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more than doubled. We shall moreover have two grand
improvements in Southwark and Finsbury Parks, both
of which will be opened this summer; and there is
something to rejoice at in the tre..s which will adorn
the Thames Embankment, and the flower garden
which will beautify the approaches to the Houses of
Parliament. And we are to have, too, another large,
handsome, general market. From what I have seen
of the designs of the architect, Mr. G. A. Elliott, the
Belgrave Market will not only be an ornament to that
favoured locality Belgravia, but will be of considerable
importance to the food producers of the country said
the food consumers of London. It is really marvellous
that we have so long submitted to the wretched
market "accommodation" as it is facetiously called
which has hitherto disgraced the metropolis.

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sabres attacked the othere who were unarmed, b-t-it
speedily sought their swords and pistols. and the E.dit
became general The efforts of the officers who
hastened to the spot, were unavailing to calm the
effervescence until a body of infantry was brought,
who, with bayonets fixed, penetra i ted nto the li,use
and, getting between the combatants put an end to
the contest. Two hussars were found to have been
mortally wounded, and eleven of their adversaries more
or less seriously injured.
HOPING Os!—The birthday of Francis 11.,
ex-King_of Naples teth inst.), was duly commemorated
at the Fames., Palace. In the morning the King re-
ceived a deputation of Neapolitans and Sicilians, who
presented him with addresses from the principal cities
of his old kingdom, bearing altogether 200,000 signa-
tures. The deputation, after reading the addreeses,
expressed a hope that the present year would terminate
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which separated the King from. his

A MURDERER TRACKED BY THE Doti OF HIS
VICT/M.—A man named Legrand was tried a few days
since at Melon for the murder at Coulommiers of
Felicia Bouery, aged 18. daughter of an innkeeper of
that neighbourhood. This crime was a cruel act of
engeance ; the father of the deceased had put an
execution into the premises of the accused, a wheel-
wright, to obtain payment of £7 for wood supplied to
him, and Legrand, in order to be revenged on Bouery,
laid wait for the daughter and cut her throat. A
woman who had been attracted to the spot by the cries
of the deceased, saw the murderer escape into a wood,
followed for a few seconds by a dog which belonged to
the young woman; the animal then returned to pro-
tect the body of his mistress, but shortly after, accom-
panied by several persons, he was aAain put on the
track, which he followed to a copse, where he com-
menced barking; on the spot being searched Legrand
was discovered in an abandoned inarlpit, standing up
to his middle in water, in which he had probably
entered for the purpose of cleansing the traces of the
crime from his clothes. He at once gave himself into
custody, and confessed his guilt. He was now con-
demned to hard labour for life.
HOT THEY MANAGE IN FRANCE. —OllO Of the
forms of electoral corruption in France has been illus-
trated by some recent disclosures. It would appear
that M. Granier de Cassagnac, in consequence of reve-
lations concerning his private character, is by no
means sure ..f retaining his seat at the general elections.
The Minister of Public Worship has, however, already
come to his assistance with 7,000 franca in aid of a
steeple, and has given the people of Plaisance to under-
stand that they are indebted for this suns to their
representative. By order of the moire, the following
announcement was placarded through the town—
"Eternal gratitude to our honourable deputy,
who, by his great influence, has obtained this hand-
some subsidy."
THE MAKING OF GOLD CHAINS.—At a quar-
terly meeting of the Birmingham Assay Matters, it
has been resolved "that the guardians see no reason
for departing from the present practice of the Bir-
mingham Aseayeiffice in the assaying and marking of
gold chains—namely, to assay only such gold chains as
are of such fashion and make as to allow of their
being satisfactorily assayed and marked on every link;
the bars, the swivels, and the links are assayed sepa-
rately, and the standard mark is struck upon every
link as well as upon the bar and swivel." This deci-
sion will be a great security, so far as the public is
concerned.
BABEL IN Rog.—A letter front Rome, in the
Monde, has the following :
In compliance with a usage which dates from a very re-
mote period, the pupils of the celebrated College of the Pro-
paganda, placed under the direction of Cardinal Barnabo,
gave an interesting sitting of the polyglot ac,iflemy just
before the Epiphany. the proceedings, which took place
on Sunday, and were repeated on the following day, drew
together, as usual, a numerous and distinguished auditory.
Amongst the persons present were cardinals, prelates,
princes, and personages belonging to high Roman and foreign
society. mis intellectual exhibition is assuredly most
curious. To hear thirty two different languages, or idioms.
spoken by young men belonging to nearly all the nations Of
Europe, and a great number of those of Asia, Africa,
America, and Oceania, is not an ordinary enjoyment. This
event occurs only in the Eternal City, and Is repeated but
once a }ear—always at the same period of the year. The
entire universe, so to speak, by the representatives of so
many tongues, comes at the Epiphany, h 9 did formerly the
Maid, to adorn the redeemer, and address to him the ho
mace of its vows and science. On the present occasion the
display was considered unusually successful.
SOMETHING LIKE A REWARD !—The following
advertisement has appeared in The Times:—
One Million Pounds Reward will be given for a
Certified Copy of the Baptism of Robert Jennii.gs, son of
Robert and Ann Jennings : believed to have been baptised at
St Giles's in the Yields. London, in MN Address, Robert
Read, Woodman-street, York-road, Leeds.
DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER DIAMOND AT THE
CAPE.— We are happy in being able to announce that
another diamond has reached the Cape Town
from the neighbourhood of the Orange River
(writes the Cape Argus). It is described as by far the
most beautiful of the gems which have yet been found.
Although a small one, weighing only four carats, it
has been valued at a high figure. Several conflicting
reports are in circulation as to the place at which it
was found. Our own correspondent at Colesberg, in
communicating the fact, says :—" Mr. O'Reilly says
he had it from a Kafir, who said that he picked it up
on the banks of the Hart River. If this is true, it is
important, as pointing towards the spot from which
the diamonds that have been found have probably
descended." It is to be regrett. d that hitherto no
systematic inspection of the country by a competent
authority has been undertaken, although the fact of
so many valuable atones being found is indisputable.
Most of the diamonds which have been discovered up
to the present time have been purchased by his Ex-
cellency the Governor, and Mr. Wollaston, who goes
to England by the present mail steamer, has received
his Excellency's permission to exhibit them to in-
terested persons.
A RkMARKABLE MARRIAGE.—III the chapel of
the Tuileries, in Paris, there was solemnised, on
Sunday week, a marriage—one of the prettiest mar-
riages, no far as the names of the contracting parties
go, which it has ever been our lot to record. The
Prince de la Moskwa WAS married to Madame la
Comtemee de Labedoyere. " gh hien ! " the cynic may
say, with a shrug and a yawn ; " what then f " It is a
" marriage in high life"—no more. Princes marry
countessee every day. Ere now, they have been known
to marry chambermaids. Nevertheless, the marriage
iif Smida, week has a significance, when the names of
the bride and bridegroom are remembered, that is at
once historic and pathetic (says the Dad a elegraph).
Fifty-three years ago, at a dark December morning,
at ne d men bearing lantern,: brought forth from his
ced, in the palace-prison of the Luxembourg, a stout,
simple, lamrgeoia.looking man in civilian's garb, who
had been doomed to death by the Bourbon's Court of
Peers. They conducted him to a remote corner of the
Luxemlxiurg-garilens, close to the Boulevard de
l'Observatoire. Then they set bins uo—he refused to
have his eyes bandagetl—and a file of grenadiers shot
him to death. The victim's name was nclevel Ney, a
poor peasant's son of Sarre-Louis, but famous through-
out the world as Duke of El2lingen, as Prince of
Moscow, as "Bravest of the Brave." He fought at
Waterloo. Could the great British Captain who won
that fight have saved the life of the heroic Frenchman
in December? It matters little now. Ney hail got to
die; am! he died as he had lived. Very shortly after
his execution, another sacrifice was made to the
offended majesty of Bourboniten. The brave Colonel
Labeeloy;•re, one of the most devoted among Napa. on's
adherents, was tried by military commiesion, found
guilty of treation, condemned to death, and shot.
Need we t-ay ant thing maxi to show the interest, beth
histerie and pathetie, which must cling to that mar-
riage in the 1 uileries, where, under the auspices of the
Third Napoleon, the heir of Marshal Ney was wedded
to the widow of Lateldoyi•re's son?
AN INCIDENT OF LIFE IN LONDON.—A corre-
spondent writes :
" Some years ago a respected citizen, died, not making a
will; his wife and children stepped in to administer ; but
another wife and other children allo made their claim. It
was then discovered that this steady man had two homes,
and that he spent a quiet domestic life, turn and turn
about, at either. In each belied a wife and in each a grown-
up family. The second wife knew nothing of the first the
lird had never amerced of the second ; but each regarded
him as a commercial traveller, bound by business to make
occasional journeys from home.
The anecdote illustrates the more than geographical
distance that separates one part of London from
another, and the possibilities of concealment.
VERY LIKELY.—An American travelled friend
says that of all the mountains he has ever seen he is
sure his countrymen would prefer the Dolomite, or, as
he humorously calls them, the Dollar-might.—Punch.
BRIGHAM YOUNG AND HIS SPEECHES.—Brig-
ham Young wishes to see the " proofs " of his speeches
before they reach the public. His "desire," which is
almost law in Utah, was expressed in the following
note :_"President's Office, Salt Lake City, Dec. 12,
1868.—1 desire the printers of Salt Lake City, who are
my friends, to do me the favour to submit my remarks
to me for correction before publishing, them to the
world. Those who do not I shall hardly consider as
friends.—Thuoisam YOUNG. One paper coolly remarks
in anewer that "Brigham could get up the best reputa-
tion for eloquence by suppressing his speeches alto-
gether."
PAUCA VERSA.— A Noodle writes to ask Punch
if there is any truth in the old saying that "pigs see
the wind," and if no what wind is it they see. Pasch
is not to be done. He has his reply ready. Why of
course they can, and the particular wind in question is
a "Sow-wester."—Punch.
THE CROWN PRINC Mid OF PRUSsIA AND MR.
BRIGHT.—In responding to a vote of thanks accorded
to Mtn for delivering a lecture at Rochdale, on " Cob-
bett," the other evening, Professor Rogers said, he
might be permitted to ten them a story, which he
heard from the lips of his illustrious friend, their
townsman, Mr. John Bright. He told him (the
speaker) that when he was introduced into that most
honourable position which he now occupied, and when.
thereupon, he was brought into the company of his
sovereign and her family, he spoke to one of the royal
princemes in relation to her eldest sister in this fashion
—that he hoped teat now she lived in a foreign land
she had not lost her sympathy and interest in the
country of her birth; and that princess answered,
"No, indeed. There is one institution in which she
takes profound interest, and teat, I believe, is your
native town —the Equitable Pioneers of Rochdale."—

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living, with their wives and children, at their scattered
homesteads, believing that the rebels were miles away.
The Maoris, who are stated to have been the prisoners
who escaped from Chatham Island. went from house
to house slaughtering all the inhabitants, men, women,
and children. The list of killed and wounded, in-
cluding twenty friendly Maoris, amounts to fifty-four.
Amongst the names mentioned are those of Major and
Mrs. Biggs, and child; Lieutenant and Mrs. Walsh,
and child; Mr. Dodd, Mr. Peppard, Mr. Cadle, and
Mr. and Mrs. Mann, and child. Detailed IreirS of the
persons massacred are not, however, given.
MR. JACOB BaIGHT ON EDUCATION.—Itt
speech upon education, delivered in Manchester a few
nights ago, Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., spoke of the im-
portance of parents seeing that the education which
their children obtained at school Was supplement. and
sustained afterwards by reading at home. Let them.
he said, not be afraid of novels or anything that would
attract the young to read. He would have boys and
girls attracted by amusing and interesting reading,
that it came to them easily, and they would enjoy what
they read. He believed that the reason othercountries
were in advance of us in respect of education was that
here the matter had been left to the people themselves,
and in those other countries to which be hail referred,
the education of the people had been amongst the first
work which it had been thought proper that statesmen
and Parliaments should accomplish. We required an
educated people, and he should be greatly disappointed
at the recent political change, unless in a few sessions
of Parliament we could accomplish a revolution in the
matter.
A JUDGE MADE TOR THE ACTION.—A Watch-
maker has lately got damages for injuries arising from
an accident on a Railway platform: appropriately
enough, the case was heard before—the Secondary.—
Punch.
TEACHING THE DUMB TO SPEAK.—A very
interesting meeting took place on Sunday at the Jews'
Deaf and Dumb Douce, in London, to witness the
examination of the inmates of the institution, who
number nine girls and four boys, under the manage-
ment if Mr. Van Prague. The children being intro-
duced, were put cinder examination in speaking and
lip reading, reading and writing, as well as other
branches of education, and exemplified in a most un-
mistakable manner, not only the proficiency which
they had attained in articulating words, but alec, as to
their meaning, which they wrote 0. •‘.ll after uttering
them. This was the first examinati di, as the home
hail only been instituted eighteen months. Baroness
Meyer de Rothschild's prize (value D'i) was then pre-
sented by the Rev. Dr. Adler to a girl only twelve
years of age, who audihly expressed her thanks to the
patroness of the institution. 'The meeting Was ad-
by the Chief Rabbiand several other gentlemen,
and the proceedings terminated.
THE MILD WINTER. -I cannot conceive what
is coming to the weather (says a humorous writer in
Land and Water, writing before the welcome frost
commenced). I suppose the clerk thereof is
indisposed, and cannot attend to his work. Warm
Jannaries like the present are by no means desirable.
I During the present month tile temperature has been
unusually high. The Seen n.aneter 'narked et Vienna,
.on the 7th of December, 15.6 centigrade (60 Fahrenheit)
above zero. So high a tempoi ature at this perhal of
the year has not been observed in that city since 1775.
' Warm Januaries have, however, occurred before. We
read that the January of 1662 was as warm as the
middle of May or June, so that a fast was proclaimed,
and prayers read in the churches for more seasonable
weather. Apples were growing at the time. My own
opinion is that the Gulf Stream has got into a kink
(as the sailors say) somewhere.
LYNCHI C. A NtGi.o.—The American papers
report the fidlowitig :
A negro named Tandberg went to the house of william
smith, an e,iililoyfi of the Missisdppi Central Railroad, and
after a desperate struggle succeeded in outraging the per.n
of Mrs. Smith, but not lief, re he hail strangled her lip le
daughter until she was insemable. As soon as it was day-
light, Mrs. Smith alarmed the neighbours. The marshal of
the town started in pursuit of S anilberg and succeeded in
capturing him. On arriving in town with the pri,oner it was
with the greatest difficulty the marshal succeeded in keep-
ing the negroes, who had assembled m , froburning him. He
was dually pl iced in gaol for safe keeping. That eight, how-
ever, the Ku-Klug in strong force took him out and hung
him. Next morning Mr Sinith returned home. Ile became
almost a maniac on hearing of affairs, and taking a rifle
went to the place where the 'wily was still hanging and cut
It down Its then gathered some rails and built a fire upon
the body. While the tire WWI bUriling, Smith danced about
it like a madman.
AN INNOCENT REVItIiGE.—" Revenge," says the
proverb, "is sweet." Different men have different
ways if showing it. My friend Brown's way is harm-
less and humorous (says a writer in C•terelre Magazine).
Two Joueses live next door to each other, and having
to call on one of them, Brown of course went to the
wrong house. A crabbed servant answered the bell,
and on Brown's asking, "Is this Mr. John Jones's,"
she replied snappishly, as if she h nil been bothered
with many such inquiries, " No it aint," and slammed
the door in his face. Brown walked on a hundred
yards or so, when a bright thought struck him. lie
returned at once, and rang the same bell again. Again
the crabbed tenant appeared. "Who said it was?"
asked Brown triumphantly, and instantly walked
away.

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It is expected (nave the Court Journal) that,
Queen will return to Wirelsor Castle on the 19th or the 20th
of February Afterwards her Majesty intends paying sevelui
short visits to Claremoot, and during the London season the
Queen will reside for a time at Buckingham Palace.
A destructive fire has occurred at Exeter. The
picture gallery of Mr. Hodge, near the Guildhall, was found
to be on fire, through, it is supposed, an explosion of gas. In
a short time about a hundred pictures were destroyed,
including one of Ruben!; for which £9OO had been offered,
awl also the stsel plate of the subscription portraits at the
Earl a ol Comitess of Portsmouth, and many proof engrav-
ings. The loss will be covered by insurance.
Arkansan must be a pleasant place to live in. A
despatch from Arkansas town says " the militia are
fortifying the town against an apprehended sttack from the
people outside," and "the ptornittent citizens of the town
are confined in the gaol."
The Leavenworth Commercial says that a white
man, named Hays, was recently murdered at Hays City.
Kansas, by three negro soldiers, belonging to if is Stith
Infantry. The murderers were arrested and lodged in gal,
preparatory t o trial; but during the night they were taken
from prison by the Vigilance Committee and hung to the
nearest trees.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger says:— American
firearuos are in great demand abroad. It is reported that
one rnanufactut lug firm has just delivered 40,0u0 repeating
rifles to the Danish Goverutnetot, and 30,500 to the Swedish,
having still a contract on hand to furnish 15,0 0 of the same
sort to the Greeks. Another Man has just delivered 20,000
rifles to the Cuban Government, to Ire used against the insur-
rectionists, while still another has contracted to make 30,000
breech-loaders for the Russians."
The number of volunteers enrolled is not far short of
200,000; last year there were 171,000 effective.
A lady, the wife of Captain Kempthorne, in Jersey,
disappeared some weeks ago Every search was sonde, hut
in vain, until the 10th inst., when her body was found in a
distilled well.
A Bombay telegram states that a terrible railway
accident has occurred at the lihore W.jat. The tram ran into
the enibalikipent, smashing five Mriages, killing fifteen
natives and wounding thirty-six others.
On Saturday evening some idle boys at Brentwood
threw some parched peas against the shop window if a Mrs.
Warns. She ran out when one of the boys exploded a per-
cussion cap fixed upom a toy pistol, and the sudden report so
alarmed the wenn.n that she dropped down dead.
" Miss (" East Lynne") is now being per-
formed at half the provincial theatres of France. At Mar-
seilles and Lyons it is played at the principal theatres: at
Lille and Versailles twoo. mid at Bordeaux three theatres,,'
performing it at the same time.
livceral ilrant has authorised the New York Tribune
to say that the articles written by as, occasional corre-
spondent of the World. purporting to relate conversatione,
or furnish opinions if his in regard to public men and public
matter-, are utterly without foundation-
A rumour is current that the Marquis of Bute, who
is now in R one, is about to be admitted to the priesthood of
the Romish church.
It has been suggested that licences should be lamed
for the privilege of using armorial bearings, at a uniform
rate of 5s , on whatever article the proprietor may emblazon
them, whe her on a cal riage, a lobby chair, a gold ring, a
seal, or a Glengary bonnet, and Mort these should be
obtained at the sulsolistributore' of stamps and I.st-offices
There are thou-anols of persons who utoder the present
system evade the law who would become in this way willing
contributors to the revenue—even nice young ladles who
haves fancy for crested paper.
A conviction has jipot taken place at Hull under the
nis of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1897. It was
proved that the brigantine Two Earns started from London
in Fero-nary last without a proper supply of lime or lemon
juice on Iward for the use ef the crew, the meolicine chest
was insufficiently provided with dregs and instruments, and
the vessel returned home in consequence with • scurvy laden
crew. The magistrate ingicted a peualty of £l5 upon the
captain, and gave an opinFort to the effect that all medical
stores should he syaternatically inspected. The prosecution
wai conducteol by Mr. R. E. Cumberland, at the instance iirt
the Board of Trade.
Upon hearing of the death of the Prince Royal of
Belgnim, the Emperor Napnleoon at once sent a letter to the
King of the Belgiores. in which he expressed, in Ids own name
anol that of the Empress. the deepest sympathy with the
severe loss the Belgian royal family has sustained.
To• give an idea of the value if the houses lately
butt ito tile Avenue Napolemo, in Paris, opposite the
Theatre Francais, ,:aii.ructui states that a lease has just
been passed by chick for tne ground floor, entresol, and
cellars of No. 2, a rent of £2.00 a-year is to be paid for the
first three years, and £2,000 for the stx succeeding.
The question of opening the 'Manchester Botanical
Gardens on Sunday has been discussed at the annual meet-
ing of the proprietors. The decisiom was against the aliens-
Urn of the rule by which the gardens ace now closed. There
was a majority of Ind.; in favour of Malay opening, but
as
the assent of two-thirds of the is,, tubers rooting is required
for the change of a rule, the regulations will reonain as
hitherto.
Queen Olga, of Greece, walks in the streets of
Athens with her baby in her arms, stops and talks with all
the mothers she meets. and, compares babies with them—
says au Amtlieltil.
The Mayoresa of Portal:ll°llth (Mrs. E. Galt) haa won
the traditional silver cradle, having given forth to a daughter
last week. Such an event is apprecedented in the munieipal
history of Portsmouth.
An arrest hag been made in connection with the
murder of Air. Baker, at Marsha, county 1 ipperary. The
man taken into custody ou suspicion is named Patrick
Fyne.
A Temperance party in Parliament liie.tu to make
another move this session. Sir Wilfrid L .oson will pro-
bably introduce hi. Permissive Bill in March, and it is hoped
that the first reading o ill not be opposed Ills calculated
that there are about 120 Ml. P's "hi, have more or less
pledged themselves to support the principle of the bill—that
the licensing of drink-shops is a matter for the decision of
the ratepayers. It is expected that a much larger number
will remain neutral, for the question has rained much
grototd lately, eapecially now that the Reform Bill has
greatly reduced the infruence of the p blicans The unseat.
ing of Mr. Whitworth, at Drogheda, has oleprived the
Alliance of one of its most ardent supporters in Parlia-
ment
A publican in one itf the Wigay colliery districts
has been fined ten pounds, with costs, for committing an ex-
traordinary assault upon a policeman. A domiciliary visit
at a late four was resented by the publican and his brother,
both of whom struck the officer a number of severe blows on
the head and face. Finally, the hapless poloceman was
seized and carried to the fire, apparently with the view of
being roasted alive ° Ile was actually placed upon the burn-
. ing coals, but by a violent effort he ntanaged to extricate
himself,anol the noise of the struggle soon afterwards brought
some of the neighbours to his aasistauce.
1. Early in 1(563 an "unfortunate" girl was murdered
hi George-street, Bloomsbury. London, under circumstances
1 recalling the crime of Giovanni bani in the beginnitig of
I 1858. In the Bloomsbury. case the victim, Emma Jackson
by name, decoyed a man into a house of ill-fatue, where he
remained the night, and 10th. morning the pH was ("mid
to have been brutally murdered. Several persons were
apprehended at the tinie, but one after another was liberated
on the grown.t of insufficient evioence. for Tuesday morto-
leg a half-witted tellow presented himself at one of the
. London police stations. and as erted that he was a mau-
-1 derer. The o officer on duty having closely queetioneol
' and placed Ireond a blunt one.. his state ot mind, ordered
hint olf—an maler whioh he promptly obeyed. The affair
caused come excitement for a short time.
" Board and Residence for Work.-- An old literary
gentleman invites two widow larlMs, about fo..rty, to assist
him in doing without servants, except a charwootnan once a
week. Glue lady must undertake eittrses, soups, no.l jellies.
Both must be strong and healthy, so that the work may be
rather pleasant than irksome ! two-thirds of it being do their
own comfort, as no compapy is ever kept. A private sitting
room. Laundry free. All /lining together at seven o'clock.
References of onerwintile exactness required —Address A. 8.,"
ac., rte.—dr/y.l4.mm in a Loudon paper.
A correspondence has taken place between Earl
Russell and Dr. Humphrey Sand with, of Kars, in which the
noble earl defends himself against a charge made by the
latter. Dr Sandwith, in rettrenne to the Greek question,
had stated that Earl Russell gave inetructions to the British
squoldron in the Adriati, to sink any "Garibaldiasi aym-
, pathisers " who might cross from Italy to the provinces its
, revolt against the Turkish rule, and this charge the noble
I rail emphtically denies. He quotes Miele olocumeuts to
show that the innotitatioe is u• foundeo, and Or. Sanowi h
' therewith apoli glass but adheres to, his °pinto n that "we,"
' ass lint oe, here acted in "a seandalomly partial manner on
behalf of the leeks"
A friend of Mr. George Peabody has been reviving
recollections which add a military reputation to that which
he enjoys as a philanthropist. He tigured, /recording to a
letter of Mr. Corcoran in the Georgetown Courier, in the
" Georgetown Artillery Company" duripg the war orf 1812.
Mx. Peabody was the rani uler aled sponger of gun No. I lie
afterwards speaks of the fight with the British frigates on
the Potomac, when the Company was acting under the noes-
mind of Comruodore Perry or Commodore Morris. He
. afterwards obtahied • land warrant of 100 acres for his
, unless.

(Cheers).
THR QUEEN AND TUE LATE SIR RICHARD
MAINE—TiIe following official communication appears
in the police orders :
.Metropolitau Police Office, 3anuary 21. Death of Sir R.
Mayne, K.C.Ii. Message from Her Majesty the Queen. It is
with great satisfaction that the acting commissioner has
received tier Majesty's cracious permission to make knowll
to the police the terms of sympathy in which it has pleased
her to express tier-elf in reference to the late coonnissioner
' of police, as conveyed in a letter from Cieteral Grey to the
Secretary of State tor the Dome Department : The Queen
det-ires me to say how grieved wai concerned she is to hear of
Sir R. Nlsyne's death. Notwithstanding the attacks lately
node upon him, Her Majesty believes him to have been
a most efficient head of the police, and to have discharged
the duties of his Important situation rnmc ably and satis-
factorily ill very difficult times."—l) . LABALMONDIERE.
SINGULAR DISCOVERY. Within the past week
a number of birdies of French prisoners confined at
Chatham during the. Continental war have been
brought to view. During the time the prisoners were
kept on boarrl the hulks in Chatham Harbour those
who died were interred in a portion of the marsh land
a !joining the Medway, which is still known as
" Prison( rs' tank." the number of bodies being corn-
pitted at shout 2,000. Owing to the gradual washing
away of the banks of the river, and the now cr rnstant inirn'
dati or, the adjacent marshes much of "Prisoners Bank"
has disappeared, while a large number of bodies hive
been exposed to view. The land has become the pro-
perty of the Rochester and Chatham Gas Company,
and on the attention of the Secretary of State being
directed to the circumstance.ri letter has lately been
received from the Home Office, .quiring whether the
Gas Company would allow the bodies to be exhumed
with a view to their being re-interred elsewhere. To
this communication a reply has been forwarded autho-
rising the taking of such steps as might be deemed
advisable, and pi, parations are accordingly being made
by the authorities for burying the bodies in a more
suitable spot in the locality.

PROFITS OF LONDON CROSSING-SWEEP/Mill—A 1 Singers are right royally treated in Russia. An I It is said tiset one ot the Loudon thew ncalmanagere
as
writer in the Daily News, having, as he thought, been Imperial carriage w placed at the disposal of Madame is about to give day 1 erforamices of the drama
on the ssfe side in mentioning six Millings as the pm- . Peat, to convey her t f PeterMurg : and on her first up- The Queen attended divine ser, ice at W: ippicgliam
htshle minimum value of a certain cr,,,ap,g.,,,,,,,,a, i pearauce she was recalled some otty times, , i Church iiii Sunday last. The Rev. G. Pr, Bare offic Med.
a c ompet n auth r. ecil
e i, et ority, MH. C Ms. Davi gp
dson, ft joiWiih merchant of Nino, was I Mr. ..1 Mrs. Gimlet,. have ?men on a Met to her Majemy
near th Chin ,
Sykcs, of the Committee of the Crossin,,:-Sweepera' presented, on his departuic for Europe, with a pair of A.Van- i 'ilie Berlin correspondent of The TiLbea says he can
were
"ff'"
on
,0,6 t .„_lo There is still a few Eastem
min-san, or e public ung,renas,' as a mark of the re pea "state as positive. that the Dulos of Aiseta is the candidate
Brigade, says that the on conception of the sub. ami e,t,',11 to which he aas hell by the Chinese. The forth,. Spanish throne who has found favour in the eYas of
ject was lamentably poor and inadequate. He has had ho ••11., both grea. and unusual, he tieing the first foreigner the t. reach Government.
to do with dozens of boys who have followed crossing- ea t, howit, has been conferred. Prayers for the recovery of the Bishop of Sl' .b
sweeping as an ocoupation, and he vouches for the fol- a aoury
lowing facts : Romanunday in many of the meiropolitau
oo,fi 1 h3oaunseu,chuTrehheetsv.h
icago
one boy who has swept a triangular crossing in the gathering of a large number of peraons, gave way at Roches-
a iiir y
which there
i of
t,
,ai
thceane,voieinein.chg
neighbourhood of Camden-town for fifteen years, states ter, New York, and eight were Imbed and tweuty injured.
women left who do not give public reedines, lint not many."
that one Christmas rimming h e earned thirty shillittge before Trn
he civil guveor of Burgos was assassinated, on
dinner. Another, hardly as tall a, his broom. earned II d y morning, as he was proceeding, according to the The great prize of Pli,ooo, at the late drawing of the
fifteen shillings in the two hours preceding Divine service. or°d'ersaof the Government, to mote au inventory of the books, Sues Canal bonds, was gained by No. 329,081
Many such extraordinary harvests are on record ; while all
my informants agree that for a boy who sticks to his work, jewels, and objects of art contained in the cathedral. His It is solemnly announced that ladies will wear j
secretary, who was with him, escaped. The dreadful act their hair this year diver dust This lashiou has heels
in any neighbourhood, two, three, and four shillings a day wee pe etrated inside the Cathedral, and an inspector of started by the Duchess of Madrid.
aTehre, statement
limrenNtv
iwilth.ichwhzlziehnapdulbthei,ilbeirt
t,.,set several
are the average earnings, according to the tact amid address
of the youngster. police,
woundedr Pwh o t
.mostp,,a ,
dp; probably a
fifty y p ranpersons
. hispa assistance,ve p p a ,
r
The boys in uniform, belonging to the Brigade, bring suspicion of complicity in the crime, mid Burgos has beets p P .
pr.., in rousequence of the state of his health is
home no such sum:l nightly, though it seems impossible proclaimed ins state of siege. e's.astedalosno
authoritatively contradicted. Mr. Roupell is still in prison
to ascertain what they actually receive. They seldom There is now a strike at the Manor anal Tineley put is in a very bad state of health, and a memorial on le;
make their appearance with more than the regulation Park Collieries, Sheffield, which affects some 20100 persons. behalf has been presented to the Home Secretary, which is
tenpence demanded for their keep. To show the way George Richardson, about 50 years of age, expired now under consideration.
in which people encourage mendicancy, Mr. Cecil of hydrophobia at Halifax, on Tuesday. Ile had been bitten The Liberal electors of Drogheda have resolved to
Sykes mentions that some actually give the boys 19 weeks ag iby a little dog. ask Mr. Thomas Whitworth to laueorue a candidate im the
money not to be put into their boxes, as their rile...rendered vat:alit by the decision ag Mist his father Mr
requires, hut to spend on themselves, and adds: "what lint) ill Si Intworth, and agree to be sill im expeesee of
his election. Mr. Benjamin Whitworth at the recent
DeThe,,e,ptert, iss7c,mBrls2n.ye,i,n; Fine Inl
Algeria,
i a, 64 numbered
s1;;p
iontalyt,hse3l2sst;
contest had a great majority of voters, and a local journal,
can we do when thwarted by such pig-headed but, deducting from this number 114,004 men Oil furlough,
speaking of —a den 1111 l stretton of sympathy on the day
stupidity l" the real total would bras follows :---331,28e in the active
FACT—A gentleman who has just furnished his a, my, 19e,54001 the reserve, mei eel ,723 in the Natioual
Guard Mobile—making a total of 1,020,980 men. following the conclusion of the trial, says it showed that,
although the law was against him, the voac of the eee.
house writes to us to say, that be finds dumb waiters Mr. Reverdy Johnson, the United States 11Iinister, stituency was still ill 1118 favour. The organ of the
don't answer.—Punch. has accepted an levitation given by the Corporation of Man- Drogheda Conservatives volunteers its I,piniou that he was
DEeTTI FROM CRLOROFORISL—An inquest has chester to visit Manchester at the end of next month, and, more sinned against than sinning.
been held in Leeds, on the body of Janlll3 Grieemn, tis believed, seal spend sowie days there. On Sunday the Emperor of the French received in
The death id Sir William John Newton, painter great state, at the Tinleries, Mr. iturlinglmme end all the
aged forty-nine, a mechanic. On Thursday last the
11l ordinary to her Majesty, has been announced. lie was members of the Chinese Embassy. Tim A,aei meatier node a
man submitted to an operation at the Infirmary, born in 1785, anal having devoted himself to art, soon gained short speech, to which the emperor replied to very gracious
which was performed by Mr. Wheelhouse and Mr. a high reputation ass miniature painter. lie was knighted terms.
Peale, and at his own request was put under in 1037, on the recommendation of Viscount Melbourne, A. curious custom prevails in Lincoln's-inn. When
chloroform, which Mr. Bradley, the house surgeon, who was then Prime Sinister. any inembar of that learned body is made a Serirealitat law,
administered. Two or three minutes after the opera- A fearful accident has occurred at Tonneins, France. on taking the coif. he has to present the Queen suit the
tion had been concluded, Mr. Bradley felt the patient's A large building intended for a cafe, concert room, itc ,in Lord Chancellor with rings bearing the legend Abort noble
pulse suddenly stop; and immediate efforts were meirse of construction, fell to the ground, burying fourteee agPildum. At the same t. me he is mesented by the rreastirer
workmen in the ruin., stool whom were taken out dead, and with a purse contaiiiiim ten wither., as a retaiiiing fee in
made to restore anitnation, but althoug,k these were
continued about half an hour they were without avail. the others seriously injured. case the society should remit. ins services on any future
The jury returned a verdict finding that death had The property of King, George of Hanover, at pre- "caste'
sent placed under the allilliiinstration of the Prussiati autho- On Friday the explorers of the Oak's Colliery sue.
occurred from the effect., of chloroform acting upon the
diseased state of the heart, and expreasing the opinion tart., apianp‘ou,ilTs
to
on
Ax.,...nr4,,0ic000, wri..lii,nit
placed
aeltiantetehieent iltplime episeeilwerp.irrpore,c,zeorMtitethead,yey
wofhiegin.:loimponti,..,m flrom
ttll,es
that due care had been exercised in the administration nimbi, amid bring in an annual revenue of about e,58,200. the tlead-hi.use, was idePitined hy a wMmin of tile' ils.me of
of the chloroform. The expense of management, which is under the direction of Slater as that of her son. A few months ago tire. Slater
Mg,. GLADSToNE AND SYSTEMATIC BENEFI- the Superior President of the Council of limover, reaches hie
was ntiflthateil and interred aeother body, OH the supposition that
X 27,000. it of her son. She now ideillitied the secono body
CENCE.—Mr. Gladstone' secretary in a letter to the sretary of
A butcher, residing at Horncastle, Lincolnshire, has by a red woollen garter which was found on one of the legs
the Systematic Beneficence Society, says : of the deceased.
been
I cordially approve of the principle involved in a combi fined 410, and k 5 ss. costs, at Guildhall, Inc amine;
ne- diseased meat to the Loudon market. Seven women whose names are on the register of
ties, in whieb each peraon binds himself simply to this ,to electors frr Manchester, and who recorded their votes at this
devote to the purpose of alms, that is, as I unilerstaiel it, of A gentleman, 80 he is called by the reportere, named
religion and benevolence, a 'Milan"..i proportion of his George Roberts, was fined in by the Dewebury magistrates general erection in [moue of the candidates of the united
Liberal party, voted in the teat ballot to select a candidate
iumene. Ido not understand that all need fix the mine, on Monday. for %hieing a mng, to the tuee of "If I had a
in .40 of a vacancy in the re resentatiou of the cit 11th
unseating of Slr. Bir.' ley. P Y
nor that we need know what another fixes ; and the only donkey," in church when a funeral service was goiug on. lie
guarantee would twin the honorable le mil to fulfil a mutual was drunk at the time.
engagement. Further. I conceive that this is a plan which The convict Bisgrove has been transferred from the The grand jury of Washington has refused to find a
Involves no controversial question whatever, and that all who Taunton Comity eribou to the Government Lunatic Asylum, new indictment against John IL surratt, iiii the ground that
approve Of the prirciple may with perfect consistency join in Rsoadmoor. the President's late Anmeety Proclamation fully pardons him.
lt, hatever their religious profession. Adhering us Ido to The numb ,-r of deaths registered Lin ondon last Surratt is therefore discharged.
this w
basis, I should view with satisfaction all measures calcu. The -calladvan iberals rd Halifax have fornied an
week was 1,578, being 195 less than the estimated number,
hated to facilitate or extend action founded on it What. asmen tion for advecating the ballot, the placing of all
but Sfi me.° than were recorded tathe preceding week. 'I he . '
those measnres .hould bet must leave to others more cape- religians bodies on an equality, the adoption of a eremite-
rimmed and competent and less occupied to determine. I mean temPereture of the air Wal 36.6 des, Chkll k °.':' Mlg' bends, national system of education, laid the repeal of the
remain, faithfully yours, W. E. GLAI.TONE, stinction
be.ow the averege of the last fifty years.
la yof di eve a fancy ballht.2l,Pairis rivot lawoomftioir.imogeniture.
A NEW ZEALAND MASSACRE.—The Australian tool sitdme, .d, in orderg to be dist' x 141 newspapers in Scotland only 12 are Con-
and New Zealand par re contain accounts of the late servant at the door to announce thelgtue',:t.tesPags the; eervetive'
massacre at Poverty Bay. The settlement was, it ap- entered. A couple of ladies appeared In full ball-vomit Mess Route Workey, said to be the third son of the late
ehall I :I...nee 1" asked the serveet. "We &apes. Theodore, is now travelling with an English
are not in costume " they repearsattacked suddenly at 3a. ni.—an hour before day- "What costume
break—on the 10th of November. There had been no plied, " Two ladies without menagerie.
. the servaiit to the horror of every- A gentleman appeared the other night th the stalls
costume," shout
preparation made for defence, and the settlers were all
, hodY.
.., .. . . ---- - ~ of the Prince of Wale- s theatre in London, who had such
--oerabunitant supply of wigmak in, material on his

a superao-
head, that he was immediately sluied Dam many parts of
the house with the cry, " The frightful hair ! the frightful
The Emperor Napoleon is about to purchase a plot
of 1 toil at Orleans for the purpose of establishing all asylani
for convaleacent workmen.
Copyitg machines are at once to lie introduced into
the offices of Chatham dockyard. and the heads of depart-
ments have been called upati to report whether, as a cause-
quence, the services of any of the clerks nod writers can be
dispensed with.
Josh Billings was asked, " How fast does sound
travel?" Aiol his idea is 'hat it depends a good deal upon
the noise sou are talkin r about. " the sound on rs dinner
horn, for instance, travels half a niile in a second, while an
invintsbun tew flit up in the motions i have known to be ;S-
-quatters uv an hour gttiii 3 pairs of stairs, and then not het
strength snuff left to be heard."
The Saturday Reriew thinks that the confusion of in-
ternational rivulet's may probatly prevent a war ; but the
cottimencenamt of hostilities in ani quarter might give the
signal for a general conflict, and Turkey, which has nailing
to gain, could scarcely fail in the end to be a principal suf-
ferer. Resent experieoce in not encouragina to sanguine
believers in the wisdom or morality of govesuments and of
nations.
On Monday, in the Birmingham Batik willaingulP
case, an application was made at the Rolls thunders more-
move an " infant " shareholder from the list. A question
arose whether his guardian should not be substituted, slid
Mr. M'Creeght, the official liquidator, wae to proceed in the
matter. Mr. Chilton referred to a decision of the Master of
the Rolls in Barned'a Bank, were such a course was pursued.
In this case the creditors have been paid als. In the potted.
the chief clerk (Mr. Church: said a summons could he issued.
On Sunday afternoon two boys, one six years of
the other three years, the children of Mr. Hargreaves, were
playing near a wall in North-street, Leeds, when a minder
I,f bricka. which had been mied op against the wall, gave
way, and fell upon the children. The elder was immediately
killed, and the younger had his arm broken, aud received
other itijuries.
Bishop Ellicott discoursed in Gloucester Cathedral
last week, on " dull sermons." The Bishop is inclined to
admit that there is a good deal oh truth in the Bement
allegations as to the feeble and unsatisfactory character If
modern sermons, and lie tries to show whereie the faults et
the prearber s lie. Sermon-, he says, are commonly deli.dent
In three things—inanely, in form and arrangemeitt, ni
thsught, slid itt ailaptatian to the present time and present
diftlionties. If preachers would strive to mend these defects.
Bishop Ellicott bel even that, by-and-bye, we should hear
fewer complaints about the declining power of the pulpit.
k monster indignation meeting against the Papal
Nuncio took place in Madrid on tiros-lay emoing. The
I mile excited beyoad measure by the news of the assassina -
UOll it Burgos, and treating the refusal of the Rotnan Court
to recognise the Spanish envoy as all in-tilt offered to Spaill.
msenibled in a dense crowd before the palace of the N mums
and tore down and burnt the Papal arins. The era. d emit
af it-minis to the official residence of the Minister of Public
Worship and demanded the immediate removal of the
Numbs The Under Secretary of the Ministry appe ire,],
awl declared that the Governineut had already suppressel
the salary paid by Spain to the Papal NUM-is, and withdrawn
the powers grunted to him by former G.wermueuts.
The American papers rep .rt a raid by the police on
one of the music-halls at W.ishingion and the a. real of
'the proprietors and all the actor* awl actresses, upon
warrant which charged them with dewing tile ' carocan '
and Indulging in other 'lewd, lascivious, Indecent, alit
obscene ' perf.,rmances," It is added that the actors sot
actre-aes wire released on promise of good hehaviour. 11.-
niarkius upon this. the Pall Mall Gazette thinks that if lie
London police took it iuto their head to vindicate publis
decency in a similar way, their in ssion would hardly end al
the music-halls ; the managers if some of our West-end
theatres and their companies wou4 find themselves in no
awkward predicament.
"A letter from Rome states on good authority
that the Archbishop of Westminster will be made a cardinal
before his return to England. The Archbishop of l'aris is
also to lie raised to the same dignity.”—lrrskp Register.
Sir Lawrence Palk, writing to a Torquay meeting
on the Permissive Bill, says I have always been strongly
in favour of regulating and restrictieg the sale of spirituous
drieks. I am convinced the law is much WO lenient to
drunkenness, which often leads to grave crimes. I thiek a
district or parish or part id a town is interestml in the coo-
duct of the public-houses in its locality ; but I could tiot
support in Parliament a bill which would deprive the work-
ing man and his family instil obtaining that refreshment to
which he is accustomed, and the moderate use of which ism
Ito way injurious."
The Marquis of Hartington addressed a meeting of
electors of the Radnorshire boroughs on Monday. He said
Mr. Gladstone had not leen long in office, and im.i lot yet
had au oPportunity of explaining his plans, hut in varlons
small matters he had shown that the probssious of a desire
to redime the expenditure which he made in the course
of the recent electt,aie were not mere prof casuals. The
present position of affairs in, Ireland, t. e marquis said, Was
no eminently unsatisf .ctory as to require a decided sod
peal china remedy. Whatever other grievances the Itish
might have, there was one which ought not and could not
be penubted to remain without any lei-tress. It was an)uk
to allow the religion of the minority to be triumphant snd
ascendant over the religion of a large majority. A resolu-
tion in favour of the noble marquis was cm-ried with only
five dissentients.
"We are in a position to state that Sir Colman
O'Loghlen intends persevering with his [Alia Bill next session.
Precluded himself from introducing it by reason of his hold-
ing office, he has procured the services of an unofficial
friend, and the mmentre, which wiul probably contain sone
add Mabel amendments, still be vigorously pusheil."—Loadon
Scofsmati.
The Countess de Sartiges, the wife of the French
Ambassador at Rome, who was brought up a Protestant,
has, at the susgestion of the Pope, embraced the Papal faith
A telegram from Madrid denies that any negotia-
tions have been net on foot between the Provisloial Goveno
remit of Spain anti the United states GoverllMent for the sale
to the latter of Cuba. "The Provisional Government," it
adds. " as interpreter of the wishes of the Spanish nation,
declares that it will never agree to any proposal of such a
character."
We are authorised to state that the Queen will hold
a court at Buckingham Palace on Tueielay, the and of Starch
to receive the Corps Inplomatique, her Majesty'.
and ..ther official personages, with the ladies tit their
families. The Queen will ales hold a levee at the same
palace on Friday, the 6th It Marsh; a diawing-iOOO mi
Wednesday, the 10th of March ; and more draaing-rooms
liter in the season, the dates of which will be hereafter
announced.
A curious discovery has been made in the Cathedral
close of Lichfield In clearing the grouud for the foundati ou
of acme additional building to the bishops palace, the ashlar
facing the old palace was laid bare at a few feet below the her
emit 'garden level Built up against this wall were tocnk
remains of a pipe manufactory. The flue and the floor of
the kiln were very appareet, formed of bricks of a larger
than the present common Flemish pattern. Mixed with the
surrounding will were pipes and tragmenta of pipes to the
amount of one or two humired, port ions of the untotke. .laY
still quite moist, scores and lumps of coal, and in one case a
fully-formed pipe bowl in its unbumt state
A. circular has been issued from the Bank of Eng-
land calling attention to the fact that paper manufactured
or various banking and mercantile firms contains mace
marks and other devices peculiar to the paper which is pre-
pared solely for the use of the Bank. The authorities in
llireadrimdle-itreet, therefore, remind the chief pmer
inaeufacturers of the law which prohibita any such paper to
be made or used, believing that this will be sofficient to pre
vent the loannfactui eof the paper to which they refer, 5.4
which they believe to have been the result of ignorance of
the law bearing on the subject.
The operation of the Factory Act is strongly resis.ed
at Exeter In tour cases penalties of £2 and upwards have
been imposed. line .1 the defendants produced the
indenture of the last whom he had kept emplsyed leyond
the specified hour on Saturday—two o'clock. 'chie he did
to show that the indenture stipulated for &certain number of
hour.' work, which had lad been exceeded. The magistrates,
however, paid no attention to the indenture, remarking
that it had been superseded by the Factory Act the
defendant had only one apprentice in his employ, and he
contended it was the lad's benefit to be employed in the
evenioge. A complaint against the right of the inspector t.
remain what time he likes in the" factories" hiss been sent
to the Home Secretary.
The Home Secretary-was elected on Monday with
out o,position tor Renfrewahire. The right hon. gentleman
imi ret tuning thanks, alter replying to the objection that he
W. 9 not a pure Sciitchinao, dealt with several qm slices
imperial imp.rtance. He particularly referi ed to the Irish
Church controversy, and tri education, and expreseed a hdpe
that when the public expected a {stoat deal from the diffeol
heads of departments, patience would be exercised. it th
present cabinet remained In office a few years, its members
would have the satisfaction of knowing that the court 'P
tw,-,asto tpolieLirri—a
lmituicsha becutoteor.cafiactild,ittik.onttbhyanthw:a.enfotrnhe,y c
Ad ama
, ot
lies seven teats were transferred from England to Scotland,
and that Mr. Bruce in the seventh Englishman who hen Iwo
electeol by the :Scottish rmistituvneies to the new Paths.
meat.]