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London, England, 1868-02-12 00:00:00

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President—Bev. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bosan-
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, K.C. •' Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, B.C.
E. W. THOMAS, Soc., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
are as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Ramp- 150, New Sent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
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town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
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9, Henstridge-villas, St. John's-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's• street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside,
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
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benevolent. DA.INTL. COOPER, Sec.
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Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
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in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—

His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributims
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destiatte sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; .Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co„.
Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-streets;and at
tholiospital, from 10 tin 5.

Thoroughly tired with the monotony of the vacation
the majori' y of the racing fraternity evidently determined
to make a more than usually early start for the season.
Many well-known bookmakers and others invariably begin
" business" at Birmingham, but this year the numbers of
visitors of all classes from London, Manchester, and other
important provincial towns, was considerably augmented-
The Birmingham Meeting, however, judged on its own
merits, is now one of the most important and prosperous
steeplechase meetings of the season, thanks to the energy
which has always dititinguisted its management. The
programme promised capital sport, and it was apparently
considered more than ordinarily attractive, inasmuch as
there has seldom been such a strong muster of "the swells'
at an early meeting. Indeed the "fashionable arrivals"'
were unusually strong on Monday night, the Duke of
Hamilton and other conspicuous and noble patrons of the
sport having reached Birmingham. Horses, too, were re-
perted to have come in in great numbers, and no little in-
terest was manifested when it was reported that the
whilom Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase favourite
Shakspeare arrived, and it became known that he would
run for the Grand Annual on Wednesday. All the hotels
were full, and at the "Queen's," although ninety beds
were made up, not so much as a "shake-down"
was procurable after an early period on Monday
afternoon. Heavy rain and a strong wind ushered
in Tuesday morning, and the worst fears were entertained
concerning the weather. Shortly after the breakfast hour
however, the sun broke through the clouds, the gale sub-
sided, and nothing could have been more delightfu
for the period of the season; than the sunshine and
keen air in which the reunion was inaugurated. There
was an immense attendance of the working population
and a crowded enclosure. It was a "scene" at the station
all the morning ; and though thousands went by the iron
route to Sutton Coldfield, the turnpike road was strongly
patronised by hansom cabs and traps of all denominations.
In the Stewards' enclosure and on the private stand we
noticed the Duke of Hamilton, Lord Stamford, Colonel
Knox, Mr. Reginald Herbert, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Pou-
lett, Mr. G. Bryan, and Mr. Carew. Among all these the
most cordial recognitions were reciprocated at the re-
commencement of a fresh season. Bookmakers were
in strong force, and " shouting" was renewed with great'
vigour. The course was in splendid condition, and, as wil
be seen, the fields were excellent throughout the after-
noon. Five chases were upon the card, the sport being
fixed to commence at half-past 1, and punctually at that
hour nine animals went to the post, and among them was
Dermot Asthore. A false impression was abroad to the
effect that Dermot could not run for this prize ; or that if
he did go to the post, and won, he would be liable to dis-
qualification. The cause of this erroneous belief was be-
cause the conditions stated that the Hunt Cup was only
for horses that had never won £lOO, whereas Dermot had
actually carried off a hurdle race at Lincoln Spring Meet-
ing. Steeplechase rules, however, hap nothing to do with
hurdle racing and events on the flat, and the 39th rule of
the Grand National Steeplechase Rules distinctly states
that " winners of hurdle races are not considered winners
in steeplechasing." Of the nine runners favouritism was
exclusively confined to Helice and Tottie, as little as 7 to
2 being taken about Potter's greatly improved mare, and
4 to 1 about Tottie, who had the advantage of G. Holman's
services in the saddle. All the competitors were disposed
of excepting the two favourites. who finished a complete
match. At the last fence but one it was so close a thing
that even money was betted between them, but Tottie, after a
fine finish, won easily by a length and a half. Tottie, who
is a well-bred mare, was formerly trained at Epsom, and
she is likely to be useful to both her owner, Mr. Morgan,
and her present trainer, Holman. Sixteen horses were
entered for the Maiden Hunt Plate, and all of these, with
a single exception, went to the post, and the victory was
achieved by the favourite, Black Swan, who was appa-
rently backed for a good stake by her immediate party,
down to sto 1. The Sutton Handicap Plato brought out
eleven starters, and of these Ace of Hearts and Joker, the
representatives of Lord Poulett and the Duke of Hamilton,
were established favourites at the respective prices of 5 to
2 and 5 to 1, and to these the issue was confined, " the
Ace" winning, after a long and resolute finish, by a
length. Mr. George Ede thus signalised his return to the
saddle for the first time since his dreadful accident at
Croydon by a successful mount, and it was agreed was
never seen to better advantage, It is evident, despite the
critical condition he was in for weeks, that he has not lost
an ounce of form, and he was warmly congratulated on the
result.

The Hunt Cup of 60 sous ; four year olds lOst, five llst
41b, six and aged 12st ; winners of 50 sous 71b extra.

About three miles.
Mr. T. V. Morgan's Tottie, by Idle Boy—Gloom, 5 yrs,
list 41b (H. Holman) 1
Mr. E. Dayer's Helice, 6 yrs, 12st 71b (inc. 71b extra)
(Potter) 2
Mr. J. Dixon's Dermot Asthore, aged, 12st
(Mr. A. Goodman) 0
Captain Tempest's Ballysax, 6 y rs 12st (Owner) 0
,
Mr. J. Clark's Lady of the Vale, 6 yrs, 12st (Mr.Brockton) 0
Mr. Den's Corkscrew (h b), 6 yrs, 12st 71b (inc. 71b ex.)
(Owner) 0
Mr. U. Ellison'a The Guido, 6 yrs, 12st 71b (inc. 71b ex.)
(Owner) 0
Mr. T. Pilgrim's Order, 4 yrci, lOst (car. 10st 21b)
(W. G. Jarvis) 0
Mr. Drag's The Lion, 6 yrs, 12st (J. Forster) 0
Betting-7 to 2 agst Helice, 4to 1 agst Tuttle, 6to 1
each agst Corkscrew and Dermot Asthore, 100 to 15 agst
The Guide, and Bto 1 agst Order. When they had fairly
settled down to their work, the command was assumed by
Corkscrew, who at a good pace showed the way, Tottie
and The Guide being his immediate attendants, and Order,
Lady of the Vale, Lion, and Helice following, Dormot
Asthore bringing up the rear. Except that Helice dropped
into the rear no change occurred in the plough, and the
competitors disappeared from sight in the park in the order
mentioned. Corkscrew had still a commanding load on
emerging from the park, in which order Lady of the Vale
and Lion refused, and were not persevered with. Ballysax
and Tottie were nearest to the leader until the fence pre-
ceding the Stand, on nearing which Tottie rushed to the
front, and held a clear advantage passing the enclosure,
Guide, Ballysax, Corkscrew, Helice, and Dermot Ashore
being in close company. The field was further reduced
beforo reaching the plough by the bolting of Ballysax,
whose rider was unable to get him in the right track. In
the ploughed land Tottie took a long lead, and Helice
joined The Guide and,Corkscrew. Dermot As hore, gra-
dually tailing off, was pulled up in the park. Corkscrew
fell soon after passing the house in the park, and The
Guide being in difficulties three-parts of a mile from home
the issue was left to the favourite and Tottie, of whom
the latter held the advantage to the last obstacle, which
the pair cleared abreast of each other. Helice was beaten
immediately on landing, and although Tottie had to be
ridden from the jump she won cleverly by three-quarters
of a length. Nothing else passed the post.
The Maiden Hunt Plate of 40 sous, for horses that have
never won a bteeplechase value 20 sovs ; 12st each.

About three miles.
Mr. J. Woodward's Black Swan (h b), by Ambrose,
aged, list 71b (.£1.00) (Mr. F. G. Hobson) 1
Mr. W. Weston's The Needy Mizzler, aged, list 71b _

430) ....................... . (Owner) 2
Mr. A. Dabb's Come Again (11 b), aged, list (£5O)
(0 wner) 3
Mr. J. Wright's Captain, 4 yrs, list (£3O). ..... (Thorpe) 4
Mr. ltaworth's The Gem (late Eola) (h b), list (car.
llst 31b (X5O) .............................. (Mr. J. Perkins) 5
Mr. A. Dabb's Witley Rosa, 6 yrs, llst (£5O)
(Captain Tempest) 0
Mr. Plimmer's Reveller, aged, llst (£5O) ...... (W. Bond) 0
Mr. J. Audinwood's Soda Water (h b), aged, lOst 71b
(£3O) ...................................... (0 wner) 0
Captain Unett's Armourer, aged, list (£3O) ...(Owner) 0
aged, llst 7st (£100)__
Mr. J. W. Hill's Militiaman,

(Spafford) 0
Mr. Wilson's Doubtful (h b), 5 yrs, list (£5O)
(Mr. E. P. Wilson) 0
Mr. Jelly's Countersign, aged, list (£3O) Forster) 0
Mr. Maud's Bagshot, aged, list 7lb (.£5O) States) 0
Mr. Garrett's Magenta (h b), aged, list 71b (£100)
(A. Smith) 0
aged, list (.£3O) (Owner) 0
Mr. Mumford's Iconoclast,

Betting-9 to 2 agshßlack Swan, 6 to 1 each agst Doubt-
ful and Iconoclast, 7 to 1 each agst Captain and Come
Again, and 8 to 1 each agst Soda Water and The Needy
Mizzler. Black Swan was the first away, Doubtful and
Tho Needy Mizzler following, Iconoclast being at the
head of the remainder, and Magenta-acting as whipper-in.
When fairly in the ploughed land Black Swan was headed
by the Needy Mizzler, the favourite, Doubtful, and Icono-
clast being the most prominent of the others. Bagshot
disposed of his rider at the fence into the park, and went
ou riderless. Cow Again WV.is frQut whim they aP.

101 b extra. About three miles.
Mr. H. Crawshaw's Highflyer, by Orpheus, dam by Bar-
nacles, aged, lOst 61b (Owner) 1
Mr. J. Martin's Birdie, aged, lOst 41b (Brady) 2
Mr. R. Herbert's Comberton, aged, 12st 91b(W. Reeves 3
Mr. Wadlow's Trueheart, aged, lOst 81b ...(Tomlinson 4
Mr. E. Brayley's Moose, aged, lOst 101 b (Keates 5
Mr. Marsden's Huntsman (late Feigie), aged, lOst 81b
(Daniels) 0
Mr. T. Golby's Knave of Trumps, aged, lOst 91b
(Wheeler) 0
Sir W. Elliott's Ballycasey, aged, 10st 81b
(G. Waddington) 0
Mr. J. J. Clark's Franciscan, aged, 10st 71b
(Mr. Brockton) 0
Mr. J. Milling's Charming Woman, aged, lOst 61b
(W. G. Jarvis 0
Mr. Wadlow's Mrs. Allan, 5 yrs, lOst 51b ...(W. White) 0
Lord Poulett's Ace of Hearts, aged, lOst 111 b (in. 71b ex)
(Mr. Edwards) 0
Mr. T Cliff's Troubadour, 6 yrs, lOst 21b (J. Knott) 0
Mr. E. Brayley's Prima Donna, 4 yrs, lOst ...(J. Page) 0
Betting-3 to 1 agst Highflyer, sto 1 agst Comberton,
7 to 1 egst Troubadour, 8 to 1 agst Mrs. Allan, and 10 to
1 each agst Trueheart and Prima Donna. Birdie made
the running, Highflyer, Charming Woman, Moose, Ace of
Hearts, and Comberton following in a cluster, Prima
Donna,Trueheart, and Troubadour succeeding, Mrs. Allan
and Ballycasey bringing up the rear. In the "plough" Ace
of Hearts fell and threw Mr. Edwards, who was, however,
fortunately not hurt. Birdie led out of sight, but on re-
appearing Comberton had the command, Charming
Woman, llighflyer, Birdie, Franciscan, and Prima Donna
forming the leading division. Passing the Stand
Comberton, Highflyer, and Birdie were together, the fa-
vourite pulling double. At the turn he took the lead, the
field being now widely scattered. Highflyer gradually in-
creased his advantage in the park, and on appearing in
sight three fences from home, he was fully thirty lengths
clear of Comberton, Huntsman being in close attendance
upon the latter. At the last fence but one he headed
Comberton, but the pursuit of Highflyer was hopeless, and
he won in a canter by twelve lengths. Trueheart was
fourth, Moose fifth, Franciscan sixth, Ballycasey seventh
Nothing else passed the post. Troubadour, Mrs. Allan
Prima Donna, Birdie, and Charming Woman all walked
in. Knave of Trumps pulled up in the park.
The Hunters' Plate of 40 sovs, and 10 Beira for the second ;
four year olds lOst, five list 71b, six 12st, aged 12st 51b.
About three miles.
Mr. G. W. Morris's Oakley, by Knight of Kars—Golden
Pipin, 4 yrs, lOst 71b (Mr. Thomas) 1
Mr. J. Weyman's Lady Port (h b), 6 yrs, 12st
(Mr. Goodwin) 2
Mr. Wilson's Jacob, 5 yrs, 11st 131 b (Owner) 3
Mr. T. Berrow's b g by Fulbeck or Grosvenor, dam half-
bred, 6 yrs, 12st 61b (Owner) 0
Mr. Mayner's Lady Bird, aged, 12st slb ...(Mr Parker 0
Mr. J. Marston's Irishman, aged, 12st 51b (Mr. Bird 0
Mr. liarwee's Frolic, 5 yrs, list 71b (Mr. Albert 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Oakley, sto 1 agst Irishman, and
10 to 1 (at first 2to 1) agst Jacob. Oakley made most of
the running, and won easily by a length and a half from
Lady Port; Jacob was a bad third. Fulbeck a bad fourth.
Nothing else passed the post.

LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.
THURSDAY, March 5.
The Liverpool Spring Cup of 200 sovs (specie), added to
a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 3
only (to the fund) if declared by noon on Tuesday, Feb.
11, to Messrs. Weatherby only ; winners of a handicap
after February 5, at 11 a.m., 101 b extra. A mile and a
half. 65 subs., 35 of whom pay 3 sovs each to the fund.
The highest weight accepting being Bst 61b, it has been
raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion.
Age st lb Ago st lb
Knightof the Garter 4 812 Clown ... a 613
Blinkhoolie 8 6 Sister to Vedette 4 612
Brown Bread ... 6 8 6 Salamanca... 4 612
Honesty ... ... 5 8 4 Clutruwood ... 3 6 8
Belmont ... ... 5 8 4 Nu 6 6 6
Christmas Carol ... 67 12 Lady Diana ... 36 4
Foresight 4 7 8 Affection ... 3 6 4
Paxton ... 4 7 8 Weather Isle ... 3 6 4
Feodor ••• ... 47 8 Purveyor ... ... 36 3
G. by Vedette-- Rhine Wine ... 3 6 3
Vixen ... 4 7 6' Caprera ... 3 6 2
Aggravator ... 4 7 6 Philosopher, by
Belzoni ... ... 5 7 2 Laughing-Stock 3 6 2
La Ferte Fresnel 4 7 2 Adamant ... 8 513
Gipsy King ... 4 7 2 Citron ... 3 5 13
Child of the Islands 4 7 1 Hammerton ... 3 5 13

SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT TAT TERSALL'S
ON MONDAY LAST.
There was a large attendance at Albert-gate on Mon-
day, consisting principally of breeders, several of whom
had come long distances to secure some of the late Sir H.
Des Vceux's brood mares. The names of the purchasers
with the list of prices, are as follows :
Brood Mares, the Property of the late Sir H. Des Voeux,
Bart.

Agra (dam of Tags), by Irish Birdcatcher out of Eller-
dale's dam; served by Newminster (Mr. Blenkiron) 500
Rosa Bonheur (dam of Knight of the Garter), by
Touchstone out of Boarding School Miss, by Pleni-
potentiary; served by King of Trumps and Kettle-
drum (Mr. Blenkiron) —.2000
Princess Royal (dam of Crown Prince), by Slane, dam
by Bay Middleton ; served by Parmesan (Mr.
Graham)

Bridle (dam of Habena), by The Saddler out of 3fo-
nreda, by Taurus; served by Rataplan (Mr. Snevr-
Brown mare by The Flying Dutchman out of Dilbar,
by Touchstone; served by Prime Minister (Mr.
Haig) ...230

Nevada (4 yrs), a brown mare (own sister to Tour-
malet.) by The Flying Dutchman out of La Mala-
detta (Mr. Graham) ... ... ... .., ... 75

Bay mare by Jericho out of Maimsley (Mr. Denne) ... 10
Chesnut mare by Daniel o:Rourke out of Memento's
darn (Mr. R. Bell) ... ... ... ... ... 35

THE REFORM ACT AND SATES.--A large number
of weekly tenants have been summoned before Mr. Maude,
at V 4 oolwich, who are called on for the first time to pay
rates under the provisions of the Reform Act. The plea
they made was that the landlords would not deduct the
rates from the rent. Mr. Maude said there would no
doubt be a great deal of hardship felt for some time to
come until the new law went on smoothly. If the landlord
originally agreed to pay the rates he believed he was still
liable to do so, though the tenant was made responsible to
the parish.
[ADTEnTrsEmEn.]-11-olloway's Pills and Ointment.—
During the piercing winds and excessive variations of
temperature, every one is more or less liable to disease
either in the interior or at the surface. Throat, chest,
liver, bowels, kidneys, and skin all suffer in some degree,
and may be relieved by rubbing in this ointment, aided by
proper doses of the pills, for administering which full di-
rections accompany every box ; in truth, any one who tho-
roughly masters Holloway's "instructions" will, in remedy-
ing disease, exchange the labour of an hour for the benefit
of a lifetime. All bronchial, pulmonary, and throat dis-
orders require that the ointment should be thoroughly
well rubbed upon the skin twice a day with great regula-
rith catiihroblo Initikugo, and much Poni4toncvs

Speaking of the death of Sir David Brewster, the
Standard says : Rich in honours, he descends to a tomb
which seems radiant with the splendour of a marvellous
intellect. The learned societies of the whole civilised
world have showered their dignities on the Scotch philoso•
pher. Kings and emperors have recognised his worth,
and the annals of science will make him famous for all
time. The lesson which such a life teaches to mankind at
large may not be lost. It shows how certainly in the
search for truth those who seek shall find. It was not b 3
dreaming and speculating that the venerable Principal of
the University of Edinburgh rose to his high position as
a successful student of nature. Patient and intelligent
industry was the secret of it all. It was here a little and
there a little—a stone laid upon a stone—which reared the
structure of his fame. Such men need no monuments at
the hands of the sculptor or the architect. They build
their own monuments, and leave imperishable records on
the page of human thought. Neither does any one of
these stand by himself. They are the advanced guard of
human progress, the pioneers of intellect, piercing many
a dark forest, bridging many a gulf, levelling one difli-
/luny after another, that those who follow may find the
way plainer, smoother, brighter, and better than it was
before.

It is not easy,says thiStar, to convey to the non-scientific
reader any definite notion of what Sir David Brewster did
for science. He will be •best remembered, perhaps, in a
popular sense for the invention of two pretty and interest
ing toys—the kaleidoscope and the stereoscope ; but these
inventions, of course, do not form the real basis of his
reputation as a philosophic inquirer and explorer. The
science of optics, as we have it, was in the main
shaped by the genius of Brewster, who completed what
Newton had begun, and linked scientific discovery
with practical utility. The application of lenses and
mirrors to lighthouses was an idea of Brewster's, which
has been fertile in more beneficent results than it is pos-
sible for anyone to measure Turning from the practical to
the theoretical side, Sir David Brewster's name is insepa-
rably connected with the development of the theory of
polarised light and the chemical analysis of sunlight.
These great scientific problems had been left unsolited at
a legacy by Newton to his successors, and Sir Davii
Brewster boldly accepted the inheritance.

The Bishop of Oxford, speaking upon the difficult sub•
ject of education in his usual light, witty, and entertaining
way, gave it as his opinion the other day at Tunbridge
Wells that it was impos3ible to combine the voluntary
with the compulsory, and that " by adopting compulsion
we should be taking the sun out of our system and substi
tuting for it the miserable fabricated light of Price's
candles." But the Post submits that the bishop
has no right to assume any such impossibility
before the thing has been tried. The voluntary
and the compulsory are already combined in
almost all the ways and paths of life. Every
school in the kingdom, from Eton to the ragged
schools, presents a case in point. Every schoolboy who
has a task to learn knows that if he does not learn
it willingly he will be made to learn it. Every soldier,
every sailor, every public servant is a. living instance of
the harmonious working of some kind of may-or-must
system. All discipline is based upon it. All law is based
upon it. And to those who desire to live in the exercise of
their duty there is nothing galling in this combination of
the voluntary with the compulsory. An educational measure
which should impose compulsory rating upon districts
which neglected, after due warning, to rate themselves,
would press only upon the hostile and unwilling. To ths
willing it would be compulsory in no sense whatever,
unless we are to say that an honest man's honesty is com-
pulsory because theft is punishable by law, or that it is
compulsory upon a witness to speak the truth because if
he perjures himself he will suffer imprisonment or trans-
portation.

The opinion gains ground, says the Daily News, that
nothing less than a royal commission will redress the
grievances and reform the abuses of our civil service. The
anomalies of that service are so numerous and so deeply
rooted that to attempt to cope with them by the wan-
dering inquiries of amateur commissioners is a certain way
of rousing ill-feeling and disappointment. The proceed._
ings of the committee appointed by the Treasury, com-
posed of Mr. Ward Hunt, Mr. Sclater-Booth, and Mr.
Mowbray, are already criticised in official circles. The
alleged object being to inquire into Custom-house
grievances, it is asked, and with some justice, whether
these gentlemen bring special knowledge or technical
training to their task ; whether their labours are sys-
tematic and with a definite aim ; or whether the
" inquiry " will leave off as it began, and have no other
result than that of providing a glib but hollow answer to
troublesome questions in the House. It is obvious that
mere complimentary visits to our Government offices and
an exchange of civilities with a few heads of departments
will not enable gentlemen profoundly unacquainted with
the subject to make such suggestions for official refonu as
accept.
The would be the-duty of the House of Commons to
The matter is too deep and complicated to be dealt with
in this pleasant off-hand way. The Custom-house move-
ment is but a type of other movements in the
f same direc-
tion, and it is said that the pigeon-holes the Treasury
are at this moment choked up with petitions for revision
from the various departments under its control. Any in-
quiry, to be useful, must be searching 6 and extensive,.. and
the allegation against the Treasury Committee is, that it
has neither the power nor the knowledge
undertaken.necessary
settlement of the difficult question it has

The Sheffield saw and jobbing grinders attribute
the illegal coercion exercised by trades unions to the want
of legal power to enforce their regulations, and pledge
themselves to support no candidate for the representation
of the borough in Parliament who will not vote for a 14
ty legalise trades unions.

has been brought before Mr. Fowler on a clans& of being
concerned in the attack on the prison van on the 18th of
October last, and in the murder of Sergeant Brett. In-
spector Kirkland said he received the prisoner from an
officer at the Bow-street station, London, and the charge
against him was that of wilfully murdering Charles Brett:"
On being charged at the staticss, the prisoner replied,
" I know nothing about it.' Mr. Superintendent
Maybury : We shall have to apply in this case for a
remand for a week. We have some evidence now in court
which we can produce forthwith if the magistrates think
proper.— Mr. Fowler : Oh, I have no difficulty in grant-
ing you a remand at once on the sworn information
appearing on the face of the warrant. To the prisoner :
Have you anything to say why you should not be re-
manded?—The prisoner : Only that I know nothing about
it. I have witnesses to prove where I was that day, and
that I never left the office at all until five or six o'clock in
the evening.—Mr. Maybury : I may state, your worship,
that the prisoner has been already identified by three per-
sons, who will prove that they saw him at the attack on
the van. We have as yet had very few of the witnesses
to look at him. For that reason, and for others, I now
apply for a remand.—Mr. Fowler : 1 remand the prisoner
into your custody for three days. The prisoner was then
remanded to the Albert-street station. He is a young
man, with fair complexion and light hair. He was well-
dressed, and the overcoat he wore had a conspicuous ap-
pearance" from the collar and lappela being covered with
braid and fur.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN.—
Great excitement has been caused at Bromley, Kent, in
connection with the sudden disappearance, about a fort-
night ago, of a single young woman named Jane Jackson,
recently engaged as a domestic servant, and who would in
the course of a few weeks have come into possession of
. £l,OOO left her by a relative. All kinds of rumours were
afloat at her sudden disappearance ; but the excitement in-
creased on her body being found in a draw-well in the gar-
den of Sandfield Cottage, Mason's-hill, Bromley, in the
occupation of William Sparkes. There is no doubt that
the body of the young woman has been there from the
time she was missed. The Sparks family all the time
were drinking the water, until they detected something
di ss-. -able in the taste of it, and on throwing down a
eirappling book the body was drawn up and was rec,og-
nl%d as that of the missing 3+6,iitivrouvin. .'''ilsessrell is
thirty feet deep and has ten feet of water in it. Judging
from the sand in deceased's hair, and from the fact of its
being impossible for the body to have turned round in the
well, it was evident she went down head foremost. At an
inquest held at the Compasses public house, Bromley,
before Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner for 'West Kent, it
appeare.l that a witness named Sarah Head saw the
deceased about midnight in company with two men,
named Partridge (the keeper of a public-house) and
Dedman, bah of whom appeared the worse for drink.
Deceased had lived at Partridge's house for the last three
months, and Dedman was a painter living in the neigh-
bourhood. They appeared to have pushed her out of
Partridge's house about eleven o'clock at night, and to have
used her very cruelly. The witness Head told them they
had no business to use the young woman in that way, or
treat her so harshly. About one o'clock cries of " Murder"
were heard by Mrs. Cook, landlady of the Tiger's Head ;
by Mary Hayes, a neighbour of Partridge's ; by Henry
Bennett, a labourer, and Charles Marshall, a labourer.
The latter said he lay in bed and listened for some time to
the cries of a woman and two or three other voices, and
he heard cries of " Murder " repeatedly. The coroner
expressed surprise that the witness did not get up and go
to see what was the matter. Mr. Carttar had instructed
Drs. Ilott and Rebee to make a post-mortem examination
for the purpose of ascertaining whether death had resulted
1 before or after the deceased got into the well, and they re-
ported that death had been caused by drowning. The jury
returned an open verdict of "hound drowned," and
severely censured Partridge and Dedman for their inhuman
conduct towards the deceased.
ALLEGED CRUEL TREATMENT OF A CHILD.—
The Brighton stipendiary (Mr. Bigge) has heard the
preliminary evidence in a case which promises to develops
some extraordinary circumstances. As formally presented
it was a charge of assault preferred against a aid lie-aged
woman of respectable appearance, named Charlotte Wing-
field. The child she is alleged to have ill-treated is
her nephew, named Tug-wood, who was allowed by his
mother to live with her for several months at Brighton.
Thomas Dunham, superintendent of the Bucks constabu-
lary, stationed at Slough, said he saw the boy Tugwood,
who he was told was six years old, at 33ovency, near
Windsor, a few days ago. His mother was named Tug-
wood, and she was a widow. He went in company with a
doctor to see the child, The doctor said he thought the
child's life was in danger. There were more than fifty
wounds -and scars upon the child. Some of them
were scars of old wounds which had healed up. The
child made a statement in the presence of a magis-
trate, which was taken dawn. He said that a poker
was heated red-hot, and he was burned with it
every night. The inside of the child's ears were
masses of sores, from which matter was discharged.
The bridge of the nose and one finger were broken. The
child was very emaciated, its bones nearly coming through
its skin. Prisoner was great aunt to the child. She lived
at Boveney last summer, and the child had remained with
her till last Wednesday. The boy described the poker
with which the injuries were inflicted, and witness found
that Cie one produced answered to that description. (This
was a short light poker, with. the end much finer than an
ordinary one.) He went with Detective Whittle to No.
1, Sudely-place, Brighton, and found prisoner. Whittle
read the warrant to her, charging her with assaulting the
boy Tugwood, and she became very excited, and ran about
the room. She said she had not burned the child, but
that he was burned by her son Alfred, and that
it was a conspiracy got up by the boy's uncle and others
to get rid of her. He believed she referred, by the
term uncle, to the man who kept her. She also said that
her son Alfred had put some vitriol in a syringe, and sent
't over the lower part of her body, burning her. Her son
Alfred was about 16 years old. The child had been living
with the prisoner about seven months.—Prisoner said she
was quite innocent of the charge. He was a very good
boy, and never wanted beating. Upon her " word of
honour" she was too fond of the child to beat it.—The
prisoner was remanded till Monday.—Alfred Wingfield
was next placed in the dock, and also charged with com-
mitting an assault on William Tugwood. On being taken
into custody he said, " I never assaulted the boy ; it was
my mother who did it ; I always treated I:im very kindly."
He further said that be took the boy home and slept with
him one night in London, and gave him what he wanted.—
The male prisoner was also remanded.
WITCHCRAFT IN BERKSIIIRE.---At the New-
bury Petty Sessions, -2.erks, Maria Giles, a mid-
-1 wife, who has for many years borne the sobriquet of "The
Cunning Woman," and William Tranter, a labourer,
with whom she cohabited, were placed in the dock,
charged with obtaining divers sums of money from Isaac
Rivers by means of false pretences. Giles is an old
offender, having been convicted on three occasions of
crimes of this class, and in one instance she appealed to
the Coart of Queen's Bench, but the conviction was con-
firmed, and she accordingly underwent the imprisonment
to which the justices had sentenced her. The pro-
secutor is a respectable-looking countryman, living
in the village of Hampstead Norris, a few miles
from Newbury. It appeared from his evidence
that in December last he lost his watch—how he did
Inot know—and hearing of " the canning woman"
at Newbury, he consulted her with reference to his loss,
He paid his first visit to her house on January 4 ; and
havins, told her of his loss, she said she could get the wats'a
back for him. She commenced by asking him to let her
have 125., but as he was going a journey he could only
spare half a crown, which she took, and then said she
would 'show him in a glass the man who possessed the
watch. Giles next produced a glass resembling those
usually attached to birdcages, and told Rivers to look into
it. He did so, and saw something in the form of a man's
whiskers, but no face. He met her again on Monday,
the 6th of January, when she told prosecutor he
must give her 9s. Gd. to get some stuff from her
chemist's. He gave her the money, in the belief that
she could get his watch back, but told her that if she
did not do so he would have her put in prison.
She had her hand on the table at the time, and said she
hoped she would never take it off again if she did not get
the watch back. Giles subsequently said that she must
go over to Rivers's house, and she and Tranter and pro-,
secutor went over to Hampstead Norris the same after-,
noon. Tea was prepared for Giles and Tranter, and when
they had finished the meal Giles said she must get about
her work. Giles went out of doors for about half an hour,
and on her return said she must have 9s. 6d. more to get some
more staff. She also told him she had been to the house of
the man who had the watch ; that the man was very
hardened, but his wife was more hardened still. Prose-
cutor gave Giles 9s. Gd. for a second time, and Giles and
Tranter left, but finding Rivers a profitable customer,
paid him another visit on the following day, and Giles
begged of him to let her have 255., as she would then get
the watch back. Prosecutor still believed she would do,
what she promised, and thereforewould gave her" the 255.
work it
Tranter assured prosecutor that Giles
round all right ;" and Giles, who represented '['ranter to
be her husband, said he could help her in her work.
After this, Giles said she must go about her work. She
,se
prom. d that between twelve and one o'clock at night she
would bring the man to prosecutor with the watch in his
hand, and she instructed him (prosecutor) to remain in-
doors until she returned mith the man ; but, said the prose-
cutor, " I might have been at home till now, as she never
came again, and I neither got my watch nor money." At
the close of the prosecutor's evidence, the prisoners were.
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QUEEN'S TiiEA T R E, 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 (17th Time) the New and Original Operatic
Extravaganza, by Mr. W. S. Gilbert, called LA VIVANDIERE;
or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and
T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L.
Brough, and Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. Addison, Jordan,
Montg,ornery, Heath, Sylvia, H. Everard, and H. Hodson.
Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting
manager, Mr. W. H. Liston.
Box-ollice open daily from Ten till Four.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Solo 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.
Thorae, James, Turner, Murray; Mesdames A. Swanborough,
Johnstone, Harland, Holt, Newton, &c.
To conclude with COAL AND COKE. Mr. F. Robson, &c.

HOLBORN TIIEATRE ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.
THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs.
Atkins, Price, Garden, Arthur, Westland, Wilmott; Mesdames
Llenrade, Goodall, Lennox, and C. Saunders.
After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE
AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy.
3lesdarnes Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell,
Arthur; Mdlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupino, Green, and the
stCre Little Rowena. •

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
New Management.
Lessee, Mr. 13. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. -Wigan.
TitLs EVENING, HEN AND CHICKENS: Messrs. Ashley,
S;ep'v,nson, and G. Vincent; Mesdames L. Moore and Stirling:
After which, A FOND PARENT; or, One Too Many for Him.
Ashley and C. Maihew6; Mesdames Caulfield awl E.

Mes6r

Farrou.
To be followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR.
To conclude with BETTY MARTIN : Mr. Ueo. Vincent an,
Mks E. Farrell.
Commence at Seven.