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They found for the plaintiff—damages £6OO. The Lord Chief Justice expressed dissatisfaction .with the finding, and said he would delay execution. The jury in their• decision found the principal charge as to Garnam's case not proved, and so as to the cases of alleged violence to paupers at Lambeth. They found the charge as to refusing orders to the medical officer at the Strand Workhouse for medical relief, so as' to lay a trap for him, proved ; and they also found the charge as to various acts of cruelty at the Newington Workhouse proved. They found the charge as to locking up the girl in the closet not proved, and they found all the offer charges (save one minor one) not proved ; and, as already stated, they found for the plaintiff.—Damages £6OO. A. LONG REMAND.—Etienne Stanislaus Don Levi, who described himself as a Polish refhgee and a pianoforte tuner, appea'red before the judge of the Court of Bank ruptcy, Dublin, to ask for his discharge. Madame de Beauville, a French lady, was the Principal creditor opposing. She deposed that before the outbreak of the present war she• resided in the Rue Bertholet, Paris; she was possessed of some property. Through • a lady friend she became acquainted with the insolvent, who expressed a wish to obtain from her a loan of 15,000 francs. He told her he was the lineal descendant of the Prince of Ulster, and had extensive estates in the county Donegal. He stated that a correspondence was going on be tween the French Minister for Foreign Affairs and the English Minister respecting the recovery of his estates. Upon the faith of these representations she was induced to lend Mm a sum of £320. Judge Miller felt constrained to remand the bankrupt for 15 months. THE JUNIOR CARLTON CLUB.—The suit instituted by Mr. Richardson-Gardner, against Mr. J. C. 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DAMAGES AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY.-In the case of "Crosse v. the North-Eastern Railway Company," in the Exchequer Court, in which on Thursday the plaintiff obtained £l,OOO damages for bodily injuries sustained in the railway accident, Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., on be half of the Company, yesterday applied to have execution stayed until the fifth day of next Term on the defendants paying £3OO absolutely to the plaintiff, on the ground that certain evidence tendered by them at the trial had been improperly rejected, and that the damages were excessive. The Lord Chief Baron said that under the peculiar circumstances of the case he would grant the SILENT LOOK - STITCH SEWING MI-WHINE ON THE ROTATING HOOK PRINCIPLE. " APARTMENTS TO LET" Is the Title of CHARLES CL ARKE'S CHRISTM AS ANNUAL. Third series, for 1870, ready in November, price 4d. 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JAMES'S CHRISTMAS BOX FOR 1870, At a meeting of the Juridical Society, held on Wad nesday evening, Mr. H. Godefroi read a paper, on Com pensation fin. Railway Accidents. He discussed the two alternative proposals made by the House of Commons Committee which sat last session—viz., that some other tribunal should be substituted for a jury, or, if the jury were retained, then that the amount , of damages recoverable should be limited. If the latter proposal were adopted-the public would lose a material security for the carefulness of railway companies. Besides, the power proposed to be given of compelling the company to insure to an additional amount was imprac ticable on short lines. He advocated the substitution of arbi tration for a jury assessing the amount of compensation for railway injuries, but proposed still to leave to the judge and jury the determination of the mixed questions of law and fact as to the negligence of the com pany, and the possible contributory negligence of the plaintiff, upon which it depended whether the company was liable at all. He further sug gested, as some security against fraudulent claims for pre tended injuries, that the compensation should only be paid by instalments, and in the meantime the case should be liable to be re-opened. The Hon. G. Denman, M.P., who presided, speaking from his experience as Commis sioner at Assizes, counsel, and arbitrator, thought that the' worst possible tribunal for assessing compensation for railway injuries was a single arbitrator. These cases depended upon such various conside ration that a single judge was much less able to come to a just conclusion than a dozen men, talking the matter over together, and correcting their views of each other. He believed that a special jury was a better tri bunal than any other for such cases. He was opposed to limiting the liability of railway companies, as there was no better mode of inducing directors and share holders to use all possible means to prevent accidents than to make it understood that full compensation would be exacted. With reference to Mr. Godefroi's last suggestion he thought it very desirable that, whenever compensation was assessed on the basis that that the injury to plaintiff's health was permanent, the compensation should he retained for a time, and the company should be allowed to move for a new trial at any distance of time if there were any unexpected recovery, or if it could be shewn that the ver dict had been obtained by fraud. Mr. Hume Williams said that the theory of the "railway shock " had been greatly abused. Although it could only be occasioned by collisions occurring at great speed, it was imported into every small case. He contended that the company \ ought only to be liable to a limited amount of damages. He thought a special jury the best tribunal for dealing with conflicting medical testimony. After some further discus sion the meeting terminated with a cordial vote of thanks to the reader of the paper and to the chairman. WILL BE A COMPLETE STORY, Only Condensed Milk recommended by BARON LIRBIG; by' "The Lancet," by "The British. Medical Journal," approved by the Food .Committee of the Society of Arts, and adopted by Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners. Retailed by Grocers, Chemists, and Italian Warehousemen: wholesaled by the Trade generally, and at 381 Leadenhall-street. • By the Author of "George Geith," &e, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. 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"As many of these compositions are already old acquaintances, we need only glance at the picturesque and appreciative de lineations of poets in their haunts, called 'Dreamland ;' at the rich and finished transcript from nature, entitled Fructidor ;' at the chivalrous tone of the writer's mind and its sympathy with modern ideas, as evidenced in such poems as Lamartine in February at his simple and genuine pathos, of which Amelia' is a type ; and at his sympathy with the animated pleasures of rural life, in evidence of which we may cite `The Morris Dancers.' • Aletheia ' is the longest, and, on ;the whole, the noblest poem in the collection. It will be recurred to not only for its beauty of description, but for its pure and elevated philosophy. The reader will note not only the atmosphere in which the chief figure moves, but also the full and appropriate details which enrich the picture. The high and varied merits of the book ought to insure its popularity. —Athenamm. "Mr. Charles Kent, the Editor of `The Sun,' ranks very high as a poet."—Publishers' Circular. "The versatility of style, and the fresh and vigorous writing in these poems, lend a charm which we seldom find in the poetry of the day."—Examiner. "Poems marked by grace, feeling, and strong love of nature, and a cultivated and genial spirit."—Daily News. " The poems which appear for the first time in this volume are not unworthy of the author's earlier productions." —Dally Telegraph. " Mr. Kent may not aspire to be classed among the Dii Majores ' of the poetic court, but assuredly he will take a very respectable position among the lesser divinities."—Standard. "There is much that is very beautiful in the poems before us—a collection of the thoughts, the emotions, the feelings of a whole lifetime."—Tablet. The "Rock " expresses its " cordial admiration for the genius and the taste of Mr. Keat as a poet of very considerable powers and culture," adding, " The real vigour of Mr. Kent's poetical spirit manifests itself chiefly in dealing with the feelings. He is equally at home in pathos and in terror, and in strains that go right to the heart and stir the emotions to the lowest depths." " Mr. Charles Kent has long been known to wield a facile pen in writing poems of the class just indicated, and it is but fair to add that he takes high rank among the minor poets."—Echo. The "Westminster Review." while regretting it " cannot join in the chorus of praise, nor share in the enthusiasm which has been raised over Mr. Kent's poems," adds that it " cannot, how ever, part with the book without expressing a word of praise for its generous tone and sympathies." " He is a true poet, and his works will live."—News of the A portion of the lines have been opened for traffic, and the remainder will be opened in sections, the whole of the lines to be completed before the end of 1871. DIRECTORS. William Evans, Esq. t Directors of the Metropolitan John Humphreys, Esq. Street Tramways Company. A. J. Mundella, Esq., M. M.P. James Reynolds, Es., Pembridge Gardens, Bayswater. Adolphus W. Young, Esq., M.P. BANKERS. Bank of Scotland, No. 11 Old Broad-street, London, and Edinburgh, and Branches in Scotland. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ashurst, Morris and Co., 6, Old Jewry, E.C. BROKERS. Messrs. Walker and Lumsden, 25, Austin Friars, E.C. OFFICES. 35, Paxliament-street, S.W. 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The object of this Company is to acquire and work as one con solidated undertaking two separate Metropolitan Tramways, incorporated under special Acts of Parliament passed in the two last sessions, whereby they are empowered to construct and work Tramways in nearly allthe main thoroughfares on the south side, and extending to Victoria Station, Pimlico, on the north side of the Thames. The returns from the working of the first opened section of the lines shew a net return at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum on the capital expenditure. The only other experience of Tram working in London shows a net profit at, the rate of 12 per cent. 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HALL, WHOLESALE WINE and P • SPIRIT MERCHANT, of Printing House-square, Printer street, and Queen Victoria-street, is prepared to supply the trade with IRISH and SCOTCH WHISKIES, new or matured, in sherry casks. BRANDIES, WINES, &c., on the best terms, in bond or duty paid. THE WAR.—TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. All Wl portant events telegraphed DAILY, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., to Newspapers, Clubs, Exchanges, and Reading Rooms, for THIRTY-NINE SituziNoS per QUARTER prepaid. Two or more telegrams sent every day. Commercial News and Markets on moderate terms. CENTRAL PRESS, 112, Strand, W. C., and 2, Telegraph-street, B.C. sion as can rent in New by Geneva World. "We have the pleasant task of welcoming, as a real addition to the ranks of our true poets, Mr. Kent. He is something more than a mere versifier ; he is a real poet, and has proved it. Milton at Cripplegate '—an exquisite picture of the blind old poet discoursing sweet sounds upon the organ in solitary but resigned sadness—is a poem that ought to live. Such of our readers as care for the roll of Milton's own blank verse, for thoroughly poetic fancies, for delicate imagery, and fora high and pure tone of moral feeling, we must leave to ponder over this short poem for themselves."—London Figaro. " That very graceful poem which appeared in the ' Times' as a welcome to Longfellow, and which, from the initials, was attributed to the author of Hypatia, was written by Mr. Charles Kent, the Editor of The Sun,' and was worthy of a priest of Phoebus Apollo."—Punch. " We find in the volume a luxuriant imagery, the fruit of a life-long study of nature. As for flowers !—Mr. Kent is as well up in them as Shakspere himself.. 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SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE, Alfred-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution affords a Refuge for Women seeking to abandon a life of son, especially those about to become mothers, and provides a Home for the Children of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED. Bankers, London and South Western (Holloway Branch). HUGH R. GOUGH, Hon. Sec. • " Mr. W. Evill has written a lively and agreeable account of A Winter Journey to Rome.' His descriptions of scenery in the Alps and of the Italian cities are exceedingly graphic, shewing much sympathy with nature, and a refined intelligence, Though the style of the book is somewhat sketchy, it is thoroughly readable, especially in the passages referring to the Council, which have in some degree the value of contemporary history."— Daily Telegraph. "Those who have followed the well-known route, and visited the spots described by Mr. Evill, are scarcely likely to add much to their fund of information by reading his lively sketches ; yet we are far from saying that the publication is superfluous. To gain knowledge is not the only object which induces a man or wonian to take ap a new volume ; and if Mr. Evill does not add distinctly to our stock, he has the art—a rare one—of placing familiar in a and agreeable book has the merit of fresh being thoroughly l r ig eadable."—Pall Mall Gazette. " Having read the book through from cover to cover—of itself an eulogium from any reviewer—we could certainly not spare Mr. Evill's always animated, often graphic, and more than once or twice really eloquent descriptions, any more than we could spare his account of the wonderful pageantry of the Papal func tions in Rome, and of the marvellous masterpieces in sculpture and painting scattered among the Palaces and Basilicas. . . • As a graphic delineator of the superb scenery and the renowned cities through which he made this winter journey, he has acquitted himself admirably well."—Sun. " The author has evidently a feeling for the beautiful and the picturesque, and describes what he saw in forcible and some times eloquent language. .. . Notwithstanding his well worn subject, Mr. Evill has produced an agreeable little volume, which may not unprofitably detain the reader." —Daily News. " There is no pretension whatever about the book of travels, and though it relates very little of what is, new, it tells of nothing that is uninteresting, vapid, or dull. To the truthfulness of its descriptions of places and works of art we can thoroughly testify, and assure our readers that such of them as are meditating an Italian tour could not possibly do better'than furnish themselves with a copy:"—Bell's Weekly Messenger. " Mr. Evill's visit to Rome was opportunely timed to enable him to witness the great gathering of prelates in attendance at the opening of the (Ecumenical Council ; his journey was accomplished with great rapidity, but his hasty en route sketches are lively and amusing."—Record. " In this pleasant little book we have an abundance of inter esting matter, such as a professed bookmaker might extend into the comrass of two goodly volumes ln the very first page we are satisfied with the book, and are engrossed with its contents We recommend the entire little volume as well to readers as to intending tourists in search of continental information."—News of the World. " The ground was all new to Mr. Evill, and, in spite of the season of the year, he saw it under peculiarly favourable cir cumstances. He has an eye quick to see, and a pen that enables him to tell right pleasantly, and not a little vividly, what he has seen. . • . . Mr. Evill was fortunate enough, in company with his friend, Mr. Charles Kent, the poet , to see the pro cession in St. Peter's, on the opening day o f the Vatican Council. His description of it is very graphic."—Western Morning News. "Italy has been described to the reading world again and again, and, therefore, the charm of Mr. Evill's book is not the charm of novelty, but it has a charm. There is a fresh, lags nuous manner, thatpe appeals to the reader. The author records his impressions and describes minutely the beauty of the Italian scenery without a thought of the travellers who have gone before. Some passages, descriptive, are really excellent. The exterior and interior of Milan cathedral are put before us in glowing terms, and the long ceremonies of the opening of the (Ecumenical Council are forcibly described. His description of Venice is excellent. Mr. Evill's word-painting is far above the average of such descriptions. We are sure that readers, after a perusal of this book, will have a vivid impression of the scenery described, and be grateful to Mr. Evill for his pleasant recollec tions."—Lloyd's Weekly News. "Accuracy of description will cause this little book to be read, and probably enjoyed, by those Englishmen and English women whom necessity keeps at home year after year . • The profits are to be given to a charity, and we heartily wish it every success, and think that many untravelled Englishmen will find something to interest them in Mr. Evill's " Winter Journey to Rome."—The Examiner. "This little volume, containing, together with careful descrip tions of places and cities, an account of the opening of the (Ecumenical Council, it is worthy of notice, is dedicated, not in irony or without permission, but in friendship and with full authority, by a Protestant to a Roman Catholic. 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THE LAIEST EDITI ON of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as published, every Evening, by S. WiLsoN, newsagent, and special agent for the North-western Otstrict,24, Delancey-etreet, Oamden-town, N W application. LITTLE V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-EASTERN RAIL WAY COMPANY. — This was an action for injuries received in the same accident. Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. Day were for the plaintiff; Mr. D. Seymour, Q.C., and Mr. Wills for the defendants. The plain tiff was a wholesale linendraper. in Trevor-square, Brompton, and at the time of the occurrence he was bringing his two sons home from Scotland. One of his sons was crushed to death, and he•was himself seriously injured, and it was expected that from twelve to eighteen months would elapse before he recovered, even if he recovered at all. ' His other son was also hurt. At the conclusion of the opening of counsel, the parties entered into consultation, and the result was a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £1,850, which is to include every claim the plaintiff may have against the company in respect of his sons. EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT. — An Irishman, named James Edwards, a native of Meath, and about 35 year, of ago, came before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police court, to ask his advice and assistance as to the best means of recovering his wife, Bridget, to whom he was married so recently as the 23rd of October, at Doone, in the county of Limerick, and who sudclenly eloped from him on the 28th of last month with £l7O of his money. He met her in Australia, where he had been seeking his fortune by gold digging, where he met with much success, and he paid his addresses to her. Her name was Bridget McKnight, and his addresses were very favourably re ceived. She was a native of Limerick. Business called him to England, and it was agreed that they should be married on his return to Australia. On his arrival in London he was much surprised to find that his intended bride had arrived in another ship, the Dover Castle, before him. He was much in censed at her conduct, but he agreed notwithstanding to put the banns up and marry her without delay, and they went to Doone for that purpose and were married in the Roman Catholic Chapel in that place. They re turned to London immediately after the ceremony, and lived lin furnished apartments at No. 9, Cotton-street, Poplar, where his new wife commenced an intimacy with a woman named Cummings, who soon obtained a marked ascendancy over her. On the 28th of November they left the house together, and nothing had been heard of the two runaways since. His wife left him a short note, of which this was a copy :—" I have made my way from you through your unkind actions. I have taken some travelling charges, £l7O. —Bridget Edwards." Mr. Paget said this was a matter for police interference, and he could give the applicant no assistance whatever. He advised the applicant to apply to an inspector of police, and if a warrant was considered requisite one wohid be applied for. SERIOUS CHARGE OF ASSAULT. — Mr, Thomas George Vaughton, of 74, Warwick-street, Pimlico, a stockbroker's clerk, was charged, at the Westminster Policecourt, with assaulting John Churchman, a coachman, residing 'at 2, Warwick Place, North. Complainant said he was going home with some friends and saw an altercation between the defendant and two gentlemen and a cabman ; some of the bystanders, shouted out " Why don't you pay the cabman if you are a gentleman ?" and witness did so as well; the defendant said " What business is it of yours?" and pushed the complainant, who returned the push, and then the defendant thrust his umbrella in his eye, cutting it severely ; he broke the umbrella in two pieces, and then defendant struck him again in the other eye, bruising it severely. A witness corroborated as to the pushing, and said before the umbrella was broken the complainant's eye bled. He could not tell whether it was a thrust or not. Witnesses were called for the defence, who varied in their state ments, especially one named Gateson, a recently dis charged police-constable, on whose evidence Mr. Arnold offered some strong remarks. They, however, all proved that complainant challenged the defendant to fight. He defended himself with his 'umbrella. Mr. Arnold said nothing could be more•impertinent and uncalled for than the interference of the complainant with the defendant. There was no corroboration of the thrust, which, if proved, had been a serious matter. There was little doubt, how ever, that the injuries had been inflicted in the defendant's defending himself against the attack of the complainant. The Liverpool Courier states that Lord Derby is expected to be the President of the Manchester and Liver pool Agricultural Society next year. An assemblage of splendid jewels, including the casket of diamonds of a foreign lady of title, also antique chased silver and other objects of art, were, on Thursday, disposed of by Messrs. Foster, at their gallery in Pall mall. The sale• realised upwards of 25,000. One of the lots was a diamond tiara which realised 600 guineas. A pair of diamond earrings fetched 365 guineas, and a diamond head ornament of five graduated stars sold for 395 guineas. THE NEW PATRON OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. —The Tablet says : Our readers will remember the petition which left England some months ago, signed by about 150,000 Catholics, and directed to the Sovereign Pontiff while presiding over the General Council. It was to the effect that the glorious Patriarch S. Joseph, Spouse of Mary Immaculate, and Adopted Father of the Incarnate Word, might be solemnly declared Paton of the Universal Church. Behold our prayers, and those of Catholics throughout Christendom, have been heard. On the festival of the Immaculate Conception the Holy Fath er was pleased to issue a decree declaring S. Joseph to be patron of the universal Church. We rejoice, and all Catholics will rejoice, in this new relation in which the Church is placed towards S. Josep We look forward with an assured faith and hope to theproofs of his most powerful protection. The will of the Hon. Lady Louisa Lawrence Currey, late of Wellands, Sussex, and formerly of Erlwood, Surrey, was proved under £3,000 personalty. Her Lady ship, who died at the age of seventy-one, was the daughter of the first Lord Abinger, and the relict of Lieu tenant-Colonel Sir Edmund Currey, KC.H., who died in 1842.—The will of Theodore Heinrich Carl Bahre, Esq., was proved in London under £70,000 personalty in Eng land.—The will of J. M. Smith, Esq., banker, was provedin the registry at Wakefield under £140,000 personalty. The will of George Smith, Esq., formerly a merchant in Peru, was proved under £12,000 personalty in England. The will of the Rev. H. Palmer, of Little Laver, Essex, dated April 22, 1848, was proved under £90,000 pessonalty. The will of Charles Stuart, Esq., of London and Bishop stoke, contains the following bequests :—To the Lifeboat Institution, the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond street, and the Middlesex Hospital, each a legacy of £2OO. The will of Richard Birkin, Esq., of Apsley Hall, Notts. who died October 9th last, was proved in London under £35,000. —The will of John S t o beld, Esq., of Stedham Hall, Sussex, was proved in London under £12,000. — The will of Wiliam Bawtree Matson, Esq., of Bergholt, Suffolk, was proved under £35,000. —The will of Miss Eliza Frost, of Nottingham, who died September 19 last, was proved by two of her cousins, and the personalty sworn under £9o,Coo.—The will of Albert Lamper Freeman, Esq., formerly of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, but afterwards domiciled in England, and late of No. 7, Upper Church-street, in the city of Bath, was proved in the principal registry under £60,000 in England. The will of Richard Harvey, Esq., of Greenway, on the river Dart, Devon ; and of Rock End, Torquay, was proved in London on the 6th inst., and the personalty sworn under £350,000. He has left the following charitable bequests, amounting to £40,000, all free of duty, payable on the de. cease of his widow :—viz., to the Asylum for Fatherless Children £4,000 ; the Royal Hospital for Incurables, £4,000; Paralysis Hospital, £4,000 ; Consumption Hospital, Brompton, £4,000; Cornwall Infirmary, £3,000 ; Asylum for Idiots, £3,000 ; West of England Institution for the Blind, £2,000 ; Institution for Deaf and Dumb at Exeter, £2,000; Cancer Hospital, Brompton, £2,000; Governesses' 'Benevolent Institution, £2,000 ; Cripples' Homes for Boys and Girls, each £1,500 ; London Missionary Society, £l,OOO, London City Missions, £l,OOO ; Bible Society, £l,OOO ; Evangelical Alliance, £l,OOO ; Friend of Clergy Corporation, £l,OOO ; Scripture Readers' Society, Ireland, £l,OOO ; and the Lord's Pay Observance Society, £l,OOO. -Illustrated Londou News. GREAT LANDSLIP.—At Whitby, on Thursday, a large part of the cliff and twelve houses slipped into the harbour. One half of Henrietta-street, the telegram says, is in ruins. Harland's clay pipe manufactory is destroyed. Late at night all danger was not considered at an end. No lives were lost. The landslip is said to be the largest ever known in England. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—A shocking acci dent occurred on Thursday evening at Knowles and Stott's colliery, Kersley, four miles from Bolton. John Berry, aged 29, was being let down the shaft, when a large stone from the top knocked him out of the cage, dashing him to the bottom , seve ral hundred feet, and killing him instantly. He leaves a wife and family. A NEW INVADER.—The house of a gentleman at Shrewsbury has been infested by animals said to be "of the weazel kind," which have been found in beds, ladies' muffs, and coat pockets. Two dogs were left in the house one night, but they were found dead next morning. Up wards of 100 of the objectionable visitants--who were supposed to have been driven up the sewers by recent floods—had been killed up to last Thursday, and they were still far from extinct.—Oswestr?l Advertiser. The Globe says that the Rev. F. H. Scrivener, the eminent Biblical critic, met with a bad accident on Wed nesday evening. Mr. Scrivener, who is one of the New Testament Revision Committee, is nearsighted, and not a young man, and was returning from the Jerusalem Chamber after dusk, when crossing Whitehall he unfor tunately slipped and fell down, hreaking.his right arm. The doctor hopes that nothing more serious than a few weeks' rest need be apprehended. THE PRESIDENT OF MEXlCO.—President Jaurez, according to a letter from Mexico, has been on the point of death, but is now so far recovered as to be able to re sume his duties. He has contracted a disease of the heart by taking a bath too soon after eating. The his chance fear of a recurren ce of the danger has greatly damaged of re-election for the presidency. His death at this moment would be considered the source of a great calamity to the Republic, as the revolutionary elements have been let loose by amnesty law. Au amusing incident is recorded which took place on the occasior , of the accident on the railway line from Brussels to Litge. In a first-class catriage there-were three travelless, two of whom, a German and an English man, were sitting opposite to each other fast asleep. The shock of the collision threw them on each other. and each thinking the other attacked him began to fight in an energetic manner. The third traveller was a Belgian. who did not know the languages of his companions, an (1 had great difficulty in calming them and making them under- L stand by means of signs the cause of the disaster. At I last all was happily arranged, and the three went to the assistance of those who had suffered in the accident. 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