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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 18G7.

NOTICE.

sleepers they would save another £lO,OOO a-year,
and a further large sum would be saved in the sup-
ply of gas. Something had been done in respect of
rating, which would also reduce their expenSes. The
accounts as now made out would not compare with
the corresponding period, but they formed the basis
of future accounts. The true policy of the Great
Eastern would be to get someof the traffic over their
lines from Yorkshire and the north to London. Be-
fore the board committed the company to any of
those new arrangements,
they would be submitted to
the shareholders for their approval. If they could
chrry out the negotiations now pending, the result
would be very advantageous to the shareholders in
the company. He hoped soon to be able to congra-
tulate the company on their trains being in York-
shire. He then adverted to the proposal made to Mr
Laing to join their board for the purpose of con-
ducting the financial matters of the company, and
placing them in a sound and safe position. They
had to raise £4,000,000 on the best terms they could.
Although the £5,000 might seem large as compen-
sation he preferred to pay that openly than to com-
pensate Mr. Laing in any other way. The direct
saving of £30,000 a year of the extra interest nowpaid
in respect of the floating debt would•of itself be a
great advantage to the company. He hoped the
proprietors would give the board and Mr. Laing
their cordial support, and all the assistance in. their
power to bring the conart4npaut of its difficulties.
He thanked his colleagues for the assistance they had
given him, and said they were doing everything to
the best of their knowledge and ability to benefitthe
company. (Cheers.)
Mr. G. SMITH seconded the motion for the adop-
tion of the report.
Mr. C. LEGG thought the saving in the report
argued well for the future of the now Board. Ho
was not so well pleased with the new form of ac-
counts, and alluded to the enormous cost forinterest
on the temporary loans, amounting for the half-year,
on £731,000, to £40,000 for interest and £3,000 for
commission. They had spent on new works of 1861
£631,000, andupon the metropolitan lines £400,000
—then they had to pay large amounts on leased
lines. When he saw dividends on the old shares he
would believe in the saving on working expenses.
Ele was a mndidate for a seat at the Board, but
would ver willingly withdraw toserve the company.
They propo dto get the assistance of Mr. Laing,
and he believed he would be the right man in the
right place.
Mr. Sergeant SPINKS said that a vast amount of
their stock was held by his friends. It was impos-
sible to make a comparison of the present with for-
mer accounts of working expenses ; but it appeared
to him that £35,000 of the saving on working
expenses had come out of the permanent way.
He contended that nothing would tend more to

IRELAND.

C. F. HANCOCK, SON, & CO.,

DueLT::, Feb. 12.
The commission of oyer and terminer for the city
and county of Dublin was opened yesterday at the
Court-house, Green-street. Baron Fitzgerald, Baron
Hughes, and the Lord Mayor took their seats soon
after 1.1 o'clock. Baron Fitzgerald addressed the
grand juries, and referred particularly to the law
affecting the Fenian prisoners, whose cases would
be brought before them. In alluding to the Act of
Parliament under which the habeas corpus was sus-
pended, he could not mention it without congratu-
lating them on the intimation lately made by our
gracious Sovereign that probably the continuance of
that Act may, under the circumstances of the coun-
try, be dispensed with. No other matter of im-
portance demanded their attention.
At an adjourned meeting of the Corporation yes-
terday Sir John Gray made a statement on the pre-
sant condition of the Vartry Waterworks. There
is a substantial leak; but in what part of the em-
bankment they do not .know. Probably theie is a
flaw in some portion of the work in immediate con-
nection with the culvert that passes from the reser-
voir towards the filter beds. The valve house passes
backward through the centre of the embankment
under a puddled trench, and there are 20ft. of solid
brickwork and cement_ through which the pipes
pass. An arch from that extends perhaps 150 feot
towards tho valve house. The leakage is through
the top of that arch, where there are several spit-
tings of water, some as large as a quarter inch
pipe, and some taking the shape of a fan. There is
a subsidence of about 4ft. in diameter at the front
of the embankment over the tunnel, and about 40ft.
behind where the water is oozing out. The probabi-
lity is that some of the water has got under the
middle of the arch, and that the extent and good-
ness of the material used-40 or 50 feet of puddle
and solid material over the arch—kept it down, and
forced it out through the chinks of the arch. So far
as the engineers could estimate they thought that
all the water that came in got out, and that no
damage whatever was at present being done to the
back of the embankment. The back of the embank-
ment was the portion on which the strength, soli-
dity, and security of the whole structure depended.
Sir John Gray further explained that a sluicing
valve, which had been specially provided for such
contingencies had, unfortunately, got out of order.
An accident occurred to it in this way :—:The gear
for opening the valve was found to work stiffly, and
it was determined to take it out and send to Glasgow
for other gear. The gear was taken out and the
valve was, as was thought, secured ; but in opening
the back valve to let off some water the other
almost broke the pipe and flooded the whole
place. In order to stop the flow of water
through the pipe, at the suggestion of Mr.
Simpson, a ball was floated down to the aper-
ture in the pipe. This ball had been got into
the pipe, and now the object was to get it out. Its
diameter was 7in. greater than that of the pipe, and
it was kept to it by a water pressure of 251 b. to the
square inch, equivalent to about 18 tons. They had
been deprived of the means which this valve afforded
of regulating the escape of water from the reservoir.
They had also been obliged to get leave for the mak-
ing of fresh castings, which were required in con-
nexion with the valves from the assignee of the con-
tractor who had supplied their pipes, and who was
in the Bankrupt Court. From a conversation that
followed it appeared that over £l,OOO will be re-
quired to cover the cost of the necessary alterations.
Sir John Gray's statement gave satisfaction, and it
was felt that he and the committee had done all in
their power in the matter.
The Daily Express is happy to be enabled to an-
nounce that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have
resolved to allocate £12,000 for the purpose of in-
creasing the incomes derived from small benefices.
This resolution is an evidence of the careful manage-
ment of the fund intrusted to the Commissioners.
The writ for the election of the county of Cork
arrived on Saturday. The nomination of candidates
is fixed for the 21st inst. Mr. Smith Barry has ad-
dressed the electors on Liberal and independent
was also expected, but had not
arrived yesterday. Mr. Vincent Scully seems deter-
ofoi.d principles.A n A
nan iy, address from Col. Luke White, son
deter-
mined to go to the poll. The Cork Examiner thinks
Mr. Pope Hennessy will not come forward.
At a meeting of the Royal Irish Academy yester-
day a report of the Committee of Council was read,
stating that the existing grant was totally insuffi-
cient for carrying on the work of the Academy.
At present the provision for the custody of the col-
lection
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Committee of Council, therefore,
,thought that a
special sum, to be spread over a certain number
of years, ought to be added to the grant of £2OO
already allocated for work on Irish manuscripts.
The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of
the Belfast and Northern Counties
Railway Com-
pany was held at the company's offices, Belfast,
yesterday. The report of the directors, which was
of a very favourable character, showing an increase
of upwards of £l,BOO in the traffic, compared with
the corresponding period of 1865, was adopted. A
dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum was
declared.

JEWELLERS AND SILVERSMITHS TO TILE QUEEN AND

PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES,

And by Special Appointment to the principal Sovereigns
and Courts of Europe,
Beg respectfully to state that their only Address 13
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CORNER OF BOND-STREET.

AWARDED TO C. F. HANCOCK :
Great Exhibition, 1851—Council Medal for Originality and
Taste. Paris Exhibition,lBss —Gold Medallic) d'Honnour.
International Exhibition, 1862—Prize Modal, for *great
Excellence of Design and Manufacture.
MANUFACTURERS OP THE VICTORIA CROSS.

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HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
Annual Premium Revenue upwards of £310,000.
New Premium Income in 1865 exceeded £62,000.
Life, Fire, Guarantee, and Annuities at advantageous
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The European is the only Society authorised by the Im•
peril Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Gorern•
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Full particulars of the popular principles of this Society
will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be for-
warded to applicant; post free.
Offices-316, Regent-street; 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-
mall; and 69, Kin.- William-street, City.
HENRY LAKE, Manager.

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18s. per gallon, is vt ry superior to recent importations
of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex-
tensively used in hospitals. -In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in
a case 395., railway carriage pail—HEN ltY BRETT and
CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent-
street, S.W. Established 1829.

" THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY."
THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression
of the Colonial Kiricets enables 0,, "EAST INDIA
TEA COMPANY" to offer TEAS 1.0 WE R THAN EVER.
Six Pounds of Good Tea Tor 6s. %d. can't be dear.
The Company 'a KAISOWS by the Clipper Ships arc really
delkious.
t, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate-
street, Jan. 1, 1867.

GEOLOG Y.---ELEMENTARY COLLEC-
TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's
Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of
Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 50 )
guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, IZo,II, a, Fossils,
and Recent Shells, Geological Nfaps. Hammers, all the recent
Pub'ications, &c., of J. TENANT. Mineralogist to Her
Majesty, 149, Strand, London.
Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geo!ogy by
Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C.

1% ADAME RACHEL is the great and only
IVA. Restorer of Youth and Beauty, Grace and Elegance.
whose talents in giving the appearance of youth and beauty
to persons' however far advanced in years has cruscd her
name to stand the Marvtl of the Age. Her Royal Arabian
Toilet requisites can only te obtained at 47A, New Bond-
street. BeWare of Spurious Imitations.

the establishment of confidence than enabling the
public to see the affairs of the company were ad-
ministered with economy. They should shut up
useless stations, run no unnecessary trains, and
reduce the very high salaries. He believed that
great advantages wculd arise to them on the com-
pletion of the metropolitan lines of the company.
They would have an excellent station in the city of
London, the suburban and main line traffic would
e greatly increased, the blocks to traffic would be
removed, and they would have a shorter and better

WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS
YOUR MOTTO ?

Send 3s. 6d. to CIILLETON'S Heraldic Office for a
Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of
man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form.
The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liveries, what
buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted,
fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500
Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every
family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour,
price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi-
grees traced from authentic records, information as to the
obtaining of a new grant of arms, how tp change one's
name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal
family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Cran-
bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.O

line to the north. He wished every success to the
pending negotiations, and hoped they would be
brought to a satisfactory issue. The capital cost of
the steamboats was £lBO.OOO, and they had already
lost by them £31,000. They would require a profit
on the working of the steamboats of £22,500 a year
to pay interest on capital and 71 per cent. for de-
preciation to save the company from loss. He moved
an amendment to the effect that a committee of

three shareholders be appointed to investigate the
steamboat accounts, with f 13.11 powers, and to report
the result to a meeting of shareholders on March 12
next.

Mr. AUSTEN said it would be very desirable to
pay off the floating debt as soon as possible. With
every respect for the great ability of Mr. Laing in
financial matters, he thought £5,000 too large a sum
to pay at once.
Mr. ROBINSON seconded the meeting.
Mr. LEGG, of Leeds, said that, although the di-
rectors had reduced the working expenses by 51 per
cent. during the past half-year, they were now more
than the average of railways in the United King-
dom. Considering the state of the money market,
he was not surprised that the directors had 111 per
cent. to pay for the £700,000 temporary loans. He
thought it would be very cheap indeed to have the
T },:et. ;00 +ha Inonno&o.7,
capital to construct the metropolitan linos and sta-
tion, and to bring the whole of the property into a
sound and paying condition. He hoped the share-
holders would assist the directors and Mr. Laing in
their efforts to redeem the property and place their
affairs in a good position. (Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN replied to the various observa-
tions, which resulted in Mr. Sergeant Spinks with-
drawing his amendment, and Mr. Cyrus Legg with-
drawing his name rs a candidate for a seat at the
Board in favour of the election of Mr. Laing.
The report and statement of accounts were then
unanimously adopted.
On the motion of. Mr. Cyrus Legg, seconded by
Mr. Sergeant Spinks, M. S. Laing was unani-
mously elected a director of the company, and it
was agreed that £5,000 should be paid to him for
special services mentioned.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks
to the chairman ; and it
was intimated that imme-
diately after the general meeting Mr. S. Laing was
elected deputy chairman of company.

In the report upon the case of the steamboat
Commodore, of the Stonington line, lost on the Long
Island coast on the night of December 27, the in-
spector made the startling remarks " that the boat
was a rotten old tub, unfit for navigation, lacking
esworked by an incompetent
crew, sailed
equipments,iledbya reeless and incompetent captain,
and taken to sea without a license, in violation of
law and regulations, and in an unseaworthy con-
company to which she
of the dangerous
belongedo
nT testifiedthe
i dbteohnaattt,o fha
tnehdek new
hesitated in trusting
his life on board. The New
York Herald
justly remarks—" Yet innocent passengers, con-
fiding in the
reputation of the company over
which he presides, were allowed to crowd her decks
and cabins as freely as they pleased. Men, women,
and children were enticed by agents and advertise-
ments to take passage by her, with the knowledge
on the part of the captain and the company that
they stood a better chance of going to the bottom
than of arriving safely at their destination. Is it
not about time that crimes such as these men have
been guilty of should be punished? Are those who
thus wickedly and wilfully jeopardise human life to
go wholly free? Recommendations for more strin-
gent
laws arc all very well, but if such a case as
that of the Commodore is to be passed over with
a report, and a few indignant comments by the press,
all the laws that can be enacted will not make a
traveller's life worth an hour's purchase."

Mr. Peter Tait, Mayor of Limerick, has accepted
an invitation to a public banquet to be given on the
21st inst., "as some acknowledgment of the respect
and regard entertained for him, and in recognition
of his exertions as Mayor for the welfare of the city,
the many benefits he has conferred on it and the
people, his munificicnt gifts of charity, and un-
bounded and graceful hospitality." The requisi-
tion is signed by nearly all the leading men of the
city and county, without distinction of party. The
banquet is to be given in the Theatre Royal, the
boxes of which will be reserved for ladies.

In consequence of telegraphic communications
received by the Government G 7 men were arrested
this morning at the North Wall, on board the

Elolyhead and Liverpool steamer as soon as she

arrived.

It is supposed that they threw their

arms and ammunition overboard on seeing the

police. The river is to be dragged for revolvers.

Three were found concealed on deck. The prisoners

have been lodged in Richmond Bridewell. They
wore shabbily dressed, and looked reckless and dee-

Aerate.

True bills have been found by the grand jury
against Stephen Meany for treason-felony ; also
against Denis Downey and others, for having arms

in a proclaimed district.
The Solicitor-General was unanimously elected
to-day for Dublin University ; he was proposed by
Rev. Dr. Carson and seconded by the Hon. and Rev.
C. Plunket. _ _ _

A few brief particulars are given respecting the
new cornet discovered at Marseilles in the constella-
tion of the ram. It is nearly round and has a brilliant
nucleus, which almost neutralises the lightof the tail.
It could not be seen on the night of the 25th in
consequence of the bad weather. On the nights
of the 26th and 28th of January regular observa-
tions were made at Marseilles, when the cornet
appeared to be increasing in brilliancy. At Paris
the state of the atmosphere has hitherto prevented
any observation, but there was a slight view of it
on the night of the 31st.

The Attorney-General was this day re-elected for
she borough of Galway without opposition.

The Grand Council of Berne, in Switzerland, has
voted 7,000,000 francs for the Jura Railway.
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HEALTH OF LONDON.

The following is the weekly return of the Regis-
trar-General of births and deaths in London and in
12 other largo towns of the United Kingdom :
General Register-office, Somerset-house, Feb. 11.
I❑ the week that ended on Saturday, February 9,
the births registered in London and 12 other large
towns of the United Kingdom. were 4,629 ; the
deaths registered, 3,375. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 28 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,173 boys and 1,125
girls, in all 2,299 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years
1857-66 the aTerage number, corrected for increase
of population, was 2,252.

The deaths registered in London during theweek
were 1,567. It was the sixth week of the year, and
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,527. The
deaths in the present return exceed the estimated
number by 40.

Under the influence of a milder temperature the
mortality has decreased ; but the effects of the recent
severe cold are still perceptible in the returns. The
deaths from bronchitis in the last three weeks were
399, 271, and 204 ; from pneumonia, in the same
periods, 95, 92, and 87 respeeti% ely. The tleatki; of
36 nonagenarians have been registered in London
during the last three weeks. 47 deaths from small-
pox; 22 from scarlatina, 68 from whooping-cough,
and 42 from typhus were registered last week. Hol-
born—Saffron-hill—ln the Casual Ward of the
West London Union, Charterhouse-lane, on Jan.
20, the son of a porter, aged two years, " inflam-
mation of lungs, caused by exposure to the weather
and want of proper nourishment ; post mortem ;
inquest. Whitechapel—North.—At IP, Commer-
cial place onFeb.4, son of a tailor, aged six mouths,
" insufficient nourishment and exposure to cold ;"
post mortem ; inquest. St. Olave, Southwark—St.
John—At 14, Parish-street on the 4th of February,
the widow of a shoemaker, aged 73 years, " inflam-
mation of lungs,accelerated bywant of medical assist-
ance and suitable nourishment ;" post mortem ;
inquest. Stepney—Limehouse.—At 10, Gun -
square, on the sth of February, the daughter of a
cab-driver, aged five years, " disease of lungs,
accelerated by unhealthy condition of house and
neighbourhood ;" post mortem ; inquest. Green-
wich—East.—At the Union Workhouse, on the
24th of January, a female, aged about 39 years,
" disease of the lungs, accelerated by exposure to
the weather ; post mortem ; inquest.

The following is a list of 40 persons who were
drowned in the deep waters of Regent's Park on
Tuesday, January 15, in consequence of the ice
breaking :—Son of a colonial broker, aged 16 years ;
son of an esquire, 15 ; a medicol student, 22 ; a
warehouseman, 24 ; son of a lieut.-colonel, 16 ; sou
of a printer, 13 ; a clerk, 29 ; a gentleman, 29 ; a
bedstead maker, 17 ; a butler, 30 ; son of an un-
dertaker, 14 *on of a harness-maker, 10 ; a coster-
monger, 28 ; an organ metal pipe maker, 18 ;,,,a
costermonger, 22 ; an upholsterer, 18 : a gasfitter,
20 ; son of a carpenter, 9 ; a house decorator, 21 ;
son of a coachman, 13 ; a silk merchant, 26 ; son of
a bricklayer, 11 ; a student of arts, 17 ; son of a
butcher, 14 ; a dentist, 23 ; a house painter, 35 ;
a wood turner, 20 ; sou of a tailor, 14 ; a house
painter, 20 ; an orphan Loy, 16 ; a law student,
20 ; a clerk, 23 ; a commercial traveller, 25 ; a
corn seller, 21 ; son of an emigrant, 14 ; a solicitor,
26 ; an organ builder, 26 ; a railway porter, 23 ; a
coach joiner, 22.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 27
per 1,000 in London, 30 in Edinburgh, and 37 in
Dublin, 23 in Bristol, 24 in Birmingham, 32 iiu
Liverpool, 30 in Manchester, 27 in Salford, 26 in
Sheffield, 21 in Leeds, 29 iu Hull, 44 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 32 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna
was 31 per 1,000 during the week ending the 2d
inst., when the mean temperature was 3.9 deg.
Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London,
where the rate was 28.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.452 in.
The barometrical reading decreased from 30.36 in.
on Sunday to 28.65 on Wednesday. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 43.4 deg.,
which is 4.9 deg. above the average of the same
week in 50 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 54.8
deg. on Saturday. The lowest night temperature
was 32.9 deg. on Sunday. The entire range of
temperature in the week was, therefore, 21.9 deg.
The mean of the highest temperatures of the water
of the Thames was 43.0 deg. ; that of the lowest
was 39.8 dog. The difference between the mean
dew-point temperature and air temperature was 5.2
deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was
82, complete saturation being represented by 100.
Rain fell to the amount of 0.48 in. The general
direction of the wind was S.W. Violent gales
of wind occurred on Wednesday and Friday. On
Wednesday the greatest pressure of the wind on
the square foot was 331 b., and on Friday 411 b.
According to a return furnished by the engineer
of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the average
daily quantity of sewage pumped into the river
Thames at the Southern Outfall Works, Cross-
ness, was 44,866,199 gallons, or 203,847 cubic
metres, equivalent to about as many tons by weight.

The committee has been formed, and is about to
commence its .investigation into the affairs of the
Atlantic and Great Western Railway, which will
now be fully and fairly brought out for the infor-
mation of the public. The run against the railway
was so strong that the only alternative open to the
representative of the company in England was to
suppress the attacks by actions for libel, or to obtain
the aid of au independent committee. It amounted
simply to this, whether the company was to be at
:he expense and risk of establishing its position by a
'lades o trials in a court of justice, or by the less

expensive and more effective mode of submitting all
its operations to the searching test of aninvestiga-
tion by a body of competent men of business. If
the agent felt that there was any weakness in his
case, and had been actuated by vindictive motives,
he would have chosen the legal process, but the bond-
holders, and those interested, may themselves see
that the course taken by Mr. M'llenry is in itself
a ground of confidence. It is not improbable that
the legal action will follow the Report of
the at
Com-
mittee, but whatever may beMr.M'llenry, s intention,
estrsobnogullyd of
be
of which we have no knowledge, we
arebee k
opinion that it is time that a severe
engaged in plotting
administered to the conspirators and assassins who
for the last year have been
open to an attack.
lalrlinarste ainndhsotpaebsbtinhag all
tlproperty
we may obtain early and re-
liable information on the affairs of this railway, so
that the questions causing so much anxiety may
speedily and for ever be set at rest.
We have lately heard a great deal of the effects
of the ill-advised strikes in England, ruining our
iron and other trades, while they fostered those of
our continental competitors. Cheap and steady
work was represented as drawing orders to Belgium
which could not be undertaken in England at the
price offered, owing to the increased cost of labour,
and to the uncertainty which attends its control.
The contented workmen c,f 11,A;;ium were said to be
building up an enormous trade, attracting capital,
and turning their country into a huge workshop.
Late accounts, however, prove that these statements
shown about the same amount of truth as are
contained in the glowing pictures of the Golden
Age. Formidable riots have broken out at Mar-
chienneg.e. thirty miners haVe been arrested, and
order, atter much trouble, has been restored,
again to break out with increased violence. The
fact is, that in the continually increasing cost of the
necessaries of life,. there is a difficulty in adjusting
wages, and the struggle is pretty sure to be felt on
the continent as well as in England till the price of
food becomes more permanently fixed.