The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-31 00:00:00

THE EARTHQUAKES AT LIMA.

The following sketch of this disaster, contained
in a private letter, has been handed to the Times ;
"LIMA, April 28.

" I am now going to give you an account of what
happened here on Sunday, the 22nd inst. (April).
I was that day at Chorillos, which, as I have
before stated, is a bathing place on the sea coast
about nine miles from here, when, at two p.m., the
severest shock of earthquake was felt that has ever been .
experienced here within the memory of the oldest
inhabitant. 1 was at the time on a visit at the house
of my Mend, Mr. R., together with several other
people, among whom were the American Minister,
wife, and daughter ; on the first oscillation we all
rushed out; it was really frightful, the earth heav-
ing in the 'midst of a tremendous subterranean noise,
the houses and walls falling, the women screaming,
and in the midst of such a thick cloud of dust that
we could not see the ground we were standing on,
the shock lasting for the space of about fifty seconds,
when it ceased; the wind gradually drew off the
thick cloud of dust, raised by the trembling of the earth
and the falling of walls and rubbish; the sight then
began to look somewhat ludicrous, the whole population
in the open air begrimed with dirt, many on their
knees crying out 4Misericordia !' and the women
fainting all round. Several houses and walls were
thrown down, and nearly every house more or less
injured. The one in which I was in at the time,
though not entirely thrown down, was rendered unin-
habitable. My house scarcely suffered at all, being new
and strongly built, a few bottles and crockery being
the extent of the damage ; two poor women were killed,
and several injured. Of people who were bathing at
the time, some were injured and some were killed by
the cliff falling upon them. Had the shock taken place
during the night or during church time the loss of life
would have been very great; indeed, it was so severe
that we expected Lima would have been laid in ruins,
but to our surprise less damage 'occurred there than in
Chorrillos, the houses of this city being very massively
built in order to resist such accidents. A great deal
of damage, however, has been done, and the papers
have since published daily long lists of casualties, though
but few lives have been lost. The earth continued trem-
bling at intervals for 36 hours after, and the next morn-
ing (Monday) at 6.45 a.m. another very severe shock was
felt, though not so strong as the one on the previous
day. This, of course, added greatly to the panic generally
felt. No carts or carriages were allowed in the streets
for fear of their noise adding to the general alarm. The
shops were closed, and all business suspended, everybody
remaining at the doors of their houses ready for a run at a
moment's warning. Many people went into the fields, and
the two following nights were passed by thousands in the
open air. On Monday evening, the image of our Lord
of the Miracles was taken out of his church, and carried
in grand procession, followed by an immense concourse
of people, to, visit 'St. Peter, where it remained all
night, and was conveyed back again the next morn-
ing. This act 9f devotion did a great deal of good, by
quieting the minds of the common people, who believed
that it would put a stop to the earthquakes ; in fact,
there have only been some slight shocks since. It was
an imposing sight to see a procession of 8,000 or 10,000
people going along the streets by torchlight, and pray-
ing in a loud voice, in a more solemn and probably
more sincere manner than they ever did in their lives
before.- The sensations I felt by the shock were
such as are felt by all. No animal courage is of avail
in such cases, as in fires, shipwrecks, or any other com-
mon disaster, where the danger is palpably before you,
and cannot be altogether realised. In severe earth-
quakes both man and beast are filled with indescribable
terror ; of course, coolness and presence of mind are
very necessary where you may happen be in a dan-
gerous situation. When the second shock occurred,
the next morning, nearly everyone was in bed, and
many got up and rushed into the street in the state
they were; and, of course, many laughable stories have
been told of the figures cut by some.
"A chasm, nearly a mile long and several feet wide,
has been opened in the ground at some distance from the
city ; and all the farms have been much injured by the
unsettling of the surface of the ground. It is not likely
we shall be disturbed again for a long time, as these
heavy shocks only occur at long intervals."

The following curious advertisement appears in the
Bristol Mirror of Saturday :—" If the gentleman who
borrowed the 4th volume of Macaulay's History of
England for a fortnight, some two years since, is deter-
mined not to return it, he had better apply to J. It. T.,
Mirror office, for the three remaining volumes, which
will render his set complete."
I AM NOT MAD !-A singular scene took place at the
Middlesex Sessions on Tuesday, during the trial of a man
who was charged with robbery. Eleven of the jurypro-
nounced for a conviction, but one dissentient declared
that if he was locked up for six months he would not
agree to a verdict of guilty, as the stolen coins had not
been identified by marks. The jury were thereupon
locked up, but after a lapse of several hours they were
brought back into court without, however, being able to
agree to their verdict The foreman said that there was
no chance of their agreeing ; and further stated that it
was the opinion of some of the jury; who were acquainted
with the solitary dissentient, that his mind was affected.
An amusing discussion then took place. The judge
sought for more precise information on the subject, and
this induced a juryman to speak in general terms of
some circumstances of a painful character which might
have affected his colleague's intellect ; whereupon the
latter gentleman indignantly denied the justice of the
imputations which had been cast upon his sanity, and
said that the statement was a very ungentlemanly one to
make.. Ultimately, after eight hou,re confinement, the
jury were dismissed, being unable to agree.

GREAT MEETING IN BIRMINGH/-nt LAST
NIGHT.
.(BY BRITISH AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

A monster meeting was held last night in the Town-
hall, Birmingham, for the purpose of considering the
Reform Bill. Thomas Lloyd, Esq., mayor, presided.
The Mayor, on opening the business, after some
preliminary observations, stated that although the meeting
was covened to consider the Reform Bill, he should,
nevertheless, admit a resolution relative to the great
event which had recently taken place in the House of
Lords, inasmuch as it was important that the meeting
should have an opportunity of considering how far the
usage of two centuries in connection with their legisla-
ture should be departed from. His worship then read a
letter from Mr. Scholefield, M.P., in which that gentle-
man referred, in very decisive terms, to the conduct of
the House of Lords in rejecting the Paper Duties Bill.
Alderman James Baldwin then moved, and the Rev.
J. Lord seconded the following resolution, which was
carried unanimenily :—" That inasmuch as the Govern-
ment Reforni Bill will considerably,dtend the privilege
of voting amongst the working daises, this meeting,
whilst asserting the right to a rhore comprehensive
measure, and especially regretting that it, does not
provide a lodger franchise, is of opinion that the bill is
entitled to the cordial 'support of all friends of Par-
liamentary reform."
The meeting was then addressed by Alderman
Hawkes, Mr. Middlemore, Mr. Radford, Mr. Smith, and
Mr. J. S. Wright, who proposed a resolution, which was
unanimously carried, condemning the conduct of the
House of Lords with reference to the paper duty bill.
Mr. Bright then rose, and was received with tremen-
dous cheering which lasted for some time ; after which
he said, he supposed there was not to be found within
the confines of this island, any man who would express a
doubt as to the earnestness and fidelity with which the
people of Birmingham bad attached themselves in
modern times to the cause of Parliamentary Reform.
Notwithstanding that, it was most wise for them to
meet on that very occasion, because it was a time of more
interest to observant politicians than any that has passed
in this country for thirty years. He had to thank them
—and he did so on the part of his colleague and
himself—for the resolution of approbation they had
passed; and he wished to express that which he really
felt, that .of all the meetings he had attended in that
hall since his political connection with the borough,
the present was to him .a source of the greatest
pleasure, for he thought he had observed more
earnestness and more resolution in the speeches
deliVered, and more determination in the great body
of the meeting upon the great question of Parliamentary
Reform thaii he hid before Witnessed at any previous
assembly; and let theni not deceive themselves, thinking
that the battle in which they Were engaged was likely
to be quickly over. They had, no doubt, read
speeches which had been delivered during the present
session, and they knew what had been said and how the
question of Reform had been treated in both Houses.
They knew that there appeared to be a determination
to resist, to the utmost point that they dare, the con
cession of any further political rights to the people;
and, that after the many promises made by the leading
men in the House of Commons, whether they looked to the
treasury benches, or to those gentlemen who were
anxious to place themselves on them, they knew that
there was not a man amongst them who was not
pledged to an honest extension of the suffrage. They
had not less than five Governments presided over by Lord
J. Russell, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Derby, and twice by
Lord Palmerston; and in those governments they had
included all' the living race of office holders, who
assumed to themselves, and were assumed by the press,
to be the only statesmen in the country. (Laughter.)
Now, let them ask themselves what was intended by
their promises—something or nothing ? To what extent
were they promised this parliamentary franchise should
be extended ? Why they started from where they left
left off thirty years ago, when they placed the county
franchise at £.50 and the borough at £lO, and really the
borohgh franchise had worked so well, that the
Conservatives themselves were most anxious to preserve
it for ever. (Laughter.) If they started where they
left off thirty years ago with a £lO franchise, which
they now adniitted worked so well, why should
they not proceed with some rapidity to a thorough
good substantial reform rather than perplexing
themselves with a crotchety franchise, unsuitable to the
people? (Hear, hear.) Why not start from a solid
basis, and maintain that great truth that there were
millions 'of intelligent industrious men in England
capable of discharging the duties of citizenship.
(Hear, hear, and applause.) There was increased
ability, and in all directions there was mani-
fested marked improvement amongst the masses.
He did not want to make them dissatified with the pro-
position of the Government, but to show them how
grossly insulting and unjust the language was which
had been used with reference to this class, for whom
they were legislating. He would therefore say if they
did not get a bill with as low a franchise as that pro-
posed, they would do nothing towards opening the door
to the working classes through the medium of the fran-
chise. If the Government passed a bill one iota less
advantageous than that now proposed it would only be
a cheat upon the people, unsettle the minds of the popu-
lation, and destroy what faith still remained in those who
were yet considered the leading men of the country.
He vindicated the working classes in mast energetic
terms from the aspersion cast upon them by the various
speakers in the House; and having urged the necessity
of increased union and activity among the Reformers,
with a view to the final carrying out of the measure, he
dismissed the question of Reform, and proceeded to the
consideration of the rejection of the Paper Duties Bill
by the House of Lords. The question now put to them
was this, were the men of Birmingham willing to accept
new masters. (Cries of " No, no.") It was not a
question of the individual responsibility of the Crowe, but
it was one touching the irresponsibility of an hereditary
corporation of rulers. It was an unheard-of thing
throughout the land. No man living had ever seen the
people's power thus usurped. No man could say he
remembered the day when the House of Lords had levied
a tax upon this great free English nation. It was
reserved for this year of grace 1860 to witness this
monster of legislation make its appearance; and it would
be for the people to put such a ban upon it that it would
never occur again. (Loud and continued applause.)
The hon. gentleman then adverted to the discussion
which had taken place in the House of Commons upon
the subject, and, after dwelling at some length upon the
great value and importance of the treaty withhe
eFereadnuceet,
he proceeded to notice, in strong terms, t
•of -a portion of the press, at- the head of which stood
the Times, with reference to the subject. Mr. Bright
said the repeal, of the paper duty would impart new
life and vigour to the • penny papers. (Hear, hear.)
They would be larger and better, though it might, per-
haps, be difficult for some of them
The hon. gentleman, in conclusion, adverted
t
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known determination of the Lords to resist popular
toh e t hhe e t
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ihfoltdheouLt.erdle would
assume to themselves a power they did not possess, and
mtheedirdlfeer
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blood. (Load and continued cheering.)
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tvhiendliacaettidronepolefwthhicehir

THE POPE AND THE IRISH CONSTABULARY.—A
Limerick paper (the Munster Hews) coolly asserts that
no less than 6,000 of the Irish constabulary are willing
to resign, with a view of emigrating to Rome and other
countries. About 250 of the county of Limerick force,
it is added, have already done so, or are so disposed.
In Clare, Cork, and Berry, the police have similar
inclinations, and am 1..0,4.g if
WELSH COAL.—As a good deal of anxiety has been
recently shown regarding the probable extinction of the
resources of steam-coal in Wales, it may be interesting
to learn that by the successful results attendant upon
the operations of the navigation works at Aberdale,
near Merthyr, all fears upon the subject may be discarded.
The pit is the largest in the world, being 18 feet in
diameter and 370 yards in depth. The estimate of its
workings is 1,000 tons of coal per day. The expenses
thus far have been £130,000, exclusive of £35,000 for
waggons, &c. The ground is of a most difficult nature,
the layers often extending 15 feet without a bed, crack,
fissure, or any opening whatever. The rock had all to be
blasted with gunpowder. The resources of the scam are
comparatively boundless, the property extending seven
miles from Taff up to Cwm Neal, and three miles in
width, covering 4,000 to 5,000 acres of four-foot coal.
The royalty, which is 99 years, is held by a firm com-
posed of Mr. John Nixon, the well-known colliery
proprietor at Merthyr ; Hugh Taylor, Esq., M.P. for
Tynemorith ; and W. Cory, Esq., shipowner and coal
contractor of London. The commencement of the use
of this coal afloat began about 1810, on board the
Thames steam boats, to work Penn's engines. In the
same year the coal was shipped to Nantes and given awey
to the French for trial, with the sole condition that the
engineers should throw it into the furnaces and leave
it alone to stoke itself. Nextly the sugar refiners
adopted it, as they suffered considerably if the steam
was not kept up to a pressure of 501 b., and if allowed
to fall below that rate their works were completely
stopped. With the Welsh coal they cleaned out
their fires but once instead of twice, and thereby effected
a saving in the working day of three hours and a-half.
The French riyer steamers followed, and here the only
;objection raised was, that without the long trail of
smoke from their funnels their customers would not be
able to see their vessels approaching from a distance.
The French Government then became convinced of its
efficiency, and, adopting it, have adhered to its exclusive
use ever since. Other governments have likewise pro-
fited by its advantages ; but although it is consumed in
the fleet of the Peninsular and Oriental , Company, the
Royal Mail, Cunard's and others, the English Govern-
ment has not hitherto availed itself of it. The embryo
town of Mountain Ash, with already a population of
5,000 souls,: has recently been the scene of great re-
joicings, as the "winning" or striking of so vast a
seam .off :opal will :bring with it additional activity and
prosperity to its neighbOurliood.--;llfechanics' Magazine.

MATRIMONIAL. UNHAPPINESS.

COURT.-TUESDAY.
FURNESS V. FURN'ESS.,:

Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. E. Ward we're counsel
for the petitioner.
The marriage in this case took place in 1837, and the
parties lived together until 1846, and had two children.
Robert Furness, the respondent, was an oil and colour
man, and carried on business, first at Kingsland, and
afterwards in different parts of the suburbs of London.
In 1846 he left his wife and went through the
ceremony of marriage with Fanny Hall. When
Fanny Hall found out that he had a wife she gave
him into custody, and he was tried for bigamy, but
acquitted ; Mrs. Furness refusing to appear against him.
Upon his promise of amendment, she returned to co-
habitation with him, and they lived together again until
1854. He then formed a criminal connection with a
girl named Charlotte Smith, told his wife that he
wished her to leave him, and, on her refusal, he began a
course Of ill-treatment, frequently struck her with his
fists, bruised her dnd blackened her eyes, and threatened
her with the poker. in SepteMber, 1857, ha gave up
living with her, but for some time cotaributed to her
support. He, continued to carry on' his orirainal inter-
course with Smith.

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The petitioner having given evidence of the cruelty,
and the adultery having been proved by other witnesses,
the Court granted a decree on the ground of adultery
coupled with cruelty.

DAY V. DAY AND DONEY.

James Day prayed for a dissolution of his marriage
with Anne Day, on the gronnd of her adultery with
William Doney. The respondent denied the adultery,
and also pleaded condonation. The co-respondent denied
the adultery.
_ _ _

Mr. Denman appeared for the petitioner, and Mr.
Metcalfe for the co-respondent. The respondent was
not represented by counsel.
The petitioner and the respondent were formerly in
service in a nobleman's family, and were married in
1838. They have four children. For the last five years
he has had a situation in the General Post-office as a
letter carrier. During that time he and his wife have
lived at Islington, and have let out part of their house

to lodgers. Among the lodgers was Doney, another
Letter-carrier, and his wile. Mrs. Doney died early in

1858, and soon after her death a criminal intimacy
sprang up between Doney and Mrs. Day. The other
lodgers and the children of the Days noticed several sus-
picious circumstances in their conduct ; and in Decem-
ber, 1858, their criminality was brought to the know-
ledge of Day, who immediately ceased to cohabit with
his wife.

The case was clearly proved by two of the lodgers
and by two of the children, Mary Ann and Elizabeth,
of the respective ages of 15 and 13.
Their lordships dissolVed the marriage, and condemned
the co-respondent in costs.

IRVINE V. IRVINE AND GILL,

Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Dr. Swabey appeared for the
petitioner, and Mr. Pritchard for the respondent.
The petitioner, George Irvine, was the mate of a
vessel trading to Australia. He married the respondent,
then Emma Johnson, at Hartlepool in 1845, and has
had two children by her. The petitioner alleged that
in 1858, during his absence on a voyage, she committed
adultery with a seafaring man named George Gill. The
respondent pleaded a denial of the adultery, condona-
tion, and a counter charge of adultery.
The hearing was adjourned, in order that the petition
might be amended by the addition of a general allega-
tion of adultery, and that further evidence of adultery
might be adduced.

BOND V. BOND.

Mr. Serjeant Pigott and Dr. Spinks conducted the
petitioner's case.
Mrs. Charlotte Bond prayed for a dissolution of her
marriage with Hancock Stanley Bond, on the ground of
adultery, coupled with cruelty and desertion.
Mrs. Bond stated that she was married at Bathwick,
in Somerset, in July, 1840. Her maiden name was
Marchmont. The respondent was the son of Mr. Bond,
of Bqndville, in Ireland. They lived in London, and tra-
velled on the continent after the marriage. In 1843 they
were staying with her sister, the wife of a clergyman in
Warwickshire. They had some words about a maid-
servant, and he kicked her out of bed. Shortly after-
wards she had a miscarriage. Her income, 15()
a year, was settled upon her, and they had no other
means to live upon. Her husband had about £6OO
from her, and about £l,OOO from her sister. He was
a man of very intemperate habits. He sometimes left
her for three or four mouths at a time. She had a child
in January, 1515, which was now dead. They were
then living in Ireland, at Grange-park. She hired a
girl, Mary Ann Hegan, to attend to the child. When
the fever broke out her husband insisted upon her coming
to England. She came to England with the child and
Hegan ; but Hegan soon afterwards returned to Ireland,
because, as she said, her mother was dying. At the end
of 1845 she returned to Grange. Her husband allowed
her to travel by herself, and when she arrived said
nothing to her, but took away the child to show to
Hegan, who was living with him. She insisted
upon his sending Hogan out of the house, and he did
so, but got very drunk and cried very much because
she had left. He never slept in the house after that
night.. He came to the house- in the day-time, and
abused and threatened her. He held the tea-kettle over
her, and threatened to boil her brains out ; he took up
knives to her, and on one occasion he struck her vio-
lently with his fist on the temple. He also said he
would serve her as the Due de Praslin had served his
wife ; and for several weeks she lived upon milk, which
was brought to her by her English nurse, for fear of
being poisoned. She sent for her husband's brother,
and he.supplied her with money with which she went to
England about six weeks after she had been struck.
She had never lived with him since. Last March she
recived a letter from him, dated from Mile-end, London,
in which he said that he was reformed, and entreated
her forgiveness.

Her evidence was corroborated by. her sister, Mrs.
Onslow.

Two Irish labourers proved that in 1815, after Mary
Ann Hegan was dismissed from Grange-park, she went
to live at a house in the neighbourhood, and that Mr.
Bond slept with her there every night.
The Judge-Ordinary said the respondent's domicile
appeared to be in Ireland; and the same question was
therefore raised, as in the case before the Court on
Monday, with regard to the jurisdiction. It was a
question of great difficulty and importance, and time
must be taken for its consideration.

INUNDATIONS IN THE NORTH OF EUROFE.—The large
quantity of snow which fell at the beginning of the
spring has lately produced numerous inundations in the
interior of Russia. The Dniester and the Dnieper have
caused great ravages; and the town of Kremenschong,
on the latter river, has suffered very considerably. Like-
wise in all the interior of Sweden, the lakes and rivers
have risen to an extraordinary height. In several places
the country has been inundated and the navigation inter-
rupted. The spring was announcing itself under the
most propitious auspices; in the memory of man the
vegetation has never been seen finer.

MT. THACKERAY AND THE PRIZE FIGHT.—The
Scotsman says :—" In the Cornhill Maga.:ine for June,
the editor thus pleasantly corrects an error into which a
London correspondent of ours had unfortunately fallen
in describing him as having been among the illustrious
spectators of the late fight I have read in the corres-
pondent's letter of a northern newspaper, that in the
midst of the company assembled the reader's humble
servant was present ; and in a very polite society, too,
a 'poets, ulprgymmt, mon .f lAtt.ra, and meniheriunf
both Houses of Parliament.' If so, I must have walked
to the station in my sleep, paid three guineas in a pro-
found fit of mental abstraction, alai returned to bed
unconscious, for I certainly awoke there about the time
when history relates that the fight was over. Ido not
know whose colours 1 wore—the Benician's or those of
the English champion ; nor remember where the fight
took place, which, indeed, no somnambulist is bound to
recollect.' "
TUE FABLE OE THE WANDERING JEW.—The legend
of a Jew ever wandering and never dying, even from the
crucifixion of Jesus to this day, has spread over many
European countries. The accounts, however, as in all
fables, do not agree. One version is this :—When Jesus
was led to death oppressed by the weight of the cross,
he wished to rest himself near the gate at the house of
a shoemaker, named Ahasuerus. This man, however,
sprang forth and thrust him away. Jesus turned
towards him, saying : " I shall rest ; but thou shalt
move on till I return." And from that time he has
no rest, and is obliged incessantly to wander about.
Another version is that given by Mathias Parisiensis, a
monk of the 13th century : When Jesus was led from
the tribunal of Pilate, to death, the doorkeeper named
Cartaffious, pushed him from behind with his foot,
saying—" Walk on Jesus, quickly. Why lost thou
tarry ?" Jesus looked at him gravely, and said, " I
walk on, but thou shalt tarry till I come." And this
man, still alive, wanders from place to place, in constant
dread of the wrath to come. A third legend adds that
the wandering Jew falls sick every hundred years,
but recovers and renews his strength; hence it is stated
that even, after so many centuries, he does not look
much older than a Septuagenarian. Thus much for
the legends. Not one of the ancient authors makes
even mention of such an account. The first who
reports something is a monk of the thirteenth century,
when, as is known, the world was filled with pious
fiction, even to disgust. However, the story has spread
so far, that it has become a proverb, " He runs about
like a wandering Jew." There are not persons wanting
who assert to have seen the wandering Jew ; but when
their evidence is examined by the test of historical cre-
dibility, it is found that some impostor had made use of
this fable to impose upon some simple-minded people
for some parpose of his own. However, the legend is
not altogether untrue ; there is a wandering Jew who
roves about Europe, throughout every century. This
imperishable being ia—prejudiee against the Jews.—
, Jewish Chronicle.

• ,
,THE WINE TRADE L.NDER THE NEW

French wines show an increase cf ter cent. Por-
tuguese a falling off of 11 per cent ; SpanZcc wines,
the consumption of which is nearly equal to that of the
aggreFateof all other wines, figure for an increase of
about 7 per tett-, South African is declined 54 per
cent. Including all fineg cf wine, the consumption for
the first four months of the year e-lhibits only an in-
crease of 6 per cent. The changes have rather in
the sorts consumed than in the quantity. Importation
has been very large in French and German the in-
crease has been respectively, 133 and 139 per cent. ; in
Spanish, 70 per cent. ; Portuguese, 30 per cent. ; and in
South African 95 per cent. The stocks in bond do not
show any very great aggregate excess.

CLEVER IRISHMEN ALL OVER THE

WORLD.

(From the Globe.)

The Celtic race is the mother of men of genius. An
Irishman has written a mad book to prove that Shak-
spere himself, whom we have always looked upon as a
great Englishman, was really a Welshman, giving for
the faith within him, the trnly Ilibernian reason, that

none but a Celt could have possessed such a capacious
and active mind wedded' to such unequalled power of
speech. facetious antiqtYaria'n and genealogist has
capped the climax by Venitiri'ng oh We' shrewyd guess,
that 300 O'Gradys kept the paSs of Thermopylm; and
that the Tenth Legion was entirely composel of Tippe-
rary men.

We have seen the Irish newspapers claim kindred with
Odillon Barrot ; we have seen them go further a-field,
seize upon Lin, the Chinese commissioner, and make
out his descent from Brian O'Linn. Nay, the famous
Tin-Ping-Wang himself was an Irish emigrant, who
settled by mistake in China, and, as a matter of course,
got up a rebellion. The radical origin of 111‘31a.hon of

the sword is well-established, and who can doubt that
Cavaignac was originall4 Cavanagh ; but fancy the
burning indignation that fills every Celtic breast
at the conduct of the hero of Solferino. Has he
not, ashamed of the country of his fathers, had the
audacity to misspell his name in order to hide his
nationality, and called himself Niel, as if he were a
Frenohoi.., itiztcad of O'Noil, hio true and Icsitiwate
name ? That is the reason why no sword was presented
to the gallant marshal. But if Niel is ungrateful to
the land of his fathers, what shall we say of Pope Pius

IX. ? Here is another instance of an attempt to blind
the world to the true origin of a great man. We have
discovered that some centuries ago a scion of the royal race
of O'Feraghty migrated from Ireland to Italy, changed the
horrid guttural enunciation into the softer style of Fer-
retti, and in dtte time furnished an incumbent to the throne
of St. Peter: Perhaps it is the Irish thigh' of the Holy
Father which has caused such a burst of Irish sympathy;
• and tic) doubt General Ldnioricier6 was inspired to become
the champion of the Papal Coutt by the mysterious work-
ings of consanguinity. For all the learned world and the
unlearned world know that Lamoriciere is also descended
from an Irish emigrant—one Larry Morrissey, an ancestor
of the Yankee Hibernian who conquered Mr. J. Heenan.
The editors of the Irish newspapers are truly Catholic
in their relationships. They embrace in one wide stretch
Pius IX., Mr. Heenan, Lola Montes, Liu, Le-Ping-
Wang, and Nena Sahib, the proper name of whose fore-
fathers was, it is well known, that of a Hibernian chief,
the Lord of Nenagh, easily convertible, it will be seen,
upon the principles of Irish philology, into Nena
Sahib. To this illustrious gallery they have added
a new hero, who, we fear, will not appreciate
the compliment. But we must say they are quite
impartial. That they should claim Lamoriciere, who
is the defender of the illustrious descendant of Massey
O'Feraghty; is not sift-prising. Yet we did not anti-
cipate that they would claim Garibaldi. They have
done so, and we give way at once to the very logical
proof advanced in support of the claim. Here it is, as
published in a Limerick paper :

The famous Garibaldi is of Irish extraction. His grand-
father was engaged in the troubles of 1798, and emigrated to
Italy. His name was Garret Baldwin, changed to Garibaldi,
and his residence was on the borders of the county of Limerick,
but in the county of Cork.

Who can doubt such categorical assertions ? No
doubt they rest on the same irrefragable foundation
as the pedigree of Commissioner Lin and our own
discovery of the Celtic origin of the Holy Father.
And so deeply are our facile friends over the water
convinced that Garibaldi is a sipling sprung from
the great Garret Baldwin Baldwin, by the way,
is a truly Celtic name that the Limerick Chronicle
and the Clonntel Chronicle are engaged in a contro-
versy regarding the birthplace of the Italian chief.
Each newspaper editor is ready to stake his life on the
truth of the proposition that Garibaldi is an Irishman ;
but they cannot agree what happy spot in Munster gave
birth to the now famous emigrant, his grandfather.
What a pity it is that the great men of the Celtic race
cannot be persuaded to stay in their native land, giving
to her those energies which they apply and misapply in
behalf of all the peoples of the earth from China to
Peru!

Mr. Leatham, of Wakefield, writes to the Tones
denying that he is a " disciple " of Mr. Bright ; he is
only his brother-in-law.
THE SILLOTH LIFEBOAT.—The National Lifeboat
Institution has this week sent one of its best single-
banked lifeboats, accompanied with a transportinr, car-
riage, to Silloth. The boat is 30 feet long, 17 feet wide,
and rows 8 oars. The transporting carriage of the boat,
which was built by Mr. Robinson, of Camden Town,
London, is admirably adapted for its purpose. By an
ingenious contrivance, the boat, with her crew on board,
is launched off the carriage ; with their oars in their
hands, they are enabled to obtain headway before the
breakers have time to beat the boat broadside on the
beach. The hauling up of the lifeboat on her carriage is
accomplished with equal facility. The cost (£180) of the
lifeboat and her equipments is the benevolent gift of
Miss Burdett Coutts. A commodious and substantial
house has been built for the reception of the lifeboat, her
stores, and carriage ; in fact there is probably not a more
complete lifeboat establishment on the whole coast than
at Silloth. A free conveyance was readily given to the
boat and carriage by the London and Northwestern
Railway Company, who have on previous occasions gra-
tuitously carried the lifeboats and carriages of the insti-
tution. The National Lifeboat Institution has now 103
lifeboats in connection with it,—a truly noble fleet, and
only outnumbered by the navies of commerce and war,
but the largest life-saving fleet the world has ever seen.
Some of these boats were last year instrumental in saving
227 of our fellow-creatures from a watery grave. We
understand the launch will take place on this day fort-
night, when cheap trains will be run.—Carlisle Journal.
THE SCILLY ISLANDS. —ln a paper by Francis
Banfield, Esq., vice-consul, &c., Scilly, on " The Scilly
Islands; their Ancient and Modern History, Shipping,
Agriculture and Fisheries," and showing how these
islands might be further utilised for national and com-
mercial purposes, he says—This interesting group of
islands—about 100 in number, with their romantic
bold coasts and bays, are most eligibly situated for the
summer tourist or the winter invalid, the climate being
very salubrious. The beaches form the finest bathing
ground that can be desired, being all fine shelving sand
slopes, and adorned with shells, seaweeds, &c. The
present population is under 3,000, amongst whom aro
20 persons whose united ages amount to 1,709 years,
most of them being able to attend daily to their various
occupations, which consist principally of husbandry.
These islands lie about 30 miles to the west of the Laud's
End, and to which a steamer runs three times weekly
with the mail and passengers. There are a great many
Druidical remains, and a Danish fortification stands
prominently on St. Marv's, the chief island. It was
there that Charles 11. took refuge after his defeat, and
escaped to France. There are about fifty sail of vessels
belonging to the port, most of which have been built
there, the largest of which, the John Banfield, a vessel
of nearly 600 tons register, was recently launched. On
the completion of the submarine telegraph these islands
will undoubtedly be much used by vessels arriving in
the Channel for orders. As a port of call, with
easterly winds. they may be reached some days sooner
than Falmouth—a fact of considerable importance both
to.the shipowner and merchant. Their position, too,
is much easier of access than Queenstown. These islands
form an archipelago, which is used to some extent as a
harbour of refuge, every roadstead being well protected
by islands. By a slight extension of one of the piers,
which by convict labour might be accomplished at a
very trifling cost, an excellent breakwater could be
created, and thus afford additional security for vessels.
Plenty of good fresh water and provisions of all kinds
can always be obtained, also good supplies of steam coal,
with every facility for repairs of ships, &c. Thal
islands only require to be more known to be more
visited and more appreciated.

Nothing can be more interesting than the numeious extra-
ordinary cures, without medicine, by Du Barry's Health
Restoring Revalcnta Arabica Food. We give a few :—" Win-
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able t ) inform you that the person for whom your Revalenta
vias procured has derived very great benefit from its nee;
distressing symptoms of dropsy, dyspepsia, and constipation
of long standing have been removed, seri a feeling of restored
health induced. Jas. Shorland, late Surgeon, 96th Regiment."
Cure No. 41;314. Miss Elizabeth yeoman, Gateacre, near
Liverpool, a cure of ten years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of
nervous irritability. Cure No. 46,514. 31r. Samuel Laxtan,
Leicester, of two years' diarrhera. Cure No. 52.612.
The Dowager Countess of Castlestitart, of many years'
nervous irritability, bile, ar d indigestion. [2B.]
Certificate No 36418. In our practice we have been enabled
to appreciate the virtues of Du Barry's Food. In its effect on
chronic dyspepsia
(indigestion), nervousness, constipation,
diarrhoea, on bilious and liver complaints, cough, asthma,
aid incipient consumption.
we find it the safest
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Shorland ; Dr Campbell. Packed, with full instructions, in
tins at is 2d ;. 1 lb, 2s 9d ; 2 lb, is 6d ; 51b, lis ; 121 b, 22s ;
faintly canister, 24 lb, 40s. Super refined quality, 51b, 225 ;
101 b, 338. The 10 lb, 12 lb, and 241 b canisters are sent carriage
free, on receipt of post office order, by Barry Du Barry & Co,
77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum Mason & Co, 182, Picca-
dilly, London, andthrough all Grocers and Chemists. Agents
iti this district :---Nixon & Thew, 1, Castle-street ; T. Low ; J.
.Kirkus; Forsyth ; F. G.Jones, 5, Paradise-street ; It. Sumner
& Co; 11. S. Alpass ; E. Pearson & Son; J. Oliver; W. Cross;
Sharp, Higgins, & Co ; Clay & Abraham, 37, Bold-street ; Evans,
Sons & Co., wholesale agents John Beynon ; Thompson &
Capper; J. Strawson, druggist,; G. Bramwell do Son ; C.
Bromlow, 1, London-road; Isaac Wocriville, tea dealer;
Raimes & Co., wholesale driggists ; F. Staveley, druggist,
Price-street; T. D. Walker, Ranelagh-street ; J. H. Howell,
72, Dale-street; Hingaton, druggist, Bold-street; Grace &
Kelk ; G. Barber, 21, Great George-street, Birkenhead ; T.
Fore, druggist; B. J. Candler; J. Dutton; E. Hargraves;
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FORESTS' 0/s` Fiikt:

A letter from Nova rre.otik,-*of the lith`of May,
says

We have. expuiened .eTtraordinary weather 6 this

r'coalsf, lastz four or
.five weeks. With the excep-
tion of one shower, no rain has fallen. The
" heavens were as bras:6r' Arne all that time, and con-
sequently our forests became tiesudy prey to the
devouring element—fire. During the ra?, two weeks
i many hundred thousand acres of forest land in' Ititish
America; were burnt down. In New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, and pp, Breton the scenes were terrific. In many
places tracts c.? llairtiful timber land, extending some
ten, fifteen, or twenty sires, have been burnt down, and
nothing remains but blacrizei:c`d ,stamps and layers of
ashes. So dreadful was the conifagieria for some days
in Nova Scotia, that the air was lurid Wit:h'fle, blaze.
The sun peered through the mist or smoke, r6d eqis
tire on which it looked down. Volumes of smoke and
ashes were carried far out to sea, and the whole face of
nature appeared changed. The ashes raised by the
wind, and carried along, fell again at great distances,
so much so that, in the city of Halifax, distant some
twenty miles from the nearest fire, ashes fell like a
shower of snow, and parties walked out and carried
uml r:llas to protect themselves from the dust and
ashes that floated on the air. The destruction to forest
land is enormous hut lam glad to have to state that
as yet we have no accounts from any quarter of loss of
life. In the interior of Nova Scotia, especially in the
great forest lands between Truro and Pictou, the fig
raged fearfully. For miles it was one long; rolling, and
terrific wale of livibg fire. It crossed over streams and
portions of cultivated fieldi, licking up not only every
monarch of the forest and tatled brushwood, but also
every green thing, leaving utter desolation behind. On
some of the lakes, the spring haunt of migrating ducks
and other birds, the scene is melancholy to behold.
After being frightened by the surrounding fires, and by
the cracking of the burnt timber, the poor birds took
to flight, but there was nothing before them but an
ocean of fire. Finding no resting place they again
returned to the lakes, but with burnt wings, and so
disabled that they are lying almost motionless on the
water. From every quarter we have accounts of the
ravages of fires in the woods, and of the destruction of
dwellings, barns, and outhouses; but as yet no life has
been lost. The people had a timely warning of the
coming disaster. We have now a change of weather—
rain is falling, and the fires in the woods will cease."

A WALK iN A BYE-STREET OF FLORENCE.

Amongst the distinguishing features of the age we live
in there is not, probably, one which will leave such
memorable results behind it as the energy which
Englishmen have shown iu the prosecution of new and
strange careers—the indomitable courage and perse-
verance they have displayed in circumstances perfectly
novel. India presents an immense number of such
instances, where men were called on for the exhibi-
tion of qualities which, in their ordinary life, had
never been developed. Our colonies, especially Aus-
tralia, are full of such examples; and it is really in no
vaingloriousness that we can say that the Anglo-Salon race
lends itself more readily to the spirit of the time and the
demands of emergency than any other of which history
tells us. We have but to turn over the files of a news-
paper to adduce examples. One of the ablest, if not the
very abfesti of our Indian generals at this moment,
passed years of his life in the half-inglorious indolence of
a secretary of embassy, idniarkahle for little beyond the
facility with which he indulged that indolence. The
event, however, called for the man, and we have seen
how he answered the call. It was following out in
reverse the train of thought thus suggested I found my-
self, a few days back, in a lonely and almost deserted
street of Florence. A high wall at one side, over which
some trees showed their foliage, was answered at the
other by a large, irregular, old building, whose
jealous-looking windows betrayed the convent. Looking
somewhat closer, however, I perceived that the place
was no longer tenanted by the devout, but was in reality
an artist's studio—the name C-- F— on the door
modestly announcing the proprietor.
" C---F-- muttered Ito myself ; strange acci-
dent of name. It was only a few years ago I knew one
who bore it—the most flattered and eagerly sought, the
handsome aide-de-camp, the best looking and most
accomplished fellow of a crack cavalry regiment,
one of those men who carry with them into life the
cachet of gentleman so distinctively, whose breeding is so
eminently true and real that even the scandalmongers of
society are fain to let him pass unmolested, and suffer his
claim to notice and distinction to be preferred without
objecting. Some reverses of fortune, I know not.
exactly how caused, had compelled him to leave the
army; but, with influential connections, and the popularity
of his name, I had little doubt of his obtaining some
public employment—in fact, such a man, highly gifted
and accomplished as he was, could not fail of receiving
his just recognition. I had asked three, or four who
knew him, and all I could learn was he had been at
Constantinople at such a time; so and so bad met him at
such an embassy at dinner, and he had bean shooting with
somebody else at such a place; when suddenly the same
name on the doorpost of the convent brought up the
man to my mind. Curious to see him who bore the
designation—amusing myself with the idea of how
unlike would be the swell cavalry officer with the pale-
cheeked artist—l rang the bell, and asked permission
to see the studio. The artist, I was informed, was from
home, but I could see the studio. In the vast chamber,
which had once been the chapel of the convent, and
which was now arranged with the most consummate
taste, I saw a number of busts, many of which—seen at
a glance—l could recognise. Mario and Grisi, a distin-
guished Welsh baronet, and a well-known Irish beauty.
From these, however, I turned to examine the greater
and more pretentious work to which my attention was
now called. One called the Cast-away represented a
young sailor, storm-tossed on a raft, at a moment when
a strange sail has come in sight and answered his signal.
The form of strength and symmetry wasted by privation
and suffering, but not painfully emaciated—the terrible
eagerness of the face, as with a last effort he seems to
cry for aid—the strength which, in the very act, appears
to fail him—were all depicted with consummate power.
There was all the narrative power of a late great writer,
with the life-like traits which mere description never
reaches ; and, greater than these, there was the great
work of art, the graceful delineation of form, the most
accurate study of .the human anatomy, and the truest
adherence to all the principles of art.
Beside this—but as yet only existing in the state of
model—was one of the most beautiful conceptions I
have ever seen. It was the undraped figure of a girl
sleeping ; the expression of the features, slightly moved
by some passing dream, but still relaxed in sleep, har-
monised beautifully with the repose of the attitude, and
as if to contrast with whose peaceful loveliness a proud
eagle, with arched neck and piercing eye, stands cower-
ing at her feet, seizing as his prey her slipper, for it is
the fable of Rhodope, the Cinderella of the Eastern
story, which is here told. To represent the utmost
amount of beauty, the most consummate perfection of
form in all the voluptuous abandonment of sleep, and
yet retain throughout the purest sentiment of the ideal,
is the triumph of this work. The whole conception is
chke as the spotless marble that reveals it.
I have but space to mention one other work—a
half-finished model of Lady Godiva. She is of course
' undraped, but the masses of her flowing hair fall in
wavy sheets over her, as with bent-down head and
modest mien she moves slowly on. The figure is a
charming one ; it is womanly grace in all its highest per-
fection. But probably the critical eye will be equally
struck by the horse, which shows how thoroughly the artist
must have studied that animal's proportions. The
pace is a slow one, and consequently more difficult to
render; but every muscle is portrayed, and every
articulation delineated with so truthful a nicety that
I only know of one instance to compete with it—Ranch's
admirable equestrian statue of Frederick the Great.
Disappoints at not meeting the artist himself—for I
ownpthat my visit had been prompted by the curiosity I
have mentioned—l asked some' questions about him.
He was Very young—an Englishman," my informant
proudly said, lot •ttomo bollissimo, who could do every-
thing; he rode, drew, sang, and spoke foreign lan-
guages. " Had ho ever served in the British army," I
asked ? "Yes; here was his portrait," and he pointed
to a water-colour sketch, and the sculptor stood re-
vealed in the handsome officer of the Lancers!—=From
an Occasional Correspondent of the Horning Post.

The proprietor of a large factory in Limerick has set
his countenance against the wearing of crinoline in the
establishment, and the result has been that the fair
employt's hide their hoops in the long grass of the
adjoining meadows.
Some- -persons were in the act of descending Mr
Dixon's co4pit, Dudley Port, on Monday, when, from
some as yet unexplained cause, the skip, in which the
party were, was "rlraivrr over the pulley." Two col-
liers were killed instantaneously. It is said that the
man in charge of the engine at the time has absconded.
" FLerriNc DAY" IN GLASGOW.--lionday being the
annual occasion for householders to change their dwell-
ings, the streets presented the usual bustle from the
"wee short hour ayout the t-wal" till the day had pretty
far advanced. Judging from the number of carts and
barrows laden with furniture, not to speak of the
numerous pedestrians bearing chairs, tables, and other
household gear, that traversed the various streets and
lanes of the town, a large number of the citizens seem
to have changed their domiciles this year. North
British Daily
OLD NILID6.—Many of the satirical aspersions cast
upon old maids tell more to their credit than is gene-
rally imagined. Is a woman remarkably neat in her
person, " she will certainly die an old maid." Is she
frugal in her expenses, and exact in her domestic con-
cerns, "she is cut out for an old maid." And if she is
kind and humane to the animals about her, nothing can
save her from the appellation of " old maid." In short,
we have always found that neatness, modesty, economy,
and humanity are the never-failing characteristics of an
" old maid."

A telescope of extraordinary power is at present in
course of erection at the Paris Observatory. It is said
to have a magnifying power of twenty thousand.
It is said that on the Derby Mr. James Merry, M.P.,
wins on bets and stakes nearly £100,000; and that his
"commissioner" gets £lO,OOO, and his trainer £4,000.
After an absence of 300 years, the Roman Catholic
order of Dominican Friars is about to return to New-
castle to found a church and monastery.
The appointment of the Rev. Charles Kingsley, the
well-known rector of Eversley, to the professorship of
modern history will (says the Cambridge inkpearkat)
be perfectly satisfactory to a limited number only.
Last week the births of 842 boys and 838 girls, in all
1,680 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 18,50-69 the average
number was 1,606.

On Monday night, an attempt to commit a garotte
robbery, followed by a most murderous assault, was
made br three privates in tho 16th Laacera, who arc
novt lying-in the York barracks.

Through the, violence of the gale on Monday the
books at Lloyd's yesterday exhibited a considerable
number of casualties; but the losses, it is asserted, will
fall principally upon the venous insurance clubs, and
not upon the room or the several offices.
A servant girl has been apprehended in London
charged with the murder of her illegitimate child.
After it was dead, she had packed it in a box, attaching.
a label to the clothes, "J. Mirehouse, Esq.," and sent

it by railway to the house of the Sisters of Mercy, at
Clewer.

CONSERVATIVE BANQUET.—The day for this demon-
stration has now been fixed by the committee of manage-
ment. It will take place at Willis's Rooms, King-street,
St. James's, on Friday evening, the 29th of June. A
large number of members of both Houses of Parliament
have already signified their intention of being present.
THE REv. H. J. HATCH.--A subscription has been set
on foot in London to compensate this gentleman for the
injury and loss occasioned by the foul charge brought
against him and his subsequent imprisonment. Amongst
the subscribers we observe the Bishop of Winchester
£25, the Bishop of Lichfield £lO, and the Earl of
Shaftesbury £5.
The principal cut in a recent number of 11 Fischietto

(the Punch of Turin) represents the Bing of Naples
with a very bad leg—" Sicily ;" he has called in the
doctors, whe are the four principal Powers that signed
the treaty of 1815. Bomba makes a rueful face, and
exclaims, •' Well, I know the leg must be amputated,
but I trust the body may he saved ;" at which a learned
doctor, with ft tremendous shirt frill—Lord John
Russell, one of the foury—shakes his head and remarks,
" Impossible' the malady is too deeply seated, and
pervades the whole frame."

SHIPWRECK AND Loss or Lim—A despatch dated
Winterten (Norfolk), Tuesday morning, says :---4t The
.X9lus, of North Shields, coal-laden, and bound for
London, was totally wrecked yesterday during a terrific
gale of wind. She sprang a leak, and ran for the beach
about two miles to the north of this village, and became
a total wreck in less than half-an-hour from the time
she struck the beach. Two of the crew (the master and
cook) were saved by catching pieces of wreck ; but the
remainder, five in number, perished. The whole of the
men were on the mainmast when it fell over the side.
Many other vessels have been dismasted, and no doubt
much damage has been done, of which at present
nothing is known. The gale was terrific, hardly less
violent at one time than that of February last."
EXTRAORDINARY DEATH IN THE SERPENTINE.—
Mr, 'Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, held a length-
ened inquiry at the workhouse, St. George's, Hanover.
square, on Saturday, as to the cause of the death of
Edward Reynolds, 42 years of age. It appeared from
the evidence that on the previous Saturday night the
deemed, after the time allotted to bathers, was found
by Police-constable 522 A stripped to his shirt, prepara-
tory to bathing in the Serpentine, and was informed by
him that, as the hour appointed for bathing had elapsed,
he forbade his doing so. The deceased, however, per.
sisting in his original intention, the constable seized
him by the shirt, which the unfortunate man, after a
brief struggle, slipped over his head, plunged into the
water, arid was seen no more, although he was repre-
ssnted to be an expert swimmer by several witnesses.
Search was at once institatei for the body, and con-
tinued daily until last Friday, when it was found float-
ing in the middle of the Serpentine.

ssporting izttitigenct.

MANCHESTER RA CE S.-YESTERDAY.
MAIDEN PLATE.

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