The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-13 00:00:00

Tit ATH' OF SIR JAMS
.!lOPE :O. RANT.
(From Monday's ctitdc.srd.)' - -
r• t •
General Sir James Hope trrais C. 8.," Grand
Officer 4-thesLegion of Hon ur, and• Colonel-of the
9th Lance,n4;-died yesterday_ evienings, AA*. months
ago he 'was attacked by the ffilease which caused his
death, and, findinghina.self groling worse obtained sick
leave from .Aldershot, where: he Aommanded• the
divisiOn, in. Order to receive l medical treatment in
Lsindini. At first it was hoped— that there • was
nothiiig dangerous the matter witlithim, but in the
course of a few weeks his friends !became alarmed.
His complaint gained ground and on Saturday, the
27th February, Sir William dull announced that his
case was desperate, and that though he might linger
.a few days,
,he would.never again rise from his sick
bed. He received the intimation with the calm
fortitude-of a true Christian an a gallant soldier.
Jaines IroPeoi•itit was the lflfth son of the late
Francis 'Grant,-Esq.', of Ki,lgráston. and, Pitcaithly,
Perthshire;lfthe eldest danghter of Robert-Oliphant,
Esq., of Rossie, Postinaster-General of Scotland, one
(this brothersiteing'Sif Farncis Grant, the eminent
portrait painter and President orthe Royal Academy.
He was born in 1808, and at the age of -eighteen ob-
tained a commission, by purchase, as cornet in the 9th
Lancers, in which regiment he remained for thiity-two
years. nisi- early life was uneventful,, and was
passed in the - performance of regimental duty at
various stations an the United Kingdom. In 1828
he became lieutenant by purchase, and in 1835 he
purchased his troop. In 1841 Lord Saltoun was dis-
patched from England to command the force em-
ployed in the first Chinese war, and Captain Grant
accompanied him as brigade major. In the campaign
which ensued Captain Grant present at the assault
and capture of Chukean-foo, and at the landing before
Nankin. So greatly did he distinguish himself that
having become regimental major without purchase he
obtained the, in those days, rare honour of C.B.
Towards the close of the operations he was appointed
assistant adjutant general, ;on Lord' Saltonn's
departure, and the breaking up of the force, he pro-
ceeded to rejoin his regiment, which in the meantime
had arrived in India. We believe that he never left
that country till in 1860 he returned to China. When
the first Sikh War broke out, Major Grant marched
isrith • his regiment to the banks' of the Sutlej, and
was :his
at the "decisive battle of • Sobraon-
territption. In 1847 the- seconds Sikh war broke
out; and the 9th Lancers again took the field.
Daring the greater part of the campaign Major Grant
had the good fortune to command his regiment, an.
with it was present at the passage of the Chenab, the,
affair of Raumuggur' and the battles of Chilanwallah
and Goojerat. For his services he received, in June,
1849, the brevet of lieutenant colonel, and in the fol-
lowing year he became lieutenant co'onel without pur-
chase. For some years after his life was uneventful,
and passed in maintaining the efficiency of his magni-
ficent regiment— the 9th Lancers—Whose conduct dur-
ing the mutiny showed how well Itheir training and
discipline had been looked after by their commander.
That he was not only an admirable cavalry officer,
but much more, is- proved by the following 'extract
from a private letter written in 1857 by his Old
comrade on Lord Saltoun's staff and constant
friend, Lord Clyde, to the Duke of, Cambrid, pub-
lielied in Captain 160110 "SePoy War." Lord
Clyde says: "My Old friend Grant, of the 9th'Lancers,
who now as a brieadier commands the.divisien under
my immediate supervision, is quite invaluable,-from
his thorough knowledge of the people he is among, the
enemy he has to deal with, his great Oxperienee of war
in India, his ready application of • ground; and
the manner in which he is able' it a glance to
make his disposition. If your Royal Highness is
in want of an Inspector-General of Cavalry for India,
he is just the man for it, and with the rank of major-
general would perform the duty most admirably. It
would also be a most fitting reward for his very
distinguished and gallant service throughout this
and former Campaigns:" - In' November, 1854,
Lieut.:Colonel Grant became in the ordinary course
'aslonel-• • by brevet, in the , beginning of
ay, 1857, he was quartered at Umballa with his
regiment; when the risings at Meerut and Delhi oc-
curred. When, on the 17th of May,: General, Anson
with his little force commenced his advance, on Delhi,
Colonel Grant was appointed brigadier of cavalry, and
'from that moment his rise in public{ estimation and
rank was rapid. He was 49 years of , and had spent
'More than half his military career in the East; but he.
was temperate and active, and consequently a much
yOunger man_thin many of his juniors.' The opportu-
nity had at length come to him, and le was prepared
to seize it. Never, however, did he alloy himself to
be mastered by a thirst for personal distinction. His
one thought then, as through life, was to do his
duty, not perfunctorily, but to the utmost of his
power. In that respect especially he was a true
type of .the Wellington school,- as also in his utter
unconsciousness of self. Ever ready to accept respon-
sibility, he never thrust himself forward. We cannot
give a detailed account of his services against the
rebels and mutineers, and there is the less occasion for
one, as all who are interested in the subfect know what
Sir Hope Grant's achievements in that campaign were.
We shall, therefore, only briefly refer to them. Shortly
after quitting Umballa, Brigadier Grant was sent to
take .command of the advanced guard. Throughout
the siege of Delhi be was constantly .engaged, and
ever in the saddle. Naturally, much of his time was
occupied in superintending the outpost duty, and this
task, as well as all other work, he performed in a
manner to elicit repeated public thanks and mention.
Constantly in danger, he was ever cool and self-pos-
ses,ed.
" I_l.ai Brigadier Grant
was ordered to take command of a colurt pioceeding
to Ca,wnpore. Sir Colin Campbell h ving. arrived
with reinforcements, Brigader Grant wavaised to the
lank of brigadier general. As such he took part in
the relief of Lucknow, and subsequently of Cawn-
pore, where Windham was shut up by ;the Gwalior
contingent. General Grant, two days after the defeat
of the latter, proceeded in pursuit, and!after a most
exhausting march came up with the eneitiy as he was
crossing the Ganges at Serai Ghat, and captured fifteen
guns, besides inflicting other losses. Passing' over
minor affairs, we come to the capture orLucknow, at
which General Grant commanded a division, and was
actively engaged as usual. Shortly after the capture he
learned that he had been promoted to major general,
granted a distinguished service pension, and created
a K. 0. B. In many important operations Sir Hope
distinguished himself as an independent commander,
and the confidence which Lord Clyde reposed in him
may be discovered from the communications sent to
him by Lord Clyde's chief of the staff. In June, 1859,
Sir Hope returned to Lucknow, the head-quarters of
the Oudh division, which he commanded, but he was
soon called -again into the field, being seleeted for the
command of the China expedition. He sailed for
that country in the early part of 1860. This appoint-
ment he owed entirely to the Duke of Cambridge,
both Lord Clyde and Lord Canning baying recom-
mended Sir W. Mansfield. The 'campaign in China
was thoroughly successful, and particularly well
managed. 'Sir Hope, however, only received the
inadequate reward of the Grand Cross of the
Bath, the Emperor of the French also making him
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. On quitting
China he was appointed commander in chief at
Madras,- where he remained till 1865, in which year
he became quartermaster general at the Horse Guards.
In 1870 he succeeded Sir James Scarlett in the com-
mand of the Camp of Aldershot. In 1861 he had
been appointed colonel of the 4th Hussars, but in
1865 was transferred to his old regiment, the 9th
Lancers. We have also omitted to mention that in
1864 he became lieutenant general, and in 1872
'full general. At Aldershot he was remarkable for
his thoughtful kindness to every one under his
command. He was charitable in the true sense of
the word, for though strict in his own notions he
could conceive that others might have a different rule
of conduct. His purse also was ever open for proper
objects. His hospitality was simple but hearty, and
he gained the respect of those under his command by
his skill in field sports. Englishmen delighted to re-
count how he scorned to be turned when on horseback
by any obstacle, and that his leaps were sometimes as
much as some of his staff could manage to imitate
while Scotchmen thought the more highly of him that
he was a good golf player.
'Sr Hope Grant married in 1817 Helen, daughter
of Benjamin Taylor, Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service.
He was a man of singularly modest and unassuming
manners. The irreproachable purity of his life, his
manly but modest bearing won him the respect and
esteem of all who knew him. When Hope Grant
died, as -od, brave, and kind a man as ever lived
sent t
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'A.

•
WILLS AND WILL-MAKING.
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The writer of the/article "Law and Crime" in the Pichrila'
World, remarks
Five hundred pounds reward has been offered for
the discovery of the will of the late Lord St.
.Leonards. It may therefore be assumed that he left
one. He, of all men, should have known better than
to leave it where it might be lost —On the subject of
wills generally, it may be regretted that among the
"massacre of the innocents" at the close of last session
was a bill for limiting dispositions by will. The power
of disposition by a living man of his property after
his death Is scarcely to be -called ancient. It is
purely statutory, and has been controlled by the notable
Thellusson Act to a tying-up of property for a life or
lives in being, at the death of the testator, and twenty-
one years after. This may seem, at 'first sight, a fair limi
tation. It is not so. It accords at once the immoral prin-
ciple of giving generation after generation a direct in-
terestin the early-death of
,proximate or possible co-
legatees.; To suppoie! the 'extreme case of a misan-
'thropi6 millionaire, desirous of ketaining in his ghastly
posthurdous clutch all of 'whit* he dies possessed, so
long as it might, do, good, it distrike!;l, and might
work evil-irbonnd 'up, he would leave it "tied up"
during the survivorship - 'of any `one'of as many lives
as he would-choose-to name. Then, to the youngest
living child of himself or; of his ithildren or grand-
children surviving at ' Cho' falling lin, of .! the last life,
and only then upon the legatee attaining the age
of twenty-one, with survivorship to his next rela-
tive in case of his death during minority. There-
upon every member of the family with Any pros-
pect of ultimate legateeship would have a • direct
personal and pecuniary interest in the death of
all the others. This case may be considered as
an extreme one. But, practically, the principle of it
is to be found in wills proved every day at the Probe
Court. Rich men dying have a strange propensity to
hold their property to the last grip for years after
death. The French law wisely limits this power. The
Code Napol6on allows a testator only to dispose of a
portion of his goods. The residue must be divided
among his family, according to a law akin to our
Statute of Distribution. It" is an unrighteous thing
that a dead man should have the power of so main-
taining his hold Upon the goods of this world as to
render it to the advantage of any one living person
that another should die before him. It is worse when,
a whole group of his town e ants are thus'
antagonized, and yet "this is an accident of hourly '
• ?
proof.". "‘ "

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i N'S ACT.
With regard to
ion the work of
t 14,000 schools,
do this by any
is of a factory
,ion of schools.
Itation of the
'.: schoolboys
nominallists of
-„ht be made
.t they might
e liits, corn-
is of atten-
s, and that
residenciesnf
police, apply
tey would have
r with several
alleging cases
E the infected
with several
rousers,' with
rited at home
of complaints
whers. After
or would have
tt,i'e to apply
sions. This
ards do, just
of Factories-
e One laughed
Ctors'Of MA-,
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at twenty or
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ny idle boys,'
.t about their
supposition
I hardened to
stic mothers.
If prosecutor
Won to his
tists. The •
not go to
, thereabout
3NWICH;
sr advetbfure
ented by Mr.
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for a swim
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occasion:- •
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Ire of the
in a very
jest swim-
flags, was
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7 the .time
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AGRICULTURAL :OHILDII
"B. 0. T." writes to The Timer:—
Mr. Pell's proposal to employ eiffit mE
keeping children to their lessons idikkot
let me remark that they could not
process at all similar to the operat'
inspector—that is, by personal inspi
Much less could they compass the
farms and the cottages in which the
would lurk. It is just conceivable that
all rustic children, with dates of birth,
out and sent to the inspectois, Mill th
once a quarter get through the,
paring them with nominal '.retur
dances sent by the schoolmaste]
after thus ascertaining the names am
the defaulters they might, through th(
for excuses and examine them. Then t
to verify them. Imagine an Inspect,
hundred certificates before him at one
of fever as reasons for the children
neighbourhoods missing their lessons,
thousand pleas of 'no shoes' or 'no 1
still more numerous allegations of wa
because mother was ill,' and a sprinkling
against the school-masters and pupil-tel
sifting all these statements, the Inspect
to deal with the residuum. He would
for summonses, and attend Petty Se
is what the officers of urban School B
as it is with conscientious Inspectors
trying to enforce the Workshop Act. Son
when Mr. Dodson mentioned the insi
sauces. Now, an inspector of nuisam
sanitary district has to look after - aboi
thirty" parishes. Ai he goes -about m
and middens he can hardly help seeing a
and it is easy for him to inquire and repo
.reasons for not being -at school.' By th
he is active, courageous, businesslike, an,
Pis whimpering and the insolence of n
itt3 must . also be. used to the attitude
Petty Sessions. A very modest adi
pay would set him at the _village obscun
drawback is that the nuisanca maa d,p4
fa'-houses, and it is, perhaps, there
that his livegame would be strictly piesar

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-GE 1 --OBSERVER
i ili.itillth Lal . . - - •di 157
lot AI The children Located in:l3 azloy's Barn,, in.ighich,
there are no conveniences' fo lighting a fire, " have
litiffered agoild'deal from the cpd dining the. day time:
On, fine days they play about M the road opposite the
-building. Their clothing and personal cleanliness are
well looked after, and they. are fairly fed though they
istailirAiry bread and tea without milk. A good deal
,of. singing' goes on in the barn, in 'which the young
.
,onesrtakepart..L The Shakers' singing is Very melo-
dious. The community appear to have lost f avour among
the neigliourhing farmers and cottagers. The sight of
so many people about with nothing to do is antagonistic
to . then! • notions. The male Shakers are willing to.
work for nothing to oblige residents in Hordle, but
they - will take no money., :They will not work aik,;
• servants :to anybody; they Will work, they say, only"
for their conainunity., ; They:, c work very well as
shoemakers gardeneris; &c.7-,-u derstand the pruning
ca
5n
trees, and are excellent heda g and ditchers. The
hedges and ditches about New Forest Lodge are ex-
ceedingly well made. An , employ.ed 'Shaker has. no.
objection to some good meals during the day, but he
will not take money for his work ; he is the Lordit
servant, and servant to the contmunity.'! . . .!1101. -
. - bivu
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which no "boat' could live,
awimmer could make his wa;
impervious to cold, and provi
ineans of progression in his pad
able or unable to swim would
',the wildest sea, 'Every vessel sl
£Ol these dresses; every seasidi
.and life-boat station should Ix
They would be the means of ,
The trial on Saturday was in le
factory; it showed that persons
in the use of the apparatus, an
yet perfectly at home and co
were able to make considerable
andi t showed too that the tem
has no effect whatever upon t
dresses, and that the vital heat
after a considerable time spent i
freezing point. Captain Boyton
Brighton or Dover upon the occ
Late to exhibit the ease with vehi
614 1 surf. .11e d ilikewise inten
0 'Calais. The invention is well
of all SbiPoWnertf and of all inter
fhb at sea. • '

FROM WESTMINSTER TO GRE
The Evening Standard thus describes anoth
to test the usefulness of the life-saving dress ml
Merriman, with improvements by Captain Boyt
A less desirable day than Saturday last
between Westminster and Greenwich c(
have been chosen: the sky was gray,
showers of sleet Swept across the water, a
searched one to the bone, while a long st
/cold weather had reduced the temperat
When,that
therefore,
ew i m
water to a point which would have sufficed
a Ntou
,few minutes to numb the frame of the harmer .
ae
swimmers were steamer,
ay with gte
m about seen
d tht four en lying at Westminster Pier, and a run
reenwich, a crowd rapidly gathered, and
the start took place the footway of We
I was closely packed, while a very large na
tors thronged the Embankment as far a
rowing boats pushed off from the wharves on
side and gathered round the steamer; 'busses
they crossed the bridge to give their outside
at what was going on and a stranger would
posed that the struggle for Doggett's Coat r
was upon the point of commencing. At aqu
two three gentlemen in dresses resembling ;
diver, but without the helmet, made their a)
upon the landing stage, and getting into a
were rowed out into the middle of the strea
were Captain Boyton, Mr. Willis, F.C.S.,
tenant Morgan, RN.; another gentleman la
have made one of the party did not arrive
The dresses—the invention of Mr. Merril]]
many improvements introduced by Captain
the result of much experience with the apr
the heavy seas which beat on the New Jer
—have been already described in these cob
was in one of these that Captain Boyton, afte
off the Cunard steamer, in a dark and tern
night, reached the coast of Ireland after bell
hours in the water. We need, therefore, only
they consist of an indiarubber suit, with sevel
partments for air; that the head-piece comes (
head to the eyebrows, and resembles in appet
lady's hood, and that in this hood, behind th
are air cushions, which support toe head, and
ing it forward enable the swimmer to lie on I
as if on a sofa, and to look around without the
which an ordinary swimmer would exponent
the efforts of keeping his bead lifted. That I
Boyton, after his feats in the Atlantic' wont
nothing of floating from Westminster to Grei
was a matter of course ; but the gentlem
accompanied him were both ignorant of the
I swimming—one had never had the dress on
the other had only had one trial of it hit
minutes. They were accompanied by a
mhich towed a small zinc buoy, to which v
a little staff with an American flag. This
hold a certain quantity of provisions, in addit
the supply carried in a waterproof compartr
the dress itself, while the flag would act as a -"
passing ships. A small india rubber boat w.
towed along by them; in this were placed.
and other apparatus. It was quite half-past
ethe party got on board. It was at once eel(
4they had abundant buoyancy, for when ifi a st.
;position they floated with their shoulders
, above water. This attitude, however, was
assumed at times by way of change, as the
nary attitude was lying on the back, the
being kept well up as on a pillow, and
being effected feet forward by means of a i
worked as in a canoe. The head, like
the body, is kept perfectly dry, the hood _
to the face along the forehead, down the cht
acros- the chin. Surrounded by a considerable
of boats the party proceeded down :Area& ; ThE
novices were soon perfectly at home in their novel
position, and plied their paddles vigorousbi.i -Shy-
times Captain Boyton let off rockets andlim
candles as signals; at other times blew a horn aele
emitted a loud deep sound like asteanier's fog whistle
When the party bad paised London Bridge and Were
fairly in the Pool they excited great.interest among
• the seamen on the long tiers of shipping. Work of
all kind was knocked off, and the men ran tci the
bulwarks, where in many cases they cheerer'
lustily as the swimmers went past. From eyer
wharf and landing boats came out with wAte,
men and others anxious to examine the apparat,
which thus enabled mep to remain in water of a col
ness which would- speedily exhaust men provie
with ordinary life saving belts. This, in fact, is
grand advantage of Captain Boyton's apparatus.'
person is enabled to stay in the water tor days
fact, as long as his provisions will hold out, wit'
any diminution of vital warmth. In an or
life belt men die in a short time from the coldnesS
of
the water. In Captain Boyton's clothing the water
never comes in contact with the body in any *ay,
and_befstre starting-Mre tested.th4l-lititr
lt his
body; and upon again testing it when he emerged
from the water at Greenwich after a swim of
two hours and fifteen minutes found the tempera-
ture exactly the same that it was at starting.
Upon the way the swimmers refreshed themselves
with liquor from a bottle, partook of lunch, tin
plates and mugs being fastened to the buoy, carried
lines from the steamer to barges, and in various ways
demonstrated the uses to which the invention could be
applied. These uses will at once occur to all who read
this description but the greatest of all its advantages
appears to us to be the facility with which a person
provided with one of these dresses could carry a line
from a ship to shore, or rice et s, r through a sea in

come .
animal,

,
If the agreement is .
, not only will acts of I The Duc d'Aumale has 'suppressed a newspaper
most terrible cruelty to ..is be prevented, but a published in the district under his command for printing a
great commercial industry will be saved from destruc- I lampoon calculated to create a bad feeling between France
tion. In the Zoological Gardens there is a bladder- and her neighbours—that is, Germany.
nosed seal come to plead for his friends and relatives Fourteen of the Chinese convicts in the Criminal
in Jan Mayan. Captain Gcaught
Goal at Singapore have been found, at an inquest, guilty of
ray, him by spread.
murder in connection with the outbreak at the prison in
ing a sail on the ice; when the beast crossed the sail -which the superintendent, Mr. Digby Dent, was killed.
to get to the water the sailors ran up. and rolled-him - - Cat linal Cullen has issued a pastoral on the efficacy
up in the sail. He is called bladdennosed because of
of
his being enabled to inflate his nostrils to.nearly the s prayer, and urges, as an example; the devotional spirit of
t. Pa trick. He asks his flock to pray for the welfare of
size of a hat when ai he s angry. • ~,,i
. . , Jreland, and the downfall everywhere of infidelity and
In my fish museum at South Kensington there are revolutionaryism. -
skins of all four varieties of Arctic -seals, as well as The birth of a white elephant is announced to have
casts of other species ; also a specimen of a seal club or
tlewhKoinargse.olifireLluniay to Taal:lll6de asiagmoodarseum for the
occurred 'at 'Rangoon. The. mother is the property of a
poll-axe, by which'the work of 'destruction is _carried
on. It has a long- handle, because' 'Theilld 4sals bitia ,
Ictiantrigo°siry, iliirsm. said to be
bidding against each other for it.
sharp.. . ,
.„-i. p A gold watch' has just been presented by the Ad-
I tinst. these few words will induce the 'public ,t 0 • . amity to IL Senee, a* french official at alignelon, together
support the action which members of Parliament are -with a sum of money to be distributed amongst some fisher-
now taking to procure a close time for seals. Captain men of the island, as a mark of their lordships' appreciation
Gray starts from Peterhead to-day (the 6th March) fo of the kind treatment accorded to the crew of H.M.S. Niobe
the fishing. I have supplied him with copies of a when wrecked on that coast. The Governor has already been
P-
resented by our Government with a piece of plate. .
paper I have published, urging the masters of sailing
vessels, although there is no International close time A contradiction is given to the report telegraphed
as yet agreed on for 1875, not to begin killing the from the Calcutta Eriglishmart, to the effect that the English
parent or the baby seals before the 3rd of April at regiments in India had received orders to hold themselves
in immediate readiness for active service.
earliest. Captain Gray has kindly promised, if pos- The Prussian Minister of Public Instruction ha
Bible, to catch alive a young walrus for the Zoological decided that no child can henceforth be allowed to cease
Society. We do not want a close time for the walrus attendance at school without being able to read and write,
Or ,for the whales; the whales are getting more artful even though he may have reached the age of fourteen.
every year. A special dispatch to the Hill, York Herald, from
•4, Old Palace-yard. Westminster March 6. , ; see.
Ali 6hartoum, announces that the King of Durfour, with his
... .
----. family, had arrived there on his way to Cairo. He has
with him seventeen horses for a present to the Khedive.
CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS. The number of licenses for male servants in the
United Kingdom was further reduced in the year ended the
Yankee paper announces the death of a lady eele-. wliasitteorsf aDoedceomthbeerr, 1873, in consequence of the duty on
A servants at hotels being repealed from the
brated for the "purity of her character and complexion." -Ist of January, 1874. The duty in the year ended the 31st of
A Californian paper, in describing a row among the December, 1873, was £202,495.
Chinamen, says that they "use iron bars and other sedatives With reference to the projected Exhibition at Phila.
freely." delphia, it is announced that the American Executive has
A number of Alma (Wis.) sportsman who chartered.- has requested that a representative of the British Govern"
a steamboat to go hunting returned with just one snipe ! ment might be stationed at Philadelphia, and that the Lord
President of the Council has appointed as official delegate
A Nashville paper says that an Insurance Company
is "out" nearly 36,000 dols. on account of accurate pistol Colonel Herbert Sandford, It A., who was employed in
the Exhibition of .1862 Colonel Sandford will in the course
practice in Tennessee within the last fifteen months. ' of the summer accompany Mr. Owen, the Executive Corn-
Pretty girls, are employed to take up the collections missioner, to America, and will take up his quarters in
in a Springfield church, and the receipts are very heavy. Philadelphia for the purpose of attending to the interests of
Over all ballroom doors should be inscribed: "Look the British Commission and exhibitors when Mr. Owen re-
out for the train turns to this country.
,
A writer on dresili Anthony Tripp is certainly an odd person. He
sys :—" Short and podgy women now nearly eighty years of age and resides near Albion
wear ,
ought not to we belts." What's the use of giving advice
Orleans county, New York. He lives within a mile and a half
in that way? There isn't a woman in the world who would
of the Niagara Falls Railroad, yet he has never seen it, nor
admit, even to herself, that she was short and podgy,
the locomotive, whose whistle he has heard daily • he has
A Wisconsin editor's reasons for preferring Mat, dwelt by himself, doing all his own household work. For
Carpenter to all other men :—" We like, the way Carpenter many years no woman has crossed his threshold, and, indeed,
has of wearing his hair, and of letting his shirt boil out be. few men. If a women approaches his premises, he would bar
tween his vest and pantaloons, a feat not easily accom. the doors and take refuge in the cellar. With men he would
plished." hold no intercourse except when absolutely necessary or
It is now boldly denied that men who wear long unavoidable.
hair are possessed of any more talent than men who have The longevity of the Russians is extraordinary.
it nipped close, One man, born in 1760, has just died. He was six feet five
A sweet poetess says that "kisses on her brow are inches in height, and possessed of colossal strength, which
the richest jewels her soul aspires to wear." A careful he retained until his death, occasioned
his
a fall. Another
bachelor says, "It won't do." man, born in the same year, still enjoys is full faculties and
strength; and amongst the hotabilities of the Court are to
The Marriage Service, in the opinion of a 'Western be found many octogenarians, and one lady, a nonogenarian,
paper, should be changed to read, Who dares take this' who reads' without spectacles, and-walks-without a stick.
woman? And the groom shall answer, "I dare."
The Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday re-
A new style of obituary item has been invented.
first sample :—" Francis Bohle, of New Yorke- ceived a deputation, who wished to increase the amount
Here is the
third-storey window." allowed by the Friendly Societies Bill for the insurance of
children from £3 to £6. They urged that the larger amount
Two New York assemblymen were walking down was necessary in order to enable parents to provide mourning
State-street, in Albany, after the passage of a certain bill. and defray expenses in addition to the mere cost of burial,
"I feel," said one of them, "as if I deserved to be kicked and they argued that such a restriction was a slur upon the
for voting for that bill." his friend replied, "That's just working classes. Sir Stafford Northcote pointed out the
the way I feel myself; let's go up this alley and kick each difficulties in the way of acceding to this request, but ex-
other." pressed his willingness to receive any further suggestions on
An American philosopher says, "No lives are the subject.
A re e ed attempt will be made to bring to Eng-
passed without errors. The best kritnrs can, without a great
stretch of memory, recall the time when they got hold of the
, Tong end of the poker." to that of Luxor, which makes so ne
land new
Cleopatra:a Needle,"fithe caomshp.awniounpoobneltiere
pronetsTh In
dear Place de la Concorde, in Paris. Mahomed Ali gave these
There is a Connecticut widower who declares that two
nothing reminds him of his poor de wife se much as to live
within earshot of a saw mill. Frenchblirsokusgthottahwe
aFyretnhcehirangudt
gift; but
htheGoovthernermlieesn
the sand, and England has never found either time, money,
General Trumbull is looking for the proof-reader of or inclination to bring it away. It is 65 feet long, beauti-
a certain Western paper. The general was announced to fully proportioned, and covered' with. hieroglyphics; and
deliver a lecture on "Irish Prates," when it should have would certainly be a most conspicuous and novel monument
been "Irish Parties." .)21..i C 1 : upon the Thames Embankment, where a site is ready for it.
A Western editor's statement, "We are living at "Sir Richard Wallace has endowed Paris with free
this moment under absolute despotism," is attributed by drinkieg fountains ; another philanthropist has conferred on
his contemporaries to the fact of his having lately been the city a boon also very valuable, that of placing an India-
married. rubber tube with a gas fitting in the lintel of a shop door, by
which smokers can light pipe or cigar; depending from this
iv. -reel tut. (41 1 tube is a plate, ammuncing an outfitting establishment,
'EPITOME OF NEWS., which you cannot but read as you employ the light. A hatter
has subsidised bakers to stamp his address on rolls. Beyond
S. these there is nothing new in advertisements."--Court
BRITISH AND FOREIGN c Journal
At the 44th annual meeting of the Royal 'United
• Service Institution, held in London on Saturday, the first
of the annual gold medals to be given for the best essay on
a professional, Subject, to be chosen by the council, was
awarded to Captain H. W. lime, R.A., whose essay was
adjudged to be the best out ot 79 sent in on the subject of
"The best Mode of providing Recruits and forming Reserves
for the British Army, taking into consideration its varied
duties in Peace and War." Mr. Gathorne Hardy was to
have occupied the chair, but being suddenly summoned to a
bCraobkineeatbClyn Ofinuceidl,Xepia llcneder Secretary of State, Lord Pem-
- Her Majesty held a Court-at Buckingham Palace,
on Monday, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of
Edinburgh, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Beatrice,
the Duke of Cambridge, and the Duke of Teck, being present.
A guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards was on duty,
but by special command of the Queen, and as a mark of re-
spect to the late Sir Arthur Helps, the band did not play.

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Science in Sweden has suffered a serious loss in the
death of Professor Sundevall, the zoologist.
There was a decrease in the duty on armorial
bearings on carriages in the year ended the 31st of December
last compared with the preceding year. In the last year given
the duty realized £42,388.
Vendors of photographs in Paris and the principal
towns have been officially ordered to remove portraits of the
Prince Imperial from their shop windows.
There was a considerable decrease in the. Excise
duty in the year ended the 31st of March last on chicory. In
1873 the net receipt was £6,647, and in 1374, £5,145.
It is stated that three millions of copies of Messrs.
Moody and Sankey's hymnal Are, being printed for their
London mission. ••:b' .tar .at '
At a meeting held on heffield, the
native town of Sir Sterndale Benn hsider the ques-
tion of erecting a monument to i decided that it
should take the form of a bust, to with a suitable
.inscription in the Cutlers' Hall will be about 204-
guineas, much of which has sire. übscribed.
The following is a list of the and number of
passengers forwarded to New Zeals he Agent-General
for that colony during the months tart and February
last :—Cicero, for Canterbury with uls ; Wennington,
for Otago, 132; Hindostan, for W 190; Dunedin,
for Aneiris,,,, 'cry, 192—total,
Mr. W. Hepworth Dixon ..gst the }..—
gers per White Star steam.., tic, which arrived in the
Mersey on Tuesday from Newl
A melancholy accident is annonr" from Sydney.
The Hon. William M. Arnold. S a the Legislative
Assembly of .New 'South ' drowned in the
recent floods of the River
In one of our Southern taria (says the Madras
Mail) during the Christmas holidays, the resident missionary
sent his watch round one Sunday with a list of the names of
the parties who were to see it to rs be theiri. own watches,
so as to ensure punctuality in cht- ' Three strange gentle-
men, mistaking the worthy pan .neaning, and prompted
by the charity peculiar to the a, put their names in the
list for "two tickets each," and added a memorandum
asking when "the raffle would off." The missionary's
horror on receiving back the be better imagined than
described.
A sum o. f £19,811 has been mid to a treasurer of
the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, of the bequest
of the late Mr. Thomas Grindlay. is anticipated
will ultimately anieunt to about une of the new
awards in the infirmary will be call _... io indlay Ward."
ti) MillriViait will ask 'the. First he Treasury
Tuesdai, next whether it is the her Majesty's
Government to demand the y :perpetrators
of the treacherous massacre margary and his five
servants at Manwine while er her Majesty's consular
service ; and whether he has any objection to state what
directions, if any, have been given on the subject.
An experiment, full of in b to the working men
of Liverpool, is about to be tr, as the neighbourhood of
north and south docks. It is the establishment of dining-halls
for the benefit of the working men, where they can get whole-
some food at the lowest possible price, and in which, too.
they can have the food which their wives bring them warmed-
and can then partake of it in con .
Lieutenant Cameron's account of his discovery of an
outlet in the Southern part of Lake Tanganyika was read by
Mr. Clements Markham at Monday night's meeting of the
Royal Geographical Society. The outflow he had found in
the River Lukuga, but he had not ascertained, at the
time when he wrote, whether it was permsint.. or only
temporary. •
The Cologne Gazette, commenting cn the prohibition
of the export of horses from mentions that at the
-end of last year the Spanisn uovernment, wanting horses
for its light cavalry, inquired at Berlin whetheethere was
any obstacle to the purchase of them in Germany. An
answer was returned in the negative; but it appears that
prices ruled very high, and the purchases were, therefore,
made in Hungary, Ireland, and Morocco. It is stated that
in 1872 69,267 horses were imported into Germany, and
60,819, in 1873, while during those two years 54,934 were ex-
ported, so that if other countries followed the example of
prohibition Germany would be the loser.
The gydney Morning Herald of January 16 says
that the revenue of New South Wales last year exceeded the
estimates by £340,000. The total receipts were £3,514,314,
or an increase of £183,400 on the previous year. From the
public lands alone the receipts were £1,426,166. The Herald
says that with a full Treasury, commercial prosperity and
full employment at high wages for artisans and labor
the future looks bright. No part of the British
considers offers greater Inducements, especially to
ing classes, than New South Wales.
The death is announce dof Dr. John Edward Gra
naturalist, of the British Museum. Ile died early on S
morning, aged seventy-five years. Dr. Gray had very re
resigned his appointment at the Museum. He pub
nearly 130 independent works in the branch of scie
which he devoted his life, the lint of which was issl
1828, and did much to improve the zoological collecti
the British Museum. •
The Magnet says that agricultural p
In the main satisfactory. The appearance of
sown grain is very favourable, an adverse report
the exception. Drier weather is, however, now
spring sowing. In low-lying districts the
thoroughly saturated that its preparation for re
has beeetrre a matter of some difficulty; still, a
of dry weather would restore affairs to their form
condition. •
"An aspiring young author sent a very bulky MS.,
containing the making of four or five ordinary novel volumes,
to an editor n short time since; with the modest request that
he would read it and make his comments thereon—in all
about a fortnight hald work. lie was afterwards to send
. word to the said young author what he thunght the 318. to
,be worth, .and whether he would use it. The editor's' reply
as to the worth of the MS. was three-Irdfpence per pound.'
Court Journal.
t At a special meeting of the Birmingham Town
)Council on Tuesday, a letter was read from Mr. Joseph
.iehamberlain, who is now in the South of France, tendering
his re:ignation of theauaycralty, to which he has been twice
-elected, on the ground of the, altered conditioos of his life
since the recent death of his Wife, and the impossibility in
which he finds himself of fulfilling any longer all *the duties
of the office, and especially tlrose of a social and public
'character. A reidlution was unanimously passed expressing
sympathy with the Mayor and requesting that his ;esigna-
tiohniight not be pressed. „:-t. .w •
The receipts on account of re'Venue from the Ist
April, 1874; when there was a balance of £7,412,854, to the
6th instant were £68,864,171, 'against £70,464,893 in the cor-
responding period of the preceding financial 'year, which
began with a balance of £11,092,705. The net expenditure
was £68,054,976,' against £70,100,514 to the same date in the
previous year. The Treasury balances on the 6th instant
amounted to £5,811,932, and at the same date in 1874 to
£7,401,30. -•
A shocking suicide occurred in Washington on the
17th ult. A man jumped from a gallery near the top of the
dome of the Federal Capitol building, and struck head foi e-
most upon the roof 190 feet below. Where his head struck
the copper of the roof was indented for several inches, and
every bone of the body above the knees was broken into
splinters, the head and face being an unrecognizable mass.
.The man- was- a young .mechanic, out of work, who
to the Cnpi
Tswned: ogastthi; the tiorning,;and,' going
o beg, had been warned by a policeman not to ask alms in
the building. Being depressed in spirits, he determined
upon this frightful method of ending his life.
The trial of Richard Coates, the artilleryman, for
the murder of a little girl, the daughter of a comrade, at
the Purfleet Barracks, was brought to a conclusion at Chelms-
ford Assizes on Monday, having occupied the Court three
days. It ended in the prisoner being found guilty and sen-
tenced to death. His counsel argued that there was an en-
tire absence of direct testimony, but the Lord Chief Justice
told the jury he regarded the evidence as very strong in
support of the theory of the prosecution. After the verdict
the prisoner asserted that he was not guilty, adding, "But
if I am to die, God's will be done," and having shaken hands
with his comrades, he asked one of them to tell his father
and mother that he was not afraid to die, and that he should
die as a soldier ought.

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It -s• i• -17 PS'7.4l.:•r- AIARK-LANE.-110NPAY.
The grain trade at Mark-lane has been very quiet, the
attendance being only moderate. ,The supply ,of English
' wheat was limited. There has been want ;of animation in
the demand for all qualities at about late rates. Foreign
wheat, of which a moderate supply was on the stands, has
sold slowly, but at full prices. Foreign barley rather more
plentiful, and the supply of English moderate. Fine de-
scriptions firm in value, other kinds drooping. Malt quiet
and unaltered. With oats, both English and foreign, the
market has been rather sparingly supplied. The trade ruled
firm; and the prices realised are Gd. per qUarter dearer than
on Monday last: Maize quietly dealt in at previous quota-
tions. Beans and peas were held for full prices, with a quiet
demand. The Rot marke.thas
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The grain 'trade at. Mark-lane to-day has been very quiet,
businesd being Clikked by the fine weather. English wheat
in short supply, nevertheless the demand ruled heavy, at
late rates: Foreign *heat, of which a fair supply has been
on offer, sold freely at previous currencies. The market has
been moderately supplied with barley, and the demand was
quiet, at about late rates. Malt sold on former terms.
English oats scarce, and foreign only in. moderate supply.
The inquiry less active, but prices have ruled firm. Maize
chill, and drooping in value. Beans and peas in short re-
quest, at previous currencies. The flour market was inac-
tive, and without any feature. Arrivals of grafn.-English
and Scotch: Wheat, 380 ; barley, 320; malt, 160 ; oats, 60.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.7---40NDAY.
A quiet tone has pervaded the cattle trade to-say. The
supplies offering were tolerably good. and more than suffi-
cient for requirements, hence this market ruled heavy. From
our OWII grazing districts the receipts of beasts Veete,about an
average. For prime breeds a moderate:inquiry.prevailed at
about late rates, but inferior beasts have hunit-pirhand and
drooped in value. The top price for the best Scots and
crosses was ss. 10d. to Cs. per ED. From Norfolk, Suffolk,
Essex, and Cambridgeshire we have rdceived about 1,800,
from other 'parts of England about 250, from Scotland 81,
and from Ireland 100 head. The foreign side of the market
was moderately supplied with beasts, including about 250
Dutch, 80 Spanish, and 200 Danish The demand was inactive,
- at about late rater. A fair show of sheep in the pens. Through-
out the trade has been dull, sales progressing slowly, at 2d.
per 81b. reduction. The best Downs and half-breds changed
hands at 6s. 6d. to 6s. Bd. per 81b. 'Calves in fair supply, and
with a dull trade have fallen 4d. per'Blb. Pigs neglected. At
Deptford there has been 255 German, and 140 French beasts.
Coarse and inferior beasts, Ss. 6d. to 4s. 2d. second: quality
ditto, 4s. al. to ss. ; prime large oxen ss. 2d. to ss. 6d. ; prime
Scots, is. Bd. to Cs. ; coarse and inferior sheep, 48. Bd. to 65. -
Second quality ditto, ss. 20. to 55. 6d. ; prime coarse-woolled,
55.100. to 6s. 2d. •, prime Southdowns, 6s. 44. to 6a. 6d. ; large
coarse calves, 65..t0 is. Sd. ; prime small ditto, is. 10d. to
Cs. 6,1. ; large hogs, 4s. to 4s. 4d. ; small porkers, 4s. Bd. to se.
Total supply :-Beasts, 2,950; sheep and lambs, 25,300 ; calves,
80; pigs, 15. Foreign: Beasts, 600; sheep and lambs, 11,450;
calves, 40.
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKEL-MONDAY.
A moderate supply of meat was on sale here to-day. The
weather having changed, the trade was very slow, and prices
had a downward tendency :-Inferior beef. 3s. 4d. to 4s. Od.
middling ditto, 4s. to 4. 4d. ; prime large ditto, 4s. 6d. to
is. ; prime small ditto, ss. Od. to is. 4d. • veal, 4s. 40. to ss.-
inferior mutton, Ss. Bd. to 4s. 4d. ; middling ditto; 4s. 6d. te
4s. Bd. ; prime ditto, 4s. 10d. to bs. 2d. ; large pork, 3s. Bd. to
4s. Od. ; small pork, 4s. fid. to is. per 81b. by the carcass.
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