The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-01 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AHD FOREIGN.

A jonnial in Medea= "listens" with an attentive,
"eye" to sli M. Thhes tap.

Tt e Excise duty on horse deal. ra in the yexr ended
the 31st of March we £10,925.

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The gross receipts from the Crown Land; in the
year ended the 31st March Lit were £458.9 39. 41

The anniversary dinner of the battle f,f Brealhehib
was hrld in London nut Saturday night at Willie. Rooms
By the new law pier proinulgat ed, the Italian army
on it peatx ootb,g ia to number 214,000 men.

A ten days' strike am..ns 'the Leicestershire colliers
with respect to ttn cergirir g clause lu the Mints geoilutton
Act hse b-an sett led try err pi,eliee. The In portal to was
sub...rimier:l ter the old colliery ton of 21 to 25 cwt., olt non.
shun of the met 4 ace•-ptlog a reduction of 4.1. to 3i. per Stit
Oa Wednesday morning thsre was not a sinF In psi.
Sorer in custody in the court; ea ..1 of Anglesey and Bean-
marls, an occurrence nor known, within memory. The Keine
were thrown open and a whits dig hul.red. Thee county,
thur,h it haa a population of 62,000. also boasts that out),
one prise net, who IMB c,)MMltted LT • miring Wt..; hes
been lu this gaol ter the 1 art fort Light,
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Profeeso; Balky recently ercembd from the f air
grounds at Wapallo, lowa, with • hot-air balloon, hanging
by LIA hands to • evoubar beneath. Just as tae hallo n
started it took lire near the mouth, mut Balmy apparent,
did not notice the fire until he ql s too 1.41 e to lit go with
safety. but hung on an II he laid reachal an altitude of
1,200 or 1,500 feot, when the canvas that held the hoop from
which he was ausoended burned oft and he fell, reaching the
earth. quieter of • mile from the point of grating. His
body VI. frightfully mangl..d, and his lags were driven Into
the hard ground up to his knees.
Memorials from different grades of the rai:way Ber-
retta of the Ore.t N.otherli Railway Company here &mu
prepared Is• presentation to the director.. The object, of
e memorials are to obtain shorter hours of labour and •
lazgiv amount of pay. A general advance of 3.. per Week
is cited by thosa who do te hard wont of the line, and
gut their wages rosy he pod no kiy fnetead of fu toightly.
The inspectors on the U. are seeking an advance of 51
nor waek Pie goods guards not that the day'. w..rk
Should comfit of ten h ...r•, all time worked beyond that
to be paid for as overtime Post class of intr.., servants
amongst whoa, tho groat at amount of mortah.y, tornogn
• 00 ,11',, occur., ael • for a shot tor term . I work—viz,,l4lA
hours per day—that is at Esti.' where there Is • cane
Unmans proms of s Lund. g going on.
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Sr Henry Holland died on Tuesday ni;ht, in con.
sequence of sc,ld •hich he caught in returning frm Park.
Sir ri,orr had just completed he ghty•htth ye4r. lie ..tlt.
educa:ed for he med col prole.. so as to 11.tiverdtles of
GI •sgow bud If luburgt•, sod gr ,cuot4d as M o: 1314 tr
IlUlgrere't) .11 1811. Free at tail, age to weba Rre*l travel-
ler, and to thbt tray um many notable oC tees tbst norr form
portions of history, an , made the actin latga ca o numerous
distiosuirhed per-ons of veirlotl• C mottles. He wee appoint.!
Physt,dan to Ordinary to Prince Abort Is 1810, cod Poyolcian
no Ordinary to the Q lenu to 1652. 8, 1:14.1,ry was twice
married ; the bero,etcy deeonuds to hi. son by his first
wife, Mr. Henry Thurston Holland, at peewit Asalstent
truddr-thatelsif ot Nate tar Is Wades,

"What does that look like?" inked a proud athlete,
holding out his brawny hand. " That," replied the ocher,
• looks as though you were out of snap."

An Amenc m paper 'peaks of a hollow sycamore
near RSing Ben, Indlene, more then 20 feet in diameter et
the base, end correapoudiagly
The American mint is making large quantities o
coin, owing to the expected resumption of thenie payments
Th. Crown Priucees of Germany will repreeent
Que.o 3/I.4nri• at the to .reiege of the Duke Of Ittubur,b
with the Grant Duchess Wale

In addition to the /damp duty on patent medicin
the Etc's,/ duty Cu aredldne undoes was tut year
£7,2P11 16g.
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Brighton has eltablished a new club ax a xearii,le
horn. for members of other clubs when they visit the Lane
Calif

The Emperor cf Austria has openul. with great
,rentony, the new condi& which ill a., napply the city ot
Vienna with water Low the Alta.
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Ma-k Twain eays Ids countrymen. the Sandwich
Islend.rs, aleuencrally us nulet.ered es the back Ws of •
tombutoue.

The LRIV newer thinks that In view of the approach-
ing eI ec tiuns, .li:icon, as a ih.dy, should soleavoar to secure
more strew. represeutation.
At the weetir g of the Liverpool `ichoel Riard it has
been decidel to ihtruduce the lowbel CLdergarten system
htto all toe Board's Infant school.

Californian theatrical managers carry realism to such
an extol: that recent ly at a 6to Fr .nolseo teat, curing
the pt rtortuance of • piece, The Sea of Joe, a cermet of eold
air who let Into the auditorium to enable the spectators to
realhe the 11101MatiOn of the Acton.

"Wanted, a good general servant, who can neither
read nor write, nor be able to do tatting, crochet, or embroi-
dery," is a form of advertisement which appeared the other
day in one of our London contemporaries.
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There has been a great deal of talk about the latga
fortune, which, as is eIl knOWO, the late Sir Edwin Land.
goer accumulated. Notwithstanding that he lived well, If
unostentatiously, it Is fully expected that the personalty of
the &ceased artist will 1411,11116 to at lead £160,000.

A Scotch miner was recenCy explaining to a
Ilttte girl the meaning of the word " cuticle." " What It
ttutt all over my face nod handa ' said he. "dIV. freckles/
alt, anewered the cherub.

A Paris paper, the Avenir National, published an
article n Saturday headed " isri with C wanbord." The
uunider was sinviu by the Government, but nutmitil t had
had an lamerate, kale.

A Freiohmau protease to have discovered, by ex-
perhoent upo himself, thst cofhe taken upon mi empty
skemsch renders the Ballot abnormally clear aud the temper
uouaturAl bed.

A well-known Parieian litlirateur, very ehorksightel,
read recently for two hour. one of hie works to a tree on
the liou'evarrle. turstwittlg it for one of him Morita that he
ancouutered to the fog, nut who bolted after the opening
chapter.

The German war treasury, which must always be
clinp,sed .1 1. rty nAlaa theism Li coin, wilL be oeposited
In the Julam tower of the citadel ‘.l gemuisu bothli gen
be initird to, or token from it, without the consent of the Im-
perial Chancellor.

A cr iwilcd meeting was held in Lordon on Monday
!Veiling, o radeay As employed at the Nine klm.
icW de station of the South Weitern Railway to dlacutt their
grlevancts, md a memorial to the directors Iwrn eitneral
am Poration of their condition worn adopted by the men.

A respectable dressed man entered the shop of Mr.
ELbrin Smith, jeweller, Birmingham, on Monday night, cod
asked to be known some watchm. While the watcoas were
lying on the counter hit threw a handful of muff In Mr.
Smith's face, completely hitocll4 him for some minute., and
got glean away with tits Spoil.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges as
"Como!cues Money" Mae Ti slot of tale second hale., of
bankmotes autbuuttng to EMSO from "A 11, ot the second
halt ot • L 6 oose from 'U. R.," and of Al 5 in notea sent
anonymously tor 'Loom° Tax.

The Chamber of dirrietagure Journal announces that
the malt tax, or rstlitr the action to be taken with reference
to it. repeal, redaction, or triunforence to beer, will be the
chief matter for I,tnel&retlon at the meeting of the central
coancli on Tuesday next.

The Australian papers announce the death of Mr.
Wei-lard Tattersall, who has for some years past acted as
judge at the race meetings on the Melbourne o. arse. Mr
tattersall (tae detour eais) was • nephew of the well-known
hone salesman of the same name Is London.

Father Hyacinthe and two other corSa who have
Jowei him 111 the Old Catholic movement, were installed cw
Sunday at Geneva, in the peewees of an Immense crowd. In
his ...rmon he spoke of toe ralattona betwaen Church and
state.

As a grand funeral procession was naming through
Deanktreet, Dublin, an Engllan gentlemen aaked a satlve
whn wu dead. " I can't exactly lay. slr," was the reply,
n nut I presume We the ilatierou in the coffin."

Now that the diamond fields of SJuth Africa are be-
coming it orsed out, a us w source of wealth has unexpectedly
oevciopeo. Black distst uds have bees found: or, In other
words, coal has b-stu dlscursrsd In large quantities.

Poet .1 carde are ehortly to be leaned in the Dutch
Ind i, •on ratter curt us coudltions. If the content• appear
t, to post-atlas ofge!al to be of a In.ultth g astute, the Cori
will be sent utder corer to Its address.

The following as. e a few names of pont-offices in the
United S:ates Ti, To To, Why Not, Pipe stem, Stony
Man, gal Soda, Chlckshlony, Snow-shoes, Overalls, Lookout',
Last Chance, Back-hone, Marrow Moues, Sorrel Morse, Lally
Ho, anal tired Creak.

A sensation is promised the L‘mdoners in January
next -namely. Mrs. isrisMoi Young No. 17. She will lecture
on the mural ano social aspect.. of Siormutilim. Brigham
wiii have a felicity that Is dented tome hub inds—namely,
ha; Ws ife's I. o eI. being erilvered at him a lip, thou-
s. n 1 ales ft "—Cuurt Journal.

General. Grant, who hoe beta wstehed attentively
for mac., yews Po td• inah a hI. flat j Ake, ha, at hi gth
produced oat to thegre,,t j,y et the j molar. When he hewd
that Postmaster tUlip, ot dt. Leal , had been levying trlbate
upon hi et-rk., he Lurnei to (I,,eral Babcock and mid,
' Only tank, BM, thal 1 lhould have appointed a Miley.
buster to °Mee."

The first prosecutions under the Sootch Education
Act weie disposed of at Dandee on Saturday, by hf r Sheriff
Cneyue. Two lab,urers were chargel with not sending th,i-
chiloren to school. They pleaded poverty, and the sheriff,
crediting them !nth, dia not Impose any penalty, being of
opinion that the conytotion would aullidektly cow others
from infringing the Act.

The population of the colony of Victoria according
to • r,turn published In the Gazette, numbered on the
30th of JIIII9 last 780,1,5. The addition to the p opulatlat
durti.g the quarter by dames of births over deaths amounted
to 4,157, and the add.tiou by the remse et arrival. ..vrr de-
partures amounted to 1,2C4. The total increase vras there-
fore 5,821.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Indepeqd.
ante of true els say*. that in the Russian capital they are
busy efermring the marriage of the Duke Alf Huhu' gh
with the Grand D I.Mtlia i aria. in the workshops of Cron-
it adt they are making standards bearing the semi.
There :tonstst of the Rot el arm, of &gland btaxing the
Duke's special C -tenissv ce on a Scut :Le we of pretence; this
•utche ri been the ei.ver bend charged with cross gnisaLand
two anchors of the same.

Dr. Vaughan, the R anon Catholic Bishop of Sal-
ford, in • sermon pry ached on Sunday at St. Coed's Church,
Muchettyr, gave a lengthy exposition m the doct•ines vi
the RYrnan Catholic Church. He said that all she chimed
was the 11-terty of the right to live anti the right to teach.
Yet in the yd, sent day it wu found that nearly the whola
wont was trying to suppress the liberties she claimed to
enjcy.
A telegram from St. Petersburg announce, that
after ,hi departure of the Russian to op. from Kitty& a
rising took place among ore of ti e tr:bes. They pluunered
and Cestroyed the town of thibeks, killed 1,800 emancipated
Persian sieves, nod refused to pay the tribute levied upon
them. The Khan of Khiv• had applied to General Kauf-
mann Mr elalsience, but it Was not known with what remit.
Some notion of public amusements in the Far Wee
I. conveyed by the 'Abusing from the Pioche (Neter) Record
—" To-morrow afternoon somy rem sport is offered at
111ch.ITs Sal on, Maslow Valley street, bring • butting
melon between two Amernian Citizen. of African dement.
The stakes ard two hundred dollars a aide, and price of ad.
mission one dollar."

The anthoriti, of Jaez-bereny, • Hungarian town,
have Net hipl the toilowlug notice published to the bound oi
the drum :—'Seeing that Os he and biamphemles are the real
causes of oarthquekes, every one, no matter who, Is forbidden
to swear or to use bad language, under • penalty of receiving
twenty five stripes with • rod, sod paying • tine of twenty-
rive &rine.

A company was formed in Paris some time back for
the mabulacture of luclier match., and the French Govern.
MeLt promised lithe monopoly. The society in question now
find. Itself in • very seldom. embarrassment. Its treaty of
five years, at the rate of sixteen millions per annum, would
give the Government eig ity millions in that time; but •
calcu'allon has been mace that the baying spot private
est•lillehments having aright to make the ar Ice wonbi e gs
114 million.; c .neriptently the Government would only levy
thirty millions in five years, which is less than the Frothiest of
the prevent impmt.

The Bet of mournere at the funeral of Sir Robett
McClore eh sturdsy at Kenitra-green, thows tnat the grand
history of Arctic enterprise Las many living representatives.
Sir alerander Armstrot g Medical Thrector General of the
Vv, who served wider Sir Robert when he commanded the
hareatigator, war among those who gathered round the
grave. Ow, ton, was Mr. Ntla m, the "boy' of the lope .1-
tion end the nandie of Mce'Mock, Yherard Osborn, and
B-dford Pia), were accompanied by many others worthy
such assocktion. Following the procession to the cemetery
was the cat nage of Lady Yieuk

The French ateamar Ville de Bayonne heti beau
totally deatr,ytd by fire In the Bay of Biscay. tibe left the
pot: from ahleh she derive/ her acme at 1/0.41 with a cargo
of 20) barrels of turprn.lne mid 150 of resin, when In the
eventing Some, suddenly burst f erth from below mil .1,01
obtained a complete mastery. The crew, finding that all hope
of earths the vessel ea. at an end, took to the two bats,
one of which eeact,e.l the chore at Nl,misan (Landes), while
Coe other was picked up by a fl,htag smack. The disaster la
believed to have been caused by the leakage of one of! t,s
l‘arre's of e, setwe, the c sntmts of which Ito cello the II: es
In the engine-room and became Ignited.

An atnne4y meeting, ;-.o protest agatnet the eom
tinned imprlsoutneut of more thou forty "p 4111.1 in-
want,," was held on Blackheath on Buelay afternoon,
when resolutions were pained, calling upon Mr. Cinnamic
to adol,e the estenafrn of the Royal cleinepey to these men,
and those present to opooae any candidate for the
Parlfaonotary repres.ntation of Greenwich who will not
unequiv,cally promise to support em immediate and coin-
ph,te a,ms y.

TheLendon correspondent of the 4f an cheater rilletrd an
Bays that a MOVNIXI. flt II oil Nit to promote tne erection'! a
monument to Ottver G. 4.1,1411411 who,. mom ty, It I. truly
WWI, 0, is not awn cicntly honoured ny the gu pe slab hem-
lug hie prolle svldca Is {Awed In W,stmlnster Abney, nor by
laying &gravestone on the spit iu he Temple which 1, ~y.
post d to be b's grave. Sit ul,t net pu Mc feeling be eta-
cleLtry art u.n.l to the ate nttme. It to proposed to held •
c rerutmoretio at the C.3stal Palace • n the centenary of
O Idsmith'e death, Aprll 4 of the coming 'cu., Ohl t et_vote
the profits to • Ittud out of which the Cult ot the st4ttte May
be rowed.

The obituary of The Timer I Saturday, Oct. Tall,
c ut•lned • record of the deads of three 1. die. and es,"
gelid, men whose united aces amounted to 436 years, giving
an average Cl 87 yearn slot more then two mouths to nob;
their rt, eter.ive ages were 92, 91, KO 93, and al The 811110
obituary recor.' ed the deatha of id-ht gentlemen, all septa&
generians, we no malted ages amounted to 591 years, girlsg
an av rege of 78 year. sod more than 10 months to each •
the oldmt was 7e aid the 'vessel 70 years of age.
The Liverpool Working Men's Association lately
sent a letter to Mr. Gladstone, indicating several point. with
a view Co the direct re oreriontstion of the wo:kirg Mertes in
Parliament, and cal lug ettenko a to tire large numb r lot
frivolous eleAlonn made to voters rip n the municipal roil
In retiy, Mr Gladstone, hrough his tecretary, points out
I hat tie, with several of ha cob, agues, has heretofore voted f
reifying csiollhe en Iron elect Till char,.: awl inat th-
G .vernmer t indroducedia4.ll.llloo. an I carried through the
U use of Comm°, s a lilt for preventing frivolous 011 c
Hone, whiolt was, unforiunatedy, thr..iwu out by the House of
Lo,da

During the week rutting lost Saturday, 2,176 births
au,. Lass dosths *ere regle• troll in London, the former hee-
1, g been 174 and the latttr tic helm the evrrage numbers In
the Correspond log greet o. the laatteu years. Tha annual death
ret oust the r4-of 22464 to every 1 Mee norm. st• mat 0
o b., helm,. S von y 1,1 persons d,va f. ni 1110443, 18 from
scarxet fever, 4 frond ptfori.i 27 Iron eh oolrg small, 55
from dirforsot forms ••1 le,,er, 49 from Aare re, god 001 0,..
from smsll-..,1. bloom. (4 the re/Oratory crane. and
phthlr s cam d 4631 aths, sga'art Lumbers therrokslng st.
torn 296 .0 4, 3 the fire pter. Ig ire• kt ; 175 were reforri,
to mhtluela, 163 to brol4cnit 5, “nd 1,6 ro smosocools. To
Mffaseot forms o, moteoce 60 death/ wore erred 89 Were
the result of negligence or acchcent, looludlog 16 from Irsg
tares and contualono, Sl.on burns sad sc Ald., 6 from damn.
lag, and 6 from suffocation. &gad easel cd naiad' Sal OW
of moadaosktor won fottalgod.

The value as declared of gunpowder exported',
last torn nth. was £339,321 . In 1872, £376,136.
The iv ored rnll of Mr. H. Clarkson, at Wakefi
ahley c mtelned • large quantity of valuable machinery, aTmA
been destrose d by lire.
Scarcity of food is apprehended in Benotl, gad EL.
Supreme Govern,. nt hes been formally warned er
darger and urgeo to tam orecaurt nary measures,
The Liverpool papers state that all hope of the web.
,r the mining Ancnor st•arner insuilia hag no. asiii
abandoned.
At a meeting of the Council of the Northern Refonr
League, he'd at Newcastle on :heti-day, tt wu relolved paw a eeysee of poli,lt al gatherings he various yens al yie.
thumberlatd and Dubose d Mug the winter mink.
The Duke of Auguritenimirg, formerly a pretender
the stverehnly of the duchies of B!essrlcs and Hoist.*
selling all ids prop,rties in the north of Germany guabi
to his inking service in the Austrian army.
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From April let to the 25th inst. thy Treserry
eelpts smoueted to £37,110,451 as compared wltb
in the corresoopding pert, cf last year. the Myseadh;',
has been bill 539, 49 On istardsy lett the balauctOsii.
Bank of Enifi.nd 1•311 £1,343,1.5.
Au exhibition of art treasures, which has been 141
in the Bradford Mechanic.' Instante donee the ha im
ob,othe, was °impel on Naturds? night The ninny d
visitor. has teen 167 11,07, cud the amount Tea Ii tongis
paying eff the debt on the buiddin £3,00(1,
At Brighton, a fascinating young lady on being ashi
recently, an she returned from tne mrctiktb g Liner?, ilk
the last new novel, if she h.d ever read Shakespeare, lewd
her pretty bad and answered, ''Chskespear.? 01
have ; I read that when It first came oat.
A serious accident took place on Saturday at th
relies-Bergen% Perla. An acrobat named Wilson Ina
card In rehearsing the feats which he was to perform
evening in public Confiding In hi. own strsngth 1.7,1
rsfused to allow the safety net to be drawls acroas Shearon.
blastoff • false movement he toll from no great height, he
still broke his leg in two places.
It ill said that the Count de Chambord'. frleudgi..
In a.Atelpation of his triumphal entry bite Parts as
purchased the horse Adonis Irean.l4•n, 111. ans's cirem, ski
horse having been tridout for t ,he lort&I part Nig so
Pm
form by the famous equestrian!
A matter-of fact blacksmith, disputing the album.
with • friend nesercing Points of orthography,
fened by him to Walker's Dictionary, "Walker
he Walker mmt have been • great fool ! Why, lig ag.
twaly spells 'Poly with Pb, and for 'rut he nap r-o-aghrs
Hospital Sunday in Lohdon next yeas will buy
Ittla of June. It has berm decided that no insulin* es
be admit el t 3 participate twee dtatriontion el the hat N
the commit tee of the 111•trbiltl.na And the c.tol its amp.
ment olooeci a rountable pz aextage of the whole Mau
expenditure,

The dapute in the cletlacheagme' hOoptry M Leek
has been stttled "for the present " by the award pi
May, of the boroush, who hes acted as arbitrator. v.
man demanded an advance al /5 per oena, and the dablit
of the arbitrator gives tht m S percent.

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The death le inn, ul ced of Mr. Richard Tans&
Iste inspector of MetropiAltan Police, who will be rm.;
tiered by bit connection with many celebrated cook mg
notebly for the &pore of Hader let New York for 1a....
Per of Mr. Briggs Mr. Tauber haa kept the " White Nets
Hotel, Winchester, for Dome years.
River Dive meat is the newest addition prepaid b
our food supply. At • meeting held in Lando', le 08
" London Tavern," Mr. Gotildatone, who hot& a pato
from the Argentine Republic, described the new piping
preserving, which he alleged would enable tinned matlesb
be sold in this country from id. to Ad. per lb.
Mr. Bradlaugh delivered his third lecture fa s.,
York on the lOin lost The Now York ribuno of the
speaking of Mr. Bradlaugh, say. —his MAN alt
but by no means violent pies In favour of huti rearm as
gives • definite plan for restoring to cudiration thole*
lands of the asietoorsey. The present lecture via &Alia
remarkable than thaw wblch have preccied it la Mika&
and compact etatemente, It. evident ancenty of pupae% egg
ita unfailing tact and discretion. Mr. Bradlaugh
Ycek Ml ilpht to lecture In New Ragland."
'A statement las recently been circulated to Is
effect that en* of the largest collieries In the aelghbeedell
of Pheffield had atutounced a reduction • which wool
thinly be followed by. general move In the than alkeellet:
Inquiries have been made, but no one mem able to kin
the name of the colliery referred to. Oa the other hist
&deices this morning mention an advisee of tr. pee Ind
the prtucipel Durham collieries, making the prim heti
best Welleand Sea per ion of 21 cot. ss the pith =IV
—The Ti 12144. City article, Wednesday.

The death of Vice-dhancellor Wickens Is announced,
at the age of fifty-eight. In noticing his dew h, abl
says :—" From the Monodic circle Sir John Mahan=
the greatest amount of happiness, nod the breaking cd
It. was to him a source of the deepest pier A is. peel
ago he loft one of Ida children, and II produced Is him a
sorrow Which never afterwards seemed to be wearied.
Ile had ottur resource, than the law for push* lb Mem
time, aud, in aodlilon to being an eminent eleniellselembei,
engaged In amateur Len, lona. is this lid emelt Is
turned his attention to booknlnding, and pawned suet
sive set of tools with which to follow the calling.

Mr. W!iitendMr. Faweett,thememberef or Briglikie
&damned their constituents on Monday night In the Gam
Exchange. hi,. White mid he had no douot Mr. Bright
would devise come rneano of getting rid of the 252 s clam,
which wee disgraceful to the intelligence of the mules. nu
hon gentlem,ii auvoe.ted the entire remission of therm
only Mr. Fawcett spoke at great length tithe 118
Education Act, the extension of household eurtap is
the e mutter, the redistribution of seats, the Tricia
of taxation, the revlolou of the incem tam end the reforest
not lend laws. lie defended the eourse he had pawl
during tie last session with reference to the Muslim
queot ion and the Dublin University Bill, and sold he midi
contiune Co Oct with ihdenendem,, and w old not, he Wall
to keep the pretent or any oth., Government in office, With
from voting against a bid which he believed would prom
whichi vow; tu the country. A vote of confidence in beth
members was /screed to.