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NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. — JNO. GO§NELL and'CO. have at length, With the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ ing brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, H.A YINIARKE T. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clOck, NO SONG NO SUPPER: Mr Kendal, Mr Compton, Mr Edward ;sborne, Mr Clark; Miss P. Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F Gwynne. After which, at 8 precisely, BARWISE'S BOOK: Mr Sothern, Mr Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr Kendal, Mr Buckst.ne ; Miss Robertson, Mrs Frank Matthews. and Miss Fanny Gwynne. And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr Sothern, &c. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 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Admission, ls, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EiIIIBITION, Baker -street, from 11 a.m. till 5.30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park Open daily(except Sundays) Admission. Is.• on Mendays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. T 77 " 7 " 7-4 •1- p - 4 A (--••,' LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1870. Taking all things into consideration the House of Commons did well last night with the Irish Land Bill, and set to work in a very energetic manner to dispose of the arduous duties before them. Mr. HEADLAM occupied the at ention of the House for some little time, but his amendment was summarily disposed of, which was about the best thing that could happen to it, considering the pressure of cir cumstances and the urgent necessity for progress. Sir F. HEYGATE made some very sensible obser vations, and truly declared that they had reached a very momentous crisis in the history of the Bill. Speaking for the Irish members, he was impressed by the great and overpowering necessity that there should be as little delay as possible in pass ing the Bill. " Instead of endeavouring to alter the principles of the Bill hon. members ought to try to make the Bill work in the best manner possible." Sir F. HEYGATE deserves great credit for this out spoken language, and it is of the greater importance that be should thus have expressed himself so clearly because of his position in the House, sitting on the Conservative benches, and being the representative of an Ulster constituency. Let us hope that with this timely counsel the committee will take a fresh start, and set out on their work with the firm resolve to bring it to a successful completion. It must be re membered that more is at stake than the mere settle ment of the Land Question in Ireland, important as that may be, and possessed of great intrinsic inte rest. It is well, at this advanced period of the Session, for hon. members on both sides of the House to take heed to their ways, and consider how gnat is the responsibility that devolves upon them. To allow the Session to go by, and to have effected no legis lative improvement fur Ireland, would be, indeed, a most grievous thing. It would be a confession of weakness and want of unity among the Liberals, and display a lack of patriotism and statesmanlike judgment on the Fart of the Conservatives that would offend and dismay the people of this country, but in Ireland the consequences would Le far more serious. It is difficult to say if the effects produced by the failure of the Irish Land Bill would be most regrettable so far as regards the well-meaning or the disaffected classes. In one case we should have, in all probability, a renewal of disturbances, and scenes of violence would be enacted which must call for stern measures of repression, and iu the other the disappointment universally experienced would be most unfortunate. If the Irish people lose faith in our good intentions towards them, the Government and the Parliament will have hard work to do away with the fatal effects of the in jurious impression, and it is no exaggeration to say that it would have been better not to have at tempted the task at all. Thera is the greater necessity for urging these considerations on account of the hints and inuendoes that have been made dur ing the Easter recess. Friends and foes, supporters and opponents, of the bill, and its framers have agreed to condemn the part taken by the Ministry, and to predict all sorts of failures for ti e measure before Parliament ; in fact, they seemed quite con vinced that to bring it to a successful issue vi-ould be a work of supererogation. To disprove these gloomy forebodings, and to falsify these prophets of evil is now the duty of the Committee which is investi gating the provisions of the Bill, and they will need all their energy and enterprise to carry out the wishes of the country in respect to the important measure. It will not be a suitable arrangement if the House of Lords is called upon to consider the matter at the fag end of the Session, and the circum stance may give rise to those vexatious suggestions and discussions concerning the du ies and privileges of the Upper Branch of the Legislature, which have already produced such unfavourable impressions, and led to no one single good result. To sum up the case in a few words, it may be said that the duty of the House of Commons is to pass the Irish Land Bill with all convenient despatch, and to sink all minor differences, in the firm resolve that they will reach that desirable end. Changes and modifications may be made in it hereafter, but if this Session goes by without the accom plishment of the work in question, it may be long, if ever, before we retrieve the evil con sequences. The ordinary tranquillity and indifference which characterise an English House of Lords was yesterday varied by unusual (motion. The painful and startling tragedy which has so deeply moved all hearts and sympathies in the country was brought prominently under notice, and Lord CLARENDON'S simple and straightforward recital of his own personal share in the fruitless negotiations seemed to bring the melan choly facts of the case more vividly home to the audience. Still more strongly did they realise the disaster, which had carried tears and lamentation into so many English homes, when the near relative of one of the murdered men rose in his place, and, with deep emotion, tendered his earnest thanks to the Foreign Secretary for his strenuous efforts to avert the catastrophe. Lord CLARENDON had thought it necessary to explain the some what exceptional proceeding to which he had given the direct sanction of an English Cabinet Minister—the removal of the brigands from Greece in an English ship. He was fully sensible, he said, of what might be called the indignity of such a proceeding, but on reflection he perceived that rar•som and plunder would be useless to the brigands unless they could escape. The delay of an hour might be fatal. There was none SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1870. of his colleagues in London whom he could consult upon so difficult and delicate a problem, and he therefore unhesitatingly accepted the responsibility. The proposal did not originate with Lord CLARENDON, or even, it appears, with Mr. EI:RUNE, but with the Greek Government them selves, as a compromise or evasion of the difficulty caused by their absurd and ill-timed punctilio. " Un the day following the receipt of the telegram from Mr. ERSKINE," said Lord CLARENDON, "the Greek Minister called upon me, and officially made the same request,,saying that the Greek Government would shut their eyes to the conveyance from Greece of these brigands, but that the amnesty they insisted upon could not be granted, as it would be contrary to the Constitution." See ing that the brother of one of these very bandits was in the service of the ex 7 Minister of War, and that the character and habits of the band was in consequence well-known to the Athens Government, no possible excuse can be made for their vacillation, weakness, and rash perversity. It may, indeed, be justly considered unworthy of a civilised Government to make terms with brigands, but since the brigands were strong enough to defy law, to dic tate terms, and to render official protection an empty mockery, it was simply absurd to stand upon punctilio. There was no question of right or wrong in the matter. There might be such a question in the open toleration of such hordes, there might be in maintaining communications, direct or indirect, between them awl political parties, but when the captured foreigners were actually in their power the Greek Government was not called upon suddenly to assert the authority it had so long refused to use. It had only to keep its hands folded, as it had done when the citizen of Athens or the peasant of the neighbouring villages was robbed and murdered, it had only to shut its eyes as it had done to a thousand unnecessary and inexcusable infrac ions of the law, and the friends of the captives would have done the rest. England would have been spared what we may term a great public sorrow, and Greece a national disgrace. FALL OF A TUNNEL ON THE METROPO LITAN RAILWAY. An accident, unfortunately attended with loss of life, occurred this morning on the new works of the Me r.opolitan District Railway near the North-east end of Blackfriars Bridge. The contractors having engaged that the railway should be open for traffic by the Ist May next the greatest activity was used. A man named John Gardener was driving a horse and cart laden with earth ; and stopping upon the top of •the structure the " skew" arch gave way, and fell into the excavated roadway below, burying the 'man in the debris. Seven or eight men were working beneath the arch, one of whom was killed instantaneously, and the others were severely in jured. They were at once extricated and removed to the hospital, where another of them has since died . . Large cro•.vds have congregated round the works since the occurrence became known, and the greatest excitement prevails. t:42, niiVit-&4l* 'VI, )( 1M itt 4 I LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, April 29. General de Martimprey has been appointed Go vernor of the Hotel des Invalides. A crowded Democratic public meeting was held yesterday evening at the Theatre Folies Bergeres, which was dissolved by the Commissary of Police, in consequence of the violent speeches made against the Emperor. The people dispersed singing the " Marseillaise." Three arrests mere made. M. Eugene Pelletan was coldly received at a meet ing held on the Boulevard Grenelle. BOURSE, April 28.—Three o'clOck—Tbe marl et closed as follows : per Cont. s per Cents 74 10 End of month 74 55 230 Transatlantic 197 50 Credit Fancier 1290 Paris Gas 1670 Suez Canal 2BO - RAIL WA Orleans . Western Northern. Bank Shares 2815 Ital'an Fives 56 20 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 49 Spanish Threes Home Debt 25 75 Deferred ...... Cash 970 C5O 1180 Strasburg . 6l6+, Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 6lO Sat...huhu; At(SI Han Lonil.ard North of Spain 81 ~LCti~ : hSsa ITALY. FLORENCE, April 28. In the Chamber of Deputies the Ministers con sented to take into consideration the financial pro posals of Signors Pellatis, Griffini, and Aloisi, and the plan of Signor Seroadiofu for the abolition of the forced currency. The proposds werc accordingly referred to the committee. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Airil 28 (Evening.) The Sultan went to-day to the Porte there to re ceive the report of the Council of State for the last Mussultnan year; 1286, which terminated on the Ist of the present mouth. Photiades Bey returned to Athz.cs yesterday. I)aoud Pasha -intends to leave for Europe next week. ROUAIAN [A. BUCHAREST, April 29. The new Ministry is not yet formed. It is re ported that M. Golerco has given up his attempt to construct a Cabinet, and that M. Opureano will be entrusted wtb the task. INDIA. CALCUTTA, April 28, Evening. The Friend of India reports a serious ris'ng at Ulwar, in Rajpootaua, where 2,000 Thakoors a❑d their followers have rebelled against their chief. AMERICA. (By Cable). PHILADELPHIA, April 28. By the accident at Richmond 58 persons have been killed and 117 injured. NEW 170 Ric, April 28. COMIERCIA.L INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1141 ; the highest quotation during the day was 1144 ; the lowest, 1131. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1885 1867 10-40 „ Illinois Erie Cotton—Mid. upland Petroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra State, $4 60c. to $5 20c. Corn—Old mixed, $1 13c PLYMOUTH. April 29. The Hamburgh and American Company's steam ship Holsatia, from New York, arrived here at 9.45 this morning. MR. LOWE AND THE GUN TAX. A gentleman at Birmingham who wanted to be able to answer inquiries as to what would constitute using a gun under the proposed new Act, and whether a man never taking such gun on the highway, or in fact any where except into his own garden, would exempt him, wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and received, from Mr. Rivers Wilson, a reply to this effect : "The Chancellor of the Exechequer desires me to inform you that it is proposed that a liability to licence shall attachto any person carrying a gun outside his house. The persons to whom you allude as being in the habit of shooting sparrows in their gardens would incur the liability." The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Meseta. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to he called "The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening FRIDAY .......... .35 min past 1 .... 52 min past 1 SATURDAY . 10 min past 2 24 min past 2 SUNDAY 38 min past 2 52 min past 2 MONDAY 10 min past 3 26 min past 3 TUESDAY 40 min past 3 56 min past 3 METROPOLITAN GOSSIP.-THURSDAY. It is not necessary to go into the vexed question of marriage with a deceased wife's sister in order to condemn in strong language the retrospective portion of this Act. Put out of sight altogether the subject of this discussion and you will find that certain persons have systematically disobeyed the law of the land, and having done so have pertinaciously agitated for a repeal of it which would condone their breach of the law. Everyone is at liberty to use every lawful endeavour for the repeal of a law which he thinks to be bad ; but no one is at liberty to break it before it is repealed. It is greatly to be regretted that Mr. Gladstone did not point this out, and that he supported the second reading of the bill solely and avowedly because there had been a certain amount of agitation. The Government proposal with respect to the new newspaper postage meets with very little favour outside Printing-house-square. In fact, it is simply a very hand some present made to the proprietors of the Times, the effect of which will be to enable it to compete with the lower-priced papers at a small sacrifice. Some time ago there was a lively discussion among the proprietors of that journal as to whether its selling price should be reduced to 2d. All the proprietors except Mr. Walter were for making the reduction, and insisted upon carrying it out until they found that Mr. Walter had legal power to prevent them. It is not impossible that Mr. Walter knew of Mr. Lowe's intentions. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was formerly Mr. Walter's tutor. He then went to Australia, where he was cor respondent for his pupil's journal. This gave him a position in the colony of which he made such satisfactory use, that he was able to return to England and enter Parliamentary life. At the same time he became a leader-writer for the Times, and continued his connection with that journal through the Reform agitation of 1866-8. Determined that a Liberal Government should not exist without him, he led the Adullamites, and, with the help of the Times, turned out the Russell-Gladstone administration, kept the Conservatives in office until they had got the Reform question out of the way, and then came back to power on his own terms. Thus it may be said that he owes his present position, and, indeed, his prosperity all through life, to Mr. Walter, and he has shewn his gratitude in a way that no one could complain of were it not that ' all other papers are placed at a manifold disadvantage as compared with the Times. The name of another ex-colonist has become prominent during the last few days, and he, too, is interested in .journalism. Mr. John Eldon Gorst, the successor (in a modified degree) of Mr. Markham Spofforth, was some years ago in New Zealand, and wrote a book thereon, called ' • The Maori King." He was formerly an advanced Radical, but of late years he has taken .up with Conser vative and High Church views. He represented Cam bridge in the Parliament of 1865-8, but lost, his election at the end of that year. He is one of the proprietors of the local Conservative journal in that town, a paper of con siderable circulation and influence. He is likely to do well as went for the Conservative party at headonarters. There will be plenty of claimants for the tour seats taken from Bridgwater and Beverley. The Yorkshire people think that they are inadequately represented, although the number of their members is not far short of that for the whole of Scotland. So it is intended to put in a claim for Barnsley and Rotherham. I have within the last few days had an opportunity of discussing the Education question with one of the most eminent of her Majesty's school inspectors, and was glad, though by no means surprised, to find that his experience fully carries out the opinion which I have always held, that the " religious difficulty " has no real existence. Speaking of a district in which the Non conformists are very numerous, he declared that he found the Church day schools valued by the leaders of dissenting Sunday schools because of the thorough grounding in the Scripture which the children had at the first. So much is this the case that in one parish of 6,500 persons, where not even the odd 500 belong to the Church of England, the day schools are all Church schools, and are attended by the children of dissenting parents without the smallest objection on the part of these last. Practice makes perfect. The art of preaching is one that a bishop is usually able to acquire before he obtains his mitre. The Bishop of Exeter, however, having been master of a public school, had not gained experience in addressing large audiences when he was raised to the episcopate. At first, after his elevation, his sermons used to be an hour long ; but they have been rapidly decreasing in length, until they now take about half that time. But the strange thing is that the reports of his sermons occupy as much room in the news papers as they occupied at first. In other words, Dr. Temple has learnt to speak just twice as fast as he did at the commencement of his episcopal career. This would seem to show that the length of a sermon depends quite as much upon the delivery as upon the matter delivered. Lord Auckland's death took place somewhat unex pectedly at the last. In fact the new Bishop of Bath and Wells had just arranged to rent the Deanery for a year. Of course Lord Arthur Hervey will not now require this residence, as he will be able to take possession of the palace at Wells which his predecessor had for the remainder of his life. The flags were hoisted half mast high at Bath on the fact of Lord Auckland's death being made known. Fortunately it was not publicly announced until Tuesday evening, otherwise a grand church ceremonial—the laying of the foundation-stone of a new church at Bath—could hardly have come off. This church is to be built by Mr. Gilbert Scott, and is to cost £20,000. In digging for the foundation, the builders came upon the old Roman highway, the Via Julia, thus adding another to the many interesting Roman antiquities with which the old Aquae Solis abounds. • Some dissatisfaction has been caused among High Churchmen by the conduct of the Bishop of London with regard to the Bishopric of Madagascar. This is a new Bishopric, and the Rev. Alfred Willis, vicar of New Brompton was selected for the post. But it being repre sented to Dr. Jackson that the Bishop Designate was a. decided High Churchman, the former advised the can celling of the nomination. Letters from India speak of Lord Mayo's untiring energy. He rode 200 miles in four days and thinks nothing of riding 40 Miles before breakfast. He was about to visit the Punjab at the time that my correspon dent wrote, and would have a warm reception in the literal sense of the word. My correspondent speaks of a visit paid to the sacred temple of the Sikhs at Amritsar. This, the Golden Temple, as it is called, stands in the midst of an immense tank, being connected with the land on only one point by a marble terrace. All around the square are the most picturesque buildings. My correspondent and the party accompanying had to doff their shoes and don slippers lest they should pollute the ground. They were not allowed to hoist their umbrellas in spite of the blazing hot sky. The dome is covered with gold which glistens brightly in the sun. The interior is curiously painted, and has a large mirror under the centre of the dome. Close by the visitors noticed a large white cloth, and on it squatted a priest, and near him was the Sacred Book lying on a cushion. His chief occupation seemed to be driving away the flies from the Book, receiving the offerings of the worshippers, giving them his blessing, and looking slyly out of the corners of his eyes at the English visitors. The white cloth was strewn with flowers sweetmeats,. and small copper coins. On one side sat half a dozen men, playing musical instruments, mostly of the banjo kind, which they accompanied with their voices. In the same city is a branch of the cashmere shawl manu factory, and there, contrary to all our ideas, the shawls worked by the loom are considered much more valuable than those worked by the hand. The latter are made in the most filthy hovels l?y the most filthy workpeople. The slaughter at the Royal Academy this year has been something terrible. The complaints made in former years as to the excessive number of portraits have led to the rejection of many that might have been deemed safe of admission, both hecause of their subjects, and of their intrinsic merits. M. Desanges, who was commissioned to go to Italy to paint Prince Hmbert, the Princess Margaret, and their child, the infant Duke of Naples, has had his picture rejected. Mr. Hodges' head of the Princess Claudine (sister of Prince Teck) has met with no better fate. Mr. Theed, the sculptor of the statue of Lord Derby, has declined to send this year in consequence of previ ous rejections. It is rumoured even that an exhibitioner of 20 years' standing, the son of an R.A.., has this year been among the excluded. Mr. Graves, the eminent publisher of Pall Mall, has secured the portraits by M. Desanges and Mr. Hodges for exhibition in his gallery, and this is a compliment which may well compensate the artists for any disappointment which they may feel. The exhibition at the Water Colour Institute, which has been opened this week, is a very fair one. Mr. Hine and Mr. M`Kewan are particularly good. Mr. Corbould's picture is an abortion, Literary news is slack, and is likely to remain so for a little time, as Mr. Disraeli's " Lothair" will absorb all the money of the reading public for some weeks to come. Theological readers may like to know that Messrs. Clark have just added to their " Theological Library" Tertullian's controversial works (excepting those agains t Marcion and the Jews) which have been translated by the Rev. Dr. Holmes, of Plymouth. The same gentleman is now engaged on the anti-Pelagian treatises of St. Augustine.—A new monthly magazine, called the Banner , has just been started. The first number contains articles and translations by the Rev. J. G. Wood, Mr. Charles Mackeson, Mr. Baring Gould, Mr. Chatterton. Dix, and other writers. There are sixteen pages of letterpress, two illustrations, and all for one penny, really quit e a miracle of cheapness. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. THURSDAY, A special meeting of the proprietors was held to -day at the offices of the company, Waterloo Station, Mr. C• Castleman in the chair, to take into consideration a b introduced into Parliamentby the Barnstaple and Mi l " combe Railway Company, and also to receive or reject the proposed arrangements recommended to be e ntered into between the two companies. The arrangement proposed the line to run out of the station at Barnstaple to Ilfracombe, and formed a t the expense of the new company, and that the South-Western Company should give the new company out of its earnings east of Exeter a rebate (1 £2,000. In consideration of this rebate the South-West ern Company is to have the power of exercising runni n g powers over the new line on the usual terms, or to declar e s its preference to work the line at 50 per cent. the gross receipts. And, lastly, if the South' Western Company should declare its option to use running powers, the Ilfracombe Company to be at lihertY to call on the South Western to work the line on the terms mentioned. The Chairman put the resolution 1 " the meeting recommending the carrying out of the pro" posed arrangements, which was seconded by Mr. Dalton wid carried unanimously, and the business terminated. The Edinburgh Town Council have adopted a re port on the subject of the annuity-tax, recommending the council to concur in the proposal to pay over absolutely to the clergy £56,500 in lieu of the p rese nt annual A payment ; that, with a view to pay off that amount rais ed by way of loan, the rate of 3d. per pound at presen t leviable should be levied within the City of Cannongate for ten years from May, 1870. The House of Representatives, says a Times tele gram, is debating the Tariff Bill, and continues to r educe the iron duties. Those on bars, rolled and hammeredl now le. to lie. per lb., have been reduced to 20 dole. an 22 doll. 40c. per ton. The duty on wire rods, of less 5. 16 inch diameter, has been reduced from lie. per lb. to lie' Rods over 5 1-6 inch have been reduced from lic. per IV' to In the village of Littlemore, Oxon, the following has been circulated as a handbill :--" All who love thaq Church, their Prayer-book, and Bible, are earnestly an affectionately advised (1) not to send their children to th? Baptist Sunday-school (2) not to go themselves to the Bapti st ' chapel, either as a place of worship, or to attend lecture, concerts, tea-parties, &c., (2) not to receive the treats which are left at their houses by the Baptist teachers. The Postmaster-General has received a d e putation from the Provin c i a l N ews p a p er S oc i e ty res p e cting th ' halfpenny stamp. Th e d es i ra bility o f re t a i n i ng the in 2 pressed stamp, without th e r i g ht o f re t ransm i ss ion, as _l 6 means of facilitating the business both of the postmasti and the publishers of newspapers especially in the r. 4 .4 districts was explained. The Postmaster-General mated that there was no desire on the part of his depart" moat to curtail in any way theprivileges hith er t o accord ed to provincial newspaper proprietors. - - A. NEW USE FOR HOT WATER.—Hot water WM be employed for the destruction of the insects that In es commonly infest plants. The few experiments madell been attended with such promising results that we shag hope to find opportunity soon for repeating them 11 ' t more extended and systematic manner. For the presel l we shall speak of aphis only, and as that is the most 1 3 5 valent of plant pests, we trust these remarks NY"' be useful to many readers. It appears, th e F i : that aphides quickly perish if immersed l a water heated to 120 deg. Fah. We obtain e d from various sources, plants infested with green fly, °' cleansed them all by the simple process of dipping. the experiments were made in the month of Februsw we thought it probable that aphis might endure in c a temperature many degrees higher than that whir proved fatal to them in the earlier and c o lder seas°l Hence it became desirable to ascertain the degree of 1 1 ° the plants could endure in the dip p i ng pro cess. . 14 ; number of herbaceous and soft- woo d e d p l an ts we r e therefore subjected to th e p rocess o f i mmers ion 11 1 water,heated to various d egrees a b ove 120 . We foie that fuchsias were unharmed at 140 deg, but at 1 50 deg ' the young leaves were slightly injured. Calceolario suffered at 140 deg., but th e pl an t s were no t kille d, though their soft tops perished. Pelargoniums were hurt up to 150 deg., b u t th e s li g ht es t rise beyond thaw figure killed the soft wood and the young leaves COrn* pletely. Chinese p r i mu l as were in j ure d by a ni a rise beyond 140 deg., and this at last prove to be the most general maximum, and may be cited as a rule for observance. Centauresso sedums, saxifrages, thyrsacanthus, justicias, ferns, trcpes, petunias, begonias, mignonette, and many o ther plants of soft texture, wer e un h ur t by being dipped water at 140 deg., but the slightest rise beyond that poin was followed by a blackening of the leaves and cones' quent disfigurement of the plant, and at 150 deg. the pro' cess of killing commenced.—The Gardener's Magazine. AN INCIDENT OF THE CHASE. Quite II "thrilling" incident occurred in the course of N y e Morris's recent tiger-slaying expedition to Massowd. T hunting-party, consisting of Mr. Morris and some of . friends, arrived, mounted on elephants, at the lair of tlia; man-eater ; and on the first appearance of a, stripe, officiating Chief Commissioner, with his customary skill, put in a well-directed bullet, from his bone-crusher. 1:n-we however, instead of cowing, enraged the brute and mad hhn turn to shew fight. The whole of the elephant s . r 5 like rabits ; but Mr. Morris's one, being the best-tramet, and pluckiest of the lot, was, after a little encouragenle, induced to face the foe. The tiger came on so raploi ti J; that, before Mr. Morris wrs ready to fire again , brute had time to make a tremendous sPr'_, o on to the elephant. On this, Mr. Morris de_A a heavy hunting-knife, and almost severed the tiger's from his body before the animal let go his hold and fei-L os the ground. Another bullet gave him his (11l a t as he lay. Mr. Morris's coolness and presence of mill' - `,„ ( 1 such a momentous crisis is all the more striking,T i je praiseworthy when we take into consideration thal' to movements were much hampered by a native servant, w v e clung to him in a fit of the mo s t abject terror. Nire,' l , 9 ' o o some mighty hunters in these parts, but not one of "",„ r l, will dispute Mr. Morris's claims to being the NiA i - e e par excellence, of this province. —central India . 2 " March 26. ' THE GREAT ROBBERY AT ROTITSCHILDS. -- p cashier Tassius, now in custody in Paris for em bezzlic,gf, sum of two millions of francs from his employers , , l ‘,,' de Rothschild, has given before the examining illog" r cr account of the circumstances under which his frauds c. ° o r menced. About ten years back, in a moment of pecunl.':lo difficulty, he borrowed from the funds with which he entrusted a sum of £2OO or £240 ; this he hoped to reP , T or a little later, but he unfortunately took 'rs, confidant of what he had done a Dr. Beek tiy ° with whom he had made acquaintance by constr?,ea meeting him at a cafd. Some days after the latter coati° on Tassius and asked him for a loan of a consider s 100 amount. / file cashier at first refused, declaring that .i 1 :0 was himself embarrasred for money. " I must hav,e ) p r e insisted Beckers, "or I will denounce you." " N ,,, n i e am Ito get it?" replied Tassius ; " wh e r e you got , - other, parbleu?" Tassius, finding himself in the othli power, advanced the sum ; the loan was followed to others, and Backers at last persuaded the cashiqtseir gamble on the Bourse to make up the deficit. l i ! ni g speculations were unsuccessf u l, and the abyss becom wider, the catastrophe at length arrived. a to t il° A CURE FOR BLIGHTED AFFECTIONS.—.,O wh e Blighted Affections Assurance Company (Limited). object of this company, the prospectus of which aPY; of in Chambers' Journal, is to guarantee the affection. 4 lovers, or, in cases of blighting, to offer suitable peca t t'd compensation. Its advantages are manifold. Perini re. compensation is grateful to a wounded spirit ; the lan,, q , cognises its justice, and continual cases of breach orto raise testify to its popularity. But then the public e 2 : 0 0 bition of heartstrings involved, and the public.,' e it of gushing correspondence in tromp newspapers have '4 1 . 0 t. little unpleasantnessek The any avoids all %,„a There is no publicity. The compensation is liberal', sa d the security undoubted. Testimonials from bereav e u i o, blighted—small book of cases, and forms on applics t ,, tu el gratis. Here is a specimen :—" M. L. E., person, aged 18. Misunderstanding with her young.'" - , it saw him walking with another female. Not belietirib'os was his aunt, she put on her bonnet immediately, an d 8 1. seen to go out in the direction of the Regent's ~'ll te ct Suddenly remembering she was insured in the Bo i ,g et ter Affections Assurance Company (Limited), ' Ar a/ thoughts triumphed. She came to our office, and Us," of THE " WILL o'-THE-WISP " LIBEL.—The Justi ce- tr ial the Common Pleas refused to grant a rule for a n 01 .4 of in the case of "Alsop v. McGowan," where a ver'Tthe £5O damages had been given against the defends'?" for printer of a 'comic periodical, called Will-o'-the-Tr is kiso a libel on Mr. Alsop, a solicitor, who was said to Pap set a large dog on to a tramp. The application was ID by Mr. W. I). Seymour. 9.0. pr°' BIGAMY AND SUICIDE. —A charge of bigamY s by 9 ' ferred, at Chester, against a man, named Fish , „ io e woman with whoth he had contracted a bigarno n . ,vas riage seven months before. On discovering that a married man she instituted the proceedings' 13 on' not appear to prosecute. She subsequently took a c li t al tity of vermin powder, from which she died. Tll!, ec ale returned a verdict of suicide, but were unable to as to her state os mind. ALLEGED FENIANISM AT BISHOP AueNeANDenishol) Irishmen have been examined and remanded at -'-' pre' Auckland on a charge of F en i a nism. When a T t aid hended they were armed with revolvers, and the la" iri bers rules of the Fenian Society, with a list of the w e t t eeir residing in the neighbourhood, were found in one 0 . 1 ha g' houses. It is said that some members of the societY„,,,ii turned Queen's evidence and that other arrests ar.e. to be Made—the case being in t;:..^ Lands of the Goo ment. THE ARCHBISHOP. OF CANTERBURY. The English Churchman has very good authority for stating that the Archbishop of Canterbury is so unwell that little hopes are entertained of his Grace being able to minister in public again. Our contemporary says it is not unlikely he will resign his See, and, if so, the Bishop of Winchester, it is reported, will succeed him, and the Bishop of Chester be translated to 'Winchester. The Patl Mall Gazette is in a position to say that this report need excite no alarm among the Archbishop's friends. Lord Granville and Lord Clarendon, though pre sent in the House of lairds last night, are still suffering from gout. The Earl and C un'ess Russell 'nave arrived a Pembroke Lode, from Paris. M. Marie, ao - el 73, one of the most distinguished members of the ° Paris bar, has just died. Mr. W. D. Benson, of Balliol, will sooon resign the office of President of the Oxford University Boat Club, which he he has held wily for a short time. The Prince of Wales took part in a cricket match yesterday—the Household pl a yi ng aga i ns t th e i r servants. The latter won. The latest advices state that the cattle plague is diminishing in Hampshire, the last return shewing a marked decrease in foot and mouth disease. The strike of the Tredegar colliers is at an end, terms having been agreed upon between masters and men. The Austrian Ministry contemplates taking up the project of a Universal Exhibition at Vienna in 1872, which had been rejected by the preceding Cabinet. The cricket match between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge will begin on June 23rd; that be tween Eton and Harrow schools on July 7. A Ifindoo widow lady has given £5OO towards the scho9l of the London Missionary Society at Berrampore. This is a remarkable circumstonce, The May Meetings of the different religious societies are now close at hand, and the anniversaries of upwards of forty will be celebrated in London during the next three weeks. A mysterious case of drowning has occurred at Haydock, in Lancashire. A woman was found in a canal drowned, and one of four men in custody admits having pushed her in by accident. The Duke of Edinburgh's voyage, it is said, will be protracted for a year and a half from the present time, so that he will have been out of England for three years instead of two, as originally planned. The ladies or Bath will next month present to the Princess of Wales an escritoire, which was originally in tended as a wedding present, but, says the Bath Chronicle, wranglings, reproaches, and remonstrances attended its completion." The strike of the mill girls in the employment of the Messrs. Ferguson, at Kilmarnock, numbering be tween three and four hundred, still continues, all efforts to bring about an amicable adjustment of the dispute having as yet failed. The failure of the Funding Bill passed by the Senate of the United States is now considered certain, the Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Repre sentatives having decided to recommend a substitute for the measure. Among the preliminary arrangements for the re ception of the British Medical Association at Plymouth, the Westsrn Morning News mentions the issue, by the local committee, of the first list of guaranteed subscrip tions. Nearly one-half of the guarantee fund (which is fixed at £500) has been promised by members of the medical profession. The Swansea magistrates have decided on issuing a summons against a collector of voting-papers, named Roberts, for culpable negligence in the non-distribution of a large number of voting.papers, by which the result of the election of Poor-law Guardians at Swansea might have been appreciably affected. Keighley is imitatin g c , Barnsley in its struggles for a seat in Parliament. The electors of the North and East Ridings have long been agitating for an additional member to each Riding, and thus it seems there will be a scramble for the seats which Beverley and Bridgwater may lose. This morning the opening of the south aisle of the church of St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, which has been restored at an expense of £5,000, was celebrated by a festival service. The Bishop of Rochester preached the sermon. This church the largest parish church in Eng• land, and will seat 5,000 neoole. THE NEW BANKRUPTCY LAW.—A question under the new Bankruptcy Act was raised before Lord Justice Giffard in the Court of Appeal. The point at issue was whether the new act gives power to a judge controlling a bankruptcy proceeding instituted under the Act of 1861, to grant an injunction preventing the sale of property belonging to the bankrupt, and alleged to have been frau dulently disposed of, until the right of the assignees to such property had been determined. In the case in question Mr. Anderson, a wine and pic ture dealer, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, had, it was alleged, disposed of his property fraudulently preliminary to his petition as a bankrupt last December, having among other transactions, sold his books and pictures, valued at £20,000, to his nephew, for £5,700. The county court granted an injunction restraining the nephew from disposing of the property until the right of the assignees had been tried, and ordered that the bankrupt should be prosecuted. The Lord Justice held that the county court judge, had Jurisdiction to grant the injunction. HER MAJESTY. (J BORNE, April 28. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty walked out this morning, accompa nied by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice. Prince Leopold also went out. The prince of Wales rode out, attend :A by Major Grey, yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales went to the private view of the Royal Academy Exhibition, at Burlington House, in the afternoon. WHOLESALE POISONING. to application was made on Wednesday to the magi strates at Leicester for advice under the following circum stances. A man named Abram Stevens lived with his seven children in Brook-street, and on Saturday night he sent one of the latter to an eating-house, kept by Samuel Preston, Wharf-street, for some collared brawn. This was partaken of by four children and a woman who lived in the house. Soon after wards they were seized with giddiness and sickness, and on Stevens coming home, one chill was found lying stif fened, suffering from nausea, and the three other chil dren were attacked in a similar manner; the woman was in a stupified condition. Dr. Clarke, surgeon, was called in, and restoratives having been applied all the sufferers gradually recovered. Dr. Clarke is of opinion that the brawn was made of putrid meat,' and that if medical aid had not been called in at once fatal results would have followed. Five other families in the district are stated to have suffered from the same cause. The vendor's pre mises were ordered to be searched by the police before proceedings were taken. The inspector of meat accord ingly went to the house, but nothing unfit for food was found in the establishment. In all seven families and about twenty children have been rendered ill. Dr. Lan kester, who attended several patients, has taken possession of a portion of the collared brawn purchased, with a view to making an analysis. One of the persons affected still lies in a precarious condition. THE FALKLAND ISLANDS' BISHOPRIC. —lt is pro posed to raise an Endowment Fund of £12,000, for this bishopric, to which Dr. Stirling has recently been conse crated. A Special Committee has been formed to carry out the plan, under the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London. The diocese includes the island of Terra del Fuego. TH ace ( Xe N Sto( t o Prei ten, dittii out £lO l Gov th e oft, ad o the tan. ; gat, e tir et Pai s shat ti ler kid c.~ut 1,~ ~7, i of iN a lii - Pe ' ,„ 'yew U. R 44 , t „ 11,,71 I Lt Dc 1)c A N , 0, C I it Et r ,, b, . 1 . 1), ti, are, laat, r), Ai 4 1),