TOWN & COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5953, 25 March 1880, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

s i Honor Mr Juitibe, Johnstonsat in ohambete-yesterday morning, and wont? through a long list of causes.' A i report of the proceedings appears elsewhere, ; ■ 1 'Hospital and Chabitablb Aid, The usual fortnightly, meeting of the Hospital and Ghorite We Audi Board was 1 held yeeterdfty afternoon, and disposed of a considerable jamonnt of'"business. “ A report will be found jin another column. , -piTKßifis in ihb Ho'SPiXAli.-r-I)uring the jpast fortnight 30. patients have been admitted itq the Hospital, and 27 have been discharged,FoUr patients have died’ during, the same, 1 period. i The number of .patients in the instiitution is now 76. I Oanteebukt Libebaii Beeoem Assooia- ■ txqh.—The offices will be open as. usual this j evening from 8 till 10. Forms for registerjingtelamiß to vote can now be obtained by \ members of the Association from the Secretary- at .the offices. ■ 1 . ' . I Holiday Excursions. —The Union- Com- 1 jpany’s'favouyite s.s., Wellington leaves to-day Ifor Aiar6a : with - excursionists, who will return by the s.s, Wanaka on March 30, at a return 1 are of £l, including rail fares. The Biff. Akoroa makes a trip to and from Pigeon JBay to-morrow, and has made; thorough proivision;.for the comfort of intending: excurr,. sionists. The steam launch Lyttelton runs to ‘and from Governor’s Bay at intervals toUofroWj And also on Monday next. \ GxPOBD.rr-T wo matches have been arranged to be run bathe racecourse, Oxford, on Fri;deyjiAprjl 9, -.The first will be .for £6 -a-side between Mr J. M. Gilchrist’s bay gelding |Nimmi~and Mr James White’s bay gelding Moa, distance one mile. The second irill be ia sprint race q£ a quarter of a mile between Mr E. Murfitt, of Wobdside, Oxford, and Mr E. Clarke, of tho View Hill saw-mills, for a stake of £5 a-sido. It is very probable there will aUo >be ;Bbme handicap races between ■ local horses. ’

i C.A.O. Dbuids.— The Oak of Sydenham Bodge held their quarterly summoned , meeting at their Lodge-room, St Saviour’ school*; roopij.last evening. There dance of members, including visitors from sister Lodges*' ,A; long discussion,, ensued teferring. to <tKe benevolent fund, in ;cohhection with the Lodge, which resulted in a Determination to institute such a fund., Four metebera wore proposed for initiation, anjd after some routine business the Lodge closed indneform.

: Co-oueeaxxte Land Company.-— A meeting of the Committee was held bh Tuesday evening'.lastj' Mr John Lee in the chair/' In the absence of the Secretary it was decided that Mr djfent act as pro iem. It was resolved that the letter from Mr E. 0. J. Stevens be received, and that it be deemed a sufficient answer to the charge made against Mr Kent by the Secretary (Mr Baseley). _lt was decided ! that no delegates leave Christchurch before a favourable answer has been received relative to free passages for selectors. The meeting then adjourned/ ; ‘ WAiKtJKtr.—Theadjourned annual meeting of : householders was held in the schoolroom bn Monday at seven o’clock. Mr Walter Tinkler was voted to the chair. The retiring Chairman; Mr -T. Wilson, read, the annuel report and balance sheet, which showed the school to be progressing very satisfactorily, 90 per cent, of those presented last inspection: having-passed. The following were- then elected members of tho School Committee for ■ the ensuing year: — Messrs Wilson, rMifionald, • -Ligget, Skevington, Griffiths, Morris, and Pope. At a meeting ■ of the Committee, Mr Charles Skevington was elected Chairman, and a unanimous vote of thanks was passed to Mr Wilson for past Valuable services as Chairman. , EaiiwAt Band. —The following programme will be played by the Bail way Band this evening in Cathedral . square ; Quick March, “ Marmion,” B. Smith; selection, “La Valoa des Boses,” F. Damian ; Quick March, “ The Noble 24th, or Vanquished, not Disgraced," B. Smith; Walt?, “Dorinda," R, Smith; Fantasia, “London Echoes" (introducing, among others, the following popular songs: “Dear Little Jessie, Little Blue Eyes,” “Bun for the Doctor,” “ Where waaMbaes when the Candle" went Out," My Grandfather’s Clock," &o.), B.’Smith; Solo Polka, .t*The Gein," Metcalfe ; , Euphonium Solo, by request, “ The Village Blacksmith," W. H. Weiss; Quadrille, *• Autumn,”. Araiaud j Schottiacbe, “ Dawn or Day," E. Mario j Galop, “Flossie” B. Smith j “ National OpmsTontTHOH Fooibam Ginn. The annual general meeting of members of the Christchurch Football Club was held at tho in the chair. It was stated, in tho absence of the Hon Treasurer, that tho Club had a bajanpe of some ifilO to the good. The fpL, lowing officers were then elected: —President, Mr B. 1 J. 8. Harman; Captain, Mr W. V. .Million; Secretary, Mr Lewin; Treasurer, Mr W. Stringer j Committee, Messrs B.J, Oottenll, J. It, Evans, and J« S. IFioldj Delegates to Rugby Union, Messrs Stringer and -Evans ; Deputy Captain, Mr Lewin, The second Saturday in April was fixed as opening day. The new Committee was instructed to take into consideration the feasibility of obtaining a new playing ground. The following new members were elected Messrs 0. P. Murray-Aynsloy, F. Potts, L. Macdonald, E. 8. Booth, 8. J. Gordon, H. J. Beswiok, Redmayne, H. Billon, J. Alabaster, - B. 8., Castelli, B. Millton, G. M‘Lura, and B. M. Buchanan. It was determined that honorary members should be admitted on the payment of a subscription, of not less than IQs fid. After some ■ mote discussion on minor matters the meeting adjourned.

Bd&dbrf JjsSxiviE.’-i The' foßoll feUtiVorand annual childran’e flower »how in conneo--tion with the Lower Heathooto School takes , place to-day. - f - , > Holt Whbk Skuviobs.—Thensnal ienebrm ; services. Will take place at the Barbadoes street : Roman Catholic Church, this evening and . to-morrow. The morning services for the next 1 throe days will bo of more than ordinary solemnity. Tubateh Rotaii.—There was a . very fair attendance at - the Theatre Royal last night, when “The Pilot” and ‘'Robert Macairo” , were repeated. For to-night tho same programme is announced. There wilb.be no performance to-morrow night. On Saturday ‘‘Formom” is to bo produced at this Theatre, i; MxliTllib. Houbh Sohooli.—On Tuesday, the; boys ’ attending the above school had a day’s excursion. About 80, including some of the old boys, proceeded. to Port Levy by the- steamship Akaroa, which hod been engaged for the occasion. The usual school sports caine off- at the same time, and the weather being delightful, tho holiday passed off mosj; ehjoyably. Thb Sohoohbb SAXOK.-v-This vessel still lies in- the same position, and when our reporter visited her yesterday, the Cite was breaking right over her. Captain Lunsford, the Marine Surveyor, has,- we understand, adyised the employmont of a lighter to take her cargo bttt, #d when islightened there wul be but little diffloulty in getting her Off. There re at present a very heayy southeast sea rolling in. When this, goes down the Saxon will be in comparatively smooth water.'O'- I^ -w ...

Wesletak. Chueod, Colombo Road.—As apnounoed..ih another, column, special meet- ; ings will be held jn f this church on Good Friday,-at: 3-o’clock-in tha afternoon.- A pnblio meeting, te which persons of all : denominations are invited^'will take place, when addresses will* bo given by the Revs A. • BCid, W. Baumber, J, Wijliatne,..,o, Seatree, i J.,S. Smalleyi ITTOPimher, Captain Peek | dnd others, v At 6.80 p.m. teft-will.be served, I and a'; public meeting, with addresses and ' sacred .music, will follow. A collection wifi :be made in'the in aid of . the gallery Ifnnd, ; ' -v- ■« -■ - ■. - . Rusawax.—As ' Mrs; Watson, residing i my.l3nfl^>'w^j''.«nd'' v h«r daughter were j driving yesterday morning in a spring dart adrose Chfhipl street bridge, the ahorse. sndr j denly swerved on tho east side, and came jihtb violent contact with one of the iron j pillars, The concussion-broke both shafts j clean off, and the young lady vjas thrown out jon tho,; ground with considerable force, but j fortunately - escaped “with' only a severe :shaking. himsdl-itee, 1 bolted withtthe shafts hanging to him down | Cashel street, and cannoned against a waggon opposite the Rotherfiold’ Hotel. The collij siqn threw the unfortunate brute against the j kerbing, - and b?oke -hiß - off hind leg,; whioh | npbessitated his being destroyed. ~'tjj Hbavt Bba ,' at. Timaeu.—Yesterday’a j Tiwdrti'Hefald eaysja pretty heavy 1 swell from j the,south-east rolled'into'the roadstead all day j yesterday, interfering with boatingoperation*, ilt gradually became worse towards evening, and at pine dr ten o’clock, and from then to ; midnight; tremendops seas were breaking on ; the beach. At midnight the seas were heavier (than hire been seen in Timaru for veiy many i years.- .OccMionally the crests of the rollers las 'they swept along the breakwater, broke | over thd top of the line of hlooks placed along ithe south side .of the iqnan^ tities. .6f*-4Mtor poured orwlSfl mold whore ; the lihe- was broken on the wort. 1 At this time the tide was not yet at its height, so that at high tide the mole would be still mote heavily drenched. -It is a very fortunate thing- that there were no vessels in the Iroadstead, as if : there, had been, and any had broken adrift, there was not a breath of wind to carry them out of! danger.

j Nobxh Oantbebbey 8Ap83.-nA, meeting of Ithe stewards of these' races was held at the ’Club Hotel 'on; Tuesday evening, after the ’acceptances and'general entries blosed.; Oapt., Parsbhs'was ffie chfur, and there were 12 ‘gentlemen present. It was unanimously decided to dispense with the,Open Hurdle Baoe, as there were only two - entries for it. Mr, Le Sueur’s offer to erect a totalisator on the course was considered, and the . Secretary reported having accepted the terms offered by him. Acceptances for all hbrse* nominated were stated to have come in, and several other general entries weris made, which will be found in another column. It was decided to apply for a special train to leave Christchurch at 10.30 a.m., and tb give a guarantee for it if necessary. This was duly applied for, but the manager of the railways replied last night to’the effect that the train could not be run. in consequence, it is believed, of the want of engines. Stokb.— The adjourned meeting of tho householders of this district was held in the schoolroom on'Maroh 22. Very few householders attended. -Mr Anderson Was voted to the chair. The ■ Chairman, after reading ■ the advertisement, ] calling the meeting, submitted the balance-sheet and’report of the retiring Committee, which showed that from Jan. 1,1879 to’Jap. 1, had received for incidentals, £42 Os -9d , - andpaid off all liabilities to same date, amounting to £39 18s 9d, leaving.,a. small credit balance of £2 2s. The report was adopted. The Chairman reported having received notice from Mr James Victor, the newly appointed master, that he would bo able to bonimence duties pn or’about April 1. ’The following gentlemen were thereupon declared ’ duly elected as a now Committee, namely 1 Messrs Anderson, Jack, ’Catberwood, O’Laughlan, Charles, Galletly, and Boulton. The new Committee held a; meeting afterwards, when Mr W. Anderson was ro-eleoted Chairman. ■ | South Gantbbbuby Jooeey' ; Club.—A meeting of i the Managing • Committee was held at the Grosvenor Hotel oh Tuesday night;-:present—Messrs Hameriley (Chairman), Jonas, Gardiner, Taylor, Stanßell, Meiklo, Mlieon, and'the Hon Secretary* It was decided that the prices of admission tothe grand stand, lawn, and saddling paddock be—gentlemen, 7s 6d, ladies, ss, “instead: of IDs ;as formerly. The Sub-Committee appointed to make arrangements for the sale of the racing privileges reported that they had decided to allow two totalisators to be worked on the ground on condition that the Club received five per cent, on all business done, and in order to ensure the machines being worked fairly, they had appointed two reliable men to watch them. It was stated that the Manager of Hallways had been written to oh the subject of special trains and single fares bn race days, and that steps had 'been taken to have a public half-holiday proclaimed on the race days. Committees were anpointed to oollept subscriptions. Messrs H. Ford, L. G. Heid, J. Murphy, and Hr Lovegrove were nominated as members of the Club. Nominations for the races were then Opened and read.. , )■;

| 1.0.0. F., M.lJ.—The quarterly summoned meeting of the Oity of Christchurch Lodge was held cn Monday evening, when the following were elected delegates; to attend the half-yearly , district meetingP.P.O.B. Slade, P.G.’e Bodgor, Thier, Guntrip and Leahy. The meeting was held a week in advance of the usual time in consequence of the Easter holidays, and the contributions were Comparatively shall j £194 was, however, received, and the Lodge closed at an early hour.—The Loyal Ashburton Lodge held its quarterly summoned meeting on Friday last, when Prov. G.M. Liddle and D.P.G.M Wilkins a visit. P.G. Bro Eeid was elected to represent the Lodge at the North Canterbury District Meeting, Certificates of merit for services rendered were presented to two past .officers, who acknowledged the same in suitable terms. After the usual sentiments had been given, the district officers thanked the Lodge, and expressed great satisfaction at its progressive state, congratulating the membera upon haying such an energetic Secretary as P.Q-. Bro Ti Williams. The contributions for the evening amounted to upwards of £23. —On Tuesday, evening the Prov. G.M. and D.P.GKM, visited the Loyal Eaiapoi Lodge, and were received in a befitting manner. The delegates chosen to attend the half-yearly district meeting were P.P.GKM.V W. Fraser and A. T. Clarke. A vote of thanks was passed to the district officers for their attend-, anoe, and was dnlv acknowledged. The routine business “of ‘ the evening was expeditiously cotthrough, and the Lodge closed at half-past 10. : .

General Whitewash.— Nearly thirty 1 debtor*<ye*l»rday;*ppli«$ p 'I from tHo Supremo Court orders of discharge, i The YoiuKTSWS.—Thb streets looked , ■quite gay yesterday,with blucandred coats, on foot and horseback. The’Eangiora dentin- ( gent of the 0.T.0. arrived in the morning, and i were billeted at Scott’*-Family Hotel. The Dunedin Naval Brigade also amved/ and have not, it would seem, fallen in. love 'With i Anderson’s paddock, where they, are to, be encamped. The Timaru, Ashburton, and lieeston contingents of the 0.Y.0. arrived last night." ’ Induction of Bet H. B. Buhkett. —The Presbytery of Ohristohnroh met at Halkett on Tuesday, at 12 o’clock, for the purpose of inducting the Bev H. B. Burnett to the pastoral charge of the congregations of Kimberley, Halkett, and Weedohs. The sederunt consisted of the Beys Fraser, Beal,tie, Westbrook, Cairns, Blake, and J. Hauxwoll (clerk pro tern.) Tbe Presbytery having been constituted by the Moderator, the proceedings of the day were commenced by the Eev K, B; Westbrook preaching from Phil, iii, 8. The Eev 0. Frasorthen putto Mr Burnett the usual questions, and offered up the induction prayer, after which he suitably , addressed the'newly inducted minister, and ■ the Bev Mr Beattie addressed the congregation. The services of the day having beenconcluded, a very cordial welcome Was given bo Mr Barnett byitfae memhirs of, the congregation; The members of the Presbytery and some friends were afterward* entertained by tbe Committee,, when addresses suitable to the occasion were delivered by those present. The following will represent the Harawoad road 0.0. in their match with > the Worth road C.C. on Saturday nextM»ssra D. Beese, J. Beese, Pattrick. Barton, Hack. B. Bfll,j B. BeU, Young, 'Whiting, Webster and ’Oharlaswoitb. Play to begin at 10 a.m. ' The anniversary of the KaiapoLWesleyan Sunday Schools will be . celebrated by a tea and pabllo meeting pn Easter Monday.’- Several ministers and’ Other gentlemen will deliver 'addresses daring the evening,;;! -.//! v.-..' : . This afternoon Messrs Matsoa, Boss and Co. will' sell at tbe; White Crane Hotel, Woodend,! all that piece of land which has been known! as the Havens* ! wood; Estate, situate between the Baogiora and ; North roads. The land is subdivided'; into convenient sized allotments. * . . c.;; The City Council offices axe advertised to be elosed from Friday to Tuesday inclusive,' A summoned meeting oil the H.A.0.8. Sooloty, i Christchurch branch No. *B2, .Is convened for : Thursday, April 1, at half- past seven. In St Patrick's Hall. - ... ■ - ■ - The annual meeting of the Bible Christian Church : will be held in the Templar Hall r :Woroe«ter street; ;tonnorrowevening. } ,?j.v ’ meeting for the purpose ot inaugurating a Debating Society in Cnriitohnroh will; bo held at 1 1 Messrs Whyte A Co.’s office, Hereford street, on ; Friday, April 2, at 8 o'clock! ; . it" , A match will be played between the Bichmond C.C. and Bakers on Good Friday ontha tf.C.C. • ground, play to commence at 10.30 Sharp. The following will represent the former;—Messrs A. ■Hardie (captain)." Harr, Purshouse, Harvey, !Cavanagh, Eldridge, Fisher, Broadley, Becket, M’Leary; Oilier. | -The Association match for Saturday next and April 3 will be NeWZealand v. World. The follow-’ ing • are tbe respective sides New Zealand—- ! Messrs Allen, Ataok, Cohen, Beard,' W, Cotterlll, W, J. Cotterlll, Fairhurat, J. Fowler, C. Frith, Harman, Million, H. H. Mathias and G. A. .Turner.. World —Messrs Alpe, 'Ashby;. Corfe, Douglas, Evans. Fauoett, Fuller M*Donald, Monoe, Milner, Sheath, and WatsCa. Play will commence at 2 p.m. sharp. i The following will play for Avonside C.C. against the PreSs C.C. on Saturday Newman, Kerr, J.Hislop, Joseph Hialop, Rldldy, Mountfort, Shand, Glenn, Cusack, H. Hislop and HadUrelL -‘Emergencies—Lodge and Lamb. Play to com* imenoa at 2 p.m., on the ground of the Press C.C. i The [following members of the C.C,C«. will play Courtenay, oh the ground of the. former, on Satuc. day, commencing at 10 o’clock' punctually iMemrs Anson, Booth, ‘ Caygill, Fisher, J. Lusk, Wheatley, Turner, Mayne,. Washer,. Marshall, Alfred and Arthur Johnston. Emergencies— Collier and Taylor. i A general meeting of the tJ.A.O.D. will be held .this evening at the Lyttelton Hotel,' Lyttelton, at 8 o’clock.

The monthly meeting of the Canterbury lodge, 1018, E.C., will be held on Friday evening at halfpast?. ' ;; '■ The following will represent Avonvillo in their return mat eh with the UichmondClabon Saturday next:—W. Haddrill, Wi Cotton. Q. Fletcher, H. Backett, T. Fletcher, G.' Badolifle, A. Newman, E. Thompkins, H.Pearce, Griffla.OAtkinson. Emergencies—Davis and -Wheelan. -The match will be played in the Park, near the bathing place, at two o’clock sharp.r \ ....

• Looking to the Theehaw, of Burmah, has j pst spent . .over £IOOO on cheyal glasses for the ladies of his household. That, is, at all events; a way of spending money which wifi bear reflection. : Pbintbbs Pbomotbd.— Two pre-eminent honours—one civic and the other scientific — have been conferred upon printers. Sir Brand's Truicott, head of . the great house of James Trnscotfand Sons, in Suffolk lane, has been elected Lord. Mayor of London; and Mr William Spbttiswoode, of the Queen’s Printing House, New Btreet square, has been elected President of the Boyal Society. , Ah Intbhnecinb A melancholy feature in the war now' raging inSouth America is the fact that many, of the'best Peruvian and Chilian families are intimately connected, and hold the highest;commands in both services. One of the first shots from the Cochrane into Paragua hilled Captain Latorre, who was engaged in the defence. The Cochrane is commanded by Captain Latorre, a brother to the deceased, and this is by no means a solitary case.

State Pbisonbes or Gbeat Bbitain.— Very early in the approaching session the Government (said a January paper) will be asked as to what is to be done with the extraordinary collection of State,, prisoners whom they have at present more or less on hand. What is to be the fate and the future of Takoob Khan and the Afghanchiefs, of Cetewayo, of the Boor leaders, and of the Irish State prisoners who are: at present out on bail?

I House-building in New Yoke.— During the eight months ending August 81 there were 1438 houses erected, at a total cost of 16,351,512 dollars, against 1128, at a cost of 10,702,200 dollars, .in the - corresponding Eeribd of 1878, showing an increase of 322 ouses built, and 5,649,312 dollars expenditure in favour of the present year. In the same period of 1879 there- were 1071 houses rebuilt or altered, at a cost 1 of 2,568,616 dollars, against -943,-at a : cost of 2,918,14? dollars, in the parallel period of 1878. i “ Suppooated by Bbd-Ciothbs."—The “overlying” of which figures so largely as a cause ”6f death in coroners’ reports, commonly .means drunkenness of mothers. Hence it is not surprising that a noteworthy point of difference between the Massachusetts report!;; and .those of England is in the number of cases of infant suffocation in bed—one only appearing in the .American reports for 1878 while in a single year one English coroner held 90. inquests on children ‘‘overlaid,” or suffocated in ; bed. Most of these English cases occurred' oh Saturday night. In eight years 3606 were “ suffocated by bod-olothea ” in this country. —Sanitary Record.

Mb GiiDSxoNß’g Obatoey.— ln deliverins a series of speechesfor above the level of ordinary rhetoric (says, the. World) and containing matter enough in the .aggregate to fill a whole number of the fames, Mr Gladstone never faltered* and committed scarcely a single blunder. Saying f‘5000” instead of “ 10,000” on,.one occasion, he corrected the error instantly. The more important mistake as to the Income Tax traß brought’to his notice after some delay. Apart from that slight slip, he has been convicted of no lapsus lingua by thobe who would gladly have had hjim lost in the “storm of verbosity " which raged almost uninterruptedly for a fortnight. , A Nbw Lxmboat. —The Japan Qaeeiie says: —There is on' exhibition at the Merchants’ Exchange a model lifeboat, the invention of Captain Frank Dunn, a gentleman who has had considerable nautical experience lately on the coast of Japan. The idea first occurred to him while he was engaged at a wreck on the Japan coast, which occupied several months,'and 1 having everything at his command for making practical experiments, he succeeded in demonstrating the success of his invention by building a boat and arranging all the necessary gear, davits, &0., and they stood some severe tests successfully. The model is elliptic-shaped, with angle-iron frame, with- fore-and-aft wooden stringers, giving great ‘Strength. The. model is designed for a boat SO feet long, 7 feet beam, and 6 feet depth, and with everything aboard will weigh two tons. There are 12 water-tanks inside, capable of containing lOOgollonp, and also seat-lookers fore-and-aft in which provisions, &0., can be stowed. Oh the sides {are: ventilators, in which are ball valves,, and there are sufficient skylights to light the interior. The gear, &0., is neat and handyv and ban be handled bytwpmen. and from its peculiar construction the boat cannot

be capsized or injured in the lowering. A. boat of the aboyo sizs will carry three tons on a draft of 16 inches, and will,carry 50 men comfortably.' ;K. , ; i ■ Bleeding Hoesbs.—A great deal has been said lately- about; a certain breed of h errata that, during the hot weather, are said to bleed themselves by opening a small vein with their teeth. A very circumstantial aocount (says a London paper) of such a phlebotomies! horse appeared a little while ago in one of the daily papers. Hones are too wise to practice an operation which even men have discarded, and to which Count Cavour fell a victim. Besides, it would be almost impostiblo for equine molars to perform tuck a delicate operation as the puncturing of A vein, There is a breed of horses in Hungary, called “ Packers,” that'often bleed, during the heat of the summer, after much exercise. They are thin-skinned, full-blooded animals, on whose sleek bodies the whole network of distended veins is clearly discernible, and one of tbe 'latter Occasionally hunts of its own accord, in the same manner as a small vein occasionally bants in a human nose. The blood soon coagulates and plugs th» puncture. They mostly bleed in parts of the neck which they could as little reach with their teeth as a man could reach his neck with hU teeth. Count Walbnrg observed * similar liability to bleeding in a fine breed off horses in.the Altai. ; Mb Sala on Ambexcan JoußSAxiaM-r Although entertaining the highest admiration fer American journalism, and recognising the dexterity with which American journals are edited, and the mass of varied Information, which within a brief space they contain, X : cannot help thinking it lacks seriousness of ■purpose and authoritative expression. The ‘editorial “We” is not strong enough* Journalism in England as it really exists ie a powerful but occult exposition. Outside ‘London newspaper offices and clubs you (scarcely hear who the leading journalists are. The profession is magnificently bnt it, leads to.nothing, eke-but4ourn*lj*ni; either of a political or a personal nature. Take Delane, of the London Time*, as ao example; Although he wielded- a potent influence, and was, in fact, one of the most {influential men iii all England, he never {aspired to be, and, in-fact, never was any* thing but plsinJohnDelane, editor.Her* in America journalism is more personal. Xu Philadelphia, Mr Childs is an example; in New York, Mr Bennett. One feature in which the American papers surpass tbs' English is the imperial way they have of working up the local news. In London this department is given scarcely any attention.