The Sun. — London, England, 1870-05-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1870. SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT. WEDNESDAY. Members mustered strongly yesterday afternoon, for there was to be an ecclesiastical debate, and when theology is combined with politics, there is a double attrac tion. Quite early, for the catechising was unusually short, Mr. Watkin Williams rose to move his resolutions for the disestablishment and the disendowment of the Es tablished Church in Wales. Who is Mr. Watkin Williams ? He is the son and the grandson of Welsh parsons ; he was educated at Oxford and London Universities, was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, and he married the daughter of Mr. Justice Lush, the first Protestant Dissenter on the English bench, if I remember rightly. He is forty-two years of age, rather tall, with dark curly hair, smooth face, and somewhat ruddy countenance. He is a new member, i.e., he was first elected at the last general election, for, going down to the Denbigh boroughs, formerly represented by Mr. Townshend Mainwaring, he took that very staunch Church man by surprise, and beat him by 374 votes. When Mr. Williams rose the benches below the gangway occupied by the Radicals were thronged to overflowing. The Min isterial benches were fairly filled, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Forster, and Mr. Glyn being present. The anti-Ministerial bench was almost empty for the greater part of the debate, Mr. Disraeli especially being conspicuous by his absence. Mr. Williams is an average speaker, but no orator. He gave us the history of the Welsh Church from the very earliest times, and was, it must be confessed, somewhat tedious. Now and then he diversified his archaeology with a mild joke, which was eagerly greeted by a House hungering for a few plums with its somewhat heavy pudding. He made a good point when he thanked the Premier for having put an end to that disgraceful state of things which had continued for just 125 years, and under which not one of the Welsh bishops appointed since 1745, until Dr. Hughes was appointed to St. Asaph, had been ac quainted with the Welsh language. He spoke for about an hour and a quarter, and after intimating that he did not intend to press for a division, sat down amid a very hearty clamour of " hear, hear," from the Radicals, which, however, was quickly changed into " move, move," when it was seen that Mr. Williams had resumed his seatwithout moving his resolution. That omission supplied, it was seen to the delight of many M.P.'s, that Mr. Gladstone was up. Surely then the debate would be short. The Premier did not seem at first to have his ideas well in hand. He hesitated for a while and then was very diffuse ; but at last he warmed to his work, and put his foot down on established churches as being institutions sanctioned by Scripture, and desirable in themselves. He was sharp enough to take advantage of one of Mr. Williams's admissions, that much of the alienation of Welshmen from the Church was due to the appointment of non-Welsh-speaking bishops, and remem bering his own late appointment, he was able to urge with some 'force that a better state of things might be anticipated. He concluded by calling upon the House in emphatic language to give the motion a direct negative. But though Government had thus early declared its in tention, the Welsh members were not going to let the House off so easily. Session after session has been occu pied about Ireland, it was surely, then, rather hard that Wales should not have a few hours of one evening. So up rose Mr. Osborne Morgan. Now this very rising Chancery barrister accomplished in Denbigh county the same feat that Mr. Watkin Williams performed in the Denbigh burghs. Going down suddenly, without local influence, he did, by force of his political principles, so please the Welsh that, though he could not of course oust the great Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, he did beat the Adullamite Colonel Biddulph, who had held the seat for no inconsiderable time. Mr. Mor gan is a readier speaker than Mr. Williams, but though he spoke well, the House was very impatient. It was known that there was to be a division after all, and it was close upon'dinner time. Now, hon. members exceedingly dislike being called away from their meal by the alarum. So as Mr. Morgan went on there were cries of "'Vide, vide," of which he took small heed. Occasionally he was listened to, and he excited ironical cheers when he quoted speeches from eminent Liberals and Conservatives assert ing that the position of the Welsh Church differed in no material degree from that of the Irish. Then he began to perorate, and just as he was reaching the climax of some grand simile, an hon. and mischievous member shouted " 'Vide " louder than ever. But Mr. Morgan was not disconcerted. He wound up in proper style, and having wound up, went down. Now at last, then, we shall get into the division lobby, and then into the dining-room. Not so fast : up rises a tall grey-haired gentleman from the first bench below the gang way on the Opposition side. His rising is the signal for an angry roar of " vides." But Mr. Scourfield is perfectly indifferent. This is a Welsh subject, and he is a Welsh M.P., and he means to have his say. Several times he declares, by way of placating the irate House, that he has one more remark to make, and at first this prospect of a speedy end has its intended effect, but when the trick is found out, when it is discovered that his promise to stop is made merely that he may go on more easily, M.P.'s get very angry indeed, and their chorus gets very loud. Woe to the man who persists in speaking after 7 o'clock, when a division is immi nent. Even Mr. Scourfield did not venture to do this, but sat down just before the sacred hour. Then came the usual form of putting the question, the declara tion that " the Noes have it," the loud answering 'challenge " the Ayes have it," and the clearing of the House for a division. Great laughter was excited, when some members, who had dropped in through curiosity, found themselves shut in, and after hammering vainly at the door in the hope of getting out, learnt that they must now, very much against their will, vote. The division took more than a quarter of an hour, and it was . a quarter past seven before the tellers marched up four abreast (Sir Wilfrid Lawson by the way, being one of the tellers for the bill), to the table. Among the first to re-enter the House from the lobby were handsome Mr. Charles Reed, and venerable Mr. Hadfield, both of them Dissenters of Dissenters. I do not know if Mr. Williams was satis fied with his first division-45 against 209. If so " his faith is large in time, and that which shapes it to some perfect end." While this debate was going on a strange and startling rumour reached the press gallery. It was that Sir John Trelawny meant to call the attention of the Speaker to the fact that there were strangers in the gallery, the object being to get rid of the ladies during the debate on the Contagious Diseases Act. There certainly was no reason to suppose that they would voluntarily withdraw, as in truth they had come down expressly to hear the debate. As soon as the division was over and Mr. William Fowler and other M.P.'s had presented a number of petitions against the act, a giant far away under the gallery got up, and, looking very sheepish, said,. " Mr. Speaker, I rise to order. I beg to call attention to the fact that there are strangers in those galleries" (pointing to the Speaker's and strangers' galleries). This was really too bad. It was not Sir John Trelawny, but Mr. Crauford, M.P. for Ayr, who made the " observa tion," and he did it in such a way as to involve the exclu sion not only of the ladies, but of all the male visitors. yea even of the reporters and able editors. So there were cries of " No, no," and the Speaker said something which I could not hear. If it was an appeal to Mr. Crauford not to persist on his decree of banishment, the appeal was in vain. Mr. Bouverie, who is great in all little technicalities, sup ported his fellow-countryman, and then the Speaker, amid cries of " Withdraw 1" said to Mr. Craufurd, " Does the hon. member persist ?" Mr. Crau furd, without rising, and simply taking off his hat, said, " I do, sir." " Then the galleries must be cleared." And cleared they were, to the great delight of the reporters, who thus got a most unlooked for half-holiday, but to the great disgust of the able editors, deprived of an expected topic for a leader, and to the loudly-expressed indignation of the forty and odd ladies who by this freak of the Scotch giant were not only forbidden to hear the debate, but would be prevented from reading it this morning. Even the very door-keepers had to leave, and some curious reporter being seen to peep through the glass door of the press gallery, excited the wrath of some hon. member below. It was twenty minutes past seven when we were all turned out, and the prevailing im pression was that the exclusion would last for two hours. It lasted double the time. Mr. Fowler alone is said to have spoken for two hours. Both Mr. Bruce and Mr. Gladstone are reported to, have strongly censured Mr. Craufurd's conduct, and it is probable that when the debate comes on again a month hence, M.P.s will not again be suffered to sit in camera, but the discussion will take place with all the safeguards which publicity can give. Somewhere about midnight there was a very interesting discussion upon horse-racing in which Lord Royston of fox-litter celebrity took part, but I had not thiPAMS#l.'hitibtikaggifiq MALICIOUS;INJURY TO TELEGRAPH WIRES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SUN." Sia,—l am directed by the Postmaster-General to address to you the following remarks, in the hope that you will give them publicity in your paper. The telegraphs of the United Kingdom are now the pro. perty of the nation, and every member of the community is interested in their maintenance and preservation They are subject to continual injury from the wanton attacks of idle and mischievous persons, chiefly boys, who,,amuse:them selves by throwing stones at the insulators on the telegraph posts. - The following statements will show how great is the damage done to the telegraphs of the nation by this wanton and mischievous conduct. One of the engineers of the de partment reports of the telegraphs in the neighbourhood of Newcastle, that, "although the whole line had been gone over by a repairing gang and every chipped insulator had been replaced, 500 insulators had been wantonly broken in the course of six weeks." Another engineer, in quite a different part of the country, reports that "it is a Sunday morning's amusement of idle persons to throw stones at the insulators on the lines outside towns and villages." Another officer of the department reports that "at a point between Canterbury and Dover he found an iron band a yard long, with iron nails in it, thrown over the telegraph wires, and placing at least two of them in con tact." The engineer of the department in South Wales re ports that, "as fast as new insulators are put tp, they ar uroken by the boys with stone throwing, and that a large number of new insulators must be at once put in." The engine r of the department in the south of Scot land reports that within a fortnight from the time at which he had reinsulated an important line "a large number of the insulators had been wilfully broken." Another engineer, in describing a large num ber of breakages wilfully caused,in the immediate neighbour hood of London, adds, "most of the contacts, which, of course cause interruptions of communication, are brought about by the breakage of insulators by atone-throwers." Another engineer reports that whereas he had "entirely reinsulated the line between Loughborough and Leicester, within six weeks from the time of the reinsulation no less than 150 insulators had been broken by stone throwing." Under these circumstances the Postmaster-General, in whom the property is vested, with the assistance of the Home Office, has taken steps to have the telegraph lines watched, and to have persons detected in the act of wilfully injuring them prosecuted under the Malicious Injuries Act, 24th and 25th Victoria r chap. 97 ; and he has obtained under this act several convictions,of which public notice has been given. It occurs to Lord Hartington, however, that much incon venience and much expense would be saved if the public would co-operate with him, by acting, as it were, as the guardians of their own property. There can be little doubt that a great number of persons who perpetrate this wilful damage are ignorant of the extent and nature of the mischief which they do, and it is very much to be desired that the more intelligent members of the community should exert themselves for the protection of the national property by warning any one whom they may observe to be engaged in injuring that property of the effects of his misconduct, and by reporting the same if the warning fails to produce the desired result. It is especially desirable that schoolmasters and all those who have the charge of youths should issue admonitory warnings of this kind, and thereby prevent the boys under their charge from subjecting themselves to a prosecution at law. The importance of perfect telegraphic communication to the whole of the community is now so generally admitted, and the inconvenience resulting from interruptions of that communication is so serious, that the Postmaster-General does not hesitate to ask for the co-operation of all the intelligent members of the community with him in the preservation of that property, without which that com munication cannot be maintained. I am, Sir, your obe dient servant, FRANK IVES SCUDAMORE. General Post Office, London, May 24th. WOMEN'S DISABILITIES BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SUN." SlR,—Having the permission of the writer to publish the subjoined note from a member of Parliament, assigning his reason for voting against the Women's Disabilities Bill, I beg that you will give it a place in your columns. It was written in reply to one which reminded him that he had, both during his candidature and since his election, positively promised to vote for such a measure, and asking why, notwithstanding these pledges, his name appears in the list of Mr Bouverie's majority against going into committee on the Women's Disabilities Bill. How far the motives so frankly avowed by the honourable member for Carnarvonshire may have influenced other mem bers of the Liberal party to vote against a measure of en franchisement, it is, of course, impossible to conjecture, but since these considerations w re strong enough in one in stance to cause the violation of distinct pledges, it is not un reasonable to imagine that they may have prevailed with others not so bound. erhaps they may afford some explanation of the deter mined though tardy opposition of the Government and of the apparently capricious rejection by the House of Com mons of a measure the principle of which had been accepted after a full debate on the second reading. Both friends and opponents of the bill will doubtless agree that in a question of justice in regard to them women have a right to expect that the votes of members of the Legislature should be given on the merits of the case, and not out of party considerations.—Yours respectfully, LYDIA E. BECKER. (Copy.) House of Commons, May 18, 1870. Dear Madam,—ln the county I represent, Carnarvonshire, the women are all Liberal in politics and Nonconformists in religion—i.e., and this may be said of all North Wales. On the other hand, in Fngland, and particularly in boroughs such as Bath, women are Conservative under great clerical influence, which always tends to fetter free dom of thought. I reluctantly, for these reasons, voted (against my own interests) to prevent women being made capable of what I consider political wrong in many places e., voting against the Liberal party.— Yours faithfully, LOVE Jos PARRY. Miss Becker. THE NAWAB NAZIM AND THE AFFAIRS OF THE NIZAAIUT. Our magnificent Indian Empire, the arena of so many sanguinary conflicts and such grand military triumphs, the history of which has all the interest of romance, is con tinually furnishing us with some lesson ; past experi ence has illustrated, not only native character, but that of the conquering race. It is impossible not to recognise the distinctive marks of each, impossible not to see that while all the untold wealth, the gor geous splendour, the unbounded influence which the East has poured into the lap of Britain, there are also, with all these rights of conquests, the rights of nations and indi viduals. It is of the utmost importance that our national honour should be unsullied in every transaction, especially should we maintain inviolably treaties made with those who have been our firm friends and allies. No blot should be allowed to rest on the chronicles of the past, their pages should be free from every stain of dishonour, every mark of impolitic and unjust prejudice; justice, impartial and un erring, should be meted out with the most careful yet will ing hand, while all that statesmanship can secure, all that honourable diplomacy obtain, all that truth can effect and power bestow, should, with generous and unsparing liberality, be granted. Justice, in the truest, noblest sense of the word, is not only the debt we owe, but that which we canrot, dare not, withhold without losing our prestige as a people, and our self-esteem as a nation. When his Highness, the Synd Munsoor Ullee, Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Behar and Orissa, one of India's princes, illustrious in descent, still ranking high among the Eastern represen tatives of Royalty and loyalty, comes to lay his claim be fore the people of England, we may be sure that he will re ceive, as he deserves, a patient and fair hearing. It is not the custom of England to ignore " numerous and valued services rendered ;" it is not the rule to strangle all hope of justice to those who seek it at her hands, and if the meanest subject of the realm feel this, how much more, when those whose position and wealth demand a hearing, should there be prompt and careful handling of the balance of justice? The claim which the Nawab presents against the Govern ment is entitled to, and should without doubt receive, im mediate consideration. It is not becoming our dignity as a nation, neither is it consistent with our national hour ur, to delay a decision fraught with so much importance. Whatever the traditions of the past may have taught us, and whatever the require ments of the present may demand, ought, undoubtedly, to have due weight, and great responsibility rests upon those in authority to see that strict and impartial justice should go hand in hand with generous recognition of past services rendered. That we should be without fear and without reproach in dealing with every question relating to India is a fact which ought to be fully recognised in all our dealings with that magnificent empire, and no circumstance whatever should be allowed to tarnish the fair fame of England or lessen the renown of English justice, as well as English generosity. The digest of endowed charities issued yesterday morning shews that in the county of Stafford the total gross income therefrom amounts to £29,332 is. 9d., which is expended in this manner :—Education, £11,552 14s. 3d., apprenticing and advancement, £834 2s. id, ; endowments of clergymen, lectures, and for sermons, £2,118 3s. sd. ; Cnurch purposes, £1,500 10s. ; education of Dissenters, £3l 6s. 2d. ; public uses, £1,905 13s. 2d. ; support of alms houses, their inmates, and pensioners, £3,887 3s. Bd. ; distribution of articles in kind, £2,605 Os. 2d. ; distribution of money, £3,952 is. 11d. ; and the general uses of the poor, £830125. 4d. --- of Lord Granvi e' s announcement a coming report from the Ritual Commission probably, after three sittings, has not been confirmad. But it is now understood that an attempt will be made on Friday to move certain rasolutions, the presentation of whic'i may se .ve as a k. , .ostitute. Unanimity is not, however, to be expected, aid "the I )vv Church minority" has been sadly eaker ed by illness and other causo. The Archbishop C:.n.3rbury, the Bishop of St. David's, the Dean of Lincoln, Lord Portman, and Mr. J. A. Smith, are at present incapacitated by indisposition ; whilst Professor Payne Smith is detained at Oxford by his acedemic duties. —Record. THE REPEAL OF THE UNION. A section of Irish Conservatives (a corresporident writes) are toying with the Repeal question. Some ®f this party are no doubt sincere. They argue that the disestablish. ment of the Church and the theory of exceptional legisla tion for Ireland have virtually dissolved the Union. They profess no longer to have occasion to fear Roman Catholic supremacy in a native Parliament. Other Conservatives vehemently oppose the idea, believing that their position, " bad as it is, would be worse " if the Union were repealed. The Freeman's Journal doubts the earnestness of any section of Conservative Repealers : and the Roman Catholic Whig party are averse from repeal in such company. There is a movement going forward quietly to produce a demonstration of Conservative opinion in Dublin on the subject. THE FEMALE MEDICAL SOCIETY AND THE GOVERNMENT BILL. • The sixth annual meeting of the Female Medical Society was held yesterday at Exeter Hall, the Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury presiding. The society was established to promote the employment of pro perly educated women in the practice of midwifery and the treatment of the diseases of women and children. The meeting was well attended, the audience being com posed chiefly of ladies. The Hon. Secretary (Dr. Edmonds) read the balance-sheet, which was of a satis factory character. The report stated that of the eighty seven ladies, who had availed themselves of the teaching operations—forty-six were single, twenty three marrried, and eighteen widowed ; most of them intended to gain their livilihood by practising as midwives. Two of the students were studying at Edinburgh for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and mar y of them were relatives, wives, or widows of clergymen or medical men. The report concluded by saying that the impending legislation as to a State examination for medical licenses would probably remove many existing anomalies, and the committee submitted that all degrees and licenses should be open to both sexes ; that a distinctive qualification should be established for persons intending so practice midwifery in small districts and country towns ; that there is no necessity to enforce any special curricu lum of study upon candidates for a license to practice any branch of medicine, inasmuch as the examinations might be so arranged as amply to test the practical skill, as well as the medical and scientific knowledge of every candidate ; that freedom to acquire medical and scientific knowledge in the way most convenient to candi dates for a license would greatly facilitate access to the profession, and thus largely benefit the public, while destroying the present monopoly in favour of pri vileged schools, and would remove abarrier to the improve ment and cheapening of medical education. If these principles are adopted in the forthcoming Act there will remain no difficulties in the way of women who wish to evote themselves to the practice of medicine in any one or all of its departments. Dr. C. R. Drysdale in moving the adoption of the report expressed the pleasure it must be to all to see the progress they were making Colonel Henry Clinton seconded the motion, which was carried, as were also the suggestions of the committee, which concluded their report, and which appear above. — The Noble Chairman said if they could add to the profes sion a number of educated and able women, fitted for special purposes, they would be conferring the greatest blessing ever given to the country. He was very glad to say that the bill introduced did not exclude the female sex. The word " person" had been used throughout the bill very carefully, and person, in Parliamentary language, meant to include both sexes. That, therefore, which was conferred upon the male professors would be conferred equally upon females. He maintained that the ladies had a full right to enter into the competition. Either men and women must study together in the present schools, or others must be established for the female sex separately.—The noble chairman said this point had previously been brought under his notice, and he had agreed to point out the fact to Lord de Grey—(hear, hear),—and he hoped the desired effect would be obtained. —The meeting shortly afterwards terminated. PROSECUTION OF THE MONARCH INSURANCE DIRECTORS. The further examination of Major the Hon. A. G. F. Joscelyn, Mr. G. E. Bulwer, Major J. W. Carnegie, and Mr. J. Taylor, Directors of the Monarch In surance Company, on a charge of conspiring to obtain large sums of money under false pretences was resumed yesterday morning at the Mansion House. Mr. Hodges the manager of the company, and Messrs. Wright and Herward, two other directors, sum moned, did not appear. It was stated that the manager had absconded. Mr. Hale Swetnam stated that under the articles of association of the Monarch Com pany he was to receive £6,000 as promotion money. He assisted to "get up" the company; and was to receive the sum mentioned for procuring director. He induced Captain Bulwer to join as director. He did not pay anything for his shares. Witness paid for them on his behalf. Captain Bulwer for being director of the company, was to benefit by having the directors' fees. Witness himself endeavoured to obtain shareholders and fixed his own remuneration at £6,000. He was not aware who pro cured Major Joscelyn or Major Carnegie to be appointed directors. He was security to Mr. Bayley for advertising the prospectus of the company; Witness was formerly connected with the Oceanic Telegraphic Company, and he was described in the prospectus of that company as of Wandsworth Common, landed proprietor. He had not received any money whatever from the Monarch Company. The witness went on to say that he had not upon any occasion demanded payment of the sum of £6,000. He was employed as a clerk in the offices of the company at a salary of £2OO per annum from the time it commenced business until it stopped. He said he was unable to give any information as to what had become of the £1,300. He held fifty shares in the company, and the name of an uncle of his was put down for one thousand shares. The uncle he referred to was a man of property,. and he had ro doubt that he could be found at the address in the share list. It was understood that Captain Bulwer was to be quali fied as a director without his paying any !Loney, and he believed this was a very usual proceeding. He was not aware of any printed balance sheet of the aflairs of the Company having been published. Further evidence was given, and it was shewn that the indebtedness of the Company to Mr. Bailey, the advertizing agent, at Christ mas, 1869, for advertising and stationery was about £1,700; although, according to the balance sheet, the only in debtedness appeared to be £6B. The inquiry was then adjourn( d till to-day week, and the defendants were afterwards admitted to bail. The execution of Lawrence and Mary Anne Shields, who were convicted some time time since for the murder of Patrick Dune, at Philliptown, is appointed to take place on Friday next at Tullamore. THE SUEZ CANAL.—Advices received in Liver pool state that the steam trade through the Suez Canal is rapidly increasing, and that the rates of freight have scarcely undergone any diminution since the last ac. counts. A farmer, named Sullivan, residing near Kanturk, in County Cork, purchased some poison for dressing sheep a few days since. On Tuesday a servant used some of this poison for making bread, mistaking it for soda, and shortly after dinner the whole family, manifested symptoms of being poisoned. Medical assistance was promptly obtained, but the patients are not yet out of danger. A gentleman writes that on Monday evening, about nine o'clock, his house, which is situated in the busy thoroughfare called the Leytonstone-road, near Stratford, and is so well-known by visitors to Loughton, Woodford, and Epping Forest, was entered by burglars at the front door with & false key, and some cash and articles of clothing, and silver abstracted. The occupant, who had only left his house for a short time at eight o'clock, adds, •` it was a cheering sight fer me to witness the zeal of the police, who, to the number of six, gathered round me, and inquired and noted down the particulars which I could give them of the affair after it had occurred." THE FRENCH TREATY. The Macclesfield Chamber of Commerce has discussed the operation of the commercial treaty with France on the silk trade. It was resolved as follows :—" After careful con sideration as to the policy of sending represen tatives to Paris to the inquiry now being held there, it is considered more advisable by this chamber that advantage should be takenof Sir Louis Mallett's visit to Macclesfield at early date to inform him of our wishes, so that our own Government may be fully apprised of the injury which .Macclesfield manufacturers suffer by the imposition of the existing duties on mixed fabrics, which form a large portion or the productions of Macclesfield, and also to the necessity of removing the duty on spun silk and spun silk fabrics." THE POLICE AND THE THIEVES.—" They manage things better in France " is a text on which many a sermon is spoken at English officials, and we are reminded of it in reference to the snggestion recently made by the Chief Commissioner of Police to establish in this country, with a view to the more easy detection of crime, a gallery, a photographic Valhalla, of our. criminal population. Colonel Henderson—or was it Mr. Bruce ?—hit some short time ago upon the idea of photographing the large roll of criminals incarcerated in our gaols aid convict establishments. The Paris thieves have hit upon a better idea from their point of view. Photography has its limits, and it is easier to identify one of sixty detectives than one of six thousand convicts. Every. Paris thief has, it seems, his little album, and knows a detective, by sight, at once. Should the " idea" cross the Channel, Colonel Henderson will be " winged " with an arrow from his own quiver. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH MOWING MACHINES. — Reaping and mowing machines have now become standard implements on English farms ; but in France they are still regarded somewhat as innovations; the lower rats of wages across the Channel having hitherto acted as a barrier to the introduction of labour-saving ma chines in agriculture. Wages, however, are rising in France, as in most other countries, and the attention, therefore, of agriculturists is directed to the best form of reaping and mowing machines. Several inter national trials of these machines are announced for the coming summer. The first came off last week at Bourges 123 miles south of Paris, at which there was a very sharp contest between the English and American machines. After a long and careful trial the award was given in favour of the English machine of Messrs. Howard, of Bedford, which, in mowing an acre, beat the far-famed American machines of Mr. W. A. Wood and Mr. M'Cormick by eighteen minutes. CLOSE OF THE MiFA.RLAND TRIAL. The M`Farland trial was ended yesterday afternoon by A verdict of not guilty, and immediately thereafter, the prisoner was discharged from custody and would have one forth a free man had it not been for the fact that he was at once imprisoned in the arms of his friends and 3ongratulated on his triumphant acquittal. The jury retired, after receiving the charge of the Court, at two minutes after three o'clock. The Recorder left the Bench and the assembled spectators disposed themselves reely about the room, conversing upon the all-absorbing ..opic. The District-Attorney left the room, and did not again return. The ladies, who have been most patient in their attendance during the trial, and have taken the Liveliest interest in the case, did not in the least abate their anxiety while waiting for the verdict. One after another came forward to where M`Farland sat and expressed to him their wishes for his speedy deliverance. The defendant was anxious though he did his best to compose his feelings and appear calm. Little Percy felt that the trying hour had come and remained by his father doing his best to comfort him in his affliction. Mr. Graham sat in his chair calmly conversing with friends, occasionally turning to his client to cheer him up, and, when sometimes left to himself, sitting absorbed in thought and evidently anxious for the fate of his friend. Two clergymen, whose presence in the Court-room yesterday was well timed, sat near MTarland, and by their conversation kept the mind of the defendant em ployed, though, from his answers to their observations, it was manifest that his thoughts were absent from the scene around him. The minutes sped onward. Those who had watched the trial carefully, and were therefore com petent to judge, calculated—and calculation at such a time is pardonable—that the jury should agree upon a verdict in half an hour from the time they left the jury box, and that any prolongation of that period might be considered an indication of disagreement—a conviction was not for a moment thought of. The half hour passed, and the anxiety of M`Farland's friends—which included all present, as subsequent events proved, Mrs. Calhoun, Mr. Runkle and Mr. and Mre. Sinclair having retired after the charge of the Court—increased. The two brothers of M`Farland sat near each other eagerly watching every moment of the throng near the door; General Graham and Mr De Witt Graham, brothers of defendant's counsel, sat near the counsellor, and occasion ally conversed with friends ; Mr. Gerry, the able junior counsel in this case, and Dr. Vance aasociated together, and both were anxious as to the result. The throng behind the rail were so excited that they stood upon the benches as if in that position they could hear the result sooner. The multitude outside, who had not been able tc gain admission during the day, felt they were fortunate in being where they were, for they would be first, at least, to learn that a verdict had been agreed upon. An hour passed, and still nr) verdict ; the moments be came hours to the waiting throng. Every movement at the door was regarded with significance, but still no jury. At twenty minutes past four the gas was lighted, and the process of illuminating the room was watched as closely as if the person performing it was shedding some light upon the dark subject. Mr. Graham's anxiety was at this tune intense, as was evident from his nervous manner, and Mll'arland was suffered to remain undisturbed by his friends, and left to commune with his own thoughts—and what these must have been none can realise save those who have been placed in like trying circumstances. Meanwhile, " heaven's artillery " added a solemnity to the scene• The storm which had been lowering all day burst forth into a thunder-shower of unusual violence lot this season of the year, and flash after flash of lightning shot through the sky, followed by peals of the grandest thunder. Amid this disturbance of the elements without, came presently a scene within which will not soon be for. gotten by those who witnessed it. At 4.50 o'clock there suddenly rose upon the then hushed stillness of the court-room the loud orders of the officers, " Hats off in cou r t, gen tl emen ; take your seats.' The effect was electric. The audience scrambled for the nearest chair or bench, order was restored in a moment, and then one by one there filed into the room the twelve men who had just passed upon the fate of the prisoner foi weal or woe. At this moment Mr. Graham's fortitude gave way, and he wept like a woman. M'Farland, too, was almost unmanned, but he had yet another scene to take part in, and he sustained himself for the ordeal. Little Percy now clung to his father even yet closer than he had ever done before, and furtively glanced towards the jury, as if his youthful mind could divine the secrets which yet reposed in their breasts. Amid silence almost as deep as that of the grave the Recorder entered, took his seat upon the bench, and the venerable clerk of the court, Mr. Henry Vandervoort, called the names of the jury. M'Farland was directed to stand up, and did so, supported by his chair, and the formal question was put. The answer came promptly, in a clear tone of voice, from the lips of Mr. Richardßrown, the foreman—" Not Guilty." As the words escaped from his lips, the crowd, who had stood with every nerve strained to catch the result, re sponded with cheer after cheer, which demonstration no effort on the part of the officers could repress—if, indeed, any was made. The Recorder sat unmoved on the bench, and unreproved by him, cheers were given for Mr. John Graham with a vigour even exceeding the former. Little Percy leaped npon a chair, and, waving his hand kerchief, joined in the popular demonstration. Every body was wild with excitement, and women and men were not ashamed to shed tears—indeed, there was scarcely a dry eye in the room. A rush was made toward M'Farland by those anxious to congratulate him, but the officers kept the throng back, for there was yet one more formality to be taken. Order was restored for the moment and Mr. Vandervoort put the usual question to the jury requesting them to hearken to the verdict as it was recorded. Then Mr. Gerry rose and requested the discharge of his client, which the Recorder promptly granted. M'Farland was from that moment a free man. The Court was imme• diately adjourned and then the multitude thronged about hira and Mr. Graham and Mr. Gerry, warmly congratu lating each of them upon the result. Percy was all smiles and was hugged and d kissed by the ladies— indeed, everybody was in a state of emotional excitement. The jurymen came in for their share of congratulations, and replied that they felt that they had simply done their duty, and were thus absolved from their os- he. After a little time the Court-room was 'seared, M'Farland was taken to his brother's douse, .ast night slept, if he slept at all, surrounded by loving friends and relatives. It is stated that the jury stood ten for acquittal and two for conviction of one of the grades of manslaughter, when they first entered the jury-room. The matter was discussed for some time, and finally the two jurors yielded and a unanimous verdict was agreed upon. It is further stated that the names of those two jurors were Richard Brown, the foreman, and Thomas Scott, the seventh j uryfu an. Messrs. Graham and Gerry have been crow ne d with laurels by this verdict, and, as District Attorney Garvin truly said in his address to the jury, the names of the recorder, counsel and jurymen will be handed down by history in the records of great trials, and made measurably immortal. Mr. Graham paid a just tribute, in his address; to the faithful services which had been rendered him by Mr. Gerry in preparing this case, but none can tell, nor perhaps will the public ever know, the sacrifices which both these gentlemen have made for their client from the very commencement of these proceedings. The 10,000 dolls. fee which Mr. Graham receives for his services is small compensation compared with the mental labour which he has bestowed upon the case. He has been up night after night during the trial, has not entered his office —proceeding from his home to the Court-room direct, and returning immedi ately after the day's labours were over—since the case commenced, and has undergone mental fatigue which would prostrate almost any other man. Yet he is happy now in winning success in a case in which he has taken the warmest interest, " sticking to his client as close as his skin," as Mr. Graham truthfully remarked in the course of his summing up, What effect this verdict will have upon the community can well be imagined. It is rumoured that MTarland, intends, encouraged by this decision, to bring legal pro ceedings against his wife in the nature of a divorce. Some persons entertain an idea that the civil suit against Richardson will be prosecuted against his estate. Whether this is true or false cannot now be determined. While this trial was in progress, Mrs. M`Farland, under the name of Abby S. Richardson, as guardian for the children of deceased, took proceedings to sell the property at Woodside, New Jersey, and it is possible that these steps may be enjoined.—From the New York Times of 11th May. MRS. MPARLAND-RICHARDSON'S STATE- MENT. Mrs. M`Farland-Richardson has given to the public, through the Tribune, a statement of her trials and suffer. ings as the wife of Daniel M`Farland, the causes and in strumentalities of her separation, her relations with A. D. Richardson and her opinion of. M`Farland. It thus appears that her trials and sufferings as the wife of M`Farland were those of a faithfu: much enduring and long forbearing woman bound to a savage monomaniac addicted to drink; that at last her tortures, humiliations and constant dangers and terrors became too heavy to be longer endured, and that her relations with Richardson throughout were studiously prudent and void of offence. "As to Mr. M`Farland," she says, " I believe now, as I have believed for years, that he was a man born to do a murder. The fact that he was always uttering threats of bloodshed does not so much convince me of this as the fact of his temperament, which, partly from hereditary causes, partly from his nationality, and partly from bad educa tion, had become one of uncontrollable violence. I believe he feared this himself." She says much more to justify the plea of insanity set up in his defence. From her statement at large, a ft er di scover i ng th e dangerous Character of this man, her great mistake was was in continuing still to live with him. With due allowances for the vivid colouring- of her personal vindica tion, we are inclined to think that she was " more sinned against than sinning," and that to her imprudent friends, to whom she is so grateful, she is indebted for the un, ham consequences attending h er separa ti on f rom arland, and the still more dreadful surroundings of her marriage with and separation from Richardson. It is a melancholy story, but let us hope th a t th e sur viving parties concerned will henceforward go their several ways peao).—New York Herald. THE MISSOURI DlSASTER.—Nineteen persons nave been killed, and thirty severely injured, some of them, it is believed, fatally, throu g h the driver of a freight train " supposing " that he could reach a certain station with out meeting an express train, which he knew was on the line at the time. His supposition turned out to be in correct, and the passengers were left dead or dying on the ground as the penalty of his mistake. Does not negli gence such as this amount to manslaughter ?—New 'rant Trite. THE NEW YORK PRESS ON THE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE. The news of the victory of the Sappho over the Cambria will be received everywhere in this country with satisfac tion. It is a forerunner, as we may hope, of the still more memorable victory to be gained by Mr. Bennett next July. We have now retained the palm as yachtsmen for many years past, and it would not be without consider able reluctance that we should make up our minds to part with it. Mr. Douglas, the owner of the Sappho, tried for a long time to bring about a race between his yacht and Mr. Ashbury's, but at one time there seemed no pro bability that he would be gratified. At last his patience and pluck have been rewarded. If the Cambria should beat the Dauntless, we shall still have the satis faction of knowing that there is at leas':, one Ameri can yacht which can beat the victor. Those who know' best say that Mr. Douglas' yacht is a faster sailer than Mr. Bennett's, and the latter gentleman expressed that opinion himself just before his departure from New York. The contest just concluded is, therefore, not a certain indication of what the Dauntless can do as against Mr. Ashbury's yacht. But the race in July will be a long one, and every opportunity will be given for a dis play of the true sailing qualities of the Dauntless. We still hope that she wilfmaintain the renown of the N ew York Yacht Club, and add one more triumph to the many already won by her owner. Mr. Ashbury must no carry away the cup won by the America, if our yachts men can help it. They mean to do their best, and Mr. Douglas' victory will certainly have the effect of stimu lating their hopes.—New York Times. The first channel race between the English yacht Cambria and the American yacht Sappho has resulted in the defeat of Mr. Ashbury's boat. Sixty miles to windward and return was too much for the English yacht, and she gave up the race without running the course. Nautical minds are speculating upon the reason why she was beaten, as the lawyers would say, by default. They think that as the wind was too strong she could not carry canvas enough to compete with the immense stretch of sail which the American yacht spread, and perhaps they are right. In ad lition to her regular fore and aft sails the Sappho mounted a maintopmast staysail and flying jib, an immense pressure aloft and forward, which not only gave her a great advantage, but proved her capacity to carry a heavy load of canvas in a stout breeze with perfect safety. Under these cirumstances what could the Cambria do but give up the race ? These are the views of nautical and practical minds, but those who look at all contests for victory as a matter of profit and loss—of gambling, in fact—incline to the opinion that the Cambria was " playing possum," and that Mr. Ashbury meant to lose the first race in order to make high stakes on the other two. The facts, however, do not bear out this idea. On the contrary, all reports shew that the Cambria did not win the race simply because she could not carry sail enough to compete favour. ably with her adversary. We must be content with this solution of the question. If she wins the other races— sailing under better circumstances—we shall be content also. But the American public will watch her ocean race in July next with feelings of deeper and more absorbing interest. —New York Herald. MR. DISRAELI'S NEW NOVEL. Mr. Disraeli has proved that a career of almost un exampled difficulty has not extinguished in him the divine gift of imagination. Political drudgery, the necessity of waging an arduous and unequal contest for the greater part of a lifetime, the innumerable cares and anxieties which press upon the leader of a great party, have not been able to alter the original bent of his genius. He depicts character and describes society with the grace and wit which characterized his writings at twenty. He affords again and again the proof that his nature is in reality a genial one, that his impulses are generous and noble, and that all his aspira. tions tend toward the elevation of the human race. People expected him to write a sharp satire on his political foes. He has merely written a brilliant novel of society—drawing a portrait here and there, doubtless, but in the main confining himself to the exercise of that inexhaustible imagination which has always been a distinctive feature of his genius. People who expect to find in " Lothair" a thrilling romance, in which the heroine is always on the point of topping over some precipice, and is rescued by the hair of her head by an enterprising lover, will be as much disappointed as the scandal-mongers of the age. Mr. Disraeli has attempted to shew the insidious progress of the Roman Catholics, and has thrown a flood of light on the tactics they pursue. His hero is very nearly persuaded to join the Romish Church, and the portrait might have had the name of the Marquis of Bute written under it at once, only that Lothair resists all temptations, and remains a Protestant to the end. The Cardinal, whose eloquence nearly makes a powerful convert, is understood to be a " composition "—the late Cardinal Wiseman and the present Archbishop Manning being both laid under con tribution for it. A satirical sketch of an Oxford Professor is understood to be meant for an English Professor now connected with the Cornell University, whom Mr. Disraeli once described in the House of Commons as a " wild man." Originals for other portraits will no doubt be found, but it will be mere guess-work on the part of the reader. The book will be memorable chiefly for the worldly wisdom with which it overflows, and for the "Disraelian " epigrams which stud almost every page. It is noticeable fact that the English journals most bitterly opposed to Mr. Disraeli, are almost vehe ment in their praises of his novel. At the age of sixty five, and in the midst of a busy session, a statesman does not often publish a book of this character. Perhaps it will contribute quite as much to the amusement and instruction of mankind as the speculations upon the Homeric poems, and the essays on.Ecce Homo, which Mr. Disraeli's rival, Mr. Gladstone, has given to the world as the fruit of his leisure hours.—New York Times. FEARFUL RAILROAD SLAUGHTER. ST. Louis, May 12, 1870. At six o'clock this morning the night express train on the Missouri Pacifig Railroad, which left Atchison, Kansas, last evening, collided near Eureka, twenty-eight miles from here, with an extra freight train going West. Sixeeon persons were killed outright and twenty wounded. Two that have been taken home will die. No names of the sufferers have yet been ascertained. The wounded have been brought here and further particulars will be obtained when the train arrives. The dead will be brought here as soon as the coroner reaches the scene of the disaster and holds an inquest. A special train left here early this morning with physicians and all the necessary appliances for the relief of the wounded and care of the dead. Another train will leave at noon with the coroner, reporters and another relief party. Both the locomotives were completely wrecked and the trains badly smashed The collision occurred through through a misapprehension of orders given to the conductor. Hunson E. Bridge, president of the road, and Thomas M`Kessock, are on the spot doing everything possible to relieve the sufferers and to clear the track. SECOND DESPATCII. ST. Louis, May 12, 1870 The train containing the wounded arrived about three o'clock. The sufferers were taken directly to the hospital. A large crowd was at the depot, and as the wounded were borne on mattresses to proper conveyances much sorrow was manifested. Most of the killed are persons returning from Kansas, destined to points in Illinois and Ohio. Al though many of the wounded are seriously hurt, it is be lieved all will recover. They are well cared for. The people and physicians in the neighbourhood were on the ground promptly, and have been labouring incessantly ; everything has been done that could be done to make the wounded comfortable. Augustus A. Fleming, chief en gineer of the Taboo and Neosho Railroad, among the killed, needs confirmation. The misunderstanding of orders seems to have been made by the engineer of the freight train. It is said he has not been seen since the ac cident. Another train, with coffins for the dead and com forts for the wounded, has just started for the scene of the disaster. _Mere are nineteen persons killed. All the bodies will be brought to this city late to-night. THE GREEK MASSACRE. Although full details of the Marathon massacre nave not yet been obtained, enough is known to justify the indignation at the Greek Government and people with which England is now aflame. The murder seems to have been the result at once of official im becility and of political intrigue. From the correspondence between the British Minister at Athens and Lord Clarendon, the head of the Foreign Office), it appears that th e ransom was about to be paid when the brigands received a communi cation from certain leaders of the opposition, urging them to increase their demands to a point which would seriously embarrass the Ministry. In addition to the ransom of £25,000 they consequently stipulated for a full amnesty. This it would have been a violation of the constitution to grant ; but the King intimated that he would wink at their escape if they could be got out of the country. It is upon the whole a not unpleasing proof that human nature sometimes breaks through the restrictions of diplo matic propriety, that Lord Clarendon committed the totally unjustifiable and most amiable offence of offering to take the miscreants on board a British vessel and carry them safely to Malta. But while negotiations still pended, the Greek troops marched against the band, and the murders of course immediately followed. Why the troops were allowed to move at such a critical moment it is not easy to understand. But why brigandage has been tolerated Greece, on such terms that political parties use it as a weapon against each other, is a question which King George will find it still more difficult to answer. A nation which claims the privileges of a civilised power has distinct duties of protection to the subjects of other countries wh o ma yb e f or the t i me i ts guests, and the sovereigns under whose protection the pre sent Greek monarchy has been established certainly have the right to exact of the King a guarantee that those duties shall be performed hereafter. What compensation can be made for the wrongs already suffered we do no see ; but compensation of some sort must, at any rate, be attempted.—Tribune. THE NEGRO SEN ATOR.—Senator Revels has left us, having given a very favourable impression as to intelligence, modesty, and simplicity. Those who received him originally with courtesy as the first senator of his race, were glad to continue their attentions to him as a very able and agreeable man. His address to the school ship boys on Sunday was marked by good sense and good taste. Those who heard him on Sunday evening at Win throp-street Church were pleased both with the matcx and manner of his address. The hundred who met him in private, all testify that in a trying position he gave no sign of being spoiled by hie good fortune,—Boston Advertiser. FENIANS AT THE RED RIVER. The St. Paul's Press publishes a letter from punleitleja saying that a large body of armed Fenians had arra., t their en route for Red River. They intended to Riel, and were each armed with rifle, pistol, and knife., 7 yr t intend to aim first at the capture of Fort Francis, "!it., the ma force is to harass the British expeditio h e passage in through the swamps and marshes which between Fort William and Red River. Some of the foi,r„ are said to be commanded by a Confede rs 7 e officer of standing, and many French Canadians ha', joined them. Some old employes of the Hudson. Bay Company are their guides. One detachment RA Superior Superior River, intending to march direct to 7 River This statement must be accepted with great res , e_ u y it ; as Red River, according to the St. Paul Press, is 0, tranquil, and Riel is expecting to carry out the cor c P r mise with the Dominion. The transfer of the ifild s° c i Bay Company claims is said to be completed, ,e,„ $1,460,000 have been appropriated in the Dominion -t"'"' liament for the north-west. LAW AND POLICE. plOrr CONVICTION FOR ALLOWING GAMlNG.—William the keeper of the Royal Oak public-house, Back-1111, Clerkenwell, was summoned by the police for unlawfuVe permitting gaming with cards in his house.---Mr. Cl he ordered the defendant to pay a fine of ss. an d Costs. CROPPING DOGS' EARS.—The absurd and cruel Prg tice o f of " cropping " the ears of dogs, for the purpos,e mire making them look sharp, or enabling them to better in fight according to the brutal taste of the " fan e ' L l is likely to be heard less of in future. At the LiverP t l e Police-court Thomas Mulhern was summoned, at eit y instance of the Society for the Prevention of Cru to Animals, for causing a dog's ears to Rage ''., cut, thus giving it great pain. Mr. ge barrister, Midland Circuit, appeared for the society. f said the present offence was that of cutting the ears ° e bull pup off at the roots, causing the animal extre,tii agony. The clipping of a dog's or horse's tail for us g ut purposes, he said, could not be objectionable ; but t f o . c 1 t a dog's ears off by the roots for the purpose of forraT l 4 3 t forfighting was an undoubted cruelty. It appeared Cl the act was done in the defendant's presence. This 1 " - ps. the first case the magistrates inflicted a penalty a 4 only, with costs. SETTING FIRE TO A DANCING SALOON.—A nv w an ; named Richard Hawks, was brought up at the Blacicr"°23 Police court, on, a charge of maliciously setting on fi n e dancing saloon, which was burned down. The pr's was remanded, and bail was refused. r TEN YEARS FOR STEALING A PIG'S HEAD.—.At T eo pool, for stealing a pig's head, Mary M`Dermott has then sentenced to ten years' penal servitnde. Mary is r ato 4 a celebrity. She claims seven aliases , and can boas ,t having been twenty-three times in custody, her trisq e, two occasions resulting in sentences of penal servitu_u„. for two and five years respectively. Her present Ile4 sentence is due to her character rather than her .r offence. ROBBERIES OF JEWELLERY.—A youth named rPhollo Dixon, employed at the Central Railway Station, 1 " 00 castle, was brought before the magistrates of that town A Tuesday, and convicted of several robberies of j ewellerY•le moulder, named Archer, was found dealing with s ( , )l ',',A brooches, which formed part of a parcel of eighteen that JP:, been sent from Glasgowto Birmingham. The twoprisletre had been seen in company together, and there was 11 A doubt that Archer received the brooches from Dixonoo the second case ?„crainst the prisoners was gone into. /I V 4th of May, a parcel containing a gold watch and tw e ;,. OA domes was sent to the Central Station for trann. Sion to London. That parcel never reac hed its des,tdir tion. When the prisoner Dixon was taken into cw" r in connection with the former case, he told the offiegee, where the watch was concealed, and on Archers h were being searched afterwards, five of the gold domes w ine found. The Bench sentenced each of the prisoners to n months' imprisonment. A THE BANKRUPTCY. OF HOBART PASHA.—ts.n ar. li i tion was made by Mr. Algernon E. Sydney in the 1 35 .1 0 ruptcy Court, under the bankruptcy of Augustus Chia' v, Hobart. The statement of accounts is thus summ e " edi viz. :—Dr. To creditors unsecured £74,736 Bs. 10d.,.• tors holding security, £2,23155.2d. ; total, £76,967 1 58 . ' t he Cr. By property given up to assignees, £2ll ; pro perty in, o d ; hands of creditors, £123 ; by deficiency, £76,633 1 38 : ' t i l e total, £76,967 18s. 10d. The expenditure 01 1 ,0 bankrupt for two years w as s t a t e d t o have ' w - bo £2,600. At a former s itti ng , th e b an krupt, -il ia in receipt of £2OO a m on th f rom th e T ur ki s h Gov;w ment, proposed to set aside £5OO per annum in liq ui s ite tion of his debts, and a resolution was passed to ro , the proceedings ou t o f cour t . M r. S y d ney sa id the ° r aj,. ficate of the regi s t ra ti on o f th e d ee d h a d not ye t been t ' o f tained, and he no w h a d t o app l y f or an en l ar gernen' be the time, and in the m ean ti me th a t f ur th er proce eding, s gt i l stayed. His honour granted an adjournment until the of July next. The Duke of Newcastle has been suffering, W ill an attack of small-pox in Paris. The village of Sassello, in Piedmont, has just been entirely destroyed by fire. A squadron of the Russian navy is to procee d an experimental cruise in the Baltic this year. S t ye franchised, the event of Sligo and Cashel being t he franchised, Kingstown will put in a claim for one f o r seats, whilst Tipperary and Mayo are expected to as°` a third member. ANOTHER DUEL, THIS TIME WITH A RESULT. —Two young men, one the son of a weliel a tfi Pera artist, M. Pressiozi ; the other nephew of a a n ch financier, M. Vlasto, foolishly quarrelled about a ~,ur actress, and more foolishly still, determine to fight 5b ~,5 1 1 her, which they did on Sunday morning, with S ea t swords. M. le financier was run through the bodY wag the seat of his affection—his _liver • his adversal, 0 10 only slightly pricked in the hand. 11/. Vlasto's for some time despaired of, but we learn that he ' 5 considered out of danger.—Levant Times. THE SMALLPDX IN PARIS.—The increasing 1 11 0 i lence of this disease is attracting the serious attentiaob many of the Paris papers, although it still serves asio ject for smart sayings and jesting anecdotes in the u' res s. ries and Chroniques of the major portion of the dailY Pb e ey For some weeks the mortality from smallpox has 21.0 gradually increasing, and in the week ending on the ao e of May the number of deaths registered from that • ~,a/e alone was 195, against which the Opinione Na ti° dot) points to the returns for the previous week for Lo 0 0 . 0 0 of six deaths, Berlin three, Brussels one, and F l , o i none, and urges the neces s ity f or a com p u lsory la vaccination. la pi, THE DEAD ALIVE.—A. curious story is 4 0' the Gaulois of the disappe arance f rom th e P ar is ran" jag . a body which had been brought there. The police pa the found a man lying insensible in the streets c alled 'ri c o assistance of a doctor, who declaredthat the man w a d s in consequence of congestion of the brain. The bn,,Y,poo conveyed to the Morgue, was undressed, and place In the one of the slabs with the clothing suspended above. dres s ' pockets were found a purse and a letter with an a d or The keeper of the Morgue was astonished the next.,b the ing to find the body had disappeared, together wli et terf clothes. He proceeded to the address upon 018 , 4 00. 0 s and inquired for the person mentioned, and was, introduced to a man in whom he recognises the missing charge. This man, a printer employed a bje ct office of the Gaulois, explained that he was I fro to cataleptic attacks, which sometimes l a sted b e ep eight to ten hours. On the previous evening he ha s cion s taken with one of those fits, and remained unconfool until early in the morning, when, recovering; be himself at the Morgue, with his clothes hangi= o dl him. He dressed himself, and, as the doors "'ler I" latched, he took his l eave ,. i n t en di ng t o re turn la t o c ieli reclaim his purse, and to explain the causes of his disappearance from legal custody. [ADVERTISEMENT. 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The health of the 1143 ,Y excellent; especially since, abandoning all other retneli' o o, r . „`" e d confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Ara ~,r o cla`o o of which he consumes a plateful at every meal It h a s a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and 1 3 'S cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From.the ..s, t ia3L;', du Midi,' July 2;. Cure No. 46,t70.—Mr. James Ro b6 :ed merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' dis e , a : ek s. spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deaAl-,,,tett..a, N 0.1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, lord-Lieutenant of , of many years 'dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years o at], 1 , able agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma , . stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomit Jolly " Important Caution.—B ew ar e of the niany. au thcw and more than sloppy imitatio ns t o which, without Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. 121 1) A TS In tins, at is lid; Ilb 2s 9d; 2 lb 4s 6d; Mb 11 - 5 :006 01 u po 24 lbs 4 s.— A lso Do BARRy's BEVALsNTA RAB IC ' for Z 4 t :0 5 POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for le cups at 2 „ 5 cu ps %eat at Is 6d, for 48 cups at6s, for 2t.8 cups at 30s, for 54 —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s 2 W 1 ce ora free of carriage in E ng l an d on rece ipt of Post 0 .!!'„,(1oa BARRY Du BARRY and Co., N o . 77, Regent-street , all Grocers and Chemists. —oe BIRTHS. s cb"' On the 19th inat., at Grosvenor-place, the E 101). rS. Hay, of a son. f On the 21st inst., at Highbury-grove, the w ife o f Young, of a son. MARIAGES. t 9 ' On the 19th inst., at St. Luk ß e's, Bedminster, 11. A h OS , Esq., of Birmingham, to Emily Eliza, daughter of t Dr. Doudney, vicar of St. Luke's, Bedmins ter. of On the 19th inst., Isaac, son of R. N. Carvalhot Highbury-grove. to Hester, daughter of C. lea ses ' of Spring Villa, Clifton. DEATHS. rr" rt .: On the 18th inst., at Warren Corner-house, near FA' Surrey, J. W. Parker, Esq., late of West Strand, 01)1 aged 78. 11 e it°l.l On the 20th inst.. at Highbury-te rra c e , W. 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