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THE LEEDS MERCURY, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 189L LOCAL AND GENERAL POLITICS AND SOCIETY. T.kpt, Tuesdav. March 17th. I entitled Au Pays Bleu," by Madame Augusta Holmes, was performed with great success at the last Chateiet concert. It is composed of three parts, sjmhohcal of "Prayer at Dawn," "At Sea," and BISIOlliKysriElfS.

that his reception will be as cordial as in France, seeing that some political afflatus surrounds his gymnastics. He writes brief chronicles of his tour to a popular paper, and he is escorted by troops and bands of music and cheering peasants, and finds himself a popular hero not the first on stiles. it is coincident that a Russian is now in Prance who has driven across Europe from his native land in a t-roVta. He also is being entertained hospitably on his way to Paria. The bands turn out and play for him, and he is toasted in bumpers and drowned in patriotic huzzas.

What higher compliment could be paid to a down who rides a jackass from Paris to St. Petersbura; LIBERAL DEMONSTEATION AT BABNSLEY, SPEECHES BY THE MARQUIS OF RIPON, LORD HOUGHTON, AND EARL COMPTON, M.P. A crowded and enthusiastic meeting of the Liberals of the Barnsly Division was held last night in the Hanrey Institute, Bamaley. Lord Houghton, President of the Liberal Association, occupied the chair, and amongst those present were the Marquis of Ripan, Earl Compton, M.P., Aid. Wood (Mayor of Barnsley), the Rev.

Hadiield (Womb well), the Rev, J. Rosa Clarke, the Rev. P. C. fiaime, Councillors J.

Firm. E. Bailay, Brady, Webster, Rinchcliffe, Jackson, and Waddington Messrs. D. Hainerton, J.

Taylor, and S. Seal (Darfield), and Mr. W. Parrott, and Mr. W.

E. Baley (secretary). The noble Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said it would probably be untrue to say that we were on the eve of a general election. He did not believe an appeal to the electorate was inrmment. The Government had a great programme through which they had to get.

It was true that that programme consisted mainly of measures they (the Government) were really unwilling to pass (laughter) but it would not be difficult for them to spend much time over fctmm. At the same tinie, there was no doubt the present Parliament was in a th.oroa.gbiv effete PORTUGAL, ENGLAND, AND AFJRICA. Lisbon, Monday telegram). A cablegram from Mozambique, dated Friday, states that the sseond military expedition disembarked there on the 11th inst with material of war. Three Renter cablegrams from Durban, dated Friday and Saturday, ajmoemcing the captcrc by Portuguese, on tiie river Limpopo, of the steamer Countess of Carnarvon, with one thousand rifles and twenty thousand cartridges for the- South African Company, and the departure of 300 Portuguese and 40O native volunteers of Loreneo Marques on the.

loth of February from Bobra to Massikesse, are first published in to-day's newspapers. CspetGwa, Monday (Renter). Further mformation received here states -that the Countess of Carnarvon, which left Durban on the -f7th nit. for Limpopo, was fired on and captured by the on about the Sth last. She iad beFn sent on her -second voyage tip the Limpopo river with provisions, sad having discharged her cargo, was returning with Dr.

Jameson and other officials of the British South Africa Company, who were on their way to Capetown by that route, under ti terms of the 3rd Clause of the Anglo-Pcrfcuguese modus vivendi. It would appear that tie Countess of Carnarvon was not at the time conveying arms and ammunition as stated previously. A representative of the Press Association had a conversation with Colonel D'Andratui at the Savoy Hotel yesterday evening-, and learned from him that he never, as reported, expressed the opinion that his mission in Mashonaland was to drive out the English, destroy their ports, at the risk of Ma life. He was Portuguese Governor-General of the district, and carried out his orders, but not to this effect. Colonel D'Andrada left last night for the Continent.

His destination is not stated, but he admitted that he was not going back to Portugal. Lisbon, Monday (Renter). The papers the news of the capture of the steamer Countess of Carnarvon, by a gunboat, on the LimDopo, and the seizure at Beira, of hhe equipment of a hunting party from Durban. It-is declared that the Countess of Carnarvon was seised as she had arms and ammunition on boards intended for chiefs subject to Portiigjd. Aa to the hunting party, it is declared that a steamer of a Clan Line, when passing Beira, dropped two boats manned by ten men, and havinr ammunition on board.

They had no pai-ers, and were thus regarded as pirate boats, liable to be sieaed by ay vessel Pying a fla'. Th Minister of Marine has confirmed the above inteHigeriee- EXPLANATIONS DEMANDED BY ENGLAND. The Press Association learns that mqiriries have been made at Lisbon by British Minister as to tho meaning of the capture of the steamer Countess of Carnarvon, and that, if a satisfactory answer is not forth-corning, steps will be taken to ensure her release. The Cortes were to meet at Lisbon on April 2nd, but there is reason to believe that there will be a change of Government befere that date, the rumour being that the present Ministry contemplates resigning immediately. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

THE HAR.TLEPOOLS. Aid. Thomas Richardson, having consented to become the Unionist candidate at the next election, he was unanimously adopted at a joint meeting of the Liberal Unionist and Conservative Committeas held last nigbt. ASTON MANOR The contest in Aston Manor is not being fought strictly on the Home Rule question. Several important subsidiary issues Lave been raised.

Perhaps the most important issue, next to the Irish question, is identified with the special claims of the working classes for legislation auecting their hours of labour, their relations with their employers, and the improvement of their dwellings and general social condition. On this question, Mr. Phipson Beale is in the utmost harmony with the views of the labour party, and most of the prominent local Trades Unionists are actively supporting his candidature. On the other hand, Captain Grice Hutchinson's statements in regard to the labour questions are of the ordinary stereotyped Tory character, and are expressed in the sentence, "Maintain the Tory Government, which will protect your trade abroad and find work for the manufactories to do. Next in importance to the labour question, is that of temperance legislation.

The Unionist candidate- has boldly planted the flag of the trade, and has given satisfactory assurances to the publicans and wholesale and retail, brewers, who have decided to unreservedly support him. Mr. Phipson Beale is a pronounced advocate of Local Option, and an opponent of beer endowment. The teetotalers, therefore are rallying to his cause, and a rigorous liquor trade crusade lias been inaugurated. Two meetings were held in Aston last night in support of each candidate, and were well attended.

Mr. J. Rowlands -and Mr. Summers, M.P, spoke at the Liberal metinirs. ME.

GLADSTONE ON THE LAND QUESTION. Mr. Gladstone, writing to Mr. John Vivian, of Camborne, acknowledging the receipt of a reprint of his lecture on "Land Monopoly and its Evils," says "I well recoHet't the impression made upon me at the time of my visit l.y tbe of the leases, and I heartily wish well to all your efforts to draw it fully into public view. WHOLESALE POISONING IN MARSEILLES.

(Special Marseilles, Monday. The police here are actively investigating a of alleged wholesale poisoning on the part of a local beer saloon-keeper, who has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, Ms mother-in-law, his wife's grandmother, a shepherd who had intrusted him with a sum of 10,0011 francs for investment, and finally, a child of tender years. All these persons are alleged to have been poisoned succes- sivelv with arsenic KEIGHLEY MISSION TO THE DEAF AND DUMB. The third annual tea and entertainment, in connection with the Keighley Mission to the Deaf and Dumb, held on Saturday, at the Temple-street Wesleyan Schoolroom, was presided over by the Mayor, wh.i expressed deep sympathy with the movement. The report, read by tha hon.

secretary (Mr. Alfred Adam), indicated considerable progress during- the year, at the Sunday and evening classes, on the register of which there were now -io names. The mission had be-en instrumental in sending a boy and a girl to the. 'Yorkshire Institution tor the Deaf and Dumb at Rm-caster. It was proposed to extend the usefulness ot' the mission during the coming year, the committee hoped to secure the services of a resident teacher, to devote more time to the work than the present capable superintendent, Mr.

J. W. Dawson. The bakmce in hand had risen irom 12 10s. od.

to 2:1 IGs. Sd. The Rector urged the claims of the mission upon Christian and philanthropic people; and the Vicar of Silsden spoke of the good results of such a mission during his curacy. An entertainment suitable to the occasion was provided, and Mrs. B.

S. Brigg, Keighley, and Miss Brigg, Kildwick Hall, rendered musical selections acceptable to a large general audience. About fifty deaf mutes were inclnding contingents from Bradford, Halifax, Skipton, and Bingley. DRTGHLLNGTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. In order to sustain the ministry of the church, a two-days bazaar of useful and ornamental articles was opened in that plsa- on Saturday afternoon.

There wore six stalls, decorated in a very tasteful manner, and various attractions provided in ante-roorus. The proceedings were commenced with devotional exercises, conducted bv the Bev. Thos. Porrift and the Rev. 'Chas.

Vi'elioii (Morle-y). Councillor H. Bradley (Morley), in opening the bazaar, said the church, although small as a material edifice, and though most of the worshippers occupied a comparatively bumble position in life, yet the band of hard-workiinr men and women over whom the Rev. H. Mathews presided as pastor had deserved the greatest success in the cause which they all had so much at heart.

A concert was given by the choir of Fagtey Congregational Church, Bradford. The bazaar was continued last e-vening. MEDICAL OFFICER'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR HALIFAX. The report, for the year ISilO of Dr. Ainley, -medical officer for Halifax, is issued, and shows births 2277, and deaths 1,827.

The latter is higher than in any year since 1S79, and gives an average of 22. against 21. for all the large towns. Zymotic diseases caused 10-1 deaths. Acts relating to the dwellings of the pxn- have been, put in force, but the doctor suggests that before many more houses are demolished, others should -be provided, lor already families are met with who are being disturbed for the third time- He does not think emptying ashpits by contract satisfactory, and he points out the danger arising from milk-shops and dairies just outside the borough which are in condition that would not he tolerated in the borough.

Inquiry should be made into the condition and future use of Lister-lane Cemetery, now in the midst of a dense population. He points out the importance of vigilance. in the meat inspection: and reports th3t out of tilO deaths of children in the year, 460 were children of mothers employed in household duties, and only oS of mothers enag'ed in work away from their homes. The report of Mr'. Travis, the sanitary inspector, shows that a good of useful work was done during the year.

THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. The King of tha Belgians was throughout yesterday engaged at the Burlington Hotel. In the afternoon he received Lord Salisbury, who remained with him for more than an hour. SERIOUS STATE OF PRINCE NAPOLEON. Rome, Monday, 4 p-m.

Napoleon's condition continues most serious, and the patient is hourly growing weaker. MR. JUSTICE Mr. Justice Stephen, who came to London on Thursday with Lady Stephen, for the purpose of consulting Sir Andrew. Clark, has returned to Bristol to finish the assises.

Before leaving Winchester to return to London, Mr. justice Stephen entertained the barristers on circuit at dinner. In the course of the evening he addressed to them a brief speech, in which he referred to Lord Coleridge's interview with him, and said that till the Lord Chief Justice spoke, he had not the slightest conception that his conduct on the bench had been made the, subject of public comment. OUE TEETH.1 Yesterday afternoon a lecture was delivered in the Philosophical Hall, Leeds, by Mr. George Cramingham, M.A..

D.M.D., L.D.S., of Cambridge, on '-Our Teeth: how they come, and how they go." The lecture was delivered under the auspices of the Yorkshire Ladies' Council of Education, and was presided over by Dr. Bddison. Mr. Cunningham, said "teeth were for two purposes. They were intended for the mastication of food, and also for voice-production.

Teeth were, of course, of two growths the temporary, baby, or milk teeth, and the permanent set, and most of them began to calcify before birth. They would thus eee how imperative, it was that attention should be given to teeth in the earlier part of a child's history. Honeycombed teeth were due to neglect at an early period, and arose froin defe-tive nutrition during the first or second year of a child's life. Mothers, too, frequently made the enormous mistake of disregarding the milk-teeth; and some people had difficulty in remembering the number of teeth which belonged to the first dentition, but it was easily remembered as being identical with the number of their fingers and toes twenty. (Laughter.) Any tooth beyond the normal number of five on each side of the central hue was a permanent tooth.

The normal time for them to begin to grow was between the fourth and seventh month. If it occurred before or after that period, completed by from two and a half to three years, been completed in from two and a half to three years. It was a physiological process, and it was frequently and very wrongfully made the scapegoat of a great "many ailments that were due to improper diet, undue exposure, and carelessness. People supposed that because the first teeth were temporary, they need not be attended to if decay took place; but the first set was just as important to the individual as the permanent set more so, indeed, because the latter were being formed while the. first teth were cutting, and must depend largely for their condition upon the healthv and complete function of the temporary teeth.

Any precaution urged, therefore, with regard to permanent teeth applied with equal force to temporary or milk teeth. It was a cruel error to suppose that nature always removed the roots of the first teeth, because where large roots were left their extinction was a brutal operation to subject a child to. The first permanent tooth was the sixth year molar. It came before any loss of temporary teeth, and it was very iir.pcrtant that it should not be mistiken fir a temporary tooth, beeimse it had no successor. In old ase uiauy" people who had only one or to teeth attached great importance to them, but they were of no use in reality and were better removed.

Wnen that was done, the gum shrank, and the jaws could be used in chewing. Where the ordinary number of teeth thirty-two crowded the jaw, it was better to have four removed. It was a mistake to have a tooth recklessly taken out, because it might lead to a serious defect, and no single tooth could "be removed without affectiug the position of those alongside of it and those opposing it in the other jaw. There were certain erroneous opinions concerning what were cjvlled the "eye" and "stomach'' teeth, ritlier of which could le removed where necess-jry without any danger. He then explained, by means of a view on the screen, showing the connection between the teeth and the nervous system, how a diseased tooth caused irritation.

Head aches were sometiines due to diseased teeth. Diseased fetli -were caused by microbes, 'hich existed in the Saliva, and which formed the acids by which the tooth was attacked. Between the teeth there was what was called the interdental space, which was usually filled -tap by the gum, and it was important that the gum should be kept in a healthy condition, because atrophy of the gum would frive increased facilities for the deposit of food in tiie interstices, and if food, especially of a saccharine cr starchy description, lodged there, it would afford the microles excellent nourishment, and facilitate their attack on the tooth structure. Where teeth were attacked they should be filled at once. The lecture was illustrated throughout by series of hme-iight views, which greatly assisted the lecturer in elucidating his subject On the motion of Dr.

Rogers, seconded by Mr. T. E. King, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Cunningliam, and a similar compliment to the chairman terminated the proceedings.

In tiie evening Mi-. Ctmninjrluiui delivered a second lecrore, in the Philosophical Hall, to ii large aulienee. in'- which he further dealt with tbe subject of "Why the teeth go." Dr. De Burgh Birch presided. Mr.

Cunning-bam dealt at length with the causes of the disease and destruction oi teeth, shuwing, amongst other things, the very serious effects of tartar deposits, even where they were net excf-ssive, The lecture Was followed with tbe utmost interest, iind at the close a vote of thanks was accorded to tbe lecturer, on the motioa of the Chairman, seconded bv Mr. G. Brunton. OBITUARY. Djeath of Sie Joseph BiLZALGETTE.

The death is announced of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, which occurred on Sunday afternoon at his residence, St. Mary's, Wimbledon Park. Sir Joseph was born in 1819, and was a son of Captain Joseph William Bazalgette, R.2f He became a civil enprineer in 1840, and was engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works from its creation in 1856 to 1388, when the board became merged iu the County Couucil. He was best known in connection with the great scheme of main drainage of the metropolis, which he completed batween 1858 ana 1865. He also designed the Victoria, Albert, and Chelsea Embankments, and niauy other metropolitan improvements.

He was created a Companion of the Bath in 1871, and knighted in 1874. In politics he was a Conservative, and was Vice-President of the Wimbledon Conservative Association. He married, in 1845, Maria, a daughter of Mr. Edward Kough, of county Wexford. Mrs.

Booth Tucker, who is still seriously ill, airived at Cannes yesterday evening. Earl Granville is -still conlined to his bed, but according to the latest reports is progressing favourably. A Reuter's New York telegram, dated Monday, says The opinion is expressed in many Quarters that the visit of the Irish delegates wiE prove a The press gauerallycondemus Mr. and advises tha people not to support the mission. A fund is being raised to purchase Mr.

Walter Sickert's portrait of the lai.e Mr. Bradlaugh for presentation to the National Liberal Club, London. The portrait which is now on view in the Gladstone Library, was paiutedfroin life, and represents Mr. Bradlaugk seated at his writing desk. The Evangelical Union of Halifax, representing ttw Wesleyan, Congregational, Baptist, Free Church, hew Connexion, and Primitive Methodist bodies, are making a thorough visitation of the town, with tha view of inducing those who attend no place of worship to do so.

About 19,000 circulars have been printed for distribution. The work is expected to be completed in the present week. Halifax School Boaed. At the monthly meeting of this board last night, Mr. Y.

Cash, the Chant-man, presiding, the minutesoftheSitraandBuildiugCom-nnttee contained the following That in future a clause be inserted in ail specifications requiring an assurance from each contractor that La pays his workmen not less than the standard wages of his trade obtaining at the time in the district, and that sub-letting he not allowed. At the same time the committee are of opinion that in the interests of tha ratepayers, advantage ought to be taken of reasonable competition and they wish further to state that it has always been the practice of the board not necessarily to accept the lowest tenders bat to employ those firms who are of good reputation in tne town, and" whose work has proved satisfactory to the board iu the past" The minute was approved. On Saturday, at the Halifax West Riding Court, two woman, mother and daughter Mary Thornton of Elland Upper Edge, and Mal tha tireen wood, of Rastrick were committed lor trial on a charge of felony. Thev had been engaged for two or three years, it was aaid, in robberies from tradesmen in the neighbourhood, and the police iiaa found a large quantity of goods in their houses, I oesiues orner tnmgs wtncfi thev nad pawned. Tha two cnarges on which ihey were now brought up were for alleged robberies from the shops of Thos.

Clayton, draper, and Joseph Hodgson, tailor, both of Brifraouse. At the iaml court, a young man named Wilfrm Wade was ordered to pay IBs. or 14.da.vs, for assaulting Police-! constable Huihnd, at Warley, on the previous atternoou I or 14 days, for damaging the officer's uniform and I 22a- 6h, or 14 for reiuaing to, quit the New Delight Dan. I The Fatal Railway Accident at Qtteeimg- Ton. The body of a sailor, which was found shockingly I mutilated on the NorUi-Eaatera railway, at Otterington, near Northallerton, has been identified" by means ol two Prs relating to tbe Seamen's and Firemen's Union, winch were found upon deceased.

The Deputy Chief Constable of the North Riding forwarded the papers to Swansea, and has received a reply informing nim that the deceased was a sailor named" Michael Duggan, who belonged to Grimsby, where a sister of his at present resides. The bodyj-was interred by the parochial authoriiies on Saturday. YORKSHTKE VOLTJJiTEEE. SlGNAlLIKG. The officer in command of the signalling of the 2nd West York Volunteer Royal Engineers (Leeds) would be glad to communicate with any other officer of Yorkshire or West Riding battalions with a view of forming stations during the eomiag season, or he would be glad to meet and discuss any idea by which long-distance practice could be obtained.

It should be feasible to form some scheme by which inter-stations could be arranged, securing practice at once varied, interesting, and of the utmost value. Lord Uosebery arrived in town yesterday- from The DurdaiiS, Epsom, on a brief visit. During the "day his Lordship conferred with several his Parliamentary oolleagues.S Leeds Pious Uses Tarsi Scheme. A meeting of the Leeds Pious Uses Trust Committee of the Leeds Corporation was held yesterday, Aid. Harrison presiding, to consider what action the committee should take respecting the scheme for dealing with tha revenue of the Leeds Pious Usoa Trust.

As already stated, a draft of tha scheme (a summary of which we have published) has been deposited at the offices of the trust, and objections may be lodged np to or about the oi'ta hist. The committee yesterday discussed various points, and drew up in preliminary form representations upon certain points, to be afterwards duly lurmuiiacu anu deemed upon as tney may determine. WESLEY ilOUiE ASSOCIATION, LEEDS. The following have passed tne examination in First Aid to tha Injured," conducted under the auspices oi the St. John Ambulance Association Ladies' Class Margaret Bailey, Ruth Brighouse, Fanny Broadhead, Jane Buckton, Caroline Buckton, Edith Giles, Lelia Harral, Elizabeth Hartuell, Annie Jackson, Gertrude Jackson, Ada Jennings, Mary Kershaw, Kate Marten, Nellie North, Lily Peat, Edith Pickard, Louisa Riley, Alice Sanderson, Agoes Scott.

Gertrude Smith, Sarah'Whalley, Amelia Yeardley. and Eleanor Yeardley. G-entlemeii's Class Alfred D-Bailey, Frank Broadhead, George A. Cook, George Haynes, Joseph S. Hodgson.

William E. Hudson, Philip Jones, William B. Charles R. Pickard, Herbert ii. Riciard, Arthur Riley, Thomas Riley, Rufus Sanderson, Herbert K.

Senior, Percy R. Senior, Percy Scholes, and At red "Verity. The lectures were givai; by Dr. Haider Btjrley (Lehds) Libeeal Association. At the annual meeting, presided over by Mr.

Grosvenor Talbot, the report aud financial statement were read by the hon. secratary, Mr. John W. Hives, and unanimously adopted. The following were elected for the ensuing year President, Mr.

Grosvenor Talbot vice-presidents, Messrs. James Wheatley, Joseph Poppiewell, and Wormald Waring treasurer, Mr. Alfred Laycock hon. sec, Mr. J.

W. Hives; committee, Messrs. Godfrey Buigley, Joseph Darcey, R. H. Davis, Wm.

Fox. John A. Gray, I. Greaves, Wm. Hart, W.

H. Hellewell, John Jackson, Jas. E. Kilburu, F. H.

Millard, Wm. Nixon, John Perkm, James rugby, Manassen Rigbv, S. H. Stone. Samuel Wilkinson, Alfred Wilson, and the W.

R. Bird. Leeds United Working jMsn's Temperance League. Mrs. M.

J. Pearson, of Nottingham, commenced a six days' mission, under the auspices oi this League, on Sunday. In the morning the meeting was held in the League Room, Kirkgate, when a large number of men assembled. Councillor Laycock presid'ed. After several persons had given their experience, Mrs.

Pearson addressed the meeting. In the afternoon she gave a Gospel address, in the Grand Assembly Rooms, Briggate, which was nearly filled. Aid. Bootliroyd presided. Iu the evening, in tha same Rooms, nearly 2,000 people attended, and hundreds of others were unable to find even standing room.

Mrs. Pearson again spoke. Mr. B. Mason presided.

An overflow meeting whb held the League Room, Kirkgate. Many pledges were taken at the several meetings. The mission will be continued during the week. Leeds Tempekasce Hall, New I'oejc-street. On Sunday afternoon addresses were given bv Mr.

William Pearson, superintendent of the United Kingdom Alliance. In tbe evening his subject was, "The duty of patriots and Christians in relation to the liquor traffic." Mrs. Elliott sang two sacred solos. At the close of the evening meeting the following resolution was passed unanimously: "That as the second reading of the Liquor Traffic Local Veto (Wales) Bill is the first order of the day for March 18th, meeting most earnestly calls upon the Members of Parliament for Leeds to attend in their places in the House oi Commons and support the passing of that measure, as the deliverance of the people from the ravages of the liquor traffic is a matter oi tne greatest and most urgent importance." Kaxepayees' Meeting at Akhley. A meeting, called by the Armley Township Liberal Committee, was held last evemig in tbe Armley Board School, to select-two persons to act as overseers 'during the ensuing year.

In the absence of Councillor Goodson through illness, the chair was occupied by Councillor Holdsworth. He was supported by Messrs, E. Barnsbeo, Thos. Thornton, Titus Hardcastle, and others. The room was crowded.

On behalf of the Township Committee, Mr. George Roberts proposed Mr. Jno. ri." Parker (retiring overseer), and Mr. Ben Coates proposed Mr.

Wm. Winn Hawfcyard. On behalf of tbe Armley Liberal Reform Association, Mr. 51. B.

Calvert and Mr. J. E. Brown were proposed. Mr.

Sam. Bannister proposed Mr. rJ Join Walker, but Mr. Walker refused to stand, and mtimated that at a later date he would probably be asking for tha -rotes the ratepayers for a different post. It is stated that Mr.

Walker contemplates opposing Mr. Goodson at the November election. A question was asked as to -whether each party would abide by the decision of the meeting, and support at the vestry meeting, to he held naxt week, the two candidates who obtained the highest number of votes. Each side expressed its willingness to do so, so as to avoid a recurrence of the unpleasantness which resulted from last year's action. The candidates were questioned on several matters.

Messrs. ilawkyard and Calvert received the highest number of votes. Gymkastxu Competition. Leeds and Disteict Challenge Shield. The contest in the first round of the competition for this Shield, between the St.

Stephen's (Bunnantofts) S. S. G. Club and the Leeds Working Men's Hall Club, took place last eveuing in the large hall of the latter. There was a large attendance.

Councillor Hunt presided. The St. Stephen's Club are the present holders of the trophf The St. Stephen's team were Messrs. T.

Jepson, F. Cawood, W. Middletou, C. McGregor, G. Howe, II.

Howe, J. Drake, and B. Clarkson. Reserves, A. Slater, and R.

Woodley. Tbe home team were Messrs. A. Seward, W. Brook, A.

Panther, J. T. Smith, W. Brown, J. Gibbon, and D.

Crumbie. Reserve, J. Gieeu. Iu the dumb bell competition St. Stephen's obtained 8o marks, and the Working Men's Hall Clttb 87i marks, out of a possible 96.

For the parallel bars competition, the figures were respectively 59 and 491, and for the high jump 56 and 46. The St. Stephen's team thus won by 198 points to 185. Fatal Accident at a Leeds Engineering Woeks. Yesterday shortly before noon, Ernest Walker (19), the son oi a Liverpool gentleman, who has been learning engineering at Messis.

Tannett, Walker, and Hunslet, ivas fatally injured. it seems that whilst coming down some steps at the works he accidentallv fell, and Ms head struck violently a lower step. When taken up, Walker was found to be unconscious. The Infirmary ambulance was requisitioned, but the unfortunate young man never regained consciousness, and died soon after admission to the institution. PtmsEY Bueial Board.

A ratepayers' meeting was held in the vestry of Pudsey Parish Church on Saturday afternoon. Mr. James Stilimgs presided. The proceedings were of a unanimous character. The balance-sheet for the year endinn- March 14th, 1890 showed the sum of 970 14s.

2s. due from the bank on siuking fund account; 300 had been received from the overseers, and 18 13s. was due from the bank in interest on tbe same account. A loan of 500 had been repaid, and 12s. 6d.

bankers' commission, leaving a balance due to the board of 788 19s. 8d. The sum of 565 4s. 2d. had bsen received at the cemetery on revenue account.

The balance-sheat was adopted. The Chairman stated that the debt at the end of last financial vear rm the cemetery was 7,300. Mr. John Halliday, Mr. Banks Potts, and Mr.

Alfred Lund were elected members of the board for the ensuing three years, and Mr. John Boyes and Mr. Joseph A. Lawson were appointed auditors of tha board's accounts. Central Otiapxsl (Fhee Chithch), Cleck- HSJlION.

The annual tea and public meeting in connection, with this place of worship were held on in the Sunday school, the latter gathering being under the presidency of the pastor, tha Rev. B. J. Lunvate, who delivered an address, which was followed by a piogramma of music by the chapel choir (Mr. Downend conducting), recitations, songs, Both moetings were well attended'.

School Boaed Election in Swaledale. Mr. F. J. Greathead, solicitor, of Eeeth.

the Returning Officer for the district, has declared tha result oi the Marrick School Board election to be as follows: Wm. Hodgson farmer, 74; R. Bstinbridge. Marrick Abbey. 69: Wm' Ireland, Marrick Park, 50 J.

Hillary, Hurst, 48 T. Dinsdale, Owlauds, 29. These five gentlemen were elected, and Mr. C. Davidson, of Newforest, was disqualified.

Bradford Trades Unionists and the Stoat-nra System. A pualic meeting under the auspices cf the Bradford and District Trades Council was held last evening in the Mechanics' lustitute. at which Mr. J. Holim-s delivered an address descriptive of the evils of the swmS.

ing system of labour, especially in regard to the tailoring trade. Other speeches wera made in advocacy of the principles of trades unionism, and a resolution was passed condemnatory of tha sweating svstem, and requesting Parliament to add to the Factory aud Workshops Bui a clause requiring employers to provide workshops and to have them registered. It was also decided to forward tj the borough Members a copy of the resolution. against Charles Camkell and Co. Liiutko.

At the Liverpool Assizes yesterday, au action was brought by Mr. Wiliiam Young, oi Glastuey, county Down, late master of tha fishing vessel Water Lily, against Charles Cammell and Co. Limited, ironmasters, of Workington and Sheffield. Plaintiff was crossins the I Workington, when he caught his foot in the check-rail I and before he could extricate it ha was run over by an vte.wj., milieu una oeeu searcea without warning. Both lags were so terribly iaiured that th-Rv hA to be amputated, tbe train was sta: The rails were on the nabbc oim ri tbe train wfts started wifli nno tnul-ftjiH cf 't.

The jury found for the plaintiff, damages 1,250. Alleged Attempted Sittbder and Suicide at Hull. At Hull yesterday Mary Seville, married, of Scott's-square, Scott-street, was remanded for a week, charged with attempting to murder her child, asrea two TO-JDATSLOiSTJDONPAPEBS the campjS IN SUSSEX. The Daily Ar saysWe report this morning less than twenty meetings which were held last night in the counties of Kent and Sussex by wzf introduction to the great speech expected from Mr. Gladstone at Hastings this afternoon.

At every one of them a Liberal fiember of ParHament was present, and the combined effect of so remarkable a demonstration cannot fail to issoiso the party with fresh enthusiasm. The timely inane by the National Liberal Federation of the executive committee report for the home counties diyiaiom explains the political state of the constituencies included, showing what progress has been made, and how much still remains to be dons. THE ENTmoiSfEMENT OF "THE, ASCHBISHOP OF YOKE. The Mornif remarks that the enthronement of the Archbishop of icrk has been appointed to tak Plaee to-day, which is St Patrick.a jw Dr. Magee is the first Irishman who has ever beea chosen to pres.ee over the Arch-diocese, and it is therefore a fortunate coincidence that the season of the year has enabled the ceremony of his instaUationto be fixed or the name day of the patron saint of Ireland, which the new prelate has appro-priately selected for the purpose.

The occasion is in some respect a remarkable one. ine see of Peterborough has never before during the three hundred and fifty years of ita existence had the honour conferred upon its Bishop of being: ealleLi on to 11 the Archiepiscopal throne of York, nor has a hie distinction been previously gained by any graduate of Dublin University, whose only other rresentatiTe upon the English bench of Bishops is Dr. Barfsley, Bishop of Seder and Man. But the dioceso of York has not been altogether tmconnectea with Ireland. THEiPINANClAl! SITUATION IX LONTjOX The Standard's Money Article says Another bitch is reported the negotiations for the settlement the affairs of the large financial house which has troubled the market by reports of its difficulties so long.

However, the assurance is confidently given that all will be settled soon. We hope so, but the sooner the feat is accomplished the better. THE NEWOIlTNJjLAD DISPUTE. The Times says It is to be hoped that as the arbitration proceeds the Xewfoundiaud colonists will have reason to see that they have taken an unreasonably pessimist view of the matter. At any rate, there can be no substantial injustice the submission to an impartial tribunal of the contested points with refpeet to the lobster fishery.

Whan th ese are nettled the way will he clearea for neffotiations to get rid by a Wat and rational compromise of a conflict of righta protected by treaties which appears at present to be inextricable. From this point of view no exception can he taken to the Commission the two Governments have agreed to invest with jurisdiction over the limited issues proposed for arbitration, nor, though the approval of the French Chambers and the British Parliament is expressly reserved, can we doubt that it will he duly granted. ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL. Poet Tslegejjse.) Lisbon, Monday. The Governor of Mozambique has telegraphed concerning the incident reported of the, bad treatment of a hunting party from Durban, that one boat with cartridges and empty provision tins was found adrift by the Portuguese authorities and takm possession of, that he treated the hunters with every consideration, providing them with arms, and allowing them to hunt in the district of Cheringoma.

Concerning the capture of the Countess of Carnarvon, itia officially declared that this was effected upon the vessel'n return after having forced the Limpopo and landed 1,000 rifles ttnd 20,000 cartridges as a present for Gnngnnhama, althongh the Portuguese authorities in doing their utmost to captnra the full equipment do not appear to have beea successful. PLAY AT MONTE CARLO. (Standabd Tsxeg-jak.) Monte CiitLO, Monday Night. There is no truth in the report that the high play of the last few days has been made by members of a syndicate formed in London to match science against chance. The lare stakes have all been made by independent; individuals, and I can state that no one of them has been a winner in the long run.

The visitor from London who has broken the bank once or twice lately-told me to-day that he won 200,008 francs yesterday, wldch puts him exactly even with the bank. Before that he was a loser. He comes to Monte Carlo every year, and reckons that he leaves behind him twenty thousand pounds annually. At thin moment he is dissatisfied with the bank for tmfairness in dealing-yesteiday. He says they dealt a card too many when he was playing maiimnm, and when he claimed they refused to forfeit, calling it no deal.

AMERICAN RAILWAY SECURITIES. The Financier says If business had been even nominally active yesterday, a considerable advance would have taken place in the price of Amt.ric&n railway securities. Even as it was, the improvement, while practically general, ramjet'I front i to doh. The fact that the publio both hero and at Xew York are standing- renders tha dealings very narrow, yet the indications are sufficiently pronounced that with very little -encouragement a higher level of quotations would be reached. The improvement in Argentine affairs ijs likely to ba followed by a renewal of confidence in svocks generally, and in view of the conseri-ative action which is recosr-nised to bo governing the management oi American railways, the securities of these companies are sure to benefit.

TELE IRISH DEI gates. Js-rw Tloes, Monday (Benter Mr. Gleeson, President of the Irish National League -ja Sew York, has published a letter stating that the League has taken no action regarding the reception of Irish delegates, whether Parnelhte or anti-Pamellit. A Beuter's telegvani from Paris states "that a firm at Eutraignes vas yesterday added to the list of or the new duties ou maize. The firm in questS cave employment toabjgc staff of workmen.

The Ecss of Portland and Visitors to the "D-otsies." a printed circulai has been issued by Mr Fred. J. Turner, agent to tha Duke of Portland, from which it apycars that Lis Grace has no intention of refusing adinission to the drives on the estate to ths underground rooms, and other places of interest'at Wel-beck but, that he has decided to admit visitors to the pleasure -rounds, gardens, riding school, and taneailoD on and afler the 31st mst. on payment of one shilling each person. The sum raised by the sale of tickets ml! ba distributed at the discretion of the Duke of Portland to charitaiola institutions in the distriet.

Rue at Devonpoet Naval College A occurred yesterday afternoon at the Royal Naval Engineers' College, Devonport. Tha flames were confined to the laboratory, a detached building, which was sutted. Daraaga to soma thousands of pounds was done valuable: tools and appliances being injured. Ws.Iearn that Her Majesrv, on the recommendation of the First Lord of the Treasury, has beea pleased to approve of the appointment of.Mr.RiehardO'ShauBhnesmp Publio Works, Ireland, in tht nlacl ot Mr. Le Panu, who resigns.

MILTON AND THB COMING CENSUS Thq of this district has now nearly completed his nm! parations for taking the.censns on the 5tli proximo Itia anbcitated that tbe returns will show a decrease in tht agricultural districts, and only a sbht increase in the towT where building operations have not been extensive in las. decade, and where trade is now somewhat slJ: Norton will, of course, be now counted as a separate towrT and as it was that portion of the boroigh that tha increase of population chiefly occurred during the past SftJ years, Malton itself may be ezpected to reman amt stationary. Medical Offices of Health foe Debbyshike. Mr. Raiwise Officer of Health of tha torTf Blackburn, has been appointed bv the Puhho Health appointed by tbe Puhhc Health c.0ttaty Council, the fini Medical Officer 17 5 salary of 600 a year, with 200 a year expenses? year expenses.

v-31- -Kemni of the number- quarter, 1S91 agraata relieved. 29 iL out ooor poor, CJorresnondmo. rafr r.t visit to Sussex is eseitinsr intense "r'. rkmca large band of Liberal Members ui-ou the county, and addressed at. urn jgj, .1 i oi v.i la older to prepare tne vrjaj 1UI ujc 1 i.i i i'M'i monuis: ine ngnt oon.

Keuuman weaves i Cross, and he is to be seat off on his nuksion by detUOIlStratlon iiueu iic j.u&.ckiB. two considerable speeches during his visit to ..3 X. :11 it exoecteo. tnae ne win nave some Sussex, SO'. iv -ant statements to make in regard to the present tcton cf aiiairs.

a30 particularly the Irish question. jj arousing great enthusiasm in Susses, and it followed by important political results at the Gsaeiai r. ectiou. London- Correspondent hears that some difficulty i3 over the constitution of the Koyal Cornmis-Labour Questions. The chairmanship has, it is ready been refused by two distinguished persons, cow jstd to He between Lord Hartington, Sir i -ir .1..

0 ElJll B2d jj ana dir. ruicuue. aujs a iwi. me cniy ine LOSlimailuu will laryer ujan intended, but even witn its increase in it has not De-en eas to find representation It is stated also that fer lvuh tnteresis tbete have tc-ei; iilfereaces in the Cabinet as to the ot the t'jmmiioa. Xn names ot some of representatives ot labour were objected a'- ttie ij i.vi-r -r.

iaimeat. Vhetber 3r. Smith will be able to ooaevment an the subject this week to the Eiti-; an an' I tea reasoa for saying, writes our London that tii statement telegraphed from Aue'ca ifr. I'uraeU's address had been circulated p'' the titles is abaomter unfounded Vr i'arneil iatruswd his manifesto to Dalziei'e Cable iir. 1 i'res the result was that the New York Asso-vhkli sut'ijiies practically the whole cul nut eead it out at all.

Instead of a a.l tte pat-el's ot tne i- mtca states, it was ifi ab-jut twenty-two or twenty-three, 11 oiastsiueBtiy recvived a small amount Til anti-Pameiiites liave received riLitija America which satiaiies them that mission will be a great failure. The which the Member for Cork is displaying l' jui tu-jre -t; hi is strong evidence that be tiifixtinsr a losing battle. by the Possession of Game strenffth. It is contended that the STU.Tltlg wul be to stop the importation ot LTiii- duritig the close and to interfere 1 a Taiuiibic Kiurce of food-supply. It is ttfct at the port of Hull alone 30,000 tons of siira game are Sanded every year.

A meeting of and others interested in the trade will be at the Cannon-street Hotel to consider the It is iioalttsl if a House will be kept to-night for Tlx. PicfcetfgUl's motion on the subject of gambling. Atatmany Liberals will be at Hastings, and there i- tidruif.eciy no obligation on the Government to keep i Uvo wn Tuesday ae it-teiiLts to It Mr. Pickersgili is allowed to iijeusa the locralitv of baccarat. coi readsn; of the Manchester, Sheffield, and LiLwluiiiire Hallway Bill, which authorises the c-iitvuccioa of a new trunk line to London, will, uur Litidon Correspondent, deprive the Crovem-ntu: ut the benefit of a large part of the morning eusg to-day.

The debate on the bill is likely to wsne hours, and the greatest uncertainty pre-tihs as to the result. The division will probably be cc, and the promoters of the bill are by no means A deputation from the Lnited Cotton Spinners' will wait on the Home Secretary on Friday with reference to the questions of certifying Brjtruiis and raising the aire of half-timers. The Duke of St. Alban's and the Marquis of are no longer, writes our London L'orre-o-acwit, perpetual pensioners of the British The pension of o5 which the Duke received, i ui tji 2b. 4d.

whi-jh Lord Downshire held, have Ux. euiumuted, and they therefore disappear from toe Iiou Lint Mr. Haubury has given way, and the old bad habit I'ariinmontary counsel undertaking three or four tries the work they are capable of performing is iiely to gu on aa before. When the Committee on the EWtric Hallway Bill met yesterday there was i. um-icuous absence of gentlemen of the long robe.

ua oa; vr two of them put in an appearance, attempt at cross-examination was made Taylor, and Mr. Hanbury asked the learned gentleman whether he had lh- firs: Iv iir. promptly lrd 1. tiie examination in chief. Mr.

Tavlor prutcsstu Lr did not understand the question, but (stated that he had heard all that the witness ul stated. "Then you may go on," said Mr. HaLSary, and up to this point it looked as if the hon. tor Preston was going to maintain his point. ak.

tot human weaknasa, he had shortly Kiel-wards to encounter Mr. Littler, Q.C., who took uuite a line from Mr. Worsley Taylor. "I Jit-jocse, Mr. Littler, "to put a few questions fc witness." Mr.

Hanbury was not tcjiai tu the emergency, and apologetically remarked ttat he did not want to draw the line too hard. Se suderstood that Mr. Littler had been frcien; during some part of the examination During ome part, certainly," was Mr. reply. ou mar eo on.

then." n.id th. Liter's no-- smiling chairman. "Yv'hat I object to is counsel when, as on Friday last, not tt-y the leadeti, but in some cases the absent during the whole of the chief. After this, thmc tmnt- 'summation "merry as a marriage tiie PaUamentary oe-iifve tea! tne victory rests with them. cients ai.

storiya be true, are not so jubilant. The Key. Charles Berry, of Wolverhampton, having -at1 pastorate of Brixton Independent -1 1-" haa agreesi, writes our London Correspondent, of the congregation on the subject, ifc stipend is one thousand guineas. The ie death Theodore dp Tz Curt-espocdenl. removes thr- Ur i thn 1, vie iiie JUCIO, anise toek win in th hcivht tl tni Oiie ot a-ruanticism.

He has been looked up i as a master by- the young school of poets for his I l-wuics virtuoso of rhythm, who have but scant pvet tor the sabjeei-matter of his verse. Theodore le oacvOie' gays Anatole France, is perhaps the I aa the poets who has given the least thought tr.e nature of things and the conditions of existence." at life and humanity through a veil, in i 4 wa ced the briirht side of things. Who i -name mm in these days when, as Thackeray the Em does not t.i itio l. Bai.i as it he am half of the century M. de Banvilie 3 reused Of bem- in n'o ir a-, is.

wnen that Parliamentary Don Quixote tilts at .1.3 evji-u Lil uuiiei ill. -acta, windmills. But is it not the ivmnmr to live in an enchanted universe and see everything -t-wwurr Another judicious critic, M. Marcel -uuier. nas observed about the deceased's work that t.chneas of his embroiderv conceals rhe warp of his av.

It must RjIrW rViof fXe avBi; 1' terarv mtii e- eeescu nun to turn out some very sorry StUtf. uttLri Correspondent writes A suite syrr.MiK, xtsw sx sorrento. notmes ootuiuea a succia rtim by her ode on the Centenary of the AicTuiiuaja a jcai auu. a. oui.

enc present COrn- -position cives uroof of samter maturity of nmm jt- music is descriTjtiyG. and the movement V.n v. said to rival the effects or iiaydn 8 "Creation." The work cannot fail to become popular -where a choral society exists able to do justice to its rare merits. There are very few mortals who venture to joke upon their death-bad, for surely the object of a joke is to make the listener laugh, and the maker thereof can hardly be expected to join m. A somewhat grim mot is attributed to Prince Kapoleon.

On Saturday, Jin conversation with King Humbert, the Prince is said to have remarked, J'tms roijez que je ne puis rhissir a iters, pas mime a maurir." That ie to say, Ton observe that I can succeed in nothing, not even in dying I Poor Plon Plon It is a confession to which many people will assent, with the proper reservation when he at last goes. But even then it is not his wish which is carried out. It is the decree to which all flesh must bow. Sir Charles and Lady Halle are about to make a tour Australia. At a complimentary banquet to Sir Charles in London, on the eve of his departure, the veteran pianist and orchestra leader told two stories wnich as effectually aa anything in so many words illustrate tne progress of this country in mumi The elevation of taste has by no means been confined to the uppah suckles," as Jeames might say.

The state of music was, indeed, idyllic when Sir Charles arrived in this home of the foreigner in 1848. He had a letter of introduction to a gentleman of position who afterwards became a Cabinet Minister, and that gentleman asked him to his house, mm to puiv someiamg. ne couoquy oetween nost and guest is worthy or ocing stamped in letters of brass instead of being- writ in water. "As the time came for me to play he came to me at the door and said, Mr. Halle, will you kindly tell me in what style you play r' That was rather a puzzling ijuestion, especially when the gentleman who asked it had his hand upon the door.

I naturally became somewhat embarrassed, upon which he said, Do vou know Dreyschock r' I replied. Do you play like that I could very honestly say because, although I admired him very much, I did not play like him. fpon this my host said to me, 'Oh, I am so glad because you see he plays too loud it interferes with the ladies' There is a confession, and for a Cabinet Minister too 1 And perhaps he was a good Cabinet Minister. No doubt ladies will be flattered that he preferred the sound of their voices to the hail of notes upon a pianoforte. But Sir Charles had another anecdote somewhat flattering at least to the musical taste of the "West Riding, and it is a very pretty contrast to the timid silliness of the Cabinet Minister's alarm.

The compliment he paid to Dewabury in the matter of music ought not to be forgotten, and we have no doubt there are a number of towns in the West Riding that would equally astonish Sir Charles in musical acauisitians ''Not long ago," said Sir Charles, we had a concert-party in JDewsbury, in Yorkshire, where we had never been before, and we decided to give a stiff programme, including several trios, solos, and duets which are very seldom heard. When we arrived at the concert hall a'l the music was gone; it had been left somewhere. Our difficulty became known to the audience. One gentleman after another disappeared from the hall, and before the evening was over wc had played the whole of the original program me from music which they had fetched from their homes, although probably you would not be able to buy the whole of the music at once at the best music-shop in London. That was a wonderful experience that in such a small place there should be so many amateurs having ready at call all these pieces which we thought were completely unknown in Dews-bury." Times have certainly changed since 184-8, and Sir Charles is no doubt not disappointed that he cast in his fortunes with the Eugliih people.

The death, of Sir Joseph Bazalgette removes from this generation one who must ever be memorable in its annals. hat Baron Haussmann was to Paris Sir Joseph Bazalgette was to London. He drained and purified London, and he did much to beautify it by giving the Thames a swifter course, by building embankments planted in boulevard fashion with, trees, and by constructing bridges. The main system of drainage, defective as theorists may call it, is his. The theorists can do nothing better practically, or they would have given their views application long ago.

Sir Joseph Bazalgette liberated Ljudun from many nuisances. That London has still a few nuisances left is not his fault. Complete success is impossible. There is one monument of his skill as an engineer that will endure as long as any monument in Venice. That is the Embankment between Blackfriai-s Bridge and Westminster.

The health of London was advanced immensely by this great work and its consequent enterprises. The Berlin correspondent of the Dally Xeics learns that the Alsatian deputation to the German Emperor is satisfied with its mission. The Emperor has declared that for the present things must remain as they are, and the deputation appears to have imbibed the impression that very shortly the passport severities will be mitigated, and thus remove a cause of friction between Prance and Germany all the more inflammable because it is partly sentimental and partly real in its annoyance. How would Germany like it if France drew a zoue across its eastern frontier from Switzerland to Belgium, and compelled travellers to take out passports of a particular particularity before being allowed to cross the zonel-Such a measure would add to the length of the journey, no donbt, but it would be quite as defensible a precaution of the worrying character as these measures of Germany to check travel through conquered French soil. The wonder to non-interesred spectators is manner in which such regulations are assumed to add to the conqueror's security.

As a matter of fact, the regulations are useless for any implied purpose of safety. A well-trained and valuable spy could drive a tinck of sheep across any barrier. A Constantinople correspondent gravely represents Turkey aa the Promised Land of the Germans, and says the Germans are now busily engaged in collecting all the milk and honey and forwarding it to the Fatherland. The ingenious turn about this assertion stands thus-wise A Manchester gentleman, called Piling, had a concession from the Turkish Government to construct a railway from St. Jean d'Acre to Damascus, and it is said he has failed to comply with the conditions, and that his deposit money has been forfeited.

The sum thus raked in as a windfall amounts to 9,090. When the gold bags were brought to the office where Turkish officials are supposed to take note of such trifles, a broad smile played in radiant lines over the features of the select circle, and the bystanders were induced to surmise that they beheld in the treasure the cash of salaries in ow.ot r)i, o-CT-iAnxl Itz. tlifniw flrp that had the concessionaire been a German, the German Ambassador would have struck fir from his heel rather than behold a Tflntnn worstpd in a business conflict with, the Grand Turk but the instructions to English Ambassadors are moderate in these matters of business. We abide by our rights, and do not force them. The singular man who is now stalking across France on stilts, and who inteuds to reach Moscow in this startling manner, has made fair progress on his journey, and soon will be in Germany, where he cannot hope A writer in the Field describes the hardahipa of this winter among birds and even fish.

Vast xinmbeia of thrushes, starlings, and redwings have been found frozen to death, and the skylark, the hedge-sparrow, the finch, and wrea have also suffered. There has been no snch, winter in the sonth since the Crimean war. At one farm near Selborne, when the hop-bine of a barley rick was turned over, no fewer than 125 small birds were found, some of them partly eaten by rata. These were chiefly finches, chaffinches, and greenfinches, with sis or seven starlings, and a few blackbirds and thrushes. The fish.

have alas siifiered by the ice forming and excluding the air. "In some ponds they haye died by the hundred. Perch especially seem to perish of the cold. You might' see them through the clear bine ice, gasping for air, or lying on their sides dead. In many places a hole was made in the ice and an armful of straw thrust in but where the water was shallow it -was often frozen to the bottom.

Some curious stories of eel capture come from various parts of the country. At. Salterton, in Lincolnshire, a hole was made in the ice which covered a large sheet of water, when almost rrnmediately a shoal of eels came to the surface to get air. In snch numbers did they come, that within a very short space of time some men succeeded in capturing the enormous quantity of 12 stone weight of wriggling eels." At a place in Cambridge also 14 stone weight of eels was captured while crowding round a hole made in the ice. Mr.

Walter Besant, in an article in the London edition of the JS'eiv York Urn-aid, intimates that among the few books that remain to be written is a History of Charity. If he had the leisure to handle the subject he would divide it into nine chapters, as follows In pre-historic times. When you give a beggar a penny because he is a beggar. When you build a monastery which Ehall give a bed and a square meal to every beggar because he is a beggar. How the beggar increases and multiplies and blackens all the roads in consequence of this humane treatment.

When yon hang the beggar, drop the beggar into the river, pillory the beggar, and flog the beggar, because he is a beggar. When you found societies for relief, but continue to flog the beggar because he is a beggar. When you send cheques to the societies, but continue to flog the beggar because he is a beggar. When you send the beggar to prison because he is a beggar, but give him a penny when nobody is looking. When you resolve to assist none but the deserving, yet the beggar continues, because he is a beggar.

When yon give up sending cheques about, give nothing to the beggar because he is a beggar, and try personal service among the classes which breed the beggar." Mr. Besant says he is beginning the last chapter, and that it seems hopeful. Probably the begging fraternity would be grateful to him if he employed his great literary powers upon some new theme of romance. A STEAMER SUNK IN COLLISION. LOSS OF TWENTY-TWO LIVES.

A Falmouth correspondent telegraphs A disastrous collision took place on Friday night between a ship and a steamer, resulting in the sinking of the latter and the loss of 22 lives. The English ship British Peer, Captain Dakm, 1,428 tons, with linseed, from Calcutta via Trinidad to London, when about 120 miles south-west of Scilly, collided with the steamer Roxburgh Castle, of Kewcastle, about 9 p.m. on the loth inst. So severe was the collision that the Roxburgh Castle immediately sank, taking down with her 22 out of a crew of 24, all told. Hor captain, Mr.

Tyrer, of Brisham, and oue seaman, Whitelow, were rescued and landed at Falmouth yesterday -morning. The Itoxburjxh Castle was a steamer of 1,258 tons register, aiad lieloriged to Messrs. Stephens, Mawson, and of Newport, from which port she sailed on Thursday with coals for the Piraeus. The British Peer received very great damage by the collision, and when about 90 miles southwest of Wolf Hock she was taken in tow by the steamer Morkloy and brought to the entrance of Falmouth Harbour, where the local tuj brought her into port. THE RECENT fiTORM.

ESTIMATED LOSS OF SEVENTY LIVES. It is feared that another vessel has been lost off the Sbu-t. A board has been picked up by a Coastguard which, being broken, has only the following left of the inscription SJymph of tha It is estimated that 70 lives have been. lost at sea during the storm off that part of the coast. A Plymouth, correspondent telegraphs last evening Communication by roai with Princetown, Dartmoor, has just been re-established after a week's blockade but the railway is still closed.

The inhabitants of Princetown suffered great privation, and for days were mainly dependent for food on what the prison authorities could spare. On Friday, a score of pigs and several sheep were slaughtered at the prison, in order to provide the townspeople with a little animal food, and all the meat was bought up in half an hour. The weather is now bright, but the railway traffic cannot be resumed for a day or two. Great anxiety has been felt at Plymouth as to the safety of the two fishing trawlers Canterbury Belle and Mary Jane, which have been missing since the storm of Monday night last, yesterday afternoon it was reported tnat the Mary Jans had been found ashore on one of the Sally Isles. Kane of the crew have been heard of, and it is feared that they havo perished.

The crew consisted of four men and a boy. No news has yet been received of the Canterbury Belle. A later telegram from Plymouth states that the missing trawler, Canterbury Belle, has been towed in a disabled condition. The crew of five hands suffered much from exposure, but no lives were lost. WEATHER FORECAST FOB TO-DAY.

The following is a forecast of the weather for twenty-four hours from 3 p.m. on Monday 8. ticonJ.an to north- north easterly winds, light or moderate fair generally, colder. 1. Scotiasd E.

Ditto. 2. England N.E. Ditto. 3.

ShsautSD E. Easterly winds, moderate or fresh cloudy, some cold showers. 4. CotrsriES Leeds ami District). Ditto.

5. EaGXJeHDS. (including Louden ad District). Ditto. 6.

ScoTLAjrn V. Same as Nbs. 0, and 2. 7. EaaLASD 2ST.W.

axd 5T. Walks North-easterly winds, moderate or ffesJa lair generally, but local sanwers. S. EjreuLSD S.V. A2TD b.

WftT.ua. Ditto. 9. Ieelaxd 1ST. Ditto.

16. ini'r S. Ditto. weather is probable to-morrow in some parts of our southern districts. Over the northern narts of the kingdom some improvement is anticipated.

WiEi-TNGS. Warning signals are still flying in Districts 1, 2, 6, 7, and 10. "Embraces the East Cojeit from Eeririck to Norfoii. tFoi- motooro! osics! purposes the Midland Couaaeo ran up to tiie meeting ol" Durhaia and Cumberland, atid tote in the West Elding. ON A SAVINGS BANK.

In consequence of a casa heard at the Blackburn County Court a fortnight ago, which it is said caused some feeling of distrust, a rush was made on the Blackburn Savings Bank. The managers were prepared with a large reserve of coin, and throughout the day the staff was continually engaged in paying money over the counter, many thousands of pounds being thus disbursed a few hours. The officials did all they could by displaying a placard stating that all tbe deposits were invested with the Government, and, by personal argument, to stavthe rush but at a lute hour last night the crowd outside was as large as ever and the excitement unabated, it is hoped that the promptitude with which the demands have been met, and the assurances of the officials, will convince the depositors that there is no cause for their alarm. ENGLISH ACTRESSES ILL EN CHICAGO. A Chicago telegram to Dalzial says Miss Rosina Votes has been taken very ill, and the dates of the Rosina Vokes Company have been cancelled for a fortnight.

Miss Marie Tempest fell in a swoon upon the stage on Saturday niht, ana had to be earned out of the. theatre to her hotel, where she is lying seriously ill. and broken-down condition, ine term tor which Parliaments were elected was too long, but as the i Government had the chance of a seven years' tenure of office they could not be -fairly blamed advantage of it. Alter alluding to the subjects of registration and one man one vote," tha Chairman spoke of the action recently taken by Mr. Parnell.

If, he said, tne Member fox Cork had any hopes of regaining anything Eke his old political position, he ought to know that he could not obtain his ends by hysterical scoldmns of former colleagues or the wildest propositions oi revolution. He (the Chairman) believed the cause of Home Rule had suffered no detriment in England by recent events. Both sides seemed to agree that there must be a very considerable Liberal majority iu the next parliament. (Hear, hear.) Therefore in the very near future we were likely to see carried that measure which was not merely one of justice to Ireland but also one of -justice to England. (Cheers.) The Marquis of Ripon, who was heartily received, said they might congratulate themselves on the prospects of the Liberal party.

It did seem, perhaps, for a few days as if a cloud had passed over its prospects but that cloud was speedily dispersed. (Hear, liear.) The strength of the Libarals was unimpaired, and their policy was unaltered. (Hear, hear.) That being so, he believed they might look forward with hope, nay with confidence, to the election which could not be much longer delayed. (Cneers.) It was not aiSicult to show how weak and imperfect tha efforts of the Government had been. They had one trick which ought not tt) impose upon any portion of the British public, and which would certainly not impose upon the public of Yorkshire.

He referred to their trick of saying they were gomg to bring in measures of a Liberal description, but which they never introduced. (Hear, hear.) He had seeu within the last few days statements in regard to two questions of foreign policy upon which he was veiy happy indeed to find himself, so lar as he understood matters, in full accord with the course Lord Salisbury had pursued. He alluded to the disputes with the United States and France which were to be submitted to arbitration. Liberals ought to give unqualified approval to the adoption of such a course. (Hear, hear.) Tha introduction of the Small Holdings Act furnished them with a sample of the way which a Liberal measure could be spoiled.

When originally dialled, power was to be given to obtain land for the holdings compulsorily. That provision had now disappeared. But no measure of that kind could be very effective until the establishment of Parochial Councils. Tuero was not, however, much hope that those councils would be created in the present session or the next, although they had been promised year after year. They would De aware that the Government intended to appoint a Royal Commission on the labour question.

It was impossible to exaggerate the importance of such au inquiry. He Hoped it would be full and searching. But he was bouud to say he had too often seen committees and commissions used mersiy for the purpose cf getting rid of troublesome questions by shelving them for a time, not to feel considerable anxiety about the course which the Royal Commission might take. He did hope that the interests of tha yjorkmg classes would be fully and fairly represented on the Commission. (Cheers.) It was said that Mr.

Burt was to be appointed a Commissioner, and an admirable member he would make but Mr. Buit held peculiar views upon ono question of interest to the working classes, aud the ether side should also be reprei seuted, say by Mr. Pickard or Mr. Cowey. (Cheers.) The other day Lord Salisbury, addressing the Associated Chambers of Commerce, put his foot aown on that great branch cf the labour question the limitation of hours.

The Prime Minister declared himself opposed to the legislative limitation of the hours of labour of it was very wrong of Lord Salisbury to lead the proposed Commission in that way. Prom, this cause and others he Ripon) was not so confident as he might otherwise have been as to tbe results of the work of the Commission. He strongly sympathised with those who sought a reduction of the hours they had to work. This was a subject of great public importance. The question was how were the working classes to secure a larger amount of leisure "r1 For Ins own part he was not, he confessed, nielloed to deal with all classes oi labour alike.

Each trade should be treated on its merits. (Hear, hear.) There were two employments in whicli the matter required especial consideration railway servants and miners. Tfiese labour questions were the questions of the immediate ruture. it raignt oe tnat tney were complicated, difficult, aud delicate, but they were urgent. Their settlement would no doubt test the statesmanship of Mintsters and oi i-aruameut, out, aureiy, tney could not transcend their powers Thuy must be solved with au earnest desire to increase the well-being, to raise the standard of aud to add to the leisure of the working people of this land.

(Cheers.) Touching upon the vote of the House of Commons with regard to the law of conspiracy, his Lordship said that the question was indissol ubiy mixed up with that of coercion in Ireland. If the lavv oi conspiracy were now to be altered, it would be found tnat tiie tabnc ot coercion would have fallen altogether to the ground. Touching upon tha Irish question, ins Lordship said the Liberal party had taken the question of Home Rule up, and thay clung to it, being mere and more conviuced oi the justice of the policy! Thay would pursue it until they brought it to a triumphant termination. (Coal cheers.) Lord Compton, M.P., who was enthusiastically greeted, moved Tiiat this meeting heartily thanks Lord Ripon for Ms speech tbi-i evening, and expresses its unwavering eonlldenee in Mr. Uladstone u.uu nit; leaueis ai ux iioerni party, una trusts that an eariy opoor-tnuitywill be given lo the electors of thiscoantrv of showing Uieir dislike to the policy of cxadon adopted by the unseiit Government in Ireland, and oi returning to power the Liberal paitv to iiuss a just measure of Home Rule for irehind, and other measures of reform many of which paiticuhu-lj- affect the welfare oi the workins chesses! ana ror which thin country has lonjr been waiting.

During the past twelve months Liberalism had, he said, made very satisfactory progress in the division. Tha association was in a healthy condition generally, and they had a good conscience. Iu spite of the registration laws, their register was in an excellent state, thanks to the energies of their agent. Hear, hear.) They would thus be able, when afforded the opportunity, to prove once more that in Radical Yorkshire, Radical Barnsley was in the forefront. (Cheers.) Lord Houghton had told them that the House of Commons was in an effete and broken-down condition.

He (Lord Compton) agreed with that statement, so far as one side of the House was concerned (laughter) but he refused absolutely to have it applied to the side on which he sat, for that was in a very strong and healthy condition. His Lordship proceeded to deal with oue or two measures which had recently been before the House of Commons, and pointed out the action of the Liberal Unionists with regard to them. Mr. James Birtles seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The Marquis of Ripon briefly responded.

On the motioa of Aid. Wood, seconded by Mr. W. Parrott, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Lord Houghton for presiding. THE BACCARAT SCANDAL.

It is stated that there is every raasen to believe that the trial of the action instituted by Sir Y. Gordon Cumming in connection with the baccarat scandal will be a very short affair. The plaintiff is determined to go into court, and will not hear of any retractatiou until his case has been laid before the jury and he has on oath given emphatic denial to tha charges preferred against ium but acting in consonance with the opinion of tha Royal personage who has been mentioned in connection with the matter, it is stated in well-informed quarters that there will be no cross-examination and no attempt to prove the allegations that an apology will be tendered, and that the business of the jury will be to fix such damages as under the circumstances Sir Wm. Gordon Cumming may think fit to accept as compensation for the injury done to his character and reputation. THE TIPPERASY RIOTS.

At Dubhn yesterday application was made for writs of Habeas corpus addressed to the governors of Kilmainham, Tullamore, and Galway Prisons, to secure tbe attendance of Messrs. "VYni. O'Brien, Dillon, and others at Cork Assizes as witnesses for tha defence in the prosecutions against Michael O'Brien, Dalton, and others for rioting at Tipperary on the occasion of the opening of the trial of Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien. The application was granted.

CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN. Sir James Fergnsson informs the London Chamber of Commerce, under data the 13th instant, that as far as the Argentine Republic, Nicaragua, Salvador, Persia (Buchire and Tabriz Consular districts), Japan, and tbe United States of Colombia are concerned, no certificates of origin for shipments to those countries are requisite. Costa Rica, I Honduras, and Guatemala require certificates, but these issued by Chambers of Commerce are not received, whilst iorPerueoods must be accompanied by the Consular invoice oi the Peruvian Consul at the port of shipment. As regards Spain, is not necessary that certificates accompanying Britiak goods should bear the manufacturer's 1 a 01 la. At, fetal ia and out door noar.

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