The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18 00:00:00

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Many of the miraculous stories which have been
told concerning the origin of Westminster Abbey
must have occurred to some of the distinguished
group which gathered there to pay the last tribute of
respect to Lady Augusta Stanley, the wife of the
Dean. Historians have fixed the era of the first
Abbey in the seventh century, and ascribed to St.
Sebert, King of Essex, the honour of erecting it.
Henry the Seventh's Chapel, where, by desire of the
Queen, the remains of the deceased lady were interred,
is one of the most ornate portions of the venerable
pile. The first stone was laid on the 24th January,
1500, and the chapel was completed in three years.
From its roof are suspended scores of banners belong-
ing to the knights of old. Those who bore them have
been dead for centuries.
"The Knights are dust,
Their swords are rust,
Their souls are with the good, we trust."

But while their once powerful frames have been dis-
solved, and are now no more than the baseless fabric
of a vision, their breastplates and their helmets, their
visors and their gauntlets, their armour and their
shields, remain to tell us of the days of chivalry that
have passed away for ever. Those antique banners,
too, upon which the curious of to-day gaze so ear-
nestly, as they stand and look up in the richly-finished
roof, even such perishable things as those have long sur-
vived their once sturdy masters. How gaily they were
waved at tilt and tournament, how resplendent they must
have looked in gold and colour when first placed in
their present positions I Many a change have they
looked down upon, for during their occupancy of that
roof, Oliver Cromwell has been buried in the chapel,
and his body afterwards taken up and dishonoured by
corder of King Charles 11. But these old emblems of
departed glory have never witnessed a more illustrious
gathering than that which assembled to see the de-
ceased wife of the
,Dean of Westminster laid in her
grave. The building in which she was married has
received her mortal remains, and it is in a magnificent
shrine that he now el,- aps her long Sabbath of repose.
The Albert Memorial in Hyde-park is at length com-
pleted, her Majesty having, in her recent visit to Lon-
don, uncovered the colossal statute of the Prince
Consort which surmounts the monument. The statue
Is of bronze, and having been carefully gilded at the
Mint, it looks as though it were composed of brightly-
burnished gold when it is lighted up by the rays of the
sun. The effect is rather to dazzle the eyes of the
spectator than to enable him to admire one of the
most conspicuous works of the most eminent of our
sculptors, the late Mr. Foley. Speaking of the Mint
reminds me that a Bill is now before Parliament to
authorise the removal of this institution from the Tower-
hill to the Thames Embankment. It is considered no
longer necessary that it should be near a garrisoned
fortress for protection, and the situation is so far east
as to be productive of inconvenience. The inhabitants
of the Strand are not best pleased at the prospect of a
building being erected just in such a position tie at a
south wind would carry the fumes of chemicals right
over that thoroughfare; but some scientific men de-
clare that these fumes, besides being imperceptible to
the sense, will not be deleterious to health. As the
measure referred to is brought in by the Government,
and its success is desired on the part of the permanent
officials at the Mint, there is every probability of its
being passed into law during the present session.
The student of political history in this country will
not have failed to notice that there are three ways of
arriving at a mode of representation of the people.
There is first the old plan of voting in parliamentary
and municipal elections, that of giving one vote to as
many as are to be elected ; that of restricting each
elector to two votes in those constituencies returning
three members to Parliament; and the cumulative
vote, which enables an elector to concentrate or
to distribute his votes, as he thinks fit. This
last has thus far been applied only to School
Board elections ; and, like all other institutions,
has its supporters and its opponents. Its advocates
favour it because it gives the minority a chance
of returning at least one man of its choice. At Bir-
mingham, for instance, there are fifteen members of
the School Board to be returned; and an elector can,
if he pleases, give the whole of his 15 votes to one
man; or he can divida them in the proportion of 8 to
7, or 9 to 6, or 10 to 5, or, in fact, in any way he
pleases, so keg as he confines himself to 15. It is
now proposed to apply this principle to the election of
aldermen by Town Councils. At present the mode
adopted is the old one of confining the elector to giving
Eicgle votes. A Bill is now before thelliouse of Corn
mens, backed by members without distinction of party,
which would enable Town Councils to adopt the cumu-
lative system o: selection, and an interesting debate is
certain to be the result.
In many parts of the country the gathering of Lent
lilies in the hedges is looked upon as a certain indica-
tion of the re-appearance of Spring; indeed the deri-
vation of Lent itself as a word is from the Saxon
lencten The forty days' fast observed from
Ash Wednesday to Easter Day dates from about the
year 130. The early Christians, however, did not
commence their fast until the First Sunday in
Lent, and the four days beginning with Ash Wed-
nesday were added by Pope Felix 111. in order
that the number of fasting days should amount
to forty. Lent was first observed in England
by command of Eronebert, King of Kent, in 610.
For 900 years flesh was prohibited during this
season, but Henry VIII. permitted the use of white
meats by a proclamation issued in 1543, which con-
tinued in force until the reign of James 1., when flesh
was again wholly forbidden. The first Sunday in
Lent having been termed by Pope Gregory the Great
Quadragesima, and the three weeks preceding having
been appropriated to the gradual introduction of the
fast, the three Sundays of these weeks were called by
names significant of their position in the calendar;
and reckoning by tenths, the Sunday preceding Quad-
ragesitna received its present name, Quinquagesima ;

Mr. Beard said it was discovered that the prisoner Calndia
was no tiler a Greek nor a Turk, and therefore he could not
appear for him.
M. Woolf said that under the circumstances he could not
appear for him either.
This conversation being interpreted to the prisoner, he
still adhered to the statement that he was a Turk.
The steward, Constant von floydonck, was then examined
by Mr. Poland. The boy Trousselot was requested to leave
the court. Witness said, I accompanied Trousselot to the
Treasury, where there were several police officers. I saw
five parcels sealed, and saw the seals broken. One parcel
was marked Matteo Cargalis. The articles contained in that
parcel were a silver watch, a gold chain, black coat, trousers,
and waistcoat, white jacket, two pairs of white trousers,
white shirt, new pair of drawers, black felt hat, and cloth
cap. The watch and chain, the coat, the trousers, the waist-
coat, and the felt bet and cloth cap belonged to the chief
ma:o ; and the white jacket, trousers, and drawers to the
captain. He also found in the bundle a pair of sea boots
bel )nging to the second mate, Macdonald. A parcel labelled
" Carcaris" was next produced in court by Inspector
Wotton. Witness—That parcel contains 12 new silver plated
spoons belonging to me. The next parcel is marked
Leosis. A silver watch and gold chain therein belonged
to the captain. There used to be a locket attached to the
chain, and perhaps it had been lost in the scuffle. A silk
hanckerchiet and sash also belonged to the captain ; a
southwester belonged to the second mate. The other articles
I cannot identify. A parcel marked "Pascules Caludis "
was next produced. Witness : In that parcel I found a
silver watch, gold chain, two solitaires, a medal, and a signet
ring which belonged to the mate Macdonald. The pair of
black trousers belonged to the captain. The oil-skin coat was
the property of the first mate, Wortley. A parcel marked
" Georgios Kaida " was produced. Witness: The yellow
silk handkerchief and southwester belonged to the captain'
a pair of springs boots to the second mate; the other things
I cannot identify. A small parcel marked "Caludis " was
produced. Witness : In that parcel are two gold shirt studs
which were the captain's; also a poniard belonging to
Careens. I have never seen any of the other prisoners with
a poniard. A knife-marked with the initials L B.K. belonged
to Joe, the cook, the prisoner Career's. The knife I saw at
the Treasury, also a photograph of a young woman which
used to be in the captain's album. The album Itself was left
on board.

Sir Thomas Henry: Wher the ship now?
Mr. Poland: The ship is now on a voyage with a fresh
crew.
Witness: There i.e no parcel marked "Angeles." The
six men who went away in the boat took a number of
packages with them. On examining the ship afterwards I
missed the articles and guessed that they were taken by
the six men I took charge of the captain's two pistols.
The on ); other pistol I saw was a double-barelled one
belonging to Carcaris. The men left in the boat on the
morning of the 9th of November. When they had gone I
asked Johnny Moore (Moras) who killed the mate. He
told me that Career's shot the mate, and Peterson stuck a
marlin spike into the second mate no fewer than five
times. That same night I was taking down their names
from the ship's articles, when Canesso came to me and said,
"Steward, I have not shipped as boatswain; I will put
my-elf down now as boatswain. I don't wish to he a
Greek; I will alter that and put myself down as an Italian.
Will you alter that ?" I said "No," and he then altered
It himself. Ile also put down his own wages as £1 higher
thr:n they were originally. The boatswain wrote his own
name, but the boy Trousselot filled in the rest. He did that
to avoid a disturbance on board and hoping to be able to ex-
plain it when we arrived on shore. The boy imitated the
Initials of the Consul to this alteration Pavould not do It;
but Canesso requested the boy to do it, and he obeyed in
order to avoid a disturbance. When the affair occurred it
was between four and five o'clock in the morning and was
very dark. It was not light until seven in the morning. The
day before Moras had represented himself as being ill and I
gave him medicine. When the affair was over Mores came
down into the cabin with the others.

Mr. Poland: Do you not think it possible that be might
have come from his berth and not from the deck where the
mutiny occurred?

Witness: No, he was not laid up ; he was not so ill as
that. I cannot tay that he did not come frcrn his hunk. I
cannot say he was on the deck helping to put the ship about.
lie afterwards took pos.ession of the medicine chest, and all
the jewelry of the mates and aaptain was given to Monts by
the men. Monts was to take care of it, and he locked it up
in his chest.

Cross-examined by Mr. Woolf, witness said : The men came
on board about eleven o'clock on the 23rd. I was on board
at the time and informed the captain of the arrival of the
crew. The difficulty in getting the crew was experienced
be, eine there were no men at Antwerp. There was plenty
of food on board, and that day the men dined at twelve
o'clock. My boy Trousselot served the dinner, as I was on
shore with the captain. I saw before I left the ship that the
dinner was ready, so I know by that that the men had it.
The Greeks do not speak very good English, but they were
quite c,pable of informing me in plain English that they
would kill me, or cut my throat. They knew enough of
the language to be able to ask for their dinner tied break-
fast and to say "yes " or "no." I saw very little of the men,
captain
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first shots heard by me were those five on the morning of the
mutiny. I was never on deck when the ship was being put
about. I never saw the captain ktck any of the men, nor do
I think he was in the habit of IS'ing strong language. Car-
earls and Caludis one morning asked the Captain for some
tobacco. I took the captain's answer back to them, which
was to the effect that he had none on board except that for
his own use. The men made a great fuss about this, and
appeared greatly dissatisfied. The men did not say they
were inveterate smokers and would be ill unless they had
tobacco. The morning after they were refused it, however,
four of them were taken ill. One of the barrels of the
pistols referred to by me had a piece off. He did not know
that the captain gave the pistol to the boatswain to keep
the men in order. lie did not think the captain gave the
boatswain the knuckle-duster. They were found in the
boatswain's berth when the vessel was searched. I should
have to go on deck first before I could get to the men's
bunks from my own. Before four o'clock on the 31st there
were no signs of mutiny; nor from that time until ten
at night. 1. cannot tell what occurred after that, for I was
mileswsre
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disturbance commenced. Some of the
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Illw h
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the the
30th of October through not having the tobacco They still
sleDt in their bunks, as there was no hospital on board.
Johnny Moore was ill but not very, for he went
pains
kthe
to r
next morning. He came to me and said he had 'ainsin his
stomach. I gave him some brandy and peppermint and he
seemed to be better ; so he ceuld not have been very' ill. He
did not do any work on the 30th. I do not know, and I was
never told, that he was in bed on the morning that the
mutiny occurred. I was awakened by the high words used
by the captain. I heard him give two cr three orders for the
working of the ship, and then, as the braces got foul, I
heard him say, "You are a lot of soldiers, not sailors." Im-
mediately after, I heard a noise as if the whole of the crew
were going at the captain. It was scarcely a second after that
I heard him speak as though his throat was cut. After the
shots were fired all noise of the struggle ceased. When
the men came below they stayed about a quarter of an
hour talking. I tried 10 keep the log as well al I could, I

THE LATE LADY AUGUSTA STANLEY.
(From Monday's Times.)
Notwithstanding the return of winter to London on
Sunday, in the tempest of sleet, snow-, wind, and rain,
Westminster Abbey was crowded on the occasion of the
funeral sermons in memory of the deceased lady.
Among the congregation were many members of both
Houses of the Legislature. The Dean occupied his
stall, and within the choir were many members of the
mourning families. As the introit before the Com-
munion Service, the following words were chanted
"Blest are the departed who in the Lord are sleeping,
from henceforth, for evermore. They rest from their
labours, and their works follow them." The Rev. Dr.
C. J. Vaughan, the Master of the Temple, preached
the sermon in the morning, taking the text from the
first verse of the 40th chapter of the Book of the
Prophet Isaiah, "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,
saith, your God."
The preacher commenced by saying that a great
sorrow had fallen on us. Some of the aspects of this
sorrow were public, touching even Couz ts and Thrones;
some of its aspects were for silence, and not for speech;
but of one aspect it was his duty, almost, he might
say, his commission, to speak. He proceeded to say
that she who was so lately hid to her rest beneath
that roof loved its services very deeply, and took the
greatest delight in all that concerned that holy house.
Nothing would have delighted her more than to have
witnessed the scene that morning, and she would have
desired that nothing but comfort should be spoken
to all, even 'to the lowest who would miss her kindly
salutation as she passed, and the smile she ever
had for the little ones around the doors. Time,
doubtless, was a mighty healer of the pain caused by a
loved one's departure, though this could not be said to
him whose heart was breaking at his loss. There was
danger at times of exaggerating the depth of a loss, but
there was little danger of that in this instance, for the
sorrow in this loss was shared by the highest and the
lowest. We were turned, the preacher said, by this
general sorrow to the remembrance of 1.5 years ago,
when she whose body now rested in that Abbey, but
whose spirit had gone to everlasting life, ministered at
the bedside of one whose name all held dear. The
blow which struck at the life on earth now ended was
received two years ago in the halls of Moscow, and
she was stricken down with no organic disease apparently
of vital moment, but she was stricken down and held
down; and, when the hope of life was gone, she con-
fessed that it was hard to leave her home—her dear
home, and to be borne from him to whom she had clung.
The preacher spoke of the great pain Which her illness
had caused her, and this pain was the greater be-
cause she had, as she said, been so bent on doing all
things, while then she could do nothing. This pain and
sorrow would be held by heathen men as a Nemesis,
but the wise would take it as the correction of a loving
Father, as a memento bidding them look for His
heavenly blessings—reminding them that the things
seen are temporal, but that the things not
seen are eternal. Many personal anecdotes of the
loving devotion of the late lady were related, and the
prayers of the congregation were besought on behalf of
him whose solitude had begun—prayers that her last
wishes might be fulfilled in that he might have strength
to go on with his work for the illustrious Abbey and for
his loved Church of England.
In the afternoon the Dean of Christ Church (Dr.
H. 0-. Liddell) preached from the text in the 2nd of
Samuel, c. 13, v. 26, "I am distressed for thee, my
brother Jonathan; very pleasant hast thou been unto
me; thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of
women." The hymn sung was to the music of Sir
W. Sterndale Bennett, and the last verse was :
"I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless ;
Ills have no weight and tears to bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Wheye, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me."
After the sermon a hymn composed by Dean Milman
was sung.

The Dean of Lichfield, preaching at the Chapel Royal,
Savoy, on Sunday morning, made the following reference to
the death of Ludy Augusta Stanley

"Allow me before I conclude, to crave your in-
dulgence while I offer my humble tribute of affec-
tionate respect to the memory of that good and gentle
spirit whose mortal remains many of us followed to
their honoured resting-place in Westminster Abbey
on Thursday last. Circumstances have invested
her death and funeral with a certain publicity which
may justify the preacher in referring to the event,
more especially when he remembers that the place in
which he stands is a Royal Peculiar, and that she
•
over whose grave we have just been weeping was one
ofwhoms
whoseou our Queenp riv
idel
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Lady
those
Augusta
Stanley wonder at those special tokens of the
Royal favour. None of those who had experience
of them can forget the many graces of her character
--her gentleness, her kind ccinsideraton for others,
her never--failing tact, her deep devotion to her
now widowed husband, her intense affection for the
Abbey and its surroundings, where she was conting-
ally shedaing her own soft and radiant light, cheer-
ing and blessing with her presence the multitudes of
all classes who are continually attracted to those vener-
able precincts. But perhaps there was no quality more
conspicuous in our departed sister than her power of
sympathising with others—a quality which must
specially have endeared her to our gracious Queeni
who has herself exhibited so many evidences of thia
high Christian grace, and perhaps none more touching
than those which she has manifested on two publi
occasions during the last week. It is not for me to in
trude into the privacy of Lady Augusta Stanley's dai
life. But this I cannot refrain from saying—that li
ever appeared to me to be striving to live above 04
world while moving in the world, and to be passing)
gently onwards through the appointed duties of thi -
life with a certain and stedfast course towards that in
.finite happiness which is laid up for those who
love God, and who are the called according tol
His purpose. We sympathise with all those, andt
they are many, to whom her friendship was
dear and her example precious. More especially
do we feel for him whose loss is necessarily the
greatest, and from whom has been taken, to use his
own expressive words, 'the stay and -the glory of
his
life.' But a person of so much worth and sweetness
selfcannot r ho
us
gv
he ltivheed God
disciplineof has
a long
called
gand wheer to Heiim-
h.
ness. But, through that chastening, she has passed,
we humbly trust, to the reward which for Christ's sake
is granted to those who have lived, not for themselves
alone, but for others—not to themselves, but to Him
who died for us and rose again. May He grant to each
one of us that the memory of those who have departed
this life in His faith and fear may quicken us to follow

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iloads Jnr !La 'faqir I 913av1.8 dasD

Sir,—l shall be obliged by your allowing me space in your
columns for a few remarks relative to the Important question
which has of late occupied the attentibn of the Legislature
with reference to the new (?) title proposed by the Premier to
he conferred on her Majesty. According to " Debrett's
Peerage," "Dod's Parliamentary Companion," and other well-
known works of reference, "Empress of India" has for some
years past actually formed a portion of the titles holden by
our Queen; and as this title has been included amongst
the rest for some-- considerable time without official
objection being made, I had concluded that it was
strictly correct, and have therefore been taken by sur-
prise by the arguments which have been raised as to
the advisability of a title being now conferred which had
apparently been borne by our Sovereign already. I also, B. d
that Sir Bernard Burke's "Peerage," since about 1860 until
two years hence, has always accredited her Majesty with cer-
tain titles in relation to our colonies, about which so much
argument was raised by some of the members of the Opposi-
tion, which titles I perceive are also given by Dehrett and.
Lodge in their very latest editions. Ido not want to de-
prive Mr. Disraeli of the honour of be:ng so closely associated
with so important an historical event as the conferring of a
bran-new title on the English Crown. I think, however,
there at e many who, like myself, would desire to know
It the titles given in these important works of referen3s
are correct, or whether the recent debates are not an utter
waste of time and rhetoric —lam, dm, H. A.

Sir,—There is, I think, safe emergence out of the difficulty
into which the introduction of the Royal Titles Bill has
thrust Parliament. The sole aim and scope of the Bill is,
according to Ministerial averment, to gratify an ardent de-
sire, said to exist in the East, that her Majesty should assume
"a title distinctly marking her as holding certain sove-
reignty in India." The objections urged against the Bill are
two. (1) The proposed amplification of the Royal title
ignores all consideration of our colonies; and (2) the title
itself of " Empress" is profoundly repugnant to the
people of England. The objections would be removed, a
clumsy grammatical construction would be avoided, and the
declared purpose of the Prime Minister would be secursd
were the Royal style and title to run thus: "Victoria, by the
grace of God of the -United Kingdom, the Canadas, the Aus-
tralias, the South Africas, and the Indies, Queen, Defender
of the Faith." This, while preserving the simple dignity of
the English Crown, is assuredly a prouder title than was ever
assumed by Emperor, Pope, Czar, or President. —I am Sir,
your faithful servant, T. P.

"Presbyter Anglicanus ' writes to the Standard:—

Sir,—l was present as a naval officer in Bombay on the
occasion of the public proclamation to the people of India
of the transfer of the direct
.government of India to the
hands of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. I witnessed
the illuminations irrthe harbour and shipping, and the not
less striking decorations in the town of Bombay itself; but
scarcely anything struck me with feelings of greater in-
terest than the banners, dtc., displayed, in more than one
place, bearing the legend. "God save the Empress of
India." I was then only a boy, but I have always thought
that this was the proper, as it certainly seemed to me the
natural, title of one, who at any rate by actual fact holds
more than regal sway over the kings and princes and chiefs
of Ilindostan. I remember when a very little boy learning
at school the answer to the question "What is an Emperor "
the answer being,' A monarch superior to a King ; " and
such I believe is the general idea. Whether the superiority
rests in the fact that, like the Emperor of the French during
the Second Empire, the monarch was the represeitative of a
dynasty founded by a victorious general, an Iniperator) as
the Latin word implies, or, like the German Kaiser, he is a
king of kings, the head of a confederation Gf monarchies—it
Is certain that de facto the Sovereign of these realms has right
to the designation Empress with respect to India, whether
as representing a victorious military power or a sovereignty
over subject, or at least dependent, kings and chiefs. I.
do not see why we should be so very squeamish about pro-
claiming by the proposed title tile fact that India ta a
country subjected by force of arms. ‘. It Was 'matter of '
honest pride for an alien to receive the title of a citizen of
Rome, distinguished as that empire was in its palmiest days
not more by military prowess than by love of justice. The
people of India will not, I am quite convinced, regard the
title of Empress with the less devotion because it marks pre-
eminence in military prowess, ana collects into one focus of
Imperial splendour the glory and the grandeur of her chiefs
and kings. 1.684 chaises will titer° bo of this if England por-
severes in her endeavour to rule her Indian empire in the
fear of film "by whom kings reign and princes decree us.
tice." It this be so we need not fear aoy jealousy arising
from the new Imperial title in the mind of India and her
chiefs, still less need we tremble for the, safety of the empire,
hfbo
jt race.uencdedin conquest, is maintained for the
wwehlficahi though
e of othe au

COTTAGE HOSPITALS.
Thousands--we
°might say tens of thousands—oi
cottagers, the majority of whom. are in a position to
pay' their expenses, if geeeived into a cottage hospital,
die Annually from the want of 'properly prepared food
and proper nursing, and from the complications of
disease induced by the draughts from which no cottage
is free. Every village might have its cottage hospital,
and the expenses could be mainly defrayed • by, club
arrangements among all the cottagers around; `Just'
as now labourers pay a small annual subscription in.
order that that they may have the services of a medical
man in time of sickness; so might a small subscription
. gain for them the advantage of hospital accommodation
provided tfiat the managing committee and the medical
attendant were of opinion that the case was a fit one
'Employers of labour would all be willing to co-operate
in Such a Movement, for they, too, would be gainers.
Soch institutions should not have any special medical
officer; on the contrary, any patient admitted sh,.
have the opportunity of being; attended by the practi-
tioner who wOuld have attended him had he remained,
at home, and the practitioner should receive remunera-
tion as though attending the patient at his own resi-
dence. Cottage hospitals under such management -
would be of immense value to the community, for it
• m`utit be admitted that the hard, worked country practi-
't ôsle finds no Scientific attraction in the case of a poor
labourer in a damp and wretched hovel, dying under cir-
cumstances which cannot be controlled by any skill or
viledge.Whilch he may possess; but if those same cases
Yree under treatment in a well managed hospital they
would become a source of instruction from which the
Ableit niedicalpractitiOner could not but derive benefit,
and inturn the knowledge so obtained mould be brought
to bear upon the treatrqent of diteaseiin ;the higher
craSsest—Mediaal Press cola Circular. ,uu
Her•
Ro.yal•Highness the Prineeq3 °IMAM% fas.sent
klarge quantity of toys tothelllospital for Sib' k Children,
areap,Ormond-greet, London, especially for the 'bee ef the
littie-patentiln the ward which, by the gracious permission
of her Royal Highness, is called the "Helena" Ward. This
ward contains twenty beds, and is appropriated entirely for
the reception of little girls of; the age td tenni two to ten
years. lier Royal Highness's kind ipresent Is well suited for
the amusement of these children, all of whom are more or
less seriously ill. ,
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watcfted -with eager. - _ s catch
even a passing glimpse of the character's. All the _
State apartments in the Castle, extendiug the whole'
length of the Court-yard from east to we,e at
_its _
'southern_ side, were thrown open,--andeit bad of light
issued from every window, especially in he Throne- ,
, - room, which is situated over the portico posite the
principal gate. At this portico the great ulk of the
guests alighted, 'and immediately entered the Grand
Hall, in which 100 men of the Guards wer clown up
as a guard of honour. The broad stairc se leading
' from it was also lined with ,Guards, and a fiie fel the,
same corps was ranged in 'the back-groun along the
landing from which the staircase is di Ked ,intp,
I two branches. Another line was form 9)l' time-
' Battle-axe Hall,' which extends bet eir'-:tiene—
at the top, and retains the name ilikic'"eild"
feudal guard, formerly in the servic 3-rYf'the
V
Viceregal Household, but disbanded by th iiitifie
1,1
of Anglesey when be found on his return t this Nr ce-j
royalty that, by a Blzroke of magnificent eco &IV,' big;
predecessor, the Mike of Northumberla ,"'whoW
princely income could afford it, had lopped g 10,009 a'
year off the salary of the office. TrumpeteWieete,
placed in the Battle-axe Hall to proclaim thelappitutch;
i t
of the representative of Royalty. -,,
' "On reaching the head of the stairs the, .igueets
passed in a continuous stream through the :ercalleTY
into St. Patrick's Hall, which lies to the left.; At the
opposite side is a long corridor, whim lied parallel
with the drawing-room. in 4ce4 off Ole Castle. The
hi4tOric Hall, which every visitor to Dublin knows is
of fine proportions, with a painted ceiling of no mean
order of artistic merit; and' adriaitahly enited fbr festive
Pui2oPeq,. wails brilliantly .lighted and, profusely decked
With shrubs and Rowers. At each end is a galls*,
running the full length across. In the one Over the
entrance the orchestra was placed, and two.. boxes
were reserved for privileged' spectators. An idea of the
• general desire to witness the ball may be formed from
the fact that there were only thirty-six seats here
available, and that there were nearly 800 applications
for them. In the gallery at the opposite end .places
were reserved for representatives of pictorial and
other journals who required a commanding view,
and the rest of the gallery was appropriated as usual
to a select number of citizens of the commercial
classes. In the centre below this gallery were canopied
thrones for his Grace the Duke of Abercorn and Lady
Georgiana Hamilton, who acted for the Duchess.
"An open space was kept through the middle of
the hall for the entrance of the character quadrilles.
The most attractive features of the entertainment
were these character quadrilles. The first;,organised
by the Marchioness of Drogheda, WAS the Shaks-
pearian,' consisting of 16 representatives of the tw
leading characters in Henry VIII., the Merchant of
Venice, King Lear, Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet,
Much Ado About Nothing, and the Taming of the
Shrew. The second quadrille, the ` Waverley,' was
equally interesting. It was under the direction
of Mrs. Henry Roe. The novels from which the
' parts were taken, were 'lvanhoe,' Kenilworth,'
'Monastery,' 'Talisman,' Woodstock," Ann of
Gierstein,' The Betrothed," Peverel of the Peak,'
' Waverley,' and Quentin Durward.' The third quad-
rille, the 'Venetian,' was marshalled by Lady
Guinness. It was wanting in literary interest, but
remarkable for the grandeur and uniformity of the
costumes. Mrs. Chaplin's quadrille, the 'Cavalry,'
was historical. It represented the officers of Colonel
Chaplin's corps—the 4th Royal Irish Dragoons—when
it was first embodied in the reign of James 11, dressed
in the uniform of the period, and their pertners were
contemporary ladies. The last quadrille, the 'Eastern
Question,' was under the charge of Lady Michel.
It was the most original and peculiar, the per-
sons in it personifying different nations of the
East, together with peace, war, plenty, violence, and
other characteristics brought into striking contrast.
They were all marshalled beforehand in the corridor,
drawing-room, and throne-room, the Viceregal group
taking up their position first, and the quadrilles in the
fohowing order :—The Shakespearian, the Waverley,
the Venetian, the Cavalry, and the Eastern. The
last, which was the most numerous, occupied the
throne-room. At the head of each quadrille was the
lady who organised it.
"At a few minutes after ten, all being in readiness,
the command was given, and a shrill flourish of trum-
pets announced the approach of the processions. The
signal sent a thrill of excitement through the motley
throng which filled St. Patrick's Hall and every eye
was turned towards the door. Almost immediately
the head of the precession entered the room, and the
ben d played the nationalantbem as the Viceregal cortege
came in. In front were the Master of the Horse and two
Aides-de-Camp, dressed in the scarlet tunics, Vandyke
breeches, and huff leather boots so characteristic of
the Cavalry officers of the time of Charles I. Their
dresses were in admirable contrast to the deep black
costume of 'the King' himself, who immediately
followed. The Royal character was made up to
perfection. Every one was struck by the resemblance
to the portraits of Charles; it was positively startling.
From the slouched Blemish beaver hat and plume so
familiar in the pictures of his trial, the short cavalier
cloak slung over the left shoulder, adorned with the
dark blue riband and the full star and badge of the
Order of the Garter, the tunic, frills, hose, and shoes,
down to the rosettes—every point of resemblance was
observed with scrupulous precision; and as the Duke
advanced with his habitual grace and dignity, the
illusion was complete. He was adorned with a pro-
fusion of diamonds of great value, which relieved
the sombre character of the dress, and large ones
sparkled in his plume and Vandyke collar. His
baldric or sword-sash was richly studded with them,
and the stars of his Orders were formed of radiant
clusters. Beside his Grace at the left hand was
Lady Georeiena Hamilton, who appealed in the regal
costume of Eiizabeth, Queen of Charles IX. of France,
daughter of the Emperor Maximilian 11. The fair
Queen was also resplendent with diamonds, which har-
monized with the gorgeous material and the golden
veil which hung from the lady's head-dress. It maybe
added that this value of the veil was enhanced by asso-
ciations connected with it. After the King and Queen
came two pages of honour—Lord Athlumney and
Master Peter Burke. Then followed the members of
his Grace's family and guests; Sir Bernard Burke,
Ulster King of Arms, arrayed in the splendid tabard
or State robe of his office, and, after him, the officers
and ladies of the household. Ulster, it may be observed,
is King of pageants, whose sway is supreme on such
occasions. To him all look up for guidance in the
delicate and intricate questions of etiquette and pro-
priety which arise in connexion with every ceremonial.
He has been the great organizer of this Courtly drama,
and to his accurate knowledge and unwearied zeal its
signal success is mainly due. The officers of the
household were arrayed in the dress of the Cavaliers,
exhibiting every gay and vivid colour except magenta,
which would, of course, be an anachronism. The
, different quadrilles marched next in order through
the same corridor, each headed by the lady who
had organized it. They moved forward with a
reguhrity and precision which denoted careful
drilling. The procession moved up the hall through
an avenue formed by ropes held by Guardsmen, who
• stood like pillars at regular intervals, and, on reaching
the throne, the representative King and Queen took
their seats, and the; cortege filed off right and left into
a space reserved for them, while the lines of characters
extending the whole length of the hall and far out into
the corridor were still advancing. The pageant was
thus gradually unfolded in all its,' vividness and splen-
dour as the variety and magnificence of the costumes,
the glitter of embroidery and jewels, and the many
surpassing queenly forms, displayed by countless lights
reflected from the mirrored walls, and set off by con-
trast v.ith the picturesque throngs of spectators, who
pressed forward to the ropes with eager anxiety to see
it. Among the cavalier courtier vehhasittiseded king
Charles I. the dress worn by Lord Bernard and Lord
Wallsconit were verysplendid. In order that nothing
might be omitted in the representation, the latter wore a
diamond earring. Lords Drogheda and Granard were
ancestral in their dress, the former representing the
gallant Viscount Moore, killed at Port Leicester while
, fighting for King Charles; the latter as the first Earl
I of Granard, at one time Marshal of Ireland.- He was
II distinguished by Orange ribanda with the badge Of.
I Nova Scotia which was worn by his ancestor as a.
I Baronet to that place. Latly,Droghediwa se-emceed the
character of Alice Loftus, Lod'Moar's if The cha-,
ractere in the 4akesperian and Waverley quadrillsis
were-most Picturesque and interesting. The Venetian
were distinguished by the brilliancy and magnificende,
of the costumes. The Cavalry Quadrille, which was
historical, was very effective. But the most remark-
able :of all was the eccentric one entitled the Eastern
Question, which afforded play for the -wildest fancy.
, its illustrations, though in some respects of necessity
grotesque, were all marked by artistic ingenuity and.
expressiveness. The characters which attracted most
admiration included those of Portia, by the Countess
of Listowel ; Cordelia, by the HOD. Miss Stuart
Wortley; the Suez Canal, by Mrs. Adair, an Ame-
rican lady; Henry VIII., by Colonel Saunders, who
looked the part to the life; Lord Fermoy as Romeo
and Mrs. Seymour as Juliet; and Lord Muskerryeae
the Fool hi King Lear.
'The ball was oper.ed by the Shalteepetian, Wave
ley and. Venetian quadrilles, the Eastern' Question
followed by the Country Gump: 'lll6n tame in wit
great cerem ere? representatives of 'Holy Bakhararrian
and Peace and War bearing embl6inatie banners
t;
That of War was black., The evils that fellow inth
train of the latter and the blessings of peace were seen;
bolized in the ,characters—the !one by ;.Violence anti
,I Death, the other by Joy and Plenty. i 'The offic,,seerai
the Country Quadrille looked stately', leateeither Idaho-
tonous in the antiquated•uniforme ' Theread,ere several
rivals in the room to the characters futile t hrief quad
rules. There were some good represeet4t DA+ rif Stlow,l
Night, Old Time, an Indian. savagesltobitison"Cruete,
and other characters of a ludieroud ' type; MAI a hoist' of
Dons, Counts, corsaire,,brigand4, skilhre;•ritiel peasant
of different nations in picturesque thattilined."' ' • i

• A telegram to the Istavdar4 'ars} that on Monday
iaight. the whole- or Geimahy s'uffereci from a very seyere
hurricane, by which, betties many dev,aatatione, iuTevery
part of the country, nearly all the teleigaph Unes s were
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The following translation of a letter, dated Feb. 26, from
a Spaniard with the army at Pampeluna, has been forwarded
to us for publication (says The Times):—
" The most cold-blooded man, and the hardest
hearted, would have been moved and touched by the
spectacle offered by the territory which we yesterday
surveyed from Tolosa to Irurzun. What passed and
what was witnessed by the Army of Catalonia must
have left on the mind of every one an ineffaceable im-
pression. We saw a sight to which the whole Conti-
nent of Europe ought to have been a witness since it
has followed with so keen an interest the fluctuations
of the war—a triumph which does not only hold con-
quest with streams of blood, but the gratitude of an
emancipated people, as its guerdon and end. , We gave
leave to all the Guipuzcoans, after disarming them, to
return to their respecive pueblos, and we marched for-
wards at five in the morning. We had gone 200 metres,
no more when from the neighbouring mountains little
groups of armed men began to cluster round our line
of march, in attitude of asking pardon. They came
to us steady and cheerful, with a bold front, submissive
but not abject. A free pardon was given to all, and,
without any escort they joined in a body and set forth
for Tolosa. We saw numbers of troops reconnoitring
us from the summits of the hills on our line of ream),
who, when they saw the others unmolested, came into
the valleys to meet us, crying at the top of their voihes
Viva la paz ! Viva el General Martinez Campos!'
As we passed on, a day labourer came up, and a-ked
of the officer commanding the advanced guard whether
or not there was indult° (free pardon) for a whole
battalion, and within fifteen minutes, we found,
drawn up in the road, a splendid b dy of 600 young,
stalwart, handsome lads, who asked permission to
lay down their arms and return to their cottages, and
full and hearty was the pardon they received from the
lips of General Campos himsi.lf. I could scarcely con-
tain myself; I longed to be the first to enjoy a spec-
tacle that promised such a happy and peaceful
termination and obtained a position with the ad-
vanced guard. When we came within two kilometres
of Leiza the first village of Navarre, the road passed a
mud-built wall along the river. Thick beech woods
frowned upon us to the right and to the left; we
could not see more than 100 paces ahead of our line
of march. On this narrow path were strewed in
profusion cartridges. cartouche boxes, shells, boxes
of ammunition, broken rifles, gun-carriages, cannon
breeches, one large field-piece, and a large artillery crane
(cabria). The whole line of march presented the appear-
ance of a path along which a once powerful and well-
equipped army had passed in full retreat, throwing
away everything which could possibly retard its
march. Suddenly I heard the strains of a military
band. I looked up. Down from a ravine in the hills,
their band playing; came a Carlist battalion, a man
riding in front with a flag of truce in his hand. This
body of men was at once conducted into the presence of
General Campos, who at once gave them a free pardon,
bidding them place themselves behind our vanguard and
march in the rear of us to Pampeluna, from which place,
having laid down their arms, they would all be free to
return to their homes. The battalion responded with
loud cries of Viva la paz,' and cheers for the General.
These were Bisc,ayans, numbering 600 men, with officers,
but no Colonel and no General-in-Chief. They had with
them the inevitable cantiniere girls. They said that
they were insubordinates,' they and their officers.
As for the chief officers, they were no party to submis-
sion, and had fled. Thus we went on; and at every
mile a fresh group of Carlists, sometimes one battalion
entire, sometimes more, sometimes less, kept on join-
ing us. One officer, at head of his men, rode up to us
and inquired 'ls General Campos with this brigade?'
I said • Yes; he is riding in the rear. Are you presen-
tados?' (ti c, wishing to surrender). We are,' said he,
but we wish to give ourselves up to General Campos
and to no one else." Pass on to the rear,' said I, and
you cannot fail to meet with the General.' Quietly
our tro.ps opened a way, and the Carlist battalion
passed down through their ranks, the two streams going
opposite ways, but on perfectly friendly terms."

- alistellantous rJrricilig,ente.
HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. ,
A DISTI RE-CHRISTENRD.--FOr Cabinet Pud-
ing, read Suez Dumpling.—Punch.
DETECTING THE CITLREIT.—The report of the
district veterinary surgeons in Wurtemburg for 1874
Makes us acquainted with a novel device for discovering
dogs which have been worrying sheep. In February of
that year a slog attacked a flock of sheep during the
night, and killed eleven. The shepherd reported the
circumstance to Veterinary Surge, n Osterstag, who
soon after discovered a dog which, from its general ap-
pearance and muddy condition, he suspected to be the
culprit. He accordingly resolved to test his suspicions
by giving it an emetic, the effect of which was to bring
up some flesh and an ear, corresponding to that of one
of the sheep which had . been partially devoured.
Another dog was_ suspected, and to this the same test
was applied, but the creature only vomited potato food.
In the law-court, to which the case was taken, the
- owner of the first dog had to pay for the whole of the
worried sheep.
,STATISTICS OF PLACES OF WORSHIP. The
recent burial return, obtained on the motion of Mr.
Morgan, states that in 7,269 parishes from which in-
formation was received; with an'aggregate population
of 20,503,870, the number of places of worship con-
nected with the Established Church—that is, con-
secrated buildings—is 11,267. The number of uncon-
.secrated places of worship—that is of Nonconformist
building—is put down at 14,1100, showing a-majority
on the side of Dissenters of 2,733 places of worship.
This is a remarkable official statement, which on the
face of it appears to corroborate the conclusions drawn
from the statistics published in our columns in 1872-3,
and indicates how entirely unfounded is the assertion
that the Church of England comprises a large majority
of the population.—Nonconformist.

_ THE FORCE OF HABIT.—A _ curious, almost
thrilling, example of the force of habit is before me.
When theprilice-court rose the 'other day, a: Glasgow
magistrate rushed home to his beautifully-furnished and
hospitable house for dinner. , His wife and, children.
and a party of friends, were awaiting him. When the
host, father, and baiilie, took his seat at the table, he
raised his right hand, as is his wont, to ask a blessing,
but guess the astonishment of the company when, the
'worthy dignitary, instead of saying grace, solemnly ad-
ministered the oath, repeating the well-known words,
'" I Will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth," and adding , .Heesitt ye, jiat tell the
story in your sin words, and be as brief as ye mm."-
6'. Rotes from thc .Noe," in Pictorial World,.

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REAPPEARANCE OF A FLOWER AT THE END 07
TWENTY CENTURIES.—The effect of light, regarded as
the revival of life in the vegetable world, has just
been illustrated by the observations, near Athens, of
Professor Hendrich, under very curious circumstances.
The mines at Laurium, concerning which of late years
there have been such active diplomatic procedure, con-
sist for the most part of the scorim produced by the
workings of the ancient Greeks. These still contain a
great deal of silver, which can be extracted by the
superior appliances of modern times. Beneath these
scorite have lain in a dormant state for at least one
thousand five hundred years the seeds of a kind of
poppy of the genus Glaucium. But since the scoriaa
have been removed to the furnaces, this plant has
sprung up with its pretty yellow petals over the whole
space which they covered. Unknown in modern
times it was described by Pliny and Di.iscorides, and
had disappeared from the face of the globe for fifteen or
twenty centuries.—Union Medieale, July 6, 1875.
DON'T DECEIVE YOUR WIFE !—I heard a
delightful story, a short time ago, of an extravagant
husband who was blessed, or cursed, as the case may
be, with a wife who may be described as "a little
near," In expectation of a dinner party, which to
hire( was a business dinner, expecting as he did some
friends from the City, he ordered a salmon from his
fishmonger, the price being £l. Fearing, however,
that his better half would find fault with the price, and
being anxious to prove himself good at a bargain, he
paid down 10s., and sent home the fish as if the re-
maining 10e. was the whole charge. On his return,
his wife, with great glee, told him how she had dis-
posed of the fish to her friend Mrs.—, who had ,
called, seen the fish, and thinking it remarkably cheap,
had offered 15s. for it, which offer had been gladly ac-
cepted. The wretched man's feelings can be better
imagined than described; but the moral of the story,
which is really true, seems to be—don't deceive your
wife.—Cassell's Magazine. A• i I. vi,,

SAVINGS BANKS AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.
A Parliamentary document has just been issued show-
ing the transactions of the National Debt Commis-
sions with the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies
from the 6th of August, 1817, to the 20th of November
last. The gross amount received from trustees and
interest credited to them is £117,353,129 165., of which
£110,777,473 5. 3d. relate to Savings Banks and
£6,575,656 10s. 7d. to Friendly Societies. There is a
good deal of information given on the subject.
MY ONLY "CROSSED C HECKS."—My own
Shepherd's-plaid Trousers.—Punch.
STATISTICS OF PAUPERISM. —At Christmas,
1875, there were 701,917 paupers in receipt of relief
from the rates in England and Wales. The kfluence
of the season is seen in the fact that this is 4 per cent.
more than the number at Michaelmas. What is more
important is that the number at Christmas last is less
than at Christmas, 1874, by 48,498, or 65 per cent.,
and is less than at Christmas, 1873, by 79,553, or 10 2
per cent. In the metropolis the decrease is no lees
than 9 6 per cent, compared with Christmas, 1874, and
177 per cent, compared with Christmas, 1873. In the
north-western division the decrease in comparison with
Christmas, 1874, is 81 per cent. ; in Yorkshire there
is an increase of 06 per cent.; in the north-midland
division a decrease of 71 per cent., in the south-eastern
71 per cent., in the south-midland 93 per cent., in the
eastern 82 per cent., in the Welsh only 39 per cent.
About 3 per cent., may be added to the number at each
Christmas for emissions.
liturticAL.—Four hundred Carlist soldiers
have entered Irun by Ilendaye. Whether they ex-
claimed, "I run" when they did so we are not informed;
but the-other place was equally suggestive on the days
of their eggsit.—Fun.

PAINFUL OCCURRENCE AT A CONCERT. —A
concert given on Monday evening in the Memorial
Hall, Farringdon..street, London, by the members of
the 18, Wood-street," Musical and Orchestral
Societies, was brought to sad and early termination by
the sudden death of a lady in the audience. Haying
been seized with what appeared to be a fainting fit 2
she was at once removed from the room, and died
within a few minutes, shortly before nine o'clock.
The deceased lady proved to be Miss E. Beedell, the
much-respected mistress of the Brackley•street school
in connection with the Golden-lane Mission of Messrs.
J. and R. Morley, from among the members and
employ es of whose firm the societies above-mentioned
are formed. The fatality was rendered the more
melancholy by the circumstance that the proceeds of the
concert were to be devoted to the aid of the." Sick and
Destitute Fund" of the very mission with which Miss
Beedell had been long honourably connected, and ,
which has been instrumentalin affecting much good,
both moral and physical, amongst the poor of a
densely populated city neighbourhoud.—Daily News.

SINGULAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—The Journal
de Charleroi reports an extraordinary accident ad
having occurred at Andennes, near Namur, to the ex-
press train from Cologne to Paris. After leaving
Andennes the engine ran into a cart laden with gun-
powder that was crossing the line at the moment. The
shock caused an iminediate'explcsion, and the train is
stated to been lifted completely off the llne and settled
down again on the rails. All the carriages were more
or less damaged. the glass windows destroyed, and the
curtains burnt. The smoke produced by the explosion
was so great that the employes at first imagined that the
engine itself had exploded. It appears that the cart,
which was laden with three barrels of gunpowder, had
incautiously been allowed to cross the rails at the
moment the express was due. The driver of the cart
and horse were both seriously injured, the cart being
smashed to fragments. The windows of the adjoinit,g
houses were also destroyel ' Strange to say, the pas-
sengers in the train all escaped serious injury, whilst
the carriages had the appearafice of having been on
fire.
. FROM THE COURT—Tie very man to, decide
the rights and wrongs of. the patent wheel-skate ques-
tion—The Master 'Of the Rolls—Judy.
_
THE) E2,IIIIXES P/R,A-USTRIA.—The Empress of
Austria made her first appearance in the hunting-field
last Saturday morning, when the Bicester Hounds met
.at Thorpe Mandeville, near Banbury. The Weather
was beautiful, and there was a very large field. 'An
excellent run was had, and ultimately the fox was
and the "brush" was presented to the Em-
press. Her Majesty left 13anbury. on Saturday raven-
ing by the Great Western Railway for London. In
the evening the Empress in addition to her principal
attendants, received at dinner at Claridge s Count
Larisch, Prince Kinsky, Prince Rudolph. Lichtenstein,
Prince Auresperg, Count and Countess Henry Larisch,
and others. On Sunday morning Her Imperial
Majesty and the 'newborn of her suite attended Divine
h service at the Chapel of the Society of Jesus in Fat-in-
street, Berkeley -square. Bttween twelve and one
o'elock the Empress, with her attendants, 14t by the
- Great Western Railway for Windsor, to nay?, visit to
the Queen. At the time of her wrival at Windsor a
snowstorm was raging with all its 'violence. The train
left at two o'clock on its return journey, but upon
• its arrival at Slough it was stopped by the station-
master who reported that between Slough and West
Drayton a number of telegraph p,osts had been blown
down and thrown-across the rade:- Measures were at
once taken by Mr. Tyrrell, the superintendent of the
the,'who was in the train, to zembve the obstructions,
the Empress remaining in the saloon of the train. A
plain luncheon of roast beef, with claret, was pro-
vided for her at her own rs quest by Mr. Hart, the
stationmaster. The suite lunched in Mr. Hart's house.
Soon after four o'clock Mr. Tyrrell announced the
way clear, and the Imperial train reach Paddington at
5,5 par;

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