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Southland Times, Issue 1294, 16 August 1870, Page 2

" A warm welcome* ia th© worljif to f come," ia what one western editor wishe* an opposition quill driverr ""'" Eecent returns show that 30 per cent. of the population of^France can. nei£her^ read nor write, while more than pe# . cent, can read but cinnot write. ""Well, wife, ;,yptt:;cannot- Bay I ever contract bad habita.^r- s ' No, sir; you generally expand them.**., , :; . f w ees to SiBEiMA-— The Sussian Gforernment has at last takan iome.,«tepi to mitigate the horror* of deportation to Siberia. By a recently-is«uediukiie,;it has been provided that criminals sentenced to exile shall be dirided into drt»ei, according to the nature^of their transgfwsions. Political ofondeW wffl;fonajfhe first class, insubordinate or fraudulent officials the second, and ordinary s m»lefactors the third. The last difiaion «nly will still be compelled to wake the joortey onfootandinchains.Crimitiaisoffcheseipdild cla^swiU no longer be ironed,' aid poUtical : ekiles in all cases- will- be , fonrardftdi to t|ieir destination by railway,; steamboat, or hired conveyance. ; Fanas alao^ will be which the prisoners of the^ first cumw^will be permitted tbempltiy ai they please.