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THE WRRXRA1VI ADVERTISER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 1880. OF FIRE. Jtu upon tier, and ro- L'fi t-keeU ain his handsome Ln 5 "'saving arose within her, and she began to fear that too, had deeply wronged him. bv ged him, Fun for the Family. Rumor Talk.

Polly-syllables. 1'itEE of CiiAitcE. An empty gun. FixAnioRisM. Better late than hardly ever.

A hoil in the kettU is worth two on the nose. A Lvcky Hit. An original idea striking one. The Centre op Gravity. A presiding judge.

not refusing to give any erode nee to And will you listen to my vindication 4 1 cannot refuse," she replied, in lining her beau, yet speaking coldlv. a She would not yidd in the least towaras him. until uium iniifiv clear Iinnmi noifflt ml inilm.r me in not Again a gvo.m io.se up within 'K'it in ner in ner cold Stem haute: niics. "1 had i oped. he went ou in Wfea.iv tmaa hoped, for a diint li vou witch wo met again, Lady Ali ia; 'o i-o mueii OT 11.

s.vins ti.at iiie. tor mo. ia tn uiueuic.ss, ami i must school myself to hear ii 1 't 1 itiav li' b.yal heaurt ulami relent -d at these words How noble, how manly he looked, sian line there anil his pain without a crv. Sie loiigid to go to him to creep into his aims and i-l: him how true, how afeoag her love lor hiTu yei tt'sii it-, spue of all and yet she would not -she not, ob, how the thought stung her, vas Hi ano b.r woman's privilege 1 imderlood that Mr. Lenox's Object s-eKin-v was jo iiMUeate himself; regr.

is do not said with a little touch of sarcasm in her voice, and tn wondered at heisulf for f.rrt.i.i,:,r Mm thus, when she loved him so bis lie, 'in liv 1 nis nc u. men, alter a moment reflection, lie proceeded: iien I bade you a 4 food nigi.t,' afler the en- the con- where 1, (in if sui iu in i-lor nee, I returned to the pal jm iw in. wiiw suan marscd insult, to p.i tu it. I did discover the rctson mucii to my imliinmtion doubtless vou loo have i since h-ai-i what it was, so will not i-poat." religious orders in France. Ho wailed inmaut.seaf&hiug hoc heau'iful face, i m.

how. 1 her in assent, and ho went on: T7 1.hcre. 6'700 candidates for the Cambridge 44 1 fbouhl bavt flown to your to comfort you, 7 "lV-eTslty Lcal Examinations this month, of whom with the first dawn morning, had not duty to a 407 aie by8' and 2'693 girls-noble rrind prevented A notice revising the rules for the promotion and Duty: sue asued, wonderinalv, wnile a flush relative rank and allnwanma tt. mBMi ot una me sunueiuy uiantiei ner cneeic, remembering sfcj had attributed his absence to a very different cause cowardice "Yes, duly to my friend Mr. Powers." Tnen he related his commission to Turin, and the uugu io go in me scuip- tor's stead.

44 That was why you left Florence in such haste, he cried, bi-eathb ssly. CJC a iitI.i.I i in nn 1. then read in the' question what had been her judgment of him Why then did you not send me word? It was cruel to keep me in such suspense, she said, pasrionatoly. His face lighted, more at her manner than at hm words. Her heart then had been wounded by his seeming neglect, and he knew that the old love was not detuL eveu Alicia Vanghan." He explained how he had written, telling her all ahout it, but had forgotten in his haste to direct the note, and had found it upon his desk whon he re- Rome has no other purpose than that of simply mak-ite turned: and they had gone, no one knew whither.

ing his first visit ad limina apostoloruin as Roman 44 Ah she uried, while her face lighted up with Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. NOTES NEWS. A seriovs outbreak ot lawlessness among a number of Irish labourers at Warrington has been investigated by the loeai magistrates. The mob, the police stated, insisted upon lighting on the ground like dogs; and the body of one of them, who was helplessly drunk when last seen alive, was afterwards found in the water. Reports as to alleged foul play were circulated in the town but the chief constable stated that toe police entertained no suspicions in this direction, as the oilier men had been locked up tnreo hours when the deceased got into the river, aad there were no marks of violence on his tody.

Heke is a true and do.iyi.tiul story of family affection. An elderly man who had not been seen by his relatives for years, suddenly turned up at the house of one of them, hinted that in his long absence abroad he had accumulated a considerable fortune, 6ei med deeply touched to meet his kindred again, and stayed a long time. Other members of the family got word of all this, and insisted on his visiting them. He always took great interest in the children, carefully inquired their ages, and made dark but significant allusions to what they would inherit when he was gone. This went on for three years, and nothing could surpass the devotion of the family to their happily recovered kinsman.

Then he died, and they found he had not left enough money to pay the funeral expenses. How they mourned for him we need not describe. a n.nmm a ti A gifted correspondent from Maryhill "is seeing rats. Ho was walking by the side ot a river wmeh has its local habitation in those parts when he observed what he thought to be a number of p. anus dealing down the river, but on going closer he discovered it to be a whole armv of ruts swim- ng 'down towards Maryhill.

Fhey were also visit- as George Macdcnald would say og uuwii rt river ami a numoer oi pianKs, and yet at the Baine time, visiting another place half a mile must be wonderful creatures. Little wonder after this that a contractor in the neighbourhood states that ha has lost fourteen young pigs and about forty fowls since the rats visited the place, but the well-picked bones being left behind." Rats, as big as planks, ought to be able to eat pigs by tbe gross if need be. The society which has taken the fog in hand, and obtained the patronage and chairmanship of Prince Leopold, must not stop at the abolition of fogs. There is plenty more to be done when that is accomplished. We should like the climate of Southern ranee for our English winter.

When the society has accomplished that, it might redecorate the sum- iti.i. rn ii uici oiaauii ai.u xegiuate me litiujiui. jzuxi tuquuiiea, monsoons, might next be taken in hand, and hurricanes put through a preliminary drill. In the reariangement of the universe, which will doubtless come within the scope of the society's operations, all countries wiU benefit. Russia will be relieved of her snows, and India of her excessive heat; no rough- ness will be tolerated in the seas, and the great desert will be watered and swept by properly- appointed contractors.

Such a society as this is worthy ot national support, though tbe proper sphere for the operation of such extended control is hardly here below. It has been always popularly supposed that these matters were managed from above. Caution is a most excellent virtue, but it mav be carried just a little too far, as a magnate in a little town in the South of England, no doubt, now thinks. lhere was one day recently delivered at his house a cash-box secured by lock in tho ordinary way. As he had given no order for such a thing, his suspicion became aroused, and he evolved the theory that the box contained dynamite, and that he had discovered a plot to destroy his premises and himself.

Taking the box down to the police station, he communicated this suspicion to the officer in charge, who, gobbling up, as it were, the terrifying suspicion of the original discover, and exercising every precaution, conveyed tne cash box to a local lnm of ironmongers. Iue woik- men in the employ of this firm adopted extraordinary measures in opening the box, which they strung up on a scaffold polo, in order the more safely to operate. When the box was opened, however, it was found to be quite empty. It subsequently appeared that tne cashbox had simply been delivered at the house. Nevertheless, had the box really contained dynamite, these precautions woulu have been big dy usetUl' The Italian papers record an instance of an un- fortunate man Sijrnor Raimondo Terrana, of Sicily.

Some time ago he was captured by brigands and conpellcd to pay a ransom of 8,000 lire. This was a heavy priee to dash down for a very unpleasant experience. But this was not tho end. Sigeor Raimondo's reputation as a man of money senilis to have spread in the circles of brigand society, for he has just been captured a BecOiid time by he gentlemen of the Sicilian road, who now demand of him lire with the cheerful alternative, if the sum be not forthcoming, of immediate execution. Signor Raimondo will shortly be in the proud position of a man who has contributed 73,000 lire towards the support of brigandage in his native country, even if he is able for the future to kcop out of the clutches of the Sicilian representatives of Fra Diavolo and Luigi Vampa.

A poet recently expressed a melancholy wish to be away from the gloomy climate of Biitain, and to bask 111 the land ot breaks the blue Sicilian sea iheocritus, 4- where 1 A neighbourhood sacred to the memory of the gentle idyllist may have its charms for the poetic traveller but udging from Signor Raimondo's experience it seems not 44 the blue Sicilian wave" only that it is lively to break" there. The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's have lately been trying to raise money for a big bell. They have not yet succeeded in their efforts, and possibly it would be well for them to pause before going any further. They may take warning by the conduct of Big Ben.

This redoubtable bell has been misbehaving itself of late, and it is just possible that if the St. Paul'B authorities started a large bell it might do the same. Some time since, it is recorded, great Tom of Westminster struck thirteen at midnight. Big Ben, however, has just beaten this performance hollow, and has 44 put in a best on record" in the way of time-keeping. It is said that a few mornings ago the huge clock in the Victoria Tower struck correctly at half-past five, but a little later it started chiming again, and struck one.

Not satisfied with this it chimed again at twenty-three minutes to six, and then proceeded to Btrike fourteen. After this performance the clock went on all right again. Were this statement made on the authority of one man or even two, we might attribute it to the heated imagination of a couple of friends "going i GrOSSip. A number of supporters of the free and open 1 church movement have drawn up a bill which vwll be introduced next session, and Idea will provide for the free use by patU-iumars of ail seats in their 1 parish churches, bir Stali'ord and Sir R. I A.

Cross are amongst the influential Conservatives wno support the measure, and it.wdi also receive the assistance of many pnjiur.erit Liberals. The more pushing homoeopaths still sigh for the right to mako their ow.i tiociors. Whv should t.h.-v $Sj to allopathic institutions for a license to practice? ilu would mako tricir own surgeons and physicians, llie older and more prudent men, however, still re- I ''OP111 aver, that the time will come WUun lho two methods of practice will be one again. Dr. Quin was a fervent honnuopath.

Ho left a great deal of his fortune to the maintenance of komteupathy, and it proved beyond a doubt that. thou-. he was in favour of givinj a charter to the Homeopathic: Society, he opposed any grouting of u.piomas Dy them. In an ingenious genealogical article the St. James's Gazette shows that nearly all the chiel members of I the Government are descendants, or hu.

bands of i d'jscendauts, of Lord Grauvilie's grandfather id Granville himself, William Harcouit, Lord Hai ti ngtoii, Lord Frederick Cavendish, the Duke ot Westminster, fjord Spencer, Lord Richard Ci osvenor, the Duke of Argyll, and Mr. W. H. Gladstone, who married the lion. Gertrude Stuart.

article also shows that sevend members of Lord li Ministry were descended from or con- I J11JC(1 wilh defendants of Lord Granville's grand- I i ud among them being Lord Sandon, Lord John Manners, and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach! I a a the of his admirers. He can eat no more congratulatory dinners; he is very sorry, but he nmst decline. In a letter which he has addressed to the members of the Armv andNavv Clnb the irallant general says it is quite out of his power to accept their invitation to the banquet designed in his honour. He is fully sensible of the kindliness of heart dictating this dinner, and he would respond to it if he could. He is engaged every day up to the loth, and on that day he proceeds to Ireland.

What will follow his arrival and dinner in Ireland Sir Frederick does not say; on that point he is discreetly silent. Mr. Whvmper keeps his secret well. He has 44 polished off Chimborazo and half a dozen other big American mountains. He got nearly 44 polished off himself on one of them.

But he has allowed no one to hear how he has got on. In vain the leading journal tempted him with the offer of a big cheque ii; a. i ftl 101 iiio levdiuHuu oi Lire glories OI vnimooraZO. in vain his friends asked for details. He intends to pay for his expedition by his forthcoming book.

Be- fore that is published, however, the great moun- taineering pioneer will lift the veil a little, and let the world know something about the ascent of th Chimborazo. The Alpine Club is going to receive him on February 1, and he has promised so far to relax his reserve as to tell his friends how he polished off a more difficult mountain than the Jungfrau. j.ne omitnncia iiuD uattie snow this year is weaker in point of number than usual, mainly, no doubt, owing to the operation of the new rul. prohibiting the exhibition of animals over four j-ears old. The total number of entries last year was 437.

and thisyear it is 30 less. L-i regardto the quality of the it may he fairly said that it does not fall below lts predecessors, though the rule alluded to above naturally tends to make the exhibition less interesting to the general public, inasmuch as it excludes all old prize winners, and thus prevents the attendance of many famous animals, which arc centres of attraction at most of the principal agricultural shows. From tho agricultural point of view, however, this is an advantage, and certainly no show as is collected at the -gricultural Hall could be seen in in any other country, nor can it be otherwise than gratifying to nnd the high quality of British stock 80 weU maintained, despite the severe competition wmcu oiecucrs uaie 10 encounter, Tfae DuWin comta haV(j reWd t. tho Farndl lrjal Mr p.iru as steml re. fusejJ st in DttbSn to bc tried after Parliament met fm tirst dut he declares? is his parlia.

menlsU.y dnty and he intends to fulfil it. But, as tht? judges said, tho writ for the trial is served first and must be the first obeyed. Mr. Forster, however, does not know what to do. If he intro- "uces Irish easures in the absence of Mr.

Tarnell, the Irish members will receive a measure of concilia-lion in a id spirit. If he does not go on with the trial, they will say that he is afraid. The Crown lawyers have undertaken to do all they can to bring tlie trial to an end in a week but the lawyers of the other side nay that that is impossible. So many prisoners, so largo a body of evidence, and so long an indictment, will take a ureat deal of argument. Probably, if there is any chance of the trial being speedily finished, the Irish measures will be postponed until it is over.

In the other eventuality, it is quite on the cards that Parliament will again bc prorogued for a fortnight. Ihc Meteorological Department has decided, after much official hesitancy and much successful resistance, to send out the weather renorts to the nnhlin free 0f cost. A weather bureau is one of the legiti- niti in nets at tho. (If whifi ta mninfainoH in its turn out of the public taxes, and exists presumably for the public information. But the Old St.

Martin's-le-Urand impression seems to have prevailed with the Meteorological Department i that the public existed for the department, and not I the latter for the public. Two years ago it was suggested that the information collected for the benefit of the nation ought to be given free of cost to those who were willing to circulate it. But the sagi's who ruled the weather bureau did not see the advantage of their existence in this cosmopolitan light. They thought the news purvpyers wanted to make money by circulating information which was obtained for the common good, and a fee was accordingly exacted. Happily, by dint of much energetic hammering at their doors, the fathers of the department have been induced to waive their demand and circulate their reports gratuitously.

Drury Lane Theatre was crowded the other afternoon by an audience largely composed of members of the literary, theatrical, and artistic professions, who assembled to witness the performance for the benefit of the orphan daughter of the late Mr. Charles Har- court, who recently died from the effects of an acci- nt at the Haymarket Theatre. The performance commenced with the eighth tableau of 11 The World," which was followed bv the first act of 41 Billea Tav- given with liicjisiibie eitoct by Mr. Toole. All the niost eminent actors and actresses in London took part in the entertainment, which was from first to last a brilliant success.

The sum of 136 was taken at he doors, making in subscriptions promised or received a total of about 1,800. lOndon a 1 I a I 11 a an Generc-l News. The Emperor of Russia has arrived in St. Peters- TTlr-teen have escaped in irons from the Kyrenia prison, Larnaca. Ahe Marqms of Ripon, Viceroy of India, has been Beized with an attack of fever.

The South Eastern Railway company tending their line to Chatham. propose ex- A student at Eton, 1 Burne, broke his leg whilst playing at football, on Saturday. 8 in Am. cZZ? felt -x- mj r.T Muc steamers which have arrived in viyuo report teartul weather in the Atlantic, Several residents of Dublin and its suburbs are stated to have lately received threatening notices. The Marquis of Salisbury has forwarded a dona-tion of o0 to the funds of the Hackney Conservative Club.

The Army and Nary Gazette bears that a Court-martial on the grounding of the lion Duke has been ordered to be held. A valuable horse, belonging to the proprietor of an hotel at Crewe, has been brutally stabbed in the hack in two places. ii- i nants on the property of Mr. Jience Jones and threatening himself. jjoslcu in loiiaKiiiy warning the T.TAae ueen appointed Mr.

Henry Arundel to be a meinber of the Legislative Council of the lhlan(l of St. Vincent. -rT yueen nas appointed Mr. Henry Arundel The Comte de Chamboid has subscribed 1,000 francs tn t.ho u. -j service is published in the Zondon Gazette.

In consequence of anticipated disturbances by Kehecca and her children," the rifles of the 2nd Raanor (Hhayadcr) Volunteers have been called in. xne London Gazette contains a declaration be tween Great Britain and t.h W1RS CYmfoHoral-inTi ftw the reciprocal protection of manufacturing and trade marks. c. Til0ma3 Carlyle completed his 85th year on OUUUHV The venerable author, though exceedino-lv weak, is otherwise in tolerable health, and still reads incessantly. The village of Montalbert, in Savoy, has been almost entirely destroyed hv fir.

TTnwaros nf thirty houses, besides nuhlie huildiners. were kmt to the around. tt i xiiu xiigu onenir oi uucks nas caiiea a meeting ox the magistrates and gentry of the county with a view to giving a public welcome to the Duke of Bucking hamu11 bis return from India, The Aurora states that Dr. Maccabe's visit to num.ber,of fictitious notes, purporting to have been circulated by the West Riding Bank, at efldC h'e been circulated in Hull, by two men, wcom lue P01ice 9X9 uniibIe t0 trace- Mr. Carl F.

H. Bolckow. of Marston Hall Mid- tate, in ted that dlesbrough, ha3 purchased the Hambleton eatat the North Riding of Yorkshire, and it is stated the price paid lor it is about 100,000 The men employed at the Welsh granite quarries in South Carnarvonshire, have struck against the appointment of an Englishman as foreman. This will throw nearly 600 men out of work. At a meeting of tho Derbyshire Agricultural ot'Cioty, it was resolved, in view ot the visit to uerby of the Royal Agricultural Society next year, that the committee should hold no local exhibition.

The Rev. Samuel Thackrah, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, late headmaster of Dartford Grammar School, has been appointed general organising secretary of the Church Defence Institution. The Board of Trade have awarded a silver claret iue to Cautain V. Pollick. of the Austrian hamue Carmela, in acknowledgment of his humanity to the crew cf the abandoned British barque Edgar Cecil.

1 A strict enquiry into tho cause of the recent fire at 2Sft Nothing yet known with 1 certainty, but the appearances are said to be very and Seneral (urion Pointa to tho crime of un' Mr ftlnHatrmo ronlvinir a vviiiiiinuiLiyu u.u the Barnsley Licensed Victuallers Association, says that the recent change the license duty was lounded on a carefully and well-considered report from the House of Lords. A notorious burglar was sent for four months' imprisonment at Portuinna, county Gal way, on Saturday. He assaulted the constables in a desperate manner, and declared that he would die easy when he had killed one. It is reported that Mr. Scndamore, bo long con- nected with the General Post Office, has been de prived of his position under the Turkish Government as chief of the international postal system, and is returning to England.

lhe 1on- vv- bt- y011 Brodenek, M.i for VV est Surrey, eldest son of Viscount Middleton, was mar- riei to tlie Hon- Hilda Charteris, youn-est daughter of Lord Elcho, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, on Saturday. the furneral of Mr. Maik Firth the service in the cemetery chapel was conducted by Canon Blakeney, and that at the graveside by the Rev. Dr.

Stacey, a minister of the Methodist New Connexion, to which body Mr. Firth belonged. The Ziti rpool Journal of Gommcree says that advices from Chicago report a larije reduction of fares on Union Pacific Railroad. This reduction has probably been made in anticipation of the opening of the ne Southern Pacific route next month. 1'rinoe Camillo Borghese, who formed pirt of tho Italian geographical exploring party in Africa, is approaching Tripoli.

He is the first traveller who, starting from Darfur, has succeeded in reaching the North African coast by way of Wadai and Bornu. Nonconformists will regret to hear that the famous poet, preacher, and ex-chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, the Rev. Thomas Jones, is lying seriously ill at Swansea. Cardinal Manning will proceed to Rome, shortly after Christmas, on business of importance connecte with the Roman Catholic (Jnurcn in England, ana 1S not likely to return to this country before Easter Mr. Serjeant Simon, M.P., presided at a lecture delivered in Leeds the other evening in connection with the Leeds Jewish Board of (jruardians, and briefly advocated the claims of the charity to support, Russian newspapers affirm that in the present year no more than four political criminabhave been executcd in Russia.

All the ren.aindcr-and there are a "oodly number have been exiled to Siberia by iv. a. 3uuvuj commutation of their sentences. Henry Shepley, a drover, has been fined 40s. and costs, at Oldham, for having on his premises a slaughtered calf which it was alleged was, whilst not diseased, dangerous as food, because the said animal had been slaughtered when only a weea 01a ThA Duke of Devonshire presided at a meeting THE BASUTO WAR.

The following telegram, dated Cape Town, Not. 10, has just been received via Plymouth: Colonel Carnngton, who, on the departure of general Uarke, assumed the command of the lcft the camP cafly on the moraine of the 10th with a mf luiuugiiu engagement upon Vle mem2 lhe pcn country, in the direction of the 11th, and formed a camp, from which during the 12th they operated in the country round. Informa aL-iu. j. ue coiumn arrived at Sochalo Vailev on tion was received tnat the enemy was collecting in force at the Golah Mountain, about six miles Ironi the camp and at 4.30 a.m.

on the 12th every available man was sent out to carry the enemy's position. For upwards of four miles the column proceeded without opposition, but on reaching a valley surrounded by low hills, the enemy, who were concealed under the hill ridges, charged simultaneously on the front and left and right flanks. The larger number, estimated at 2,000, charged the right flank, and compelled the 2nd Yeomanry to fall back upon their supports. There, however, they rallied themselves, charged and drove back the enemy with terrible slaughter. So close, however, did the Rusutos get, that 12 of their dead were picked up within twenty-five yards of the main body.

The Cape Town Volunteers and a gun, under Captain Cochrane, rendered very valuable assistance on this flank. The body of the enemy charging the left flank was computed at 800. They also forced the 3rd Yeomanry to retire upon their supports, and, indeed, were at one "vmouj ujo wiiii uiem. iumto rallied his men well and drove the enemv back. Iho charge upon the front was defeated by the artillery fire.

Directly these charges were repulsed, the whole of the Basutos galloped lack to their strong position under the ridges of the Golah Mountain. Several efforts were made to draw them into the open again, but they were unavailing. The column remained on the ground for two hours, and then commenced its march, the camp being reached unopposed by 1.30 p.m. The enemy's loss was not ascertained, but must have been very severe, owing to the close quarters of their charge. Most of their dead weie carried off the field, but a number of saddles and bridles belonging to the enemy were found.

The colonial loss amounted to four killed and two severely wounded. By the latest official accounts the column was to remain at the camp for a day to rest, and then to move to the eastward, to endeavour to force on another encounter in the open, after which it would return to Mafeteng. The so-called loyal Basutos of tne ijenbe district have at last joined their com patriots and gone into open rebellion. Major Bell, their magistrate, has (plen-rnnhpri ck larSc number of Joel and other chief Basutos attacked his residency. The fighting lasted two 1.

A 1 1 0 WuUV vxi Liit: uiii a hours, during which three of the colonial force were seriously wounded. The enemy lost severely, seventeen of their chief people having been left on the field dead. They were, however, successful driving off all the cattle belonging to the police and the few loyal Basutos. Jonathan Molappo, who has all alonir nrofessed exeat lovaitv. arrived with his men too bite to be of anv service: mm on tue nm luajor ueti reportea that Joel had capturud the Likwane Mountain, which Jonathan was supposed to have strongly fortified on behalf of the colonial troops.

Jonathan himself with about eighty men has taken refuge in the Residency. Ferreira's and the Diamond Fields Horse are going to Major Bell's assistance, iVr the Free State. Mr. Ayliff. wilh seventy Fingoes and fifty Europeans, attacked Bomvanas Kraal on the 13th.

He drove out the 300 rebels who had gathered there, and although compelled at one time to fall back, it was to gain time for on making a second attack he utterly routed the party, killing forty-three, the colonial loss beine two men wounded. Cautain Landry, with 200 men, encountered about 1,000 of the eneuly on the Tsomo boundary of Tcmbulf tbe 10tn- Ten of the enemy were killed, and tne force, Captain 151ackaway. md on one of In a second encounter on the Mth Cautain von Linsimren. C.M.G., his son, and three troopers were killed. General Clarke has arrived in King William's Town.

It is stated that he will organise there, and assume the command of a flying column to operateJin the Transkei. The Cape Town Artillery and Engineers have disembarked, the former at Port tilizubelh and the latter at East London. Both corps are to join the flying column by the end of this week. It is computed that the total number of Europeans under arms will amount to 1 1,000. A number of irregulars have left Natal for service in the Basuto War.

A company of the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles has been sent to St. John's River to strengthen the garrison there. A bill has been introduced in the Natal Legislative Council to authorise the raising of a loan of 1,400,000, a portion of which (250,000) is to be appropriated as Natal's share of the Zulu War expenditure, and the remainder to the completion and extension oi tae railway system. RESTORING A LOST DOG. At the Middlesex William Cook, 34, shoe- maker, was indicted before Mr.

J. Dunnimrton Wlnlnhov f. hoiin under the pretence of aiding Annie Mitchell to AUi jitttuit V.VH1ULIL1 l.lli.Jll .1 M1U1 1 UHJIlt'V recover a poodle dog, the property ot 3Ir. Edward Mitchell, her husband, the said doa: buing in the possession of persons not being the owners thereof. Mr.

F. Mead conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was not defended. Fioni the opening statement of Mr. Mead and the evidence subsequently adduced, it appears that Mrs. Mitchell, who resides in Bolton Street, suddenly missed her dog while walking along Corzon Street.

Nothing was heard of it until the 19th 01 November when the prisoner called at Bolton Street, an 1 said that he could restore the dog provided she gave him a sum of -C5, representing that he had paid that amount for it to two men in Leaden-hall Market. He afterwards asked for '2, which Mrs. Mitchell said she would pay, but not until the dog was returned, and he thou, under the pretence that he had a considerable disUuue to go, obtained from her 2s. to pay his omnibus fare. Before hia return she communicated with the police, and on his coming back in the evening wilh the dog he was given into custody.

Tne jury returned a verdict of guilty, and several previous convictions for a similar offence having been proved against him, he was sentenced to IS months' hard labour. AN OLD OFFENDER. At the Surrey Sessions, before Mr. G-. Somes, James Lyle, 32, was indicted for stealing a coat, value from the shop door of Julius Lotto, Lower Church Street, Croydon.

It appeared from the evidence that on the evening of the 23rd of November, about 6.40 p.m., the prisoner was seen walking about in a manner which excited suspicion, in front of the prosecutor's shop. He was watched and was seen to jump up, pull down a coat which was hanging outside, and walk away with it. On the prisoner being stopped, he said, I do not mean to steal it. I only want to know the price." He was given into the custody of Detective Jaraea Cowley, division, when he said, 44 If I am taken into custody for this, some one has plotted it for me." The juiy returned a verdict of guilty. Henry Ward, chief warder of her Majesty's gaol, Wandsworth, proved the following previous convictions all before the Croydon bench of magistrates April 18, 1868, three months for rceny 4th March, 18G9, three months for stealing lOll.

t) 1 anr, uotisers; 18th September, 1869, six months for gP t'. De7ceD? 18 '0, two months, ls" Mh at Kingston-on- penal servitude, and seven 21st Annl. 187. thre months na roriir nnrl rrarra- 1st April, 1879, three months as a rogue and vaga bond and 25th February, 1880, 21 days fer stealing iron. The Prisoner implored for mercy, and said he was drunk on each occasion when he committed the jffences he was charged with.

The Chairman sentenced him to seven years' penal servitude. On leaving the dock the exclaimed 44 Oh, my I would ten thousand times rather be going on assisted by trovernrn'mt to become owners of farms. A special resolution was adopted thanking the Prime Minister for the agricultural legislation of the riast session, ana expressing a nope lor iurther action in respect to matters on the programme of the Candahar a sepoy has been hanged for desertion and the murder of a liuropean sentry. a general coin t-maniai nas uceu ordered to assem "ound dead -y. i)ULiierianuHuiie moor.

nni1 t.p-.-i fi-nm I should cruise in company for the present. Private Hugh 77th Regiment, the best 6hot of the army for the year 1879-SO, has been awarded the prize of 20 and the silver medal. We at. Alien rnr tne tna ot an i y.tea, the Charity Scholar," and frwirnr' Triumph." tin Aorth Walen Jxcict. vi i-riri, IwJurng hr aims 1 could not help thinking of sbr' (tl riling.

It bus born u-t such a a bat i win my tu tr-twiH afraid vou are not happy, dear 1 k-Jd tlwiL mv dower was op.ng for jo-" ii 1 have von once more? some How 1 i nif -he snniliii-T tin yOil iuuo nestling dole. to him; and yet ,1 that th sit lied heavily even while she i Be nvy" ar, 1 do not likelto see tin: i 'thesr eyes so ml avy. jtnrt which yon a.e 1 An nf likeltn re this sweet face so Have you not biding from mi- exclaimed the duchess, buMling moment, and before f-he had time for a u.Vi are veil not pii paring for iiiasipi' ra h' Jcar. 1 Usd forgotten, but must we go, ri, Saul Lady Alice, looking up with a weaiy rtiiinly, love, we aci pted the invitation, your is all r. udiness, and it is time you -were if on itt this moment.

lu- lu i playfully encii 1 her with her arm, jrd ixvr awaj c.ipuve, at tii! sat no time giving I i a tiigntficant glam-e. Uad b'n an iiniuti nlional listener to the con-; jut: wl hastened in to tin in ji rt, iimi just in sejison to save the hd th vuiu nt of answei'ing her I ni i iri a mvittltioits two weeks previous (tun i wn ina-pt' ni 1, 1 Athelsl one's country -e. about live inihv: distant. 'flic he prii- to bo delighted, siying she ii old yet, to enjoy the fun of amas- it an 1 a ri led at i. i i i- i ii" ii itmsi Kiii'ni loi oi ur sorrow, ttcipaiescea, aituough she 1 1 to allowed her 'vt am! air.i.

her costume to aust b.r- bad tak. a no further interest in it, after civ- ill tit it inio er nwu-1, anu so tae uay ma, i iihvul ner nucaiy oen awnro oi it. tr njww" Jed i.er to l.e ui. -sing-rouiu, a 1:. biilUiful at 1 unique costume awaited her.

r-'luf an e.v. lumation of delight as s'le saw i the time almost forgot her sadness, I wvd hcrsidf to h. arruvnd in it. even nwnst- -h interest in the wotk, and beneath the di- tin duchess, and the skilful hands of i em. rged almost a won-er to herself.

1 tautiful it is, auntie, and no one but your i i vould ever have conceived it," she ti her I-t was completed, and she stood bm th. ell. -el. gl.d you like it, was the pleased -1 of putt -t azure, and of exceeding .1 but nerfect fionrA in iraef.l''ii! iiimr in a loin train at the back. It pi rhvtlv plain excepting the ihs.lv with co-tlv whi i vr head the duchess now threw veil of i.1n gotuon whoIe Mi g.tuf, thirfcly spangled with i iii .1 to her Ret, covering the formed of a crescent and stars crowned h- while an a.ure silken mask, with i pearls, completed the costume.

y. auntie," the young girl exclaimed, as she 1 h. fore the full -length mirror and surveyed her-- it is the loveliest, though simplest impersoim-; ill "Niht' I have ever seen. How beautiful looks beneath this black prauze it really ke snmmer evening sky, dotted with its ii 'id of stats." i am mure than satisfied with it myself," ir-I the duchess, regarding her wilh a look of pride. I 1 fear you think mo very ungrateful, auntie, not Lava manifested any more interest regarding my i-aid Lady Alice, regretfully, while her brighi face, suddtnly clouded.

Ko, dear I wus glad you wore not inquisitive, for it enabled me to give you this surprise, and you have not had the chance to tiro of the costume before wearing it," her gra'c replied, smiling. 4 Thank you hut what aro you going to wear nty favourite apparel black velvet and point. I should not feel at home in anything else," the duchess said, laughing, then added 1 have had it cut in the Elizabethan style for the sake of oing in costume." 4- Sh .11 you mask P- I 1 ii. i- iht wrnnll V.ti r. a fun witlinTif I Now run away and a.sk lug lordship how he likes the wnile I dress." j-.

t.i.. l.i. i iiiev arrivcu at iau- Ataeiatone ahou: nine and the sight which greeted them, was one i akuialed to entrance the beholder, and almost make one a 1 tdiever in the visions of Arcadia. The grounds were brilliantly illuminated in fanci-ful devices. Floral arches spanned the avenues at v.

rv i steps, while flans and gay decorations were living from every quarter, and figures fantastie, Itgnres elegant, uni.pie, and even horrible, were raov-ijig ah ut in all dire, tions. ady Alice soon became the centre of attraction. Everywhere she went she heard the questions and marks Wl.n ran shn her" "What a lovely creature:" Beautiful starry Night and many similar com- I lint at length becoming wearv, and her heart rawing heavy aain as she thought on one who had 1 often been at Ikt side in gatherings like this, she ni. away, us she thought, unobserved, to a quiet where, throwing herteti into a garu-n sear, m-ht to rest and watch the gay scene alone. She had scarce settled herself comfortably ui it Sl -iartl- by a step on the gravel, and, look-i.

f5 up. saw a black domino standing before her. Will the fair goddess of the night give mo this ijUatbrillfl iie asked in mullled tones. His manner wis most r-sp. ctful, and there was a in of eagerne in his vou 0 which made her pulses be vt mtue rapidly, and al-o betrayed that a refusal ti mj)ly with ri quest would grc-aUy disappoint him.

tlid not liki to seem unCTaCKaf. vet she was i' illv 1 weaiv to faneo 11HY more iustthen: but 1 iuoi 11 nt'a thought hhe signifying her 00k Iris ii' in, and was ing among I 1 5 1 it danee. 1 was a waltz quad- I the music was bewildering, the figures I Tu iiji.iv at Lei moved in tbe most perfect rv motion was full of "-race, ami, when i his iuiprt, i emed as if she became at li, -o tu leiri-i oiy man tyny'i it thrill, Ikv through i twfiti hiii bri-alh, wh. it fanned her cheek, m-ide nt aid glow there; and there was .1 1,. ui lie inim ix.

ab ait hiin which drew her irrc-i tih.y him, compeHiir-r her to watch him i. v.ith ited interest. 1 LeuL'btu v. tnn-ffs, she toncot nor s.um,, til. mi th 1 h-ttilh music case-i, n.

a mgu e-i i i-. in itiim- dai.ee was over. I 11 offered her his arm. and led her baclt tl- wh.rv he had found her. I S.i anv one was ni ir, as it was about the hour i uppci 0 he served, and the guests were gather- ing tii .1, i pavilion which had be-, erected for thai a a vai b-ncath the shadow of a sycamore liv.i, ar4 thus they were almost entirely concealed br-rvation.

i took her hand from his arm, alter ft; .1 A tlmno-h milf- 111 Ml iii'ise siuiir: ueey, i.u., wv- ttai ton. s. tho ntetsme which she had given him; h- Md it an instant in his, and she could feel its ptht i tii lobbing fiercely. me," he said, move distinctly than ho Myt -k. "but do I mistake in addressing the to L-tdy licia Vaughan si te rangiht hi brth while hc-r heart hem wildly.

Siir.lv she had l.iard thai voice b. fore. M'ti contra liny- 1 she replied, with Hi in her manner: 'V not uiHake: I have been called idy V.t,iHl." Have 11 he cikd, sh i.ply, and the pain in Ms ptrr; id her hi art like a knife. Hi a a ith one sv. if! he cast aside his a.

ud lilti'd hri i ciii-; in a glad from the stirllcd hp, whih( shti sprang ly towards him. UHAPTKK XXXVU. Till. ItoTHAL KING. He wciild buvc 1 her to him, in the excitement cf nt bat quickly recovering herself, 1 niy oiled from him, drawing 6 i imghliiy en vt, although she, too.

lifted the V-awnwit which roncealea her face. 1 1 beg y. rurdon," she said, icily, but I was f1 UU il moment that Mr. LenAx was in MjgMid' en hew three days," he returned, ii 'he. too: drew back from her a pace or in- aims across ma acniug He 11 I Hut nd b.r with hia tuuch again ir iui to her.

now knowing who he tt -j. V. Lv' V1 hi-r words, "I Have neen he. i ei 1 inr.j.n rtfta Vi wiui mil iimj a I 1. oinin A ill i ,1 ,,1 1 nil 1.

lie 1- uei 4, ii cscitned him. as these unuue .1 Hlisl ne ieareu unit 1 for her. he had found her L.tl fol iin- his he wunt or. I ji.s h. a 11 to ta in, thenco to Lyons and Pari, where Mf ntireiv.

and only heard that, you ll riittl, more than a week lor uu ci t.r I lies 1 VOU ll.rl li ni i would asK wnat rtgm mr. ueno. h. 'bjifr staji ior me; -hc cried, in lier clear, OIUH, all tier w. mndpd wnnmn 's nutuie ns- woman a itiuuie xio- mbered Father An- nitl una, sne reme Sineni to tho doke.

i e- i i a wroiigea man to vinuicaie vm tie rephnU, in grave, earnest tones. 1 enrsage, Ltee, I I I I I A Matchless Maid. An lady. unmarried A Fitting OrpoRiXNiTT. The visit to the drc-matver.

If a man drinks like a fish his head will he apt to swim like one. The real lucky fisherman is one who dosen't catch the rheumatism. Cockney Maxim. The proof of the pudding i in the heating of it. A man whe works too hard to lay up money to bo laid up himself.

qt The driver who lost his balanoe was supposed to have got out of his weigh. The youth who permits his sweetheart to ride him is a miss-guided young man. Policemen are not usually attractive persons, hut they are generally 41 taking." Women, says a cynic, resemble flowers. They shut them up when they sleep. Ewe go to grass, as Mary said to her lamb when he sent it out to get its meals.

He sue! for her hand before marriage, h.r hands sewed for him afterwards. Bomb women were evidently born to unseen at least they are never seen to blush. 44 John, what is that scar on your chin That Oh, that's a relic of barberism." Why is a selfish friend like the letter Because, though the first in pity, he is the last in help Necessity is the mother of inventions, the mr.thor-in-law of patent rights and the child of trouble. The evil that men do lives after them. Cows likewise do not give oleomargarine until they are dead.

Theke is one beauty about a mustard plaster, viz the wearer don't hanker after any other underclothing. We kn ow a man whoso wife dosen't kiss In'm wa him roves mm. because lie smokes. She kisses him because he A Nice Distinction. Friend ye like rnuri-, Tougal?" Tougal 44 0chay! Putt she likes sir-.

in' petter." There are two distinct kinds of boys in thid wt Ul tho human boy and the boy who exists in i iy school books. Knowledge is better than wealth yet how many people are there in this wicked world who prefei tli inferior article. It was a very young housekeeper who set cake she had baked for a pic-nic out of door. nie cold night, to be frosted. Gracies's first experience in eating a peach 8hall I do with'the bone ve eaten it, ciotn and all, mamma; now what TwoFrcnch senators met.

44 1 have iust come from the Senate. The sitting lasted three houis." 44 What passed?" 44 Three hours." A law yeh in a foreclosure case, in summing up, said, 44 May it please the court, second thoughts often best, but it is never so with 44 Sammy, you're a pig," said a father to )u- -who was five years old. 44 Now do you knew vl.ut pig is, Sammy "Yes, sir; apig is a ho's boy." A little boy reading in a newspaper a boat 44 several missing whalers," said he hoped lh would turn up again as soon as school commeaccd the autumn. "Yoi'Nc; man cried the professor oi eh m's-try to a student 41 young man! To call one cf your classmates a sheep is certainly net the oxide 1 iron-y." 44 There," said a harming lady, with nidre expression that made her face radiant, pointing an ebony ease of china-ware, 4 that is mr cabinet." A vol ng lady will smile sweetly while the hairdresser is banging her over the head, wi-ile similar treatment would make a young man ferocious. A Missona editor printed a two-column editorial on the best bteed of hos, and a eontikn.oi;u promptly look him to ta-k for devoting u.m ti space to his family affairs.

What papers off my Writing-desk are you binning there cried an author to thu rrvant-e ii 1. Oh, only the paper what's written Over. sir. i hain't touched the clean." 44 1 neveu argy agin a success," said th Jato Avteinrts Ward; 44 when I se a nutle-naix's head sticking out of a hole, I bear off to the left, sind say to myself, That hole belongs to that 44 The grass is turning green," was the observant remark of a young man escortinc; a pretty damsfd across the common, and the saucy miss replied that he had got ahead of the glass by a number of day-, 1 HAVE been told, doctor," said a fretful patii nt troubled with insomnia, 44 that a man can go bin he wU1 onLy nmy lesofutefy ux his mind ou nothing." "Think of yourself then," advised the doctor bluntly. A Lvcky One.

14 You lost two legs in the Army, you say. What do you gain by itr" asked a gentleman of a state pensioner. 44 Singlo blessedness, sir," he replied 44 for, after that, lie woman would marry me." Mark Twain, speaking of a new niosuaiio not- ting, writes, The day is coming when we shall sit under our nets in church, and slumber peacefully, while the discomfited flies will club together, and take it out of the minister. Purchaser: 44 You are a fraud, sir! When bought this horse from you, you assured me that he hadn't a fault. Why, sir, he's stone-blind Vender; 4- 1 know he is but I don't consider that tautt.

1 can it a mistortune He Didn't Know Him. Teacher 4 Supposethat you had two sticks of candy, and your big brolhcr gives you two more how many have you thenr" Little boy, shaking his head 44 You don't know him he ain't that kind of a boy." The latest rage among young ladies is to possess old-fashioned spinning wheel for a parlour ornament. The desire to possess an old-fashioned wash- board and tub as a kitchen ornament doesn't raare much among young ladies. They arc about as hand some as the spinning wheel, but they are net fashionable. A boasting young fellow having joined without invitation a parly at a restaurant, andinduleed cious-looking goat.

"Why, Mary," said Charley com? this is the first time you ever refused wiiun y0U 0 P38. Upon this appeal, of course s.he hesitated no longer especially as she now noticed that William waa to; hered. Hm.i.o. did you return asked Bmmn 0 of his frien A whom he met in the street 41 1 beon snrAr ftio iou naveu tr incredulously asked Snopspn. Why you look so worn out and near dea.l linai I positively thought you had been awav to one of the watering-places for a few weeks for the benefit your health." Mahel "Give us cake, auntie.

I knew you've got one in your basket." Auntie (an early rih 44 No, they are rose.s I have been gather and thej' wouldn't like being given to a Who gets up so late in the morning." Mabel on, auntie, the' wouldn't mind they hij-- in tr- rr bed all day when they get a chance, and nob Pick them-" a lkkovn was auestionine his Sunday Bcfafxri concerning the story of iiutj'chus the young who. listening to the preaching of the ADCStle Pa-l. feU asleeP and filhng down, was taken up dead, "What," he said, 44 do we learn from this solemn eVQt when the P1 a iltLIe came and prompt, Please, sir, ministers should not preach too long sermons." The Middlesex justices have aloptcd a memorial to the Home Secretary calling att iition to the existence of Conventual Institutions in which persons are immured for life, and expressing the opinion thui they should be subject to inspection by some public authority. At one ot the quarries from which the Leeds Corporation obtain their supply of ro id metal, a slip of earth has taken place on so extendve a scale as to have closed it entirely for the present. It is estimated that about 20,000 tooq of earth have fallen into the quarry.

Mr. Arthur Arnold, M.P., speaking a lew nights ago at Salford, on the Greek Question, expressed his confidence that the settlement of the Hellenic clai was not very far oil. Every effort should, and be believed would, be made to render the concert effective for this settlement. The unique coUcctiun of suuil-boxcc ionuciJ i -Lr. Charles Godina-.

of St. Knights 1 bridge, which has been on loan for sumo years .1 Kensington Mus mm, has just been purchased by Messrs. Weriheimcr the antiquaries, of B01 Street, for'the sum of about a new hope, and her eyes grew genLe and tend. a new nope, and her eyes grew and tender, if you pbtt one thing more as clearly as you haVe this, then She did not complete the sentence, but tearino- olf her glove she drew from the folds of her dress a i paper winch she had never given up since the duke had hrst put it into her hands. It was bather Antonio's statement, and like the cross oi lonure wnicn me ancient monts used to wear aoove tneir nearts, nugging tne pain which was eating into their life, so she, too, had worn in her these words of fire, which had nearly burned her heart to ashes.

44 Read that, and prove it false if you can," she cried, in a quivering voice, and holding it out to nim in her snaking hand. He started as if he had been stung, while a low exclamation of intense surprise escaped him He did not take it, and Bhe saw that his eyes were not even fixed upon it, but upon a ring which she-wore upon her finger. 44 Where where did you get this?" he asked, hoarsely, and then overcome by an irresistible im pulse, he took both hand and paper in his It was the betrothal nna: which had been placed upon her hand in the church-yard, above Count It had Veen lying all this time in her jewel casket, 1 she ha aever worn it since then but to-night, si iiiln r. thu i.f.raptcd her to pick it up with and slip it oil tier linger uiNianily pa hi nalm Jr. Jno' 16 lli-tantlv Withdrew b.r h.inl Wvintr thA please lemember that we are dis- cassing a more imnortant suhiecf.

inst now than t.h pofi3ion of a ring," she said haughtily. Pardon and excuse me while I read," he returned, bowing, though his white lips were set as if keenest pain. FvuTy where he went that ghost of the churchyard followed hiin. He felt as if some horrible magic had been placed upon him that night, which would follow him during his whole life, blasting all his hope3 of hajipiness and overwhelming every 1 prospect. With a feeling of despair in his heart, he unfolded the paper, and stepping nearer a light, be read those words w.

ich are so familiar to us all. He saw at once how conclusive to her the evidence He saw at once how conclusive to her the evidence I mii-d have been, and that without any opposing tes- timonv there was no gainsaying it." It was indis- pitiable. A load was lifted from his heart, and the bitter- tnm of his soul melted into tenderness as he realised an sne must nave suuered, Deiievmg mm to De tne v. r. tch he had been represented He forgot everything then but his great love for her, and that he had it in his power to prove himself guiltless in her sight.

1 le returned to her side with a firm, proud step, and there was a bright, glad gleam in his eyes. Bending down, ho looked sc-archingly into the sweet, high-bred face, and there was infinite tenderness in his voice as he said, tremulously "Darling, if 1 could prove "You forget youielf," she interrupted, proudly. 44 True Ah! he had forgotten those dreadful words of hers I for the moment the litrht went out of his eve, and his head dropped upon his breast. What mattered it now whether ho proved himself innocent or not, she could never be anything to him again, for he belh-ved tl-nt some one else had already won her that she was some other man's wife! else why that statement 44 1 have been called Lady Alicia Vanghan fr" Tru. he mneated.

44 1 will not forget again; COIlid prove that statement a lie, would I bo Voiir heart, lie asucii, eagerij it she commiunled, in a low tone, yet lhat trembled, so that she could scarcely Stull.t. Will you trust my word 'r" A how anxiously he awaited her reply. It was a strong, almost a cruel lest, bat he could 11 refrain from makiner it. But he could not hear I0 oeueve mm raise. She came nearer to him; she looked up into his rtad iU every lineament, and into tne ciea.

luminous eyes, which did not even waver beneath htr stcadfust, aoul-searching gaze. will trust your word she said, simply, as hr-reyes fell. 1 lie drew a deep breath, and almost staggered. had a vital moment with him; his soul had ahm.st cried out in agony, with the tear that she would not have faith in his word. do not he began, poinuig iu u.c t.li that with this, you could believe jmrjia filmnst.

crime. a year ago our, 1 believed myself to be, just what this paper stat a married man A low cry of interrupted him. lie paused, but she cried, eagerly: 4' Go on iro on 1 i 44 1 stood before the altar of a little village church I hurl nftVfir seen iii Franco, with a young gi -before, and the niumaee ceremon U. tob broke forth from J.ady Ati- at iind he started forward and caUgM her 111 hu awns iust in time to 6ave her roni falling to the uioitnd. What is it, my darling ne aKe, its he placed her upon the seat and frightened at her f.

irful emotion. Like a Hash of lightning the truth had burst upon her with tho -e few words of his. But she mu-t hear 1.1 1, nmfo SO Willi a I more Och re sue cquiu mighty ffort, nerved nersulf to listen to him calmly, and let him go on. 'Nothing; lam better now, she sud, looking up at him, but with a face bo white that ha 0 grew dark as he saw it. ghc distrusts me," he said lo hiraselt, with a bitterness like that of death.

i. hlvntl Are you able lo listenr he dc manded, again folding bis arms tight across breast to the fierce throbbings of his heart. -J! v1 It scenieu as 11 n- musi i. 1 1 liAt inrflrmnf you atiaill, she ICS, A "111 tilled low tones but with a new, swtct S0Ili. when I left that 1 fullv believed that khwi ,1 to be other- VOUIUC mxl young gul to em it more nniei io iui his fV.

uhemU explain, WJffl that iw.v omnamoii. una yilU-e by 'appointment, for the purpose of consum-ZIS, according to a contract ot be- mU(le him and my daughter and were chidren. A half horn bed ore in Hip ehurcil. 1 had SlOOU in the church-yard and L22. thal f0 thi gentleman's daughter, by plying upon the Sgg, trleams upon your finger, nhic.i s.aiu noniellts I cher.

I know all the too winded it wat tuia voi JJdV laying her hand lightly Ins radiant fa. to few To bf mttthnnctl.) home with the milk," but as we are told it was heard lor," after which Mr. Arthur Btirling recited Shake-by the police all doubts are set at rest. Big Ben speare's 44 Seven Ages," and Mr. Irving The has evidently been guilty of a startling horological Dream of Eugene Aram." The rest of the pro-' eccentricity, and as such he is guilty of contempt of gramme consisted of the second act of 44 Tlie Guv- time.

The only way to punish the gigantic Ben- nor," the fourth act of 14 The Lady of Lyons," the jamin is to dock his pendulum. Still the good third act of 4 Mary Stuart," the farce of 4 Bardell people of St. Paul's will do well to pause before en- and the sketch, "Trying a Magistrate," as usual in his egotism, ono of the party said to him, A well-known firm of soap manufacturers have You have told ua enough of what you can do now offered to print and supply gratis the many million tell us something that you can't do." 44 papers requiivd by Government for the census returns caid he, 44 that's easy enough I can't pay my share if they may advertise their soap on the back, of the bill." Charming Should the Government so far forget what is due to decency as to consent, we shall have SP5 werc alkm8 the fields, and Mary g.aa ttudiw tated to liass through a lane that contained a puinia- hold at Derby, in support of the objects of the Lich- 10 tne ganows man Dac to penal servitude. field Diocesan Church Extension Society. His Grace advocated the erection of mission churches, and the THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE.

provision of increased help in the shape of lay agency. The annual meeting of the Farmers' Alliance wai The Northumberland coroner has held an inquest Wednesday Mr. James Howard, M.P., upon the body of Police Constable Scott, who had Mr Bafton, Suss.x. thought the pro-been brutally illused by two poachers named Ta.t aufficientlv definite, Ind and Blyth uiuier mdVj re- thought the fanners of England should follow the death. A verdict of Wilful muider was re examplc of the Jrish Land League, by organising turned against them.

iQT something like fixity of tenure, compensation for The Russian Ministry of Finance has formulated unexhausted improvements, and the free sale of a nroposai for reducing the salt tax by fifty per cent. goodwill. Moreover, tenant farmers should be of its tiresent value. The salt tax has been louna very oppressive, and the epidemics so frequent among Russian flocks and herds are attriDutea in a gieat measure to its excessive proportion The half-dozen cases of antiquities from Babylon which have recently arrived at the cnusn and the possession of which is due to the mte by Mr. ltassam's of bis chief, comprise tome 2,000 specimens, dus few 0f the numberare entire 1.

tA Am ho casuier ox a wiun. uu, nuvUv ion nnn arA hna been sorelV rr7r? te. has gaging one 01 tne erratic Dig Deiis to teaa the puonc astray It might have been thought that all the resources of adulterating ingenuity had been exhausted by the clerer people who live by butter manipulation. What with 44 bosh" butter, composed chieliy of the fat of dead horses 44 olemargarine," an attempt to produce by artificial means what the dairymaid produces by natural ones and 44 buttcrine," a bold endeavour to palm off slabs of dripping as the fragrant article from cow's milk, it might well appear that all the forms of possible deception had been exploited. But such an idea would be entirely erroneous.

There fecundity of invention, amonest our Yankee I friends especially, of which no adequate conception can be formed. Two new forms of butter adultera- tion or illusion arc now apparent in the marKet. Lard is now maiiuiuetured so cleverly in Chicago as to do service as butter. Tne substance is inauo up under the cupnemism oi sueiue. and is shipped to England 111 hundreds of tons under the description of pure hlltler.

Ihc Other fraud Consists Of fifty parts of pure butler and fifty parts of some as yet 1 unascertained substanees. It is shipped under tlie designation of pure creamy butter." The trade done in the; these spurious compounds is enormous. xncy are Known to tne trade by tne line-sounding gener.c of "the butters of commerce. It would be well to consider whether some stringent legislation wotdd be required to protect the fair trader and the public against such a yigantic and systematic fraud as this of the mock butter trade. Considerable excitement has been caused at Candahar by the Willi's approaching departure.

Mr. G. O. Trevelyan, M.P., Parliamentary Secre tary of the Admiralty; has appointed Mr. Gordon B.

uuiLo iai oe iiiute oeerciar Intelligence from Faro, dated November 28, states that the Bentinck, British steamer, has been arrested at Pomaron, ten bales of tobacco having been found on board. The master has been ordered to gaol. The anti -Jewish agitation continues to excite public feeling in Prussia. The slate of Mr. Carlyle's health is not so serious as recent reports have indicated, The turf black list" is announced for publication on or about the 23rd of the month.

General Garfield is suffering from indigestion, which his physicians attribute to over-work. Mr. Herbert Gladstone, 3d as one of the Prime Minister's secretaries, is on duty in Downing Street. When Air. Goschen arrives in London he will be to receive a deputation of Turkish bondholders.

In Aiueri. a at th present time immensely large round hats and extr- mely small bonnets are equally popular. Sir Roberts has accepted an invitation to dine with tho Mayor of Liverpool on the 3rd of next month. According to a Teheran despatch postal communication between Urumiah and Tabreez has been restored. X1 connection witn tne accounts oi his battery.

A widow residing at Rogart has been i i. ji: a ffh ft cattmff undertaker's tariff on t.h I telograpli form which carries a message of condolence to a friend on the death of his wife may also advise him to spend a jolly evening at the El Dorado with 1Ue cream 0f the comic talent, and the lady on the penny postage-stamp may be represented as wearing Wiggles': famous wigs. There is no saying where thf hin- vill end enf ernriinf Vant.a f. id. An enternrif: wouldn't be above supplying us wit if wlch B0ldier might wear Try Tills" writ -large round his helmet with an army gratis JlotherOrum Liif helmet, and I have no doubt an OOtMsition firm would e-ladlv mv the Queen's ollieial income and save it to the nation if her Majesty would consent to take their 44 Pick me up daily, and allow them to advertise the fact.

In the meantime, England waits in breatldess expectation for the census papers with the soapy back His Excellency Count Mnnster has been confined to the houso by a cold. The Royal Court of Jersey has refused to register the nmgnsn cunais oin, so as to give it torcein that island. ww th Ed Carnarvon, has recovered from the attack of typhoid fflTPr from which he has been suffering for soma 1 -eeks The Earl of Northbrook has instructed his igent I to inform all tenants under lease on liis estate that I he gives them tbe benefit of the Ground Game Act this year in the same manner as if they came at once under its provisions. The Press Association is informed that the Home i Government has signified its readiness to accept the sum of 250,000 from the Government of Natal in final settlement of all claims against the colony on aeeount of the Zulu war charges. At Macclesfield Police Court, Thomas Doodson, engine-driver, has been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter, by disregarding signals at Prestbary railway station, and thereby causing the death of a platelayer named Stubbs.

In the course of a sparrow shooting match, at Piodwich, near Manchester, a few days ago, a number of sportsmen called at a beerhouse. A gun accidentally went off, and the charge entered the head of a man named Edwin Grundy, and killed him. A young man named James Harnett has been flogged in Newgate. The prisoner roared lustily when only a few stripes had been inflicted upon him, and he appeared thoroughly exhausted when he was taken away from the whipping block and removed lo bis cell. p.

and papers of a Hamburg correspondent. nmww aw" In the Exchequer Court, on Friday, the Attorney- -M- John Eldei and Com- General replied in the case fc against the ebjgbmij tlriiiMiii yard, Covan, Glasgow, on tZ destroyed, tho Telegraph Act, and asked the Court to decide in it is stated that Mv Richard Moon is about to rc-favour of the Crown. Judgment was reserved. tire from the chairmanship of the London and The Court of Common Council of the City of Lon- North-Western Railway Company, don have resolved to contribute the annual sum of The duty QQ rnav passengers in the year ended 2,000 out of the City's cash in aid of the objects of i the 31st llTt.h last was 725,131 los and in the City and Guilds of London Institute, for the ad- the previous vwir 776,540 15s. 4d.

vincement of technical education during the pleasure a of the Court, but for a period not exceeding five The Royal Agricultural Commission has resumed 01 me wun, or -tB jiy jjoudon, and meets on AVedncsday, i r. -j -fn7 Thursday, and Friday, in each week. An extraordinary accident happened a tew nights at Dean Lane Railway Station, at Newton Heath. Forty-one corn stacks, belonging to a fai mer near A11 engine was left on the siding, and the lever which Seahain, have been destroyed by fiie. It is believed sets it 'going must have slipped, for the engine ran t0 have been the work of two tramps, along the metals, went through fJgJ Four mon have boon killed at the Clay Hall Col-upright on the roadway, a distance ol two jaids.

Ino Wrexham fltUing from the de- one was injured. scending cage to the bottom of the shaft. A Plymouth correspondent states that not the slightest notice has been taken in that town of the Austria is stated to have rejected the proposal of n.aAJ. utfnr ilircntinc the strict ob- i the British Government that the international fleet tiUKU Ul vruiu.uj, rt, of the standing regulation that officers in garrison towns should not appear in public except in uniform, wnicn nas oeeu uiuiuwu uy wo in-chief of the district..