Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette, 18 novembre 1879, mardi 18 novembre 1879

[" riottccs.1 ¦ h yu uovernment tt -;-\"-\"SwCapt.Neil McLean.-§W0 Capt.James Scott t!Z5f-SoOCapt.Lertllais.A'yaiiaa \"\u2022\u2022\u2022'2400 Capt.E.Barrett.tjski»» .*800 Capt.Kerr.1590 Capt.Gabel.vr'Ja '1350 Capt.Mylms ^SnJlano-JooO Ca t.Menrnes.AT VeaMEES OF THE rB \u201enol Mail Line r .rerPOOA7,vervThursday, \u2022\tu'^0Æ «very7 SATURDAY \u2022'\".'ire» *1\u201c \"a Fovle to receive on »t ,lj0Iîg Vail/ and Passengers to ^Æ^and .Scotland), are in-* e deepftl yKOVl ^ w\"Saturday, Oct.25 .Saturday,\tNov.\t1 .Ca+iirfîa.v.\tNov.Sature .\"Jiiaa .Saturday,\tNov.8 ¦Lrùn .Saturday,\tNov.15 .\"Saturday, Nov.22 l0{4ir Hoc*' ¦ -\u2014 .\u2022\u2022\u2022***\" -\u2022 \u2022\u2022 ocKAN passage.\u2022 \u2022 bates\taccommoda- shin, accord11^\t,.§50, $70 and $80 .?40 00 i^«^te.toa»*'\u2014o( the Glasgow Line will ne,Wguebec on or about each Thurs- .Oct.39 .Nov.8 .Nov.15 .'.Nov 21 .Nov.\t22 \"jThe'Halifax Mail Line fa^orSt.John's, Md., and L»tfP«ol-\u201c.,/a0,,S!~.Oct.\t28 Sor» scotiaa.ni ^Jjanicia11 \u2022 y^torian .Vrinthi»11 ¦ ,Nov 11 Oupian .Nov.25 ^^SiASÏ BSTWBKN HALIFAX AND U™ 0,\tsT.JOHNS : *20 00 I Steerage.$0 00 \u2022\u201c ' l-^wced Surgeon carried on each \"'^Berths not secured until paid for.m hading grunted m Liverpool, P°rt', to all points in \"1 il Mil \u2018he Western States.Lht or other particulars, apply *,rFr^ to Allans, Ran à Go.; in 10 John M.Cubbib, 21 Quai d\u2019Or-S>rri IS Paris to Alexander Hdntbb, \u2018Vribe \u2022 in Antweip to Aca.r KTco.: or Richabd Bkbns; in ' ^Lfto Buys A Co.; in Hamburg to \" in Bordeaux to Jambs Moss & ^Lœen to HkibnEdppbl A Sons; Cbablst A Malcolm; in ?Tn to MoNTaOMBBIB A WORKMAN, Street ; in Glasgow to 11 A 4 AiBX.'Allan 70 Great Clyde ;**/?.in Liverpool to Allan Bbothbbs, i^\u2019sueet; in Chicago to Allan & Co., 3 U Salle Street, & ^ ALLAN, 0,,racr of Youville and Common Streets October 20 'jTEW HOT7TB.jifostjuttoiSplsiTaJ &»d shippers.T II JE feifisltri SteamsMp Liaa Montreal to Bristol.(AYONMOUTH DOCKS.) Hacsmg in connection with the Grand fci-,' ûîilway Company of Canada, com-pojcj of the following New and First-class yVFOVTS jnv\u2019iNO .2 032 Tons Register.RIYEKSDALE.2,009\t\u201c KKB0.1;908\t« Suiamship GOYINO\tis intended\tto t« (-matched for\tBristol about\tthe\tISth SOVL.VilifiE Next, - i.< Line of Steamers will open to the '¦ r wLn Shippers the Midland, Southern ini ffeetem Counties of England and Wiles, and ether large markets hitherto monopolized by the Americans.The Importer will also find it a more economical nd quicker route for Loudon or Liverpool lor many kinds of Goods, but especially lion, Hardware, Ac.These steamers will have special facilities tor the carriage of Butter, Cheese, Bored Meats, and other perishable goods, md the greatest, care in handling same, will be taken at both ends of the route.They have also first-class facilities for the rsrriayeof a limited number of Horses, Cattle and Sheep.Intending Shippers should make immediate application, considerable engagements having already been made.Good accommodation for a limited number of Cabin Passengers.For Eatea of Freight and Passage, ap- lyto EGBERT EEFORD A CO., aland 25 St.Sacrament St., Montreal Or to MARK WHIT WILL & SON, The Grove, Bristol, November 8 seal is mm AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.VOL.LXXI.\u2014NO.275 MONTREAL, TUES*\" ' Y.NOVEMBER Is, 1879.Price 3 Cents .^tmunsliip l^cticcs.WHITE STAR LINE.Calling at Cork Harbour, Ireland, CARRYING BRITISH AND AMERICAN MAILS.Mcuwslnp JuitUcs, BEAVER LINE.SaUxvan 2Toticcs PROVIDED WITH EVERY M0DERH MFROVEMEKT.Sailing between NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, via Queenstown, are appointed to leave as follows:\u2014 Germanic.Saturday.Oct.18, at 7.C0 a m Baltic.Thursday,Oct.23, at Noon.Celtic.Thursday,Oct, 3 >, at 3.00 p.m.BBiTANNic.Saturday.Nov.8, at Noon.AEKiATic.Thursday,N ov.13, at 2.30 p.m.GBRMANIC.Saturday,Nov.22, at Noon.Baltic.Thursday,Nov.27, at 2.30 p.m] Celtic .Saturday,Dec.6, at 11.30 a.m.Britannic.Saturday,Dec.13, at 5.00 a.m.ADRiATic.Thursday,Dec.18, at 9 00 am.Germanic.Saturday,Dec.27.at 2.00 p.m.SALOON PASSAGE.Special Rate, $60, return $110, (for winter months) from New York to Liverpool, New York to Liverpool and Queenstown $80 and $100 gold.Return Tickets, $145 and $175 gold.Tickets to London, $7, and to Paris, $20, gold, additional.Children between one and twelve years, half-price.Infants free.Servants, $50.These Steamers do not carry CatUe, Sheep or Pigs.STEERAGE PASSAGE.Montreal to Liverpool, London, Londonderry, Queenstown, Glasgow, Belfast, Bristol or Cardiff, $26.50.Prepaid $28.50.Passengers taking the \u201cWhite Star Steamers,\u201d as a rule, arrive in London in 9i days from New York.Passengers booked, via Liverpool, to all parts of Europe at moderate rates.For further information and passage, apply to R.J.CORT1S, Agent, 37 Broadway, New York.Or to B, J.COGKHIaIN, Sole Agent, 26 St.Sulpiee street, Montreal, October 15\t155 CANADA SHIPPING COMPANY .Running in connection with the GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CaNADA SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS.Steamers Sailing for Liverpool as follows, from Montreal :\u2014 LAKE CHAMPLAIN.1st Oct.LAKE WINNIPEG.7ih Oct.LAKE NEP1GON.23rd Oct.LAKE CHAMPLAIN.6th Nev.LAKE WINNIPEG.13th Nov.This Company\u2019s Line of Iron Clipper Sailing Veasels, trading between Montreal, Liverpool and Glasgow, will be despatched at intervals during the Season.Rates of Passage, by steamer or sailing vessel, $50.Return licket.-, $90.Through Bills of Lading are issued to and from all parts of Canada.For Freight or other particulars, apply in Liverpool, to H.J.Selkirk, Canada Shipp.ng Company,-21 Water street; in Glasgow, to P.Hintoul, Son & Co.; in London, to R.Montgomerib A Co , 82 Mark Lane.E.C.; at all the Offices of the Grand Trunk Railway, or to THOMPSON, MURRAY & CO., 1 Custom House Square, Montreal August 12______________20N 191 Bermuda .West Indies & Forty Rice BOMisJUDSOXSTS OLYOE LINE OF STEAMERS.ROSH 1DM UNE OF STEAMERS.UÆrVAÜIAhV SYiLKVXOJïï COLINÀ.2,000 Tons\tRegister EIRENE.2,000 \u201c CYBELE.2,000 \u201c The splendid new first class full power Screw Steamer BARNARD CASTLE is intended to sail from MONTREAL FOR GLASGOW, ON, OR ABOUT \u2019Mie XOtli r medium Cattle brought $2.50@$3.25 per 100 lbs, and good Cattle from $3.75 @ $4 25, the outside price being paid for some Cattle for shipment to Great Britain.The ss \u201cPrussian\u201d and \u201cCorinthian\u201d take out some 270 head of Cattle on account of Aid- McShane.Live Hoes are in fair demand ; four car loads, which came in this morning, changing hands at $1.75.Jersey City Stock Yards, November 17.\u2014Cattle, firm at 74c @ 94c, Sheep, firm at 84c (dj 44c.Lambs, firm at 44c («Î 54c-Hogs, firm at 54c @ 54c- IIAY AND STRAW.Montreal, November 17.There has been but a small business on the Hay market the past few days, last week\u2019s sales amounting to some 350 or 400 loads.Prices remain unchanged.Hay selling îtÿgh $6 @ $8 per 108 bundles as to quality and Straw from $3 @ $4.CHE USE MARKE1S.UTICA, November 17\u2014Cheese more active ; 9,500 boxes sold at the leading price, 122c ; average price, 124e.LITTLE FALLS, N Y, November 17-Market improved ; sales, 8,000 boxes factory Cheese at 12e @ 134c ; leading price, 124c ; only one sale at 134e ; 4,000 boxes dairy Cheese soldat lie @ I24e ; 200 packages of butter sold at 26c ® 38c.MARKUPS EÏ TELEGRAPH.to the Montreal herald.LIVES PILLS FOR INDIA AND THB COLONIES.i *Dr King\u2019s Dandelion and Quinine ' Liver Pills (without mercury) are the j best remedy for Bile, Wind, Indigestion Sick Headache.Spasms, Giddiness, Heart burn.Nervousness, Gout, and all disorders of the Stomach and Liver.They combine mildness in operation with the most ad^ mirable effects, and as an aperient cannot be surpassed.Manufactured by Jame?Rorke, 47 Mortimer Street, London, VV., and sold all over the world by most Chemists and Medicine Vendors, at.ls.lid., zs.3d., 4s.6d., andlls.Sept, The mild weather we are now expe-riencing causes a dull tone to the Butter market, and shippers are not displaying the same anxiety to purchase that they did a few days ago; though the Liverpool marke t remains firm and stocks are not accumulating, most of the Butter arriving going at once into consumption, yet exporters look upon prices asked here as above their views, and business consequently is checked ; 24c fd) 25c is wanted for Townships and 22c fd) 24c for Brockville and Morrisburg.The high figures which have been paid by speculators in the country are not likely to be repeated now that the There is a partial abatement in the spirit of speculation in commodities, consequent upon the material advance in prices which hare reached a point that, in the opinion of the more prudent operators, renders transactions for future delivery somewhat hazardous.There is also some falling off in the distribution of many descriptions of merchandise, which is quite natural after the unprecedented activity of the last three months.And yet the volume of trade is \u2019 larger than it has been at this advanced stage of the season in many years, with values, as a rule, well maintained, while tome goods that were late in partaking of the buoyancy are higher than they were last week, including Wool, Leather, Cotton and some of their products.Iron and other metals, which were among the first to advance, show a declining tendency, and there are quite a number of other leading kinds of merchandise, which, having advanced from forty to fifty per cent., are difficult to move, unless at concessions to buyers.The inference is that prices of these articles have reached a point which interferes with consumption, for while there has unquestionably been a considerable increase in the purchasing power of the masses, through the revival of industries long dormant, it may reasonably be doubted whether this increase has been in a corresponding ratio with the enhancement in values.There was a margin for an advance in a long list of commodities which six years of griping depression had carried below the point tor which there was any warrant, but in some instances tbe spirit of speculation, which is the outgrowth of the exuberant productions of the soil and a return to a sound money basis, seems to have carried prices in some cases to the other extreme.If this be the case, the purely speculative part of the advance will inevitably be lost, while that which is legitimate, or in accordance with the inexorable law ot supply and demand will remain.\u2014N.Y.Shipping List.CORN EXCHANGE REPORT.Monday, November 17.Wheat in Chicago was quoted Jo higher.Beerbohm\u2019s Advices\u2014Floating Cargoes \u2014Wheat, steady ; Corn, quiet.Cargoes on passage and for shipment\u2014Wheat and Corn, quiet.Mark Lane Wheat, firmer; held higher ; do.Corn, quiet but stead;.Farmers\u2019 deliveries of Wheat during the week, 35,000 fd 40,000 qrs.Liverpool Wheat and Corn, spot, strong.Liverpool Exchange, 2.30 p.m.\u2014Liverpool Bacon, L.C., 34s; do S.C , 35s 6d ; do.Choice Cheese, 64s; do.Prime Western Lard, 37s 6d ; do.Shoulders, 22s 6d ; do.Prime City Tallow, 40s 6d.Flour.\u2014Market quiet; some holders still hold to their enhanced prices, which buyers will not pay, and which could not be obtained for the small local business that was done.The market, however, is firm at figures quoted in the following reported sales, viz., 200 brls.Superior Extra at $5.8»; 100 ditto at $5.824; 200 Spring Extra at $5.624 ; 100 ditto at $5.65 ; 100 Strong Bakers\u2019 at $6.15.Superior Kxtra.$5\t80\t@\t5\t85 Extra dapsrfine.0\t00\t@\t5\t75 Fancy.0\t00\t@0\t00 Spring Extra, new ground,.\t5 624 @\t5\t65 CANADIAN.KINGSTON, November 17 \u2014 Grain\u2014 Barley, 50c @ 55c ; Peas, 63c @ 65c ; Rye, 68c ; Wheat, $i 15 @$1 25 ; Buckwheat, 40c @ 45c.EUROPEAN.LONDON, Nov.17, 1L30 a m\u2014Consols, 974 ; 44\u2019s, 108J ; 5\u2019s, 1054 ; Erie 494 ; pfd., 79, Ill C., 103- 5pm \u2014 Consols, 97§; 44\u2019s, ex coupon, 108§ ; 5\u2019s, 1054 ; Erie, 50 ; pfd, 79 ; Ill C, 104.5 30 p m\u201444\u2019s, 108| ; Erie pfd., SOLI VERPOOL, Nov.17, 11.30 am.\u2014Cotton\u2014Dull; Uplands, GJd ; Orleans, 7d- ANTWERP, Nov 17\u2014Petroleum\u201421f.UNITED STATES.17.\u2014 Flour \u2014 Superfine.5\t35\t@\t0\t00 Strong Bakers\u2019.6\t00\t@\t6\t25 Fine.0\t00\t@\t5\t10 Middlings.0\t00\t@\t0\t00 Pollards.o\t00\t@\t0\t00 Ontario Bags.2\t75\t@\t2\t80 City Bags (delivered).,.0\t00\t@\t3\t15 CHICAGO, November Steady and unchan ged.Grain\u2014Wheat, a shade higher ; No 2 Red Winter ;\t$1 16f for December ; $1 22 ; No 2 Spring, $1 15f @ $116 for cash.Corn, a shade higher, at 41|c ® 414c for December; 40jc (g 4< 4c for December.Oats, higher ; 33c for cash and December.Rye, steady.Barley, firmer at 78c @ 80c- Seeds\u2014Timothy, $2 @ $2 40.Pork\u2014Active at $10 40 @ $10 50 for cash ; $10 30 @ $10 35 for December.Lard\u2014Strong and higher at $6 75 ; Order 864 do; Order 94 do; D Shaw 122 do; T Watkins 278 do; M Hannan aco 186 do; H Chandler 24 do; M Lang 146 do; J DougallAco 17 rolls leather; Molsons Bank 20 do; Cassils, SAro 24 do; Black 4L 26 do; Exchange Uk 12 do; Montreal Rollg Mills 9 bags do; W C McDonald 3 hhds tobacco; J DougallAco 5 do; FullerA824tubs butter; W Kendall 27 do; GaucherAT 22 do; R Ransom 4 do.Q.M., O.A O.RAILWAY.Mile End\u2014H G Duclos 1 car wood; H Grady 1 tub butter; J H Beaudry 1 do; D Donnelly 6 horses; J Daoust 2 dressed hogs.Hochelaga\u2014Lafreniere, St O 400 bush peas; L Charette 240 do; A G McBean 200 bags oatmeal; .1 L Levesque 8 cords wood; B Levesque 8 do; J L LordAco 8 do; R Graham 8 do; K J Chartrand 1 car hay; J Kobili ird 2 do; A Chisholm 10 brls ashes; Wm Kendall 51 do; L Lacroix 6 do; S Hunter 78 do: W Arnott 1 do; Hua, R&co 18 rolls leather; Hua, i>Aco \u2014 cases do; R Bickerdike 3 dressed hogs.gvoTcssicmivi ctiirfls.R.J.Kimball Cf Co., BANKERS & BROKERS, 4 Exchange Court, New York, 12 years membership in N.Y.Stock Rechange.Buy and Sell on Commission, for Cash, or on Margin, Stocks, Bonds, and all Investment Securities, in lots to suit.August 1\t 3m Its 182 SMITHERS& DONALD BANKERS AND BROKERS, i.Vo.3 OIVOzYJ) STREET iyEW YORK.Stocks, Bonds, Foreign Exchange, &c.BOUGH1 AND SOLD FOR CASH OR ON MARGIN.November 18\t275 LATTICE & Barristers, Attorneys, £olicitois,&c COKIVW\tOIVT.?.J.MATTICE, M.A.j July 7 E.L.Dickinson B.A 160 MASiOOUALL BIOS.STOCK BROKERS 33 St.Francois Xavier Street MONTREAL; 64: Broadway, MEW JT O H X Of the Montreal Stock Exchange, and New : ork Stock A Gold Exchange, Bray and Sell Stocks, Bonds, &c November 13\t272 II.OOTTE, zVeooniiî i;lit.surd Vuilitos-.Address P.O.Box No.903.September 24\tly 22J I»JETER, Ell I .Tors.ACCOUNTANT AND AVERAGE ADJUSTER, Commissioner for Quebec and Ontario, 199 ST.JAMES STREET.Correspondence conducted ia French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.October 27\t256 JOÜIM M!o»or»JAX^X>, ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR, 230 ST.JAMES STREET, MONTREAL Established 1867.Special attention given to auditing the books and statements of Joint Stock Com panics and Corporations, in the discharge of which duty the advertiser possesses the advantage of acknowledged successful ex perience.Januaiy\t207 CARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED BY W.».WAAjL.rciGIV, ADVOCATE, Ac , \u201cHERALD\u201d BUILDING, 155 ST.JAMES STREET., August 30\t20 wm & sSOOELl, ' Public Accountants AND OFFICIAL ASSIGNEES, SS SsS\u2019I\u2019.«lours STttYCJE\u2019I' IMONTREAL.December 11\t2 JOHN FRASER, Accountant and Auditor, For the Inspection, Auditing or Adjustment of Books and Accounts, Settlement of Partnerships, making up of Statements, Reports, Ac.Will attend at the Offices, or elsewhere, of parties requirin; such services.Present Address:\u2014347 P.O.Box.Or, at the office of Hugh Brodie, N.P., 344 Notre Dame street.October 15\t3m 246 R.& L.LAFLAMME, ^.XiVOCA-THS, Ht.James Ht reel.Hon.R.Lafla-mme, Q.C.| L.October 14 Laflammk.245 WALKER & McINTYRE, BARRISTERS, AT10RKEYS SOLICITORS, NOTARIES, &C.No.34 Elgin Street, - - - OTTAWA.(Opposite the Russell House.) A.F.M\u2019lNTYB.E.279 W.H.WALKEK.November 22 PALLISER & KNAPP, AOVOOÆTEH* 4 HAMILTON CHAMBERS, 17 ST.JOHN STREET, niO IN 'Alii fri A.JL,.J.Pallisek, B.C.L.February 8 F.A.Knapp, B.C.L 33 FOREIGN PORTS.GLASGOW, November 17 \u2014 Arrived, steamship State of Georgia.NEW YORK, November 17\u2014The brigan- CARMAti & LEITGH, BARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS - AT-LAW SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, NOTARIES PUBLIC, Ac., OORNWA-GIa, ojstt.Ds.Leitch.\tR.B.C\\ï.ean ¦lane 14________________ ';42 ISTOTT Hams, Heyd.Wbit-wLîa\u201ctoe?S\u2019 !nd out 300 * lerSy At?b?m were many of °Tfcd the^isual1*8 °l0th \u2022had been patriotic leasts Washington, November 17.\u2014 The U.S.Consul at Marseilles reports that attempts to introduce Anthracite coal into France from the United States have been unsuccessful.American coal cannot be sold in France, after paying duties of $1.04 per ton, as cheaply as Bug Hsh and French coal.The Consul says the prejudices of the people of Europe are all in favour of bituminous coal.A statement prepared for the Postmaster General exhibits a remarkably small percentage of loss to the Government in the amount of money received by Postmaster\u2019s throughout the country.During the two years ended June 30th, 1878, the receipts at all Post Offices amounted to §57,000,000.The aggregate paid into the hands of the Pustmaster\u2019s for money orders was §158,000,000.The total loss to the Government during the two years will be less than a twentieth of one per cent Washington, November 17.\u2014 John Hitz, late President, and Charles Pren tigs, late Cashier, of the German Na tional Bank, were indicted to-day for the alleged embezzling of $60,000 cash and $5,000 in stock of the Bank in June 1878.New Yoke, November 17.\u2014The American Union Telegraph Company of New Jersey, sues the Western Union Telegraph Company, the Continental Telegraph Company and the New Jersey and New England Telegraph Company Amos E.Middleton, Edwin Middleton and Garrett 8.Mott for $104,000 damages, caused, as alleged, by the de fendants procuring to be torn down the telegraph poles and wires of the plaintiffs in New Jersey.An injunction pending the trial is also asked for.At the banquet given this evening to Tbos.Baby Potter, member of Parliament for Rochdale, Eng., by a number of prominent citizens, Secretary Evarts j A Paris correspondent of tbe London Telegraph thus details the latest horror of the gay metropolis.Prévost, the policeman who made away with the peddler Lenoble, has confessed that he was guilty of the murder of Adele Blondin, one of his mistresses, who disappeared sometime ago.On Friday afternoon Prévost was taken to the office of the judge d\u2019instruc-lion, who, showing him Blondin\u2019s shawl, watch, jewellery, and other effects, adjured , him to speak the truth ; but the fellow repeated that she bad given them to him, and that he had sold them, Later on M.Bressellea held a consultation with M.Mace, and it was determined to take the murderer to his different quarters, and question him on the spot.Accordingly, yesterday, Prévost was again brought out of prison and conducted to his last habitation.Diligent search was made, mattresses were opened, the flooring raised, but all in vain.Prévost looked about him with the utmost indifference.Thence tbe party proceeded to Prevost\u2019s first apartment\u2014the first room which he furnished himself\u2014and this afortnight after Blondin was seen no more.Another search took place without result.The next visit was to the Rue de l\u2019Evangile, where Prévost had lived with Adele, It was here that she came to him on that fatal Siirove Sunday.Here, also, a few days afterward, he had remarked to the proprietor, \u201c This poor Madame Blondin ; it seems very strange that we see nothing of her.How sorry I am I \u201d The investigation was more careful in this room than on the others.The floor was raised, and the magistrates detected blood stains which, although removed, had left an indelible trace along the sides of the planks.\u201c You see, Prévost, that blood has been shed here,\u201d said M.Mace.Utterly bewildered, the man confessed his guilt.Pale and trembling, and supporting himself at a table, he proceeded to give an account of the crime.\u2018\u2018 She lay on my bed.I took a turn or two, telling her that I wished to see if my comrades were at the post opposite, and then I went up to her as if to embrace her ; put my arms round her neck, and strangled her.\u201d \u201c When she was dead I cut her to pieces as I did the other; but this time I was more successful.I threw the fragments in the drains, and buried the head at the Porte de ia Chapelle.\u201d The magistrates here suspend?ed the enquiry but a difficulty arose.A tremendous crowd had gathered, and, but for the protection of the police, those men who felt the disgrace of their late comrade\u2019s wickedness, would have executed dire vengeance.Prévost was offered food, but he had no appetite.At four o\u2019clock they proceeded to the Porte de la Chapelle.During the drive Prévost suddenly exclaimed, \u201c No, I am suffering too much\u2014I must die.\u201d And tried to thrust his head through the window, but was held back.Arriving at the ill-fated spot they all got down, Prévost supported by two men, for he could hardly stand.Suddenly the murderer made a cross with his left foot and passed on.Three turns of the spade and a skull, separated into two pieces, and without one of the jaws, was taken up.! ing for a writ of injunction to restrain all executions against butchers convicted in the Recorder\u2019s Court, pending an appeal against the validity of the By-law.Yesterday morning judgment was rendered ou the petition.Mr.Justice Monk said that, in cosjunc-tion with the Hou.Chief Justice, he had examined the petition for an interim order in the nature of an injunction, also the record, and as many of the authorities cited as they had access to.The case was au important one there could be ho doubt, and in tbe end might prove a very hard one for the butchers.The By-law imposed a license fee of $200\u2014a very high one indeed \u2014 and also a fine of $40.The two questions to be decided were ; first, had they jurisdiction, and, secondly, was this a case in which they were called upon to interfere to prevent au irreparable injury ?No doubt it was a very great hardship, but they were not disposed to look upon it as irreparable.Their equitable jurisdiction might be strained somewhat in such a case, but they did not consider this to be one for the exercise of that jurisdiction.Under the common law, as a general principle, they bad jurisdiction to restrain or prevent the exercise of any power likely to cause irreparable damage, but ai the counsel were aware, both iu France and England, this authority was exercised with very great care.It referred principally to questions of property, and had never been exercised in a case like the present.The Recorder\u2019s Court was one from which no appeal lied, or at least no appeal had yet been taken.There was not that direct and clear appreciation of the subject matter to the Recorder\u2019s Court which would justify them iu exercising that jurisdiction.Now they were asked to restrain the Recorder from levying his judgments, pending the appeal in a totally ditterent case.In regard to the presumption which might arise as to the validity of the By-law, if this presumption were that the By-law was irregular, informal, and that could not stand for a moment before the Court, they might exercise the jurisdiction, but the presumption was the other way.On these grounds he felt that they would not be justified in issuing the interim order.He thought, however, that it would be better that the judgments should not be enforced until the validity ef the By-law was decided.The Hon.Chief-Justice expressed his concurrence iu this judgment, and, with the Hon.Justice Monk, suggested that the Superior Court, having original jurisdiction, might be disposed to exercise it in this matter.EMIGRATION TO CANADA.spoeniio ihteluqlhoe WRESTLING.Albany, N.Y., Novemberl7.\u2014The inter-national wrestling match, between Champion Ross of Canada, and Daly of New York, here to-night ended in a draw for want of time to complete it, and will be continued hereafter.Daly won the first fall in catch-as-you-can hold, and Ross won in the Scottish style of hold.There are three more contests to take place.SPORTING NOTES.HANLAN AND COURTNEY.Toronto, November 17.\u2014Hanlan has gone to Barrie, but his friends declare they will not go back on Mr.Blaikie as referee, the chances of a race are slim after all.Everybody in Canada is thoroughly disgusted with Courtney, and there was but one universal expression when the news of his latest declaration got abroad, and that was \u201c I told you so,\u201d meaning that they never expected he would row, as he either cannot or will not row Hanlan.It i* possible a comparatively green sculler here will challenge him next spring, and there are many in this country who think the latter would give a good account of himself.Rochester, N.Y., November 17.\u2014 Courtney arrived this morning and objected to rowing with Blaikie as referee, claiming he did not authorize another party to assent to the change of articles.He wants Eustis, of Buffalo.Courtney here to-day, in a long inter -view with friends, expressed his decided disinclination to row a race with Hanlan according to the articles of agreement, signed November 13.He claims lie never gave Sullivan authority to attach his name to the articles, and insists, as they low stand, they do not give him a fair chance, as the news of his position has gained publicity.Considerable excitement was occasioned, and a general expression of opinion s.rongly condemns the course he has taken.He returned to Union Springs this afternoon with the understanding that he would make his final decision in the morning.If he concludes to row his $500 forfeit money will be mailed at once, but in case he does not, of course the matter drops- It is not yet known what course the donors of the prize will adopt, but it seems probable if Courtney fails to come to time they will order the $6,000 to be paid to Hanlai}.TUE HORRIBLE TRAGEDY ENACTED IN A PEASANT VILLAGE.f|RE REPORT.Specially reported for tire Montreal Herald.St.John, N.B., November 17\u2014A school house was destroyed by fire at Barti bogue, ir Point au-Car, recently, under circumstances that leave no room for doubt but that it was the work of an incep-diary.St.Thomas, Ont-, November 17.\u2014A barn belonging to M.J.Moore and adjoining tbe Tannery destroyed by fire about about two weeks ago, was this evening completely gutted and is a total wreck.The contents were saved.No insurance.This is more incendiary work.Auburn, N.Y., November 17.\u2014This evening a large brick building in Auburn Prison occupied by Hayden & Smith as a saddlery, hardware and hame factory, employing a hundred and ten convicts, was burned.The fire one time threatened the destruction of all the shops within the walls, but was confined to this one building by the energetic work or the Convict Company and the entire Fire Department of the city.Loss, $36,000.In the city of Tikhvin, op October 25, eeventeeo peasants were put on trial upon the accusation of having burned alive Ag-raphena Ignatieff, 50 years old, as a witch.On the preliminary investigation it was discovered that Agraphena, from her girlhood, had been regarded as possessing the superhuman power of \u201c spoiling\u201d people, that is, of inflicting different diseases, and also of curing them at will.Marrying a soldier, she settled in St.Petersburg.Two years before her death she returned to her native place, a widow and penniless.The villagers were afraid that she would cause them great trouble.The boldest, or perhaps the most cowardly of them, wanted to shut up the witch and burn her.But the villagers did not dare to carry out this plan.Agiaphena was poor and sickly, and lived chiefly upon pharity.Sjome of the village families, orrt of fear, used to satisfy all her wishes, while others had to refuse her demands, and were wont to ascribe to her all the sickness and accidents that befell them.While living in St.Petersburg, Agraphena had become acquainted with many medicines, and after her return she often attended the sick, sometimes with wonderful success.This only confirmed the popular belief in her witchcraft.Unhappily she neither admitted nor denied that she was a witch ; perhaps she preferïed to leave things as they were, drawing a profit from the villagers\u2019 fears.In January, 1879, a young woman suddenly died ; then two other women were prostrated by nervous disease.They cried out that they were \u201c spoiled \u201d by the witch.Their parents tried to propitiate Agraphena with tears and presents.But she simply answered : \u201c I did not injure them, nor can I help them.\u201d Then the men assembled and decided to shut up the witch iu her house, to feed her there, but on no account to allow her to visit any other house.This plan was to be carried out immediately.On February 16th a dozen villagers went to the house.They took nails and planks.Arriving there, they searched the woman\u2019s trunk ; except several phials of medicines, they found nothing suspicious ; hut to the peasants these seemed the most positive proof of witchcraft.Agraphena was shut up, the door and windows' securely nailed, and though this had been no part of the original plan, the house was set on fire.The blaze attracted a crowd, many expressed their gratification, and nobody dared to interfere.Among the others came the brother of Agraphena.He rushed to the door and tried to break it in ; but was not allowed to do so.\u201c The Mir have decided, let her burn, cried the mob- Some of tbe more humane, however, approached the window, and shouted, \u201c Confess thy crimes, and we will save thee.\u201d But she kept sileut.To her despairing brother, she answered : \u201c I am not guilty.\u201d Due of the crowd said : \u201cThere is yet time to save the woman ; let us do it or we shall suffer severely,\u201d \u201c Don\u2019t touch her,\u201d said a septuagenarian, \u201c I answer for this with my head.\u201d Soon the ceiling fell and the unnappy victim perished.The people stayed the whole night, The neR day the constable found a few charred bones.On the trial the peasants confessed but denied that they had committed i crime.The jury found only three ringleaders guilty,\u2014St.Petersburg Galas The London Times, of October 24, editorially says :\u2014\u201c It is unquestionable that the facility for acquiring land in the United States has been the main reason why our agriculturists have gone thither.Tne same reason will continue to be peten-t al in the cases of any who may now think of improving their condition by a change of country and of nationality.Liberal though the provisions of the United Sta\u2019es' Homestead Act are, yet they involve on the part of our countrymen who profit by them a renunciation of their birth-right as ckizens of the British Empire.This is a sacrifice even more keenly felt by most of them than the severance from the place of their birth and beginning life anew in a strange land This consideration has induced many emigrants to ; prefer the long voyage to New Zealand or one cf the Australian Colonies to the far shorter trip across tho Atlantic.Tho Dominion of Canada has always invited immigrants, but, till recently, that splendid country had nothing to offer which could rival the prairie States of the Far West.All this is changed, however, and tho emigrant can now find in Canada as great inducements to settle there as Minnesota, or any other States in the Union, can offer.The Canadians, if more scrupulous, are less energetic in advertising their country than the citiz ns of the Nonh American Republic.Conter?minons with Minnesota is the Province of Manitoba.All that Mr.Andrews has said in praise of the former may be truthfully repeated with reg-ard to the latter.The area of Manitoba is but small in comparison with that of some Western States ; yet it is twice as largo as Massachusetts, and it can support many millions of people and furnish a large surplus of graiu for exportation.Yet Manitoba is but a single province in a territory which is open and ready for settlement\u2014a territory covering 380,000 square miles, exceeding in extent France and Germany combined, and equal in fertility to any corresponding tract on the globe.In the Canadian North-West there is a Homestead Act under which the settler is treated still more gent-r.usly than in the United States.Hepajs but $10 for his title to the 160 acres, wnich are granted to him on condition that he resides there three years, and be can ob?tain another piece of equal area on paying $1 an acre.At the period of ob-taioing the land absolutely, he must be a British subject by birth or naturalization ; this provision is one which gives the immigrants from the old country no concern.We do not advocate any measure of wholesale emigration, because we entertain the confident expectation that brighter days are in store for the suffering agriculturists in this country.Tho present crisis will pass away, as other times of trial have done, and will leave behind it some profitable if bitter and trying lessons.Yet our feiiow-ceuntrymen who are discontented with their lot, who have a practioal knowledge of farming, who possesses a little capital, and who are resolved to emigrate, will do well to inquire whether the prairie lands of Canada are notsuperior in some respects to those of the United States.\u201d MISCELLAS ECUS.M.HICKS & CO., Greneral Auctioneers, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Kos.430 & 432 Notre Dame Street.Continue to give their personal attention to Sales of Household Furnitu-e, Real Ksta'e, Farm Stock, Groceries, and general Merchandise, and respectfully solicit a share of the public patronage.Liberal advance made on consignments if required.Charges moderate and returns prompt.* ugust 25\t202 insurance iiotUc*.;v \\ ¦KkR FI RE & Head Office, Province of Quebec, 119 St.Francois Xavier Street, MO IN T K K A.L.Special Monthly Kates for All.BY W.E.SHAW.THIS MORNING.TO THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.RUBBER OVERSHOES.Ac The Subscriber will sell at his store, 195 St.James street, on Tuesday Next, the 18th Instant, a consignment from Boston of 279 cases Ladies\u2019 and Men\u2019s Dufferin Overshoes and Walking Boots.aU Firsts and new goods, assorted sizes.Sale at ELEVEN o\u2019clock.W.E.SHAW, 270____________________Auctioneer.THIS AFTERNOON.LARGE SALE ST0TES AND FURNITURE, On TOESDAY AFTERNOON, 18th S2îi* my ^^°re» 195 St.James Street, 43 Hall, Parlor and Cooking Stoves, Household Furniture and Effects, Trunk of Miscellaneous Furs and other Goods.Sale at TWO o'clock.274\tW.E.\tAuctioneer.©v-occuto.ôùlincs, ^c.August 13 JOHN F.NOTT, CHAS.D.HANSON, Joint General Agents.rnwf 3m 192 THE EQUITABLE LIFE This Society continues to advance.Its Assets, soundly invested, are now nearly $36.000,000, and its business for 1878 was over $21,000,000, with a surplus of nearly $7,000,000, after returning to their Policyholders and Representatives, in Dividends and Death Claims for 1878, over $6,000,000.In these times such results are astounding, but one recognizes the true reason when the Dividends paid on matured Tontine Policies in the Equitable arc learned.As an illustration of the benefits arising to parties who have invested in this system of insurance, the result of a few policies are mentioned, viz.i\u2014 The holder of Policy No.48,734, will have a reduction by dividend this year of between 84 and 85 per cent, of his premium, with every prospect of larger annual reductions hereafter.Another Policy issued in 1889 will, on the basis of dividends of 1878, bave its next annual premium reduced from $77.63 to $12.03\u2014equivalent to 84 per cent.Another issued in April, 1869, age 58 years, gross premium $244.37, has this year demanded a premium of $128.84, or a little more than half the original premium and on the basis of present dividends, wiU next year be reduced to $55.30, a reduction of 77 per cent- Many Policyholders, after only eight or nine years\u2019 experience, are receiving profits of 80 and 85 per cent, on their premiums per annum, and with prospects of steady increase.For further information, apply at the General Agency for the Dominion of Canada, 157 ST.JAMES STREET', Herald Building, or any of the Agencies throughout Canada.R.W.GALE, G eneral Manager.CANADIAN WINES.It JU I> CLINTON, CREVELING, ISABELLA.WÏI1T.E DALAWARE, CONCORD, CANADA.Prices, $4 50 to $6 00 per dozen.\u201c $1.80 to $2.50 per Imperial gallon.FREDEBICK KINGSTON, SIS 1 loMpItad Street.October 31___*\t260 COTTON, C0MÜIW, No.2 Corn Exchange moNTEtEA-U* AGENTS FOR WILLIAM & J.GRAHAM CO., OPORTO, now on hand a complete assort- WANTED\u2014Two or three first-class Canvassing Agents for Citv and Eastern Townships.June 12 British.America FIRE i MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LItfOGRP\u2019ORAT.ED 1833 well-known Port ASSETS, SI.100,873 All Description* oi Property Insuroff Aaaiast Firs and Perils oi Navigation at Current Hates.OCEAN POLICIES MADE PAYABLE IN LONDON (Eng.) WHEN REQUIRED.M.H.GAUL™ W.Tatley, Agents for Province of Quebec, February 1 40 TJELE Urepil iLûisMÊkÉ Insurance Gompany.mhU BGAFtD OF ÛIEÎEOTGSS ï The Honorable HY.STARNES, Chairman THOS.CRAMP, Esq.jD-sptsty Chairman.Sir A.T.GALT, K.C.M.O.THEODORE HAKT, Esq.GEORGE STEPHEN, Esq.omm,\t\u2022\tSl@,©80,3¥9 &M90KT ISVE8TSB IN CiSttti \u2022\tSU0.003 CgTÀLSHVESUiHrSÏS, -\t.\t.\t.\t27,479,000 Mercantile Bisks accepted at the lowest current rates.Dwelling Houses and Farm Propavties ns area at reduced rates.Q.F.C.SMITH, Chief Agent for tkx Dominion July 24 Have ment of this Firm\u2019s Wines\u2014as follows : * 4-\t4- 4-\t4-\t4- 4-\t4\u2019\t4-\t4- Ex.Mo R! FF THREE CROWN V F O O D O O D !0 O O D O O OIO Dj In Pipes, Hhds., and Qr.Casks, which they offer to the trade ex Store, or free on board in Oporto.July 16\t168 BEIBT CR1PMIR & CO.MOIVTR5G.4LL, SOLE AGENTS IN THE DOMINION FOR Messrs.Gonzalez, Byass & Co., Xeresde la Frontera, Sherries.\u201c T.G.Sandeman & Sons, Oporto, Ports.\u201c Pablo, Oliva & Castles, Tarragona, Red Wines.\u201c Leal Brothers & Co.Madeira, Madeira Wines.\" G.H.Mumm & Co., Reims, Cham- rïnes.Mumm & Co., Frankfort-0 M., Hocks and Hoselleu \" Cuzol, Fils & Co., Bordeaux, Fruits, &c.Pinet, Castillo» & Co., Cognac, Brandies, \" A.Houtman & Co., Schiedam Gins, \u201c Wm.Hay, Fairman & Co., Glasgow, Whiskies.\u201c R.Thorne & Sons, Groenook, Whiskies.\u2018i D.J.Thomson, Leith, Ginger Wine, Old Tom, &c.Maohen & Co., Liverpool, Export Bottlers of Guiness & Sons\u2019 Dublin Stout.\u201c Robert Porter & Co., London, Export Bottlers of Bass & Co\u2019s Ale.Mr.Wm.McEwan, Edinburgh, Scotch Ales.Apollinaris Company (Limited) London.Orders for Direct Importation Solicited from the Trade.February 20\t44 Ruction FYJOHùï j.aehtokT HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY Annual Fall Sale ot NEW BUFFALO ROBES The above sale will behold at the ROBE WAREHOUSE, 46 ST.PETER STREET, Montreal, on Wednesday, TOtli Wov.WHIN ABOUT 5,000 ROBES OF ALL GRADES WILL BB SOLD.CONDITIONS LIBERAL.The Robes will be on view two days before the sale, and catalogues may be had at the Company\u2019s Office, No.5 St.Pktbb Strbet, or from the Auctioneer.Sale at ELEVEN o\u2019clock.JOHN J.ARNTON, g70\tAuctioneer.petals.Auction â'alcs.\u2014Lord Chief Justice Cockburn has been advised to retire from tbe Bench on account of his health, but he declares that he will die in the harness, being already 77 years old.\u2014A new kind of crockery, designed to fill the place as earthenware to some extent, has been intreduced.It consists of cotton pulp or felt, glazed with a composition into which dissolved glass largely enters.\u2014A ballot box which rings a bell when a vote enters the box, which counts all the ballots as they are received, stamps them with a number and files them neatly away beyond the reach of any hand, has been invented by a New Yorker.\u2014We see it stated in our exchanges that Mr.Gibbs, the well-known ex-Qovernor of the Bank of England, who was one of the delegates on behalf of the British Government at the last Monetary Conference in Paris, has changed his views on the subject of the single standard.He has jest issued a pamphlet advocating the double standard ot gold and silver, \u2014A writer in the United Presbyterian says that, while in San Francisco, General Grant, at a banquet where the finest of California's wines were on the table, refused to even taste, stating at the same time that two years aud more ago he had formed a purpose not to taste wine or strong drink, and to that purpose he had strenuously adhered.\u2014Some speculative persons have formed a partnership with the object of recovering the remains of the French vessels of war sunk at the battle of the Nile.These, including the \u201cOrient,\u201d which blew up in the engagement, consist, it is said, of five ships of different sizes.The be salvors estimate that at least eighty tons of copper will be obtainable from each of the ships, -Three weeks ago a play entitled \u201cVera Zassudtch\u201d was performed in the theatre at Lugano, Geneva, to a crowded audience.The heroine of the drama and the actors who represented Nihilists were frantically applauded, and the attack on General Trepcff, the speech of Vera ZissuHtch's advocate and her acquittal by the jury provoked & very tempest cf enthusiasm.\u2014An interesting account of the life of the Empress of Russia at Cannes appears in the Gaulois.When the weather is fine Her Majesty takes every advantage of it, going out several times a day, sometimes alone, at other times with her sons.The Empress lives in the utmost retirement and receives no one.This is an old habit, for when Her Majesty is abroad she wishes to obtain the rest which she seeks; but this is not the case with the Grand Dukes aud Grand Duchesses, and the Czarina has brought with her so many toilets from Paris that she will hardly disdain tho social pleasures that Cannes will be proud to offer her.M Biiiisti anil Mercantile FIRE AND LIFE Insurance Companv.ESTABfoI3HED 1809.Subscribed Capital, £2,000,000 Stg.FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE CO\u2019Y.1.\u2014IVîffis as dt 31si December, 1878.Paid-up Capital.£350,000\tStg.Fire Reserve Fund.794,577\t\u201c Premium Reserve.305,065\t\u201c Balance of Profit and Loss Account.57,048\t\u201c Life Accumulation.£2,852,567\t\u201c Annuity Funds.300,080\t\u201c 2.\u2014Revenue fàr the Tear, 1878: From Fire Department: Fire Premiums & Interest £976,160 \u201c From Life Department : Life Premiums and Interest.£438,737 Interest &c., on An\u2019uity F\u2019nds.12,040 £450,777 Total! Revenue.¦I F.Ferrio, director of music and conductor, La Scala, Milan, writing to Cam-parini says : \u201c I have examined the superb grand piano you have purchased from Weber of New York, which for grandeur and robustness of tone is truly remarkable and must be classed as among the foremost pianos of our day.Please tell Mr.Weber I bave found it superior even to my high expectations.Few York Tribune.\tF.Ferrio.\u2014Adelina Patti\u2019s reappearance in Paris after ten years of absence took place the other day with tremendous success at a festival given on behalf of the Dramatic Artists\u2019 Association Fund.First of all, the receipts at the doors of the concert\u201470/ QOOf., or about £2,800\u2014were substantial evid-nce of the curiosity of the public This was nothing, however, compared with the enthusiasm which the sight of the diva elicited from tha audience, and the frantic applause aud shower of bouquets with which she was greeted.£1,426,937 or, $6.944,426 73 WILLIAM EWING, Inspector.GEORGE N.AHEBN, Sub-Inspector.Head Office 1er the Dominion in Montreal, MACDOUGALL & DAVIDSON, General Agents.May 24\t123 uumIHOPE&CO ftT.O Piforfo*, su AGENTS IS CANADA POM ffOMH DE mm â SOM, Satîartai KARTELL â 00., Gagna* JULES &0SÎH& GO,, Cota** iOET à CHWM, EpmsL mmm & oo.p BAiTOM &GUESÏIEB, Bor&Mft i.MiSA* ïcres d® la Proiten, GOSSCIURM, SMITHES â ce.,9p«» TOLIER & SARTSEZ, Tarra*«* FLütMJsG VAÜIfïE, ManeilUfe L & J.BÜHKS, Mfelia, L a G.HÎBBERT, Londwu BULLOCH, IMÎ & GO.j m.â go., d^wib.mmiL à COCHRANE, IhiWîk H- B-\u2014Crdsrs ïscei'fod frm O# Wholsesla fr&âs ealf.JOHN TAYLOR&BR0.MANUFACTURERS\u2019 AGENTS lO SSt.J olm street.RAILWAY TURN TABLES WROUGHT IRON BRIDGES LOCOMOTIVE TIRES AND AXLES STEEL PLATES AND CASTINGS BOILER TUBES AND PLATES STEAM, CAS AND WATER PIPE INJECTOR BOILER FEEDERS BOLTS, NUTS AND RIVETS ENGINEERS\u2019 SUNDRIES IRON BEAMS & GIRDERS HYDRAULIC FORCINGS CAS WORKS SUPPLIES RAILWAY EQUIPMENT April 5\t'81 WILSON HAWKSWORTH, ELLISON &C0.CELEBRATED STEEI FRIZES AWARDED THEM AT Vienna, Paris and Philadelphl Exhibitions, for Cast Steel, Tool Steel, Spring Steel Sheet Steel and Steel Wire.M.HUNTER & SON, SKEFFIEL .Ext a Fine Table Cutlery.JOHN ROUND & SQR (LIMITED) SHEFFIELD Electro-Plated Ware, Spoons and Forks Orders solicited to import or from Stock B.J.COGHLIN, 26 St.Sulpiee Street, Montrea Sole -A-gfoint;» July 3\t*67 BOiLEfi INJECTORS.We are now manufacturing INJECTORS of the following well-known American standards, never patented in Canada, for Supplying Water to Steam Boilers of any description ; FRIEDMAN\u2019S INJECTORS.SELLERS\u2019 INJECTORS-: \u2018 The workmanship is unsurpassed, and these machines are guaranteed to give entire satisfaction, at Greatly JbCedaoecl 3?rîc©s These are not the only Injectors and Ejectors manufactured by us.ROBERT MITCHELL & 00., MONTREAL BRASS WORKS, No.t SSh.I\u2019etor- street.June 7\t135 BY BENNIIÏG ft BABSAOD RfiDÏ-MiOTciOÏHIIIG.The Subscribers will sell on Wednesday, 19th instant, At No.23 St.Helen Street, a consignment I offirst-cUss KEiDY-MADECLOTHING.\u2019 suited to the Fall and Winter Trade-in all 33 cases.The stock is well assorted.To be sold in lots to suit purchasers.Terms liberal.Sale at TEN o\u2019clock.BENNING A BARSALOU, 271\tAuctioneers.CATALOGUE SALE.ID JCTL'KIN HIVE WHOLESALE BAffiHDPT STOCK OP DRY GOODS MY AtTCIIOIV.The Subscribers will sell at No.23 St Helen Street, on Wednesday, lOtli Instant, AND FOLLOWING DAYS.A Wholesale Bankrupt Stock of Dry Goods, consisting of a complete assortmen of Woollen, Linen, Cotton and Silk Goods The Stock amounts to over ($58,000) Fifty-eight Thousand Dollars, to be sold in lots to suit purchasers.For particulars see Catalogues.ALSO, IN BOND, 47 packages ASSORTED DRY GOODS Terms liberal.Sale each day at TEN o\u2019clock; BENNING A BARSALOU, 267\tAuctioneers.THE MONARCH HALL STOVE THF BEST IN THE MŒT, Handsome Desion, Beauttvul Finish, a First-class Heater.This beautiful Stove combines all the latest improvements in self-feeders.8^5\u201c Call and see it and judge for yourself.Ryan\u2019s Furnace, This Furnace has been thoroughly test ed.There is more of them in use in this city than any other, and every one gives satisfaction.RANGES and STOVES OF ALL KINDS rp-vincial Government, who found that the meagre Infor nation which had been so far given was not according to statute.A \u201c Nobbibl* \u201d Tale\u2014Threatened to Murder His Twins.\u2014An amusirg casn (to the spectators) came up in the Eecord-er\u2019a Court yesterday.John Cartigan, a carter, and the ffather of twins, the defendant, was charged, at the instance of his landlord, a Mr.Foreman, supported by the testimony of his own mother, with threatening to murder his oflspiing.The policeman who made the arrest alone gave evi-denca He stated that he was summoned by the landlord on Saturday evening in a gnat hurry to arrest the prisoner who, the landlord said, was drunk, and was about to commit \u201c a horrible deed.\u201d Foreman was greatly excited, and insisted npon the immediate arrest of Carrigan to \u201c prevent murder.\u201d He, at the same time, cautioned the constable respecting a knife the prisoner had concealed about his person, and held the constable responsible for all consequences if he declined to make the arrest.Prisoner was arrested, but had no knife in his possession.Prisoner\u2019s mother, the next witness, declined to be sworn, and said she was deaf, knew nothing, had a sore head, could not understand what was being said to her, &c , &c.She was eventually ordered to stand down.Mr.Foreman, heir g sworn, wished to withdraw the charge, failing which, he could scarcely remember what he had stated a short time previously in the Eecorder\u2019s office, but knew prisoner to be a pretty decent man.His Honour very plainly expressed his opinion of the witnesses, and sentenced prisoner to gaol for 16 days, at the same time cautioning him to take care of the dear babies for the future, as what little evidence had leaked out might seriously affect his freedom should he be charged before a jury with the offence first imputed to him.In the Eecorder\u2019s Court Yesterday 25 prisoners answered to their names, and in the parlance of the Couit were \u201c disposed of.\u201d They were described as 8 persons of \u201c no occupation,\u201d 5 labourers, 1 carter, 1 prostitute, 1 baker, 1 farmer, 1 butcher, 1 contractor, 1 driver, 1 steamfitter, 2 machinists, 1 tinsmith, 1 bricklayer, 1 hack-man.The prisoners ranged between the ages of 18 and 60 years.21 were Catholics and 4 were Protestants.16 were natives of the Province of Quebec, 2 were English, 7 Irish.10 were able to read and write, 1 could read only, and 14 could neither read or write.18 were described as intemperate in habit, and 7 as temperate.7 were married, 16 were single, and 2 widows.The total amount of capital represented by the 25 was $44.75.All were charged with some offence arising from drunkenness, with the exception of two carters charged with driving without numbers, 1 labourer for loitering, and 2 interfering with the police.Of the other prisoners, William Walsh was fined $2 50 for drunkenness, and kicking at the door of a crockery store in Young street.Prisoner pleaded that he was kicking at a savage dog, which appeared to be intent on biting him Walsh was uncertain which side of the door the savage dog was located, and the policeman was certain that Walsh was drunk.John Stephens, aged 60, was fined $2.50 for drunkenness.The constable who made the arrest, said that John threatened to \u201chammer\u201d him but did not carry out his threat.Charles Larkin, a machinist, of Young street, paid $2.50 for insulting the police twice during Sunday evening.John McGregor was sent to gaol for a month.He was found helplessly drunk, moaning and shivering with cold, in a large pool of water on Murray street.A widow respectably connected, and an excellent dressmaker by calling, was sent to gaol for two months in the hope that enforced abstinence will effect her reclamation from drink.Alfred Zaell, a negro youth whose family pay a fair quota annually towards the expenses of the Court, was fined $5 00 for making his sister\u2019s ' nose bleed.Abraham Duplessis, 24, bricklayer, suffering from delirium tremens, and Ellen Sweeney, a harmless lunatic, were committed for safe keeping.A CLERGYMAN IN 1HE NORTHWEST.We condense the following from the Eev.D.M.Gordon\u2019s (of Ottawa) account of his six months\u2019 trip in the North-West : \u2014 Yesterday the Eev.D.M.Gordon, who left the Capital in May last, after having made the trip to British Columbia, return ing by the \u201c overland route,\u201d gives the following account of his travels : After reaching Yictoria on the 3rd of June, he sailed up the coast to Port Simpson, 450 miles from Victoria.This port is admirably situated for vessels coming in or going out across the Pacific Ocean, and safely guarded against any gales from the north, north-east or south-east, the ouly quarters from which strong winds are experienced in that locality.From the mouth of the Skeena Eiver, 50 miles couth of Port Simpson, Mr.Gordon travelled in company with Messrs.Gambie and McLeod, of the Canada Pacific Eailway, and Mr.G.M.Dawson, of the Geological Suivey.The party went by canoes up the river to the village of Hazelton or Forks of the Skeena.Hazelton is an Indian village, with only three white families in it.From the village they went across the country to Lake Babine, np the lake in canoes and across the seven mile portage to Lake Stewart, down which they passed to Fort St.James, the central Hudson\u2019s Bay Post in Northern British Columbia.At Fort St.James the party were met by Mr.Q.Major, with a mule train, and with whom they continued the journey to Fort McLtod, about 70 miles north-east of Lake Stewart.At Fort McLeod THE PARTY SEPARATED, some, under the direction of Mr.Dawson, going by the Pine Eiver route, others going by boat from Fort McLeod down the Pack Eiver, the Parsnip and the Peace Eivers, through the Eocky Mountains by Peace Eiver Pass, both parties expecting to meet on the east side of the Mountains at D unvegan, the central Hudson\u2019s Bay post of Peace Eiver district.The Pack Eiver is a small stream ot 17 miles in length, and empties its waters of Lake McLeod in the Parsnip.The Parsnip Eiver is the great southern branch of the Peace Eiver, and joins the Finlay, which flows across Northern British Columbia, at the Finlay Eapids.At this point the united waters received the name of Peace Eiver.The Sieames Indians call it the \u201c Tsetaikah,\u201d that is \u201c The-river-that goes-into-the-mountain.\u201d The Beaver Indians, who live on the east of the mountains, call it the \u201c Unchagab,\u201d that is \u201c The Peace,\u201d because^near it was settled once and for all a feud of long standing between them and the Créés.Immediately below the Finlay Eapids the river bends eastward, and cuts its way through the Eocky Mountains, and formed what is known as the Peace Eiver Pass.Through this pass the members of the party came in a boat, which they had procured at Fort McLeod, borne pleasantly onward by the strong, even current of the river\u2014an almost endless variety of forma, and the windings of the river affording a constant succession of MAGNIFICENT VIEWS.The Pass from Mount Selwyn, at its western entrance to Mount Garnet Wolseley, near the eastern extremity, is about 22 miles in length, and the current and depth of the river throughout this portion, and indeed for many miles above and below this, are such as to admit of steam navigation.Eastward of the Pass the scenery becomes less rugged, and the general appearance that of a pastoral country.At the lower end of the Peace Eiver Canyon, which is about 50 miles east of the Eocky Monetains proper, and whicn is the only interruption to navigation for several hundreds of miles, stands the little H.B.post of \u201c Hudson's Hope,\u201d with which the readers of \u201cButler\u2019s Wild North Land\u201d are familiar.At this point the Peace Eiver country, so-called, may be said to begin, stretching eastward in long leagues of fertile soil.On the northern bank of the river there is a large extent of woodland, as well as of land lightly timbered with poplar, but also a large proportion of excellent prairie ready for the plough.On the southern bank from Hudson's Hope the country is wooded as far as the mouth of Pine Eiver, 40 miles below the canyon.Thence eastward stretches a broad belt of fertile soil, which includes La Grande Prairie\u2014one of the richest tracts of the North-West.Scattered throughout this district to the south of Peace Eiver, are indications of EXTENSIVE COAL-BEDS, which may, on further examination, prove to be of commercial value.There is abundance of good timber throughout the country, and the foliage, the luxuriant herbage, tue rich wild hay and pea vines, and the excellence of the soil, in addition to the coal and timber, warrant the expectation that this Peace Eiver district will in the future be thickly settled.As yet,' however, the wheat growing capacity of this district has not oeen adequately settled.Wheat is cultivated with great success on the alluvial flats near the* river level, but the general level of the plateau properly known as the Peace Eiver coun-try, is about 800 feet above the level of the river, and through the expanse of fertile territory the river cuts its way like a large winding canal.It is evident that the climatic conditions in this upper plateau might be different from those of the flats near the river level, and until actual ex- periment be made, the wheat growing ca pacity of the plateau cannot be fully assured.At the same time, although summer frosts occasionally occur, both on the plateau and at the river level, there is great probability that this Peace Eiver country, particularly the portion of it lying south of Peace Eiver will be found suited to the growl h of grain.At one time it was thought that summer frosts would render the Edmonton district and the Valley of the Saskatchewan unfit for THE CULTIVATION OF WHEAT, and even the Bed Eiver valley was supposed some years ago to be subject to the same objections, but now it is known that scarcely any country can compare with the valley cf the Bed Eiver in the growth of wheat, and of recent years the wheat fields around Edmonton have yielded abundant harvests.Judging by the character of the soil and of the plants, the same may be reasonably expected regarding the Peace Eiver, although it is possible that the harvests here may be less regularly good than those at Edmonton.At Dunvegan the members of the party separated, having spent several weeks in examining the country in different directions in this vicinity.Mr.Gambie returned to Viotoria ; Mr.McLeod and Mr.Dawson came by different directions to Edmonton, making some special examinations of the country by the way, and reaching Edmonton on the 21st of October.Mr.Gordon came by way of Lesser Slave Lake and across the Arthabaeka Eiver to Edmonton, thence across the prairie by way of Battleford and Carleton to Winnipeg.Near Fort Carleton Mr.Gordon was DELAYED BY A SNOW STORM, which occurred on the 9th of October.From Fort Carlton to Winnipeg Mr.Gordon travelled in company with Col.Osborne Smith, who had been organizing companies of mihtia in and near Prince Albert, to prevent any disturbance from the Sioux, who have gone into this district in considerable numbers during the past season.Had the Indians, on their admission to Canadian territory, been dis-aimed, all risk of danger from them would have been avoided, and though this might have required considerable outlay of money and force, it would probably have been the best precaution against any possible future disturbance.As it is, the North-West Moun ed Police would not be sufficient to cope with thdW if they should become unruly, and any trouble arising from this source would necessarily interrupt the course of immigration into the North-West.Col.Smith succeeded in raising several companies of militia in the district around Prince Albert, and although there may be serious destitution among the Indians, on account of the failure of the buffalo hunt, and h> av, demands for their support upon the Gov rnment and upon settlers, yet there is little or no possibility of any disturbance arising, such as would imperil the life or property of the settlers.The Indians throughout Northern British Columbia are all peaceful and many excellent workmen.In the southern parts of the Province they are to be found in the SALMON-CURING ESTABLISHMENTS, as deck hands on steamers, and a fair proportion engaged in farming.The Indians near the coast are excellent canoe-men, and farther inland they are largely employed in packing (carrying) supplies, stores, &c., for miners or other travellers.The Indians of the Peace Eiver section are veiy peaceful, but are not much accustomed to any labour with the exception of that of hunting.The Indians east of Edmonton are in several cases taking to farming, and, although it may be some time before any large result is yielded by the new system of farm instruction given to tbs Indians, yet there is every probability that it will in many cases prove a success.No trouble whatever would be anticipated from any of the native Indian?, except probably from some of the Sioux who crossed over from the States under Sitting Bull, some of whom, as already stated, have, during the past season, found their way northward as far as Prince Albert district, and the precautionary measures already taken will probably prevent any disturbance by them.The Edmonton district is regarded by Mr.Gordon as one of THE VERY BEST IN THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES, and it is of vital importance that the Canada Pacific Eailway should pass through it as the Peace Eiver country to the north, and the great grazing country around Bow Elver to the south, could easily be tapped by branch lines from Edmonton, whereas if the line ran northward or Edmonton, the Bow Eiver country would necessarily be tapped by feeders of the American railways.Tne Yellowhead Pass would, therefore, be_the most favourable one for the general interests of the country east of the Eocky Mountains.At the same time, a railway by this Pass would best serve the general interests of British Columbia, inasmuch as the resouiees of the Province are mainly confined to the southern portions of it.MONTREAL HERALD AND DA1LÏ COMMERCIAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 1879, 1880.ZADKIEL\u2019S FORECAST.THE R ORTH-WEST.Among the numerous tourists who have visited tne North-West during the autumn the Hon.Peter Mitchell deserves special notic\u2019, as he has contributed several interesting letters to our daily contemporary, the Montreal Herald,whichwe are glad to find are to be published in a collected form.We have deferred noticing these letters until the termination of a controversy between Mr.Mitchell and the Gazette, caused by the advocacy by the former of the leas ing of the line between St.Vincent and Winnipeg to the St.Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Co., which the Gazette is of opinion would be highly inexpedient.Ibis question, though far from unimportant, we shall leave for the present to the disputants, both of whom are much better qualified than we can pretend to be to form a correct judgment.Both are agreed that the St.Vincent and Winnipeg line is in a very unsatisfactory state, and that active measures should be taken to ensure its immediate completion.We observe, indeed, that already an announcement has been made that a much greater rate of speed has been attained than that which Mr.Mitchell found during his trip.What is chiefly interesting in Mr.Mitchell\u2019s narrative is his account of the Canadian territory.He does not appear to have extended his tour as far West as many of the other tourists, indeed Portage la Prairie seems to have been the most Western point that he reached.He assures us that, having had some experience as a practical egriculturist, and having had an opportunity of observing agricultural cou\u201etries both in Europe and America, he can honestly say of the country through which he travelled to Portage la Prairie that it is the finest he was ever in.The drawback is the want of a market for the fine wheat that in the Chicago market would bring ten cents a bushel more than that grown in the Central and Southern States, and yet in Manitoba is a drug, selling at only 50 cents a bushel.Mr.Mitchell gives a graphic account of a visit to Mr.Kenneth McKenzie, one of the pioneers of the new settlements, and who emigrated from the vicinity of Galt, Ontario.This gentleman owns some 5,000 acres of land, a considerable portion of which he rents on shares.The great complaint is the difficulty of getting to market, but even this difficulty is not as great as what many of our Ontario farmers in the Western Peninsula experienced before the construction of railroads.It seems absolutely necessary that energetic measures should be taken to construct our great line of railroad.Mr.Mitchell has called attention to the rapidity with which the St.Paul and Minneapolis Company constructed a line of 100 miles from Crookston to St.Vincent, thus giving access to the North-West ; and he contrasts this with the want of energy exhibited in Canada.There is ground for the opinion that the money expended on surveys might have been more advantago-ously spent in pushing forward a colonization line, even if not the very best that could be selected.One letter of Mr.Mitchell\u2019s is devoted very much to a discussion of the merits of the various sites proposed for the railway bridge over the Eed Eiver, but this is a question which may safely be left to the engineers.Mr.Mitchell has not failed to read a severe lecture to the municipal authorities of Winnipeg for their disgraceful water system, which he finds as bad as that existing at Ottawa four or five years ago.He has given a solemn warning as to fire, predicting a great eonfligration sooner or later.Conservative insurance companies have, he states, resolved not to establish agencies or to take risks.On his return Mr.Mitchell met Mr.Sanford Fleming on his way to Manitoba, and he avails himself of the occasion to state how, in his opinion, the chief engineer should go to work, which is, to take a waggon and team of horses and drive over the country from Winnipeg, near about as straight as the crow flies, and have a gang of men driving the guide pickets for the road, setting the contractor to work after the first mile was staked off.He tells Mr.Fleming that he has a good opportunity to distinguish himself by rapid railway building.We may take anotber opportunity of noticing the letters of Mr.Mitchell, but our chief object has been to recommend theirqierusal to all who take an interest in the North-West.\u2014Journal of Commerce.As usual with all great wizards\u2014and our own Vennor is not proof against that weakness\u2014even Zadkiel himself, who, from that upper chamber in London, surveys the universal situation and descants upon the what shall be.congratulates himself upon the triumphant realization ot some of his predictions as to the occur, rences of the year just about to close.Before considering what he promises for the new year it may not be out of place to glance at what is offered for the remaining six weeks of 1879.During the present month of November the seer has made arrangements for earthquakes in the Archipelago, bloodshed in Asia Minor, epidemic fevers in Dublin, Birmingham, and Leicester, and an attack of fever or diphtheria for A POPULAR ENGLISH PRINCE, unless due caution be exercised.Next month there will be very great perturba-tien in the atmosphere and turbulence in the political world ; \u201c and more than one dynasty in Europe will tremble for its existence.\u201d There will be floods and storms, the Socialists will become a terror to society, and the uprising of the Sclav and Greek races will shake the Orient to its foundations.The sun enters Capricornus on the 22 nd of December at 4.16 a.m., when Venus is exactly rising, in close opposition to and in mutual reception with Mars ; Uranus is southing and in close opposition to Jupiter; Mercury is on the cusp of the second house and in square aspect with Saturn ; the moon is in the fifth house and separating from the conjunction with Saturn, the iu-gress taking place in the second house and the ruling planet being Mars, who is angular and also in the sign Taurus.This position bodes for England very stormy weather ; anxiety concerning foreign politic; ; agrarian outrages and famine in Ireland ; strife, violence and bloodshed in Asia Minor, where the presence of Britisfl troops may be required to overawe the Porte\u2019s lawless subjects ; obstructionism and Irish debates in the Commons ; misfortunes for bankers and clergymen ; ample occupation for lawyers, especially in the police courts ; numerous cases of cruelty to women ; excessive infant mortality.SMALL-POX EPIDEMICS IN IRELAND, which will puzzle the pro vaccinators, and poor houses at the theatres.\u201c The Cabinet will do wisely not to dissolve Parliament before the vernal ingress or the elections will be almost certain to go against them.On this side of the Atlantic, the President aad his Cabinet will have many perplexities and troubles ; there will be i much snow, a turbulent air and scarcity of the fruits of the earth ; gardens will be spoiled and great men will be made low and degraded ; travelling will be dangerous ; there will be much internal dissension and squabbling among the \u201cdenizens\u201d of the States ; liver diseases and dropsy will prevail, and there will be many suicides and frauds on the revenues.At St.Petersburg the planets indicate waste of public revenue ; \u201c the reigning family shall live sneakingly and poor there will be another attempt on the life of the Czar and the common people will have many \u201c tribulations, crosses, losses, vexations and imprisonment?.\u201d The ste'lar situation in India promises well for PEACE AND THE MARRIAGE RATE, though the revenue returns will be unfavourable, and there will be a heavy death rate from privation.For Pekin are assigned violent and sudden deaths, cruel wars and \u201c a perfect labyrinth of troubles,\u201d with earthquakes \u201c felt chiefly three or four degrees east of Pekin, about December 31st and 4th of January.\u201d A partial eclipse of the moon on the 28th of December makes the seer tremble for the British potato crop, and counsels care on the part of colliery viewers between the 25th and 28th of February.With the solar eclipse of January II, the \u201c denizens\u201d of San Francisco may expect dear provisions, a high death rate, epidemics fatal to goats and inundations, with wanton sacrifices of human life about the 19th of March and 17th of May, and miscellaneous disastrous events towards April 27 and December 25, 1880.Salt Lake is similarly threatened, with the addition of subterranean troubles and bitter disputes anent religious views.The vernal ingress at 5.13 in-the morning of March 20 is bad for London, Mars being in a sign of the airy triplicity and configurated with Mercury.Great conflagrations are to be expected about the 31st of March and 7th of June, with colliery accidents in the West of England.But Venus, Jupiter and Neptune happily being in the ascendant, trade and commerce will revive, though the fact that Jupiter is combust and Mars angularly posited points strongly to further troubles in Turkey, necessitating British interference.If there should be a general election, which seems likely, violent scenes will result in London and the West of England.WHOOPING COUGH, BRONCHITIS, low receipts at the box oflices and deaths in child-birth may also be looked for.Here we will have a good deal of wind and rain, \u201c the air shall be wholesome, clear and good,\u201d and altogether there is promised a plentiful year, with \u201c seasonable showers, success to all who navigate and negotiate by sea and abundance of fish.\u201d \u201c Some man or public official will be degraded \u201d\u2014and there will be \u201c bitter disputes anent religious affairs.\u201d Further, there will be suicides and fatal accidents by water and war within ten weeks of the first day of this ingress.\u201c I hope it will be nothing more serious than a quarrel with the Indians,\u201d says Zadkiel.In Russia, where all the evils already predicted will continue, there will be a cholera epidemic, and \u201c the state prisons shall be full of political offenders and reeking with hideous cruelty.\u201d In India the people will continue fickle, the revenue will be deficient, the enemies of British rule will give trouble, and some bloodshed and railroad accidents may be looked for.In China things will go badly tor merchants and writers, while Cape Town is in for heavy rafns.On June 21, at 1.31.03 a.m., the sun enters Cancer, in dicating for England variable and stormy weather, an improved revenue, serious difficulties on the Government, danger to women in child-birth and the burning of a theatre.At Washington are indicated stormy weather, disputes about the marriage laws and a great be actively employed.A metropolitan theatre is threatened with fire.June\u2014A sudden and startling series of events will startle the Emperor of Austria.The Emperor of Germany will suffer from religious and socialistic disputes.The King of Spain will be martially affected.24th\u2014A certain naval officer is warned against running unnecessarily into danger.July\u2014Troubles fall on France.Bad news from Rome.Great excitement in Austria.Jupiter benefits the King of the Belgians.August\u2014The Emperor of Germany suffers.So does Prince Victor Napoleon.Paris destroyed by a great conflagration and possible bloodshedding.Great railroad accident in England.A popular English prince will receive public honours and an increase of dignity.September\u2014Startling events in England about the 19th, Probable outbreaks between China and England, and Austria aud Turkey.Fall in Egyptian securities at the close of the month.October\u2014A certain German personage is threatened, but the evil is more likely to fall on a member of his family.The Princess Louise is under favourable influences aud will gain additional popularity and advancement.November \u2014 Let a popular English prince upon the 15th beware of accidents and over-exertion.About the 13th the King of Spain may look for family .osees, domestic troubles and seditious.December\u2014Great expenditures on armaments and munitions of war.HOXY.BY EDWARD EGGLESTON, AUTHOR OF THE \u201c HOOSIER SCHOOLMASTER.\u2014The restoration of St.Mark\u2019s Church, Venice\u2019 is about to be undertaken, and Mr.William Morris, the poet, writes to protest against this \u201c threatened disaster to art and culture in general.\u201d INCREASE OF CRIME AND IMMORALITY, a good deal of sickness, spells of intense heat and dryness, shipwrecks, and (in Guatemala, and possibly near St.Louis), earthquakes about July 19.23.For Berlin the prophet anticipates an increased army budget, a misunderstanding with France, poor harvests and earthquakes, while drought, excitements and ruptures may be looked for at Rome and Vienna.On the 22nd of September, at 4.06.18 p.m,, the sun enters Libra, foretelling cold and unsettled weather, a very trying period for the Government, a high death-rate, many deaths by violence and a very un settled condition of foreign politics.Austria will engage in a hard-fought foreign war and probably be thrashed about the middle of October ; Turkey will have a bitter quarrel with Austria and the Sultan may lose his throne or life, or possibly both ; Russia\u2019s efforts to kindle a general conflagration in Europe will probably be successful ; while for China are in store a war with the Japanese, an earthquake\u2014of course\u2014and damage to the tea gardens.The United States may expect dry and mild weather ; \u201c serious differences between the people and the army, which are only too likely to result in bloodshed very little merry-making, and epidemics of throat diseases.Such are the general predictions of Zadkiel for the bissextile year before us.Let us briefly summarize some of the special utterances of THE \u201c VOICES OF THE STARS.\u201d January\u2014Martial epidemics in Persia, Asia Minor, Cyprus and the Archipelago.Unfortunate birthday anniversary for Prince Frederick William of Germany.11th\u2014Let an English prince beware of accidents aud over-exertions.February\u2014On the 10th there will be a determined onslaught on the Government, but it will weather the storm.The King of Holland\u2019s position will be very insecure.Changes in the French Cabinet.Mars affects a certain German prince.A cer-tain princess, also a great personage, should pay strict attention to their health and exercise care in travelling.March Fires in London.President Hayes will find ample scope for the exercise of all his wisdom, moderation and patience, for politics will be very lively and embittered in America, and United States soldiers will have to take to the war path.Panics on the London Stock Ex.change about the 20th and 31st.Martial excitement at Paris about the 24th.April\u2014People born about the 8th of April in any year will suffer in health or finances.May\u2014About the 22nd New York will be at fever heat and the marshalling of troops will rouse the martial instincts of the American people.The French army will Roxy lit a candle and set it upon the round centre-table of cherry-wood which stood in the middle of the floor, which was covered wtih bright new rag carpet ; aud then, while Whittaker sat in the red, gilt-striped, rocking arm chair, she sat upon a straight back, split bottomed rocker, swaying herself to and fro as she knitted and talked.A malediction on the evil genius who invented knitting-machines 1 There never was any accompaniment to talk like the click of knitting-needles.The employment of the fingers gives relief from all nervousness, gives excuse for all silence, gives occasion tor droopings of the eyes, while it does not in fact preoccupy the mind at all.And then, I will forever maintain, with sweet Charles Lamb, that there is no light like candle-light ; it gives the mixed light and shadow so much prized by the old painters.Indeed, Roxy looked like a figure out of an ancient picture, as she sat there with the high lights brought out by the soft, illumination of the candle, and with her background of visible obscurity.Hers was not what you would call a handsome face, in the physical sense.There was no sensuous beauty of red lips and softly rounded cheeks.But it was indeed a very extraordinary face, full of passionate ideality, and with high enthusiasms shining through it.I have seen an emblematic face in an illuminated title to the Gospel of Matthew that was full of a quiet, heavenly joy, as though there were good tidings within, ever waiting to be told.This pure gladness there was in Roxy as she looked up now and then from her knitting.It was such a face as a master would have loved to paint, and would have worshipped atter he had painted it.So it seemed to Whittaker, as he sat on one side of the table trying to guess which it was of all the saints he had seen in old prints that she was like.His eye took in the mantle-piece and the old clock in the corner, almost lost in the shadow, and, though he was not an artist, the sentiment of the picture moved him deeply.Like most men who have lived bookish lives, Whittaker thought it needful to adapt his speech to the feminine understanding.He began talking to Roxy of her father,Jber garden, her chickens, her friends ; but to all of his remarks or inquiries upon these subjects Roxy answered half absently.The minister was puzzled by this, and while he debated what course was best, the conversation flagged and an awkward silence ensued, which was presently broken by Roxy asking him what he thought of the experiences of President Edwards\u2019 wife.Mr.Whittaker started a little.What did a village girl, and a Methodist at that, know of the experience of Jonathan Edwards\u2019 wife ?This then was the ground on which she was to meet him\u2014 nob chickens, or garden, or girls, or beaus ! From the experiences of Mrs.Edwards, Roxy passed to the saints of the Methodist calendar\u2014to Mrs.Fletcher, the lady preacher ; to Mrs.Hester Ann Rogers, who accepted banishment to her mother\u2019s kitchen as a penally for her piety ; and tbence to Lady Huntingdon, who was better known to Whittaker.The minister listened with wonder as her facejglowed with sympathetic enthusiasm, and thought he detected the latent ambition to be such a saint as these.He was a New Englander, and the training of a quieter school of religion had its place with him, but all the more did he wonder at finding in the heart of this imaginative girl an altar on which was burning a flame of mystical devotion.He noticed then that in that face illuminated from within, there was something about the set of the lip that indicated a great endurance of purpose.This mysticism might come to be more than a sentiment.Mr.Adams came back again after a while and started a discussion on the merits of Napoleon Bonaparte, in which Mr.Whittaker ought to have been much interested.But somehow he did not now care anything about the justice or injustice of the execution of the Due d\u2019Enghien, and all the rasping paradoxes which the contradictory shoemaker could put forth failed to arouse in him any spirit of contradiction.For Roxy had by this time put down her knitting and was passing in and out of the room attending to her household duties, and the preacher had come to feel that somehow the red-and-yellow striped rag earpet, and the old clock and split-bottomed chairs, were made lovely by her presence.He watched her as she came in and went out, and wondered as he had often wondered before at that look of gladness in her face.He heard Mr.Adams say something about Bona-parte\u2019s being the one man in modern times who understood that the people needed to be governed.But what did he care for Bonaparte or for modern times ?Here was a saint\u2014a very flesh and blood saint.A plague on all Bona-partes and garrulous shoemakers ! And so the conversation lagged.The preacher was dull.He fell to agreeing in an imbecile fashion with everything Adams said.The latter, in sheer despair, vehemently asserted that Napoleon did right to divorce Josephine, to which Mr.Whittaker agreed, not awaking from his absent mood until he saw the look of surprise in Roxy\u2019s face.Then he stammered : \u201c Oh, I didn\u2019t know ; what was I saying ?What was your remark ?I\u2019m afraid I did not understand it.I thought you said Bonaparte did right to marry Josephine.\u201d \u201c No : to divorce her,\u201d said Adams.\u201c You are not well to-night 2\u201d \u201c No, not very,\u2014pretty well though for me ; but excuse me, I didn\u2019t mean to agree with you about divorce.I think Bonapaite showed himself an atrocious scoundrel in that whole affair.\u201d \u201c Oh, you do, do you 2\u201d cried the other, pleased that he had at last started the game from cover.But when he ended a new eulogy upon Bonaparte and divorce, and waited for another reply, Mr.Whittaker was engaged in comparing a silhouette portrait of Roxy\u2019s mother which hung near the clock, with the profile of Roxy, who stood at the window looking under the half-raised curtain atlthe creseent moon bravely sad ing its little boat through a blue sea beset with great white cloud bergs, against yfhich it seemed ever about to go to wreck.When Mr.Adams found that his companion was not in the least interested in that \u201c splendid prodigy\u201d which had \u201c towered among us wrapped in the solitude of his originality,\u201d he gave up in despair and waited in the vain hope that the other would start something which might offer a better chance for contradiction.The minister, feeling embarrassed by his own inattentiveness, soon excused himself and bade Roxy and her father good-night.Once out of the house he strolled absently through the common, then back into the town, under the shadows of the trees, to his home in the house of Townuet Lefaure\u2019s father.The Swiss in that day held rigidly to Presbyterianism\u2014that is to say, the few who were religious at all attended the Presbyterian church.While they held it to be deep and eternal disgrace for a Swiss to be anything but a Presbyterian, most of them, like Twonnet\u2019s father, did not mnch like a Presbyterianism which forbade them to hunt and fish on Sunday or to drink good wine.It was not so in the old country, they declared.But Twonnet's mother was a Presby-terian, truly devout, end the minister had iought board in a Swiss family that he might improve his French pronunci.a'ion.Mrs.Lafaure let him in on this evening with a cordial \u201c Bon soir,\u201d and a volley of inquiries beginning with \u201c Pourquoi,\" and relating to his reasons for not telling them that he was going out to tea.But when she saw by the minister\u2019s puzzled look that he only half understood her rapidly spoken French, she broke into a good natured-laogh and began to talk in English with real Swiss volubility and vivacity.Whittaker answered as best he could in his absent fr ime of mind, and soon managed to evade the hail storm of the good woman\u2019s loquacity by bidding the family goodnight and ascending'to his room.He essayed, like a faithful and regular man that he was, to read a chapter in the Bible before going to bed,but he sat near the west window and kept looKhig of the book, at the moon now swimming low through the cloudbreiikers near the western horizon.And he wondered what Roxy could have hem thinking of when she was looking at the sky.He gave up the book presently and knit his brow.It was not love but finance that engaged his thoughts.How might an honourable man marry while his salary consisted chiefly of a pittance of two hundred dollars a year which the Home Missionary Society allowed him as a stipend for founding a feeble Presbyterian church in a village a\u2019ready blessed with a Baptist church and a Methodist \u2014 and that wben the young man çwed a debt of five hundred dollars incurred in getting his education, toward the liqui-dation of which he could manage now to put by just twenty-five dollars a year 2 This question puzzled him and render A him abstracted while he was at Ills prayers ; it kept him awake until loon, long after the moon\u2019s shallop had made safe harbour behind the hills.Roxy was not kept awake ; she only delayed long enough to read her Bible and pray and to enter in her diary : \u201c Had a very refreshing conversation this evening with Mr.Whittaker about the remarkable experiences of Mrs.Edwards, and the holy lives of Lady Huntingdon, Mrs.Rogers and Mrs.Fletcher.Oh, that the Lord would prepare me to do and suffer for him in the same spirit 1\u201d The outer form of this entry was borrowed no doubt from the biographies she had read.But the spirit was Roxy\u2019s own.(To he continued.) 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