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THE TIMES. WEDNESDAY, 12, 1S7G. 'rurJSTii xMtTJy ov ovx eoRRtsiwsprxr.) Tlfth Nijjlit in Roms one of those popular '1. which Still M1. vMrt in frolic audabsurdity, in Mto yJUDOUU' TTtUifnratinj etfcot of lso many old uae tana a mjirio witcli lddv can tell her yeArs come th hour for her and Other tfO I0 her rifts.

Anticipation 10112 niter me dtxss hoix and penny; whistle to handsome 'dolls and bahv houses; with Which the lHth were hll' and hung. Hero ana there wme, enterprising speculator had jip a stall in tho attempt to introduce modern. articles and a moro general trade, and combine the utile withtho Juice. Gno had a display of chiKK'n' caps and luts, ani'ther of neck tics, and ei third had a kind of lino art exliibitiou MAIiJXE IXSURAXCE. TO TJIK.EDITOH OF THE TIMES.

Sir, The able letter of your correspoident lia done good service in calling attention to tho effect of tiled valuations upon the.ques tion of mortgage but before we arjriie against any disturbance of the former, for far ot lesAemn' METHOFOLITAX WATERS. modern improvement of photographi and cheap J'icturw, lurmounted by fadlitiei for tho behoves us to inquiro It i the night when the a6in ueaniuj worus, ai ouougusw. what bearing the system of mortgage ha npoU the ra bv Hid not tMm to lx imbued With the i. like woman. so owi sajeiy oi at sea.

inoso unu miua iwu iuo i i tasto itvimred. bum atavo tho stalls. are al to rewnru swu vu.nwv ii. ji roturn an with; the pressure brought to bear upon the Untisn 1 AilliUSh LIW1C CUDlIJlBfJI L'UlHtliiiV llllu 1 I i Biiicuwru uiruucu nia uiircaiiicicu vuui Wlttl i Tte following art the returns wide ly Dr. Lt titty to the Society of Medical Officen of leltb cf tLe ivciae compotition aal quality of the MetrouoUtui waters la the yer 1S75 tj Ui Ai irj rr: r.

Kvsei.ot Witer Iuto conttniiit for tons or diyiion between words, It ran ih'tis without interruption i Muaicicainei lltutitartanigaoorallolavadelvifsuvio, which, bciiiit divided, jinifiv ''iloaaics, cameoi, fiuo arta, tortoisc htin, oqralj andlavaof Vesuviui. Alluiious to political ftiventa of the day also cam in slightly an itincraht vendor of knires aiid scissora was In'tfcc nicantime. fathcr, grandfather, actively crying, al Ilcregoyina. As the home, the' strveu resjuuded with unimmnig, nun. t'ewiu cT.

i of cloairc. and when aleep UHHMU CrJL. Grilm. GriiisJ. GruvUmictiun IJ78 CtM fW ft'nl Mldlmi 0 J4o VxbU OtSi 0 iSl CLtlsu 8I 01 LmU th v.

li 73 CVa5 filiO otuca ConrAMu Kent j. Etlli, CiS tr305 SrwIUtrf 1S Ui3J 0i5 ti.tLuuJoa 0vi5 C172 At Am 5 oc SOU (ttSO 'Jtt Dei 9 141, W5 til AT ttr TO THE EDITGIi OF THE TI1IES. i Sir, Sir EJcjand Ktkett'i letter in lUTimaot to ily indQC i tee to aik jwrrcUiion to trespau cn your pace non scientific reader whit the actcal podtioa of tju injpcrtut queitiou. A ciectif.c cpicioa cpua the quility of a water may said to be raade np of 3i 2 8. 3 3 3 S9 34 i 9 nouw'h to tx nnit ot the llcfana 30sC1 m.

nd derxviitinc her reward tmz use ttKen the i.A Ui. tmriM. out incnui 01 rl'fall thii coraprcheruive litUe wronl irnot iaatration the male portion of mankind, forth. "turn in thtt of liUVX nd while collecting them J.r thKlC ta 1 U1 3 an arwa of no lesa than riSiZj whittling, ihd out the noue. petition areiranatious.

are most injunoua to me aailora' tutereit would rather arguo tnat anything which compelled those who advance money upon vessel to do so nolely with reference to the intrinsic worth of a ahm. and not with reference to Thanuitooxii re ta i to tnuiaiciai: i i iii i i. i trr, mtitr, 4c, it iUtcrruitti hj iuiUra tjiutxaiot vcriLci the insured value, would be an unmixed adtantage. ut.vf for ujwj tour iu im :Ucioihii.tro&o That it ought to be "as easy to. mortgage a ship as u'u4 t.tui.it it is to mortgage land" may bo an incontrovertible xn wr tccWtna nearly co.ur:e ia Ucsun proposition; but.it doo? not follow, that a fictitious TliCJt resnlti are tLe areraze cf the atahiii of tte uuiples watT ukea tioiu 'tte miiu ot the two portions.

One reult of chyzaical directly rem it scieatiSc pedal wtter ef thee rest cpoa the immediate aaalytis or upon inference dravu other is drawn, aot ftcra ttxictlr LATEST SIIIPTIXG IXTELXJGEXCE. Faou LloVd's, Jax, 1L WaECX i A5D CAaCAJ.IlS, 5l Toek. Jaa. 11 Tu Fix sice. JtiauIiUa foe Qlliu toirc.

La pat Eenail toaij, after beiae mh.se. Gor Ja. tL Th tl Uoa in been broiutt IirW VTubert after Uiai aiiuie raius riii belr li; oa fcer Lnrttnxji. Jia. 11.

A Sat resortrf nmi 97 per chart Ilor Uk tnj sn eot coaU nothiw cf lha cr. WAiraroa Ja. IL Tt djlrioaa, true Stt jcrt, aas arriTed. wita Isa cf tcxtaifion WrxrotgAD. It A to Sft.

iotj. tetfered Aic4a Loo ikui." uUiSJ. iariij T.C ia iu asm stwl cu tiVcirl I I wr. smrce im pwuca.ar. sj, freca Ga tj! i tr a't.

ajij.j liue.uon, jucea ci la las ii it; eridencf atj all, tut from a cpasiUeratiua of the exp4rier.ee of the eijelt wUo gives ih bpiiiica. Ia other words, the strictly scif ntiSe chymical evidence "btit confessedly iror erfect, other coniieratioru hav to taken into the account. It is thu latter element whih (reduces the uacertaiaty of which Sir "Edamai Beckett comi'liiasj Strict chj ratcal evidence carries tuss far tjj nrLasy persons I a.su in.Uht.a; 1 niton. a laicr t. rajUU ngkivrl th luccr, trout luihloa i Juelr asiiitaac, ad a irqotoicj far Gut Dom.

yets ryunoeu wfl umuiming, agrwed by distinct rUes with reference trumpeung, and only sleep shut tQ a Shemaelves, ought to I 1 MWOOOOi the. aspect tho was al h' sum fof which thu VeJsti herself is the total proportion, of. iohd m.tter d.lved the water together diUerent. Tlie vendors were just as busy iinrw.irin iritliin nruHer B4re bu follows namely, iyo7 grains er sallh of seg andcrying their wares. AU gold I aS gJ soldi poverty is over 1 cried one man, aelltnc .4 ,1,.

o.titr 1 up 'J' cb" SHU! fnr most lvart with of nroviiw the amount ol that indemnity, wnicn names; water, whicU is btaiaed Iton deep; in, the roRTI A II RIVALS. Jw j. At i wt gju ruiiiinj! 5ll rt. Lacjt Lar. Cartu of ltoci.ui.

lccso vurs, a trKlM. l'i v. At isnrz ilirzinxv. Aurjr. Zol Js.

iSj AS IA. M. IT I rm caTe ttta leu io suppose, aus it tiow itf prtacace CI i cx on CVxsu' ot aaJriui. itu irua. a ouci cern.ehynaMIe!eJUenu.ucaardtrtfeaand certaui.jrcpcrtions.

It shows further that while a'l the bara. v. Ort. toirff Cuitija. nitrog.u has oeen derived fryra intact w.th organic '5 iW matter, some.

at this ia been canipftelr transforcied into' EttiH ia, irooi tiie tlrC tci tt Mfr an aaorgaiuc condit and the Kcuiadtr has still some oouu kirtitt lUirinf paiti forioer chaczei to ncdera. Ia the Iartsrie cow most frola tooun iU.na Uua. taie i J. Uku. uua Ui zre iuentjy usetl, aatter in tLe tormer conuiuun Uescnrwd i.r.i bu, trou tie Tancia.

uaa challc. The solid matter consists in all coe of a Terr any uae shnw the nature nnn, nil r.lli 1.1. lnninmlSlV U1Q11 boa tlceU 'r Itom tlie nigUt Delore tr.ce, in tact, lor wnom tne tSow.r of norroitin f' on houses. Few proportion (about two th.rd. of the whole! of carbo these elements are derived.

i i an ir.inMwv'v e4T' tlemselve with without oih" i fMf.tu; delkht to the enjoyment of blowing whitle wiVfi.watchnien a Pffi baUaclittle drums and tambourines, making noises, and gcuerally Shaving fnZTmcn who have rightly the credit aerious in the wildest givm ihn imut rriii.il 1 fin nAllL fcJIr. and reapinc a suiur themselves np 1 tAf no costOeasures could give them, and that trouglJj that the inadncss of the rnomont uinfcuous to the degree that ataid Log hsh I sim in even madder than the Ot iainsncm; grtiupsot cnuaren, w.tn tncu t(j do with 8hips Uilig sent sisters, or( auuU, and, those who had nurses, at in uffimantlv naird and insumcientlv fti.4,..l La. it a I LUUUL'U Lll LilL'UI BUL11 dLTCIT UC1UUM.U UVUV 1 1 r.i "II 11 iruviueu 11U ALU liUb safety "thm tho facilities I I 1 Tl.f.n ....1 tn lik in the We BUchio. and the streets i.v it with such remarkable irregularity by' them sucli efliffer delizhtcd faces with their large, bright Italian eyes, peering vith delight. as they passed from bootii to booth at such an display of eliildish treasures, and but few of them, so cheap wero the things, going, away1 without having their desires gratified.

A prettier 'xroup can carcely.bo fouud anywhere and there wore many such in the Piazza this after noon thaii a handsome Roman matron of some 150 with her two or three brigh't eyed children, the youngest born carriod in' the anns of abiixom Sabme. nurse, resplendent in a scarlet jacket, tniuiLed with gold lace, her azure blue bodice tio with cherry coloured ribbons, and a broad quilted ribbon with sti earners of the same ahado around her massive knot of hair, stuck 77 ti understand how any portion through with a lontr silver pin ornainented with a compmtivery' modem city could have filagree flowers and ears of corn. been so stranrely planned. At tne lew iuuiga to this labyrinth barriers were put up to prevent wheeled traUk for tho time being, and along the ides of the streets booths were erected throughout, sad stocked with even imaginable of toy, ucept soch as are to be found in tno shops ef P.n't This fancT fair of play thiua fit np in a manner so rude and elementary thai no art coma nav ui ensinLhad a special charm. It was like walking tbvu'h the great centre of activity of a nation of babies, and each turn in passing from ono street to pur additional variety to the scene.

But th fir is held in the great has been converted from a vegetable market ghed ksj Win: under iat) a public promenade, ine oootns are ereciea tvn Ian? lines facinsr eacb othtr like tho old I wooden shops on the Forum, and, though much of the picturesque has bten lost by the change, greater race has been gained for tho nonsensical pro which accompany the opening. There is tie advantage, also, that the fair, to the great gain the dealers, who in many cases are also the mnufajturcrs of the toys, and to the increased th. Manchn ori th. Lnl. tnjoTmeat of tha children, can be kept open for Tbej oovernors General and Governor have each a small force at their disposal, but they do sot corn mand the military or naval forces of the province Permanent' Jt anchu garrison under JIanchu officer are estahlished, as I have said, in the great cities oa the coast i and along the frontier.

The Chinese Army is. altogether i i i r. i lootis coauncnceJ. and by 9 clock the great area! of ttellaz a was crowded with grown up "children," i ilTrT. It i denomination corresponding to those of our own Army, sy eoi from Kasiin to JUjor Ceneral These all draw a Bsaattc rratnc of rouTn.

The noise was deafen he. At a distance it produced not altogether in haraocious hum, but' as one approachod nearer it THE CUIXESEARilY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, Fermi me to supplement your Shanghai Correspondent remarks on th Chinese Army with the following particulars The preaent Army of Chiaa consists of two great divisions. Under th first are included th 3Iacchu, Mongol, and Chinese Kannermen, distributed in permanent garrisons over the great cities of the empire, while the second is made up of Chinese Th Maoehu Tartr (the nrssent draastTl.

when thev eocouerd China. in the great Piazza lCH diTiji their Army into four corps, distin hite, blue, red, and yellow lianner. Four tanners" of the same colours were snbsejuently added, and course of time there were added to these eight similar eorp of Mongols and eight of Chinese, who had cast ia theit lot with the invader. The chief command of these corps (which exist to the present day, and are of a mixed civil and military organisation, all being liable to bear arms, but by no mean aU being paid as aeldicn) i vested ia high officer of th attend days without interruption to tho traffic or interference with the avocations ot tne mnaoitanta of tie neighbourhood. Last ntgat was the formal, or, to be more exact, tie very informal, opening of the fair.

As the hells of tho Ave 3Iaria rang out the lighting of tho requisite for tlieir witti which needy shipowners obtain the loan of capital and enter upon adventures far beyond their means. Needy shipowners, who own vessels by means of money borrowed at 10 ier cannot be expected to spend much in making and keeping them sea worthy. Many illustrations might be giten of this. ii i r. Bill eteeu ii A win omy iurnisu one.

a sveamer oi ioi oI water, and iu several to be sold, ohc is msureu for nor owners Kent, the' Sew Kiver. nd thi would bo thankful to get icr ner, anu are only asking and she is mortga ed to two banking companies in thoCityfor.to,000. When, howevjer, J. L. "touches upon the policies of honour which abroad constantly frus traU tho theory of foreign laws that insurance should provide nothing more than an indemnity, or even that shipowners should be to a certain extent uninsured, lie touches upon the.

crowning difficulty of tho whole subject of Insurance. To harass innocent and upright men (forming, as i pollution, and they fully snsuhj the. ui opinion we thankfully believe, in iingland the bulk of tne tainea oi tne wiioietomB.qaamy or tne water suppnea to AAt. nitri rn ar riffltii anil thu Titter a t. mn.i ti i rm ipr uurir'i iw n.

as, niingen or tujates, ana tne Utter as iree anO irv, iTr AArsiaai asa uaroae Koa t. alhriminoid ammonia. But chymical analysis will not' ia ireta iMia tiu.na. iroiu liaaM tii icikn. ir.

of the organic matur from which I tuW'1 CW III! III! Im lwnsh Vie Vint Jin. Stft)Rr nate ot lime, witl a Uttle oarbonate or masncsia, and the UJieTe wil found to be no hspoxtant other third coniDoed in nearlv eoual iiiit of I filiate I wa i of lime, common salt, snd nitrate of Thes iferei.co of opinion between person acquainted with the substances, in the proportion iu which tier exist in the subject, and it may Icrther ie taken a admirted or i the Metropolitan suply, are of prime imiurtace in a dietetic! 'and sanitary point of view, tor experience bas shown that waters of a moderste degree of hlrdne from the" presence of calcareous salt are mere wholesome than thoie which are deficient of such it is satisfactwry, auo, to know that the nater supplied. to the Metropolis is re markably'free from organic pollution; the nitrogen, for example, which is present us actual or saline ammonia does not exceed toe two one tnousautltn part or 'a grain uxs, as in the West Middlesex Companies' wattr, it is entirely absent. So aIo with reg.rd to organic or albuminoid nitrogen tne proporupn is exceed ingly small, averaging in the vso of the Kent Comuiuya water th OWt ol a grain per gallon in the West MidiUe sex and New Kiver Companies water the OlXH of a rain in th East London water, the OUUi of a grain; and' in the rest of the companies the OVo? of a gruin. Xitrdgeri a nitrates ranges irom 0147; of a grain per gallon of tLe water derived from the O'JUo ot a in the deep well waUrs irom the chalk.

Ail these iacts, together v.ita the small proportion pf alkaline chloride in the waterindicate a remarkable freedom from sewage or other organic ratner as assumed by all tartiea tnat. whatever power water has of impartutg zymotic disease, it has by virtue of the organic impurities contained in it. The more disputable points are those 'which cocecm the origia and the import of the orgahic; impurities themstlvu. Organic. in water may be of very various kinds' and.

'j derived from very, dicerent' sources. It may result frata 'i sa'tsge ait'heialiy iiitroduced into a river, or from similar matter washed from the surface of cultivated land. lc: li Couttrol uqte. lrvraSourancr.iorlwiwsii.i4. ic.

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UafcWVrt. troni Ifar i pay, neverthele the' troop assigned to them exist, to oiae extent, only on psper. Were the military and naval London a expressed in tne reports of tee' scientific conimU lion of the Select Committee of the House of Commons of ISoT, and the lioyal Commission oa Water Supply in ISCO, all of whom a ere specially appointed to investigate quality of the water supplied to this Metropolis. There is, moreover, a remarxable uniformity and constancy in the quality of the water sapplird to London. Taking the last five years as an illustration of this, it will iound that th total amount of solid matter in the 'Thames supply has ranged from a.yesrly average of grains per gallan to.li"tJ in the Kiver water the range has been from grain per gallon to in the East Loudon from 18 to grains to 'M'7i and in the Kent Company, from 17 "21 grains jer gallon to Ibe rame is the case with the individual constituents of the water the most important of which show no signs of increase, but rather ot decrease, in their proportwhs from, year to year.

If, tier ore, in ISoT. tne Swlect Couiinitue of the House of Commons were, ss they reported, satuhed that both the quantity and quality ot tLe water supplied trom the Thames is so far satisfactory that there is no ground for disturbing the arrangement made under the Art of and that any attemft to do so would end in cntadin a waste of capital and an unnecessary chai ge upon thu. owners and occupiers ol property iu tee tnere is manifest! still jn eater reason toie satisted with the 1 1 I IU no.r.t timt obtaining at any moment a thorough knowledge of proees.es of chjmical analysis, it' is found; that the the extent, both as to number of shares and wster is yesrly improving. This will be more evident wueu amount, to whidi every ship is mortai'ed. Frery th turbidity observed iu the water supplied by some of i.

im i .1 i i one would ain bv this, he rearjectable shipowner iswpr ''u uj shipowniug community) by keeping them in. continual uncertainty as to the amount they may be able to recover in case of loss, while unscrupulous owners, heedless ef all moral considerations, go on as before through the medium of honour policies, would be far from every one's thoughts. The question is, can no rule be devise4 by whichovervaluation may be avoided, and which may yst so far satisfy all honest shipowners that a man asks for an honour policy upon Ms ship, the request may carry with it its own condemnation niust beg also entirely to demur to J. L. assertion that every intelligent underwriter ought to be able to chock the value of a ship.

At all evcuts he caunot do so with any accuracy, and he is besides very much interested in a high valua tion with reference to particular average, so that it is hopeless to expect hint to refuse to accept ah improper valuo. One thinir, however, thero is which we have never yet been able to obtain in any shape practically useful, but which would be of thu greatest assistance to us, facilities lor the ws.ter. cr, Saallyy frcni t'te ucccmpositivn of the many different Wit us of weeds which grow in it but from, whuh of these it does result as a sUer of fact in any articuhvr cao is a question; which, whatever its importance, caymistr; present' cu.no; solve. Yet it is surely manifest tlias nntil it can solve this question, we can never deiermtLe the wholesomeneas of wter supply upon chymical evidence done, except ia extreme cases. 1 remember some years ago that a very distinguished chjmist gave evidence upon this very subject befqjv a Commission, in which he maintained that there is nothing to i show that a cholera gcrra introduced into the river at.

Oxford my not be carried down unchanged to'Teddisgtoa, thence takes by the main of a water company, and so become the source of an oattreak of disease in' London. This is Kir Edmund J'ckett's "purist theory in its nost uncompronusmg f( voich it suggests admits ir.ii il ftctj 2tii nuai lASzaoasjn. riooi cii. tnia jit cuerar. ic.

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for Losdon. even more than tho underwriter, lor then tuo heavy premium would be put upon the proper mau. 2Cone know better than underwriters the advantage of every owner confining his trading to that which is legitimately within his own means. At all events, let us do away with artificial assistance to Governnvntt would have to deal with greatest rowers in the world. civil competitive examinations held under Govern.

became a perfect Uabel of discord, formed by the Vnu, Hosing and beating of every kind of noisy toy, the tn' .7 fut' i. i.ZL i one of the greatest iaujuit. os sue prupic as tucii uu iuiu u.u Vt. wt i I wi. ,1 I ..11 irm nf Ti ntV.

indi ni 1 speaking a loud key to make himself heard, and nieat cnre totbe porct students ot the land he cer I mm mini Ih. ir, Inmli. tut sot alway succeasiully. Here were a lady and (enUetnan vainly endeavouring to extricate themselves from a Dersecutin? circle of vouni? men. who.

wan au ue lorco ot tneir luugs, were oraying targe tin tratniU close Into their ears. There was saother group of half a doren, each carry inz a couple of large dolls made I'unch and Judy fashion, servicei of China a real and effective as the civil service of the opposite course, if it can really bo done Simple pracuuu measures are sometimes uvenooaeu ui tue discussion of great principles. To the possession by underwriters of the information alluded to above, there can surely' be no objection. 1 beg to remain, Sir, Your very obedient servant, Lloyd's, Jan. 11.

SUESCBIPTOR. taintv of promotion merit to the most lucrative posts in the empire. Under the present dynasty mili tary exsmlnations are periodically among the troops, but the competitnrs are men of property, who rapply their own weapons and accoutrements, and not the rank and file of the army. Military rank is conferred not for personal bravery and talent, but for pmwes in raising thatwrth their hands inside the dresses they could ht weight, wielding enormous and bending .1 1 a a I i 1 a ksw "a srll Cs StV ill fft riAMam a ti n4 SB taVi Atvsr. tne nan as ana neaas.

at tne same lime mcve Corao in the serious pursuit Ot his lo noB oi ur suauauirsu.t ueparnnenis oi uoTiru. hily approach a frieud as mature as I neat. Few men of genuine talent, therefore, are tood blow a i be found among the ofBcers of the Chinese Army, and imitatine. with exaggeration, the snnallinc and Although the lists for mihtary preferment ar open to aU cryicg of babies. At one time I recognized a wb eligible for the Ctvd Service, few engago in the wealthy merchant I had setn in the afternoon pro 1 nteta, as the posU obtainable are in every respect infe ceecing up the buiness stc alt urastlf and with all tho zest of bovli penny trumpet close against his ear.

Every now probably (none who have deemed it worth their while tad then the crowd was divided by a burlesque 1 to aeqaire a of military engineering, fortifica niXtary irocefision, formed by a number of lads tions, and all that constitutes the science of modern war carrying toy guris and swords made of laths, tlie fare. It must, however, be said, in justice to the Chines points dipped'in red paint, and headed by a band i Government, that they are not altogether ignorant of tho rUJlng on chihlreni drums, tin trumpets, and defect in ithir system. Within the last ten years great penny whistle. The bands of some of these pro oas, formed by what, would be junior roughs in Eaglaad, though here the creature never attains the uae degree of had empty petroleum cans (aatw arums an instrument a solitary example was first heard on the night of St. Giovanni, ud which has since been brought into extensive use.

In the taidille of one procession a gigantic jumping ct, with a goblindixe illuminated bead, was earned, an attendant working the arms and legs all tho time. The favourite vehicle for fing noise the prime endeavour of everybody as the tin irumpetf varying in size from the primi tire instrument costing a penny to gigantic develop oents a couple of yards in length and emitting conapanaingly increased volume of noise. Arfrwothr 1 pod nxt tired riarticiiiants, never getting too I efforts have ben made to introduce a certain measure of reform. Formerly officers of the Xavy were chosed. from th land forces, not' that the knew the bow from the stempost of a war vessel, but because they were big and blustering men, whose appearance would strike tenor into the hearts of an ehemy.

Schools have bees established for the training of naval cadet under tho European system, some of whom how hold 'commissions In the gunboats and corvette' of the modera Chinese Navy. Li hung chang has introduced foreign drill and arms, and is doing his Ut to promote discipline and to strengthen the Army: He COLONEL GO'BDOXY TO TITE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, Yonr Egyptian Correspondent, writing from Alexandria, dated January 1, state that some anxiety is felt Concerning Colonel Gordon, as Xo news has been published her for a long time past from Gordon sad his expedition." This paragraph is followed by vague rumours of ilifScalties to which Colonel Gordon i exposed among hostile. tribes in "the Equatorial district which Baker I'asha professed to have conquered. The last letter that I received from Colonel Gordon was dated Loborc, the 2d of October, 1875.

This was in lat, about 4deg above two sets of cataracts south of Gon dokoro, through which he had; successfully dragged with great patience and labour the steamer Khedive, of tons, which the English shipwrights from Messrs. Hamuda and Co. constructed at Gondokoro while tinder my command. Those who understaid the difficulties of Central Africa will feel no alarm at the short interval that has lapsed since we have received communications from Colonel Gordon, but, on the contrary, they will appreciate the improve tsent In postal arrangements which enable us to receive intelligence' from, so remote a point in about 63 days Colonel Gordon bad established a chain of military ports would introduce other and more sweeping innovatioa had onS White Nile to Lobore. Ia some portions of the he not to contend against the jealousy and suspicion of the i ne received assistance from the natives.

In CenUal Government. Li's last scheme, tho centraluation of the Army, was viewed unfavourably by the Mandarins, as, backed by the power of the Army, he might; at once ascend the Dragon Throne: The real army of the Empire is mainly composed of pa a play and never fottig. their. good I Mtives'oY 'How far; 'this taaj.U I na i W' not nne effective; and i Jtds time of year, but with the almost Ppmertal Umperature for Ilome of a biting cold ach sent the thermometer down to throe degrees tfn' mrij. tte tdternoon men were rushing ureriag slong, and, notwithstanding their muf looking frost bitten and miserable afUr witn the cold infinitely more intense, arr crowded the Piazza 'avona by thousands, it been such a night" as when brSajlnH Jttuica watched tho patines of Ewd, they could scarce have enjoyed them wtwndiantljr.

mi Whila all thic nnnunea onrl YmViVitiT. fS forward, a brisk trade was being driven by "owwrs of the many booths, who, in their turn auded to the noise by crying tlieir wares voci ltr the fashion of the buy, buy, buy," the 5 rl.l liuaa roba, calanteria, Bella prmo si iT a nuon mercato. a bnon mcrcato aulu i lui i i tintmtT i Teuuaiio, mev uawiea in con SoT sv wIlil. J'1 kePl in nd out wiiutiing canary tor punchinelletts), and vI cu Ku 4 jag the crowd, crying" A whittling loldo su wai for the punchinel er cnea. Tlist.

i uiactttre, were of the cheapest character and of aimnlfiat fni. Tlnt p. 7 wmpruiog an in unite The majority cost a few sous each, at the a Terv at ..11 1 Sam. i iiiun, uiuugii eacii siau iiau mon expensive character, but also wae nunuiacture, to form tho centre of its dis itU sw en deTotd exclusively to tiie etZi ble tin trumpeU others to ofbriVZ Lillipatiaa oltiiaiiMoiis, rnade thiinn. ecil object not costing more '53d la1.

lr ai This kind of plaything tunr f1 V1 mud the baby Romans for for on tbe Exquilino a child'a tomb tt a nnZt wy 'ouna ust summer, and within Ult dead. Of exaetlr th asm IM sold on tha Piazza. and nuterial "'wt tO dar Arnnn. .1 "6 SU as the specialities sold at the airar I.S4! a. uie aicrana prxeMtiaTf ftU figures coloured, and of format ion.

ioUr lookim mnnVZ f.t nM vrati vritt 'Ooaing monica, lat old and each with a whistle Wam JAl novdtylxa. becnintro tvv. awow .7 tne Una atk. iWv ivu head, an sanpty wicker bound rWalit aWem of faUure. But it would tU TtZ.u 1 to attempt to cnnmeraU wwrw oaar SIOCK SttbieCta of this riMrriri.

pe ef the pQirrilii eunin. in to children, from wooden what way Le it numerical strength ques tions which cannot be answered with any degree of certainty, jit suits tho purposes of the Central Government to have it broken up into a multitadeof camps widely distributed over the Empire, each lroTinco having probably from 20,000 to 100,000 men during time of war. Hut the standing Chinese Army is seldom much larger than what is required to act as a sort of constabulary, resident in guard station and camp in the various departments of the Empire. The number of olficers in active; service can always be aacertaiaed by reference to the quarterly Army and Xavy return ublished in Pekin, wnile the actual number of meu in th services can only, like the population of China, be approximately estimated. In regard to the question of military roads I quite sgrce with your Correspoudent.

Good roads such as would be avaUablo for a thoronghiy equipped transport corps can hardly be said to 'exist ia any part of China. The rivers and watercourse to a great extent supply th place of roads, and form a network of intercommunication' all over the Lin.L Many of these waterway could only be used for the transport of troop and baggage, by such appliances a the: Chinese themselves pocs boats specially; adapted for the navigation of shallow lakes, lagoons and streams. What understand by a properly equipped transport service accompanying an invading force would prove alaiost useless in suck a country a China, where there are extensive tracts of land subject to annual Inundation where there are few roads other than the footpaths along the banks of irrigated field; where, ia fact, a foreign army woald require either to make roads or intrust its stores and baggage to a contingent force in the shape of a Chinese transport Coeli corps, armed with nothing mar formidable than their bamboo carrying poles. London, Jan. 10.

KWANG TUKG. Foreiox and Exatisn Mobility. This year edition of the Alnianach de Gotha" now for the tint time poblish the titles of some English noblemen among the non reigning noble amilie ot Europe. The Almanack" however, although it include an enules and jaw btcakihg list of AVennaa count, cannot eondeseend to node any khingleweT than an duke. We are told all about the illustrious bou ot Jablooowiki, but such plebeians sjs the Earl of Derby or Lord de Eoe are sternly omitted frietn th company ol their betters.

British and Irish dukes will of course be pleased to learn that iu the opinion of the editor of the Gotha MAlmanach our ducal families dd not belong to any recoj nixed form of religion for while aentiou is always made ef the branch of Christianity to wnich noble famUie on the Continent belanx. no such statesaeut is made as to our own nuUcur, the natural inference being that our dale hare no religion worth mentioning. I learn from the Almaaach one of the Duke of lHvonshinl's residences is Bolton Abbey. No place rf abode auixved to the Duke of Beaofort, but doubtless Tin Urn Abbey "ill be noticed in the next edition as his airy and well repaired borne. Badminton (like Devosiahir liouaej being lelt iinmentiotmi, Vrtd.

other portions they were hostile, although he had exhi bited every proof ox confidence and friendship. He was accordingly obliged. to subdue, them after the massacre of his detachrcent under the command of the rrnfortuasie M. Linaut de Kellefouds. There is not tho slightest cause for anxiety respecting Colonel Gordon.

Xo man is better qualified to overcome the difficulties that are inseparable from such an enterprise. Gentle in peace and determined in war, he will assuredly succeed but it will be unfair to reflect upon him should future outbreaks occur in a country that, as your Corre. spondent remarks, he may have professed to have conquered. Outbreaks will generally occur in conquered savage countries, whenever the. yoke presses upon th native in the form of a rational Government.

The Ashantee were conquered only two years ago, but they appear to have forgotten the India was conquered, but the Mutiny was a serious warning, and ia so vast an extent of country as Central Africa, which embrace a variety of tribes, generally hostile to each other, it will be a difficult task to keep the peace, although a Government may control with the best intentions. The public may be certain that (D.V.) Colonel Gordon will find mean to succeed in spite of every obstacle. .1 am, Sir, yours, SAMUEL W. BAKER. Sandford Orleigh, Newton Abbot, Jan.

JO. storage and filtration. The ciua'ntity of water daily 'aupplied to the Metropolis has ranged from Zi gallons per Uead of the population to 301 gallons tho average tor the whole year being 337 gallons per head per diem. Month by month the proportions have as follows (JaRocsper 1373. 0 allocs eriliem.

Uoiues sutfJled. teaU itulr. januarr iu.rt,s u.z 1W.527.033 513 March K9LiSil 516.514 April mws.a.7 ilt2 Ma 121.543.I3S 5i7.43 Ja 1T.3S1.916 S18.127 i Juij 51S.5S3 Aurast lAieC.7 KS.563 September 117.7H7 Oetttbar U7.744.907 ovmber 139.933,771 S03X 1I1.01.34J 0.566 Averira 33 2 '2T2 lit '35 3 35 9 3i 36 3 34 2 34 SI'S at Ullia.737 About half of the water is derived from the about a third from the New Kiver and the Lea; and the rest from deepwciisin the chalk. The largest proportion of it amounting to about bO per cent. is usea lor domestic purposes and, considering tne requirements of a household, a daily supply of gallons 'per head 01 the population, or Vut lblf gallons per liouse is abundantly satncient' tor all domestic and sanitary HOME AltUiVAUS.

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st, from IKcpiw Stars, sc. Inui Godicaarc Kr.s."t.. moat fnrrr Ifc i tit th iroini ort troru tUna rati. Timu ituMtu most uncompromisjig its lauit is taat tfie quest.jn fro bouajv ii tpar st. frc ai Aniwwv berau.

solution either ia a positive' tafisuaa a rkter. nvut Kai two tinier. 1 1 auu ii s. iron I 3 ic. ktvm bwruejk orji.

negative sne. It is not a subject for proof either on it, ix wTarOtn. iroia Ateiwurae. one side cr the other, and the LaLince of. prcbaoUitics will Ia.vt.

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A. fwca .1 I iuhaei Ir ilrfaiJe AUCa appear to most minds to incline against It, aside C.leoe a. tot ir mr Caufja ltiia liyUv. rai jun ior the raoBisnt all oUestions as to tha ev.iater.ee and tha i Wijiyru rara nature: of and adnuttinj, for the sake of ar6n 'meat, the lcrufncietcy of oxidation even in a long run' of; river to effect the decompoaition of such bo iici, this view entirely leaves out cf sight the fact that every year many hundreds of fens of weeds spring up front and decay in the river bed, that thee must of necessity draw, tie greater jart of their nouruhmeut from the matter found iu solution in the water, and in turn impart to it the nitrogenous matter resulting from their own dicorepcaition. It is; clear, thetefore, ithat phrase, such a recent contaminatioa or previous sewage contamination, used, as we often see them, to descri'oe'the result of a chyciical examination of river water express theories and ot Iacts, anu do, iii effect, assume that wnich it is the business cf the to prove.

If Sir Edastnd teckett is right ih his asaeitiun that the purists," as he call them, cava uniformly failed to trace disease to tie use of Thame water, it would be a great' national misfortuna if the thiotuts of the Kivs. Folia tic a Commission should shcced in inducing our authorities to look to extraneous and distant source for tho water supply of London rather than to tlie Thames and Leu. The eiiurmous expen.es and the conflict, with powerful interests which sncu proceed ii gs would involve Would insure tha loss of many valuable years, and ail the measures now' in progress or in contemplation lor tLe improvement ot our existing sources of water supply would ieceive a severe perhaps a iatas cnece. 1 am, air, vour servant. OlLBhKr W.

CHILD. THE STA FF COLLEGE. TO THE EDITOK OF THE TIMES. Sir, I can easily imagine the glow ot satisfaction with which many people will read th regulations for admission Jan. 10.

The iicniau Act. writes to us Keference having beeu. made to the Irish Burials Act as a precedent for tngland, the following txtnsts from letters ot tlie Frimato of Ireland and the Bishop of Derry to au EngUsh Bishop, who appiiedto them for informatioa on the suoject and tor leave to make puhhc use of their answers, may be of interest TO your readers. It may be remarked tnat the list Irish Burials Act (31 and ictoria, chapter lU3j followed in thu next, year by the disasta bosnment of the Ciiuxtn. From his Grace'tiie I'nmato Dublin, Jan.

3, 1S7C My dear Lord, With respect to the Burials Act of irelan.L, lkidS, I was ia when it passed throuxh the House of Lords. 1 did iiut like it, but thought it better to' amend than oppose it. It is a onesided meaturiT, opening ocrbunal grouruis to every kind of Anssenter, but giving as no equiTa.eut ror instiCCf. if a Komaa Catholic or; a Presbyterian juined the Cnurch whoso family burial placa was in a chapel or meeting house grave sot auuuaaiyu fh Ik. Th.

mo juiu tu reau in suca case ti.o isartai otrrice. la a urte studious care to select none but the best men in the Army what similar Bill wa pasMd lor Ireland, giving the parish the close inquiries a to their fitness in intelligence, minister permission to ailow Dissenters to Mare a burial judgment, Uct, and physical cupacity he entire absence ff.rvice ia bi churchyard. I. wasincumbent of a parish.fcr v. years, and never once was asked permission, and there ot any loophole for favouritism; wdl prove a subject of i WJ onl oa, uion 1 only knew of one deep congratulation.

Well, it will be said, we shallnow lcaa0 where permission was askad and given to a Fresbyterian reap' the raits of all that ba beta dona for 20 years at miaister by tho Dean of Kilcioro to dehver a tunral that noble institution the highest and mot perfectly I oration in the burial ground. It has not been the habit of V. imti is "r.f rrvehweriii a Ka a.a tram iatemgenee the Armywm mfut la iu direction the day. of jobbing are over our military deceased, but none ia the burial ground. With respect to authorities are giving one more proof that they have cast all bad traditions' to tbe winds, and, thoroughly alive to the responsibility cast upon them, are responding w.th heart and soul to the desire of the country that our Army, though small, should be a perfect as care and foresight, exercised with unbending integrity, can make it.

Wall, Sir, those who Hatter themselves that these liberate preparations and precautions are really intended to produce any such result as this (so far, at least, as the military author! the Metnodists, Uith and Wesleyaa. so louz at I wa a parisn minister they always required the Burial ervice to be read by the clergyman, riince, however, I became Frimate, I have hrard of some cases of Wesley tn 'ministers, iefore lbCH, oa being refused permission, votfrui to intrude and one iastaiicc, since? Tt, of an iu into a graveyard of a ehapcl of ease wtere no rtut burial existed, and of an interment being elf ested without notiw given. 1 do not think either of the Burial Acts of Itfcfl orot lSo has been of the siizhtest iuse. They have Lad no Lcalicg eKect but, on the con fCrxoCTU. Jau.

i dir. I onu ixma 'rW aroa saA( LitkKi. Irwiu natejlork ue. ae, Uoai ill Marks zl Marsare. i' wa.

boiij (rou Ilia. rtou. st' tioia Ca.evX oood Hope. surtosr, Jan. 11.

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Jan. lft frota 31siua lirttf. (. oukTsrosra Capeta, tram ijuabeo tur laxulcat AlAUa ua i'riuii. lAvrxHtoL.

Jan. la ilarmtrite. rem Jeaa ue Acre CKroT ii In. a CaiUz. Jan.

IL Utrxaaia. St. tMa dew Yera I llcvtiiua, sfc, troui Uaire. Jie2ia3ce. rom Qneire.

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11. KStj Csrl. frxnf i'ors MmiL. Jaii. It, Iront Fortland.

yrtt NttoWN. Jan. Ii. Maratcoa. SL.

trom lANUon CIiar'iOtte Cruit.ltuu Prince iarl AOiciS waaUuiae.fros Harts 1 tM4.lauritiiLi Iwia Tajaiircs eaoerU troua Otlerfa A. ti. MttuViil. froos'slaitoauv4e. Jan, i Lmica (Jarrov.

rrooi Cataela Corinca, rom ChUi HiitFXiK Jaa. iiX Aarcn Eaton. Cothetburi Fiej. troas "reii (lector, st (row' airem a. lltn.

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ia Trlu. trom Paotaic Hsinrir (re fruntn Marcnina frjai 1'iWewaJia VUan. tjocu UoUmsiUus Lome. Irom lAleuse Ida Ueama. from Cartstlinsaiwl, 11 CU, Jaa.

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trosa ajsjoraaa varolaw Aoirast. rroci Kortoer seaioanJ. frejn lUrlmssa Ca jpao, st. rxons Incste Itcaard Atoaoo, st. trora HOME SAILIXGA.

GaAVX3X5nv Jaa. 11. James lUrraaa, at, tor Boabaj 'BrBe fat Sjmocx PaaL. Jan. 1L Etna.

St. trom Shk lds tor I'oit Ecno. ot Hen tone Alflce. lor loUratule Ixncres, tor Oenruefoa StaroT IVrm, lor Calcutta Kate t'poaa. for rMtoa lslaaU srneca.fr Ac for Srdney lAtorc Itooerta.

tor dannwgos. aoCTHasrPTOx. Jan. IL America, st. for Xw Vox st.

for West lwlbs. 1 LTMonu. Jaa. IL DrugM, tat Coronoa. r'atMocm.

Jan. lAJoan rwca, for Ataistast. fee Aiastenbui. liLocrxrta. Jan.

IL Kcsu Sverre, for Ral'lmors Otcar L. for IVnsacuaa, Urturoot. Jan. Il SIterta. st, rar Catoo Andean, st, for Care Hi il orav Ua.

it, lor lUUuaors DeTsrocJur CaicuUa dtfithct. fur AevOtMO reUauu. tor Charieswo ltu. fur. llaltliaor TtxiriMlaaii.

far Sootis West I'ua Lacj A. irt.tl. lor iiouioaT CaaUvortli. far Atwcastie llroa, lor lialtoo ArUnatm. for CfcJJ Mton loiu.

for Borosaus socKe bell, fcr Tjtae llarrr rjita, for Ilarauuali 1ce(vuic anJ Llua. bota for Jfew Orisaoa Ketomwlv for Ctl Maria, 'or Pobor tfc del Boscnts. for liiiuaiura Jtlver Tbaaics. for Vapaiaiso Jaae P't fee Mootwral Atari Ana. for St Mknaci's.

aWaasca. Jaa. la iiratia, for XUnisique 3T: 1. for Unuistaa iat ilroelielffiaDn. foe liarcalOBa Vesna.

for ConsUatl iiejUe ousUv z'rttanrst. for Harceiona. llta. STeurr. tar Caa nutr.

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litrWUH. for Knrraeh Hun SoaUana st. for Caiu tncAauursi, tor bt denaa Water for at. Vlii hai li I'Tareas. for ralpoL Ii 11a.m.

st, for CoOcobun Adam Earksr, si. for 11th. Anna Catharlna. for Saolra Joseph ears, lor Malwa for Lisbon Aaae. for ri Jan.

lit Laura tor Hart Lie Friacesi cf Ualaa, frjr Alumina lioa. jr 14ston Jofiatsiers, for Tntiearla fioiur Vietorie, for rtullifiTiIle. CtVliE. Jaa. Ih CaUrr.

st. for Senile apaaxer. foe Bavaacahv GiruetLvi. for Jsrua ha.fgj. foraocander tisutxialovrM.

Jaa. It Nonieu. for Uotnenboxs. DfBIX. Jaa.

11. ijnma, An.t.rp. Waxcaroac. Jao. IL LUlan.

(or Ulwr Hate. LAMIA.CX. Jaa. IL, Arctic, for JteefoilrsllamL IIICU VVATEU AT LOXlXjX ldUIXJK THIS DAT. Jljrnan 33 nJa.

after i i taiaf S2nua.aftar2 ties are able to prevent it) will find themselves wofuily rtcary, have stirred up strife, and hold out invitations to disappointed. The regulatioa In question ccraraence by i create parochial have few Dissenters the ery many cf their own Frtsbvteruns have burial ground sueofvinc the proportion oTcfficer of the Artillery sad I Boraanist never trou We our tew turul rouiids, and have Engineers who are allowed to enter, and it will be observed that, for some reason hot quite intelligible to ti cdinary Veslejaa 'are th pot. tlieir own in, general, but ratner love latrastua tbe most inclined to trouble us. But you variety oi ncsiiie iusnters and I Tub EorrriAX Scare. One day last week "a telegram wa received in the morning stating that Nubar Fasha had resigned.

Wait this resignation portended, or who Nubar Faaoa Is, was knows, we fancy; to few. But a large number of persons had made speculative sales of Egyptian stocks, and if they do not to Nubar a handsome testimonial they will be most ungrateful, for they made much money gut of him. We do not profess to understand exactly the slang of the Stock Exchange, but believe that these speculative seller are called "bears. It is, of course, their gam to promote and encourage every rumour which may affect the stock, which they have sold in order to buy them back cheaply. Like hunters, they stand with their guns ready to bag the herd which is being driven towards thesa.

Oa the day in question they accosted their friend with anxious face. Nubar has rvshrced, they said and they shook their bead and expUined.that it was all over with Lie succeeded lie, each one more preposterous than the former. The Kbedive ha insulUd Cave Ministers have telegraphed to Cave to leave Egypt Cave has left Eypt Th floating debt i ju, 000,000 I know it an intimate friend of Cave lias just received a letter from him stating the fact The coupons falling due ia January, will not be paid Lord Derby was dining last night with a lady he tout her to sell Egypt, and he winked. At lt a speculator gravely explained, to a crowd of haggard friead that be baa it on the best authority that 10,000 Russians ware on their way to Egypt. Since this day of dupes everything which ha occurred in Europe ha been tued to depress Egyptian stocks by these gentry.

"The news is bad from Feru, sell Egypt Tiuksy will not accept the proposals of Count Andrassy, tell Egypt Austria and Hungary are going ts war, sail Egypt." The moneyed classe may be wfelligent, bat they are of a most nervous temperament or rather, perhaps, wa should say that the speculators who liv from hand to mouth by malring bar gain on th Stock Exchange are nervous, for suspect that investors are commencing to realize th fact that th ti actuations in th market price of a security have very Uttia te de with iu real value, Wvrld. tune to tbe caurcn. It ts UuM uUr. uh for abunal service the aixaplest war would be for thcus to provide cemeteries of their own. If you desire, I can cet the Ilural Deans to make inquiry as to the elfect of thtr.ict of lgtH case was nvV quite alarming, tiiere being upv.sru ot in their lUaaiDtaaeries aadletyou kavc a lolUr account." i csildren sutfocatei in led annoaliy in central dit ine loilowts is an extract or a letter I row t.eLorU Btsnop of Dsrry aad ilano Faiace, Derry.

Uec. tt, ls7oi. My dear Lord, I snail try aau give you. sucu informatioa a I hav been able to acquire cn tlie question of burials in Ireland, aaud a heavy pressure of work and perpetual in' aanaeitv: thev are handicaPued bv bein obliged to pas in have in i.nzixnd a the first 20 (as if the object was to keep them out, if po have no doubt that in Act such a the Burial Act of Ireland Thar will not be keot out. however, but persist ia' wotild a of tttcea.irc, anaoyaeee and dispute.

I i. i I lboulU looieuponi tae psitng of sucn aa Act ax uusfor 1m ATnnm? tl.rt tlrt anil tATTie CUt in .111111:11 u. positions. How, then, are they dealt with in the aiaisn msnt of Staff apiointments Not very long ago, I ani informed, a very distinguished officer in one of these corps applied for Stall employment, lie had seen a good deal of active service, had gained bfh comniendation in it, and had been selected by the cJuef of hi own. branch for; srxmial service.

All this wa of no avail he was told that1 the hiriutt authority had determined that no oiScer belonging to his branch of the service should be employ ed on the Suff of the Array. Now, Sir, see how the public interest is served in this; matter. First, we give commissions In the Artillery and Engineers only te men who by success in an exceedingly' stu? open csmitition have proved their intellectual pre eminence we train them aU brancbe of military know ledge we then allew them again to compete with and to; hold a high place among (if not to beat). all the other officer in the army for Staff training, with the hope of atau em ployment and command and then, when they have proved every possible qualification, we shall allow them to be told jimoly that they shall not have these position. The position of the rest of the Army is one degree better; they are not absolutely shut out from Stan employ when they have passed the Stall College, but they find that wherea when the College was instituted it was laid down that after a certain number nf years none but those whe had passed through it would be eligible for Staff appointments except for special fitness proved in Active service, the recently published Queen Ilegulation remove all such rtrictioBS or sal guards against favouritism, except as regard th lowest grad of Stall appointments, and permits of officers being appointed to the ft ta who have sever won this privilege or gone through any special training for it at all snd his privilege of reverting to the old practice which Uefeats all our effort of 20 years is not, I am assured, allowed to remain a dead letter.

I do not think these things would have been permitted under Mr. Ca'rdwsll's and I think it would be well if the present Secretary for Wsr would realize in time: that he is responsible for th proper administration of the Army, and that hs very much mistake the feeling of the country if he imagines that it will long tolerate any rtura to the old ctoot. Your obedient servant, Jan. 10. WATCHMAN.

Lady 3Iedical Stcdsxb. The Board of Governor ef the'BirmiDjhara Queen Hospital hare passeJ a resolution in favour of ladies bein; allowed to attend clinical lectures at the icstitation, and of enjoying all tie other priviieges of the male student. Lvqcests. resterday jafiernoon ilr. Thomas, deputy held aa (cqucst at tie tag.

Dorset strvet, Maryleboneoa the boUy of Edwanl M. Callaghan, three onlhs, ehilJ of ashocrnaker living at fricg street. Uu SatuKut evening th father. wa working at hi trade until midnight, and tne toother, who went tw work at Carabtidge terraee, came home somewhat lats. They retired to real at 2 oa Sunday, and in th morning'at clock thy found deceased dead in bed.

Dr. limes, of 23. Manchestttr' street, Forttsaa square, sail de eeAseVlhad died front want of fresis air while in bed with iu parents. TLe jury agreed to a verdict of Acctdrntat The deputy coroner said the frequency ot tie i 1ICf ol jiiaoiesex alone: tie u.t not laeaa to explain u. tmi he might state that a very laie proportion, or.

tisose so. citjjns occurred on Snnaay morning.v It ctrgbt soffietia.es trosu ever inuuigance in urink by its parvutv j. i ana wacucti irons sne.iact or. iui parent workup tcrruptions. In l' an ActV commonly; known as and later oa Saturuays.

Dr. Tiue said tnat seven iu nunatts Act, was pa saeu. ine ooject was to etulue Nonconformist ministers and IComau Cathode pries to have a service at the grave, first applying to tne inecmbent for permission. 'Tnis was repealeU byj'ist chap. which ihipeaes with' th permission.

It requires truy" that the Nouconlernii.t minister or Bomaa C'atUoIij priest shall give notice to the person appointed by tne incumbent for that purxae, of the name and late resilience of the party, to be ocried, and ci the propoved tae of bcriaL ftervice may then be performed by the Dissenting minister or iSora.sn priest at tne. gravo but on oonJitioa that no celebration of Divine' Service, catechizing, instruction, or other burial service be appointed by the mcooibect or his lawful deputy tot performed at th time apavtfied ia the nn.l r.i airli I i I I. Ym iwfirrnrl itt. Sim notice, ot which the notiscr is to te informed at the time and place when he serves the notice, by the person appointed to receive such notice. This tie state of the law as recards the burial rounds ef tne Church of Ireland.

The Act of 31 Vict. Was certaialy pasd by the I'resbytiriaa influence brousht to bear spun the Government of the da v. although it had. never been the custom for Fresbytcrian I dtCeaseu's ainuters to cave any service in tne ounal erouXrU indeed. 1 think the former generation of Irish Fresbyteriaas made it ah objection of principle to the Church ut Ireland that she had a service over the grave.

At all events, such i iUndalL who at once ordered of the caes were found to occur cn SCbilay was held at Exeter ycjterday on tiat body of aiias jesaxo ruiwe. wnonaa uivii on tu prtvsuus num an overdose of chloral, Tte deceased, a lady of aooi.t 3, was stepdaughter of Mr. Vf, Kendaat, J.F.. tta wacui resjuled. i roxa the statement of Mary UitataA.

anu Harriet CtatuberLun, domestic ervast. it api eorrd li at for about two year the deceased had been in tteaabt: er taking Hunter's solution at ehivrai," ui ordrrto Atus pain in tho stomach, and limotid spoio to i often found the lady Ijiaj the sol arul." ut the fioor in an unconaciou state. Da Monday Mtsa Howe wa rather depressed and coaiplaiaed of tja pain, ahe asked lnmoinl let her tvve a sla oi chloral which had teea bought oa the la aa hour or tw later DuuJnd noticad tLat tLe bottle was half empty. About haH past 1. the servant found Miss Kewe lying on the fioor in, Ler raotcc anl thinking aha was asUep ah took no nauce of the luatur.

Suoeeqaently the servant placed a. pillow uniirr in dtdeaseu'a htsui and rnvrr! kr? with a. islri'aet. indeed, rinding at the expiration vf ais Lour and a' cr mure tnat Alls xhtwe did not waAe, tn sex; Vaata became aUrmed. and sent to the' Ciwb for ir.

a tuSccar man to religious exercise as they were, a a raattcr of fact. heiu at the house, and in. many piaces they still refrain frosu holdirg any out door service. 1 may aau; that at present there i coipotitioh on the part of both Komaa Catholics and Freaoytcriaas to aeqaire bcrial grosada of their own attached to their plaos.of worship. Ibe exceptions are mostly where tLere are old burial ci ootids in wwca ure are aow an uiuu.es in use, ous wicii were la otaer days the sitas of eoasatrated rinildga.

In ose pariah ia the uiocea tot 20 mile from Derry, there ate three such buri si; sro4nJj, beaidea that ia which, the ehurca stands. The answer to any argument drawn from the scp poa4 analogy 6f Irelanil rnight, I thiak, be farther trengtheneu by showing important dirTerrnce ia the cir eumstsae of the two roantrie. In Irelaad we hare pracQcaliy only two bodies of any importance external ta tha Cknrch the Fresljunans ami tne Siomia Catholics. We have bo Secularisti. who would declaim against the Besurrectioa and the iraroortaiity of the souL and few cf the more violent fanatic who wiald lor to insult the Church in her own consecrated zrouad.

Arain. in nut I district in th i South and West, the exclusive possesslcn undr the Uireftioa of a meuscal man. vine vi jury I of burial CTocnds bv a handful of Mottle wotiU Ij. l'maAi tkat its sal shoold i isahI been rcived from tbe Qutea for th patients ia University practical aonrualv of a very markad character, wti a could I reaUicdons as poijotu. Verdict.

lhit t.vtu aa atci Cllg IlostaV, liiotoiialaxlaad." daatal evardua of sacal. Royal PKEstSTa or Game. Thejsnperintendeni of Guy Hospital beg to acknowledge through Tie Tim.fi the gut ol nrace ot iiiisiuu uvu ytc patients of the hospital Twenty brace of pheasant have fetched. Dr. Fcrkiit saJl that Mk iuwe had bccisdcad icor tnan an hour.

Search was tvtade or tae Wttle of chloral, bet it could not be found, tat ou the rjictvi sfcetf there was a wine glass half sta of ir. Frkih aacertauied be water, eoatatntaj. Jo i'ttina" of chloraL Tnere were sevetas empty ci.iorai utUcs. 4tta directions on the label stated tiut ftvsa aalf to a whole tcajpounfal ru ght be by an adslt, Thi being aa iaderuuU' quantity, te ta.t wrtttrtr. to the ioaker asking the strength, of tirf swm tictxj acd had received a telrgrapiuc.

reply to the esfect Ua: each drachm conUiaan li grain of chtoraL A foil bottle ould. therefore, cositut jrain v' Tfiwlt neas estimated that Occcaaed probarjy fa tSr hours VZj "grains, from io Ur grata beusj a c3ttsfte. doae. A much aa 51 grais had beesi taken at a Cur, Lat it took several doctor fur bours to trjag tbsivmsl lo TLe nnnediate caU'O of iltaia ia tteu rssnr were congestion of the luags and wLjca, assgsr Lnduced by aa everdoe of chicral. Dr.

Ferkin. tssetf a higaly daageroc a drug ought never to Ut litis ualca.