The Express. — London, England, 1867-02-05 00:00:00

I,.vrEs r INTELLIUENCE. IX NI FN . :4 RD a IN BEIAIUM. ..i..,,,,.•,1•i• elmtinties its narrative ; • strike of the iron-workers and pitmen of e, • ;ici;l:i• ;is : HMOn onr imt otive yesterday by stating that the •• •,• ti of ip, m premy 11, I abandonea the vita and pro- I -• 1 io P. heti they arrived at the latter I .:, tI. , ie ~•;-; '2.1.(141 men at least present, but !t• %cry 01e S• 01111,11 asming , t them armed with pitch f..: A 1.„„1. ~f 1011. , 11.if the I Ith lieginient of the line • .11 ,WII 0p i•erOre dour mill. For several hours • malorisl the taunts, the threats, and the • 0110%10,1 0! . Ilie ;•xcat-.1 crowd. but at laat the order to •-os. 1;1,01 Mei tlll Men fell, one of them Nang a • :.tit t.:l.loyt.ii sit Lb • Mill. The greatest confusion Dv. :..• Th.• teisqoi Were then assailed and had to n::;.-. of them I, jug wounded. The mill was tab led ..iel WktkoL The otlice papers were torn 11011 i , :l oil the •,!1.0111i.1 011.1 the dour was carried off I.y .0111-11 $llOl children. It has been reported that the • bos no. broken open. and the money it contained j a lily ; but we "alma guarantee the exactituae of ti,- ,tatement. .1.11 attempt to set the mill on tire failed, some lent ls o f beer Lavin.; been thrown on the Minna laefore they ma . l e progre.... Later in the day troops farised from Mons and other quartets, and all was quiet during the night. The fird , 'ls•iofone. contains the following, dated 111..iiilay 'writing : At an eel); hoar tl.is morning 400 carbineers and two squadrons of lowers Mel been despatched to Charleroi by the Brussels Nailwoy. The night passed over quietly. The men w e nt to work in the morning. but wards noon there were ,ytoptems cf . agitation at Illatrochienne, and troops Were sent there. • (Itlll TER'S Ttl.E.ll 4.4.) AUSTRI.I. VIENNA, Ftat. 5. .111 the deputies to the 11.cichsrath elected in Vienna are supporters of the constitutional pro gramme of the Central Electoral Committee. Count Bernd arrived here on Saturday last, and was received by Baron fienst. To-day he was nycived by the Emperor in private audience. II UNGARY. PE.STII, Fre. 5. Lower Honse of the Hungarian Diet passed in last night's sitting a vote of censure upon the • •rnment for having last summer jeopardised the lilarty of a member of the house. The publication of the decree appointing the new Hungarian ministry is daily expected. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, FER. 5. A royal decree has been issued provisionally pro hibiting fairs and markets for cattle of all kinds, as well M any assemblages of cattle for whatever pur pose belonging to various proprietors in any public place or stable. AMERICA. BREST, Frs. 4, EVEKING. The Transatlanthiue Company's steamship Ville de Paris, from New York on the 2tith ult., has arrived here, having made the pamage in nine days. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR owl( coaar.sPoNnicrr.) PARIS. MONDAY EVILKING. The bill for the reorganisation of the army, dis cussed by the Council of State at the Tuileries to-day in the presence of the Emperor, is under stood to be something very different from the ori ginal project. Marshal Niel, the new Minister of War, has, we mad• hope, cut down considerably the immense annual levies which were contemplated. It is, however, impossible to rely upon the rumours current as to details. The Muniteur will probably relieve public anxiety on the subject before long. The Duchess de Morny is very ill with disease of the larynx. Her friends the Duchess de Lesparre and the Marquise de Cadorre have been acting the part of sisters of charity by her bedside. It is hoped that she is now out of danger. The Opinion Nationale has an article by M. Guemult, which seems to have been written in anticipation of the telegram of this day, stating that the majority of the bureaux of the Italian parliament have pronounced against the proposed government compromise with the church. The Opinion Nationale says : Italy wished to occupy Rome, but now Rome occupies Italy. It would appear that to keep liberty is more dii& calt than to obtain it. May Italy not furnish a sad Illustration of this doctrine? May she not find sonic pare hence that in voting what she supposes to be an act of mutual enfranchisement she has signed a pact of servi tude, and that while me.iniug to erect a free church in a free state she has, in fact, installed a victorious church In an enslaved state The Bourse was rather firm. Rente rose Isc. for cash and 121 c. for account, closing at 69fr. 40c., and G9fr. 35c. Mobiher and Comptoir d'Escompte rose 2fr. 50c. each, but Credit Fonder fell 2fr. 50c., and Italian 10c. A letter from Madrid of the 30th ult. in the Literti says :—" The event of the day has been the execu tion of a female servant convicted of murdering her mis tress. The case has beau going on for three years, as her legal advisers exhausted all possible subtleties and subter fuges to save her. Recourse was bad even to exorcism. In the end she was condemned to death. After having listened to-day for many hours to prayers and religious exhorta tions, the criminal was conveyed to the place of execution through a dense crowd of spectators, and strangled by the garotte in the usual mariner. People docked to the sight as to any ordinary spectacle. Just now I myself met • young lady with her governess, who said they were going to see the show." SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of the health department of the Social Science Association, was held last evening at their rooms in the Adelphi, Dr. Farr, F.R.S., in the chair. A paper was read by Dr. Bain, of Blackwell, on his " Experiences of Four Cholera Epi demics" The result of the author's observations may be summed up as follows :—" Tbat spasmodic cholera is surd by a special organic poison. That it is communi cated by material particles either inhaled or swallowed when diffused in liquids, as water ; in the former case it is communicated on a small scale, in the latter on the grand or epidemic scale. That the period of incubation is about 40 hours. That adult males are generally first attacked, then women and children. That the proportion of deaths in the first two or three weeks of epidemic average four males to three females, and in the middle am' latter periods about five females tothree males. That all persons are not equally susceptible, but as a rule I MR . BERNAL OSBORNE AND HIS CONSTITUENT:4. It Los most power over the badly nourished. i —w e l earn by telegraph that Mr. Bernal Osborne ad- That it is not influenced by the atmospheric changes of dressed a disorderly meeting of his ceffstituenta last even. the barometer or the hydrometer, or the quantity of ing, at the Exchange Hall, Nottingham, upon the question ozone, but in this climate by the seasons. That the of reform. He said they would perhaps like to know how greatest niortality has always occurred during every epi- far he was prepared to go. He would not give his sup demic in those &striae in which the water is most tart to any measure which advocated manhood suffrage, pure. This fact being now established, it is improbable b u t h e was prepared to entertain the question in a large that chole ra w ill aga i n a ppear in London as an epidemic. and liberal spirit. He had spoken in favour of household The author recommends that, as in Manchester, the water suffrage in the house in 1848, and he could find nothing supply should be taken from irresponsible companies and so revolutionary in carrying out the municipal bill of 1834. placal under the care of a corporation. That boards of in parliamentary representation. He would, however, worts should have a better class of members, and that ta k e f rom th e present minist7 what measure of reform he their medical o ffi cers should be more independent than could get. If be knew anything of the right bon. member they hare been, or are even now." A discussion ensued, for Bucks, he did not think he would commit political in which Mr. P. H. Holland, Mr. Galatly, Mr. Ely, of suicide, but assuredly if be came to the house to-morrow Chatham, Mr. Liddle, and the chairman took part ; after night without a Reform Bill he would depart his official winch a %cite of thanks was passed to Dr. Lain for his life. A vote of confidence was passed to the hon. member. Paper, and the meeting separated. The meeting was of a very turbulent character throughout. DESPATCH OF THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA Mans. THE ROYAL INFIRMARY , CITY-ROAD.—Since the Tli %UPTON, Fen. 4.—The Peninsular and Oriental foundationof thishospitalforallchest diseases, 70,170 cases Company's steamship Formal), Captain Curling, sailed have been admitted. The number under treatment last hencethis afternoon with the mails for Gibraltar, the Mali- week was 831. Acute cases are received for in-door treat terninean. Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, and Chins. She ment without any letter of admission. The present win teok out :bri first, and 34 second clam passengers, and ort ter is now being severely felt, and public benevolence frrixht a general cargo. including bar silver MY., and gold alone can help the hospital to keep pace with the claims thread, jewellery, watches, fee., value 2,690 f. on its resources. e antemi :onsolitla• rom a ing. w ncreasi law, a: ;en:ult tiun, au, mit inter- ter direp ovemo ion theie ht befom ~Mpf~.ll Tea A...kW', in under the one of oho , xal are nat whist. Ea proceedil 3 l b preveate. t bn•at.r.,.t proceed inv. bunch bell , .ed, an d rl lion, which I mee arti!‘T: ober either past of the carried b°" ravened t he he mark -t' . r etort , took VI." Indre d bile rovet ette in th es rriest Tough. oded by 5/. 1.. , Earl Burnet-, other li be ', )n behalf 6 iberal ester.- par:dr:W l ' an et Vice! , capital. ,Aim often ro. line, hot 3 ' had Inn; onrdinary cou g ipstic 1 . 01 , at a bj e ct hn“ mgh eAlthy. fur the ' l " . * t midnight le E Rat 'kelt eP Pb` ce ' li n the Au lt T i g mdislOd tre;ored 'ter. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1867. i INACUURATIHN or THE MANCHESTER REEHRM CLUB. ..sPEE('HES OF MR. MILL, M.P., AND MR. GOLDWIN SMITH. Yesterday the members of the Manchester Re form Club celebrated the opening of that establishment by a luncheon, at which about a hundred gentlemen were pre-rut. The chair wax occupied by Mr. Briar Maws, of Ashton-under-Lyne, anal amongst those present were Mr. J. S. Mill, M.l'., Mr. Goldwiu Smith, Mr. Cheetharn, M.P., Mr. T. B. Potter, Mr. B. Whitworth, M.P., Mr. G.. rge Wilson, &c. The health of the queen having been drunk, Mr. Jacon Ititicur proposed the tout of " Kul Russell, Mr. Gladstone, and the Liberal members of Parliament." The following letter from Mr. Gladstone, who had been elected an honorary member of the club, was then read: •• My dear Mr. Potter,- -I thankfully accept the honour you have been pleased to confer on me, anti though I shall not be enabled to profit by your licepitaltle invitation to the luncheon of the new club un Monday, I would ask you to believe that on that day, as indeed on most others, my thoughts will be very antioudy directed towards the ntrainment of the salutary changes which I trust the I session, now about to open, may see accomplished.--I re main, very faithfully your., WILLIAM Ewan? CLAINITONF.." Mr. CHM:THAN, in responding to the toast, referred to the calad now stoat in London for the purpose of displacing Earl Russell and Mr. Gladstone from their positions as leaders of the liberal party. He expreured his conviction that the liberal party would not submit to any such intrigue, and said that for his own part he would meter follow the lead of any titled nonentity, however alettitiguished might be the name he bore. Mr. T. B. Porree, M.P., proposed the toast, "Political progress, the only safeguard of civil liberty," coupling with it the names of Mr. Stuart Mill, M.l'., and Mr. C ' Iwin Smith. Mr. J. Sruser MILL, M.P., who was loudly cheered, in responding to the toast, said :—You have done me the honour of associating my name with the words political progress. It is with you—the men of Lancashire—that that idea should be more particularly connected. We of the south are accustomed to look to you of the north, as invariably leading the van, not only in the industrial pro. greet, not only in the commercial progress, but in the political progress of this country. And in doing so, you have confirmed the idea that we have heard from our childhood, which is admitted and even asserted as a gene ral principle, by conservative as well as by liberal thinkers, that manufacturing and commercial populations are always the leaden on the aide of progress, and that agricultural populations, and particularly an aristo cracy of great landowners, have a different function in the community —a function which is sometimes necessary, although it is apt to he excessive—the conservative func tion—the function of keeping that which is good, and, I am afraid, sometimes that which is bad too. (Cheers and laughter.) But to you it particularly belongs—to the manufacturing and commercial communities of the world, and to the manufacturing anti commercial part of mixed communities—it belongs to you to take the load in improve ment, both in ideas and in the application of those ideas to practice. It is natural that it should be so, because those who are constantly employed in devising more and more new contrivances for making the laws of nature applicable for the increase of national wealth, and for attaining all the objects that are pursued in the economical depart ment of things, with ever increasing facility, and those, a very large proportion of whom are always men who have made their own position anal their own fortunes. anal who are always rising—a succession of them rising from an in ferior to a higher position- these are the persona whose practice and whore course in life naturally ought to make I them, and very generally aloes make them, habitual Mi -1 provers and reformer'; these are the antecedents which turn men's minds to improvements in all departments of things, as well as in their own. I wish it were not unfortunately I to be said that, owing to the general infirmities of human nature, even these very men, after they have once raised themselves, and after their fortune is completely made— they and their descendants very often cherish the rather low ambition of passing over into the class of territorial men—(cheer)—and from that time they would rather see their influence employed on the conservative aide—often wholesomely, sometimes oot quite so wholesomely—than on the side on which they have themselves made a posi tion. (Cheers.) Still, however, it is to this class that we must look in all great national movements for political improvement : and it is to them that we must look mainly for victory in the great battle in which we are now engaged, against what remains of privilege in this country. (Cheers.) The sentiment which has been given by my friend Mr. Potter associates political progress with civil liberty as being the sole condition of it ; and I think no person who uses the smallest reflection can doubt that that is true, for our history and our principles together com bine in showing, in the first place, that the nation which is not going forward alwaysi goes back, anti the nation which is not constantly em ployed in improving whatever it has, both of material and also of spiritual good—which is not constantly en gaged in improving—gets into a state of stagnation and mental indolence, the sure consequence of which is de cline. And we have declined in these things. We have declined either in material prosperity, or in mental and mural culture, and with that decline conies necessarily, where a people has been free, the gradual loss of liberty. Consequently, it is not to be expected that any country should long retain its liberty, which is not engaged in political progress—which does not keep political progress constantly going. But more than that, there is a point which very specially demands and invites our attention at this very moment, namely, the question bow a country, in the new state of the world, is to protect not only its liberty, but even its national independence against foreign countries. Look at the armed hosts which are rising up all over the world just now. Look at the immense extent to which aU the governments of Europe—all the snore powerful governments—are devoting the whole of their resounes, and the whole, almost, you may say, of their people, to the maintenance of enormous armies ; and not merely of defensive, but of aggressive armies. Is that not menacing to this country' Does anybody suppose that those govenimenta look with pleasure upon the degree of freedom that we enjoy, and upon the contrast which, in many respects, our position offers to that of their subjects, owing to our freedom ? Not at all. And yet what position are we in! We, with our small army —and I hope we never shall have a larger—still cannot keep it up. We cannot get recruits, because—and this is a point to which all men's attention, I think, ought to be turned, as being one of the most remarkable signs of the times—the people of this country, and indeed of other countries, but especially of this country, will no longer fight for a cause which is not their own. Men will not be soldiers as a mere profession ; at least the number is con stantly diminishing of those who will hire themselves out to shed the blood of others, when it is not for their own protection and their own freedom and laws. But we have a noble example of bow a people can fight when its for themselves, for their own cause ; when it is for their own liberty, or for moral principles which they regard equally with their liberty, in the late heroic and glonous struggle of the United States. (Loud cheers.) We have seen a million of men in anus for their own freedom, but chiefly for the freedom of others, chiefly for the general cause of liberty —a million of men in arms, and every family in the country almost had some one of its members in that force—there is scarcely a family in the Free States that is not now in mourning in consequence of that war. Nevertheless they went on until they triumphed, and, having triumphed, they went back to their ploughs and their looms, and resumed the pursuits of civil life, and with no more thought of con tinuing any longer in military life, or making an invasion or encroachment upon their neighbours, than if they bad never handled a musket. That is the de fensive army which we require, and we ought, with the utmost vigour we can, to oppose and resist any attempt to give us an increased aggressive force. What we want is that the people should be disciplined and armed, and ready to come forth and fight, as the Americans did, in their own cause, or in any cense in which they feel a disin terested concern ; that it should be for themselves, and not for others, that they fight ; and that the highest place in that force should be given, not to those who have bought it, or who are born to it, but to those who have shown that they have earned it, and that they deserve it. (Load cheers.) Mr. Goldwin Smith, in his speech, alluded to what might be expected from a reformed parliament, and dwelt at considerable length on the benefits University reform especially would colder upon the nation. I LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. After Term Nisi Pries Sittings at Westminater.—(Before Mr. Justice Sheet and a Special Jury.) t. STIIRKM. The further hearing of this remarkable case was resumed this morning. Mr. D•gby Seymour, Q.C., Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Nasmyth were counsel fur the plaintiff ; the Solicitor. General, Mr. Prentice, Q.C., and Mr. Heiman were counsel for the defendant. Thu tint witness called was the Rev. d. admi nistrator of Tuam. Ho stated that he bad two interviews with the plaintiff alter she returned from Paris, and he considered her mane. . . Cross-examined—He never saw her before. He had heard a great deal about her. the complained bitterly of the tre.itment she had received. He could not recollect whether she spoke of the manner in which the will h.id been made, and of the defendant's wickedness to his father. Mr. Thomas Phillips was next called, but before he was sworn The foreman of the jury said he hail been requested by one of the jury to hand his lordship a written communica tkn. Mr. Justice Shee having read it said he SAW no objection to the questions being put. The learned counsel having read it said they had no objection to questions being put. The plaintiff was recalled, and in answer to the questions said theno Roman catholic priest or any person in orders in the church of Rome in England, Ireland, Scotland, France or any other place had directly or indirectly sup plied her with money, towards enabling her to carry on this action. She had been lent money by her private friends. The juryman wished to know who were her private friends, but the others said they did not think it neces sat7. The juryman said be was sorryto find that his brother jurymen did not CURCUT with him. Mr. Justice Shee said that every juryman who had a doubt had a right to put a question to satisfy his mind. The plaintiff said she had borrowed money from Mr. Phillips, Mrs. Higgs, of Chatham, and Mrs. Wright, sister in-law of Mr. Phillips. She had upwards of 1001. of her own when she commenced the action. Mr. Thomas Phillips, tea-dealer, Le., Brighton, had known the plaintiff upwards of 20 years. He had always considered her sane. He had lent her 60/. She told him after her release that there was a conspiracy between the defendant and Pateman to put her into the asylum to suppress lii n l t ie zt r lin evlence abo y u an t ;trirff.and Mrs. Standard were called, and gave evidence its to their belief that the plaintiff WWI sane. They had never noticed the slightest indication of unsoundness of mind during the many years they had known her. They all stated that when she re turned from Paris she dwelt on her wrongs and the um kindness of the defendant, and her belief that there was a conspiracy between the defendant and I'atewan against her on account of the will. Mrs. Hoare, the defendant's sister, said she had known the plaintiff for 27 years. Her conduct had always been that of a faithful and kind servant in her relations to the family. One and all had the greatest regard for her. She had never noticed the slightest insanity in the plaintiff. The letters written by the plaintiff when in the Mahan de Santis, at Charanton, to the witnesses, which she received, were put in and read. She begged and prayed of the witness to take her away and free her, and that one of the inmates had obtained the assistance of two doctors and had been released. She said she would pay all ex penses if witness would but rescue her from the de signs of her wicked brother. What cruel treatment after 2t years' service. Write and say whether she was to live or die. She had been put there out of revenge, and in the hope that fright and fear would kill her out of the way, but Cod was stronger than the devil. That the witness and her husband were her only hope and friends; and concluding, "Oh, send, send and save me." She described the defendant us a villain ; that he had ruined all the family, and that she was the only witness against him.) [The case was proceeding when our report left.] COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) WINSTANLEI r. WINSTANLZY.-BINTENCE. . . This was a petition for the dissolution of a marriage on the ground of cruelty and adultery, the party proceeding being the wife of a farmer at Ear'swine, in Essex. The case turned entirely upon questions of medical experi ence, and Sir James Wilde, this morning, thinking the evidence insufficient, dismissed the petition. H.ldar .... OLIVER WENDELL Howess.--He can say the most unpalateable things in the pleasantest possible way. He does not appeal to the pride and pugnacity of his coun trymen, or tell them that America is the only place in which a man can stand upright and draw free breath. He thinks there is " no sufficient flavour of humanity in the soil " out of which they grow, and that it makes a man humane to "live on the old humanised soil" of Europe. He will not deny the past for the sake of glorifying the present. " They say a dead man's hand cures swellings if laid on them ; nothing like the dead cold hand of the past to take down our tumid egotism." He is equally the enemy of " high-falutin," and spreadengleism, and social gang. " First-rate," " prime," " a prime article," "a superior piece of goods," " a gent in a flowered vest;" all such expressions are final. They blast the lineage of him or her who utters them, for generations up and down. He tells them that "good breeding is surface Christianity." He slyly consoles them with the thought that " good Americans when they die go to Paris." He is thoroughly national himself, and would have American patriotism large and liberal, not a narrow provincial con ceit. The " autocrat "is assuredly one of the pleasantest specimens of the American gentlemen, and one of the most charming of all chatty companions; genial, witty, and wise—never wearisome. We fancy the " Autocrat of the Breakfast Table " is not so well known or widely read in this country as it deserves to be. A more delight ful book has not come over the Atlantic. —Qs/at-fere y Renew, new number. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SCOTLAND.—It was not without reason that Lord Rothie had teased his hostess about refusing foot-pamengers, for to such it was her invariable custom to make some civil excuse, sending Meg or Peggy to show them the way to the inn next in rank, which could not so well afford to be fastidious. More than one comical story had been the result of this law of the Boar's Head, unalterable aimed as that of the Modes and Persians. To one clam alone of the footfering community did the official ice about the hearts of the three women thaw, yielding passage to a river of hos pitality and generosity ; and that was the class to which these wayfarers belonged. Well may Scotland rejoice in her universities, which, whatever may be said against their system—l have no complaint to make—are in this divinely free : that such men as follow the plough in the spring and reap the harvest in the autumn, may, and often do, frequent their sacred precincts when the winter comes—so fierce, yet so welcome—so severe, yet so blessed—opening the doors to harder toil and poorer fare. I fear, however, that of such there will be fewer and fewer, seeing a clam which supplied a portion of them has almost vanished from the country—that class which was its truest, simplest, and noblest strength—that class which at one time rendered it something far other than a ridicule to say that Scotland was pre.eminentl a God fearing nation—l mean the class of cotters. But some who had more means than the men sprung from this lowly order, either could not, at that time, afford to travel by the expensive coaches, or could find none to accommodate them. Possibly sonie preferred to walk. However this may have been, the various groups which at the begin ning and close of the session palmed through Rothieden weary and footsore, were sure of a hearty welcome at the Boar's Head. And much it was needed. Some of these men would wait between one and two hundred miles be fore reaching the end of their journey. —The Arvoeg for AN ENOLIsti CADET IN THE AUSTRIAN SERVICE. —A man was brought up to receive twenty-five cuts with a stick for stabbing and otherwise ill.treating his hone, and it was my duty to conduct him from the guard-room to the ground, see the sentence inflicted, and escort him back to prison. After it was over, I stood talking with some of the non-commissioned officers about it, and hold ing one of the sticks which bad been used in my hand, boy-like, I expressed a wish to know how hard I could hit with it. The senior sergeant of my troop said, " Well, cadet. if you will stand a quart of wine you may give me half a score of cuts with your whole strength." I agreed to the proposal, and without another word he lay down, and took the ten blows which I administered without a sound, a word, or a movement. When it was over he of course got his wine, and then tried to persuade me to try " just one stroke," saying that I could not be a thorough hussar unless I knew what it was like. An officer entered while we were discussing the matter. I reported of course, according to custom, and he then inquired what we were talking about. The senior sergeant laughed and replied, 'I have been telling our Englander that he is no hussar until he has stockstreith, but he does not seem to like the idea." The officer Reid " Sn," and stroked his moustaches, and in going away added, "Sir ?when Lien Courapc—(Y on are wanting in courage)." At these words I saw several of the men smile. Now I expected to become an officer, and knew very well I need never hope to do anything with my men if I allowed them to suppose I was deficient in pluck ; so I s.id that at any rate I would see what it was like, and lying down, called out to the sergeant to give me a cut and a good one. It may be that his arm was stronger than mine, or that my skin was more tender than his, but it was an awful blow, and I do not know which touched the ground first, my feet or the stick, for I was on my legs in a second, one hand on the part struck, and the other on my mouth. I could hardly breathe, and knew not whether to laugh or groan. However, I decided to grin and bear it. Fortunately, an immediate retreat to my room was , for my thick trousers were cut across as though necessary, knife, a and for many days I found the saddle exceed ingly painful, notwithstanding the sheepskin and extra padding with which it was furnished. —Core e ill Maga:..ine for February. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (n 111.11C111,10 TZLRGRAPiII.) CARMARTHEN MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) HUNTERS' STAKES. Three miles, The Nun, Peneloner,iiiiord, Jack o' Newbury, and The Captain are here. Most of the others are trained in tho neighbourhood. OPEN STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP. About four a !T.! w. Nedra Aberdsea ti.a2 3 W.S.W. Iron), I . /sarong. Bgs, 11 ! 77- Ardreesin 30.03 40 • W.N.W. Greencastle 1 1'.0838: W.N.W. I Valeutia 29.31 47; N. W. Cape CUM 19.30 48. N. W. Liverpool— 9l. Ye 43' &W. Uolyhead it 44 KW. I Penance.— 5E47 48' W.S.W. Brest Lorient 211.73 46 W.V.W. Rochefort_ 30.6446 W.B.W. • Plymouth 00.61 47 B.W. Weeesontk Louden 29.68 1 40 W. finnoatii... 29.4! 39 R.W. Shled4 21.1 0 .40 S.W. I- W. re o.ofi 2 1 W. Lo 2 W.S.W. r .0.10 2 7 W.N.W. or 0..1 5 • W.S.W. m 0.16 2 71 N.W. ro 0.47 3 71 N.W. mt 0.18 7 2 W.S.W. ro 0.21 1 • W.S.W. co 0.08 6 • W.N.W. cr '0.47 6 7 I W.N.W. fr 0.14 7 • W.B.W. or • 0.47 6 4 W.S.W. ro 'CYO 6 8 B.&W. 00 0.84 4 6 8. co 0.19 4 8' 8.11.19. re . 0.15 3 6 N.N.W. rbc 0.12 - 7' &W. i b 3 6 W. I c'0.05 3 3 &W. loc 1 2 MONEY MABIBT.-(THIS DAY.) Oxi The English funds are unaltered to-day, but quotations show a rather firm tendency. The monthly settlement has commenced, and will be completed on Thursday. Some of the foreign stocks have advanced, including Turkish of 1862 and Mexican, but English railway securities have again declined. Miscellaneous shares are quiet, at the closing quotations of yesterday. The amount of business generally is limited ; but the tone of the markets, on the whole, is not unfavourable. The money market is quiet, with few transac tions. The rate for bills is 22 to 3 per cent., and for advances in the Stock Exchange 2. Consols are now quoted 902 to both for money and the ith inst., and 901 to I for the new account (March 7). Mexican bonds are in demand, and have bn proved g per cent. Turkish of 1862 have also risen 11, and ditto of 1865, 1. Other foreign stock s are steady, at the closing prices of yesterday. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are quoted 641 to I ; ditto of 1860, 2t to 301, ; Greek, 14 to I Spanish Passive, 22g to ; ditto Certificates, 142 to K ; Italian of 1861, 544 to ; Mexican, to ; Russian Scrip, 1 to prem. ; and Chilian Scrip, 3 to 1 prom. United States 5-20 Bonds are unchanged, at 72.1 to 1, but Erie Railway shares have improved per cunt., viz., to 39 to 1. Illinois Central are without variation, at 801 to 81. Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference shares have declined 2s. 6d., being quoted 151 to I, and 31 to 1, respectively. International Financial shares are quoted 21 to 2 die. ; London Financial, 18 to 17 dia. ; General Credit, 2/ to 2 dig. ; Credit Fonder, 5,1 to 4/ dis. ; National Discount, 8x to prem., ex div.; and Hudson's Bay, 16 tel. At a meeting of the directors of the Illinois Cen tral Railroad Company, held at New York, on the 15th January, it was resolved : " That dividend of 5 per cent. in cash, free of government tax, be paid on the Ist day of February next, to the holders of the full paid shares registered on the 19th day of January instant, and that the transfer books be closed on the said 19th day of January, and opened on the 6th day of February." The sixth ordinary general meeting of the Charing-cross Hotel Company will be held on the 18th instant, when a dividend will be declared. The fourth general meeting of the Thames Plate Glass Company is convened for the 13th inst., to receive the direc tors' report and balanoe-sheet and to declare a dividend. The half-yearly meeting of the Buxton Hotel Company is called for the 16th inst. About 10,000 sovereigns were taken from the Bank yesterday for Egypt, but there were no with drawals for Paris, no profit being now presented on the transmission of gold thither from this side as an exchange operation. The Tanjore, from Alexandria, has brought 2,2941. in specie. The steamer Poonah took yester day only 7101. in silver for Bombay. Telegrams from Calcutta quote the exchange at ls. 11 id., showing a movement of about 2 per cent. in favour of this country. Should the decline in the Indian exchanges go on, it is probable that the whole of the gold sent from Australia to Point de Galle by the mail packets would be forwarded to England, instead of a portion being sent to India, as of late. The dividend on London and South Western Railway stock for the half-year is officially an nounced at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, against 51 for the corresponding period of 1865, thus showing a decrease of 1 per cent., although ; the traffic receipts of the half-year were some ' 9,0001. or 10,0001. more than in the corresponding ) half of 1865. The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 2071. over last year. At the meeting yesterday of the Universal Marino Insurance Company the directors' report waa adopted, and a dividend declared of 2a. 6d. per share. The meeting of the New Zealand Loan and Mer cantile Agency Company (Limited) took place yes terday, when a dividend was declared for the half year at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum, making a total distribution of 10 per cent. for the twelve months. Below we give the report of the directors of the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company (Limited), to be presented at the seventh ordinary general meeting on the 15th instant : - - The directors now present to the shareholder the ac counts and balance sheet of the company for the year ending 31st December, 1866. These accounts have been duly verified by the auditors. The balance carried for ward on 31st December last, deducting all claims and ex penses, as well as the sum of 40,000/. paid to the share holden in dividends and bonus since the last report was presented, amounts (including the reserve fund, 14:1,000/.) to 434,9401. 6a. Ild., exclusive of the paid-up capital of the company, 200,0001. The underwriting accounts for the year 1804 have now been closed, and the directors have the satisfaction to announce, that after making due provision, by a suspense account, to meet the liabilities yet outstanding, the profit on the business for that year is estimated at 102,000/. Of this sum, 40,000/. has already been appropriated to the payment of dividends ; and the directors now pro. pose to set aside a further sum of 20,0001. for the payment I of the half-year's dividend and bonus to the 31st December last, leaving a balance of profit amounting to 42,000/., which the directors carry forward to provide for the con. tingerrfies attaching to the underwriting account for the year 1865. It is of course too early to anticipate the re sult of the business for the year 1866, but so far the accounts present a favourable aspect. The directors now recommend the payment, free of income-tax, of the same dividend as last half-year, viz., 2s. per share, and a bonus of 25., making together 4s. per share, or at the rate of 20 per cent. for the year ending 31st December, 1866, on the paid-up capital of the company, and that the board be empowered to pay a similar dividend and bonus for the half-year ending 30th June next, should they deem it expedient. In accordance with the deed of settlement, the director have to report that the follow ing directors retire from office, but are eligible fur re election:--Messrs. Kennard. Ashlin, and Macnaughtan, London ; Messrs. Johnston, Sanders, and Tobin, Liver pool ; and Messrs. Harrison, Lyon, and Mendel, Man chester. The directors have also to report the retire ment from the London board of Mr. William Dent, Mr. Francis Martin, Mr. Philip Shore Fletcher, and Mr. Henry Alen Hankey ; and the election of Mr. Peter Pantie Ralli, late of the firm of Mews. Belli Bros. ; and Mr. Hobert Ilyrie, of the firm of Messrs. Glad stone, Ewart, and Co., as directors; which appoint ments require the confirmation of the shareholders. The auditors—Mr. Coleman, for London ; Mr. Banner, fur Liverpool ; and Mr. Child, for Manchester—retire ; Mr. Banner, being eligible, otters himself for re-election. Mr. Coleman, in consequence of ill-health, and Mr. Child having given up business as an accountant, decline again to put themselves in nomination. The directors therefore recommend Mr. Weise, of the firm of Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs and Co. ; and Mr. Murray, of the finn of Messrs. Broome, Murray and Co., to fill respectively the vacant appointments in London and Manchester. The traffic earnings of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending Jan. 18 show an increase of 1,3311. compared with the corresponding period of 1866. The receipts of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway Company for the week ending the 16th Dec. were 1,888/. ; and for the week ending the 23rd Dec., 2,4841. The increase seems to be limited only by the facilities for tarrying the traffic, and further appliances will soon be provided. The third annual meeting of the West India and Pacific Steamship Company (Limited) will be held on the 11 th instant. The half-yearly meeting of the General Steam Navigation Company is con vened for the 26th inst., to transact the usual business and to declare a dividend for the half-year ending 31st December last. With reference to the tenders for the Canterbury Government Sir per Cent. Loan, it has been said that 879,060/. had been already issued, instead of 87,900/. The amount now offered is 300,0001., making 389,7001. out of the 500,00/. authorised to be rained. MONT4Y armee. Consols, which closedon Saturday at 901 to $, both for money and next Thursday's settlement, opened this morning at the same quotation, and dosed at 90„ to 4. For the7th March the last price was 901 to ;. The official business report is as follows :—Three ner Cent. Consols, for money, 90,i', 1, 4, 1,4, ; ditto, foe account, 901 • Three 'per Cents. Re duced. 90, 891, • New liree per C e nts., 90, 891 Bank Stock, 249 51 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, Kra, ; ditto Four per Cent. " enlaced " rupee paper, 84i ; ditto Bonds, 30s. prem. I'he India Five per Cent. Stock was rather more inquired for. Exchequer Bills remain at 10s. to 14s. prem. As regards foreign stocks, there was a demand for Italian and Turkish of 1865, which improved to 4 per cent. On the other hand, Moorish de clined 1 ; New Grenadian, "ex all," 4 ; and Greek, Mexican, and Spanish Certificates, 4. Spanish Passive experienced no variation of im portance, but were rather dull. The scrip of the new Chilian Loan recovered closing at I to 1 prem. It is stated that the application for a settling day will come before the Stock Exchange Committee to-morrow (Tuesday.) Bank shares were quiet, but there was a demand for Alliance, Chartered of India, Australia, and China, and New South Wales, which rose 103. to If. On the other hand, Metropolitan and Midland declined 10s. London financial shares were in demand, and im proved 10s. Credit Foncier also rose 2s. lid. to 5e.; brit International and General Credit showed no movement of importance. Prices closed as follows : —lnternational Financial, 2/ to 2 dia. ; General Credit, 2,1 to 2 dia. ; London Financial, 18 to 17 dia. • anCredit Foncier of England, 51 to 4; die. The shares of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company were flat, and declined 53., viz. to 1511 to ex drv. ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. pre ference were quoted 34 to if ; and Telegraph Con struction, 3 to 21 dia., being unaltered. Hudson's Bay shares closed at 16 to 4 ; National Discount, at B,i to; prem., ex div. ; and General Ottoman, at par to 1 prem. Miseellamous shares were quiet, and the only variations were a rise of 23. Oil. in Berlin Waterworks (New) and Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance, and a re duction of ss. in City Offices and Home and Colo , nial Assurance. United States 5-20 Bonds were offered, and fell 1 per cent. Atlantic and Greet Western Railway Debentures also declined and Erie shares 4, but Illinois Central improved 1. Prices closed as fol ' lows :-5-20 Bonds , 72,1 to 4 • Erie Railway k shares, 38,1 to 39 ; Illinois Centr ' al, 804 to 814 ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures, 39 to 1 ; ditto Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 304 to 311, ex coupon. mites. Flyfisher, Daisy, Merrimac, Meerschaum, Arlesoott, Trapeze, Gams, Whitehall, Robin Adair, Mulberry, Ballet Girl, Milford, Aprilia, and Pensioner are here. CAMBRIAN STAKES. About three miles. St. Maximum, Seneebox, Robin Adair, Newton, Lady bird, Hasiird, and Shiite are here. PROVINCIAL RANKING CORPORATION (LIMITED).-(THIS DAY.) At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders held at noon, at the London Tavern, Mr. hficueLL in the chair, it was reported that the gross profits of the half-year, including 2,6211. 70. 4d. brought forward from last account, were 27,7:e1f. len. 2d. and that, after making provision for bad and doubtful debts, and paving all expenses, there remained a Inhume of 10,e46/. tn. id. Out of this a dividend at the rate of Ti per cent, for the half-year, absorbing 5,U01., was declared. BANK OP EGYPT.-( THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held at 1 o'clock, - at the London Tavern ; Mr. W. Tire, M.P.. in the chair. The report, which was previously issued and published, was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 18 per rent. per annum declared. LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN BANK (LIMITED)-(THIS DAY.) At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders held this afternoon at the London Tavern, Mr. H. W. GREEN in the chair, the report, which stated that the net profits amounted to 7,8041., was adopted, and, in ac cordance with the recommendation of the directors, a divi dend at the rate of ii per cent per annum was declared. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TOMAS. F2BREARY 4, 8 A.N. kgyAnKs, The winds were stmugaVdaiitbilly on our southern coasts yesterday : thin morning they art chiefly south-westerly, male rate to strong on our southern and eastern coasts, and westerly and moderate on our northern coast& lu the south-west of Ireland they are north-westerly and strung. Barometric pre.sure has again decreased and is unsteady. In the north of Scotland bar.inieters have fallen below 29 inches. Temperature generally has declined. Ulu bas been very general on our coasts. THE PACKING-CASE MAKERS.—In accordance with the resolution adopted at the general meeting of the operatives in the above trade, the whole of the workmen in the shops of employers belonging to the Masters' Associa tion struck work yesterday , morning. About 500 men thus struck, and the whole of the shops were strictly picketed throughout the day. In the evening an aggregate meeting of the trade was held at the Harp-alley school room, Farringdon-street, which was crowded to excess. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted amid great cheering :—" That the men in the employ of those masters willing to sign • paper not to alter the trade arrangements mutually agreed on last year remain at work ; but that they be not allowed to execute any work for those employers whose men are on strike or locked out, and, in the event of their being called upon to do so, they at once leave the employ." " That the men now locked out and on strike hereby pledge themselves not to resume work in any shop until the employers belonging to the Masters' Association have withdrawn the notice for 7 to 7 o'clock, and expressed their intention to abide by the 6 to 5.30 time of working." The meeting then proceeded to consider the subject of the Trade Co-operative Manufac turing Company, and a report was given in by the managers. Arrangements were then entered into by which it was zikecbusiness would be commenced in • few days. a t :twait AND OTHER BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. Yesterday Messrs. Frere and Palgrave, the examiners upon standing orders proofs, resumed their duties at Vs eatminater, and transacted the appended business, after winch they adjourned until the 11th inst. Before Mr. Frere :—The standing orders were complied with in the unopposed cases of the Lainpeter, Llandyuil, Tregaron, and Aberaron Gas; Broxbourne Railway, Limerick Harbour. Caledonian Railway (deviation, branihes, /te..), Bristol and Exeter Railway (further powers), Bristol and Exeter Rail way (Rae Valley Railways), and Devon and Somerset and ItrW.ol and Exeter Railway Companies bills. The unop posed Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Snailbeach Mine Company, and Dublin Harbour Board bills were ad journed. The opposed Mitcham and Wimbledon Gas 11111 Mestanding orders. Before Mr. Palgrave :—The fol d g unopposed bills passsd standing orders :—Newry and Armagh Railway, Orley Local Board, Leeds Corpora tion Water, Liverpool Improvement, Ebbw Vale Com pany, Atlantic Telegraph Company, and Tees Conservancy. he unopposed East London Water Supply Bill was ad- Wourned. The opposed Huyton and Roby Gas and the Voolton Gas bills passed standing orders. DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY. —The receipt* for the fortnight ending January 15, 1867, amounted to uo,rau. Ile. 14d., and for the corresponding period of last year to 10,740/. 7s. Hid., showing a decrease of 1451.165. Ild. against the present year. The receipts since the com mencement of the present book year, on the lot May, in cluding the above, amounted to 105,350/. 14s. 341., showing a decrease as compared with the corresponding period of last year of 28,608/. 13e. 2d. The working ex penses for the fortnight amounted to 4,81491. 3s. 11d., or 46.24 per cent, of the receipts, and for the corresponding period of last year to 5,097/. 3s. or 47.81 per cent., showing • decrease of expenses amounting to urn. tga w. in favour of the present year. The working ex 7from the Ist May, 1866, to the 15th January, /7amounted to 79,267/. its. 2d., or 40.85 per cent. of the receipts, and for the corresponding period of last year to 37.21 per cent. THE LATE ALEXANDER SMITH.—Those who have in their minds a certain ideal of the look and physical ap pearance to be expected in poets, who fancy them as per sons all weirdly, ecstatic, and wind-blown, would have had their ideal somewhat discomposed by their first eight of Alexander Smith. Even people who had no such ideal for all cases, but who had formed a preconception from Mr. Smith's early poems, found in him, when they came to know him, a very di ff erent sort of being from what they had pictured. He had a full sense of the fun of this him self. A tight-built, modest youth of middle stature, or nearer the short than the tall, with lightish-brown hair wont close, a round but nowise singular head, a placid and shrewd expresaion of face, and a distinct but not disagree able cast in one of his eyes—ouch was the Alexander Smith one saw just after he had become famous. Latterly he had become stouter about the shoulders, and more manly looking, with a tendency to baldness over the forehead, which gave a better impression of mental power. But the most remarkable thing about him was his wonderful quietness of demeanour. There was never a quieter man, one who could sit longer with (others and obtrude himself leas. People meeting him casually complained of this, and wanted more converution, more of the poet. They might try him on this tack and that, but he foiled them, listening pleasantly to what was said, but keeping his own contributions to a minimum. When he war really known, one came to like this quietness as but the social form of a mind of the most perfect good aense,incapanle of flummery or pretence, and sagacious in tiling the measure of per sons and things around it, but kinully-humorous and ac. quiescent rather than explosive or aggressive. There was something even formidable in this power of at least never, in the midst of other people's rubbish, saying anything that was silly or untrue. With his familiar friends, how ever, in • walk or in a snug room, he was, though still far from loquacious, chatty enough. _lie talked racily and simply, but generally with a flavour of shrewdness and humour. " So-and-so," he would say, "lathe finest fellow in the vrarld, and I never come away from him without feeling rebuked by the contemplation of so lofty a stand ard • but then, you know, he's a great ass." Or, again, speaking of the reaction that had taken place against biz own poetry, and of the ferocious onslaught upon him as a plagiary which bad so much to do with this reaction, " One does feel these things," he said, " and it is queer to come out in the sunlight and walk along the street after you have read such a review of your book ; but I find that all such chagrins pass off in exactly twenty-four hours." His fancy apparently was that every rotation of the earth brings things round again to the status quo. Nor was this mere talk. As the first sudden burst of applause* had never turned his head, so the contrary blast had no more than a twenty-four hours' effect upon his equanimity. He would have gone on to the end quietly, modestly, and like a man of the soundest sense.—Macuillaa's Magazine for February. MINR&-(TRI8 DAY.) Own o'CLooi. In the mining market to-day there is a vod demand for Prince of Wales, East Gunnialake, North Crofty, Wheal Basset, and West Chiverton shares. Some of the present quotationsareas follows: Prince of Wales, 345. to 365. ; East Gunnislake, 355. to 40s. ; North Crofty, 5 tot ; Wheal Basset, 70 to 72} ; West Chiverton, 63 to 65 ; Clifford, to 7; Wheal Chiverton, Bto ; East Lovell, 1 to I ; Drakewalls, xis. to if*. ; Great Soil Tolgus, 20s. to 22a. 6d.; and Prosper United, 3k g. RAILWAYS.-(THIS DAY.) thrz o'Cr.oos. In the railway market the transactions still consist chiefly of sales, and prices exhibit a further reduction. Great Northern stock is prominently heavy, and has fallen 1} per cent. South Eastern baa also declined ; Caledonian, ' • London and North Western, ; Great Western, Lancashire and York shire, Great Northern A, and London, Chat ham, and Dover, I ; and Metropolitan and Mid- I l '"14 , I . ... .. . . Metropolitan stock is now quoted 1271 to 1; Great Western, 53 to ; London and North Western, 1221 to 1231 • Midland, 1221 ton • Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to 1 ; Caledonian, 118 to 119 ; South Eastern, 72 to 1 ; Groat Eastern, 331 to ; Great Northern, 118 to 119; ditto A, 1 to 13ok • London, Chatham, and Dover, 19 to ; and Nokh British, 38 to 1. Grand Trun of Canada and Lombardo-Venetian railway shares are 6e. to 10s. better, at 22 to and 16,1 to - respectively. East Indian are steady, at 10( to 1061. ]For to-day's Share Lists see page 7 ] COMMERCIAL AND MARKET& LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) (sT ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) MON OCR OWN CORREMPORDENT. ) Corrom—klarket very dull, and prices are fully Jd below Friday's. Sales about 4,000 bales. CUILI4.—The market was well attended. Wheat quiet and rather irregular in price. Flour dull, and lid. lower. Beans rather cheaper. Oats and oatmeal support late rates. Indian corn in moderate demand, at 44.0. to 40s. lid. for mixed. M INCING-LANE. —(THIB DAY. ) . _ . . Scala--The market has opened firmly at the full prices of last week. The private salmi include brown and grainy Mauritius at 31s. to Ms.; Penang, 31s. fid. Refined— dried goods are in more request. Pieces sell freely. Corms.—A fair business continues to be transacted at steady prices. Tea.—The public sales are progressing without material change. Privately the market is very quiet. Rum and Iticr..—No sales reported. SPICEM.-200 bags of Zanzibar cloves sold at 3 yJ., and small panel of white pepppper at NJ. Corron.—Owing to Aliens from America, and the dull state of the Manchester markets, there is increased heavi ness. Prices now show a decline of Id. over those of last week. I.TPETRE.-400 bags sold for cash at 19s. CA. refraction 41, being the former value. TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) The market is quiet, at the following prices:—Town tallow, 44a. • Petersburg Y.C., on the spot, 445. to 44a. 34.; March, 446. to 444.31. ;June, 445. 64.; October to December, 4,1 e. sellers. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Ur. Charles James Easton reports trade very slew a$ last day's prices, viz..—Prime clover, from 100 s. to 110 s. ; inferior ditto, SOs. to 925. 6d. ; prime second cut clover, 90e. to 955. ; inferior ditto, 60s. to 70s. ; prime meadow hay, 75a. to 86s. ; inferior ditto, bin' . to firia.; straw, 36.. to 465. WELLS CATHEDRAL. —At Wells a deed of archi tectural boldness has been dome which would entitle the doer thereof (name gone now) & the Victoria Cross. When he (for it was one man) piled up the central tower of Wells, he found that his genius had carried him too far, and that his delicate shafts would not bear the superin eumbent mass; the pillars began to bulge and crack, time was short, and his building would soon be down. What did he do He supplemented audacity by • fresh auda city. He buttressed up his pillars, and, in doing so, re produced the arch overhead ; not upright, you will under stand, but inverted—upside down— ectiril as if in water: and there it stands to this day ! For the rest : the inte rior of Wells has been scraped and restored in a style which has been approved of by the Saturday Review, and so, I suppose, may pass muster. The service is mast exquisitely done ; the mere chanting simply divine ; the anthem, Boyce's second anthem from Job; the tall young tenor warming to his work, and if not understanding the glorious poetry, at feast able to appreciate the glorious music, bringing echoes back from the ribbed stone, each one of which was worth an unjudgeable quantity. The organist WAS a king among organists, sighing and fluting up aloft there, with • full appreciation of his young sur plieed friend (possibly his pupil), who was ra vishing our ears below. Through the whole of it one bad only to cast one's eyes aloft to see the stone shafts knitting themselves together over head, a little, a very little jewelled by decoration. Just above, where we sat. there was a corbel of torquoise, very modest, yet very brilliant ; to our left, behind the altar, was the expanse of the Lady Chapel, a great Gothic efflorescence of pale yellow stone, getting a. chaste richness of colour from windows of painted glass at different angles. The sermon was. I regret to say, a great disappointment, It is somewhat unfair to notice this, however. because, unless one hunts good preachers about, one has little chance of bearing one good sermon in the year. Only, after the wonderful perfection of the other details of the service, that sermon did rather jar on one.—Macarillan's Ma9a:ine for February. "1 ol I .1 4.41, , II I L ~, : ~ r ;thy t., hick rata• , am( will , Ivst 3.le have cts ~f AI; 111.. . 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