ENGLAND'S FOREIGN POLICY.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 129, 4 March 1873, Page 2

ENGLAND'S FOREIGN POLICY.

The Marquis of Salisbury, speaking at a public dinner, said :—: — My belief i« that the present system is neither pacific nor economical. What is the state of your military estimates? Aro they not the mo9t burdensome that tbo country has known for a long time past ? Have you not enormous Bums to pay for your defence, and when you have paid them is it not humiliating at the e^d of {he year to be told that you are to pay over three millions in order that you rajy not have to fight? (Cheers.) The real test is this — look at oiu past history and sco whether it is true that a holder and more manly policy has bee,n more costly or more dangerous. Just a hundred yeaw ago there was a distinguisherl writer, whose name is familiar to you — Adam Smith — who deliberately expressed the opinion that the defensives services of England 'were conducted as economically as coujd he expepted from her condition and her power. Adam Smith was a thoroughly economical man. If ha existed now, nn doubt he would be sitting by the side of the Prime Minister. (A laugh.) Well, bnt what v>m the time of which he was speaking. Ho was writing ju«t after the career of the Great Lord Chatham, and I need hardly say (hat great Lord Chatham would rathes have lost his rij,ht. 'mud than have consented to the foreign policy which has been recently pursued: (Cheers) If anybody passed a criticism upon the policy of Bngland in the, days of Lord Chatham it would bo that it was too bold, too defiant, too bclicosc. But the result of it was that England was then the first Power in tho world ; that her estimates were light ; that the burdens of her defence small. (Cheers.) Let no one believe that men, institutions, or nations ever wHf* themselves safe by proclaiming their terrors to tbe world : Tnat is, I foar, tho position into which we have got. But again, I say, gentlemen, the remedy is in your hands. If the llouse of Commons showed itself animated by the spirit of Lord Chatham, you cannot think what a Loud Chatham we should find < in Lord Gcranville. (Laugliter and cheers.) Therefore it is you find, gentlemen, that in quantity it may be small, but in quality great. (A laugh.) It is yo,u $nd tho constituencies of the country who have tho power of altering this state of things, and of changing tha direction of t.'io forces of the Government. We mint not trust to anythiug laut our o\vn exertions in this respect If we wish to sustain our ancient institution, if we wish to, sustain our honour, which is not only nncicnt, but, I am afraid, somewhat obsolete — if we wis.li to do that we must return men animated by that spirit to tho Iloiye of Commons. (Cheers.)

VAOOIJfVriON' — In tho Australian Medirat Journal for "December, Br Patorson's paper " On the Early History of Vaccination" is concluded. Speaking of the alleged risks of vaccination, he says :— " Its risks nre infinitesimal. Qranting the worst proved, they are in the ratio of say in round numbers, JJOO nvcitlontH k> hundreds of millions of ca»ea. Why, there is moro risk in tho moro ordinary actions of ovory dnyhfc thuu there is in this Walking in the street, travelling in railway carriages, riding, driving, even eating a nioal is more dangerous. I have Lnonu men to be choked whilst eating their food, but t have never heard that this wa* mi argument whj they should not dine ; yet I believe that if we had tho •tatistiefc of dining for < lie last twanty-faur years, tho limo during which vaccination has boon yi existence, it would bo found that dining iau. much more perilous business than mcoiuntiou." The grave of William Attains, the first English resident in Japan, lias just been discovered near Tsimum. The record says that he was born botween Rochester and Chatham, served as * ri.aval pilot in Queen Elizabeth's reign, aud sailed in. 1596 in one of five ships fiom Holland to Japan, which his vessel alone reached in 1598, the other ships perishing Of hin own crow but four survivors, including himself, wsre fit for anything, and the ship being condemned as unscaworthy, Adams became a resident, married, auJ lived till 1831. _

Mr Cyrus Field gave a Thanksgiving Day dinner nt tbo Buckingham Palaeo Hotel Amongst tho guests wag Hr GHa Istonc, who, in responding to tho sentiment, "Great Britain and tho .Unitecl States of Anieuca; two countries destined to be united in friendship a* closely as they are in kinship," observed that tho relations b»tw een tho two nations had been maiked by features without a parallel in history : " It is not often that history has given, us tin example of a colony like the United States-'-a colony, or & combination of colonies, so vigorous, full of jwomiio' and of power, so 3? ftirontfrom any of those colouics th»t had been founded "r other European countries. When the day of hopataHrii camo, it came attended by circumstances of piiu and exasperation ; but, happily for both sides of the water, we can look back to it now without either pain or exasperation. You , on your part, I am quite sure, are ready to feel and to mako allowance for a gallant people who believed, though erroneously, that they were struggling for national life, and that upon tho unity of the Euipiro depended the happiness of I their country. We, on our part, avo now able to see that I with motives honorable we wore in error ; that wo were at niggling against nnturo, struggling, I may venture to say, even a^anut Providence ; and Amovicans themselves do not more honor tho dar of their emancipation and their independence than we Englishmen who givo them tho full tribute of our sympathy, and who would not, >f we could, undo or reverse tho actual course of thing*. (Cheers )" But there hid never been a " clear severance," like that of Spain and Portugal from their possessions in South America : — " After fie independence of the United States, was established, Great Britain continued to be an American Power, and from that and many other circumstances it has happened that while on the one hand theru never has been, a mother and a daughter country that had such strong reasons for friendship and affection, neither has there ever been a mother and a daughter country who at a time of independence were menaced with, so many possible subjects of controversy, and of possible difference and discord. And, consequently, thero has been all along this singular contrast m the feelings of tho people of the two eoi'jitries towards one another — that while nc have been powerfully attracted by all these causes to which I have referred, while we have felt how the seal of brotherhood has been stamped upon us by the hand oOcuo .Almighty Himself, and that the noble motne that lenHfd to produce a true union of feelings was further quickened by the vast and extraordinary community of interests between us, yet, on the other Land, at almost every point of the wido circumference, thcro were questions of controversy which had from time to time divided us, and which it has been, a work of time and difficulty to settle". — But while the occasions of controversy were in their nature temporary, thq impulses to union and concord were permanent ii — "The time has nowhnppily arrived when we can sj.i at of a settlement of our differences not as a thing to be hoped, not as a^thing to be desired, but as a consummation which has h.ippilv been accomplished (Loud oLceis) These temporary differences have passed awa\ — the motives to union remain. They are not like other controversies, marked with a fugitive and transitory character; every one of them id profoundly rooted in the circumstances ot tho two conntnes, and in the character of the people by which they are inhabited. So thai although there has been in other times a strong, an. unconquerable sentiment tending towards fraternal union, and yet that sentiment has heretofore been liable to be chequered by opposite and contending currents, now it can move, with a full and equal flow, with nothing to interrupt it, and nothing to fix the term of the duration of the feelings which we rejoice to know exist. (Cheers )" Mr ftylands met his constituents at Warrington, and told them that the next upas tree awaiting for Mr Gladstone'^ axe wa=) feudalism and the land laws, — that feudalism was shown in the manner in which the landed interest was formed > as regarded taxation Last session Sir Massey Lopes carried a resolution to the effect that two millions should bo trans- ■ ferred from the landowners to the shoulders of the general taxpayer. Roughly speaking, the income from land amounted to one-fifjh of the income of the country, the other four-fifths basing derived from trade and occupations and labour. lv , former times the landowners paid a largo sum to the Exchequer, and the amount would have increased as money increased- in value, had not a landowning Parliament m, Charles ll. 'b time got rid of those burdens by taking possession of the fee-simple of the land of the kingdom, freed from all the obligations under which they held it by putting a tax upon the people of England of Is 3d per barrel of beer. Ho agreed with JV Cobden in thinking that the transaction was one iUj.which the great landowners robbed, plundered, and bamboozled tho people. Then followed the' great land tax blot, winch continued to this day, — 4-3 in the pound was imposed upon the annual value of land in 1G92, the valuation of xtliieh year was m force now. In that year the value of real property was about ten millions rental. It was vow one hundred and forty millions a year. If the tax of Is in the pound were charged upon the present value of property it would produce eighteen millions a year, but upon the valuations of 2692 it only produced between one and two millions. (Cheers ) The third case of the landowners bamboozling the. people consisted in their levying probate and legacy duty upon all kinds of property except land, and it was not until twenty years ngo that any succession duh wn-> charged upon land, and-thr»t only in a very unfair and pai tial manner. Consequently, sin^o 1797 the probate and legacy duties had produced 144 millions, while the succession duties on land- since" 1853 had only paid 11 millions- therefore, when landowners talked about the burden on land he Eaid the boot was on the other leg. (Cheers) Mr Eylands pro-, ceeded to make what he called' a "fair proposal" — namely, that real property should pay by a graduated tax a sum equal to one-fourth of tho entire taxation of the kingdom—say eighteen millions — and that there should be an equal probate and legacy duty upon land and other property, which would bring: in at least four millions. (Cheers.) The people had a right to jjaim-tbat land should be so held as to produce the greatest amount of fbod for the community at large, and tho lion, member therefore demanded the abolition of the laws of^primogeniture and entailj and tho granting to farmers the necessary protection of their capital and industry.

A trial has just taken place before the Coutt of Assizes of the Loire*, the details of which are worthy of occupying a conspicuous plaice amongst the records which are so familiar to readers of peculiarly French horjois. The tragedy whicH formed the subject of investigation took place in. May last, at a small farm called Herbage, near Mareaux-aux ]Pres ; the victim was a young woman of twenty-eight, and her murdeiera were her own paients. The atrocious ciicurastances under which the ciune was committed are amply indicated in the following brief extract, w Inch refers to the discovery of the body of Elizabeth Durand in a fiejd cloae to her own home :—": — " This unfortunate young woman, abandoned by her father, 111-tieatcd by her step-niother, compelled to beg food during the greater poition of her existence, was the victim of a crime unprecedented in its cruelty. Ifer stomoch had been ripped rp by a bluni, instrument, and the intestines when, the body was f.-^inJ,' protruded through a gaping wound ; the oiouth w\s filled with caith and gravel ; the face, the Heck, the breast, and the shoulders were covered with wonniis ; find the murderers findiyg tliat they had not succeeded m. despatching their victim speedily enough, strangled her, after haying hacked her about in the most brutal and levolting manner, Under her feet, which were tied together, a grav.e had been dug, into which the body was thrown after the ciime had been perpetrated." The stepmother, realising the enormity of the crime, and fearful of the fate which awaitud her on its disclosure, committed suicide by hanging heiself. The police, distinguishing some connection between this suicide and the s.ulden disappearance of Elizabeth Duiand, at once /uarested the father of the victim, and in questioning the y»7*hful son and daughter, Mho witnessed the crime, were informed as to the whereabouts of the body. The evidence given before the court by the brother of the victim was such as — the report* of the proceedings tell us, made the flesh of the audience creep. The piincipal author of the einne, — namely, the father — although found guilty without extenuating ciicumstances, escaped the capital sentence, and wr^s condemned, tq penal seivitudc for life. Some workmen at Boston, United Stntea, discovered a large barrel had floated ashore along the banks of the Charles River, thinking perhaps^fcpntained something valuable m liquids or contraband, t^^k>ullcd it in and unpacked it, when they were horrified at the discovery of two human legs nnd a hil^Hbeud, the latter being bald, and indicating that the, viq^^^s about fifty years old. Fresh blood was' dripping fi^M^^ remnants of the body, and evurything seemed to lndwfetliat death and butchery had taken place within a tery lew hours. While the workmen wero engaged in removing and curing lor the repult-ivc and sickening mass which they had found, a second barrel, was seen in the bficaui, and upon being biought ashore and opened it war. found to contain the rest of the bod\ — tho portion between the neck and knees. The indications w ero that decapitation afuh amputation were performed with a sharp knife, for when the, remains were placed together m proper position they fitted so perfectly and nicely that tho points of separation could only bo discovered by the traces nnd oozing of the blood. None of the clothing was missing except, tho hat, nnd, aside from a small flesh wound on tho face, there was nothing to indicate that there had been a struggle. Around the body there had been a largo rope. which had been, u'r,n)]y tied, nncHipon the back, between tho outside and under shirt, was a gold watch nnd chain, which apparently h.ad been tceiv(ed there by either tho murdered man or hw murderer. Aside 'from these articles nothing llso whs found. Tho clothing wHih he wore was of the bett quality, and everything safuied to indioatf that the man waa one in good circumstances. Tho remains have been identified aa being those of a person ua.raed Ellis, lately residing _ in Boston. M The iron clipper shiy.Star of Persia, 1227 tons, one of Messrs Cony s Star line of Calcutta packets, has just completed the\oyage fiom the Dow us to Calcutta and back iv six mouths and twelve days The outward passage occupied aeventy-sevenjilays. The run fiom the Cape to ' Calcutta, a dibtauee of over six thousand miles, was pertormed iv twenty-two ami a ialf days, being the fastest passage ever macie from the Cape by either sailing 01 ateani amp. The Star of Persia's pievious voyage occupied siS jpontha and twenty-five d^yg.

(JitunoiKi ins Boijukk — At least every tenth woman t\ho crosses the Detioit Riyer carries smuggled goods. T.io Custom-house officials at the ferry dock are as vigilant as o!fit.'cr3 cm be, bat what chances hnvo th«*y against monster L^op sLnti, and gigantic bustles? They cannot stop to pop under chawls, examine pockets, look, into b.iby carts, and hold a civ.\td oiutha boah, and so they must continuo tboir ■ivork with the kno\vj-d"e chat good 9 are being smuggled, and only one grand aj^Lsi.cUcMib.auLokilioir nots cau Imp the gm'lty and frighten the innocent so that they shall never tl.ire to pursue the bmmiess. The net was drawn .yesterday (Oefr. til). Tho offices commenced about 2 o'clock walking 15 or 20 women np-stairs into the -Cu^toais uooti, and handing t^u'tn over to a woman to ho searched. Every boat-loa.l which landed for about threo hours was trcatod in the samo in in not — tlmfc is, the femalo portion During the afternoon about 130 women were con fronecd by Uncle Sam, and the old man had some fun, and made somo wonderful discoveries. For instance, a modest little woman, who was m a great hurry to go home to her sick child, pulled out a few pins, nnd 10 jards of English flannel fell to tho floor. A tall ■\\o*na'i,"with tears m her eyes, who assorted that she would "Donor chop her head off than think of smuggling, unfastened •i pound of tia from her skeleton, and asset ted that it must have boon placed there by somo designing person. Auother indignantly denied tho " right of search," but after remaining a prisoner for an hour or two, told the searcher to " tako it and go to grass," throwing a package of ribands and laces on the tloor. A lot of calico was found on another, somo velvet on another, and at least 10 pov cent, of the whole nt'ipher were found to be engaged m smuggling. The officiate were natisfiod with confiscating the goods. — Detroit Free Pre*s ForiLY Reasons. — A curious plea for leniency was r^l-\i\nu-d on belialfof a collier named William Sj'mrples, who hub summoned on Wednesday before the Chorley Justices on the charge of violating tho rules of tho colliery at Welsh "^Vhittle by unlocking his safety-lamp The defendant pleadod guilty to the soft impeachment, and the prosecuting counsel said he had been instructed to ask the Bunch to be lenient. The application for icuieney was, a? the manager ot tho mine explained, made "on account of tho defendant's wifoi ami family." This led to an expression of surpriso by one of the magistrates at the application, when, as he pertmonth remarked, " the liv.es of 50 colliers, who had wives and families, had been endangered by the defendant's violation ot tho rules of the colliery." Tho defendant himself had nothing to say in his onn behalf but tint he had " never e'lioki'd a pipe of tobacco in his life." The Bench, probably tojphed by such singular abstemiousness, after consulting whether they should inflict a fine or send him to prison, ((fouled on the former course, and let him ofl' with a penalty ot tOa and posts ; but it is to be hoped that this mark of courtesy to Mis Sharpies and the little ones will not lead Mr 8 'arples to suppose that for their sakes he is justified m ii^leitmg ord nary precautions to prevent an explosion. H s wiff and family may not object to hi 3 trifling with his own lite, and it is no doubt highly creditable to him, that ho Jins never smoked » pipe since he camo into existence. But ho has clearly no right to ruk the blowing up of his fellowlabourers bv unlocking his safety-lamp without the consent ol their wives and families, and he ought to remember that iin explosion loses nono of its horrors because it is. caused by other means than tho smoking of a pipe of tobacco. — I'all Mall Q-izetle. We tnke the following from an American exchange — "The Milage ot Puaccdalc was thrown into quite a state of excitement on Thursday last by tho roport that two graves had been dug up near Watson's corner, qn the shove of tho Snugatuoket river. The circumstances are as follows: The fajnily ot William Rose, who reside at Saunderstown, near £ho South Ferry, are subject to eonsumpti^n, several members of tho family luting died of the disease and one member of the family is now quite low with it. At the urgent request of the sick man, the father, assisted by Charles Harrington, of North Kingston, repaired to the family burying ground, which is located near Watson's corr.pr, ono milo north of Peacedalo, and after building a fir^e first dug up the grave of Ins son, who had been buried for twelvo years, for the purpose of taking out his heart and liver, which were to be consumed, in order to carry out tho old superstition llirt tho consumptive dead draw nourishment from tho living Eut as the body was entirely reduced to ashes, except a few bones, it was shortly covered up, and the bedy of a, daughter wj»o had been dead seven jears wa§ taken up out of tho grave beside her brother. This body was found to bo nearly wasted away, except the vital parts, the liver and heart, which were in a perfect state of preservation. The coffin also was nearly perfect, while the son's coffin was nearly demolished. 4f|cr • ♦'ic heart and ltvpr had been tikon out of the b.odj, they | were placed in tho fire and consumed, tho fishes being only put in the grave. The fire was then put out and the t«o men departed to their respective homes Onh a Jew spectators were prc-ent to witness tho horrible scene. It seems t nit this 18 not the /list time thnt graves have been dug up where consumption was prevalent m the family, and the i ital parts burned, in order to save tho living. A few years uco the same wa3 done in the village of Moorsfield, and also i i the town of King ton, both of course without success " Tho German Correspondent ba_>B : — On the occasion cf the Hunch of II M ironclad corvette Hansa, Fraulem yon Treskow, daughter of General yon Treskow, announce I the name of the ocean child in the following words: — " By order of ilis Majesty the Emperor, thin corvette is to be called tho Hima Sho is the first ironclad over built in a German dotkjurd, and her laupch is » memorable oyent in tho history of the German navy. Her name is also o significant one ; it reminds us of a tune when German fleets entirely commanded tho North Sea and tho Baltic. May this name be of good augury ' and may it be granted to the Hansa to w itness such ti sight once more ! May she always proscrvo tho honour of our flng unstained, and be as victorious against her enemies as her royal master ! With these wishes and hopes Ictus give three cheers for His Majcity the King!" After tbq thrco cheers bad been enthusiastically gh.en, Fraulcin yon Treskow performed tho ceremony of baptism by breaking a bottle of champagne on tho bow of tha vessel, whioh glided famoothly and rapidly into the water amid the reaewed qhccring of the crowd. The death 18 announced in Paris, after a short illness, ofCount de Kisseleff, born at Moscow in 1788. This distinguiihed person was aide-de-camp to the Emperor Alexander during the campaign of France ; he accompanied his Sovereign to the Congress of Vienna, and was present at the second entry of the Allies into Paris. His favour continued under the Emperor Nicholas, and from 1829 to 1834 he occupied both civil and military functions in the Punctualities, where at last he' was invested with an absolute dictatoiship. GeneraMn-chief of Infantry in 18113, and member of the Imperial Council, he received the title of Count for his enlightened administration. After the Crimean -war ho was named Russian Ambassador in France, a post for a long time occupied by his younger brother. Nicholas de Kisseleff. In December, 1862, being obliged to retire from ill-health, he was replaced by Baron dc Budhorg The Whanganui Ch ronicle sayi : — "Two pi ety scientific toys aro to be scon at work iv tho shop-window of Mr Drew's establishment in the Avenue. One of them U a neatly mado wheel pump, which throws an xmbroken column of water ; the other is a small engmo of sufficient power to work a tewing machine ; m fact Mr Drew had it doing so for two hours on Wednesday, and found it w,ork perfectly. Both machines arc worked by electro-magnetism, and are worth bee in.; If Mr Drew's electrometers aro upon a principle w'neh can be extended to something more than a scientific toy, and the expenses of working them moderate, we Bee no reason why ho should not take steps to render them common mlly \aluable " Mr Ilcnrtch Schlieman, a German nreha?ologiat, is engaged in muking excavations on tho sito of ancient Troy. lie commenced in October, 1871, a trench across an eminpneu in the plain, called by the Turks " Hisarlik (citadel)," wl\lch he conjectured covered the site of the ancient citadel of Pcrgamos. In September he succeeded in reaching what he considers to be tho primitive surface of the ground, after digging for aWnt 45 feet from what is now the surface At tins' depth ne (liecoverod the ruins of a house evidently scathed by fire, and in it the skeleton of a woman with her golden ornaments. He found the bones of a child and some thounands of specimens of tiles, or pieces of baked clay, which arc supposed to appertain to prehistoric tunes. Two Japanese priesta. have come to Beilin to. obtain information' about the Christian religion. The ltev Dr. 1 Lisco is engaged in explaining to them the distinguishable features of the various Christian creeds. The interpreters aie a Japanese acquainted ■wi^h the French language, and the sworn interpreter, Dr Uiovanoli. It was at fist attempted to employ one of the young Japanese in Berlin as interpreter, which it •was beliewstl would greatly simplify the matter, but it was, soon, discovei ed that he was unable to translate into Japanese certain fine theological distinctions with the requisite accuracy. Tho salaries paid to the various Colonial Governors arc as follows: — The Governor General of India receives £25,000 besides travelling expenses and other allowances ; tho Lieu-tenant-Governor of Bengal, £10,000; the Governor of Bombay, £10,000; Madras, C 10,000 ; Ceylon, £7,000; Tasmania, tl-,000, besides £2,500 for other expenses ; Victoria, £1 0,000 ; Western Aust ralia, £2,500 ; Cape of Goo-l Hope, £(J,000 ; Njital (Lieutenant -Governor), £2,500; Jamaica, £7,000; Queensland, £'1,000 j South Aintialm, £5,000; Now Zealand, £1,500; New South Wales, £7,000 " I declare," said an old lady, reverting to tho prorntso made on her marriage day, by her liege lord, " I si i all never fbrgct when Obadiah put the nuptial ring on ray finger, nnd said, 'With all my worldly goods I thea endow ' He u«cd to keop a dry goods store then, and I thought he was Roma to girc mo all there wai in it. I was young, and did not know till afterwards that it meant opo calico die»s a year. The late Baron James de Rothschild, iulus last moments expressed a defaire to devote the interest of £40,000 to the foundation of a charity in aid of indigent families of Paris, without distinction of religion, for tho payment of their rents. The heirs of the decease have just placed the revenue iv question at the disposal of tLe Bureaux de Bleufaiaance It is stated that the Porte has authorised the rirtokt of Jer/iialeni to ekct a uew Patriarch.

Dn Bmoirr's Piio^pnoDY.vi- — il/uUi'udfi oi poop'^ me hopelessly t,u'lVnnj» lrom Debility, >itvcus, and Li\cr Complaints, Depivs.ion of Spir.ts, IVlm om, UHltms* for Busings or Stiulr, Fti.huo of Hen t:i£, .S jjht, find Memory, Lassitude, Wint of Power, &<• , ulwse ciies admit of permanent pure by tlio now >v>r.>.*lv Khm|>' od\no (Ovonic Oivgen), which tt onfc al!<w> u'l lr tut ion i.iri excitement, imparts new energy and life to tho e'lleeblcri constitution, and rapidly cits every -( i^v >->f tWbe hitheito inciirnblo ahd distressing maladies. SoUl by all Chemists and; Storekeepers througout tho colonies, from whom pamphlets containing t«istimonial3 may be obtained* — Caution : Be particular to a3k for Dr Bright' s Pliosphodj ne, «3 imitations are- abroad ; find avoid purc'isitng single bottles, tho genuine article being sold m rase* orly — Am. Printtut? began at Oxford very early . a logond was Ioi«g currcnl that tho first book printed at Oxford dated from MGB ; but this, which is tho year in the Colophon of an Exposttio Sancti Jierontmi-, lias been proved to be a misprint for 1178. Tho first Oxford Bibfe is tkied 1G73 ; nearly 200 year 3 later. Tho first Oxford Bible? wero printed for Thomas Gruy, the founder of Clay's Hospital, and a company of London booksellers. Tho right of printing English Bibles is confined to Oxford, Cambridge, and the Queen's printers, but it is exercised by several printers, such as ifr Bagster, under tbo legal fiction of adding a kind of commentary. "Women's "RtonTS. — A correspondent writer • — " The question of admission of women to medical degrees in Edinburgh University has boon rather unexpectedly >o!vo 1, at least for the present. Miss Jet Blake, a foremost champion of tho movement, hia actually been plucked in her examinations and icnt back to complete her scientific studies." — Athentviun. To tiie Point. — A young medical stu.lcnt recently Invited a young lady to attend n, concert w ith him The damsol's answer to this invitation was in this wUo • " If you come ns a ' temporary supply,' I must decline the invitation. I am only hearing ' regular candidates ' " Popui-vnoy of London. — The revision of tho Census returns shows that tho population of tho metropolitan district, or division, i* oven larger thnn was at first stated. Iso lpss than 5,254,200 persons were enumerated in its metropolis in A,,n1,1872. Never Tiierc. — A veteran oksorvoi.says — " i never place reliance in a man who is telling what he would ha\c clone hid ho been there. I havo noticed that somehow tins kind of people never get there." The Echo swites that n sister of Mr Spunreon is preaching with much success at Willinajham, in Cmbivlsreshire, wheiv her husband is a Baptist minister. The iujHionh"s hnro expressed their thanks to tho lady preacher for tlio good done, a* ahown by tho decrease of police ease* The Civil Tribunal of St Pcteriburgh ha-5 just con lowied " Prince. lt«chael do Lusignan, bearing th* title of Kin;; of Cypriio, Jcrusftlem, and Armenia," to transportation to the prorinco of Yeulaseisk, for forgery. The Courier, a Chinee paper, says that Sir 12ilm«nt! andLady Ilornby hare dined with tbo Japanese Pnmr Ministor, Lady Ilornby being tho first European lady who ha 3 bad that " honor " The>e liave been five deaths in Demcrara within a fortnight from hydrophobia, supposed to have been mtioduced by dogs fiom Barbarities" What is to be ? Why, &.verh. Man is a mister, but woman is a mystery. Mill Dews — -Wages of tho faelorv gnl? Tnx Pi\CE fob A Pic-nic— Tho Sandwich Tsh<uK j WnAT SroRT is Like Girts' Gossip 9 — Deer-Stalking Cottuting After Marrivqk — Applying for a divorce. A belle doesn't always give best "tone" to society. Tiie Most Popular Woirvx'a Paphi — A paper of pins. Tup 3Li}f Wi^o Works With a " AV'ill."— 'i^ho probato judef. Query. — If a sailor has been travelliug on horseback can it bo said that bo rowed ?