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several good articles appear in at. Paul's. The writer
on " The Election Petitions" discusses, in a non-partisan
spirit, the effect of the new tribunal for trying the validity
of elections. He comes to the conclusion that the neN
system, though an improvement upon the old method,
does not provide a sufficient safeguard against electoral
abuses. For instance, with regard to the general belief
that it is cheaper because the petition is tried in the town
instead of in London, it is pointed out that, although the
petitioners save the cost of bringing the witnesses to
the metropolis, the cost of one eminent counsel (who
is obliged to be engaged) outweighs that of many wit.
messes. Still, the writer has no doubt that the reform, in
so far as it has gone, is one in the right direction. A
judicial verdict may he uncertain, but it is certainty itself
compared with the decision of a parliamentary committee.
The important question of " Army Reform" is once more
discussed, this time by a private dragoon. He is plain-
spoken in his views, which may be summed up briefly as
follows :—He does not agree with the notion that the
lowest soldiers should be able to rise to the highest
position in the army, and this opinion is due to the
fact that his experience convinces him that the private
soldier is an "arrant snob." He would sooner (so says
the dragoon) be kicked by a lord than civilly entreated by
a mushroom man—wherein he differs not materially from
his civilian countrymen. Some interesting particulars
are given of " A Lunatic Colony," situated at Gheel,
twenty miles from Antwerp. In that place a large
proportion of the population consists of insane
persons, who share in all the daily toils and
pleasures as other sane fellow citizens, who live
in fraternal equality with them, and are permitted freely
to take part in their religious festivals and ceremonies.
M. Lanfrey's work on Napoleon I. comes in for the highest praise, through the fact that the historian tells his facts
simply and forcibly, because he indulges in no efforts to
reproduce an imaginary past, and never directs the atten-
tion of the reader to speculations of his own. Mr. Fagan's
memoir of Daniel O'Connell is subjected to a searching
criticism, which, I think, is most richly deserved. The
two tales still continue to claim divided honours among
the contributions in Mr. Trollope's magazine.
Temple Bar this month presents a readable number.
The serial " Susan Fielding and Kitty" progresses satis-
fac
torily, and the other contents, though possessing no
great depth, are most interesting. A eulogy of the
musician Gluck, without fulsome flattery, places the good
parts of the composer before the reader ; and "Six Years
in the Prisons of England" calls attention to phases in
the treatment of our criminals—how they are dealt with
in the prisons—which has been lost sight of to a great
extent in the discussions on the subject. The writer is
opposed to capital punishment, and enthusiastically calls
for the humanitarian treatment of the dangerous classes. He
wants to make them work, and give them in some way an
interest in their work. "The Turn of Fortune's Wheel " and
" The Majolica Painter of Urbino" make up the quantity of
fiction. A contribution for the ladies is given in " Flirts
and Flirtation." Flirtation is defended, on the ground
that by it alone girls can get to find out, without being
doomed for life, of what men are made. Men themselves
(FROlf OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ought to understand and do, up to a certain point, what is
meant ; and if they after a time take things too seriously, FLORENCE, Marton 31,
whose fault is :it? Girls are warned, however, not to
indulge too freely, for they may be nipped instead of the Knowing that the long-expected Green-book would be
men.
in the hands of members yesterday, I have delayed ray
The Art Journal opens with an engraving of Maclisee letter until this morning for the sake of being able to give
"The Warrior's Cradle," which faithfully represents that some account of the impression which it Las Produced.
artists hard and minute st should have been an •
3' le—he You will recollect that after the publication of the French
armourer, Mr. H. Dawson's "A Stormy Sunset" is in
Tevheeryowthoeyr apdrminicrairbalel, and is a capital study of clouds. Yellow-book an interpellation was made by Deputy
engraving is that of M. Mathurin- Guerzoni with regard to the attitude of the Government
Moreau's bronze group " Cornelia." Mr. Hall takes his
,The
irqesi-)cily-visltaost,hat of France on the Roman question.
readers to Castle Howard, a very stately specimen of the stately homes of England. Mr. Dafforne gives a biography . v that a more complete collection of
of Mr. Henry Tidey, an artist whose reputation grows despatches, down to a later date, would be laid before
afrroemacyouerntrtstoof ytheaere.xhAibmitoionngs
otfhewmaiisneeerllta,sneio)iocsturaerstiaenleds
tP.arliament. This has been looked for with great impa. at Mr. Maclean's Gallery. What I may call the zence, You will have been informed by telegram of the
leading article deals with the Highlanders of Scotland,
the picture substance of its contents, and I will only add that since
pisiebtasureedguaplloenrilNeslro.f 11IItaaellye'tsailreosokth.e The tour through the the 31st of October last (date of the last French despatch
famed Pitti Gallery, at Florence. I would venture a
word of counsel to the binder. His covers should hold aeaone
lrdcly published
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together until the Journal is promoted to substantial in reply to the above, and reiterating the ar,gumens aI.
boards,
vanced for the recall of the French troops from Civita,
Mrs. Gladstone's Convalescent Home is the first subject Vecchia. To this, owing to the absence of M. de Moustier,
discussed in the current number of the Victoria, and it is one which cannot fail to commend itself to the hearty sym- there was no reply, and no despatches ul his'
ed
pathy of its readers. There can be no doubt that in bearing date subsequently to the accession tooffice of M.
ministering to suffering and relieving unmerited distress de Lavalette. There is, consequently, no ground fo:
woman is in her true element. The record assuming any change in the reciprocal attitude of the
of what Mrs. Gladstone, Miss Twining, and others
like them have been able to achieve shewe how respective Governments, beyond what may be interred
much may he done by women amongst us, even though
general
merathl erstecedents of the last-named Minister, and the
impression appears to be one of considerable dis-
they may not be able to write M.P. or ALA, after their
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Suffrage, Ladies' Clubs, Miss Rye's Emigrants, and other i kindred topics. The curious ceremony of the "Colombina " took place
The approach of spring renders gardening an important as usual on Easter Eve, and at this dead season, in the
consideration, and amateurs and professional cultivators absolute dearth of political intelligence, your readers may
will find a good deal of useful information in the Gardener possibly not be averse to hearing something about it. At
for April. The article on the Rose is continued from last the time when
month, and treats of pillar roses, standard roses and
weeping rose trees. There is, besides, an essay on the eul-
tion for the month a compendious list of new plants and doff atSaint
crusade, a considerable body of Florentines assemble 1 to
tivation of hardy fruits ;and among the general informa- join it at the spot which is now the villa of Prince De :t i-
new flowers is Riven.Donato,
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Professor Tyndall's style is perfect. There is no other
writer that I know who can so perfectly convey an ideaby by a painting, executed by Liverati, to the order of the
one or two words. What can be finer, for instance, than the
wealthy owner of the place. Among these Florentines
words I have italicised? " A swathe of fog ;" " the Weiss. i was to be found one of the celebrated family of the Pazzi,
ae e the
commemorated leader
horn shook out a banner towards the north, formed by the This knight, after bearing his part in the furious escalade
humid southern air as it grazed the crest of the mountain;" 1 which placed Jerusalem in the possession of the Crusaders,
"hacked and hurt by time, the aspect of the Matterhorn
I was so astonished at having effected his entrance without
from its higher crags saddened me ;" " the alternation of ! receiving a wound, that he betook himself on the following
sun and frost have made wondrous havoc on the southern day to the spot at which be bad climbed the ramp. rts.
face of the Matterhorn, cutting
brovvn•red masses of the most imposing magnitude behind flint, which projected from the wall. This flint he took
much away, but leaving I There he found that his ascent had been facilitated by a
—pillars and towers and splintered obelisks, clearly cut out possession of, and deposited it at Florence in the Church
of the mountain—grand in their hoariness, and softened
of the SS. Apoatoli, where, according to the tradition, it
by the colouring of age." Mr. Tyndall's account of the still remains. A condition attached to the possession of
efiasof his eight years, war with the Matterhorn is in• certain property now belonging to the municipality
tensely exciting, even to readers who, like me, have seen ensures the continued observance of. the ceremony con-
cathedral for the SS. Apostoli,
themountainonwromzermatt andtheGorner-Grat. Whatl netted with it, which is quite peacuphraercetsosiFonlorleenacvee.e
theOn
the acosstnit wrist be to tttose fowl favo climbers who the morning of Holy Saturday
have actually made this, the moat woofperil all theAkine ascents, I can well imagine. Miss Olney's story, "Astelle,"
takes no note of the daily and thethe fire
ensuingw bi which
yearis to
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serve for the lamps and tapers during
of which the large instalment of forty pages is given, is very lively and amusing. Mr. 'Morrison's paper on PLY- struck from the flint in question and brought back to the
increasing grumble of parents
sisal Education is a review of Mr. Maclaren's book, but
that physical education is becoming almost the beginning In front of the high altar and the .
canon's choir is erected
D u?mo. But this is only a prologue to the " Colornbina."
and end of teachina at our great public schools. An article a lofty wooden pillar, from the summit of which a cord is
on " The Worth° of Educational Endowments " is an
answer to Mr. Lowe's condemnation of endowments, and stretched along the church, and, passing out of the great
chews in terms, mainly borrowed from the Education Corn- doors, is affixed at its other extremity to a monumental
rnissioners' report, how a large number of charitable en-
structure of fireworks placed upon a car drawn by the
dowments, at present useless and even injurious,
account by devoting them to might be laerrgdeeoxeefntohfethEeaceoteurnt7G.
"Gloria in
thein Excelsis "awaken the moment when the first
turned to good .
support of good schools. Sir John Lubbock reviews w
shortly Mr. Wallace's “Malagayan Archipelago," which organs and all the bells of Florence, a light from the new
seems to be a really brilliant book of travel. " Two Views fire is applied to the pillar, and a fiery dove or carrier-
of the Convent Question" are written by two ladies, one pigeon bursts into life at the summit, and, scattering a
of whom wrote the article in the February number on the
of sparks like a comet's tail, rushes over the heads
Position of Women. Both articles are full of sound sense, sheaf and administer a severe and deserved rebuketo the majority of the crowd along the nave and out of the doors, ignites
of the newspapers for their flippant andsuperficial articles on the Saurin case. Thethe car of fireworks in the middle of the piazza, and
returnswithrapidity to die out before the altar,
were petty details and quarrels in convent life therefore equal
the life was all petty; which is •
just as if one were to say while the explosion of the mortars outside forms an ac-
that because husband and wife sometimes quarrelledabout companiment to the booming cf the bells, the crash of the
the dinner, and the mistress Y assumed that because there
stress of the house sometimes dusted the drawing-room china, therefore married life was wholly
music, and the singing of the choir. Any one who is
mean and petty. The writers assert that conventual life acquainted with the gloomy magnificence of the interior
ism making rapid progress among our upper classes. They of the cathedral of Florence, and the wonderful effect of
not alter the fact. If it is to be
aent this, for they think the life has greater disadvan- sound under the dome of Brunelleschi, will be able to
tages than advantages ; but the fact remains, and all the
imagine that the tout ensemble is not otherwise than
articles in all the Protestant journals in the world will
altered it must be by striking. The car, some of the fireworks on which are
giving women another choice than that which is now
offered them, the inanity of fashionable life or the strict-
arranged so as not to explode at once, is then drawn by
ness of conventual life,
the oxen in front of the old palace of the Pazzi family,
The Dublin University staaazine is as strong as ever in where the rest are let off. This curious observance dates
the amount of its fiction.
'The class of stories which it from between three and four centuries ago.
publishes is not, however, of the
highest. Vapid senti
mentalism marks too many of its novels, and to judge oi
life from the Dublin University- one would look on it
as a dreamy, unreal kind of existence, whose end
and aim is to get into love. There are three
stories now appearing as serials, "My Own Story,"
"Up and Down in the World,"
and the " Wyvern
Mystery," all of which make progress. Besides these, a
complete tale is presented, called " Ruth." it tells how
a gentleman unwittingly
then in trying for ber sake to hide her infirmities
from the world, on
the obloquy of society.
wed an occasional lunatic, and
Of course he is thoroughly vindicated at the last.
Though the novelette is not free from that misty
unreality which marks the stories which appear in
this magazine, it conveys a healthy, manly moral. The
" padding "is various, both in kind and merit. The
worldliness of the stories is counterbalanced occasionally
by controversial articles on the genuineness of the Gospels
and Epistles, &C. The history of the Theatre Royal,
Dublin, is an interesting compilation. The other articles
come up on the whole to the usual standard.
good Words is,
as usual well illustrated. The love-
snakier illustration to "Debenbam's Vow" is excellent.
Tile oulattly Juaricntnetor tuts month is up tone average.
The " City Man's" articles aro capital. But why, by
continuing his stories of " Hoppety Bob" has he shewn to
his readers that his hero is only a creature of the imagina•
tion after? all The articles on Ragged Schools, by Dr.
his ministry Guthrie, are very good. Be tells how sad he became when,
leaving
in the village of Arbilot, where thee'
was only one public-house, that outside the town, only
three or four drunkards, and everybody attended church, he
came to Edinburgh, where public houses are so plentiful and
(it follows as the nicht the day) church-roers were so fees- I

ITALY.

Mr. Chapman's action against Mr. Price, Q.C.,
came to an abrupt termination, so far as the public hearing
is concerned, on the opening of the Assize Court at Leeds
on Monday morning. Counsel on each side had a con-
ference with the judge in private, and after that it
was agreed to refer tho points at issue unreservedly
to an arbitrator. His lordship expressed a strong opinion
that topic 3 would have to be gone into unsuited for a court
of justice, and the troublesome investigation could be very
much better conducted by a referee. The referee is to have
full powers, everything being left to his discretion.
A mysterious tragedy is at this moment causing a
great sensation in the neighbourhood of the Rua do Tour-
non, Paris. A loud dctonation was heard a few rnorn.ngs
back proceeding from the apartment of Commands t
Thevet, et thr barracks of the Garde de Paris. On the
door being forced open, that officer was found 1. ing on
his bed lifelesP, having discharged a pistol into the r
gio .1 of
his heart. Near him was standing a lady dressed in her
under clothing only, and who proved to be the wife of pea
person of high family residing tho neighbourhood. The
deceased officer was between forty and fifty years of age,
is possessed of considerable property. An investigation
is going on, but this affair is still enveloped in groat obscu-
rity. The lady, who is aged about 30, had Leen acquainted
with the commandant for about ten months.

(FROII OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, TUESDAY, April 6.
Lord Stanley's speech at Glasgow, or at least that part
of it which relates to foreign affairs, has attracted some
little notice here. Lord Stanley, it will be remembered,
said the only serious risk of England being involved in a
European complication must arise from those pledges of
protection, in the form of guarantees, which you have given
to minor European States. " Well, it is obvious to remark
that those small States are protected by international
jealousy quite as much as by international morality. No
great Power willingly sees any other great Power aggran-
dised in its own neighbourhood. The only real danger to
those minor communities would arise out of anything like
a general understanding or concert, or combination
among all the greater Powers for the absorption of the
smaller ones." Such a combination, Lord Stanley
added, is very improbable, but should it be made, it could
hardly be expected that England would oppose
it single-handed. On this the Temps remarks that
Lord Stanley made similar remarks two years ago,
in order to disarm criticism on his intervention in the
Luxemblurg affair. As the Liberal and Conservative
parties are pretty much at one on foreign intervention,
and differ only in detail, the Temps thinks that these
statements, which, it observes, represent the nation
generally, are not very reassuring for the small States in
these times of "general agglomeration." The small States
are being swallowed up wholesale by their neighbours,
and England decides to remain an indifferent spectator.
The Budget, or rather the Things in General debate, is
still going on. The Right is intensely anx'ou3 to get
rid of the political part of the discussion and to land on the
comparatively terra firma of the Budget itself, but the
Left is not less anxious to keep up its attack. Yesterday
M. Buffet vigorously assailed the system of official candi-
datures, and again M. de Forcade la Roquette defended
them. Then M.M, Louvet and Magnin carried
the discussion into the territory of finance proper,
to the great delight of the majority, who l ate
the denunciations of the Left with a very bad
grace, and are anxious to end the debate, in order
to get off to electioneering occupations. But even the
fiscal 'proclivities of MM. Louvet and Magnin did not
keep them to £s. d. considerations solely. Politics were
continually cropping up in the speech of the former. To-
day the. Budget is again forgotten, and Disarmament takes
its place.
The incident of Saturday, M. Rouher's polite invitation
to M. Girot-Pouzol to " hold his tongue," is not,
I hear, likely to be forgotten very readily. The
insulted deputy means to bring the Minister to
account for the expression, and is collecting evidence
that his version of the scene in the Clermont Court is
correct. A great number of persons have signed a
memorial affirming that the words which M. Roul.er
denied were actually made use of.
The Paris branch of the We3leyan Missionary St ty
has just held its anniversary at the Church in the Rue
Raquepine. Addresses were delivered by several English
clergymen, and over £6O collected.
Lyons does not seem disposed to give up the project of
an international exhibition for 1871. The scheme has
been revived on modified terms. The projectors do not
this time ask for a subvention of £60,000. All they
want is the exact sum which the octroi duties may product
during the time the exhibition is open. All suc-
cess to the scheme ; but it would appear from past ex-
perience that no exhibition can command very great
success unless held in a great capital. The InternatioLal
Art Exhibition at Munich is definitively determined ( n for
this year, and will be opened on the Ist of August.
Munich is at all times an art exhibition, and doubtless
would command a much larger number of tourists if the
sanitary arrangements were not so wretched. They have
however, greatly improved of late years,

A meeting of the council of the Central Chamber of
Agriculture was held on Tuesday at the Salisbury Hotel,
Salisbury-square.
Amongst the gentlemen present were Lord Berners,
Earl Grosvenor, M.P., Sir Massey Lopes, M.P. Sr
George Jenkinson, M.P., Sir Wilfred Lawson, M.P.i,
Major Parker, M.P., Mr. G. Backhouse, M.P., Mr. T.
Dyke Acland, N.P., Mr. Christopher Sykes, M.P.,
Colonel Brise, M.P., Mr. G. H. Gregory, M.P., Captain
P. G. Craigie (North Riding), Mr. R. C. Wade (Devon.
shire), and others.
After the transaction of some formal business,
The CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. R. Jasper More to
bring forward his proposal for a deputation to the Presi-
dent of the board of Trade on the subject of a separate
Government Department of Agriculture.
Mr. JASPER MORE said at the last meeting there was
an adjourned discussion on this subject, and on
the night of that day Mr. T. Dyke Acland
brought forward his motion on the same subject
in the House of Commons. Mr. Acland fairly repre-
sented to the House the remarks made in the council.
In making his motion Mr. Bright stated that the home
Secretary was considering whether seine adjustment of
departments could not be made which would to some
extent attain the object of the chamber. He would, there-
fore, propose that they should not at present send a depu-
tation to the President of the Board of Trade, but should,
at the same time, keep the matter in mind, so that if an
arrangement of departments did not take place to their
satisfaction, they would be able to place their views before
Mr. Bright in a definite form.
The proposal for the adjournment of the question met with
general approval, and the chairman proposed that the
matter should be referred to a committee of the council on
the subject. Sir Massey Lopes, in seconding- the motion, said
they might congratulate themselves on the fact that the
Prime Minister had to some extent given his promise that
something should be done ; and that statesmen on both
sides of the House had admitted that the grievance as it
stood at present was indefensible. Lie was quite satisfied
that the urban population were not at all aware
of the extent of the grievance to which they were subjected.
People in the rural districts, and, he believed, all
county members, were alive to it ; but they wanted the
assistance of the borough members, and the only way to
obtain that was to create some agitation in the towns.
He did not think that it would be desirable for the com-
mittee to propose any particular remedy ; the more they
dealt in generalities the better.
Mr. R. C. WADE asked whether it was intended that
information should be collected, or that advocates should
be sent about the country. If the latter course were
pursued, he believed that it would be anything but bene,
ficial.

Sir
GEORGE JENKINSON, M.P., said he had a motion on
the paper of the House of Commons, for the 16th instant,
asking for an inquiry, but since he put that motion on the
paper, Mr. Rathbone, the Liberal member for Liverpool,
had asked him to postpone it for the of giving him an opportunity Purpose
, as the tiyerepresenta-
taking the initative in the matter, and of
shewing the feeling of the towns on this subject. When
once the towns saw that it would be to their interest to
support the counties on this question, the case would be
greatly strengthened.
The motion was agreed to, the following committee being
appointed :—Mr. Andrews, Cap Craigie, Mr. Jasper
Masse tain C More,
Lop
Mr.
ALP
D. Long, Mr. F. S. Corra,nce, M.P., Sir
y es,
~ Mr. Varden. Sir George Jenkinson, ALP., and
The third subject on the paper was , "What steps should
be taken with regard to the
Diseases (Animals) 13ill." Government Contagious
Mr. Hawley proposed a series
resolve that t
of resolutions on the
subject. Re asked the Council to
regulations
lations forhere should
the be added to the bill compulsory
gu
b ship or rail; provisions that owners of animals
suffering from contagious or infectious disease should be
required to give immediate notice of the existence of such
disease; that less arbitrarypowers should be given toinspec-
tors; that the slaughter of cattle which have been in contact
with plague-stricken cattle should! be
that sheep-pox should made compulsory;
be dealt with in the same way;
imported animals
that the slaughter quarantine, or sufficient inspection of
made, compulso at the places of debarkation should be
ry ; that separate markets should be
established by statutory enactment at all places where
foreign animals are landed; and that a deputation be
appointed to lay these views before the Vice-President of
the Privy Council.
This series was in substance carried (with some altera
tions) after some little discussion.
On the motion of Sir GEORGE JENKINSON, an addition&
resolution was adopted to the effect that every encoura,ge•
ment ought to be given to the carrying on and the de.
velopement of the dead meat trade.
On the motion of Mr. WiuTAKER (Worcester) seconded
by Mr. RlGny (Cheshire), the following. resolution was
agreed to : "'That compensation for slaughtered animals
should be defrayed, as in Ireland, from the general taxa-
tion, or, at least, a moiety of that compensation should be
defrayed from Imperial revenr e."
The deputation to attend on the President of the Board
of Trade that afternoon was then appointed, Mr. T.
Rigby (Cheshire), Mr. Randall (Lincolnshire), Captain
Craigie (North Riding) and Mr. Duckham (Hereford),
being selected as speakers.
The next subject on the paper was "To consider the
best substitute for the malt tax," but in consequence of
the lateness of the hour, the discussion was Postponed
and the council ad •o

TRE COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR WIGAN. -
ANOTHER DEATIL—The list of the victims by the explo-
sion at the Ifighbrooks Collier belonging
Mercer and Evans , has been to Messrs.
four bf y,
urther increased to thirty-- y the death of the lad Wilcock, whose name has
been heretofore included in the list of those most seriously
injured.

THE PUBLIC' HEALTH. —Last week the annual
rate of mortality in London was 27 per 1,000, while 30
was the rate in 13 other large towns of the United King-
dom. In the metropolis, 2,319 births and 1,670 deaths
were registered, the latter exceeding by 40 the estimated
number. It is remarked that the mortality in London
has gradually increased during the last six weeks, the
deaths in the seven days ending 27th February having
been 1,419, or 2il less than they were last week. Four
persons were killed by vehicles in the streets. The mean
temperature !luring the week was 39 clggrels or OA belew
the average. " ''

THMES.
RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCEP.—ARobert Stokes, a stoker 00
the Great Eastern Railway, was charged with violently
assaulting his wife, Ann.
The complainant, who carried a fine child in her arnlS,
had been married two years to the prisoner, whose coo'
duct for the last twelve months had been harsh and cruel'
lie frequently taunted her with her religion, Roman
Catholic, which be knew when he married her, for they
were united in a Roman Catholic Chapel by a Romisb
priest. He bad often struck and kicked her, and there
were bruises cn her arms and bosom. He had also been in
the practice, out of more wantonness, of stripping the bed-
clothes off her and her baby, and leaving them uncovered
in cold weather. Once he buffeted her about the head
with a pillow and stunned her. lle hit her on the rib* on the side, and on her bosom. He had a quarrel with hie
landlord, and because she took the landlord's part lie
knocked her down and kicked her.
In cross-examination by Mr. Charles Young, the woman
said her husband was very industrious, and made seven
seven days' work per week. She never told him she did
not like him because ho was a Protestant and a member of
the Church of England. She did refuse to procure meat
for his dinner on Good Friday. She had a fish dinner
that day.
Mr. Chas. Young said the man had been nine years in the
employ of one company, that ho was a steady man, and
that his wife was always " nagging" him and taunting
him with being a heretic."
Mr. Benson said the parties were very foolish to quarrel
about religion, and had better leave theology alone.
Their religions were very nearly alike. A Roman
Catholic was as good as a Protestant, and a Protestant ag
good as a Roman Catholic. Good Friday was an awkward
day to talk to a woman of the complainant's faith about
meat. The parties must bear and forbear, or they would
be always unhappy. He had no doubt the prisoner wag
a good workman, and sober, and steady, but it too often
happened that men had a good reputation in the outer
world who were brutal and tyrannical at home. The
prisoner was a tall, strong fellow, and he wag
afraid that his temper was that he had ill-used a bad one, and
his wife very brutally
Tass he had he complainant was the most creditable woman of het
cl ever met with, and deserved better treatment,
If the prisoner was ever brought before him again for a
similar offence he would send him to prison for a very long
time. He ordered him to find bail, two sureties in £lO
each, to keep the peace towards his wife and all her 3.la-
jesty's subjects for twelve months.
Tito sureties were provided.

Astley's Theatre •was again suddenly closed on
Monday tiigbt, and great disappointment was occasioned
to both performers and the public.
VICTOR HUGO'S NEW STORY.—At last it is pos-
sible to publish Victor Hugo's new story; and wo regret
very much to say that it cannot be published in Once
a Week. The reason is, that long before M. Hugo'e
novel was hoard of in this country Mr. Antboul
Trollope had agreed to write a story, to b°
commenced in the course of next month, a story of
great interest, and specially designed for the form of Oleg
a Week. In consequence of the first delays attending the
appearance of L'ilonone qui Bit in Paris, Mr. Trollope
kindly consented, in spite of his other arrangements, to
allow his story to stand over till the beginning of July, 11 which time it was expected that the publication of
Victor Hugo's tale in this magazine would [be nearly
completed. But unfortunately the latter has been e°
long delayed that it is no longer possible to begin it
in Once a Week, the limited size of which forbids the
simultaneous publication of two novels of special
interest and of great length. The proprietors have there
fore wisely determined to transfer By Order of the King to
the pages of the Gentleman's Magazine. In place of Victor
lingo's tale a now story by a popular author will bo jai'
mediately coannece2d —Once a Week.
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