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The Toronto Bridge Go.'etender for an iron bridge over the Themes et. London. Ont. hen been weepted. The price is "pm I a hull st Brantford, formerly used “43 p.113: of worship by the Baptists, has been purchased. and is to be turned into an ops!!- hen"- , , tr ________ h. “I... mga {uh-ma n -uv Thomas Haveremtt. who wee injured a couple of weeks ago bf being drawn into the machinery at. Our ing‘a brewery. Lon- don. died yesterday. His body was crushed between a revolvin shaft and the ceiling. and he has never re ied. He leaves e. faintly. Mr. W.. McKerlie, of Westminster. on Tuesday afternoon was driving in a cutter near Plewes' will when his team ran away. He was thrqwn _ fialgntlx to the {{ozpln oath" 1511i}; {a'l'lfliloi'hu‘l several ribs broken and was taken :19 in a very danger- ous condition. His life 18 dospuired of} Two young men were engaged in chop- ping wood in the London Gore on Tuesday when one of them, George Parkinson, had his head cut open with an axe in the hands of his companion. The cutting was purely accidental. Parkinson fell down inseneible. Medical aid was soon called and everything done, but the man’s condition is very critical. . _- -. I “ ‘I,,,2II_ A year ago Jolm'McGarthy, a Bellevillol cab driver, was urged to join the Working- % man's Temperance Association by Mr. N. B. Falkener, a prominent lawyer, who promised it he did so and kept the obliga- tion for a year, to make him a resent of a house and lot. McCarthy yie ded to this rsuasion and jomed the association, and as never since violated the obligation. Mr. Falkener asked him yesterday to take a walk, and brought him to a neat home- stead and lot, which was duly made over to him. John Mitchell, who was committed to1 iail at London as an insane man, has been discharged. His wife, however. refuses to believe in his sanity, and has gone back to nglend. She is said to have eloped with man who passed therefor her brother. , A very virulent type of measles is preva- lent in some of the northern counties of Ontario. At the village of Deere four deaths have occurred. The Pembroke hospital is full of sick people, mostly afilicted with measles. Tho British Columbia. Legislature offer a bonus of five thousand dollars for the erection of a. woollen mill. Measles has become epidemic in Wood- stock, and the schools are half empty. A large bear, weighing 400 pounds. was killed by Messrs. James Taylor and W. School one day last week in the woods in MoNab township. The hide was sold for $9. The Catholiobishops of British Columbia have petitioned the Legislature against secular schools, and are asking to be placed on the same footing as the Protestants in Quebec. - A young married merchant of North Gower has left suddenly for other climes, owing to the seduction of his eister-in-law. His wife was at Ottawa yesterday taking steps to procure a divorce. - Michael- O‘Connor. of Biddulph fame, was called on yesterday by a London reporter and asked concerning the report that his son Johnny. his wife, and William Don. nelly had hired themselves to a dramatic concern in Streetsville, where all three were announced to appear and act the tragedy. Of course he said there was no truth in it whatever. A Pembroke boy named Crott, aged 16, while working in a shanty on the Black River, was accidentally killed on Wednes- day by the falling of a tree. In another shanty on the Coulonge a man was killed by the kick of a horse. He went into the stable in the dark and, without speaking. laid his hand on the horse, when it lashed out. ' He lingered in great pain for about twenty-four hours, when death ensued. Afarmer of Clmthmn township named Frederick Bennett started to chop wood in his bush on \Vednesduy morning, and on his failing to return at the usual hour, search was made by the neighbors, who found him near the tree which he had partially chopped, in a. kneelingfiiosition, unconscious, a large gush in the top of his head and a. portion oi the brain protruding. The nxo was found beside him. How the accident occurred is not known. He is still unconscious. and no hopes are enter- tained of his recovery. On Wednesday evening the body of a male child was found in a. water-closet on the promises of Edward Hallet. hotel- keoper. Oshawa. An inquest. was held esterday. when the jury returned the allowing verdict: This jury, from the evidence produced before it, is of the opinion that strong suspicions of the crime rest onhlnry Qotter, late in iho_employ oi E. Hallett. Mary'Cotter is froui New- castle. She left the same evening for parts unknown. Samuel Nesbitt, 0. young man 30 years of age. living at 11ellnntme,neer Stouffville, committed suicide on Monday by cutting his throat with a. razor. He had been unhappy for sometime past, ' partly. it is said. on account of domestic troubles, and Barfly because of financial difficulties. IIe ad threatened to commit suicide on more than one occasion before: He left the house. where he resided in company with a. brother, a. cousin, and a. woman who was housekeeper. nnd went totho woods. taking his rnzor with him unknown to his friends. Next day the body was found. J On Tuesday night a man named Wilsti} frOm Cnvnn, and one Cuslxing. who lives the west end of l’eterboro’ having been carousing together, quarrelled in the bar. room of l’lmlen's Hotel. I’eterboro‘. Wilson fat Cushing down behind the bar and bent lim brutally over the hendmmashing five decanters on Cuahing‘s head before they could be separated. Cualling had to be med under medical attendancemnd is ly injured. Wilson fled before the arrival of the police. Warrants are out for both parties. | Rate Hickey twenty-five rears ago was a. Three licenses to search for minerals have cook in one of the best fami ies of Montreal been taken out for five a usre miles each. and received excellent wages. She pre- and one license (or gel of one hundred fen-ed. however. to be a vagrant. and for sores. It is said that a specimen of ore the pest sixteen years heswsndered around was sent to Boston and assayed. which the streets in the most filthy regs, regarded yielded at the rate of $600 to the ton 0! es e. hermiess lunatic. gathering wood and silver and two ounces of gold. Thmyo Friday, March 4. oosl. which she sells to the huohsters on St. Ann’s racket. She wss sbls to with eases b3 wooden «sewed withw over her she der snd shume of! with it. With the indiflerenoe of s polsr hesr she has def: 1n sheds and deserted tenements. Th lilo of exposure deformed her features into hideousnees. and awe her s most All luw muwmvâ€"p. wâ€"_ u_v- ogrieh ex tension of countenance. Old canvas see composed her wearing apparel. end she seemed to have several units on at once. On Wednesday night she was arrested for vngrenci. and for unite reasons ihe police will eve her disintec . She was eeutto jail notwithstanding her desire to be “ amovin' on.” ‘ Friday, March 4. The title of Princess of the Asturias will soon be gazetted (or the little Infants Mercedes of Spain. The London Morning Post will shortly be issued as e. penny paper. and will be the oflioial organ of the Conservatives. The steamship Scandinavia, from Boston and Halifax, which arrived at Glasgow yes. terday, landed her 256 oxen all in good order, except one that died. The Wesleyan Methodists have already raised £188,000 for the proposed thanks- giving fund of 300.000 guineas, and nearly all the remainder has been promised. , Truth says another marriage is arranged between a lady of mature age and much wealth, acquired by brewing, who is well known for charities, and a young gentle- man only a little above 20 years of age. It is stated on the highest authority that the triohinoais scare is a hoax set going for stock-jabbing purposes. The Privy Council does not intend to take any steps in reference to the importation of Ameri- can pork. Dr. Joseph Redmond,nDublin physician, ‘ writes to the Times as follows: “ The presence of trichinm in the muscles of two ‘ corpses in the dissecting rooms here is undoubted. having been confirmed by the most eminent microscopists. Portions of the muscles are still preserved at the school of medicine.” The new Governorof Madrid looked up ten district inspectors to prevent the gamblers getting warning, and during the \ night raided twent Jour gambling houses, ,arresting the owners and players. The Governor then sent a stern warning to all clubs and casinos in Madrid threatening the occupants with the penal code unless gambling is instantly stopped. Strange to say, public opinion approves the Governor's conduct. The official inquiry into the loss of the British steamer Bohemian. totally wrecked in Dunlough Bay, Ireland, on February 6th, on the passage from Boston, closed at Liverpool yesterday. The court expressed dissatisfaction with the condition of the ‘ life boats, some of which had not been in the water for eighteen months. The court considered that if the captain's somewhat vague order to “ keep the vessel ofl two points " had not been misunderstood the 1053 would not have occurred. The court ‘ found that the captain was not justified in keeping up a high rate of speed in the thick weather so near land. . Thursday, March 3. A movement is on foot to establish a cremation furnace in the vicinity of Brooklyn. ‘ The Local Option Bill passed the Dale;- ware House by 11 to 8. The general opinion is that it. will pass the Senate. A Brooklyn despatch says: At Flatbush on Tuesday night Philip Trnsohel, aged .18, opened the door of the furnace in his uncle’s greenhouse, crushed his head, one of his arms and as much of his body as possible into it, and burned himself to death. There was a et-rong fire in the fur- nace, and his head, neck and arm were burned off. 1101er a. note saying that he was tired of life. Friday, March 4. A Washington despatch says it has been decided by the Attorney-General that a. white man cannot legally be enlisted in a colored regiment, ~ The director of the mint reports that the production of the precious metals in the United States during the fiscal year ending last June aggregated thirty-four million of gold and thirty-nine million of silver. Cali- fornia produced 917,500,000 of gold and $1,100,000 of silver ; Colorado, $3,200,000 of gold. and 817,000,000 of silver ; Dakota. $3,600,000 of gold - Montana, $2,400,000 of gold. and $2,500,000 of silver ; Nevada, $4,800,000 of gold, and $10,900,000 of silver ; Utah, $4,700,000 of silver, and Oregon,‘ $1,090,000 of gold. Thursday, March 3. A Canaan“ despnteh says the Russians either possess Merv or will in a. few days. A gentleman from Honolulu reports a deplmble cgnditiongf all'aits there owing If- -A__ ‘.A.-_.\â€" to the smallpox epidemic. Many houses are quarantined, no one is allowed to enter or leave the city and communications between the islands are stopped. The city is in a. very bad sanitary condition. It has not a. single sewer and the ground is honey- combed with vaults which have not been cleaned in a quarter of a century. - Thirty years ago James Boyle left Ire-3 land for Australia with his wife and one child, leaving another child. Mary, with her grandfather. He was very successful on the gold fields, and invested his money to great advantage. His wife and child died in Australia. Mary married a man named Glen, and moved to America, where she had been living in a poor part of l’hila- dolphia. By the miscarriage of letters incidental to her moving at the same time as her father they lost trace of cachother. and each thought the other dead. She now finds herself. after a life of hard struggle, I worth a million of dollars. The gold mining property at Mount Uniacko, owned by Davidson Bros, of Halifax, has been disposed of to an Ameri- can company for 8.50.000. There in Quite an excitement at Shubenseedie over the discovery of what is said to be a silver mine about three miles from the station. Three licenses to search for minerals have been taken out for five s new miles each. and one license (or gel of one hundred sores. It is sgid that n_ specimen of‘ore European. Ellsccllnneons. American. IHE “KING OF IHE SPIHKUP. Graphic Description of the Defeat and Rout of the British. The British Beaten iron: an Al- most lmpreguuble Position. STERLING DRIVER Y OF THE 80538 Admlrnblo Conduct of [he Brill-h Troop. Until the Final Aunull. The London Standard received the following account of the recent fiisaster at_Spitzk0p 3' ‘r-_:l_-- I! on A M T “I! our-wavi- PROSPECT HILL, Monday, 6.30 a..m.â€"â€"I returned to camp at 8 on Sunday night, after escaping almost by, a miracle from the fate which befell many others who left the camp. Th strength of the column last night nmounte to 600 men all told. belong- ingto the 58th, 60th and 92nd regiments, and the Naval Brjgafie. At about 7 o‘clock the Boers opened fire, the bullets whistled thickly over the plateau. The men were all perfectly cool and confident. I do not think the possi. bility of the position being carried by storm occurred to any one. From 7 to 11 o’clock the Boers, who were lying all around the hill, maintained a constant fire. Their shooting was wonderfully accurate. The stones behind which our 'men were lying were hit by almost every shot. Opposed to such shooting as this there was no need to ‘ impress upon the men to keep well under cover. They only showed themselves to take an occasional shot, and accurate as was the enemy’s shooting up to 11 o‘clock we had but five casualties. Commander Romilly was dangerously wounded as he was standing close to Gen. Colley. Twenty men of the 92nd Regiment under Lieut.‘ Hamilton held the point which was most ‘ threatened by the Boers. Nothing could exceed the steadiness of these Highlanders. They kept Wall under cover, and although they fired but seldom they killed eight or ten of the Boers who showed themselves from behind cover. So far our position appeared perfectly safe. The Boers had indeed get between us and the camp. but we had three days' provisions and could hold out until reinforcements came up. Our casualties were. with the exception of that of Commander Romilly, few and unimportant, and all were perfectly con- fident of the result. _Erom_ 11 to 12 ‘the uuuuv v. uuv -v~_--. enemy’s fire continued hot, but harmless as before. Between 12 and 1 it slackened, and it seemed as if the Boers were draw- ing elf. This, however, was not the case. The enemy had been. as was afterwards learned, very strongly reinforcing their fighting line in preparation for an assault. Shortly after 1 a terrific fire suddenly broke forth from the right lower slopes of the hillside, on which the firing had all along been the heaviest. A tremendous rush was simultaneously made by the enemy. Our advanced line was at once nearly all shot or driven back upon our main position. This position may be described as an oblong basin on the top of the hill. It was about 200 yards long by 50 broad. Our whole force now lined the rim of the basin, and fixed bayonets to repel the assault. The Boers, with shouts of triumph, swarmed up the sides of the hill, and made several desperate attempts to carry tlie«p03ition with a rush. Each time, however, they were driven back with the bayonet. After each charge the firing, which nearly ceased during the melee. broke out with renewed violence, and the air above us seemed full of bullets. The troops did their duty well and steadily, and trying as was the occasion, fought with great coolness, encouraged by the officers. THE FINAL ASSAULT. At last the Boers, whohed gathered near the edge of the slope. made a. tremendous rush ate point beyond that at which they had before been attacking, and where the number of defenders were comparatively small. They burst thron 1h the defenders ondlpoured in over the e go of the basin, and our position was lost. The main line of our defenders, their flank turned and taken in reverse, mode a. rush along the plateau and endeavored to reform and rally, but it was useless. With fierce shouts and a storm of bullets the Boers poured in. There was a. wild rush, with the Boers close behind. The rear of firing, the ;whistliug of bullets and the yells of the 1 enemy made up udinwhioh seemedinfernul. All around men were falling. There was no resistance, no halt. nu: -vu.....-.._ As to the completeness of their Victory there can be no question. The carried by sheer fighing a position which t wir general himself considered, defended b the force at his command. as impregne le. Even now I can hardly understand how it was done, sosndden was the rush. so instan- taneous the chen e from what we consid- ered as perfect so ety to imminent peril. THE MODE 0F ATTACK. THE ATTACK. U to the moment when the Boer-e made rush the' bad efleoted no {rem whatever. A ew only olour men ad engaged. and the Boere' oaeualtlee were triflin in the extreme. A lew minutes later ey had the oreet of the hill. and our men were defending the natural basin in. which the had been lying in apparent security. t cannot be denied that the cag; ture of the Majela Hill is an exploitof whic aux troops in the world might be proud. nother correspondent Ba 9: “During ‘ the enemy's advance our men ardly caught eight of a single Boer. The Boers crept through the' grass. taking advantage of every atone an every inequality of ground. When driven back by our fire at one oiut they would work around unperceive and thence open with heavy volleys upon us. themselves being all the time invisible." The correspondent thinks the English would have done well to have trusted to the bayonet instead of fleeing down the hill, where they were quickly shot down like rabbits. Major-General Sir George Pomeroy- Colley, O. B. 0. M. G., K. C. S. 1., who was killed at the disastrous battle of Spitzkop in the Transvaal the other day, was one of the most romising oflicers of his rank in the Britis army. He was the third son of Commander the Hon. George Francis Pomeroy-Colley of Ferney. in the county of Dublin, a brother of t 16 fifth and an uncle of the sixth and present Viscount Herberton of Kildare, in Ireland. His ‘grandmother, Mary Colley, the wife of the first Viscount Harbbrton, was a great- grandaunt of the first Duke of Wellington, and through this connection it was that about fifty years ago the father of General Colley added to his paternal name of Pome- roy the name of Colley. Sir George Pomeroy-Collcy was born in 1835, and has consequently fallen in the flower of his years. He entered the army early in life, ‘ and had served for a considerable ti 9 in India ,with the 2nd Regiment orQ en’s Royals. of which he was major, when, in April; 1874, he was promoted to a coloneloy. He became a major-general last year, and was made a. knight commander of the Order of the Star of India, which gave him his title as Sir George Pomero '-Colley. He was one of the special frien s of Sir Garnet \Voleeley. who is understood to have declined the command in the Trans- vaal mainly from a wish not to interfere with the opportunity thereby given to Sir SKETCII 0F GEN. COLLEY. George. Pcrsonhl. Mr. Langtry, the “ Lily’s ” husband, has just returned to America. after a trip to England. ‘ Lord Cowper's hospitality is making him one of the most popular viceroys that ever presided in Dublin Castle. ‘ The statement that the late Senator Car- penter wished his remains to be cremated is incorrect. He always opposed cremation. Since it was announced that Gen. Gar~ field is afflicted with an affection of the liver, he receives about a. dozen pads daily from admiring friends. At a. social gathering in Boston a niece of Mrs. J ulia Ward Howeâ€"Miss Terryâ€"wore a. white satin dress which once belonged to the mother of Napoleon Bonaparte. Fears have been entertained since Feb- ruary 12th in Ireland for the safety of a yacht belonging to the Mayor of Limerick, which left Kilrush on February 7th to con- vey a. lady named Miss Borough to America Thus for four presbyteriesâ€"those of Aberdeen, Ayr, Dunse and Chirnside, and Kelsoâ€"have adopted overtures censuriug the commission of the Scottish Free Church for its action in the case of Prof. Robertson Smith. Hun-nua- Mtesa, the savage King of Uganda. has sacrificed 200 human beings on the graves of his ancestors and given». cold shoulder to the missionaries, who are of no use, he thinks, unless they will furnish him with arms and ammunition. -u. . . q “Lu-ls! I'u“ .umu...â€"_ ---~,V Marie, the late Empress of Russia, had a fancy for collecting prayer books. and had a. great many of them at her death. The Czar has distributed them among the various regiments at St. Petersburg. to be preserved in glass cases in the regimental libraries. Miss Mollie Peters, aged 12 years, living with Mr. John S. Barclay, at Battle Creek, Mich., died suddenly ;at 12.30 on \Vednos- day morning. A coroner's inquest was held, and n. verdict found that she came to her death from a dose of arsenic taken voluntarily; . , A_A_ __.J .n-.‘-n.o\m§‘ - Wm. F. Cody was a poor and unknown scout on the plains a. few years ago. A 10-cent. novel glorified him 113 Buffalo Bill. he went on the stage as a. orsouator of himself in border plays an part of the financial result; is visible in a. new block of fine buildings. including a. public hall. at North Platte, Nebrnnlm. " , I“. L‘UL vu J- Auuvu, ‘u...’_v.~_- Dr. 'l‘cnner has found an unsuccessful imitator in a. baker of Konigeberg, Ger. many, who undertook to fast forty days. with. however, an allowance of abottle of beer every fourth or fifth day. At the end of tho twenty-fourth do. he was so week that the police interfere , removed him to tho hospital and compelled him to take nourishment. uvulauumvu-. Frenchy Johnson, the colored oarsman, is said to be dying in Boston. “ Frenchy " was Courtney's follower and confidential friend during the Chautauqua fiasco, and the great question is will he confess before he dies who sawed that boat, or will he carry the momentous secret with him to the grave? Nearly ever one present at the press " court-martin. " held at the rail- road station at Mayvill, after the fizzle, made up his mind that Johnson and tourtney knew all about that business.â€" Buffalo Commercial. “There would be more propriet in an amendment voting $10,000tobuy turfieys to catch the tobacco worms in in district, for I am sure a. single turkey cm: is worth more in the extermination of insects noxi- one to agriculture than all the entomologiats the Government has employed in the last ten yen-rs."â€"-U. 8. Representative Knott. a... “Ir.vll‘;ssnks, of the -township of West~ mlnstor, has lately lost. five valuable horses and a number of sheep through feed- ing oornstalks containinfi ergot. Some more of his horses are i from the some cause, but. It. is hoped that they will recover. J amos Kearney has died at Gale alter a protracted A illness “caused by bursting s protracted “mean u. blood-vesagl last fall. _, . a, (1on was n._ poor and unknown THE COMMONS BAR. Where Naughty Members? of Parliament (let Full. In the House of Commons on Monday Mr. Longle . in moving that the 8 . be r use to issue an order prohibiting the s e of :intoxicating liquors within the precincts of the House. said it it.wsre true that a similar resolution, carried seven years ago. was still in force. he would not unduly urge this motion to-night. 1!, how- ever. the sale 0!. intoxicating liquors was stopped in this building, the House would present itself to the country under a better aspect than when it was notorious that the bar was kept runnin down stairs. He did not expect this rose ution would stop all the members from taking their reg. He ‘wished he had that power; it 0 had he ‘would exert it. (Oh!) There had been some exhibitions in the saloon which were not by aux means creditable to the parties implicate . The place had been flooded withvpersous from outside. (Hear, hear.) 110 as glad to hear that cheer. but he found that some of his friends were verx willing that the grogot the outsiders shoal be stopped; but the moment a personal application was made to themselves then the enthusiasm ceased, and their votes, he feared.were lost. (Laughter.) He thought that. looking to the credit and the safety of the House, it would be well if the nuisance were abated. Mr. Kirkpatrick moved in amendment. That the Speaker be requested to issue an order closing the bar within the precincts of the House for the sale of intoxicating liqngrs; - ‘s .e ‘ , A 123 MY. Langley said the amendment did not by any means satisfy him. There was no use trying to regulate this matter and prevent excess, for there was excess in the thing itself. If members thought it would do them credit personally or do credit to the House as a. whole, to vote down this motion. let them do it. _ Sir John Mucdoneld said he had been long enough in Parliament to see similar motions to this carried frequently. They were usually brought out by the same causeâ€"the presence of strangers in the restaurant of the House. Members were in a. great measure to blame for this. The resolution passed seven years ago was, he believed, operative to-dey ; but it was absolutely valueless, largely from the fact that the House could not control the Senate resteumntiu their part of the building. There was practically no means of cheekin the dispensing of liquor in the House, an therefore the order faded out. He believed the bar should be closed and strangers rigidly_excluded item the restaurant: ‘ Mr. Mecdougall said he began public life as a strong advocate of prohibitory temper- ence, but had lived to learn that it was not a. proper course. The place downstairs was the only place where-members could take their visitors from the country to consult with them on public matters. By voting this motion they would practically be acknowledging that they were 0. number of drunkerds and had to legislate to compel themselves to act as gentlemen. He had been a. member of Parliament for many years, and never knew a. more sober ‘Psrliamont than thgpresent._ 7 Mr. Robertson (Hamilton) objected to the motion as casting a. slur on the House, and as interfering with the liberty of mem- bers. Mr; Boultbee said even if this order were made it would not be enforced. and every member knew it. This motion was an insult to the House. He felt it to be an insult to him personally. He had visited the greater part of the world,and haudnever in all his experience witnessed such scenes as described by the member for Annapolis (Mr. Langley.) That hon.‘ agnember must have been in some pretty bad slums. (Laughton) He condemned the motion a: a. piece of petty clppztrag.‘ , A n, ,.._L Mr. Longley said he did. not want to put restraints upon men, but merelyto prevent the open sale of liquor, on the rinoi 16 that no man had a. right to engage 111 tr 0 to tl_1e injury o_f_ lgifl geighbor. <‘p It'- I ,A,!A‘AO_ The House divided and Mr. Kirkpatriok’a amendment was carried. Y995156f xiays,46. “â€"1\'IE.7rflorhgrley moved to add thatvsmingora be excluded. He hoped that the leader of the Government would secongl it. “Sir John Mncdonuld said he did not think the hon. gentleman had a right to move it. The Speaker said the motion could be made to add words to the main motion as amended, but the htu. member (Mr. Lo_u_gley) could not move it himself "â€""o"-I I ‘ ’ Mr. Longloyâ€"Then will some one also move it? (Loud laughter.) - After some remarks by Mr. Langley, Mr. Burpco (Sunbury) moved that strangers be excluded from the refresh- ment saloon of the House of Commons. “SERVER-ft;- (éifiixwwfiél’lv) mbved to add “ uglosgmcompamiedbx 12.. ‘momberf’: , ‘__‘. Mr. Burpee "Reeefitea the amendment, which was carried, and the main motion as amended was thou adopted. Chicago, which is fast lessening the difference in population with us, affords comfortable homes for from 8500 to 6800 a year. Brooklyn has plenty of pleasant tomes for {$700 to 81,000. But in New York a decent house is hardly to be had under $1,800 a year. London has commo- dious houses in pleasant neighborhoods for £100a year and taxes. the tenant there paying the taxesâ€"not the landlord. as with us. Noble dwellings are to be hired in the new parts of the west end of London, adjacent to Hyde Park, and the passenger railroad system there makes (our millions of people less crowded and oppressed for shelter than the two millions in New York and Brooklyn. We already have the re- putation of being the dearest city in the world, and it is no benefit to us. At one of the hotels in this city a family of two per- sons is said to ay 320,000 a year for a pre. ferred suite 0 rooms and separate table" and exclusive joints of meat. Iknow of several cases where furnished houses rent for 86,000 apiece, and in one instance the tenant pays Slapoundfor all his beet- steaks. re uiring them tobe choice. Pre- fligacy an social disease must be a result of such inequality, and the problem for both hilanthropy and capital is to widen the sland of New York by taking in the reâ€" maining shore.-â€"“Johnny Bouquet” in New York Tribune. SHALL IT BE ABOLIS ED? '--Briok is expected to besooroo and dos: this summer. The Price of“ llomcu.”