NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2782, 17 January 1872, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Daring the Commune an eminent surgeon in Paris, who had no sympathy with it, employed himself in aiding the wounded who were bi-ought to his hospital. His chief assistant was a woman—a Communist —who night and day nursed the wounded, and was the most valuable assistant the surgeon had. When the Commune fell, the surgeon was arrested and marched to the drum head court-martial. He supposed he would be shot. As he approached the door of tbp tribunal, he met his late fettle assistant coming out between tup soldiers. “ Why, Adele,” ho exclaimed, “how came you here ?” l s he woman fixed hard eyes on him, and said, “Idon’t known you, sir.” The surgeon concluded thph hiai case must indeed be hopeless, as this woman declined to acknowledge his acquaintance. Nevertheless, he got off somehow, and then learned that at moment when Adele said “I don’t know you, sir,” she was on her way to be shot. For fear of prejudicing his case, she had repressed any disposition to cry to him for aid —she had denied herself the last word of sympathy proffered on her way to death. At the Dialectical Society a discussion took place on the subject of a Republic for England. Mr J. Guedella said he believed the poor man would not be benefited by a Republic. Th y should not anticipate their national history by prematurely pressing for a Republic. What they wanted was a social reform—to look after the wrongs of poverty as well as the rights of property. Mr Levy agreed in the opinion that the people were not fit for a Republic. Mr Bradlaugh also considered the people were not fit for a Republic ; but why were they not '! One of the impediments was because they had a Monarchy. He hoped, however, to live to gee a Republic established in England. Mr Jeucken thought that at present there was no chance for a P epnblic in England. The people were not advanced enough. Mr * Roberts and Mr Noyes strongly supported the principle of Monarchy, the latter declaring that they had the best form of Republicanism that ever existed now existing in

England. Dr Drysdale advocated the principle of a moderate Republic.