The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11 00:00:00

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'ME STOUEBRIDGE OBSERVER. MAW
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ill.) ur fanhit estroponkiti employed in an innocent and healthful recrea- board. They stayed in the bay all night, when they put
, VISIT OF THE OUEEN TO THE EAST- say a grand thing when he sent word to Napoleon—" Tell removal of the market insomuch that a place
my conqueror I can re-enter my capital; it is more
_.. . • tion, the flowers which they cultivate add to the quan. out to sea again in consequence of threats made against
the witness. Carcaris at this time told him they would ! END OF LONDON. than he could do in my place." But Queen Victoria had td 'it the C
tity of ozone in the atmosphere, and the green leaves knows that she might lea in barracks to-day every life-
let for £7BO would
eamneomw
memorial
do for him as they had done for the others. Witness said on Tuesday, her Majesty the Queen honoured the toilingthe distributionf the surplus,
claiming e o
• [Ws deem it right to state that 199 do not at all time, of their well-tended shrubs perform a valuable sanitary guardsman and mounted trooper t;tl her escort, and drive
he was not afraid tod e, and they could do what they inhabitants of the east of Lena" with her presence, and through Whitechapei and mile-end with a guard of honour council of the Corporation had given an '
asenessy ourselves with our Correspondent's opinions.j let for £looomomrolree
futiction by extracting carbonic acid gas from the air, liked with tikeophip IA he would not navigate her any opened a new wing attached to the Loncip4,,• HostAtal at the composed only of the men, women and children of Eastern the fund was only applicable to the own,'
and thus helping it to reserve that proportion in its atop. pe.t.irgen th-e Dane, tried to navigate, but found ' ecxorpdeencisehoefr thhaes,oprele'reaßp's,Coemvepaaneyx;cealnleddttatieatreeil:xepPetrioienncseed-
prLondon.preparing
gif'heer stihgehtßoef3,tahle
passageold-fas h i °tee epdrea,ef d
enoughhnm ble se rreteht 9 of slaughterhouse-, 6-ambles, or places c
'When 1875 left us with recollections of storms and hi-could not, and the crew again came to witness. He
on the
Victoria
occasion not long ago when the Queen spontaneous and sincere delight of the East-enders at haye-
d .raienza. which enablas it to sustain life.
hoods almost without paralel in living m-anory, there paid if they would obey him he would see them allplaces only for the sale of
Those who habitually give twelve-pence in exchauge visited . ictoria Park—The following account of the care- ing her Majesty "all to themselves" for one memorable sr
(a).c t
beinger and that the places of the api-
killing of cattle. In other words
was not only the hope, but the expectation, that the right. Caludis said he would cut off the ears of any molly is given by the Gl,be : day. . ..
for a shilling, and include no more than twenty shillings e Queenleft ncl:ingh-im Palace at twenty The Q B • Besides the compliment which the Sovereign pays to the Corporation considered that sham'
new year would witness no such opening of the windbws one who interfered with him, and witness again took ,
foes, sovereign, must have followed with some surprise the command. He took the ship back to the Ile de
of Heaven as those which characterized the closing o'clock ' •
minutes
after eleven in semi-state, and entering .
• working. world of London
.this morning, there Is also a touch- homes, not places used only f
half of last year, and brought ruin and devastation
g the announcements respecting the value of silver which RS. The men asked what land it was, and he told an open carriage with the Princess Beatrice and two ing signith.ance in her particular business there. It is not to
a place of pleasure, an edifice of State or a centre of Royal we
Under these circumstances
them Cadiz. He knew it was not, but thought it ladies of the suite, and escorted by a detachment of
have lately been made, and into which a Stied Corn- ..i.r. Wills. Q.C. (with Mr.
in its train. But 1876 is only a few weeks old when Life Guards, proceeded by the Mall in St. James's adtisepiallybaenda mittee of the House of Commons is to inquire. The best t? tell them sp. They let the anchor out at half- pride
et heatt
Pain;s he pas Jhees . p
ele'lapel'ep palace she dis m
chiefly ou ettes
behalf of the applicants, th
accounts of lamentable destruction reach us from a past eight,and witness then threw two dozen more Park, the route being lined by a large concourse of meet and cheer with the ltght of her presence are those poor dqmvs to the Corporation
matter appears to be a very rave one for the Indian.' '
land which can ill afford such losses—that of Hungary.
Government and the excitement of the mercantile .. f paper inthesebottles. H id out or hurt in the thick nalee—mbhile-aged, old, and young—
The ca • pital of that kingdom is Buda-Pesth—a hand- 1h
as
73,,
chain
ho
could
it
theanchor,
h r e
in
was unsettled, gleams of sunshine alternating with The Lord Chief Just'
community c' nnected with the East increases order slight showers of rain. As her Majesty passed along borne
tiue perforce
itebyta ° taecormeamr
aorifdretlsin-cmee4esas s fight,
c,
earned.
ceeded on an opini
some city standing on the east and west banks
each stage of the depression. For the momentthewholewith
that uiet would heacou h
longwtime to get up If the men the Victoria Emblakment at half-past eleven the who comes from the front rank if all to help and "shambles and othe.
of the Danube respectively, and connected by • wanted to get away. He next hoisted signals of dis.. .
trade between India and China is disor- • ,anized by thissun shone out beanantly, but was soon again be- encourage the kindly work going forward far at her rear •
Qusdent gowns wi
bridges which are models of engineering skill. It was tress. The men thought it was for the police, and clouded. The Embankment was lined on each guard. The self-chosen task of the Queen is to open a new term "shambles "
depreciation. It is doubtful whether disorganized
a Pali' Carcaris came forward and told witness they did not side with people. - The bridges running across and commodious wing lately added to the London Hospital
at Buda that the Emperor Francis Joseph was crowned mentary Committee will be enabled to devise a remedy I:BlBzi.onWaitll sfils.
ea i ,"
King of Hungary on the Bth of June, 1857; and Buda, or for such an evil as this. In the Session of 1873, which kill roll ,pryoums
Trousselot,
, Some ec of c
at the
would
dwhao wanted tattwo the river were khronged with spectators, and
at the piers and oilitahe boats bunting was freely will
—.s.. wing of
many
de power,
aorite. whichure s
ucif)emreforrt and aid
which fly to
iilleed be maimnyost called an "angel's wining Lmr se in the r
rather the twin cities unitedly, suffered terribly from the opened with coal at the famine price of Ms t it. Afterwards some of the crew came and told witness
per on, a displayed. The paianets at the stations, and the walls as far as succour and loving-kindness go • for there will be his characte
inundations of last summer. But the fourth week of Select Committee was • • .
appointed to inquire into the h t• d that the b 'clnothingthey t
e must mine boy said when ey go of Somerset Housadwere crowded and where the
February brought with it an even greater scourge than causes of such an extraordinaiy rise. No reco ashore. Witness said he would see to that. Cargalis throng was most dense there were the cheers most LwrolirlenCrh
hundred re it, and seefvelty Lietth?tateartieledweireel ment How
the died,
that which descended upon the two towns last July. dations could be made, but it was clearly ein'mo enh- next pulled down the distress signals. When the six hearty. Tlaere was no attempt at decoration until the the Grocers' ComPany,aaTda b;rthat n'llme, which the Qugeen
The waters of the Danube went up five-and-twenty pointed' out that the excessive rates re the rla
lug Inaloeanr d eafbouthtetwsohit'veve7kistn e 8
beforep r oifieisellantmemhauita re Royal Hotel at Blackfriars-bridge was reached, and herself will bestow, it will do all the good that the most the we or
feet above their ordinary level, and as its both banks in
e esti tof
took the direction in which they went so that he might here the windows were draped and occupied. At the rneesitc nanondienneewlaetsutreprcicnnielidplcerfeel. constructed
sclitenicse,w
leityonetnil places
finest
a combination of natural occurrences n trade, and that north end of the. bridge a body of men of the 20th brilliantly clean walls, temperated warmth, and careful ver
are here crowded with a large population, incalculable • . a .land the next day and give information. The Tirail- Hussars were stationed, and from this point the Cold- ventilation, and in the children's wards, where the walls
misery was wrought. Visitors to London, who have Ifclfrile V 7 s mevihable. This has since come about ; leur gun-boat coming to them, witness told the captain stream Guards the Scots Fusilier Guards and the city are painted sky colour, there are plenty of pretty oleograph
h case now immediately under review, nothing all that had happened. The captain called to him to and metropolitan police kept the line. The band of Pictures, upon which the tiny inmates can lie and gaze
admired the Thames Embankment from the balustrades can be lost by inquiry, but a great deal m b gained put his boat out and come aboard. Witness was from their white cots, when fevers and aches leave their
the Scots Fusiliers took up their position at the
of Blackfriars Bridge, will have observed that when by a thorough understanding of the entire question. sad eyes leisure for gazing. All sorts of other excellent
obliged to get the revolvers he had hidden and threaten southern end of Queen Victoria-street and from The and while w
there is an unsually high tide, and the water coming ,
to shoot the men before they would put the boat out Times office the offices of the British and new improvements are visible in the building;
necessarily have great hospitals in cities, though sin-
up from the sea meets that which is brought down .o ie.. ar When he got on board the Tirailleur the captain sent Foreign Bible Society,dbuildings, floated mud
and othercountry infirmaries are far better for the sick and maw
from the vast tract of country drained by the 70 cht THE " LENNIE." him first on shore to give information about the six lines of flags of all nations. Outside the Man- the new addition to the London Hospital which her Me
who had landed, and afterwards gave him ten armed , es-
eion xseuse station at the north end of Queen-street inaugurates to-day may be considered, we believe, a c
great metropolitan river, a very few inches
In Lo example of finished convenience and kindliest foref
ndoran6onchSeragttetrddzhamt
mutiny
Bow-street
on
men to take the five on board the Lennie into custody. some of the Life Guards held places, and the band of
more, and the turbid stream would be over the top of the eleveneemreained in France six weeks to attend the the 20th Hussars relieved the monotony of the waiting Nor,
wea iiiinwcehiwee;i have spoken of
gel., tthees eeisdar, .Igete
e contrasts
e ftr '
the Embankment wall. The effect is greater at night, seas were again brought before jir Yrhomas henry. Among inquiry Witness
t 1,1.
when the long line of lamps throw their fitful rays upon thosehstai
nn , accommodated(eean with srta.sennspon ttebentclehenweererewtehree It being now too late to read over and interpret the criotsildt6i.neaAt.riejitiesiasertsi.onmoaf 9ueendes Victoria-street and the poverty which sits with weary eyes in
the miniature waves, and it seems as though the body Matte° aargalis. 36; Parescos Lecsis, 30 ;_Paspeales Caludis, evidence already taken, Sir T. Henry said it would with
were effectively tively decorated, trophies of flags, tiheail lducomurpianouise!Jraonvictimongthawrglabvee just to V
of water beneath you was only kept within its boundaries U. Geiovanr.l Savos Morote 31, Greeks; Giovanni Carcaris, perhaps be as well to adjourn. The prisoners were shields, and bannerets being displayed. One enterprising Fund." The Grocers' Company have aclped
looriginal donation of Z 20,000 ; the Skinners'
by some unseen hand—some invisible ageney—some LettGesor2g2e liehaidATierri,aeGric:ileiusvaeAnnigedaohs,ellT74kse;nGuseppo then remanded for a week, and ventilating engineer asserted on gaily decorated
Italian; canvas that "Happy are the people who live in the and
de re guineas, theendCelnotggior.ers'llCr.oir
mighty controlling influence. Occasionally a strong Peter Peterson, 26, a Dane; and Charles Itenken, 27, an
Englishman. reign of Victoria. They can ventilate their opinions, their £l,OOO, and 1, T. Fowell Baxion £l,OOO
northwest wind, a full moon, and heavy rains in THE QUEEN'S NEW TITLE. industry, and their homes." At the side and in front having already been donors of £5,000
Gloucester, Oxford, and Berks, acting in concert, . Sidney Woolf,
ii)ilsotsreuTtteeddhontitehafeeokf the Treasury;f Mr.
• of the Mansion House was another body of the Life fund of 1873; Messrs. Truman, Ilant
combine to send the waters over the wall of the Ern- the Greek prisoners ; andy Mr. Beard, Consulate,
ideeefncgd The Bombay gazette, adverting to the paragraph in
Guards, kept the thoroughfares •
whoe converging at scribe £l,OOO, and kiessrs. Charr
6 the Queen's Speech with respect to the Royal title,• £l,OOO. Thus, if her Majesty do,
that point, and the summit of the steps at the Mansion
bankment, and much mischief is the result. But only Ottoman Consulate, appeared for the Turks,
says it does not like the title of Empress, and doubts gold all the way to Mile-end-g•
let us imagine for a moment the consequences of instead . Mr. Poland said he thought it would be convenient if it will not provoke fierce remonstrance in England. House was decorated with flags and evergreens, and golden store is wisely kepb for t
If he first gave an outline of the facts as they would a A freeoccupied by a largeeconcourse of ladies. In front of it is expended, or will be, or
of rising but a few inobes exceptionally, the waters of people," it adds, "have a natural and justifi-
be proved in evidence The examination would neces-the Exchange wsiwa trophy, of flags, the steps were Queen proud indeed, in the r
able dislike to the name of Emperor; aid very many comes to the worst the poor
ihe Thames were, like those of the Dar übe, to be heaped sarii occupy . • • a very long time owing to the number densely packed' and the Life Guards extended from
• .* r, .
Englishmen, while content to accept the English occu- soft pillow and the best
up an additional five-and-twenter'feeCi Why no bridge and Yvaried nationality of the prisoners; but 'he the statue of 'Wellington to the east end of the
pation of India as a fact, will object most strongly to
Exchange building. The Prince of Saxe-Weimar was render
which crosses the river would be sufficient to thought no one could think time lest that was spent any proposal to assume that that occupation must be in - _
_
chief command ot the troops, and Colonels Hen-
carry off the overflow, and the densely-popnlated i4,:ihthe thorough investigation of this very sad affair. permanent, and to proclaim the conversion of the Queen
derson and Fraser took charge of the police arrange- THE PRINCE
district upon the Surrey shore must inevitably be Scoetia rinicl wwasasaavettel belonging to Yarmouth, Nova of England into an Oriental despot. There could be
meats.
turned into an inland sea. Therefore, although tons. 'lts captain, Stanleye-mraetdfieasswela,s oaf 6%anboaucti. 950 no better legend for the rupee than the simple words
passed along Cornhill at twelve o'clock
'Victoria Queen,' and there is no grander or more The
hsep
The following I
Londoners have their troubles, they are not the its first mate, Joseph Wortley, an Irishman; and idsanaseasses of people,who had tof
troubles of Buda-Pesth. Next to the Volga, the second mate, Richard Macdonald, an Englishman. glorious title iit:ihae all history tihta:a tilt of Queen
pErengse- through
the Stock Exchange and other places of come
to the Special Cor
under date Mr
Danube is the largest river in Europe, rising in the. They, were at Antwerp in October lad and the shift substituted for that eofairueeen may geatify the oriental greet her Majesty. At this point the loyalty of the
The Prir
w in want of hands On the 23rd the etewar , lo f fine titles,but 1 11 t add to the real power City was manifested by enthusiastic cheering.
Black Forest, draining an immense area of land, and Cr ' love o nel will no Terai we Von Hoydonck, and his assistant, a lad of the Government. It will simply show that the Once out of the City, the decorations and the crowd killed lf
gradually increasing in volume and in velocity until it named Henri Trousselot, joined, and on the same day English conquerors of India have lost their native commenced in real earnest. Wonders had been done not far
joins the tempestuous waters of the deep Black Sea. the agent for the vessel brought over the 11 prisoner strength, and are beginning, like the Moslems before since Monday afternoon, and everything looked as he is .
from England in the Dolphin to join. These 11 men them, to become quite Indianized. Surely the formal complete as could be desired. Taken altogether, the reac"
During the month in which Parliament has been with the three officers, the steward, and his assistant,' record of Her Majesty's titles is comprehensive enough decorationsfrom Aldgate to the London Hospital would gm,
sitting, more progress has been made in the estimates formed the total of sixteen hands. Some of them to satisfy any ambition. Msikaetyerhltalvaejealo
host
tnaress Tampere with almost anything of a similar kind seen in p
than is usually the case at so early a period of the for instance, the steward and his assistant, Ren'ken'
Session. Army, Navy, and Civil Service combine the Englishman, and Petersen the Dane, spoke Eng- ceofillodritetZbinedquweestions abonitatt' special titles raised lesy, ut:,,-, route from
eftrroorpoolisAiuratiengtothtehlasit few /ears%
linTeronwehag
to make up nearly fifty millions sterling a year, the re-
olis!, but the majority of the crew did not. Canesso, various colonies. It is a pity to disturb a settlement side of the road with Veneetioansplmaaswts placed at short
mainder of the expenditure—seven-and-twenty millions litshearwn Aseonkntratnaaso,Goeortgelrheoen,iiitlisioesirkeoailhittleEng- that gives no offence for the sake of a little ostenta- intervals, and connected with strings of flags. Es.e'
tioia.' mast bore its little group of flags springing from
—being devoted to the payment of the interest upon the able seaman, an arrange'ment was made thatj. heedsrisouall
National Debt. In each of the spending departments, have-extra pay and should act as boatswain, provided The Times of India says: "It is clear that this year shield,,ii
f and
famous Aldgate
long streaming flaticsiffamtaouAitiantgtte r
the money wanted is divided into "votes," and these he was capable of discharging the duties. The vessel Her Majesty will become in legal sores as well as in tione of leeeuadeullti aendu;ePr:criurch-strenete was c
are ranged in "classes." Some of the votes are very left ttwwaserptioien
fiCletholtrorh2o3i btonuendoa forta.Ne;e Orleans, fact the 'Empress of India,' and will doubtless be with red cloth and flags, placed upon a struct
small, amounting to only a few hundred pounds, and to another part of America and tEennito or J.surrhoceeto henceforth spoken of in official documents issued in this made the whole look rather imposing. The
country paPeriledoMnsty. The Princes and the junction of Commercial-street, Le,
it is often upon these that long discussions take place. Europe. All went well for eight days, although p Hindustanyof"
The sum of £2,000, for instance, charged in the Esti- w-h such a mixed crew the captain, of course, had Moiler which wlretcvloundutottensescodliirloyinapsireezacttetthaet Whitechapel, High-street, and Commerc4
mates for "Queen's Plates," is generally objected to , some slight difficulty in working the ship. Not being the Sovereign of the British Empire takes her Im- octagonal
simlilarly.l.treated, and formed the
in possession of all the facts of the misunderstanding, ficogrosnannpavi ion, under the roof. of w'
by some members on the ground that it encourages penal and most sonorous title from her possessions in d ferns. From no point c
Mr. Poland would refrain from all further mention of the East." Cons be seen with more effect thw.
horse racing. Sometimes half a million is voted away it, and go at once to what occurred on the 31st of rows of flags crossing from house t
in a few minutes; at others, hem gentlemen will October. On that date, at about twenty-five minutes • •
occupy several hours before deciding to spend £5OO in past four, all hands were on deck with the exception for The Indian
t.liktlyoNews thinkstat it affords occasion tervals couid be seen down five at-
occupy
:specified way. "Committee of Supply" is seldom of the steward and his assistant, the boy Trousselot,
rrincooe9sgrreception
to lira
illiaa h y
"recallede('ay ;on the Icehs.ottheorf attetholdpooliintr.oh Wallai
absent from the notice-paper, and even on the nights yilas
ewere below in their berths. The crew had been slumbering imagination of English statesmen an im- owedimeuch of its appearance
claimed exclusively by private members, it is entered engaged viddliiito twtot.n watches,tehhut on this morning all were portant duty which was strangely neglected at the thoroughfare, which is one
about.. The captain ap- time of the assumption of the government- of this in the suburbs of Londor
after their bills; for if by some accident the discus- s to lanavPeufonngd that the
he men did not readily do country by the Crown."
want of room there wer
sion on those measures happen to go off, there is the their duty, for the steward below heard him call out --------. •.. -
stands along the route
Secretary to the Treasury, ever at his post, ready to that they were a parcel of soldiers and not sailors, d one had been
propose his votes in Supply. A good Government Shortly afterwards he heard a noise on deck as of per • REPORTED FAMINE IN ICELAND. existed
at Aldgate Church f
sons running about. He became alarmed an called Schools; and there
night for the estimates is always the first after a holi- h The Pall Mall Gazette Copenhagen correspondent,
his assistant Trousselot. The both left their deh
day, such as the Easter or Whitsuntide Recess. The and went to the foot of the They
ladder, berth
writing on the 4th, says :—The last mail from Iceland chapel Church, an-
few members present are not inclined to be critical, found the hatchway guarded by Caludis and Yaida. brings some very serious news being nothing less than Hospital itself,
and the Treasury is grateful for having got through The steward went to the cabins of the captain and the the report that some 500 people, inhabiting the small the front of ma,
about them a'
such difficult work without cavil or objection. mate, but found no one there. He, therefore, took a group of islands called the Westman Islands, probably inscribed
c on
couple of loaded revolvers which the captain always at the present moment are dying from staivation. On
Welcome
The interest of the people of this country in kept in the cabin for his own protection. He was account of the ill success of the fisheries last year, it
the condition of their, navy is proverbial, and still unable to get on deck or to render any assist- was feared that the supplies of food would run short .‘yoma,n, '
such an incident as the loss of the Vanguard in ance to his officers. While below he heard several during the winter, and a small coaster was sent to the ,crpoewr
,s .
the autumn of last year produced a deep impres- six,
xots
when the
tibiteit
whole
oblifgetdheto wait till about twentycapital ef
quarters Iceland,ofßooeirkoiaviaoladtoanask,adfaifotooef flovfe
1-aedo- the
00 Queer
sion. The behaviour of that floating fortress, Canesso then said to him, "We havecre w
finished e dcoowwn,.,
crowns to buy another five-and-twenty quarters. The -P
the Devastation, at sea, is also repeatedly canvassed ; The steward said, " What have you finished ? ' loan was granted, but only five quarters was given as ye}
and although the ship can hardly be called a "thing of and he was told that the captain, the first mate, a present, and with these thirty quarters the boat re. v'
beauty," there is little doubt that she has her defenders and the second mate had been thrown overboard, turned to the islands shortly before the winter set in.
Caneeso told him, as he had always given them plenty About a month ago a bottle was found on the coast, which,
if not her admirers. This was one of the vessels which when opened, contained a letter from the resident medical
to eat, he had nothing to fear if he would navigate the
accompanied the Shah of Persia across the Channel vessel for them. They were aware that he knew some- man on the Westman Islands, stating that there vse•
when that Sovereign came over to England from Bel- thing of navigation, and they, although sailors, were only supplies for one week more, after which a lam'
glum on the 18th of June, 1873; and, cynical as Naar- ignorant men and knew nothing of directing a ship's was inevitable. The sea is so dangerous in
ed-Deen undoubtedly was, it is recorded that he was course. They told him, they wished to go to Greece, neighbourhood during the winter that all direct
exceedingly impressed with the enormous power of weeheedrse they would
anesso
had an
the ship and divide the pro- moinnarlcatifmn boestsrsheleen the island t at the
count
the structure which ploughed her way through the sea, them in getting rid :fn i
tun. A 0 thereydone
k who
if
would assist aswsiastt
h GoveyrnmenPt would instanntly, at whatever cc
"
A feeling appears to be now growing up in favour of they wished, was to have the charts, sextants, &c. He steamer with supplies; and the Danish C
circular ironclads, after the model of that designed by determined to appear to consent to the propositions of is undoubtedly also anxious to do its duty,
the Russian Admiral Popoff. After the terrible fate the men, and went up on deck to work the vessel. He be
.useless to demand an extra Grant,
there saw blood and other signs of the a struggle that had majority would be sure to refuse it
of the Captain, however, we may rely upon it that the been going on. Some set to work to steamer will be despatched, the ex e;
Admiralty will be extremely careful how they send an while the others proceeded to destroy all the blood
toffe,
h by public subscriptions. P
experimental ship to sea until her stability has been name of the vessel. Cargalis took the name "Lennie"
thoroughly tested. Profound as was the sorrow at off the long-boat, another painted it off the bows of
the sinking of such a splendid ship as the Vanguard, it the vessel, and so on till no sign of the name was left. THE DUKE OF CAMBT
was nothing to the shock which ran through the nation .gteer the revolt, 91. aohrst,isevery maninbecame master. ARMT
at the news of the foundering of the Captain, with Lundye Island, aSelheewagin 10°117312t0n
get under
tlerstteheer for The Duke of Cambridge
nearly every soul on board. It was at the time of tection of the British authorities and to give the mPurtei: effect in returning thanks
dinner given by the Grc
the great war between France and Germany; but 'leers up to justice. He accordingly put the ship night, at their hall in
battles, sieges, and the varying fortunes of the com- about, but in a short time the boatswain, Canesso, grew
batantis were for awhile forgotten in the contemplation suspicions,co and said to him,
f" You will sell all my ;31Peren11,111ag.eosftyth.e new wi
of this calamity. When, on the morning of the 7th steward uponn;ytohlear
refusedsteering
to
navigate
it the
eChannel." The
Master', Wardens, ir
September,lB7o, the admiral commanding the squadron Petersen, he Dane, tried to work the sir nkseref, and
a pleasure to respond t
the chair, on t
counted ten ships where eleven had been the night he was not able to do it, and the crew then again asked from
before, it was at first supposed that the Captain had the steward to take command. He did so, and directed roll tshat 41.)50r
been separated from her consorts during the fierceness the
little ship's
souctroree towards
oiiOtjeust off Rochefort, occasion to-nigt
of the gale. So they scoured the seas in search of her, they got into the Bay of gable D•OlonAneh wolieNovember desire t.
lea me zoo silo
ke
and only gave up when it became too evident that she again threatened the steward, and he was forncetrinZoniennt person, how
was lying quietly 1,200 feet below the restless surface to sea for three days. They then put back again, andP r Tess
of the waves, and in calmer water than that upon on the Bth of November, being in sight of land, the observe
"
which her sister ships were sailing. Built with extra- steward heisted signals of distress. A pilot came out ',hour,' to them, . but the men sent the steward below o
and put
,o,noT
ordinary strength, there is little doubt that her massive off the pilot with an excuse about the chronometers. ',7„,--
hull will hold together for ages yet to come. Being now alarmed, some of the men determined to 7'
The First Napoleon was accustomed to call his land and make their escape. Previous to this the '
army "food for powder," but he had a quick and easy satuetTorit
es withard had don al
whlaitn 11:3d
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way of getting his food for powder, which unknown m as ea in man an y bottles cthr ei
them oe put
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in this country. Mr. Gathorne Hardy, the Secretary in the hope that they would be washed ashore. Mr
of State for War, speaking a few nights ago in the were washed on shore in Prance; but the first ml'
House of Commons, assumed safely enough that we ation reached the authorities in a different me
should not tolerate conscription; yet it Will be ad- 0
insi ttla ;, 9tclii (i)tf
was,
tke
all atT;eunt asked the r
mitted that the problem as to how the ranks of the Lam it was a fire country and a Republic
army army are to be filled is an exceedingly difficult one to then seemed to think that if they could Ii
solve. On the day after the War Secretary explained into the country they would be sure to esr
the army estimates, the report of the Inspector- them—Cargalis, Carearis, Leosis, Calud;
General of Recruiting for 1875 was issued, showing Angelos—went in a boat to shore, ta'
their share of the plunder. Angelos,
that in the twelve months our recruits numbered
494 a fall' them-all, alone took nothing with .
18
, , failing off to the extent of 2,146 as compared France they told how they had bee
with the previous year. No special reason for this is vessel called the St. George. Cahn)"
assigned, except the demand for labour, and that the captain, but the French officials
rate of wages obtainable was higher than the pay of a falsity of the tale and the mer
all persisted in their story ex
soldier. On the other side, however, it is satisfactory
to note that while the number of desertions in 1874 cao statement, which
articlesh
a la,
was 5,572, last year they fell to 4,380, a result which Boners belonging to tlie,
may be considered as a proof that the class of Mr. Poland said he won'
joining the army is improving, or that those sesX statement made by An
are more content with their position and prospects, the bottles, some of
caused the authoriti
The excursionists who come to London to spend the leur in search of
Easter Holidays will find that a wondrous change has came alongside, a
• been wrought in the neighbourhood of Trafalgar- men with his re
square. Within the short space of two years, rtOwtahkime tenfli3ve
Northumberland House which always presented a taken to I?
blank wall to the view of the gazer at Charing Cross, there she v
has been swept away, and a splendid new thoroughfare commenc
now runs through what was before a ducal mansion l asthed F3'
and its surrounding grounds. It is 950 feet in length, nnitt 17
and 90 in width; that is to say there is a roadway Fre
of CO feet, and pavements of 15 feet wide on either sh
side. On the skirtings of the pavements, trees are to
be planted, planted, and as in the course of years -handsome
houses and shops are certain to rise up on either side,
this will be one of the most magnificent streets '
London. Some idea of the enormous expendit
sonetaritly going on upon metropolitan improver
may be gathered from the fact that the acquisi'
the 'land and the construction of the thorr
represents more than £700,000. Of course V
rep•alel,' as • building sites get taken up, !-
time .here has been this prodigious e
objeliCis tO draw a great part of the irruy
Charing Cross on to the Thames Embr
of sending it through the overcror
Fleet-street. The Embankment '
noble thoroughfares in Europe,
been comparatively little used
not being easily accessible fror
Naturalists tell as that t'
crowded city not only relic
of bricks and mortar, hr
public health. In like .
endowed with life-pre
ins; to the beauties
years ago it was '
powerful disinfer
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our fanhit eartspOtitt.
Ewe deem it right to state that W 9 do not at all time,
(deputy ourselves with our Correspondent's opinions.j

When 1875 left us with recollections of storms and
hoods almost without para;lel in living m-qnory, there
was not only the hope, but the expectation, that the
new year would witness no such opening of the windbws
of Heaven as those which characterized the closing
half of last year, and brought ruin and devastation
in its train. But 1876 is only a few weeks old when
accounts of lamentable destruction reach us from a
land which can ill afford such losses—that of Hungary.
The capital of that kingdom is Buda-Pesth—a hand-
some city standing on the east and west banks
of the Danube respectively, and connected by
bridges which are models of engineering skill. It was

at Buda that the Emperor Francis Joseph was crowned
King of Hungary on the Bth of June, 18t7; and Buda, or
rather the twin cities unitedly, suffered terribly from the
inundations of last summer. But the fourth week of
February brought with it an even greater scourge than
that which descended upon the two towns last July.
The waters of the Danube went up five-and-twenty
feet above their ordinary level, and as its both banks
are here crowded with a large population, incalculable
misery was wrought. Visitors to London, who have
admired the Thames Embankment from the balustrades
of Blackfriars Bridge, will have observed that when
there is an unsually high tide, and the water coming
up from the sea meets that which is brought down
from the vast tract of country drained by the
great metropolitan river, a very few inches
more, and the turbid stream would be over the top of
the Embankment wall. The effect is greater at night,
when the long line of lamps throw their fitful rays upon
the miniature waves, and it seems as though the body
of water beneath you was only kept within its boundaries
by some unseen hand—some invisible ageney—some
mighty controlling influence. Occasionally a strong
northwest wind, a full moon, and heavy rains in
Gloucester, Oxford, and Berks, acting in concert,
combine to send the waters over the wall of the Em-
bankment, and much mischief is the result. But only
let us imagine for a moment the consequences of instead
of rising but a few inoites exceptionally, the waters of
he Thames were, like those of the Dar übe, to be heaped
• .
up' an additional five-and-twenty)feeCl Why no bridge
which crosses the river would be sufficient to
carry off the overflow, and the densely-populated
district upon the Surrey shore must inevitably be
turned into an inland sea. Therefore, although
Londoners have their troubles, they are not the
troubles of BudarPesth. Next to the Volga, the
Danube is the largest river in Europe, rising in the.
Black Forest, draining an immense area of land, and
gradually increasing in volume and in velocity until it
joins the tempestuous waters of the deep Black Sea.
During the month in which Parliament has been
sitting, more progress has been made in the estimates
than is usually the case at so early a period of the
Session. Army, Navy, and Civil Service combine
to make up nearly fifty millions sterling a year, the re-
mainder of the expenditure—seven-and-twenty millions
—being devoted to the payment of the interest upon the
National Debt. In each of the spending departments,
the money wanted is divided into "votes," and these
are ranged in " cla.sses." Some of the votes are very
small, amounting to only a few hundred pounds, and
it is often upon these that long discussions take place.
The sum of £2,000, for instance, charged in the Esti-
mates for "Queen's Plates," is generally objected to
by some members on the ground that it encourages
horse racing. Sometimes half a million is voted away
in a few minutes; at others, hon. gentlemen will
occupy several hours before deciding to spend £5OO in
a :specified way. "Committee of Supply" is seldom
absent from the notice-paper, and even on the nights
claimed exclusively by private members, it is entered
after their bills; for if by some accident the discus-
sion on those measures happen to go off, there is the
Secretary to the Treasury, ever at his nog, ready to
propose his votes in Supply. A good Government
night for the estimates is always the first after a holi-
day, such as the Easter or Whitsuntide Recess. The
few members present are not inclined to be critical,
and the Treasury is grateful for having got through
such difficult work without cavil or objection.
The interest of the people of this country in
the condition of their, navy is proverbial, and
such an incident as the loss of the Vanguard in
the autumn of last year produced a deep impres-
sion. The behaviour of that floating fortress,
the Devastation, at sea, is also repeatedly canvassed ;
and although the ship can hardly be called a "thing of
beauty," there is little doubt that she has her defenders
if not her admirers. This was one of the vessels which
accompanied the Shah of Persia across the Channel
when that Sovereign came over to England from Bel-
gium on the 18th of June, 1873; and, cynical as Naar-
ed-Deen undoubtedly was, it is recorded that he was
exceedingly impressed with the enormous power of
the structure which ploughed her way through the sea.
A feeling appears to be now growing up in favour of
circular ironclads, after the model of that designed by
the Russian Admiral Popoff. After the terrible fate
of the Captain, however, we may rely upon it that the
Admiralty will be extremely careful how they send an
experimental ship to sea until her stability has been
thoroughly tested. Profound as was the sorrow at
the sinking of such a splendid ship as the Vanguard, it
was nothing to the shock which ran through the nation
at the news of the foundering of the Captain, with
nearly every soul on board. It was at the time of
the great war between France and Germany; but
battles, sieges, and the varying fortunes of the com-
batants were for awhile forgotten in the contemplation
of this calamity. When, on the morning of the 7th
September, 1870, the admiral commanding the squadron
counted ten ships where eleven had been the night
before, it was at first supposed that the Captain had
been separated from her consorts during the fierceness
of the gale. So they scoured the seas in search of her,
and only gave up when it became too evident that she
was lying quietly 1,200 feet below the restless surface
of the waves, and in calmer water than that upon
which her sister ships were sailing. Built with extra-
ordinary strength, there is little doubt that her massive
hull will hold together for ages yet to come.
The First Napoleon was accustomed to call his
army "food for powder," but he had a quick and easy
way of getting his food for powder, which is unknown
In this country. Mr. Gathorne Hardy, the Secretary
of State for War, speaking a few nights ago in the
House of Commons, assumed safely enough that we
should not tolerate conscription; yet it Will be ad-
mitted that the problem as to how the ranks of the
army are to be filled is an exceedingly difficult one to
solve. On the day after the War Secretary explained
the army estimates, the report of the Inspector-
General of Recruiting for 1875 was issued, showing
that in the twelve months our recruits numbered
18,494, a falling off to the extent of 2,146 as compared
with the previous year. No special reason for this is
assigned, except the demand for labour, and that the
rate of wages obtainable was higher than the pay of a
soldier. On the other side, however, it is satisfactory
to note that while the number of desertions in 1874
was 5,572, last year they fell to 4,380, a result which
may be considered as a proof that the class of
Joining the army is improving, or that those serX
are more content with their position and prospects.
The excureionists who come to London to spend the
Easter Holidays will find that a wondrous change has
been wrought in the neighbourhood of Trafalgar-
square. Within the short space of two years,
Northumberland House which always presented a
blank wall to the view of the gazer at Charing Cross,
has been swept away, and a splendid new thoroughfare
now runs through what was before a ducal mansion
and its surrounding grounds. It is 950 feet in length,
and 90 in width; that is to say there is a roadway
of CO feet, and pavements of 15 feet wide on either
side. On the skirtings of the pavements, trees are to
be planted, and as in the course of years -handsome
houses and shops are certain to rise up on either side,
this will be one of the most magnificent streets in
London. Some idea of the enormous expenditure
sonitantly going on upon metropolitan improvements
may be gathered from the fact that the acquisition of
the 'land and the construction of the thoroughfare
represents more than £700,000. Of course this will be
rep'aid ,' as building sites gettaken up,
outlay.
, butf o r
The
time there has been this prodigious
objeliCis to draw a great part of the immense traffic at
Charing Cross on to the Thames Embankment instead
of sending it through the overcrowded Strand and
Fleet-street. The Embankment is one of the most
noble thoroughfares in Europe, but hitherto it has
been comparatively little used in consequence of its
not being easily accessible from the West.
Naturalists tell as that the presence of trees in a
crowded city not only relieves the monotony of acres
of bricks and mortar, but acts beneficially upon the
public health. In like manner, flowers in a garden are
endowed with life-preserving qualities, as well as add-
ing to the beauties of the place. Several hundred
years ago it was known that certain plants acted as
powerful disinfectants, and it is recorded that when in
the second century the plague raged in Italy, and the
panic-stricken people crowded into Rome, the physi-
cians recommended them to encamp at Lanrentum,
because there the sweet bay tree grew in great abun-
dance, and the inhalation of its odours was a preserva-
tive against infection. Many of the ancients were
accustomed to grow aromatic and balsamic herbs
around their dwellings, so as to keep off fever and
ague; and in our own time it is well known that the
sunflower, which will grow almost anywhere, and
could be turned to many useful purposes, is one of
the most valuable sanitary agents, since it not only
Purifies the atmosphere, but also destroys the delete-
rious miasmata. To those, therefore, who are fond of
rdeniag, it may be a gratifying reflection that besides