The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-08-26 00:00:00

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ROME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

GILEAT FALLING Orr.—Beware of any under-
taking which is announced with a flouri,h f trumpets.
The in4ililllent4 farwhieh doe silt...punt performances
take place are to often penny whiAles. I mid,

Mit. J. S. MILL AND -TSB DUBLIN STRIKE.

--The Liervp.,l ec ry :tat., that Mr. John Stuart
Mill has written a letter to tale if the earpenters on
strike in Dublin, who had asked his advice flai tol.) the
course the workmen should take. Mr. Mill's corms
spondent stated in lAA letter that one of the employers
had offered to se-engage his men at the old rate of :is.
per Ilay and a participation in the profits of the esta-
blishment, guaranteeing that the increase of their
wages by this arrangement avails] be greater than that
demanded per slay, lie added, " Such a system
the men won't undendand. and, consequently will
not accept." Mr. Mill, wlio elates from Lucerne, re-
idiot -
- difficult f.,r any one who it not im the spit and ac-
quainted with local feelings tii I.e 61•111l,trr, Id individuals
adi be in the antler in whieli you ask ray opinion. My
impression In. bowever, in favour of trying the experiment
if the participation of the workpeople in profits—what in
iii w culled industrial partneiship. That system appears to
me both a great improvement in itself and the road to some-
thing still better hereafter. You say that the terms offered
would far exeeed the :Oconee in wages which has been de-
manded. If this be so, a 5 a strike, when it does not prove a
failure. •gmierally ends in a compromise, this kind it Ms-
11r011160 atlllit to lit' the most favourable to the operative."
Ma. F. A. STANLEY ON PARLIAMENTARY
WoRILL -The lion. F. A. Stanley, speaking last week
at the dinner of the Preston Agricultural Society, said
that a little pressure front constituents would make
members do more work and spensl Icier time in talking
over it. Ile hoped they would not be allowed to for-
get that there are questions yet unsettled equal in im-
portance to thsise which had lately occupied the atten-
tion of Parliament. Ile referred to the administra-
tive functinns of the State in regard to local matters
and those relating to sanitary procedure, which pro
cedure he said was in a position of which we have no
remon to be proud when it it, compared with that of
other stations _

A STRONG DENIAL.—Dr. F— wan the head
master of a school, and professed to be very gram-
matical in the use of his language, and therefore ex-
pect.' his pupils to do likewise. Playing clads was
strictly forbidden on the premises ; lint, as is alwaym
the case, this law was often violated by the boys with-
being detected. A number of new comers collected
together in one of their non., and were enjoying a
good game of cards when a knock WAS heard at the
door. "Who's there?" one exclaimed. "Me !" was
the laconic reply. "Whose me'" "Dr. F—."
"You us! Ha! ha Ira! Dr. F— wouldn't
Hay ' me,' he'd say, 'ltis I, sir.'" The old doctor
turned his back and went off, knowing that they had
him there.

EVER ATTRACTIVE !—An Italian paper states
thatsoo pa.ssports for Paris are daily signed in Washing-
ton alone, 90 in New York (on an average), and 35 in
Baltimore. All the walls in the cities of the United
Stateiare covered with advertisements beginning with
The words, "Paris, Paris, Paris !" underneath which
appears the design of some public building in flames,
and beneath this the words, 'To Paris and bark." so
many dollars. A speculator in Chicago has ornamented
his advertisement with the following attractive an-
nouncement in col,w,al type, " Thecompany has hired
many windows that the travellers may witness the
execution f the members of the Commune of Paris."

ANECDOTE OF CHARLES X.—The following
touching anecdote of the unfortunate Charles X. has
not appeared in print (says a writer in the Cuart
Journal), but well deserves to he saved from oblivion.
After residing in Hoolyrood Palace, in Edinburgh, for
about two years, and endearing himself to all around
him by his amiable unostentatious manners and pro-
fuse charities to the isior, the venerable monarch
quitted Edinburgh with great regret, to seek another
place of refuge in his last vears of life and mist', rtnne.
It is generally understood that he was in a manner
freed away loy the Government. Certain it is that he
had become greatly attached to Holyrood, and he left
it with great sorrow and relnetance. A friend of
mine paid a visit to Hoolyrossl a few years after the
Royal departure, and learned from the old house-
keeper that the day before the king left the palace,
which he did in September 17th, 1,32, she saw him
from a small window alone in the flower-garden, which
he had himself cultivated with great delight. He was
gathering seeds of various flowers and folding them ill
liMle square papers which he Lail poopareol The
tears were running down his aged cheeks, as he col-
lected these simple memorials of his happy residence in
Iloolyroosl, to take with him to sow in his new rolace of
exile at Cork!, where perhaps they Nourished long
after his lioyal hand could tend them, for he died
there only four years afterwards, Nov. 6,

WAR TO VIE KNIFE—AND FORK.-- -All Anti.
knife Society has teen started in North Italy, aud
we are told has been "received with general approba-
tion." For this there seems to be fair grounds, consider-
ing the base uses.to which knives are put in Halo'.
Happily such noes are not known here in Englana ;
but just fancy if among no, with a view to oulsititute
dessert and tea for dinner las was lately done in
Edinburgh), there were net on foot an Anti-Kniferand-
Fork Society -Punch.
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THE COST OF A PLEBISCITE. The Budget
qoueui.ion f the French National Assembly han pre-
sented a report recommending a credit of 106,015 f. in
favour of the National Printing Office. This num is
due in respect of work done on the occasion of the last
PlAiseile under the Empire on May, 1,70 ; printing
thetlmperor's proclamation ant the voting papers
marked us). (If the prochunation 12,000 copies were
printed and 71,000,000 affirmative voting-papers, the
total cost of which, inelapling folding, packing, and
forwarding, amounted, an already stated, to 106,618 f.
CROSSING THE ATLANTIC ON A RAFT.—It is
stated that Captain John Meiks, who, in 1867, cromied the
Atlantic on a life-raft, is preparing for another voyage
to Europe on a smaller raft of similar construction.
The raft is composed of inflated imliarublxt tube'.,
which, when not filled with air fold up in a compa-
ratively email compass, but when inflated will carry
all the persons that can crowd psi it. The raft on
which Captain Meiks performed his hint voyage was
25ft. long kft. wide. He then had two men with him.
A calm's tent was erected on the raft, and the three
cronscsl the Atlantic, arriving safely in England in 40
days. Captain Meiks in now having another life-raft
made, 15ft. long and llft, wide, on which he intends
going to Europe, accompanied only by a boy. He will
take with him 60 days' 'provisions. He intends takffig
the direct nte.amers' track, and is confident of success.
Captain Smith's raft is a genuine life-saving contri-
Vallee, the value of which the inventor proposes to
prove by goini across the (mon upon it,

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Mai Ti) BE LOYAI, —The Wastjate
Star says that (hiring the time that the MarullUi and
Marchioness of I ,onw stayed in the " Qinsoi's " Rotel on
Saturday afternoon, the streets and square adjoining
were densely crowded. A few minutes before six
o'clock the .I'ilarquis presented himself at one of the
windows of the hotel, where he remained for three or
four minutes bowing to the cheering crowd. The
Princess also came forward tithe, and bowed just
before issuing down to the carriage. The male portion
of the crowd uncovered their heads, but there was one
individual who rendered himself conspicuous by re-
maining covered. This roused the indignation of the
bystanders, who took off the hat of the disloyal subject,
pitched it about the square for about half an hour, and
finally stuck it in the hand of the statue of Sir Itobert
Peel, to the great amusement of the crowd, who
laughed lustily and long. After the celebrated states.
man had contemptuously exhibited the hat for some
time as a warning to like offenders "ill all time
coming,- he renounced it to a couple of jolieenien,
who took it into custody, with the view of delivering
it to the owner when he should turn up to claim it.
MRS. SIDDONS' FIRST STUDY OF LADY MAC.
Bent. - "It was my custom to study my characters at
night, when all the domestb• cares and business of the
day were over. On the night prectsling that in which
I was to appear in this part for the first time, I shut
myself up as usual, when all the family were retired,
anal commenced my study of lsuly Macbeth. As the
character is very short, I thought I should soon accom-
plish it. Being then only twenty year: of age, I be-
lieved, as many others do believe, that little more WaS
necessary than to get the words into my head, for-the
necessity of discrimination, and the development of
character, at that time of my life, had scarcely entered
into my imagination. But to • proceed. I went on
with tolerable composure, in the silence of the night (a
night I never can forget), till 1 came to the assassina-
tion scene, when the horrors of the scene rose to a de
gree that lurek; it impoasible for me to get farther. I
snatched up my candle and hurriisl out of the room in
a paroxyani of terror. My dress was of silk, and the
rustling of it as I aseended the stairs to go to teal.
seemed to my panic-struck fancy like the movement of
It spectre pursuing me. At last I reached my chamber,
where I found my husband fast asleep. I claiqssi may
candlestick down upon the table, without the power
of putting the candle out, and I threw myself upon
my bed, without daring to stay even to take off my
clothes. At peep of day I rose to resume my task;
but so little did I know of my part when I appeared in
It at night, that my shame and confusion cured me of
procrastinating my business fur the remainder of lily
life." - The Netat.les. Be Perry Fil.wenald.

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STORMS IN YORRSIIIRE.—ORe of the most
awfully grand storms ever remembered burst over
North and East Yorkshire on Friday night, in last
week. The storm came up from the west, awl tra-
versed the Derwent valley, and then, following the
\Vold escarpment to the Humber, the lightning was
almost continuous, and torrents of rain awl hall fell,
greatly damaging the crops. The storm lasted about
an hour. Just at darkening a second storm came on
rather more to the north, crossing the Howardeans by
the Terrington Valley, and across the Vale of Picker-
ing to the Maws. This lasted for an hour, and the
thunder and lightning were unceasing. In additii in to
the ordinary forked lightning, there was a horizontal
play from cloud to cloud, and a frequent diticharge of
the so-called "ball" lightning, resembling inverted
rockets. For an hour the sky was a continned blaze,
and sheet lightning prevailed for some hours. Strange
to say, there are no reports of any accidents of moment,
except to crops and glass,
A TIMR-Homouß ED CCSTOM.— On Tuesday the
Lord Mayor of London received at the Mansion House
the master and wardens of the Fruiterers' Company,
Who, in pursuance of a time-honoureil custom, presented
his lordship with a fine awl choice assortment of all the
fruit in season. The gift, which was a costly ow-, was
displayed in an artistic manner in the saloon, :aid at
its formal presentation the Lady Mayoress and the
Misses Deem attended. Mr. George Farnailoe, the mas-
ter, asked the Lord Mayor's acceptance of the offering
of the company, and expressed the great pleasure it
gave him and the wardens to find that in the person of
his lordship they were paying a compliment to one whose
chief care had always been the welfare of the citizens.
The Lord Mayor, in reply, dwelt upon the ancient and
invariable friendship which hail existed between the
Fruiterers' Company and the chief magistrate of the
ity for the time being, awl remarked that he took it
as a very graceful act that on his arrival in London,
after an absence of three weeks, the company shoulil
greet him so heartily. He hoped the ancient custom in
accordance with which the present had been made,
would long continue, and that by the binding together
more closely of the corporation and the ancient I Ity
guilds the gird of thew fellow-citizens would be per-
manently scoured. With that the remissly ended, and
the Lord Mayor invited the master and wardens to a
banquet at the Mansion House, to be given in the
course of next month.

ANARCIPI FOR EXER !—At the Intimidation
Meeting held the other Sunday in Hyde Park. citizens
in mock canonicals panelled the Litany witle.utmoles-
tation. Other citizens, as freely hawked about a news-
paper entitled the Repo recommending it as
" the organ for smashing up kings, queens, princes,
and policemen." Of course no republic which does
not smiled( up policemen as well as sovereigns will
satisfy the Reformers who aasemble about the
" Ileformere"Free." Happy Reformers, to have their
Tree in Hyde Park ! There was a time when the only
Reformer's Tree which could have been named in rela-
tien to such Reformers stood at Tyburn.--Ponch.
PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.--The divisions
which took place in the House of Commons during the
pmt cession were 270 in number. Of these 33 were
upon the Army Regulation Bill, six upon the second
reading of the measure, six upon going int.. cola-
wittee, 16 in committee, one tipm consideration of the
bill as amended, one upon the third reading, and the
remaining one upon the consideration of Lords' amend-
ments. There were 73 division.i upon the Ballot Bill,
.4 which three were taken prior to going into com-
mittee, in committee, and one upon consideration
of the bill m amended. Upao the University Tests
Bill there were live divisions, and (0 going into com-
mittee of ways and means six, of which three were
upon Mr. Lowe's proposed duty on lueifer matches,
two upon the increase of income tax, and one upon the
proposed additional taxation. The Trades Unions
Bill ....posed three, and the Turnpike Acts Continuance
Bill four divisions. Six divisions took place on the
Sunday Observance Pneecutions Bill, and eight upon
the Burials Bill. There were five divisions upon
the Ecclesiastical Titles Act Repeal Bill, two upon
the Epping Forest Bill, live upon the Local Ilovern-
ment Bill, four upon the Table of Lessons Bill, and
five upon the Westmeath Outrages Bill. Upon the
proposal to grant an annuity to Prince Arthur there
were two divisions, and one upon the proposition of a
dowry for the Princess Louise.
NEW FIELD FOR SCIENCE.—In the opening
Address of one of the Presidents of Sections at the
Meeting .4 the British Association, a reference was
made to Thomson's "Theory of Dissipation." The
question, therefore, has been a-sked, whether the Asso-
ciation is going to investigate the phenomena .4 Fast
Life. May Sir William ' homson, by his "The try of
Dissipation," teach us how to lessen its practice.—
Pesch.

EXTRAORDINARY TR AV ELLING. —A remarkal de,
anal probably unprecedented instance of rapid travel-
ling between San Francisco and Liverpool has just
occurred. On the afternoon of the 2nd inst. n, gentle-
man left the first-named place by the Union Pacific
Railway, arrived in New York on the 9th. just in
time to go on board the Guion mail strainer Wisconsis,
and made the pass.tge in her to Liverpool, which port
was safely reached on Saturday evening last, the en-
tire journey by rail and strainer thus occupying only
17 days, having travelled, in that short Um.% overhind
3,1.31 miles to New York, and the remaining distance
by sea to Liverpool.
WILFUL IGNORANCE REBURIED. —III IMe of
his first law eases, General Butler said, in the usual
way, when the case WAS called, "Let nagiee be given."
"In what paper?" asked the venerable clerk. 'ln
the Liarcll Advertiser," said Butler, selecting a local
paper detested by the party to which the clerk awl the
judges belonged. There was a pause. " Tlw Losql
A drertiNT ." said the clerk, restraining his feelings. "
don't know such a paper." " Pray, Mr. t Irk, ' said
Butler, " don't begin telling the court what you don I
know, or there will lie no time for anything else."—
" Editor's Drams'," in Harpy's Neu. Month! g Mapirtinit
"THE BEST PoucT."—That with the largest
BOHR& —Popeir.
AN INTERNATIONAL JIBILEE -It is stated
that Mr. I'. S. Gilmore is coining to Europe with an
autograph letter from President Grant, recommending
him to the representatives of the United States at the
several European Courts. Mr. Gilmore was the
organiser of the monster Peace Jubilee held at Boston
a couple of years ago, and his present project is an In-
tenaati,,m,al Musical Jubilee, in which the whole civi-
lised world shall take part, with twenty thousand
voices in bis chorus, two thousand instruments in bis
band, and at Imst one hundred thousand auditors, Mr.
Gilnwre's lbject in coming to Europe is tA. persuade its
several Governments to send over some of their Is•st
military banal., who are to wear their respective uni-
forms, anal to play their national airs. The time
chosen for the jubilee is the end of next June or Ow •
beginning I.f July, and the place of meeting Boston.
Mr. Gilmore at first, it appears, thought of holding it
at New York, but failed to raise funds there or to
secure a site for his Ca disemn, both of which the men
of Boston are ready to supply him with.
GETTING MORE THAN HE EXPECTED !—A
curious attempt to commit a robbery on the highway,
attended by some ludicious incidenti, has just occurred.
Shortly after midnight, as Mr. Thos. Fairer, cattle
dealer, of Low Rutter, near Appleby, was riding home
on the highway between that place and .Ashby-, ac-
companies! on the same horse by Mr. T,•lf-inl, farmer,
of Heatherdale, they were stopped by A man Wh.a, am,l-
alresoimag
Mr. Fairer, demanded his money or his life, at
the same thne taking hold of the pony's bridle. But
the thief had not observsal that there were two men on
the piny, and before he Was fully AMAIN of the pre-
sence of the second man, anal before Mr. Fairer casald
answer, Mr. 'Telford slippell off the opposite si, le of the
pony and knocked the robber down. Ile rasgained his
feet pretty nimbly, and ran away, hut Mr. Telford
and his dug were in hot pursuit, and in a short time
the miscreant was found hidden in some bushes by the
roadside, with an open clasp knife in his hand. lie
was soon lodged in the Appleby police station.
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ANONYMOUS MUNIFICENCE.—During the past
week the following contributions were made to the
funds of the London charities mentioned below.: —The
London Fever Hospital, 1:1,000 (third I lon:dim ), from
"C. R. W. ; " the Hospital for Commotion and
Diseases of the Chest, Brompton' £l,OOO (third dona-
tion). from "C. N. I). ; " the British Home for In.
cnrables, (lapham.rise, gLOOO (also the third donation
of a like amount), from "U. I). F. ; " the London In-
firmary for Diseases of the Legs, £l,OOO (second
donation), from "S. S. C. ;" the St. George's Hospital,
£1,00.9 (second donation), from "F. G. N.
the Alexandra Orphanage for Infants, Hornsey-rise,
an additional gift of £l,OOO, from "1). N. ; "Se, Mary's
Hospital, Padifington, a third donation of £l,OOO, from
"1). T. II.;" and the National Hospital for Con-
sumption on the Separate or Cottage Prino/plo, 1.250,
from Mrs. F. 11. The Infirmary for Epilepsy and
Paralysis, Charles strix4, Portmanospare, W., has
just received 4400 irc44 a " Getkeraua 4.841 Y."

ALL SOUND AND NOT SOUND. -- A Pies-itch
minister in a strange parish wishing to know what his
people thought of his preaohing, questioned thebeadle.
" hat do they say of Mr. —?" (his predecessor).
"Oh," said the beadle, "they say he is not sound."
Ministnr—" What do they ray of the new minister?"
(himself.) Beadle—" Oh, they say he's all sound I"
KILLED ON Tot BEACH AT BOULoONE.—On
the /tftertb.on of Monday a Frenchman mai tailed on
the sands at Itoulogne sur-Mer, in the presensw of
many hundred spectators. 11,, was a man of ext.am•-
dinary strength, named rime( on, aged 43 and Is known in most parts of r
dupe for his feats of strength,
and particularly for I:" lug a eannon weighing 6001 b.
upon his shoulders .4 tiring a full charge f gun-
powder, lie went .iirough this performance on the
satele on Monday : Iternoon with his liquid success., but
while in the act of lifting the cannon to lower it lie
slipped and fell. The whole weight of the cannon fell
im the face of the unfortunate man, splitting his skull
completely in two. Death, of course, was
famoUL

fA:TrEtRhteA3L„II;OI/Is7OP.IAF,
Et
di t,
:127:1.Shethpatriittird: Ctzuhlt-
--
General at Havana, Mr. Graham Dunlop, in his re-
port
that the pat' oilers of England thould give some at.
tention to the enormons quantities of fibrous tropical
Wants and trees which abound irt Cuba. Successful
experiments bat e Lieu made by local papermakers en
the fibre of the bamboo cane and on soma of the creep-
ing parasitic plants indigenous tot 'Oa. The Oonsul
hears that attention is being given in Jamaica tfi the
preparation id the fibre of the bamboo for the paper-
makers in America. Thin beautiful plant, or rather
tree, grows abundantly in Cuba, awl could be pur-
chased and crustiest at very cheap rates. It is said to
excel for paper all the fibrous ieraasea id late used by
Our papermakers, and to mix easily with the linen rag
Milli and other more ordinary materials.
I:Ne :lash EXcURSIONISTS Ti, FRANcE. The
follosving .Menuirandime has been is.sneel from the
Foreign (Mice, dated August 22
The French Government have notified to Her Majesty's
Ambassador at Paris that English excursionist, nsiting
fkothsrne, %dais, Dieppe, or Granville, provided they du
not proceed into the countr,j. will not be required to lie provided with passporta but that each traveller will be
allowed to land on producing a certificate of identity,
Issued by the legal authorities of the place shore he reside.,
certifying that he is visiting France solely as an excursionist.
lids certificate, which roust contain the names, dcseription,
and signature of the bearer, and which will not be available
as ii passport to travel in the interior of France, will he
used in arrival at the port by the Commissary, ohs will
mark WI it the number of days tor which it is available. The certificate will have to be produced when the holder leaves
France, and his signature may be called for. The certificate
will remain in the hands of the Commissau."
TRAMWAYS IN NEW YORK. '-'Now that tram-
ways are naturalized in London the following sta-
tistics if the horse railroads in the State of New
York may have some interest (—Capital stock autho-
rized by charter, 27,809,3M0 ; capital stock sub-
scribed for, 17,418,050 ; capital stock paid in,
16,763,480 dols. • funded debt, 9,72h324 dols. ; floating
debt, 938,216 ; total amount ef funded and float-
ing debt, 10,664,540 dohi, The rust of construction
and equipment of the mails operated by horse. power
in 1870 amounted to 23,481,260 dub,,ne num ter of
pais-engem carried Melly ears amountesl to 154,591,671.
The earnings in 1870 of roads operated by horse power
amounted to 9,523,81-13 &la, of which 9,220,9D0 dobs.
were derived from passengers, 52,65:1d015. from freight,
and 250,274 dols, from miscellaneous sources. The
accidents in 1870, on the New York horse railroads,
were as follows :-- Passengera killed, 4; passengers
injured, 54 ; employs killed, 2 ; other pension killed,
23 ; other persons injured, 49. Total number of per-
sons killed, 20 ; total number of persons injured, 103,
From the ribose figures it appears that the average sum
received for carrying each passenger in 1070 was 5-96
cent., and the average cost of carrying ea•-ii passenger
wa.s 400 cent.. The average expense was 0253 per
cent, of the gross earnings. The average number of
pertions tunics' for each one killed was 38,467,968 and
the average munber of pruisengers carried for earl one
killed or injured was 2,665,379.
"THE THINKER AND THE WORKER."—CrOVers
verness. - "Now, May, you've got two things to look
after-- May (who is eminently practical).- ," AU
right ; bandlam aud carpet-bag ! Governess.—" And
you've three things to take Care of, Charlie. Nimv, what
are they?" Charlie (a dreamy an•l absent b0y)...-
" Three things to take care of? !0 ! Yes ! The
world, the flesh, and the 14----" Governess, -" What
are you talking of, Charlie ?"--Piench.
FoREsTERs' FETE AT THE CRYSTAL PALM-E.
—On Tueeday the Foresters, an " ancient onter "
which numbers sine 400,000 members in this country,
and has ramificationx in America and Australia, hehl
a fae at the Crystal Palace, and I hew together cos 111!
54,1100 'work at Sydenham. The Foresters of Lon
don had evidently prepared for the fete, for roads Anil
railway lines leading to the Palace were early in the
morning thronged with men and women, the latter
brave in ribands awl the former decorated with sashes.
Not a few of the men, too were iii full "Robin Hiss!"
style —in green velvet, trimmest with errnioc, top
boots, " tights," hat and feathers, tingle' and some
es-en had falchions. The iimusion 14 the fete wart in
aid of what is known as the " Widow such
Orphan Fund" of the London United District,
for the Foresters' Order, though a secret one, has the
end and aim of providiwi an insurance against sieknes,
and death, and the Wiifow awl Orphan Fowl is au
auxiliary, which aims at giving annuities tio the widows
and orphans of those menibem who snbscribe a small
KUM —a shilling a (master- -in addition to the amount
(sonic!),!, a week) which is paid for the general benelits
of the Order. Although met in the name awl cause of
charity, the crowd entered joyously into all Um
pleasures provided.
MAY THE WISH BE REALISED.—ThO follow-
ing is from one of the best known anihnost highly-ac-
complished contributors to the AtlaaGr. .11,01thl y awl
other American periodicals

"We are all rejoiced about the Treaty. By her conduct
in regard to it England has still kept in the van 1 true civiii-
sat and human happiness. lan persuaded that it bait
augunited a new era for this war-scarred writ. The etteet
over here has been 'maven...us. had I not seen it I could
nut have he:tiered in so sudden yet complete a 8111181.112111:0
the snarling, sneering, and detestation of England that
have real in the papers ever since I can remember. England
has at last treated the United States an an ants!, am! not hien;
hat that was wanting to secure her friendship. May it hat
for ever, and grow closer and dearer as time goes on."

PREPARED FOR THE DIFFICTLTY !—The fol-
lowing nlot is making, the rounds of the papers
When, at the peace prelimintuies, the sum of millistds
—which now scene, to sit so lightly on France -was
mentioned, Jules Favre, not exactly bursting into
tears, as before, yet appeared utterly speechless with
horror. When he had recovered from his paroxysm.
all he could say Was that 'even if one were to count
from the time of Christ till now, one e..uld not manago
to count such an enormous sum." Ijeit which Bis-
marck replied with a smile, " Don't let that distrtsa
you. I have thought of that, and therefore bxought
this gentleman "—pointing to Bleiehroder, the Jewe.h
banker— "with me. He counts from the creation of
the world."

ALARMING MILITARY IxrnweENcE.—Alartil .
hits we are not ; and we are therefore glad to state,
upon the very best authority (which modesty prevent,
our saying is our own), that there is no truth in the
rumour of a recent reduction in the army. The re-
port, as we believe, arose from what was sail in I arlia-
ment with reference to the abandoned Berkshire I 'am-
paibm, when several noble orators expressed their firm
convictions that the Horse I )uards, the Control Depart
ment, awl indeed it might be said the British Army
generally, host "positively shrunk" from it—Panel.
"SOMETHING" TO BOAST OF!—" Every state,
every city, every village' in America," says Macrae,
"boasts of something. Massachusetts boast; of her
brains: Pennsylvania of her oil wells, Virginia other
illustrious men ; Alabama of her cotton ; isstisania of
her sugar; California of her big trees ; Missouri of her
iron mountains , I Ilin is of her boundless farms ; Ken.
tucky of her la .rses • Canada of her hwompambh.
wheat. Towns stand next. Philadelphia has Om
longest and straightest streets and the largest orphan.
age in the country, New Orleans has the smoothest
drive and the biggest river trade ; Milwaukee has the
best bricks; New York has the finest park awl the
largest imputation ' • Boston has the best schools ani
the biggest organ ; Chicago has the biggest saints, the
biggeresinners, and the biggest pig-killing estahlid,
ments 'in America" According to the Jr.-hike!,
Chicago will have anrtber big thing to boast if in the
Pacific Hotel, now being built, and expected to les
open next spring. It covers nearly an acre and a hall,
and is all LOB with Ohio mndstone. From east to
West it stre. dies 325 feet, from north to south log
feet, and it it. Ulf feet high. It will cost about 800,000
don.

_
MOT BY POLICEMAN B. 4.—The Watch-key
of Pmgress. " More on !"—PuNcR._

SWIMMING FOR THE ABMT.—We are glad to
see (says a writer in hold mod )I'ider) that the sub.
ject of swimming, as part of our military education
lias been brought before the Houses of Parliament. A
return has been asked for of the number Of WOR-011M•
missioned officers and soldiers who have been drowned
at the various military stations of the United King-
dom, and also a register of those statii.s where swim-
ming is taught, alit if the ber.,f s.illiers who have
learnt the art during Is7o. Tony anything more about
so well-known a subject NI,CMS tedious and tic-
ime enough, but perhaps by continual hammering
away at the matter some good may eventually I*
(1011 e. Every summer we have the same old tale over
and over again. The eidunins of nearly every country
PaPVT durin, the past week have eintainut
one or more amanitasif death from bathing ;
they are more frequent just war from the 'sail,*
accession of hot weather, but it is neatly as had every
year. So many lives are lost merely from ignisance
one of the easiest possible of acquiremunts, tee.eli
all the boys in England to Mini in illdeed a
task, but surely it is not much to ask !bat a!t iiiie
soldiers iihould be obliged to learn. W.- remarked
week on the Guards' water
_Mr at Whit. r, and the
results of tl ose races showed wind an priling there
really is fiir imitation elsewhere. Nit lieney accomplish.
menta likely to be more useful to s soldier than that of
swimming -and in not many are ism rink :mil tile mis e
deficient-- -which is, indeml, saying wit a little. To an
engineer it might be almost a ne,essity. Fancy a
company engaged in building a pontoon bride, :oat
half if them falling into the river. But there is smail
need to dilate on the necessity that exists that we ghoul.'
be in this respect no longer so far behind our ~Wle4.
Henthl rivalt, Frusslaits klid French soldiers are alai a
taught swimming ; and if a parliamentary return is u
slow-moving engine, at least its product:en will dt.
sonie little towards this most desirableusal.

OLUNTEER ENCAMPmENT,—The menloorg of
sth Administrative .linttaasut of latne4shire llifle
Volunteers are nor .lU...sniled at Furne.s Abbey, under
the comnislld of Lieutenant-eolonvl Ranesien. They
assenalded on Saturday, and thore were in camp during
the first night 452 men. 1-neVolunteen; are from Bar.
row, Lancaster, lilverston, Hawkohead, and Cartnwll.
The field in uldch the tents Sr., fixed stands upon an
emietame overlooking Fltruees Abbey, and the encamp-
ment has presented a ,ery picturesque appearance. On
Sunday, the We'Aiitr being very wet, the Voltuit,sas
had a most unfacsurable time of it. If ths,alay had
been favourable Divine service masa have been held
in the rains, and in anticipation of this, and al., with
the view of seeing the -Volunteers in camp, many
strangers vigked the plaeo only to be disappointed.
The tents withsOssi the rain well, and the canvas,
with the exception of 4 few instances, proved water-
proof,

I
15-ATURHAI; -AUG. 2 "

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
The House if Lords held an early morning sitting, Angina
In, to pass the remaining bills through their final stages.
Lord Redesdale, in moving for returns showing the course
of public business in twdh Houses, pointed out that of the 3r,
public bills 110W11 t., the other 1101 Int five important
rilen3urea had failed to pass the Commons ; while of Ihr 07
tulle sent up from the other House tlier lordships hail only
refined their ass, lit to two- the Shaul:me with a Ml:eased
Wife's Sister Pill, and the Pallot MIL .instifying tile post-
'moment of the latter manures the gr Rind of the lateness
of the Session, he slated his objectimia to the principle of
secret voting, and also 11111.1i71efi the course taken by the On-
vernment upon the Army Bill. Ile contivverted the statement
of Lord Granville that the Duke of Wellington had rec.,
Mend.' to the House ,if Peers npolley of roncesaion, assert-
ing on the contrary that his policy was one 14 resistance to
the House of (',lihlfltl,fls and that it was carried on with the
oil concurrence of Mir R. Peel. Their lordships had only
acted in accordance with their conatitlit. at duty in giving
time for the fair deliberation of Parlianient and far the
Matured opinion of the country to declare itself upon iii.
portent measure..

Lord Halifax declined to follow Lord Redesdrde In Ms re-
view of this and previous StliSiOn, or to go into an argu-
ment upon the Rsllot Bill. It was however, hardly c.urteous
for their lonlships to refuse to devote a week or ten
days to a bill which had occupied the other House
for sin weeks or two months, and which had been ap-
proved by a great majority. Ile olefeloloi the Royal War-
rant abolishing Army Pinvhase, in the ;mama that over
regulation prices could no Immer esh-t otter sorb distinct
pnwlamation of their illegality. Lord Granville's advice did
o otscem more palatable than that viven ill former days by a-
noble lord who advised their lordships to ••net their bong,
in order." The lit-form Act of 1432 hat/ It to a general re.
,ision of our institutions, and, after such a change of p• attire)
power as that of the Reform Act of 117, similar results
were inevitable, and ought to lie accepted ins statesmanlike
_

-riiinr some observatir no by Lord Denman,
Jile Lord Chancellor defended the principle of tht• Ballot
Bill and the conduct of the Prenxicr against the strictures of
Lord Redesdale. Ile regretted the vote Id censure on the
Government. but if he had 6,1 d upon to repeat his
vote the night afterwards be should bare done so.
•-••• • • • •

Imrd Limerick said that, if their lordships were nnwise in
rejecting the Ballot Bill, the imputation nom be shared by
several Ministerial Peers. The tionernment cull only muster
47 votes„and nearly half the minority were members of the
Ministry. li however, the Ballot WI should be brimuht
forward nest year in good time, .and backed by a large majo-
rity of the other Il,Uis, the messure would be entitled to the
fullest consideration.

After a few word, from lord Rodeadale in reply, the return
WY ordered, and their lordships udjourned.

The House of Commons sat for a short time, and agreed
to the tor& amendments to the Vaccination Pill, including
the ndsion of Clsuse 10, which relieve, recalcitrants from
all further penalties after the payment of 20s, in tines Mr.
Venter consented to this very reluctantly, arid only because
the bill would otherwise hays been lost.

Lnnt Entivm, in answer to Mr. Sheri-Tan, gave explanations
ato the state of our relations. of, rather, 110 relations with
Mexico, and the 11. .0 io adjourned.