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London, England, 1867-08-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LoisiDON, TUESOAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1867.
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LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1867.

The House of Lords has fulfilled the expectation
of its well-wishers, and agreed to the amendments
of the Commons' disagreements to their amend-
ments. This was a wise and patriotic course to
pursue, and we may congratulate them upon it,
and felicitate the country generally upon the
great work of this session being virtually accom-
plished. Considering the difficulties that impeded
the task there has not been an undue delay in the
carrying of this measure, and it is certain that at
any rate the Government have not been to blame
for what has occurred. While we give full credit
to the sincerity of the Commons for the course they
have pursued, we regret they have persisted in con-
sidering the practice of voting papers, and agree
with Lord DERBY that their reasons for so doing are
not very apparent. As the noble lord said they
were like the advice given to a Judge on his ap-
pointment, namely, that he should give his judg-
ment, but never state his reasons. The noble
Premier showed his discernment, when he said that
it was useless to expect the Commons to change
their views, and the advice that he tendered to
their lordships was both constitutional and well-
timed. Anything like a collision between the
Houses just now would be decidedly out of
character, and set the Reform League in a state
of frenzied agitation, while Mr. BRIGHT would be
rampant about the aristocracy, and the end of the
session would not be a promising one. All this has,
we are glad to thimk, been happily avoided by the
prudence and foresight of the Lords. The Marquis
of SALISBURY made some remarks about the voting
papers, and truly stated that next Session it might
be possible to bring in a special bill to carry out this
object, which had indeed been approved by a large
majority of their- lordships. Lord RUSSELL made
himself quite ridiculous in his opposition to voting
papers, and declared it to be his opinion that no
hearty approval would be given to such a scheme
by any branch of the Legislature. While we agree
with Lord DERBY that the members of the House
of Commons could hardly have been foolish
enough to have been willing to have a Conference,
and because the custom is that they stand bare-
headed while the Lords sit with cocked hats on, it
is certainly as well that the affair did not come off,
and it would be as well if this extraordinary custom
was done away with altogether, for it ill accords
with the feelings of the present age, and hardly
insures the dignity of either House.
Lord DERBY gave wise advice, in conclusion, to
their lordships, when he said that, " Satisfied with
the important concession in one respect made
to your lordships' feelings and opinions,
I think you should not run the risk of endangering
so important a measure as the present, which has
absorbed so much of the time of Parliament, and
has so deeply interested the whole country." As
the noble lord said, " the bill tended to settle a
great and pre-eminently important question, and as
such we feel sure the country will accept it gladly
from the hands of the Legislature, and rejoice that
the work has been so far satisfactorily accom-
plished." It needed no blaze of eloquence to
impart splendour or add lustre to the debate that
was last night held in the Lords. The chief thing
was that the Reform Bill passed safely through the
first stage. Thus the result is what people look to
now,and what they will look to until this generation
has passed away to make room for younger and
fresher spirits to enter on the exciting stage of
politics. The faults of this bill are what have been
most prominent ; the merits will, we think, become
more apparent now that the fire and ferment of dis-
cussion is over, and no party object can be gained by
swelling an adverse division list. We would say, on
behalf of the Conservative Government, that they
need not appeal to facts to show that they have
passed a Reform Bill such as Mr. BRIGHT never
advised his friends to attempt ; such as Earl RUS-
SELL, on whom, it was believed, the mantle of the
defeated chief of Reform had fallen, had never at-
tempted, and such as Mr. GLADSTONE, with his
depth of reasoning, and height of oratory, had
never planned. The franchise has been extended
to those who last year never dreamed of securing
it so soon even by anticipation, and many other im-
portant changes have been wrought.
We would fain believe that the most rampant
among the Opposition, and the most malcontent
among the Ministerialists, will now feel glad that the
work is over, and the country relieved from all
chance of agitation which can gain no practical end
but that of affording opportunities to those possessing
zeal without discretion to lay down the law, and
give rise to angy feelings. Lord DERBY has shown
on this occasion a spirit equal to his early efforts
in the great national task of passing a
Reform Bill, and with matured wisdom
known where to discern the necessity of change,
and where to reckon undue expectation and inordi-
nate demands. As the Premier, with his usual
frankness and generosity declared on a former occa-
sion, the chief work has fallen on Mr. DISRAELI,
and he had the full responsibility devolving upon
him at the most critical juncture, in consequence of
the illness of the first Minister. The right hon.
gentleman may well be proud of the success
which has been his this session, and it is well
known that but for his untiring exertion, great
self-command, and determined forbearance, this
bill would never have survived the second reading.
The most desperate efforts were made to overset
it, but, thanks to the admirable conduct of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the devotion of his
followers, and the general feeling of the House,
the efforts were harmless. The struggle was, how-
ever, a severe one, and the prize has not been won
without much striving. We think that the passing
of this Reform Bill by the Conservatives will have
a good effect in all directions. The Conservatives
may learn that they must put up with the spirit of
the age if they hope to take a leading part in the
councils of the age ; the Liberals may profit by the
sweet uses of adversity, and try to make their prac-
tice accord a little more with their professions.
The country may learn that those who tai the
inost may do the least, and it is always a safer
policy to let both sides have a trial. A monopoly
of office is a very bad thing, quite as
bad as a monopoly of any thing else, and
this year has introduced a beneficial change in that
direction. Let all parties unite in rejoicingthat
this bill has passed both houses, and let those who
have no real cause left for complaint have the sense
to leave off meetings and such like demonstrations
which can do them no credit. The greatest respect
has been paid to the Work of Reform, and those
who honour the cause will best show their reverence
and exhibit their sincerity by acknowledging that
the time has come to allow reality to supersede
idc as.
KS.

Lament.

The production of the Indian Budget is no longer
the mere matter of course that it once was. Indian
politics, though not engaging the',l due aharo of

LONDON BRIDGE. a iteration, are more widely studied, and more saga-
36m.—Afternoon, lh. 2w. eiouiy
I discussed in the English House of Commons
20m.—Afternoon, lh. 41m. .
than formerly, and the debate which last night pre-
ceded the financial statement of Sir STAFFORD
Nonnicom included many sensible and practical
suggestions. There is, without doubt, room for
considerable improvement in our Indian Adminis-
tration. The remnants of old routine and prejudice
still cling fatally to the new system of government
and hamper its more vigorous action. The famine
at Orissa has recently given lamentable proof of
the inertness and apathy of some of our officials in
'rescue° of the more direful calamities, and there
is much reason to fear that it has weakened our in-
fluence and authority. The people see their fellows
starving by hundred of thousands, while compara-
tively little is done to help them by a Government
which professes to be the richest and most powerful
in the world. Whether they attribute this to our
incapacity to assist them or our indifference to their
sufferings, the inference is not calculated to
strengthen our hold upon them. This is especially
lamentable, since the Russians are sparing no pains
to extend their influence with the natives, and
the danger, though secret, is not the less real. Mr.
AYRTON, who opened the debate last evening, thinks
that considerable changes are necessary to bring
home to the people of India the benefits of British
rule. Great as those benefits undoubtedly are they
are not so great as they might have been. The
neglect of public works, more especially of
irrigation, so necessary in such a country as
India, has been a serious drawback to the civilisa-
tion of the people and the development of the
national resources of the country—a drawback not
to have been expected under the rule of a nation so
famous for its engineers. It is difficult to estimate
the loss inflicted upon the country through this
neglect. Mr. KISNAIRD, who seconded the motion
of Mr. AI ON last evening, observed that it was
impossible not to conclude that by prudent foresight
much of the misery in Orissa might have been
averted. An irrigation company had undertaken
a scheme for the irrigation of the Mabawuddee
and the adjoining county, and their works had nearly
e broke
progressed when tphaerptiouilntuwsehewnhtehneythmeigfluitmhinave been
out. And what was the reason that they were not
further advanced ? The plans had been kept for
15 months in London after they bad received the
sanction of Lord CANNING. had the irrigation
work been in operation in Orissa the lives of
thousands might have been saved. The extra-
ordinary thing about Indian irrigation is
all
istlsihnnyovad.dnolrii,ll:al
inoC Idt:iro-
that every one applauds it theoretically, and
most of our Governors and Secretaries of State
are unanimous on its advantages. How is it, then,
that it does not get on faster? Lord CRANBORNE,
in a pointed and vigorous speech, said that it con-
stituted one of the mysteries of the India House
which he had not been able to fathom. " Sir
CHARLES Wool) was, I believe, very anxious about
irrigation, and I know Sir J. LAWRENCE was ;
but, however, neither could convince the other
that he was anxious about it." Lord CRAN-
BORNE attributes much of the mismanagement
1 which undoubtedly exists to two principal
causes, the excessive centralisation of Indian ad-
ministration, and the irresponsibility and ineffi-
ciency of the Council. With regard to the first
cause, he believes it to be the secret of the
failure in carrying out the small public works of
India, since it destroys all the zeal and energy
of the men whose business it is to carry but the
works, but who are under the control and direc-
tion of officials at a great distance, who know
nothing of the subject in hand. As for the
Indian Council, Lord CR.UsiBORNE holds that
it should not exercise such vast powers
without more direct responsibility. " Remember,"
said the noble lord very forcibly, " that the Coun-
cil have every item of expenditure, large and
small, under their control, and every act of the
Government which can involve expenditure—that
is to say, the vast majority of its acts. But you
never blame the Council if the Government of
India goes wrong. You blame the Secretary of
State; he is the figure that stands before Par-
You find irrigation works not carried
on ; you find a great province starving, and for
know it may be the Council which pre-
vents the Secretary of State from taking
any measures at all." Personal responsi-
bility, says Lord CRANBORNE, is what we
require in the government of India, and in this he
agrees with Mr. LAING, no mean authority. Mr.
MILL, indeed, whose opinions have especial weight
on this subject, is in favour of the Council, and
thinks that a larger view of Indian affairs is ob-
tained by its agency than if more power was en-
trusted to the Secretary of State, who often knows
little enough of Indian matters when he takes
office. It is a many - sided question ; but
there is one point connected with our Anglo-
Indian
not
exclusion
xavet
sore
tlerl
usannster Government
kgoi
nenhnattbtho
remarked,
fel
eit
mthGtyhaaootorykre
nativesergadnmme btaehitntleiytyo.fnrc,onrarrnaenhenedhadsanp,
ryedaoalspgyt atten-
tion—the
\eefe
inauori-tfl.
to compare the Russian with the English system.
The natives of the countries under Russian rule are
freely admitted to the highest dignities, while in
India the natives arc excluded from all high official
places. This is a grievous error, and one which, if
we do not look to it, we shall have cause to repent.

events should have arisen, M. Dano would be LATEST
enabled to leave Mexico towards the end of July.
The cholera has manifested itself in Algeria, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
having first appeared in Tunisia, where it broke out
at the town of Biskra. The natives suffered severely
from this terrible malady, and the Europeans emi-
grated in a body towards the Tele. The number of
deaths is not mentioned. According to the last ac-
counts from Algeria, the cholera had broken out in
several parts of the colony.
The Constitutionnel remarks upon various articles
in the German papers containing the most un-
founded assertions in regard to a misunderstanding
between France and Prussia, which, it says, are of
the most amicable nature. The Constitutionnel adds
its authority to the Gazette of Northern Germany,
in contradiction of a report published both in France
and Germany, to the effect that before Prussia con-
sented to the evacuation of Luxembourg she ad-
dressed a demand or request to Holland to sign a
secret treaty, containing an engagement upon the
part of the King of Holland to observe the strictest
neutrality whatever might happen between the other

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, August 12.

To-day a grand reception was held by the Sultan,
which was attended by all the Ministers of State
and the Ottoman Minister at Athens.
Cabriali Paella has been appointed to compliment
the Czar on the part of the Sultan upon his visit to

the Cri►nea.
General Sysatieff, the Russian ambassador, has
left for the Crimea to meet the Czar.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, August 13.

The Vienna papers of to-day state that in conse-
quence of the circular of the Turkish Government,
protesting against the removal of Candiote fugitives
to Greece by European men of war, the Austrian
commander in Candian waters has received orders
to convey Christians seeking refuge on board his
vessels to Turkish territory. At the same time the
Austrian consular agents have been instructed to
see that the promise given by Turkey that the fugi-
tives should be well received is loyally executed, and
to mako the local Turkish authorities answerable
for their proper treatment.

Powers.
Although yesterday was Sunday the trial of the
woman Frigard, for the alleged murder near Fon-
tainbleau, was proceeded with at Melun. The case
for the prosecution was not concluded. The chief
point of interest of the evidence given was that of
Madame Boyer, who keeps the accounts at the
Hotel du France et Angleterre at Fontainbleau.
She stated that, during her temporary absence on
the evening of the 7th of May, the servants had
received two ladies from Paris at the hotel. When
she saw them, from their vulgar manner and be-
haviour, she regretted that they had been admitted.
She did not see either of them the next morning,
but in the afternoon about four o'clock the !shorter
one of the two (the prisoner) came back and told
her that she had lost her friend in the forest, but
that she was not uneasy about her, because she
expected to find her at the railway station.
The witness added that while the prisoner
was saying these things, which she thought
very strange, she examined the lady. She was con-
tinually smiling, but, nevertheless, there was some-
thing about her (the prisoner) which the witness did
not like. A cold fowl was served up to the prisoner
for dinner, which she carved into pieces, but she eat
a simple morsel, and left by the omnibus at a quar-
ter past six for the station for Paris. On leaving
the prisoner again smiled at the witness, a fact
which, said the latter, did not confirm her good
opinion of a woman who said that she had left her
friend alone in the forest. The prisoner next paid
for her dinner with a bank-note for 100 f., which
was identified as being the property of the deceased.
The King of Sweden dined on Friday last with
his cousin, Baron Nicolas Clary. The other guests
were the Countess d a Montijo, the Countess de
Nava, the Marquis de Moustier, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Baron Hausmann, the Swedish Minister,
M. Ferdinand de Lesseps, the King's aide-de-
camp, General Castelnau, the Emperor's aid-de-
camp, Count and Countess Clary, Viscount Jus-
tinian Clary, and Captain Clary.
Among the circumstances which seem to justify
a belief that the , Exhibition building will not be
destroyed is a report that a company has proposed
to lease the building just as it is stands for an
annual rent of 200,000 f. The same company also
undertakes to reimburse in 30 annuities the 22
millions expended in the construction of the Palace
and its dependencies.
The weather is still settled. The heat was very
oppressive to-day. This has been the hottest day
of the year.
A soldier, named Malcer, condemned to death on
the 4th of June last, was shot at Besancon on Fri-
day morning, at five o'clock. The last military
execution at Besancon was in the year 1827.
The subject of competition for the prize of Rome
this year was the murder of LaCU3, by his son
Two minor prizes were given to Messrs. bourgeois
Edipus. The grand prize was awarded to M. Blanc.
and Blanchard. For the section of sculpture, the
subject given was a bas-relief representing the dis-
pute between Achilles and Agamemnon respecting
Bris. is. As was the case last year, no award was
made of the grand prize. Minor prizes were awarded
to Messrs. Allard, Dujardin, Dumilatre, and Truffot.
The paintings of the competitors are now to be
seen at the School of Fine Arts.
Several literary men or dramatists have received
promotions in the Order of the Legion of Honour.
M. Camille Doucet, director-general of the admini-
stration of the theatres ; Robert Fleury, member of
the Academy of Fine Arts; and Alexandre Dumas,
jun. ; Leon Laya, dramatic author.
M. Darboy, Archbishop of Paris, gave his solemn
blessing yesterday to the new entrance porch of the
Church of St. Laurent, near the Strasburg Rail-
way Station.

AMERICA.

CROOKIIAVEN, Aug. 13 (12.40).

The Inman steamer City of Boston, from New
York, on the 3d instant, is now passing Browhead
signal station. She will probably arrive at Queens-
town at 5 p.m. and letters reach London to-morrow
at 6.25 p.m.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 12.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Syria, Captain Christian, sailed this afternoon
with mails for Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, Egypt,
Aden, Bombay, and Upper Bengal. She took out
35 passengers and a general cargo, including gold
and silver watches, jewellery, &c., value £566.
Amongst the passengers are Lieutenants Chambers
and Bayley, Major Charnier, Assistant• Surgeon
Hallaham, and Brevet Major Bredin.

1V1!RROIV ESCAPE OF LORD CAIRNS.

and pair,
pair, accompanied by Mrs.
Graham,astle ,
On Friday Lord Cairns family left Murthly
M.P., for Glasgow,
for the purpose of enjoying a pic-nic in the grounds
ina
wife carriage
fia Mr.ge Graham,nof Stobhall. On reaching the entrance gate one of
Castle,
the horses took fright, shied, and brought the car-

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riage into such violent contact with one of the gate
posts that the carriage-pole broke, and the horses
again dashed against one of the gate-posts. The
coachman and one of the sons of Lord Cairns, a
youth about seven years, who had been seated be-
side the coachman, was forcibly thrown to the
ground, where they lay insensible. Meanwhile, the
1 horses, with the shattered vehicle and its frightened
inmat...s, went off at a furious rate along the avenue.
The avenue takes an abrupt turn, and Lord Cairns
knew that unless this turn was taken the carriage
would be dashed over a precipice of considerable
height. He therefore with great presence of mind,
and at considerable danger to himself, crept to the
dttoahfge the reins,
turn was taken with safety.
eandwith the aid of his
and controlled the
frontuhT mohrbes
er
animalsse ol
sl fao tgfhao ret
thcr
huoaalsr carriage,
on
past Stobhall House and
stables, and were rapidly nearing another precipice,
when his lordship by a great effort succeeded in
drawing them into a hedge,
whey© the carriage
upset. Happily none of the party were seriously
injured, although, of course, the ladies were much
alarmed. The son of Lord Cairns has escaped
serious injury ; but he was much frightened, and
his nervous system received a severe shock. The
carriage was much
so badly cut in the neck that it is not expected to
survive. damaged, and one of the horses
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DREADFUL CA7ASTRONIE.

AN INCONVENIENT LOVEII.—Dr. H. J. Blanc,
one of the captives in Abyssinia, writing from Magdala on
the 30th of April, tells a story of a little excitement which
had enlivened the monotony of life in captivity. On the
fith two prisoners in that place, Abyssinians, one who had
killed his mother by accident and had not been tried, and
Lij Bade, the son of a groat Shum of Tigre, managed to
?pen their chains, dressed themselves in women's clothing
(in that country only
a long shirt), and taking advantage of
market day when all the servants go down to the market-
place they succeeded in getting out. The young mur-
derer having contrived to get off both rings walked faster
than his companion,
and passed the gates without suspi-
cion. Lij Bario was less fortunate. Ho could only open
one ring, and was therefore obliged to fix the chain on the
other leg by means of a piece of cloth. A young warrior,
seeing what appeared to be a good-looking young girl,
approached to try on her his powers of fascination. While
looking to see if the ankles corresponded in elegance to tho
brightness of the oyes, ho was somewhat surprised by see-
ly bandag,ed. A few yards further, a
ing a leg complete
puff of wind throwing up the skirt exposed to his horror-
struck gaze the unmistakable rings p-eping hero and there
through the folds of the bandage. He called some sol-
diers at a distance, and with their help recaptured the pri-
soner. It is needless to say how brutally he was treate3,
kicked, and beaten until his life was almost to be despaired
of. The woman who gave him her shirt was literally cut
to pieces,
having received more than 200 lashes on her bare
back.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.--A case of some interest
to minors and their friends was tried 'on Friday in the
Commission Court, D üblin • Samuel and Harriet Richards,
two persons in a respectable class of life, Aeon indicted for
assaulting Miss Clare Singleton, who, g with her
brother, both being wards of Chancery, had been placed
under their guardianship. Evidence was given that the
prosecutrix was repeatedly assaulted by the female tra-
verser and kept at menial drudgery, dressed like a " Cin-
derella," as one of the witnesses described. The jury found
a verdict of " Guilty," and the parties await thy sentence
91 the court.

FRANCE.
In the Paris corn market last week the six marks
of flour were 25c. higher—at 75f. 25cthe 157 kilos. ;
wheat was unchanged—at 46f. the 120 kilos. ;"rye fell
50c.—to 25f. 50c. the 120 kilos ; barley was unaltered
at 22f. the 100 kilos. ; and oats were unvaried—at
26f. 50c. the 100 kilos. At the last cattle market at
Sceaux, oxen sold at If. 40c. to lf. 68c. the kilo. ;
calves, at if. 58c. to lf. 95c. ; and sheep, at lf. 36c.

to if. 72c.
A murder was committed the evening before
last in the Bois de Vincennes. An artilleryman,
named Tamare, was on terms of intimacy with a
young married woman of light character—the
husband, a workman, apparently concerning him-
self but little with the misconduct of his wife, and
spending a large portion of his time in wineshops.
Tamare had incurred some disciplinary punishment,
and while confined to his barracks for a few days
was told that he had been replaced in the good
graces of his mistress by his corporal, and the first
evening after he had recovered his liberty, he, in
fact, met the two walking together. lle exchanged
a few words with the corporal, and then offered his
arm to the woman, who accepted it ; then conduct-
ing the woman to a lonely place in the wood be-
neath some trees, ho stabbed her in the heart with
a large clasp knife, killing her on the spot. lle
afterwards allowed himself to be arrested without
resistance.
The bulletin of the Paris Observatory of Saturday
morning gives the following as the atmospheric
situation :—" The glass rose since Fri-lay by 4mm.
at Brest, and 5 mm. at Paris. Gentle winds pre-
vail. A centre of depression exists in the Bay of
Biscay ; and a storm may not improbably burst
forth in that region. The borometer is low in the
Baltic, and marks 754 mm. at Riga."
BOURSE, August 12, Two o'clock.—The market
is firm, and though the attendance is but thin quo-
tations exhibit considerable improvement. Threes
have advanced 27ic., to 69f. 70c. ; and Italian Fives
25c., to 49f. 15c. Credit Mobilier have improved
5f., at 328 f. 75c. ; Spanish Mobilier 3f. 75c., at 217 f.
50c. ; and Credit Foncier 7f. 50c., 1,392 f. 50c.
Comptoir d'Escompte shares gain 111. 25e., which
is attributed to the success of the Russian Loan just
fully subscribed to. Suez Canal shares are also in
demand, with an advance of 10f., at 3251. Railway
shares are at an advance generally of from sf. to
7f. 50c. English Consols are likewise telegraphed
higher, at 95.
Three o'clock.—The following were the closing

prices : ..
li per Cents lOO 25 Bank Shares 3360
Dip. end mouth — Italian Loan 49 2
3 per Cents. 69 85 Do end month 49
Do. end mouth 69 75 Mexican Loan l3
Credit Mobilicr ... 330 Do. Bonds ll5 0
Do. end month ... 330 Spanish Threee
Credit Fonder 1390 Home Debt
Do. end month 1390 Deferred
RAILWI,IIB.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1162 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 896 25
Southern 555
Western 566 25
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 376 25
North of Spain —
Saragossa — - -
Roman. —

A fire broke out on Friday evenine, in an oil and
lamp warehouse at Bordeaux, situated at the comer
of the Rue Sainte-Eulalie and Cours-Napoleon, in
the occupation of M. Heart. It appears that one
of the men belonging to the establishment hap-
pened to spill in the cellar some petroleum, and
another in endeavouring to wipe up the oil set fire
to some of the inflammable materials about, and
the flames spread instantaneously. Assistance was
immediately forthcoming, and after an hour's labour
the conflagration was got under where the danger
seemed greatest. But at that moment a frightful
explosion of petroleum and gas took place, blow-
ing up the cellar and injuring a great number of
persons in the street above. Not fewer than 80
were more or less wounded, and some of them
severely. Thirteen of the firemen had to be taken
to the hospital, badly burnt, as well as ten soldiers
of the 81st Regiment. M. Chambret, son of the
officer of firemen, who died from the effect of the
injuries received when the Magazins-Generaux were
burnt down last year, has been grievously wounded
by the explosion. Lieut. Bouillet, of the same corps,
had an arm broken and his face burnt. There are
upwards of thirty cases sufficiently grave under treat-
ment in the hospital of Saint-Andre, besides a great
number of persons less seriously injured, who are at-
tended at their own homes. No death, however, is
up to the present time reported. The excitement in
the city was for some hours intense, and as soon as
it had somewhat subsided a subscription was opened
in favour of the sufferers, the municipality giving
I,ooofr. No doubt is entertained that a considerable
sum will be raised.

A Dog's FIDELITY.—A gentleman belonging to
the staff at the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley took a
long walk in the neighbourhood of Southampton last week,
accompanied by his dog, a fine Newfoundlander. In the
evening he missed some letters from his coat pocket and
his dog. The latter did not surprise him, as his dog often
wandered from him in his walks. The next day the gen-
tleman felt annoyed and puzzled at the loss of his letters,
and he thought it possible he might have drawn them out
of his pocket with his handkerchief during his previous
day's walk. He resolved, therefore, to repeat the walk,
for he might have dropped the letters in an unfrequented
path, and they might be there still. About four miles from
the hospital he came suddenly upon his dog lying on the
ground, with the letters close by. The (log must have
laid by the side of the letters for 16 hours, including the
whole night. The animal has been rechristened " Post-
master-General." An artist has sketched the Postmaste r
General guarding the letters.