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J i TKE VERY LATE5T FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Ia**rc*tlng Item* About Our Own Coaatry, ^rut BriUIn, tbe United Stale*, ami All Part* of the Globe, Coadenactl auu AJMrted for Baay Xeadlnc avNAt)A. 'A London West MethodUit minister, Bev. Richard Hobbs, denounces ekat- ins as "an evil pju^time." The Ix)ndon Y. 8<L C. A. Hall, cost- hie #30,000, was oi«ned with a New Year's reception. The Manitoba winter is becoming uncertain. A rtgular thaw, with rain la reported at Winnippg. Tenders have been received at the Department of Railways and Canals for n«w pier work at Port DtUhoui^ie. General Manager Hays and other officials of the Grand Trunk inspected the comtnny's new osjr shops at Lon- don. The cattle which were destroyed ai Belford, Que., on November 7 were suf- fering froDX tuberculosis and not pleu- ropneumonia, as reported. Detective Silas U. Carpenter of the Canadian secret service hais been ap- pointed chief of the Montreal detective Borce to succeed Chief CuUfm. The Httmilton Iron & Steel Company has closed down the amelting works for a white, it liavrng a plentiful supply of materiaJ on band. liobeit Glasi, a ten-year-old London loy wat rescued from drownin? "! the trhames by a. companion named Lewis Fedderson, nine years old. The will of tihe late Lieut.-Governor Fraser was probated at Frederickton. The estite is emtered at $ll,5t)0. which is bequeathed to the deceased's family wnd near relatives. Mr. David MacLrareo, of Ottawa, who is going to Australia on a business trip. will make enquiries while tbe-je as to tbe trade requiremBnts ot the south- ern colonies. Major Kitson, the new commandant of the Royal Military College, Kingston, in company with Major-General Gasooigne, on Thursday morning had a long inter- view with the Governor-Genjeral. Land Commissioner Hamilton of t.he C.P.R. says that the sales of Mani- toba lands exceed all records the past /ew months. Tbe demand is good and urmers are paying up well. The Canodian-Australian Royal Mail steamship line, the ves*'ls i)f which ply between British Columbia and the Aus- tralian cxilonies, is about to place a new steamer of 4,250 tons register on the route. Word ibas been received fronn London announcing tbe serious illness of Lieu- tenant-Governor Kirkpalrick. He will undergo an operation in a fortnighi.and Mrs. Kirkpatrick will leave Toronto im- mediately to join her husband. Mr. Gildendeeve, general manager of the Richelieu and Onlarii) Navigatinn Company, believes thiat navigation could be prolonged two or three weeks at each end of the season by employing powerful ic«-breakere on the river. The C.P.R. Company propose to in- augurate their entrance into Hamil- . ton and Buffalo by placing two trains on the road of exceptionally fine work- manship, which will make tbe journey in very fast time. Mr. Alex. Abbey, rfne of the oldest and most respected residwnts of Port Dalhou-sie, Ont.. died on Sunday, aged 85. He had lived in Port Dalhousie and foiloived his occin>ation of shipbuilding for upwards of half a century. Sir James Grant, who was physician to the Princess Louise during her resi- dence in Canada, and who recently was granted the honoir ofa long interview with her Majesty, says he places no credence in the reiport in a New York paper as to tliB alarming state of the Queen's health. There is a miwement on foot among a number of Toronto sporting men to make a pool for tbe purpose of .sending Champum Jake Gaudaur and Eddie Durnan. Ned Hanlan's nei>hew, abro,ul. It is proposed 'that enough money be raised to nend the pair to Kngland, and probablv Australm. and give ihem »11 tbe backing they want. GREAT BRITAIN. Sir Charles l^ippcr has postponed tbe date of his departure from Kngland for Canada until February 4. Sir Alexander Milne, Admiral of the BritLsh fleet. i.s dead. Be was ninety years of age. Lord William Beresford met wiih a serious ai'cidenl on the bunting field last Wednesday, and now lies in a pre- carious comlition. It is believed that tho question of oloscr relations with the colon'ues will occupy a inirtion ot the Queen's .speec'h at the o|)etilng ot the Imperial Parlia- ment. There was a large meeting held at ibe Mansion House, in Duhilin on Tues- day afternoon, at which resolutions were passed ilemanding that the Im- perial Government r(>me(iy the tinan- jial injustice done to Ireland. Senator L. dc Soveral, tbe Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, has l)een made Knight Gnuid Cro8.s ot the Or- der of St. Michael and St. George for the services bs) rendered to (iieai. Uri- tain in the settlement Of the <Uspute between ICriglaiid and Bra/,il as to the ownership of the siuu.ller of the two islands of TrLniilad, which Por- tugal, as arbitrator, awarded to Brazil. UNI'IKD STATES. The I)ank of Superior, Wis., has clos- ed its doors. Isaac ZUiker, convicted in New York of arson in the first degree was sen- t«5nwd on Wednesday to txlirty-six years in prison. Mrs. Henry Ward Beechtr on Sun- day morning fell and broke hier hip. As â- be is eighty-tour year.s of age her re- covery is dimliltul. Newark, N J., is in darkness. Ifctb 8ection.s ot tbl! People's Fleet ric Light and Power Company's plant have been destroyed by tire. Pr^'sident Cleveland has lurdoned James Burvvell, alias t^itirles Sherwood, convicted of bringing counterfeit bills Into tbe United States from Candida. Contracts for the construction ot two .Jap.»n4's!> cruisers were signed at . '*'iuihii)gton Ijy representatives of the Union Iron Works of San Francisco amd Cramp & Sons. H. C. Henry, the millionaire contrac- tor, has secured the contract to build the- approaches to the Great Northern Railroad tunnel through the Cascade Mountains. It will lake six months to do the work. The steamer Commodore cleared at tbe Jacluonviile, Fla., Custom house <m Thursday evening with a cargo vi .'irms and ammunition for Lhe Cuban insur- gents. CJeaxance papers were issued notwiihstanding that a formal protest was made by the Spanish Consul. Commercial reports from the lead- ing 'Dusiness agencies ot New York speak oi g^aeraJ quiet iji all lines of trade. In addition to the usual holiday dullness, diepression has been somewhat added to by the numerous faiiures of banlm and loan companii.^. These failures have teen principally in the West, and th» result has been to create a feeling in some quarters of distrust and suspi- cion which the circumstances are not considered to warrant. Jhe numl)er ot commercial failures for the year just ended have been more numerous than in any previous year except 18ti3. GENERAL. M. Ckmenceau, the distinguished French state&maa, is aeriouiily ill. Plentifui rains are reported to have fallen over large areas ot India. The Porte has received serious news of military disaffection in ttie provinces. One of the Coreains who was recent- ly arrested at Seoul cm the charge of attempting to restore the King to the palace from the Russian L^ation is re- ported to have been executed without a. trial. The trial of Sofia ot the alleged assas- sins ot Stami-.ulotf, formerly Premier of BuJgaria, was concluded on 'V'ednesday. Two of the priisoaers were found guilty, and given slkort sentences. Tbe third was acquitted. Senor C'anovas dei Castillo, tbe Span- isih Premier, says that Spain would not accept tht^ Intervention of the Ufnited â- States in Cui)a nor mtroduoe reforms until tho reliellion is confined to the eastern portion of the iiiland. Ova. Weyler, in a very Ijoastfui in- terview asserts that the Province ot Pinar el Rio has been sulijucated by him, and that the insurgents are lack- ing in valour and other elements to make the uprising a swcess. The wife of tbe insurgent Col. Mira- bel arrived at Key West. Fla., on Wed- nesday. She cJaims tu have come direct from the insurgents' camp, and de- clares that Gen. Maceo, whom she bus been nursing, is not dead, but is in a fair way of recovery. Tile Junta in New York does not believe the story. ENGLISH POETS. rcealUriUca of stone of Ike Hea Wko â- avr Wrttteit liuntortal Vcne. Wordsworth declared that for nearly 20 years his poems had not paid fur his shoestrings. Byron wrote his celebrated poem ot tbe " Bride of Abydos " in one night, and without mending his pen. The pen is still preserved in tbie British Mus- eum. Campbell received £1)0 tor hds "Plea- sures ot Hope." Everywhere it was read and admired, and it secured to tbe poet a permanent reputation at the age of 21. England as a nation was satisfied from l(i2S to 1664. thtit is, a period of 41 years, with two solitary editions ot Shakespeare, which probably did not togV'ther make l.UOO copies. Cowper was often inclined to melan- cholia, and it w,is during one ot these tits of depiessiou that be wrote "John Giipin." lie suffered acutely from re- ligious mania, and on more than one occasion attempted suicide. Dr. Watts stood about five feet noth- ing in bis stockings, and his low stature did not lend auy advantage to bis ap- pearance in the" pulpit; yet tbe grav- ity and propriety ot lis utterances made bis discourses eifioaciuus. Pope was, from his birth, of a consti- tution t»vnder and delicate, but he al- ways displayed remarkable gentleness and sweetness of disposition. He nev- er outgrew his weakness ot body, and as a means ot support for his light frame be constantly wore stays. G ray had be chosen, might have been the Poet Laureate durin^t bis life-time, 'llhe title was offere<l him and declin- ed. His famous " Klegy," written in a c<»u.!ilry cdiurcbyard. api)e:u-ed m 17.'iO. Prior to this he wrote an ode on "The Death of Mr. Walpole's Cat." The reimmeration which Uryden re- oeived for his poems could hardly bo called muuifioent. A document is still preserved wiherein a publisher admits having a little consignment of 7,500 ver- ses in his piNssession, and agr^-es to pay th^ "JSO guineas on his completing 10,000 verses, with an extra bonus of Jt'.'H) siiould there lie a second edition. Felicia Dorothea Browne was the maiden name ot Mrs. Hemans, and be- fore sibe was 15 she publisheil a volume of poems. Her married life was not a liiippy one, anil though the marriage was never formally dissolved, yet when her husband was obliged by iU-health to seek a more genial clime, she remain- ed at home to educate her children, and they never met again. Tom Moore cleared £30,000 by liter- ary work, and fond though he was of bis wife, he left her too often in her country cottage wMle he enjoyed a round of dissipation, in London. His uni- versal popularit.v was the cause ot his ruin, and he was a spendthrift tn the last, having nothing lu leave his wife at his death, l»ut h'ts diary in mauu- seripl. There are many stories told ot Lord Tenuyson's peculiar gruftness of man- ner. On one occasion he was at a gar- den party, and somebody offered him a svuilwich'. He was lalioriously launch- ing this when the hiwtess rushed up to him, with aijxious inquiries a'loul his health and entertainment, "Thank you. madam," he said, " I am eating, a aandwicK" Then after a p.iuse and a bite â€" " Are your sandwichioa always loaile ot leather I" CANADA AND HEfiCOINA&E T]ie distribution ot the specie and Do- minion notes to the severaJ tianks are, first, tbe Controller of Currency at Ot- tawa; second, the Assistant Receiver- BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CURRENCY General appointed in Toronto, Mont- OF THIS COUNTRY. â- ow Dotninloa Noteii arc i^earedâ€" ia- erea»e ia Their Iubc lilnce CoafMlera- Itoa. The basis ot Canada's currency is, of course, gold, and it is very interesting to trace the history ot our coinage for the last hundred years. Prior to 1795 ail sorts of coins were circulated in British North America. In tiat year, however, a step was made in the direction of a revision of Cana^ dian currency to remedy the evils re- sulting from the coins in use being re- duced in Weight, det)ased in value, and composed of every variety of pieces peculiar to all countries trading with this continent. An act was therefore passed which fixed a standard of value founded upon the average Lntrinaio wortJi of the gold and silver coins of Great Britain, Portugal. Spain, France, and the United States. SuLsequently various acts of tbe Legislatures estab- lished a valuation for these pieces at which they passed at mercantile trans- actions. It was not until the year 1858 that the Province ot Canada adopted dollars and cents, pounds, shillings, and pence as the only moneys ot account. The Federal Parliament in 1871 [lassed the act respecting the currency which gave to the provinces ot the Dominion a uni- form currency, the single gold standard adopted being that of the British sov- ereign of the weight aud fineness pre- real, Halifax, St. John, N. B., Victoria, B. C, CbariottetowB and Winnipeg. HOW THE MONEY CIRCULATES. The average mootJtty circulation ot Dominion notes graduaJly increased from <16,434.385 in 1884 to $21,397,750 in 1895. The average montdiJy circulation ot Dominion notes for the year ISDS was »13,834.t5Gf) in J5C0 and »1.000 bills. For *riO and 8100 notes it was 1232,300: for 94. |.'), $10, and 920 notes it was (34)9,- 439; for 31 and 9- notes it was $6,- 743.555. and for fractioual notes $217,802, The issue of $.'i00 and $100 bills in proportion to the total of last year was 64.6 per cent ; ot $2 and $1 notes .11.5 per cent., aud ot all other noteet 3.9 per cent. During the decades between 1884 and 1894 the itvsue of Dominion notes in- oreased 26.2 per cent.; the issue of notes of $300 and $1,000 increased from 57.8 per cent, to 63.1 per cent., while notes of other denominations decreased relatively to the total issue. Notes of $1 and $2 :Uiow an absolute increase ot $1,160,288 or 21.5 per cent, in 1894. and of $Li8,507 in 1895 com- pared with 1894. Practicaaly the increase relatively to the w-hoie issue has Iwen confined to those denominations of notes which are held by the chartered banks. BICYCLES FOR THE INSANE The Wheel BeeeaimeBdrd for ratleau at l^vrrnl A>jlVBu. One of tbe meat notable instances of tbe efficacy of the bicycle as a remedy tor insanity is found at the Michigan State Asylum for the Insane in Kala- mazoo. Tbe patients at this asylum take daily rides on tbe wheel, and scribed by the laws of the United King- ?«â- Â«'•« of from five to eight lunatics dom to pa» currtmt at $4,86 2-3. Pro- 1 'n charge of two attendanU are like- vision was also made that, until other- wise ordered, the gold eagle of tile United States of the fixed weight of 10 pennyweights and Is grains troy and of a settled standard ot fineness should be legal tender in Canada. By this same ly tobe met with on any of the coun- try roads running out of the city. To the uninitiated it would seem odd, in- deed, that the regulation country high- way should be chosen for the wheeling parties in preference to tbe well-kept act provision was made for a gold coin- , "»^ "f ^^ town. There is a reason, age for Canada, but speciuJ Canadian , however, and a very good one it is. gold coinage has not been minted SILVER AND COPPER COINS. During the recent agitation in the United States wiih regard to the coin- age, it transpired that there were very many people in Toronto who thought that our currency was bi-metailic. and that either gold or silver was legal tender for all debu-. As a matter of fact, of course, our coinage has a gold basis, the silver and copper coins being subsidiary coinage for the purpose of makioig change aud for use in small transactions. A twenty-five cent piece of «Uver is really not worth twenty- five cents in gold, nor is a penny worth two cents in gold. But by act of Par- liament silver coins are made legal ten- der up to $10, and the minor copper coins to 25 cents. So that ten dollars ot a debt ouiy can be liquidated in silver should the creditor object to taking more. AS rO GOV ERNMENT NOTES. In addition to the com used tbe Can- adian Governmeai issue Government notes. These were firsi issued in the Province of Canada under the law of 1866. The authority was limited to $5.UOO.(X)0 on general accounts and $3,- 000,000 tu replace notes of banks sur- rendering their power ol issue. It was also provided tluit ZO per cent, of tbe notes issued should be covere<' by specie reserve and tLc remainder by Govern- ment delienturee. so that the security was ample. Wh«!u tbe Dominion was formed the isiue was enlarged to $8,000.01)0; any amount in excess of $5,000,00t) to be covered by 25 per cent, in specie or in too. Tbe rougher the road the more ne- cessary does it become for the lunatic cyclist to devote a great deal of at- tention to his machine. Tbe result is that while riding in this way he has no opportunity to tbinJc ot the peculiar mania which may afflict him. and his mind takes on a healthier tone, his thoughts are ihose of a man with an unclouded brain, and he becomes for the time t:)eing. practically sane. The Kalamazoo doctors say that they have never yet Leard ot a course of treatment which causes self-forgetful- ness in a degree even approaching that produced by the use of the bicycle. In- stead of moping in the asylum, or talk- ing I'onvtl exercise abou' t be grounds, the lunatics who are considered fit sub- jects for instruction on the wheel are taken every week from t he Kalamazoo asylum on their wheels to Long Lake ten miles lUstant, or to one of tbe chain of sniailer lakes not so far from the asylum. A plentiful lunch is laJten along, and tbe occasion becomes a ver- itable picnic. Of oiurse, on trips of ibis sort some tires a;,' bound to be punctured, the gearing is sure to gel out of order, and mon' or less other mechanical dif- ficulties encountered. 'fbe result of all this is that the lunatic has no time at all to become melancholy. The ex- eitise, the fresh air, the unwonted cause for t hough tfulness on uew subjects, all contribute toward wooing th«- return of reason. The State Asylum tor the Insane at Middletown, N.V., is another institu- tion that considers the bicycle a means to render help to the insane'. I'he wheel specie and Canaoian securities guaran- has lieen used at this asylum for .some teed by the Imperial Government and months, with the most gratifying re- ' suits. It is found that it promotes doc- ility among tlu' patients, who enjoy the excurxions, and invariably induces ii far healthier condition of tho mind, li al- so acts as an incentive toward good l>eh«vior on the part ot others who iiave not been permitted to ride, the change in their attitudes Iviiig brought aJ>oui by the sight of the k'^en enjoy- ment which the lunatic riders seem to take in riding. Dr. Selden H. Talscolt, medical sup- erintendent cX this asylum, is an eo- ihusiast regarding the wheel as a Ivnefil to persons ot un.sound mind. "It for the remainder in unguaranteed lionds issued by authority of Parlia- ment. tn the year i870 the issue was fixed at $8.000,0110. with a '20 per cent, specie reserve, any excess to be fully covered by specie. "Two years later the issue in excets of $9,000,000 were requireil to lie covered by sp«vie to the extent of 35 per ceait. In 1875 50 per cent, specie reserve was required for 53.000.- 000 above and lieyond the $9,000,000, tuid excess over $12,000,000 to !« fully cov- ered. In 1880 the law authorized the issue of $20.0t)0,IK)0. to Iw covered by at leasi 15 per i-ent. of gold, 10 per cent, ad- ditional in gold Ol IViminion securities guaranteed l:y Great Hritain. aud the remainder in unguaranteeil Dominion l)onds ; any excess above $20,000,000 to be coveretl fully with gold. Last year an act provided that the i.ssue may exceed $20 OtKl.tlOO. provided that in addition to any amount required to be held in gold umler previous acts a further amount in gold equal to the THE GREAT PARIS EXHIBITIC*. TrarlUK Down lo Make Bw>n lor the Mew BaUdiasii-Tho HoieU. Although three years and a half will have rolled by ere the opening of the great exhibition of 19U0 takes plaoe,Lbe preliminary works have already been entered upon in real eam^t, says a Paris correspondent. There is now no doubt that every effort will be made by the authorities to render this world's sSiow even more brilliant than its pre- decessors, and signs are not lacking to demonstrate tJiat they will be zealously seconded in their exertions by the com- mercial element and by uhe public at large. Parisians are never so happy aa when their gay city is thrown out in- to broad relief as the great centef of attraction, and Lhey are looking for- vward with pride and enthusiasm to th« date when foreigners will flock to this metropolis, from every point of tlb© compass; wben hotels, present and fu- ture, will be thronged with visitors; and when the boulevards and leading thor- oughfares will be as full of varied samples of humanity as in the summer of 1889, and in tJie earlier part of laat month. •'11 taut aouffrir pour etre belle" wa» the exclamation made to me to-day by more than one person who is already compelled to make ibe detour owing to the erection ot enclosures within wbiolt busy ouvriers are now employed. NEAT PALiSAJiES surround the whole ot the btjA of tlw Palais de I'lndustrie, as well as the pav- lions facing tin^ river and the Jardin des Plantes. Tbe work of demolition has commenced. It seems to be settled that the Palais de I'lndustrie will r«» main intact until the next salon is over, but, in any case, there is quite enough to be done on ot her parte ot the ground until that dat». With a view lo tbo removal oC tbe debris, a subterranean operation is now being carried on. ViKb wall of I be quay close to the Pool liem Invaiides iiits ueen pulled down, and Lto earti beloiw is being excavated foi the construi;tion of a tunnel, which wiU run right into the inclosed space, and will be utilized for thi.- conveyance or the rubbish to the lower path alongside the Seine, whereon rails have Iwen laid to faciiitat« tii<^ passage of the light carts which are already shouting tbeir loads into Liarges moored in a iiook al- most unde>r tin- bridge. I'his afleruoon large crowds gathered along the Pont des Xnvalides aud the quay to watub the progress of this work. This, however, is not all. While pre- parations have Imen begun for the worll oC demolition, pending tile erection of new edifices of finer or rather less sev- erely plain architectural proportion*, and ol^a variety ot other trifles in the building way, the bridge which is to span tue Seme iwlweeu the Pont dea Invaiides and the Pont de la Concord^ and the first stone of which was laid ly the czar during his visit u> Paria, has not been forgotten. l"he two lines of flags, long since reduced to tlir sembW ance of rags, which marked ibe posi- tion which ii would orcupy have been taken down, together with most of tta* scaffolding set up on the lowere quays on either side of tbe river, and now the presence ot several lighters, as well aa of one or two posts which rise abov* the water surmounted iry A lilt OF HFD BUiNTlNG. as a warning to tile IxMits that pljr up and down, indicate that engineers ar* taking the matter actively in hand,ana that the Pont Alexander Trois, as it is to iH! called, will soon assume a measure of realiiy. Here, again, traffic will b« somewhat hampered, for very careful steering will beojiue an imperative ne- cessity as tbe passenger steamers, tugs, and lighters glide up and down tne Seiue with their faies and cargoes. But on the shining river, as on terra firma, this temporary inconvenience will lie liome chA-erfuily, all keeping their minds fixed on the eventful date and on the wondrous trsnstormatiou which will convert tbew banks into a very preltv imitation of fairyland. .â- \ cousideral U- amount of hotel build- ing, in anticipation of the exhibition of 1900 is about to begin. The Wagon- Lits company baa Ixjughi a magnificent site in the Champs Elysees, and the preliminaries have already Iwen com- meni-ed of iht- construction ot a hand- some and spacious edifiif. which wiU be fitted up in ihf newest style. I al- so learn- that M. Kitz of the Savoy hot- is. in my estimation," he said, "Ix-yond : ol, and a Loudon syndicate have pur- question thtit the bicycle will eveiitu ally iieccmo a permanent in.Hiitution in every insane asylum. There is no doubt whatever that the tendency of cycling l>y insane pei-sous is toward the restoration of reason. t)i course I do not mean to say that every crazy person should be permitted to ride the wheel cluij-ed a ur»>p«'rty in the Place Vendome for a similar purpose. Other undertak- ings of the kind are in contempla- tion, and 1 may add that it is reported that the mantriou of the Due de la Tre- moiUe and tiie adjoining one, belonging to the Comte de la Paiinuse, both situ- ated between iJie Rue se Kaulxiurg, Saint Honore and the Avenue Gabriel, Vs a matter of fact, cycling should only ^„.„, _- - lie allowed aiuoog that class ot patients and close to tho British emlwissy, are „ . , - .i,, .... in an asylum kuowu as the convales- 1 likelv to be Ujughl for the erection of excess of issued notes over 20 millions ^-ent, and others whose mania is not ^ lai^e hotel on ihe ground which they shall tx? held. of a violent nature. I veniute to pre- dict that within five years there will not be tuund a medical "man with know NOTES, Lrrn.E and big. These notes of the Cana<lian Govern ment are full legal tender, redeem- jfi'tif*? of in.saniiy and in.><ine people who ble in specie on demand, and are ot the following denomination; 25 cents, $1, 92, $4. K'M. $100. $500 and $1,000; occasionally old issues called provincial notes of $o. $10, and $20 are net. At tbe end ot 1890 over fourteen million dollars ot the Dominion note circulation were in notes of $500 and $1,000. These big billx are principally bt^ld by the chartered banks as part of their cash reserves, because under the Banking Act 40 per cent, of the reserve ca.'*b must Lv in does not favor wheeling as a curative process." HAS FOBJktED AN OPINION. Lawyer (tor the defense, in a murd- er case)â€" Have you rend anything alxjut this case in the newsiiapersJ PossiLJe Jurorâ€" No, sir. Have you not publicly or privately exprcs.seii any opinion as to the guilt or Dominion i innocence ot my poor, ivi-seculed cUent?. notes. These notes are chiefly used in I No, sir. I never heard of the case settlement between the banks. | until brought here as a juror. Have you formed any opinion in Ibe I matter whatever? I Yes, sir, I have. Eh< It you have never heard of the case until you entered (his court-room, bow could you form an opinion? Answ- er that, sir â€" answer that, aud I hope the court will give particular attention to the reply. Out with it? I have concluded that your client must be awfully guilty, or you would not find it so difficult to get a jury to suit you. GtK)D SiECURlTY FOil TUE BILL:? At the end of last year there were held in conueotiou with the Dominiou notes specie to the extent of $10,650,702. guaiunieed sierling delieutures $1.- 94li.tili7, and unguaranteed debentures 817.250,000. The total thus held amomiteid to $'29,847,3<)9. This was in excess ot the amount req^uired to be held by $5.183,3t't' in specie aud guar- anteed delientures and $2,250,000 in un- guaranteed debentures!. If at any tiime IXmilnion notes should be ic«uied in excitss of tbe amount au- thorized, gold for tbeir redemption U required to be he'd to the full amount of the excess. ' YouJUf was of a gloomy and morbid disposiliou. One of his trag^'ilies was written by the liuht of a candle insert- ed in a hiiiuan skuU. occupy. A FORTUNE HERE. New Murine Hutur >Vhlrh rromlsrs lo â- rvnimionlxr ^triim >HVlsnllua. Charles Algernon Paisoiis, brother of the noted astronomer b^rl Rosse, is re- ported at Newcastle-on- Tyne, England, to have invented a murine motor which promises to revolulionize steam navi- gation. The engineering firm of which Mr. Parsons is a meinU-r hiave suffi- cient confidence in the invention to piut their money into it. The motor is an aiiaptalion of the turbine system, and it ali-eady is l>eyoud the stage of e.x- periment. A torpedo loat huilt and titled with it. and named I'^irliinia. has just hud a successful trial trip outside the Tyne. For the new system is claimed m- crcased siwed, increased carrying power of vessel, increased economy in ateam cdiisuaiption. inctoa^ed facilities tor navigating ah.ill">v waters, reduced, initial cost, reilucod weiji'hl of ma-.; ohinery. reduced cost of attendance on ninchinery. dimini-shed cost oi" keeping up machinery, largely reduced vibra- tion, r-ibuvd .si^^'.. •â- !:1 weight of gw«w, propeller and sbattiog.