The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-28 00:00:00

IVA VA L AND MILI7ARY 11\77ELL1GENCL. The want of an adequate theatre for non-com missioned officers and .soldiers at Aldershott Camp bas been more than once referred to in these columns, and it is gratifying to find that there is some probability of the erection of a suitable build ing as soon as the requisite funds can be procured. The military authorities at the Camp fully recog xnse the desirability of providing the troops with amusement within their own lines rather than leav ing them to find it in objectionable houses within the neighbouring town. Ge:ieral Scarlett some little time ago initiated a movement iu the Camp to obtain subscriptions for the purpose, and it is hoped that when the strength of the division re ceives an accession the project will be carried to a successful issue. Should the local fund prove in adequate, it is thought in many quarters that it supplemented by a Government grant, lin't the laudable object attainedtefore the close of another season. Colonel Dillon, C. 8., 2d Battalion Rifle Bi who Las commanded the 3d Infantry - Brigade at Aldershott since the resignation of Major-General Sir Alfred ilorsford, K.C.8., has been appointed militiry secretary to Lord Na!!ier of Msgdala, -whom he will accompany to India. Orders have been received at the School of Mili tary Engineering, Chatham, from the Horse Guards, directing that all non-commissioned officers and men of the Corps of Royal Engi neers who have been i❑ the service for 21 years, or more, are now to be discharged, of course with the usual pensions. The depot of the 2.1 Battalion of the 14th Regi ment will shortly leave Chatham Garrison to join the service companies on their arrival home from Melbourne. Information has been received at Chat ham that the battalion will embark on Tuesday next for the homeward passage. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty:—Dr. Clark A. l)ucket, surgeon, to the Egmont; and George A. Campbell, assist.- surgeon, to the Egmont. The following appointment has been made in the Royal Naval Reserve:—To be hon. lieut., William Alleyene Cecil (Marquis of Exeter). TILE VOLUNTEERS. At the annual meeting of the members of the First Warwickshire (Birmingham) Rifle Volun teer Corps, Colonel Reactire iu moving the adoption of the report congratulated the corps on their efficiency. He then said he had to refer par ticularly to a circular letter from the War-office, which had been sent to him early in March, by Colonel Sir Edward Campbell. This officer said that the Inspector-General had intimated that it was desirable, whenever practicable, that Volunteer battalions should be brought together once or twice during the summer months for the purpose of re ceiving instruction in brigade drill. Upon receiv ing this circular, Colonel Ratcliff had communi cated with the colonel of the administrative batta lion, and it was arranged to have a brigade drill. But the question was, how was the ex pense to be met ? Calthorpe Park was men eared several times, but it was found to be im possible for two battalions to be manoeuvred in so small a space. Colonel Ratcliff had then gone to London, to see the authorities at the War office upon the subject. In an interview which he had the Head Inspector expressed himself as deeply interested in the subject, but was sorry that he had no power to assist him in moving the battalion. He. bad, therefore, to report that his journey to Lon don had been of no avail ; and if they required a brigade drill they must raise the money amongst themselves. After some consideration they had de cided to have this drill, and it had accordingly taken pl ice at Stoneleigh ; and it was one of the most gratifying proofs of the earnestness of the Volun teers, that upwards of 700 of them had .issembled, and although they were wet throu g h, they mare:heel from Coventry to Stoneleigh, some of them being no to their knc_s iu water. They went through the day's evolutions in the most satisfactory man ner ; and upon their return to the station they marched back to Bingley Hall, and were dismissed in a proper and soldier•like fashion. (Applause.) Referring next to the competition for the Elkington shield, the Colonel remarked that they had now won it upon two occasions, and he was gratified to know that they had only the competition of this year to g,) through, and to be again successful to claim `let valuable work of art as their own. Ile would be heartily glad if next year he should be abe to report that the battalion had again been the successful winners of the shield. (Ip plausl.) In the competition at Wimbledon twenty five prges had been gained by the members of the battalion; and it was very gratifying to know that when they came into competition with the whole of the Volumeers of the country they could claim £l5O as the prizes won by the Birmingham Volun teers. (Applause.) In addition to that there were four silver jewels, which showed that whatever Bir mingham might be it did claim for itself a pre-emi nence as regarded the marksmen who were the re presentatives of the battalion. (Applause.) They had also had a very kind invitation from the King of the Belgians to attend the 'fir National. They had not many representatives at that contest, but these who went brought back two prizes. (Hear, hear.) Colonel Ratcliff had the honour of speak ing to the King of the Belgians personally about the Birmingham Volunteers, and his Majesty had said that if an opportunity was ever pre sented to him of visiting Birmingham it would give him the greatest pleasure to see the Birmingham Volunteers on one of their field days. (Applause.) During the year 1869 77,250 rounds of ammunition had been fired at Bournebrook, and this without a single accident having occurred. This brought him to the question of what the Government required from them. '1 he War Office in May lest had issued a circular stat ing that after the Ist of December, 1869, the num ber of points for passing from the 3,1 to the second class would be altered from 30 to 36; and the number of points for passing into the let class from 20 to 22 with the Enfield, and from 30 to 33 with the Whitworth rifle. The prize shouting during the past year had been atteudt d t.y upwards of 200 members of the battalion, and vii ioes contests had taken place. As regarded the strength of the bat talion, since its formation eleven years ago, 3,586 members altogether had j'dued it, awl the strength at the time when the roll was clo-ed at the end of the battalion year was 1,105. The efficiency of the twelve companies was as follows :—Extra effec tives, 918 ; tffectives, 124 ; and non-effectives, 63. Speaking next of the prizes that had been distri buted to the battalion by Lord Napier of Magdala, he said that his lordship had repeatedly assured him that he was delighted to see the battalion as sembled in the Town Ilall. Ilis lordship said that be had never seen a more intelligent and soldier like class of men, and on some future occasion he hoped to have the pleasure of seeing them in the - field. (Applause.) Colonel Ratcliff concluded by highly complimenting the o ffi cers, an d espec i ally Adjutant M'lnnes, for the zeal and assiduity with which they discharged their duties, and the constant in'erest they manifested in the welfare of the bat telion. (Applause). The balance-sheet was then unanimously adopted. On the motion of Sergeant PERKINS, seconded by Sergeant LLOYD, a vote of thanks was given to Lieut.-Colonel Ratcliff for his prize of £5O to the colour-sergeants. Captain MOLE then proposed a vote of thanks to Colonel Rat cliff for presiding on that occasion, and also for his energetic services during the year. The res)lution was carried eothueiestie illy. Colonel Reteliff having eeknowledgiel the cottl p!i mer.t., the mettine s-parated. BRFAKFA ST.— Erps's Coco.a..— RATFITL AND CoM- Far:TlSG,—The Tory a.,7,reeatile character of thia prcparation ha'a v.2ndered it a general favourite. 'the 'Civil Servica Gazette' re marks :—" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his onceoptithle preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by y experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural yrs which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, by a careful application of the line properties of well-selected coa, Mr Epps Las .prov:ded our breakfast tables with a deli tely flavoured beverage which may sage us many heavy doe rs' .Made simply with boiling water er milk. Sold n'y in Ain-Tilled packets, labelled r •JAitE3 LFFS & Co., H e m sthicCtiemisto, Londb:l2. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC) JOURNALS. The Times thinks the appeal to the State to under take the conduct of emigration is not likely to be successful, but those who understand what it means are bound to protest against it. It is, indeed, unnecessary that tho State should interfere, even if we could allow that under certain circumstances interference might be the duty of the Government. The example of Ireland spews how ex tensive voluntary Emigration can become; nor need we travel out of England to find proof of this truth. Emigration can be organised by other classes of workmen at least as well as by Irish pea sants or Cornish miners. But we are bound to protest against State emigration, above all, because of the erro neous conception of the duty of the State that underlies I it. There is a tendency to throw upon the State the burden of securing to every man, irrespective of his own acts, the enjoyment of a certain standard of comfort, against which we cannot be too much on our guard. This is the latent principle of much of the reasoning of Trade Unionists. Mr. George Potter, for example, when he has proved that a workman cannot live as he thinks he ought to live under a certain sum p.?r diem, treats the result as a conclusive reason for demanding as much in wages. A workman's pay is not the value of his work, but what he can live upon, and that must be secured to him. The Poor Law lends some countenance to this cardinal heresy. Existing as a protection against the worst evils of unregulated private almsgiving, it is often twisted into a recognition of the doctrine that the State is bound to make everybody com fortable. The resolution of the Birmingham League to make education gratuitous is apparently based on the same error, and, if it is to be defended at all, it can be defended only as a temporary expedient, justified by the deplorable backwardness of primary education in England. The cry for organised State Emigration is the extreme manifestation as yet seen of this tendency, and ought to awaken reflection upon it. The suggestion that the State is bound to find work for all, either here or eliewhere, must make men search the foundations of such an imputed duty. There is no truth, no bottom to it. If the State has to find work, so may it find food, lodging, education, amusement, until we are landed in a purely Communistic society. Mr. Roebuck, says the Post, has been consoling the elec tors of Sheffield for their loss in not having him as a representative by a speech on Education, in which he disposes out of hand of all the points which to other people appear to present difficulty in dealing with the question. It appears that Mr. Roebuck desires to "educate everybody" by means not of a new, but of a supplemen tary system. Those who get educated now are to be as they are, whether they are the victims of sec tarian struggles or not ; but for all the rest the State is to step in with a system of its own, and is to draw them all, as it were, by a smaller mesh in to the educational net. In every pr.rish Mr. Roebuck would have " an infant school and an elementary school," and those, supplemented by the universities (freed, of course, from tests), would, he holds, provide for the whole population. The difficulty, however, that at once occurs is that this proposal would in effect saddle us with all the expense and trouble of an entirely new system without giving us any of the advantages to be expected from a fresh start—a double system would have to bo kept up at double expense, and would perpetuate instead of removing the old difficulties. Sectarian education we have, and secular education is demanded, but for a national system we must choose between the two, for we cannot afford to have both systems in play at once, each of them with half-filled establishments. With these strong and rough-minded opinions, Mr. Roebuck is of course in favour of compulsory education, as are, it may be observed, all those who have a cut-and-dried plan to impose. But after invoking so much charity and forbearance on every side, surely the policeman is out of place. The advocates of compulsion are in this dilemma, that either their plan is a good one, and then compulsion would not be necessary; or else that it is a bad one, and then com pulsion would be injurious. Difficulties of this sort, how ever, do not occur to thorough-going advocates, for they assume from the first that their plan is the best possible, and thenceforward the conclusion is easy that any machi nery is good for carrying it into effect. The Pall Mall Gazette observes that the hour which precedes the dawn of a new day is generally exciting for weather prophets. They try to gather indications of storm or sunshine from every passing cloud and from the beha viour of the brute creation. Even so at this moment of political uncertainty we gather up such hints as may be discovered in the addresses delivered to public meetings. There has been of late no effectual Radical opposition. There has been no independent member of any considerable mark ready to denounce the backslidings of the Ministry. The Liberal victory has been too complete. It has been almost an open question whether more might not be done by bullying a Conservative Ministry than by following Liberal leaders weighted with all the cares of office. Every Government feels the need, after a short time, of a perti nacious, irritating, unreasonable party iu the II moo of Commons to keep them up to the mark, and to make them practically aware that they cannot afford to rest upon th it oars. When there is a band of outsiders always ready to cap the Government proposals by a higher bid for popular support they have a motive for a certain degree of activity. We cannot say how this may be, but one thing is plain : a great deal of business has to be done somehow, and the sooner it is done the better. If those who are in the most conspscuous places don't do it efficiently, we may in time make a discovery which has been made once or twice before now—namely, that though a great reputation is a very useful thing, and is a great force in politics, yet there are more people in the country who can do its business than might be supposed from common modes of talk. Leaders can generally be found when they are wanted, and therefore no man or set of men, however high their character, can afford at critical periods to act in a manner unworthy of it. The Telegraph considers that at a time when we are going to educate every mother's son and daughter in the land, something ought to be done for the grown-up gene ration who were born too early for the schoolmaster. Happy, indeed, it would be, if it were possible —as the League believes—to initiate universal instruction with one Act of Parliament and abolish inebriety with another; but temperance, we fear, is a thing which nations have to learn, and of which the very essence and virtue consist in the self-learned lesson. It is almost im possible, we readily concede to exaggerate the evils of our national vice. Nothing that the advo cates of despotic legislation can say about the mischief of inordinate drinking can well be exaggerated —our police courts, our prisons, our hospitals, all bear accusing testi mony; and the revenue returns show that the working classes spend annually upon alcoholic poison enough to make all their homes comfortable, and to keep their wives and children safe from privations. The champions of tem perance ought to be careful, therefore, not to spoil a good cause; which we fear they do so long as they insist upon confounding temperance with abstinence, and upon muzzling the thirsty Briton in place of enlightening and elevating him. Let the League, then, by all means, agitate against the excessive multiplication of liquor shops; for we own, sadly, that "the sight of means to do ill-deeds makes deeds ill-done." But let it not call upon the Legislature to brand a glass of ale as immoral, and to treat the working people like helpless children. Much might be done to help Mr. Bright's bill if the League would take into account two facts. In the first place, our climate is so inclement that holiday-makers must have some place of shelter ; in the second place, with re3pect to refreshments, the choice at present lies between the intoxicating liquors of the public-house and the wretched fare of the pastry cook's counter. He that should establish in England warm, cheerful, comfortable cafés like those upon the Continent and find out something to drink when thirsty and cold better than ginger-beer or cook-shop coffee, and not so bad for the blood as spirits and water, would have invented sobriety among the working people in this land. It cannot be instituted by Act of Parliament, and would not be a virtue if it could. The Daily News hopes that the Premier will not grudge us the peep at him in his private life which we obtain from a Liverpool paper. One day we find him with his son and his nephew busily engaged, by way of recreation, in cut ting down a beech tree near Hagley that measured fourteen feet in circumference. The process of felling the great tree takes three days of three hours each. Another day we visit him at Hawarden in company with the Archbishop of Syra and Tenos, and we discover him in the act of sawing planks for a job of joiners' work which he had undertaken and nearly finished. Mr. Gladstone has the reputation of being the hardest working man in England. Few men can work so hard as he, and still fewer can in the same amount of time accomplish as much ; and we are sure that if he takes to clearing wood or sawing planks he will do it with a will. Even his amusements will r curiosity of a eencrgetie, and ho cannot be surprised at tho c people who like to see' their great men at play—when they throw o/ their official robes and airs, and become orclinarTmen. Much of a statesman's popularity depends on the case with which he can take us into his confidence—and, so to speak, into his family. We seem to know him and to like him better if we can follow him, like Lord Palmerston, to the hunting 'field, or like Mr. Bright, to a day's fishing, or like Mr. Gladstone, to a bout of wood-cutting and joining. This is, indeed, one of the great sources of the pleasure which the. English take in political dinners. We like to see our statesmen eating. It did one good to see that wonderful old .man, Lord Pal merston, eat with tho zest of an Eton school-boy. And so it did one good to see Sir Robert Peel bobbing in his saddle in Rotten-row. Perhaps it may also do us good to see Mr. Gladstone, after a hard morning's work over State papers, throw off the cares of office with his coat, and proceed to wield the axe, the NM ; and the piano, . . THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1870. SIR JOSEPH HAWLEY ON TURF REFORM. ' Sir Joseph Hawley has proposed a trenchant scheme of turf reform. Thursday's Calendar, so anxiously looked for on account of the spring handicap weights, contained also the following startling announcement :—" At the annual general meeting of the Jockey Club, to be held at Newmarket in the Craven Meeting, Sir Joseph Hawley will propose that a committee, including the three Stewards, be appointed to consider the present condition of the turf. It is due to the Club that he should state why he asks them to take this step. Ho conceives it impossible to disguise the fact 'that racing is no longer a national sport, but has become a mere trade with most of its followers. The public are now convinced that .I . le system which has been of late years rapidly growing up, in no way tends to improve the breed of horses, but is one of simple gambling, and that in this state of things the Jockey Club silently acquiesce. Such an impression, rightly or wrongly formed, is most damaging alike to the sport and the reputation of those who mix in it; but so long as the recognised authorities remain passive, and make no effort to bring about a better order of things, it would seem impossible to remove it. The committee proposed would not only be able to refute this position if unfounded, but would be able also, if compelled to come to the conclusion at which Sir Joseph Hawley, in common with many others, has arrived, to discuss remedies which the club might subsequently apply. If the appointment of such a committee should be carried, Sir Joseph Hawley will submit to them the following proposals, which he believes to be conducive to the future welfare of the turf. The committee to report their opinion upon the same, with any suggestions of their own, to a general meeting of the Jockey Club, to be held in London about the time of Epsom Races :-1. No horse to run in any flat race after November 15, or before March 25, and no two-year-olds before September 1. Any horse so running to be thenceforth disqualified from entering or running at any meeting where the Jockey Club Rules are in force. 2. No entries for two-year-old races to be made more than fifteen days before the day advertised for run ning. 3. No entry of any horse under four year old to be received in any handicap. 4. No public money, cup, or other prize, to bo given in any race to which two year-olds are admitted, to any race under a mile, or to any handicap. 5. All entries to be made in the real name of an owner or part owner as ascertained by Rule 31. G. That in addition to the private meetings of the Jockey Club, there be also public meetings of the body, at which alone motions to rescind, alter, or add to the laws of racing shall be made. Notice of such motions to be given as at present in the Racing Calendar, and the deci sion to be given by open voting, as now used. 7. That the basis of the Club bo extended, and that not only more gentlemen who are large owners of racehorses, but those who take interest in racing as a means of preserving the breed of horses, be invited to become members. Sir J. Hawley will also propose that when a horse does not start, all bets shall be void, and that any person ascertained by the stewards to have paid or received money upon any bet so void, shall be warned off the Heath, and be dis qualified from entering horses for any race whatever. It is also his intention to bring before the committee (if appointed) the present system of tele,graphing,starters, and of declarations by owners, with a view to better regula tion; and, in case the committee should think some of the proposed alterations beyond the practical powers of the Club, to ask them to consider the desirability of petitioning the Legislature to effect them compulsorily. THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROARD:' TRADE ON RAILWAY ACCIDENTS AND COMPENSATION. Mr. Bright, in his speech delivered on . Thursday, in answer to the deputation who waited on him in respect of cheap trains for working men, entered very fully into the question of compensation for railway accidents. It was not very pleasant to be asked, as the head of a Govern ment department, or' that Parliament should be asked, that railway companies should be required to do things at a positive loss; because there were a great many shareholders who had embarked a large portion of their money in these undertakings, and who only derived very small incomes from them. It was, therefore, a great satisfaction that whatever could reasonably be asked could be granted without the companies being made to suffer by it. Further, it was gratifying to find that, without actual legislation on the subject, some com panies —the Great Western had been mentioned—had in troduced this system. There was one question which had been stated, and that was with regard to women. He should hope that no man, no director or share holder of a company, would be so narrow-minded— would be so barbarous—as to think that workmen ought to have trains, and lh ct the same privilege should not be extended to women. It seemed a question which need not be discussed. He understood that there were bills coming before Parliament this session, in which clauses were in troduced, or would be introduced, affecting this matter. The companies, he believed, were perfectly, or if not per fectly, at least largely liberal, with regard to train fares and distances ; but they said that, seeing the great uncer tainty there was respecting compensation in cases of ac cident, they thought the law ought to be altered upon this point. No company, of course, had an accident from what was termed intentional neglect. Even if a company had nothing to pay to injured passengers—supposing there was an accident—it cost a considerable sum through the destruction of the engine, carriages, and other property. Sometimes the lives of their own servants were lost, and traffic was generally disarranged for some hours. Companies would do their best to prevent accidents for their own sakes. Then came the question of what should be done. As he had stated in Parliament, so he would observe now, he thought the damages granted by juries in cases of accident were often very greatly in excess, and he believed this was a matter which would be brought before the attention of Parliament next session, for a consideration of the whole question. Every working man ran a hun dred times more chances of danger in his daily work than while travelling to and from his home. Assuming that the working man made the concession which was asked, that £lOO should be the limit of damages, it was quite clear he serrendered very little. The chances of an acci dent were so small that it was not worth his while to oppose the obstacle to the advantage of obtaining cheap railway accommodation. Ho thought it was not worth while to introduce this difficulty. To the companies it might be a most serious thing ; because, if an accident happened, they - had no limit, and they might possibly have fifty law-suits brought against them. The moment an accident happened, some hungry lawyer would advise people not to settle, and would promise large damages if they would put the case into his hands. Companies complained that this was very hard upon them. They must also remember that the more trains there were run the more difficult it was to work a line. If they did this they were fairly entitled to some limit. He would say that, in his opinion, their claim was just. He did not know what Parliament or the Govern ment would be disposed to do, but he trusted they would take that view. The concession which working men would make in agreeing to it was nothing at all in comparison to the enormous advantage which they would derive in bringing the companies into 'a thorough and hearty feeling with them, and in inducing the railway authorities to do their best to develop such a traffic. He presumed when these bills came before Parliament, it would be the duty of the 'Board of Trade to determine what they thought would be the best thing to do to get the com panies to put into their bills clauses for giving the facility of cheap trains in London and its neighbourhood. What was the best thing exactly to do he did not know, for it was not a question with which he had had much to do, though, like all others, he had seen the interesting discus sions in the newspapers. As far as they can do it consis tently with justice, the Association might rely at any rate upon the most favourable consideration of the Board. THE INTERNATIONAL WRESTLING MATCH. The first night of the international wrestling match at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, was as interesting in its details as in its results. The competitors on the English side were Jamieson and Wright, both well-known men in 'Westmoreland and Cumberland, and to encounter them Mr. Rolland, who was by the terms of the match allowed to choose any members of his French troupe, had selected Le Bceuf and Dubois, both heavy and powerful men, and, as the result proved, accomplished wrestlers after their own fashion. The stakes were £5O a side. Mr. James Margetson acted as umpire for the English men, and Mr. Wells for the Frenchmen; and Mr. Schweizer, of the Deutsche Turnverein, was referee. The Match was arranged to be decided in two nights, and each couple played a fall in each style (French and Cumber land) on Thursday evening. The match commenced with two falls in the Cumberland and Westmoreland style, and the men first matched against each other were Wright and Le Bceuf. The North countryman was athletic, active, and sinewy in appearance; his antagonist much heavier, larger, and in appearance stronger. On this occasion, however, his greater weight and strength availed him nothing. There was some sparring for the grip or hold, and once or twice the men paused for a moment and took up new positions. But very soon after they got together, Wright threw the Frenchman, coming to the ground with him. Le Bceuf, as he was falling, made so clever an attempt to get his antagonist under him that to many of the spectators ,it appeared that the men had toughed the carpet together, and that the struggle had therefore resulted in what is technically known as a " dog fall." The judges, however, clearly discerned that the Frenchmen had touched the ground first; and amid loud cheers from the audience, and - loud shouts of " Bravo ! " " Well done Wright !" from a by no means inconsiderable body of Westmore land and Cumberland men who occupied front places In the reserved seats, the honour of the fall was adjudged to the Englishman. Jamieson and Dubois are respectively more powerful men than Wright and Le Bceuf, and at the )utset their contest produced more interest; but it did not end in a result by any means so exciting. They were not so long in getting hold as the former couple, and when they once closed it seemed for ashort time as though neither would be able to move the other. The French man, with his feet planted well apart, stood like a tower; and though Jamieson pushed and strained first this way and then that, he appeared to gain no advantage. All of a sudden, however, Dubois broke his hold, and was at once, in obedience to the rules, adjudged the loser. This second victory gave great encouragement to the English party. It is doubtful, however, whether the result was not in part the effect of a mistake. There is an impres sion that the Frenchman was unsatisfied with the hold which he had got ; and, for the moment forgetting the rule which (according to the Cumberland and Westmore land code) makes " breaking hold" equivalent to defeat, voluntaryily moved his hands in order to get a better grip. So far all had gone well for the Englishmen, and their more ardent partizans did not scruple to express their opinions that the battle was almost over. They forgot that the Frenchmen had hitherto been con tending according to a system to which they are unac customed ; and that the next two bouts were to be played after their own favourite and familiar fashion. At the outset Wright threw Le Bceuf on his face, and the specta tors, forgetting that according to the French rules a man is not vanquished until both his shoulder blades have touched the ground, shouted as though another victory had been achieved for Albion. In trying to turn his antagonist upon his back, Wright took hold of Le Bceuf under the thigh, and as, according to the French system, "taking hold of legs is strictly forbidden." Le Bceuf claimed the victory. The umpires were, however, of opinion that, although a violation of this rule would prevent a man gaining a fall, it did not amount to "a foul." After a little sparring for the grip, and a brief wrestle, Le Bceuf throw Wright cleanly upon his back. There could he no doubt who was the victor in this instance ; and it was but fair to say that the merits of the Frenchman's play were fully recognised, and that he was as loudly cheered as was his antagonist a few moments before. When the men Had again closed they wrestled together for some time without advantage on either side. Once Jamieson appeared to have a chance of throwing Dubois a fair back fall, and the shouts of encouragement rose sharp and loud from the throats of the north countrymen. The Frenchman, however, was too stout and too wary. He soon resumed his position. After a little more wrestling Jamieson tried to give his opponent the " cross buttock." In this he just failed; and the Frenchinan, turning the tables upon him, brought him to the ground ;by the same stroke. Most people thought that the bout was then over, and that the Frenchman had won ; but Dubois was not quite certain, and, as Jarniessm lied tq save or recover his fall, ho dexterously turned him again. quite flat on his back. Then there could be no. doubt, and amid loud cheers from all parts of the Hall the French and English flags were displayed side by side, in token that as far as things had gone it' wig drawn game.' . . • A TIIE HONESTY OF 7 DUBLIN .UABAIMIC - -'lsli3ht hundred and forty-fire' articloe of 'proierty (many very valuable, such as jewellery; opera glasses, &c.) were found in haokney vehicles. _:and surrendered by the drivers to the police durilf:t !,the 'year, out , pf which 416 wore claimed find given up to the ownrs befthri, being sent into the police store. • ' There wernif..e . ight soVereigni and eleven half-s'oVeieigns given 'lip' to, the police by. Car drivefs, , , : :"4o An. Dais tak if: for coins of smaller value; . froliilaroo*Ot tho year, out of which three half-sOVereigns *ire clahned. In twenty-six cases ear-driverd gave uli to the policei,ilur ing the year, bank notes and purSes, containing, different sums, amounting to 06 is. Old., which they had found in their vehicles , out of which &49_135. 12,dt was' claimed be fore beinz sent into store. The recipients of property left rewards in halftrowni; shillings, &c., to the amount of 418 10s, (31, for drivers daring the year.—. 47“ undue; lircin la(cit: lAD'VERTIBEMENT.J—Avoid Medicines they always aggravate chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Re valenta Arabica Food, which yields three times the nourish mentor the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other remedies, and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional ro gularity, ant , energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We ex tract a few out of the 68,000 cures:—" The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413. "Rome, July 21, 1866. —The health of the holy Father is excellent, especially since abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalents. Arabica Food, of which ho consumes a plateful at every meal. I' has produced a surprisingly bene ficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excel lent food too hig.dy. From the "Gazette du Midi, July 25 Curo No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' lives complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous ralpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleelessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1,771; Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolyl"—Cure No 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at Is lid; Ilb 2s 9d; 2 lb 4s 6d; 5 lb tls ; 12 lb 225: 24 Ihs 4 s.—Also I U BARRY'S RDNALEN TA A RABICA CHOCOLATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 1! cups at 2s, for 21 cups at 38 64, for 48 cups at 6s, for V 8 cups at 30s, for 576 cups at s:ls —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and fss tins are sent free of careiage in England on receipt of Post Office Order.— BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London and a . Groan wad Clouliatii. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS -.0- - TRE MORMONS. A correspondent of the New Torlc World has furnished an account of the Mormon immigration system. The Mormons have established a Perpetual Emigration Fund Company. The funds are raised by contributions from the people, everyone being compelled to give according to his circumstances. A branch of the organisation is at Liverpool, whence the Mormon emigrants are shipped to America. The Liverpool agent is a son of Brigham Young, and is as alive to his own interests as his father can be. He has taken out a license as a passenger broker, and receives a sum of money from the owners of ships for the passengers he sends to their vessels. The Perpetual Emigration Fund has other sources of revenue, besides the direct contribu tions it receives from the people. All those whose pas sage out is paid arc expected to return the amount as soon as they can earn it, and the sums that accrue from the freighting of merchandise to salt Lake City for the mer chants of that place are placed in the fund. Among other sources may be mentioned the property of those who die in the territory without heirs. TILL RELATIONS BETWEEN ENCIAND AND ITER COLONIES. The Melbourne Ary7 S, in a leader en the relations between England and her :elf-governing dependereicq, lays it down as an indisputable proposition that the bulk of the community in Victolia.are proud of their connection with the Empire, and anxious for its perpetuation, although the sensitive self-love and irritable self-assertion natural to young communities are associated with the feeling. There are in every colony certain ambitious 'politicians who encourage this self-assertion for their own purposes. But in the main the inhabitants of Victoria are averse to exchanging the positive advantages of British rule for the doubtful benefits of independence, and the still more equivocal prospect of establishing a petty republic. The discussions which took place at the Bristol meeting of the Social Science Association were read with great interest in Melbourne, and the sentiments of the chairman and of the majority of the writers whose papers were read, met with general approbation in the colony. The Argus supports the scheme of a grand federa tive council of the Empire, in which all its parts. should be represented. Neither the mother country nor the colonies should, it says, lose sight of the fact that the honour, power, and dignity of the Empire as a whole will be best consulted by strengthening, rather than by loosening, the ties of union. In a few years the dependencies which now offer a vulnerable point of attack to England's enemies Rill have acquired such a status of wealth, population, and defensive resources, that they will, in case of war, be able to contribute to the naval and military forces of Great Britain, of whom they will be the natural allies. And while their influence would no doubt be directed to the preservation of peace, yet when Great Britain embarked in war it would be prosecuted with enormous resources. She "could draw reinforce ments from all parts of the globe, and by a flash of the electric wire, could set naval squadrons in motion from British ports in every sea the moment hostilities were commenced." It could not, thinks the Argus, be difficult for imperial statesmanship to devise some means by which the unity of the empire should be consolidated on conditions that would neither derogate from the authority of the British Parliament nor interfere with the self-government of the colonies. The best means as yet proposed to attain this end is the for mation of a committee of council for colonial affairs, composed of reprezentatives elected by the various colo nial Legislatures. LAW . AND POLICE. 110 W SOME RAILWAY COMPANIES ARE COT UP. —" The Ilfracombe Railway Company v. Nash."—This was a special case that came on for hearing on Thursday in the Court of Common Pleas. It appears that at the formation of this Company, and before parliamentary powers had been applied for, the solicitor of the company, Mr. Russell Riccard, applied to the defendant to allow his name to be placed on the list of directors. On his consenting to this, there were to be transferred to him twenty paid-up shares, equal in value to £5OO. On these terms Mr. Nash allowed his name to be placed on the directorate. He at tended several meetings, and received payment for doing so ; but when a call was made upon him he denied his liability to pay anything towards the expenditure of the company. His counsel now con tended—First, That he was not a shareholder at all; and, secondly, that the shares he held were given him in consideration of his allowing his name to appear as a director. He agreed to take the shares, but not to become responsible for the affairs of the company. The counsel for the plaintiffs argued from a decision recently given by the Master of the Rolls in a similar case, in favour of the defendant. The judges decided that the liability of the defendant (Mr. Nash) was proved by the fact of his having accepted shares, and, as a share holder, he was, therefore, responsible for the calls made by the company. A BILL BETWEEN NOBLEMEN.—The case of "Calisher v. the Marquis of Anglesey," has come before the Court of Exchequer, upon demurrer of pleas. The action was brought by Julius Calisher, on a bill of exchange for three months, drawn by Lord Courtenay and accepted by the Marquis of Anglesey, when he was Lord Uxbridge. and endorsed by Lord Courtenay to the plaintiff. There were seven pleas, several of which had been objected to. The third plea was to the effect that after the defendant had accepted the bill, and before Lord Courtenay parted with it, by express renunciation he dis charged the defendant from liability. The fifth plea affirmed that the defendant wrote his name on a blank piece of paper and gave it to Lord Courtenay, to enable him to raise money, without receiving any consideration, and that he afterwards revoked the authority. The seventh plea urged that the bill was to be discounted for the joint use of Lord Courtenay and the defendant, but that Lord Courtenay applied the proceeds only to his own use. The court decided that the third and fifth pleas were bad, but that the seventh raised a good defence to the action Judgment accordingly. TIIE BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—A passenger by the Bristol and Exeter Railway was some time since severely injured at Yatton Station by falling between the carriages and the platform in alighting. He sued the company at the assizes, and obtained £1,500 damages. The company contended that the plaintiff knew how the plat form was constructed, and the accident would not have happened if he had used the step. The Court of Exche quer, being called upon to decide the question, have made a rule absolute for a nonsuit or a new trial, as the defendants may select. ANOTHER NEw CVOSS Can.—Another action arising out of the New Cross accident has been brought in the Sheriffs' Court. The plaintiff was a cordial manufacturer, who supplied licensed victuallers with cordials. The damages were laid at £l,OOO, but it was contended that the injuries received had been greatly exaggerated. Mr. Power, a surgeon, called on behalf of the company, said in an ordinary case a fortnight's laying up would have been sufficient. When asked what he meant by an " ordi nary " eAse, he replied, " If there had been no chance of compensationfrom a railway company." The jury assessed the damages at £lOO. RAILWAY COMPANIES IN DISGRACE.—Two railway corn. panics have been censured by Metropolitan Police magic. tratcs within the last day or two. At the Mansion-house, Sir Thomas Gabriel took occasion to censure the South Eastern authorities for having instituted a frivolous pro secution against a respectable man for not having paid an alleged excess fare. At Worship-street Mr. Newton expressed his strong disapprobation of the course taken by the Great Eastern Company in levying a penny toll on every cab, either setting down or taking up a fare in their yard at Bishopsgate station. THE PETROLEUM ACT.—A City tradesman, named Merges, has been fined £5 at the Guildhall, for having sold a quantity of petroleum without supplying a cautionary label. In addition to the fine defendant's license was can celled. THE COUNTESS OF DERIVENTWATER'S CLAIMS. — The northern Daily Express says that the service of the writs issued against the " Countess" of Derwentwater and her supporters, at the instance of the Greenwich Hospital authorities, for the alleged illegal distraint at Newland Farm, has been actively proceeded with. An amusing incident connected with the process, however, shows that her ladyship up to the present time remains equal to the situation. A Hexham bailiff sought to serve the " Countess " with the writ, and resorted to a smart subterfuge in order to effect his object. Tho document was addressed to the "Countess," under the more modest name of "Amelia Radcliffe, spinster." On proceeding to Corbridge, Dodds, happening to enter an inn, met Brown the " Countess's " bailiff, whom he had pre viously known. They kept up a short conversation, and on Brown taking his departure fur Consett, Dodds helped him on to his horse. Dodds then sot oil to the village t 3 perform his duty with the writ, and on coming to the house of Mrs. Nicholson where the "Countess" is lodged, he saw the first-named lady at the deer. He advanced to hcr, and said he had just left their mutual friend, Mr. Brown, on the road, and that that gentleman had scut him with an important document to deliver into the hands of he.: ladyship. Ho was unsuspectingly admitted into herprosence, and succeeded at once in gettin ,, the writ served. :Cho "Countess" " at once roes from her seat and said, "This is only like so much waste paper to me." She then delibe rately placed it within the bars of the fire, but on Dodds remonstrating, she hastily took it up again and ran over its contents. She almost immediately consigned it again to the flames. She then adroitly turned the key of the room door and sent for the police, and on the arrival of two officers she gave Dodds into custody on a charge of forcibly entering her apartment. He was taken to the nearest magistrate, Mr. C. G. Gran (91(1 WPJ I of coupe' uleArtgA froz4 pAtycly, JAPAN. According to the New York papers, ale Mikado of Japan, fearing a combination of the Southern princes under Satsuma, has made his peace with the old governing family, of whom the late Tycoon is the head. Stotbasbi, the late Tycoon, has been pardoned, and it is thought that he will be again restored to power in some shape. He is an enlightened man, and exerted himself when in power to extend commercial intercourse with Europe and America. VORMIEN'S TRAINS IN TILE METROPOLIS. Mr. Bright yesterday received, at Whitehall, working men's deputation on the subject of cheap railway trains. He was asked by Mr. Chules Reed, M.P., and Sir Sydney Waterlow, on behalf of the deputation, to interfere with the railway companies to make them provide cheap trains. Penny trains were advocated by one of the speakers. In reply, Mr. Bright agreed with the deputation as to the object its members had in view. They might accomplish it, howover, he thought, without legislation, if workmen would, as they very fairly might, concede the point as regarded com pensation, the amount being limited say to £lOO. On this point of compensation the President of the Board of Trade let fall a hint which, while it will gladden the hearts of railway shareholders, will canse by no means universal satisfaction amongst railway travellers. lle said that in the coming ses sion there would be an inquiry into the subject of excessive damages given by juries against railway companies. THE LAW COURTS. The Telegraph makes an announcement which is sure to please. It says that Mr. Lowe has, after a hard struggle given way on the sub ject of the law courts, and no longer intends to waste the public money by allowing the Carey-street site to lie useless and ugly. He has finally given up the Embankment scheme. Such at least is the only construction we can put upon the Telegraph's statement that "the First Commis sioner of Works has turned his attention in earnest to the Carey-street site for the Law Courts. Mr. Street is engaged in adapting to that posi tion his plans for the construction of the new edifice. Instructions have also been given for completing the purchase of some portions of the adjoining ground, the acquisi tion of which had remained in abeyance during the late controversy as to the respective merits of the Embankment and Carey-street sites." The net result of Mr. Lowe's opposition is simply a delay of the building of the courts for nearly twelve months. NEW KNIGHTS. The bestowals of knighthood during the past year (according to the Times) have been unusually nu merous. Fifty-six persons during the year 1869 were allowed to prefix " Sir" to their names. This is not, to be sure, very far from the number of knights created under Conservative administration in 1867-53; and it must be remembered that a large proportion of the knights belong to the Order of St. Michael and St. George—the new Colonial Order whose rank must be filled. Eighteen of the new knights filled offices in the colonies, either judicial or administrative—viz., in Canada, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, New foundland, Mauritius, Australia, Bahamas, and New South Wales. The army and navy, including the Indian service, has contributed also 18. Science and kindred subjects number six, and the remainder of the list is made up of local magnates who have entertained royalty, inaugurated public buildings, or long borne official greatness in their respective towns. BIIISTOL. The report that Mr. H. F. Berkeley intends to resign his seat for the borough of Bristol is incorrect. It first appeared on the authority of the Bristol papers. THE RIGHTS OF MARRIED WOMEN. Sir Roundell Palmer took occasion to address the Juridical Society, of which he is president, on " The Property Rights of Married Women." This was after the reading of a paper to the members on that subject by Mr. Droop. He said the subject was of interest in a three-fold view. It was one of common interest to the sex, to families, and to society. There was, however, he contended, one great consideration which applied to all. What would be the tendency of legislation based upon the principle of making wives independent of their husbands ? He had, he said, grave doubts upon the subject. He deprecated legislation con ceived in a spirit which would tend to make women unfeminine. If women were to have control of their property it might be thought neces sary that married women should be liable on their contracts. Would it be well, he asked, that the mother of a family should be liable to be withdrawn from it by arrest for debt, or harassed by suits of law upon her contract ? To this he answered that no doubt when the husband did not do his duty by his wife, she should have a more easy and summary mode of obtaining protection. income of that extent, as well as with respect to the ‘ of married women, he might recognise the benefit of legislation. Beyond that at present lie was not pre pared to go. MR. ROEBUCK ON EDUCATION. Mr. Roebuck, late M.P. for Sheffield, distributed the prizes of the Oxford local examination at the Mechanics' Hall, Nottingham. In speaking on the sub ject of education be alluded 'to the difficulties which had hitherto stood in the way of dealing with this question by the legislature. One of these, he contended, was the jealousy between the various religious sects, which led one to fear that the other was determined to proselytise. He advised all such parties to compromise their differences ; to do what they could to aid the great objects in view. He thought the parish school should offer such a description of teaching that the son of the gentleman, aswell as the son of the peasant, might profitably attend. This system, he said, was carried out in America, and none could question that great good resulted from it. Mr. Roebuck advocated the adoption of such a State policy as would compul sorily send to school the thousands of children now brought up in ignorance and trained to crime. MB. VIIGILES, M.P., ON EMIGRATION. luctheai in an address _on 4 lnzland. (ta 4 Tor war.eing men, ---- on — vre - ane - sarty, matt - on the present movement as a very serious thing. Both sides of the question should be considered thoroughly, now that so many were likely . to have the means of emigration soon placed in their hands. He dwelt with great pathos on an Englishman's, love of home, and how, when every other feelinc , had vanished from a man's breast, he was often ready to die in defence of the flag that shewed he belonged to a nation. All Northern Europe, he said, was alive with this emigration impulse, and we cer tainly have this advantage over all others, that in the richest conntries we may find our way to, we shall meet with our own people and our own language. Then Mr. Hughes reviewed the benefits promisod by the United -States and Australia, spewing the high price paid for manual labour. If he did not believe that there were signs of a speedy improvement in England, he would advise every Working-man to leave the country ; but he thought that the conscience of the nation had been roused, and that we were at the beginning of a change that Will yet make England the best place for the working man. Even now there aro hundreds of clubs and associations of a character beneficial to the working class, and fine collections of art and science are opon to the public. The conclusions he arrived at were, that for agricultural and rough • workmen emigration is the right thing, but for a skilled artisan such a course is very doubtful.. He had better remain at home, and assist in the noble work of raising the character of his own class, so that now they have gained their right place in the nation, they may prove themselves worthy of it. THE TOPIC IN IRELAND. As the approach of the opening of Parliament draws near the land agitation in Ireland becomes less vifforous. The Dublin Conference is the only great " ature " at present announced. Though small meetings are held here and there, the great mass assemblages of yore have almost disappeared. At the last meeting in county Antrim the proceedings were very orderly and temperate. One Roman Catholic clergyman repudiated any confiscating intentions, and said he appeared on the platform because he believed that the only real foundation for the loyalty of the people was in their contentment and prosperity. But whilst this moderation is shewn in some quarters, in others the farm classes entertain strange delusions as to the benefits they expect from the coming subdivision. One Irish paper gives an account of a violent quarrel between two parties as to which of two gentlemen's properties in the district they should respectively possess under the new division of the land. One of the gentlemen, whose estate they proposed to assign without waiting for a formal declaration of title or the cumbrous pro cess of conveyance, is worth £lO,OOO a year and the other nearly double that sum. Neither of the dis putants, of course, wanted the smaller estate. The return of holdings in the county of Cork shews that the number of leases is much greater than might have been expected. THE " COMMISSIONER'S " REMEDY. The Times' Commissioner, in his concluding letter on the Irish Land question, puts forward what, in his opinion, would bo a fair solution of the problem. He recommends that the State should intervene between landlord and tenant in all cases where their relations' have not been already settled by the terms of written contracts. lie says that the tenant should be pro tected against the capricious exercise by the land lord of the powers ho has hitherto in law raher than in fact possessed. To do this he thi n k s th a t th e State must take upon itself the functions of arbiter in the last resort between the two contending parties. The two parties should be compelled to ob serve towards each other, and both towards the law, those duties they ought to discharge spon taneously and of good conscience. By this means he considers that the law would become a constraining power over those who would do evil, while it would in no way interfere with those who do good. He contends that the landlords who are at the head of a tenantry loyal, prosperous, and con tented, because they have been treated with justice, would maintain their position as they now enjoy it. Those whose grasping acts have violated natural duties, and endangered the peace and stability of the commonwealth, would alone suffer. WASTE LAND IN IRELAND. Ai a meeting of the Statistical Society of Dublin, when the irrepressible topic of the day was brought up, a paper on the utilisation of the reclaimable waste lands of Ireland was read by Mr. Mallory. The meeting was reminded that, according to correct statistics, more than one-fifth of the entire area, of Ireland is bog and waste land. It was recom mended that the State should have power to purchase the fee of two million acres of these lands from the proprietor, fbr the purpose ofreclaiming them, and then dividing them into farms,varying from five to a hundred acres, and lease them out to tenants. Mr. Houghton, however, suggested a rather remarkable, but cheaper, method. He argued that lands which had been left waste from the creation—which would be difficult to prove, by-the-bye—should be taken from the present owners, and handed over to whoever would cultivate them. Prsfessor Baldwin mentioned an instance where two barren mountains in the county of Tyrone had been allotted to tenants to work free of rent for seven years. This plan was working beneficially. THE IRISH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. At the renewed meeting of the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Belfast, the corres pondence with the Government was read. The letter from the Irish Chief Secretary, stating that the Government understood that the Presbyterian bodies did not desire that the Reg iurn Donum should be renewed, produced an exceedingly n warm discussion. The assembly has not yet decided on any plan for providing a sustentation fund. Tilt. MADDEN'S SY3IPATHISERS. Some of the magistrates and deputy-lieutenants of Fermanagh, amongst whom aro the Earl of Erne , Lord Crichton, and Sir Victor Brooke, have signed a protest against the removal of Mr. J ohn Madden from his honorary office of deputy lieutenant. Having read the correspondence that took place between that gentleman and the Right Honourable Chichester Fortescue, the signers of the protest' declare that they cannot see evidence of "an intention to use language of studied insult to the Government of the Queen," or to " scoff at the honour of serving her Majesty." It is urged further that meetings have bee n held durin g the past year at which inflammatory speeches have been delivered by persons holding the commission of the peace, and that these cases have not been noticed, while Mr. Madden is superseded for havinc , exercised his right as a citizen, to criticise the conduct Qf the Government. The Dublin Evening Mail is informed that, in the event of a vacancy in the representation of London derry, arrangements will be made to secure a candi date who will unite the strength of all the Protestant voters. "It seems plain," says the journal, "looking to the precedent of Belfast, that this can be none other than Mr. Madden, of Hilton Park." THE LEAGUE. Reports of more League meetings flow in. At Dudley, Mr. Dixon, M.P.—that Achilles of the League camp—was the leading speaker. At Hinckley the secretary of the society expounded its scheme, and a branch organisation was formed. At Devon port there was a very powerful gathering, and a very stormy one, too. A Roman Catholic clergyman spoke on behalf of religious education, a Unitarian minister argued for compulsion, a Baptist was for sectarian teaching, and an Independent went in favour of free education. A resolution embodying League principles was carried at last by a large majo rity. The London Association in connection with the League is actively organising local committees in the metropolitan parishes. Nine such have been formed already. LORD SHAFTESBURY'S OPINIONS. The predecessors of the present Earl of Shaftes bury—the tower of strength to LoW Churchism— were not all exactly the men whom the Earl would revere, were they now in the flesh. The Shaftesbury, whose works roused the ire of the religious world in the last century, our Earl would regard with horror. He would hardly sit at meat with him. For his ancestor was a Deist. Yet the present Earl has allowed the deistical works. to be published, and given permission to have them dedicated to him. The Pall Mall Gazette, in reviewing the reprint, expressed surprise at the dedication, and hoped that after allowing his name to appear in connec tion with such an obviously heretical book, he would look more kindly upon the much less unorthodox "Essays and Reviews" and "Ecce Homo"—that ad vancing years would bring toleration. The Earl is justly indignant at being thus made to sympathise with views he detests; and he writes to the .Pall Gazette saying that the only change advancing years has brought to him is to strengthen his deep aversion to the works named. LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND, Dr. Armitage, hon. secretary of the British and Foreign Blind Association, has delivered a lecture, in the hall of the Society of Arts, on " The Modes of Reading in use by the Blind." The subject, ho said, was one which affected a very largo portion of the human race. In the United Kingdom the number of blind persons was believed to be one in every thousand of the population. About two-thirds of these became blind in adult life, and, sad to sav, from preventible causes. In proceeding to consider the modes of education which addressed themselves to the touch, the lecturer remarked that he had always found agreat improvement in the physical as well as in the mental condition of the blind result from their acquiring the power of reading.. lie was much applauded during his lecture by many blind gentlemenlli9l: l ,st the /Jading& . 't THE CHINA THEAtt. The China Treaty _is on first impressi ena rega rded as unsatisfactory at Manchester. It was on Wednes day discussed in the Chamber of Commerce, and generally condemned. Strong opinions, it was stated, were expressed against it by the leading firms in the China trade. A. resolution was. adopted asking the Foreign Office to withhold its confirmation until suffi" cient time is allowed for consideration, or until Sir R. Alcock reaches England t and has had an oppor tunity of explaining several of ithe provisions, which are of leading importance. PRESIDENT SALNAVE SHOT. President Salnave was not an interesting personage to Englishmen, but he deserves a passing word now that he is gone. The Central Press Telegram announcing that he has been shot leaves little doubt that, whether he has been assassinated or executed, his career is at an end. His fortunes had long been declining, and had latterly become hopeless. In May 180 0 Spain renounced possession of Hayti, and. since then the Republic has been a prey to civil war. First one President and then another gained supreme pov. - er. GefFrard, Baez, Cabral, and Salnave were all proclaimed rulers in the space of a very short time before and after the Spaniards left the miserable island to its fate. These Presidents were always battling with each other. Salnave was proclaimed in March 1800, and has been fighting ever since. oeveral heavy defeats during a very short period completely ruined hint. Part of the island of Hayti, which includes the two republics of Hayti and San Domingo, has been sold to the United States, and there can be little doubt that the whole will follow, Nothing better could happen to the territory. THE SOCIALISTS IN AUSI'RIIiii Reichenberg in Bohemia has been the scene of some serious disturbances in consequence of the arrival of * Socialist agitator. He attempted to hold a meeting of workmen, in order to acquaint them with his theories and persisted in his purpose in spite of the efforts of the police. After his return to Vienna, large wen' blages of workmen took place in the streets of Reichenberk and so much disorder ensued that the chief magistrate issued a decree, forbidding anyone to leave his hoots except on business. This did not produce the desired effect, and the troops were sent for,, who drove the mob before them with their bayonets. At the last accounts thf town was quiet. " HOSPI7 A L SUNDAY." ....,.....--...-....qp.-.......-- The Lancet, reverting to a suggestion made in that journal a few weeks ago, urges that a serious endeavour should be made to insti tute a " HOspital Sunday" permanently and on a national scale. In Birmingham it has for some years been ►he custom to set apart one Sun day annually, on whiel day collections are made in the churches and chapels of all denominations on behalf of the medical charities of the town. The Lancet describes the plan of collection and distribution at Birmingham, and arguos that so good an example deserves imitation on a wider basis. Our contemporary further points out how such a scheme might be set on foot throughout the country, and suggests that, as regards the metropolis, the Lord Mayor, in coo junction with the Bishop of London, should call a meeting at the Mansion-house to take the subject of a " Hospital Sunday" for London into consi deration. TEMPERANCE IN IRELAND. An address has been presented to Mr. Toner, large landowner in Ireland, thanking him for having abolished public-houses on his property. Drunkenness and crime have greatly diminished, and the local taxation is much reduced. la reply, Mr. Tener said—" Anxiously desiring to promote the interests of the people gene rally, and being aware of the ruinous effects of ilitemperance, I have given support to the tem perance movement. I found public-houses on the estates, corrupting the social life of the people, and scattering misery and ruin where hap piness and prosperity ought to have ruled. In a district covering sixty and a half square miles, comprising seven electoral divisions, 1 10 public-house has now existence, the results being an entire absence of crime and diminished taxes." Although no advocates of total abstinence the above testimony is too valuable to pass without notice. It affords an admirable example of what personal influence may do.— The Lancet. Bank of Eng. aid Returns. An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending I he Act 7th and Bth Victoria Wednesday, Jan. 26, 1870. P kILTIVENT. Governmt. Debt £11,015,1 0 Other Securities 3,984,90 ° Gold Coin and Buliinn Slim ISSUE DE Notes issued £33,403,110 £33,403;1 10 £83,403,110 BANKING D . OPARTMENT. L'roprietors' Capi tal .£14,553,01/0 Hest Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, ! enimissioners National Debt. and Div. Accounts . 8.346 939 Other Deposits 17,369,595 .:'eVf.ll Days and Governint. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) k:14.211, 399 Other Securities 18,567,1 21 Notes 10,405, 950 Gold and SiJv ~'niu 875,0 18 448,934 £44, .95,4,.,8 £44,00,4 0 0 TIRSE HF EXCIIA NG E Amsterdam Do ... 12 Rotterdam — ... 12 ... 12 Antwerp — ... 25 371 ... 25 42 Brussels Hamburgh — ... 13 101 ... 13 11 Paris Ditto Marseilles ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Frankfort - on -the-Main Vienna l2Ol ... 1201 ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Trieste — ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Petersburg Copenhagen ........... Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz 49 ... 49i ". 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