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win them to use their efforts tcwarse eotfng the pecifloetidn of Ireland. At 0. meeting of the Grand Orenge Lodge today the Emergency Committee eon- Iidered A number of epplieetione for pro. tection from persons in diflerent perte of the country. who are being persecuted for "(using to join the Land e. Ar. mgomente have been medeto t them. Ron. Dec. 23.â€"'I'he Pope hidiéi’imd u ryoogmendation t9 _the Irish bishops The Land Commissioners have concluded their inventor and communicsted the result to Mr. G sdstone. It is understood thst their opinions are divided. Some of the Protestant fsrmers of the north are mskln a. determined stand ageinst the Lend fugue. The militsry stationed st Cork have been ordered to sup rose the loud meeting proposed st Khntur on the 2nd of anusr‘y. Anumhero gonna men recently from America are un erpoliee surveillsnce. ' It is rohsble that the mischievous gang of Iris American filibusterers who were the authors of the Fenian rising in 1867 are again at work. They find the masses flushed with triumph over law and abun- dantly supplied with armsmhioh have been sold in hundreds of thousands throughout Ireland since the Peace Preservation Act was allowed to lapse six months 0. It is impossible to be sure that they w' 1 not set a match to the train. -__----- -â€"-V.â€"vu wuu suvvsuun- Duo W33 taken in tow. disabled. by a tug. and brought to Limerick. where she is now under repair. Her cargo was necessarily "moved. and the arms sud ammunition were taken to the Queen's stores unders military guard. Buckshot is still being msnufsotured for the Irish constebulm-y. It is thought the militu-y will also be an - pliedyithbqokehot. p 'The ship Juno, on which the arms were found, is from Cork, {or Baltimore with rsilroed iron, and the arms were mostly obsolete osrbines‘sndA irevolvers. She was The customs authorities yesterday seized the NerWegisn ship Juno in Clare River, near the mouth of the Shannon. Her cargo consisted of arms. Three wsggon loads hsd slresd been landed. A force of marines snd’srtillery have charge of the vessel. A despatch from Dublin says the ship Junois the same vessel from which the arms were stolen sometime ago in Cork herbor. The ship has Men knocking about: for six months on her way to the United States. The authorities will keep charge of her until the arms have been removed. Several persons have been arreswd' for‘ ".119yoqt9in83’ The customs Suitâ€"113633339? £52251 lugs quantity of powder and shot which was bemg shipped'at Runoorn on the Mer- seLfor Gglway. ' A company" of "Eaâ€"Amy service corps. with oommissariat and transport has started for Ireland. A company of engineers has been ordered to leave Alderehot irnmediately for Ireland. "11.. -u, The Times 33.in the ~Govern-ment have upparently some suspicion that behind the agrarian organization in Ireland other pro- jeo-ts‘are being hatched. The secretaries of ithe Boycott fund have received threatening letters from local sources. warning them that unless they desist from the collection of the relief money they will pay the penalty with their lives. Rude drawings of coflins, skulls, cross- bones, tombstones and other mortuary defloesgmbellish these missives. The Irish in London are beginning to bestir themselves in what they think is the most reprehensible way in which their brethren rat home are treated. Lonnox, Dec. 23.â€"â€"Lord Derby has writ ten 3 strong letter against. the Irish exeou tive, in which he lays particular stress on the Boycott case and the condition of sfisirs in Ireland which made such a case possible. He has also written to the chairman of the Boycott Relief Fund Committee ex- pressing his sympathy with Mr. Boycott an: commending the organization for his re e . A battalion of the Grenadier Guards has been ordered to get ready for special ser- vioein Ireland. The garrison of Ireland will number 30,000 men of all arms by the lot of January. After.the arrival of the. Grenadier Guards the Irish garrison will comprise ten batteries of artillery. seven regiments of cavalry, three companies of engineers, 28 battalions of infantry, and some companies of the army service corps. A Cabinet Council has been summoned for the 80th inst. The Irish police. who have hitherto com- paratively escaped maltreatment, are now coming in for a share of Boycotting along with the bailifi's and magistrates. and the {force at Middletown is the first to sufler m it. . Mr. Forster, Chief Seoretsr {â€"5} Ireland, hes written to Mr. Benoe ones offering him military aid or police protection. He declined both. Mr. Jones thinks he will have to avail himself of the offers of help he has received from all parts of the king- dom after Christmas. Lord Sheftesbury has now as used the «use of Captain Boycott, an sfund of ‘ 32,500, to which Lord Derby was a liberal depot. hss‘beeq sllbsoribed for his benefit. 'The troops which are now quartered in Ireland to protect the peeoesble part of the muletion and en press the Land League ' tders amount 3 together to 21.000 men. This includes seven regiments of cavalry. of which three are regiments of drsgoons: "_ Over fifty witneaaee are ain‘fi‘éfiifiifi‘élied by the Crown. A great meeting was held at Loughrea to-day tor the purpose of denouncing the Government for cup reusing the Callowhill meeting. Several riah~Americana made Ipeechea. They declared that the Irish- men in America. are prepared to assist in ridding Ireland of the landlords. A reco- lutlon wmaaeed thanking the Congress of the Uni States for its expreelion of ”glint!!!- that if the Government prohibited all ue meetings the executive would sum- mon its branches to meet every fortnight, and as that would mean {our hundred meet- ings every second week, it would be inter- eetlng to calculate how many troops would heirequi‘rfd toeuppress those gatherings. _ maven, uao. 22.â€"A the meetin of the Land Leaguelut night the contri utionn of Mr. Benoe Jones to the English press xero dgnounced as almden. Davin 858M THE IRISH fll8TUflBANOE. Loygou, Deg. 22.-+At the meeting of the r. Ila-loo Jone. Refine: Milli-r1 Pn- mmI-Cupuh loyal: In Clover ”binned Comb-hnâ€"The lute Instructions were issued to district mss- ten of the Orange lodges, urging them to report outrages to the police. and the Orsnge committee would tslre steps to pre- vent tho estsblishment of the Lend League in their various distncte. to r'equire the loos] megistntes to prohibit meetings of the League when announced. to report the Lennon. 'Dec. 25.â€"-A correspondent at Rome ea s: I am justified in asserting that the ad League in Ireland falls dis- tinctl within the category of associations regar ed by the Vatican as revolutionary. and when the Po as in the document publiifled in the sservatore Romano de- ploring the serious character of the agita- tion in Ireland, etc. for the oflicial nature of which I can fully vouchâ€"speaks of anarchicalmeans, he points distinctlyto Boycotting and other unworthy systems. After this utterance there can no longer remain any justification for the assertion made by a portion of the Irish press that the Pope countenances the proceedings they advocate. , ‘ the present. Mr. Parnell has not publicly appeared in connection with the League or at rivate meeting; for five weeks.save once at Veter- iord. r. Dewitt is at present the active he_ed of the Eengue. conducted its agitation, and also clerks of the peace from every county in Ireland, who will be called upon to show their record of evictions and so forth since 1849. The League has threatened for sometime to “Boycott” a certain leading Dublin newspaper for its hostility to the agitation. It was last week on the int of doing so. intending to stop its es s throughout the country. and force all its agents to stop selling it and all local correspondents to stop sending news. But friendly counsel intervened. and the idea was abandoned for the present. nesses. including twang-farmers 31151;: every county “L‘Yhich tlge _Lea.gne_ hon -_._Jn--n-.1 2A- A v,___, , hsna it over to the Gorernment. Four of the Express reporters have been sub- smnsed. They inform me that they have estroyed their origins] notes, and will not therefore swear to the absolute accuracy of the reports. One Express reporter refused £100 to report a. meeting where s Govern- ment stenogrspher was unobtsinsble. The defence intend! to call one thousand wit. _____________ Juu'll unusual-W lucuuflo ’ One of the most important links in the prosecution of the Leaguers. which up to the present was missing, is the eteno‘ graphic report of the proceedings at the weekly meeting in the League offices, Dublin, without which it will be very diflicult to sustain many of the indict- ments against the accused. All the Dublin reporters have invariably refused to furnish reports. but it is now revealed that the‘ editor of the Express. an anti-League paper, ‘ has been preserving his reportere' copy of the proceedings since february, and, will Roux, Dec. 24.â€"The Oseervatore Romano deploree the serious character of the agitao tion in Ireland, and reminds the clergy and the people of Ireland that the excellence of the end does not juetify anarchical means. as a. panel ofuforty-seven with'iggd 7}; names of persons by statute exempt the whole pllgceeging 931mg be quashed; A despatch from Dublin says that grave apprehensions have arisen that the trial of the traversers will have to be adjourned owing to the non-attendance of a suflicient number of jurors. 0f the 24 retained five may be cast aside ; one is a Government ofiici‘al, exempted from serving by Act of Parliament ‘; another man is at present re- siding in Scotland; 0. third is a person liv- ing in America; a fourth is a man who ‘never was in Ireland; a fifth is an invalid in England whom it would be almost im- possible to convey to Ireland. Several of the jurors have put in afiidavits con- taining declarations by doctors that they are unfit to serve, owing to the condition of their health. A few more will claim exemption as being beyond the statutory age. Thus. with all these objec- tions and the probabihty of the absence of men who would rather incur the penalty than serve, there is fair likelihood of a legal discussion being raised on the ground_ that DUBLIN, Dee. 242â€"A despatch says the activity shown by the Government hasdone a great deal to create a feeling of recover- ing confidence. There have been various and somewhat vigorous attempts to force the law against persons attempting to in- timidate others from ofl'ering goods in the markets. The authorities are getting more help from the local magistrates. A store ship has arrived from Woolwich with 20,000 rounds of buckshot and s large quantity of ball cartridges and entrenching tools. Another vessel is shipping :1 similar cargo st Woolwich for new stations at Brufl' Mohill, Csrrick-on-Shsnnou and lelyshsnnon, which will be occupied by troops. Those positions are well chosen, being in the centre of the disturbed dis- trict. from which troops could operate in various directions. At all stations where cavalry are quartered Without infantry the supply of ammunition will be increased to fifty rounds per map. 7 j A correspondent at Dublin says the movement of troops has excited a very uneasy feeling- It is generally believed the Government possesses information war- ‘ranting the ap rehension of danger. The Government as made very complete Preparations for any contingency. Immense supplies of provisions, tents and other campaigning requisites arebeingstored in‘ central depots. It is stated that all these preparations point to the conclusion that the Government believes a far greater danger than is now seen lurks behind. Some soldiers who are home on leave are ordered to return to Irelmd. They state that the feeling among the lower order of the people is very stron against the mili- tary, even in Dublin, an that it ie a. com- mon ractice to shoulder the soldiers ofi from t e foot path to provoken quarrel. _ LONDON. Dec. 24.â€"It seems that the Norwegian ship J uno. which was seized by the customs authorities at the mouth of the Shannon, in Ireland, on Wednesday, ‘ had started from Queenstown for New ‘ rork. but was driven back into the Shan- non by stress of weather. The authorities took charge of the vessel. as a natural re- sult of the character of her cargo. There does not seem to be any surreptitious at- tempt to land arms. though the presence of a considerable number of Irish~Amerioans in that district at the moment is pointed to ss_a singular coincidence, The committee resolved to immediately enrol persons 'who would when uecemry proceed to suy part of the country end enter the service of or guard " Boycotted " persons. The committee also rmlved to lntoxm Mr. Bence Jones that they ere ready to mini; him. The flnfiong ever composed in England vns a Christmas enrol in Anglo-Norm“ L_-L I Fashionable Fatwa-en. Footmen are going out and footwomen are taking their lace. Dining the other night in Eaton p ace, the door was opened by one of the latter in a most charming and becoming livery. Black and white mob-cap for headdress. stand-up collarwith white oravat and small in in it, rich brown- oloth coat with livery uttons. out some- what like a man‘s hunting coat, and a buff waistcoat with a High Church collar â€"such was the uniform. I was so struck with the upper portion of the dress that I never thought of looking at the extremities, but I fancy m eye once got a glimpse, gain 11 -stairso red stockings and shoes wit si ver buckles. Durin din- ner four Winsome lassies, all similar at. tired. waited on me hand and foot.an cer- tainly never was a dinner more deftly handled and served. Why not? Women are, by their nature, much better suited for this sort of work than men. The latter think nothing of eating onions or smoking vile tobacco before serving the soup. or putting their thumbs in the gravy of one’s mutton. or breathing stertorouvly at our ear. or perceptibly on our cranium if it lacks a covering. Besi es, there is a de- cided economy; footwomen are not xed, nor do they eat so muchâ€"London orld. " Those who are very stout should wear nothing but black; those who are very thin should put a little padding in their gowns; and neither should be in the least decol- letee. Perpendicular stripes in dresses give height and increase lullness. and are there- fore particularly fitted for very elight,_ small people. and particularly unfitted for stout figures.” _ “ Large feet should never be cased in kid â€"lesst of all. white kid slippersâ€"for kid reveals so clearly the form and movements of the_feet, and stretches so easily that few feet have a. chance in them. enoigh to carry themfib’fl’fNWeither let a very little woman wear her hair half down her back; let'her lift it clean up as high as poujblo. Short women should‘never wear double skirts or tunicsâ€"they decrease the height so muchâ€"unless. indeed. the tunic is very short and the skirt very long. So also do large, sprawling ' attems used for trim- mings; let these , left to women tall pear. This efieot, common enough, is execrably bad. If you must wear slow black bodice let it be cut square, giving the height of the shoulders (or, better, With the angles rounded, for corners are very trying), and have plenty of white or pale gauze or thin black net to soften the harsh line between the skin and the dress. White gauze or lsce softens down the blackness of the dress at the edge of the bodice. and thin black stuff has an equally good effect, as it shades the whiteness of the skin‘ into the dark~color of the gown. Only under these conditions does the sudden contrast enhance, as some persons suppose, the fairness of the coinplexion. I " The reason that 'an ordinary low neck with short sleeves looks worse in black than in any other color is because the hard 1 line round the bust and arms is too great a contrast to the skin. A low neck always lessens the height, and a dark dress made thus lessens it still more, and it strikes the artistic eye as cutting the body in pieces in this way: if you see a fair person dressed in a low dark dress standing against a light background some way off, the effect will be that of an empty dress hung up, the face, neck and arms being scarcely discernible. On the other hand, against a dark background the head and bust will be thrown up sharply, and the whole dress and body will disap- mnr This nfinno- nnmmnn -_-._._I_ Mrs. Haweis, in a. volume entitled. “ The art of beauty,” makes the following points wiflig‘egard to hgauty in dress: At Cork to-(Tay, on the police ordering a disorderly crowd to die me. a. volley was fired at the police. no olioeman wu shot, but not mortally woun ed. The Gazette publishes a. proclamation prohibiting the meetings no Athgreany, county Wicklow, on Sunday which was called for the purpose of denouncing a. cer- tain indiwdual. The Gazette declares the county of Limerick to bein, a‘dieturbed state, requiring additional police. ALI! A Land League meeting which was to be held in Burris, inOssory, on Sunday, was prohibited by the military and police, who were present to enforce the prohibition. There was a. riot on Saturday in Dublin between the soldiers and oiwlisns. The po_l_ioe separated the combatants. Dunus, Dec. 26.â€"A circular of the magis- trates. in reply to Mr. Forster’s circular, states that the magistrates are unable to carry out the law, owing to the terrorism. A farmer's house at Portadown has been maliciously burned. At Monagban the Anti-League Association has issued a mani- festo calling on the la al men to combine for mut a1 defence angto combat the hate. ful‘ teac ings of the Land League. The little town of Portadown. in Ulster. is fast becoming notoriousas aoentre of agitation. A short time 0 two tenant farmers, named Berry and bite. receiv- ed letters threatening them with prompt punishment if the continued to pay rents to obnoxious landlords. They refused to be lfightened, and continued the regular ayments whereupon their houses were urnedto the ground and their prodnoe‘ entirely destroyed. The oonstabulary ,de- termined that the perpetrators should not escape. and used every means to discover ‘there whereabouts. Amen named Wort- ley was employed by the police as a spy to make inquiries. His mission was soon discovered. and he was stabbed. The per- petrator of this second outrage also escap. ed, being Well hidden by the townsmen, who refuse to give any information to the l authorities. 1m. cumberiun'. {Honda egein mart that no measures of coercion hlve ever been adopted at the Cubinet meeting. They loudly proclaim that such measuree never shall be while Mr. Chamberlain is a Minia- ter. All 0! this affords vent comfort to the law breakers of every degree as they wish each other Merry Christmas. and plot starvation and ruin to their lewoubiding wngmn. A Dublin wrrupondeni'reV rte that the Lund Commissioners will old another meeting on the 6th of Jsuunry. There is no 35,0886“ of a 'oint report bomber oin’e friends 5min mart “ Boycottiug" at any local person to the police. and to provide all Orwgemen with nrps‘fogfieienm in one 0! an outbreak. Beauty In Dre". end to put the smallest tax on beer end light wines, so that our Canals may be like Fame and Italy. with very few dmnkerde. We must legislate for society so we find it. end. unfortunately. we must look. not for the greeteet good. but the leut evil. Eng- lend was com emtively sober when the fee le brew their own beer. There in u well u drink in that beverage." ..- -.. - ----v.'vuvu I an. o n, and of the worst kind, foryoung men. 1 your alliance move to put forth all its energies tocombat the illicit selling of liquor he)“ would do far more good, and I would with' you heart and soul. You are like the physicians, who pretend to cure ugly sores by covering them with planters ; but the sores are there and they will break out in other places. Work to discourage in every possible way the hard liquor‘bueineee. -._J 1‘Vllat the B. 0. Archbishop Think- AMI! It. The Archbishop of Toronto mode the following reply to the deputation from the Dominion Alliance who invited him to accompany them to the Hon.Mr. Mowut and lend his influence in sup rting their view of the liquor treflio: " ntlemen,-â€"- I would support an measure which would tend to put down runkennees. but I feet that your action cannot do much ood in putting down the liquor traffic. or the one tavern y_ou will close two illicitoneswill Lucas, Dec. 24.â€"-Last Wednesday, at . the Glandeboye Division Court, a young man named Morgan sued Mr. Bernard Stanley, of the village of Lucan, for the price of a suit of clothes. Morgan claiming that when he took the clothes home he could not get into them, or at least when he did get into them they were so tight that he couldn’t hardly shut his month. There was a good deal to say on both sides, Mr. Stanley showing that Morgan had ordered a tight fit. His Honor Judge Elliot was at a loss how to determine the case, and at length ordered the suit to be produced, and the plaintifi was instructed to get inside of them. Going behind the voting screen. the exchange was quickly effected. and Morgan soon appeared on the platform alongside his honor. who ro- ceeded to pat, poke and feel the clot es, especially at' the parts or ints where the plaintiff complained t s most, such as under the arms. at the back of the shoulders, and the pants immediately under the coat tails. The Vest, notwithstanding the fr uent pulling downs made by the judge, eh i re- ‘mained in an exalted position. The inspec- tion was made amid the roars of laughter by the crowd, who. notwithstanding the frequent cries of order from the bailiff. con d with difficulty be kept quiet. The most trying time was when the plaintifi attempted to sit down. It was quite evi- dent if he Persistedin taking his seat some- thing wou d crack and his honor told him to “ let up." or words to that efl'ect. The decision of the court was that the defendant take back the suit of clothes and l the plaintifl' be returned his money, which ‘ decision was well received by the crowd. A Immutable Scene in n Din-Ion Court Two Children Burned to Death. Apress des atch says: A serious fire, accompanied y loss of life, occurred at Bridgewater, N. 8. yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. The alarm was sounded about 4 o’clock, when a large building owned and occupied by Gaspar Ernst was discovered tobeon fire in the u per part. Every means at hand was used in the endeavors to extinguish it, but they were of no avail, and this building, the one on the south side occupied by Simeon Ernst, and the Liver- pool House, owned by S. hoshay, on the other side, together with barns, outhouses, and Feindles’ livery stables in rear of the hotel were destroyed. Most of the furni- ture was saved from the burned structures. ‘ There were two little children in a room in Ernst's house where the fire started, and they were burned to death. Every effort , was made to save them, but the fire raged too fiercely. It was only with the greatest difi‘iculty that the neghboring houses were saved. It was fortunate the wind was blowing from the southeast at the time, as had it been from the south nothing could have saved the town, for there are no engines or means of extin ishing a fire like this. The Liverpoo House and Simeon Ernst's were partially insured. , Co.'s shanties, and had to leave in conse- quence of this. Gettin no better he was committed to L’Origua jail, and having confessed to some thefts was sentenced to four months’ im risonment. Suspicious were entertaine that he . was in some manner implicated with the murder. He had been closely watched by those in charge of him. Yesterday morning he confessed to Constable Costello that he. in com any with Damaz Brunet. a son of the murdfiared man. had committed the deed. Provost states that. he met Damaz in the village, who broached the‘ matter to him. and induced him to go to the old man’s house. 'This they did in broad daylight. and he (Provost) choked the old man to death. Damaz, the son, standing by. The old man lived alone,and had come in from his work and changed his clothes. the da bein very wet. This accounts for the lig t clot ing on the body when found Provost then went to his brother's place, about a mile distant, returned after dark with a horse and cart, took the body and threw it into the hole where it was found. Damaz afterwards covered itwith branches. Constables Costello and Wright came up from L'Orignal last night and arrested Damaz Brunet. , . .BATURDAY LIQUOR LAW. 'l‘he Plantagenet Tragedyâ€"The Murderer; of 0M Brunet Deco-ca Inc-no and ‘ Conic-u- rhe Grinchâ€"The VICIIII'I Son ”Cm BY. Puss-mas". Dec. 28.â€"~As briefly tele- graphed yesterday. the arties supposed to have been connected w th the murder of Pierre Brunet in September last are now in custody. It will be remembered that at the inquest nothing was elicited to attach guilt to any person. About two months ago a young man from this Villa e named David Provost. and who had lo t the day after the old man’sdisappearance. returned home partially insane. He had been up the finer in one of Messrs. J. R. Booth dz MURDER WILL OUT. A TIGHT FIT. FATAL FIRE. was (prepared for death by Bishop Mullen, the atholic prelate of this diocese. His house was filled with people watchin the result, but the death prophecy turn out tobea fizzle. Much disappointment was manifestedat the failure of the miracle, which hie friends attribute to the oflicious. ness of Judge Galbraith and Dr. Brand. They believe that the will of God would have been carried out but for the cunning of the lawyer and physicians. The judge persuaded Carney's brother to turn back thehands of the clocktwo hours. and the doctor administeer an opiate at midnight, which obscured mundane matters from the would-be corpse for six hours. Carney denounces the fraud practised upon him as infamous. 'â€"--â€"â€"â€"-â€".â€"â€"_â€"~ Rcv. Dr. Sullivan on Ilse Theatre. Sara Bernhardt left Montreal Sunday for Springfield. and was accompanied to the depot by a number of friends who gave her a parting cheer as the train moved out. She has been very suécessful in her engagement and talks about her brief sojourn in Montreal with glee. Rev. Dr. Sullivan. well known to many of our readers and a favorite in Hamilton. occu- ied one hour and ten minutes in St. orge's church with a review of the stage from earliest periods. He had been induced to doso by the late maniato see Sara Bern- hardt and the comments her visit had occasioned. He remarked that there were men and women upon the stage ainst whom the breath of suspicion conl not avail, and held it wrong to scandalize such actors and actresses. His deduction wa that the stage could me made an auxiliary to the Church ifthe managers refused to publish other than moral plays, and if the public refused to see any other kind. _.â€"-.vuâ€"--vv “VI-Iv Ruler. hid ;eii;1'od his out in fingflumont for Nun-on. A Man Prophecies Illn- own Deathâ€" Bln Declam the “'1" ol God (‘lrcllln- vented by Human Cunning. Erma, P0,, Dec. 27.-â€"William Carney. of this city, was under the hallucination that he would die at 2 a. m. on Sunday lost. He says he had a vision on Friday last. in which hfe'was {gold of hit} approqohing do- “rr ------- b “V' cease. He tookto his bed. although ap- parently healthy. and continued sinking and wing feeble as the time drew nigh. 0n riday nine-wing he inad_e_his will. and â€"n-_ __4_, , [cap ni hi: and day. Leavenworth also stated 1: at Superintendent Spaulding had whipped a girl named Katie Smith for in- subordination. No admission could be drawn from him regarding the degree of severity of the punishment. The whipping of an old man, aged 50 years. named Cu- sick, for refusing to work, was an aggra- vated case. The " buck ” was also used in his case. A negro was whipped for whistl- ing in his cell, but Leavenworth said the punishment was not severe. , - ~:~~~ -_- "r was placed on his head. In the shop he subsequently created some disturbance, for which he was brought back to the cor- ridor, where his back was bared and the lash applied. The gad used was a truck. man’s rawhide. The punishment was very severe, but the witness bland] remarked that he did not thin it was severe enough. The next moment he acknowledged that the boy was two days afterward pronounced insane and sent to the asylum at Auburn prison. It is charged that Perkins was weak mentally when sent to the penitentiary, and that he was injured in mind _by contin‘nal wearing of the iron V, I A Weak-minded Boy Lashed on the nine Back all he Became [mane ~An Old Man. Whipped with a Taoism-I’- Whip. Srmcusn, N. Y., Dec. 23.â€"The inquiry into the management of the Onondaga county penitentiary ordered by the Board of Supervisors was continued today by the special committee. The most important testimony was that of Herbert G. Leaven. worth, book-keeper at the penitentiary. He was asked regarding the case of a lad named Perkins, who was sent to the peni- tentiary from Oneida county. The boy had acted strangely when falling into the line, and as a_punishment the iron cap 337 W. Foley, fiqtionaligt 3nd Home as the Ministers assert, ‘to prevent any vessels going to the relief of vessels in dis. tress,’ but the practice of the Canadian oflicers has been toprevent anybut Canadian vessels from going to the relief of any vessels in Canadian waters. Our good free trade neighbors seem to have regarded wrecking as s. profitable home industry which must be protected, at any costto American or Canadian life and property. If the American Government has desired that American sailors should‘ have the privilege of sav1ng Canadian as well as American vessels in Canadian waters. the fact redounds to our Government's credit and we are proud of it, since the only’ap- Barent object is one thatappeals to common umanity." and property shipwrecked in Csnedien waters. American masters and sailors- hsve been threatened with arrest if the should venture to go to the relief of Amen- csn vessels in distress near the inhospitable Csnsdisn shore without first obtaining permission from a. customs officer miles and miles away. when the denser wee imminent. when every moment wee precious, and when there was no Cane- disn vessel at hand to sflord the sorely needed and speedy relief. Instances of this sort of sordid inhumanity have been repeatedly given in these columns. There may not have been any intention on the part of the Government, a great many out know, and have (testified tmple Amari- oun vessels have been prevented’ from attempting to rescue {American lives- CRUELTY IN A PENITENTIARY. lone-s chard” Aid-m the (Jul-Ch- “overruns-t and Customs old-ls. Buruno. Doc. titâ€"Regarding the state- ‘ment made by the Canadian Minister 0! Customs in the House of Commons on Wednesday regarding Canadian wreckers, the Express says: “ Assuming that the Minister was correctly reported. it is diffi- cult to understand how he could have had the face to make such a statement in View of some recent facts. What his Govern- ment mfiy have been willing to do nobody but the inisters. can know. but what the Canadian custom otficers have done AN ADJOURNED BEAT“. THE WRECKING QUESTIM.