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INDIAN TROOPS FOR EGYPT. The Calcutta correspondent of the Times says that public feeling in India has been excited to an intense pitch of expectancy in view of the existing critical condition of affairs in Egypt. The Indian Govern- ment is said to be keenly alive to Indian interests in the matter, and is anxiously waiting on English policy. Orders have been received from England directing the military authorities to be in readiness to despatch I. an expeditionary force to Egypt to co-operate with an expeditionary force from England. The Indian Government, accordingly, will, upon receipt of tele- graphic instructions, despatch from Bombay a force of all arms of 10,000 men, fully equipped, with trans. port carriage and Commissariat supplies. Orders have been issued to commanding officers of certain regiments to hold themselves in readiness for embarkation, and to commanding officers of these regiments which stand on the roster for foreign service to be prepared to start at a moment's notice. Steamers in Bombay and at Cal- cutta are declining freight in view of the pending pro bability of the despatch of an expeditionary force. The Bombay Government have obtained a list of all steamers available for immediate transport. It has been pointed out by the press that an Egyptian cam- paign would be hailed with the liveliest satisfaction by the native Indian troops, and that these troops are far more suited than European troops to undertake a summer campaign in Egypt. Morever, the Indian light cavalry would be invaluable for patrolling pur- poses if it were considered necessary to adopt military precautionary measures to prevent injury to the banks of the Canal. It is generally believed here that the troops which accomplished the famous march from Cabul to Candahar would have very little trouble in settling the warlike aspect of the Egyptian question if a resort to force were deemed essential by the Con- ference.
SIR RIVERS WILSON ON THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION. The Daily Telegraph states that on Saturday, in the course of an interview respecting the situation in Egypt, Sir Rivers Wilson said :— I think it has not been sufficiently borne in mind that our first and greatest interest in Egypt is in con- nection with our Indian empire. The general belief is that this interest is explained through Egypt being the highway to India. That is, no doubt, the primary cause of the interest we take in the country but there is more than this. We govern India by means of our prestige, some 60,000 British troops, and by the people's implicit belief in the resolu- tion, determination, and strength of the British Empire. Without these qualities, and a confidence in them, it is not 60,000 men we should need to hold India, but an incalculably larger number therefore, destroy that prestige and our difficulties in retaining India would enormously increase.. Now when it becomes known in India, as it will become known, that Englishmen have been outraged and insulted, the Indian population will anxiously look to see what reparation is demanded and exacted for outrages of the character that have taken place recently in Egypt. It will, therefore, depend very much on the result of our present action whether our prestige is increased or weakened in India." There can, Sir Rivers Wilson thinks, be no doubt from the period ending with the conclusion of the labours of the Commission of Inquiry, in the summer of 1878, up to the time when Arabi Bey and the military party came into power, the people of Egypt had never, in the whole history of their country, been so happy, so prosperous, and so contented.
The telegrams from Alexandria state that at a Council of Ministers held on Saturday Arabi Pasha proposed a levy en masse of the population, but no decision was arrived at, owing to the opposition of the Ministers of Finance and Public Works. It is also stated that the works at the Alexandria forts continue, and some of them are armed with heavy artillery directed on the harbour. The Standard's correspon- dent at Alexandria on Sunday had further conversa- tions with Arabi and some of Ms chief officers. They say that if the Conference results in an Eng- lish, French, or Anglo-French, or European attack on Egypt they will, in spite of the Porte, resist European intervention. They will trust to God to vindicate the righteousness of their cause, whfeh is a holy one. Thus, they say, they must win victory in the long run. They frankly admit that if the Sultan orders Arabi to leave Egypt they will not only prevent him from doing so, but fight f jr him.
AMERICAN NEWS. The strike of treight braivt.uuco. on the Hudson River division of the New York Central Railroad has been arranged, and the men have returned to work. Pittsburg telegrams indicate that the iron strike is nearing the end with advantage on the side of the masters. Considerable numbers of men have resumed work at the old wages. The railways at Jersey City offered to pay the men 19|c. per hour the men demanded 20c., and the strike remains unsettled. The New York Central Railway has advanced the wages of all classes of labourers about 10 per cent. The freight handlers, who have struck generally continue out, but a compromise is expected shortly.
On Friday evening in last week a cyclone partially destroyed Coalville, in North-West Pennsylvania. Five persons were killed and 25 injured.
CETEWAYO'S VISIT TO ENGLAND. It is stated that Cetewayo will arrive in England on August 18. He will be accompanied by three native chiefs, and conducted to London by Mr, Shep. stone, son of Sir Theophilus Shepstone. The Colonial Office will delegate an official for the guidance of the ex-King during his stay in the metropolis. It is ex- pected that her Majesty will give Cetewayo an audience, and for this purpose he will visit Osborne. His stay will not extend longer than September, as after that time it is thought the English climate would prove injurious to him.
At the monthly meeting of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, the Mayor of Leeds referred to the coming visit to England of Cetewayo. It had oc- curred to him it would be very desirable that Cetewayo should, while in this country, be impressed as far as possible with the importance of our in- dustrial pursuits. He would probably be more im- pressed with the power of peaceful commerce than with anything else, and he should like the King to visit Leeds, as being a place where he could see a larger variety of industries than anywhere else in England. The president said he was sure Cetewayo would be re- ceived with great hospitality if he came. It would be well if in the woollen districts they could persuade him of the advantage of clothes.
jlMPESIAL PARLIAMENT. In the BOUSE OF LORDS, July 3, the Royal Assent was given by Commission to 43 public and private Acts. CSTEWAYO'S VISIT TO ENGLAND. Earl Cadogan called attention to the papers lately pre- sented to Parliament with reference to the proposed visit of Cetewayo to England. It was impossible, he said, to realise What would be the result of the action the Government propoaetto take. (Hear, hear.) Cetewayo himself, how- ever, left the Government in no doubt as to what be expected to be the result of his visit. Sir Hercules Robinson also informed the Secretary of State in One of his despatches tha tCetewayo's sole object in under- taking a sea voyage, which he greatly dreaded, was to secure his restoration to his crown and his authority; and that if the visit did not attain that result the c nsequence would OnlJ be to enhance the painfulness of the ex-king's position. The dangers and difficulties attending the visit must have been present to and appreciated by his noble friend. Lord Stanley of Alderley considered that the visit of Cete. Wayo would be of advantage to the settlement of South Africa, and to the captive king himself. The Duke of Somerset asked why it was Cetewayo was to be brought over to this country if he was to be sent back again. The Earl of Kimberley denied that he had shown any vacillation In the matter of the ex-king's visit. From the time it was first determined he should come here, there had been no change of purpose, but there had been some delay lor the purpose of having inquiries made of a legal character, and also as to the suitability of this climate. In consequence, too, of a telegram from Sir H. Bulwer, a postponement had taken place; but later on, after watching the course of events in Zululand, that official sent him special in- formation which led him to the conclusion that there was really no good reason for further delay. It ought to be berne in mind what the actual position of Cetywayo was. Many persons fancied that he was a criminal suffering punishment for his crimes, but he was nothing of the Kind Cetywayo was a captive king, whom they had de- throned. Be had never concealed his opinion that he considered the Zulu war unjust and unnecessary; and that being so, it undoubtedly became a very serious responsibility to allow him to languish in prison and re- fuse him permission to lay his case before the Govern- ment. That was the first consideration which had weighed With him in consenting to the visit. Undoubtedly they had further to consider the very important question of so set- tling the affairs of Zululand as to ensure the safety and wel- fare of the colonies adjoining. It was asked whether the Government intended to send Cetewayo back to Zululand. H {answer to that was that if any decision had been come to on the point it would have been plainly announced before this time. The position of affairs was that the Government had been forced to the conclusion that the present condition of Zululand was exceedingly Unsatisfactory under the settlement made by Sir Garnet Wolbeley. There were two alternatives-either to take steps Which would virtually, if not nominally, be the annexation Of the country, or to re-constitute some native author- ity strong enough to preserve order in that country. Sir H. Bulwer when he went out was instructed to examine Carefully into this point. He was a man whose judg- ment from his ability, experience, and special know- ledge, mnst have great weight. He (the Earl of Kimberley) had not thought it right to -come to any final deci- sion wtthont having before him that gentleman's opinion and report. The report had been delayed beyond the ex- pected time, because the critical state of affairs in Natal had targety occupied his attention. He had urged Sir Henry, howf ver, to send in a full report as soon as possible, and when the Government received it they would come to a conclusion as to the changes to be made in Zululand. Lord Cranbrook wanted to know by what authority Cete- wayo would be held captive. The Earl of Kimberley explained that the law officers held that Cetewayo was a prisoner of war, and that he would re- main a prisoner of war to whatever place he was taken. They thought it right, therefore, to leave the matter in the hands of the Cape Government. The Earl of Carnarvon heard with regret the decision at Which the Government had arrived. The experiment of bringing African princes to this country with a view to in- doctrinate them with EngUsh views and send them back to their country more capable of carrying out English policy had been tried more than once, and he could not recall a single, case in which it had succeeded. A conversation followed, in which Lords Granville, Chelms- ford, Betaore, and Cairns took part, and in which the nobie and learned ex-Chancellor expressed a doubt that Cetywayo would be a prisoner of war in this country. The subject then dropped. The Supreme Court of Judicature Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. The otherbusiness on the paper having been disposed of, their Lordships adjourned at a quarter past seven o'clock. In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mr. Childers stated, in reply to Sir E Watkin, that he had received a voluminous report from the military authorities on the subject of the proposed Channel Tunnel, and it would be considered by the Govern- ment before any final decision was arrived at. In the mean- time he could only advise the hon. baronet to comply with the notice given him by the Board of Trade to discontinue the operations for the tunnel. THE SUSPENSION OF IRISH MEMBERS. A large number of questions were addressed to the Speaker on points of order arising out of the proceedings on Saturday last Mr. Callan first asked the Chairman of Ways and Means -Whether he bad supplied to certain newspapers an editorial paragraph stating that the suspension of 16 Irish members Was based on their conduct during 19 nights of debate on the Crime Prevention Bill. The Chairman answered in the negative. p In answer to questions from Mr. Labouchere and Sir H. Wolff, the Speaker said the Chairman of Committees was entitled by immemorial practice to invite another member to take the chair in his place and exercise his authority. He Was not aware of any occasion when the Chairman of Ways and Means had voted in Committee, but he could not say thjit he was iiotentitled to do so. The Speaker himself was soentitlefl. The last question grew out of the fact that Mr. Playfair had voted once on Saturday according to the division list, but had Stated that he had no recollection of the circumstance. In answer to Mr. Onslow, the Speaker said that a combination for obstructing business came, in his opinion, within the Standing order of the 31st of January, 1881. THE CONDUCT OF MR. O'DONNELL. The conduct of Mr. O'Donnell on Saturday towards the Chairman was brought forward by Mr. Gladstone, who, before making any motion, invited Mr. O'Donnell to offer any explanation he might desire as to the epithets he had Used. This, however, the hen. member declined to do, stating that he would wait to hear the accusation that was to be preferred against him. Mr. Gladstone said that the records of the House, show- ing that the member for Dungarvan had stigmatized the action of the Chairman as an infamy," sufficiently indi- cated the nature of the grave charge" hich had to be met lIe moved that Mr. 0 Donnell be suspended from the service of the Ronae for fourteen days for his misconduct towards the Chair. Mr. adonnell denied the accuracy of the words imputed to him, but admitted that in his 11 apostrophe to the Chair there might have been some irregularity. Having been absent from the House the whole of Friday night, he thought he had been unjustly and unfairly suspended, and in includ- ing him in the list of the 16 the Chairman, he affirmed, had "sinned against all the traditions of his office." By those traditions every member supposed to be transgress- ing the rules of order was entitled to be fully and fairly Varolii by the Chair before any penal proceeding was taken against him. In asserting, as he did on Saturday under pro- Vocation, that be had been "foully" suspended, he meant to express his firm convtotion that no English or Sftfttch member would have been treated as he, as an Irish member, had been..He then went on, in some detail, amid occasional manifestations of impatience, to show that his slight and rare contributions to the debates on the Crimes Bill did not justify ihe Chairman in designating him as a systematic obstructor. The Speaker, interposing, reminded him, more than once, that he was drawing very largely on the indulgence of the House, the question now before which was not the conduct Of the Chairman, but the hon, member's own conduct. Mr. O'Donnell then alleged that the Chairman had not acted upon circumstances within his own knowledge, but upon the false and feloniously misleading reports made to him as to what had occurred in his absence. This eliciting loud cries of "Order "and another interposition from the Chair, Mr. O'Donnell explained that he attributed the false reports in question to the Government, who had been the cowardly inciters of the tyranny practised against Irish members. Mr. O'Donnell, having then withdrawn, in obedience to the order of the Speaker, while his conduct was being con- sidered, Mr. Playfair explained that the responsibility for what had occurred in connexion with the suspension of the six- teen members rested with him exclusively. He had not mentioned bis intentions in the matter to any of the Minis- ters, nor had he acted on any reports made to him by others. He had felt it his painful duty to the Heuse to "name" the sixteen members upon clear evidence that Obstruction was increasing and he regretted to have had to report to the House insulting language used, no doubt, in heat. Mr. Labonehere, wishing to temper justice with mercy, moved, as an amendment, that the Chairman of Commit- tees having named Mr. O'Donnell for obstructing the busi- ness of Parliament, he having been absent during a greater Portion of the sitting when the offence was committed, and not having received any warning from the Chair, the House Is not prepared to take notice of the language imputed to him, and passes to the other orders of the day. Mr. Callan seconded the amendment; but on objection, taken by Mr. Gladstone, the Speaker pronounced it Irregular. Alter some remarks from Mr. Gorst, Sir S. Northcote expressed regret that Mr. O'Donnell had not availed himself of the opportunity of making a state- ment or offering an apology before the House proceeded to tsousider the case. In his speech that night the hon. JJjember had to some extent altered the charge against a»ei now said that the words in question applied cot to the Chairman himself, but to those *ho had misled him. The offensive expression had, Jjowever, been neither retracted nor apologized for, Joe language used was such as the House could not allow pass without serious notice, especially considering necessity of supporting the authority of its presiding Officers. Mr Cowen moved, as an amendment, that the House de- fines to express an opinion on Mr. O'Donnell's language, passes to the next order of the day. Sir J, flay supported this amendment, believing that Mr. J?Donnel! had used the objectionable epithets "interjec- wotially and had not meant to apply them to the Chair. «, ^lr. PsarneH and Mr. Healy opposed the motion, urging Jhat until the House had had the opportunity of expressing **? opinion on the grounds of the suspension, it ought to Ithhotd its judgment on Mr. O'Donnell. i6 OUa. division, the amendment was rejected by 199 to and Sir. Gladstone's original motion carried by 181 to 33. THE URGENCY RESOLUTION "Mr. Gladstone afterwards moved, in accordance with J^noMce given on Saturday, that the resolution of February rj relating to the urgency in the basiness of the be revived, supporting it on the ground that 28 days heen occupied by the Committee on the Crime Preven- *Y?11 that it was extremely necessary to g«t on with i especially the Arrears Bill, and also heoause »i the temble state of Ireland. Mr. Parnell moved an amendment for dispensing with the necessity of a three-fourths majority in order to create a state of urgency. It would, he thought, be very difficult for the Government to obtain urgency on that condition in favour of the Arrears Bill, Sir S. Northcote, while ready to support the motion of the Prime Minister, expressed a hope that care would be taken to preserve to the House due facilities for the discussion of any important questions of foreign or domestic policy which might arise. A short discussion followed, and eventually the amendment was rejected by 184 to 41. The discussion was renewed on an amendment by Lord Percy for confining urgency to the Crimes Bill, which was negatived, and Mr. Gladstone's original resolution was car- ried by 259 to 31. The House again went into Committee on the Prevention of Crime Bill, which occupied the remainder of the sitting. Progress having been reported, the other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House was counted out at twenty- five minutes to two o'clock.
In the HOUSE OF LORDS, July 4, the Duke of Argyll moved the second reading of the Parliamentary Oaths Act Amend- ment Bill. To this Lord Carnarvan proposed an amendment declaring that nothing had arisen in the ")roceedings of the House which made it expedient at this time to propose a change in the existing Parliamentary oath. y The Archbishop of "Canterbury opposed and the Earl of Aberdeen supported the Bill. Their lordships divided, when the Bill was rejected by 138 to 62. Several Bills were advanced a stage, and their Lordships adjourned at ten minutes to seven o'clock. THE CRISIS IN EGYPT. In the HOUSE OF COMMONS at the Morning Sitting, Mr. Gladstone, in answer to Mr. O'Kelly, who asked whether the Government would give an engagement that no act of hostility by British troops should be undertaken in Egypt without the sanction of Parliament, said it was not in his power to give such an assurance, but that while this country had in Egypt some claims and interests of her own which she could not forego, the great object of the Govern- ment in their policy had been to bring the united authority of Europe to bear for the settlement of the Egyptian diffi- culty. Replying to Mr. Ashmead Bartlett, Mr. Gladstone further stated that the Conference, having resolved that its pro- ceedings should be secret, any accounts of them that might transpire were not to be taken as authentic. The Confer- ence, he added, had also agreed that its members should request their respective Governments to maintain secrecy in like manner, and, therefore, he could not enter into the subject of its deliberations. URGENCY OF BUSINESS. Mr. Gladstone moved that the Orders of the Day be post- poned till after the notice of motion relating to public busi- ness, and the motion was carried by 391 to 20. The right hon. gentleman next rose and declared that the Prevention of Crime Bill being urgent, it is important to the public interest that it should be proceeded with without delay, and he moved that the state of public busi- ness is urgent. Another division was challenged by Irish members on this motion, when it was carried by 402 to 19. Thereupon the Speaker stated that urgency having now been declared by the House, he desired to lay on the table certain rules which he had framed for the regulation of business under that condition of affairs. These rules, he explained, were substantially the same as those which he had framed last session, and which were for some time in operation, with the addition of one relating to proceedings in Committee. SECESSION OF IRISH MEMBERS. Mr. M'Carthy asked for the indulgence of the House while he stated that the hon. member who usually acted with him had agreed to the following resolution -—" That, inasmuch as the Irish Parliamentary party have been ex- pelled from the House of Commons under the threat of physical force during the consideration of a measure affecting the vital rights and liberties of Ireland, and as the Government during the enforced absence of Irish mem- bers from the House have passed material portions of that measure through Committee, thus depriving the repre- sentatives of the Irish people of the right to discuss and vote upon coercive proposals for Ireland, we, therefore hereby resolve to take no further part in the proceed- ings of the Committee on the Coercion Bill (Ministerial cheers), and we cast upon the Government the sole re- sponsibility for the Bill which has been urged through the House of Commons by force, violence, and subterfuge"- (cries of "Order" and "Withdraw ")- and which, when passed "— The Speaker: The hon. memjber is importing matter of controversy into the statement he is making. Mr. M'Carthy: "And which, when passed into law, will be devoid of moral force and will not be a constitutional act of Parliament." Several Irish members then arose and left the House amid cheers from the Ministerial benches, but some half dozen Irish members remained, including Messrs. R. Power, Metge, Callan, and Biggar. The House then went into Committee on the Prevention of Crime (Ireland) Bill which occupied until the time for adjournment. At the Evening Sitting the consideration of the remaining new Clauses was resumed, and the Bill at length passed into Committee. The House was counted out at a quarter past one o'clock. In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 5, answering a question from Sir R. Cross, who asked whether it was true that, not- withstanding the remonstrances of the English Admiral, earthworks commanding the harbour of Alexandria are being rapidly pushed forward, Sir C. Dilke said that further instructions have been given to Admiral Seymour which are sufficient to meet any emergency that may arise. THE ARREARS BILL. Mr. Gladstone, in moving that the Chairman do leave the Chair, in order to go into committee on the Arrears Bill, said he was satisfied that je2,000,000 would satisfy the obligation incurred under it; but he did not think Parliament should exclude from view the possibility of a demand beyond that sum. He should consequently think it his duty to proceed with his proposal to pro- vide half a million from the Consolidated Fund in case the estimated yield of Church Surplus Fund were not sufficient. He went on to show that the need of the Bill being passed at once was urgent. He thought it had the most important bearing upon the peace and Uri security of Ireland, for which nothing was more necessary than the prompt and speedy settlement of this question. Mr. Chaplain moved, That this House, while willing, in case of emergency, to grant money from public funds for purposes which it believes are for the best interests of Ire- land, declines to proceed with a measure which imposes taxation for objects which, in its opinion, must tend to demoralise the people of that country." Mr. A. Arnold supported, and Colonel Harcourt opposed the Bill. Colonel Colthurst, who supported the Bill, preferred pay- ment of arrears by loan instead of by gift. The discussion was continued by Sir W. Barttelot, Mr- Dillon, Mr. A. J. Balfour, Dr. I^ons, Mr. Mulholland, Major O'Beirne, and Mr. Stanhope. Mr. Trevelyan defended the calculations made by the Government as to the amount of arrears that would come under the Bill. But for the Bill much of the arrears now due would never reach the landlords' pockets. As to its admini- stration, he stated that of the 78,700 applications for fixing fair rents in the Land Courts, 21,511 had been settled, and the settlements were now taking place at the rate of 4,000 a month, so that it was calculated that all the arrears would be overtaken by August next year The Bill gave the land court power to delegate their adminis- trative functions in respect of this Bill to persons whom they considered sufficiently qualified for the purpose; and in this way the Government hoped that its operation would be as prompt as effective. The debate was suspended at 5.45. Before the House separated, Sir S. Northcote, referring to the state of affairs reported to exist at Alexandria, asked whether Admiral Seymour had authority to act in case of necessity. Mr. Gladstone replied that since the House met the Go- vernment had not received any intelligence of a disquieting character, and he repeated the answer given by Sir C. Dilke earlier in the sitting. The House adjourned at six o'clock.
CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS. Briggs hired a livery horse to take a little exercise. He got more exercise than he wanted, and, as he limped to the side of the road to rest himself, a kind friend asked him What did you come down so quick for ? What did I come down so quick for ? Did you see anything in the air for me to hold on to ?" he said, grimly. An old lady in Texas was taking her first ride in the oars the other day, when the train ran off the track. You fetch up rather sudden, don't ye ? she asked of a bystander, as she brushed the dirt from her garments. A member of Congress having omitted to frank a copy of his speech to the editor of an "obscure sheet in his district, the editor got bome" on him by stating that "the Hon. Mr. —— is entitled to our thanks for courteously refraining from sending us a copy of his late speech on the Chinese question." A miller fell asleep in his mill, and bent forward till his hair got caught in some machinery and almost a handful was pulled out. Of course it awakened him. His first bewildered exclamation was, Hang it wife, what's the matter now ? A debating society out West is discussing the ques- tion whether the last snow was a foot deep or twelve inches high. This country has over 12,000 bicycles, and you're mighty safe, young man, in taking the daughter of a court-plaster maker for an heiress. As a girl, says a Transatlantic paper, was taking leave of a gentleman at her father's house one evening recently, she said to him, "If you ever hear that I am in the habit of allowing my male acquaintances to kiss me good-bye, you mustn't believe it, as I seldom allow such liberties." The close of that interview may be imagined. Happy is the father whose children are so young that he can delude them into the belief that the pro. cession is all there is of the circus. "Is this the place," she asked, as she wandered down by the Fairmont dara, "where a young lady—a beautiful young lady—fell into the water last season, and was rescued by a gallant young man, whom she afterwards married?" He looked at her carefully, estimated her at a square 47, with false teeth, and said—"Yes, ma'am but I don't know how to swim."
A MILITARY VIEW OF AN ENGLISH LANDING IN EGYPT. The Alexandria Correspondent of The Times was informed lately by "a high foreign military authority that, after careful study of the country and its military resources, he was of opinion that no practical resistance could be offered to English troops. A landing at Aboukir would either be unopposed or, if opposed, would leave Alexandria open to the fleets. Arabi would, it is believed, not attempt to defend Alexandria, but would retreat to Cairo. This could be readily prevented. Five thousand men landing from each side could seize the railway and shut Arabi in Alexandria, the entire garrison, including police, not exceeding 10,000 men. The easy destruction of the forts, which could be effected by two ships alone of the fleet within twenty minutes, would spread such consternation that Arabi would be delivered a prisoner by his own troops.
Michael Davitt was to have spoken at Worcester, Massachusetts, on Sunday night, but was so pros- trated by overwork that he merely appeared for a few minutes at the meeting, and did not attempt to speak. His condition, however, is not serious.
Nine thousand nine hundred and seventeen emi- grants arrived in New York last week, as against 12,430 in the corresponding week of last year.—The Castle Garden Bureau reports a demand for farm labour far beyond the supply available. Five thousand applications could not be satisfied. The June wages averaged 15 dols. per month.
On bfce 29th ult., a passenger train on the New Jersey Central Railroad from Long Branch to New York was crossing a bridge over a branch of the Shewsbury River, when the rails spread and the train was thrown from the track. Six cars fell over into the water, falling on their sides. The water was 4ft. deep. One person was killed and 100 were injured. Among the latter were John Raymond, actor, and William R. Garrison. Among the passengers was General Grant, who went over with the smoking-car into the river. He was pulled out of the wreck un- injured by the fireman of the locomotive.
Sir William Armstrong has given £5,000 towards the completion of two wings and corridors in connection with the new Natural History Museum at Newcastle; and Lady Armstrong has subscribed £ 1,000 towards the general building fund, these sums being additional to contributions already given by Sir Wm. and Lady Armstrong.
THE SALVATION ARMY AT THE ALEXANDRA PALACE. On Monday the 17th anniversary of the formation of the Salvation Army was celebrated at the Alex- andra Palace, when a large gathering took part in the programme issued from the head-quarters of the army. The palace and grounds had been specially engaged for the day by the promoters of the movement, and although the general public were admitted as usual, none of the ordinary amusements were practised in the grounds. Another edict absolutely forbidding the sale of intoxicating liquors in any part of the palace or grounds was rigidly enforced. During the whole of the afternoon mass meetings were held in different parts of the grounds, when ad- dresses were delivered. These were received with much enthusiasm, and were interspersed with the singing of hymns, set to the popular secular tunes of the day, and accompanied by instrumental music of many kinds, the German concertina being the reign- ing favourite. In the evening the grand march-past took place, when the whole of the "troops," accompanied by their band and flagbearers, marched round the race- course in view of General" Booth and Mrs. Booth, each battalion firing their volley of cheers in pass- ing the" General" on the signal being given from the stand. In the procession numerous country corps, attended by their respective bands took part, together with an Australian detachment, and the members of an Indian expedition about to start for India, the latter being attired in uniform suitable for a tropical climate. The programme also comprised delivery of an address by Mrs. Booth in the theatre, an exhibition of trophies in the concert hall, and concluding with a musical thanksgiving in the nave of the palace, led by the great organ, with all the brass and other bands in attendance. The day's proceedings were characterised by a great deal of religious enthusiasm, and were marked by the most perfect order and decorum. The number present was estimated at about 30,000. In the course of the proceedings General" Booth read the following letter, which his wife had received from the Queen "Windsor Castle, June 30, 1882. "Madam,—I am commanded by the Queen to ac- knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th inst., and to assure you that her Majesty learns with much satisfaction that you have, with other members of your Society, been successful in your efforts to win many thousands to the ways of temperance, virtue, and religion. "I regret, however, to have to inform you that her Majesty cannot contribute to the fund you are now endeavouring to raise for the purchase of the Grecian Theatre.—I have the honour to be, Madam, your obedient servant." (Signed) "H F. PONSONBY. "Mrs. Booth." The Daily Telegraph, in a descriptive account of the day's proceedings, says After the reading of this gracious missive, he called I Long life and salva- tion to the Queen,' a sentiment that evoked loud cries of 'Amen' and 'Alleluia.' The 'General' also read a letter from Sir T-Tsnry Ponsonby to him- self, thanking him, in the Queen's name, for a book he had sent to her Majesty. In the midst of his speech, telling of the pecuniary help which had reached him during the day, money came rolling in, some in pence, some in shillings, some in gold and notes. This was a repetition, on a larger scale, of what had been going on all day. Money was collected, in the circus and elsewhere, in sheets, spread out to receive it. Halfpence chinked against sovereigns and it was said that a roll of notes, to the amount of a hundred pounds, was placed in the hands of one of the Messieurs Booth. But the most telling of the eloquent appeals, not to the pocket but to the heart, was the address delivered by Mrs. Booth in the theatre. This lady, who has her heart in her voice, is one of the most impressive of modern orators. The responses which met her deeply pathetic though hopeful periods were the same that had been heard throughout the day. 'Amen' and 'Alleluia' came forth as before; but they came with a profounder feeling, n more intense acquiescence and sympathy. Hearers started to their feet to utter these approving cries; and sank back as with a sense of blissful relief. There is something satisfying, if not convincing, in Mrs. Booth's oratory. It would probably lose in verbal repetition; and an exact report might be like showing a rocket-stick, and asking the beholder to imagine therefrom the rocket's climbing splendour in the dark night-air. General Booth' may and does command the attention of his hearers but his wife holds them spell-bound."
THE PARCELS POST. The terms arranged between the Postal authorities and the railway companies for the new system of parcels post are stated to be as follows :-Rates-not exceeding lib., 3d. not exceeding 31b., 6d.; not exceeding 51b., 9d. not exceeding 71b,, Is. Division 55 per cent. to the railway companies, 45 per cent. to the Post Office but the Post Office ia to take the whole of the receipts on parcels not conveyed by railway, receipts for present book parcels to be in- cluded. It is proposed that the agreement should continue for a period of not less than 21 years. These terms now only await the confirmation of the Treasury.
In the House of Commons, on Monday evening, Mr. Monk asked the Postmaster-General whether the statement which appeared in the newspapers on Friday in last week respecting the parcels post was correct. Mr. Fawcetrt, in reply said :—Although the para- graph to which my hon. friend refers is in the main correct, it may be well to explain the exact position in which the matter now stands. The proposed scheme does not, as stated, require to be sanctioned by the Treasury, the sanction of the Treasury having been obtained before the scheme was submitted to th3 Committee of Railway Managers, by whom it has been unanimously accepted. The decision of this committee will, I understand, be submitted for confirmation to a meeting of the representatives of the railway companies on Wednesday. The terms as to the proposed division of receipts as well as weights and charges are correctly given in the paragraph referred to. If an agreement is arrived at between the railway companies and the Post Office it will be necessary to introduce a Bill, and I hope I shall shortly be able to give notice of the introduction of this Bill. In reply to a question from an Irish member, Mr. Fawcett said that ths Irish railway companies had acted in conjunction with the English railway com- panies on this matter.
SUFFERINGS AT SEA: Captain Hall, who arrived at Southampton on Saturday in the Royal Mail steamer Minho, has fur- nished the following statement of the loss of his ship Roseneath, and of the subsequent sufferings of the crew "The British barque Boseneath, of Glasgow, left Mejillones on April 11. Had moderate winds and variable weather till May 6, when a dreadful hurricane set in from N.N.W., veering round to W.S.W., with fearfully high seas continuously filling the decks fore and aft. The ship at length sprung a leak, through the straining. The pumps were constantly kept going, but the leak increased til May 12, when the pumps broke down, and the men were unable to stand at them any longer. Seeing the ship was getting half full of water, and thinking she might founder any moment, after con- sulting with my officers, I ordered the boats out and left the ship at 6.30 p.m. on the above date, to try and make Terra del Fuego or the Straits of Magellan, Our sufferings in the boats for nine days were dreadful— nothing but snow and hail squalls all the time. On May 15 one able seaman, named Thomas Matthews, cited from cold and exposure. Although suffering from swelled feet and legs, we made the Straits of Magellan on May 20. On the following morning we were picked up by the German steamer War da, from Valparaiso to Hamburg, and were landed at Monte Video. I would beg to return our sincere and grateful thanks to the captain, officers, and passengers of the above-named steamer for their great kindness and attention to us in our destitute situation. "I left Monte Video on May 31, on board of the Royal Mail steamship Minho. "In the lifeboat were Capt. Hall, wife, and child, John Poole (boatswain), Carl Lingrest (A.B.), Thos. Matthews (A.B.) died, Charles Honston (A.B.), and Even Oleigson (A.B.) In pinnace (which is missing) Charles Samson (mate), Thos. Brookway (O.S.), John Pornach (A.B.), John E. Brown (carpenter), and John Brown (A.B.) (Signed) "Cap HALL."
THE LATE FLOODS IN TRAVANCORE. The Calcutta Correspondent of The Times writes :— "An eye witness, in describing the late disastrous floods in North Travancore, gives a vivid account of the misery and destitution to which the popula- tion had been subjected. The west monsoon had set in early, accompanied by tremendous storms but nothing serious was apprehended. On the night of the 9th ult. the inhabitants of the villages had all gone to bed, when, in the middle of the night, shrieks were heard from various houses, and in a few seconds it was discovered that the whole line of viBages, extending for many miles along the river on, either side, had been suddenly engulfed. Honsea situated far above the higheet level era" reached by the floods were immersed, and the danger 1 was unknown to the sleeping inmates until the destructive element was under their beds. In some cases houses had to be cut open through the roof in order to rescue women and children. At Mallapalli, with the exception of five houses left standing, all the rest are destroyed. No property has been saved. Vast numbers have no houses to live in and nothing to live upon. That condition of things in the rainy season means an indescribable amount of illness and misery."
THE LATE GENERAL GARIBALDI. A Reuter's telegram, dated Tunis, July 3, says :-A commemorative celebration in honour of the late General Garibaldi, was given by the Italian colony yesterday, at which General Forgemol, Baron d'Estournelles, Secretary to the French Legation, the French civil and military authorities, a large number of the officers of the garrison, and the British, German, and Italian Consuls were present. The band of the Zouaves, which was placed by the commander of the regiment at the disposal of the committee, attended. Several speeches appropriate to the occasion were delivered. The band of the Zouaves played the Italian National Anthem, which was responded to by the "Marseillaise" from the Italian band, followed by cheers from France. The cordial manner in which the proceedings passed off gives great satisfaction in French circles here, being regarded as indicating a definitive reconcilliation between the French and Italian residents.
AN AESTHETIC FARM. On this aesthetic farm the cows they say Are fed on sunflowers, and the poet begs You'll notice crops of lilies, while each day Artistic fowls lay terra-cotta eggs. -Pitnch.
EPITOME OF NEWS. E v w BRITISH AND FOREIGN. The corner-stone of the Garfield Memorial Church was laid at Washington on Sunday, the anniversary of the late President's assassination. The two hundredth division of the present session was taken in the House of Commons on Friday night in last week. An international exhibition of means and appliances for the protection and preservation of human life was opened at the Alexandra Palace on Saturday. The revenue of New South Wales for the 12 months ending 30th ult., has been larger by £1,000,000 than that of the previous year. The town clerk of Newcastle is officially informed that the Queen has been pleased to grant the charter con- ferring upon that borough the dignity of a city. A Parliamentary return, issued on Wednesday morning, shows that during the five month s ended March last, 1,048 tenants were evicted in Ireland, who have not since been readmitted as tenants. An electrical railway is to be constructed in Holland, running from Haarlem to the sea-bathing station of Zandvoort. Last week's receipts of cotton at all United States ports were 9.000 bales since 1st September, 4,571,000 bales. Week's exports to Great Britain, 32,000 bales week's exports to the Continent, 15,000 bales. Total since 1st September, 3,321,600 bales. Stock at all ports, 306,000 bales. A few days ago, a Manchester paper says, a trout, weighing 21b. 9oz., was caught by the rod in one of the tributaries of the Tweed. When cut up there was found in its stomach no fewer than 11 of its own species, measuring from 4in. to 7in. in length, and an ordinary-sized minnow as well-12 fish inside of one. The Daily Hews says that it has been arrranged that the presentation to Mr. Bright in commemoration of the completion of his twenty-fifth year as representative of Bir- mingham shall take place about the end of October or the beginning of November. The proposal that 15,000 Volunteers should take part in the manoeuvres at Aldershot on August 7 has fallen through and instead thereof it is intended that 3,000 Volunteers shall encamp at Hounslow on the 5th proximo, march from Chobham on the 6th, take part in the manoeuvres on the 7th, and return on the morning of the 8th August. For the first time this season ice was on Monday called into requisition to reduce the temperature in the House of Commons. Nearly a ton was used in the course of the sitting. A Rose Show, which was quite a success both as regards the number and quality of the exhibits, was held on Saturday at the Crystal Palace. The number of exhibits, many of which were of rare excellence, was over 200 not to mention flowers which had been sent in other than roses, and which were therefore not for competition. Sir Saul Samuel, K.C.M.G., Agent-General for New South Wales, has been informed by telegram of the arrival in Sydney of the ship Samuel Plimsoll, which sailed from Plymeuth with emigrants in April last. The Standard says that the prospect of attempting to deal with the Procedure Rules before August is now practically abandoned, and an autumn session appears assured. A Reuter's telegram from Honolulu, dated June 21, says: — Captain Hope, of her Majesty's corvette Champion, died here on the 12th inst. from the effects of injuries received in a fall while riding. On Saturday was issued to Parliament copies of correspondence respecting the treatment of Jews in Russia. A costly cigar case was presented by the Czar Alexdander III. a short ago to Count Loris Melikoff. It was a bequest of the late Emperor Alexander II., and several other personages to whom the deceased monarch was attached have received similar bequests. A New York telegram says that the visible supply of wheat on Jane 30 was 10,600,000 bushels, as against 10,200,000 bushels the previous week. Visible supply of Indian corn, 8,100,000 bushels, as against 9,400,000 bushels the previous week. The export clearances of wheat for Europe during last week amounted to 670,000 bushels; the exnort clearances of Indian corn for Europe during last week amounted to 90,000 bushels. Lord Randolph Churchill, the member for Wood- stock, returned to the House of Commons on Monday even- ing for the first time since his recent severe indisposition, and received tke congratulations of many friends from dif- ferent parts of the Chamber. From the Italian Census of the 31st December, 1881, it appears that in 23 out of 24 provincial chief towns the number of persons knowing how to read and write has greatly increased since 1871. Cotton manufacture is rapidly developing in Italy. In the first five months of 1882 there has remained in the country 206,000 cwt. of grey foreign cotton, with an increase of 68,000 cwt. over the corresponding period of 1881. At the same,time the importation of foreign fabrics decreased by 8,000 cwt. Windsor and Eton were on Saturday enlivened by the advent of a considerable number of "bean-feasters" from London. Her Majesty, while driving in the evening with Princess Beatrice through High-street, Slough, en- countered several of these convivial parties returijing to London. One of the vehicles contained some musicians who, as soon as the Queen was seen approaching, played the National Anthem with their cornets, a compliment which Her Majesty graciously acknowledged, the Royal equipage slackening its speed and passing slowly by the excursionists, who cheered the Queen heartily as she proceeded on her way to Windsor. A very unusual occurrence was witnessed at Charlton, Dover, the other day. About mid-day a wild rabbit was noticed running down the Tower Hamlets-road, a thickly populated neighbourhood, at a headlong pace, hotly pursued by a couple of large rats. On the rabbit reaching the end of the road where it joins the High-street it seems to have been scared, and made a sudden turn into the yard of a public-house. The rats did not attempt to follow it here, but gave up the pursuit, seeking refuge in the base- ment of a house on the qpposite side of the road. The rabbit had apparently had a sharp run for dear life," for when it entered the yard it was quite exhausted, and easily captured by the landlord. It is stated that the City of London Corporation, pending the decision of Parliament upon the Electric Light Bill, do not propose to enter into any engagement with regard to further lighting the City, but they express them- selves decidedly favourable to the houses on the line of route of the cables being supplied from the public wires and also to undertaking the work connected with the laying down of the cables. The Court Journal says that gentlemen who have no intention to buy anything at fancy fairs, or have spent all the money they brought with them, hang a card at their button-hole with the word No upon it, to which thev silently point when appealed to. The notion is plagarized from the placard please to pity the poor blind." On Saturday evening, during a thick fog, the iarge ironshvp S°che, 1,600 tons register, bound from Rouen to Cardiff, in water ballast, ran on the rocks near Hartland Point, in the Bristol Channel, and became a complete wreck. The crew, consisting of twenty-three hands, were saved wkh difficulty by climbing up over the rocks, a height of over a hundred feet. Mr. Cyril W. Herbert, the youngest son of Mr. J. R. Herbert, R.A., died on Sunday, of peritonitis, after an illness of a few days, at the age of 31. He was one of our most promising young artists, and was, like his two brothers, trained in his father's studio. His first picture, Home- wards," Roman cattle driven back after the day's labour, was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1870. Of late he was engaged in teaching the students from the antique at the Royal Academy, where he held the position of Curator, bringing to the office a comprehensive knowledge of the sciences which directly pertain to art, viz, anatomy, per- spective, and the effccts of light upon colour.—Obituary of The Times, July 4. Circulating libraries of an entirely new description are about to be started at St. Petersburg. A society has been founded for the purpose of supplying the tramcars of that city with supplies of daily newspapers and illustrated weeklies. Passengers who avail themselves of these literary stores are to drop into a box a copeck for each paper they read. No watch is to be kept over the box, the payment being left to the honour of the readers. The additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens Regent's Park, London, during last week included a vellow baboon, from West Africa, presented by Mr. A. Colllnson a slender loris, from Ceylon, presented by Mrs. A H Jamrach a vulpine phalanger, from Australia, presented by Mr E. Meek; a Burmese tortoise, from the Western Dooars of Bhotan, presented by Mr. B. H. Carew a —— tree snake, from Pemambueo; presented by Mr. C. A Craven a common adder, British, presented by Mr. p. w. Elliott'; a rude fox, a common rhea, from South America, deposited; a yellow baboon, from West Africa, received on approval; a Burrhel wild sheep, born in the Gardens eight summer ducks, six Swinhoe's pheasants, bred in the Gardens. The following insects have emerged during the past week Silk I moths, butteriies. of lMndoa (Sir John Ellis) enter- tamed the Attorney General and other members of the Bar to the number of 120, at dinner in the Egyptian Hall of the itx ansion House last Saturday. itx ansion House last Saturday. Herbert Gladstone has given notice of a Bill to repeat the Section of the Friendly Societies Act of 1875 which require the presentation of quinquennial returns regarding siekness .and mortality. 8 ° In several parts of Switzerland the crops and even potatoes in the ground have been destroyed by hailstorms. Mr. Burr, -plerk to the Keighley Local Board, has been informed tttat the Privy Council had granted a charter of incorporation uo Keighley. The town, which contains a population of 25,000, will be constituted a borough from the 1st of November next. A geld and silver casket, which the members of the Liverpool Land League intend to present to Mr. Parnell, has been finished. On one of the panels is chased an admir- able likeness of Mr. Parnell on another is an inscrip- tion. The top is crowned with a shamrock wreath, and bears the Parnell crest. In the casket will be placed one hundred guineas. General Sir Evelyn and Lady Wood arrived at Windsor Castle on Monday evening, and were included in her Majesty's dinner party. The mineral statistics of the colony of Victoria shew that the quantity of gold raised during 1881 exceeded the yield of 1880 by 30,000oz. The yields in the principal mining districts continue to improve. There were nineteen British and foreign actual shipwrecks reported during last week, making a total of 786 for the present year, or a decrease of 133 as compared with the corresponding period of last year, the increase for the week being six. British-owned vessels numbered eleven. Three were steamers, all British, with an aggreeate tonnage of 1,080 tons. Total tonnage lost for the week 9,503 tons. Total number of lives lost and missing, 57. The annual Strawberry Fete of the Royal Horti- cultural Society, to which only Fellows and their friends are admitted, took place at Chiswick on Saturday afternoon and evening, and was attended by a large number of persons, who, while enjoying in tents or in the open air some of the choicest specimens of what gives its name to the occasion, listened to a programme of music performed by the band of the Hon. Artillery Company. All the strawberries had been grown in the Society's gardens, and there was a large sale both for consumption on the spot and for home use. In London, at an early hour on Saturday morning an elderly man, dressed in a suit of black clothes, was seen wandering on the Victoria Embankment at Westminster. He proceeded towards Adelphi-stairs, but before reaching the stone steps he suddenly mounted the parapet of the Embankment wall and leaped into the Thames and was drowned. The body was recovered by the police about an hour afterwards. The activity and manufacturing enterprise of the Swiss nation in catering for the wants of other countries is aptly illustrated by a return lately issued in connexion with the then pending treaty negotiations between Switzerland and France. In the silk trade no less than 70,000 persons are employed, who produce goods of the annual value of five and a quarter millions sterling. Of this quantity not less than 85 to 90 per cent, goes abroad.- Warehousemen and Drapers' Trade Journal The Rowland Hill Memorial Committee held their final meeting at the Mansion House, in London, on Monday. There remains a balance of £14,575 to form the nucleus of a fund to relieve distressed Post Office employes and their widows-a sum which was declared to be quite inadequate to meet all the necessitous cases that arose. A horse driven by Dr. Freeborn took fright on Monday at Oxford, and the carriage to which it was at- tached ran over Mr. J. E. Henderson, of Magdalen College, who was very much hurt, and is not expected to recov-Br. Dr. Freeborn was also injured, but not so seriously as Mr. Henderson. All the silverware given to a bride at a recent wedding in St. Louis was bagged by a burglar the day the wedding came off. A few days later the bridegroom received an insulting letter, accusing him of palming off plated ware on an innocent burglar, and telling him where he could find his confounded pot-metal in a lumber yard. The man went and got back his presents. The London newspapers evidently believe in the possibility of an armed expedition to Egypt (remarks the Court Journal). They are marshalling their special corres- pondents against eventualities, and some of the gentlemen are prepared to start at an hour's notice. Mr. Longfellow's Home is to be preserved intact for posterity by the Longfellow Memorial Association, which has been formed at Cambridge, in Massachusetts. The Association intends to buy up part of the poet's grounds, in order to erect a suitable memorial, and to keep the property for public use, while arrangements will be made with the Longfellow family to buy the house as soon as they wish to part with it. Lord Shaftesbury presided on Monday over the annual meeting cf the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Asso- ciation, which was held in London at the Mansion House. The report stated that 497 fountains for human beings and 502 troughs for animals had been erected during the year. Over one thousand fouitains and troughs had now been built, and last year £1,5CO was paid for water. The receipts, exclusive of several legacies, amounted to £4,621, while the expenditure was £ 7,446. A Reuter's telegram from St. Petersburg announces* that the Arkadia Theatre in that city was burnt to the ground on Tuesday. Much personal injury has been caused in North Derbyshire by a bull which was sold on Monday at Bakewell Market te Mr Mellor, farmer, of Monyash. As it was being driven to Mr. Mellor's farm it knocked down Mrs. Mellor, fracturing her head, and then ran to Monsal Dale, attacking several persons on its way. he bull afterwards tossed a young man named Bridge, and was finally killed with an axe by a labourer. The Marquis of Lome, in mentioning the mixture of races in Canada, says that when he first expressed a wish to see a real full-blooded Indian, he was rather astonished when the Canadian, who at once undertook to gratify the wish, summoned the required real specimen of the aboriginal race by shouting "Come here, M'Donald Attention is drawn by the Registrar-General to the fact that last week was the first since November, 1879, in which no fatal case of small-pox was registered in London the average weekly number of deaths from this disease in the corresponding week of the last ten years was 22. In accordance with official instructions, arrange- ments have been made by the authorities for the protection of Mr. Gladstone, whose movements in London and else- where are now carefully guarded by experienced detective officers from the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police. We hear (says the Daily News) that the state of affairs in Armenia is so miserable that large numbers of the people are making preparations to emigrate to Russia. Depu- tations from many parts of the country have recently waited upon the Russian Consul at Van, who is an Armenian, in order to ask for his assistance. Some popular demonstrations have taken place before the residence of the Armenian Patriarch at Constantinople, in the hope that he would con- sent to withdraw, his resignation, but he refused to accede to the wish of his countrymen. An ingenious method of putting a political adver- sary out of the way has lately been tried in China. The Celestial Grand Secretary lost his mother, and his opponents, working on the national feeling of filial reverence, tried hard to force him to observe the full term of mourning-two years and three months—during which time he must live in strict retirement, and leave the game in their hands. The Emperor, however, objected to this view of the case, and limited the term of mourning to three months In London last week 2,470 births and 1,030 deaths were registered. Allowing for increase of population, the births were 3?, and the deaths 10S, below the average numbers in the corresponding week of the last ten years. The annual death-rate from all causes, which had been equal to 17-9 and 18'6 per 1,000 in the two preceding weeks, declined to 17'5.
THE MARKETS. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAY. The eattle trade is in a quiet state, and notwithstanding the warm weather prices are well maintained. There is no inclination to purchase freely. Fresh supplies are about the average. The receipts of beasts from our own grazing districts were moderate, and from Scotland and Ireland Se short. The trade was firm, without animation, and the best Scots and crosses realised 5s 10d to 6s per 81b. From Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex we received about 800 from the Midland and Home Counties, 1,000; from Scot- land, 37; and from Ireland, 100 head. The foreign side of the market wa3 moderately supplied with beasts. There were a few American and a good show of Danish, for which there was a fair demand at full prices. The sheep pens held about the average number of sheep. The in- quiry was steady, and prices ruled firm. The best Downs and half-breds made 6s 6d to 6s 8d per 81b. Calves and pigs were quiet at about late prices. At Deptford, there were about 650 beasts and 6.000 sheep and lambs. Coarse and inferior beasts, 4s to 4s 6d second quality, 4s 6d to 5s prime large oxen 5s 6d to 5s 8d prime Scots, 5s lOd to 6s coarse and inferior sheep, 5s to 5s 6d; second quality, 5s 6d to 6s ot prime coarse woolled, 6s 4d to 6s 6d; prime Southdown 6s 6d to 6s 8d lambs, 7s to, iti 8d. large coarse calves, 5s to 5s 4d prime small ditto, 5s 6d to 5s 10d large hogs 4s 4d to 4s 8d neat small porkers, 4s 8d to 5s per 81b. to sink the METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.-MONDAY. There was a short supply of meat. The trade was dull Prices irregular 'nferior beef. 3s 4d to 4s middling ditto, 4s 2d to 4s 8d prime large ditto, 5s to 5s 4d prime small ditto, 5s 2d to 5s 6d; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 8d inferior mutton, Ss 8d to 4s 4d middling ditto, 4s 8d to 5s 6d prime ditto, 5s 8d to 6s 6d large pork, 3s'4d to 4s; small ditto, 4s 2d to 4s 8d lamb, 6s to 6s 8d per 8fb by the carcase. HOP. The hop market is decidedly strong. Business is not ani- mated, and all fine samples command full prices. The accounts from the plantations are very unsatisfactory, owing to a further increase of vermin. Quotations as follows East Kent foldings, L7 to £8; Mid-Kent ditto, a 15s to Y,7 15s; Weald of Kents, z6 to 77 7s; Sussex, £5 15s to £6 10s; Worcester, £ 6 15s to £ 7 15s; Farnharns, £ 7 to £ 8; country Farnhams, £ 7 to £ 7 15s yearlings, £ 4 4s to £ 5 12s Eng- lish, 1876, £ 2 to £ 2 15s; ditto, 1870, £ 1 to £ 2 ditto, olds, 15s to £1 5s; Bavarians, 1881..05 5s to £ 7; Belgians, B4 2s to £ 4 15s; Alsace, £ 5 12s to £ 7; Bohemian, 4,5 5s to £ 6 6s; Burgundy, £ 5 12s to £ 615s American, £ 6 15s to £ 8 foreign olds", 158 to £ 1 5s per cwt. POTATO. A large supply was offered. The demand was good, at the following prices :—English kidneys, 10s to 12s ditto round, 9s to 10s Jersey kidneys Us to 12s •. ditto roand, 19«: Cherbourg round, 9s ditto flukes, 10s per cwt. FISH. Fresh herrings. 7s Cd to Us;, roused ditto, 8s to 108; red ditto, 33 to 4s kipper ditto, 10s to Us 6d pickle ditto, 63 to 7s 61; bloaters, 9s to Us per hundred trowt, grilse, and gain-on, lid so Is 3d per lb mackerel, 2s to 2s 9d; lauliet, 2s 6d to 4s; lobsters, 10s to 30s crabs, to!7s 6d per dozen. GAME AND POULTRY. Ir'sh fowls, Is 6d to 2s 34 Essex ditto, 2s to i* 6d; Bostoi. ditto, 1? lOd to 4s; Sussex ditto, 3s to 4s 9d; Surrey ditto, 8s to g; live ditto. 2s to 2s 91; pigeon's, 9d to lOd Bordeaux ditto, Is 2d to Is 3d qu v s, Is to Is 4d; ortolans, 2s 6d to 4 haunches of venison, '60s eitch forequarters of ditto, S3. w lOd per lb. a


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So, the Nick Cave website has an "under construction" message (that's the Nick Cave site, not the Bad Seeds site), and it very kindly gives us a taster of what we can expect form the Lawless OST… the track Burnin' Hell (below) has surfaced, and fantastic it is.
Apparently, Cave and Ellis formed a bluegrass band and invited a number of guest singers along. It sounds like it was recorded in a very honest style (i.e. rough as old nadgers) which is exactly how this should be recorded.

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5 macramé tips for beginners
Want to get started with macramé? Isabella Strambio shares her five top tips for beginners.
Team Mollie should be renamed team macramé — we love everything about it, from its 70s vibe, to the texture it adds to homes, clothes and accessories. Our latest issue features swoon-worthy macramé heart bunting by Isabella Strambio of two me, so who better to share some beginner tips with us? Over to Isabella…
1. Start simple
I would recommend you start with a simple pattern, using just square knots, as your first project. Macramé bunting or a v-shaped wall hanging are both simple to make but look impressive too!
2. Find your tribe
Get involved in your local making community and search for local craft shops and cafes, which usually hold meet ups. Social media is also a great platform to learn new techniques, share tips and meet other macramé fans.
3. Choose the right material
Rope is the best material for beginners to start with. It's not as stretchy as wool or cotton yarns, and is ideal for trying out knots, and mastering tension and spacing.
4. Keep going
It's all about perfecting your techniques and getting all your knots to look the same. Spacing and tension are very important, especially when using the same knot to create a pattern as you can easily see any unevenness.
5. Attend a workshop
To learn all the above, extra knots and plenty of tricks, I highly recommend attending a workshop! You can save lots of time and go home with a beautiful piece, ready to show off. Two me offers macramé bunting, plant hanger or wall hanging workshops in London and Hampshire.
New year, new skill
This week we're bringing you five sets of craft tips, with a new themed article released every day from Monday 22nd-Friday 26th January. Check out 5 brush lettering tips for beginners and 7 crochet tips for beginners. Keep an eye on the website to see what other craft tips we've got to share with you each day.
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Former interior designer Isabella is a self-taught maker. She started her blog, two me, in 2016, tracking her journey of learning 12 different crafts in 12 months. Isabella believes in sharing what you learn, and now she runs her own craft workshops. You can find her on Instagram.


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A woman obsessed with Hitler became obsessed with another man after going on just one date. She allegedly sent the man 65,000 text messages within the year following their single meeting.
The woman, who called herself the "New Hitler" stalked the man with harassing messages that she continued to bombard him with for a year following their lone date.
However, she didn't stop at messages. While away on a business trip, he saw the woman bathing in his bathtub on security footage, prompting him to call police.
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An Ornate Rug Made of Discarded Computer Parts and Other Electrical Objects
Although we just covered the work of Federico Uribe a few days ago in this space, the artist also shared with me this additional work which I thought warranted its own post. Titled Tapete (Carpet) the work is a large carpet made from thousands of perfectly placed computer components: fans, cables, keyboard keys, motherboards, mice, and other parts. I recommend not wiping your feet here. Photography by Pipe Yanguas.


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I'm just apologizing for not posting. Things happen beyond control...so with that said I will be working harder to post more. I mean its not like I have a job anymore to stop me from getting to this! :P so until tomorrow...goodnight!
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Good morning and happy Monday you guys!
My trip to New Orleans is 24 days away and you know I always love to plan ahead with everything because it makes me feel more organized. So I thought I'd go ahead and think about what I'm packing for those 3 days especially since we decided to go to the beach!
I think I'm going to bring 4-5 outfits total to wear out in case I need to change or I'm not feeling it. So for those I will have to go shopping for, but this is how I am imagining it to be.
- two dresses (need to buy some pretty ones)
- pair of jeans
- leggings
- 4 pairs of shirts, can be casual or fancy
- 4 pairs of shoes
- converse
- wedges
- sandals
- flip flops for the beach
- swimsuit (need to buy a new one from Target soon unless my old ones can fit)
- beach cover-up
- sunglasses (need to buy a nice pair because I just gave mine to my mom)
- possibly a cute sun hat
- my pjs (a shirt and shorts)
- an outfit to travel in for the car ride
I think that's about all the clothes/accessories I should be bringing since we will just be gone for 3 days. I always overdo it, but I guess you can never have too many back up clothes right?!
Some of the other things I'll probably pack in my purse or book bag is my Kindle for the car ride so I can read my book, my planner (maybe, not sure if I want to carry this around yet), chapstick, wallet, my camera + charger, phone charger, and my camera stick. Want to carry around a light book bag, so I'm either going to use one of my older ones or get myself another one! I have been eyeing this Coach one, but I'm not 100% sure if I want to buy it yet.
What are some essentials you guys pack on a short trip like this? Should I bring anything else?! Let me know in the comments 🙂


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Fire in the Garden (2010)
- Studio: Independent
- Release: February 16, 2010
- Director: Zach Kienitz, Alex D. Thomas
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Video archive for the film Fire in the Garden, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2010. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Happy viewing!
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It can seem odd that it is accepted practice for organisations to make a big investment in the security of employees inside their buildings whilst at the same time failing to make a substantial investment in general health and safety protection for their employees.
What is the difference?
In security terms, employee protection is just one of a company's many assets that need to be protected.
On the other hand, health and safety is totally focused on individuals in their environment and the harm that can come to them.
Both are intended to protect the organisation as well as the individual, often including protecting the individual themselves from doing something that will make the organisation vulnerable. This dichotomy is difficult as protecting the individual and the organisation are not necessarily the same thing.
Perhaps this difficulty can be best summarised in the famous quote from Donald Rumsfeld (which although not, could easily have been aimed at risk assessors)
"There are known knowns; there are things that we know we know.
There are known unknowns ; that is to say that there are things that we know we don't know.
But there are also unknown unknowns- there are things we do not know we don't know."
Where both health and safety and security provisions do have something in common is the general focus they often have on the employee within the confines of a building, despite the reality that protection outside of a building is a different process. It could be said that this focus comes from the fact that there are more of Rumsfeld's 'knowns' when inside a building, whereas protection for the 'unknowns' that can exist outside are far more difficult to account for.
Organisations have a responsibility to protect their assets: equipment, cash, stock, information systems, products and so on. Buildings are a convenient framework to contain and protect these assets, explaining the previously mentioned indoor focus. What is often missed however are the intangible company assets such as reputation that need to be considered.
In order to ensure focus on furthering the purpose of an organisation, both tangible and intangible assets need to be fully considered.
Security vs Health and Safety
To return the problem of security vs health and safety, the security function has to concentrate on asset protection using the investment in hardware, for example CCTV or access controlled entrances.
Health and safety provision exists for the protection of the workers themselves. People are employed due to their skills and knowledge, but also have minds of their own that they tend to use, and not always predictably. Here lies the key concern for health and safety, risk and unpredictability are not happy bedfellows.
This unpredictability is particularly obvious when employees leave the security of their work building when they become vulnerable to violence, abuse, accidents, illness and injury. All the security paraphernalia available to them within the work environment now becomes useless in looking after them. At this point employees, (despite being the most important part of an organisation) have become their most vulnerable asset.
What can easily be overlooked is the fact that the employees are just as much the responsibility of their organisation as they were when they were in their place of work, despite the discrepancy in the amount of security cover they receive in each location.
People as assets
How often do we hear senior management or a CEO state that 'My people are my biggest asset?' So why do more organisations not look after them when they are at their most vulnerable?
A CCTV system will cost several thousand pounds and come with a warranty and a service contract. There is no such warranty or service contract on an employee. Instead if an employee (to use a crude analogy) 'breaks' then the process of mending or replacing them comes at a cost to the organisation rather than a contractor, whether that be in recruitment, morale or even legal costs.
Also unlike CCTV, employees have a voice and are increasingly likely to use their voice to show employers they are not satisfied with the safety provisions they are given. Employees will accept that their job may include an element of danger but they will not accept being inadequately protected when faced with a real life situation that could lead to harm.
Employees will react much more positively if their concerns for their safety are taken seriously and measures put in place to reassure them. If they are not there is real potential for staff to simply find another job where they are better protected, or simply drop their productivity to avoid difficult situations.
Between two factors
Part of the problem is that that the responsibility for health and safety often falls between the two areas of security and health and safety, and exhibitions are a case in point.
At any security exhibition you will see rows and rows of things designed to protect buildings- and by extension any people that are within them.
At any health and safety exhibition the focus is very much the same, lots of things to protect employees inside buildings but very little to protect them when they are outside and more vulnerable.
With many buildings being something of fortress, organisations should have the opportunity to move onto what is now (in our predominately service economy) the most vulnerable part of a company's operations- their people
Signs of change
Signs of change are however on the horizon. Lone worker safety is one of the fastest growing markets in the industry. In 2012 it featured for the first time at IFSEC and again in 2013, (albeit in a less than obvious corner!), however for 2014, the lobe worker stage has forsaken security altogether and moved to the Safety and Health exhibition.
Companies that provide lone worker services are entrepreneurial, innovative and taking business risk by doing something which saves lives and prevents serious injury. Their services protect employees from legislation and litigation while giving 'external' staff greater confidence as they go about their employer's daily business.
Corporate Manslaughter Act
Many would say that the Corporate Manslaughter Act is a barely relevant piece of legislation because only 4 prosecutions have been made to date. As the following statistics illustrate however, those that underestimate the potential effectiveness of the act will be very unwise:
- Current investigations: 56
- Increase in investigations over the past year: 40%
- Organisations charged in the first 4 months of 2013: 4
(Pinsent Mason, April 2013)
Questions for the future
While the Lone Worker market has grown quickly over the last few years, there are still far too many organisations resisting taking the relatively simple and inexpensive steps required to protect their lone workers.
Why is this? Perhaps one reason is that as such a new market, Lone Worker protection has not directly placed itself as either a safety or a security service.
The best answer to this would seem to be for the Lone Worker protection to stand on its own as market in its own right and not as a part of anyone else's. The third annual Lone Worker conference held at London's Olympia in November 2013 illustrated how the market has gone from strength to strength and its potential for the future. Who knows maybe one day it will perhaps replace the Safety and Health Conference and IFSEC?
Next time you think about investing in CCTV, why not focus on the people instead?
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Are you Team Cap or Team Stark?
Marvel's third installment about Captain America comes out today. In this movie, we find Steve Roger at odds with one of his friends, Tony Stark on whether or not it is a superhero's duty to tell the country their secret identities and to register where they live with the government. Captain to this point has always made the correct decisions: Hydra allowing Hydra to rule the earth, bad idea, stopping crazy aliens from destroying the humans, check, but in this film there is no clear cut right or wrong. Captain must rely on his own personal values to make his decisions as does Tony Stark and each of the superheroes who eventually side with them.
Let's compare Steve Rogers and Tony Stark. Tony is a genius. He can create and make anything because he is also a billionaire and can fund anything his heart desires along with the robot work force to make it. However, despite the growth we have seen in Tony from a playboy to the now philanthropist/devoted boyfriend, etc. he will always and forever be arrogant. Steve Rogers was a weakling but had a heart of a warrior. His character is why he was chosen for the super serum. He thrives on honesty, integrity, and making the right choices. He has confidence, but he is not arrogant.
In the first Avengers movie, Tony Stark refers to Captain America as the "Boy Scout." Well, I want to say if we had more boy scouts in this world, it would be a better place. According to the scout law, scouts try to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. These character qualities are very lacking in our society these days (look who the Republicans choose as their candidate for President).If Captain is a boy scout, then he has my vote all the way.


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Latin for 'Seize The Night'... You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave!
This place is honestly the best place on earth. Despite the crazy amount of stairs to the top, you will fall in love and crave the place. It will corrupt the innocent and encourage the wicked. An instant family, carpe will complete you. Good luck on trying to leave, though. but if you can manage it, prepare for a deep sense of loss and plenty of tears when you go, kicking and screaming into the cab. I miss you Carpe, even though I saw your dirty underbelly cleaning vomit out of the drains as a house bitch. Never had a better time. I love you always, Cindy xxxx
I've stayed here 3 times and each time it's like coming home. All the staff members are so welcoming and go out of their way to help you out. They take you out every night to some of the craziest events I've ever been to, a rave at an amusement park, sparties, parties at a waterpark, booze cruises down the Danube and so many dress up nights. I'm proud to say I don't remember half my time at Carpe Noctem hostel but i do know I left with lifelong friends and a place I can always call home. FUCK THE DAY, SIEZE THE NIGHT!!


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Perhaps the most accessible look into James Carse's excellent but challenging read.
Seth Godin makes a case for looking at the world or an industry or a business through the lens of a game, and then considering what that games rules are. There are many cases where major shifts have occurred when someone has applied this line of thinking:
"One of the ways to think about the future is to look at a game in the world today based on scarcity, and imagine what happens if one of the rules is changed. What happens if a computer costs $1,000 instead of $100,000? What if the world is pretty much the same except everyone has a supercomputer in her pocket that knows where she's standing and where her friends are?"
So, when you want to try and make a change, do this:
"Relax one rule, and play a new game."
This makes a lot of sense, and I think many people will find this line or thinking fairly commonplace. Yet where it gets more complex is when you consider the fact that everyone else is also playing a game, and they might all be relaxing different rules than you are.
So how do you play the game better than everyone else? You try and consider what the infinite game is, while everyone else is focused on a finite goal. I have always been a big fan of playing 'the long game', considering a ten or twenty or even a hundred year plan while everyone else is thinking of the short-term.
Seth Godin backs this up, and says that not only is this the best way of thinking, it's also the most ethical. This is because when you're thinking about a finite system, you're often thinking about only yourself:
"The shorter your short run, the less you're thinking about the world we have to live in. It's the long run as we get closer and closer to infinity where the smartest game players are playing."
I want to play the long game, in every area of my life.


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Dead Space: Extraction
Adding to the short list of Wii titles not concerned with family-friendly themes is Dead Space: Extraction, a game largely concerned with shooting the limbs off of unholy and horribly mutated hordes of resurrected human corpses. Serving as a prequel to 2008's excellent Dead Space, this rail-shooter stays true to the original's atmosphere and inserts itself neatly into the franchise's canon.
The game begins with a small team of miners on the Aegis VII colony moving the monolithic Red Marker, a powerful artefact revered by the insidious Church of Unitology. It's at this point that the colony's inhabitants begin to go bat-shit crazy, hallucinating, committing suicide and going on berserk rampages. The character you initially control is one of the miners, Sam Caldwell, who experiences the horror of the Necromorph genesis first-hand, fighting off frightening visions as well as his increasingly afflicted comrades. The plot advances at a decent pace and the moment when the colony becomes fully gripped by the Red Marker dementia is truly chilling, like that really horrible bit in Event Horizon. As the levels progress, you're swapped around to various characters so the narrative perspective is effectively developed as you learn important things that the others are ignorant of.
The game's primary action consists of using either the Wii remote/Zapper to aim and fire weapons/kinesis and the nunchuck to control stasis and melee attacks. Whilst kinesis is unlimited, stasis is finite, but there's no way to see how much you have at one time. As with Dead Space, the hideous Necromorphs must be strategically dismembered (take limbs off) rather than put away with head and body-shots and it can take a few levels before you overcome hundreds of hours of ingrained shooting protocol. Using the Wii remote to remove enemies' limbs can be a decent challenge and is also very satisfying (if you enjoy that sort if thing). You're able to hold four weapons at once and the rapid selection is performed instantly by the flicking the analogue stick on the nunchuk, which makes for a much smoother transition than that in Dead Space. All the weapons from the original are present and there's also a few new ones in the form of the inexhaustible rivet gun, electricity-discharging arc-welder and the P-Sec pistol.
Aside from all the limb-lopping, other challenges include guiding an electrical current through a variety of health-zapping circuits, often whilst being assailed by hordes of the sci-fi undead. Should you be overcome, you'll often come face to face with a snarling mutant and then be forced to frantically shake the Wii remote until the blighter refrains from eating your face off. Swinging the nunchuk in a similarly panicked manner acts as a melee attack that both blocks enemies' attacks, cuts through various fleshy obstacles throughout the game, but, unfortunately, not actual adversaries themselves. Another point of contention is that, being on the rails, picking up and smashing crates can be highly stressful as once the crate's loot is exposed, your view will be whipped away, leaving the ammo/health pack to remain alone, enshrouded in a dark nightmare for all of silicon eternity. Having said that, you are occasionally allowed to free-look when there's an abundance of supplies around, but this only lasts a few seconds – it would've been infinitely better if this 'free-look time' was able to be stored up and then used at the player's own discretion.
The game is fairly short at just ten levels, but attempting them on each of the four difficulty settings provides an adequate challenge and definite cause for replayabilty. Notable highlights occur in level nine where, without spoiling anything, you're put through your paces in a variety of unpleasant situations which call for quick reflexes, good-timing and a tenacious resolve, especially on the boss creatures. Indeed, the game's bosses could easily hold their own with those encountered in Dead Space; gargantuan masses of tentacled, rotting cephalopod-horror that shrug off your arsenal and swallow you whole. There's also a familiar challenge mode where you're tasked with cutting down multiple waves of Necromorphs until they just run out of corpses to reanimate. Dead Space: Extraction is a quality Wii game that provides a well-paced narrative, plenty of motion-control-based challenges, a few scares and lots of bloody horror-carnage.