HENS. (New York Tribune)

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 136, 22 March 1873, Page 2

HENS . (New York Tribune )

SocrEri docs not appreciate its obligations to tho lion untu the general well-being of thai lueful biped is put jn peril. Normally the hen is a robust bird which needs no demulctTA sanitary gruel like the pulmonary horse, or pungent p^irRutivo powder like the bilious ox, but survives vigorously without any dietetic coddling whatsoever. It endures tvitli equal mind all vicissitudes of climate. "Without legurd to the state of the weather it deposits its punctual diurnal ccg, I and cackles about it with sober exultation afterward. In its infancy it is sometimes pestered w it ii an obscure and virulent , malady known as pip; but in immaturity it i» » crratttre o iron coutitut:o:i, consuming prlb'i-stonei withoutu t sible j emotion, and rareh dying, except to pamper the gluttony of the passing evening owl, or meet the human requirements lof holiday pot-pie. Dickens «a\s that nobody ever s»w a dead donkey or a dead poul-bjv ;' and the spectacle of a lien j Tolunfcarily deceased is almost as rare. I Left to themselves they survive to an exceedingly tough I ami stringy old age, and cJntnbute to the Mkoild with great constancy the bash of the current egg-uogg and tho couj temporary custard. The meie sunniae, theicfore, of au r extensive' aud perilous lieu epidemic ls'fr.uight with alarm. , It-confronts us w ith a passh c phabe of destitution which ,we have never contemplated . ,\Ve could get along w ituout butter and milk almost as well as without eggs and spring I chickens. Life vwthoutits omelettes and whijjped syllai bubs, its Saul 4 aln Morewjo and Sup) tine tie lv Volatile, , Would be .1. mueji kss pilgrimage tluvu the thoughtless and the inconsiderate, imagine. It is true tthart r b» far a« we know, the tin key is not yet tlneatened, and in any event I we might fall back upon the solid and nuti itious goose. I But neither of these useful bii da could adequately subset voi the niatiy utilities to which the modest hen and her valuj able egg are applied. If it be tuie that her tubes are III I smitten with, the pestilence th.it walketh in daikness, the I community wiU for the fir^t time keenly appieciate its m-f computable obligations to that haunless, diligent, and unobtrusive fowl. I Inspired evidently by the fioultereis, whose craft is in ! danger, or rendered furious and mcoheiuit by an undigested ! omelctc. itoujflti, one of our eontemp< uinc* screamingly denies I that theie is anything whatever the matter with the hens. i We sincerely trust that there is not, and would much rather j believe that this politic and wary bird had itself spread ! abroad the illusory.report of its infirmity in order to cast j the onus of the ensuing Thanksgiving upon the ducks and I tuikfjys. .But awhile we have great respect for the statement of our contemporary, it does not .seem to have exhausted inquiry on, the subject, and s.iiely the poultei era themselves can be considered competent witnesses only in. I the ca3e of the birds whose cai cases icpose in attitudes of | straddling and posthumous discontent upon their stallfc. , We should like to print authentic reports from the liarnyauls of many states and counties, it we could get them, ( and shall be glad to hear fioir> our fanning friends on the I subject. If tLeic is nothing the matter with Ike chickens all will be thankful, if theie i«, it is well timt it should j be known, that Hciencj, may take fbe hen in hand a* it has i the hor&a, and institute «i rational Incjiury into the 'causes of its raalad} r . Volunteer practitioners are already bursting into print, each with an imaginary diagnoses &nd aniexpeumental lemedy. So that the hen world is threatened with the prophylactic administration 1 of physic whether it is needed or not. One daring and imaginative persor, plunging recklessly iuto publicity, recommends to holders of chickens to clip their hcada in tar, paint their legs with iodine, volatilises the tar, and silences the chicken, whether it cures it or not. This the prescr-iber consideis a great point gained in any event, and to those who like a quiet life pei haps it is. It must not be supposed because we have alluded to the. I hen _ with some levity that we aie therefore unmindful of the intrinsic gravity and importance of all that concerns ■ its health and well being. Franklin recommended that, instead of the predatoiy and rapacious eagle, the useful turkey should be imaged upon our national coins and ensigns. If an emblem of utility instead of majesty and potency had been chosen," it should have been the barnyard hen rather than the turkey, the rooster rather than the gobbler. li* it be attacked by epidemic malady, we will give the w idest circulation to any intelligent diiectioiis for its lehef, a-nd in rll ways promote its culture and ameliorate its condition to the extent of our pow or.

« Tun Dt-k-i: of Soviri;<iFr ox Applild Educa'tiox.— Tlic Duke of Somerset spoke at Newton Abbott upon science and politics in delivering the prizes in connection with the New ton School of Sciences and Art. lie said the study of natural science was quite a modern science, dating back only to the days of Bacon and Galileo, jet it had conferred vast benefits on the world. They heard a gieat deal from politicians of what they had dono while the men of science had been working silently alone, often depressed, frequently embarrassed. But they should compare the work' of such j men as Watt, Arkwright, Stophcnson, Wollaston, l>avv, «nd Faraday w ith that of the politician? for the past 100 jcain, and ask who had done most for the civilisation and the improvement of mankind. Jle had read that moraine with surprise that Mr Gladstone had said at Liverpool That ho wouldback the fiddle against the locomotive engine. He should liko to kno.t what the fiddle had done for mankind. There had been scrapers on squeaking strings for 300 years, oncl what good bad they done? When Pagamm died borne Italian newspapers said that Genoa Lad produced two great men^ Paganini and Columbus j and Mr Gladstone, coupling the fiddle and the locomotive, remiuded him of the same | thing. The locomotive had altered the civilisation of the world. It has even reached Japan, and wherever it went civilisation would be advanced. Then they came to that other wonder, the electric telegraph— a thing of their owu days. Altogether, there were two great objects for which men pursued natural sci»nce— one the advancement and progress ot the arts and improvement of manufactures, so that those who invented should profit by their invention, the^other the j still nobler purpose of the triumph of the mind. Politicianpassed away apd were forgotten, but the names of men of [ bcicncc the world cherished as those of its benefactors; paid | by results, the scientific anen would get all the rewards nnd the politicians would be sent empty away. "What was wanted to improve politics nas a science of Government. They heard | a great dual of science of Government, but all they possessed was a desultory principle which people scrambled hold of and ajiplird to concet the blunders of others, making equal blunders themselves Recently they had hnd a Social Science Congress at Ph mouth, but it was no science at all— crotchets and crudities, some of n Inch at some distant day might come to hcicncc, but at present were nothing at all. There were many reasons why the study of natural science should be encouraged, but one was that he fully believed they were on the eve of far greater discoveries than had yet been made, ! and who could sny that in these classes they might not nuno I tlio strivings of some hereafter great discoverer? Sciencej nwited Jill men, without distinction of creed, to 'study laws which were immutable and eternal, and left every man I free according to his own "conscience" to 'worship' ll im whowas the maker of nrd sustninor of this marvellous universe.

l>FLn.scu 01 Wn fs —It is not all a dream which made ! the wife of J>hjus Que^r so anxious that he should not go to the Senaje Chamber pa the Gital Ides of March ; and had he complied with her entreaties he might havo escaped the » dagger of Brutus. Disaster followed disaster in the career ' of Napoleon from the time he ceased to feel the balancej wheel of Josephine's influence on his impetuous spirit. "Washington, when unpoitan( questions were submitted to I him, often said that he should like to cam the subject to I his bedchamber before he had formed hi's decision ; and those who Joicw the dear judgment of Mrs Washington thought all the better of him. for fishing to rilnle her his confidential counsellor. Indeed, the great majority of men *> ho haie acquired for themselves a good and great natne, were npt only married men, but hnppily married— both pau'fd and matched. Ko man ever prospered in the world without the conjcnt and co-operntion oi his wife. If she unites in mutual endeavouis, or rewards his labour with ani endearing smile, with what spirit and perseverance docs he apply to his vocation ; with what confidence will he resort either to liis morcbahdisp or farm ; fly over land ; sail upon the seas; meet difficulty and encounter danger— if he knows he is not spending Ins strength m rain, but that his libouru will bo rewarded by the sweets of horne 1 How delightful i.s it to have a friend to cheer, and a companion to soothe*, the solitary hours of grief and pain • Solitude and disappointment enter into the lnstorj of every man's lift • and he is but half provided for his Mijage who finds but an' n^ocKite lor happy lion,*, while for Ins, monthv of darkness and distress no Muipallnsing partner is prepared ! *, A \ I<hp¥ 1 <hp ¥ , Lir «'P«>l As-uscs, on December 13, Mi.ss Adek> MathiJdc Emilio Schneider, a teacher of music and J«ngiianoH, brought an act ion for breach of promise of niarrwe against the Key WilLaiu MenV> Casey, at pie«ent cuialo ofi St Matthew s Church. The breach not being tinned n iiu s was empanelled in the SherifiV Court, before Mr J. J. Aston, Q.C' n for the purpose of assessing the damages, winch in the declaration,, were laid at i:SUOO. "When the ease wni railed on im atljour.nnpn*- for an hour took])laGe, aftsr which Mr Toor said it had been impossible to eomc to am arranirenient bo as to oblate the necessity of the facts being K one iijto. j.lliarase was accordingly about to bp 'opened, when Mr (tiiUy said there nth lonllj no ciso to go before thp iurv and he was in.tri.etcd to coiiwut to a rertlict for the amount stated in the ilw-lnmtion It un, oontenifed on the other side that, thmilamtin; liauug been compelled' to como mti court her cpun,sd wao entitled to open the case oil her behalf and il the jury thought more damages should be gi, O n than' the amount Ked ,„ the .ledamtion, the court coSld be npphed to tor im amendment of the declaration. " The assessor said tins was the first time a point oflM- kind had come before him, and though ,he had formed an opin-idH on the quest.on, he would, ,f , t BIW prefePPcd co nBU lt one of the judges. I •» course «a 8 agreed to, and. after a brief adjournment, .the learned assessor stated that he had seen Mr Justice Lurfi. who was of t he ss ac m c opinion as himW-tliaf the ca^e could no go on tie other side h»vin S agreed to the damage* -taicd u» the dcdamt.on. A vcidiel for the plain tiff, w.t'. IoVW dani« Scs , V oa aecordingU entered 1 .

Buiii-u Colcmhiv jtsv inf. S\n Jv\s AwAito.- The Weekly Standard (Vancouver Island) says :--" \estorday tho Governor re-con ed official notification by telegram that rKmperor of Germany liad decided the Cnnal de Haro is water boundary between British Coluiubiii and the United States Tins information, then, Hears up all doubts, i ate** the ownership of San Ju.iu. A inte-non will arise, however, n* to the right of the respective tuitions to navigate the different channels among tlio island? on eacli side of Haro Canal between the 19th parallel and the Straits of Fcica, and between the mainland of Vancouver Island nnd 1 the mainland of the Continent The treat \ oflSiC secures to each nation the right of navigation on both aides of the centre channel ; but it hsu been urged that the treaty of Washington makes the waters on the western aide of the channel exclusively British waters, and the eastern side ex- ' clusircly American. We rot her doubt this conclusion, but have nw tune to examine it Milfieiently to determine for our readers the question Tho Treaty of 1810 and the decision of the Herman Emperor make it perfectly clear, however, that all tiie waters north of tho I9tli parallel are exclusively British, and were not Ken Westminster, Burrard fillet, and NunMuio ports of eutrv, no Amerit.iu bottom could" pa-<s north of Point Roberts American steam and sailing vessel-* have used Johnson Straits on their w.n to Alaska, but unless they call at our. ports of .ontr) on the Gulf ol Georgia, they may be excluded from our inland navigation north of the 49th parallel, .m the >arne «aj as our vessel- arc prevented from n.ni^iUug Puget Sound In the great coming return it will be found that the exclusive navigation of Johnion Straits will be of more value to Canada than a dozen San Juan-, With the Straits of b'uca it siivcs us two entrances to our traiiß-continental raihviy , which w ill now, bevoiul a doubt, conic down to Victoria by the way of Bute Inlet." In reference to the- Canadian Rtulwuv Survey, and the* distance from Vancouver Island to the mainland of British Columbia, it is stated that Mr Hugh Kennedy, who came down from Michaud's party, brought word that thc'Narrovvi are 1 100 feet from the Valdez Inland side to the sunken Up^l, and 1200 feet from the sunken rock to the Vancouver "tliore, making 2GOO feet m all. The rock is covered by only 1-t feet of water at low ti.de The rise and fall of the tide is 15 feet The party were all .well, and weic running lines on each side of the Narrows. Another Vancouver Island paper, the British Colonist, says; — " Mr "Richardson, geological ■urveyor, returned from ail extended trip along the east coast of this island mid. Queen Charlotte Island, pronounces Vancouver Island the ' England of the Pacific, so far as coal measures arc concerned. A mountain of iron has been discovered in Queen, Charlotte Sound. In the 'trip from Earilftv Sound -Mi- Richardson discovered many valuable ib^sils Wong hornbleml tuid other rock— a circumstance unknown to science before. At llorne Like there are immense de- j pi »-its of limestone, and blocks of marble of 30 cubic feet, without a crack or Llemish, were found. The trip to mid from ii.n clay Sound was performed in one week- Mr Richardson thinks that instead -of four seams of anthracite coal \ nt Queen Charlotte , lsland there ci-ists but one seam, as to the value of which lie has r.ot yet expressed at opinion*. Tho weather during the season has been delightful. -Ten boxes of mineral and fossiferous specimens were brought down by | Mr Itichardson, .nnd it is proposed £o exhibit them to the t public shorth." ■, f i

Tin: CiiUKCii Mu,m>'i. — A kttcr from the Rev. A. J. j Potter, "the plucky Methodist preacher," received in this ; uty, by the last mail, gives the following particulars of a fight lie had a few dots ago with the Indians •— " I Lave at last come in contact with the Indiana I had a fight with four of the red devils, and whipped them without getting a bcratch. I left Frio Cauou on the morning of the 21th (October) to go to the Snbioal C'auon. Aftci travelling boihe miles 1 crossed Cherry Orcck ; my tom\ then led through a broken country of rocky defiles cotereil with thiik brush with intervening spaces of open ground. I had learned that ; there wero Indians iv the country^ and was on the look out. ' f saw them passing up a ravine, aiming to intercept and waylay me, w lierc my road led through a gap in the mountain. I had four mules with me — two to my buggy and two I was leading. I got out and tied my mules, took my gun nnd went on in advance, to see what I could discover. I lind 6nly gore n short distance when Hooked dqwn nil opcr^ space, between the thickets, -and saw four liuhaps slipping along towards the place wlicro 1 know they intended to inlercept mo. I was still unobserved ; when they passed to the next opening they paused ; I raised my gun to tire at them, but the c.ap'Vnappud. The Indian heard it, turned towards me, and iv as just in the at t of r.using his gun to shoJt me, but my gun fired, and his fell to the ground. At that moment another one 1 of them j iired at me They then picked up the gun, and all r.m on" I think my bullet' struck the Indian in the right shouldei or ann I then ran back to my buggy, and diwc out behind some thick brush, nqar the foot of the mountain. I had good shelter, except from the side of the mountain. The scoundrels soon appeared on the of t,he jnountajn, and fired one shot down at me, and I gave them two in return. "They then , b.iuk the way they came. I knew; they expected I would trj ( to run back to the Frio, and were intending to cut off Tin ' ictreat; but I jumped into my buggy, and ran through the , gap vi the mountains to the open countrs, and had no more I trouble from them "- - San Fnninsco (Texm) lleuihl. j

i'lit. Caubi2K\7Bli, Onoar —At the Surrey Sessions Maria Morgan, 19, di?noribed us a Bei\ant, waa indicted toe stealing i watch and chain, the propeity of William Welli, nt Cam bcrwcll. It appeared from the evidence pf James Ham, a detective sergeant of tbc F DiTimon,.ihat for aoine weeks a groat deul of excitement bad been caused in the ncighbouihoodol the prosecutor's house, No 135. C.imberwell road, by a lcport that a " Ghost" was committing all sort") of i damage. Flower-pots were thrown about, trees damaged, nnd persons struck with various missiles, without the origin of tho mischief being discovered. Detectives Puttock and Neville were engaged to detect the perpetrator of the dangerous freaks, and on Monday, the 18th tilt , they went to the prosecutor's house, when they ascertained that the mother of the hitter had just been struck by a broken flower-pot nnd cut on tho arm. A vino was aW> cut down, and a water-butt overturned They saw the priioner in very excited 9tatc, , and she "howed them a bruise on the forehead, •nhich sl)e said had been inflicted by a man she found in the washhouse. The ofliccr searched the place, but failed to find any ti ,iw of a ma.ii During the time they were searching the place flower-pots were thrown about in a mysterious manner, and then the prisoner screamed out, and begged to be allowed to j leave the house, as she was afraid to stop. Just at that time I a watoh and chain were missed from the breakfast-room, and ; the detectives having a suspicion about the prisoner's conduct, followed her up-stairs. She ran into a bedroom, followed 'by the officers, who- found the watch and chain concealed in the bed. They took her into custody. Maria I'latt, a girl in the prosecutor's employ, said that on the Sunday evening previous the prisoner came to her, and said, " 1 must do something to make Missus believe sombody has got into the house " The prisoner then opened the kitchen window, as though it had been forced, and told witne-,8 to scream out and call for the young master. Witness went ur stain and called him, and a little -while afterwards tlu prisoner told her not to say anj thing about what had been done, and to throw some flower-pots out so as to alarm the house She, however, declined to do »o. On Monday the prisoner laid, " I must do something else to make Missus think there is a man>m the place,", and then taking up the head of a broom-stick, struck herself several he&Vy blows on the head and forehead, causing bruises. She after■wardi struck herself with a flower-pot, and cut her \ forehead. Shortly afterwards she rushed in from the washhouse screaming, and said a ma.t concealed there had struck her. The prosecutor said the prisoner had only been in his service six weeks, and for the lust foitnight great damage h»d becn'dotte by flower-pots and other missiles being thrown about The whole neighbourhood had been thrown into alnrorbythc freaks of the'THiost'^ Thejury found the prisoner guilty, and the Deput) Chairman sentenced her to 12 month*' hard labour.

A French CnESfe-riATEiUT— Fourmer ,dc ;_ Saint- Amant, the famous French chess-player , was thrown from his carriage on the 25th of October last, and died on the same dat, from the effects of the accident, at his chateau, near Algiers, in the 7 ircl year of his ago. To the majority of chess-players SaintfAmnnt is but a name in. the annals of their favourite paatunc, but to the few in this country who pos-.es.sed the privilege of his acqivnntanre, tbo recollection of hi« simple aj*d, modest nature, combined with extensive and varied learning, will " keep his memon green " During his last sojourn in England he was a frequent visitor at the "Westminster and St. I George's Uhcss CluH and his final appearance in the chess •irena was on behalf of the former club in a match against the Cit) of London. The -chess career of Saint-Amanfc is well-known to students of the chess literature of 30 years a"o, including his match with Mr Staunton, in which he was and the long and exciting controversy that fol- I lowed it, m which he certainly not defeated j but it is ] not mcrch a-, a chess plajer that Sai^t-Amant is to be ro<"in!«l. Jli» numerous bpoks uppn the subject of the French j Colonies are standard works in France ; during his mission toC.uennc he displayed. all the qualities of a wise and enlightened administrator; and, .in 18 W, as captain of the Vahoiml ttuard, at the head, of his company, Vhen the • re\olutionary mob assailed the TuUlerics, Saint- Amant eontmed to change so cirectiiAll.r jth.e mischievous purpose of tlic populace, that, instead of destroying tMo Palace, they appoiiitcd him Governor of it, with acclamation. Ihe bod} wa-. interred at the Cemetery of BirmandrcH, and, in accord- J ' uiicc w ith French custom, m eloquent oration wjm pronounced hv "\r Monline at the crave.— Tlif Wesliuinsle,- Fapevx.

W\stk of Papkr— Tlip publishers' Circular, rclerrmg to the inadequate supply of material fpr mailing good paper, pivs — "Sotnc saving might be made, since, wo -mull be lorccd to' economize, in lcttor ami note paper. Why should not . Bocictv submit )o allow it tp be.proper and fashionable to ; k-ikl only one loaf or half n^Ueet of note or letter paper, mncc in"«c\cu oases out of ten, letters are written on one mdc only 9 ' l'ftpor <ipi»™ig l\jpe ' »ct a very good example nnrc than a century wi.l a half n^o in writing his poems, ..ml oten his letters to noblemen and gentlemen, on the blank Julf-iheetß torn from the h>tters he hail received ; and, us , i^ be sn-n \n his M«S. m the Briti^li.MuHciiin, conlmetl i oul.liVctlir hiank HHlr, of tlie wmppcrH or envelope oj ; w .-h letleri Would w« luid more paper spuvOM nmony v*. ,

Lom;j.vjiy ov Mbim \l Mln - -i'lie obituai^ ol "l!ic Times mid the medie.il journals lime recorded some ioiii.uknblo illustrations of prolonged existence m nuMibeisot the . medical and ■.urgic.il profusion-, who have died in the jcir ! which has just closed It will bo -con in the subjoined list ' tLat only those who had reached (our -coie 3 ears and u\>- ! wards arc published, as Hugh Andiew, Ml), and l'der Miller, MD , each 9 1 \oais ol ago ; Uow uu- V.ui\, I' RC S, 91 ; Augustus iHozzi lirnnville, M IX, u»d franci- k lonian, ! 11,R,L'.i5 ? , each 80; Kobert Voiublo*, MD, 88 , Hubert Buchanan, M.D., Bb' ; Thomas Leiiih Bkindell, M 1), 81; William Bodn.gtou, F X (.' S , itnd .John <!.u-dnei\ I* X L"S , each 82; Thoma« C'olt'in.in, F.K L 1«L 1 « , bl ; KoWit Wade, I V. VL.C.H , Thonnu Burned, .M 1)., and James Alexander Gordon, M.D., each 80 jcu-s of ago. The unilo-d .iges oi those 14 gentlemen amount to 1200 j oars, giving an average ol more than 8o roars to ench. Dr V.ispcv, of JJerhu, m Ins work on the duration of huni.in life, has jt'iuvd medic il men aa representing a medium longevity of oU. Aitists me lcjueseutcd at 57 ; lawyers, 38 ; niihtui') men, 50 ; farmer, and cleiJ.-, 01 , merchants, &2 ; n)id elergunen, (J5. To pioloug life the same authority "adds that good temper ami hilarity are necessurj ; \iylont passions, tlu; inward gnaw nigj of offended \amt\ and pride, tending to corrode eu-ry to ].xy the "»ecd3 of future mental and bodily bullcruigs Apathy and micniibihty biMng, unfortunateh , the best sources of peace of mind*, and a*, as Fontenelle observed, " a good stomach and a bad heart are essential to happiness,," perhaps the best nm\iu> to prolong our days and render them as tolerable as possible is the " Jient uveieet talari." A Suwkh o.\ Fun: — On tlic 20th December, at the meeting of the Vestry of St. Ueorgc's-in-thc-Kabt, Mr Gr. Wilson, the surveyor, reported that on the lUth nist. he sent a man named Gooeii into the Cable street sse e» for the purpose of disco\ ering the cause of the stoppage of u dram. The man had just entered the bcwerwhen he was heard to cry out, and the surveyor, fearilig something wrong, sent another man down. The latter directly called out that the sewer was on fire, and further assistance was obtained. Gooch w as dragged out severely burnty The necessary measures wore then taken and the fire was extinguished. It appeared that immediately the man entered the sewer ho wjw surrounded with ilame, and, crjing out as loud as he could for assistance, he, with great presence of mind, dashed the lamp which lie m as carrying into the water and Hung himself down upon his face. This doubtless ■ saved his -life. From the strong smell of petroleum, the surveyor was led to examine the premises of Messrs. Pinclnn and Johnson, oil refiners, which are close to the scene of thcoocident. He there found tli^t two petroleum tanks hafl beon leaking unobserved into the dram, and the petroleum had thus found it* wayjnlo the sewer. The sur>ejor thereupon directed that receivcib should be constructed under the tanks! and made other arrangements to present the recurrence of a similar accident. The Vestry approved the conduct cf the surveyor, and left the matter in the hands oi the sewers' committee.

Outiuoe IX Kr»siA. — Xeus has reached tho Jewish Chronicle of the commission of a fearful outrige upon a Jewish family in Kus.«ift in the district of Michaelou. A Jew is landlord of an in» which is solitarily faituutcd on (he border of a wood. The family consisted of hiidban 1, wife, brotlier, and four telul3ren. On tho loth instant, nt about six m the evening, two hibourers came la tin) inn and culled for Borne brand}', for which the\ refused to nay, and sneeringly asked m addition for tho Iwm of live roubles. - As the landlord refused to lend them any money and demanded payment for tho bwindy, tin? labourcro became abusne, and ultimately turned out of th« house,- tho< landlord detaining the Caps of'tho mrt),'-s<> tliat i-hoy miglit be oftei Iwards identilied when ho oomphunod of their conduct. When the innkeeper iind his f.imil> had been a-jlei 1])1 ]) but a short time, they were awoke by loud enc-j of " Fire !" and on rushing out of the house they were attacked by eight, men, among whom were the two labourers who had come to the inn in the early part of the ncning. The landlord and , Ills family were thrown to the ground and bound The men i then set to plundering the I 1011 3«. When they had rausauled the place they caught hold of the poor landlord, his wife, J brother, And Hirce younger children, and tln'ew them inlo I the inuUt of tlie burning building. -Only the eldest son 'of the hmdloid, nbout twelve jcar» of ngc, in.inngcti to e^eajic into tliti neighbouring wood. The others perished in tho flames. One oi the l.iboureis li.h bee« urn -.ted, and the jjoliec are in aetiw pursuit of the other murderer-*. • '