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of this war implied neither cruelty nor injustice
on our part, but, on the contrary, that their
realisation mast mark an important and happy
epoch in the future history of Chinese progreg
in the arts of eivilisatiOti:
The actual results now achieved by Lord
ELGIN are, in the meantime, mainly left to con-
jecture, so far as the public at home are concerned.
We know as much, however, as to warrant us in
concluding that if all the purposes for which the war
was entered upon have not been overtaken, Lord
ELGIN will have to answer for a greater failure
than any that has yet been laid to his charge:
With the armies encamped oft the ter3r Walls of
the Chinese capital, and viltlatit ail et-le* id the
•
field -*artily of tiOtice; the Whole of that vast em-
,
pire may be said to have lain prostrate at his feet.
It was his duty, therefore, to solve every soluble
difficulty before quitting those walls, or
_consent-
' ing to any terms of peace. In the absence of
any statement to the contrary, we must assume
that our representative has performed his duty,
and that at last he has effected a satisfactory
termination to all our difficulties in China. If
the terms come to by him ate 'within a reason-
able distance of the goal set before hirii, we May.
safely Capitulate ourselves on the cessation of
hostilities, which could only have been maintained
at a ruinous expenditure, and with a continually
decreasing chance of effecting the object in view.
Pekin of itself, with the Emperor beyond our
reach, could'have been of no possible value to Us;
and in proportion as we succeeded in humiliating
the Imperial Government in the eyes the
populace, and in impoverishing the resources of
the Imperial Exchequer, we would only have
rendered it more and more impracticable to
obtain either indemnity for the expenses of
the war or security for the enforcement of
terms of peace. It is clear there t- •• - --vie, that in
proportt: Co the alacrity with which a. peace
has been arranged some allowances may safely
be made for leniency, at least on the question
of indemnity, On the other, hanfl; if instead
Of praiseworthy proMPttiega there has beet.' pie-
itate d Unjustifiable recklessness of action
in withdrawing the forces from the walls of
Pekin,—if any loophole has been left open
through which the faithless and treacherous
Chinamen may creep and cheat us out of any of
those leading advantages to obtain which this
costliest of expeditions was fitted out, we are
only placed in a worse position than .we were
two years ago, and another and more disastrous
campaign may, at no distant day, be the de-
plorable result of all our efforts and sacrifices:
If the ports and the interior of China are riot
to be made lnstdritiy thid eiiflicietitly aCcessible
t .811 t trade ; and if the Emperor mid the.
head of the government are not to be of easy

certain, and constant access to our official 'repre-
sentatives resident in the country, then we have
been once more foiled and deceived, and all
our laborious struggles will have to be begun
again de novo. Neither pecuniary indemnity, nor
the plunder of Youen-min-Youen, nor the taking
of the Taku forts, nor all the brilliant exploits

yet performed by our troops, were sufficient to
atone for any remissness on those points for which

alone we have endured the risks Ana anxieties of
this distant war► Whitt we are willing to hope
for the best, we must confess we await with pro-

found anxiety the publication of the details of the

peace which has been so unexpectedly announced,
the general result of which has been so accept-
able to the nation at large. We have mote to
learn, however, before we cart with any confi-
dence pronounce that we have seer" the end of
our last war with China.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPDXDENT.)
PARIS, 16th Dec., 1880.
Great satisfaction is everywhere expressed with
the reception given to the Empress in her tour
through Great Britain. The subject is thus
referred to in a prominent manner by the Pattie
of yesterday evening; and as its observations
partake of an official character, they are deserving
of being reproduced, and will be interesting and
agreeable to the Liverpool public :
The Empress, in a, visit which she has paid to
England, received- everywhere a most lively ,welcome.
We are bound to -attach the greater value to this cir-
cumstance on account of the habitual reserve exhibited
by our neighbour to foreigners, and also on account of
her Majesty, whilst on English soil, having divested
herself of the prestige attached to her rank. Whilst
entirely respecting the incognito with which her Majesty
surrounded herself, the inhabitants whom she met with
as she journeyed from one place to another testified
towards her the most respectful sympathy. In the wel-
come which they gave to her Majesty, there was visible
as much delicacy as cordiality.
France cannot be indifferent to this reception which
has been given to the Empress, for it is a fresh proof of
the kindly relations which are tending more and more
to establish themselves between the two nations, not-
withstanding the ancient hatreds which it is sometimes
sought to awaken, and, above all, notwithstanding the
diversity of interests which serve as a pretext for such
excitations. The French and English were enemies
for a long time, and they learnt to hate each other ;
being now allies, without ceasing to be rivals, they
ought to learn to love each other. This is, no doubt,
not an affair of a day, bat all men who are really en-
lightened ought to congratulate themselves on any cir-
cumstance which is capable of effecting a more intimate
-.., relationship between the two peoples.. •
These are admirable sentiments," and assuming
them to'be expressed with sincerity,' they deserve
the most cordial reciprocation on the part of every
'enlightened Englishman.
The new pamphlet advocating the sale or
redemption of Venetia, is miking, as I said it
would, an extraordinary sensation in all quarters.
The Emperor is said not only to have seen the
MS. before it was sent 'to' the printer, but to
have carefully read it, and made some alterations
of the text. He has already compelled Francis
- • 11. to agree to a suspension of hostilities with
the Piedmontese, and I have little doubt he will
ultimately succeed in forcing the Emperor Joseph
to agree to a compromise of the remaining
Venetian question. The prevalent opinion among
the Paris journals respecting the solution of this
question here proposed is highly favourable, so
far as regards all the'main featUres of the scheme.
One of the evening papers in the confidence, of
the French Liovernment says that " it appears to
us that, with a Sovereign who has given so many
proofs of moderation.and wisdom as the Emperor
Joseph, and with a people so haughtily thirsting
for their independence, the question is resolved :
at the same time, it is not concealed that not a
few obstacles still 'remain to be Overcome, and
which may be expected from several sides." This
may be so, but so long as there is the slightest
hope of a pacific solution, no efforts ought to be
wanting if possible to effect their removal.
The special courier from China has arrived, but
the news which he brings from Pekin is only
down to the 3rd of October, and is, therefore,
superseded by the despatches of a much later
date which have been received, and published in
England. The intelligence of the conclusion of
• peace, and the evacuation of Pekin by the allied
forces, has been subsequently received from the
French Ambassador at 'St. Petersburg, and pub-
lished in the Monitcur.,
The Patric of last night published a letter
from its correspondent at Shanghai. He appears
to be residing close to a school where the
children of Chinese parents are taught by, the
" Jesuit fathers," who have established themselves
at a place called Zi-ka-wei close to Shanghai, if
not forming part of the suburbs. Writing on
Oct. 20th he says,—" Since we have repelled the
attack of the rebels on the eastern suburb, they'
have acquired, I am told, such a wholesome fear
of the Fallancais ' (French), that we are not
likely to see their faces again for some time to
come, the seminary of Zi-ka-wei has, therefoie,
resumed its customary course. The Chinese chil-
dren, the pupils of the Jesuit fathers, compel us
to listen, during the greater part of the day, to a
very monotonous hum, for, like the little Arabian
children, they learn all their lessons in an uncom-
monly loud tone of voice, which is one of our
greatest distractions. The merchants are waiting
for the end of the war with great impatience. At
Shanghai, at this moment, there is scarcely any
business doing. We ourselves, in consequence
of our alliance with the English, feel ourselves
rather hampered." Thii is rather cool, certainly,
for if I mistake not the English in the north, and

especially in the affair of the looting of the Mit-
peror's SuMmer Palace, have much greater reason
to complain of being hampered by the french:
The sane correspondent says
,that.:the French
binCeiA Who Were, treacherously seized 'by th 6
'tartar troops at the same time with Messrs:
Parkes and Loch are—The Chief of the French
Commissariat; M. de Grandehamp, colonel of
artillery ; the Abbe Duluc, Lazarist inter-
preter ; and M. d'Escayrac, , attached to the
contingent in: a scientific capacity. He adds
that " misery is very great in this celestial
Empire, which is rapidly tumbling to pieces
(en-pieine d,4contposition). Some descendants
of Sin (Zi), the fairimis sold Some
Vegetables. to our .troops at the ;ate of the
seitiinaty iindergiOcl that those
of our faces iVhich • are before Pykin are, eii-•
camped in the cemeteries, the mo'numents in
which are nearly all of white marble. One of'
these tombs, of remarkable beauty, is, it is said,
to be conveyed to Paris. A reinforceMent of 180
men for the 102nd Regiment has arrived, by way
of Suez, and have been forwarded to the North ;
and we are daily expecting an additional
reinforcement of 600 men of all arms."

ITALY=

THE tRITISHOWN:

PREPARATioN VOR RETURN TO

ENGLAND.

COUNTESS DELLA TORRE AND THE
LEGION.

(FROM OLTR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)
QIJAIiTERS, SALERNO.

Dec. 7th.—l have nothing specially worth
noting to send by this post, as We are again enve-
loped in the dull monotony of barrack life. I
may mention, however, that Sedeant-Major.New-
ton arrived this morning from Naples, with the
somewhat welcome intelligence that the prevalent
rumour there is to the effect that we leaie for
England on Monday, but the news is embittered
by the information. that 2kl
to ...„,/ are to proceea
per the screw-steamer Melazzo—a
craft which may be adopted to accommodate about
a hundred at a pinch. If the above- number go
in her, we will be as close as herrings in a barrel,
and she will have more the appearance of a slaver
than a transport, It is true that she brought
Mc ()tithe legion to 7f aples,,but only, 180, berths
eere Medd tethainder deck,
lathe boats, or anywhere else' they could stow
themselves. If we approach England in the same
condition in the depth of winter, we will, be fit
objects for commiseration ; but the majority of
the brigade are so thoroughly sick of Italy . that
they would willingly face a December storm in
anything that could float. No words that I could
employ would adequately express the state of
ennui into which the legion itidividitally and
lectively has fallen, One earina walk abroad
Witholit being asked by a disdOnsolate coMpartion
as to the probable date of our departtiEe.. That
event and otir stento.clls are tidy only concern.
Volt cannot hear a jolly good laugh unless it comes,
from dile Who has' had ifio a than his Constitu;
tiotial titiarititin or slim: Even sonie Of the most
staid men id the brigade ldng to lie iti a state
.of
artificial exhilaration, merely to,dispel the gloomy
thoughts that are apt to If any enthusiaim
prompted otir excursion;" it has been completely
dried out' fus by the hardships we have Undergone,
and when I look back upon all the circumstances
connected with our organisation and condition here,
I cannot but wish, with the Naples correspondent
of the Morning Post, "That they had never come
out." The' Wralcheren expedition was disastrous
through the incapacity of its commander ; the
English " excursion has been unfortunate
through the incapacity and double,dealing of its
promoters, It has long been evident that Berne-
of those who were honoured with commissions
have been zealous in playing their cards at the.
expense or every one else, they forgot, that
many: of those tinder them Were equals; if not
superiors; in birth and edtication; and did not
expect to be treated with indifference;—in fact,
they assumed too much of the usual military dis-
tinction between ranks, and certainly were not;
as it was said they would be, our equals, except
on parade. lam now expressing the thiadirnotis
sentiments of the brigade; " trite, 'tis pity;
pity 'tis; trtre,'' .
Von limy, perhaps, think that I am harping too
long on one string; but the feet is so constantly
glaring one_ in the fade, that I cannot help thus
alluding to it to come to a little of our inner
life, and to what may be called the grosser, but
to us the most material circumstances of our
present existence, you willy perhaps; be desirotls
to learn what our ration Money amounts to, and
what we generally do with it. When in front of
the enemy,.and at Caserta, rations were served
out to us, consisting of coffee, bread, beef, vege-
tables, &c,. Each company had its cooks, and the
tenth was usually fortunate in having good ones.'
At Salerno, however, we receive money, to do,
with. it as we please, The sum is 17 biocchi per
day, or about sevenpence English money, and you
would wonder how far it can be made to go. The
barracks are surrounded by vendors of bread)
coffee, mashed potatoes, sausages, oranges, apples,
ices, &c., and from the four first articles you may
make a good breakfast for four biocchi ; or, if
you are determined to do.the thing exceedingly
cheap, two may club together, spend' four
biocchi in coffee and sugar (which you require to
cook), thereby yielding four pints of potable and
invigorating liquid, not to speak of its aromatic
qualities. This, with two biocchi worth each of
bread, will go far to satiate a heretofore empty
stomach. Dinner can be had in a somewhat
luxurious style for six biocchi the word
"luxurious" being, of course, strictly coupled with
what our condition now is as compared with what
it.was when at the front—the items being, two
pork chops,
.four biocchi ; bread, two biocchi.
To tell to what purpose the remainder is applied
is an impossibility. Some while away the dreary
hours in a café, sipping coffee d In mode from a
cup which holds rather more than a thimble,
listening to the constant jabber and laughing at the
gesticulating grimaces of the Italians. Others,
whose stomachs are more than unusually rapaci-
ous think of having a supper of sausages and
bread, and not a few lay in a store of tobacco for.
the perpetual pipe. This is our. principal occu-
pation, and I can assure you that our subsistence
is now done on the most economical principles.
Dee. Bth.—The wished for hour is at length,
approachipg. To-day, at the noon parade an
order was read commanding 250 men to hold .
themselves in readiness' to depart for England by
daybreak on Monday morning per the .Melazzo..
The companies told off are the Ist, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,
sth, 6th, Bth, and 11th, being, in flict-Those
companies which were raised in London, Birm-
ingham, &c:, The remaining companies-7th
(mixed), 9th (Scottish), 10th (Liverpool), and
12th (mixed), will leave at a later date per the
screw-steamer Euphrates along with those ,Eng-
lishmen who left us to, join the brigades under
Colonel Forbes, Colonel Dunn, and Colonel
Windham. Everything being favourable, we will
all arrive in England before the end of DeceMber.
I learn that Colonel Dunn was shot .at by a
Sicilian Major when leaving the Café d'Europe, in
Naples, on Friday eve,ning, and wounded in the
back. The Colonel is said to be doing as well 'as
can be expected, and the Major has been arrested.
He will certainly be shot.
Dec. 9.—The following was posted up to-day
in a conspicuous part of the barracks :
"The Right Hon. the Countess Della Torre
wishes to inform you of her regret at not being.
able to bee you or speak with you this nb.y (in
consequence of the continued rain and the ina-
bility to obtain, conveyance), which was her
express purpose in coming to Salerno. However,
she hopes to_ be able to see you to-morrow, if
possible,—at -any rate to bid you good bye at.
Naples before leavino. for England. If any of
you require or wish'', her: to do anything for you,
if it lies in her power she will do it to the
utmost. She also begs to call your attention to
the subscription list headed by herself for the
purpose of erecting a suitable monument to your
departed comrades.'

Subjoined to the above was the following
address from the countess herself :

" I have come -here expressly to take leave of
you ; to tell'you the feelings of sympathy' I have
for England and her noble sons. That feeling
has been shown you on your arrival at Naples,
and also here. Why the jealousy—the envy=
that has tried to destroy the- spirit of union
which is the most important thing in your regi-
ment ? When I think of the ambition and
wickedness of a few that has been the cause of
the ruin, of many
my heart beats with indigna-
tion. When you have returned to your homes
you will at the fireside sometimes speak of this
campaign-4 what you did, of what you have
suffered : may you -always remember that the
Italians are the greatest friends of Englishmen ;
that you have a common tie, having fought
together in the cause of liberty. Italy will never
forget how deep in gratitude she is towards you.
For my
Ow" part I will always
having been asked to the only direction which
has been in
and wounded. I feel that I have done all that it
my power, viz., the, relief of the sick
was in power to do. Hurrah for Garibaldi, the
greatest and noblest man of the World! Hurrah
for England and her noble sons!"
(" Signed) "MARIAN,
"Countess Della Torre."
Dec. 10.---Last
night and this morning the
rain was incessant. Up till three p.m. none of
the legion had left for Naples on their way to Eng-
land. I would write
more particularly but the
post leaves immediately.

THE MARKETS COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting
of this body was held yesterday, at the Town-hall.
Alderman Woodruff presided, and the other members
present were Messrs. Crellin, Holden, Nickson; Barton,
_Houghton, and Haydock. The usual returns of the.
receipts from the markets, and of the qua.ntity of meat,
seized and- destroyed, were submitted al id the remain-
ing business was purely routine.

THE WAR IN CHINA.

LORI/ ELGIN'S LATt6T -1 ESPATCII,.
"tamp before Pekin, dd.' b,
~,. •
. have much satisfaction in informing
.your lordship that the anticipations in which I ventured
to indulge at the close of my despatch Ago: s.7.of.yester-
day's date, have been realised, and that the English
and French prisoners detained in Pekin; ruirlibering
eight in all, were sent to this camp in the afternoon.
The subjects of Her Majesty thus restored are Mr.
Parkes, my private secretary (Mr. Loch), and a trooper
of Probyn's Horse; the French subjects are M. l'Escayrac
de Lanthre, who is at the head of a scientific mission,
and four soldiers. -
" To no one of their numerous friends is the return of
these steritlerilen a Matter of More heartfelt. gratification
than it is .to me. hie the period of their arrest
/ have been compelled by at Se* Of Anti. to , turn
a deaf ear Jo. eVed overtdre resteration
which has involYed ,the slightest retrograde„Moveraent
of our army, or. the abandonment of any de' niatids
previously preferred by me against, the . Chinese
Government. I have felt that any such concession on
my part would have established a most fatal precedent,
because it would have led the Chinese to suppose that
by kidnapping Englishmen they might effect objects
which they are unable to achieve by fair fighting or
diplomacy. I confess that I have been, moreover,
throughout of opinion that, in adopting this uncompro-
mising tone, and boldly setting the national above the
personal interest, I *as, in point of fact, but consulting
the welfare of oiir friends. Who were in &Iran& ; biit it
was tot to be eipeetad that all persofl4 *child view iii
the same light' a question elf paliey g 6 ohgetice ; and,
apart float the Warin .personal interest whichl feel in
their safety, your Lordship eati well iiiiderstand that it
relieves me from a great Wad df an§iety to learn from
the resul that the course which. I have followed was
„ i
not ilk-calculated to promote t:
" The. account which they giye.,of what they have
gone. through since their capture on the 18th ult. is
most interesting. I have requested each of them to put
down his recollections on paper, as I can submit them
to your lordihip most accurately in this form. A copy
of Mr. Loch's narrative I enclose herewith; .but Mr.
Parkes has been so much engaged on public duty to-day
that he has not been able to complete his. Enough has
already transpired to conVitiee die that These gentlemen
have exhibited, under circumstances of great trial, con-
stancy and courage of the highest order—an example
nobly followed by the fine old Sikb trooper who was in
attendance upon them.
" The Chinese officials treated them at first with much
bititalitt; obviously with, the intentiol of working on
their fi.1.a1...;; and, thratihli their ihntyneing i472:ke
degree the counsels of .the Arrihasgadors, When this
plan failed, they resorted to gentle methods and ended=
voured to establish a claim on their gratitude. Such
was the conduct of persons whose demeanour towards
theM was prescribed by authority, It is, however,
remarkable that they etperieneed trliteh kindness and
respect throughout tom pritonemi nod. some others of
the.liiimble clasSee With N'llitirti they eante iii Contact.
It is a matter Ot grent Contiern to. me WcknOW
as yet nothing certain respecting the fate of Mr. l3rtice's
attaché, Mr. De Norman, Mr. BoWlby, the special cor-
respondent of The Times, and the nineteen troopers,
consisting of eighteen Sikhs and one Dragoon, who
formed the escort, and were under the command of
lieutenant Anderson, of Fane'S Irregular Horse. This
portion of the ;party became separated from. Messrs:
Parkes and Loch, When the latter, at the eommcnoement
of the Onflict of the 18th were faitclt4ri, to Sang-
ko-lin-sin, for the Ostensible Object of obtaining a safe
-ecidna from Mtn: . Shiee that tinie We hate beard
nothing aiithentic abodt therii;,but,wg are assured that;
thddgh they are ni:it rid* iii Pekin; they' icon be
restored tb •
'I take this opportunity of mentioning diet several
papers.. .
valuable rs , have been. found in the .Emperor's
stimtherpalace; Yuen-min-Tuen,, Which has been, seized.
by the Pieneh. ' Some are in the EmperOr's,liolograph.
The most iniPOrtaht, so far ae ci hi,u:riedexammation
enables us to decide, are some memorials otscotered by
Mr. Morrison. -In one of these Sang-k6-lin-sin ascribes
the loss of the Taku -forts to the explosion of a magazine,
and strongly urges the Emperor to withdraw from-the,
capital- a proposal strenuously resisted by other memo-
rialists. Many of' the papers show ,a - determination to
resist the barbarians even after the fail of Taku. Great
exertions had been made, and it is supposed; with the
reinforcements expected, the force available for the
defence of the capital would amount to 300,000 men.
The allies are put at 10,000. I hope, by the next mail,
to be able to furnish translations of these very interesting •
dottirrlenti.--." aVe, &el "&GIN ANA KINCARDINE.
" The Lord John Russell, &c."

Colonel the Hon. W. P. and Lady Emma Talbot are
staying at KnowsleY Lancashire! on a visit to the
Earl and Countess of DeiT-P-'
J•
We beg to invite the attention of our read'ers to a.
collection of paintings,Which are this day being exhibited
at ffr. Branch's Well-litiown gallery, in Hanover-street.
The. colleetion.--inchides . niany valuable works of art,
particularly aniongSt paintings and water-colour draw-
ings: There is alsd a ntiniher of illustrated si-orka.
'Hiss LECTURE.—Last night, at the Concert-hall,
Mr. A. M. Sullivan, one of the editors of the Nation,
delivered a lecture on " Oliver Plunket, the Irish
Martyr-.primate." As a heavy charge had been. made
for admission, the hall was but half filled. There was
a number of Roman Catholic priests, amongst other
gentlemen, upon thb platform. TV lecture, whieli was
of a most eloquent thareleteri consisted principally of a
clever tirade against English oppression of Ireland in
past centuries. The lecturer dwelt principally and
powerfully on the persecution to which the priests were
exposed under the penal last's, and gave a brief, but
interesting, biographical sketch of Archbishop Plunket,
and of the circumstances attending his execution, which
took place its London, in 1681, upon a charge of high
treason, which was only sustained by the evidence of
perjured Irishmen and two or three e±comrininicated
friars. The lecturer was enthusiastically applauded.
EXAMINATION. or TILE CORPORAT±ON NORTH SCHOOLS.
—The Christmas examination of the Corporation schools
in the north end of the town took place yesterday morning.
There were about 500 of the pupils present, attended by
their teachers. They were all cleanly attired, and their
general appearance was altogether satisfactory. The
platform was occupied by the Rev. Rector Campbell, Rev.
Isaac Holmes, Reir. Henry Stephens, Messrs. Alderman
Gardner, and :Councillor Ridley. There was a good
number of parents also present. The examination com-
prised readings from the Scriptures and questions in the
elementary sciences. Several of the boys and the girls
read. distinctly. .euplioniouslys and, accent correctly,
Answers to arithmetical, geographical, scriptural, his-
torical) and grammatical questions were given in most
instances quickly, unhesitatingly, and with correctness.
Appropriate addresses were delivered by the Rev. Rector
Campbell, Rev. Henry Stephens, Alderman Gardner, and
the Rev. Isaac. Holmes, who was for years master of
the schools, and who stated that during the last eighteen
years 40,000 children had received their education in-
the Corporation North Schools. When he officiated as
chaplain at the gaol, he never met one of the children
of the schools in the prisoner's cell; and from enquiries
subsequently made, he could answer also for the period
since his connection with the Borough Gaol ceased. A
vote of thanks was awarded to Rector Campbell; the
"National Anthem" was sung ; cheeii were given for
the Corporation, for Alderman Gardner, and for the
holidays, which were inaugurated afterwards by a dis-
tribution of buns and oranges amongst all the pupils.
The number of pupils on the books of the school are
1,556 ; daily attendants during the last week, 1,313 ;
average daily attendants, 1,261.
44 MOTHER, ARE THE CHILDREN SAFE?"—There is
scarcely a weekly newspaper issued that does not contain
an account of some.poor child being burnt to death, or
run over, through the neglect of the mother, who left it
in the charge of some little creature not much bigger
than itself, and wholly unable to take proper care of it.
I once knew a case where a child was burned to death
while the mother was gossipping at the chandler's shop
at the corner of the lane where she lived. The mother
had, as she called it, " just stept out," and the
eldest child, about four years old, must needs try
to blow the fire ; some sparks flew out, and lodged
on the pinafore of the baby,. who was soon a complete
bundle of fire, and while the -mother was care:
lessly leaning over the counter, talking about her
neighbour's faults and follies, her infant was shrieking
its last amid the fiery torment. Never shall I forget
the look of that woman, as, called by her neighbours,.
she rushed to her house, and saw a black mass rolled up.
on the step of the door—all that was left of the smiling
baby she had parted from a quarter of an hour before !
It 'is beautiful to see how very kind and careful the
children of a family are to the youngest pet; but while
they ought to try •to amuse and nurse it, no young
children should be left in charge of a baby, either in a
room with a fire, or. in a crowded thoroughfare. What
is a poOr mother to do ? Why, send- the - children, as
seen as they, can_go, to the infant school, and take care
of the bahy herself. Life is GNPs great gift. Make
every effort to preserve it.—British Workman.
THE NEW BISHOP OF WORCESTER.—The Rev. Henry
Philpott who has been appointed to the bishopric of
Worcester, rendered vacant by the death of thei Rmig2hst,
Rev. Dr. Henry Pepys, entered St. Catherine College,
-Cambridge (then called Catherine -Hall), n
and in 1829 took his first degree of bachelor of
arts, when he was first-class in classics, and the senior
wrangler of his year. the present Duke of Devonshire
being second: wrangler.. Amongst other members of
the University who took mathematical honours at the
same time were Dr. G. Phillips, president of Queen's
(12th wrangler); the late Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assist-
ant-Judge, (25th wrangler) ; the Ray. George Undy
Withers, Fellow of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury,
late Principal of Bishop's College, Calcutta (Bth senior
optime) ; the Rev. W. A. Soames, vicar of Greenwich
and prebendary of St. Paul's (33rd senior optime) ; and
Mr. Beadon, one of the metropolitan police niagistrates
(14th junior optime). In the contest for " Smith's Prize-
man," for which commencing bachelors are alone eligible
as candidates, and for which ceteris paribas preference
is given to men from Trinity, Mr. Philpott stood
second, the second wrangler of the 'year (the pre-
sent Duke of Devonshire) being a member of Trinity
ranking- first.- On the death of Dr. Proctor in 1848,
Mr. Philpott, who was then a fellow,- was elected to the
mastership of St., Catherine College, and succeeded to
the Canonry Residentiary in Norwich Cathedral,
which is attached to the mastership. Two years
afterwards be proceeded to the degree of doctor in
divinity, and more recently became chaplain to
his .Royal Highness Prince. Albert, an appointment
which he will resign on his ' consecration to the
see of Worcester. The Bishop ,of Worcester is
generally considered to belong to what is, called the
broad church party. He has not, however, written any
thing from which a clear knowledge of his theological
views can be ascertained. The rev. gentleman married
a Spanish lady, the daughter of the Marquis de Spineto.
It may be stated that Dr. Philpott has been three times
vice-chancellor, and is one of the most popular men in
the university. According to the act .constituting the
bishopric of Manchester, he will not be entitled to a
seat in-the Houie Of Lords until a vacancy arises in a
see other than Canterbury, York, London, Durham, or
"Winchester.

NENV INVENTrON.—THE NEW FOUNTAIN PEN.-A greater
annoyance than a bad steel pen can hardly be met with—the
difficulty is to get a good one. Amongst the recent improve-
ments the new "fountain pen," just introduced by Rudhall
and Co., is the best we have ever seen. By a simple but effec-
tive contrivance the ink is retained in a fountain, by means of
a second inverted barrel, above the writing nib, and this barrel
can be taken out at any time, so the pen can be kept perfectly
clean w thout any chance of being corroded. Another feature
in this pen is, that one din in the ink will last for five minutes'
quick writing. The pen itself is of the finest description, and
in merchants' offices, banks, and indeed in every place, it will
be found to fill a want felt by every one up to this time. We
have tried this splendid pen, handed to us by Mr. E. T. Hall,
South John-street, and can pronounce it perfect, and we are
sure all who use it will give a full verdict in its favour,

ANNUAL MEETING OF. THE IRISH
SOCIETY.

The animal, Meeting of the frish goOety was held last
night in the theatre of he Cellpgiate Itistitt#ipn; ghat-
street, and was w9ll. attended, The ebieet contem-
plated by the isociety, is,: to spread scriptural knowledge
amongst the Irish-speaking„of the Ronian Catholics of
Ireland; through (the,inechum of t.heir own language.
The alilairwas occupied by.Adain.llodgsen, V.P.,
and on ale flatforin.We observed many clergymen and
laymen, interested in the necialaitipp pf biblical
knowledge and truth amongSt the Irish Rolfir'Aiiste.
The proceedings of the meeting were opened with
prayer.
The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting, and said that
they had once more met that night to hear statements
respecting their old friend, the Irish Society—(hear,
hear),—a society whiet lidd retelted ter, able and very
warm adv,peacy;,,and he knet nothing in the present
State of Ireland to incluCe them to take anyless interest
than they had ddne iri the reiigionistate of that Country.
(Hear,,hcar.) In that hall many meetings had been
held to, advocate, the,. object of, the deCietf; ibanq
statements which they haclheard frpm several speakera;
arcong others from their friend, Dr. VlsTeile, who was
said to be very eitraYagant, whereas many of them, had
been repeated, almost word for 17tirti; at the distance of
several years, not only by Lord John }tossed', but by.
many other of her Majesty's ministers. But they wanted no
such testimony, for their own experience confirmed and
enforced the accuracy of those statements; and they
would therefore, he was sure, be ready to give credence
td the statements that they would hear from the
speakers ihatnight: The special object of their meeting
on that.oceasidn was; ae,,theji tefe all Well aware, the
promotion of the, Irish Society, the !'lens ConteMplated
by which Were, tospeak in general terms, the scriptural
instruction of the Trish people in their own language.
This,Was a iery serious subject;
,and he lief-pied they
had properly commended the Proceedings that, night
with solemn prayer. He felt quite confident that the
•• , .
general tone' of. the, proceedings of that. meeting #oiild
be in unison with the feelings and the wishes of all who
had at heart the spread of biblical, truth, amongst the
benighted people of Ireland. (Hear; hear.) They were.
met that night to hear statements respectini "the :Work-
ing and operation of the society, which had in view So
praiseworthy and so heavenly a mission, and to .be
inforined as to the best manner in which they could
promote the objects of the Itish Society. They were
met and came together in order th'a't they Right have
their sympathy and interest awakened, and he felt per-
suaded that they would receive with glad welcome the
statement which would be made to them. (Applause.)
The Secretary, in accordance with the request of • the
ititfresting tteXoUrit of, the financial
position ,of tile. society., On the lst of January they
had a balance d Eig2 lgs; hand.
The Rev. Dr. TAYLOR teen actgesii&T nieeting.
He commenced a most eloquent and well-Zeliiered
speech by observing that it was an undoubted right and
ptivileglitt of every man to read in his own tongue the
Wonderful word of his God. It was not only an un-
batted right and privilege to read in his own tongue
the litertsed .tord et fetelaticru, but he believed that
ever by
Vstiak Main& that delight and privilege in,
reading that Word: Thef4t Wd-4,that reading the Scrip-
tures with delight 'w d Said sign and mark of truthful
Christianity, • for the Christian nidti gave bb stolll
indications of being a true Christian, who neglected th'S
systematic study and reading of God's blessed word; and
what . referred to an individual referred to the Church.
That Church which neglected the enforcement of, the
ddctfines Willett it proclaimed was equally as unchristian
ds the iticlitidrial Who neglected the study of his word.
When, they looked back at the history of, the
chiirch of Christ M the light df the past it was exceed-
ingly interesting ,to know etperiences, so to
s'Oalc; of the different Chtirches. In reference to this
matter' it. wai hi,tergstfiy., tea that the Irish
Church Was particularly . cignalige , in Holy
eats in
Ireland by its love and,devotion for the Holy ,cilPiiireS,4
so that when they were endeaVoining to rechtitil
the Itornari Patholic, population of Ireland to a study of
the gerlriturei, they. .were ;pointing .out to them the
course pursued hf tlitlt forefathers-. The, rev,
gentleman then proceeded to advert id tf?tfr
of Christianity into Ireland by Saint Patrick in Elie
.fourth and fifth centuries,—the emigration of Saint
Columba from the north of Ireland to the west coast
of Scotland, where he bad established the Gospel in the
island of /one; and where he had spent days and nights
in diiceieririg file secret meaning of the different
passages of die Rhitittireg, and in illustrating
them ; to the devotion of. who' site-
ceeded Saint Columba ; he afterwatdd spoke of the
scriptural character of the Irish Society, its dblecie; ,
the gloom of superstition which culminated in the
Church of Ireland in the twelfth century, and conti-
nued down to the present century. He also referred to
the labours of the Irish Church Missions,which, he said,
had bEeil the Wails of organising other missions
which were std* in existence ; and he:stated that not less
than 8,000 Roman Catholics were hot being instructed
in the Scriptures in their ovin hy the,lrish
Society throughout Ireland; and coneltided by niakiria
an earnest appeal to the sympathies 6'f
.the audiende, for
the welfare df the dbjecta of the mission; by giving
liberal contributions.

The Rev. Mr. BELL, as one of the deputation, in
compliance with the request of the chairman, addressed
the meeting. He regretted that the meeting was not
so large as he had hoped it would have been, but he
trusted that the warmth and kind sympathy of those
present would make up for the absence of their other
friends. There was one thing, however, that he felt
must be an encouragement to all those connected with
the society, though they might not have, on that
account, had a large Meeting on a large platform' and
that was the Cordial support that had been always taken
in the working of the society by the respected president,
Dr. M'Neile. (Applause.) He hoped that that kind
support would be continued for the future. (Hear,
hear.) As to the agency employed by the Irish Society,
he stated that they had about 200 or 300 Irish teachers,
who were engagedin carrying out what was the original
work of the society, and which was also the ground-
work of missionary operations in Ireland, namely--
reading the Scriptures in the vernacular tongue. They
had 8,000 Roman Catholics in the country, with
whom the agents of the society had been brought in
contact, and the truth was rapidly spreading in Ireland.
With respect to the financial position of the society, he
said that they had an income of about £9,000, the one-
third of which was subscribed in England, and they had
also received large sums from their friends across the
Atlantic. lie related many amusing instances of the•
superstition of the Irish people in the south of that
country, amongst which was the great faith they placed
in the power of a Romish appendage, called the Sca-
pular. The people firmly believed that it was owing to
his having a Scapular attached to his neck, that Jonas
was saved in the whale's belly. (Loud laughter.)
These superstitions were, however, gradually passing
away, and the people were becoming disgusted with
the errors of the Roman Church. After giving a
glowing account of the success of the work, he con-
cluded a long address amidst applause.
The Rev. Mr. HANLON then gave a lengthened
account of the operations and benefits derived from the
society, interspersed with several amusing anecdotes,
and an interesting description of the Scapular. Iu the
course of his address, he stated that he had once been a
Catholic priest himself, but now hated Popery ; first, as
a true Irishman; secondly, as a true patriot; and
thirdly, because it was anti-christianity. He believed
old Ireland would never attain that position for which
it was intended, so long as Popery had the hold of the
minds of the people it had had hitherto. He afterwards
stated that, within 'the last twelve months, the Irish
Society had been the means of bringing 100,000
of the population of Ireland into contact with the Bible.
There were men in the body of the meeting, women
also, and men upon the platform, who kept a steady
look-out with regard to the efforts of the society with
reference to Popery in Ireland, and who had always
taken an active interest in the working of the
Irish society, and perhaps some of them would
•be repeating 100,000 over and over again to themselves,
and be asking themselves how he arrived at that con-
clusion, when they had never seen a report to that
effect. He admitted that it never had been published ;
but if they took up a report of the Irish society, of any
one of their occasional papers, they would find in that
report the number of scholars or pupils that passed the
last inspection; and if they doubled that number, they
would then have an average number of professed.teachers
of the Bible. He arrived at this from the fact that
when the inspector came round, about one-half of the
scholars held back, and they consequently got only one
half .the number in the society's publication. The
speaker concluded an interesting address by making an
earnest appeal to the generosity of the audience for the
propagation of a knowledge of the Bible throughout
reland.
The Rev. Canon M'NEILE, D.D., who was received
with loud applause, then addressed the meeting as fol.
lows—ln'eommending the operations of the Irish Society,
and the particular plan that they have thought right
to adopt, it is not necessary to depreciate, even by im-
plication, the plans of other societies—the plan-adopted,
for example, by
.the Irish Church Missions. The field is
large, the soil is various, and the plants are diverse.
Now, if you have not uniformity of soil or uniformity of
plant, why should you have uniformity of cultivation ?
The treatment required in one part of the field, for one
species of plant, may be quite different from that which
is required in another part of the field and for another
species of plant. (Hear, hear.) Some of the plants may
be treated quietly and comparatively in the dark, shielded
from every blast during their youth until they have
taken root ; and it may be better in others that they
should be exposed at once. The Irish Society have
adopted a quiet plan; they have engaged, as you have
heard to-night. Roman Catholics and Irish teachers.
These members have not schools—that is, they have not
collections of scholars assembled in one place—they go
aheut.the country and teach one, or two, or three, as
they can find opportunities, behind the hedge, under the
shelter of a turf stack, or in any other convenient
place that may present itself for the time being,
and they are ready at the approach of a priest to run.
(Hear, hear, and laughter.) They are obliged to go
quietly to work, and this mode of operation has been
going on for a considerable time. The Irish Church
Missions, on the other hand, have felt it right to go
boldly to work, and instead of running away at the
approach of a priest, they stand, and often come to wel-
come him. They are glad to find that he is ready to
come, they boldly and fearlessly exhibit their proceedings
in the light instead of in the dark. Now, I don't want
to say, or desire to say, which of these plans is the
better; and I am quite ready to admit and willing to say
that either of them is suited for different persons and
different places. There is a place for each, and there-
fore there should be no jealousy between the two. ( Hear,
hear.) My friend, the Rev. Dr. Taylor, has told us that
he thought that but for, the preliminary work of the
Irish Society, there would not much be left for the
Irish Church Missions. But that embraced so large a
scope one could scarcely agree to the sentiment. The
rev. gentleman proceeded to remark in confirmation of
his assertion that a preliminary work, analogous to that
of the Irish Society, preceded the Reformation in Eng-
land, which was carried on by a
s plan almost similar to
that of the Irish Church Mission. " It was out and out
public and open, and like steps had been taken by the
early Reformers which were now adoadopted by the promoters
of the Irish Church Mission Society From this fact he
thought they should-not judge- about. particular pans,
so as to give any one of them anything of exclusiveness
in their affections. The field, as he had saktbefore,
was very large either for diversities of operations or
diversities of gifts. They had heard proofs of this effect
that evening. Mr. Hanlon had stated to them what the
Irish Society did in and for the Irish nation, but in
addition to' to telling them what it did, he also showed
them how it did it. He himself was the personification