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HOUSES . —Messrs. TOPLIS an d ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, S u b u rban, and Country RESIDE N CES to LET or SE up LL. Part i cu l ars forwarded for t hree stamps, on stating exact requirements and rental. Offices, 2, Condult-street, Regent street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. QOUTII KENSIN GT ON, lIYDE-PARK, and Rutland Gates , Q ueen's -gate and Peters- Queen's, u een's-gate, Cor nwall, and Princes Gardens, Earn Terraces , Q Elvaston-place, Cromwell-ro id, Onslow and have oltons. &c. Messrs TOPLI' I and RO BE ItTS PEI- DEN CES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and gton, facing the Mus eum. south Kensin LIF EB OAT SERVICES. --During the storms of the past twenty-two month the National Lifeboat Institution, by its ifeboats and other means, contributed to the savin! of LISS persons from sifferent wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended .037,14 In the same peri.,d on its lifeboat ettablishme3ts, iu addition to granting ',711 as rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A ?PEAL to the Fublir; for ASSISTANCE to enable them to me-t the continued heavy &monds on the Institution's 15: lifeboat establishments. Contribution. are received by the London and country bank,rs ; and by the ,•eeretiry, liichard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adeiphi, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. signor ARDITI'S CONCERTS, Every Evening. POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT ONE. Immr nse Success of the New Selection from Wagner's Romantic Opera, "Tannhauser. — VOCALISTS. Mdlle. Laura Harris dile Saroita, Md:le. Edi, and Dldlie Sinico ; Sig Foil and 61gOOF Stagno. TO-NIGHT (Friday), December 8. PIANOFORTE. Herr PAUER, his first appearance at these concerts. Commence at Eight. Promenade, One Shilling. The iGRAND BAL -IYOPr.RA will take pl TUESDAY, the 19th December. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GAM:IEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING will be performed Auber's celebrated Opera, Lr: DOMINO NOIR. Angela. Miss Leffl Louisa Pyne igitta, Miss Thirlwall ; Jacintha, Miss er ; Ursula, Mr, A. Cook ; Gil Perez,Patey (his first appearance in that character) • Don Julian, Mr. C. Lyall ; Prince Grum buff, Air. E. Dussek ; and Horace, Mr. Henry Haigh. Conductor, Mr. Alire I Mellon. T A L B After which, the Grand Ballet, GIT ABALLERINA. Mdl l e. Duchateau ; Manes. Moutero, Carey, Fancaldi; Mr. U. Payne and M. Desplaces. Commence at a quarter to 8. IIEA TRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANK- A)tanagers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. HIS EVE 'I N G thrtnertormances will commence with Shaks.ere's Tragedy of lii:. ti JOHN : Messrs. Phelps, James Anderson, T. :.iwitibourne, Itlynor. G. Belmore, E. Phelps, C. Harcourt; Miss Atkinson, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff, Mrs. Hodson, &c. After which, GAL WAY-GO-BRAGH ; or, Love, Fun, and Fighting : Messrs. Edmund Falconer, F. Barsby, C. Harcourt; Misses Hazlewood, E. Falconer, Lose Leclercq. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Maw ger, Mr. Buokstone. THIS EVE - INING, THE OVERLAND ROUTE : Messrs Chas. Mathews, Buckstone, Chippendale, Compton, Rog, rs, Clark, Gordon, Vraid, Coe, arc ; Messdames Mathews, Snow den, Hill. Wright, Coleman, Lovell, kc. To be followed by WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? Mr. Chippendale, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. &c Concluding with TUE BALLET. Messrs. Arthur and Charles Leclercq. Miss Fanny right, Miss C. Adams, and the Corps de Ballet. Commcnee at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM T REATRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Horsman. After which, at 8, a New Drama, entitled THE W ATCH CRT. Mr Fechter, supported by _ l 4.essrs. H. Widlicombe, S. Emery, C. Horsman, Raymond, Fitzpatrick, Cltflord. and Miss Elsworthy. To conclude with the Farce of NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Raymond, Moreland; Mrs. Lee and Dlisi Lavenu. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. Acting Manager, H. Barnett. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Messrs. Felix Rogers, P. Bedford, &o. Alter which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his F3d appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billing,ton, P. Bedford, R Phillips, Felix ltogtrs, Ashley, hburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Biliingtor, &c. To c)nclude, at halt-pa.t 10. with THE WIDOW'S VICTIM. Messrs Hiling - ton, Felix Rogers, Ashley; Miss Hodsell, Miss Seaman, and Miss Jenny Willmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. Atter which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. 4 haracters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel- T. Mead, D. Murray, in. Calhaern. F. ViLiers, J. G. shore, G. Murray, 11. 3lelion, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart; Min i L. Moore and MlBB Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL SIRAND THEATRE. :7.:01e Lessee and Mai , w - ,Yeries, ATI s TillS EVENING, at StyLn. NOTEING VENTURE Nk,THING After will be pi oluced a new Opera l'urle,•que, L'AFIIIi.;A INE ; or, The Queen of 'he Cannib Islan : Messrs. Sloyle, James. Thoine ; Mesdames Swanboruugh, Ilaynliam. Johnstone, ac. coLclude with MRS. GREEN'S SNUG BI.T..SINESS. (11HE LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN," Coutatnia,,‘ the Latest SPOUTING IN fEL LIG t.. C *n De had Every hvening - of G. It. GL KNEE, News AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-term e,Hyde-park. LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " J. supplied, as soon as published every Evenizw, by W. ALEXANDER (IJ.te BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendisti-street, Oxtord-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published, containing alt the LA PEST NEWS ant SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H. W. IlAttlilS, NeAspaper Agent, 4, Blacktriars-road. London, S. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." J. uolams begs to inform his friends, and the pubje generally. tt.s.t. he supplies the LATJA:ST EDITIuN of THE SUN" as soon as published —No. 16, Hampstead road, N.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 45m.—Afternoon, 6h. 10m. Ta-Monitow.-Morning, 6h. 33m.--Afternoon, 6h. 58m. • •',.11-4 ..; ? :, % O L ., TA titirt ._ i“lt. itt i„,-„:„.,,,,..„- LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1865. Yesterday a deputation from the council of the Royal Agricultural Society waited, by appointment, on the Privy Council, for the purpose of bringing under official notice many resolutions connected with the cattle plague. Among the resolutions we find it suggested that all fairs and markets should be suppressed for the present, as being oue effectual means of stopping the pestilence ; and if this is im practicable in a wholesale manner, that all cattle, sheep, and pigs exhibited for sale be 'branded, and not allowed to leave the town alive. All foreign cattle are to be slaughtered at the place of landing, or if not for the owner or consignee, to state to what town he is taking them, for them to be allowed to be buried and slaughtered at their destination. No cattle are to travel upon any road from any farm or place upon or in which there has been a case of cattle-plague lately. This is a very good suggestion, and one that might with advantage be acted upon. The ninth resolution is perhaps the best of all. It suggests that the " Go vernment be requested to institute experi ments on an extensive scale, in order to ascertain the real character of the cattle-plague, and to test various methods of prevention and cure: , Lord WALSINGHAM showed that the local authori ties often neglected to put the orders in force until it was too late, and he thought the Government should look after the enforcement of the rules themselves. In many instances where fairs and markets are prohibited persons have been known to take a field and have their cattle bought and sold there, thus defeating the object in view, and disseminating the plague in many quarters. Lord GRANVILLE explained that general prohibition would in mans cases offend those in districts where the plagu e had not yet reached. Mr. THOMP SON showed that strict attention to this rule was the only way to prevent infection spreading into healthy places. At York the local authorities were advised not to allow the fair to be held in that city ; but it was done, and the consequence has been that the cattle came in from all parts, the disease was in troduced, and has spread about considerably. n to u o s the Government orde rs g enerall y r each aplace late to be of any effectual service in the way o f pre vention. It was shown that Birmingham market is now open, and it is possible to tra ce " several distinct centres of contagion that have been spread from it." In answer to the argument that meat would rise it the event of these stringent rules being adhered THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1865. to, it was said that it was better to have a rise for in tarrying out their project, and it is a significant two months than for the next two years. The frAct that the companies, in consequence (Me steps best proof of the danger appertaining to railway recently taken by the Corporation, have announced trucks, Mr. THOMPSON, who is the chairman of one that they will reduce the price of their gas at of the largest railway 'companies in the kingdom, Christmas, and again in the Spring. The truth stated that he would not, as a farmer, send any is that they have tried the patience of their custo cattle in the trucks except to be slaughtered. Sir merstoo far by not only charging them an exorbitant G. GREY stated that he had heard of a case in price, but supplying them with an inferior article. which some cattle were brought from Scot— The gas supply of such a City as London ought not land and had no food or water for certainly to be an affair of private profit, and we three days. No answer has as yet been are not surprised that the adoption of the report s given to his inquiries respecti n g the matter. The should have been carried by a large majority. The cruelty of such a practice must be sufficiently ob- monopolists will share the ultimate fate of all vious to all, and at this especia l j uncture it must be who seek their own interests at the expense of the very injurious in its effects. Mr. TuomrsoN re- public, and we hope it will not be long before their marked that the returns now made do not at all exclusive despotism will be finally and completely represent the actual state of affairs respecting the broken up in all parts of the metropolis. plague in many cases, for no mention was made of the numbers sent to market unfit for food and too youtig for the butcher. Respecting the experiments suggested by the committee, Lord GRANVILLE stated that a thousand pounds had been entrusted to the commission which was now sitting, in order that they might institute all needful experiments. It must be admitted that many and great are the obstacles in the way of the Commission ; but at the same time it does not seem that they are doing all in their power to meet the emergency that has pre sented itself. Suggestions are constantly being made regarding the cure of this dreadful disease, but we do not hear that much heed is paid to them by those in authority to deal with the matter. Such indifference is to be lamented at a time when the pestilence is destroying in the noonday its hundreds and tens of hundreds to the loss and grievance of our community. A despatch has been received from her MAJESTY'S Consul-General at Odessa, which contains some important intelligence respecting the cattle plague, and is worthy of attentive consideration. It appears that the plague which rages now in England exists almost permanently on the " steppes of Kherson," and Mr. GRENVILLE MURRAY has very wisely caused inquiries to be made among the peasantry concerning its treatment. " Inflammation arising from cold," is stated to be the real origin of the complaint in all cases, and some modes of treat ment are found to be efficacious; but the one most in vogue st present is to throw the animal into a "profuse sweat," and then to guard it from cold. It seems that the particulars of this method coincide in effect with Mr. URQUHART'S plan which he has so strongly recommended already, and which has not been yet put into practice. Even if unsuccess ful no harm would arise from its adoption, and, at any rate, it would not be more fatal than the pole-axe. It is worthy of notice that the chief characteristics of the treatment, tolerably success ful in these places, are soothing and strengthening, not violent, remedies. " Medicine is seldom pre scribed, but sometimes a little nitre dissolved in hot water is given lukewarm during the sweat, or immediately after, and linseed gruel, with gentian, to excite appetite are also now and then administered when the violence of the outbreak subsides." All this seems very different to the stringent mea sures resorted to in this country in cases where re medies are employed, and some of our practitioners might take a hint with advantage from these foreigners as to the efficacy of a milder mode being adopted. Cattle are not slaughtered to prevent infection, we learn in this despatch, but many measures are adopted to stop the spread of the dis order. One of these plans is very easy of applica tion. It is to place pots of tar here and there in the cattle sheds or stables. We cannot have too much information on this vital question, and it is to be trusted that all possible attention will be paid to suggestions that may prove of essential service in a calamity which in some respects has had no equa iu the memory of the present generation. The large and continuous number of our street accidents really call for something more than a mere general expression of regret. In spite of all our metropolitan railways, oar new streets, and other devices for relieving the overwhelming traffic of our thronged and ever-growing City, these accidents keep at their high rate, and really add considerably in the course of the year to our tables of mortality. Whether, when the various metropolitan improve ments are fully carried out,' we shall find the dangers of our highways and byeways decrease may be uncertain, but there is reason to believe that in the pursuit of the multifarious business and occupations of such a place as London there will always be a great liability to accident. We cannot certainly expect that old persons and children will cease to walk our streets, and it is not desirable that they should be exposed to unneces sary risk, though the fault of the drivers is not of course the same when the accident occurs to an in firm or incapable person. But out of three inquests held yesterday on persons killed in the streets, two were only middle-aged. In every case a verdict of accidental death was returned, but that gives no security that precisely similar accidents may not occur to-morrow, and three more lives be sacrificed. By far the best and most effectual method would be to provide some means for foot passengers to cross the dangerous highways. At the more im portant parts these passages might be made under the road which could be very easily done, and which would thus be permanent. Surely it is only rea sonable to take some precaution against this exces sive and continual loss of life, for we must remem ber, in addition to the fatal cases that figure in the Registrar's Report or at the Coroners' Inquests, that there are numerous accidents of a lesser degree which involve much suffering and loss. We hope that among the social reforms of the coming session this useful and fully practicable measure will not be overlooked. Impostors and Dupes• The citizens of London are determined to effect a vigorous reform in a matter of great social inte rest and importance. They cannot, indeed, deal with it at present beyond the precincts of the City itself, but they are going to set a very praiseworthy and sensible example to all who suffer from an un reasonable monopoly. The gas and water com panies hare lately come in for several sharp attacks, and their arbitary reign seems drawing to a close. After the true English fashion, we have all grumbled but submitted to inefficient service at high cost, and so long had this system gone on that the companies for the most part refuse to listen to the most tem perate remonstrance. They hold in their hands a ready means of punishing refractory customers and of enforcing the prompt payment * of their claims, since no one likes to be left in the dark nor to be deprived of water. Pay first and complain afterwards is the rule—a rule more pleasant and profitable to the companies than to the public. The hardships are especially apparent in respect to the gas companies, which too often supply very inferior gas, while they charge what price they like. 'Thanks to the ingenious system of mapping out London into districts, each supplied by one company only, there is no means of appeal or redress. If the gas supplied to a tradesman or a householder is inferior in quality and dear in price, he can do nothing but complain to the offenders themselves. No competition keeps them up to the mark, neither can the dissatisfied cus tomer turn elsewhere for a cheaper and more satis factory supply. Our good citizens are getting tired of this system, and as the quantity of gas consumed east of Temple-bar is something pretty considerable, and the daylight in their domains is neither the clearest nor the most lasting at any time, they have certainly a good right to initiate a reform. Several circumstances tend to render the City an especially suitable area for making a new experiment ; the system of municipal authority, and the wealth and business habits of the citizens, removing a good many of the local difficulties which would be felt in other places. The citizens, in fact, have formed the bold and comprehensive scheme of manufac turing their own gas, which there is very little doubt they could do at a much lower rate, and of a much better quality than by the present system. A special committee was appointed last October to consider the whole question of the City gas supply, and the Chairman, yesterday, at the meeting of the Common Council, brought up their report. The Committee recommend that they should be autho rised to introduce a bill into Parliament to enable the Corporation to erect works and engage for the supply of gas to the citizens, for which bill they have given the necessary notices. With a view to the erection of the works the Committee have examined a number of sites in the eastern and north-eastern districts, and have selected one on the banks of the Thames about six miles from the City, having ascertained from scientific evidence that the works might be erected at a distance of from six to seven miles without any loss of illuminating power, provided the gas were, in the first instance, properly made. With regard to the probable expense, they state that it would, including the purchase of the land, be about £425,000. It is worth notice that Mr. BONTEMS, the Chairman of the Committee,:mentioned incidentally, in moving the adoption of the report, that the profits of one of the three companies who now supply the City with gas amounted last year to £26,000 ! This is, Certain l 7la4 encouragement to citizens to persevere LA TEST INTEL LIGENCE. (REUTER'S 'TELEGRAMS.) Miss Lon gwor BELGIUM. THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. th and the Sat. BRUSSELS, DEC. 8. ,urday Review. The Moniteur Belge of this morning publishes the following bulletin respecting the King's health: "His Majesty remains to-day in the same con dition as yesterday. (Signed,) " WIMMER, " DE ROUBAIX. The case of Longworth or Yelverton v. Beresford Hope and Cooke was resumed at Edinburgh on Wednesday morning at ten o'clock, in the J usti- " Palace of Laeken, Dec. 7." ciary Court-room. SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 7. The Correspondencia of this morning says it is possible that the Court may return to Madrid on the 13th or 15th inst. The Lord Advocate said that before Lord Jervis woode charged the jury he wished to refer to a mat ter he had entirely forgot in his address, because he did not attach the slightest importance to it ; but as he understood it had been founded upon by the other side, perhaps it would not be out of order to make a single remark with regard to what was called It also denies the rumour that the Queen is in ill health. THE CHOLERA AT GUADALUPE. ST. NAZAIRE, DEC. 8. The mail steamer from Mexico arrived here brings confirmation of the news of cholera having broken out in Guadalupe. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. FLORENCE, DEC. 8. a charge of forgery, which he certainly did not find in the record, which he did not find in the libel, and which was not the subject of examination of the pursuer when she was in the court. All he would say was—" Here is the letter" (holding it in his hand). If there was any alteration in it, the pur suer new nothing earthly about it, and there was not a vestige of truth in the statement that she did know anything about it. It was not founded on in the court below, before the Lord Ordinary, or in the House of Lords, for this simple reason, that nobody who could read could doubt what the word was— namely, possibilamente. He thought it did not make the matter much better to make a second accusation against the pursuer of forgery ; but that accusation, like the others, was utterly without foundation. The Solicitor-General said that the proprietors of the Saturday Review, the writer of the article, and those who were their counsel in the case, had no knowledge of auy of the facts connected with this matter except what appeared from the published proceedings, and accordingly to the published pro ceedings alone he referred in the whole course of his observatiobs, explaining that he did not consider that it would be legitimate to refer to anythinv else; and with respect to these letters he confined his re ferences to the opinions of the learned judges, quot ing especially the opinion of Lord Ardmillan in this court, and the opinions of Lord Wensleydale and Lord Chelmsford in the House of Lords. He had no knowledge of the subject except what appeared there. He thought it was quite fair to assent to the motion of Mr. Smith, that the letter should be exhibited ; but when the Lord Advocate said that nobody could doubt that pos.sibilamente was the word which was in the letter as it stood, he must ask his lordship to refer to the marginal note on the print of letters : " Major Yelverton's agents considered the words here marked illegible' to be wholly illegible, while Miss Longworth's agents say, Petting, sposa bella mia.' " In the election for President of the Chamber of Deputies, Signor Mari obtained in the first voting 112, Mordini 82, and Rattazzi 79 votes. In the second, the numbers were—Mari 116, Mordini 91, and Rattazzi 76. At the final balloting, Signor Mari obtained 141 and Mordini 132 votes. The Lord Advocate said he understood there was a direct accusation of forgery against the pursuer; but he was glad to find it was never intended to in sinuate that. The Solicitor-General—l intended to insinuate only what had been said by the judges. The Lord Advocate—The judges never said any thing of the kind. Lord Jerviswoode then charged the jury. He said that the original case commenced in this court under two actions—one the action of putting to silence by Major Yelverton against the present pursuer, and a declarator of marriage by the present pursuer against Major Yelverton. The result was a judg ment in favour of the pursuer of the present action by a majority. In the House of Lords the judgment was reversed by a majority of the noble and learned lords. Then this action was brought into court at the instance of the pursuer against Messrs. Hope and Cooke, as proprietors of the newspaper called the Saturday Review. The issue which had been adjusted was, he presumed, in the hands of the jury; and appended to the issue were passages in an article which appeared in the Saturday Review. Now, ho need not tell the jury, and there was no dispute about it, that a newspaper was entitled to report the proceedings in a court of justice in the ordinary case where the court was open ; and they all knew that that was done every day. But while a newspaper and the publishers of a newspaper were entitled to report the proceedings of a court, if they went beyond the mere report of these proceedings, and if they made comments on the report of the proceedings of the court of justice, then he had to state in law that they had no special privilege in that matter. If they made comments on the conduct of the parties, and if any individual conceived he was injured by these comments, then it was a question for the jury to determine whether these were fair and right comments, and whether the publishers were justified in making them. That was the ques tion for the jury, and the publishers had no privilege as regarded that particular matter. lie had no doubt that the jury would be of opinion that the articles set forth in this schedule as taken from the news paper as an article which prima facie—that was to say, at the first blush of reading it—detracted from the pursuer's character. He need not read the article fully, but there were statements in it which would probably strike them as in some degree detracting from the pursuer's character. There might be some thing in this article against Major Yelverton as well as against Miss Longworth ; but with that neither he nor the jury had anything to do. The case had reference to Miss Longworth alone. Now, the first part of the article was as much directed against the Lord Chancellor as towards the case of Miss Long worth. His lordship then quoted several passages in the proceedings in the former case and from the correspondence bearing on the point as to whether or not the newspaper was correct in saying that there was no word of promise. Whether these letters and statements referred to a promise of marriage or not, it might be difficult to say ; but they certainly did infer that there was a promise of some kind. In the article there were some very strong expres sions ; where it was said that to " right-thinking persons there is much in the terrible letters that is simply loathsome." Now, the defence made on the part of a newspaper on this subject was that this was a legitimate comment on the proceedings in this case, and these proceedings were so far before the jury for the purpose of this action. His lordship proceeded to quote various passages from the cor respondence which had taken place between the parties, and the opinions of the judges upon them, both in the Court of Session and the House of Lords. He concluded by saying—Gentlemen, it is for you to say, with reference to the whole of these letters, whether you think the newspaper was war ranted in using these expressions as to the "interests of morality," and so forth. I think it would be wrong in me, after the very long and able addresses you have heard, to detain you by going through all the documentary evidence which has been submitted to you at great length. The question which you have to consider is whether the comments made by this newspaper are fair, looking to the whole circum stances of the case, the position of the parties, and the public discussion of the case within the courts of justice, or are they the reverse ? Are they unfair comments—such comments as you think the pub lisher or conductors of this paper ought not to have made ? If you think them fair, you will give effect to that view. If you, on the other hand, think the newspaper has gone beyond that line, and has pub lished remarks on the pursuer's character which are not warranted in the circumstances, then it will be your duty to return a verdict for the pursuer. I have no doubt whatever you will give the case full and careful consideration, and will return such a verdict as will be satisfactory to the country and to all who arc interested in the matter. The jury retired at half-past eleven. Their pro tracted absence sufficiently indicated the fact that they were divided, as well also as the messages sent from the jury to the court as to the manner of re ceiving a divided verdict. By recent statute, the judge is authorised to receive, after the lapse of three hours, a verdict for either party in which nine or more of the 12 jurymen shall concur, but there is no provision for receiving a verdict by a smaller majo rity than nine; and should nine or more of the jury not concur in the verdict by the lapse of six hours from enclosure, the judge is directed to discharge the jury. At half-past two the jury (having been three hours absent) came into court. Their names were called over by the clerk of the court, and the judge put the usual question—Gentlemen of the jury, are you agreed on your verdict ? Mr. Robert Chambers, jun., chancellor of the jury —We are agreed in a certain sense. Lord Jerviswoode—What is it ? Zir.Chambers--.We are equally divided, my lord; six for the pursuer, and six for the defenders. (Great laughter.) Lord Jerviswoode—Well, gentlemen, I am very sorry you must retire again, but I cannot receive a verdict in that way. (A laugh.) Mr. Chambers—lf it is your lordship's pleasure, we will retire again, but so far as I see there is no possibility of our coming to any other result. err: Cart HER MAJESTY. --.4- Lord Jerviswoode—l am afraid it is not a mat ter of pleasure with me. It is not my pleasure, but my duty. You are entitled, after three hours, to return a verdict by nine to three ; and as you are equally divided at present, you must just re tire again, and endeavour to come to a verdict by that majority, which you are entitled to do at any time up to the end of six hours. (Laughter.) Mr. Chambers—l beg leave respectfully to state to the court that we have had no refreshments yet. (Loud laughter, followed, by a burst of cheering in court and renewed laughter, in which the judge and counsel also joined.) WINDSOR CASTLE, Thursday. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps, and walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise. Their Royal highnesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice went to Greenwich-park yester day, and visited his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Lieut.- Colonel Du Plat, and afterwards honoured Miss Hildyard with a visit in the Regent's-park ; after which their royal highnesses returned to Windsor. The Visit of the Prince and Princess of Lord Jerviswoode—l am afraid I cannot hold out that as an inducement to you to come to an earlier verdict. (Laughter) I fear you must submit ; there is no help for it. The Lord Advocate—lf your lordship sees no ob jection, we have no objection to the jury getting refreshments before they return their verdict. Lord Jervisw oo de—Without the consent of parties I cannot do that. Wales to Lord Suffield. GUNTON, Thursday. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with the noblemen and gentlemen forming the party, went out shooting yesterday on the Suffield side of the estate. The weather was not quite so favour able, and the birds were wild, so that so large a head of game was not obtained as on the former day. The number was 1,679, including pheasants, hares, partridges, rabbits, and woodcocks. The Princess of Wales and the ladies of the party joined the Prince and• his brother sportsmen in the after neon. _ . The Solicitor-General—l suppose the jury quite understand that at the end of three hours more they will be discharged whether they agree or not. If they can agree within three hours so much the better ; but there will be no more imprisonment. (Laughter.) Mr. Chambers—Oh, we quite understand that. We also understand as to the majority of 9 to 3. Lord Jerviswoode—Well, we will order refresh ments for you, gentlemen, and you will again retire. Mr. Chambers—We are much obliged to the Court. (Great Laughter.) The jury were then reinclosed. On the jury returning to the court at a quarter past five, Lord Jerviswoode said—l beg your pardon, gentlemen, for doubting that you were entitled to refreshments, for I have since seen, what escaped my attention at the time, that there is an act of Parliament passed allowing refreshments to be given to juries while considering their verdicts. _ _ After an interval of about five minutes, The Clerk of Court said—Gentlemen, have you agreed on your verdict? The Chancellor—We have. The Clerk—Then state it to his lordship. The Chancellor—We find by a majority a verdict for the defenders. (Hisses and applause.) Lord Jerviswoode--What is the majority, gentle men ? The Chancellor—lt is 9to 3. (Loud hisses.) His lordship then thanked the jurymen for their attention to the case, and the Court rose. It is stated that a new trial will be moved for, on the ground that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence. A dinner party took place at the hall last night, during which the band of the East Norfolk Militia played. The Earl and Countess Spencer took leave of the prince and princess, and proceeded to Norwich last evening. This morning the whole district is on the qui vice, Lord Hastings's hounds being about to meet in the park, and to be joined by the prince and princess and all the party staying at the hall. To-night there is to be another ball ; to-morrow, another day's shooting ; and on Saturday morning their royal highnesses will post across to Elmham and take luncheon with Lord Sondes, proceeding thence to Wolferton by special train. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, it is expected, will shortly honour Lord and Lady Walsinghara at their seat at Merton, in Norfolk, with a visit. Lieuten ant-General Hall will also be honoured by a visit from his royal highness at his shooting-lodge, at Six Mile Bottom, near Newmarket, in the course of the shooting season. Lord and Lady Elcho and family arrived at their residence in St. James's-place on Wednesday, from their seat in Scotland. Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Loyd-Lindsay have arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Wantage, Berkshire. Sir John and Miss Walsh have left England for Cannes. Sir Alexander and Lady Dixie and family have left Farrance's Hotel for Bosworth-park, near Leicester. Naval and Military Intelligence. Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, attended by his suite, visited the Cavalry Barracks (now oc cupied by the Ist Life Guards) at Spital, near Windsor, on Wednesday. The Prince drove to the barracks in one of the carriages belonging to the Queen's establishment, and reached Spital shortly before 12 o'clock. Col. the [lon. D. C. Fitzgerald De Ros and Quartermaster Allen received the Prince and conducted him through the different barrack buildings. Prince Christian having in spected the riding school and witnessed a ride, was taken over the north wing and shown the im provements recently carried out by Messrs• Myers, the contractors, the troopers within the last week or so having taken possession of their new quarters. The officers' house, facing the green, was then inspected, and the Prince, after lunching with the officers of Ist Life Guards, quitted the barracks about 1 o'clock, and drove back to the Castle. The Admiralty having ordered a further trial to be made of Capt. Cowper P. Coles's plan of applying Roman cement to the bottom of iron ships, for their preservation, at 9-ft. patch is being applied to the bottom of the Tamar, screw iron troopship, Capt. Frederick H. Stirling, uow refitting in dock at Portsmouth. Mr. G. IV. Beardslee, under whose direction the recent torpedo experiments were carried on in Chat ham harbour, has been engaged for some two or three days past at Chatham in making the prelimi nary arrangements for some further trials of the invention on a much larger scale than on the occa sion of the last experiments. The Icarus, 11,150-horse power, screw steamer, fitting for the first division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, has been taken into No. 1 dock at Sheer ness yard, where the work of fitting her will be pro ceeded with. Her screw propeller has been removed for the purpose of making alterations in it. The iron paddle-wheel steamer Oberon, 3,260- horse power, has arrived in the Medway, where she awaits Admiralty orders respecting the trials which are to be made on board to test the working of the boilers fitted on Capt. Cochrane's principle. The annual competitive examination of the caw didates for promotion at Chatham dockyard com menced at their establishment yesterday, and will be continued to-day. ThePallas, iron-cased screw corvette, 2,372 tons, 600-horse power, Capt. Matthew Conolly, which arrived at Sheerness on Tuesday afternoon, was on Wednesday placed in dry dock for the purpose Of having two blades of her screw removed, in order to increase the number of revolutions at which it could be driven per minute. A large number of workinenwere employed during the whole of the daY and night, under the superintendence of Mr. E. J. Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy, in removing the two blades. They accomplished the work by o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the water Was immediately let into the dock, and the vessel success fully floated into the Medway. Vice-Admiral Sir C. Talbot, K.C.8., commander-in-chief at Sheerness ; Capt. Conolly, captain of the ship; Capt. Randolph, of the Sheerness Steam Reserve ; Capt. Hall, super' intendent of the dockyard, and a large number of other officials were present during the proceedings. After being undocked the vessel steamed out to the Nore, where she anchored for the night, ready to pro ceed to the Maplin Sands to-day for her trial trip. The Osborne, Royal paddle yacht, Commander J. D'Arcy, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning on her return to the port after conveying the Crow° Prince and Princess of Prussia to the Continent, at the conclusion of their visit to her Majesty. The time-expired and invalided soldiers brough t home from New Zealand in the hired transpor t Bombay were disembarked from the ship at Spit', head on Wednesday, and forwarded to their sev ers.' destinations—the invalids to the Royal Victoria' Hospital at Netley, and the time-expired men t ° their regimental depots. The Bombay sailed fr° l3l Spithead yesterday for London to discharge cargo of New Zealand gum. The Wivern, 4, turret ship, Capt. H. T. Burgoin e ' V.C., is ordered by the Admiralty to be paid out ~1 commission at Portsmouth, and a similar orde r, is expected, will be issued to her sister vessel, at Scorpion, Capt. Commerell, V.C., also lying , s 0 Portsmouth. Capt. Burgoyne will, it is report ed, appointed to the Wolverine, 21, screw corvette, i 1,703 tons, and 400 horse power, now on the ICertlls.. America and West India station. She was coinul l . o sioned for foreign service by Capt. De HcrseY 1 May last. There is very much required t o be d°111.! on board both the Wivern and Scorpion in irnPr° ' ing their general internal arrangements , fittings _eci and their habitability before they can be pronount' ac i fit for a lengthened occupancy by their officers 3 d e _ crews. For this reason, we presume, it h as beell . 0 . termined to get each ship out of commission dur o lu the time the alterations are being carried out. THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER BARBADIO" Captain Graham, the chief officer, and several of the Cre of the Barbadian, which went ashore on Wednesday oats' ing on the Blackwater Bank, and who took to the b°3' had not been heard of at Liverpool up t o a late hour I:it terday. The gravest anticipations are indulged in, aD tio is feared that, with the present stormy weather o Irish coast, the boats containing the capt4illl t h° 9faccr, haye wet with a sad fate. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 7.—Three o'Clock.—The tele grapic announcement of a further fall of 4 per cent. in English Consols has had a depressing effect upon the market here, and as much as I per cent. is paid for carrying the Stock over to next account. Three per Cents. are doing at 68f. 87c., showing a decline of 2f. 50c. Credit Alobilier Shares are at 880 f.—a fall of 2f. 50c. Italian Fives are, however, in better favour, and are quoted at an advance of 1.2ic., viz., 65f. 25c. In the Railway Department Northern Shares continue their upward movement, and are being done at 1,120 f., an improvement of Bf. 75c. The weekly return of the Bank of France shows a further increase of 22 millions in the bullion reserve and a decrease of 56i- millions in other Securities Three o'clock.—The market has slightly improved and closes as follows :- 41 per Cents — Do. end month — Roman Ottoman Fives 43 65 Mexican Loan 49 50 Do. Bonds 333 75 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred 3 per Cents. — Do. end month 6B 871 Credit Mobilier — -- Do. end month BB3 75 Bank Shares — Credit Foncier 1330 Italian Loan — Do. end month 65 30 Amt. - - ... 832 50 - - ... 1130 - - ... 838 75 - - ... 572 50 - - 518 75 - - 212 25 431 75 - - ... 42'2 50 - - ... 165 - - - ... 195 -- RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman BANK OF FRANCE. --f-- --- PARIS, DEC. 7. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Dec. 7. Nov. 30. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 864,683,325 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 161,917,580 55 146,973,004 24 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 856,864 75 888,530 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six mouths surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 182,500,000 - 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 22,103,750 14 22,105,750 14 4,000,000 - 907,616,775 - 7,519,014 44 7,350,523 63 1,427,623 17 1,427,623 17 752,993 36 752,993 36 12,406,407 01 11,947,169 48 Total CREDITOR. Dec. 7. Nov. 30. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c Branch banks Commercial bills over- 685,226 65 209,882 29 due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 323,350,554 36 369,829,414 98 Do. branch banks 315,254,796 825,456,840 Advances on deposit of 13,990,100 - 9,375,300 - bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities 13,308,000 Do. by branch banks 7,998,400 Do. on railway shares and debentures 29,829,100 1). branch banks 19,396,780 Do. on Credit Foncier _ _ 13,933,100 - 7,939,400 - 13,438,700 8,015,800 29,828,600 19;560;180 611,100 - 435,550 - Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re- _ _ 590,100 427,150 60,000,000 serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalis6es 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 36,449,737 91 36,449,737 91 (Law, June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage- 100,000,000 8,397,412 - 8,495,367 went Sundries 2,393,453 21 2,366,319 45 9,754,260 27 11,001,715 66 Total 1,402,684,639 06 1,436,754,470 - Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) RoULAND. THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN ON THE PEW SYSTSSI. At a meeting held at Nottingham on the 14th ult., the Right Hon. Lord Belper, Lord Lieutenant of the county, in the chair, the Bishop of Lincoln, in the course of his speech, said :—" In the first place restoration generally sweeps away those great divisions called pews, in which for a long period of years the people have been content to make themselves comfortable, as if apparently for the only purpose of keeping others out—(hear, hear) — a system which has undoubtedly worked much evil, both to those who possess pews and those who do not. Those who have not pews, particularly the humble and working classes, have been repelled from our parish churches, where there is no place for them to go to, except, perhaps, in some neglected corners. And even if they obtrude themselves, even if admitted into the inclosure, the doors are shut, and it seems as if the occupants are in their own r arlours. The misfortune to those who possess pews is that it leavens devotion with selfishness. Those who are not naturally deficient in charity, on this point at least they often forget the welfare and even the rights of their poorer brethren. I re member, in a country town, an elderly lady, who was a very charitable person, steadily resisted the attempt of the churchwarden to put a parishioner into her pew, utterly forgetting that she was preventing a fellow creature, per haps a fellow Christian, from worshipping God and attend ing the means of grace. These, happily, are swept away by our church restorations. BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—Homoeopathic practitioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as be.ng toe most healthful of all beverages. When the doctrine of homoeopathy was first introdueei into this country, there were to be obtahed no preparations of cocoa either attrac tive to the taste or accepta: le to the stomach ; the nut was either supplied iu the crude state, or so unskilfully manu factured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, homoeopathic chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn his attention to this subje.t, and at length sucJeeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the pert, et trituration it re:eives in the process it passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use Eppa' cocoa is distin.cuished as an invigo rating, grateful breakfast beverage, with a delidous aroma. Dr. Hassall in his work. "Food and its Adulterations," says—" Cocoa contains a great variety of important nutritive principles ; every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body." Again, "As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Direc tions :—T wo teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with baiting water or milk. Secured in tin-lined 1-Ib., and lib. labelled pactets, and sold at le. 6d. per lb. by groom, confectioner., and altandats. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The recent case of Doctor Hunter has caused some of your cotemporaries to express their sentiments in plain language upon the subject of non-certificated medical practitioners. One jour nalist well stated that " it should be an indictable offence for any man to call himself a physician, surgeon, apothecary, or dentist, unless empowered to practise by the law of the land." I consider that this remark applies also to adver tising practitioners of astrological science, who plunder the public fearfully. Now and then a member of the Sidrophel family is caught and pun ished, or he is dismissed with a caution, but the number of dupes is great. You are aware that I have contended for many years past in favour of the practice of the astro logical science, by properly qualified persons, which was the case even within two hundred years in England ; and as it seems probable we shall soon have a new Reform Bill, I hope that the Parlia ment which passes it will avail itself of an early opportunity for legalising astrology, so that it may be only practised by qualified persons. Since the early part of the year 1852 many persons, including myself, have been expecting this course to be adopted. I am acquainted with several well-in formed actual students who dare not openly prac tise the science on account of its unpopular and supposed illegal character ! If false, let it be pro hibited ; but if true, let it be legalised and made re spectable, in company with other " ologies."—l am, Sir, yours obediently, CHR. COOKE. sth Dec., 1865. The Title *to a Pattern Design. In the Manchester County Court on Wednesday an action of trover was brought by Messrs. Fallows and Keymer, merchants, Parker-street, against Messrs. Heugh, Balfour, and Co., merchants, Port land-street, to recover possession of a pattern design. The plaintiff's case, as stated by Mr. 8.8. Cobbett, showed that in the month of August the defendants, through their buyer, requested the plaintiffs to prepare a design for a printed handkerchief, after the style of a handkerchief which the plaintiffs had in stock, but with a little variation. The defen dants' buyer furnished a representation of several flags of South American nations which it was wished should be included in the pattern that the plaintiffs were to prepare, and stated that his principals would require 4,000 dozen handkerchiefs. The plaintiffs, in consideration of the proposed order, prepared a design, showing a number of, flags and the position in which they were to be arranged. Subsequently another design was procured by the plaintiffs, but this was not quite satisfactory, and at the buyer's request another design was prepared, and submitted to the inspection of the defendants. The plaintiffs alleged that the design was to be returned that they might complete the order. The defendants' buyer asked for a quotation for the printing of handker chiefs of the approved pattern, and on the 28th Sep tember the plaintiffs named 7s. and 6s. 4d. as the prices per dozen, but said that they could not bind themselves to these figures. No order was given by the defendants, who, moreover, retained possession of the design. Their buyer had stated that the de fendants wished to keep the pattern, but that if the plaintiffs insisted it should be returned. The plain tiffs did insist upon its return, and were met with a proposal that the defendants should pay the cost of the design and retain it, which proposal was, however, declined. The design in question, it was submitted, was got up by the plaintiffs solely for their own use, to enable them to execute a large order.—Mr. Hopwood, for the defendants, contended that the six national flags in their peculiar collocation were the design of his -clients, who had as much right to the pattern as the plaintiffs had. The defendants' buyer said that when he first called upon the plaintiffs he stated that he wanted a special design, which should be kept exclusively to the de fendants' use. He gave them coloured engravings of some flags and arms for insertion in the pattern. In consequence of the plaintiffs declining to bind themselves to their quotation, the defendants applied for prices elsewhere.—The Judge (Mr. Ovens) said he thought the action was undefended, and he should give a verdict for the plaintiffs for £5O, to be re duced to is. if the' design should be returned within a mouth. REMARKABLY Low TIDE.—STOPPAGE OF THE RIVER STEAMERS.—Yesterday a very remarkable and unusual occurrence took place on the river at Black friars. The morning ebb tide was one of the lowest that had i b il e g e i n , and witn d e r s y se . d in the Thames for some time, and largo patches of the bed o f th e r i ver near W a terloo-bridge were loft Towards the last two hours of the ebb the rush of water through the open ways of the works of the new bridge at Blackf r i ars was some thi n g ver y severe, and th w e i vrthattehre, the rapidity large dams the and pile current wanodrk offering thesh shallowness of con siderable obstruction to the free passage of the tide, and diverting it into the narrow channels. The Iron and Citizen Steamboat Companies' steamers, in making their way to Lambeth and Chelsea, were unable to stem the currant and pass the bridge. Steamer after steamer at tempted to pass through, but failed to shoot the arch or space, and had to return to St. Paul's wharf. Such an oc currence has not been experienced before, and the incon venience which the delay occasioned to the passengers, the rain falling heavily the whole time, was mosttrying. Some of the steamers were nearly two hours in going from London-bridge to Westminster -bridge. About one o'clock the tide began to moderate, but even then some of the vessels had b ar d wor k in paaldng way through the bnclge• The Cattle Plague. The following despatch has been received by the Earl of Clarendon from her Majesty's Consul- General at Odessa : " ODESSA, Nov. 24, 1865. " My Lord,—lt having been brought under my notice that the cattle plague which has recently afflicted England exists almost permanently on the steppes of Kherson, I have caused inquiries to be made among the peasantry, and have now the honour to report the result. It appears that though the attack differs in its symptoms, inflammation arising from cold is given as the true cause of it. There are several modes of treatment more or less efficacious, but the most common is, to throw the diseased animal into a profuse sweat with as little delay as possible, taking special care to protect it from chills for two or three days afterwards, when a change of pasturage, or, if iu winter, stabling in a warm building seems indispensably necessary to avoid relapse. The sweat is usually produced by covering the animal up with heavy cloths, and making it, at the same time, inhale the fumes of hot bran, salt, and steamed hay. Another mode of treatment is, to apply friction with cloths or brushes, covering up the animal carefully afterwards. A third is, to rub the animals well with vodki (a coarse kind of brandy) and salt, especially along the spine and over the stomach. One of the farmers on Count Brauitzky's estate near Kieff said he had seen most successful results from the use of vapour baths, which he considered the best treatment known, provided there was good stabling and covering at hand, otherwise the animals are liable to subsequent chills, whereas no such danger threatens those on which the same effect is produced by friction and covering up, especially if the operation is performed in the open air, and the cattle put under cover without delay, Medicine is seldom prescribed, but sometimes a little nitre dissolved in hot water is given lukewarm during the sweat, or imme diately after the linseed gruel, with gentian to excite appetite, are also now and then administered when the violence of the attack subsides. One pea sant out of 50 who were questioned recommended warm injections of tobacco water, while another highly praised bleeding; both confessing, however, that when the malady was of a bad type they had not been very successful with either treatment. One farmer residing at Ananieff said he had effected many cures four years ago by giving drenches of warm milk in which garlic had been boiled. Another from the same place asserted that he had found re peated doses of vinegar and cold water of great ser vice,when every other remedy had failed. In the dis trict of Alexandria a decoction of two herbs named hash-ha and hinbia, given warm, is said to be very useful in stopping flux and allaying pain. The names of these herbs, however, do not seem to be Russian, and are not known by the druggists here; probably hash-ha may be the Turkish khash-khash (poppy heads), and hinbia the Turkish hindiba (chicory). They should be given and persevered in from the commencement of the attack, but if given to mach cows the milk should not be used as food for several days after. The following is the receipt for the de • coction above mentioned :—Hash-ha, Vb. pounded; hinbia, 21bs. Boil for half-an-hour in two gallons of water, and administer in doses of about a large wine glass full every half-hour until the pain ceases and the flux diminishes. It is perhaps worthy of remark that, according to a popular belief, the cattle plague originated in the government of the Taurida from the bite of the black spider, and gradually, as herd after herd were driven to the northern markets, the disease spread throughout Russia. It is asserted to be renewed from the same causes in years of drought. Without inviting implicit faith in this theory it should be added that these venomous insects, whose webs cover thousands of acres of land, produce excruciat ing sufferings by their bite, and occasion such serious illness among the shepherds that it is necessary to send the men who are bitten to hospital. It is stated on good authority that the malady seldom attacks the same animal twice, though sent afterwards to graze amongst herds of diseased cattle. Cattle are not slaughtered to prevent contagion, but several measures are adopted to arrest the spread of the disease :-1. Fumigation of stables and sheds with the smoke of dried pumpkin leaves, or that of wild aromatic herbs. 2. Isolation of the diseased cattle, keeping them as much as possible to leeward of the sound. 3. Pots or pans of tar placed here and there in the cattle-sheds or stables. Some of my infor mants state that there are localities where the disease has never penetrated, though surrounded and in free communication with infected places. Men are known to have caught the disease from cattle, but such in stances are rare. Whenever the cattle disease is very virulent, however, sickness among the peasantry is more prevalent on the Steppe. Sheep are liable to catch the disease in years when the epidemic rages with violence, and this occurs when the second or autumn crops of grass fail in seasons of drought. Some dogs which had eaten the meat and offal of diseased animals are stated ' to have gone mad,' and their bite is said to engender the epidemic in a few hours. The late inspector of the Kherson Hospitals has observed that diseased cows have been cured by homoeopathic treatment when other remedies had failed; and the statement of this gentleman is sup ported by other corroborative evidence of great force and respectability.—l have, &c., (Signed) 4 , E, C. 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