The Sun. — London, England, 1868-08-20 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP TSB PUBLIO JOIIBITALS. The Times remarks that the more" we hear from Ireland the more clearly d oes it app n ear that the shocking murders Tipperary are to be ascribed to exceptional causes, and - must not be taken as bearing in any way upon the general 7elations of lan dlords and tenants. From all sides we 'have evidence that Mr. William Scully had been an extremely "hard man," that he had borne no pleasant his repu t a ti on among either the tenantry orof county, and that he had broken one of the few links which would still have united him to his poorer neighbours by :vbjuring, the Roman Catholic faith. The terms of the lease Mr. Scully proposed for his tenants were outrageous. .11r. Scully, however, offered the alternative of accept ance or eviction ; on refusal, he proceeded to carry out his threat of ejectment, and as if to produce the greatest possible amount of personal exasperation, he proceeded to serve the notices of ejectment himself. The consequence was, that a long-standing personal animosity was inflamed to passionate hatred; a nd hatred, at an unhappy opportn nity, broke into murder. It will not be supposed that we are saying a word in palliation of a crime which is, under any view of the case, nothing less than a murder. We are only pointing out that it is a murder, and nothing else, due to similar motives with murders committed in any other country, and not to be mixed up with agrarian outrages and ordinary tenant-right questions. Members of a fiery and violent race were subjected to gross provoca tion, and took a murderous revenge. That is the history of the affair—a history which is common to many amurder com mitted under totally different circumstances. The matter is, of course, discussed by the Irish press as eluci dating the question of tenant-right, but it really has no practical bearing on it. Fully recognising, as the Standard has always done, that property has its duties, and admitting that Mr. Scully has neglected or refused to perform them, it still must be remembered that upon this occasion he was but asserting his legal rights, and that the opposition he met with was all the more unjustifiable, inasmuch as serving notices to quit is but a preliminary step, and that eviction could not take place at soonest before April, and not even before the July of next year in case the intervening time between the 25th March, when the notices would expire, and the date at which the quar ter sessions may be held in April, did not consist of the number of days requisite to render the process of eject ment valid. During those months the pressure of public opinion might have changed Mr. Scully's intention, and induced him to act with becoming moderation. We own that under such circumstances we are astonished at the unaccustomed hardihood with which the peasantry acted, and that we can only attribute it to the doctrines ex pounded in and out of Parliament on the land question, which lead them to hope for perpetual occupation of their farms, and induce them coute qui coute to retain possession until they shall become proprietors or obtain fixity of tenure under -an- anticipated Act of Parliament. Howerefillinstiftlllo iti o ,Orehensible this gentleman's conduVatfardibii tbnantrinaay be, he must be sup ported while. limiting his actions within the bounds of law, if we Wish to avoid an universal " Jacquerie "—for successful resistance qn the part of an armed tenantry to the acknowledged rights of a landlord who even harshly exercised his powers would form a precedent for its being resorted to in other instances which would admit of no justification, and ultimately lead to the organisation of a widespread system of organised assassination, in compa rison with which the past murders of obnoxious Irish landowners would appear as nothing. The Times wishes to give every possible publicity to the fact that all the opportunities and privileges of the TJni versity of Oxford are now open upon payment of the entrance fee of five pounds and the yearly payment of three pounds ten. The candidate must bring with him a character, the consent of his parents, and as much preparation as is implied by his having risen to the second class of a second-rate grammar school under a respectable second-rate master. Every town in the kingdom ought to have dozens of young men qualified to avail themselves of this most liberal offer. The Times remembers that we are inviting to the university young men with a very mixed past, and utterly unknown future. The " unattached " undergraduate has everything clone for him that a university can do, and more than is done by many universities. The " delegates " license and regulate lodging-houses, of course specially in the interest of the inmates ; they are charged with the good behaviour of the new class ; they also license " tutors," in order to protect the helpless strangers from mere pretenders, sordid adventurers, or other' bad guides. The tutors thus licensed by the university and selected by the " unattached " undergraduates become answerable for theirrgeneral guidance, and specially to see that they are under actual and proper instruction. The tutor is the man to whom the youths are to go, on all occasions of difficulty, for information or advice, and he is to be really responsible for their continuing at Oxford for any good purpose. His relation to them is that of the head of a college to its undergraduate inmates, and in that capacity he has to see that they have proper instruc tor 3, and are going through a regular academic course. The licensed tutors are houseless " heads," as their charges are " unattached " undergraduates. The tutors licensed by the delegates under the new statute may be men of ability. The case of the " unattached " undergraduates under him will be that of college undergraduates under a firstrate " head," assisted by a staff of tutors whom he has been able to select without regard to any college routine, The paltry payments mentioned are not much less than the undergraduate now pays for the same consi derations, but he will be able to live as cheaply as he pleases, as much alone as he pleases, or with what associates he pleases, subject, of course, to rules of good discipline. The Post says that the question of the mismanagement of railways, in point both of construction and wcrking, has of late years been forced on the attention of the public by the virtual collapse of the companies themselves, and a most important step towards n new condition of railway affairs was taken by the action of the Government, pre liminary to its assumption of the Irish railways. This experiment will be probably one of the most important ever undertaken in this country, for, if successful, not only will it be an immense boon and material assistance to Ireland, but it will doubtless be but the immediate forerunner of the similar assumption of the whole British railway system by_the State. Another, and perhaps even a more important experiment—that of the Governmental management of the telegraphs—will, of course, have a direct and powerful bearing upon the ulti mate course to be adopted on this question, for in the event of its success and that of the Irish rail way scheme, the barrier of -prejudice against Govern. ment undertakings - , already greatly shaken by the splendid success of the Post Office, will be mate rially, if not totally, removed ; one of the first results of which would, no doubt, be the expression of the urgent desire of the people of this country for the State management of the entire railway system—a desire which even now is being called into existence by the perversity and shortsighted conduct of some of the companies. Until the railways are under the zontrol of the Government, the defence of the country must remain dangerously incom .plete. The Post thinks the Government would effect a great economy in the management, and would not have to run in opposition to rival lines. Supposing, then, that the railways were to pass into the hands of the State, we can imagine the station in every town and village would become the centre of all the Government agencies. There would be collected the telegraph-office, the post office, the savings bank, and the insurance-office, and there perhaps all the taxes might eventually be received, which now cost the country such enormous sums to collect ; and it would then be possible to place over each station, as the controlling head, a man of ability and position, who could be entrusted with the dbvelopment of the extensive local system under his charge. It would, in short, be a step in advance which might prove of equal, or even of greater importance than the adoption of the penny postage. The Herald commends the judicial appointments of the Lord Chancellor. Had his lordship been swayed merely by political or personal considerations, it would be mere affectation to deny that. some who have just been passed over. would have been preferred to those whose names have been announced as the new judges. On the Ministerial side of the House of Commons it would be easy to find men, occupants of the front benches in court, and who have long filled a prominent place in the public eye, each of whom might not unreasonably have expected that one of the newly-created honours would have been conferred upon him, supposingit Lad been deemed right to follow the precedents set by those who chafe and ; fret because of their involuntary rele gation to the cold shade of opposition. Nor do we pretend to say that political claims ought not to -be considered at all, or that, ceteris paribus, the man who has served the State in Parliament is not entitled to some acknowledg ment of the additional labour which such services render inevitable. The danger is lest claims so based should be tr-nted as paramount, to the entire supersession of such as aro grounded purely on the distinctions won during an arduous professional career. The difficulty, of course, is to draw the line so as to combine the maximum of public good with the minimum of rational individual aggrieve ment. Neither to Prime Ministers nor to LorslChanallors is it given to please everybody ; but itOwell when their bitterest antagonists can find so Mask to say as 3.4 to be said against this latest bestowal of judicial dignities. A Te Deum was sung at Vienna on the 13th the parochial church of St. Anne, in Impur qt E' Napplepge psyt_ BOY or LEGAL PATRONAGE; , v.rne fouowmg list (according to the Daily Nam of the legal appointments of the present Government IN ENGLAND. Bovill, Rt. Hon. Sir W. :,; Chief as. C ommon Brett, of Common Ple Brett, Sir W. B. — Puisne Judge of Common Pleas. Cairns, Lord Lord Justice of Appeal; WWI Lord Chancellor. Chelmsford, Lord " - Lord Chancellor. Cleasby, Mr. Giffard, Sir G. M. Hannen, Sir J. Bench. Hayes, Serjeant -- Puisne Judge in Queen's Bench. Kelly, Rt. Hon. Sir F.....;. Chief Baron of the Ex chequer. Malins, Sir R. .. Vice-Chancellor. Phillimore, Rt. Hon. Sir U. Judge of the Admiralty Court. Rolt, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Selwyn, Rt. Hon. Sir C. Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir W. P Lord Justice of Appeal. IRELAND. Blackburne, Right Hon. F. Lord Chancellor. B rews ter, Right Hon. A Lord-dust ce ancell of Appeal; now Lor. Chatterton. Rt. Hon. H. E. Vice-Chancellor. Christian, Right Hon. J. Lord Justice of Appeal. George, Right Hon. S T. ench. Lynch, Mr. Court. Miller, Mr. S. B. Judge of Bunkruptcy Court. Morris, Right Hon. M Puisne Judge of_ Common Pleas. Napier, Right Hon. Sir J. Lord Justice of Appeal. Walsh, Right Hon. J. Whiteside, Right Hon. J Chief Justice of Queen's Bench. SCOTLAND. Inglis, Right Hon. J. Patton, Right Hon. G. Lord Justice Clerk. It will be seen that the office in which the changes have been most numerous is that of Lord J ustice of Appl. In England Lord Cairns left it for the woolsack, and Sir John Rolt, after holding the appointment only six months, was compelled to resign through ill-health. The nomination of Sir Joseph Napier to the Court of Appeal in Ireland was objected to so strongly on account of his suffering from deafness, that he sent in his resignation before he had entered on the duties of his post. His successor, 11Ir. Brewster, held the office eight months, when he was promoted to the Chancellorship. It may be added that thirteen of the new judges were returned as members of the present Parliament, and that the offices of Attorney and Solicitor General in England and Ireland, and of Lord-Advocate and Solicitor-General in Scotland, have been filled and re-filled nineteen times. The vacant Solicitor -Generalship in England will now render a twen tieth nomination necessary. The value of the judicial offices• which have been filled during the past two years varies from £2,000 to £lO,OOO each, and represents a sum of £1.15,000 a year. FIRE AT NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE. On Wednesday night a disastrous fire broke out in a wing of Northumberland House, alarming the wbole immediate neighbourhood, and doing in many respects irreparable mischief. It occurred in the ball-room and picture gallery, which are at the back of the house, on the Whitehall side, and at right angles with the Strand. It was a building about 1501 t. long and 50ft. high, roughly estimated, with a roof almost flat, and lighted by two tiers of windows on both sides throughout its whole length. It contained pictures, frescoes, tapestries, magnificent vases, and other articles of vertu, many of them altogether unique, and all of rare interest, most of which have perished, with a great part of the wing itself ; but, fortunately, the rest of the fabric remains altogether unarmed. The fire, in fact, was happily confined, by the well-directed exertions of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, to the part of the building in which it originated, though there it has occa sioned incalculable damage. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are understood to be now residing at Alnwick Castle, and their town house was left, as it frequently is, in the charge of servants. Persons residing in the immediate neighbourhood perceived a strong smell of fire about half-past ten o'clock, but could not tell whence it proceeded, and nearly an hour elapsed before the discovery was made. The fire had then appeared in the upper part, or roof, of the picture gallery and ball-room, and by a quarter to twelve o'clock the building was in a blaze. The police authori ties at Scotland-yard had received the alarm about a quarter or twenty minutes past eleven o'clock, and Mr. Superintendent Walker, with a large body of men, was speedily on the spot, and rendered material service in guarding the approaches to the house and co-operating with the Fire Brigade. Mr. Williams, the house steward, Mr. Grove, a neighbour, and others were able by great exertions to save some vases and other articles of great value and interest, but little in comparison with what has been destroyed. The fire was for some time confined to the upper part of the structure and burnt downwards ; but by half-past 12 o'clock it was n ani - estly under the c ontrol o' the Tr' ga , le, and all anxiety as to the safety of the main body of the fabric was allayed. The roof, portions of which fell in at intervals, had almost wholly perished at 1 o'clock in the morning, and daylight will have revealed only the bare walls of what was on Wednesday a state apartment, magnificently embellished and furnished, and replete with works of art. It is said that workmen had been employed in that part of the building during the day; but last night, in the exertions which were made to arrest the progress of the fire, no one connected with the establishment could stop to inquire as to its origin. It seems, however, to have commenced in the middle of the room, for when the flames broke forth the centre of the roof was the first part to give way, and at last the fire was confined to both ends of the room. For some time there was a scarcity of water, but when the firemen obtained a supply they soon gained the mastery over the fire. Fortunately, the drawing rooms, dining-rooms, marble staircase, and upper suite of saloons and the valuable paintings there have escaped destruction. A superb Sevres china vase, about three feet high, valued at £lO,OOO, the gift of Charles X. of France to the Duke Hugh of Northumberland, who was Ambassador Extraordinary from the Court of St. James's at the coronation of that monarch, and some splendid frescoes from the antique have been destroyed. It is very fortunate the fire was discovered so early, other wise the entire building might have been imperilled. The last time the ball-room now destroyed was thrown open for ducal hospitality was when their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured the third Duke and his Duchess Eleanor with their presence at a grand banquet and fete about four years ago. THE " SENILITY" OF THE CORPS LEGISLATIF, —The LiberM makes a curious calculation as to the ages of the members of the Corps Legislatif. It finds that the united ages of the 283 deputies amount to 16,014 years, which gives an average of 566 years for each deputy. "It is, therefore," says the Liberte, " the most senile Legislature which has existed in France since 1789." Next in order comes what is known in French history as the Chambre Introurable. The average age of the Opposition, though it comprises old men like Berryer, Thiers, and Marie, is 49. A BOAT CAPSIZED.—During the visits of the Channel fleet to Portland large numbers of " bum boat " men and women go from Portsmouth in wher ries in order to supply the crews with fresh provi sions and other articles. On Monday it was determined by the owners of the bumboats to snake for Portsmouth. They left almost all together, but when off Warbarrow, some five or six miles distant, the Favourite, belonging to William Sutton, suddenly capsised, owing, it is said, to the shifting of the ballast, and sank. Some of the other boats picked up two of the crew who were struggling in the water. These saved themselves by clinging to a box, but the third, a discharged soldier of the 43rd Regiment, drifted away and was drowned. A case of some interest to the journalistic profes- Eion camo before tho,Liverpool County Court on Tuesday. The plaintiff had been engaged upon a publication called the Liverpool Leader as sub-editor, and a dispute having arisen between himself and the proprietor, a Mr. Norfolk, ho gave and received notice. Tho questions involved were whether he was engaged as sub-editor, and 'whether, being so engaged, ho was entitled to three months notice. The first fact was clearly proved, and the second point, as to length of notice, was oats blishodby the evidence of several witnesses, and among others Mr. John Dignan, late of tho Liverpool Chronicle, who spoke from a4O years' ( xperionce. Under these cir cumstances the judge awarded the plaintiff the full amount claimed and costs. A PERILOUS ADVENTURE.—A young man named Thornhill, from Birmingham, went out for a row in a two oared boat from Douglas Head, Isle of Man, a few days ago. After getting out about a couple of miles from the land he found to his horror that it was utterly impos sible for him to return, the wind and the current being very strong and the tide fast going out. About two o'clock in the morning the sea became very rough, and the solitary occupant of the little boat found himself no longer able to keep his position at the oars. The latter he placed in the boat, and laid himself down in the boat's bottom, awaiting what he felt sure must be speedy death. At 6 o'clock he was, however, providentially picked up by the schooner Erin, of Drogheda, Ce►,pti in Owens, bound fc* 4451 t . 9 teltimcl Orio a Di/ _ THE SUN LONDON, ELECTION INIELLIGENCE. TOWER HAMLETS. Last evening Mr. Ayrton, M.P., addressed a numerous meeting of his constituents at the Beau mont Institute, Beaumont-square, Mile-end. Mr. W. ALLAM presided, and was supported on the platform by several of the prominent electors of the borough. Mr. AYRTON, in presenting himself to the meet ing, was enthusiastically received. He said that though there might be many in the assembly he was addressing who might differ from himself in opinion, he was sure they would set a good example by listening patiently to what he had to say re garding his political career. He had stated his political opinions before the electors of the Tower Hamlets for the first time 16 years ago, and he now appeared before his constituents, not in the same position occupied by many men of distinction, who had to explain the inconsistency of the course of their political action, but able as he was to reite rate he might almost say the identical opinions he had advocated before them when he first appeared as a candidate for their suffrages. They would re member that he had taken his stand long ago on the principle which many at that time thought would exclude him from the practical political circle of the House of Commons —namely, that no real progress could be made in the enfranchise ment of the people until it was founded on the sound and enduring basis of household suffrage. That principle had now been admitted as the basis of our political system. But he was compelled to add that those who used that principle knew how to abuse it. Two ways had been adopted to render the franchise abortive—one was to complicate it by a system of rating which would be harassing to the elector, and another was to so arrange matters that a man might live in a house for years and might never obtain a vote, although he was endeavouring all his life to obtain that privilege. With regard to the first scheme, that gentleman who had shown so instinctive a knowledge of the wants of the working classes—Mr. Gladstone —had exerted him self to effect the result that a man should obtain the franchise whether his landlord or he himself was personally rated. If the policy of that gentle man had been adopted by the House of Commons, about 500,000 persons would have been relieved in a political sense. But the Liberal party was at the time to which he referred for various reasons divided, and so the effort proved ineffectual. lie had himself at the commencement of last session moved for a committee with a view to find a suitable remedy for the assessment of unnecessary rates and taxes. Hav ing taken evidence he framed a report, but on moving its adoption he had been opposed by a Cabinet Minister, the Secretary of the Poor Law Board, and the other Conservative members of the com mittee. Speaking of household suffrage, he said he never considered that household suffrage meant that a man should occupy a whole house in order to entitle him to the elective franchise. In the metro polis, for instance, what would be cottages in the country were put, so to speak, one over the other, owing to the exigencies of space, and he held that the man who occupied any part of a large house for a certain time should obtain a vote. Another boon had been granted in the lodger franchise, but those who went to seek that privilege knew that it 'was circumscribed by conditions which robbed it of half its value. Under the present condition of things the claim of any elector might be questioned by any one before the Revising Barrister's Court, and if the claimant were not present his claim would be disallowed. He had endeavoured to carry a clause in the House of Commons by which notice should be given to any one whose claim was opposed. He had also tried to diminish the term of residence which was considered necessary for the granting of the franchise. He had secured the reduction of that period from two years to one. He might, he be lieved, congratulate the people of the Tower Ham lets on the fact that in the great struggle on the re distribution scheme of the Government that bo rough was the only constituency divided so that electors would command four effective votes. Other great boroughs were placed in the ignoble position of possessing three members, while every elector could vote for only two. How did it happen that the Tower Hamlets was so favoured ? They had no agitation, no memorial to the Ministers of the Crown ; but he might add that they had a member in the House of Commons who was always endea vouring to prevent the result that 60,000 should be added to the number of the electors, and that they should still return only two members to Parliament. The Liberals had, with most laudable self-denial, extended the representation in the counties, and the whole question as regarded boroughs would be re opened as soon as possible. Speaking of the ballot, he said that he was an advocate of its adoption ; and at one time, when Mr. Berkeley wanted a seconder, he was at his post and supported that gen tleman. He contended that it was to the self sacrificing conduct of Mr. Gladstone and Lord Rus sell's Government they were indebted for the measure of Reform which they had lately ob tained, for no Government could remain in power who did not introduce such a measure after the resignation of the Russell Ministry of 1865. He then dwelt at some length on the neglect of the intellectual wants of the people—the neglect, as he called it, of 300 years of opportu nity. When they remembered that £5,000,000 or £6,000,000 had been spent on an expedition to a country of which few knew anything ; that £4,000,000 or £5,000,000 was about to be expended in the purchase of the telegraphs of the country, concerning which not one in a thousand of the working classes felt the faintest interest ; that there was an increase of £3,000,000 a year in our national expenditure ; when they remembered these things, they should consider that what was done to promote education was indeed insignificant. He was not blind to the fact that there were great difficulties in the way of promoting education. One thing he would say regarding it, that there was no necessary connection between secular education and religious instruction. Speaking of the combinations of the working classes, he said that nothing in the history of these organisations had effected more disastrous results than the joint-stock companies of recent years. He then spoke at considerable length of the subject of the Irish Church, designating it as the plague-stricken part of the imperial body. He thought all honour was due to Mr. Gladstone for his conduct on that question during the past Session of Parliament—never falling into traps laid for him, and never going beyond the practical necessities of the time. They received a temporary check, but it would, be was sure, be but of short duration. (Cheers.) He concluded by expressing his confi dence that he would be returned to Parliament a member for the Tower Hamlets at the ensuing elec tion. (The hon. gentleman entered at considerable length into local questions, and sat down amid loud and prohnged cheering, having spoken for upwards of two hours and a half.) Mr. SHELTON moved the following resolution :- " That this meeting cordially thanks Mr. Ayrt for his services during the 11 years he has been the representative for the Tower Hamlets, and having heard an exposition of his views for the future will use their best efforts to secure his return to the new Parliament." The resolution having been seconded by Dr. Corner, was almost unanimously adopted. GREENWICIL—The effect of the new Reform Bill in the borough of Greenwich will be to increase the constituency at the forthcoming registration nearly 50 per cent., the number of voters on the now existing register being 9,789, and those on the overseers' list at present exhibited at the doors of churches and chapels, and entitled to the franchise, being 14,054, or an increase of 4,265. This total is made up as follows :—Greenwich, 3,964 ; St. Paul, Deptford, 3,870 ; St. Nicholas, Deptford, G3O ; Charlton, 700 ; Plumstead, 1,760 ; and Woolwich, 3,130. The greatest increase is in the parish of Plumstead, the whole of which, on the recommendation of the Boundary Commissioners, is now included in the borough representation, whereas the greater portion of it was a part of the constituency of the western division of Kent. 1 BARNSTAPLE.—There is a feeling prevalent in the Conservative quarters at Daraotaplo in favour of THURSDAY EVENING, an invitation being sent to Mr. Rowel Gwyn, at present M.P. for Brecon, to ask him to come for ward to contest this borough. Mr. Gwyn, wbo was a candidate for the representation of this borc igh at the last election, stood third on the poll. DROITWICH. Mr. Acland, who is travelling round the count ry and lecturing in the small and reputed rott , boroughs, paid a second visit to this place on Tue day night, but drew together only a limit€ d audience, which were by no means unanimous La their approval of his doctrines. In fact, it is ques-- tionable whether he did not injure his cause by• charging the constituency of Droitwich with beiog corrupt, which charge appeared to be generally, repudiated with indignation. He said that hel came to Droitwich among other rotten boroughs, and called upon the men of Droitwich to do their duty to themselves and to their country. He , then mentioned certain " rotten boroughs" which.. he had visited—Marlow, Cirencester, Leominster,. Mach Wenlock, and, lastly, he hal come to Droit— wich. (Groans and cries, "It is not a rotten borough.'') He believed it was a rotten borough_ If they hal had bribery and corruption and intimi— dation Sir John Pakington would have been un seated ou petition, and that would have proved th at it was a rotten borough, but they had had no co b - test, and there had been no occasion to bribe, , or intimidate. At the last contest he believed the majority was one. There was no petition. (A Voice—" That proved there was purity at the time.") That did not prove that it was not a rotten borough, for it was a very common thing for bribery to be practised on both sides, and neither party dared petition against the other. Sir John Pakington had represented th em from 1837. If he had fairly represented theta it was not a rotten borough, but if for this long time he had knowingly and regularly misrepresented them that proved that theirs was a rotten borough. (Cheers and hisses.) EXETER. Wednesday Night. An immense meeting of Liberals was held here to-night at the Royal Public Rooms. Mr. Cole ridge, M.P., delivered an able speech. He was followed by ➢lr. E. Bowring. Order and enthusi asm prevailed. A resolution was moved by Mr. Hamilton, county magistrate, and seconded by Mr. John Challice, a working man. It pledged the meeting to support the two Liberal candidates, and was carried by acclamation. Cheers for the Queen, Gladstone, Coleridge, and Bowring concluded a great demonstration.. TAMWORTII• The Right Hon. Sir R. Peel has just issued a long address to the electors. Speaking of candi dates asking to be returned unfettered, he says : " You know what that means, and . you may rest assured that a good deal of confusion is caused in the House of Commons and in, the country by a class of politicians who are always waiting upon Providence to see which way the cat jumps, on the plea that they are unfettered by any pledges to party or to measures by their constituents." On the subject of future policy he says I pledge, payself to`: support. , a pglicy, in Church and State consonant with the progress of Liberal opi nions, while as regards many social questions of the day, such as popular education, the ballot, &c., my votes stand recorded in a liberal sense, and I am prepared fully to carry out in general terms an ad vanced liberal programme." Referring to the election, he says :—"lt is some months distant, and in the meantime all sorts of representations will no doubt be hazarded, with a view to influence the result. Indeed I have heard that already some of the working men of our new electoral body have been pressed to sign pledges as to the vote they are to bind themselves to give on that occasion. I hope this is not the case ; but if recourse is had to such practices (which will only recoil on those who seek to enforce them) nothing can more strongly point to the necessity of the ballot fur the protection of the due exercise of the franchise." He then stated that he hoped they would resist such interference, and reserve to them selves complete liberty of action until they had an opportunity of hearing and judging by whom their real interests were best likely to be consulted. WORCESTER CITY. • The address of the last of the Liberal candidates (Mr. T. It. Hill) was issued yesterday. He says he comes forward in fulfilment of a pledge given some time ago. He would amend the Reform Act by abolishing the ratepaying clauses, and by the intro duction of the ballot. As to the question of the day he says :—" The measures proposed for disestablish ing the Irish Church would have my cordial sup port, inasmuch as there is no defence offered for the maintenance of an Estabhshed Church in a country where its members constitute but a small fraction of the population ; but all vested and personal rights ought to be held sacred." He would introduce a " wise economy" in the administration of the army and navy, and as to education would prefer aiding the people to adopting compulsory measures. THE AYR BURGHS. On Tuesday evening Mr. Craufurd, M.P. for the Ayr le et district and t n addressed a meeting of thee s in Ayr ; Provost Mac- e c n o f e Burghs, ieeter Mac neille presiding. Mr. Craufurd gave some account of the proceedings of last session, and then referred to the position at present occupied by the Govern ment. He would ask Sir James Fergusson, for whom he had the greatest respect personally—they all knew he was an earnest worker for his party — why, in God's name, was he going to the other end of the world to deprive his party of his services, if that party was so much approved by the country ? Why was he, who was admitted on all hands to be the best candidate for Southern Ayrshire, going to the antipodes to repose there with a cool £4,000 a year, and taking by the hand, with the most patro nising air, the successor which the Conservatives had chosen? Sir James was really a man who could read the signs of the times. lie saw that a vote of want of confidence in his Government was coming up before next Christmas, and not thinking it right to remain out in the cold he very properly accepted the testimonial from his party, to which he, for ' one, declined to subscribe. Mr. Craufurd then referred to the national expenditure, and said Mr. Gladstone was most qualified to deal with it to the country's advantage. He had always been in favour of perfect religious equality, the disestablish ment of the Irish Church, and the withdrawal of the Regium Donum and the Maynooth Grant. In referring to the Corrupt Practices Bill he said that in his opinion the only effective way of putting down corruption was by the ballot-box, which would render bribery useless ; and the moment bribery be came useless they would find candidates would but ton up their pockets. At the conclusion of the ad dress a motion was adopted declaring Mr. Craufurd ' well fitted to represent the burghs. on • THE BoEDEE BEEGHs. On Tuesday evening a meeting was held i n Hawick, at which Alderman Hedley,,J.P., ex-Mayor of Tynemouth, Alderman Green, J.P., and Mr. R. Forth attended and explained the reasons which led to Mr. Trevelyan's retirement from the representa tion of Tynemouth. They testified to his high character, and recommended him to the electors of Hawick. The meeting, which was a very stormy one, lasted till after midnight. The proceedings ter minated with resolutions being adopted to the effect that Mr. Trevelyan was a fit and proper person to represent the burghs. FIFESIIIRE• It is said that Mr. Balfour, of Balbirnie, may probably be brought forward in the Conservative interest to contest the representation of the county of Fife with Sir Robert Anstruther. F ORFARS 111 R E . The Hon. Charles Carnegie, DI.P. for the county of Forfar, addressed his' constituents in Brechin on Tuesday afternoon, ex-Provost Guthrie presiding. Mr. Carnegie, in referring tb the Irish Church question, said he thought that the Irish people had much reason for complaint regarding the treatment AUGUST 20, 1868. they had received from Great Britain, and now was the time for this course to be altered. If the same state of matters regarding the Church prevailed in Scotland, he believed the result would be an uproar such as that country had never seen. He was thoroughly prepared to support a large scheme of free and unsectarian education in the country, and he was not sure but that before long it would be found necessary to make it compulsory. A vote of confidence in Mr. Carnegie was unanimously carried. INCREASED 1 UNNELLING FACILITIES. HAUPT'S IMPROVED ROCK DRILL AND NITRO GLYCERINE. (From the Anglo-American Times.) There is a good article in the last Westnzinster Review on nitro-glycerine, which the writer believes, as an explosive agent, to be destined to achieve great re sults. In conjunction with Haupt's improved rock drill, we believe that the reviewer's anticipation will be more than realised—a system of tunnelling, boring, and blasting being introduced which will give immense facilities in penetrating through the bowels ofthe earth. An interesting experiment has just been made at the Alinera Lime quarries, Wrexham, in North Wales, to test both the drill and the explosive compound, and we will only say here that the instrument and the compound were alike successful. The rock drill is the invention of the eminent American engineer General Herman Haupt, of Philadelphia, lately and essentially modi fied and greatly improved. Messrs. Blanchard and M'Kean, 5, Rue Scribe, Paris, are the proprietors of the European patents, and during the past year have done much to adapt and perfect it for the pur poses required. The machine, as: used at Wrex ham, is 38 inches long, and in weight 140 lbs., re quiring one man only to work it. The parts brought into operation are constructed of hardened steel, and the machine is fixed in a simple frame, which has four adjustable legs, weighing about 75 lbs., two men easily moving both machine and frame. In motion it works as does the hand, viz., the stroke, the revolution, and the feed all automatically made by the machine, which adjusts itself to the differ ences in the hardness of rocks or varying speed of penetration. It may be worked either by steam or compressed air, which operates upon the piston in a small cylinder, giving the necessary impetus to the drill to carry it through its automatical motions up to 450 strokes per minute, the ordinary stroke being 2001b5., which can be increased or lessened by the turning of a screw. To work effectually two horse power of steam at 30 to 401bs. pressure is required, which is obtained at small cost by a port- able boiler. The smallest size machine will drill holes up toll inches in diameter,but machines maybe made to drill holes of any required dimensions, penetrating from one to six Or seven inches per minute according to the hardness of the stone. The machine used in the i Lime quarry was placed upon a flat surface, occupying a space two feet square, a 1i -inch drill ''being' passed through the cylinder. A flexible tube attached to the locomotive gave the necessary power, and the drill commenced hammering away at full speed. In four minutes the tool had gone to the depth of sixteen inches, the dust being ab- Ofloed a.uct the,, ilrgi kept cool by ajet of water pouring inio:thEi ' The tool was then changed in "two 'minutes and a half for one an inch and three-eighths, and in three minutes the hole had reached a further depth of fifteen inches, mak ing a good blasting hole in the hardest rock of thirty-one inches in less than ten minutes, including the time occupied in adjusting the ma chine and changing the drill. To have effected this in the ordinary way two men would have been engaged three hours. The machine was then removed to other parts of the rock and other holes bored with exactly the same result, which excited the astonishment and satisfaction of those who witnessed it. The machine as here tested was horizontally placed, and in large tunnels three or four may be kept working together one over the other at different angles and wholly independent of each other. The machine can be used on a columnar stand weighing 100 lbs., and consisting of one or two hollow iron columns with telescopic and screw adjust ments to suit any height of tunnel. The frame is placed on a universal joint to drill at any angle, the direc tion being changeable in two minutes. The legs are so framed as to stand on any surface, however irregular, and shod with steel points. What adds so much to the value of the machine is that it is pecu liarly adapted to submarine work. As it is equally good in driving levels, sinking shafts, and open quarry work, its introduction at the present time, coupled with the use of dynamite, is very fortunate, as it will encourage the prosecution of the three huge projects now discussed—" the Sub-Channel Railway from Dover to Calais"--another " from Port Patrick to Donaghadee, connecting Great Britain with Ireland"—and " and that under the Firth of Forth between Linlithgow and Fife." It may not be out of place here to condense from the Westminster Review a few remarks about nitro glycerine : —lt had its birth in the chemical laboratory of an eminent French professor, M. Pelouze, upwards of twenty years ago. It is a mixture of four parts of oil of vitriol and two parts of strong fuming nitric acid, the specific gravity of which is as nearly as may be 1.52. When this acid mixture has thoroughly cooled down, one part of glycerine in the dehydrated state—that is free from water—is poured into it and the whole well stirred. Chemical action ensues, attended with considerable increase of temperature, and with the escape of ruddy, brown fumes. To prevent the temperature becoming too great, the vessel is externally cooled by being surrounded with ice. When the chemical action ceases, it is found that a yellowish oily-looking fluid comes to the surface ; this is impure nitro-glycerine. To obtain it in the pure state, free from contami nating acid, the whole liquid mass is thoroughly mixed with fifteen or twenty times its bulk of cold water, and then permitted to settle. The nitro glycerine collects in the lower part of the vessel, and is drawn off by means of a syphon, or separated by the process of decantation. It is afterwards washed so completely that not the slightest trace of acid is found in the washings. When perfectly pure it is a colourless fluid, decidedly heavier than gly cerine, petfectly inodorous, and possessed of a sweetish, aromatic, and pungent taste. It is power fully poisonous, and even a small quantity placed on the tongue produces violent headache ; and as it acts similarly when absorbed through the pores, it is advisable that gloves be worn when working with vessels containing it. When prepared in a pure state it is a very stable compound at ordinary temperatures. If, however, it be im pure, and contains any of the acid used in preparing it, there is a proneness to decomposition, and then explosive violence is almost certain to occur. When pure it will safely bear exposure to the temperature of boiling water. It is not in the slightest degree volatile ; it is practically, if not absolutely, insoluble irk water, but in either alcohol, and especially wood-spirit or methyl-alcohol, it is freely dissolved. lts especial property is great ex -I,lo3ive power, but it is not exploded with any unusual degree of facility. It will not explode by simple contact with fire or heat unless raised to about 360 deg. Fahr. If a flame be plunged into it the liquid will simply burn so long as the match is applied, and with an ordinary cotton wick it will burn like common lamp oil. Gunpowder will explode with a spark, and gun cotton at a temperature of 277 deg. Fahr. Some other agent than heat must be employed, and that is concussion. When a quan tity of the liquid is spread over an anvil, on strik ing the moistened surface sharply with a hammer there will be a detonation ; but only that part will explode which is actually struck ; and there may be many such explosions on the parts untouched by the hammer. Experiments have been made with glass bottles filled with the liquid ; they have been dashed against hard rocks, thrown from great heights, but no explosion has resulted, and even after being heated to 120 degrees Fahren heit. When it is desired to employ this substance as a blasting agent, bore-holes arc made in the usual way, which are filled up to a sufficient height with the liquid, and then rock powder, or sand, or water is introduced above the nitro-glycerine as the tamping material. Hard stamping or stemming yery objectionable; just mentioned ) , water will suffice ; for as the nitro-glycerine is fully one and a half times the weight of water and insoluble in it, the latter will rise to the surface, even though the drill-hole contain water when the nitro-glycerine is poured into it, so it may be used in wet rocks or water-bearing strata with impunity. When the liquid is in the drill hole, the fuse-tipped with a tightly fitting per cussion-cap, is introduced into it either before or after the tamping is done, but the cap must be actually in the blasting liquid. When the explo sion is effected there is no residue nor smoke, and being much quicker than gunpowder the operation is performed with greater than ordinary rapidity. It is the most powerful explosive known, one pound of nitro-glycerine doing as much mechanical work as ten pounds of gunpowder, and some affirm even thirteen. Weight for weight it costs seven times as much as gunpowder, but the economy of its use is seen in the effect produced by the explo sion. So great is this in comparison with gunpowder that few bore-holes are required, and a swing results of from thirty to forty per cent. in mines, and 50 to 60 in quarries. Although the Reviewer alludes pointedly to its use in Sweden, a late order of that Government prohibits its use in that country, from which we must con , elude that experience proves it to be a more unsafe compound than he represents. It may, however, result from ignorance, and the fright caused by the destructive nature of the explosions at Newcastle on-Tyne, and he commences his article by showing the absolute necessity for safety to obtain the liquid in a pure state, when he affirms it to be far less dangerous than gunpowder. MUNITIONS OF WAR. Report to the Government of the United States on the Munitions of War Exhibited at Paris, 1867. Lon don : E. and F. N. Spon, 48, Charing-cross. Lieut.-Colonel Charles B. Norton and W. J. Valentine, Esq., United States Commissioners, have published the report to their Government on the munitions of war at the Paris Exhibition of last year. This book is well got up, containing 80 illustrations, and being printed by the authority of the Secretary of State is therefore in every respect an official report. The Commissioners modestly express their sincere regret that the Government had not commissioned officers of the regular army to fill a position requiring seence, research, and technical knowledge, and they admit having made a liberal use of the official documents within reach, and of the published accounts in the leading scien tific and other journals of different countries, be lieving that they could thus obtain a more complete view of the entire field. After dealing fully with the war materials exhibited, the Commissioners feel it their duty to notice important improvements elsewhere, and such events as the English trials of the Rodman gun at Shoeburyness, which occurred while they were writing their report. The success of the 15-inch smooth-bore gun against the 8-inch Warrior target, which fairly established the supe riority of American. ordnance, afforded them much gratification. It is true that fuller experiments must qualify the decision, yet enough remains, to justify the Commissioners in the high ground they have taken. The first chapter is devoted to cart ridges. It commences by remarking that most of the rifles exhibited were invented to suit the cartridge, instead of the cartridge to suit the rifle. The American is a simple metallic cart ridge, consisting of the shell, the fulminate, the charge of gunpowder, and the bullet. The Boxer cartridge for the Snider rifle is a compound metallic cartridge, for, though like the American, formed of four parts, they are com pound in themselves, really consisting of fourteen, some, the Commissioners think, unnecessary. A report of General Hay's is given, and though the defects he describes have been since overcome, the Commissioners deem it " strange that the British Government should persevere at great expense in en deavouring to improve a very faulty cartridge, when a superior article is already in the market and suitable to the regulation arm. " We allude to the cartridge lately invented by Mr. Daw, of Great Trinity-lane, London, a compound cartridge, and which, among recent inventions, is worthy of special men tion, as containing some peculiarities of a novel and ingenious description. The cartridge is composed of four parts, two of which are compound. The bullet, as in the Boxer, has the wooden picket through half its longer axis, and the clay plug in the base for expansion. The shell is also of brass and in three parts, retaining the copper cap for the fulmi nate in the centre of the base. In almost all other respects the cartridge differs materially from the Boxer. It is much shorter than the present service cartridge, and the inventor consequently claims for it greater facility of extraction from the regulation arm. The cylindrical portion of the case is com posed of a little over one fold of thin metal, which being united is perfectly gas-tight, and from the slightness of this one fold of little or no weight, and of great flexibility and toughness. The latter is a marked advantage over stouter metal, as the case, on the ignition of the charge, cannot fail to take the form of the breech or chamber in which it is enclosed, and cannot impede in the least the extraction of the shell after the explosion, as the sudden alteration of the temperature, after the gas leaves the barrel, causes a slight contraction of the metallic shell. It is waterproof as well as gas-tight, requiring no paper covering or lubrication, as, in addition to the shell being joined by cement or solder, it grips the bullet closely above the cannelures, or grooves, and thus the projectile, with the powder and fulminate, are held together in one compact body by the slight shell. 'The weight of sixty rounds of this cartridge is 51b. lloz., the weight of bullet 465 grains, that of shell and fulminate 105 grains, and the charge of gunpowder is 65 grains." The Chassepot cart ridge consists of six parts ; the priming, the pow der case, the powder, the pasteboard wad, the ball case, and the ball, and is not, correctly speaking, a metallic cartridge. That of the Prussian needle gun is peculiarly its own, and being made for the gun can only be used in it, or in one having a needle arrangement, to reach the fulminate through the powder. It consists mainly of four parts, not enclosed iu a metallic but a paper cover, the powder—the fulminating cap —the carrier wad—and the bullet. The lat ter is of an acorn shape and weighs about an ounce, the charge of powder being 76 grains. The Commissioners consider that the requisites de scribed by Captain O'Hea in his paper read before the Society of Arts in London to make up a good cartridge are combined in the American with the exception of a sufficient charge of powder, a defect easily remedied. The thin cylindrical case of Mr. Daw's cartridge possesses some ad vantages over the heavier shell of the Ameri can, but Mr. Daw's is a central fire car tridge, and therefore unsuited to magazine arms. The Small Arms Committee awarded to Mr. Daw the first prize of £4OO for his cartridges, which, though noticed in a foot note, was granted after the report had been written. But it is evident, from the tone of the American Commissioners, that they agree with the committee in estimating Mr. Daw's as .the best cartridge ; at any rate, after the Ameri can. " Like the Boxer," they say, "it is uncertain whether Daw's cartridge can be refilled after firing, an advantage possessed by the American which, combined with its simplicity and cheapness, gives it, in our opinion, the first place among the many cartridges that have come under our observation." This interesting work will furnish the subject of further remarks hereafter.—Anglo-American Times. The aggregate number of patients relieved at the Metropolitan Freo Hospital, Devonshire-square, City, during the week ending Aug. 16, was—Medical, 910 ; sur gical, 810—total, 1,750, of which 818 were new cases. LADVERTISEMENT. Pills.—The Females' Friend.—The wonderful cures effected by these pills have alone enabled thorn to withstand the keenest opposition .for years. They are valued at the humblest hearths as well as in the house of comfort and wealth. Holloway's pills work a thorough purification of the whole system without disordering, weakening, or otherwise interfering with the natural action of any organ. They are admitted to he the best restorers of appetite, strength, and perfect health to the most delicate constitution. Theygive colour and freshness to the face, and by their gentle alterativo properties eradicate from the system the germs of com plaints which, by the obstruction of humours, consign tens of thousands of females annually to an early grave wit.) might by the use of these pills be spared to their families Sad !limas. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Mr. Vallandigham explains in the New York !erald how he obtained Seymour's nomination. 'he Ohio delegation had decided in any event on ,hat morning to withdraw Pendleton, where he de ,ermined to give the name of Seymour, leaving both Pugh and Thurman in ignorance of his purpose, _ _ with the intention, as he implies, to defeat the Chase movement, which he thought was on the point of success. His words are—" As a matter of opinion I believe that had New York withheld her vote from Mr. Hendricks, Judge Chase would have been nominated within an hour." Seymour knew no thing of this movement until it culminated. The revolutionary plank in the platform was put in, it is reported, by Wade Hampton, who, in his late speech at Charleston, said—" I would take the resolutions if they would allow me to add but three wor‘ls, which you will find embodied in the plat- form. I added this—' And we declare that the Reconstruction Acts are revolutionary, uncon stitutional, and void.' When I proposed that, every single member of the committee came forward and said they would carry it out to the end." General Hancock's letter contradicting the rumours that he did not intend to support the candidate is as follows :—" Newport, Rhode Island, July 27. S. T. Glover, St. Louis.—My dear Sir,-1 am greatly obliged for your favour of the 20th instant. Those who suppose that I do not acquiesce in the work of the National Democratic Convention, or that I do not sincerely desire the election of its no- ininees, know very little of my character. Believ ing, as I really do, that the preservation of the constitutional government eminently depends on the success of the Democratic party in the coming election, were I to hesitate in its candid support, I feel I should not only falsify my own record, but commit a crime against my country. I never aspired to the presidency on account of myself ; I never sought its doubtful honour and certain labour and responsibilities merely for the position. My own wish was to promote, if I could, the good of the country, and to rebuke the spirit of revolution which had invaded every sacred precinct of li- berty. When, therefore you pronounced the statements in question false, you did exactly right. Principles, and not men, is the motto for the rugged crisis in which we are now struggling. Had I been made the Presidential nominee I should have considered it a tribute not to me, but to ths principles which I had proclaimed and practised ; but shall I cease to revere those principles because by mutual political friends another has been ap pointed to put them into execution ? Never, never ! These, sir, are my sentiments, whatever interested parties may say to the . contrary, .and I desire that all may know and understand them. I shall ever hold in grateful remembrance the faithful . friends who, hailing from every section of the Union, pre ferred me by their votes and other expressions of confidence, both in and out of the Convention, and shall do them all justice to believe that they were governed by patriotic motives, that they did not propose simply to aggrandise my personal fortunes, but to save their country through me, and that they will not suffer anything like personal preferences or jealousies to stand between them and their. mani- felt duty. I have the honour to be, dear sir, very respectfully yours, WINFIELD S. HANCOCK."— Speaker Colfax had a great reception at his home, South Bend, Indiana. Colonel Humphreys, the Mayor of the city, delivered the address of wel come ; and Mr. Colfax spoke eloquently in reply. The Baltimore Commercial gives a full account of the great Democratic Ratification Meeting in Monu ment-square of Maryland's capital. The arrival of the Wards was not without its comic side, however terribly earnest may be that most Democratic of Conservative cities. The first that put in an ap pearance were " the Unterrified," numbering about 600, from the Seventeenth Ward, marshalled by John Fitzpatrick, with several aides, and bearing aloft transparencies and numerous Chinese lanterns with the following mottos :—" We Grant nothing until we Sey-mour ;" " Charity to all, injustice to none ;" " This is the white man's country ;" " Con stitution of the United States—this ghost is our safety ;" "No negro suffrage ;" Let Democrats heed the lessons of the past if they would save the country ;" " Prostrate liberty appeals from Con gress to the people ;" " Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." The Twentieth Ward, with 501) good men and true, bore on their lanterns " We go for Seymour and Blair ; come with us and save your country ;" " Bonds must be taxed ;" " No Negro Equality," " Greenbacks good for one good for all ;" "No taxation without representation ;" "No North, South, East, or West, our country as before the war ;" " The Old Hickory in motion." There was a picture of a boy upon a donkey, with the words over it, "My boy Ulysses." As many men of the Sixteenth Ward proclaimed these senti ments—" Tax the bonds and kill the bloodsuckers," "We are going to See-more on the 81-air road ;" and the mottoes of 600 of the Hickory Keystone Club were "We want no Cigar President;" "Death to Radicals ;" " Seymour and Blair." In conse quence of the heat of the weather the other wards did not parade. Of course the children enjoyed the fun, and it seems to have furnished the worthy editor, whose office was passed by 200 youngsters/ with as much amusement. " One," he says, de sired to know " What was good to steal sugar with ?' lie was answered, Spoons.' Another, How do you keep pop ?' The answer was, 4 Cork it up ;' and How can you get rich?' ' Trade Go vernment medicines with the rebels for cotton,' Wag, the answer. ' What do Congressmen travel w ith ? asked one. Carpet bags,' yelled a chorus ; a nd thus they kept shouting until Monument-squa re was reached." [ADVERTISEMENT.] Consumption, and all nervous, bt'DO A stomach,and liver complaints in every stage are only tl9 and accelerated by drugs of every description , but p erfee curable by Du Barry's health-restoring RevalentaArabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considers!! hopeless; such as indig3stion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, COt sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhwa , all gastric derang'; ments, hemorrhoids, liver compla ints, flatulency, nervousnet: biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, mids, Iluenza, noises in the head and ears , rheumatism, go ut, itaf". rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepless eP%ne acidity,acidity,palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, drl cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregnancy or sea, sinking tits, bronchitis , scrofula, tightness of the e be , pains at the pit of the stomach, and bemeen the shoulders, ',O We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by Du if" tri of Food. Cure No 68,413.—" Rome, July 21, 1866. —The health s o the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandornag„o4 other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du ‘ ,lOl Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a P 11,94 at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly bene effect on his health; and his Holiness cannot praise_4l.. excellent food too highly." From the "Gazett e du Dt,,,r- July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts , timber P.A. chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased Inseoe-..„. spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partia l deafue t of Crro No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies , Lord Lieutuun•ift9 Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. _ e s* years' indescribable agony from dyspep sia, nervous .04 asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sicknese_of vomiting.—MariaJoly." 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