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brave ancestors, the overthrow of a reckless fac- neither applied nor applicable, as to materially
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tion that would trample on those rights and abro- 1 lessen the confidence which might be placed in this
gate the liberties of America. This is the only preventive; that finally, sentiment apart, mere
issue of the war that honest and generous men in considerations of health regarded, known lorms of
France and England can anticipate without alarm. food in which these germs aboundshould be shunned
Mr. Seward will never persuade them to desire any as being so much poison. Here at this point we
other. The apologist of Mr. Lincoln would reply might expatiate on the grouse disease, always
to all that is said about the rights of the case by accompanied as it is, most probably caused, by
affirming that the Southern movement was a rebel- parasatic entozoa—tape-worms, in point of fact.
lion against constituted authority which it behoved We have stated enough, however, for the occasion.
the Government of the United States to repress by E very one concerned—and who is not ?—may apply
all the means in its power. Disdaining, however, the facts mentioned to his own particular case.
to discuss this question, as being irrevalent just -
now,
he makes an appeal to the interests of France
and England, which he thinks should induce them
to look for the success of the North as the only 1
prospect of peace. On this ground, too, we are 1
ready to meet him. It is curious that a pamphlet
i
has appeared in Paris almost at the moment of the 1
publication of his letter, which gives the coup de
grace to his argument as far as France is concerned. ;
l'he brochure on " France, Mexico, and the Confe-
derate States," although it bears no name, is be- is
lieved to express the views of the French Court. it
The title of the pamphlet points out the line which a
it takes. France has made a great conquest in hi
Mexico, and wishes to establish a durable empire in r
the lately distracted southern part of the North 1]
American Continent. Had there never been any s
civil war in the States this conquest would, in all iii
probability, not have been completed without an .n
armed interference on the part of the American
Government. The reconstruction of the Union,
could it ever take place, would leave the Northern ,A
Government at liberty to carry out its views in IT
Mexico, and those views are notoriously opposed to ••
the domination of any European Power. The silly
boast of a former American President is actually f 1
held to be a state maxim at Washington. The so er
called " Monroe doctrine" denies the right of any al,
European Government to acquire territory in r I
America, and is of course opposed to a French or
Austrian empire in a country which Americans lA'
have long regarded as their peculiar prey. The bt
Northerners, as might have been expected,
have fulminated a variety of useless anathe-
mas against the French conquerors and the pro-
clamation '••
of the Mexican Empire. So long as ea
the South forms a barrier between them and Mexico eel
they have no more power to interfere in the politics I'c
of that country than in those of New Zealand.
Meanwhile the South, for reasons which it is not
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difficult to understand, is dispcsed to hail the French
conquest, and to give a warm welcome to the sol- rat
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diers with whom it would willingly establish b
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still closer relations. Their position in Mexico, .ss
and their common feeling of antagonism towards the ice
North as far as regards affairs in America, give the
French an additional motive for sympathising with
the South. Even before the Mexican conquest a
seemed probable the French Government had been -
strongly disposed to recugnition and even to an
alliance with the South. This disposition is now T
so far strengthened that the civil war between the )en,
States seems likely ere long to enter into a new
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phase, and to receive a solution somewhat different
13,
from that so confidently predicted by Mr. Lincoln's
41
Secretary of State. The writer of the pamphlet to 21
which we have alluded urges the immediate recog- 12:
s.e.
nition of the Confederate States by France. An i
active alliance with the South is more than hinted 2(
(
at. The other European States will follow the ex- 27
ample of France. The American question must 52
then be " thoroughly settled." " The Northern 17
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States will no longer persevere in a hopeless 63
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struggle, and the war navy of France is an argu-
ment which, if need be, would effectually support 'ls, 48
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the work of her diplomacy." The Great Powers ro,. 30
of Europe have too lone. been the listless spectators t:,yaris( 5,
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of this deplorable civil contest. We be'ieve, and Gt. eat, 614
we think most men in France and England agree Greats 35851
with us, that the time has now come when they tst.Northi 66
have a right to make their voice heard in the settle- rit.eSout thn.
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ment of American affairs. It will do much credit Irvearn leVsesstA
86;
to the sagacity of the Emperor of the French if it Irish North-VS, 145
should appear that he is alive to the advantage of Limerick and 3951
being the first to do the right thing—the first to Limerick and Foy, 24124
claim the friendship and alliance of a people that
ten,
Lioa neeinlY& North-We 11 4654
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will have abundant opportunity to prove its gratitude London and Blackwal. 5
We shall regret that our own country was not the London & South-West, 441
2411
foremost in the expression of a generous regard for a IfonnedLonE,riCglllattri;mS, S.
Coo‘v. 724
people that far more than its Northern foe is allied Do. 3letropolitan EXICIIBI 41
to us in blood and feeling. It cannot be denied that Lund., Tilbury, & Southend . 42i
our interests pointed all in that direction. In the Naanne.,glgffield
T . &&ALI ti nr
icr)t 8 ".
239;
94
South is a supply of what we want—a market for Maryport and Carlisle 2B
what we sell. The South would pour its cotton into Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.- Western) 641 6141
our ports, and receive our manufactures without 6lidland Gt.Westn. of hind 2591 192
prot ibitary tariffs. England and the South are Monkland 7ll
Moumouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44
made to be mutually assistant, mutually dependent. North British, Dim., Perth
There is nothing but jealousy and ill-blood between and. Dundee
us and the North, while the South, for all our cold N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1095 10651
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treatment, looks upon us as friends and brethren.NorthNorth ktoantldooricishire 254
We have thrown away a magnificent opportunity, Oswestry and Newton...... -
and spurned an alliance which would have been so risretenY,scams, -
great a gain on both sides. If the Emperor Napo- Scottish ce,“-
leon should step in to accept this alliance, and avail ~c,...0tti., - 1
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himself of all the privileges to which the first comer eouoi Lee— ___ 751
has the best claim, we cannot possibly find fault South-Eastern dun 306
all' Vale 55 P'
with him, as we have only ourselves to blame for it. Tlster
POA',—Of reports presented by order to either of Pallee oof Neathw • so
32'
the departments of Government, and circulated in Waterford and Kilkenny
the form of blue books, or other State printed papers, Lastetrjoorrd anclll Limerick
few have been impressed with features of so much W.HartlenpwooalllarbrAtltai"
general interest as those affecting the conditions of W'bwren,Cleator,& Egr-
public health. This is a matter that touches the self- Whitehaven Junction
Whnehaven & Pure,
interest of everybody. It is one in respect of which F warp AND Cr
the statement may be confidently made that the Austrianandea'
more we study it the more do we become enthralled. Belgian Eap'
Fear and hope, the two most powerful human influ- l?titilitaoy , r
ences, become awakened; fear of violating conditions u
proclaimed by experience as necessary in the ma- Rpeute.
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jority of cases to health preservation, and hope that 1
by heeding admonitions, and, acting in accordance
with their promptings, we may escape the evils
which adoption of the opposite course might have
probably induced. Apart from the intrinsic popu-
larity of this class of subjects, however, much of the
public appreciation they have secured is due to
the well-reasoned and concise manner in which
the health officer, Mr. Simon, has year after year
drawn up his sanitary bulletins. The last of these
documents, just issued for the use of the Privy
Council, possesses even more interest than most of
those antecedent, because of the prominence it gives
to the result of eating diseased animal food. The
facts stated are not new ; in which, indeed, consists
cognisant
ofsa e
tt heefi rt value.them
;
indeed,
n Physiologistsdeed ,
th e r
ereheaavi
een laoln g b
been
revela-
tions made relative to that sectioni of them which
concerns the development and dissemination of
entozoa, or internal parasites, must be numbered
amongst the most interesting, as well as the best
attested, in the entire range of comparative anatomy
and physiology. The public interest of Mr. Simon's
attestation consists in this : Quitting domains
strictly professional, he brings the topic of entozoic
development practically home to each and every
one of us. To epitomise the subject in a few words,
the case stands thus ; Life and death are not condi-
tions so obviously distinct as people are wont to
imagine. The Abyssinian, as Bruce, the traveller,
recorded long ago, procures a rump-steak in a dis-
gusting and—humanity considered—a most repre-
hensible fashion. With a sharp knife he cuts out
a steak from the living animal, and eats it raw.
As to the sentiment of the thing there can be only
one opinion—the custom is horribly repulsive. But
—sentiment apart and the objection of cruelty dis-
posed of—is there any other objection to the Abys-
sinian custom ? Yes ; nature revolted vindicates
her decencies. The Abyssinian steak, dead so to
speak quoad bovine life, holds nevertheless, if not
always, yet in many cases, living germs so exceed-
ingly small that not even tho microscope could
reveal them. Ingested, however, they reveal their
presence soon enough—tapeworm being the conse-
quence. No known people on the face of the earth
are so affected as the Abyssinians with this deadly
parasite, so that were it not for thecireumstance that
Livery efficient remedy, koufsoo, grows in Abyssinia,
and is plentifully used, it seems as though the
whole race of Abyssinians would be swept away.
Pursuing the topic, it is well known to physiolo-
gists that animated germs of size inconceivably
small may be present in thousands of
tchaesiers
wwahenievitc;
little suspect them. They may find y
the system through water drunk and fruit anof
d
salads eaten rase ; but animal food is the vehicle no
ingestion in which they are chiefly to be appre-
hended. It is a peculiarity of certain of these ani-
mated germs that in some cases they assume one
form of entozoic development, in others another ;
the result partly depending on the species of animal
that has ingested them, and partly on the specific
organism in which they may have found their final
lodgment. Thus a microscopic thread worm, known
as the trichina spiralis, infests the muscular or
fleshy parts of animals; and, according to the
authority of Mr. Garngee, quoted by Mr. Simon, it
has been discovered quite recently that the presence
of this worm may bring the muscular flesh of swine
into such a state that a small portion eaten raw will
suffice to destroy life. The same authority—Mr.
Gamgee—expresses his belief that there are between
forty and fifty thousand measly pigs in Ireland,
most of which come to Great Britain for consump-
tion ; and his impression is, that for every measly
p being afflicted with tape-worm. The general facts
to which the specific observations jst noticed refer
are, we repeat, not new ; hence their greater signi-
ficance. They admonish each and every one of us
to aid in whatever way may be possible the giving
effect to the supervision of officers of public health.
To sum up the main facts known as the laws of
entezoic presence and development, it seems, firstly,
that be anywhere, every-
where; animalsmarkedly afflicted with
the
butn ox
thatious igner rus may
certain characteristic diseases they attain their
maximum ; that sufficient application of culinary
heat will certainly destroy them ; but so many in-
stances occur in which the sufficiency of heat is

COUNTRY MARKE TS.

LIVERPOOL—FRIDAY.
At this day's market there was a quick sale for good red
American wheat, which closed fully 2d to 3d per cental
dearer than the extreme rates of Tuesday. White wheat
unaltered in value. New oa arrive slowly; ; old were more
saleable. Barley, beans, and peas all brought full prices.
Indian corn in pod request. Flour quiet.

WAKEFIELD—FRIDAY.
A fair quantity of new wheat came to hand to-day, the
full prices of last week being realised. An improved de-
mand for old sorts, but prices no higher. Beans in steady
demand, and oats and shelling rather cheaper.