, 1877-01-10

and the people rushed TO Escape. The
actors and the spectators on the door go.
capped, but the narrow staircase up to the
galleries seems to have given way, the fire
spread rapidly upwards, and oil the peos
pie in the galleries, at least 326, were either
crushed or buried to death. The arrange
msnts for suPpressing Gre OF course would
not work, aud the exits we're, as usual,
both cramped and feeble. The English
and Americans are great peoples. with g
genius for mechanical invention, but they
cannot build q theatre 90 that spectators
cannot get cut of it, or o railway traiu
30 that it can be patrolled from the out.
side, or o street so that 1t shall be at once
silent aud safe for horses.
Cardinal AntoneIli's will has been
published, and 10 a remarkable document
1t contains no evidence Whatever that he
possessed any fortune beyond such ss be
may have inherited from his father, and
begins with a solemn denial Of the calum.
MES which attributed to him great wealth.
The Cardinal declares that he " dies trans
gull, in the conscience Of never having
failed in his duty towards the sacred person
of the Pope. and the conviction OF having
always, with all sarnestness aud honestYs
served him 10 tho true interests of the
Church aud Of the State" He leaves the
Pope his cruci6x, distributes his means
among his relatives, and orders that
domestiCs who have serfed AiGl tweuty:hves
twenty. and.ten y6ars should enjoy differ.
ent rates Of pension, the highest being full
pay for life. The will might have been
that Of some devout Catholic Bishop. full OF
domestic f9aling and uucloudsd reverence
for the Pspacy.
Mr.. Reed distributed the prizes to che
Portsmouth School Of Science and Art on
Wednesday (Dec. 81, and in SO doing he
committed himself to a more than doubt
full proposition, namely, that thu " beauty
Of q thing consisted in its complete adOp"
tGtion to the ultimate purpose in view. -
a ground on which he defended ths claims Of
the nav ironclads to be regarded 90 more.
beautiful than the old wooden line.ot.
battle chips propelled by the wind.
He might just as we'll call o lccomo'
tive more beautiful than Q race-horses
since it is certainly much better
adapted to the purpose for which
it 10 used then any race-horSe would be
and il he only means 10 say that g
locomotive looks less out Of place than q
race,horse in drawing o train, and that
a turret-ship presents to the mind q better
idea Of lite complete suitability to the pur-
pose Of naval war thOn the old line.ot-battlS
ship, then he says what 10 not only true
but q trui.ln. But il is childish to say
that the whole meaning of the word
beauty" 10 contained 10 the perfect adap-
tatlon OF means to ends. 4 railway
whi.tI4 l. qd"ir4hly adarted 70 the end
of being distinctly heard. though nothing
can be more hideous to the ear : and Q
Cochin.Cbin fowl is admirably sdspted
for the purpose Of laying big eggs. though
nothing can be more hideous to the eye.
The Daily Msss states that the 0ovefu-
ment has ct last given up lie thterpreta-
ton of the Extradition Treaty with the
United States, and has agreed thata rri-
soner surrendered, tried. and acquitted for
one offence may be re-arrested and tried TOR
another, if that other is within the list
of crimes covered by the Treaty. This
statement agrees with the telegram from
washington, denying that any arrange
9tuent has been made forla lew Treaty tor