The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-12-27 00:00:00

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER,

releau Wm when their projects were more oompletel, and sur-
prise wee Las dangerous. This he understood from the like-
uses of the Annorican with the Weigh, he being acquainted
with the latter speech
The smuggling pony visited him after he had spent • couple
of days and nights In Ins subteroine in prison, and gave him
fresh water and provisions, and again loft him to ponder over
his dutiny. Ills meditations were not very pleuant, and
having no light to mak, *weh with, he was fain to use his
nest patience and hot lose the plsce where hle provisions
were bestowed for feu of m t Wing alde to lied Vidal latslu
The damp of the plaoe. the constrained Inaction, and the
menta/ suspense all contribu tad to make him uricusly unwell;
hut before he had given up all ter lost, their return atter a
successful "rue" afforded him company for some few hours
which he would gladly have been without. A lugs torch woe
lighted, and all the men, after partaking of a hurt) meal.
set themselves deliberately down with a quarter-cask of
spirits in their midst, with the intention of having • carouse.
They fell off to sleep one by one under the IneollimUng effects
of the Pouor, and all renegued silent for asissral hours Mr.
keens frit a stupor coins) inkr 111..11, and he had serious
fears of his mind failing him--for at Intervals be would start
in great terror at apparitions which appeared to him, the
result of hi. ill2o7.lerod brain; he knew well that axiality mid
esposure were caletilated to bring about such a result, but
Ito lit tied Waddell sa best he could, hopiug for delivery at
Inogth Ills sincere tenet In an over-ruling Providence was
seversly tasted

( thu retorts of comclocsuess, the smugglers, in no
ory I humour. brirtledly gathered together soup, ood,
cud bcbm.ed Mr Evans down to the beach, and took him
with them on board a large undecked boat. and set sail Just
Bo the sun of the eighth day front his capUvity was showing
Its upper arm over the clear horizon.
In spite of the danger, which might be Imminent. poor
livers could not help sleeping, under the effects ef the fresh
sir, upon • system borne down with such miserable treat-
ment as he had sustained.

The result of the voyage was that they landed him, in •
few hours, on an out-of the-way headland of rock, and
waving a farewoll, they left him unhurt.
After seeking about for some time, he unto upon a cottage,
and the men who reehl ed there, not knowing what to du with
him, guided him to • large farmhouse of it gentleman in the
neighbourhood. The occupier of the place was at tint very
suspicions : ad Evans, without reporting his late misadven-
ture with the anonagh.rs, from an undetieed fear of some evil
consequences, told him he woe a olergyman in great
and uked for food and guidance. The smuggler* had
sti.h n all his money, and tat, u his watch. The gentleman
tested the truth of hie story cc hest he could by asking him
to read and translate • portion of the Greek Testament,
which be took down from his library shelves, and find-
ing his representation so far true, would not hurt the
stranger's feelings by too close a questioning, and giving
him • night's shelter, two good meals, and a guinea pleoe,
wished him farewell and good speed. Without enter-
ing into all his mishaps and privations, It is sufficient
to say that he arrived on foot, alter several days of weary
travelling, at Bristol The sense of Mr. Walters' seal
friendship for him oversame his feeling of indignity involved
in such circumstances; and he wail received, need it be meld,
with ovary melodies sod hospitality by hie old friends ills
good ooustitution ertatiled him to pan over the late circum-
stances, so trying to his health, without any serious illness,
and in • few weeks he was, so to speak, on his legs again ;
and wondering what waa to be hi, next move in life. Hie old
liking for Alice Walters had ripened into an affection during
th • months which had 'lewd since he was at lirLstol, when
Captain Cochrane put to sea In such a strange else ; but Mr.
Evans was man enough to know that he must keep such feel-
lugs to himself, and not lei his tongue betray, what in his
helpless condition would be considered an unmanly weakness.
The Matress of tle Sea meantime had been speeding her
way round the Born, and Captain Cochrane, in the enjoy-
ment of good incense, with a good ship, and much praise on
all hands, including his owner, Mr. Walters, was disposed to
think himself rather too goods man for a blind wife absence
from her whom he had at one time so much admired, rather
Increased than climb& bed this coldness And by the time he
had completed his passage out to Peru he wondered how he
could have been so stern to blaming Westgarth for whet he
had dune. Circumstance. Aiwt cases," he thought, and
circumstances had certainly altered him.
While Westgarth add Cochrane were out lu Lime, • point
cal revolution broke out, and the former was unfortunately
taken es a spy. all ignorance of Spanish was deemed •
feint in order to escape, and he was consigned to pffst,n, and
very nearly starved to death. 'ills eolltary confinement
gave hint time for reflection, and he made up his mind, that,
if ever he wiia reieued be would return home to England,
and marry Alice Walters, If she would have him. llnt alter-
native contained in thie last clause had never occurred to
him before, tor he was confident of the success of hie suit,
and ft was for purely seltleh reasons that he had loft
BristoL

In time. of troub:e • man may •omettmes and him a friend
whom he had until then considered almost an enemy, and
co patriots will hang together and combine under a common
danger, who held aim( or quarrelled before the distress
came. So it was with Weetgarth and Cochrane ; as emu
as the latter heard of hi. acquaintance's mishap, he used all
mean• in hie power to bring about his Batman. Having a
mof erate knowledge.of Spanish, • pretty mual acquirement
among seafaring men two or three generations back, he used
it to what purpose he could ; he did not suoceed in obtaining
liberty for Westgarth, but only in some alleviation of the
rigour of his imprisonment. The if tsfreei of the Se.,
Captain C, citron° in command, hod to tail from Callas
Bay, leaving his fellow-citizen of Bristel in a Peruvian
prison, with little hope of escape, unless some new
revolution should put a different phase apon the relation-
ships of political ',enter. It wan . t • very rare Cake for
men to and titan, selves as unaccountably and suddenly turned
loose, sa they were unexpectedly imprisoned in that dbangeful
country.

To pane over • period of some seven years, and the ups and
downs of lit, have 4111 been walth.g upon the sal sects of
this story [hey are all at Bristol. Mr Walters, an may be
well Imagined, haa more grey hairs on hls head than when he
last appeared. lie had retired from business, aid lived
alone HI, daughter Alice had become the MIA wife of Mr.
Erato, who had a large school In Bristol. Being a man of
undoubted learnt, g, and goad skill ass I....cher, he had dune
due credit to the Of wts which Mr. Walters had ener-
geticaly used on Ma behalf, alter hie recovery from the
privations of his s pure In Cornwall. Weatgarth was
engaged In his father s business, for he bad escaped •
happy munent for him when • riot had released him, with
all Me other priaoners, from his foreign captivity. lie was
approaching the condition generally known as a confirmed
bachelor, and had gained much respect since his pro-
tracted trials had ended In his retorts home, from the useful
and berevolent efforts he had made in Improving the
condition of the lower classes in the old seaport, and
especially the sailors. If • sadder man, be was certainly a
wiser one for Ms trials and privations abroad. Cocky.e
had taken Mr. Walton' business, which was • flourlahing
concern. lie NIA married a lady of Bristol, and seemed on
the high road to fame and fortune. Ut.happily, the sad
effects of too much prosperity had too surely showed them-
selves In him and Mr. WM.,. had considered It right to
remove his own name hum the title of the firm, on account
of sonic questionable tregaactions This had led to • deep
and bitter quarrel, which had round in • ...operation between
ti.mu . aide all their former Liendaltip bad been intimate.

It we, a soar., of comfit II the old merchant as he at
•anced In yasrs to see hls grandchildren increasihg to 111.1,n
ners and in stature, until he passed away, leaving the town
of Bristol to t flow at set of customs and habits better suited
t, the nireteenth century than to the age a our great
grandfathers.

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As he advanced in life Mr. Evans saw many of his ideas,
which had formerly been cc .utad as the ,Irsprlng of a
diseased imagtnaUon, Ink. firm hold of the popular rolnd:
nor wet he tenet pleased to and among the., the abhorrence
of slavery which he so long before had vigorously expressed.

off the four murdered men and carried in triumph
through the streets, Mr. Coffin pronounces as alto-
gether untrue. The rroment life wee extinct the four
bodies were placed in a cart and taken to the ceme-
tery, where they were thrown into • rude hole haetfiy
dug, and aome !shovelfuls of clay thrown over the
remains.
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Of the massacre of Captain Fry and the crew of the
Virginias, Mr. Osifin given the following graphic (lee
scription :—'The execution was held in the afteriaiwn.
The trial had been held on board the Tornado, and on
the morning of the execution the entire party was taken
on chore and marched to the prison. I tallied with
Captain Fry on the way from the gaol to the daughter
house. The first question I asked him was where was
the Virginias when she wan captured. He said that
she was just 18 miles eouthsionth-eaat from Fort
Aloraut, on the coast of Jsmaica. 'When I saw that
we were certain to be captured,' said the captain I sent
for Verona and asked him what he proposed to do, to
fight or eurrender, adding, it's all °nal me. He replied
that he thought it best to surrender. There was a slow
math to the magazine, but he had got the men into
their prooent poeitiou , aod thoughthe ought to give them
a chance for their lives. Accordingly they hail Marron-
dried.' " "At the place of execution," continued Mr,
Collie, 'one of my mates, Charles Bell, the steward of
our weed. ILIAVV poor Fry a glass of water. The
Spaniards treated the captain well, and never p Maned
him from first to last. Ile, and indeed all the others,
bore up bravely, and never flinched for an instant.
When the crew had knelt down, the captain walked
along the line and bade good-by to all the men in turn,
white and black, for there were several negroes in the
crew. As tie men knelt they were distant from the
wall that eurrounds the execution ground about three
feet, while about three puree behind them, with levelled
muskets, stood the detachment of Marines detailed to
execute the sentence. Jnet before thee fatal volley was
tired, Captain Fry took off his bat. Re seemed as if
he was saying a prayer. Of the whole 37, Captain
Fry was the only person who fell at the fleet fire.
His body was riddled with bullets and he died alined
instantly. All the other"; were hut slightly wounded.
The scene that followed was the most frightful I ever
witnessed, and I have been 011 many a battle field. After
the first volley I jumped upon the wall, and from
there could see everything that happened. The poor
creature, who were wounded lay upon the ground roll-
ing about frantically in their own blood, and uttering
shrieks of pain and agony and loud appeals for mercy.
Their appeals for mercy fell upon men deaf to com-
passion. The murderers rallied upon them like
demon., and thrusting their muskets, into the mouths
and ears of the unfortunate wretches, absolutely blew
their head.' off. Some of the pour creatures frantically
endeavoured to burst their bonds and seize the
muskets, but, of course, could not succeed. I
shall never forget the awful groans and ehrieks
that resounded from the place of slaughter.
Fully ten minutes, that looked as if it might have
been an hour, elapsed from the time the first volley
was discharged until the last of the unfortunate
men was dead. I heard men say who were on ships in
the harbour that after the first volley was fired the
reports of the guns subsequently discharged continued
to sound like the cracking of dreworks on the 4th of
July. It is a positive fact that, with the exception of
Captain Fry, the head was blown off every man of the
36. The marines seemed to exult in their wsrk of
blood. After all the party were dead, as in the case of
Ryan and his companions, the bodies were thrown into
• cart and carried off to the cemetery. As many as a
dozen bodies were thrown into the same hole."

another right reverend, who laughed at this sally,
"As for you, your nose is a groat deal too big,
and you kuow I always tell you so' The Pope
enjoyed the fun, and laughed most heartily; till
presently taking the young rebel up in his snug be
carried him into his room, and then going to a cabinet
took from it and gave him a very handsornly-mounted
rosary and c.o.s. Presently the child became tired,
and with a child's sincerity, said aloud, "Now I want
to go home." "Thee. I suppose," said the Pope,
"that I must declare your audience to be terminated."
Now, the carrying of such a boy from the garden into
the palace, by an old gentleman in tie eighty-fourth
year, certainly does not look like "general weakness.'

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH ANI) FOREIGN.

ILR.II. the Prince of Wales ham honoured the
Snoltnneld Club by accenting the oillos of President for the
year 1875.

A teltgram from Calcutta announces that there la
no substantial Improvement In the prospects' of the dlstrlote
tnreateued with famine, although in mune dlatrlcts the yield
of the crepe has exceeded anticipailonaj

The Chanc+Alor of the Exchequer acknowledges ae
"Conscience Money" the receipt of the nisi half of notes
to the amount of £lBO Izom "M. Y. V. for unpaid Income-
s". _ . .

latly account for changing her mai& every year
by solos that after that period she duds they become She
tulstreues of the house.

A new musical genius Lax just appeared in. Italy.
M. Gobatti, scarcely 33 yems old, nas created a great loam
-
(Jon by the production of au opera called "Lae Goths,"
which has procured hi% the wow of £1,400, an unparalleled
eventin Italy. The dibut of Rossini did not bring him one-
tenth of that amount.
The total number of messages forwarded from
pest‘l telegraph ttatloi s in the United Kingdom during the
week ending Dec. 13, was 338,142 showing WI lucre.. of
47,6kb ou the corresponding wonk aid 3001.

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Meeere. Warning!, Deacou, and 00. requeet us (The
lone.) to state that they Itraernar (the 1333 hist received
a sum of £l,OOO for the Mitipivrerted Mariners Society,
Ifibernia.cbambars, from .• IL 1). Y.
The grant of four million dollars sated for by the
United States Government for the reorganization of the
navy, lau been voted by the Senate.

There are thirty anions in the metropolig end 190
perishes. The population by the Canna of 1871 we
8 252.868, ea appears by au official document put printed.

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The bodies of the persons who lost their lives In the
gale at Sheffield on Tuesday were interred on Sunday. There
was an Immense raucous, of spectators, and ths Cemetery
Church was filled with mourners to overflowing.

The Surrey eldvertiber say there is no truth in the
report that Marguerite Diblane, who as convicted of the
manelanghter of Madame RIM, hes died in prison. The
woman is Mill au Inmate of the Female Convict Pll/011 at
Knaphill.

They have had a most interesting controversy over
In Camden. Mr. bangs suerted that Noah's ark wss one
tnousand feet long. Mr. Mullet contended nut it wee bot
five hundred feet in length, and in his efforts to induce Rungs
to throw off, few hundred feet from Ms estimate, Mullet
explained the matter, and reasoned with him, end prueuted
the subjeot In different lights, and held Bangs down sod
bumped his head againet a fire plug.—Ameriun paper.
A few weeks ago there was • not at Cologne on the
occasion of the Old Catholic pied Paffrath proceeding to
administer extreme unction to a dying old Catholic. The
police interfered, and arrested several persona, who have now
been tried before the Court of Correctional Police at Cologne
Two men were sentenced to four week, and one to seven
days' imprhonment ; the fourth prisoner, a lady, was
meets need to two weeks' Imprisonment, and Qs filth, • boy,
discharged.

The Swiss Times says that the cattle plague Is ax-
iom:ling to an slarmhog degree In some parts of Switzerland.
The latest information shows that it ha• broken out afresh
In several cantons, more particularly Berne, lienchltel, and
the Britons. In the canton of Friburg, where It had diaap-
peered, It has ag.ln attacked several districts at once: and
to ccnstquance cf It. virulence In Vaud, a large number of
cattle have had to be destroyed. In toe latter canton all
cattle fairs and markets have been suppressed until fanner
orders.

A private letter frcm an officer on the Gold Coast
state. that the prices of all article. of food at Cape Coast
Castle an 1 Elmlna have risen most exorbitantly. The following
are the charges f.r some of the necessaries :—Beer, 44. per
glot ; butter, 5.. per 10. ; sugar, 94. per lb tobasco, Ca. per
lb.. Lucifer matches, 12 for a penny. These charges do not
affect Lte troops to any great extent, as grocery rations,
tobacco, and splaita are issued daily in addition to the bread
and meat rations.

A Nashvillian lately conceived the idea that he
cOuld fly, and climbed a tree, waved his hands grandly, and
struck out. Somehow, the ground sprung up and his him,
and he csawled into the bowie, conshiced that flying wee not
his lone. .

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges as
..Conscte..oe Money" the receipt of the second halvm of
notes to the amount of £lBO frem '' M. T. L" (fast halves
Incorrectly acknowledged se coming from " IL. Y. Y.") for
upped toonnoetax also. of the first halves of notes to the
amount of £l5 on account of Income-tax from "One who
wishcs to do fight."

His Majesty the German Emperor has been pleased
to coder upon Was f I mince Leer, of the Lindens, St.
Lionards on-lilea, the war medal and Its diploma for services
rendered to the eick and wounded in the Franco-Merman
War, nil ts in addition to the croes already received by
Mi.. Florenoe Lee..

Sir John Bennett stated at Ilaetings, while deliver.
hie. lecture on deltaeriand and the trade. In which the
151.11111 were chiefly employed, that they manufactured ter
England atone watchee and clock. to the value of a milli in
sterling annually. Ea wad that 20,000 females were em-
pli pin In delicate parte of the work, and that he could not
get this done In England at aIL

The Earl of :Wilton sustained a aevtre accident in
the Lumins-lield en Monday. The goons lioruals met at
Asforoby, sus' found a fox. At Thorpe ['brussels, soon after
leaving the covert, the horse Lord Wilson wan riding shooed
and fell, throwing the rider heavily over his head. It is
leered the c Mar-bone is fractured, several ribs broken, and
damage done to the wrist and had.

It has been ascertained that the powder magazine
explosion ill Carthagena Killed eighteen persons and damaged
sever I houses.—ln reply to an ultimatum from the corn.
mender of the b“leglog troop., the insiirrenG at Clothe-
gams have declared that they will resiet to the last ex-
tremity. Tnough the cannonade f the Sdaubih batteries is
vigorous It does not produce mmili apparent effect on the
lons. The last skirmish Le said to have ended in a mutual
pamc before much harm had been done on either side.

The ,cell where Tweed is confined is thus described
by an " Interviewer :''—The wails uts hung with dark.
green cloth, and the window frames have been newly glazed.
In the enLtre of the room is a large round table at which
the boss takes his three regular mals, served up In the best
manner from the prison restaurant. nitre Is a iL111114011.1
leather lounge In one corner, and five chairs, including •
Issue curd Jrtable rocking chair. Besides these few articles
of furniture are a wsrmtand and a bookcaae. The prisoner
is plentifully sup”lltd with reading matter and as for
creature cm/tete the solicitude a his friends leaves nothing
to be desired ezoept liberty."

A curious case under the Vaccination Act hie been
Invest.gated at the-L In ,aster Petty Seisions. A man named
Donley was summoned for refusing to allow the publ,c vac-
Mast, to take vaccide matter fr no the arm of his child.
The dot.tor rind he experienced great diniculty in obtaining
vaccine matter tor vaccination purposes, the people in the
coenty of Durham having an idea that the public vaccinatror
had no right to operate atter raccinatko was performed.
Toe ruagiatrstes, In impo.h.g • small lino, said vaccinators
would be unable to obtain vaccine matter at all it every
person made the same objection.

The Marquis of Westminster, accompanied by the
Ilarchlou•sa, &xi GroeveLor, and Lady Beatrice Grosvenor,
was present the other day at the public presentation at
Chester of a toiLleptrth portrait to te•jor French, who
served in the Army cluing the Peninsular War, and was
with the allied armies when they entered Paris. During the
last forty year, Major Fremt has been • resident at
Cheater, and has rendered services as • magistrate and
iderman.

At the usual executive meeting, held at the offices
of the Free Trade Legion°, Mr. George liowell presiding, Mr.
Thomu Briggs proposed the following resolutions :-1.1.
That os tea, coffee; end sugar are article* of necessity to
the Ir.-Ilan of the mews, the urgency of their being made
duty free .Dodd be expressly considered in any sensible
roll f from taxation contemplated In the forthcoming
Ittkdget." 2nd. " That for the purlieu of bringing soles
opinion to bear upon the advantages to the people of a free
breskfut table, the League do take immediate steps for
holding public meetings to explain ita °Nude."

A end diaaßter occurred at West Moulimy, on Satur-
day relternoen, naming the death by drowning of at least
eight men. Messrs. gird and San, contractors, of Lambeth,
are constructing now reservoirs for the Lambeth Water
Company on the banks ot the Thames at Weet Monist-7,
where 200 or 300 men are employed. About • q tarter-tad
four on Saturday alternoon eighteen of theta men had en-
tered • boat to cross the river to their hems.. The boat,
which was much overcrowded, had only got a few yards from
the shore, when It dipped under water. It immediately sank,
and all it. occupants were thrown Into the water, wtdch Ii
very deep at the spot. 0! thou on board eight were saved,
two by clinging to the boat which had turned bottom up-
ward., and the others by planks thrown to them from the
shore. The boatman tared himself by swimming. Eight
bodies have been recovered.
The 1)oke of Richmond, when speaking at the Chi.
cheater Cattle Show dinner, alluded to prospective legislation,
and with regard to sanitary matters deprecated le gialation of
• eentrallsing character, and urgedi ' • t boards of guardians
-were the prober authorities to carry out such matters, lie
d flounced purely secular education, and pointed to the
g'gahtle work accomplialud by voluntary eff or s. With re-
gard to the landlord and tenant question hod. .proved, In
the strongest manner, any legisloave loteriereoce which
should abrogate the power of contract between landlord and
tecant, considering that it wou.d be a great knoll,. to both
claws. He took credit for living In perfect harmony with
his tenants on his own estate under the present arrangement
respecting compeneation for unexhauated improvements.
Lord Derby has distributed the pezes at the Liver-
pool College, and add reued the atutionts on the relations of
youthful culture to success in after life. Ile advised the dull
boys not to be discouraged by an unpromising start, for the
race of life tested endurance more than speed: Pointing to
the wonderful success of the German army, he showed how
largely it was due to the German habit of minute attention
to every detail of duty. 1 hree maxim he offered for the
direction of study—first, that menial labour never hurts any-
body unless taken in great c 005,,; second, that those who
cannot spare time for vhysical exercise will soon have to
spare it for Ulnae : third, that morning work Is generally
better than night work. His lordship's counsel wu heartily
appreciated by the students.

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On Friday in last week, at Manchester, a new life-
boat and its carriage, to be stationed at Seaton Carew, were
presented to the National Lifeboat Association by Mr. Jacob
Mindiey. The boat was conveyed through the streets of the
city to be seen by the people, after which- a meeting was
held la the Town-halt when the Mayor of Manchester ire.
seated Mr. Hindley withea model of the boat as • inemeoo
of hia own oeneficence. The boat and carriage cost 0.?0.
Tie donor was formerly an operative calenderer in a Man-
chester mill. Losing his arm by a machine accident, he was
treated In the Manchester Infirmary, and, en subsequently
realizing • competence In business, he has made • point of
showing his gratitude by a,orlee of gilts to the pubic, one
of which was a donation of £l,OOO to.the infirmary Haat
" Father Goddard, of Cnielehorst, complains that
visitors to the little Catholic chapel where Nap loon 111, lies
entombed, constantly cony away with them, as moment, s of
their jourLey, the wreaths of flowers placed on the lacer
Emperor'. tomb. To such an extent does this practice pre-
vail that be feels obliged for the future to keep the church
rioted to the general public, save during the hours of ser-
vice. At other times the chapel can only be seen by a writ
ten order obtained by an application by post. We regret the
bad taste that rondo's such • measure necessary. People
should remember that each offering. are as scrod to the
dead as the flo•ers in our cemeteries, and 'boon not be
thated as Pompeian relics or Heidelberg ivy. ''—Court Journal.
"Many people imagine that since the siege of Paris
the use of honellesh has died out &gall Ads true that the
Gouckeriel hippiques" hare disappeared from the fashion-
able quarter. ,nth oilier marks of the great siege, hut daring
the nr,t sin months of the present year 5,186 animals have
been told for eating, which furnished 653,840 kilogrammes of
meat, uot including the heart, liver, trains, tongue, ,tc.,
which are eaten like those of the ox, Thin is more than six
times the amount sold in 1867, and nearly three times as
much as was sold in the half.year.bef ore the war. The heroes
purchased for eating fetch • market price of to £6. This
new trade increases the value of used-up horses, not diseased,
by more than £4 sterling. so that the public wealth of France
Is Increased by about sixteen minima by the admission of
horseflesh Into the public dietary. "—London Medical Record.
The hand grenades required by Ma.] orGeneral Sir
Garnet Wf holey in his operations against the Ashantees have
had to be made expressly at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich,
lor they had long been considered entiquated, and cocse-
quently there were none in More. The arena's. 3s a small shell
to be thrown by hand, the fuze being first Ignited ; and It is
reckoned that Maned men can throw them 23 or 30 yard'.
they weigh about fhb. (rather more than a cricket ball), and
they are between two and three Inches in diameter. Their
use is the defence of fortlnvd places against attacks, being
thrown by the deism,n among etorining parties or into
crowded ditches, or wt, rover masses of the enemy are
gathered at clam quartets. They are somewhat similar to
common shells, bursting into irregular fragments, bag the
thickns a. of metal ii eas, as weight la not required when there
I. no necessity for great range, accuracy, and penetration,
Formerly the stronzest men were selected to throw grenades,
and were called " ()moodier.," a term which has been re•
Coined In many owe for the tailed company of Infantry or
for men generally of superior physiques Noise of the., bars
)4 bass lent to the seat of war.

The value offish, salted anl cured, imported this
year was £719,160; fart year £259,109.
An American critic say.:—" We adore Fugue
We should lure felt life's burden so much ben .tIefOLUI had
we been able to hear Mr. Fugue sing /ODA of hie own corn-
It appears that in the hrst ten days of this month
33 ships of an aggregate burden of 60,50 tons passed through
the Suez Canal the transit revenue of the Canal in the same
period was £24 520
This lithe way they do it in Jay... The portico roof
Ii adorned with an empty dower-pot when they are in want
ot a husband and meditate a "tient"
The Zoological Gardens at Parie have just received
a couple of pheasants of the "Lady Amherst " breed, put'
*an!, which they puicbased of the Zoological Gard.. at
Antwerp, at the eii,rmowi price of £l5O The " Lady
Amherst" Imied U very scarce, and la difficult to rear.

Earl Forteamie has forwarded to the Bishop
Exeter a memorial from a large proportion of the clergy and
laity of that diocese protesting assOist the introduction of
the confessional and other Rota& {medic:re Into the Church
of England. The noble earl sta,teitbatl2,2iB elgostures Lad
been already obtained to the document.

Lard week the French Assembly decided by 172 to
130 votes to Increase the trout to Marshal hlrtcrtahon from
16%100 francs to 30e.000 francs, acdatt the same t tale to allot
to him the rah,e 01 10. El) Os In Paris for °Mild receptlovs.
The Due de hroelle Wet, d la the coarse of its dlecomlon
that Uld watt of noweroment would still remain at Versailles.
The Left proteeted &saint the infante of Porte dhollyed by
the Government.

" The recent 'Day of Intercession' hem borne fruit
In an unexpected quarter. An officer In the army. well
known In London Society, hes volunteered for medonary
work, making only to be me to the poet of greateet dang‘r.'
—Court Journal.

A Pixie lan theatrical journal kenos with each number
the photograph of an actor or Lama said to be of excellent
quality and ordinarily worth • chilling or eighteteripeice.
The price of the newspaper and photograph I. twenty cen-
times.

A nonide lately married themselves M Glidden,
In, In tile presence of church and congrec attn.. They
simply announced their Intention, and then they klaaed
each other. It In encouraging to notice that, (bongo I,cora-
lions seem to be all the rage, the Meat a .till adh red to

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There is a saying which the prosperous are very fond
of repeating to the non-prosperous—namely, that Fortune
always knocks at least once at every mao s door. in Justice to
the unfortunate, It must be observed that in many cases emu
thl, one has tuned out only a runaway knock.

A clergyman of Meriden, Connecticut, preached from
the text, " Adam, where art thou?' and divided his dhumrse
Into three parts—Ant, all men are somewhere ; seoond, some
are where they ought not to be; and third, mien they mead
their ways they will eventually find themselves where they'd
rather not be.

In a recent communication to the Conseil.G6nOral
of the Stice-.lOlee, the Prefect of Versailles declared that
In that Department the mortality of Infanta h from 60 to 70
per WO. • large number of the innocent, who thus meet
untimely death are the young Parisians " who are habitat fly
put out to nurse thrown the exigencies of hellion and the
Influence of habit among Padden mothers.—London Medical
Record.

Manchester, lowa, boasts that five out of the nine
boding badness houses In the city are managed by women.
The name of the town should be changed to " Women-
chaster."

Messrs. Longman has just published a revised and
authorized edit-lon or Mi. Dhrsell's celebrated ipeeches de-
livered on the occadon ot bl. visit to Glaogow.

Judge Peckham, one of the Judges of the Court of
Appeals of the State of New York, was among those who lost
their lives when the VIVe du Howe went down. His brother,
Mr. G. W. Peckham, of Milwaukee, hearing suddenly of this
calamity, became temporarily insane, and was found drowned
In the Milwaukee river.
On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Wooler, of Sadberge
Hall, near Darlington, gave • treat to the children of the
National School In thtt village, after whizh several &dans
partook of tea. and to the evening • ball was held In the
same room. Whilst the ball was proceeding, an apparently
healthy young man, named Ralph Moorer who was dancing
with • Mimi Watson, suddes ly left his partner and was
seen to stagger. One of the party present went up to him
at once, and he was found to be deed.
A judgment delivered by Sir Barnes Peacock before
the Judicial Committee in the Privy CJuncil terminates a
twelve years litigation. An Indian husband was sued by his
wife for dower valued at 0,000. He alleged payment, bt:s.
the High Court of Bengal pronounced him liable, and he ap-
pealed to the Privy Council, which sustains the judgment.
The wife.died during the progress of the suit.
Dr. Ridwood, the public analyst for the parish of
Clerkenwell, has reported to the vestry that since his ap-
pointment last March he has analysed over one hundred
specimens of food, and the conclusion at which he has arrived
Is that, though • good deal of adulteration Is practised, yet
In no instance has it appeared that anythn g of a poisonous
or 1101i0[11 nature was added to the food.

" Your future husband seems ver.7 exacting ; be has
aeon stipulating for all aorta of thing., ield • mother to Let
daughter who was on the point of being married. "Never
mind. moo me," sild the affectionate ho was already
dressed tor the wedding, " these are hls last wishes.'
Out in Montana when they dart a man down hill in
a barrel, they 'peak of his " appearance in • Lew nil,'

A huge cheese wee chipped from New York to Lou-
don the other day. It was made hi Oneida oencty, and
weighed 2,2001 b.; 21,0e01b. or milk were used In meking
and the chem. was 261 n. high when drat cared, but It .hr. k
2 n. diteha the prorate, and when shipped meamirtd Orin.
high and 5410. In diameter.

The late Queen Dowager of Plunge has left the
worka of art a-cumulated by King Frederick William IV.,
her consort, wiSch conatitu'e a valuable and highly Interest-
ing collection, to htr brother-in-law, the present Suiperor.
They would otherwise probably have Neu Let to Bcriki and
removed So Bavaria.

Mrs. Webb, of Melbourne, has published • pamphlet.
entitled the Wonsan, Adtoeete, he which she ttanntnentla
that • bill should be introduced into Parliament for establish-
ing a widow's fund, contribnted to by every husband, that
no widow may be left destitute. Also • maiden's fund, to
whlett all bachelors moot contribute, that no maiden, be left
destitute after forty.
Sir Richard Wallace has just sent 15,000 f. to the
Assistance Publique 1, Parts, to be distributed amongst the
various offices of charity.
From the Report of the Registrar of Friendly
Societies in England just honed ft appears that the number
of co-operative locisties reglatered hut year was 113, making
a total of 301 in four years. Ilse numbers were—in 18,S, 100
to 1870, 67; In 1671, 06 . end last year 113.
Mr. George INl,lly, M. P., presiding at a social
gatherh g In the Barrington ~chools toe other evening,
pointed I,ut the great demand likely to arise in the future
for teachers, meate.s, and mistresses, urging parents not to
stand ln the way of their children if they possessed • turn for
becoming teacher.. He said that the trade or profession
was one of the best that could be selected, tte prospects
beinctar batter than if the boy went Into an office, or the
girl became • nureery governess.

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An American merchant writing from Honolulu,
says:—.. Two weeks ago we had • ball at the palace of our
King, Luna'ilo I. He is our friend. When he was
more, Crown Prince I loaned him two doilars— only for a
day; he said. When I met him • )ear after I reminded him
of the loan, but he toll me to wait till he should have
become king, Of which the prospects were then very slight.
BuPnow he Is king, and I have silently made him • present
of the two dollars. Cheap friendship, considering he is
king. •

M. Thomas Nast, at a recent lecture in New York,
held out fore long spell of breath on the sni ject of carica-
ture. With a black board before him he illustrated his
theories, opinions and anecdotes aa he went on. Thus he
designated an drew man se a "laughing animal,' with a
monkey for the antithesis as the "swims animal," with a
portrait of himself grinding an organ behind It. Ills ideal
of a " funny man" was brother Jotathan laushirg ot the
British lion, whose tall had been SI ipped by the American
eagle, and his conception of the lirltish lion a small poodle
adorned with a runt° count. "Caricature,' remarked lir.
Nast, is the °ldeal form of art, the barbarians of old
caricatured their enemies with the f,rms of beasts and the
faces of men."

"The annual custom in France is for everybocly to
send to everybody a visiting card on New Year's day through
the pod, which naturally entails expense. For tome gears
the anibusadorlal world has stopped the custom, and bands
the expensea saved over to the city charities. The example
ham not been followed in private Ufa To effect economy, a
large draper's shop undertakes to print these cards free, and
to pay the postage, on condition that the applicant will con-
-118111 to have the number of their house, &c., printed on the
back of the card, and will furnish the envelopes rally ad.
dreseed."—Court Journal.