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are, however, incomparably the most flagrant of all
Is that evidenced in the person of Sir HENRY WIN-
STON BARRON, the present Member for the city of
Waterford. In his case the Waterford Chronicle
remarks that "we have a man who has gone
round the whole circle of political opinions." And
certainly, looking to the record of his Parliamentary
career in relation to his ancestral county, it must be
admitted that the fluctuation of aspect is not a jot
more remarkable in the chameleon. It must be ad-
mitted, indeed, that his latest change as a politician has
a certain degree of consistency in the very flagrancy
of its inconsistency. As our neighbours say, On
revient toujours aux premiers amours; and so it is
not so very marvellous that the candidate who aspired
(though vainly) to represent the city of Wa-
terford in 1831, under the immediate patronage of
the BERESFORDS, should now, in 1852, "return to the
place from whence he came," there to avow himself
in 1852 a devoted adherent of the Cabinet sup-
ported by the BERESFORDS ! True that in the same
year of grace 1831 Sir HENRY came forward again
(but this time as a candidate for the county
and not for tho city of Waterford), declaring
himself an open antagonist of those same
BERESFORDS -- being compelled to retire from
the contest because the previous compact had
been rather inconveniently and inopportunely de-
tected ! True that in 1832, he was returned for the
city of Waterford by a majority of 570, as the col-
league of the Tory Mr. CHRISTMAS, having
consented to become a joint in the tail of
O'CoNNEaa, and having consequently pro-
claimed himself an enthusiastic Repealer !
True, that in 1834, he was again re-
turned for the same place by a majority of 561.
still as a Repealer, but having as his colleague Mr
WYSE instead of the then defeated Mr. CHRISTMAS!
True that in 1837 he was there a third time
returned as a Repealer by a majority of
602, again with Mr. WYSE and having at this election
defeated that very Major BERESFORD who is now
Secretary-at-War ! True, moreover, that, still
calling himself a Liberal and a Repealer, he was de-
feated in 1841, in company with Mr. WYSE, having
yielded ground to the successful Conservative candi-
dates, Mr. READE and Mr. CHRISTMAS, who were
nevertheless compelled, in 1842, to yield their seats
on petition to the unsuccessful Liberal candidates !
True, that in 1847, continuing to term himself an ad-
vocate of repeal, and continuing to uphold liberal prin-
ciples, Sir HENRY BARRON was defeated by the more
liberal candidates, DANIEL O'CONNELL, the younger,
and Alderman THOMAS MEAGHER ! "Last but not
least" of all in this extraordinary enumeration—
True that in 1848, on Mr. O'CONNELL accepting the
Chiltern Hundreds, Sir HENRY came forward for the
eighth time on the hustings of the city of Waterford,
and was returned by a majority of 318 against
PATRICK COSTELLO, a Young Irelander, and against
THOMAS FRANCIS MAHER, an Old Irelander,
having himself coolly thrown Repeal overboard
and avowing himself to be a devoted follower of the
Whig Government ! Yet now—a Beresfordite in
1831, an anti-Beresfordite in the same year, an
a Repealer in 1835,
18a32,Repealer in 1841, a
uanqßuaelpiefiaelderßeipnealelrB3i7n,
quasi-Repealer in 1847, an anti-Repealer, or, in
other words, a thorough going Whig in 1848, Sir
HENRY VVTINSTON BARRON comes forward in 1852
as what P—as a colleague of that very Mr. CHRIST-
MAS be defeated in 1835, and opposed in 1841—as a
rank Tory—as a resolute Protectionist—as a declared
and enthusiastic Derbyite " Can such things be,
and overcome us "—certainly not " like a summer
cloud," but like something much more disagree•
able—‘, without our special wonder ? " Can
these political pirouettes be turned with im-
punity ? Can the electors of Waterford remain
indifferent to so much tergiversation and so
many and such flagrant recalcitrations ? Let
them vindicate their character for independence!
We say this because their character will at the next
general election he at stake. Their cry should be
that of HAMLET in the scene with his mother—
" A rat, a rat, dead for a ducat !" With decision
on their part—a decision prompted by indigna-
tion—they may then redeem themselves from
a position most anomalous, and, in some respects,
most disgraceful—and, by so doing, hold out to the
rest of the possessors of the franchise in the United
Kingdom an example worthy of imitation.

SALARIES TO COLONIAL BISHOPS.—On Wednesday
a return to Parliament was printed showing the salaries of
the Colonial Bishops. The highest salary is 3,000/. a year,
and the lowest 550/. Some are paid out of the parliamentary
votes, others out of the Consolidated Fund. In two cases
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel contributes a
portion, and in another case the Church Missionary Society
has to pay 6COI. a year towards the salary of the Bishop of
New Zealand.
THE BATTLE OF THE BEES.---A curious circum-
stance occurred a few days back at Guilleville, Euro- et-
Loire. A small farther had in a field about 250 beehives,
containing a vast number of bees. lie sent a man with a
cart, drawn by five horses, to remove some earth from a wall
near which the hives were placed. The carter having
occasion to go to the farm house, tied the horses to a tree.
Almost immediately after a multitude of bees, either irri-
tated at the shaking of their hives by the removal of the
earth from the wall, or excited by the electricity with
which the atmosphere happened to be charged, issued from
their hives, as if in obedience to a given signal, and with
great fury attacked the horses. In an instant the poor ani-
mals were entirely covered with bees from head to foot ;
even their nostrils were filled with them. When the carter
returned he found one of the horses lying dead on the
ground, and the others rolling about furiously. His cries
attracted several persons ; one of them attempted to drive
away the bees, but they attacked him, and he had to plunge
into a pond, and even to place his head under water for a
few seconds, in order to escape from them. The cure of
Guillevile also attempted to approach the horses, but he
too was put to flight by the enraged insects. At length
two fire engines were sent for, and by pumping on the bees
a great number were killed on the horses, or put to flight.
The horses, however, were so much injured that they died in
an hour. The value of the bees destroyed was 1,500 f., and
of the horses 2,500 f. A few days before bees from the same
hives killed 17 goslings.
A PRESENT FROM THE "DIGGINGS."—A poor but
respectable tradesman in Gloucester, whose brother emi-
grated to Australia a few years ago, has received from him a
very agreeable token of fraternal regard in the shape of a
lamp of gold. A letter which accompanied the
present stated that the brother had made his

way to the diggings, and had there picked up, among other
similar " trifles," the enclosed lump, which he begged his
brother to accept, and use its value in making the necessary
preparations for transferring himself and his whole family to
the great golden land of the south. The lump thus sent
has sold for not less than 4001.! Enabled by this princely
gift, the Gloucester tradesman is about to join his brother,
and has taken steps to dispose of his business.—Exeter
Gazette.

UTILITY OF BATHING.—The habitual use of the
bath was found so beneficial by the Greeks and Romans, and
is now in such constant use in France and other neighbour-
ing countries, enjoying a climate similar to our own, that it
is surprising that so few English women, of whatever grade
of society, have recourse to bathing, except some, perhaps.
for a few weeks of the year at the seaside. The practice of
bathing is not only to be advocated on the plea of cleanli-
ness, and facilitating the removal of secretion from the body,
but it has a direct sedative influence on the nervous system ;
it seems to absorb that morbid irritability arising from an un-
due development of the mind at the expense of the body, and
leaves a feeling of comfort and repose not wholly attribut-
able to the consciousness of being clean. The bath should
be used at least every week by those who are at the change
of life, and more frequently by those who suffer much from
profuse perspiration. The water should be sufficiently warm
to impart a grateful sensation, from 94 to 98 degrees, the
patient remaining in half an hour, and the head can be
sponged with cold water if the first impression of the bath
is to cause headache. —Dr. Tilt on the Health of Women,
THE Moous.—Sportsmen will be glad to bear that
there is a fair prospect of the ensuing season being a &st-
ress one for the moors. We have a number oi:,reports, every
one favourable, concerning the condition of grouse, since the
young birds were hatched ; and every person wbo has been
on the hills states that there is not a trace of disease among
the old birds nor among the young broods, which are now
considered safe from all casualties of weather. They gene-
rally count eight or ten from each nest, and are already so
strong as to be taking short flights under the guidance of
the old hens. Several of the larger shootings are taken, and
from inquiries now going on it is likely that most places
find tenants in the course of a month.—lnverness Courier.

PEDESTRIANISM.-368 MILES IN SI% DAYS.--At

times on Friday and Saturday considerable excitement was
visible in High-street, caused by great numbers of persons
assembling to witness the progress through the town of J.
Tapp, to whom we last week alluded, and who succeeded in
accomplishing his arduous undertaking. On both Friday
and Saturday he was 'accompanied by some friends over a
great part of his route, and on leaving Poole in the evening
of the latter day, when he had only ten miles to complete
his task, some admiring friends presented him with a hand-
some purple sash, on which were emblazoned in gold letters,
the words "The Conquering Hero." We understand he has
now pretty well recovered from the fatigues of the week.—
Poole Herald.

THE CORSICAN BnOTHERS.—The Court of Assizes
of Corsica, tried a few days ago, a young man named Franchi
for manslaughter. On the lit January last, a fete took
place at Montemaggiore, and the persons assemble
amused themselves with discharging firearms and
drinking. A squabble arose, between two brothers
named Fornelli, and a man named Moretti interfered
in it. The mother of the latter went to fetch him away,
but the accused, who was his cousin, pushed her rudely
aside, and, seizing him by the collar, said he should not go.
A struggle ensued, and both fell. As they were rising a
pistol, which Fornelli held in his hand, went off, and the ball
lodged in Poretti's breast. Death almost immediately en-
sued. The prisoner, though flashed with drink, seemed over-
whelmed with terror at view of the corpse, but after a while,
he hurried away. The next day, however, he gave himself
up to justice. The jury declared him guilty, and the Court
ondenined him to five years' imprisonment.

dangerous, 'We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
In the Legislative Corps, on Wednesday, the first
four chapters of the Budget of the Interior were
agreed to. On the sth chapter (the 800,000 f. secret
funds) a long discussion took place, but it was ulti-
mately carried. Chapters 6 and were then agreed
the National Guards,
of chapters 8 and 9, relative to
was postponed to the following
The report of M. Gomm on the Budget of Re-
dtos.y. The discussion
Re-
ceipts has been published. It shows that the annual
revenue of France is below the expenditure no less a
sum than 130 millions of francs at the least. The
budget is divided into two heads, called the treasury
service and the budgetary service. The treasury ser-
vice is only of a temporary character, consisting of
the moneys lodged by the communes, receivers-
general,saving2-knks, Ville de Paris, with the
Treasury bills, an 6 the sums due by certain railway
companies, the whole amounting at present to
a deficiency of no sufficient
It is the budgetaryif considered morely provi-
sional.
is permanent, service, of which the cha-
racterthat engages the anxious con-
cern of the Committee. The Committee thinks
a6m93o,uonOtO,tooohofa.,
that the Government ought to abstain from
all expenditure not absolutely needful, and that,
before having recourse to new taxes, every expedient
in the way of economy should be tried. It is on this
account, it would seem, that the Committee had made
the proposition, rejected by the Council of State, for
cutting down demands for the embellishment of public
buildings, Sze. The report next proceeds to show
that the public revenue is derived from two sources—
direct and indirect. The former levied on lands and
houses, the latter from miscellaneous imposts. It is a
curious fact that 14hile the indirect taxes have been
steadily augmenting, so as to give greater returns
now by 4327000,000 f. than they did thirty years ago,
the land-tax has remained stationary. The contribu-
tion fonciere, as it is called, which in 1817 returned
257,895,025 E, ge ;
es only to-day 258,239,824 E, and
that not withstan6ing the removal of some particular
charges. To expect increased taxation from the land
the reporter holes to be out of the question. With
the indirect taxes it is different, for according as
population increases• and industry extends a steady
increase may be looked for in this branch of revenue
quite sufficient to meet the wants of the State, if only
kept within due bounds.
We read the following in Galignani:—
..Since the alterations in the law on the press, the
lending articles of the Paris journals have necessarily
been more subdued in tone, and those persons who were
in the habit of seeking excitement for the day in the
columns of the morning journals must have experienced
a sort of void in their existence. To readers of this
class the restraints on the public press must have ap-
peared almost
, unjastifiable; but the new law has parti-
sans as well as adversaries, for temperance in mental
matters may be
, as important for the general conduct of
society as aostinence from
exciting
drinks is essential for
the health of the body. Notwithstanding the new law,
however, vie have occasionally had articles in the Paris
journals of sbfficieat spirit to lead to a conviction that
the Government was desirous of correcting not the free-
dom but the licentiousness of political writers, for hi-
therto no man
a has been prosecuted for expressing him-
self freely, if he did so with propriety."
M. CARE; chief of the Icarian Socialists, has
addressed a letter to his adherents in France,
announcing that he was to leave London on
tue i I'n) to return to Nauvoo, in America.
$e adds, that the colony at Nauvoo have re-
solved to semi an expedition to explore Texas,
where they think a favourable site can be found
for establishing a colony on Icarian Communist
principles) bat that Nauvoo is to be retained us a
provisional station. He states, also, that the Icarians
at Native° have resolved to demand naturalization as
American citizens, in order to avail themselves of the
y
law recently
passed by Congress, granting 150 acres
of land to every chief of a family born or naturalized
an American.
A letter from Boulogne, dated yesterday, states
that the celebrated Mrs. MARY ANNE CLARKE, who,
more than forty years ago, caused so much sensation
in England, in connexion with the charges brought
in the House of Commons against the late Duke of
YORK, died in that town on Monday last, aged 74.
Letters from Belle-Isle state that BLAAQIII is dan-
gerously ill.
The French Mediterranean squadron came to an
anchor in the roadstead of Algiers on the 19th inst.
The last reception at the Ely see for Members of
Parliament will take place on Saturday, as the session
must close on Monday evening.
The credit demand for the payment of the Murillo
picture is 615,000 f.
The receipts of the Orleans and Bordeaux Railway
Company, for the sections from Orleans to Tours and
from Tours to Poitiers, during the month of May last,
amount to 611,607 f., being an increase of 151,527 f.
as compared with the corresponding month of last
year. The receipts for the week ending the 141 a
instant amount to 131,296 f., being an increase of
46,760 f. as compared with the corresponding week of
the preceding year.
Tnero was not much business transacted at the Bourse.
The Four-and-a-pelf per Cents. opened at 101 f. 70e.,
and closed at 101 f. 55a. for the end of the month; the
Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 70c.; Orleans Railway
Shares, 1,242 f. 50a.; Rouen, 8701.; lavro, 330 f.; Great
Northern, 616 f. 250.; Avignon, 420 f.; Bale, 2621. 50c ;
Paris and Strasburg, 5801.; the New Austrian Loan, 94.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 24.
Charleroi and Erquelines, 14—Dutch Rhenish, 5 t,—
Great Indian Peninsula, 6%—Luxembourg, 3N—Maria
Antonia, 87/B—Namur and Liege, 65/3—Northern of France,
249/s—rleans and Bordeaux, 16;i—Paris and Lyons, 12—
Pu:a and Rouen, 34%—Paris and Strasbourg, 231. f ex d.—
Rouen and Havre, 13—Sambre and Mouse, 51/2—Western
of France, 8.

SPAIN.
We have received Madrid advices of the 19th insl
Theycontain h
interest.
‘An JUNE 19.—Three per Cents, 46i
Exchange on London, 50 25.
gip BonLostA:ng of

GERMAN Y.
The National Gazette of Berlin states that the
resistance e
phascto
e.d. h e
led .
Project for the revision of the Con-
stitution to a result which the Government
least
-- is now feared that the Struve
party, in which, to a certain extent reliance bad been
placed, will withdraw ext t
It
w its support from the Cabinet.
It is pretended that the members of the Cabinet of
the month of March) who belong to this party, have
expressed the opinion that the country itself desires
certain Constitution should be modified.
The
urrathsdopf thees
MICHEL and NICHOLAS arrived
at Potsdam on the 21st.
The Council of Ministers decided, on the 21st, that
the communal ordinance of the year 1850 should be
further suspended
been putin force. in those towns in which it has not
The last account
Lop= Gazette given of the movements of the
Emperor.. of AUSTRIA was from Temeswar. The
under the. windows
Buda : Several
contains the following, under date of
hundreds of peasants assembled
sent an aide-de-camp p to demand what they wished.
' All we desire of the palace. The EAIPEROn
' replied an old woman of the party,
'is to bee the Emperor: The EMPEROR immediately
went out to then) and begged them to range them-
selves in such e
Manner that he could speak to.
them all, but
2the
MAJESTY, and, throwing themselves on their knees,
embraced his feet, uttering shouts of satisfaction.
The EMPEROR
, Was affected even to tears.. The
Austrian Lwyr.Peasants flocked together round his
Lloyd's says :—" The enthusiastic recep-
tion given to thegreat consternation among the Hungarian refugees
ee
in London. A EMPEROR in Hungary has caused
letter from that city of the 11th
states that Baez
ley had convoked a meeting of his
friends, to. whom he declared that, from accounts. be
had received f
-41PEnoil, was unbounded, and that. it
was necessary favour of the
e to devise some measure to re-animate
enthusiasm from an eye-witness, the enthusiasm in.
for the cause of Hungary."
The Spener
Gazette, under date of Vienna 19th,
says :—" The report has been confirmed that imme-
diately after his return the EMPEROR will publish a
general amnesty, for his MAJESTY has ordered lists
of the prisoners to be
Duchessgiven to him at every place he
has visited. The Duch
a few days at
Frohsdorff on a visit to the Count and
Countess DE
Cueethome. Several Legitimists have
already arrived. There is no talk of the departure of
the Count DE CHAMBORD."
A letter from Berlin, 22d, says Schlangenbald
will, in
The Ring
three crowned heady, the Kings of BAVARIA, a few days, be honoured with tbe presence of
meet.. the HOL-
LAND,Kin-
-6 of PRUSSIA, on the occasion of the
and BELGIUM. These Sovereigns will. perhaps
after his arrival at the chateau of Stolzenfe.ls."
visit Which he will pay to the Empress of RUSSIA
tribunal
at Kissingen.
The of SWEDEN is expected to arrive shortly
litessenger of Transylvania publishes a sen-
tenceKAßAEßsey, as President of the late revolutionary
of death pronounced upon Count ALEXA.NDER
were members of that tribunal, for having of Clausenburg, and six other persons, who
con-
demned to death and caused to be executed the
Curate noel', and others, for their devotedness to
the Government. The condemned persons having
fled, their names have been put on the pillory and
their property has been confiscated. The sentence has
received the sanction of the EMPEROR.

whTicluilNlT
receivedr .r,s A
the
RC
Royal
a Aa l
assert IE :D l%. ll
last
T Aweekc,
Its object is to render valid the signatures to'rlw•
.s—inl loTswwl 3 iihnge where rtcchete
same are not placed above the disposition or direction as to
any property.
Until the law was altered, the position of a
signature was very material, and a good deal of litigation has
been caused by it not being placed in a particular manner on
the instrument. The Act, which is the result of a measure
brought
certain wills already made, where administration has not been
forward by the Lord Chancellor, is to extend to
granted or ordered on account of the defective execution of
such wily,