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law Commissioners, and that he should have the right
to appear before justices of the peace and conduct pro-
' cecdings on the part of the parish, although not an at-
torney or solicitor. His salary would be -fixed by the
Poor-law Commissioners, and chargeable on the poor-
rates. Persons now performing the functions of a vestry-
clerk would not be affected by the measure, nor would
it exempt or discharge any churchwarden or overseer
from his duty, or oblige him to avail himself of the
as-
sist.>,nce of a vestry clerk, unless disposed to do so.
CANNIIIALISAL—Our benevolent and humane Mis-
sionary and other Christian societies are continually
exerting themselves to the utmost in sending out into
barbarous places good men as missionaries, to teach the
savages Christianity and to " love one another." With-
out in the least detracting from the praiseworthy inten-
tion of the promoters of these societies, we would beg to
call their attention to the state of things at home. Willer
or more uncultivated savages do not exist in any part of
Africa than are to be found within a. few miles of our
own homes. We are led into these remarks in conse-
quence of a case which was heard before the magiatrates
on Tuesday last, which, although it is the first of the
kind that has been brought before the bench, it is only
one among the many similar brutal scenes which are
constantly occurring in other localities around this dis-
trict. A man named William Lawton summoned Ri-
chard Senior for 13saulting him without provocation.
The rarties reside at Cumberworth half, and on the
26th of January Lawton was in Eattwood's beer-house,
in that village. lie had only been there ten minutes
before Senior " clicked " him by the hair of the head,
and shook him violeutly, before a word had been spoken
by either of them. Ile then seized Lawton by the right
ckef k with his te' th, and tore his cheek down about four
inches in length ! Not content with this, be bit him se-

verely on the nose! On being questioned by the defend-
ant, Lawton denied ever biting the nose off Jos.ph
Woodhead's face (brother-in-law cf defendant). The
deendaut exhibit( d severe marks of bites ou vari.ius

parts of his body. Tile brute was fined 55., and expenses
285., or one mouth to hard labour. In this case the de-
fendant had been bitten in many places, the complainant
had lost his nose, and a severe laceration of the cheek,
one witness had lost his ear, and others had s atious
wounds from the same brutalizng practice cf worrying
each other like so many wolves. —Hall fax Guardian.
PURCHASE OF LAND BY THE NATIONAL FREEHOLD
LAND SOCIETY.—This society has concluded its first
purchase in East Surrey. The estate is distant from
London about nine miles, and consists of nearly sixty
acres of very eligible building land, adjoining the Malden
station on the South-Western Railway. It is bounded on
two sides by good roads, on a third aide by the railway,
and on the fourth by the estate of the Duke of Cam-
bridge. The terms of the purchase are, we understand,
very favourable to the society, and it is probable that a
large proportion of the allotments will cost the members
less than 30/., including all expenses. It is said that
some of the lots will be se t aside for those members who
are prepared to pay for them at once, and that the re-
mainder will be offered to the subscribing members in
order to be determined by lot; and the system of drawing
for priority has been so devised that every member wilt
ha; e c x Ictly his fair proportion cf chances with reference
t)ti e ngth of time for which he has subscribed. The
site is admirably adapted for the erection of small villas,
worth to let from 30/. to 401, per annum, and it is calcu-
lated that the cheapest lots will each Le worth from
2/. 10s. to 3/. a year for building on. Of course, nothing
is known of the political tender ties of individual mem-
bers of this society, but from the general character of
the men who are using this means to acquire the f. an-
ehise, it may be confidently assumed that this Malden
estate will in a short time be the means of adding several
hundred votes to the large mejority of reformers in East
Surrey. _ _

ROYAL MARINES.—The corps of Royal Marines is
to consist of 102 divisional and 10 artillery companies;
each divisional company to consist of 1 captain, 2 subal-
terns, 5 sergeants, 5 corporals, 3 drummers, and 76
privates; total, 92. Each artillery company to consist
(If 1 captain, 4 subalterns, 7 sergeants, 7 corporals, 3
bombardiers, 3 drummers, 125 gunners; total 150:
making the whole establishment 9,384 men; divisional
companies, 1,500; ditto, artillery and staff, 70; total,
10,954 men. The 102 divisional companies to be thus
distributed:—Chatham, Ist division, 25 companies;
Portsmouth, 2d division, 27 companies, and 10 artillery,
ditto; Plymouth, 3d division, 25 companies; and Wool-
wich, 4Lh division, 25 companies Royal Marines.
Macadamized streets are the worst that possibly can
be made. In such a street the soft absorbent material
becomes soaked with liquid filth, which, putrifying, sends
its noxious exhalations into the atmosphere. Where
there is a great traffic, the read wears so fast as to be
constantly under repair, while, by every indentation of
the surface, and the laying on of loose materials, the
friction is immensely incra aid. In wet weather it is
covered with mud, and in dry weather the air is loaded
with the dust of tt e disintegrated stones mingled wit's
the filth caused by the traffi producing disease of the
respiratory organs, and rapidly deteriorating food and
clothing in the houses, and the cuticles exposed for sale
in the neighbouring shops. If to these evils it is added,
that a macadamized road is the most expensive to keep
in repair, and costs four times as much to cleanse as a
paved road, I shall be borne out in saying, that such a
road in a town is an expensive nuisance which should be
done away with as soon as possible.—Builder.
Tn. CULLODEN MONUMENT. The Inverness
Courier says :—" This monument has now progressed
to some bright, but the fund receives accessions so
slowly, that the possibility is anticipated of seeing the
monument stuck in a half-finished state, and so left
soon to become a shapeless heap of rubbish, not much
to the credit of that enthusiasm out of which the pro-
posal arose."
CONVICTION OF A COFFEE-HOUSE KEEPER —Yes-
t rday, at the Court of Inland Revenue, Emanuel
Nathan, proprietor of a coffee-house, known as the
IVaterloo Supper-rooms, No. 7, Jermyn-street, St.
James's, was fined 251. for retailing spirituous liquors
without being duly licensed.—John Jones, of 21, Horse-
shoe-place, St. Luke's, was convicted in the penalty of
200/. for working an illicit still.
POOR RELIEF IN CITIES AND TOW NS..—A Bill
has been brought into the House of Commons, having,
for its object to provide for the more equitable distribu-
tion of the charge for the relief of the poor in certain
cities and towns. Its leading provisions are, that unions
of more than one parish, with a population of 20,000
persons, are to be combined for the relief of the poor, ar d
that warrants of removal and appeals are to be made to
guardians instead cf overseers.
LAMBETR.—The parishioners of Lambeth enter-
tained yesterday, at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, Air.
Robert Taylor, one of their churchwardens, at a dinner,
on which occasion they presented to that gentleman
three splendid silver salvers, beautifully wrought, as a
testimony of their high regard for the zeal and. un-
wearied assiduity at all times displayed by that gentle-
man for the best interests of the parish, for his success-
ful exertions in recovering the amounts long and justly
due upon the accounts of the parochial officers of 1839-
40, amounting to 2,350/. 11s. 2d., and for his humane
efforts in suggesting and raising a large fund fur the
becefit of the sufferers by cholera in 1849. Mr. John
Hunt, one of the churchwardens, presided on the occa-
sion, and was supported by upwards of 150 of the most
respectable inhabitants of the parish.

We learn that Mr. Disraeli', illness is likely to
prevent, for aom© time, a resumption of his Parliameutwry
duties.

PREJUDICE AGAINST CHLOROFORM.—We obse-tve it
stated that chloroform has been employed in Edinburgh,
in from 80,000 to 100,000 cases, without a single acci-
dent or bad effect uf any kind traceable to its use. Mr.
Carmichael, a surgeon of that city, commenting on the
fact,
,says—" Would 80,000 or 100,00 G full doses of
opium, or antimony, or Epsom salts, or any other potent
medicine, have been followed with as groat impunity?"
Chloroform is now habitually used in Edinburgh in. all
kinds of surgical operations, down to tooth-drawing.
It saves many lives which otherwise would sink under
the nervous shock which is experienced from a. severe
operation undergone in a state of consciousness. Such
is the published opinion of the discoverer of its use as
an anaesthetic, the now celebrated D. J. Y. Sin ipson;
and this opinion ha; not been gainsaid by any of the
profession in Edinburgh. At the same time chloaoforra
has received the sanction and recommendation of the
most authoritative bodies in Franco and the United
States. Nevertheless, the public of London is almost
wholly denied the vast benefit of this agent, purely
through the prejudices of the profession. This forms a
curious illustration of the condition of medicine and of
the medical mind in the metropolis, but it is riot a new
one. Not only is there a distaste amongst scientific men
in England for everything that comes from she north,
but there is a general benightedness in the London me-
dical world. They opposed vaccination while it was em-
braced in the provinces; and to the indelible disgrace of
all concerned, incculation with small-pox maintained its
ground in a London hospital devoted to the purpose A
quarter of a century after Jenner's discovery. The Lon-
don public should take this matter into their own hailed).
Let them not le too ready to lay stress upon accounts of
fatal effects from ehloreform. Of such there have been
a few; but it is remarkable that in Efinburgh, where
the article is prepared in perfect purity, with the benefit
of first-rate apparatus, and where it is administered with
judgment and due care, not one accident has happened.
Even admitting that the accidents which have happened
elsewhere were not avoidable by any degree of care,
they should be placed beside the lives which imove been
saved by the special use of this agent. Taking the
matter on still lower ground, the rejection cf chloroform,
because of a few fatal cases, is no more rational than it
would to to refuse to travel by railways be cause one
person in several millions has been killed by a collision.
—Chambers Journal.
MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris
issi. 11678 per md i 1
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exchangeo t
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change of
being 25.552;
sa.4n7dit,heitat Paris
PoldM, in-vtespraince exof-
aris on London
at.
that gold is 0.29 per
cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By mimes from
Hamburgh the price of gold is 436 i per mark, which.
at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. fop. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.101-; and the ex-
change at Ilamburgh on London at short being 13.11 i,
it follows that gold is 0.46 per cent. dearer in London
than in Hamburgh.
At the Oundle County Court on the 27th ult., the
P int was suggested to the Judge whether a plaintiff
could, on the eve of trial, withdraw the action without
paying the hearing fl es: his Honour's attention Watt
called to the decision of the Judge of the Lincoln
County Court, reported in the Mercury of the 22d nit.
Mr. Wing said he saw no reason to alter the practice a
his circuit, which was that the plaintiff could withdraw
the cause without paying the fees of hearing, if in fact
no part of the cause was heard. If the plaintiff did not
appear, the cause was struck out by the words of the
Act. If he did epfear, and the cause was called on,
and he t,-.en chose to withdraw it, he would have to pay
the withdrawal fee to the clerk, and the bailiff's fee
for calling it on, but no other fees.—Stamjsrd ihrorr.