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TSBKdllS00 'CONFERENCE. (not ota on ooubnxdut.) SHANGHAI, AC. WhIlvwToU we were waiting to lean Sir Tfcomas Wade's answer to Li llung ohang request that he would oome to Tientsin. My anticipation that tha British Minister would decline the invitation proved correct, I tm not win in what Uraa the refusal in, conveyed, bat the despatch of another gunboat to Tientsin was a practical commentary oa th threat held oat of a mob rising. Man of war of other nationalities also arriving in the Poiho at the sound of danger, the excitement subsided as rapidly as it had arisen.

For a few days there probably was real danger. Whether the was a spontaneous one on the part of the THE TIMES, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 187G. exciting hostility and contempt among a people so ignorant and superstitious that no charge, however outrageous, eoema too extravagant for belief. I hire written so far of what Is happening In thi extreme West, I mentioned in my last letter some horrible outrages in AnhweL I oome now to a place called Woosih, within 100 miles of Bhanghal. bome weeks ago I mentioned tho existence of a curious excitement oa the subject of tail cutting.

People here and there wore losing their qututt, and not only were these appendages being severed in an' inexplicable way, but a rumour got abroad that people so mutilated would die within 100 days. The mania did not last long in Shanghai, though the attack was a sharp one. During its continuance the following placard was posted in one of the principal streets in the settlement "Just bow corrupt practices are becoming fearfully common, and hsve extended rrea to tail clipping, and alannis to Ull the people thst thoe who tails art cut will people, or whether It was instigated, as I bare die within th year ethers say withia 100 days. This surmised, by Li himself, it is certain that it passod i comae of the foreigners' religion. They employ this thing lor a time beyoud his control, and that he was practically besieged by the mob in his own palace.

However, quiet was eventually restored, and Li was able to leave on the 17th inst. without any opposition. Ho arrived at Chef oo on the 18th. in the China Merchants' Company steamer Fung shun, escorted by three gunboats, but did not land till the follow ing day. I cannot do better than quote an account riven by the correspondent of the Sorth China 1 1 mild of the display with which that ceremony was ctfoctod At about half past 2 o'clock the boom ef two from the Chlneee gunboats in harbour announced that the Chtaes plenipotentiary was leaving the Fungshun for the tkor.

Immediately afterwards a steam pinnace with the lniwrial ensign flying from the stem and stern, and towing two shiji cutter, containing Ii Hung chang and his suite. advanced rapidly towards the Customs' jetty, and landed the great teaman who has come here to treat with Sir Thomas Wade on the momentous question whether China is to bind itself to est lastly iasll relations with Great Britain for the future. The troops, which were paraded on the jetty ia expectation of the event, formed in close order, and the banners spread oat their varied colours in the air. Officers rushed about as quickly as their elnmsy ceremonial boots would allow them. The illustrious pereooage for whom all this, pompous reception had been prepared as cended the steps st the end of the jetty, and, after interchanging salutations with the Mandarins who were deputed to meet him as he set foot in the Province of Shantung, Cot into hit tedsa chair, and was bcrne quickly along the ranks of the soldiers (who bent their knees te him as hs pessad), and proceeded to the Foreign Custom house buildings, where a room had been prepared for his formal reception by the Taotais.

These officials, following the traditional usage, met the Governor General at the gate of the court yard and conducted him inside the house. Li llung chang seemed to have laid aside the lofty bearing for which he is distinguished, and walked with a slightly forward inclination of his body but his features appeared serene, and, to judge by the bland smiles of the Taotais who saluted him, and whotpok in the most affable of tones, there was nothing but satisfaction apparent in the group of native celebrities thus brought together. After a very short interval, the Governor General resumed bis journey, and. reached his temple, home in time to receive a few visitors and to witness the harbinger of approaching fine weather in the ruddy clouds ef the western sky before sunset Naturally enough, the path to the bill was thronged by boats of curious Chinese and even of some few foreigners who were desirous to catch a glimpse of the remarkable personage who was dwelling on its The exported conference has drawn together a remarkable assemblage of notabilities. Besides the British and Li Hung chang, the chief actors in the drama, there are the Russian, Austrian, Gorman, and American Ministers already arrived, and the representativos of France and Spain on their way.

Mr. Robert Hart, the Inspector General of Customs Mr. Macpherson, the Commissioner of Customs at Tientsin Mr. Glover, the Commissioner at Shanghai and Mr. Giguel, the Director of the Foochow Arsenal, have all found some special business which requires their presence at Chefoo at the present moment.

The first interview between Sir Thomas Wade and the Imperial Commissioner was held on tbo 21st, at the British Consulate. Nothing is yet known of what transpired, but there is some anxiety lest things may not go so smoothly as was anticipated. Li himself is believed to be strongly bent on maintaining peace, and to have exerted all his influence at Pekin to induce concession to the British demands. Whether the hostile counsels of the war party may not prevail at the last moment to upset the arrangement remains to be decided. It has been suggested that in such a case Li, disgusted, and knowing the hopelessness of war, might himself assume the reins of power.

If he can rely on his soldiery, there is nothing in the North to hinder him. But he has not a good cry on which to go to the country. For a Mandarin to 'rebel against his Sovereign is infamous in Chinese eyes. There are cases which justify rebellion, but it must corns from the people. Li might have hsd an opportunity at the time of the last Sovereign's death the proceedings regulating the succession were so irregular that he had an excuse for interfer ing but in tho present instanco he would appear as an advocate foe concession to foreigners.

The! fact might be disguised under a cloud of platitudes, which the Chinese are adepts in composing but it could not be altogether got rid of, end the difficulty might, I think, be fatal to any such pretension. In the meantime, Sir Thomas Wade has taken the rather startling step of stopping the trains running on the Woosung Railway and tbo Chinese, of course, at once report that Li is dictating terms to the British Minister. One cannot be too careful of such rumours in this country, and Sir Thomas Wade must have had some very serious reason for incurring tho comment, which he should have foreseen. Report says the step has reference to. the attitude taken by the local authorities with regard to the man who was killed on the line a few weeks ago.

The Taotai demands tho life of the driver of the engine. But I can hardly conceive that Sir Thomas Wade would take such an extreme I step in consequence of any extravagant demands made regarding a death which seems to have been to drive people into their sect. Certainly it is not a trick of Chinamen. I did not believe there really was such thing as tail clipping until I went to the foreign settlement and used my eyes and ears there, sad found there was no tniUk in the matter. It is clearly a Christian device for injuring the people and soiling the country, Let all ponder va this admonition.

Like the cholera, the tail cutting epidemic tra velled about, beinz rarely found in two districts at once, rt is just now raging at Woosih, and there is superadded an extraordinary belief in a some thing which takes its position over persons sleeping. Starting about th size of an insect, it grows larger and larger till about the sue of a cow or a none, and crushes the sleeper to death. This is marvellously suggestive of nightmare to a 19th century European intelligence, but to the inhabitants of Woosih it is such a terror that they dare hardly sleep, and pass the night beating gongs to keep the evil influence a war. We mizht smile at the superstition, but it alio is used by the literati to oxcite hostility against foreigners. Missionaries and their converts are accused of practising the magic arts by which these results are attained and thn magistrate, who seems to bo trying to do his duty, is accused of foreigners became, at tho instance of the Roman Catholic Bishop, he has released, on bail, some Christian Chinese who had been handed over to him by the mob as im plicated in tho sorcery.

A Chinese Christian' preacher who was sent to the Yamen to interfere on behalf of one of tint prisoners was beaten nearly to death, by the mob as be left. It is likely that the prolonged disagreement over tho Yunnan affair has an indirect effect in leading to these disturbances. The knowledge that severe reparation is being demanded irritates the literati, who sympathize with the crime and the longer i ij ii ii i tno negotiations are protracted we more wis ieei ing will grow and extend. On every ground it is to oe hoped that the Conference now being held at Chefoo will lead to a spoedy settlement. The present state of uncertainty is causing uneasiness both among foreigners and seriously hampering trade.

(rsoM Ajfoinxa coabzspoxdext.) CHEFOO. Aca 21 Although tho murder of Mr. Margary occurred in Fobruary, 1875, it will doubtless seem strange that 18 months should have elapsed since then, and that negotiations are still pending on a matter which, if tho Chinese Government had wished to act in good faith, might have been summarily disposed of before the end of last year. It will possibly be ia the remembrance of many persons that last autumn Iler Majesty's Minuter was reported as having delivered an ultimatum, which resulted in his Excellency being able to send the Hon. L.

G. Grosvenor to Yunnan, for the purpose of in quiring into the circumstances of Sir. Margary's murder. There have since been whispers current at Pekin during the past winter that certain high provincial officials were compromised by some sort of complicity in that deed of blood, and there were also some endeavours made, by the publication of reports from the Imperial Commissioner, Li Hung chang, to throw all the responsibility of the murder upon savage tribes not subject to Chinese jurisdiction. Whatever may have been the officially known character of the information which reached the British Legation at Pekin respecting the cir cumstances of tho outrage complained of, the con elusions arrived at must have warranted very de cided conduct on the part of Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, for, by Midsummer of the present year, his Excellency was again absenting himself from the Chinese capital, and remaining in Shanghai in expectation of further communications from the North and from England, What has passod since then has, doubtless, been both important and effective, for, although rumours have attributed much' altercation on both sides, and even extreme mea sures have been considered imminent in consequence, it has been deemed necessary by tho Chinese Imperial Government to send tho Grand Secretary, Li Hung chang, Governor General of Ghihli, as Special Commissioner, with extraordinary powers conferred by Imperial edict, to settle with Sir Thomas Wado oil matters in dispute arising out of the Msxgary murder and the attack on Colonel Brown.

There was some hesitation in deputing so high a personago of the Chinese Empire to treat with the British Plenipotentiary at Chefoo and some misgivings have been ascribed to the (jrand Secretary himself as to the possible effect of such a step on the public opinion of the Chinese nation, which is at present sorely irritated by famine by tho extraordinary, and apparently, useless outlay of money for the purchase of warlike material and by tho protracted minority of tho Emperor, which threatens prolongod disordor and misrule. It will havo to bo remembered that the British Government has not chosen this unfortunate moment of public calamities for establishing, mutually satisfactory relations with tho Chinese nation. Tho procrastination of last year, and tho trilling of Prince Kung with Sir Thomas Wado's reasonable demands, have forced us to try to settle a suicide. However, thero is the fact tbst the our disputes with China simultaneously with the trains aro stopped. The construction of the line, internal disasters which distress the Empire, and however, is going and it will be completed to any fatal consequences of such coincidence must rest Woosung in a few days.

on the heads of tho native negotiators. Bofore the of these distinguished representatives of the Western nations was so impaired as to' require the invigorating sea breezes of Chefoo to restore them to strength, there might be something in it which would render their sojourn here explicable. But nothing of this sort can be alleged. The Ministers seem all on friendly terms with Li Hung chang, and remain closeted with him for hours when they meet. They fearlessly expose themselves to the burning heat of the mid day sun to witness the manoeuvres and drill practice of the native troops.

taught by a German military officer, and passed in review with the words of command in German for their special benefit. They have become enthusiastic admirers ox Chinese artillery practice, and manage to pass their time in giving and receiving compliments, which would almost suggest the possibility of the Uhinese and Uennans having formed a mutual admiration society on the model sug gested by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Chefoo has quite anothor appearance since the arrival of so many distinguished personages, and with the appearance of so many war vessels in the bay. How long this gathering will last depends on the issue of the diplomatic conferences. These may bo hastened by outsido events scarcity, if not famine, which threatens the Provinces of shantung and Chihli troubles in Honan, almost amounting to rebellion dissatisfaction throughout the Empire at Imperial misrule war on tho frontiers with Turkistan an impoverished exchequer a minority for at least 12 more years darkening the Imperial it it 1 i I T1 inrone me misruio oi toe ranpress negens ana, towering above all, tho forced elevation of Li Hung chang to a political ascendancy in tho Empire, which can be only consolidated with safety to the State by his assumption of the supremo The anti missionary movement, to which I Envoy's coming to Chefoo was finally arranged an power de facto, as he has it now de jure.

All these of the confidential foreign adviser of the bar) been so often described, and the sameness of their pageants Is so proverbial, that the rsmsia brance of previous descriptions of solemnities like what occurred at Ii Hung chang's reception by tho authorities of the Prtmnce of Shantung almost deters one from attempting what might be considered a repetition. Suffice it to state that the naual parade of troops came off, the customary waving of banners and flourish of trumpets, and other military salutes welcomed this Commander in Chief of the Chinese Army as he stepped ashore in the Province which is celebrated as being the birthplace and the tomb of Confucius. The troops bent their knees to his Excellency aa he was borne rapidly along in his tate chair, much in the same way as the French regiments at Rome showed their respect for Pio Nono during the miUtaryoccupa tion of the Eternal City. A temple on hill, to the south of Chefoo had been prepared for his temporary residence here, and before sunset he was visit Tsuug Ii Yamen, who had arrived a few days pre viously, ajid was waiting the arrival of the statesman. Sunday was, of course, a dies turn, and early on Monday morning the long procession of Li Hung chang and his suite descended the mountain road, and, traversing the outskirts of the native town and the principal street of the foreign settlement, and ascending Yentai Hill, arrived at the British Consulate 'to pay his formal visit to Sir Thomas Wade.

His Excellency remained for more than two hours with Her Majesty's Minister, and although it is reported no serious business was transacted, the conference may be considered as opened by that event Before returning to his home Ii Hung chang visited the United States' Minister, whose bungalow is close to tho British Consulate, and the Austrian Minister, who is residing in the adjoining villa, occupied by the Com missioner of Customs and on iuesday be went to his visits of etiquette to the German and ussian Ministers. On Wednesday morning, at about 10 o'clock, Sir Thomas Wade landed fro en Her Majesty's ship Vigilant, accompanied by Vice Admiral A. P. Ryder, Commander in Chief of the China station, with his stall, and Mr. Mavers.

the accomplished Chinese Secretary of Legation, and proceeded to return the visit ot id uung chang at the Yn hwanu ting Temple on the hill. They were most oohtelv received, and on taking leave the Imperial Commissioner accompanied them a short distance down the hilUn token of esteem for their visit. In a few days more the formal tiancu of the conference will be held, and it is to be hoped that the Chinesa Government will see the wisdom of yielding to Sir Thomas Wade's demands, which, from all that is allowed to transpire on the subject, are moderate in substance, but of great advantage with a Tiow to the placing of our future re lations on a proper basis. It is astonishing to hear the various reports ingeniously cir culated by the Mandarins and their foreign friends and admirers about the respective atti tudes of the Chinese and British Governments. It is still more stramro to hear the comments on British policy which are indulged in by every one who considers himself entitled to attribute wrong i i ari motives ano overoeanng conaucs to our minister.

At one time one bears that the are op pressed by British unbearable demands that we are asking what can never be granted, except with the certainty of such concessions ending in anarchy and that if the Chinese had the power they would be lustihed in resisting us. All this is said by the very persons who, if they had the Op portunity, would show themselves a thousandfold more exacting than, ourselves, and who hope to curry favour with the Chinese under the pretence of extending to them a fallacious sympathy which can only lead them astray, and, possibly, produce even THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Our Philadelphia Correspondent writes under TUE LATE MARQUIS of TWEED DALE. We have Ia raesirti thm Amtth wMrh ivwiwxi at Yester House. Haddingtonshire, vestardav mora date September 23 ing between 0 and 10 o'clock, of Lord Tweeddale, "The elsctkas ia Ohio and Indiana, upew which popular who had.

held the dignity of a coronet for a beBef hangs the fate ef the rival candidate fsePraeidaat, longer period than any other member of the Peerage, iQ be held on Tuesday, OeuUr 10, abwat th ttsae thia whether in England, Scotland, or Ireland, and was letter sees the light Ia both States thar Is a general State all bat the senior officer holding a commission in ticket voted for, so thst la Ohio th vet for Secretary of Her Majesty's Army. He had never entirely re Stat and in Indiana ib rot for Gore oar, for wfekh covered from the injuries he received a short time oScs ballets will be cast all ever the respective Stat, ago in his room at xester House, when he accident will gir an idea at oac as to which parry has th ally leii in front of the bra and was burnt on the back. The most noble George Hay, eighth Marquis of Tweeddale, Earl of Gifford, and Earl of Tweeddale, in the county of Peebles Viscount Walden, and Baron Hay, of Yester, county of Haddington, all in the Peerage of Seotknd a Knight oi the Order of the Thistle, a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Hereditary Chamberlain of the Royal Palace of Dumfermline, since 1823, Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire, a General in tho Army, and Colonel of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, was born on the 1st of February, 1787. He was the eldest son of George, seventh Marquis, by his wife, Lady Hannah Charlotte Maitland, daughter of James, seventh Earl of Lauderdale. He entered the Army in June, 1804, as ensign, and obtained his lieutenancy the same year, almost immediately after succeeding to the family honours on the death of his father, who was taken a prisoner by the Emperor Napoleon, and died at Verdun, in August, 1801.

In May, he gained his commission as captain, and served with Lord Wellington in the Peninsula as assistant quartermaster general, and also as aide de camp. Ho was present at the battle of Vittoria, where he was wounded, and for which he obtained the medal and he also took part in the battle of Busaco. He served also subsequently in the American war, where he was again wounded. He was appointed, in 184G, Colonel of tho 30th (the Cambridgeshire) Foot, and was trahsferreti in 1862 to the 42d (Royal Highland) Regiment Black Watch and to the 2d Regiment of I Life Guards in September the succeeding year. 11 is commissions bore the following dates Ensign, RAILWAY.

ACCIDENTS. About half paet 1 o'clock yesterday merntaf a retsxa evcnrikei train from LosWon, heavily lades with passengers tor Eagby, Coventry, ffirmiaghanx, sad Wolves baaptoa, was approaching BUrkly station, est the London and 27orth Watxm Bail war, whea into violent eoCUco with a goods train vhieh. emerging from a aiding. The engine of the train wa eves turned aad thrown down eaibaakxsMl Th nard's van was forced ahaes fate majority. Tie Ohie.

victory seems to ccnc1d ia adranc to the Bepublicaas, but it is laposaibl bow to forecast th probabiliria ef the Tndmna aUction. Each party appears to ha almost 1st the canvass else where dormant, so as to pour all its means and energies into th Ohio and Indiana elections. Our civi battle tar mtcx been waged with more nrzy. and th party that wins will dMrr it succ. You will quickly learn th Isdiana result, and then may expect to see th parti elsewhere shaping the final battle.

If th Eepublicans elect Benjuaia Harrison Governor of Indiana, CoTemor Hayes will hay a sure road to suecess ia November, for th Democrats will almost in 'adranc giy up th conUst. If, oa th ether hand, the Democrats should elect Jam D. Blu Williams CoTmor cf Indiana, there will bo the most earnest kind of a battle, for th Democrats will anticipate success, and labour to earn it by carrying such doubtful States as 2iew York. 'ew Jersey, Jw Hampshire. Connecticut, and Wisconsin ia November.

whS I wf a in Kepaoucsns wju lanocz wuii ia energy ox oepair to ticket platform when it keep the control of the Government have held sine ironsUne, forming part of I SCI. With a decisive Democratic majority in TndUni, Governor Tilden would almost grasp sucuss. How earnestly the politicians are Isbocriag If shown by the sudden carrying of Jlr. Blain out te Ohio and Indiana to oak speeches. was har had a public reception in Philadelphia on September 23, bat could not wait to be lionised.

It is an ordinary thing to have 40,000, 50,0.0, and sometimes as high sj 100.000 people at the great political demonstrations they ara how getting np in those Statea. It is out of th question for an orator to talk to so vast a crowd, so half a dozen platforms are erected and many orators harangue at the same time, wfcil music, "bonfires, are works, sad similar attractions amus the thousands who cannot get vi.Vin 1 1 June, 1804 Lieutenant, October 12, 1801 Captain Tnl. 7 7 TT r1 cJvt 'life In Ohio nd TnUn. th. w1pij1 tame elsewhere.

May 14, 1807 Major, May 14, 1812 Lieutenant ai vrr n.ii i lui'i or Outside of thoae States th public are awaiting their Major GeneraL Januar 10, 1837 Lieutenant J.6, PennlT4n whet Tear, too by nber 'J. 1H4G June 7 tn absorbing interest th Centennial xhiMUon lo and rieid Jiarsnai, Jlay lbto. no was nominated a Companion of the Bath in 1815, a Knight of the Order of the Thistle in 1820, a Knight Commander of the Order tho Bath in 1862, and a Knight Grand Cross of the same, military division, in 1807. Ho also held for some years an appointment at Court as Gold Stick in Waiting on Iter Majesty. The late Marquis, who sat as one of the Repre sentative Peers for Scotland in very many Parliaments, held the post of Governor of Madras and Commander in Chief of that Presidency from 1842 to 1848..

It will bo remembered that in August, 1846, while holding the Governorship, he re solved that tho Bible should be made a class book in the schools of the Presidency, though, at the same time, he protected the natives by a Conscience Clause, to the effect that attend ance at the liiDie ciass snouid do leu optional. This however, was enough to wound the susceptibilities of. the natives, who presented a memorial on the subject to the Court of Directors in Leaden hall street, and in the end Lord Tweeddale found that it was necessary to withdraw the obnoxious measure quietly. His Jjordstnp married on the 2sth of March, 1816, the Lady Susan Montagu, third daughter of William, fifth Duke of Manchester, but was left a now dwarfs everything else." a perpendicular position, the tht pi sei ngir carriage flang across th lis, aad another of the carriage aad th road way cocsideraUr dsmsged. Th paeseagar traia had fortunately alarkmed speed just Were th conTitoB.

aad was proceeding at the rate ef little men thas 13 b2 as injuri, more or lees, serious, to between 20 aad 30 pas senders. Several of then are Mverely hroiaad aad cat about the, bead and fac but, so far a is at present ascertained, so bce were broken. Among th injured ara tae following Eiraicgbaa residents Mr. T. (i Tace, Mr.

Hubert Meers. Ms. O. Tamer, Mr. E.

Turner. Mrs. K. Avery, and Mrs. SL Abbott.

Th accident fa attributed the guard cf th goods train mtstsrmg his stgaalayr Oa Monday' Tniag a soma what serious aeddest happened on th Great Northern Railway at Th company har erected large good sheds upon th Holmes, a pieca of land just ontsid th city, by way of increasing th accommodation at rssssrrsr station in th city. Th new good department was opened oa Monday morning, aad th accident bappend tber ia the evening. Th train from Batfurd reaching lir.o ln at 3 5 was running through th Holme to th 2i ia collision wita a track a train which by sots means had not bean ahuntad clear of th main Hn. Th xgin aad foremost carriage were ccsaiderably shattered, aad. live passengers wer errinuslv injured, thw lest, who were not numerous, being mors or less shaken.

Last evening. Mr. Jam Murphy, scrgeon dentist, tret, rvendish quare, was lying in Charing era Hospital in a dying stat. It appears that th unfor rentlamaa, in alighting from a carriage at the Chariag croea Terminus, slipped and fell whil th trsta was in motion. He got crushed between th tram and th platform.

Hi injuri were fearful Captain Tyler be finished hi inquiry into ta eir cumstaac connected with th accident that occurred oath 4th inst. to a passenger train atta Weetoa snper Mar sUtioo on the Great Westers EaUwsy, and th collitvn was th result of a of cautioa oa th part th ngia drivr ia approaching the station at rather too hijh a speed on a day when th rails wr slippery from a misty he was not supplied with sand box on his engine to cnahl his under each cir cumstancr easily to bring hi traia ton stand ia th station Colonel Hutchinson also has finished hi inquiry inia thav. circumstances connected with th accident which occurred on th 2d inat. at Blackburn Junction, Accringtoo, oa th Lancashire aad Yorkshir Railway. Whea aa xeuitv train from wod Bridg to Blsekpool and back waa pre dafe WnCUC 'kffi0 date Jept.

Id whe tt ijTk eosrane ef.the Trie en. M.w.XrUB sVI f. 41.. 1W.li..tl.1 aJt. I tl.

2 TV TJ a. vusj buwua aa a aa avAa ujai sawautju vwvaa i 1 worse consequences. Others, less prejudiced against widower in the Spring of 1870. By his marriago he untisr interests ana innnence, declare tost unina Biz sons. Ji lenner is ready to yield everything, 'and that a friendly understanding may be secured by moderation.

But all this means that if we let the Chinese Government have its own way, it will smile and look pleasant, and, continuing its traditionary principles. will wait until it ha cot more troops and more artillery to drive us all away from its soil. It is strange, from a certain point of view. that Chefoo has suddenly become the rendezvous of all the foreign Ministers, who should bo at the present moment at their posts at Pekin or on the hills near the capital. If these diplomatists bad i i ii.

ir xr At oroaen on reiauons wiin me xsung iami presence here might possibly be accounted Vil i wart Vt Qtw 's'Ksrwaei was a Lady of the Bedchamber to her Royal Hich llwUUt.ew SJV ktUlaUwUUU UVetUUUl wMStl MAW I a 11 I 1 i i ft ness the Princess of Wales, and as by her ho has their anxiety to be near the scene of Li flung Wl aax Ifl William Chang's interviews and conferences with their noaga xiay, ox ie engai uivu service, necomes colleamia of Great Britain. If. in fact, the health fleir PraP" BOBUUn seven daughters and one was Marchioness of Dalhousie, another is Duchess of Wellington, and another is the wife, of Sir Robert PeeL Ilis eldest son, George, Earl of Gifford, having died without issue a few years age, he is succeeded in his Scottish titles and estates by his eldest Surviving son, Arthur, Viscount Walden, a Colonel in the Army and a Unlght of the rurkuh Order of the Medjidie, and formerly an officer in the Grenadier Guards; who now becomes ninth Marquis. Ills Lordship, who was born in November. 1824, married, in xlelene JUeanore Uharlotte I Aniniitfl.

onlv child of tha lata Uount Adolnhn for or ueTusta Frederick of Kielmansegge, Hanoverian Minister at mo uourt oi sc. ames s. iaay taiuen though for the other leading State ofSces th combined vote of th Republicans and Independents was in xeee of th Democratic. Th Sut Senate during last Session numbered 23 Democrats to 17 Republicans aad Indepen dents, and the House 63 to 11 Sine then, however, tha Demoeratie Legislature has done much to merit condemna tion, and the Independents headed by United State Senator Booth, have joined the ranks of th Republicans, so that this change ia the aspect of affairs has caused California to be placed ia th list of doubtful States, and the energy and enthusiasm with which the contest is being pursued on both tide only shows how rrealy parti are balanced. The innuenc of California, which has six vote out cf a total 'of will of coarse be infinitesimal, aad, indeed, with three vote to Oregon and three to Kervia, tho Pacino States count but 12 to tea altogether, aad will hav no real influence as th campaign progresses where the larger issues presented ia th north eastern, iMn southern, and western Stat and th court of events there will hav considerable influence oa this coast.

Th Oregon Legislature, which met at Salem on th 11th will elect a United State Senator within a few days, but that will have little effect on the popular vote aad ia California, Oregon, and Nevada, th question is an open one, both parties fealing sanguine of success, and th newspapers of both claiming unprecadantadly larg numbers of member in the rival political Clubs organized rat where ever the Statea "Whatever th merits th skilfully manufactured party platforms may personal qualification ef Hayes over Tilden are widely accepted here, and it will net surprising if California go for Hayes. Th only point of advantag that th Democrats her hav over th Republicans 'is their attitod oa th Chin qmition, and that will doubtless count for a good deal with th Irish voters and the other manual labourers. After all, however, oa requires to on tk spot to realize how hollow is th anti Chin see agitation. Th who thing consists of bot a fsw Clubs, a few noisy meetings, a few harmless resolutions such as are dear to th heart ef the pettlfoeriaa agitators and political hangers on to found in every American city, a few occasional outrageous attacks by the roughs on unoif ending Chinamen, and th breaking of a few windows in Chinese cigar shopj or laundries wher th boys and hoodlums are marching horn from torn meeting where they hav deluded themselvee into th belief that they hav been doing something pa trio ti. Tha Chinese question can only dealt with by th Gorera Hay, of Yester, by solemn investiture in Pariiamont Lessor at Washington, and not by th States in January, i o.

ills son and successor, the mau ohmw wnm second Lord Hay, fell at the battle of Flodden th Chines ha been believed in far too seriously ia th Field and John, the eighth Lord Hay, having i Extern State. However, so far as a desire to do jostle held the command of a regiment of horse in the 'he Chinese will prejudice th contest, it will tell army of King Charles at the commencement of cinst th Republicans. the Great Rebellion, was advanced to the Earldom The question of hard money or soft money doe of Tweeddale in 1046. His son and successor, not enter very much into the ontrovrsy her, as John, second Earl (who was a Commissioner of the gold is th standard currency, aad both parti are Treasury, and one of the Extraordinary Lords of naturally ia favour of resumption ot sped payments Session in Scotland, and eventually Lord Chancellor as early as possible. Although th silver lntereet of that Kingdom), married a daughter of the 1 is th preponderating on on this coast, both parties re" bold Buccleuch," and was raised in 1694 to gard the question of the dooble standard aa an pen on.

on, which it is hoped the Surer Commission appointed by th Legislator at Washington, now about to eommane its sittings in New York, will enable a conclusive opinion i to bo formed. All through the discussion at Waahiactoa The interest manifested ia th Presidential elctioa is ahrnalmaa shif tin th facinz paiata Th aeddmt. he of unusual intensity in this State, and it is highly probable 1 finds, was caused by a very singular 'act ef forgeUulneeer thst thevouwiUUth. largest been PUd IWpS1KltSr in proportion to th population. Th.

Stat, actions of KktbrbeTI aedden! last autumn gave th Democratic candidate for Oovwmor could not hav oixuired and it Is mock to be regrntad 01,509 rotes, being a majority of 425 over the vote for th i that th Lancashire and Yorkshire Company shoald have Kepublican and Independent candidates put together. The founder of the house of Hay, or Haye, as it was anciently written, according to sir uernard Burke, was William de Haya, who settled in Lothian some seven centuries ago, and filled the office of Royal Butler to the King of Scotland in the reign of Malcolm IV. and of William the Lion. He became the progenitor of the Hays, Earls of Erroll, and also of tho line from which tho subject of this notice was directly descended. His lineal representative, John Hay, of Yester, in the county of Had dington, was created a Peer of Scotland as Lord TI i 1 I the Marquisate.

effort was made at Tientsin to create a feeling of alarm for the safety of British subjects resident there, by placards resenting the departure of Li Hung chang, and by rumours that his absenco would Ieavo the rabble and soldiery of that city without control, and that a repetition of the massacre of 1870 would ensue if their chief went away. Representations were even made to this work to catch the Christians among tho crowd who effect, to dissuade Sir Thomas Wado from insisting have several times lately referred, seems rather inclined to spread than to subside. A letter from a French missionary living at Cheng tu, the capital of Sze chucn, describes some horrible atrocities per ltrated in that Province. On tho morning of tho LDth of July a cordon of several tbousaud meu, with arms in their hands, drew round tho market place in the town of Yuen hin chang, aud set to things in their respective consummation of events. spheres may hasten the were thus enclosed.

They manufactured a largo woodou cross, on when they tied their victims, and then cut thorn to pieces. Among tho victims were two heathen, of whom ono was the father of a convert, and the other a young girl of 15, whoso brother was a Christian. Like the others, sho was on Llllung chang's presence here. Substitutes ap peared as deputies of the Urovernor lieneral detained at Tientsin in protecting the lives of British subjects which were supposed to be in Ieril but ull this flimsy pretext for not obeying tho imperial commands and for not yielding to the stripped and cut to pieces. Altogether eight were proper obstinacy or Sir Thomas Wade in requiring killed many wero wounded and escaped.

Two the Cliinoso Plenipotentiary's presence hero, dis days later the assassins went to another town appeared beloro air 1 nomas farm refusal to resume and repeated tho proceedings; The authorities appear to have taken no notice of those outrages, any more than they have done of tho Itcrsccutions in the neighbourhood of Chung ing, to which I have alluded in former letters. There is no doubt the circular by tho literary unaneeiior oi ozo ciiuen, which i quoted somo negotiations with any one but the Grand Secretary in person, and on the loth of August his Jvscellency Li Hung chang arrived here on his important mission. After perusing the correspondence between Prince Kung and Sir Thomas Wado, which the llluo Book has disclosed, tho diniculty ot con New Zealand. Our Wellington Correspondent writes under date Annul 21 Dunns the past month 1 the time of the Assembly ha been, with slight exception, i 1 cxciusiTeiy ucculuvu in pari; wanarc, asu uu real easiness of the SesMoo, which is to provide a form of local Or county government on the abolition of the Provincial system, has hardly been approached as yet The priucipal subject ef discussion has been a resolution, moved by Sir Ueorge Grey, as leader of the Opposition, affirming the expediency of the separation, politically and financially, of th two islands, with Auckland as the capital of the North, and Dunedia of the South Wellington remaining the seat of a Federal. Government, with very limited powers.

Th resolution will certainly not bo carried, and there will probably be a large majority with the Government against it but an unfortunat nafcit has grown up in th New Zealand Parliament of lengthy oration from every member on any important discussion, which is a terrible waste of time, and by which the real business of every Session is delayed, until at last the necessary Lulls are pushed hurriedly. through all their stages tn maw, without sufficient con sideration. Since the date of xnv last letter, the Minister for Public Works has delivered his statement We learn Rxliet to in Wak Victims. On Monday after noon the Mansion houss Relief Committee held a meeting in the Venetian Parlour. The Lord flavor presided.

and there were present Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. Buxton, Mr. Dilberoglue, Mr. William Murley, Mr.

Innes, Mr. Yeatman, and Mr. Soulsby, the hon. secretary. A letter was read from th secretary of tho Central Committee of Relief at Constantinople inviting the London Committee to avail themselves of their services as distributing agents.

Their object was twofold to collect subscriptions and to distribute relief and they possessed an organization which, while it offered every guarantee for the impartial and judicious employment of the funds committed to their charee. permitted their undertaking net only to relieve cases of urgent destitution, but also to assist shattered communities in restoring their buildings and replacing their agricultural implements and cattle. The General Committee was headed by the British Ambassador but the executive was composed of sir, of whom were either Englishmen or Americans. Tho distress ia Bulgaria leanui 10 contemplate. allowed so Ion a time ta alace tine tha vain of WVtfi bars was ruiiy recognised witness aaving ana on nxad as tnis important junction.

INQUESTS. on nxi Yesterday. Mr. W. Carter, th Coroner for East Surrey, resumed at th Lord Clyd Tsrern, Auckland street, Yatu hal), th adjourned inquiry relative to th death of IClea Slopar, aged 27, who died from poiscniog by strychnin oa th under circumstances leading to tha arrest o( man named Silas Barlow, alia Smith, for murder.

It will be remembered that the dcead woman had cohabited with tha prisoner Smith and had had a child by his, that he visited the woman twice at her lodgings, and that after each visit she became sick aad cccvulsed, dying ia hi pteeenco, apparently from poison. Th day alter her death took away th child, savins he was about to put it under th car of Ms cousin. Th baby was not again seen until it dead body wa discovered bx' a reeervotr at Batters, aad at th inquest oa th body a verdict ef wilful murder was returned. The eMld was subsequently identified, th prisoner arrest! wssspician, sad aa inquest opened oa the body of the woman and adjourned for an analysis cf th contents ef the stomach sad of the leee ia some bottle found ia th lodging of the man Barlow. Mrs.

Jessie Wilson, the wifeof a waitroilLopoId street, Vauihall. deposed that on th 21st of August lass the deceased cam to her house with a baby, and reor tntng inat in wa mamd. engvgaa a room at as. a wee, giving her nam as Mia Smith, 'lb prisoner cam to th bouse on the 1U of September, aad stopped all night. On th 3d of Septmbr the prisoner vtsitd dcead, aad stopped With bar for nearly two hours, bat after he Ift she bcam suddenly said that the prisoner had tjvea her some sarsapexilia to strengthen her.

Oa th 10th ta prisoner again visited her, and ah was then perfectly well. About 9 3U that night the prisoner cam down to witness aad said thst his wife, meaning deceased, had had two fits. On going upstairs ah found dOMd lying aero the bed apparently in a fit. Shawa very stiff, and herfeetwer getting wnit. and the moment wa touched ah had a strong convulsion.

She beam consdou ahortly afterwards and said to th prisoner. Oh, it is th sarsaparill water you gave me." Th prisoner replied, Oh, no 1 tookmer of it thaa you did." A doctor wa seat for, who cam aad prescribed for her. Shortly after she sppeared to drawn, backwards, and her back to become arched, and sh died aooanntlv in neat aronv. Ifz. Jam Miller.

M.B.C&.. said that when was ealid to se th deceased found her conscious. Hhe complained of pains ia the head aad cramp In the lower limbs. He found her hands clenched, muscle rigid, and ta ft turned inwards, and prescribed for epilepsy and hysteria. She died shortly after left.

There was no arching of the back whil was there had seen th result of teats mad by Dr. Le sad was ot opinion that trychnin hsd been found la oa of tha bottles of sanaparilla. Dr. Joseph Lees, of 112, Walwcrth road, deposed that had analysed th contents of the bottles found at th prisoner's lodgings, and in th small on, which wa almost mttr. had discovered tha itrrchsin crystals produced.

The jury, after half an hour's deliberation, retained a verdizt of Wilful mardar against Silas Barlow, olios smith, aad the Coroner issued his warrant committing th prisoner for trial at the aext Old Bailey Sessisns. Dr. Hard wicks bquiryytrdsyatStPafrsw Coroners' Court relative to th death of Arthur French, aged 63, who formerly held a high position la tha eotnmar cul world ia Dublin, but who bevatne reduced Is circumstance aad died in St Pancraa Workhous oa Wdndayr morninr. Derised's grandfather wa Aid Camp to the Duk of Kent, hi nacia.being a eolorwl commandant of th 6th Dragoon Guards. Fauuu la btuines some twiT ago, deceased accepted a situation a clerk and bookkeeper in Dublin, his twa ions, under 'JO years of age, baing put oat in lilastiocs, on of thm arcing Ks.

per week ia a wholeule stationery warehouse. Deceased becaa so poor that determined to ro to London, aad about six week ago a started oa th journey, accompanied by his two. last Sssiion a to silver being made aa unlimited legal sona On reaching Liverpool they bad Very little money, tender the principal Republican newspapers here offered tJxd coa.ld enly afford railway far to Birmingham, the th most nnrompromising opposition to it, and insisted oa th inviolability of th singl gold standard." TEE SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS. months ago, has had much to do with exciting thoso tinuing personal diplomatic relations in the impasse procoodings, and an anti Christian book, called the in which they had been placed by his Imperial Ju king lu, which also in circulation thero, is tiiglmess attempts to dictate to our calculatou to oxcite tho gravest excitement among rights by his self ansumod superiority over any an ignorant and superstitious people. The skill discussion on principle, and by his proposal to be and intelligence of foreigners are stated to havo placed in direct communication with the Foreign been obtained by robbing tho Chinese ono method Ollico in London instoad of continuing to correspond by which this was done was taking an extract from with tho British Minister at Pekin, is not to bo tho eyes of Chincso who liad becomo Christians and wondered at.

The result of Prince Kung's preten tonching their own eyes with it, when they were sions has been virtually to set him aside, nnd to able to seo and understand astronomy and per elovnto the Grand Secretary to the position of arbiter ceive the mineral wealth of the earth. Another of China's future. It was late in the afternoon valuable medicino for the purpose of produsingin when the' steamship conveying Li Hung chang, and tolligsnco was manufacturod with tho brains of a the attendant flotilla of two Chinese gunboats, Chinese cirl who had joined Christianity other passod round Sentry Rock, and entered Chefoo medidaea were mixed with these, and the wholo Harbour, evidently too Iato for an official landing toads) ud into bills, which were further improved by incantations. The writer professes to have lired threw yean in England, ana to have had threo pnocessee given him to wife by the Queen I After enduring thai trm of rwaidenoe, ha got per 7xa4eion to return to China en his promising not to artoxuseoesirymeatha tojroprietiei ht had WWMfiwvL in consonance witit Jhe rank of the Envoy. The morrow dawned into rainy, tempestuous weatner.

and though frequent communications passed between the Envoy Teasol and tha shot authorities, and piwpaxationi wert tnd from ah early hour In anUclpation of the landing, it was half. pac 2 in tbo afWnoon before the weather cleared np ranicientiy te admit nu jsxouitacy iMnng aropJUiiotr(thd purpose of tha ship, Tho jfMztjiaMliajdChiuut had suddenly been hurled from prosperity into the depths of destitution, and the thriving villages which housed it had been made dosolate. hole communities were houseless. Their dwellings wer in ruins, their fields and gardens devastated, and tbeir implements, live stock, and every moans of livelihood bad conolrom them. Bread winners had.

been removed from thousands cf families, leaving the sick and aged, and women und children without succour, support, or The approach of winter made things look Committee at its early stage confined itself to' relieving urgent destitution, and had intrusted the work to the able hands of tho American missionaries iresident in Liulcaru and the scents of the British and Foreign Bible bociety. To these gentlemen OUB OTT3 KZPOKTZa.) LIVERPOOL, TcxsDAT, Oct. KX Th twentieth annuel Congress ot th National Atrf1 tlon for th Promotion of Social Science, which is appointed to be held in Liverpool, commence it sittings to morrow. At th head of the programme of arrangements stands announcement of a meeting of Council. An industrious population to be held in the Grand Jury Room, St George's Hall, to morrow at 1 clock, wnen letters, communications, and reports connected with th business of last year will be i submitted, together with a special report from th standing Committee of Health on the giving notice of th existence of infectious diseaiet in houses, to the following effect That legislation should indicate it to be the duty of 1 every householder to declare the existence within hi dwell ing of every cas of any of th sytrotic disease included I in the Registrar General's oomenclatur as soon a such householder is aware of the nature of the disease.

ilil .1 a a remainder of th journey to th metropolis being per ioral tu oa ioot, wuca occupied nearly a woes, much privation being endured daring thattim. On reaching London decaad was very weaJc, although not aetaallyLu, They slept ia a common lodging hous in London, several nights, but deceased, growing ill, determined to spply fat admissiew to th Royal Pre Hospital, which was told eras forth destitute sick only. Ha thaa applied at th Uolbora Workhous for admission to th Infirmary, with a like result. He than applied to a who recommended him to go to Pancre Workhouse, but on his way thither he fell down la the street from shear tiftff and had ta be assisted his place of destination by on of his eons, who also went with him into th Hons, wher they wer readily received on th evening of the 27th alt, in a very ethaasUd condition. Dced related hi story to Dr.

Hill; th medical officer of th Workhouse, and said he had not had enough to eat for a long time, and for som days had scarcely tasted anything Since December last ha bad been una 1. 1 to obtain employment, aad hsd suffered great privation, and was very frequently starving. noped it would not hi fat to die in spoorhouv Th abov facta having been deposed to by Christopher French, son of th deceased, who appeared ia court in th Workhous carb. Dr. Hill said that deceased was unahl to take the food and nourishment offered and gradually sank and died on th 1th inst A yxLmrUm examination showed th body to be very thin and maciated.

and that i i 2. That it duty of every medical man formally ia ST UjI.r. to tha LooholJ.r iK. v. iwm.

uw ft TOi from it that, of the 1,030 miles of railways authorised, 549 miles are now open for traffic and 332 in procress. He speaks very hopefully of th future prospect of th railway scnem wnen tne railways now in progress sbau nav been completed and open for traffic. During the past year the result of th working of the disjointed payments of lines which are open for trafhe show receipts of 1231,372 against an expenditure of 230,078, and the Minister confidently anticipates that the railways open far traffic will durine th current year, after paying all working expenses, yield about 3 per cent, on their capitalized The 'total ex penditure on railways up to the 30th of June last has been 5,215,018, and there are liabilities on account of existing contracts, and plant aad material ordered from ic gland, amounting to nearly another million. It is proposed to expend a sum of daring the eurrwnt year chiefly ia completing the works now in progress, and, should the funds be available, it is intended to undertake new works to the extent of Finn. Yesterday moraine between 1 and 2 o'clock a fire, the cause ef which Is at present "unknown, br ok ont on the premises of Air.

J. Stonsham. tobacconist. kct at No. 9.

Dockhead, Bermandsey, and was not got undr control until the front shoi snd backroom on th CTtusd floor were burst eat Th first floor and its'contents were also damaged severely by the fir, and th remainder of th house and its contents by hrat and smoke. Both' premises and contents are insured. No. ti and No. 10 were' also damtd to some extent A fire also occurred at; the private house of llf.

J. Simpson. 45; I'agaVwalk. Ber rnondsryr through children plsjipg with fire, none of whom Bowevsr, wer uuxm it. When funds aLowed the committee were prepared to under most trustworthy ana experienced direction.

pain would be spared to afford relief to all classes with the strictest impartiality. To tha communication th itaaiioD hous t'ommitte directed a reply to be tent asking whether the Constmtinorle Committc wer in a position to distribute, within a. reasonable time, funds which might be remitted to them from England in such a manner a the money would not be confiscated from the recipients by persons in authority, and whether the missionary and other bodies were distritutine their funds without proeelytism. llr. William Collingridge, a Cambridge undergraduate, who had been busily engaged in Bern daring the war as a surgeon, hsd an interview with the committee, and ear them advice as to tho channels throuch which, in his opinion, money mizht best be sent Down to last evening the fond amounted to 10,400.

The City Meeting Committee met yesterday at the Cannon street Hotel for th purpose of conaiderieg tha recent correspondence between th Home Secretary and the Lord Mayor on the subject of the presentation to Hw Majesty of th address which it was resolved at the meeting held is the Guildhall on the ISth ult should be presented to the CJueen in person by the Lord Mayor, M.P., and a deputation of 15 citizens. Th Horn Secretary replied that the City could only personally present such ah address to Her Majesty in its corporate capacity, and not; by th Lord Mayor as chairman of th meeting. The correspondence alluded to was read, and the wa numerous, afar much consideration unanimously passed tha following resolutions That this committee! not suthotiitd to auction any 'departure from the term of thereaoluiica passed at the mcetini held the Guildhall oath 18th ult, touching the presentation of the address to Her That a copy of tho abov resolution be forwarded te th Ilight Ilea, the Lord Mayer, 1LF. men v. j.

starvation. Alter som stroar ooservauona nv tn inrr they had already remitted 4. nd they aware that more money was at their disposal whea they atpbed for and th Koval Tr Hospital. which wa not explained, a rere prepared to verdict ta aceurdaac with tn modick aTidescw vu sjrrvwi despatch into Bulgaria an orgaaiied staff distributors Al. meeung oi uouaai.

a special seme will on juror spreeaing a belief that if deceased hadlwea Held in 55. rarua caurcn, wcea ta sermon wtu attended earlier bis life would hare been spared. be preached by the Rsv. Canon B. 1L Cray.

Rural Dean of Aa inquest was held at WULoroujh green. nar Horsham, IVescot, Mcar'of Kirkby and Examining Chaplain to th JJwdat Uf or Mr. Juhagsr. Corcoer for of Chester. Th.

mangural addre Preddnt. Jf: the Marquis of Huntly, will debvered in th vening, retnerer dog Sew at him while he was running aloaa; aad at 8 o'clock, in th Philharmonio HaU. which ia capable of bit him in th hand and face, after which it rushed Into a comfortably seating 3,000 people. On th mcrning of each ow' hous aad killed a quantity of fowla, It also bit subsequent day of the Congreasan address will be dliverd T0? "4 wiic? had sine died. Medical at i UerschelL Q.C, M.P., on JunspruJene and Amendment he gradually sank aad died.

"Th animal that bit th of the Law en Friday, by th Bev. Mark Psttison, deceased had been shot Th Jury returned a verdict' 1 i on Education; on Saturday, by Mr. Poynter, BuL, ca JUt "Death from Trsrff Health and ca Martin's VJry.arro;: thVbod cf Tuesday by Mr. Shaw Lefevr. on Economy and Trad.

jKv. Corg Manley ioeUe 40 ywars, a iellow ef After each address th different sections will meet and King's Colleg, Camhridg. The Rev. Edward Valentin special qoastieos will be discussed. Invitation hav been Becil idcaUned th body as that of als brother.

last saw issued by the afayor (Iiutenaat ColsnI Stebl) for deceed aHv abeaS week ago, at hk residenc, vbaa Congress i Thursday vening. The President aad principal members ef the Association have also bea Invited to dine with th Liverpool Art Club, on 1 Saturday, at their rooms in. Myrtle street There are also to concert ia St Georges Hall; seeWcs ia the library and Maawua, ia MUham Brown street a otmrcrwwigw is Bt Oecrp'i Hall and a mrtting for Wvrkiar men, to ba addressed by th Presidents ef the Bishop of Manchester, and tiers, so that th prograaaa providad thw Cbagras work is both varied and abundaat The Local Ooamittee accear ta ba nest eumth aJ IV A 11." It M. nw; hu ptiamsw uai to SBHn Wol a tesalal oae, 1b spirits. gav way to drinking hahUs, aad euffend from eWrMssi trtmou.

Mr. B.CUrka, of SerthttsobexIaaoV street. Strand, said the dseeased tad occupied two rooai at th abov addrw sine April Ust last saw hits alive oa Thursday last, when gar witness 24 to pay silk, He tha aacd Strang bs his swannery aad dM no appear to ba ia a sovad stat of mind. Oa Saturday wi a weat ate thbdrom ef the dieeasid. aadfoaad Um lyiagco ta fUr ba poole Woed, rrt, wkk a rascr tJBcaedia his hand.

There was a bvrf wooad in the taroat Btrerinz tha priacipa arterks aad te malar pars as tea wwssjSB. aa jary retarsNd SaUda wh3e a a sUt oi teaavnijbmaSfar.