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HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N.,
for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of
Outcast and Destitute Boys,
,and those verging on crime,
under 10 years of age.
President—KOßEßT HANBURY, Esq., M.P,
VICE-PRESIDENTS.

...., _
Stephen Cave, Esq., M.F. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart. M.P.
Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Samuel Morley, Esq.
COMMITTEE.
Mr Alex. Anderson. I Rev. H. M'Sorley.
Mr. E. H. Burrows. 1 Mr. W. J. Maxwell.
Mr. A. D. Chapman. I Mr. Alfred Short.
Mr. E. F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair.
Mr. George Moore.
I Mr. E. J. Tabrum.
Mr. Francis Lycett. Mr. R. T. Turnbull.
Treasurer—W. H. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C.
Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 26, Suffolk-street,
Pall-Mall East, B.W
Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-

sired, E.C.
The mode of admission to the House is twofold,
Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted
are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till
they are 11 years ce age.
With the view t o secure the election of the most deserving
cases, the Commit' e have from the first discouraged canvas-
sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers.
The voting papers contain a description of each case, as
i care-
ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa-
tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to
those most eligible for free admission.
This Home was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to
take its the little ones whose charact, r and circumstances
disqualify them for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender
age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are those
who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are
those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and
left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose
parents may have at one time or other received parish relief,
and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose
parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who
train their children in the same path. Such are those whose
evil associations have already had their painful effect, and
must lead them to a life of crime and misery.
There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of
age to 10. There is room for nearly 10,, and the Committee
would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait
for the necessary subscriptions.
The Committee feel constrained to p'ead for those who
cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir-
cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they
ask—is it right to make a widow and her family paupers for
lite becapse one of them (the naughty boy of the family) runs
wild in the streets and is beyond her control? Is it kind to
tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not
h-lp her to put one of them into a Home,but that they must
ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the bast we can for the
little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it
doing to others as we would they should do unto us that when
these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into
the streets, or force them by 111-treatment to " mita away,"
none of us shun d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly
word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe thorn?
Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the
other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's
keeper ?"
The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi-
dent from the police statistics, which show that in London
alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of
age, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom
were convicted sad punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis-
charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too
young to punish. though not too young to learn the beginnings
of crime. On the other hand. there are numbers who, but
for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must
otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli-
ance and self-help be permanent burdens to the State.
The Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established
to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the
one hand, and the workhouse on the ether, and to endeavour
to make them useful members of society.
The daily routine of the Ins notion present° all the fea-
tures of a home, a aline)), and a workshop. The little ones
are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals,
their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement,
and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every
morning is devoted to scho,,l work—reading, and writing,
and ciphering-, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional
lessons in oljects and other subjects. But they are also
trained to work. As they must all, awl that at a very early
period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow,
they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after-
noons are occupied with various industrial occupations—
making brown paper bags for bankers, and white i aper bags
for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers lor any
who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending
the c othes, &c. Some ass's:, the master in the garden,
gigging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By
degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing
and sweeping, while the elder ones clean all the boots,
knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active
working llfe.
2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance.
All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of
admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any
time as soon as approved by the Committee,
Elections of children to be adzaitted free will take place as
frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will
admit, till the Home is full; they will then be held periodi-
cally
Forms of application for the admission of children may be
had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary,

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votiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
•if the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three
times the quantity, in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
gree❑ package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp.

CRUMLIN VlADUCT.—Considerable alarm has
been manifested for some weeks past in consequence of ru-
mours that Crumlin Viaduct was not in a secure state.
These rumours soon reached the ears of Lord Llanover,
Lord Lieutenant of the county of Monmouth, who consi-
dered it his duty to communicate on the subject with the
Board of Trade. The authorities very properly, and
without delay, deputed Captain Tyler, one of their most
eminent inspectors, to make the necessary examination,
and to apply the requisite tests, with a view of as-
certaining the stability of the bridge. This examination
took place on Thursdaymorning. There were present Lord
Llanover, Capt. Tyler, Mr. Owen, C.E., Great Western
Railway; Mr. G. Armstrong, district locomotive superin-
tendent; Mr. Jas. Kelly, superintendent of the South Wales
division; Mr. J. F. Relton, district superintendent, and other
officers of the company, by whom the matter was regarded
as one of great interest and importance. The first test ap-
plied was that of running a train of seven engines and their
tenders (weighing together 240 tons), from one end of the
viaduct to the other at different rates of speed. This train
exactly covered two spans of the viaduct, and the appear-
ance of so many engines linked together, with their polished
work reflecting the rays of a bright sun, was a spectacle re-
markable even to men experienced in the railway world.
'The moment, as might be supposed, was one of no ordinary
excitement, but the results, as will be seen, were as
gratifying as the most sanguine could desire. After this
great load had been many times passed and re-passed over
the line, as already described, and the effect duly noted
by the inspector, a much severer test was resorted to.
Seven engines with their tenders were placed on one line,
and one powerful engine and its tender attached to 15 large
trucks heavily loaded with coal and iron (each truck and its
contents weighing 15 tons), were placed on the other line.
Those enormous masses, the greatest that could be put on,
were simultaneously moved backwards and forwards at
various rates of speed, the deflection and lateral oscilla-
tion being carefully noted. It is pleasing to find that after
eight years' wear, the deflection of the girders does not
exceed what it was when the viaduct was first tested prior
to its being opened for traffic purposes. It appears that
there has been some slight wear upon several of the bolts,
which had been in course of repair, and this will probably
account for the prevalence of the alarming reports upon
which the Lord-Lieutenant so promptly acted. The public
will heartily rejoice to hear that there was not a shadow
of foundation for such reports, and the scientific tests now
applied are well calculated to inspire increased confidence
in the safety of this remarkable structure, which has so
appropriately been designated the chef d'oeuvre of the
Messrs. Kennard Brothers. During the examination all
traffic on this part of the line was suspended, but it was
resumed immediately on the termination of the experi-
ments. The official report will of course be sent direct to
the Board of Trade, and will probably not bo made public
for some days.—From the Star of Gwent.

ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION:—M. Dabry, French
Consul at Han Keoo, in China, has just published an inte-
resting paper in the Bulletin de la Societe de Acclimatation
on the process employed by the Chinese in hatching eggs.

thought no language too hard for Mr. Johnson and
his advisers. The President of the United States is
at this moment a harder worked man than any
porter in the streets of London. I had an interview
with him on the morning of a Cabinet Council,
when the throng of applicants is excluded from the
White House, and his appearance was that of a man
who finds no rest night or clay, and who is con-
sumed with anxiety and care. There is almost more
than one man can do,' was his simple description of
the never-ending duties of his post. He spoke with
hope and confidence of his efforts to complete the
work of restoration in the South ; and it happened
that later in the day I had an opportunity of judg-
ing by Southern testimony how that work was
progressing.
" The amount of labour which- is accomplished
every day by the President and his principal advisers
is almost incredible. In this respect, at any rate, Ido
not think
erememberedheOld World
yet surpasses the New. It
must b
that, in addition to the severe
tO
routine work of the office, a crowd of persons flock
all day to the chief public officials, and in America
the heads of departments must not set up barricades
of policemen, porters, or c!erks round their doors.
The frayed carpeting of the staircase which leads to
the President's chamber gives some idea of the
number of feet which are constantly ascending and
descending. There is a room set apart for ladies,
and thus they are partially protected from that ex-
temporized carpeting of tobacco juice which the men
are always laying and renewing for themselves in
the hall where they stand about and wait. In the
Treasury is the Attorney-General's office, also
thronged with men and women anxious to be purged
of their offences and get back to the South. When
the day's work is limited to 12 hours it must be a
sort of holyday to Attorney-General Speed. The
pardoning business, indeed, overworks all the offi-
cials, and no doubt it also causes great irritation to
many who have to dawdle about this stifling and
uncomfortable city. It arises, as you are aware, out of
the clause of the proclamation of amnesty which ex-
cepts from its benefits all persons whose incomes
exceed $20,000 a year. As that exception clause has
been misunderstood in England, as well as in some
,parts of the States, an explanation of it, which you
may accept as representing the true views of the
Administration, may not be unserviceable.

" When the clause was introduced the Govern-
ment was quite aware that it you'd give rise to mis-
conception of its purposes at ?tome and abroad. It
was also aware that the clatm would for a time tie
up the resources of the South, check enterprise, and
delay the recovery of the lately seceded States from
the blow they have received. The Government did
not wish to produce any of these results ; on the con-
trary, it earnestly wished, every member of it, from
the President downwards, to bring the South back
again into the Union as early as was consistent
with safety. Its motives, then, for introducing
the clause in question must obviously have been
very pressing and cogent. They may be
briefly described. If, when the war was over,
an action was brought in the Supreme Court to test
the legality and authority of Mr. Lincoln's proclama-
tion abolisoing slavery, it is doubtful whether the
proclamation could have been sustained. Each State
has a right to make its own lairs ; the President can-
not make laws touching their internal organisation.
Now, the only persons who could have brought such
an action as that I speak of were the persons pos-
sessing over $20,000 a
year. It was resolved to de-
prive them of any power, here or hereafter, of re-
viving the question of slavery, by requiring each one
to apply separately for pardon, and in the pardon
which they receive, a copy of which lies before me,
there are these two conditions:-41. This pardon to
be of no effect until the said shall take the oath
prescribed in the proclamation of the President dated
May 29, 1865. 2. To be void and of no effect if
the said shall hereafter. at any time, acquire
any property whatever in slaves, or make use of slave
labour.' Should, then, any planter question the
validity of the Emancipation Proclamation, and at-
tempt to revive slavery in any form, he at once
brings upon himself the pains and penalties of trea-
son. Thus individuals are secured, and States are
not admitted back .into the Union until they have
passed an ordinance declaring slavery abolished
within their limits—as Mississippi has just done.
None, I suppose, will blame Mr. Johnson for taking
care that the object and end of the war on the part
of the mass of Northern people should not be jug-
gled out of their hands at the moment of victory.
" There is no difficulty in obtaining these pardons.
The system is purely one of routine, and I was as-
sured that the Attorney-General now very seldom
even reads the applications. The applicant takes

the prescribed oaths, signs his acceptance of the
conditions under which the pardon is given (the two
most quoted); and the whole
affair importantis
at an end. Quick as the process is it takes
time to complete it, but twenty pardons, and often
en I. haveQ just
a larger number, are got through every day. And
as to the States returning, they can do it just as
soon as they please, and the Government cannot
help them forward by a single hour. During my
gave me the oppor-
tunitya large deputation of Southern
gentlemen who desired, as they said, ' to pay
h
stayo here f
meeting Mr. S Seward ward kindly
represented all the
States lately
into
arms as
They
as
the ' Confederacy,' and
their
respects
every man in the company—there were about
60 of them altogether—was a prominent and lead- '
ing man in his State. Many of them belonged to
the ' old Whig party,' and consequently were for-
mer friends of Mr. Seward's, and they were all re-
ceived with the dry pleasantry and plain speech
which the Americans understand better than any
other form of communication. < We have come,'
said the spokesman, ' to pay you our respects.'
Well, gentlemen,' replied Mr. Seward, ' you will
not object to my saying that it is pretty nearly time
you did.' They all laughed, and confessed that it
was. Mr. Seward to them, When I told my son,
Mr. Frederick Seward, that I was about to receive a
deputation of rebels, he said that unless they came
with a very different object from that which prompted
the last rebels he saw he would rather not be pre-
sent.' The last rebel' thus referred to was the
man who nearly murdered Mr. Seward and his son,
and whose handiwork is. still seen in Mr. Seward's
disfigured face and in his son's still feeble health:
We mean what we say, sir,' said a gentleman from
Georgia ; ' we intend to be loyal and good Union

perform, they do it heartily and frankly ; I stand to-
day, as I have ever stood, firmly in the opinion that
if a monopoly contends against this country, the monopoly
must go down, and the country must go up. Yes, the issue
was made by the South against the Government, and the
Government has triumphed; and the South, true to her
ancient instincts of frankness and manly honour, comes
forth and expresses its willingness to abide the result of
the decision in good faith, While I think that the rebellion
has been arrested and subdued, and am happy in the con-
sciousness of a duty well performed, I want not only you,
_ _ _ _

but the people of the world, to know that while I dreaded
and feared disintegration of the States, lam equally op-
posed to consolidation or concentration of power here,
under whatever guise or name they bear ; and if the issue
is forced upon us, I shall endeavour to pursue the same
efforts to dissuade from this doctrine of running to ex-
tremes, but I say, let the same rules be applied. Let the
Constitution be our guide. Let the preservation of that
and the union of States be our principal aim.'
" One other passage is important : •

" The institution of slavery is gone. The former status
of the negro had to be changed, and we, as wise men, must
recognize so potent a fact and adapt ourselves to circum-
stances as they surround us. (Voices—' We are willing to
do so. Yes, sir, we are willing to do so.') believe you
are. I believe when your faith is pledged—when your
consent has been given, as I have already said—l believe it
will be maintained in good faith, and every pledge or pro-
mise fully carried out. (Cries--qt will.') All I ask or
desire of the South or the North, the East or the West, is to
be sustained in carrying out the principles of the Constitu-
tion. It is not to be denied that we have been great
sufferers on both sides. Good men have fallen on both
sides, and much misery is being endured as the necessary
result of so gigantic a contest. Why, then, cannot we come
together, and around the common altar of our country heal
the wounds that have been made ? Deep wounds have been
inflicted. Our country has been scarred all over. Then why
cannot we approach each other upon principles which are
right in themselves, and which will be productive of good
to all ?'

" The first thing that will be urged in answer to
all this by those who still fancy they see the fire of
Secession smouldering in the South is this—' Of course
these men speak thus because they want to save
their money and estates, and when they have done
that they will go away and hate the Government
worse than ever, and prepare secretly for another
struggle for independence.' Does anybody suppoge
the Government at Washington is so blind as not to
see that there may be this scheme in view ? It does
see it fully, but in spite of it the President resolves,
if I may be allowed to quote his own words to me,
'to go squarely on in the work of restoration,' as-
suming that the South mean to act in good faith. It
is a wise and noble resolution, for any other would
carry ruin and despair into every corner of the South.
The position of the Government was put even more
forcibly by Mr. Seward to some of the deputation
I have spoken of. The Southern gentlemen were
pressing upon him their intention to beloyal. 4 Well,
gentlemen,' said Mr. Seward, ' I must tell you frankly
that I am not much concerned about the sincerity of
your professions. I hope you mean them as I receive
them ; you have done what you could against us,
and all I can say is that if you mean fair play I am
your man, and if you mean cheating we are not
afraid of you.' There was not a man in the crowd
who did not understand Mr. Seward perfectly when
he said this. My own impression is that many
Southern men who are loud in their professions of
loyalty are not sincere. But what is that to the Go-
vernment? Should it hang such men, or pardon them
and let them go ? It chooses the latter course. I hope
English people will not think that it is blameworthy
for doing so. Is the United States Government strong
enough to keep down disloyal men should measures
of repression ever be called for? That is the essence
of the whole matter, and let the results of the last
four years answer the question. Any one wbo sup-
poses that Mr. Johnson or his advisers are going to play
any risks in provoking a war with France on account
of Mexico, or with England on account of anything,
is foolishly mistaken. The Government can see its
way better than that. It means to keep out of mis-
chief abroad, and settle its difficulties at home. No
doubt—let it be acknowledged 20 times over—there
will be for years many in the South who would
gladly see the Government overthrown. But what
can they do ? It does not matter what they say. As
to England, there will never be war between Ame-
rica, and her while Mr. Seward is alive. Strange as
it may sound to some English ears, there is no man
America who understands better the necessity and
advantages of keeping at peace with us, and who
desires more earnestly to see the entente cordiale re-
stored between the two countries, than Mr. Seward
at this moment.

" Before closing this letter I must allude to a very
serious cause of irritation which the English Go-
vernment still gives to the Government and the
people of the United States. Every week there come
tidings of whole fleets of whalers destroyed by the
Shenandoah—a British cruiser,' as the papers de-
light to impress upon the popular mind. These poor
wretches of whalers find their boats taken from
them, and all their means destroyed, months after
the war is over, and no one can lay hold of the
Shenandoah to stop her. Several of the captain's cap-
tives have told him the news of the fall of the Confe-
deracy, but he says he ' refuses to believe it.' Only
within the last fortnight another batch of ten or a
dozen vessels are reported to have been destroyed
by this craft, and thus the anger of the Northern
people towards England is constantly being kept alive.
What is specially complained of is this : While Spain,
France, and other Powers have withdrawn their re-
cognition of the South as belligerents, England still
gives ' Confederate' vessels the benefit of 24 hours'
shelter in her ports, ' so that,' as an officer of the Go-
vernment said to me, ' even if our vessels followed
the Shenandoah into any of your ports, in any part
of the world, we should not be allowed to tak her.'
I cannot exaggerate the ill feeling which this occa-
sions. If it be donein accordance with international
law (which of course is denied here), it is not the less
to be regretted that this miserable ship still stands
between the English and the American Governments.
I believe (and Ido not speak without reason) that
you would have heard no more about Alabama
claims had the Government at home withdrawn
fully its recognition of belligerent rights, instead of
keeping a 24 hours' sore running. It tends to defer
the realisation of that hope which President John-
son expressed to me, that " England would shortly
understand the American Government and its ob-
jects better than it had done hitherto."

50 added. About half a mile.
Mr. George's Wallet, 7st 51b (Britton 1
Mr. Phillips's Jolly Boy, 7st 51b (Hoystead 2
Mr. Merone's Lightfoot, 7st 41b (Carroll 3
Mr. Cliff's Grace Clitheroe, 7st 61b (car. 7st 811 a) (Lomas 4
Betting-7 to 4 agst Grace Clitheroe, 2to 1 agst Jolly
Boy, 5 to 2 agst Wallet. Won by a length ; a head between
second and third; a bad fourth. The winner was not sold.
The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 30 added. One
mile.

Lord Westmoreland's Orloff, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Kenyoul 1
Inheritress, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (lluxtabli 2
East Lynne, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Challoner 3
Cutler, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (Warn 4
The following also ran :—Humphrey, Charles Fox, and
Pera colt.

Betting opened at 5 to 4 agst Orloff, but closed at 6 to 4
agst East Lynne, 2 to 1 agst Orloff, and 5 to 1 agst Pera c.
Won by a head ; two lengths between second and third ; a
length between third and fourth.
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
CESAREWITCH.
100 to 8 agst Privateer (taken)
100 to . 6 agst Nuneaton (taken)
25 to 1 agst John Davis (taken)
28 to 1 agst Farce (taken)
• 33 to 1 agst Grinder (taken)
33 to 1 agst Breeze (taken)
50 to 1 agst Solon (taken)
50 to 1 agst Zephyr (taken)
50 to 1 agst Paris (taken)
50 to 1 agst Lansdown (taken)
DERBY.
1000 to 80 agst Lord Lyon (taken)

QUININE, AND THE INLAND REVENUE. —A curious
instance of the vigilance of some of our officials has occur-
red with reference to Waters' Quinine Wine. Hearing
how extensively the consumption of this wine has in-
creased, a bright thought appeared in the mind of one of
Mr. Gladstone's indefatigable understrappers, that the taxa-
tion of the country might be increased with substantial
advantage, by subjecting this useful article for even the
middle and poorer classes to an impost in some form or
other, and so anxious were the officials to profit by the
hint that Acts of Parliament have been ransacked, pre-
cedents looked up, and a remarkable correspondence en-
sued, showing an cfficial determination upon the failure of
one enactment to produce and combat the force of another.
The commissioners, however, decided on the 81st August
that it cannot be retailed unless the shopkeeper holds a
British wine license. Some little misapprehension has
existed, but this will now be removed. The decision of
the board will, there is no doubt, ba considered rather op-
pressive by the chemist and druggist, but it is hoped that
the Excise will not make any distinction, but enforce the
license on medicated wines, whether sold by druggist
or grocer.

GOVERNMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES.—TIIC
following additional post-offices in England and Wales will
be open ou and after the 23th of September for the receipt
of proposals for the insurance of lives or the purchase of
Government Annuities, under the Act 27 and 28 Victoria,
cap. 43, and for the receipt of the premiums becoming due
to the Postmaster-General, from time to time, under con-
tracts for the insurance of lives or the purchase of Govern-
ment Annuities, and for the payment of any sums which
shall become payable by the Postmaster-General under the
said contracts :—Batley (Leeds), Beckenham, Berkhanap-
stead, Biggleswade, Burnham (Bridgewater) Cardigan,
Chertsey, Coleshill (Birmingham), Corbridgo (Gateshead),
Driffield, Edenbridge, Halstead, Harrogate, Honiton, Idle
(Leeds), Ilehester (Taunton), Kimbolton (St. Neot's), Mal-
vern, Market Drayton, Northwich, Nuneaton, Padstow
(Bodmin), Poulton-le-Fylde (Preston), Redditch (Broms-
grove), Ruabon, St. Neot's, Saltley (Birmingham), Sleaford,
Solihull (Birmingham), Stratford-on-Avon. These offices
will be open for such purposes during the hours appointed
for the transaction of money order business. A handbill
containing the principal rules of the Government Insurance
and Annuity office and of the Post-office Savings Banks has
been printed for gratuitous distribution, and copies may be
obtained at the above named offices. The measure will,
from time to time, be extended to other post-offices than
those named above, and duo notice will be given of such
extensions. If application be made to any postmaster for
the extension of the measure to his office, he will at once
report the circumstance to the Secretary.
WIDTH OF LONDON STREETS.—The widths of
some of the main thoroughfares of London are ex-
tremely insignificant. Fleet-street, between the piers at
Temple-bar, is 28ft 4in ; opposite Lynn's, the oyster shop,
it is 35ft gin ; and at the corner of Fetter-lane it is 40ft 10in.
The narrowest part of Ludgate-hill, which is opposite St.
Martin's Church, is only 24ft 4in, and at Farringdon-street,
and near St. Paul's, it is only a few inches more than 26ft.
The entrance to Cannon-street by St. Paul's is 30ft 6in
between the kerbs ; Cheapside, at entrance, 39ft 2in ; oppo-
site Bow Church, 31ft ; the Poultry, 24ft 2in, and near
the Mansion-house only 22ft wide. Indeed, the amount of
traffic at this point is enormous, and the danger incurred
by pedestrians is attempting to cross the road is painful to
witness. Generally, it is best, in making a new thorough-
fare, not to exceed 70ft in width, which is, we believe, the
width of the new Southwark-street, and the width gene-
rally adopted by the Metropolitan Board of Works in
making their new roadways. Streets wider than this are
invariably difficult to cross, and it would be better to open
up two streets than to make one inordinately wide. It is,
however, a mistake to suppose that police regulations are a
sufficient check to accidents; and we agree with Sir R.
Mayne in thinking that their employment should be sup-
plemental.—Building News.
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION.—This theory has
found a determined and talented advocate in M.
Victor Meunier. Little more than a fortnight ago he de-
scribed.an apparatus and a series of experiments, which
utterly overthrew M. Pasteur's assertion to the effect that
no spores from the atmosphere could find their way into a
receiver provided with a sinuous) neck, and last week he
described a second series with which he silences another
opponent. Having put three halves of cookedth 10 crawfish and
35gms. of beans into a balloon provided nth sinuous
tubes, and containing a sufficient quantity of Seine water,
he, observing all the other minute precautions already de-
scribed by us in a former article, obtained in the course of
34 days a considerable number of bacteria and monocles,
but no microphytes (small plants like mould, &c.). This is
n contradiction to Dr. Lemaire's assertion, viz., that ma-
ceratiens like the preceding one display the same harmony
we remark in the vegetable and animal kingdoms, the mi-
crophytes being the natural food of animalcules. 31.
Meunier, on the contrary, shows that even the largest
animalcules will thrive and multiply in infusions where
there is no trace of any plant whatever. In every other
respect this experiment only confirms the dilemma esta-
blished by the former, viz., that either spores from the
atmosphere can pass through crooked tubes, or that the
creatures obtained are the results of spontaneous generation.
M. Meunier next remarks very pertinently that even though
it were proved beyond a doubt that in all experiments of
this kind, eggs and spores are conveyed by the air, this
would not be sufficient to establish any incontrovertible
argument against spontaneous generation, since the latter
theory does not by any means suppose either plants or
animalcules of ovules and spores, which, once formed, fol-
low the laws of ordinary development. Now it is evident
that if the gases resulting from fermentation and emana-
ting from marshes pour reproductive elements into the
atmosphere, there is no adducible reason why they should
not pour in spontaneous elements likewise. " Care should
be taken," he adds, " not to fall into the error of wanting
to prove that a species cannot be reproduced by spontane-
ous generation because it is produced by ordinary genera-

The roadway was, of course, blocked up by the broken
timbers, and on their removal to the sides of the railway
arches it could be seen at a glance that the accident was
caused by the weakness of the materials employed. The
timber by which the centre pieces were formed was joined
together by small plates of iron only about a quarter of an
inch in thickness, which, it is asserted by the workmen,
are not by any means strong enough, and instead of being
placed on both sides of the timber they were only on one.
It is also said that there were not sufficient bolts in the
timber ; and when it is considered that the wooden frame-
works would not sustain their own weight, much less that
of the tons of bricks which it would have had to bear, it is
quite clear that there is gross carelessness somewhere,
which it is hoped will be elucidated at the inquest.

THE P. R. CHAMPIONSHIP.—A FORFEIT.—WO
regret to state that, after all, this match, which had
been looked forward to with so much interest, has ended in
a forfeit on the part of the youthful champion. There
have been rumours for some weeks that there would
be no fight, but the money was put down with such
regularity that we were in hopes our suspicions were un-
founded. On Friday, however, the murder was out,
and it became clear to us that Joe's chance of
fighting at present has long been a forlorn one. On that
day Wormald called on us with the following certificate :-
1 " St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Sept. 23, 1865.—1 do hereby
certify that Josh Wormald is under my care at St. Bar-
tholomew's Hospital, as an out-patient, suffering with
periostitis of the right humerus, consequent on an injury.
—Jous ASTLEY BLOXAM, House Surgeon." He showed us
his right arm, which is perfectly stiff at the elbow, and
utterly useless ; and also exhibited a wound made for the
purpose of injecting morphia twice a day, in orderto deaden
the pain ; and he assared us that for several weeks he has
been under this treatment, and has been compelled to lie
up, suffering the greatest agony. He had hoped by care
and rest to get round in time to do justice to his backers,
but now, finding that there was no chance of his getting
the use of his arm for months, he thought it his duty to
delay no longer, but to come at once to us to prevent the
match from going on, and his friends from being deceived.
The poor fellow, who is reduced almost to. a skeleton,
seemed deeply mortified at the state of things, and ex-
pressed his regret that he had not come forward sooner to
make known the real state of affairs ; he did not, however,
despair of yet having another tussle for the belt he so much
coveted, and which, of course, now reverts to our hands ;
and he requested us to state that whoever may be fortu-
nate enough to secure it during his retirement must look
forward to a challenge from him so soen as his state will
justify it. On questioning Joe as to the cause of the injury
we ascertained that some weeks since he was performing
with the dumb-bells at Bob Travers's, after making one of
his deposits, when ho contrived,to strain his arm and to
lacerate the membrane surrounding the bone ; and inflam-
mation coming on upon this had brought his arm to its pre-
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of all chance of once more wearing the Champion's Belt,
but also of the possible eclat which a victory over Wormald
would have shed over his intended visit to America.—
Bell's L.

PANIC IN ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, HOLBORN.
Last night, just as the minister was closing the ser-
vice at St. Andrew's, Holborn, the congregation was thrown
into a painful state of excitement, owing to some man
standing in one of the aisles ;falling on the floor and then
screaming out " Fire" as loud as he was able. In an instant
there was a fearful rush made from the different pews both
up and down the church. In the confusion that prevailed
many persons were thrown down and some were injured ;
but the scene behind the choir, devoted to the accommoda-
tion of the children belonging to the parochial school, was
quite harrowing. No sooner had the cry of fire been raised
than the juveniles rose in a body and rushed one after the
other in terrible confusion, and some of them jumped from
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the gallery on the stairs. The choristers and teachers tried
but in vain to convince the congregation that no fire had
taken place in the church or near it, but the people still con-
tinued to rush out and tumble over ono another. A young

lady who was in the body of the church was pressed down
by the people in their anxiety to get out of the building,
and was obliged to be removed in a cab. Several ladies
who were unable to leave their pews fainted upon their
seats. It is to be regretted that during the confusion which
prevailed the fellow who made the alarm got clear off, but,
having left his hat in the church, it may possibly lead to
his identity and due punishment. A telegraphic message
was sent to all the fire brigade stations to stop the firemen
from taking their engines to the church.
THE BRAEMAR GATHERING.—This the chief meet-
ing of the Highlanders to contend in trials of
strength, speed, and nimbleness, was held in front of the
old castle of Mar on Thursday. The weather was favour-
able, and as English tourists and others who intend taking
the upper valley of Dee in their summer journey generally
contrive to be about Braemar when the gathering comes
round, the attendance of strangers was numerous. The
games commenced between 1 and 2 o'clock in presence of
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the Duff and Farquharson Highlanders. Shortly after the
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approach of Royalty, and the proceedings were at once
brought to a stand to enable the assemblage to loyally re-
ceive the distinguished visitors. They were the Prince and
Princess of Wales, with the Princess Hilda of Anhalt, and
including Col. Keppel,frropemyri,
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guests of Colonel Farquharson, and partook of luncheon
served in his romantic old castle. About five o'clock—
shortly before the termination of the contests—the Royal
visitors left amid the hearty cheering of the spectators. In
the feats of strength, such as throwing the stone and
hammer and tossing the caber (a ponderous tree), Donald
Dinhie, the Deeside champion, eclipsed all rivals, as also
in the long race, which embraced the ability to jump a
dozen hurdles and ford the Dee at a place whore the river
ran 7 feet deep! The honours of the dancing—always the
most interesting of these Highland meetings—were carried
off by a smart and graceful clansman named Gruer, or, as
the local lahsies fondly styled him, " Charlie." In the
evening a grand ball took place in the old castle, when the
merriment was kept up till daybreak of Friday.
ELOPEMENT.—A few mornings since a young lady
of 18, whose friends are at present staying at
Waterloo-crescent, failed to make her appearance at the
breakfast-table, but as she was in the habit of taking early
walks not much was thought of the circumstance. The
morning wore on, however, and as no tidings were heard of
miss, papa and mama were left to all sorts of uncomfortable
conjectures. Messengers were sent in quest of the missing
fair one to all the haunts she was in the habit of frequent-
ing, but in vain, no trace of her was to be found. Later in
the day a telegraphic message solved the mysterious dis-
appearance. The message explained that the young lady
had left Dover by an early train of the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway, and was at that moment linked in the
rosy bonds of Hymen. The bridegroom is a gallant cap-
tain of militia _mere. than twice the age of the fair bride,
whose impetuous flight to the haven of matrimonial bliss
is explained, wo believe, by the fact that the gay Lothario
did not find favour in the eyes of the young lady's parents.
—Dover Express.