The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-09 00:00:00

that those who have the conduct of the vast orga- I HARDY said last night the condition of things is

nisation " should not have taken a more correct and
a sounder view of the duty they owe to the public,
and the interests of the country generally, than to
persist in holding a procession, which, although
within the law, was certainly liable to produce
very great inconvenience, and perhaps also

acts of illegality." No condemnation can, in fact,
be too strong to distinguish the course thus per-
sistently pursued in defiance of reason and com-
mon sense. What object, it may well be asked,
have the leaders of this movement in view when
they go on in so ill-judged an affair ? As for the
idea that special constables would be sworn in, Lord

DERBY showed that it was an erroneous one, be-
cause no one can be sworn in as a special
constable except upon a sworn information
to the effect that he believes a breach of the
peace is imminent; and thus those who form
part of the procession, believing that all will be
peaceable throughout the proceedings, cannot con-

sistently make such declaration. There was great

force in the observation of Lord DERBY when he
reminded those who urged forward the movement

that although the procession itself might not be
illegal, yet that it might become illegal through the
circumstances attending it ; and in that case, added
he, " those who so recklessly expose the metropolis
to danger cannot escape from the responsibility they
thus incur."

At the best great inconvenience must result from
the proposed arrangement, and also great loss. The
operatives will lose a day's wages, and the shop-
keepers must suspend business. And all for what ?
To make a demonstration in favour of Reform.
Nothing can be more correct than the observation
of the noble Premier that the calmness with which
so important a question ought to be submitted to
Parliament is little promoted by such demonstrations
as this one now proposed. In point of fact, the ob-
ject which the leaders of this movement seek to
further would, if carried out in their entirety, be
subversive of the Constitution of this country, and
no Government could possibly agree to them. How
idle and mischievous it is then to proceed in so
contumacious a fashion, and to seek to frustrate
the efforts of those who are really striving to do
something practical, and to the purpose. Lord
DERBY expressed his opinion that the House of
Commons would not be influenced by the de-
monstration, so as to be intimidated into consent-
ing to extreme measures. He only hoped that it

might not be productive of a contrary result, and
hinder them horn taking a deliberate view of the
matter. As for what the Government intend to
do, they will, said the noble earl, confine themselves

within the limits of the law. The procession in it-
self is not illegal, notwithstanding that it may lead to
loss of property and life, and therefore so long as
it is conducted peaceably, it will not be advisable to

interfere with it. We ngreee with the noble Pre
mier that it is much to be regretted that this pro

cession should take place at all, and that it is the

duty of every good citizen to use his influence, if
possible, to stop it.
We do not believe that those who are so sedulous
in pushing on the affair really believe that any good
can result therefrom to the interests of the country;
and, on the contrary, they must know that the
advantages are very problematical, and the incon-
venience very certain, but they all wish
that they should be put down from their pedes-
tals, and that OTHELLO'S occupation should be gone.
Patriotism has nothing whatever to do with their
enthusiasm or their excitement, and only very

ignorant or very simple persons can be deluded into
thinking that it has. The projected affair will, we
hope and believe, pass off quietly. We should

greatly desire that it may even now be abandoned,
and in so doing the promoters of the movement

will really merit respect and admiration. There is
no credit in being obstinate and perverse, and they
would further the cause of Reform much more by
showing that they, its most extreme advocates, can

exercise due discretion when it is called for.

The Government is apparently determined to
lose no time about the necessary social reforms,
and although the session is not many days old
some very important topics have been brought
under the consideration of the House. The Bill
which Mr. GATIIORNE HARDY introduced last
evening dealt with a matter of very great and
pressing interest, and although it was one on
which legislation is by no means easy, it appeared
to give general satisfaction to the House. The
condition of our sick poor in the metropolitan
workhouses has long been felt as a burden on the
national conscience. Every fresh investigation
confirmed the painful impression created by
one or two special revelations, and as
the blame could not in fairness be ascribed
to the inhumanity or misconduct of particular indi-
.viduals, it was manifest that the system is radically
at fault. Some years ago nothing was heard of the
management of these infirmaries, but no sooner did
a band of volunteers, at the suggestion of Miss
TWINING, attempt a regular system of visiting the
sick paupers than a thousand evils came to light.
Still the public remained comparatively unmoved
by the recital of grievances they did not realise
until the harrowing details of the quickly succeeding
cases of TIMOTHY DALY and RICHARD GIBSON ex-
cited the deepest indignation and the strongest
sympathy. They then began to understand that
a system which might work very well in keeping
out vagrants and idlers who were glad to live at
anybody's expense but their own was ill adapted
for the infant, the infirm, the aged, the imbecile,
and the suffering. Yet whatever the theory of
workhouses, which, by their very name, are pro-
perly intended for the able-bodied, the actual fact
is that such physical or mental incapables form by
far the largest portion of our metropolitan in-door
paupers. The statistics given by Mr. HARDY in his
very able and luminous speech last night forcibly
illustrates this fact. In the metropolitan work-
houses, said the right hon. gentleman, we have
about 26,240 persons, which are thus classified:—
Temporarily disabled, 7,046 ; old and infirm,
13,685; able-bodied, 2,899 ; children above two
years of age, 2,150 ; infants, 1,015 ; 1,977 are de-
scribed as imbecilesand idiots, who are also returned
under one of the other heads. It will, therefore, be
seen that less than one-eighth of the in-door popu-
lation of our Unions can be described as able-
bodied ; and we can only wonder, in face of
such an aggregate of physical and mental
weakness and suffering as is presented
by the remaining figures, that under a
system originally framed for the repression of
thriftlessness and vagrancy more disasters do not
occur. The fact is, that the new Poor-Law has
answered so well as a deterrent that by far the
greater number who seek shelter under its provi-
sions are actually compelled to do so, and common
humanity demands that they should be treated with
every care and consideration possible. The linger-
ing diseases, the incurable complaints which our
hospitals, owing to their limited space cannot ac-
commodate, are necessarily driven to the work-
house ; and what chance of relief or remedy they
meet with there, with a pauper nurse and a
doctor too busy to look at them and too
poor to supply them with the medicines they re-
quire, may be matter of specula 'on. As Mr.

very different from that existing when the work-
houses were designed. " They were designed as
workhouses under the New Poor Law to deter
able-bodied persons from going into them, and it is
found they do act as a check in this way ; and now
they are places chiefly for the sick and aged poor,

the very persons whom the country would wish to
see well cared for." There is probably no adverse
opinion upon this point, although the difficulties
attending the application of a better method are on
all sides admitted to be very great. Let us see how
Mr. HARDY proposes to deal with them.
In the first place, with a view partly of ob-

taining the much-wanted increase of space for
the infirmaries, he proposes removing the lunatics
and imbeciles into separate estabablishments—a
suggestion l.ighly commendable for many other
reasons. It is simply impossible that such persons
should be properly treated within the walls of a
close London workhouse, or that they should re-

ceive the treatment most desirable for their ma•

ladies, or the alleviations required by their suffer-
ings of mind and body. It is, in fact, a common

thing for the epileptic and partly afflicted patients
in workhouses to pass after a temporary sojourn to
the lunatic asylum. Still, even with the removal
of these two thousand lunatics, imbeciles, and
idiots, there will be great deficiency of space for the
proper accommodation of the sick. His public pro-

posals with the same end are therefore to place all
children above two years of age in separate schools,
and to remove the fever and smallpox patients, who
are reckoned at 700 or 800, to entirely different
buildings. The removal of the children is on every
account desirable, while the separation of the patients
suffering from infectious diseases is a measure loudly
called for on sanitary grounds. The infirmaries for
the remaining sick poor would be placed under
separate boards of management, so as to avoid the
evils attending the system adopted for the ablebodied.
An attempt is also to be made to obtain for the infir-
maries a som ewh at differently constituted board by the
appointment of one-third of the members by the Poor
Law Board, such persons being selected from resi-
dents in the district rated at not less than £lOO a
year. This proposal, Mr. HARDY admitted, was
a novel one, but he reminded the House that in
other parts of the country the justices of the peace,
practically the largest ratepayers of the district,
had seats at the Board. The novelty of the sug-

gestion is no real objection to it, since it is indis,

putable that new plans are wanted, and it is
highly desirable that a new class of inspectors
should be appointed, who can devote their atten-
tion exclusively to the management of the sick and

infirm wards.
The manner of meeting the increased expense
entailed by these various proposals was the next
subject for consideration. Mr. HARDY shrinks from

proposing an equalisation of the metropolitan rates,
partly because he sees serious difficulties in the man-

ner of administering the common fund, and partly,

no doubt, because he fears the opposition which
such a proposal would be certain to encounter. He
makes, however, some very excellent suggestions.
The lunatics he proposes should be charged on a
common fund, since lunatics do not belong
more to one part of the metropolis than another,
and their claim must be bona fide. The same prin-
ciple applies to the fever and small-pox patients,
whose diseases cannot be simulated, and whose
separation from others are of great importance to
the public health. Also the care and teaching of
the children is to come upon the common fund.

These several changes will give immense relief to
the overburdened parishes, while they will not press
unduly upon others. The additional charge to the

City of London will be no more than 31d. in the
pound, whereas the charge will relieve St. George's,

Southwark, of ls. in the pound, and the general rate
over London will not be more than a penny.
The management and maintenance of the ordinary
local poor is to be left as at present entirely to their

own different districts and unions.
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in the event of the guardians or managers neglect-
ing to do so. The Irish Poor Law Commissioners
possess this power, though they never found it
necessary to exercise it, and Mr. HARDY believes
the knowledge that the Poor Law Board possess it
will prove quite sufficient to keep the local autho-
rities up to their duty.
Mr. HARDY'S able and interesting exposition
of the difficulties of the case, and of the
manner in which he proposed meeting them,
was listened to with deep attention by both
sides of the House, and at its conclusion he was
thanked by several members for the earnestness and
ability which he had displayed. Judging from the
first hearing the Bill is likely to meet with very
favourable treatment from the Home ; and, although
it is very possible there may be some medification
of its details which Mr. HARDY assured hon.
members he did not object to, it is likely that its
leading principles will be accepted unreservedly.
The separation of lunatics and infectious patients,
the special care of the children and of the sick and
infirm, and the levying of a general rate for these
general purposes without interference with existing
arrangements in other respects are its main features ;
and they are such as commend themselves to the
justice and humanity of all who are anxious to find
a practical solution of the great and pressing
grievances existing under the Poor Law as at pre-
sent administered.

It is satisfactory to find that the affairs of Hun-
gary are in a more prosperous condition, and that
we may really entertain a hope that some good un-
derstanding may yet be arrived at. The formation
of the new Hungarian Ministry is such as to win
the confidence of the people of Hungary ; at its
head is the name of Count JULIUS ANDRASSY,
which is sure to be a welcome ono to an parties.
Perhaps things may now take a turn altogether for
the better, and greater confidence be felt on all
sides. We learn from Agram that the party in the
Croatian Diet, which is favourable to Hungary,
has invited members of the other parties to hold a
conference, so that a speedy union between
Croatia and Hungary may be arranged. This pro-
mises well, and we hope that some definite result
will follow. It is certain that if a union takes
place between these countries that both will become
stronger, and that the cause of freedom must
prosper. The Imperial Government seems to have
learnt a wise lesson of late, and to have resolved,
so far as they can, to put things on a better footing
than they have hitherto been. We hope that
nothing will occur to mar the fulfilment of so
worthy a design, and that as time goes on the good
feeling of the Hungarian people will encourage the
Vienna authorities to concede more and more to
their wishes until the final measure of their expec-
tations is reached.

As for Prussia it seems as if the rulers there were
determined to do their utmost to prove how tyran-
nical and arbitrary they can be. Scarcely a week
passes but we find some new offence committed
against the liberty of the subject and the privileges
of the constitution. It is all very fine for Mr.
BRIGHT to rave about the admirable institutions of
the nations of the Continent, and to declare that
the day-star of liberty has risen over the glorious

North German Confederation. It is much nearer
its setting in the opinion of attentive observers
and competent judges. A notable instance
of the working of the new regime has just been
given in the case of the unfortunate General de
P. GAFFRON. lle was formerly commandant at
Thorn, and has been condemned to a year's deten-
tion in a fortress by the military court of the first
corps of the Prussian army on account of his having
written an offensive newspaper article. The KING
has confirmed this judgment, and hence he has been
removed to a fortress in Silesia. So much for the
progress of freedom in Prussia, and it certainly
justifies the decision of those who prefer a
stand-still policy to the extravagant attempt
of those who have no real principle to guide
them, and have at least no regard for the cause
they profess to reveal. The fact is that the au-
thorities in Berlin cannot bear to have a word said
against them, or to permit any act to take place
that could possibly be construed into disapproval of
their conduct. Bence all other considerations must
give way to the upholding of their power and the
support of their authority. A sorry foundation is
this, however, upon which to build the structure of
a great government, and its projectors may find
when too late that their edifice has been erected on
sand, and will crumble away when too roughy tried.

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARTS, Thursday Evening.
The Moniteur states that a circular despatch has
been sent from Munich, by the Bavarian Govern-
ment, to its representatives at the Courts of Canis-
ruhe, Darmstadt, and Stuttgard, with the view to a
military organisation, in common for the four States
of Southern Germany. The Cabinet of Munich
proposes in this document a convention which shall
establish one uniform system for the four armies, to
be approved of by their respective Parliaments.
With this view it proposes that a Conference shall
take place at Stuttgard, which shall also decide
upon the future destiny of the ancient Federal for-
tresses of Ulm and Rastadt. The programme
traced by the Bavarian Government proposes the
increase of the defensive forces, the universal obli-
gation of military service, the suppression of the
system of drawing lots and finding substitutes, and
the creation of a large reserve force. In a word,
the application of the essential principles of the
Prussian system. Wurtemberg, the Grand Duchy
of Baden, and Grand Ducal Hesse (for the part
which is not incorporated with the Confederation
of Northern Germany), have given a favourable
reception to these overtures, and the Ministers of
War and Foreign
Affairs of the four States of
Southern Germany met on the 3d inst. at Stuttgard
to consider the pr positions of the Court of
Munich. All classes in Bavaria have expressed
satisfaction at the proposed marriage of the King
with the Duchess Sophia Charlotte Augusta,
daughter of his Royal Highness Maximilian, Duke
of Bavaria, and the two Chambers have replied to
the official notification of that event by an address
expressive of the warm attachment of the country
to his dynasty. It is announced that the Empress
of Austria will repair to Munich in the month of
May, in order to be present at the marriage of her
sister, the future Queen of Bavaria.
The Japanese Ambassadors, who were recently
in Paris, have arrived at St. Petersburg. They are
charged to negotiate a treaty of commerce with the
Russian Government, and to make an arrangement
in regard to a question of frontier which had given
rise to disputes between the two countries. This
question relates to the Island of Saghalin, at the
mouth of the river Amour, two-thirds of which are
possessed by Russia, and one-third by Japan.
An account from Hasselt, dated Feb. 5, 10 am.,
says :—" Bad news. The cattle plague has broken
out at the distillery of M. Van Straeten. The
disease declared itself among 16 oxen, which were
immediately killed. The other stables of this dis-
tiller still contain 16 head of cattle, and they are
close to those where the infected animals were.
The alarm increases."

There is such unanimity in the laudatory appre-
ciation of the Queen's Speech by the Paris papers
that it is hardly necessary to give extracts from
their articles respecting it. Even the leading Oppo-
sition paper, Le Siecle is satisfied with it, and cha-
racterises it as " of a very satisfactory character."
The persuasion seems to be almost general among
the Paris papers that the Derby Ministry will propose
and carry good measures, and that the present Go-
vernment will characterise its career by perform-
ance and not by promises only, like the Whigs,
The Siecle, of course, does not participate in this
view. On the contrary, its efforts to discover that
the " burning question " of Parliamentary Reform
is approached with timidity and with the oratorical
circumlocution so natural to a Tory Cabinet.
A new section of a class of study for adults of
the communal school of St. Philippe du Roule, was
inaugurated on Tuesday. Count Seruvier, who
takes much interest in education, presided. Among
those present were the Duke de Bassano, Senator,
Grand Chamberlain to the Emperor, and several
persons eminent for their attainments. The first
lesson was given by M. Baudevor Vermeron, an
artist, upon the connection between art and in-
dustry. M. Damp, the Minister of Public Instruc-
tion, has given great encouragement to these classes
of adults.

A terrible imprudence, has
taken place
department of Var.
M. Icard, a gentleman very fond of shooting, was
aaccident,t
p a im oi s
ocausedn,
int h
eby
going out to shoot the next morning with a friend,
and thinking that his powder was damp he placed
some in a box near the stove where they were sitting,
in order to dry it. The two sportsmen were quietly
chatting, in company with three other persons, one
of whom, a lady, had a child upon her lap, when a
violent explosion took place, and the upper part of
the stove was shattered to pieces. M. Icard's friend,
M. Manuel, was unhurt, but the fragments of the
stove inflicted terrible injuries on M. Icard him-
self. His skull was fractured, an eye was driven
out of his head, and it is hardly possible that he
can survive. Happily he was the only victim of the
imprudence.

A day or two ago a remarkable accident took place
on the Luxembourg railway. The train which left
Arlon at three o'clock, and had nearly reached
Longlier, came to a sudden stoppage. A man,
carrying a sack of flour, was crossing the line, but,
being seen by the driver, he stopped the engine
as quickly
as possible. The train, however, passed
the spot where the man was lying with his sack, to
the great alarm of the driver and the passengers.
It was supposed that he was crushed to atoms, but
strange to say, having by some means become
attached to the train, he had only been pushed along
for a few yards and was unhurt. The sack was
found under a third carriage.
A man named Andrea Felice Albrile, an Italian,
who is a sort of savage, has just been arrested at
St. Brassac, near Tarn, in the south of France. Ile
is 55. He lives like a beast of the field, solely upon
herbs and plants,
and thus refused all assistance,and was wandering about almost naked, as he re-
fused to wear clothes which were offered to him.
He carried about with him a very heavy kind of box,
which served him for shelter. When arrested as a
vagabond, and sent to prison, he would not take
any nourishment whatever for six days, but he
then consented to cat some grass. The authorities
will now take care of him.
M. Nick (it is not said whether it is Old Nick), a
weather prophet of Cahors, has predicted that dur-
ing the first ten days of February the weather will
be very changeable, sometimes bright, and then
foggy, with partial frosts. During the second period
of ten days, with few exceptions, bad weather will
prevail. Violent storms, with rain or snow, will
come towards the 11th, 14th, 18th, and 20th. Dur-
ing the last third portion of February changeable
weather, with snow or rain, near the 21st, 23d, 26th,
and 28th, with the exception of partial frosts, the
weather will be comparatively mild. There will be
tremendous storms on the coast of France about the
13th, 16th, 20th, and 23d. The two latter periods
are most to be feared.

A splendid block of marble from the quarries of

Carrara, weighing 76,000 kilogrammes (a kilo-
gramme is more than 21bs English), is about to be
sent by water from llavre for the Exhibition.
Among the wonders from Spain will be an esta-
blishment for lemonade and other choice refreshing
beverages from Valencia. The attendants will be
12 beautiful girls in the picturesque costume of the
ancient peasant girls of the province of Valencia,
whose manners and appearance (says the Correspon-
dencia of Madrid) will be such as to captivate the
most indifferent Frenchman or the most splenetic
Englishman.

Last night in exposed situations the howling of
the wind was something alarming, or, at all events,
of a very unusual character. In the country trees
were stripped of their branches, and the houses
seemed to be menaced with destruction. The rain
came down at times, as if from a waterspout. To-
day the wind has been equally violent and cold.
The clouds at times were peculiarly dark and
menacing, and ever and anon down came the rain,
as if it were to be " after that the deluge." The
gusts of wind made war upon the umbrellas. Per-
sons passing through the Tuileries gardens had
their umbrellas turned inside out by dozens, or they
were torn to shreds like the sails of a ship in a heavy
storm. One poor old infirm priest while mounting
the steps of the church of St. Sulpice was thrown
backwards with considerable violence, the wind
tearing his umbrella from his hand. He bore his
mishap with calmness, and his first care on entering
the Church was to endeavour to put the fragments
of his umbrella into a respectable shape.

Both the Patrie and the Presse assert that a law
will be proposed giving the Senate a suspensive
veto upon the measures passed by the Legislative
Body. It would appear from this that the Senate
has not at present, like the House of Lords, the
power of rejecting bills passed by the House of
Commons.

PARIS, Friday Evening.

The Moniteur contains a very long decree, having
for object the regulation of the business between
the Senate, the Legislative Body, the Emperor, and
the Council of State. The following is from the
bulletin of the official paper :—" A private telegram
from Prague, dated Feb. 6, announces the termina-
tion of the electoral proceedings for the nomination
of the representatives at the Diet. The 70 candi-
dates chosen by the National Club of the nobility of
Bohemia were all elected, which will give to the
party called the party of historical rights a majo-
rity of two-thirds in the Diet.
M. Deak will shortly leave for Vienna, accom-
panied by some of the most eminent members of the
party whom he represents. The visit is at the ex-
press invitation of the Emperor of Austria.
The Correspondunce Provinciale of Berlin states
that the administrative division of the countries of
Germany annexed to Prussia will be effected almost
immediately. These territories, united into two
regencies, having for chief towns Cassel and Wies-
baden, will be placed under the direction of M
Moeller, civil governor of Electoral Hesse.
It is ratherremarkable that the Journal des Debats
which during its career has displayed violence
in behalf of democracy, followed by " damning
Conservatism with faint praise," is afraid of giving
any opinion about the Queen's Speech. It says :
" This speech touches upon such a variety of ques-
tions that it is impossible to analyse it carefully
here. We, therefore, confine ourselves to the recom-
mendation to read it. The perusal will not be
without interest." This summary disposal of an
important document has excited much surprise in
Paris, but the initiated hero own that the Debats
is puzzled just now, and cannot make up its mind
to support a Conservative Ministry, having in its
day so vehemently denounced everything in the
shape of progress under the regime of order and
tranquillity.

The weather continues very stormy, but it has
been quite warm to-day. Yesterday the cold was
like that of intense winter. Occasionally heavy
showers came, and as the Seine is still rather on
the rise fears prevail of further mischief. The
water has inundated the lower parts of many
houses on the Quai. The Moniteur says that its
printing offices have been again invaded. Inunda-
tions are the order of the day. Turkey is suffer-
ing from them. A letter from Scutari, dated Jan.
25, says that the lower part of the town is under
water, in consequence of the Boyana having
overflowed its banks. The goods in the
bazaars have been spoiled, and business has been
entirely suspended. Some village. on the banks of
the river have been destroyed, the corn spoiled, the
cattle drowned, but the disaster is not rendered
more terrific by any person being killed. The da-
mage done, however, is estimated at several millions
of piastres.
The Constitutionnel has another brief allusion to
the Queen's Speech, but not on its own account.
It merely says that " the English papers are in
general very well satisfied with the Speech."
The Epoque, which has lately enlisted under its
banners a writer of remarkable talent, both as re-
gards science and politics, M. Ernest Menault, has
a forcible article upon the Speech. Referring to
the hope expressed by her Majesty that it will not
be necessary to propose exceptional measures in re-
gard to Ireland, M. Menault says—" We hope also
that such measures will not be necessary, for they
often act like imperial remedies, which, without
touching the cause of the disease, only have the
effect of deranging and exciting the constitution
more violently."

It appears that the printers of Paris are in
great alarfa at the idea of the abolition of
the existing monopoly. A deputation from them
have had an interview with M. Rouher, and have
earnestly urged the Minister to reconsider the pro-
posal of carrying out the principle of free trade
in regard to printing and publishing. The simple
fact is, that these gentlemen wish to have mono-
polies removed from the way of every trade but
their own. It is not likely that the Government
will be prevented from carrying into effect the very
desirable object it has in view. As few persons are
aware of the very stringent regulations which now
exist in regard to the publication of newspapers it
may be well to give a striking illustration. Not
only are editors and proprietors of French news-
papers liable to fine and imprisonment for press
offences, but, by the strict letter of the law,
any person who introduces a foreign news-
paper into France without permission from the
Government is liable to a fine of from 100 f. to 500 f.
and also to be imprisoned for a month, or for a year
in case of repetition of the offence. However, in
spite of monopolists and self-styled Liberals, the
enlightened Government of the Empire, instigated
by the Emperor himself, has determined to make
the Press as free as possible, consistently with good
order and real liberty. The monopolists, however,
are making great exertions. They wish to retain
a law which, if carried out to its full extent, would
enable them to prevent, for instance, the introduc-

tion of The Sun into France, if they thought it
would diminish, to however small an extent, the
circulation of their own papers.

SINGULAR IDENTIFICATION OF A DROWNED MAN.
—On the night of the 6th of December, 1865, a re-
sident at Shrewsbury, named Evans, left the house of a
friend with the intention of returning home, but myste-
riously disappeared on the way, and was never again seen,
either dead or alive. The affair created some excitement
at the time, and a reward was offered for any information
that might lead to a solution of the mystery, but none
transpired, and it was at length concluded that Mr. Evans
had fallen into the Severn, and that his body had been
carried away by the stream. his wife, however, stead-
fastly refused to believe in his death, and even continued
to pay his usual subscription to the club of which ho was
a member, in the expectation of his ultimate return. After
a lapse of fourteen months all doubt has now been set at
rest by the discovery of the body of the unfortunate man
in the Severn, at a place called Cressage, six miles distant
from the spot where he probably fell in. An old woman
gathering wood on the bank accidentally caught sight of
it clinging with outstretched arms to some bushes which
had arrested its further progress down the stream. The
only articles of clothing remaining upon it were a necktie,
a collar, a pair of stockings, and a surgical elastic sock on
the left leg. Mrs. Evans arrived at Cressago on Thursday,
and was at once enabled to identify the body of her long-
lost husband by means of the elastic sock. There were no
trarks of violence upon the body, and, considering the long
period during which it had been in the water, it was in a
remarkable state of preservation.

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RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 9.
An hospital for English seamen, under the patron-
age of the Prince of Wales and the English Ambas-
sador at the Russian Court, has been established at
Cronstadt.