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711 E BON. AL. U. KEOIVS LECTURE.

The Bermuda papers are again very enthusiastic
about a lecture (the third) delivered by the local
Colonial Secretary, the Hon. M. G. Leon. Refer-
ring to it, the Berniuda Chronicle of the 15th ult.
observes:—

We have just been listening to what may, with-
out the slightest approach to exaggeration, be cha-
racterised as the mast magnificent lecture that was
ever delivered in St. George's—our ears are still
tingling with its thrilling eloquence, and from town's
end to tawn's end is but one long drawn note of
admiration. And it adds —on Monday evening the
lion. Miles Gerald Leon, our colonial secretary, in
kind compliance with a pressing invitation from all
I the principal inhabitants of our town delivered his
third lecture on Government in the Town-hall of
St. George's. The lecture had been for some time
announced ; the proceeds, it was explained, were to
be devoted towards an excellent and popular local
work—the formation of a Public Library; the fame
of the lecturer had already reached us in Connection
with similar exhibitions in Hamilton, from which
every one who could appreciate profoundness of
thought, felicity of expreision, and genuine elo-
quence of delivery, had retired in admiration ; and
expectation was naturally wound up to a high
pitch ; for once in a way expectation was not only
not disappointed, but we speedily found that, as
the Queen of Sheba said to King Solomon, " the
half had not been told. us."

The arrangements of the ball reflected the highest
credit on the thoughtful consideration of the gentle-
man under whose superintendence the whole affair
was got up—W. C. Hyland, Esq. Chairs were
provided for the audience and numbered, so that
every one was provided with:a comfortable seat to
himself, and eesily found—a great point in securing
an attentive and good-natured audience ; a chande-
lier and other lights gave just sufficient light, and
not too much. The hall was quite full—and when
we say "everybody" was there, we mean every-
body of position or intellect in St. George's---the
inhabitants generally and a good sprinkling of visi-
tors from other parts of the islands.
We have also to notice an arrangement peculiarly
affecting our individual comfort—for the first time
we imagine in the history of Bermuda, the distinct
accommodation for the press, usual in every other
civilised country on the occasion of all meetings of
a public character, was provided—and our best
thanks are due to Mr. Hyland for this act of kind
thoughtfulness.

The doors were opened at six o'clock so as to
allow the audience time to find their way to their
seats without confusion, and shortly after seven the
lecture commenced.

Mr. Hyland introduced the lecturer, who was
welcomed with a burst of applause, in a few appro-
priate sentences.

Mr. Keon opened with a well-turned compliment
to his audience, but complained in a playful manner
that they had rather "put him in a hole" by calling
on him to re-deliver a lecture which, he might say,
had been already twice laid before an audience. He
next dilated on the ' enormous practical range,' of
the principles of Government, which are as really
applicable to the management of school boys and
the taming of wild beasts as to the administration
of the affairs of a nation. The principle of Govern-
ment is to be found in the fact that man is not in-
tended to live alone, but in communities, in which
all must be more or less affected by one central
mind and all by each other. Briefly recapitulating
the substance of his former lectures, he laid it down
that all political power comes from God alone—that
there were several forms of Government in different
countries and ages, add 'different classes of machi-
nery by which these several forms were put in exe-
cution. He proceeded to deliver an elaborate and
magnificent definition of the " statesman," a cha-
racter which in all history it had been the noblest
ambition of the greatest and best of men to deserve.
What the mind is to the body natural the statesman
is to the body corporate—the one central vivifying
principle. He spoke of a Republic as the last and
—perhaps, alas ! Utopian—form of Government,
but for which men must be prepared by education,
and by education alone; whenever sordid ends and
selfish interests begin to prevail, the glorious ends
of the founders begin to be frustrated. The lec-
turer next laid it down that all means of Govern-
ment resolve themselves under two heads—physical
force and moral force ; but he impressively pointed
out that the moral must always initiate, and there-
!
fore precede the physical; and in noticing the in-
fluence of public opinion as one of the developments
of moral force, cited a list of names of those who
had most notably swayed public opinion, among
which those of Mahomet in one direction, and St.
Bernard in the opposite, were the most prominent.
The effect of the Crusades on the history of the
Western World of the era was handled in a mas-
terly manner. Again referring to his previous lec-
tures, he remarked that the moral powers that have
ruled the world may be enumerated as five, among
which one is more fortuitous, because more per-
sonal than the rest, and said there were three forms
in which men had become truly great—namely, civil
wisdom, military genius, and oratorical genius. But
he was not confined to five as the absolute number
of the moral powers ; they were merely the main-
springs. He mentioned the ballad literature of a
country and imagination as other instances, and
drew a magnificent picture of the ceremonial of the
Czars coronation at Moscow by way of illustration
of the influence of the latter. Eloquence also he
cited as another of the prominent moral powers,
and pointed out that so rare is this gift that in the
course of upwards of a century England and France
between them had only succeeded in producing four
genuinely (improvising) eloquent men, Dan. O'Con-
nell, the Earl of,;Derby, Abbe Lacordaire, and La-
martine, and with a glowing and life-like picture of
the last named orator's long day's successful struggle-
' with the wild passions of an armed mob in • Paris,
the lecturer concluded—we need hardly say amid
along and hearty applause. The best comment we
can offer on this really wonderful lecture is, that
had not the native modesty of true genius forbidden
it, Mr. Keon might well have added his own name
to the list of those who have won a foremost place
among the ranks of genuine orators.
The proceedings concluded by a few brief and
very appropriate expressions of thanks by Mr.
Hyland, on behalf of the gentlemen of St. George's,
the young men of St. George's, and Ctie ladies, whose
self-constituted champion for the occasion he de-
clared himself to be.
The above is a very meagre outline of this brilliant
and Rost interesting lecture. The preparation of
our notes in such a form as to do anything like
justice to it requires more time than we have it in
our power to bestow, in the limited interval between
the conclusion of the lecture and our going to press.

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(Prom the Registrar-General's Weekly Return,)
In the week that ended on Saturday, February 15,4,919,
14.irtbs and 2,977 deaths were registered in London and in
thirteen other large towns of the United ltingdom. The
annual rate of mortality was 24 per 1,000 persons living.
The annual rate of Mortality last week was 2g per 1;009,
in London, 26 in Edinburgh, and 26 in Dubliji ; 26 in
hristol, 24 in Birmingham, 31 in Liverpool, 33 in
Manchester, 22 in Salford, 22 in Sheffield, 21 in
Leeds, 24 in Hull, 22 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 29
in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 35 per 1,000 during
the week ending the Bth instant, when the mean tempera-
ture was 0•3 deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the same week
in London, where the rate was 23.

In London the births of 1,238 boys and 1,114 girls, in all
2,352 children, were registered in the week. In the corre-
sponding weeks of ten years, 1858-67, the average
number, corrected for increase of population, is 2,230,
The deaths registered in London during the week were
1,307. It was the seventh week of the year ; and the
average number of deaths for that week. is, with a cor-
rection for increase of population, 1,519. The deaths in
the present return are less by 212 than the estimated
number. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 30.215 in. The
barometrical reading decreased from 30.40 in. on Sunday,
February 9, to 29.92 in. on Saturday, February 15. The
mean temperature of the air in 'the week was 40'9 deg.,
which is 2.4 deg. r')ove the average of the same week in
fifty years (as determined by Mr. Gla:sher). The highest
day temperature was 51.9 deg., on Monday, February 10.
The lowest night temperature was 26.7 deg., on Sunday,
February 9. The mean degree of humidity of the air was
84, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain
fell to the amount of 0.04 in. The general direction of the
wind was W.S.W. Ozone was observed on Monday.

THE REFORM. LEAGUE

On Wednesday night a meeting of the League was held
at the offices of the association, Adelphi-terrace. Mr.
Edmond Beaks presided, and in opening the proceedings
said he had received a final letter from Sir Richard Mayne
regarding the suppression of certain branches of the
League, in which ho merely referred him (the speaker)
to his former ,'cover. He then detailed the circum-
stances which led to the correspondence referred to,
and said that the impression now left on his mind was
that the interference with the branches of the League
to which he alluded was wholly unauthorised. It was
then resolved that the secretary should write to both
the members for Finsbury, in which borough the house
most particularly interfered with is situated, requesting
these gentlemen to ask the Secretary of the Home Depart-
ment by whoseauthorisation certain branches of the League
had been suppressed. A long report on the Irish question
was brought up by the sue)-committee appointed for the
purpose of reporting on that subject. Whe first clause
recommended the total abolition of the Irish Church
at once. The president objected to the clause as it
stood, and suggested that it should be altered in such
a way that the life interests of beneficed clergymen at
present living should be regarded. A long discussion
ensued, in which some rather vigorous language was em-
ployed. At one point in the debate the president had to
call a Mr. Cooper to order for denominating the beneficed
clergymen of the Established Church of Ireland " thieves
and robbers." The president said that he would never sanc-
tion the sweeping away of one wrong by the committal of
another. He agreed with those who advocated the abolition
of the Irish Church, hut he could never consent to the
destruction of vested interests without adequate compen-
sation. He believed that if the clause were sent for-
ward to the public in its present shape it would meet
with the reprobation of the vast majority of the people
of England. A document had been recently issued, signed
by Irish Liberal members, by ecclesiastical dignitaries,
and others, and in that manifesto due regard was paid to
existing vested interests. Ultimately, the clause as origi-
nally drawn up was passed by a considerable majority.
The president said that ho would insist on his protest
being entered against the clause passed. The following
sections, recommending the abolition of the endowment of
Maynooth College and of the Regium Donum to the Pres-
byterians, were passed without any opposition, as were
also those recommending the abolition of the customs of
entail and primogeniture. Regarding the clauses which
recommended the sale o? entailed property to the State, a
discussion arose, during which the president said that he
objected altogether to making the nation the landlord of
these estates. What they wanted was, to change the pre-
sent rents into fixed and permanent rents, as suggested by
Mr. J. Stuart Mill and Sir John Gray. He was of opinion
that the law which converted leasehold property, with
_covenants for perpetual renewal, into tenures in fee, should-
be extended to all leasehold property in Ireland. The - - --
clauses as the 3 originally stood would obtain no more than
what was already provided for by Acts of Parliament. A
desultory conversation followed; and ultimately the debate
was adjourned to Wednesday next.

A WHOLESALE MURDERER.

The following is an account, literally translated from the
German papers, of a murder of an exceptionally barbarous
nature, committed last August in Schleswig-Holstein, the
perpetrator of which has recently been condemned to
' death : " Timm Thode, a peasant's son, 23 years of age,
murdered with unequalled barbarity his whole house-
hold—viz., his parents, his four brothers, his sister, and a
maid-servant. Timm Thode's confession, made without a
sign of repentance, gives full explanation of the motive
for and mode of carrying into execution the crime. The
accused related that he had been on an unfriendly footing
with his brothers Johann, Martin, and Cornils ; his
r.dations, also with his father had not been of the best
kind. As regarded the rest of the family, he thought
they were ` middling.' In the spring of 18GG he took the
resolution to kill his family, in order to put an end to the
continual disputing, then to sell the farm, which would
come to him after their death, and thus to come into the
sole possession of a considerable fortune. The thought of
accomplishing the deed occurred to him repeatedly ; he
busied himself, therefore, not exclusively with the plan of
action, but thought only now and then of its possibility.
The plan of killing them all one after another in their
beds he gave up, as he was afraid the noise resulting from
it might awaken the rest, and he would not arrive at the
wished-for result. On the Gth August he had already laid
ready to hand a five-foot long handspike to kill his bro-
ther with. ' I would decoy them one after another into
the barn and strike them dead there,' said he. This in-
tent:on was not carried into execution, as he did not
succeed in executing the plan in the way related. On
Tuesday, the 7th of August, his parents left home with a
neighbour, Schwarzkopf, in order to pay a visit to some
acquaintances. Timm Thode easily managed to go
behind his brothers, Martin, Cornils, and Reimers, one
at a time, as they were engaged in work, and then struck
the brothers one after the other from behind with the
5-foot handspike, which was thick at the lower end.
Martin falls first by his brother's murderous hand, then
Reimers and Cornils. He strikes Johann over the
head. This one staggers to and fro, and cries to his
brothers. The murclorer brandishes the handspike anew,
and then strikes him dead. Now the father must be dis-
posed of. Timm, by telling him the oxen have broken loose,
gets him to come out before the front door, and strikes him
down in front of the farmyard. He brings the remains of
his father back to the house in a cart, and removes the
stains of blood by digging pp the earth, which he throws
into the cart as well. Two watchful dogs are in the court-
yard of Johann Thode. These might prove dangerous
to the murderer; therefore he must dispose-of them. The
dogs are attached to him. He entices them to him, places a
knot round the throat of the first, and hangs him up. There-
upon he calls the other dog ; the animal obeys his call. With
his razor he attempts to cut its throat. He does not quite sue-
ceed, and,
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rible tf a the
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nouoerdrd,
rible combat in the small room between sister and brother.
The mother lies on the floor, stunned by a blow from the
hatchet. The sister springs out of bed in order to save the
mother. He strikes out at the sister with a knife, and then
strikes her dead with the hatchet. The
_mother still
groans ;he strikes her dead also. Finally, he runs to the
servant girl's room, feels about in the darkness for the
head end of the bed, strikes upon it twice with the hatchet,
and the last murder is 'accomplished. 'The girl dies with-
out a sound. ' There, I have them all dead !' are his
only words. He then sets fire to the barn to conceal the
deed, and places the corpses in such a way that they must
be destroy ed at the breaking out of the fire. The confla-
gration was nevertheless discovered too early, and led,
besides other facts, to so many grounds of suspicion
against Thode that he himself in the course ?f ti
examination was driven to confess. Timm Thode, lately
tye.c„ondemned
manbrought
indescribableto death.
p; a c placidity."

THE NEW BETTING SYSTEM.—At the Mansion
House the Lord Mayor called the attention of the reporters
to a circular, which was being extensively distributed,
headed " The New Betting System,"an which the writer
stated that he had discovered a principle of backing horses
by which winning to any amount was reduced to a cer.
tainty, and promising that £6O per week would be returned
for every £lO invested ; £l6O for £2O ; £330 for £3O ; and
£7OO for £5O. For imparting this system he stated that
his terms were £lOO, and a written agreement for £9OO out
of the first £9,000 cleared. The Lord Mayor expressed
4 i)4t:4
his opiniOn that the whole affair was uoth,ing mop u9r hp 4
than a ..twjuAle, and he thOgit die übli
fitl4llloll4-fliar 00.1JA • "

QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. John Clayton.
After which will be produced a New and Original Drama,
entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. Michael Garner, Mr. J. L.
Toole.
To conclude with (21st Time) the New and Original Operatic
Extravag,anza, by Mr. W. S. Gilbert, called LA VIMessrVANDIERE
and
or, TRITE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by s. W.
T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L.
Brough, and Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. Addison, Jordan,
Dloutgornery, Heath, Sylvia, H. Everard, and 11. Hodson.
Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting
bif anager, Mr. W. H. Liston.
Box-office open daily from Ten till Four.

ROYAL STRAND 'THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7, OLD SALT: Messrs. Emery, James,
and Belford; Mesdames N. Moore and Gwynne.
After which will be produced a Grand Christmas Operatic
Oriental Extravaganza " THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD." Messrs.
Thorne, James, Turner, Murray ; Mesdames A. Swanborough,
Johnstone, Harland, Holt, ewton,
To conclude with COAL AND COKE. Mr. F. Robson, &c.

HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.
THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs.
Atkins, Price, Garden, Arthur, Westland, lArilmott; Mesdames
Hennde, Goodall, Lennon, and C. Saunders.
After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE
AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy.
Mesdames Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell
Arthur; Mdlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupmo, Green, and the'
Great Little Rowena.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
New Management.
Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan.
THIS EV ENING, ONE TOO MANY FOR HIM. Messrs.
Ashley and C. Mathews; Mesdames Caulfield and E. Farren.
After which, THE WOMAN OF THE WORLD. Messrs. H.
Wigan, R. Soutar, Geo. Vincent, sic.; Mesdames L. Moore, E.
Farren, and Stirling.
To he followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR.
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