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THE MORNING POST, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1877. i INSTALLATION OF HUE RIFFS Tht.E CITY. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Friday YoBarma. jcther day has passed without varying in the least the aspv of tte raii way strike.

Yesterday's trains to stt from Kis -hridge arrived punctually more than half empty. 13 estimated that the weekly traffic returaa to be made up fa, wil1 300 a bP in hard cash of several ihousand penadb ia "cipts. About ili.000, on the oth -baad, will be saved i A substantial portion the traffic between Oimk ad Dublin has beea diverted to the sea route, and touch of the Limeriok traffic has fcetaken itae2? to syatera. A fail passed Tullamore 73sterda.T with two passenj.jre. Oa the Gortalea and Castleislan Railway the entire tr.ua from the 41st Foot, to be mj v' Brevefc i-tenant-Coloiiel Edward Kent Jom.

si de sed. COth Foot The seeond Christian naa. '0 Quartermar.ar William Holmetis Nassau," 65th Foot Sergeant-Major D.aviJ JJfjJfv1' from tho 12ch Foot, to be second beutc-i nt, hi s-aoft 'i-aiin to Lieutenant A. W. Eecdle, a probationer fj" tae Indi.n Staff Corps.

CSth Foot Lieutenant Claud1 from the Forfar and Kincardine Artillery Milieiv'i ba second licutenr.nt, in succession to Lieutenant A. H. Stanley, promoted. 71th Foot-Second Lieutenant VV jlHam Heury Ste-ven son, from the 70th Foot, to be s-ccud lieutenant, ia swe-eestion to Lieutenant G. T'arie.

promoted. lfltth Foot Lieutenant-Colonel awl Brevet Colonel ifce Hon. Charles John Adding tan retires half ry 108-h Foot-L-eutenant Wil.iom Thomas the 2d or East Norfolk Militia, to be second in Eicci ssion to Lieutenant 7. O. Aslelfc, a probationer for the Indian Staff Corps; Paymaster Joshua James Bownc-ss, from the 5th Fo to bo paymaster, vii Honorary Captain R.

B. Mitc2ell, Brigade Lieutenant William James Smyth retires from the service, receiving the value of an easinncy. BREVET. Lietitrrant-eolone James Hornby BM1 half pay, lati Military Train, to have the hcaorar? rank of coloaul on retirma 5rom the servied. The undermentioned lieutenant-colonels to be of desires, give lustre and distinction to the presen century.

Their names are "household words and the reader's memory will readily supply 'a host of them more or lesB distinguished. The orainary tourist, journeying to allay the spirit of eiw or to gratify an mdolent curiosity, is to thete earnest-hearted men as Hooclight unto sunlight, and as watei unto wine." Our Canadian colonies have ever been foremost in their steadfast loyalty to the Throne, as was witnessed during the Crimean war, when a compete regiment, the lOOtb, equipped, and disciplined, was sent as a present to the mother-country. The homely, yet spirited and truthful volame nnder review "is "a record by the llev. George M. Giant, of Halifax, K.S., (in an enlarged and revised edition) of Siadford Fleming's E-pedition ihrough Canada in 1873, Th6 author is aplainspoken man, true to the core of his heart to bis country, and desirous not of his own aggrandisement, but working for the welfare and the development of the bidden weaith of he Dominion.

His introductory lme3 give an idea of the Brobdignanian task required of a man travelling a country where' the rivers rush along for thousand of miles to the sea, and the inland lakes are veritable oceans. "Tiavel a thousand miks up the St. Laurence another thousand on great lakes and a wilderness of lakelets and streams a thousand miles across prairies and up the valley of the Gaskatchewan and nearly a thousand through woods and over -reat rai ges of mountains, and you have travelled from ocean to ocean through Canada." This magnificent programme maps out a mental survey of the iron road which Canadian colonists are ever dreaming and discussing about. That it is feasible to construct a railway linking the Atlantic and the Pacific throughout the entire kngth of her Majesty's possessions in the New World is answered by the admirable argument that trains now run from between San Francisco andNewYork over summits of 8,200 feet." In the face cf such evidence leaser difHculties of distance and height disappear, and what pessimists call difficulties, insurmountable and quixotic, are mere puerilities. Coin, labour, and skill, properly applied, will at the present day even bring the mountain to Mahomet, if this were necessviry.

The aim of the author of Ocean to Ocean" is to do for Canada what the energetic people of the United States have already proved, by four dide-rent lines of railway, to be possible i.e., to construct an overland route from the eastern shores of the Dominion, washed by the restless surf of the Atlantic, to those western ports wherein the I waves of the Pacific would carry the commerce I of China and the Asiatic world. The Rev. Nr. Grant, who travelled in company with two friends, begins his narrative at Toronto, whence they started cn the 10th July, 1872, by train for Collingwood, a hundred miles due north. This town is an instance of a railway terminus develop-I ing a place.

Beforo the Northern Railway was i built an unbroken forest occupied its site, and the red deer came down through the woods io drink at the shore. Now there is a thriving town of two or three thousand people, with steam saw-mills, and hue rafts from the north 1 that almost fill up its little harbour, with a srain elevator which lifts out of steam barges the corn from Chicago, weighs it, and pours it into railway freight waggons, to be hurried down to Toronto, and there turned into bread or whisky." On the 20th day of July they were sailing along the N.E. coast of Lake Superior. It3 waters are fresh snd crystal, but it breeds storms and rain and fogs like the saa. The scenery of Nepigon Bay is described as magnificent.

It is said to surpass in stateliness and beauty all other places in Ontario. Blutfs, sometimes bare, and at other spots clad with graceful balsams, rise from the rippling waters to altitudes varying from three hundred to one thousand feet hujh. At Silver Island the travellers srw one of the most wonderful veins iu the world of that precious metal. Last year thirty men took out from it and competent ju Iges say that the mine is worth, perhaps, hundreds of millions. The original S50 shares sell for 25,000.

The company that works it is chiefiy a New York one, though it was held originally by Montreal men, and was offered for de iu London for a trifle." The author entertains rosy hopes and opinions of tins mineral region. The French and the Scotch are paramount in Canada the letter being especially conspicuous for every virtue which in a people constitutes the real strength of a country. Tne author has a little touch of humour in this allusion to bis countryman. "At thefiftec n-mile shanty we stopped for an hour, and a half to feed the horses and to dine. Bread, liht and sweet as Paris rolls, was baked in Dated ovens buried in the hot embers of a huge fire outside the door.

The Scotch bos3 of the shanty accepted the shower of compliments on its quality with the canny admission that there were waur bakers in the warld than himsel." The Rev. Mr. Grant is a man of kindly and considerate feeling, more thoughtful of others than of inn elf. and he urges the claims of the North American Indian as the original holder of the soil, with fervour and justice. Nor can any well-tbinking and reasonable man be of a different opinion.

Cooper has thrown a shade of pontic glamour on the figure of the North American lndn.n but underlying this there exist3 in reality a substratum of solid and genuine good qualities, very rare, even in nations which have clambered to the pinnacle of civilisation. He upholds truth under torture, and, undemoralised by the white man's rum tire-water is, as Lord Byron wrote cf his trustworthy friend Hobhouse, "ever true in counsel and trusting in peril." Shooting a rapid under the guidance of a Red Indian illustrates the latter part of this experience. It is greatly to the credit of the Indians in British America that they have never injured or stolen from any missionary," writes the author ot "Ocean to "They have plundered posts, stripped traders naked, and murdered soma who perhaps had given them cause but even when at war, the missionary is allowed to enter and speak in their great councils, and is everywhere treated with respect. Reverence is a strong trait in the Indian character. His own language supplies no words for profane swearing if he wishes to blaspheme, be must borrow from the French or English." The grand scenery of the Rocky Mountains awakened the enthusiasm of the explorers, and with the fervid loyalty of true Canadians in eight of the swift waters of the Riviere de Violon rushing by the base of Roche a-Perdrix to join the Athabasca, they drank to the Queen out of its clear ice-cold waters.

Written in a truthful, temperate spirit, abounding with valuable information, eloquent in style, more especially in the chapter headed Our Country7," the Rev. George M. Grant's book was well worthy of an enlarged and revised edition. The Mebchant Navy. The merchant navy cf North Germany has, according to the Qlihkauf, incrcattd vety much of late years, the average numbsr of efciling vessels belonging to the porta of the North Sta haTirg been 2,336, with a total burden of 410,090 tons, and manned by 16,470 sailors, for the laat five years.

At the end of these five years the number of sailing! bad been increased by lliG, with a burden of "JO.OOO tonB, while during the same period the increase in the number cd vt-Siehs under steam was still more rapid. In 1S72 taera wtre OLly 82 steamers, but by the eiid of last year there were 182, with a burden of 140,000 tons and a total of 7,400 sailors. In the Baltic the average number of sailing vessels was 1,933 butj there were fewer idling veebils in 1876 than in 1872, though the total toutage remained i tationary the explanation of this bf ing that the small vessels, when they become or fit for me, replaced by larger vessels. Upon the other there hss baea a great ircreesc in the number steamers in the Baltic, the figures being 137, with burden of tms, and anted by 1.70C sailors, aa against 89 in 1872. The total nmber of trading vehsels iu 'he wo seas last year was 4,745, with a burden of tons, and manned by 42,362 eailore showing an increase since 1872 of 216 vessels, of 96,192 tons burden, and of 2,459 sailors.

KA VAL A KD MILITA li 1NTELLIG ye. FROM Om OW2 C0KRESP0.VPENT.S Friday; aU the ferthecraing distribution of ns io tii? cade ts wl are assing out of tbe Royal Military Acalemv is ezw cted tbat Ihe unusual number of 20 will ba pointed to the Royvrf Engineers, that being eve-i mere in ed of officer tb an the Sftyal ArtaiKjy. Till irosj ictifi regarded WS Bitisfactisn by the endets, a 'sgprers'" bting the shier1 prize the Academy. 1 he steam-ship Ancora, of Liverpool is at Arrena, embarking armourlatt8 and other war ma-twial fcr Malta. The plates are inches ic-tticknesa, Lfefe.

by and weigh eaoh tons. Th-y are pierce! to fcim the faces of the casemates in the mosexposed irtg of the Maltese fortifications. About 100 tens of P.d!isrr Bhell and other atores are being tiken oii ih An cor a. It is thought probable that Dlaj or-Genera' Si: Uha-ls D'Aguilar, commandant of the Woolwich district, will, notwithstanding his immediate promotion to lieut he permitted to retain his command until thi espiia-tioB cf the. term for which he was which will be in July, 187'J, and that 8imilr ndulsexsc-s will be extended to officers oojipy ng simikr positions in ether district.

CMoael K. P. lUdclilfe, II, who has been naoie i aa a probablo tucoessor to Sir Charles D-AHar, will, it is btiieved, retain, on promotion, hU present position aa Deputy Adjutant-General Boyal Artillery, at the War-office, it being in coutomplation to mike thai pest a appointment. In consequence of slackness of workthe forgas in the Royal Gun Factories are ordered to be closed SSondavj and Saturdays until further notice. ALDERSHOT, FfUOAY.

A portion of the trcops at the camp were exercised ia minor operations to-daj in the vicinity of the Fox Hills. The operations were carried out under the following ger eral idea, viz. On the evening of the 27th inst. tha advanced guard of nn invading army marching on London by way of Guildford had reached Godalming. Oa the same date a defending army was falliog back to concentrate behind the Thames, about Winds )r an I Cimt-Fty.

The bouthern or attacking force was conmandad by Major Brockman, SCth Regiment, and was composed of half a squadron of cavalry, a battalion and a half of infantry, fnd two guns. These troops marched from quarters about eight o'clock and to Narmandy, and took up positions in the vicinity of the village. The northern or defending force was under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Strangways, Royal Artillery, and included a squadron of cavalry, a battalion of infantry, and two guns. Colonel Strangways marched his force frcm camp at an early hour and proceeded to Frimley Green. About 9.30 the cavalry on both sides advanced towards the Fox Hills.

Shortly after ten o'clock the guns crime into petition aLd opened fire, covering the advance ef the infantry. The field operations were continued for about two hours, and, although on a small scale, were both itttiuctive and interesting. Major-General the Hon. F. Thesiger, C.B., acted as umpire Colonel Bray, 4th Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Doane, 19th Ragiment, and Major Goldie, ICth Lancers, were assistant umpires.

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Steele, K.C.B., having rejoined from leave of absence, has as-umed command of the division. fhom the London gazette. Education Department, Whitehall, Sept. 26. The Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council on Education have issued orders this day for the formation ef Sehccl Ecarda in the undermentioned parishes Eent Mi'veiton, Warwick Pencoed, Glamorgau snd in the united district of Llanfihangsl-y-Trasthauaml L'snfrothen (comprising the parishes of Llanaaaagl-y-Traethau and Llanfrothen), Merioneth.

The Lords of the Committee of the Privy Coumjil oa Education have issued an order this day for th compulsory formation of a School Board in the united district Reedaess (comprising the paiithes cf Reedness and Whitgift), York. jgjj BOARD of Tradj, 1, Whitehall, Sept. 27. 1 he Boaid of Trade cave received from ie Secretary of State for Foreign Atfairs a despatch from her Me jetty's Minister at Constantinople reporting that ths export cf barley and millet from tLat capital ii no longer prohibited. The Board of Trade have received from the Secretary State for Foreign Affair a despatch from her tt at Biine reporting that the decree of t'a-s 27 ca July Lttt inq.osir.gadutyo; 800fr.

on each horse exported from Switzerland has been abrogated. The Board of Tiaae huv received from the Secretary of Stae lor Foreign Affairs a despatch from her Majesty 'd Cor sul at Monte viaeu, witn copy of deore-r issue i by tne Provisional Government, the import daty on coal. The Qsj ital represented by cargoes of coalimportei ill, E6vertfcties, te subject to the impost of property the meti icul ton of col bring valued at 5510. A orpy cf a further decree of the sameGoverumeat has aho lie received tettioviii the export duties on ana rural produce (including fresh meat) and live sattle. Admiralty, Sept.

24. EUYAL MARINH3. The undermentioned promotion has taken place in the Re; al Marine Aitillery, viz Lieutonant Hamilton dsli 1'oer Beiesfcrd to be captaiu, vice Hill, male on appointment as adjutant to the 4th Weat York Aitillery Volunteers. Sept. 25.

In accordarce with the provisions of hr Majesty's Order in Council of the 22d February, 1S70 Lieutenant Jan es Malicott Richardson has been this day plscsd on the retired list of his rank Staif-Surgeon John M. Hunter has been placed on the retired list from the 10th innt. the Rev. Samuel Beal, chaplain and naval instructor iu the Royal Nuvy, has been placed on the retired libt from the 20ch inst. In accordance with the provisions of her Majesty's Order in of the 221 Febiuary, 1860, ana ta22 I February, lr70 The Rev.

Andr. C. Risk has been I laced on the retired list from the ult. Sept. 26.

In accoi dance with me provisions of her Mijesty's Oidei in Council cf the 'sJd February, Nivigatiog Lieutenant Edgar Crow Baker has this day bejn placed on the retired list. The fallowing promotions have this day been made John Boxell, E.q., to be chief engineer in her Majary's fleet cci with seniority of 1st May, 1S77 Liopold Miles Green, to be chief engineer in her Mvjssty'd fleet, with seiduiity of 15th Sf-ptember, 1877. Sept. 27. In accordance with the provisions cf he? Majesty's Order in Council of the 22d February, 1870, Chief ELginecr William Lewis has been placed on the retire! liet fiorn thiB date.

In accordance with the provisions of her Majesty's Ordtrin Council of the April, 1877, the undermentioned engineers Lave this day been placed on the retired list James H. Bray, James B. Ssariett, and John Watts. War-office, Pall-mall, Sept. 28.

Sth Hussars Captain John Worthy Coaplin, Y.C., to be major, vice. G. M. BUlicgton, retired on half pay; Lieutenant Arthur Mark Crofton to be captain, vicj C. W.

B. Bell, made supernumerary on being appointed Ccnmandant of the School of Instruction for Auxiliary Cavalry. Grenadier Guards Major and Brevet Colonel George W. Alexander Hi.ginson, C.B., to be lieutenant-colonel, vice Brevet Colonel W. H.

B. de Horsey, retired on half pay. Coldstream Guards Major and Brevet Colonel the Hon. W. H.

A. Feilding retires on half pay Captain and Lieutenant-Colonpl and Brevet Colonel the Hon. Richard Monck retires on half pay. 2d Foot Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel James Rote retires on half pay Lieutenant Walter Chartaris RofB, from the Haddington Artillery Militia, to ba serend lieutenant. 4t Foot Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel William Gordon Cameron, C.

reiiies on half pay. Ctl. Foot Brevet Colonel Charles O. Creagb-Osborne, C.E. rt tires on half pay.

9th Foot Sergeant-Major Joseph Thompson, from tha Foot, to be second lieutenant, ia succession to Lieutenant J. A. Ind, promoted, loth Foot Quartermaster Michael Carey, from half pay, late47tb Foot, to be quaiteimaiter, vice A. Griffin, retired on half pay. 22d Foot Lieutenant Alfred Lestock Uasher, from the 1st Derby Militia, to be second lieutenant, in succession tn Sub Lit utenant G.

A. Welman, a probationer for the Iriai, Staff Corps. 3o.i Foot Lieutenant Reginald Hope Parkinson, from the Foot, to be lieutenant, vice H. F. Lyuns- Mci tgomeiy, a probationer for the Indian Staff Corps.

38th F' ot Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Saur- lock Hinning, C. retires on half pay 42d Foot lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Sir John Chetham M'Leod, K.C.B.. retires on half pay. 57ih Foot Captain and Brevet Major Cecil James Est, -TIN COCHIN. of a atood man is always aa luatrac- i iffr-v.

lu- miaer review we have a i a Fituchman, eniiiietnly fitted nivina the wh de wei -i-hr. i 1 the larger portion of his 'rainy aau hj iult vso tue i fl lus poors country jr; if A "1 1 careful study of tfte tpiestu liis writings on this enfossu Ha stion i- attention oi earnest an i teel- (if thf "lilhfl ll.Tilain I'ansmn in r.hfl lac th it- ha. khn "a r. citw ana hxa progenitors re and Lis progenitors iij f1! n-si ts municipal oiiises and and friend, CXni at IIS else- tat de i Ffkiioh Academy, tells us that he at ancient families of Hu in knowledge and iu solid i was alderman of Pam in PJJS Ljuis. "Char.

es Coehia hi the municipal administration his son and grandson were tiiu itmir of Massy, near Palaiseiu. lK'' toe aits, at the bar, in maris- i-v uii-ir industry and talent, the of the Ooclua family attained fnnu-ie cyu; lcrtou. Inose ancestors Ti our, intellect, and sterling nhhi calls "the rich iu-uif rational The Abbd ilia parish of St. Jacques du ttut of the subject of the present tn of infinite benevolence, and afc related of him which serve to was hnrn at Pa.ria FArfm- vi if tbeir mutual loss. Jdencero slarrn was GaHed Augustin in memory cf he mi 0f Us tber, of whom he cherished a fond 7 lecolleetion.

Thanks to the gentle if t.Vifi Sftnft who nm. Md his', for his iirst communion, young Cochin a uth imbibed that love of moral purify, utiiit for Sjiiritual supremacy, which was tUe ut of his after career. Religion, not in its jj, mouial observances, but as the sweetener and -liiici oi everydiy life, was his friend aad and so contiuued until the close of a mo3t gerituriuus and usefil life. When only seventeen r.arh of age his lather died, and the shock was a rerr bitter one to a nature sensitive and ali'ec- e. Henceforward the father whom li9 for so intensely became his model, and he determined to prosecute vigorously those forks of charity which had been a labour of love bis kindly-hearted parent.

At the early age of eighteen he was chosen president of a conference of St. Vincent of Paul, in the Faubourg St. maxim of the young enthusiast being does no good, and goad makes no noise." Viorkmg men, their wants and embarrassments, tas a contitant theme and occupation for M. I chin. Ivr v.erc his labours without good jtsnlts.

ile had no sympathy with the IchofL ai.d the young friends cared little for out-rard recogi of their generous S3rvice3. Ik cause," be wrote in a letter to one of them, we hr.ve more at heart our mutual esteem than care tbi rs of the world." This letter was sudreEsec to hie colleague, M. Goland, with whom he had a warm correspondence. Daring this of life the intellectual activity of Angurtiu Cot-bin was unceasing. He learnt Enuhsh and (German, became an excellent cormois-seur uf and painting, and cultivated the frietdbbip oi men like de This up oi entbunen were bound together bv the Li ud of patriotism and i charity.

ut-picu jus during the last forty years among the intrepid defenders of religious lioerty it Trance re M. Mcntalembert, Lacordaire, Ferreyre, and Ozanarn. Count de Falloux now and justifies a place amidst them for Cochin. Mr. Augustus Craven, who translates this work from the French, quotes him rs another ijaitern of practical religious life in the world." 1 'here was not one atoai oi cant in his nature.

He was shrewd, observant, and durici: all his goodly labour never evideucd one of tht Pharisee. Writing to his wife from Luchon, under date lth August, I80S, hi3 style is that not of an ascetic, but of an essayist alive to the frivolous world around him, and smiling gi i.v:-2.i.travdh in his sleeve at i the brave, and fuilias of the wise." v. rigbl oa are to abhor thai fashion, nowso depreciathag everything. How easy it ie to inJSvake spite for experience, and how often the co1. Lt-ry is complained of when the stomach is to bbtioe.

very thing tries us almost at it.fi outset and ve complain that nothing succeeds witbout avii attempted anything." In another leru? hr hi i tf very happ'ly a weakness w'licn is aw ti nhiitd to the other side of the Channel, nor io artists only. "Yesterday an invitation to an imsvcidahlti at Madame de wituthe icr This great artist is so fond of com- that you weary of praising him lattgues Siv so much as playing the pirt unitr decidedly 1 am not apt for that orhea." lii lb year lbti2 M. Cochin, who vvas a stanch a salons lloman Catholic, found himself fct lh-iii in presti.ee of the P-uitlff, whom he re-vejfcc1 v.lh eh eh ftrvour oi heart. It was the BttddU yftbfl Week, and tha sublime music Li jorgeoue cremcnial impressed him greatly. IX.

M. Cochin wrote with dkcriminatiu cr.ti.usia.?:!;. He combines in his person three ie gift? holiness, kindness, anl comeli-t'S- He possesses an excellent heart, ai'C an amiable nature. Tnese interior giiis arc n.arvell. mely well seconded by a hand-8 li-c countenance, expressive eye3, regular fei-trts, uhd graceful and dignined gesticulation." ochih niude these remarks after a private Sttcitnee at the Vatican lasting three-quarters of i' hour.

In bis journal, which is elo jaont and "Lpu; he writes of the Holy Father's poetic Wctfitioa on the lovely shore of Porto d'Anzo, a to llm for ever in the memory. Pre-' the se and the Barberini families are approaching at the full speed of their horses wi'tbio a few paces they pull up, leap from their saddles, and, kneeling, invoke his blessing. By their side on the same sandy platform kneel also a tioup of raed urchins the fishermen present th nets beiore casting them into the sea. A few borates elapse, and they return with dejected io ke their draught has been unsuccessful. 'My children said tiie Pope, smilingly, 'see how well influence dtes all she does; there are no fish to-day, 1 like fish but you like piastres, Mid here at Bome.

With this characteristic and Qggtstive passage wo close this memoir of a -rabk man. His last will, dated 4th Septem-hfeti 17, is a model of affection and piety, and is typical of the Christian virtues of its Salable author. We thank Count de Falloux for ACtrllciiT a portrait, and Mr. Augustus Craven lor- as it vere, reproducing it for the benefit and omirati( of an English audience. sectarians may withhold their approval ut ah tiniest men of all creeds must love it.

'i. Cocbib. By Connt de Fallens, of the London: Cbapman and HalL OCEAN TO OCEAN. I atjiotistn in the early periods of history was need a mac's ever ready and eager deter-cation to confront an enemy to his country. patriots are frequently the pioneers ti and they work for the welfare of trying to open up channels ci'Diajunictotioo, such as canals or fail-' vhi the cereals and mineral re- 0 'i ir bitid may be made availabL- to the ttav 'lT and consumer.

Many this stamp, animated and upheld ootngjjg difhculties by noble aims and 1 1 Ocean. By the llev. George LL Grant, of London; SampHon Low. iiV i 1 gj His titles were titles of honour and ili.iiimedebieu," Uomine told love, both of God and man. The fori! al installation of Mr.

Atdarman Nrttags aacl S-r. slderrran Staphs as the sheiih'e for Middlesex for the ensuing year tock p'asa sti.day st tie Gei'dhall. The sheriffs elect were met it t'u Tavern, Alderegate-gtreet, during the morn ng by a large number of their friends and supporters, aad tl) Varly ultimately set out in procession for the Guildiad shortly after not n. An escort of police, fello -ved by th hand of the City of London Ridas, ledth way. the watermen bearing the royd staklard, tlws banners of the city of Londoo, the banner of Al.lerman Staples and other in.igai fol'owi I Ly tha mas Ur, wardens, and officids the Laa hers -l L'cirv pany, of which Mr.

Alderman Staphs is a member. Preceded by the band of the Rol London Militia and by -with more banners- were the officials and' i the Spectacle Makers' Company, Mr. Alder" an Notaa being identified witb ibis court. Messrs. Mieklem Crawford (the under-sh-jjiif elect) followed the prccesihva beisg closed by Mr.

Iddetmaa Nottage ai Mr. Alderatrra Staples in their rrew state carriages, the trappings and the liveries of their eteajdanij being bluo and siioer. Inside the Guildhill, which wai reached Rt a quarter to one o'clock, a lire number ef persons had collected to witness tie proceedings, hich were of a purely formal nature. The Lord Miyor presided, and was attended by his ordinary state appatel. Silence having been proclaimed by th swcid-bearer, Ce orgs Swan Nottage and John Stapljs were called npon to-come forward and tiil upon them-tslves the positien3 to which they had beea elected.

Mr. Aldtiman ISottaye and Mr. A'dermaa Naples proceeded to tho front of the platform, and Eeparately subscribed to the form of dictated to them by the Town Clerk. Tee retiring sheriffs, Ms. Alderman Hadley and Mr.

larteroaina Eut, were then divested of their chains and badges of office, those gentlemen rmhseeiuently placing these tokens cf ite high position of sheuti' upon the shoulders of their successors. Mr. Uader-Sheriti' Crawford; and Mr. Under-Sberiff Mieklem having tlso formally taken the ntoessaiy oaths, the prscsedings fcertuia ated. The iaau-gusal breakfast we.s held later in the at the Albion Hotel, and was attended by moat of the of the Court of Aldermen and a large number of the civic officials.

Sir John Bennett was loudly cheered upoa his arrival at the hotel by the cro assembled outside. I a accordance with ancient custom, the toasts succeeding the repast were proposed alternately by the new sheriffs. Mr, Aldesman and Sheriff Nottia gava Her Majesty the Queen and the members of tha yl Family and Mr. Alds3manand Sheriff Staples that -ff "The Army, Navy, and Reserve Forces." The toast of "The Houses of Lords and Commons was appropriately responded to by Mr. Alderman Cotton, M.P.

Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Staples, in proposing The Lu-d Mayor and the Corporation of the City of London," said that he ventured to assert ihxz the corporation, never stood higher in the public estimation than it did at the present moment. Alderman Sir Robert Carden, ia replying tj tbe toast, said that ihe Court of Aldermen was a body jealous of its own dignity, and was naturally unTiliingto allow any one to enter who waa not adaptable to the whole of its members. It had been usually found that a majority waa in the right. (No, no, and cries of "The health of tho Sheriffs was proposed by Alderman Sir W.

A. Rose, and other complimentary toasts were given and Uemoared before the separated. company METL OFOLITA BOARD OF WORKS. The first meeting of the members of the Board of Works bince the reeess w-s heM yesterday at their offices, Spiing-gsrdens Mr. Rjche reridini in.

absence of Sir J. M'GareMfogg, M.P. The board were engaged for nearly aa hour and a hdf ittirg io committee upon tenders for sewage work3, ha. 1 in the result the following were accepted -Messrs. Ford and Morris, 1,350, for the construction of absu-735 feet of brick between Thomas-street aad Weaver-street, Bethnal-green.

Mr. Charles Praui, for the construction of 2,000 feet of brick sewer let ween Gray 's-inn-road and Yeraon-place, Bloo.u3.mry'; and the sumo, for tbe construction ot feat of biick and concrete sewers, for the covering and diversion of a portion of the Stamford Brook 3ewer, near tbe New-road, Hammer.smilh. A cemmuLication from the vestry of Nwinton pro-testirg ptjainst tho recommendation of the select committee of th House of Commons with reference to placing the fire brigade under a Government department instead of the Metropoli an B.ard, was ordered to ba entered cn the minutes. The engineer, Sir Jeaeph Bazrigetie, submitted a letter frcm Mr. Browcicp, suggesting ibas an oatliae of "Cleopatra's Neecde" should be temporally painted oa ono s'de of the chimney shaft of the western pumping station at rimlico, ia order to ive tha pablic a clear idea cf tLe pre poiiior.3 of each.

Ihe board d. -dined to adopt the proposal In reply to Mr. Leslie, The Mtbitect stated that he had. made soma inquiries with reft re nee to large petroleum store that were being eiect(d cn the Rmr Ttames, between Mucking Lijh; and Thames Haven. The buil Jing was not y.rt dai ihe and lo sip'ication h'd been made for a license to the proper authorities, who were the E-ex ma derates.

Tha w-tks, which were to store 55.O00 barrels, would' coyer icres cf ground, but Wire 2-'i milt? frm the nearest 1 oil to the nr.rth of the metropolitan area over which the boaid had jurisdiction. Mr. LESLIE then read a long notice of a mition he pro-posed to bung forward at the next meeting, recommending that water should te obtained from the German Oc -aa for extinguishing fires, watering of roali aad carri i-j-was, am! supplying baths. Mr. Selwat proposed, and Mr.

Fresman seconded, that as the motion was of an argumentative characcer, it I not received snd upon a division his motiou was car-red, Mr Leslie only voting against it. Th g-mtlemm, iewevtr, ealled for a division, which taken amid loud li nghtei. tbe ting being 18 to 1. Mr. LtsLlE I suppose that as the document has been 1 c-fore i oaro it will be entered on the minutes? The C'l'AiitiiAX It wiil nt b- entered on the minutes.

Mr. 1 cive notice thit at tha nest n.ee. tirg 1 brir.g fore tho board a 3cherae for ob'MLing a uj ply of water from the German Oce in for fir- brigade, 'Tieet watering, find Other purposes. A Jetter was read from the Lewisham District Bcaid calling attention to an inquest held relative to the deaths of thiee infaots who baa been placed out to nuise with a Mrs. Barrow, at No.

1, Lily-villas, Lvdywell, whose honee had not been registered for the purpose, as rerpaired by the Infant Life Protection Acr. Toe matter was referrtd to a committee. The clerk read a notice frem tbe New River Company cf their intention to provide a constant supply of wa-er in the parish of Siore-ditch, from tho 10th of December nest and also a letter questing the board to sptcify at what places, and cf what dimensiotB and form, they require the company to provide hydrants in the parish, in erder to give the public the full benefit of constant supo'y. This was referred to the Works Committe. A letter frcm Mr.

T. Woolner on behalf of tae John Mill Statue Committee, requesting permission to erect a etatue upon th site agreed upon facing the school beard tffices, and enclosing a sketch of the statue and pedestal, was ordered to be sent to the engineer for his report. A letter was read from Mr. W. F.

Howe, Lhank-ir the board for the permission gi7en by them for a band to play on tho Terrace over the Temple Railway Station on the Victoria Embankment. A letter from the Prefect of tbe Seine, transmitting books with regard to the management of the city of Paris, wai acknowledged with tbrmks. A letter from Mr. Cohen, suggesting the desirability cf tbe board acquiring be following open spaces for the ber.efit of the public Kingsh.nd-green, Cbseold-park, and the park, Park-place, Stok Xriwiagto-a was referred to the Parks and Open Spacjs Commutee for lepirt. After the usual routine business the board adjourned." Destruction of Cosejo uy Fire.

A letter, dated Baranquilla, August 31, states that the town cf Coneio, with all the bodegas filled with mer-cl andise and produce, was burned to the ground on thj 17th of Augst. Not a p'eke has been saved, eseeps 400 which are merely damaged. It is skated that the conflagration waa caused by sparks frou the barn-ing mottttains in the vicinity. Oa the ISth of August quite a large fire occurred on the plains outside of Hoeda, which threatened for a time to re iuoe that cit; rjco to ashes. Tbr.

houses were burning when the f-e was mastered. A regular tornalo visited that oitv on the 10th of August. service haa had to be discontii.ueil owing to the dislocated arrangements on the main Oae of the most provoking i'jatures of tie present thac i' holis out a premium to disturbances elsewhere, and tae directoia of tie Waterford and LimeriaK line, fearing that their own haw caught the coi'tS'JJ, havj invoked constabulary assistant to protect thei." Piopsrfcy. Half the consia'jilary of the o'jjh have bean convert I 3l to amateur garners with red fags and dinger ai, nJuiyLatthe platelayers of stsction of tht Srida 3rtat Northern liiia between Dehn an 1 Drogheda tac no-iiiitd the dirt' itors for an nerease of wage3 frcn 13s. a week to a jam that wa--J p'ace "hem oa an equality with their ntbten at 'tia.

No -vtiempt was made at the time to the ucan-i, it fctai notice was a. element of their claims is airivid at the 5 the platelayer will strike to a man. Yesterday a v.aa uu Mr. Denial Sulhvnm, of the Nalt newspaper, on thj iui'or-matisn and at the iLc of Mr. Cllan, M.P.

for an alleged criminal libel. The amsra-os set forth, that Mr. Sullivan vrill be required oa the October to show cause why information saould not te taken against him fcr unlawfully and maliciously writicg and publishing a false arel defamatory libel upon Mr. Callan in tha form cf a statement Written a postoar.J. Tue statement on the postcard nllej--'i th.tt.

supplied a of a meeting of a private of the Home Rule party to a London cor-respondent. Tti gentleman and Mr. Zd'Carthy Dowains, M.P., it is sfetaJ, will be examined. Professor Smyth, M.P. is recovering -he sovera illness he has for some week been labouring nnler.

A. kbort tkne ago bo had a relapiOs but; his friends are now hopefal that his complete recovery is ouy a matter of time. Last evening Mr. C. S.

Parnell, M.P., wa entertained at at the Linen-hail Hotel, Belfast, as a mark of respect far- his valuable servioes in Parliament. Tae vica-ebair was occupied by Mr. Biggar, M.P. Yesterday a respectable farmer named Jijhn Hanloo, residing at Ballymullen, near lidenderiy, reported to the constabulary that he had received a letter threatening him wiih Cahiil's death if Le did not imraediately reha-quish his intention of striving to eject from land. Cahiil's name has a dread ia this part el the country, as just two years since he was shot deai in his own miil for having purchased land froai whish a non-paying tenant was previously evicted.

It appears from John siat-mcut tbat his father recently vurchased eoae lasi The ps-rson whu sold it had a portion previously let io conacre to several aaigh-buricg cottiers When Haalan got tbe land he refused to allow the parties to taka ctvps they had sown they paid him tua ground r.nt Tnis cjurie of I i ding led to the let tar, which contained tne U3ul en htliishments gun and ct tliu. Tbree leraons abous tbe Philiptte-wti sre ur.de police prt.tectioa. A 'td boating accident occurred oa We hiasday In V.stpeit y. Mr. M.

T. of Publu L'i. of misburgh, want in a small ifeatnrc beat to an aincent in the bay for the luijo.e ed Bbcotii.g, and when returning hom-ward in i- ev tdnjj to Sfe. E-jSttwn, a watri ig-pUce, where Mr. O'Brien wes it sidn viit'r h3 brother- i-lav.

me bi.t rvck i a rock ard was imms-iiately opse'. M-. o'E ien sank shortly aft. rwar but Dr. Hr.anan reached! the there in an exhausted Cunntion.

Collision ox the Great Westers Rviltat. Yesteiday morning a Cvliiuion occurred batveea p8sscnser and a goods truin near Maidenhead Statioa, on the Great Western Railway. A down goods train was. being shunted on the west aide of the atatioa at about half-past seven o'clock, when it ran into the rear portion cf an up train from Reading, doing ccnsidorable damage to the rolling atoek, but not injuring any passengers. The down line was blocked by the trucks thrown off thi metals, and several hours elapsed before the line coul 1 te cleared.

The traffic seriously in consequence, as it had to ba worked on oae line batweea Maidenhead and Twyford. The Trox Trade. Despite the partial revival of the Leeds district, the condition of tha linished-irou trade must be pronounced unsatisfactory. Mtkers of the best Yorkshire iron tiad th-ir oda ia brjttrr demand, and are fairly employed on orders both for un 3 and foreign account. Tnis briskness, however, iiea'd-oly referable to a sadden demand for railway nitteml, anl can hardly be expected as aa indication of better t.maj.

At Sheffield ia no sim of improvement, the milli being fcr the most pait employed en the orders received dtiiicg the summer It is tra9 that soma orders for dhetbs to he used for the purosa of hut-budding in Eil; iria aad Roumaaia have baaa icii iu Shelliild, bat owing to the shortness of the tine allowed by the Russian Cutretnmaut 'or the completion cf the coctract tne work has be a wi ditnoat snd will merely produce a spurt for tha next fort right, Manufactured 'rots of all dt.scr:p'-i as are offered at vary low prices without attraciing orders. Ii; wruli seem, indeed, every foreign market is glutted this particular class of material. Concessions ia price lead to a increase 'of business, an 1 it i ditfimh to say fro a what quarter a renewed demand may b-i expected. Arm. jar-plate, ho sever, continues to for.

a theexceotioa tj.tae rule, heavy plates being most ia d-runnd. The two Shi 1 I i firn.s engaged in this special of manufacture are doing a prosperous trade, but are not overburdened with woik. Activity in this department generally indicates a strcrg demand for Russian aad irons but sajh not the cr.3e at pre r.t, as these special qualities freely effertd at Vtry low quotations. in tha Sheffield district still exhibit a marked pref.renca foe ZS'orthamptocshire trts, which, when mixed with others, tave yielded a metal hitherto ready of sale, bub no 'ooger so. Stocks are accumulating rapidly, aad ualass cn.e sudden and onlookfcd for revival takes plioe, several furnaces will shortly ba blown out.

No better tore is found in tbe Manchester markets. Buyers cct tine their purchases to their immediate requirameata, and holders find it impossible to force sale9 by reducing quotations. Lancashire smelters are doing a modsrata btuinees, but recent reductions have apparently favoured native pig, as very little is ding ia Mdddleaboreagh and Lancashire irons. Trade is quiet at Middlesborouga. ices remain ncmin.liy the but the toue of tha arket is by no means strone.

Shipments of pig iron have shown a slight falling off, but there is no reason to fear that tbe mouth will t-dl below tha average. Tha Clacgow warrant mark-t remains elIl prices o-iu, if anything-, rather weaker. Scotch makers' iron is alow of sale, tt.e autumn demand having fallen far short cf its usual strength. A few bsands only nave beea officially reduced Gd. pr ton, but the mijoiity are to ba bought of merer ai.ts at lower prices than those quoted by roait rs.

There ia still considerable uneasiness in trade rtlalioBs on the Clyde. It is true that a basis of arbitration having been agreed upon tha shipw? iats have to work, but there is now an agitation amcog the boiUr makers, who have had aa interview with the Rjaiters with repaid to an advance of 10 per w-es. In South Staffordshire the production of pi(-roa is brought very low, and the number of furnaces ontiauea on the decline. Tie forges are modftjatelj employed, sheets, scrips, i best bora b. ing mist ia de-naud.

Native and foreign competition together have, ia certain industries, brcugbt pricas very low. As an inatanco may be quoted the case of Mes-rs-, tiaaoa aau Evaas, cut a ail n.ar.ufactr.rers, WolverharapSoa, who have given their workpeople notic. of their in-irritioa to close their works in censeqnence their inaKility to compete with Leeds and Belgian makers. At Sirmiuham the. home trade is in a fair cocdiion, and She demand frtvn some foreign markets is wedi sma Gained, No great amma of business is being dcae either in tha sporting or the military gun branches.

Aa extensive Russian order for ammunition b'tii suspended an sccouut of the nou-raaiittaace the first instalment, and a local firm haa, ia coaseqiifaok been compelled to discharge some 500 operatives. Cowan's Private Hotel, 26, Dover-street, SH4 Albc-marle-utreet, W. -Eaoh house; has suites una large, loitj rooms (especially suitable for wedding break-fasts), baiidaomely furnished, smrf reulete with tha oooaiorU jud coovsaiences of ori's- home. Terms colonels William Thomas M'Giigor, Bengal Corps Riohari Barter, Btngal Stall Coips Audruw Aldcoru Munro, Be: gal btS Corps; John Alfred Erereton, Benjvl Sti.ft Ccrps, since retired William Honrv Pant, Ben tal Start Corps CI arks William Wah.ib Oombiy Staff Corps Charles Harry Wilson, Madras Stall Corps; Edward Macalister Gilbert Coooer, Bombay S'atf Corps Malcolm Robert Haig, Bombay Stair Corpi James Gordon. Bombay Stall Corpa -r Herbert Fr-pJerijk lUsbro-jre.

3umbay Staff Corps Cuarles Shuckburgn Be am, Madras Staff Corps George Julias Melius, Bombay Staff Corps Theodore Clayton Georges, Madras Suif Corps William Charlea Lester, Bombay Staff Corps Douglas Gordon Se.afield St. John Griue, MadraB Siarf Corps Douglas, Madras Stalf Corps; George Andrew W'alker, Madras- Stat Corps Netdhtm 3. Paisons, Foot. ilEMOKANDUM. The undermentioned officers retiro from the service, receiving tbs value of their commissions: Lie utenant-Colonel James Horcby Bullsr, half pay, lata Military Train Captain Walter Yehiham, half pay, late 10th Hussars.

TBE CITY-ROAD BURGLARY. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Danford Thomas resumed the inquest into the death of Frederick John Chalkley, aged 21. The deceased. waB brought up at tha Clerkenwell Police-comt cn the 10th and charged with having burglariously entered the house ot Mr.

Eraham, of the and a short time afterwards he died in the hospital from injuries received to his head. Ttie greatest iruerast was exhibited in the case. Mr. lUcketts, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the relatives of the deceased; Mr. Si.

John Wontner for the Treasury ami Inspectors Harnett and Smith, Division, and Brady, Division, watched the case on behalf of the Commissioners of Police. At the commencement of the inquiry the coroaer called the mother of the deceased, and proceeded to read over the evidence she had given cn the previous occasion. She added that on the Monday following the accident she suv her son at the Clerkenwell Police-court, but was not allowed to speak to him. She begged io be allowed to give him some tea, but was refused. Ellen Raynsford, recalled, said the policemen who wore spoken to about the injuries to deceased could not see that he was injured and biteding, as he was inside tha cab at the time they were spoken to.

Richard Tomkins said he lived at 87, Compton-build-ings, Ccmpton street, and was a carman. He had knowa tl deceased for 18 months. He remembered Siturday the 8tb September. On that dito he met deceased about three o'clock at the Two Brewers in Tysoe-street. He was then sobr.

Witness next saw him at the same house at eleven o'clock the same night, when he was net quite sober. Witces remained with decaamd from eleven till twelve, when they were turned oat, aril thei the party went down Evmouth-street into the Far-ilrgdon-road. There were three young men aad two jenng women. They went to a fish shop in Farringdoa-load, and there was a bit of a nht there. A polica-conttable, 214 came up and asked them all to go out quietly.

He took the number of the constable on a piece of paper, but did not know why he took it. Upon bsiag pressed by the coroner he admitted that two policemea gave him the number of the constable on tha following Sunday night. He went up on the Sunday night to try to lind some constables who knew something about it, and having told two constables who were there the charge against Chalkley they gave Lim the number of a constable who had told them he had seen a disturbance in tha fisb shop. After bein told to go out quietly cn the Saturday night they went down th? road an 1 began kicking a beer can down the Earring ion-road. Ha then explained how the accident occurred, through the can being thrown cvtr the hoarding and the deceased jumping over aftir it.

He taw two constables there in the crowd, but did Lot hear them spak. He was in the cab, with his -irra round the neck of deceased. Ey Mr. Eicketts The deceased was infusible, aul his ce was covered with bleed. The police must have sean ii, as tbey were standing within two the cab, and the door was open all the time.

Deoased lost a considerable quantity of blood, an I was carried into the hospital on a stietcher. Witness remained iu the hospital until a quarter to two. When witness again sa; the deceased it was at three p.m. on Suuday afternoon, when he was very bad indeed. Ten minutes after he haj seen the deceased in bed at the hospital he saw him ia a eb goirg towards the station, when he had no covering to his head, and the windows of the cab were open.

Mr. Frederick Charles Pt-ppiatt said he was a fruiterer, and lived at 5, Farringdoa-roaJ. He was standing at his door about 20 minuses pi3t twelve on the night in qae3tien, when ha'svw a kicking a can down the road. Tnere were six of them. He eaw cne of the youog fellows get over the hoarding and fall over.

After the deceased had been brought out he (witness) went for a cab, and when heretarn id he found that one had come up. The deceased was insensible. He eaw no police present. The coroner here asked if the police, who wera represented, bad anything to report as to the alleged presenoa of the constables. Inspector Smith, Division, said there was no report frcm any constable that night, but every constable who was in or near that beat cn that night was then present.

George Cock, porter at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, said the deceased, when brought to the hospital In a cab vtas bleeding from wounds in the head, which witness was told were received in the Farringdon-road, where he hael fallen over a hoarding. The deceased when in the ward asked witness what he was charged with. Ho was much th6 worse for drink at the time. The deceased was charged with the burglary at 11 a.m.

on Sunday by the constable (Allingham), who was accompanied by Mr. Braham and his youngpr son. Mr. Hubert Weiss, one of tha house surgeons at the hospital, described the injuries which the deceased had sustained. In addition to scalp wounds, he was much bruise 1 and scratched over the face.

The deceased was so drunk thai be was not responsible for his actions. He appeared to be under the impression that he was in a police-station. The same morning about ten, when witness had heard that the deceased had been charged with the burglary in the City-road, he saw the deceased again. He was then sober, and in reply to inquiries as to his name, gave satisfactory answers. He never expressed to witness any wish to leave the hospital.

He was taken away against his (witness's) wish. When asked by AUingham, the detective, witness said there were various risks that might attend the removal of the deceased. AUingham said that unless witness could say the deceased would be ia danger of his life he would have to remove him. Witness said he (AUingham) could do so, but he muit do it upon, his own responsibility. Witness heard subserueutly that the deceased had been removed to the police station.

By Mr. Rickett3 If the deceased had remained in the hospital under careful treatment, as regards the primary affection, he would have recovered. There was no necttsity for the removal of the deceased, as any application to admit a constable to watch him would have beea readily granted. By Mr. Wontner Witness's opinion was that tha wounds were likely to be caused by a fall, rather than by a blow frcm a broomstick.

Mr. Frederick Eve, on9 of the h3U30 surgeons, gave corroborative evidence, and the case was then adjomaed, the.