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Ifciwt, aright bw fact to Tw cm qawti Weh tenet familiar eTaa to eteurs, arid thai tit astonishing rapidity with which a tare. pm tqton by other and Injnred ia Ue ehape and growth by tbetr proximity wilt otttn ncorar whan they art takaa away. On the day oa which inch an ia troding neighbour li Mltd tha resulting gap loon if It wo old sara ba pod, and tha tree relieved from pressure eeema hopelessly gly and niTwtricai. Eraa 10 toon ai by tha time tha fall development of tha sett eummer'a foliage, all this will ba changed and tha culty which at first was ao unsightly will ba scarcely rscog niahla. Tha Tery wont tlma at which an amatenr tree lorer can rlsit a forest is on tha days immediately following a series of execution, howerer wisely they may hare bean decided upon and howerer carefully they may hare been carried into effect: and we trust that Ma.

BsaXA Grssoir, ana im omer THE TIMES, ITODAT, ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. The polHaf far the veenecy the Fs liemeetary reereMtkUUea of Moatgeryahlre teak plaee Tester day. The eoasUtaaaey was divided late polling districts, sad the most ample errvgeats had beea soade for bringing raters up. Ikm was aa exoslleat el carriages oa both aides, bat ia this the Coaecrvetlva were better served than their opponents. Eztraotdiaaiy efforts were pot forth by oot parties to pou we ran of the constituency, sad It Is almost eertata that the result will show a very large pcU.

If a lasldsat of see eete is reported as hiring marked the voting, which seams to neve aeen orderly. The faroars of the different candidates were frequently tees. Mr. Wynn aad many of bis prominent supporter were hair vlsitina the different polling stations, aad the same may he said of Mr, Hampbreys Owes. In the evening the ballot ooxrs were eroarnt Irom Us raral districts to the nearest railway stations, sad to day these wilt be vsica vo aiaanyaiicth, whtre the sheriff, Mr.

Cooke Hilton, has arranged to hare the votes counted. The counting eannel be begea antil half pest 11, aad the resolt is sot expected to be known until 2 o'eloek. Oar Correspondent farther telemnbed TerterdaT who hate I TOt5 refrenc 10 Mr. Humphrey Owen's menage that anpported his complaint, will be able, at least by the summer of 1833, to assure them eelres that the harm done haa been far less than they expected. At the very worst, it must be remembered that trees, until they bare reached their prime, are possessed ot a most exuberant vitality.

Complaints similar to those now made against the Epping Terdcrera were made two or three years ago, upon a smaller acale but with equal wealth of words, against toe irfcs Committee of the London County Council for their treatment of tha trees on the Thames Embankment: but these still exist as illustrations of the occasional futility of criticism. In former times the Epping merrymakera of whom wa hare spoken thought their day's outing incoxn plate unless their carts were loaded with green boughs on the homeward journey and piteous nppeala were made, on more than one occasion, for a peremptory atop to be put to a practice which was declared to be so destructive. We bare very little doubt that it still prevails, and that the trees hare not only survived it, but hare surrired without appreciable injury. The protest which baa appeared in our columns will at least hare the effect of rendering tbe verderers more careful, in tbe die charge of their important functions, than they might hare been if no auch protest had been made and it will probably induce them to seek and to some meana or other, tha ad nee of an expert whose skill cannot be called question. With such advice, and with a clear conception of the result which they desire to obtain, they will be able to pursue their work with confidence, and in the certainty that it will be admired and appreciated by many genera' tiona of Londoners.

THE SANITARY CONFERENCE IN PARIS. Dr. Thome Thome, principal medical officer of health la the Local Government Board, who has been for the last four months in Paris representing Great Uritain upon the International Sanitary Conference sitting there for the purpose of arriving at some settled universal treaty in regard to precautions against cholera, hat been in London th last two days, and returns to Paris this morning for ue resumed sittings of the. conference on Monday. Dr.

Thome brought with him from Paris the draft treaty, with corrections, made by the majority of representatives of foreign Powers, and this was yesterday submitted to a meeting at the Foreign Office, consisting of Lord Xlmberley, and pre sen tat ires of the. India Office, the Colonial Office, and the Coard of Trade. The new international proposals were carefully gone through, and there is reason to believe that Dr. Thome Thome will sign it on the part of Great Britain at the next meeting of the Paris Convention. The majority of European Governments bare agreed to sign the report as reconsidered, but there are one or two that ask for some delay.

Generally, the treaty is of a nature that must benefit all nations by stamping oat, or at least isolating, cholera, and therefore will eventually be nnirersally adopted. Thxjt a Cusabd Stasiii. At the Liverpool police court yesterday, Robert Dade was charged on remand with having stolen jewels to the value of 300 on board the Canard steamship A crania, while en the voyage from New Tork or while ia dock in the Mersey. William Brown, sailor, Junes Taylor, hairdresser, Frank Duffy, Annie Brown, Elixa Moore, Sarah A. Burks, and Annie Harvey were charged on remand with having feloniously received the jewelry knowing it was stolen.

Tbe articles were the property of Arthur Wellesley, an actor, residing in Victoria street, Westminster. Mr. Hoes, the prosecuting solicitor, said tbe articles were stolen from the trunk ef the prosecutor, who was a saloon passenger, but i were not missed until the arrival of the trunk in London. Dade and Brown were able seamen en board the vessel. On making' inquiries the police traced tun jcwkuj uj urn possession oi ail tne prisoners with the exception of Brown, while some of it wa found a 4 1 kl.

I ,.77 wr. inoss nau tnat morning sent Inspector Btrattell to the Canard Com pasy a ocice, out tne company declined to give the police the assistance required, and would not even send anybody to Court to ssy that Brown and Dade were employ a on tne vessel except on subpana. II thought that in the interests of justice the comuni'i attitude was very wrong. One would have thought sucu a una a we vunara uompany, especiall when one of ithcir passengers had been robbed to sue1 a considerable extent, would hava thnnvfct it duty to assist the police in every possible way. Coder the cireamntinces the case would have to be again adjourned ao that the manager or other representatives vuuatu wiapiT na ue captain ot tbe A omnia ccuiu tm scrrea wim a suDpacna and compelled to attend the Court.

Detective Inspector Strattell corroborated this statement, aad aaid that he had asked that some officer should ba srnt otinm l. the least inconvenient to spare. Evidence was given luc uucin in various places Dv the prisoners, except William Brown and Sarah Burke. On behalf of Taylor and Brown it was contended that they were not aware that the articles had been! stolen. rase was adjourned for tbe attendance of witnesses uvm ue wunara ciuce.

rri uiimukx iiuns. i.ne AUitruriim gars General Meredith Read, F.S.A., who was fonaerlv in the diplomatic service of the United States, and bis relative, the Kev. Conipton lleade, rector of Xmcbester, Hereford, the biographer of Charles lleade, the novelist, have prepared for publication memorials of the Keade (or Read) family in England and America. Two branches of this family one oi wnien, as recently pointed out in onr columns by General Meredith Read, George Washington was descended. Aa international exhibition of books, which it is presumed will pouess much interest for authors, publishers, and booksellers, is to be held at Paris ia Jaly, remaining open till late in the autumn.

Mr. W. A. Clouston's History of Hieroglyphic Bibles Is now in the hands of the binder. The first English Ul0e rious juvenile picture books (for which Thomas Bewick, is believed to have furnished ome of the cuts) has been traced by Mr.

CI out ton. through a Dutch version made from the German, to an Augsburg source, UeisUiche Herxens Einbilduueen. or Spiritual Heart 1C87. By including an account of toe principal Mock books of the 15th eentoT, and furnishing a faU description of Lord Denbigh's unique illuminated sIS. Latin Bible in Rebus (or Biblieum Hemoriale Emblematietnn as il i may be called), written probably about 14C0, and of European books of emblems, the bulk of the volume has been nearly doubled.

It contains upwards of 30 facsimile plates mad 56 quaint cuts, printed from the "f1 iB urof Jmie Bible published at Londos the year lgio." The Aetdivi Mr. W. K. Henley has retired from tbi conduct of the A oftonal Observer, which he has edited for the last lire years aad a half. Tbe control of the journal will, in future, be undertaken not by Mr Frank Harris, as was announced, but by Mr.

J. Vincent, the author of the Life ot the Late Duke of Clarence. The Clarendon Frets announces a pott humous volume of Freeman's History of Sicily, fevering tbe period from the tyranny of Dionyaios to the death of Agathokles. It has been edited lrom his 2I8S. by bis son in law, Mr.

Arthur J. Evans, who has also added stnnlementa and xtn. It vlll illustrated with maps and a piste of coins. Mr. Stop ford A.

Brooke's new work, Tennyson bis Art auu Relation to Modern Life, is completed, sad will be published by Messrs. Iabister about tbe middle of April. We understand that the Bishop of Durham will contribute a preface to the volume of terra oca oa be published shortly by hlr. Elliot (stock, under the title ot Lombard street la Lent. neither be nor the Montgomeryshire Gladstonlaas hare shirked Home Rale daring the contest, it is remark able that be allowed sach a statement to tmrefated antil the dsy ot tha election.

The statement has been repeatedly made, and on Tuesday a letter to Tki Ttmt put the case ia plain and unmistakable language, declaring that if Mr. Humphreys Owen were returned, he woold have no mandate for Home Rule yet Mr. Hampbreys Owen waited until Wed' nesday night before telegraphing a contradiction. Ia referring to Home Rale as the settled policy of Wales ever since the general election of 18S6 he speaks the usual cant of Welsh (iladstoniaos when they desire to shirk Home Rule. They say that the Irish question was settled in Wales bv that eU.tinn and the inference is that the question need no longer occupy any prominent position in a Welsh candidate's aouress or oe presented before the constituencies for approval.

In the description ot Mr. HumnhreysOwen's auuma iuii justice was ooue in i ll riaii to his meagre reference to Home Rule. It was pointed oat that the election address contained eight paragraphs, that the question of disestablishment was referred to la no lewvr than our of these, aad that Irish Home Rule was only mentions! aa a eonceosioa. to Irish nationality which would accelerate equal concessions to Waist. It is no exaggeration to say that the platform pcccuei oi air.

uumporeja uvea ana nit principal 'supporters hsve followed tbe lines of the address, disestablishment being first and Home Role nowhere. Why did not Mr. Hampbreys Owsb correct his mouth iece, the itouigonerytkirt Eiprttt, whose declare ion was quoted in. Tkt Timti on Tuesday, to mv wuw, vi lire a quaiuoa waa ine one issue upon which the present election was fought To day fresh placards were Dotted all ever the eount asking for support for MrTlumphreys Owen. The legends ran as follows Vote for Humphreys Owea au religions ireeaom, ote lor Humphreys Uwen snd fair rents," Vote for Humphreys Owen and the control ot the liquor traffic" Not a single placard appeared asking the electors to voto for Irish Home Rule.

Moreover, Mr. Humphreys Owen to day issued a second address to tbe electors of Montgomeryshire. In view of the Gladstonlan randiJata'i itmnt th.t he haa not shirked Home Rule, the text of this aouresa is worm repeating, it ran as follows i Gentlemen. A crave issue is bafora von. After a protracted and bitter struggle Wales has st length re reived a leadinr place in the Government programme.

For the first time in your country's history religious freedom and the control of the liquor traffic are offered to you. The Tories and a numerous influx of allies, having no interest in or knowledge of your needs, are endsa VOUricaT tO induce VOU to daak the run nf tr Anm from your lips. Be not deceived by the specious promises and hollow blandishments of Tory souires and aliens. Your countrymen and their 27 Liberal representatives are anxiously looking for your, help in the! hour of need. You will not disappoint them.

Let every true and earnest patriot do his nart. and vietorv is lmrad. H.tnm your trusted champion, Mr. Ilumphrsys Owen, by a majority worthy of so great a cause. Wales expects tnat every man mis day win do his duty." The sincerity of this aDoaal tnav ta a uMat but there can be no difference of opinion as to the completeness with which it shirks Home Rule lot ireiand.

I BERWICKSHIRE. The polling in Berwickshire took Discs vesterdav under very favourable conditions, the weather being bright and pleasant, with almost the warmth of June. This tends! materially to increase the weight of tbe poll which is to have been very large. There were 17 polling sta'tions. Both the candidates made a tour of the principal polling stations during the dsy, and were enthusiastically received by their supporters.

Mr. Balfour, the Unionist candidate, snd Lady Nina Balfour drove into Dons about noon in a victoria drawn by four horses with tricolour rusettes, a Union Jack set ring as a carriage ror. In the after noon Mr. Tennant, the GUdstonian candidate, and bis sister, Ldy Kibblesdale, arrived in Duns, and, after visiting the polling booths, said that he had Doming cnt most satisfactory results to announce He We are wlnninz all round." Prli. mentary iavonrs were freely worn by both sides, and uw nuiujiaKB uispiayea naa not been equslledijn any DtniiMiurt since ue last exten sion of the franchise.

In the afternoon the farm laoourrrs, wim wnom soe verdiet virtually lies, owing uicu CTiuueraiuif numoer oa tne electorate, turned out vervlarrelv. Mr.A.J.rUHnnr. t. Samnel Storey, M.P., both of whom have votes in the county. Dsired.

When the mil p1um4 ft both parties were confident of 'success, and it is ocnevea inai me majority will be narrow. The resus wiu do declared to day about noon. Last night MIIWU lilUltJ IUIU JiUUl in nil a. navmg visuea most oi the polling stations. He met with an enthusiastic from hn1 hnrwti.

of electors. Rising in his earn'ara hm r.ti with round after round of deafening cheers mingled with which nrevented him from uu cw worut. in mi oovei ne met mi committee, and spoke in hooefnl terms of the result oi th. rll If it were found that they had lost, he ssid, they would where a great tseetiag labia behalf had bee epeaeJ before be arrived. He waa favearahly received at tnU but the proceedings subsequently beeaxae neisy.

The speakers at the Barking meeting la etaaea sir 4oan sjoioessv sseeungs ia sappers ox Ut. Be the 11 ware bald yesterday evening at Waa. rtstd, Harold Wood, Sart 11am, aad Mas or park. Sir Charles RasseU, Q.C., aaaoiaeed to speak as a meeting at Ilford to night la behalf of Mr. Bethell.

The arrangements for the petting are wall adsaaeed ia fast, both parties hare virtually eosnploted their eaavaes aad ether preparations. The Gladstoalaas profess to be hopeful, some et the leaders of the party declaring that not only will tha tables be turned, ant taat tna eaavaas Indicates tnat Kr. Bethell will be returned by a thumping majority." MlD Lurau. Mr. Daritt has declined In sneak la favour of the Laboer candidate cm the ground that is woaia give a cnaaee to toe conservative or Liberal Caiooiit candidate to capture a safe Liberal seat.

It was, he wrote, unfair to the Prime Minister, who bad sw geed a record, to pet forward a Labour candidate aa aa ODDOoent af tha Admiaiatratiaa. aad it was political blindness and folly, to attempt to destroy eae of tbe progressive Radical Governments of modern ANTI DISESTABLISHMENT MEETINOt IN EDINBURGH. CAMBRIDGESHIRE (WISBECH DIVISION). The campaign in the Witbech Division continues to ne conducted with greet vigour on both sides. Last night many meetings were held oa behalf of Mr.

uranj, who spoke at five of them. The principal meeting was at Wisbech, Mr. H. L. W.

Lawson.M.P and the Rev. C. Flcminx Williams being among the speakers. At other meetings addresses were delivered by Mr. H.Brosdhurst and Mr.

M. Austiu.M.P. Meetings on oeuau oi jir. cacxTiue were also arranged for in various places. The vote of the railway men at March, which is of considerable numerical strength, is receiving much attention from both sides.

The prin sijw. meeting oi we was also at vwsbecb, where Sir. II. Chaplin, M.P., spoke. The meetings st Wisbech have been very orderly, but at some of the country gathering.

Mr. Sack ville has met with a mixed reception. Amongst those assisting Mr. Ssckville is the Hon. Ailwyn Fellowes, M.l'., a personal friend of Mr.

Brand's. air. napnu. in mi speech at Wisbech last night, said that with the Liberal party, so far as allotments were eoneerned, it was still a case of the land of promise. With the Conservative party besides promises there had been a larre share efivrfiirmuina If rumour was rirht.

another blow was to Via uio iaou. sie naa rery little doubt that when the Budget was disclosed provisions for still further taxation upon the land would be found in it. He thourht any srricultursl constiturncv in the mrM justified, taking into consideration the depreased condition of a rri culture, in rjuttini. iVnio.n questions to their candidates ss to whether or ojt they were in favour of increaso.1 taxation on land wing to tbe rejection of the Home Rule Bill by the 7. oeen attempted by the Radicals arainst that branch nf th.

It was.a perfectly arguable question whether there should be a House of Lords at all. Personally he might hold the opinion, taking all things into con siderstion, that it probably was one of tbe best second Chambers that eonM .1..: tr did not pledge himself to the opinion at all that it might not be improved, that possibly considerable reforms might not be made in it but since the House of Lords, as it at present existed, had a duty to discharge, which waa thrown nmn II th rv of the country, it was idle and ridiculous to ssy thst It should not perform that duty. If the Radicals voey were ngnt and had any eonSdeoee in tbe statement that the country supported them as to the Lords why did they not appeal to tbe country Because they knew they woold. ret a thundering good hiding' He could not reconcile tbe two speeches of Lord Rose be rr. If what he said in ws true the poliey be enunciated at lacouipaiioie wim it.

The most charitable sunDoaition waa that Tint it. did not know his own mind on thst most important of all important questions. That was a position ia which the country ought not to be placed, Tbe country had a right to know whether Mr. Gladstone's Home Rule Bill, as thrown out by the Lords, was the Policy of Lord Rosebery'a Government or whether it was not. The country bad been hood winked too long over that subject by the leaders of the Radical party.

Essex fRoitroan nivrsinf 1 vi jo rout ly eontloued yesUiday. Both candidates mV.i Wigrsm (C.) and Mr. J. H. Bethell (O.) visited various parts et the division during the morning end afternoon, and ia the evening were Uu7 Mr.

Wigram's first meeting was at Collier row, Romford. there as soon as a resolution approving his candidature bad been A meeting ef those opposed 'to the disestablishment snd disendowment of the Church of Scotland was held last night la the Music halt, Edinburgh The hall was crowded in every part, aad there were also twa overflow meetings, which were largely attended, Among those oa the platform were' the Marquis snd aiercnioneas ot Tweeddale, sir UbarJes Dalrymple, Sir Alexander Kinloeb, Professor Sir Douglas Maclagan, Sir Donald Carrie, M.P... Sir William Ami, Mr. R. B.

Finlay, Q.C.. the Kev. Dr. Lens, Moderator or the Ueneral Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and others The Marquis of Tweeddale having been called to the chair, the Rer. Dr.

M'Gregor, Edinburgh, opened the proceedings with prayer. The CHAIBalAV, in the course ef his remarks, said that a charge had been brought by the Prime Minister the ministers of the Church of Scotland that they had turned themselves into political Dartisana He himself had had an experience which the Prime Minister never had. He had had an opportunity of canvassing several constituencies, and he had no hesitation in ssying that ef tbe two Churches, the Established and the Free, the ministers ot the Free Church had been by far the most active political partisans. He was not going to blame those ministers for giving expression to their political views, bet what he complained ot was that they should have allied themselves to a party, not for promoting some great scheme for tbe benefit of the eommunitv st large, bat, he was afraid, to a party that was ready to gratify and satisfy a grudge against i rival Church. (Cheers.) The question of disesta blishment was far too serious a question to be mixed up with' ordinary political matters, and be would ask the people of Scotland to mske up their minds once and for all on this momentous question.

He would not anticipate the answer that would be siren at the next general election, bat on the wisdom of the Scottish nation in coming to a decision on that matter would depend in a great measure the future of that country. (Cheers.) The Ret. Da. Lisa moved the first resolution as follows That this meeting, having regard to tbe great national blessings which hare resulted from the union of Church and State in Scotland, pledges iUelt to maintain and defend the religious rixhts and privileges secured lor Scotlsnd in connexion with the national Church by ancient statutes and confirmed by the Treaty of Union." He said that what was done by the Treaty of Union in 1707 might not be binding in 1894, tat he would ssy that what was so solemnlv uone anouid net be lightly undone, or without the most distinct and undeniable consent of the nation. If disestablishment came it would cause disauietudes.

uncertainties, and dislocations that would prove a neaner loss to Scotland than any it had yet suffered. He held that they were fighting for the best and most solemn issues that could be Dresented to a wnt (Cheers.) MR WILLIAM ABKOL seconded the motion. Ha said that it gave htm special pleasure to be present at sucn a great meeting, as he was not a member of the Established Church of Scotland. He thought that the time had Come when the neon a of Scotland be drawing together instead of encouraging learage between the different Churches. Tha bands of Socialists, Anarchists, and various classes of revolutionists were increasing, ami it necessary that all the Churches in the land should work harmoniously together.

As to the eharre made by Lord Rosebery against tbe ministers of the Established Church ia regard to political matters it waa a downright calumny, aad he could testify that on several occasions be had been severely heckled bv i. vmroi uuiikii. iiAugnier. lie mention, as a result of the present agitation in favour of disestablishment, thst number' of philanthropic gentlemen with whem be was acquainted, and who gave thousands a vear to the different churches, had resolved in the meantime to stay their liberality. If the disestablishment crusade were carried through it would create the greatest cleavage in the nation that had ever been.

(Cheers.) Tbe motion was carried. Mr. R. B. Fiklat, Q.C., moved the second resolution as follows That this meeting, white pledging itself to oppose any action wherebr the con nexion between Church and State would be destroyed, ana me patrimony oi tne cnuxeh would be alienated from the sacred purposes for which it was oririnallv bestowed, expresses its readiness to further any measure thst would heal the religious divisions in the country and render the National Church mora comprc MAIL SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

attat ium't, kc) THE MAILS. tThe PV aad O.a. Caxtoaox. front Bombay, left uioraiur at ix yesterday, end la dae aa riyasoeta at 6 p.m. ea Baadsy and la London tha following day.

The CiTDS, front Bombay for Brindisl, Plymouth, aad fenaou, armed al Aden yesterday rooming wita ue Indian UxssiLIa, from Sydney fee London, left Adelaide at 3 p.at. on Wednesday with the Australian mail. Tha PIXIXSCLAX, from Bombay for juarseiuea, nysaenth, and London, passed cues yesterday morning. The BabLAAjvar, front Loodoa for Sydney, arrived at Adelaide at 6 ajn. yesterday wiu ue Australian mail of February Z3.

Toe CntSAjr, from London for Calcutta, arrived at Port Said at 3 p.m yesterday. The KAliAB nxro, from Calcutta for Marseilles and London, left Colombo yesterday afternoon. Tbe Skaxobax, from Japan for am Lfonaon, icit voiomoo on neanesaaj evening. The CostOstAjrDEL, from London for Calcutta, arrived at Colombo en Wednesday evening. The Orient Line lllntlTi Im fwtan tar apica and fydney, lelt Uitraltarat 3 p.m.

on rdnesday. The Cczco, from 8ydney for Naples and London, passed Perim at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. The left nymonth at a.m. yesterday aad is das at Til burr at 6 SO a.m.

to dav. 8h hrtmrht 31.713 specie. The Royal Mail s. Cltdi left Buenos Ayres for Tt the River Plato and Braxil, arrived at Southampton at 6 30 p.m. yesterday.

She brought tbe following treasure 17.709 in rolJ. 110 in uiMiiuum. sow in coin. The Loion Linets. ATUESIAjr, from Cape Town, left Madeira at 8 a.m.

yesterday and Is due at Plymouth at 4 a.m. on Monday. Messrs. Donald Curie and Co. 'a s.

Docal CAST 1. 1 left Mauritius for South Africa at yesterday. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co. 'a s. Gothic, from All Zealand nArim.

fa. n.1 T.f Si. Am Janeirojesterday. The Iosic, from London for Xew one for London? The Britiah ttuli. rv, nr uouuon, icit Aden on Wednesday evening.

The African s. Niger left Sierra Leon Liverpool on WedneaJa. Tho British and s. CAXXBOoy left the Mersey yesUrdsy for South West Africa. The SHEBSBO left Aeera for I.Wrrwl 1.

bur tuor.j, yesterday lor llam' The PaeiSe Co Bn tti i i.ip,.l s.iTcrpooi on sionday. The West India ami Peis nn. from Liverpool for 'ew Orleans, arrived at Barbados yesterday. The White Star Line, BeitaxsiC, from Liverpool for ISew York, left Dniiim i in iTB, TtfTOSlo arrived at New York at i. ou a.m.

yesterday. The Canadian Pii It.tt rv. Vancojuver, B.C., arrived at Hongkong on Tuesday morning, esaageries MeritTmes s. AosTRALIEir, from Marseilles for KewCalJtni nn 3rifrdiiT' Th fromthe River PUte and Brasil, arrived $Lisboa at 3 p.m. yester The North German Llovd s.

Havvt. from Rnnth. amDton. arrived at v.W a The U. II.

Meieb left Southampton for the River WBICTS AST) Cs.siTAT.Tl ra oath Shields. March a. Tha Maiao, Tyn. oo Tuel.r wOi kmOm for BomUr. Si rrtareed hmvt wttli tm erapanmenta mil et eatsr, hasiag brsa sabers at Habbs Btaithss ea nMBcsaaraunac foe Qibraltar, March 29.

Tha aula ml tl Vwitus in Baassav reports that at 1 m. Tarila, sesset struck aa Baknowu obct aad ouadmd hamsdlaUlj. rrr I4IU sail laodsd hm Th Dutch Huatr Iittmi, teT Brst tX "rmo neuaer Barbv with loss et screw. Tha British steamer Lady Hitnu, Xsircasd for Ballast (ceall stbors Alor Iiata tack Booad. U1m1 DonhJei VESSELfl 8POKEJf.

Crrv or Gusoow, Cardiff lor Eaqalmalt. Harch 20. S. I W. Maowxx, Port SoUoth foe Ssrsnsea, 25, IX.

a W. PASSINGS HOME AND POREIfJV. IlEAI. Mth Capolat, I. orlelk.

Vaster Load ae UeriaaTLsaa eiwton for London. DOVKK. 23th. Svitterlaad, I Aalawv for niladarehia, J9th. W.V1! a.Eoseaads toe Haa ban.

for Doaklrk raneM. Hrlnr for London. fe UomUr Idar, from Sw lSL7iZ trV TlTl 'V ssarrj torse Bismarck, i Ksplesfor Saw Yors Trojaa, i. Hsmbnrf for Table Bar Mota 1UN8aT c'Xrf VUUrto sajJAJLM AH. 2SU.

GU1 of Bothala. O0 aad Urcrpool for UZAKO.ti.iUttm A. B. Carswsa from Piaacaa. 2Sth Trni ao.i, arm xors rer MALTA.

2h. Hororti. trsia Eatsela Print Tsa OrsaK rKMCHt29th. Iiehcme, s. Shields for Alexandria Arab, A cmbod.

a. from Udou. rl.KIM. Kh. Plndari, s.

Liverpool for Calcutta dan Ranald. Clyde for Itombsj aft of Venics. Cljde for Caleotu, I KAWI.k rourr, 20Ul Ashmora, Astofasasia lor rUetbart lAtnjom. lira SAURK. rortoKieo.

wao, Ssw Orleans for AatwerB Orantes. Hrdaes for Braalian. a. (M. lorLcnJoa th.

ltunwracs, Shields for pk Epaa. a. from delphia Spaarndaa, Xww York for Vlparsin (or London. Praiaar, t. IT.

ClIHtErOT rOIST, 28th. Rock Lliht. t. from Phila Ay ww ora tor uouerosm vwipi ivr tauoa. BCILI.Y.

28th Mobil it V. Vo.k f. r. TAKirA. 2h.

FLuainiso. from LiTeraooL PORKIQN ARRIVALS. ADELAIDE, Tta. aeoeaird. Bneaos Arres.

ADKX, 28th. Natal. aUneUle for YsCobaau. AKYAB. 25th.

Altama, IMaroa Bar. rth. Msaats. 1. ALfll KRS.

25th. KaorMna. LIrarpoolfor Alsssodrla. Slwdgtta4 Merltad, rirainsis Sseulsii XCalaht, SewrurS aUr tn aalatalr. Bars Pssaaree aeiihsmre RS3B WATZS AT TSlMX BSrSOl TBSI SAT.

Iteralng rfalasaetT I Zsealag THE WEATHER, METRO BOLOGICAX. RSPOBTS. WrATaix Cbast, Tbtmdat, Uarcb 39, r.x. WMA la tha anoea ehmrt tha dotted EmM mrm LnM ti ftraresai tha eod thaa, V4ia. Tha abato temperature ia gina la Remarks (S 30 p.m.l.

At p.m. to dar pressure wss hiehest. 3a and upwards.ovcr Denmark, North Germany, snd the south ot Sweden lowest. 29'Cin. and less, ovar the; south.

em parts of the Spanish peninsula and less In Baepressioniyingoamswestoforwsy.Gradientswere slight generally, but moderate over the sreat of Vnr. way and! the northern parts ef the North Sea. Barometer laitimr stow ay tn an parts ol Western Europe. tuaaeav, noeneiort, vsoeg, at Pans. S9dea at Hret Sf li njt.

uiiucs saicBcia ssiana, ana siicer. at Jersey lowest, at Vsrmouth, 41deg. at Skudesnaes, Barl of 42deg. at at 'tha VnVth 49deg. at Aberdeen and lhrnreness.

tk, mk uaj uio uermomeier nas risen to 6Vdeg. or a little above it many parts of the United Kingdom at armouth, howerer, where thick fog has prevailed, the maximum temperature has been only 42deg. Wind was light to moderate from the eastward or north eastward over France, the Netherlands, and the southern parts of England southerly in Ireland and the north of England light to fresh from the south westward in the north of Scotland, and strong from the same quarter in the west of Norway. Weather was fine over tha rreater nart of IV r.r dull in the the Hebrides, and the west of Norway, fog prevailed. at Yarmouth, and also in tha south of Norway.

Sea was slight or smooth on nearly UL oaromeier. is at present too uniform to lead to any material alteration in the no oaiiaeiy that eloudy unsettled conditions will shortly set in on our extreme western and north western coasts. FOSXCASTS OF WlATHKt TOB FnlDAT. MAXCH 30. Scotlaxd.

N. Sooth westerly winds, fresh or I strong anil, some rain. Scotland, W. and iounj un aoaxnrwesxeriy EsoLAjnj.IT.E. and S.W.

faad N. Wales) winds, moderate fsirgener breezes, chieflv cast. df feaerslly, but sucas togs in morning. luroLAND, ii. and 0.

(London and Channel) E01jl, S.W. (and) South easterly winds, mods rate isir generally. Irslaxo, N. Boutn westerly winds, freshen. BXLAJTD, S.

fresh fair to elmvlr ..1 nw mo. Tni Tiurt rtrt tpt RZADCCGS Or THI JOSOAX BAhOMETXS rcOKXCTri)) Maxch 2930. PJst. i nruuiAH. sta.

tiiArfv. ASTORIA. 2Sth. Uoirwood. Ll BAIIIA, 25th.

jHraf Binrares. sBreaurhane aad Aatwera. BtWTOX, 23th. Llferpool Italia, a Oraamora, BKl.MLKtIVEV. JSJ.

V.rt CALI.AO. rah. Kamonar at. Shields. WXTANTIXOr 29th.

Morocco, Traa. ELBE, nth. rVala. a.ji'ew Yort Eh reafala. a.

Bacahar FKEMAN'TLE. MoJ Wt RL'In. TZScZT OK.VOA. TSth. Orvald, a.

CardU. UIBRALTAK. 23l Arrojo. a. Birth for Bombsf Tarlla, Trierefor LlTeraool IipBikiT RI BO KN'TI.

ZSthu Whlckh.m. Torre Aaaaaata. 'Jtr. warmanaian, a. ujoe.

HODEIDAH. JSth. Oermnl V.J HUKLVA. lith. Ladj Tranaet.

a. Naples. KUR RACH EE. 2Sttt. Hcr.Uo, a.

BoeTba. LAS PALMAa, 24. 8otBertoa.il, Sewport. hentire an 1 etlr TTj ..1.1 ,1 raMaT Saaciateah. Lord Rosobery, who in the Corn Exchange made his MAB.SKl7.Lia, 2S.

uertorT IZ Moari PinB npra ut vouTCQ sDunasntly clear. He said in effect that, much as he loved the Church he loved the party who was willing to follow him more (laughter), and he said that that party bad come to the conclusion that the Church of Scotland should be disestablished. It mutt be some satisfaction to them to know that Lord Koseberv mads it very clear that he would support an Established Church if it would pay better. (Laughter.) All that they had to do wss to prove to tbe satisfaction of Lord Knk. tk.t Liberal party, as he called it, would lose in Seotlaud if they stuck to disestablishment, and then th have the honour of having Lord Rosebery on their iew more elections like that which bad taken nlaee In tho tith nn h.

enable Lord Rosebery to make rapid progress in his political educstion. As to what lir. Aequith knew and what he eared about ths Chureh sl.n,i did not feel very safe. (Lauchtcr.) Ho had a shrewd suspicion that any interest Mr. Asquith might take iu Uiat institution was a purely electioneering interest.

But Mr. Asquith was good enough to throw a new light on the situation. Lord llnwkor. nM rh. 10 x.

i MjtT aehea. I 323. that ther were com? to disptrahli.S for the lore of tbe Liberal party, but Mr Asquith said that they were going to disesUbUsh the Church for pure lore of thn Phnmh ii. ir (Laughter.) It was out of pure lovo for the Church that the Liberal party, as represented by Mr. Asquith, was gome to Dut an end to thn i hureh and State, and were going to divert the funds of the Church to secular purposes.

The connexion between Church and State was part of Scottish: history, and he could not imagine any Scotchman even although ho were not a Presbyterian prepared to cast into the Ore the fruit of so much labour aad so much suilerinrv He held that until it dantly clear that the reason for tho appropriation of been given had ceaaed. it was not within the moral competence of tbe State to rob tha Ptinreh nf it. endowments. As to the allegations made against the ministers of the Established Church, he thought Lord Rosebery might with advantage have turned his attention to the couduct of tome of his own ecclesiastical allies. Had there not been manses of other Churches converted into Home Rule affeneiaa wffr.tiM to tbe eubject of reunion, he woufOask, Why should they not reunite on the basis of a National Chureh Reunion! on the basis of disestablishment was not feasible.

Tbe movement for disestablishment was not a lay movement but a clerical movement. Let tbe laity of Scotland out their ahnnMar. ti wheel, and ther might soon see the glorious spectacle' ruj non iree irom tooae divisions which had SO Ion? hindered it. which muU th. national principle of religion, and there would be conserved all those ancient endowments which were me patrimony oi tne poor.

(Cheers.) LORD LULroCR seconded tha motion TT iImIa! the right of the Rritish Parliament t. ..1 uh the question of disestablishment without its being put as a direct issue to the people of Scotland. They bad trusted to the Liberal leaders because they had promised on every occasion so to deal with the question, but from the speech of the Home Secretary 1 riehshlre no such isolated issue was to be pot to tbe Scottish people. The. motion waa unanimously aoopiea.

Pxorxssoa Plixt moved the next resolution as'fol lows That this meetimr. havine th. serious spiritual loss which the disestablishment and uiawnaowmeas et uie national Church, would inflict on especially on the poorer classes and the inhabitants of many rural perishes, protests asainst thisqaestion beimr combined' with mnlr rliti.l matters, aad further maintains that it can only be properly dealt wiu as a separate and distinct issue, so that the opinion uf the Scottish people may be fully and clearly ascertained." BIB. Dojialu Cmtnix, M.P., seeoodad tbe resolution, which was unanimously agreed to. MELBOURVR, 2T.

0u of Mezloo, a. Clrie. NAPLES, 27th Tocewlta ZZ, NW YORK. 2a. Doana Maria.

Oporto Flintshire, a. ITioro Boheiaia. Ha bert Horn, Boenoa Arret Georria uitna iwwer iu.s Loadoo. PARA, 27th Jnstin. Ss Yorfc I ILAUEI.PHIA.

J9th. Indias, UrerjnoL TOUT SAID 2 Molrra.s,Cr lo, 4orah StclI, DuuUrk and London for lron Leaad r. laoonorBo bar Madeline. I. Orunsby for Bomber Thjra, a 2 len inde.

Caruiff. RlO JAAlCIRiJ. S5iubo. TJrerpol. ZSth.

Ch.uorr, a. Lirernool for Wmi Cos South americe HHtuo. S.w Yar SAX FkASCISOO. Caniarvonil. owaoa! dawi.u, ueaoa.

8ASTOS, 27.h. CBtier. New York. aLVOAFURE. 23th.

IUmbort sad Clyde for Penani N.ntchow, s. Orde and Ure ool for Yokohama Santo' jCJ. UTSfjool for Manila Varrs. 1 artaas for Yoko SUtZ. I9L rroda.

a. ralcntu. for Ha bars Inchula.a, sror rmohee lor Port al prwn. Llrerpool for Caloatta Ejdal Lltrrpoot for Kam City ut Khiot, s. Bobsr for avi'Pv VDnI.ntt, Bombay; H1IOLY, Wtn.

WsirDsatboaLs, Lonlon. TAUANRIVJ. 29th. Rwlroth. a.

Saica VAli.A. 2atii.Aroov Oin l. FOREIGN SAILINGS. AKYAB. 2tth.

Swslnsbr, Pert 8a. ALlUC ANDKIA.2Tta. Picti. Berrrmt. ALU 1023th.

Pr, CljJe for Shanghai. 29th. Aston HaO, BALTIMORE 27th. Hsmborr. BAKB A1KM.

27th. Orerarr, York. BASHEI.V.2St Oresbr. a. Said.

BKMSAP. h. Po4erosa; Toos. BOM BAY. 27t Rtbr.

lloU. HtHTilX. 2Eth Lake OnUrio. s. LlreriMoL COLOMBO.

23th. Britan vla. Londoi? 2h Cairo. s. Daaubs Albul I SaHna JlehiiJ 27 Ioaa, Atot Joha otherttU.

s. CORFU, 25th. Crimdan. a. Black Sea.

UALI.K. 26 AWeby. srAkjab, i'a a M.k Hi 4iL UK Coatlaant. Mt SIS, 23th. PiwT Sh.

lTsto, Calentta. 5 1 "RI rUA. 23th KJassdale. a. Hsmborr.

CIlTvt rfth. Braxil rranoe. a. Lonlon. 1 COLAI KK 27th Jue.

Nordenhan jKnes Uroru. t. tyFih 'bsopoI l.Ith. i lSS.l.i'r! aad China for Loodoa. tljrJ Urerpool for Chiaa aad Jspaa.

SYDNEY. 29th. Bunfarea, a. Boat 27. VeTs7v4, HOME ARRIVALS.

FALMOrrrH. 29. Creui.gtoo. Plsacna tar. sVeRh IadeDeadanl.

Mata Bal'a forAntvrrn tlpeka, ttna SVaacl for Ut Jta. 2. L30 1 TxiiriBATCRa axd Htoroxitric Cotditiqx of ths Air i3r Losdost. 1111CH29 30. Boors Tcmptrttura.

of Tat Air. Noon 'sT 9 p.m. 45 40 2 a.m. 40 36 (Welfhlor Drrlnr Bamlditr TvuSlim I Vapoor Power iSatnra Yapoor. Inches.

277 247 12 10 bra feat of Air. 29 25 Air (ear 10 eata feet), 1X1. CnUaa. "Per Cent. a 1 80 5 83 4 88 Min.

temperature, 40dej. Max. temperatnre, PARIS, MARCH 29. Barometer, 30 lin. thermo.

meter, iMrtssass, 60'Sdeg. smana, 43der; Wind east very bright and BERLIN, March 29. Barometer. TfiSmm. thrm meter evixistant, miainust, Wind, east south east, very light.

Weather beaatifally fine. IENNA. MARCH 29. Barometer. 30 5in th.r.

mometer. otoztmaas, 61 minimum, 36'3der. South wind fine. HOME, March 29. Bsrometer.

30 2W thermo. meter, svtrimum, 63'14deg mtatmast, miaaay, ou uatiep. vina west, rery weak fine. ST. PETERSBURG.

March 29. TUmmeter 7C0 rmra. Themuim eter sauat, 3S 12deg. Wind, west aorth west. Weather fine.

AVENUE. THEATRE. Dne Broader, uldrabn MebUterraDeanLoeesv TsiraaKWr lp. Xsw York t. Ca, Bk 8rdrr.

S9.Emb, Utaada. Ror Cnarkow, libao Earl o( hrielaasnnd. LKITU. 29th. Olentarrv.

lq qae. LIVaaiPOOL. 29UL Priie Alaaandra. Bordeaaa Tse. lona ntrold.

YaleeU Woriaa iTxlVoSm QOEKNSTOWS. 29.C. H. SaajrUad, jfraeaibo. BlIU UM.

2 s. Km tri rt Wa. Carla HOME SAILINGS. BARRY, 2S. M.jl!.

Basses Arrea MaaooUa. i Arva eertwAaml lreroi CARDlVr. tSl ReaJwc.t. LMU f. Rio d.

Jiro Vci Alr. TTT y. a. Veartoe Owratland. laabe.

1 T.2rrSwbs etoa Rack. Irnilin frtmliiat of Lwrsa. a. rw2 y3?" Hamb Sreosa; ll Ytcrooay a. ristar'1 na, aaarsaos, a.

Last night's experiment' at the Avenue smacked somewhat of those impracticable theories of dramatic effect which have been associated with tbe Indepen dent Theatre. There was no official orchestra, the attitude expected of the house being one of reverential and awe struck attention but the pit anil gallery whiled away the intervals, one or two of which were long, with improvised music of their own. The audi er.ee bad less resource in dealing with the remarkablv verbose text of Mr. John Todhuntcr's nw four act drama, ominously entitled Coawi.r Sight but they indicated their opinion of tho work prettv plainly by a running commentary of titters, which somewhat disconcerted the actors towards the close, and by jeering at the author on his Ul advised appearance before the curtain. The performance, ia a word, missed its intended effect altogether.

Yet there is a deal Of misplaced aptitude of observation and epigram ia Mr. Todhunter's play which, in the hands of a capable and experienced manager er coUaborator, might have caught the public fancy. A Ctvudj is a satire upon the easy fitting morals of society, its motive being a study of jealousy, or its eqairalent in well bred circles but the lack of incident or movement in the story is fatal to tho appreciation, nf the author's ideas. It had the misfortune to.be preceded by a small piece oa aa Irish theme, which invited the banter of the house, a measure of tha author's eccentricity, being affarded by the strange line on tha programme Tha characters are supposed to apeak ia Gaelic." Tha cast of A Comedf of Sight comprises Mr. Bernard Gould, Mr.

Yorke SUphens, Hiss Florence Pair, Miss Tan Featherstene, aad Kr. dames Welch, the last named playing' a soeiaJist clergyman who is a supporter of tha mnsie haUe and ef skirt dancing. Poe his benefit, apparently a akirt dance was introduced iato the piece, nerfoxaed hy Miss Said Erie. Tha: Co a rr qet' wMI fcoM a 1 Veioak on Tsday, April a4 the sasfsaOsZa? rrUtaaall, AaIisalos taasasasl sju ajZ to the Military 'Col. Sir A.

W. Maekworttt will tertorrew tsaW tha post ef Commending Beyal Besaear kuZl' la succession to Col. Brace Brine. A Beater teUgrain, dated Yistorf B.a, UuAm says A deUshment af Beyal Marine ArtTZT serviee at Esqainalt arrived here A Beater telegram, dated Athens, March aTs The Easter. Division of the British Miu Squadron, under the Cosaaund ef Caps.

arrived at Poros, aad is shortly sxpectedJ' Pirssus." we The Mred'Cu larder, Bothnia, having bees psfci stand discharged from the Government serrl.li. PerUmouth yesterday fer London. A new Admiralty regalatiea provides for promotion of 40 lieu tenants to the rank af comM.7: notwithstandlDg that the vacancies en tL maoders" list'msy bo less than that nam bar, sii ta. lirt, of commanders is raised to 270. ober of prnmotionji to that rank to maiatatatse list at 270 wiU thereafter be made.

The active XLrt af engineer officers is to be arranged as anderr Chief ia. speetors of machinery not to exceed five iaspaetars of machinery aot to exeeed eight fleet, stas? soa uua vacevia aov ana cogiaesrs sal assistant engineers not to exeeed 57. The committee appointed to fnauire into the system of paying seamen's allotments stteaUed at Chatham Dockyard, under the presidency af tori Farrer, yesterday. A nnmber of witaaa. examined, and the showed that every eae a the district affected was in' favour of the allotsscats being paid at the post offices instead of ia ttt, yard as ai present.

It was pointed out that ia state cases the women suffered monetary loss through rrht to attend at the dockyards In other eases it irss stated that seamen had 'sent money direct to 'their wives as they considered tbe present state eftkiap was demoralising. The committee wiU visit Sbeeraeta to day. The Leda, gun vessel, left Chatham' vesterdav ia carry out torpedo trials at Portsmouth. The officers and crew of the third cists eraisrf Blanche, which is stationed at the Capiof CeodRe. are returning to England by the tnita Steamski) Company's intermediate steamer Anglian, which left Cape Town at 1 p.m.

on Wednesday. A relief crew' was recently sent out from TheAnrUia may be expected to arrive at Southampton oo April a. THE NATIONAL AKTILLKKY ASSOCIATION. The atmoal tneetln9 of Ihm memrim nf Artillery Association was bald last eveaiar at a Lnited Service Institution, WbiUhaU yarl, the Stradbroka (1st Norfolk ArtiUeryJ. the nrsit.

dent of tbe council, occupying' the chair. The saaual report ot the council, which was presented bv Csntaia Vane Stow, the secretary, expressed deep regret st the death of General Sir Montagu M'Morde, who had been a supporter of the assoeistion since its foods tion. The accounts showed a surplus of the working for the year. There was an increase of 43 la the total number of members. In regard to the last Shoeburyneu meeting there appeared to he consider able improvement as compared with the work of pre vious years, and the report of the commandant of the School of Gunnery stated that the faults to which attention had been drawn in previous Tears had such diminished.

It wss proposed' to hold the 1894 arreting Irom Saturday, August 4, to Saturday, August 11, and the prizes offered included contributions from the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Dake sf Cambridre. the Secretary of State for War, the Dake of "Westminster, the Earl of Limerick, the Corpora tioa ef London, the Worshipful Company of Drapers. Lord Armstrong; snd Captain Taae Stow. In moviag the adoption ef the report the Earl ef Stradbroke ex pressed satisfaction at the surplus and at the increase in the number of members of the association, aad mil it was certain that far more interest was taken ia tbe National Artillery Association than was the esse a few years ago. It might be that the compression of the meeting into a week which had given the Tolas teers from the North an opportunity of meeting the Volunteers of the South had bad this desirable effect.

and, at any rate, the council would repeat the experiment this year. General Goodenongh seconded the motion, and after a discussion upon matters of detail. In which Col. E. Garrett; Serve ant Ms ior Boms.

Qaartermaster Sergeant Garard, Col. Cameron, Ber gesnt Msfor Lidbnry, Quarterns ster Seigeaat Nath, Major Lee, and Capt. Wrenn took part, the motion wss carried rmaninoosly. MR. BRIGHT AND MR, GLADSTONE.

TO TEE EDITOR 07 THK TIMES. Sir, A paragraph has been going the round of tie papers about a rebuke ones administered by my father to a lady who had. in his presence, spoken disrespect fully of Mr. Gladstone, and stating that the lady se rebuked was the Duchess of.Teek. I well remember hearing the story from my father, and it is quite untrue that tha Duchess ef Teek was the lady.

Be told me that he had said it toa peeress, hut sever mentioned the name. He added that she seemed rather astonished." Tours truly. JOHN A. EKinHT. One Ash, Rochdale, March 29.

GOVERNMENT. AND TEE EIOEl HOURS BILL FOB THE TO THS EDITOR OF THE Til Sir, I remt, as a supporter of Tuoverameat. te observe that Lord Boseberyhas premised later to adopt the 11 inert Eight Hours Bill ss a Govsra fflent measure. Tfcay cannot adopt it st present, he says, for the very suSeient reason that we hare hot bad time to think ef thst." Would it not have been wiser to defer committing the Government to its adoption at all until ther bad had time to think of it Then one is carious to know ia hat capacity the Government are in givicf tbe Bill facilities before adopting it, for the Prime Minister tells us that the Govemssent are determined, not as a Government," to give every facility to it. When is a Government set Government? Lord Rosebery is wrong ia thiaY ing that there is anythinr like unanimity in the Liberal party in favour of this Bill.

Haa he forxottes that the direct labour representatives in the Bouse from mining divisions' are eauaUy divided for sad gainst the measure, and that at least three members of his own Government Messrs. John Mar ley. Burt, and 'Arthur voted against the Bi last Session? Moreover, the country has aevsf been appealed to upon the question, and my recti lection is that the eight hours questiosVwss pur posely and deliberately excluded from the New castle programme upon which the Liberal part) ppealed to the country in 1392. Here is a BiU affect. iog directly over half a million persons, and is directly the commercial and' industrial prosperity sad possibly the supremacy of the whole rem itry.

and Lord Rosebery seriously says, The Govema jest HI give that a day." Why, in a wrek. would not too much for the discussion of this measure, mors direct and at the same time more se rious and far resching in its consequences than, perhaps, any proposal laid before 'Parliament during the past I years. Ey all means let us have diseusaioe it Jy requires the light of discussion to sxpss the absurd and impracticable nature of this Bill Personally I am not opposed in principle to Par a mentary limitation of the hoars of Is boar, eves of adult males, where such can be done, without harat to the interests ef the men themselves and ths country generally tut this Bill which Lord Kosebery, without having had time to think about it, has promises to adopt is pot forward by its promoters not so sseck with the object of reducing boors as of restricting set put and of raising prices to the consumer, ia.the ssis taken belief that it will also raise the wages ef individual workmen. Let that be perfectly clear it ia openly avowed away from Wessiaster. The I salt ef the experiments of Mr.

Ma ther and the Go era eel yards has, therefore, little hearinf at thisErgU Hoors BUI for Miners, ns in trod need by Messrs. Pickard, Seat Woods; and Abraham. misnomer to call it aa Eight Honrs Bill it wu mora properly called a Six Hours BUI. sad esoH. reduce the psodactioa ef coad in some districts by to 35 per cent, at the very least.

The pronwters art aot prepared to allow tha BUI to be materially atods Scd inCot aittee it mU be passed practically as it stands, and this is the Bill which Lord Soeeberj haa promised to adopt. What hava Messrs. Jfa7 aad Bart to say Testes, -D. A. THOMAS at PrsTrmorm.

Marsh.