The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-15 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, Oct. B.—The Mediterranean squadron
anchored at Spezzia on the 19th ult. On the 30th
the steamer Lancefield arrived from Malta with
provisions and stores. She had been placed in qua-
rantine for 15 days, but the Commander-in-Chief
had represented the case, through her Britannic
Majesty's Minister at Florence, to the Italian Go-
vernment, and probably some modification would be
made in her favour, so that the squadron may get
their supplies, of which they stand greatly in need.
The Commander-in-Chief, accompanied by his
secretary, left for Florence on the morning of the
2d, to wait upon King Victor Emmanuel. His Ita-
lian Majesty was to receive the Admiral on the 3d
inst. at the Pitti Palace. The Prince Consort and
the Royal Oak were to sail on the morning of the
3d for Marseilles and Gibraltar, en route to Lisbon,
to join the flag of Rear-Admiral Warden, command-
ing the Channel squadron, for temporary service.
It is uncertain how long they will be absent from
the flag of Lord Clarence Paget. The Arethusa was
to leave Spezzia on the 17th inst. for Malta, to refit,
provision, &c., before proceeding to the Piraeus, to
relieve the Racer. The Cruizer was also to leave on
the same day for Malta, for the same purpose, be-
fore proceeding to the coast of Syria to relieve
the Enterprise. The Racer and Enterprise will
return to Malta. The Psyche was to leave for
Villafranca on the morning of the 21 with de-
spatches and mails, and was to return to Spezzia
with those due on the sth inst. If the cholera dis-
appears from Malta the squadron may be expected
back here by the end of October. Her Majesty's
paddlewheel frigate Terrible, 19, Capt. John E.
Commerell, V.C., C. 8., arrived at Malta Sept. 30.
She hoisted the quarantine flag on taking up her
moorings in Bighi Bay, and proceeded on the let
Oct. for Alexandria, without such communication
with this island as would vitiate her clean bill of
health.

The renewed Comparative trials of speed over the
measured mile of the double screw gunvessel Viper
and the hydraulic gunvessel IVaterwitch were made
over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near Ports-
mouth, on Friday and Saturday last, under the
supervision of Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, the officer
commanding the steam reserve at Portsmouth ; Mr.
Steil, the Admiralty inspecting officer of machinery;
and Messrs. J. Ward and G. Murdoch, of the steam
factory and reserve departments. The Viper made
her trial on Friday, her draught of water being—
forward, 9ft. 11in.; aft, 11ft. 10in.; mean draught,
10ft. 10iin. With full boiler power over six runs
she realised a mean speed of 9.588 knots, and with
half boiler power over four runs a mean speed of
7.625 knots.

The Waterwitch made her trial on Saturday, her
draught of water being 10ft. 7in. forward and lift.
2in. aft. Mean draught, 10ft. 10fin. With full
boiler power over six runs she realised a mean speed
of 9.299 knots, and with half boiler power over four
runs a mean speed of 7.206 knots.
The royal paddle yacht Osborne, Commander
John D'Arcy, left Portsmouth yesterday morning
for Dordt, for the service of the Prince and Princess
of Wales, who are expected to return very shortly
to England.
Chief Inspector of Machinery John Ward has
been promoted by the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty from the office of First Assistant to the
Chief Engineer of her Majesty's Dockyard and Steam
Factory at Portsmouth to that of Chief Engineer of
her Majesty's Dockyard and the Steam Factory De-
partment at Sheerness, vice Blaxland, retired. Mr.
W. Lynne, who for some years has been Second As-
sistant to the Chief Engineer of Portsmouth Dock-
yard and Steam Factory,has been appointed First As-
sistant to the Chief Engineer, vice J. Ward, promoted.
Mr. Steil, Engineer Royal Navy, sou of Mr. J. S teil, the
Admiralty Inspector of Steam Machinery, has been
appointed by the Admiralty second assistant to the
chief engineer of Portsmouth dockyard and steam
factory, vice Lynn promoted.
Lieut.-Ger. the Hon. Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.8.,
officially inspected the Royal Horse Artillery and
field batteries of Royal Artillery yesterday on Gil-
more-hill. The C, D, and E Batteries, C Brigade,
formed up under command of Col. Wintle, at 10.30,
and on the arrival of the General received him with
the usual salute. Sir James then inspected the line,
which was in open column, and the batteries then
marched past at a walk, next filed past, and then
galloped past from the reverse flank left in front.
Several field movements ensued, and the Royal
Horse were thoroughly tested in gun drill. At 11.45
the Royal Horse returned to quarters. Sir James
afterwards inspected the C and II Field Batteries,
which were formed in line of open column under
Col. Elgee. After walking past and filing past,
similar movements took place to those of the Royal
Horse, and the troops arrived in barracks at one
o'clock. The General next proceeded to the quar-
ters occupied by the Royal Artillery, and inspected
the men's dinners, and visited the stables, and saw
the books of the troops. At the conclusion he ex-
pressed his entire satisfaction of the efficiency of
this branch of the service.

'The following promotions and appointments have
been made at the Admiralty :—Commandor N, B,

When the machinations of the Feuians are caus-
ing so much uneasiness in English towns, it is not
to be wondered at that similar feelings and appre-
hensions should be shared by the loyal inhabitants
of some of those Irish towns which have already
been the scene of rebellious demonstrations. Lat-
terly everything has been very quiet throughout the
country, and Fenianism only cropped up in the
occasional arrest of a suspected individual, or of
some foolish fellow caught bawling seditious songs
in his cups. Now, however, we hear of disquieting
rumours from some places. In Drogheda it is cur-
rently rumoured that another Fenian rising is at
hand, and that the banks are to be attacked at night
on the occasion. Although there is not much cre-
dence given to the report, the officials have taken
precautions to resist any raid that may be attempted.
The police are under arms by night, and patrols
perambulate the town regularly, in the same man-
ner they did immediately after the outbreak on the
Gth of March. The feeling in the town is such that
it is contemplated to memorialise the Lord Lieute-
nant to station a body of troops in Drogheda' for
the protection of the loyal and well disposed. `The
police having some reason to suspect that a noto-
rious Fenian leader, known as " Colonel Leonard,"
was in the neighbourhood of the town, made an in-
spection a few days ago of the haggards, barns,
and out-offices, as well as the dwellings of a few
farmers residing about a mile northward of the
borough, but failed to find the person they
were in search of. It is generally believed that the
" Colonel" was present at the rising in Drogheda
in March last, and a remarkable circumstance con-
nected with him is, that only a short time ago he
made his escape from the house of a professional
gentleman in Drogheda, where, it was supposed, he
had been concealed by the servants. On that
occasion he was surprised by the proprietor of the
house in one of the rooms. A policeman was sent
for, but before he arrived Leonard had already made
his escape, through a door leading from the garden
to the street, of which he was provided with a key.
The Cork papers state that on Thursday night
the officers and men on board her Majesty's ship
Mersey, now in Queenstown Harbour, were ordered
to be ready for duty at a moment's notice ; and in
the course of the night they were mustered on deck
and put under arms. The cause of this extraordi-
nary step is not known, but doubtless it had some
connection with Fenianism.

The total with,

society (1852)
The total sale of

Committee No. 1 of the Dublin Corporation has
passed a resolution recommending the Council to
grant a site on the south side of Carlisle Bridge for
the erection of a marble statue to the memory of the
late William Smith O'Brien. The resolution was
passed by a majority, and it is likely, when brought
under the consideration of the Council, to give rise
to a very lively debate. The idea of erecting a
public statue to Smith O'Brien is strongly combated
by the Evening Mail and Saunders' News Letter,
and I think would be generally condemned by the
loyal inhabitants of Dublin.
During the last few days the Earl of Rosso has
rallied considerably, and up to last night continued
slowly to improve, so much so that hopes are now
entertained of his recovery.

PROPOSED WORKING MEN'S =ERNA-
-7'IO.KIL EXHIBITION.

Last evening a crowded public meeting was held
in the Vestry Hall, St. Pancras, for the purpose of
considering the best means of promoting a Working
Men's International Exhibition in London. The
chair was taken by the lion. A. Herbert.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said
there bad been, as they were all aware, several ex-
hibitions among different nations by employers, and
they now wished to see if they could not have a
general international exhibition by working men.
He thought he should fully express the feelings of
the meeting when he said that they were extremely
glad there had been exhibitions by employers.
(Hear, hear.) It was very right that men who by
their spirit and capital directed and organised the
labour of working men should have an opportunity
of competing with each other, but he thought it was
now the time for the working men of different coun-
tries to be brought together to compete personally,
one against the other. (Hear, hear.) In the pre-
sent day the historian of battles did not speak so
much of the personal prowess of the men engaged
as of what the generals in command did. It was not
so of old, when Homer sung of the personal conflicts
between warrior and warrior ; and so now, in
the contest of industry, they wanted not to see
the account of the battles of the employers,
but those of the working men. (Hear, hear.) If
they looked back to the middle ages they would find
that labour was much more individualised than it
now was. He instanced the case of Mr. Ruskin,
when the Oxford Museum was building, getting the
workmen who were carving the capitals of the
columns to follow each his own fancy. The result
was some very beautiful work, and the name of
each workman was placed underneath his handicraft.
He was quite sure that if labour was more indivi-
dualised it would be made a great pleasure to
them. Labour to a man whose name went forth
with his work became to him a joy, a pleasure, he
might even say a poem. But there was a more solid
benefit to be derived from individualising labour.
Sub-division of labour had been carried to a great
extent in this country, and he was not going to say
a word against it, because in the present state of
the world they could not compete without it ; but
he could not conceal from himself that there was
harm in it as well as good. He thought that some-
times they get perfect work by this sub-division of
labour, whilst they sacrificed the workman himself.
He thought that to a certain extent it impaired
the general intelligence of the working classes ;
and there could be no doubt that, with respect to
some of the minute sub-divisions of labour, should
taste or fashion change suddenly, the workman
might be thrown out of employment, and suffer
severely by the change. That was obviated in
America by men learning the different branches of
a business. There could be no doubt that exhibi-
tions like the one proposed made men acquainted
with a great deal of work unconnected with their
own special departments. He wished to call the
attention of the meeting to the patent laws. He did
not think the patent laws as they stood at present
favourable to invention. (Hear, hear.) lie thought
it possible that such an exhibition as that proposed
might be of great use in that direction. Supposing
the exhibition was successfully carried out, it would
be quite possible hereafter to establish a standing
museum which would give protection to any man
who had invented an improvement and chosen to
exhibit his invention in that museum. (Hear, hear.)
The protection might be given to him for a period
of 12 months, during which time he would have the
advantage of exhibiting his invention, and at the
end of that time he might either sell it or take out a
patent. There was a similar protection given to
industrial exhibitions, but he could not help thinking
that from the proposed exhibition there might be
established a permanent exhibition which would
help inventors and protect them much more effec-
tually than they were helped or protected at present.
(Hear, hear.) In wishing labour to be individualised
as it was in France and in Italy, and to see a
greater number of working men carrying on busi-
ness on their own account, he did not wish to say
one word against the large firms of England. 'shoed

-awals since the formation of the
to Michaelmas, 1867, are 306,749 0 2
land for the same period

is ... •... 537,050 19 6
The reserve fund to Michaelmas, 1867, is 13,348 3 0

The register of rights stands as follows :
Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Total.
6,738 3,356 1,808 11,902
Deduct rights exercised on estates, &c,, ... 9,193
Unexercised rights ... 2,709

The last share number on the register of rights by
seniority of membership is No. 18,968.
The last share number issued to Michaelmas, 1867, was
No. 27,783.

Since the last report (July 2nd) the second portion of the
East London Estate, Forest Gate, was allotted on the 2nd
of August. The sales on this eligible building property
have been very successful, and it is satisfactory to add that
building operations are in active progress. The expecta-
tions of the committee that the Forest Gate Estate, from
its close proximity to the station, and also to the Strat-
ford Junction, would prove a popular locality to meet the
increasing demands for dwelling-houses in the eastern
suburbs for all classes of the community, have been thus
far realised.

Additional portions of the Forest Gate Estate will be
offered in duo course, the coetieued demolition of houses,
owing to the extension of the Metropolitan It til way
system, rendering the opening up of now districts within
an easy distance of town an absolute necessity.
Tho executive committee have boon so strongly im-
pressed with the importance of securing building land
within the metropolitan range that they have successfully
negotiated for the acquisition of another South London
estate. When it is stated to the shareholders that it is
Bolingbroke park, with its mansion and grounds, its ex-
tensive frontage to Wandsworth-common on the ono side,
and frontage to Battersea-rise on the other, the whole
being close to the Clapham Junction and Now Wandsworth
Stations, it will be at once soon that a most eligible pur-
chase has been made for the society's purpose. So soon
as the legal formalities have boon carried out the first
portion will be duly allotted.
The Executive Committee have nominated Mr. Pors6
Stace, public accountant, and Mr. Nownham Winstanloy,
the two auditors on behalf of the board. The two candi-
dates to be elected by the shareholders at the present
meeting are Mr. W. H. Clemow and Mr. James Goad,
whose names have been duly advertised under rule 30.
After this day's election the four auditors will meet in due
course to examine, audit, and report as to the accounts
and balance-sheet for the financial year ending September
30, 1867, to be presented at the annual meeting early in
December next.

The Executive Committee have heartily to congratulate
the members on the happy auspices under which the 16th
year of the Conservative Land Society has commenced.
The auditors were duly elected, and votes of thanks
passed unanimously.

ROBBERY ON IHE NORTH EASTERN

RAIL WAY.

A robbery, which is unparalleled from its daring,
and the manner it was effected, was perpetrated on
Friday evening on the North Eastern Railway,
within six miles of York. The 7 o'clock train from
Malton, Scarborough, and Whitby, left York with
the fortnight's pay of the company's officials on the
Mahon and Whitby and Pickering branch. The
money was enclosed in bags and paper parcels, the
total amount being, it is said, between £2OO and
£3OO, and entrusted to the care of John Livesy,
guard, in his van, which was at the end of the train.
The latter proceeded all right until it had arrived
within the back signal, which is about 600 yards
from the Strensall station on the Malton and Scar-
borough branch. The van then came to a dead
stand, as the guard has himself explained, and on
looking out of the window he found that the train
had left him. He got out of the van and went about
100 yards towards Strensall station for the pur-
pose of giving a signal to the driver that the train
might be brought back and the van attached to
it. The money bags and parcels are stated to
have been all safe when he left the van,
but on returning to it, after he had given the
signal, he saw the off-side door open, and dis-
covered that a portion of the money had been stolen,
probably £l5O. When the van had been recoupled,
and the train bad returned to Strensall, Livesy re-
ported the robbery to the station-master. Informa-
tion was given to the police, and inquiries were
instituted, but neither the money nor the persons
who had stolen it were discovered. The van had
been uncoupled while the train was in motion—a
dangerous feat on the part of any one, and an act
which would never have been attempted by any
person unaccustomed to the uncoupling of trains.
The evening was particularly favourable for the
commission of such a robbery, as a dense fog pre-
vailed at the time, and there was no light except in
the van. On Saturday morning Mr. Hawker, the
superintendent of police on the North Eastern
Railway, made an investigation into the circum-
stances attending the affair, the result of which was
that he took Livesy into: custody on suspicion of
being connected with the robbery. The prisoner
was subsequently brought before Mr. J. R. Walker
(a magistrate of the North Riding, in which divi-
sion of the county the offence was committed), at
York, when Mr. Hawker gave a short statement of
the case. On the guard being asked if he had any-
thing to say why he should not be remanded, he
stated that he was innocent, and that he did not
know anything at all about the robbery. He also
said he resided at Scarborough, and that he had been
in the company's service since 1853. He was re-
manded until Wednesday.

THE "LONDON REVIEW" ON MO, .
I)Eti ii.
WORSIIIP.—It is not comfortable to think thatilhera
exists among us a British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Spirits. Things nowadays have indeed
a tendency to run into societies, but that Mr. Tidd
Pratt should be likely to be called on to register a
company for encouraging ghost manifestations gives
rise to some unpleasant reflections. We have now
before us the proc edings of the third " Convention
of Progressive Spiritualists," and the account of the
meeting and its business set out with all the pomp
and seriousness of a church synod. As yet the pro-
pects of the concern look rather gloomy. It exhibits
as unhealthy a desire for postage se amps as the
philanthropic advertis,,rs who are prepared to lend
money without security. The meeting commenced
by the president, Mr. John Hodge, introducing his
" excellent and poetic friend, Mr. J. 11. Powell,"
who thereupon favoured the company with a per-
formance in the shape of a poem, a motto, and an
invocation. Dr. M'Leod, the secretary, was then
invited to read his report., but he had none to read.
As he pathetically observed, " he had not received
anything in the shape of help' of any kind from
those whom he might term brothers and sisters, with
very. rare, very few exceptions. That, however, was a
matter belonging entirely to the financial depart-
ment." Dr. M'Leod had abandoned his practice at
the instance of a medium, and " the lecture he had
given on 'Human Love' had been almost enough to
lead to a man being locked up for six months accord-
ing to the popular notions of that delightful and divine
thing." Further on he spoke of Epictetus, Robert
Owen, and Andrew Jackson Davis, with other dis-
tinguished spiritualists in North and South Ame-
rica, as being interested in the movement. The
chairman gave a cheerful testimony to the pleasure
he had experienced in shaking hands with several
dead relatives, who did it with the same look, the
smile, and the words, as when they lived. A paper
was read by a Mr. Etchells, in which sewage was
utilised for spiritualism, and in which the following
curious circumstance was given :—" I may say that
more than one of our mediums have seen the spirit
of Tetzel (who on earth sold the Pope's indulgences)
hover around the bedside of the dying Catholic, or
just about to pass away, clothe himself in
toe rorin -of Jesus Christ with the crown of thorns
—the bleeding hands and the pierced side. They
have seen him, as it were, calling the spirits away,
and coiling around it, in order that he might carry
it away to the Purgatorial prison-house, a belief in
which had been instilled into it by false education
on earth. And while he with his legions have been
thus engaged, power for a time has been given to
the Double to dissolve the unholy covering by
which this bad spirit has been surrounded, and
thus, in time, to clear the mists from the eyes of
those about him who were ripe and ready for the
change." The Convention was then adjourned
until Wednesday, June 12, when a communication
was received from Mr. Peebles, of America. Mr.
Peebles, of America, was interpreted by Mr. Robert
Cooper, the showman who exhibited the Davenport
Brothers some few years since in London. Baron do
Guldenstubbe next appeared on the platform, and
produced "several interesting and wonderful pho-
tographs of spirits," including " the photograph of
the spirit of an old gentleman, a family relative."
But Miss Alstone, a medium from Manchester, out-
shone all the previous lights of the assembly. Miss
Alstone was once enjoying herself with her friends,
and entertained them characteristically by falling
into " a trance state, the spirit in possession proving
his identity by addressing the company in broad
Yorkshire, the dialect he used when on earth."
Miss Alstone continued, " The friends were de-
lighted, for they knew, however I tried, it would
be impossible for me to imitate the messen-
ger." However, we are told that, " shortly after
the reading of her paper the departed York-
shireman manifested through Miss Alstone, and
spoke for some five minutes in that dialect," from
which it would seem that both Miss Alstone and her
Yorkshireman practise often enough to enable the
former to express the sentiments of the latter in his
native tongue, which he is now deprived of using
from circumstances over which he has no control.
Another Lady, Miss Chapman, was present, who,
on hearing the deceased Yorksbireman, became as it
were competitively entranced, "and sang for about
10 minutes." Mr. Harper announced that from pre-
vious acquaintance with Miss Chapman he was able
to say that the spirit so manifesting itself was that
of Madame Malibran. More than that, at a re-
cent seance, Madame Malibran had conversed with
Mr. Harper and Miss Chapman, and detailed
to them the particulars of her death. Baron do
Guldenstubbe came forward once more. The
Baron has had several letters from Napoleon I.
since the return of that Emperor from St. Helena,
the only difficulty about the correspondence (pro-
duced by the trifling fact of the Enipe,ror's being
coffined) consisting in the Imperial replies turning
up in the vaults of the Invalides, where the
Baron called for them as at a poste restante. lle
had also a great many papers written in St. Denis,
under the church, from the old kings and queens
up to Louis XVIII. The Baron is an insatiable
autograph collector, and managed to procure a note
from Julius Caesar, and another " in the handwrit-
ing of the Greek general Pausanias, who lived 500
n.c." A peculiarity in the upholstery of the house
of this distinguished foreigner is that the tables and
chairs follow hint "like dogs," to use his own graphic
phrase, and this entirely of their own freewill and
pleasure. What was Orpheus to this wonderful
baron, and who shall say he is not greater than
that other baron known as Baron Munchausen ?
An explanation of the manner iu which spiritual
photographs were taken was then volunteered by
Dr. M'Leod, and a Mr. Tiffin " mentioned the cir-
cumstance of his having taken the spirit-portrait of
a brother of Miss Houghton on the occasion of his
(Tiffin) being in company with Miss Houghton in
a greenhouse." Conservatories are not gene-
rally used by ladies and gentlemen for this purpose,
but couples retiring into them to renew an ac-
quaintance with the features of a defunct grand-
mother will perhaps be a custom of the future
when the world sends more subscriptions to the
spiritualists. The remaining days of the convene
tion were spent in talking about human nature, and
the necessity of members puffing and buying the
works of each other ; while, as a wind-up, a picnic
to the Crystal Palace brought the proceedings to a
close. The directors ought to be made acquainted
with the fact that there are crowds of spirits in the
Egyptian Court, and " that, were the conditions
only suitable, the spirits would show themselves to
view before more than one of the present company."
If the spirits could be induced to show themselves
they would form attractions of a higher order than
Coxwell's balloon or the Beni-zoug-zougs ; but,
then, if we accept Miss M'Leod's description of
them, they only wear clothes at times, and fre-
quently
assume the form of vapour, " somewhat of
the appearance of steam."

BRADFORD ELECTION.--The nomination of a
member of Parliament for Bradford was made yesterday, in
presence of a crowd of from 15,000 to 20,000 persons. Mr.
Robert Kell proposed Mr. E. Miall, of London, and was
seconded by Mr. Alderman West ; Mr. Isaac Wright pro-
posed Mr. Mathew William Thompson, and was seconded
by Mr. Councillor Storey. Mr. Miall then addressed the
meeting, but such was the noise made by the crowd that
his speech could only be heard by the reporters. Mr.
Thompson was not present in consequence of the i'lness of
his son. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Thomp-
son. The poll will be taken to-day.

BEQUEST OF £BO,OOO FOR • CHRUCH OF ENGLAND
COLLEGE IN DETONSIIIRE.—The late Admiral Benedietus
Marwood Kelly, who died at Saltford House, near Bath,
Sept. 26, and was buried at Kelly, Devon, on the Bth inst.,
has bequeathed nearly the whole of his property, which
will probably realise little short of £BO,OOO, to trustees in
trust, to apply the dividends to the education and main-
tenance of boys, sons and members of the Church of Eng-
land : -4st. Lineal descendants of Mr. Arthur Kelly (the
paternal grandfather of the testator), who was buried at
Kelly, March 7, 1762. 2d. Sons of officers of the Royal
Navy, of specified ranks, killed in the service. 3d. Sons of
other deceased officers of the Royal Navy. 4th. Such
other boys as the trustees may in their discretion appoint.
The trustees are to provide a school-house in Devonshire
at some point west of a lino drawn north and south through
the parish church of North Tawton, under special restric-
tions as to the am unt to be expended on building. The
institution is to be called "The Kelly College." Tho
trustees named in the will are—The Right lion. William
Reginald, Earl of Devon; Mr. Thomas Dyke Acland, M.P.,
Mr. Arthur Kelly, Mr. Reginald Kelly, the Rev. John
Barlow, and Dr. William Marwood Kelly. —Exeter Gazette
Daily 7 eleyrant.
PRACTICAL JOKING. —A very serious case of prac-
tical joking was brought under the notice of the magistrates
at the Brixham (South Devon) Petty Sessions on Friday.
George Hooper, an apprentice to a local smack owner, was
charged with having thrown a quantity of naphtha over a
fellow apprentice, named John Brusey, and then setting fire
to it. The lads were employed on board the fishing smack
Commodore. According to complainant's statement, which
was not denied, Brusey, was asleep on deck early in the
morning of the 2Gth of September, when naphtha was
thrown on him and ignited. HO suddenly awoke, and then
discovered that his head was on fire. His sufferings had
since been very severe. 110 had been nuclei the care of Dr.
Brooking, whose testimony was to the effect that the lad
would suffer from contraction of the muscles of the neck
as the result of the injuries. The defence was that the
affair was " simply a lark," and that it was done as a set-
off against an attempt of the complainant on Hooper's head
the day before. The defendant was committed for trial at
uoxt assizes,

LIFEBOAT SERVIOESng th m
• e Stors
of the present year the Natisnal Lifebeat Institution
tine contributed to the saving of 76s lives from various ship-
wrecks and 29 vessel& from deruction. The Institution also
cxpendt d .V.3,',90 in the samste period on its lifeboat eetab-
llshaients, in addition to granting Z 2,085 tor rewards.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to
the üblic for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands on their 133 lifeboat establish-
ments.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
and country bankers ;; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
E4q., at the lastitution, 14, John-street, A.delphi, London.

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Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon,
Tilt- EVENING, at 7 (never MAN IS NOT
PERFEC r• 0 it. WO MA.N NEITHER. Mr. G. Belmore,
Mr. J. G. Taylor. Mr. C. 11. Stephenson; Miss 14. ni:ly Pitt
and Mrs. Altred
After which, ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Pen holder
(his ort.:;inal chara.lt( r), Mr. Benjamin WSimsebster ; Constalling-
nce
;her original character), Miss Henricitt ; Mr. Bi
ton, Mr. W. IL Eburne, Mr. C. J. Smith, Sc
To conclude with THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS. Mr G.
Belmore, Mr. Smith, Mr. Eburne; Mrs. Allred Mellon, Miss
Eniby Pitt, Miss Harris, Miss Nelly Harris, &cc.

I.2OYAL OLYMPICt.T lIEATR E.
New Managemen
Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. IL Wigan.
THIS EVENING, THE TWO PUDDIFOOTS. ivie
Farrel.
Robson. Addison, and 11. Wigan ; Mesdames E. ,
Caulfield, and M. Harris.
After which, THE LIAR. Messrs. 11. Wigan, Addison,
Farr.ll, and Charles Mathews ; Mesdames L. Moore and
Caulfield.
Followed by PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. Mr. Chas.
Mathews.
To conclude with COOL A S A CUCUMBER. Mr. Chas
Mathews.