The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-12-31 00:00:00

ME. GLADSTONE AND THE ROMAN

CHURCH.

A gentleman who describes himself aa "impelled
by a fervent and active zeal for the preservation of the
Established Church of England and our glorious Re.
formation,'' lately sent to Mr. Gladstone two letters.
which have appeared in the Rock newspaper, contain-
ing an assertion by a lady, not named, that the
Premier waa received into the Romish Church at the
same time as herself. His letter elicited the following
reply : . . .

10,_Downing.street, Whitehidl

am directed hy Mr. Gladstone to acknowledge the
receipt of a letter, dated the 14th Mat., written by you on
behalf of the committee of the Birmingham Protestant Asso-
ciation, asking him " whether he can, in Justice to himself
and the British nation," allow certain letters, which have
appeared in a newepaper called the Rock, stating that he had
been received Into the Church of Rome, to be propagated If
untrue Mr. Gladstone desirea me to thank you for your
letter, and to inform you in reply that be cannot undertake
to contradict thia or any other Imputation which Is alike
foolish and imulting. Ile is quite content to leave thin
matter to the good sense of his countrymen; for if hie acts
do not confute such Imputations, he is convinced that
his words will not do so. Mr Gladstone begs that you will
use your own discretion as to the publication of this corre-
spondence In the newspapers —1 ain, Sir. your obedient
servant, ALOgittioN WEsf.
Dec. 24, 1870.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT
NORTHERN RAILWAY.

On Monday evening the following brief particulars of
a shocking accident en the Great Northern Railway,
near Hatfield, by which eight persons were kllled on
the spot and several others received severe Injarieo,
were sent to the papers for publication, by Mr.
Oakley :

'THE GRIAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, GENERAL MANAGER'S

" OFFICE, KINGS CROSS, DEC. •44"

"I regret to inform you that a very serloos accident hap-
pened to the train leaving King's Crou at 4.26 p.m. to-
day for Yeterboro%

.‘ When the train arrived near the Bell Bar signal station,
about two mile. south of Hatfield, the tyre of one of the
wheels of the brake-van broke, and threw that and three
other carriages off the road. Seven passengers were, I
regret to say, killed, and three others were severely hurt.
•• - - • -

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.. The WHO of one of our signalmen, who was walking on
the aide of the line at the moment of the accident, was struck
by one of the carriages, and was also killed. —1 am, ycurs
faithfully, "11. °Aiwa, General Manager."

FURTH ER PARTICULARS.

There is no mystery attending the accident, for the cause
has been traced Almost beyond, doubt to a simple breakage.
The train to which the accident occurred was the one which
left Ring's-cross on Monday afternoon at 4 25, being the fast
train to Peterborough, timed to stop at Hatfield, which is
twenty miles on, of London. The train was made up, in
the fore part, of a break van next to the engine tender, a
second and a third class following, and fire other carriages
with. guard's break at the end, the train travelled at good
nee< d until about midway between fotter's Bar station and Hat-
field station, near a place called Bell Bar," where there is
a level amiable guarded by gates, with a gatekeepers house
on the down-line side. The train reached this spot in about
25 minutes' Bing, and was going at the rate then
of 30 miles an hour along a straight road. A gatekeeper
named Henry Town was standing on the up Hue side
as the train wu approachlug, and he noticed that as the
train came near there was • momenssiy jumping with
the break van, which, just after passing the crossing,
broke suddenly away from the engine—dropped, in act—
and so snapped the couplings, and tile engine went
on. The crash that followed most have been terrible,
for the two following carriages were literally smashed to
pieces, and the one dashed over the other to such a height as
to knock away a corner of the gatekeeper', cottage wall
near the roof, at about 15ft, from the ground. At the same
moment the first cerrive was pitched across the up line, a
portion of it dashing sgainat the gateway on the up-line
side with • force which must have been tremendous, for
the strong iron gate is completely bulged cut, while the two
other carriages were split about on the down line aide in
the direction of Hatfield. The fourth and fifth carriages
were displaced from the line, but are said to be uninjured,
and the sixth, seventh, and eighth remained quietly on the
line. The guard at the rear took all precautions to prevent
any additional calamity from a collision occurring on the
London side, and •coal train which was approaching from
Hatfield was promptly stopped by the engine driver of the
unfortunate train, who want on with his engine to Hatfield
to obtain asidstance and to stop all traffic.

The passengers who were uninjured, and there were some
300 r 40, quickly descended into the snow, and they are
declared by the inhabitants of the neighbourhood to have
behaved nobly, both sexes and all classes, in rendering
aid in this terrible scene, assistance being doubly needed
from the extreme cold and heavy snow then falling. A most
striking feature of this accident is that the deal far out-
number the wounded, the reveres being more generally
the case in railway accidents, and the mangled bodies
of the killed, then numbering seven, were laid out on
a bank by the passenger., and three of the five wounded
person, found in:Ault. broken carriages were distributed
among cottages in the neighbourhood. Dr. Dredge, of Hat-
field, and Dr. Othaldiston, of the same town, were quickly
on the spot, and the latter gave his attention to • man who
was mortally injured, and whose name is believed to be
Potter. This poor fellow kept crying out to be put near •
fire, but in lived scarcely half an hour. From the examina-
tion thmi mad. an °pluton was given that all the occupenta
of one oarriage were killed, with the exception of one, who
Is severely wounded. A person, who is believed to have
occupied another carriage, had him head cut, sad went on to
Hatfield, wharf ha reusd the night
Within • very short time the train went to Potter's Bar
with Mr. Cookshott, the general =wager, Mr. Forbes, the
secretary, and the other chief °Selma of the 001npany, to.
gether with several medical gentlemen. The extent of the
calamity was soon ascertained. Every care having been
bestowed upon the wounded aufferere, seven of the eight dead
were reMoVIM to Wolmer-green, a village soft bail-mile
Wain*

The cause of the sodded wee then sought for, and It was
not far to seek It was found In the total breakage of •
patent Me of the but steel. • description of tire which has
hitherto been held In the highest esteem, and counted us the
most secure from its supposed holding power In cue of
breakage It was considered that if the steel broke In 011 e
place the wheel would still hold together, but this tire was In
several pieces, and a• the wheel broke down the site
snapped, the severance from the engine followed, and thie
terrible Ise of We was the rutin. The permanent way wax
owing to the hard frost quite uninjured, and the broken
carriages having been cleared away the train went on to
Hatfield, where many of the passenger' broke their journey.

The pawiengers who are killed and injured wan all
second-class passengers, no first-class passengers being known
to have sustained injuries The others killed and injured
are four persona who were walking on the line to a signal-
man's box. The brat was Mm. Wain, the wife of • signal-
man at a box above Bell Bar, and she, with another woman,
(tier sinter.inilaw), • young man named Kenhaw, and a
youth named liarow, were all observed to be walking up the
line Just before the train came up and of the four the two
women were tilled, and the two others are Injured.

QUITE IN 118 LlS2.—The Builder, it 18 said, is
to have an article on the old Mortara case. Something
about Bricks and Mortara, of courae.—Ponch,
A MARTIAL BEARING !—According to the Delhi
Gautte a constable at Jubblepore, in giving evidence
before a magistrate the other day, gave a clear defini-
tion of his idea of a "martial bearing," which is pro-
bably not inaccv rate an regards many of our solders in
that c suntry. The constable having apprehended some
men as deserters was asked by the magistrate" What
led you to suppose that they were deserters?" " heir
martial tearing," replied the o,nstable. "What,"
iEquired the magistrate, "do you mean by their mar-
ttal hearing?" "They wese very free," raid the con-
stable, " with their money, were drunk, swore a great
deal, and wanted to fight." "And that," rejoined the
magistrate, 'is your definition of martial bearing ?"
"Yea, sir," was the reply.
A PROBLEM 811. THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
—Mrs. Ramsbotham desires to know if Caterpillars
are attracted to particular localities merely by the force
of Caterpillary Attraction 7—Punc4.

_
THE FUTURE OF /RE CHURCH. In ft pastoral
letter just issued to the clergy of his diocese, Dr.
Harvey Goodwin, the Bishop of Carlisle, makes the
following remark
cannot shut my eyes to the possihilily of a great change
coming sooner or later over the statue of the Church of El/-
land ; she may possibly cease to be an Estabhshed Church—
In some important particulars she may perhaps already be
said to have done so: and in our own days changes, as we
know from experience, are made so rapidly that It is well at
least to be prepared for that which may occur very soon. As
▪ mare matter of opinion, I do not think that the change, if
it be made at ell, will be made soon ; ande eighing advantages
and diaadvantagee sgainet each other, I devoutly trued that
the status of the Church of England as an Established Church
may long he maintained ; but. looking to that which Is pos.
aible, and which many thoughtful persons deem probable, I
regard it as highly desirable that we should accustom ma-
niac.; to a kind of action which, la the case of a diseetablished
Church, become, an absolute necessity. It is well to practice
swimming before the craft becomes a wreck.'
Ax AMERICAN CORIORITY.—There is at the pre-
sent time in Columbus, in the United States, a most
amiable and gifted young lady, whose appearance must
be, Lowever, rather peculiar. She has, according to
the Columbus Sun, twoheads, one body, and four legs.
She is eighteen years old, she was born a slave, the
property of Mr. Smith, in Columbus, Robeson county,
North Carolina, who tenderly cared for her and edu-
cated her. She can waltz beautifully, and also dances
quadrilles with inimitable grace. She is very cheerful,
and devotedly attached to Mr. Smith. The great
advantage of this young lady is that she can converee
with two people at the same time on different sub-
jects, and It is not surprising that she should be
popular in society, for she must be an immense ac-
quisition at a dinner-table, owing to her conversational
powers, although, of course, she requires as much food
as two ordinary guests. Although she appears, from
the colour of her skin, to be of pure negro blood, she
has, it is stated, straight black hair on both her heads.
CHRISTMAS TILEGRaII FROM JOHN BULL, ESQ.,
TO THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT :—Grant U.S. Peace.—
Punch.

A Pa.tc-ricAL JO.—Mr. Watsonville, noted as •
practical joker, was asked by a lady in the stage coach
from Gilroy Hot Springs to San Franch.co, to take her
inside seat and give her the outside, as she felt unwell.
The lady had made herself obnoxious at the Springs,
and as she passed the practical joker she directed him
to take care of the two bottles of mineral water she
had left on the seat, which she was carrying to her
husband. The practical joker's first act was to open
each, pour out half, and till up with whisky, and we
leave the husband to tell the result :—" San Francisco,
Aug. ao, 1860.—Proprietors Hot Springs.—Sirs, You
are a precious set of scamps, you are! My wife,
Mrs. —, paid a visit to your confounded place, and
brought back some 'spring water.' I drank about •
bottle of the miserable stuff, and went to the Good
Templars, and hadn't been in the hal fifteen minutes
before I disgraced myself and the lodge, and this morn-
ing lamon a sick bed. My impression is, that any
set of men who will run an institution of this kind
ought to be soused into hot-water springs until life
extinct —I am, Sirs, with contempt, —."
EDUCATIOgAL.—If Miss Garrett, is at any
future time elected to the Chair of the Educatio
Board, her official position will be recognised by the
title of " Chairwoman " (as " Charwoman " pro-
nom ced), in which capacity she will employ, let us
hope, the newest broome.—Panch.
WAR NIMEI IN MILBOURNIL—The eagerness
for war news appears to increase in Australia. As
coon as the arrival of the Californian mail steamer at
Sydney or the branch mad steamer from King George's
Sound at Adelaide is known in Melbourne, people
begin to o Beet in the streets in front of the newspaper
offices, and long before the extraordinary editions con-
taining the telegraphic news can be published their
appearance is eagerly awaited by an excited crowd.
The last Californian steamer arrived on a Sunday, •
day which usually finds the Melbourne streets empty,
but in an hour or two a large assemblage had collected,
and the Argus office was for some time almost in a
state of siege. The extrat,dinaries were issued not
long befire the time for evening service' and there was
such anxiety to ascertain the news that people bought
copies as they went into church. On the following
day the Suez mail arrived at Adelaide, and there was
still greater excitement in Melbourne pending the
receipt of the telegraphic news. Considerable MIMI
have been collected in the colony by French and Ger.
man residents for the relief of the sufferers in the war.

The sum of £1798 10e. has already been remitted to
Berlin on behalf of the German Relief Fund, ard a
further stun of £2Bl, in addition to amonnta previously
forwarded has barn pent by the French Aesociation
Patriotique to Paris.

The Bolton magistrates have lizte4 a baker 25, for
Adulterating his bread with gam.
Three individuals in America recently got lost in the
woods. They told their dog to "go home, and got there
themselves by following him.
A white marble 'monument in memory of Mre,
Susannah Wesley, the mother of the founder of Wesleyan
Methodism, has jut been erected by subscription in the yard
adjoining the chapel belonging to that community to the
City-road, Lnudon.

The Civilian states that the reorganization of the
pattern and sample poste is under the consideration of the
postal at/thorn:a, and that early in the eosub g year very
extensive altetations In the existing stare of affairs will be
made greatly to the advantage of the pbblic.
An act of Dickena,worship recorded in the United
States Is, that the librar'an CI the Boston Public Library is
providing It with • " Inckenalana," inoladbm all printed
'craps which can be included Under thla somewhat vague
name.
A Geneva paper statesthat on the person of a French
prisoner of the name of Beelnn, interned at landahut, paper.
have been found concerning the TrattpintWo murders, and
proving the existence of two acOompilmt. An Lae estlgaUon
has been commenced
Elizaheth Cuthbertson, seventeen years of age,
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" THE GREAT PLAQUE OF L DIM •'•• ON." A
chargedFriol with child
na murder at Glasgow, died in prison 00
cey night of pulmonary consumption The murier was
committee under aggravated Clrctimatannee be beptember
Barrel Organ.—Punch. last.
A Yourie SMOKER.—(From the Lancet).—A From April let to December 24th, the National
lsoogfictaolbsacc.o jetwyasonbrTouu.ithdt. under remarkable instance of early acquaintance with the
re
ye
y en int hge
in noticeia,t
wo feet the venue amounted to £46,305 437, as against L 49,70 ''l in
the corresponding period of last year. The ear - , .11i., 1' 'I
Saturday, hat slightly exoseded E4,000,0[0.
been Li 7,134 220. The balance In the Bank . a adid
Pathological r ,
pb.ytiDenr.tDofickthine
'Colt il dinrena'a boy three
yinelillroolat gOe'rean..in,:.: ' ,ondon tradesman writes—l receive i a telegram
street, London. The boy was admitted
it n- Dublin this week, worded sus follows :.- flew. 50.lwith 1„: ',rue for our cow. At first I felt inclined to treat the
marked symptoms of that form e° laralyals known gamer sea hoax—at any rate I considered it an "Irish bull'
sts locomotive ataxy, whn+ :- out -Iv rare ag , -•to:t, on mecond thought, I determined to send patterns for
an early age, and the pee:, .:1 :•• o ~-&-ar overcoat," this suppoeitiou proving correct
dente was that he was an
A, a bazaar in New York, for the benefit of al
appears that he early evinced . It I
. ~ ion , iron., wounded soldiers and sufferlog poor, ~,,e Of Me
to female society, and preferred . : • tith 1 0.,.s lispeeed of by raffle was a four inclethr talc 1,
hie father, who was a gamekeept . • dm,. •:, with • liberal sum per diens for aptness, .1
including a short pipe ..01' ash. a paws going cud returning, by • firet.agee steamer
When admitted into the hoer:: .-• . '"'• the winner pad only • dollar for hie throw with too Man
; ,A.
history of the case elicit, d t). ... On the subject of the approachin royal marriage
..,..- 'sing
_."' the Loudon Cor t of the M arl the dtan
wsmhoenkein; tahnedhoonoptiraltin, Lb:: hPirblLea a profinisncY 111 Lhe feeling with which the alliance is regaled. Stn.,: ,to say,
-as an 6411 r,,ollrets, write.:—" No alteration perceptid: in the genera
art which could have way 'Yuen acquired ! 9 •me however, there are whisperings of onj -ction m not In
practice; and he preferre s lol..tig that poi. lir England, but at • certain foreign C urt, who. 'aht t,
vegetable product which is known t.. (~, iniCa', by murmur in the matter few among us would be 1,,, 1.•. k ,
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the name of "shag." admit.
There is reason to fear that another Paris ball: : n : o.
THE BEST SHARE IN A I'AR5l. i' 0 t.o. Jgh- been driven out to sea A balloon was seen to lc -'or. or
Share.—Punch. Plymouth foes abort time hat Saturaay !sight Al on: thou
THE EMPRI. SS EuottnlE.—As many conflicting It came down to within a comparatieely short distance over
tint north part of the town, but apparently from: .• .., Int.
rtilllotirs have been circulated with reference to the apprehenstoo of their locality ballast ems thrown 05 by He
course pursued by the ex-Empreen of the French eince occupant., and it rose again and rapidly drifted away to the
her arrival in this country. we (Observer) think it well south-west.
to report the following statement, which comes to us A Troy (U.S.) paper published two articles recently,
from • reliable quarter : One 01 which Was an obituary LH thee and the others funny
"The last Imperial Council we. held at the Tuileries early anecdote. The headings accidentally got changed, and when
in the morning of the 4th of September. The Emprem the paper appeared the editor was horified to see the obituary
announced that she had received a message in cipher from notice headed "A good joke," while the funny anecdote wee
the Emperor, confirming the news of the surrender of the prefixed with the Caption, "A sad announcement."
army and the captivity of ills Majesty. After an animated Something new haa been discovered flattering to the
discumion, the Empress was advised by a member of the o peugu.guo. ~,f woman. Mr. G,,,,h.., the aeronaut, has
council to instantly convoke • meeting of the officer. of the noticed that the voice of • wou.an Is audible in a balk on at
Pans garrieon In the courtyard of the palace, to tell them the height of about two Mlles, whilst that of • man has
what had happened and oak for an assurance of their support, never reached higher than a mile. There is no reyerbera-
The Empreas replied that she did not doubt the appeal would Mon in the suede which are carried to those altitudes, but
be loyally responded to, but she would not for the sake of the the sounds once heard are gone tor ever.
Emperor, or the Regency, or the dynasty, sutler • drop of
blood to be shed In civil strife. During her exile her Two bottles, strung together and securely sealed,
Majority has strictly maintained the same lenpasive attitude, have been seethed on to the beach at Ilayle, Cornwall, one
She has contently rejected every proposal to Interfere in the of them containing three leiter, directed to Hamburg and
attire of France. She has lived In complete privacy, and, so two inferences to defray the cost of postage. The other bottle
far from intruding herself on public attention, has auccese- contains • pint of rum to recompense the finder for his trouble
fully striven to keep her name out of the papers. The In posting the letters, which are from the Danish brig Anne
accounts that bare appeared of tier Majesty's Intrigues and Georgia no, hound to La Gayra.
negotiations for the restoration of the Imperial power are
abmintely and entirely without foundation. The resolution The Calcutta correspondent of The Times tells tie
that the pews of ?rhea Gortachakoff's challenge to Europe
adopted on the 4th of September not, in time of war and
Invasion, to incur the risk of civil discordhas never been passed like lightning through the bazaars of HMI. The
talk everywhere was of "ear with Builds." and hopes of
violated In thought or deed" fears, as the cage might be, were excited The intelligence
MISNOMER.—" It is," says some paper, it The produced complete stagnation in the bazaars.
Union Insurance Co. that has forbidden it. clerks to A shocking gun accident has occurred at Lotter.
marry under a salary of £l5O per annum." Surety worth. A young man, named George Holt, and • companion
not the Union Company„—Punch. were out shooting small birde. Holt had • double-banelled
gun, and, alter firing one barrel, he proceeded to reload it,
THE AMERICAN COUNTERFEIT SOVEREIGNS.— while the other barrel wss loaded and at "full cock." While
In reference to the circular from a firm in Broadway he was ramming the charge, the gun being held perpendicu.
New York, r ffering ts supply quantities of counterfeit likely in front or him, the charge In the undischarged barrel
sovereigns made from a mineral dug in the Alleghany suddenly went ell and bled his head to piece,.
Mountains, Captain Patin, the chief of the Manchester Father Ignatius has written a novel called ",Brother
police, has ,ince communicated with the authorities at Pkcidus, and Wily be Became a Monk." Brother Placidus
New York on the subject, and received the subjoined isanat tizio tlt;rni to
everything
as Cnarlte Lyndhurst. He Is as young
m rything and everybody. Lyndhurst is
reply : persuaded by "a plucky young Puseyite" to hear • monk
"DM wof the Superintendent of ponce of the city of New who happens to be preaching in London- He goes to scoff,
York, 300, licilberryetreet, New York, Doreember 9 1370 and remains to be converted.
Dear Sir—Your kind favour of the 25th received. 10 rela-
tion to circular It is • swindle, and gotten up lay an macro- The Law Journal understands that Vice-Chancellor
pillow. set of villaina to swindle the ignorant and the on- Seem has committed to Holloway Prison two gentlemeu,
wary, or some of their own kind, which latter clam deserve and two married ladies, eisters of the two gentlemen, for
no sympathy. We have made • number of arrears, but have contempt of Court, in conspiring to marry a young lady ward
ban unable to inflict much punishment. They do not deal of the Court of Chancery to easel the two gentlemen. lhe
In counterfeit money or anything elm. Their only object is ward and her intended husband had succeeded in reaching
to get mosey from the poor dopes—Vary respectfully yours, Sce Sand, but before any marriage was celehrated, the parties
JANES J KELSo, Supt.—W. H. Pain, lizq , Chief Conatable, under legal advice, returned to England, and submitted
Mearchester, Eng." themselves to the Court. We believe that the ward te
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posseued of considerable property.
On retiring from the secretaryship of the North-
Eist.ro Itrilway Compuy, Mr. Cleghorn has received from
the directors a present consisting of a silver inkstand and a
purse of one thousand guineas, on behalf of the shareholders,
"a.. mark of their e,teeni and of their h'gh appreciation of
the Imture of his services during the fourteen years in which
be held the cftice of their secretary." Mr. Cleghorn has been
elected a director of the compin.y.
A new mansion erected for his Highness the Maha-
rajah Dhuieep Singh, at burden, nine Thetford, Norfolk,
ha been now to far completed that his Wittiness has been
enals'ed to take up his residence in the southern p..rtion of
It. Its in the lodien style of architecture, and the dte 'ra-
tions of the Interior, the ceilings, , are very elaborate and
costly. The entrance, also Oriental in its charactesi is nuns
On the American stage a great actor has just ape
peered—Jew Mace, the well-known English dealer in black
eyes. Ile figures to "As You Like IL'' as the wrestler, and
has, of course, nightly to be wonted The audience cry oat
for another round, and to give Jew fair play. o,lllodo
ion not seem to are it, and the play proceeds. Yerhape this
I. taking revenge on old Mr. Bull by sublectlng him to
nightly conquest in the person of an Englishman thrown by
a "United Stainer."

Amid all the sufferings which certain journalists
profess to newel!, "poor down-trodden Ireland " manages to
live and thrive. Among the authentic evidence, of pros-
perity lean interesting report by Dr. Hancock on the deposits
and cash balances in Irish Joint-Stock Banks. A table
showing the aggregate amount of the Irish balances and
deposits in the Bank oh Ireland, and of tie deposite and cash
balances in the Belfast, Hibernian, Munster, National,
Northern, Provincial, Huai, and Ulster Banks in successive
year" presents Spam which prove • most satisfactory and
progressive increase.
Mr. George Clarke, a gentleman well known in Mac-
closed, lett home about three weeks ago, ash. alleged, on
important business in Liverpool, with the intention as be
subsequently stated, of going to France, and has not since
been heard of. Mr. Clarke wu secretary to the promoters
of tho projected Macclesfield, Kuutstord, and Warrington
Railway be was also honorary secretary to the Macclesfield
Chamber of Commerce, honorary secretary to the North
Cheshire Chamber of Agriculture, honorary secretary to the
Macclesfield Useful Kuowledge Society and School of Art,
and an active promoter of local underakings generally.
His unexplained absence Is a source of great anxiety to his
family and friends.
Lost Saturday witnessed the usual annual distribu-
tion of Christmas cheer, meat, material, for plus puddings,
&c., to the poor on the estate of his Highness the
Prince of Wales at Sandringham, and one or two adjoining
villages. The distribution of the good things was per-
sonally witnessed by the Prince and Princess whose liberality
will be 14 hly appreciated p the loci, WOr this season,
which promises to te a very inclement one Some presents
of clothing were a`so made. The dial rl notions of Christmas
presents have been continued annually since their Royal
Highnewes the Prince and Princess of Wales commenced
their residence at Sandringham, in 1863
Dr. Reinhold Pauli, in concluding his second lecture
at Edinburgh on the war, adverted to the elevation of the
King of Prussia to the Empire of Germany. Their neigh-
bour' might be assured that the defensive character of the
State would remain what it had been. The imperial diadem
of William I. had scarcely anything in common with French
Imperialism, nor would the German soldiers ever b<CATO
PiEetoriane. The great moral lemon of the way would be lost
entirely if Germany and her rulers were over to be absorled
by the love of military glory and unjust aggrandisement.
We pray, he added, for a long and perfect peace, by which
the cruel Rounds Inflicted On allaides may be heeled, in order
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to use our independence in the only jue-rifiable way—that is,
by sincerely and manfully taking up the miss of internal
work that Iles before no, if powilble, with the sympathy and
good wlehes of other nations.
The " National " papers of Ireland express no grati.
lode for the release of the political prise:c era, and disparage
the concession which has been made, and deer at the Royal
clemency. They agree in charging Mr Gladstone with a
breach of faith, and alleging that he prumised an uncondi-
tional pardon as soon as the 'tate of the country permitted
him to grant it. The frnamon eays that be has given
not anstiedy. The Flag of Ireland remarks that the
precious amnesty extends only to those convicted for -treason
or treason-felony ; but this would not appear to include the
brave soldier convicts, nor the few stout-hearted fellows
convicted for the rescue of Colonel Reny, of Mancheeter."
The Nation, In more temperate language than the rest, and
the iffeekly Nem in terms quite as strong so any of them,
complain of the conditions sccompan3M4 the ',lease, and
contend that the Premier has mimed an opportunity of
making the Irish people permanent friends.
A large popular demonstration of sy mpatily with the
Pope took place at Limerick on Monday. Dr huller pre-
sided, and maintained that a had impression would be yr,-
duced in the minds of tweive millions of her Majestya
subjecte lilt were seen that &iglu d, while ready to rush
into war to support the independence of Belgium and the
Integrity of Turkey, or to avenge eenthnental grievances in
Aby Willa, allowed the head of the Car henic Church to be
despoiled, and even held the clothes t f those who were
stoning him—Dean O'Brien argued that the destruction of.
great conservative power like the Papacy wan a danger
to all Purope —Mr Si nan, M P.. recagnind the strength f
the oppoaition Mr. Gladstone would have to encounter in
Inglaud, but believed it lobe the duty of the Government
to maintain the political independence of the Pp., am pro-
mised in the Premier's letter. Resolutions were moved by
Lord Lundeen, Major °shin, M.P., the mayor, the Mayor
elect, the high sheriff, she.