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Mr. HENRI th e -•..., the Mad Butcher. Miss LOUISE SHERRINGTON, . r hattaT i gning Favourite. Miss KATE GARSTONE nightly tli"Bher favourite songs. Messrs. HOLMES and GANT, the eol ou J egro Delineators, give some extraordinary Burl t *s77:3f tti re r ed Life Mr YOUNG, Mr. CORRI, and Favourite Over %by t • • Over ore he GREAT BAND every evening. 10 8 4eatra stalls, is 6d; Stalls, Is.; Balcony, 6d; Prim ; gliai, B ox-cface at open 5. PR,, — ""n—Mr A. Young ; Musical Director—Mr P. 4 1t, iih e ' AL NoTtex —MI Samuel Adams, late proprietor l 6_ „ t all .1() D•la will take a Filirewell Benefit at the Royal M on illontay, ---___ 1▪ `‘ D AMETUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, no w 13aker -street. A PORTRAIT MO f E L of TRI IPMA Zigia E a added.-fin View, amongst innumerable other relics, the eca pit uuetteand Knife of the actual Guillotin' used fl 5r the 0 ation of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and upwards of !Xlie; eriions of the best 'and worst blood in France. 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AS might have been expected, Lanark and Aber deen bear the palm amongst the Scotch counties iii regard to the number of voters on the register; the former has 4,390 electors for the county in respect of property, and 4,054 in respect of occupancy ; the latter has 1,813 in respect of property, and 6;674 in respect of occupation. Ayrshire has a total of 6,559 voters; Perthshire, 5,327; Renfrewshire, 5,687. Cromarty, the county which is made up of some thirty pieces, musters only 13 property and 67 occupation voters. This is the smallest number in the list. It is remarkable how the two classes fluc tuate in different parts of the country. Clackman nan, for instance, has 826 property and 327 occupa- - - - tion voters. The Abyssinian.and New Zealand Medals. The delay in issuing the Abyssinian and New Zealand medals, as well as the doubt which exists as to the limitation of the distribution of the latter, is calling forth much complaint in the services. If, moreover, the statement is true, that the New Zealand award is only to be given, as far as the navy is concerned, to such officers and men• as have actually been under the enemy's fire, much more serious indignation will assuredly follow the scheme. It would be unjust in the highest degree to take this course, while, on the other hand, all ships' companies who were in any way connected with the Abyssinian expedition are to be honoured with that appanage. The case becomes extremely severe when different expeditions are dealt with on widely different principles. There is a rumour that every soldier of the Line who was in New Zealand is to obtain that medal, whether he has been before the enemy or not. Why, then, are the sailors to be differently treated ? The comparative amount of danger attached to each arm of the service was alike, and when one draws distinc tions between the perils at Magdala, where not a single man was killed, and those in the Maori conflicts, the balance, it will be seen, decidedly fell to the share of the soldiers and sailors in New Zealand. It is to be hoped that inconsistency and partiality, in the question will without further contro versy be abandoned, and that the distinctions in both cases will be promptly, fairly, and extensively given to their rightful claimants. The Independence of English Judges. If there is one part of the English constitution more than another which meets with universal admi ration, it is that which may be termed its judicial system. The perfect working of that system has been mainly due to' the independence of its judges. Certain inhabitants of the Straits Settlements who conceived they saw in the language used by Governor Ord, in a despatch to Earl Granville an invasion of the principles. of English law in this respect, have presented a petition to the House of Commons. The language taken exception to was that the judges are placed under the control of the executive in the same manner as other public officers. The . Supreme Court of the Settlements was from its first institution in 1807 until 1867 entirely inde pendent of the local executive, but on the transfer of these settlements .to the Colenial Office the Judges became liable to suspension by the governor, and dismissal by the governor and the executive council. Earl Granville in reply to the petitioners stated that the complaints had been laid before the - judicial members of the Privy Council, who • had framed a memo morandum on the subject which would, he hoped, be sufficient to ensure the independence of the judges. The precise terms of that memorandum did not appear, but doubtless it has been drawn up with a view of ensuring the dignity of the judicial office, and at the same time of dispelling the fears or the petitioners. Hawking and Vagrancy.' The Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland seems to be apprehensive of evil consequences from abolish ing the hawking licence. In his report, which is just published, he says that vagrancy continues to in crease in Scotland, and that a large amount of crime is to be traced to this source. The peculiar habits and ways of the vagrant class enable them often to elude the police without much diffi culty. " Hawkers and pedlars, generally accompa nied by women and children, are frequently only beggars in disguise, on pretence of selling wares, although their whole stock-in-trade is sometimes not sufficient to maintain the party for a day. The only check the police have on them at present is to demand their licences; 'but if the licence on foot hawk ers is abolished, the evils of vagrancy will increase. and an act for its suppression will be more urgently required." Some such opinion has been expressed in various quarters. It is allowed that the hawking licence may justly be abolished; but some means of restricting the movements of the hawking class must be devised. Turf Reform. "Senex," in another letter on turf reform, con skiers the attitude of the Jockey Club in reference to Mr. T. Hughes's intended bill on the laws of racing. He believes that in the House of Peers as well as 'in the House of Commons, Sir Joseph Hawley, whose principles are represented by the bill in ques tion, will have a majority, and that if Turf Senators are so insane as to meet the proposed measure, by another petition, its presenter will find that he is addressing a singularly cold and unsympathic audience. If Lord George Manners is selected as being one of the stewards of the Jockey Club , to discharge this office, " Senex " considers he is " estoppad" by the arguments and action of Admiral Rous from deprecating any interference with betting which the Legislature may deem necessary, especially as the Jockey Club have just declared that they will have nothing to do with wagers. French Trade and Commerce. The parliamentary inquiry into all branches of the commerce and industry of France has elicited some interesting and important facts. It appears, for instance, that the tonnage of French commercial shipping has increased from 129,000 tons in 1827, to 4,284,000 in 1869. It was in 1831 only 30 per cent.. of that of England, while the proportion is now about 34 per cent. Timber ships are, it is stated, constructed in France at about the same cost as in England. Iron ships are not practically dearer in France. Raw materials are cheaper in England, but manual labour, wages, &c., are dearer, and create on the average an equilibrium. The cost of a marine steam-engine varies in France between £4O and £52 per nominal horse-power, and in England from £2B to £4B. Vandalism at Oxford. The Law Journal is kind enough to inform the re latives and friends of the Vandals who recently com mitted the outrage at Christ Church of the penalty which awaits them in case of conviction. By an act passed a few years ago, it is provided that any person who wilfully injures a statue or other article kept for the purposes of art, science, or literature, or as an object of curiosity in any library, which library is from time 'to time open for the admission of any considerable number of persons to view the same by the permission of the proprietor thereof, or any pic ture, statue, monument, or other ornament or work of art in any building belonging to any college of any university, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding six, months with or without hard labour. .The section also provides that damages may be reco vexed in addition to the imprisonment, THE MIRACLE WORKER. The Dr. Newton who has set up in business as a miracle-worker in Cambridge Hall, near Oxford-street, continues to excite great attention. Another gentleman who has been to see the performance of these superna tural operations has detailed his experience in print. There is, he says, no charge for admission, and neither introduction nor invitation is necessary. "So far as we saw there is not even a door-keeper attached to the place, for the vast crowd assembled in it were al lowed to enter without check, and to act as their own ushers when they were once inside. The vehicles wait ing in Newman-street told their own story. Pillows so arranged at the bottom of a trade-cart, that the rider could lie at full length and be partly relieved from the effects of jolting; reclining seats fastened on to the wag gon-sides by strong rope ; vehicular arrangements for adults of the perambulator order; litters, four-whee cabs, and rude Bath chairs, were all to be seen. The lame, the halt, the blind, the deaf, the para lyzed, the rheumatic, the misshapen ; those afflicted with sores; ,those who could see imperfectly, and those who could not see at all ; those who could distinguish a whisper but could not recognise ordinary talk ; and those upon whom a report from an Armstrong gun would make no impression—were all within." The writer then proceeds to tell us what the doctor himself looked like. " That his appearance was prepossessing, and his manners well adapted to the work in hand, were the first impressions. An open, benevolent, rather credulous face; a fresh and hale complexion, sparkling hazel eyes, which, though bright and full of energy, have yet a dreamy look ; a vene rable white beard and whiskers, but shaven upper lip ; white hair, and a head partially bald ; a vivacious expres sion ; a kindly smile, hanging constantly over a mouth which told of weak impulses combined with strong will; a thick neck, broad shoulders, and a stong, muscular figure ; feet which are broad in proportion to their length ; and hands of the shape and with the marks which some theorists connect with religious enthusiasm, combined with springiness of step and great general acti vity, formed a different set of external attributes to what might have been looked for in a miracle monger. Dressed in a suit of blue cloth, with a coat or pea jacket such as sailors wear ; and with his cravat and collar off, and his white shirt thrown open at the neck and chest for coolness ; he looked far more like some hearty ship's captain than a curer of either bodies or souls." The mode of operation was simple. Be healed—Pass" was repeated again and again by the miracle-worker as the crowd came up, each individual being manipulated about the eyes and temples by the forefinger and thumb of the " doctor," who made faces at the ceiling, and uttered the four words as each came into his hands. The " cures " did not strike the writer as remarkable. Most of the patients seemed to have nothing whatever the matter with them ; and these excited wonderful enthusiasm by the ease with which they walked after submitting themselves to the " doctor." Of course no authenticated case of cure was visible. The writer continues : "An old woman who had to be led up by men who supported her on each side, and' who stood with difficulty on her crutches, was commanded to throw tne latter away, and to `love me' (the Curer) while he manipulated and made passes over her lamest knee. She was then told to take the operator's arm, to put her heels firmly on the ground, and to march with him across the room, and never to doubt but that she could accomplish it. That this old woman did so march or hobble is undeniable. What was the extent of her physical powers before, and how much of her helplessness had been due to the feminine accomplishment known as ' giving way,' we had no means of testing; but that she came in double, and with difficulty, and went out half straightened, and with comparative ease, is certain. The men and women in the glalleries clapped their hands and stamped their feet at this, exactly as if a.clever piece of legerdemain had been performed for their amusement. Other paralytic persons were told 'to squat down with me,' to put their heels to the ground, and in the most sacred of names 'to run across the room as if nothing were the matter with you, and to be healed for evermore. Amen,' In one or two instances it really seemed as if temporory vitality had been instilled into the half moribund frames ; and very many of the sick people pronounced themselves with touching faith to be much better.' There was a girl partly deaf who' thought her hearing was improved, and who certainly answered a whisper addressed to her as -she left the curer's hands, though she seemed to lose the newly acquired power a few seconds later : a y oung gentleman who pinched his ear and had doubts ; and scores of cripples who were pronounced healed, without acting accord ingly. When the poor old woman brought her hus band's Sunday waistcoat, that it might be converted into a charm against rheumatics, the Curer turned his eyes ceiling-wards, wrestled with the garment as if he were wringing it out when fresh from the washing tub, and then told her to ' take it home, and be sure your husband will never ail anything as long as he wears that.' So with the crone who brought her lame son's cotton drawers. There was more mouthing and gesticulation, more blinking at the ceiling as if in confidence, and an injunction to put a hot brick inside the blessed drawers and on the patient for three hours during two days, 'to love God and the doctor and he would be healed.' Pouring hot water down the back, bandages steeped in alum-water, and an avoidance of sitting or sleeping with the hands behind the head—a habit certain to lead to heart disease—were recommendations thrown in, but that it was ' all done by love, and that every dear person had his or her good angel—sometimes three or four good angels—always with them and ready to L do their bidding,' were the terms in which the professed remedy and the agents by which it was worked were described. Although we saw, as will be anticipated, no really authentic case of recovery, or of certain ameliora tion, we are not disposed to condemn the proceedings as a farrago of imposture. We believe that 'Dr.' Newton himself believes, and that his belief, his ' passes,' and his prayers have an influence which it is not easy to estimate in nervous disorders, and upon impressionable na tures. He insists that those who come to him shall have faith. He works, so far as we saw, without fee or reward ; and, as was exultingly stated by one of his admirers, professes that he would lose his power if he took money. His physical energy and the preponderance it gives him over a patient whose nerves are shattered, and who, after a long and hopeless course of medical treatment, is brought to Cambridge Hall, to undergo she scarce knows what, are Undeniable. The prespiration rolled from him exactly as if he had come up dripping from a bath ; and when at the end of the morning, and in compliance with repeated requests, he allowed some favoured bystanders to touch his hand in friendship, it was easy to see he was tired out. To those who are accustomed to experi ments in mesmerism and electro-biology, the jargon of spiritualism will be the chief new thing. There are the passe, the subjugation of the will, and the assumption of superior and occult power. But to us the strangest expe riences of the morning was the immense number of well-dressed respectable people, who either stood or sat in the crow or presented themselves as patients. The majority of these took every cry of 'Healed— Pass on !" as a proof of cure, and regarded the operator with loving veneration. A Quaker family, hus band, wife, and two daughters, were especially enthu siastic, as were a row of ladies sitting on, the platform side of the enclosure. It is scarohly necessary to add, however, that what we saw was absolutely worthless as evidence. There was no proof as to the condition of the people before they were pronounced cured, and scarcely an opportunity presented itself of ques tioning them afterwards. Some of the ' healed' to whom we spoke:, declared they could neither see nor hear any better,.- than before ; several more were too dazed to answer--4 circumstance triumphantly quoted by a believer as proof positive that they were cured • for 'how would a man who'd been blind know whether he saw or not, you know?' 'and several ' thought they were a little better, they really did.' What was really remarkable was the faith or superstition which made hundreds of sick people, drawn from various ranks of society, present themselves before a fellow creature in the belief that he was endowed with mysterious powers for the assuagement of their pain." ANOTHER CHANCE.—Wyoming need not be the last resort of the aggrieved sisterhood. Great Britain is suddenly become a favourable field for their demonstra tions, and in view of what the Commons have done we expect (we will not say wp hope), to see our more n o i s y ag it a tors turn their attention to these pastures new, as they laOly did to others away out West. But we tremble for the result of their appearance there. Will it na be as disastrous as in Missouri and Wisconsi n , w h ere th e fair chances of the gentle sisterhood were completelY ruined by the advocacy of their tingentle leaders ?—.37`eto York, Tribune. CAUGHT AT LAST.—It has seemed to the proprie tors of the Sanborn Steam Safe almost as if it had power to prevent fire in buildings as well as to save from it, they having' waited three year s f or a severe exposure o f one of their safes in an accidental fire ; but in the store of Messrs. Barr & Co., in the great fire in Nashua, on the 16th inst., one of them was m a s t severe ly tested, the heat being intensified by burning oils and varnish. As was predicted, the fusible caps melted off from the sealed water cans, the steam came out and surrounded the book case, and the books were preserved as perfect as they were before the fire—practically illustrating the value of the principles upon which this safe is constructed, and fully vindicating the claims of the inventor.—Boston Traveller, April 30. Costly Cabbages. Our country magistrates are certainly somewhat eccentric in their decisions occasionally. We have scarcely heard the last about the stolen ducks when we find a , man sent to prison for seven clays for transplanting cabbages bought and planted by himself. The martyr to this curious construction of the law of mourn and teum was a labourer named James Webb. He was charged by a widow, with whom he had lodged, with stealing some cabbage plants, value 2s. It seemed from the evidence that Webb had lodged with the widow for eighteen months, and put what he liked in the garden, giving her half the .produce. .He bought the cabbage plants, and put them in, but as he left a few days after, he took them up, and took them away with him, thinking he had full right to do so. The widow admitted that this version of the story was true, but, strange to say, the bench found the defendant guilty,- and sent him to prison for seven days, as he was unable to pay a fine of 10s. There was apparently some animus in the matter on account of the departing lodger, but as the Bench were not specially affected by the loss of rent, it is difficult b o understand how it was they did not recognise the fact that the point an- dispute came under civil, not criminal law. Perhaps, however, they were apprehensive of the consequences of displeasing the fair widow, who subsequently summoned another man, also implicated in the cabbage transaction, for using abusive language to her about those . unlucky vegetables. An Artist on Art. • The practice of painting was the subject of an interesting lecture by Sir Digby Wyatt in the Fitz william Museum, Cambridge. He said that so far as processes went, it seemed that those used in ancient days were the same as those at present in vogue. He thosught it was highly important the artist should be educated by the training of his eye, his mind, and his hand. He who would draw correctly must learn to draw slowly. Regarding the merits and demerits of the works of artists, he considered that the demerits were when the representation f a iled to lead the mind to any thinkr„ or when nature was distorted. The merits consisted of a just representation of form, race, age, and natural features of humanity, of all that was beautiful without flattery, "of dignity where dig nity of expression was required, and vigour where vigour was necessary. In fact, for a picture to be true it mifst be correct to nature." An Alarming Prospect. Englishmen are often interested in tracing the history of their literature up to its earliest date, and the names of Wickliffe, Chaucer, and the Venerable Bede, are duly reverenced. It is less pleasant to know that we have arrived at the end of the long line of English authors, and that there is but one man who can claim to represent the race. Yet so it is. The Theatrical Fund gave, as we all know, its grand annual banquet a day or two since. ' Perhaps some of those who read the records of the entertainment may have been surprised to notice that one toast to which the friends of the drama are especially bound to do honour, was altogether omitted. '" Literature " was not mentioned, which, under the circumstances, was something like playing " Hamlet" with the part of Hamlet omitted. What was the reason ? Did the theatrical celebri ties present object to diVide honours with their brethren in arts and rivals in renown ? No such thing. " Literature" had beep duly included in the toasts of the evening, but the - only man whom this degeneiate age could produce worthy to represent it was not ".'present either to propose or to acknowledge the toast, and of course there could be no choice in the matter. English literature has, according to this . dictiim, culminated. and concluded in Mr. Charles Dickens, and when he is abSent or silent it is simply impossible to fill his place. Zerah Colburn. Some few days ago the New York papers announced the death by his own hand of Zerah Colburn, an engineer, who five years since arrived in/the United States from England. As Mr. Colburn was well known in London as an eminent journalist and a scientific authority, it may be interesting to give a few brief particulars of his life in England. Mr. Colburn came from Saratoga, New York (where he was born, in 1857. He was then twenty-five, and he successively became poet, agent, and engineer in this country, having acted in his own country before as office-boy, clerk, and actor respectively. In 1858 he had already acquired some reputation in London, as a literary man, and the editor of the Engi neer, having noticed his ability, especially in dealing with subjects usually treated of in that journal, appointed him to a lucrative post on the staff. Mr. Colburn occasionally acted as the responsible editor, and he gave entire satisfaction to the proprietors of the paper till 1864. At this time a dispute arose which resulted in his removal from the editorial capacity. Finally, in 180, the deceased gentleman ceased to contribute to the Engineer altogether, and he soon afterwards left London for America. In England Mr. Colburn is said to have left but few friends, but there are left behind many who were willing to trace his faults to that want of balance' in the mind which culminated in insanity, and who recognised in him a man of many virtues, possessing kindly sympathies and a thorough interest in his profession. Mr. Colburn's body was found in an orchard at Belmont, near Boston, on the 27th ult., a pistol-shot, discharged by his own hand, having pierced his brain. " Partial Evil Universal Good." Unfortunately, there are few improvements that can be carried out without inflicting some injury. The introduction of machi ner y tem p oraril y paralysed hand-workers, and every great invasion of London rookeries causes infinite distress to individual families. In the same way, though we are not bound equally to com miserate the malcontent, the Thames embankment, which is rejoicing most Londoners, is a sore griev ance to the Duke of Buccleuch. The Metropolitan Board of Works has invaded his grounds at Whitehall, has removed a causeway and landing place leading to the river, and has in. his opinion considerably damaged his property. A. Duke was rich enough to resent the intrusion which denizens of the Holborn alleys were forced to suffer in silence, so the complaint was carried through sundry legal stages until it ended in the award, under an arbitration, of £8,325. The question has now reappeared in the Court of Error, and judgment has been delivered. It was contended that the arbitrator had exceeded his jurisdiction, and that the amount awarded was excessive, and there was a difference of opinion on the Judicial Bench. How ever, as four, justices sere in favour of reversing the judgment of the Court below, while three supported its decision, the verdict was entered for the de fendants. Occupation for Leisure Hours. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be 'mortified to find that they have made an important omission in the discharge of their duties. Happily the mistake has been discovered and partly rectified by the vigilance of a looker-on. It appears from the details of a sporting journal that a benevolent naturalist was shocked at the cruelty of leaving the animals at the Zoological Gar dens to their own devices, and determined to provide them with means of entertainment. His charity began at home, for he exerted himself to obtain some amusement for a young otter in his pos session, and made a wooden ball which was highly approved of by the object of his labours. He was not so fortunate in the furtherance of his scheme, for the elephants and rhinoceroses were too much in earnest, and were forbidden to play with their toys indoors, as there was some danger of their houses being swept down by the violence of their move ments. It is satisfactory to find that the polar bear is " immensely amused" with the toy which has been presented to him, and 'doubtless he is not the only one who experiences the same sensation in regard to eze affair. Before and After. The Times of India contains a significant passage which is enough to disenchant the most aspiring enthusiast on the subject of Royal visitors and splendid reception scenes. The visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to India seems likely to do anything but leave a pleasant memory, fora has become associated PRICE 1 (1: STAMPED d. THE ONTARIO AND ERIE SHIP-CANAL. The Dominion Parliament have passed a bill incorpo rating a company having for its object the construction of a ship-canal between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The company are empowered to locate their canal, commencing on the Niagara River at or near Fort George, in the town of Niagara, and thence to a point at or near the village of Thorold, and from thence to the waters of Lake Erie, at or near Port Colborn, or to the waters of the Upper Niagara River, at or near the village of Chippewa. The locks and works of the canal shall not be of less size , depth and capacity than the Cornwall Canal on the River St. Lawrence, that is to say, of dimensions 'which shall float the largest lake, sail, and steam craft. It also pro vided that this company, in pursuance of its work, may take possession and occupy any portion of the Welland Canal, and enlarge its locks and capacity to correspond with the dimensions of their own. This is no more and no less than a ship canal around Niagara Falls. It is much easier fcir the Canadians to pass an act incorporating such a company, thaii A is for the company to construct the work. A bill authorising sd ship canal around Niagara Falls passed the New York Legislature some years ago, but nothing has been heard of the company under the charter.—Albany Argus, May 6. THE CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN WILLIAMS. OF THE ONEIDA. The following is an extract from a letter received front Mrs. S. W. A. Goodwin, of Dixon, Illinois, regarding the children of her brother, Captain Williams, of the Oneida. The letter was written in answer to inquiries concerning the condition of the boys and their relatives, and will be interesting to those who have contributed to the fund Mr. Forbes is raising, now amounting to about 2,700 dols. ; , "By his untimely death his three sons are left entirely dependent on relatives—a willing but inadequate source of , supply. Edward F. Williams, the eldest, aged twelve years, has been under mg charge since the death of his mother, three years ago. While I live I shall do every thing I can for my brother's boy; but my health is feeble, my means - limited, and I shall have nothing to bequeath to any one. The second son, aged eight, is with his uncle, Dr. Henry Williams ' Alton, of lll., an excellent guardian for the present, but he is in feeble health and without fortune. This boy must depend on a liberal education, on account of a severe and permanent injury to his right' arm. The youngest, Martin Henry, five years old, is with his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Jane Ritchie, of Searsport, Me. The family is poor, and can do nothing for his education. They are fine intelligent children, well worthy of the protection of their country. God grant that .some day they may render their country and the cause of humanity the same noble service their father has done • by a valiant life and its heroic sacrifice for duty's sake." — Boston Advertiser, May 6, THE vicnms OF INCOMPETENTS. The origin of the fearful calamity which recently occurred in Richmond is a question of public importance everywhere. There is no better illustration of the neces sity for the thorough amk,scientific instruction of our young mechanics and artif t ans than what the people so frequently read of concerning the falling of houses and the consequent destruction of life and limb. .We have had accounts of two such accidents since the dreadful occur rence in Richmond. But it is only when some disaster occurs that destroys scores or hundreds of lives that the public mind is so strongly aroused as to take effective means ,to guard against the recurrence of such terrible tragedies. The construction of a building that can by any possibility be made use of for the congregation of large numbers of people, is an important matter that should always be placed in unquestionably com petent hands. As a general rule, such men are chosen ; too often, however, they are not. But it very frequently happens, in the course of years, that buildings carefully constructed by the original architects and builders are put in charge of inferior architects or ignorant . persons, to be altered to suit other purposes. This is nearly always a fatal mistake, for if there is any dis crimination to be made, there should be more care in the selection of the directing dead, where alterations are to be made in a large building, than if it were to be an entirely new structure, But the safe rule is to employ only the best men in all cases where large numbers of persons may be placed in peril, whether the proposed building is either entirely new or only an altered one. It is quite too common to take serious risks to save material, workmanship, and cost. Such buildings should always be subjected to the tests, and constructed upon the principles applied to railway bridges or first-class roads—that is, the maximum load which by any possibility can be placed upon them, whether of freight, or merchandize in store, or the more precious burden of human beings, should be first carefully ascer tained, and then the walls and floors, and every part on which any part of the strain can rest, should be so con structed as to bear five or ten times the maximum load so ascertained. When a new building falls down, it is nearly always because the architect or builder is ignorant, or because he recklessly disregards the plainest principles of mechanical science. When this happens with an altered old building, it is most frequently through pure ignorance. Some men who take charge of such operations seem to have no idea that those parts of a building upon which nearly the whole weight of the structure rests should be firm and strong, and continuous from the foundation trenches to tlie . uppermost girder, rafter or joist at the top of the house. They do their work as if the weight of a building has some inherent magical pro perty of sustaining itself in the air without other support. Thus we find such blunders as were perpetrated some years ago in one of the hospital buildings at the Blockley Almshouses, in cutting through the piers on which the floors rested, to make some " improvements " in heating, leaving the unfortunate inmates in daily peril of their lives until one day this house without legs went down, burying a score or so of helpless victims in the ruins. So, too, in a recent case in St. Louis, where a reckless or ignorant contractor cut away the . corner pier from under a building to make some altera tions, and had his men working away at it, the same as if it were still as firm as the lulls, when the house went down with a crash, killing and maiming workmen and street passengers alike. These are always the products of pure ignorance, even when there is reek lessnessas well. We could multiply such illustrations far beyond our available space. As to the breaking down of the Richmond Court-room, it is not quite clear which part gave way first, whether the gallery or the middle of the floor. The latter was supported by three timber girders, about thirty-four feet long, twenty inches by twelve, and placed fourteen feet apart. They were not supported by pillars below, and the middle one, which broke down, had " settled" about nine inches before the disaster. Some think it gave way first under the weight of the crowd upon it, andcarriedthe gallery along. Others and among them one of our own experienced mechanics who was in Richmond at the time, and narrowly escaped the disaster, believe that the gallery and the crowd of people upon it fell first, arid by the additional weight thus preci pitated suddenly upon the middle of the weak girder broke that and carried all down together. In either case there were lamentable defects of construction for such a building, for the gallery, as this gentleman describes it, was supported by a heavy girder , which in its turn was supported by nothing, for all it had under it was a meagre wooden post at either end, and was nowhere supported by the wall. It is a wonder it did not go down long ago. Thorough instruction of our young artisans in the prin ciples of mechanical science, and the utmost care in the selection of competent architects and builders for public building, and especially for alterations in old buildings used, or to be used, for public purposes, are the true remedies for these shocking tragedies.— Philadelphia Ledge•. ALARMING PROSPECTS.—PeopIe who are partial to Chinese gongs will be delighted to hear that the secret of their composition, long deemed impenetrable, has been discovered by two industrious Frenchmen, called Julien and Champion. The Celestials, one of whose most favoured tricks in war is to beat gongs and run down hill with a sword in each hand will be proportionately dis gusted. A new and terrific means of making a noise on the Fourth of July, and during political meetings and processions will thus become accessible even to the most moderate purse. Little boys who are tired of thumping drums aed blowing horns, and who yearn for some fresh instrument of torture, ought to offer up a sacrifice to Messrs. Julien and Champion. —New York Times. The working men's appeal to Congress, recently presented to tat body by General Schenck, recommends fir passage of laws to carry out the following measures : —First, to compel street railway companies to pay the inteimal revenue tax of one-eighth per cent. per passenger by deducting-it from the legal fare of five cents., or to pay the whole of one cent extra which they collect from the passenger. The petition further asserts that where the legal fare is five cents, and the tax is one-eighth of a cent, the Government . allows the companies to col lect seven-eighths more from the passengers, which makes the regulation a great ~ benefit to the companies instead ,of a tax. the me morial alleges that two million dollars are made annually by New York companies out of this tax alone. Second, the petitioners further ask Congress to abolish the five-cent stamp duty on pawnbrokers' tickets, which has to be paid by each pawner, and therefore comes out of the most destitute classes. Third, to coin one-half cent pieces end one-and-a-half cent pieces for the benefit of the poorer classes. The petition gives as . a reason for this request that grocery and other dealers fix the price of their articles per pound, or quarter, dozen, or peck, at an odd number of cents, as say twenty-five cents for a pound of anything. If the poor man wants half-a-pound he is charged thirteen cents for it, not being able to make change. If a quarter-6f-a-pound, he is charged seven cents, for the same reason. The memorial has been referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.