocoa ordinarily sold. When you ask for Cocoa Essence he sure that you get it, as shopkeepers often push irnitalions for the sake of ext a profits. \1aC rs tu the Q leen. Paris Depdt, 90, Faubourg St. Honor* 1492—455 219

I FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. (From I* Follet.i The new year opens very brilliantly as regards "1& toilette," and many brunches of itidesiry ma- nected with it will greatly benefit by the retarn to fashion of materials aud ornaments far more worthy of favour than the meretricious novelties by whiek they have for the time been superseded. Among these, lace stands pre-eminent; good imitations will still be employed if a grand quantity ill required, or when it is used very full; but for all purposes that display this queen of trimming* to advantage, valuable laces are St:1.æted, and thaw ladies who do not already possess such are rapidly acquiring them, knowing that their price must rise nith the demand fashion wdl or, ate. The materials for evening dress are more ELABO- ratll than ever; brocaded velvets, satius em- broidered with flowers, or with brocaded pattern* outlined in gold, satins and rich silks with lutad- piinted flowers, or embroidered flowers with painted leaves, silver and gold gauzes with bre- caded or painted flowere, or appliques of bouqaete of velvet flowers, brocades with the design* outlined with pearl, crystal, or coloured beads, are among the most elegant fabrics for toilettes liabill6s. Tablier breadths AND panels, with gold interwoven, and embroi- dered with be&&, re worn with atin and velvet dresses, a piece of the same being used as a pointed plastron, or waistcoat, for the low bodice. Lattice-work of white chenille, with pearl beads the crossings, are most elegant garnitures for white dresses; on white satin the effect is simply perfect- Those trimmings are used as edgings to bsques. skirt trimmings, or as tabliers, forming a deep point or scallop over the front breadth, AND dis- appearing under the drapery of Elie poul. Flowers are used in great profusion, especially in fringes and long trails, those employed by the principal modiste being of natural or at all events moderate size. Though some paniers and tunics, and afewskirts, are set full to the waist our readers at a distaccs who have nottheadvantage of seeing the beat Parts and London modes, must not imagine, 011 this account, an increase in apparent size is fashionable; on the contrary, the outlines of the front and sides of a skirt are still straight and narrow, though not to exaggeration, and all the fulness support from the figure, Rnd this by no means excessive, is confined strictly to the back drapery. The efforts to bring in largo crinolines and exaggerated tournureshave been most determined; but fortunately for good taste and universal comfort, both to wearers and 11 lookers-on," theonly- influence powerful enough to do so has strenaooaly resisted these efforts, and effectually reduced crinolettes, and other methods of supporting skirts, to quite moderate dimensions. One of the newest styles of making dresses of combined fancy and plain materials, of good quality, is the employment of the pattern fabric as a skirt, cut in shapes at tha lower E^'GE, over a tour DA jupe of the plain material, this being used as a kilting, t),, xpleated flounce, or putting. The upper skirt, if of rich material, may have handsome fringe or lace round the scallops or square tabs; the front and sides are plain, the hack gathered or in large folds, but not full enough to confuse the pattern. The plain material compossac the underskirt is employed also as a scarf drapery, or palliers. and a pouf back; the bodice is of the plain and the waistcoat, or plastron, of the pattern, material. This facon is extremely elegant in velvet and brocade; it also makes charming toilettes de visite in velvet or silk, with broehea of silk and wool, many charming coubinatkms of colour being employed. The fonndatiom materials-tliat i-4 the underskirt, draperies, and bodies-are always of the darker colour when two or more shades are combined. The IUD8 material may be employed fur the wbolet dress, the portions described as pattern fabrics being ornamented with embroideries, braidings, or appliques of velvet or chenille. The vogue of cloth dresses is greater than ever; one of the most fashionable and at the samo time suitable manners, of trimming these is with bands of the same cut out at the edges, -1 pinked." This permitsof great variety, both in the pattern of the stampiogand the choice of colours, for time are by no means limited to that of the dress. Here is an ELEGANT example, lately made. The costume is of Indian, chescut-coloured cloth; the short skirt is cut ill large rouudedscallop", the edge being in small raw- leaf dents. This skirt falls over a tour de jape— i.e., trimming on a fausse jupe, composed of three scalloped bands of moss green, in three shade8.. the lowest being very dark. Braces of the same time shades on the bodice, and scalloped bands turning upwards from the cuffs. Bands of Tuuisian em- broidery and chenille embroideries are also used with great effect on cloth but the supreme and most expeusive elegance is the cloth itself embroi- dered with butterflies, large dragon-flies, and small humming-birds with shaded wings. The long re- dingote of last winter is still much worn, with tha following alteration :—The back, closed half-way down the skiit. has a double box-pleat, formed partly by the back pieces, partly by the sides; half hidden by the latter is a pocket inside, like that of a man's coat. The bodice is very close-fitting, aud fastens with two rows of btittons the front skirt is added a little below the waist, which has a rooni basque. A pelerine camail, with upright oollar of sealskin or some short-haired fur, may accompany this redingote; it fastens closely down the front with hooks sewn underneath. A narrow band of fur may be placed on the pockets, and a wider OlIO forms cnffs. Fur is much worn as trimming to cloaks; one of the favourite models thus orna- mented is the" Jaquette Domska: this is of velvet or ribbed cloth, and fits perfectly. The basque, which is rounded off in front, is quite half a yard below the waist; the fronts join under bands of fur four inches wide, gradually widen- ing below the waist, the part edging the skirt being quite twice that width. The" jaquette" is finished by a wide turn-down collar arId deep eoffs of fur. The pelisse and the Russian manteau, lined with fur, are so convenient and comfortable that they will long remain in fashion. The very long mantles are of a simple shape. The half-fitting fronts close to a few inches below the waist. The back has three seams, and ths fulness required below the wai.t is given by two deep-treble pleats towards the centre. The sleeve is often formed by a pelerine joining in the side- seams. These cloaks have deep turned-down col- lars. If made of velvet, they should be trimssed with a band of rich fur; if of cloth, this is replaced by seal plush. This model is also made with large Japanese sleeves, trimmed with a very wide fur, and a fur collar. The back pleats are fastened under a passementerie ornament. The Japanese," and two or three other styles ol open sleeves, are very fashionable worn for mantles of various kinds; the innovation is a most sensible one. as a tight sleeve over that of the dress is a. great discomfort in wear, and very inconvenient to put on A very elegant novelty, for carriage wear, is the- large manteau of striped plush trimmed with velvet. This rich confection completely coven the skirt; two of these, made this week, art thus arranged The first is tight fitting, with large sleeves, taken in the 8ide.R"m. nf the back, ,.a ending in a wide velvet cnff; the front of the skirt, crosses slightly, and the back is mounted below the waist in large pleats, a small draperie forini" a pouf above them. A velvet sash from the side- seams ties in front, drawn in a point, with long loops forming a large flot; small velvet collar, and flot how at the opening. The second model has the straight paletot front, and large sleeves in the back-seams; these are continued rather low a large velvet bow, held by a handsome passementerie ornament, is fastened at the end of the seam. The back of the skirt is is large pleats. A wide fur, "stole" shape, covers the shoulders, and surrounds the cloak as far as the back fulness.

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