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Smith. be appointed to inquire into the administration of justice in the Province of Manitoba. and that the petition of Henry J. Clark, Q. 0.. and others, end all other titionn complaining of the conduct of notice Wood. Chief Justice of Manitoba, be referred to the said committee, and that the said committee have power to send for persons and papers and reoorde, and report from time to time." Mr. Cameron said he had read the ohergee.end with one possible exception they were not in his opinion web as would justify the impeachment of the judge. He understood that they would not refer to TH E SENATE. Drum. May 1. â€"In the Senate to- dn Hon. Mr. Vidal moved the third re 0! the Presbyterian Church Temporalitiee Fund Bill. - 7 Mr. Blake moved a resolution respecting Dominion lands adjacent to railway lines, of which he had given notice, as follows: “ That the present system of administering the Dominion lands situate along the lines of railway is likely to result practically in the acquisition b the railway companies of almost all t 0 enhanced value; not merely of their own lands, but also of the Dominion lands in immediate proximity to the stations on such railways. and that steps should be taken with a view to secure to the public as far as practicable such en- hanced value in cases of stations hereafter to be established.” He was told that a system prevailed of sending out persons to homestead and pro-exempt lands along the line of railway. not with the intention of becoming bonafidg settlers, but in order to secure to the railway the best locations. and to give to them the enhanced value of the Dominion lands as well as those lands belonging to the company. . gaoquen Gaétier.) Welfion, Duly,'Mo1 irppatriok, quby._ Ivee_ and Si;- Sierohn A. Meodonsld said he presumed the hon. gentleman had moved the resolu- tion at this period of the session for the Burpose of expressing the opinion which he and now done. The Government was quite alive to the necessity of remedying the evil to which the hon. gentlemen had referred. and were keeping steadily in view the object aimed at in the resolution. He hoped the leader of the Opposition, having had an opportunity of expressing his opinion. would not press the resolution. Mr. Btenheneon. Chairman of the Print- ing Committee, said everything possible had been done to hurry the printing of the documents forward, but they were not yet ready. Hon. Mr. Odell, alter a few personal explanations as to the position taken by him in committee. expressed the opinion that this Parliament was not the proper tribunal to determine this matter. as it was a question of law. He mentioned that (arty-five petitions against the Bill and only seven (or it had been presented to the House. At 6 o‘clock the Speaker left the chair. Atter recess, The Bill was read a third time on a divi- sion andpassed. _ Mr. Casey said that cases had come to his knowledge in which speculators had taken numbers of squatters into the North- west with a view of getting hold of the best lands. He thought there was nothing unfair in a settler speculating as to where a town site would likely be placed and benefltting by the rise of value which would consequently take place. After some further discussion the resolution was with- drawn. Mr. Schultzâ€"On Friday nextâ€"“ That a special committee. consisting of Messrs. Ryan (Marquette). Royal. Scott, Schultz, Robertson (Hamilton), Rykert, Girouard flagques _C_srti9_r._) Welgon. Duly, MoCsrthg, Sir John Meodonald said since he had been in Parliament it had been the practice for members introducing aBill to endeavor to hurry forward the printing of it so as to get _it rendy for the use of‘the House. Mr. Schultz moved for a. reading of the journals of the House on Monday, March 7th, 1881, so far as they relate to the peti- tion of Henry J. Clark, Q.C., and others, setting forth certain charges against Hon. Edmund Burke Wood, Chief Justice of the ppm of Queen's Bench tor the Province of Manitoba: Mr. Blake ssid he understood from what the leader of the Government had said that before this matter wss proceeded with the petition against J ustioe Wood and his answer were to be printed and distributed, so that members could know what they were doing. An addreesto Her Majesty concerning the Irish resolutions transmitted from the Commons was ordered to be taken into consideration w-morrovy. Sir John Maodonald said that when he introduced it he went into the most minute details regarding it. It was printed but only in “ galley " form, and oould not be distributed. They would of course see that it was distributed before the second reading was called for. He thought it would be in the hands of the members this afternoon. it was not distributed. but that no access could be had to it. When the Bill was in- troduced it passed out of the hands of the gentleman who introduced it and became the property of the House. He did not understand that hon. members took charge of the printing of the Bills they introduced. but that it was left to the Clerk to attend to. There were various reports as to what the Bill contained and what the hon. gentleman had said about it. Various efiorts had been made to secure the Bill itself, but without success, and it seemed to him a most extraordinary thing that access to it should be denied. Be'voral Hon. Membersâ€"Withdraw the motion. OTTAWA, May 1.â€"â€"The Speaker took the chair at 3 o’clock. DOn the Speaker calling the Orders of the “Y. Mr. Blake asked what was the position of a Bill introduced by leave of the House and read a first time. He understood that under the rules no Bill could be introduced in blank or in imperfect shape. Many members of the House were desirous of understanding the provisions of the Bill for readjusting the representation of the people. yet it was not in the possession of the Clerk and no access could be obtained to it. i‘fifiééélfite adjourned at 11 o’clock. DOMIMON PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. which, it proven. would justify tho-removal of the Judie (tom ofllee. Then in that one they I ould not tale: to the commie- eion all theee ohm-go- tor inveetigetion. He suggested that the matter should be left over for a few days until the open could be printed end put in the mom re'hende ; then by the consent of the Ministry 3 motlon could be made on Government days. "I went over and set in the lap of a. corpulent old lady from Manitoba, nude. girl from Chicago jumped over nine sent: and set down on the plug has of a preacher from La. Cross with so much timid, girlish enthusiasm that it. shoved his hat clear down over his shoulders. thqgoqmitm any 91391391 0500;» thong “ Speaking about the sociability of rail- road travellers." said the man with the crutches and a watch .pocket over his eye, “I never got so well acquainted with the passengers on a train as I did the other day on the Milwaukee 6: St. Paul Railroad. We were going at the rate of thirty miles an hour. and another train from the other direction telescoped us. We were all thrown into each other’s society, and brought into immediate social contact, so to speak. “ A shy young man with an emaciated oil-cloth valise left his own seat and went over and sat down in a lunchkbasket where a bridal couple seemed to be wrestling with their first picnic. Do you suppose that reticent young man would have done such a thing on ordinary occasions ? Do you think if he had been at a celebration at home that he would have risenimpetuously and gone where thoseppgople were eating by themselves and sat down in the cran- berry jelly ot a total stranger ? ” " I should rather think not." " Why, one old man who probably at home led the class meeting, and who was as dignified as Roscoe Conkling’s father. VI as eating a piece of custard pie. when we met the other train. and he lelt his own seat and went over to the front end of the car and shot that piece of custard pie into the ear of a beautiful widow irom Iowa. After some lurther discussion this via: ggggedlo. 9nd t_he debate. pdjournpdn I was intrusted with a brief by a rather shady attorney. and being at that time without experience, I yielded implicitly to his instructions. A young gentleman was called as a witness. My client suggested a question. Blindly I put it, and was met by a direct negative. “Whats lie l” simulated my client. and dictated another question. The same result followed, and a similar ejaculation. By his further instruction I ut a third, the answer to which comp etely knocked us over. My client threw himself back. “Well," said he, “ he is a liar, he always was a liar. and always will be a liar." " Why," remarked 1. “you seem to know all about him." “ Of course I do." was the reply. “he is my own son."â€"-â€"Sergeant Ballanlim'o Memoin. uMr. Mackenzie moved the resolutions of which he had given notice on the subject of the contract with H. J. Beemer for the construction of works on section 27 of the Welland Canal. declaring that the said contract was made in violation of the law, and that this House cannot approve of the same. He said the motion was intended to cover the question 0! the letting of large contracts by means of private circulars. Parliament had not yet adopted that rin- ciple. and while the reasons aseigne by Mr. Page {or recommending such a course in this instance might justify a change in the law. they lurniehed no reason for vio. lating the law ae_it now stands. ‘ Mr. Charlton called attention to the fact that his Bill to punish offences against the person would not be reached in time to secure its passage during the present ses- sion itllot taken up tp-night. " Everybody seemed to lay aside the usual cool reserve of strangers, and we made opt-selves entirely syllome. “People travelling somehow forget the austerity of their home lives. and form acquaintances that sometimes last through life."-â€"Laramic Boomerang. to accept. but they gave Mr. Page the power to take this course. believing that he would only not in the public interest. All the papers relating to the case were being printed. and when brought down they would be found to furnish the fullest par- ticulare. 7 Sir Hector Lanéevin ariid it was too late to take up the Bill at the present sitting. The House adjouined at 11.10. Sir Charles Tupper said that while admitting the right of the member for Lambtcn to move the resolution, he did not think that the hon. gentlemen would annul the contract if they had the power. The hon. gentleman had rightly stated that the law requires contracts to be let by tender. This case was not one of an ordi- nary contract, but was of pressing emer- gency, as had been stated by Mr. Page, the engineer. The advice given by him. that circulars should be sent out privately to those contractors whom he believed to be competent to do the work. was advice which the Government were_veryl'eluctant Cholce Morn-ll from Rev. Mr. Beecher “ One- half of the temptations of the devil are the temptations of the belly the temptations caused by the efl'ectny 0! tea nnd_whiekey. " “Many women think there Is no God higher than their husbands, and that's a. mighty poor one. They think their children are the general assembly and church of the first-born." In his sermon at Brooklyn on Sunday night Mr. Beecher said many striking things. _ Among oghsrs_he said: “ Kicked as fie is in his countrymen the world over. you and I have a Jew for our divipjpy." - “ Niigara is not half so wonderful to me as th_e gr9w_t._h 9! _a dandeliop.” " Men any the mound-builders en a race have disappeared. I tell you they have not. They are in New York, heaping up golden dirt, eeoh one trying to see how much higher he can get then hie fellows. But some of the best men in New York are men of wealth who have fought the devil in every nook end corner of the street. and have vanquished him." " Many men are only butterflies. dipping in flower after flower to find pleasure in them and sucking honey. Honey in good, but it is not good to eat nothing but honey all the time." no Know the “'Ilneu. Railroad Boclabillly. “ His Royal Highness Prince Leopold. George Duncan Albert. Duke of Albany. Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow. Prince of the United Kingdom. Duke of Saxony. Prince of Uobourg and Goths. Kni ht of the Meet Noble Order of the Garter. night of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle. Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George. and a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council in Great Britain." to give him his full title. is the youngest son and the youngest child. but one. of Queen Victoria. He was born at Buckingham Palace on April 7th.1853, and studied at Oxford. which University he left with the reputation of a quiet and studious young man of amiable disposition and more than ordinary capacity. From his infancy he has been of very delicate health. being unlisted with a feebleness of the bone or joints. which was recently responsible tor three had falls within a month. some unfathomable affection of the epidermis leading to chills and weakness. and a tendency to hemorrhage on the slightest exertion. so that. as one London newspaper gracefully put it. " his wife should be one capable of taking tender care of her husband in sickness as well as in health." He is certainly the best educated and most intellectual of the Queen’s sons. No scandal has ever attached to his name â€"for the best of reasons. unkind critics may sayâ€"and his tastes are scholarly and re- fined. He is. like the Duke of Edinburgh. a musician. sings tenor very nicely. and has set to music a very pretty love-song. “ Dir Allein ;" is fond of chess and read- ing. and has a taste for mstheticism in the matter of house decorations ; takes a good deal of interest in charitable and reforma- tory institutions; writes a very good speech. but speaks it villainously ; is a prominent Freemason, having been Provincial G.M. for Oxfordshire and W. M. of the London Lodge of Antiquity. the oldest English lodge in the craft; is a D. C. L. of Oxford. and was a member of the Oxford union. He has a breastful of foreign orders, inciuding the Dutch order of the Lion. the Prussian order of the Black Eagle. and the Ottoman order of the Osmanli. A couple of years ago Prince Leopold was understood to be on the point of taking holy orders and going into training for the Primacy. so that when Albert Edward I. ascended the throne he would have one brother Lord High Admiral. another Commander-in-Chief and a third Archbishop of Canterbury. a position which. by the way, George III. thought of giving to his brother, the Duke of Gloucester. if “ Silly Billy ” hadn’t been too silly; but nothing came of the rumor. and the gossips declared that the project had been dis- couraged from fear that he might go from High Church over to Rome, and die 9. Cardinal. like the last of the Stuarts. A few weeks ago the Duke of Albany was made a colonel in the army. without pay. so as to have a uniform in which to be married. his peer‘s robes or the uniform of the Trinity House (of which he is a brother) not being thought suitable. while for a prince to be married in plain clothes was not to be thought of. On coming of age. in 1874. the Prince was given an annual allowance of 875,000. When his forthcom- ing marriage was announced this was increased to 8125.000 a year, while in the event of his death his widow is to receive 830.000 a year for life. The grant was vigorously opposed in the Commons,but was carried by a vote of 387 to 42. the minority including 15 Home Rulers and 29 advanced Liberals like Cowen, the younger Dilke. Sir Wilfred Lawson. Laboucnere. Thomas Bayley Potter. the Hon. E. L. Stanley. and P. A. Taylor. In 1871 the Marchioness of Lorne was given her dowry by 350 to 10. and when in 1872 Dilke attacked the civil list only Lawson. Anderson and Auberon Herbert supported him. This year three Ministers. Dilke. Postmaster-General Faw- cett and George Otto Trevelyan. declined to vote. as did about thirty Liberals. while several prominent Liberals and 'Cabinet Ministers paid the Queen’s message asking for a grant the discourtesy of keeping on their hats. Prince Leopold. as readers of Tries areaware. visited Chicago in 1880. Interesting Note. at [he Newly Wedded Pvt-co and Prince... The Princess Helena. Frederica Augusta is the fourth daughter and child of George Victor. Prince of Waldeok~P rmont. by his wife, the Princess Helena. aughter of the late William, Duke of Nassau. and was born on February 17th, 1861. Her eldest sister, Pauline, married a Prince of Ben- theim ; the second, Marie, married Prince William of Wurtemburg. and the third, Emma. espoused, in 1879. the old King of Holland, forty-one years her senior. to whom she has borneadaughter. Waldeck-Pyr- mont is a small German State, with an area of 466 square miles and a popula- tion. decreasing through emigration, of about 54.000 inhabitants. The peo is are Franconians and Protestants, an very well educated, though poor. After the seven weeks' war of 1866 the Prince offered to abdicate in favor of the King of Prussia. but the offer was declined. though in 1867 a convention was signed under which all but the nominal power went to the present Emperor of Germany. The country is stony and hilly and without railroads. It has fine mountain scenery and mineral waters famous in the days of Charlemagne and even of Caesar. The family is one of the oldest in North Germany, the line tracing directlyto Count Wittekind, who died in 1137. and whose grandson first took the title of Count of Waldeck. The head of the family took princely rank at the coronation of the Emperor Charles VI. l’yrmont was associated with Waldeck in the seventeenth century. Should the male line fail Waldeck would go to the female heirs and Pyrmont to the Hohenzollsrns, with whom. by the way. the little principality aided in 1866. The most famous of all the Waldecks was Francis. Bishop of Munster at the time of the Anabaptist rising of 153-1, which he finally repressed with merciless severity. torturing to death John Boccold, the “ King of Siam." elected by the insurgents; the next, perhaps. Count George Frederick. the wise and discreet Chancellor of Bran- denburg. at the time of the Thirty Years' War. The Waldecks are Lutherans. curiously enough, through the mnrganatic marriage of Prince Albert with Miss Dora Gage. the dashing daughter of an Irish clergyman. Prince Leopold will have one of his mother‘s subjects as his aunt by marriageâ€"morganatic at that. The bride 'I‘III! ROYAL MARRIAGE. is of medium height, with a fair flgure.dark hair. broad. white forehead. good eyes and mouth. and aim le. pretty manners. She has spent all her lie at her father's little capital of Arolseu. 0n the 21st of Novem- ber last her engagement was announced as having taken place on the 18th. at Frank- fort; on the 29th Queen Victoria sanctioned it in Council. On the 21st of February the Princess arrived in England to visit the Royal Family. Ber tronsseau was pre- fiared at Paris, her sister. the Queen of olland. whose old husband is tremend~ ougly rich. footing the bills. If a young man marries for the purpose of getting a good cook. and nothing more. it is all well enough. But if he wants a wife who will reflect credit upon him under all the conditions of life other qualities should also be taken into consideration. And it is possible that these other qualities will out. weigh culinary considerations. Happily, she who fails as a cook may be a complete success in some other direction. It is more necessary that every woman a o be a good cook than that every man should be a good gardenerâ€"not a bit. And the young woman who has a wholesome or unwhols- some loathing for the kitchen and its drudgery should take a careful inventory of her capabilities to see if her mission may not be found in some more congenial field. Don't be discouraged. Don‘t give up. The Ducal title of Albany was conferred on Prince Leopold in May last. It is curious that not one of the Queen’s sons has a title taken from any part of or place in England â€"- Wales, Edinburgh, Con- naught, and Stathearn and Albany all being without its limits. The first Scot- tish dukedom, created in 1898, was that of Albany, conferred on the regent. Robert Stuart, Earl of Fife, son of Robert 11., “Albany" signifying to him and his con- temporaries that part of Scotland lying north of the Firths of Clyde and Forth. Since then the title has always been re- served for princes very near the throne. There have been ten dukes of Albany in allâ€"five dukes in Scotland only, two dukes of Albany in Scotland and of York in England by separate creations. and three dukes of York and Albany (compound) in the peerage of Great Britain. It has been an unlucky title. The first duke. a suc- cessful soldier and statesman, was con- cerned in the murder of his young nephew, the Duke of Rothesay. The second, his son, Murdoch. was beheaded by James I. The title was revived in favor of Alexander, son of James 11., killed in a tournament at Paris in 1455. His son John, regent of Scotland, was of feeble mind, was deserted by his nobles during the war with England, in 15223, and died in exile in France. Darnley was the next Duke of Albany, having received the title nine days before his ill-omened marriage with Mary. Queen of Scots. Charles I.. the next bearer of the title, was beheaded by his subjects. His son and successor in the titles of York and Albany (who gave their names to the capital and metropolis of New York) was James IL, whodied in exile. The other dukes of York and Albany were the brother of George I., who died unmar- ried in 1728, the grandson of George 11., Edward Augustus, who died unmarried in 1767, and the second son of George III., commander-in-chiet of the army. The exiled Stuarts, it may be said, adopted the title of Albany, but the Counts d'Albanie, one of whom died recently, were bogus, though they afiected to be descendants of the Pretender. If you cannot in the kitchen Bake the pies and roast the meat ; If you can not cook the victuals So that they'll be fit to eat ; ‘ You can sit down to the table, With your knife and fork at play ; You can lend a hand to help them, As they stow the food away. Yes, indeed. But we repeat. a good cook is a good thing. We all bow before her work while grace is being said. We look up to her, and ask her to please pass the biscuits. She is worthy of all honor. We trust that the lesson here taught will do good ; that the young lady who may read it will adopt it as her guide and do as she pleasesâ€"and she usually doesâ€"and that young men will follow herâ€"which they usually do. It was long ago discovered that every parasite was troubled with other parasites. he flea bites the dog. a smaller bug bites the flea. and so on. indefinitely. More recent investigations revealed the fact that many diseases were caused by fungi, which is either inhaled or becomes attached tothe body. Throat diseases and catarrhal affec- tions are often caused in this way. More recently it has been discovered that the cavity of the human ear is a most favorable place for the propagation of fungus growths. The fungi. which is known by the technical name of aspergillus nigra, are perfect mushrooms. with whitish stalk and black head. They are so small that it requires a microscope of a power suflicient to magnify three hundred times to render their forms clear and distinct. The growth spreads around the walls of the auditory canal and over the ear-drum. causing itching and dullness of hearing. The growth is strengthened by the use of oil or water in the ear. and there is no doubt but many of those who suffer from dullness of hearing are raising a crop of mushrooms in their ears. and their efforts to " soften the wax ” are the most potent means of in- creasing the trouble. " Music Hun Cnmue," src.â€"Aningeni- one method of arriving at an estimate of the numbers of children who succeed in evading the compulsory byJewa of the School Board has been adopted by the Ragged School Union of Liverpool. A band ol‘ mueio was hired to play for two hours a. day during school hours in different parts of the city. and a record wee kept of e l the juveniles who were attracted by the music. In {our days they counted no fewer than 3,020 children of school age. for the moat ert squalid end ill-fed, standing round the fiend at a time when they ought to have been at school. Minister Lowell has consented to preside at the ceremony on May 17th of the open- mg of the Garfield House in Brixton. London, founded in memory of the late President as a home for working girls. -â€"In some parts of England the well letter boxes have been painted around the aperture with luminous paint. so that people may see where to post their letters at night. Good When Not Necennrfly Cool“. Mushrooms In the Bar. A MURDER 03 MARRIAGE YOUNG MAN A Tragic Drum [Minn s LowSlck 8min and n Buutfi'wm n History. CANADIAN LOVER! IN CIIICAOO. On Wednesday morning last Andrew Moflat. a lad employed in a Chicago drug store. shot Mrs. Clara Stanton. who was up to quite recent times a resident of St. Thomas, Out. Her age is 35 years. In person she is of voluptuous figure, tall, finely formed, with a fascinating manner well calculated to infatuate an impression- able young man. Finely educated. of ready wit and a fluent conversationalist. she has been known on more than one occasion previously to incite a hopeless passion in the breast of a tender-hearted youth. Her beauty is of a rich, languish. ing type, and her elegant appearance and vivacious temperament wil bespeak the romantic career she has enjoyed in being thrice married. Her first husband was a Dr. Carter, of Erie, Penn., by whom she had a daughter. now 14 years old, who is at school in Detroit. Mrs. Carter divorced her husband. and. reverting to her maiden name of Hunter. married Dr. Bradley, of Buffalo, who died. after which she removed to St. Thomas. where her mother still resides with her brother, Mr. W. M. Hunter, Ticket Agent of the C. S. R. Here she fascinated a susceptible youth, Charles Stanton, son of the County Crown Attorney of Elgin. After their marriage they removed to Chicago, when as she alleged. finding him a worthless fellow, she discarded him, he going to Manitoba and enlisting in the Mounted Police. she settling down in Chicago for a time till she got a situation as book-keeper at Detroit. Here she became an object of adoration to “ Victor” Andrew G. Mofi'at, a young man of 24. aCanadian by birth. and of fair edu- cation and bringing up. His family,except his father who is in Michigan City. live in Owen Sound. The lady afterwards re- moved to Chicago.where the young man per- secuted her with his attentions until on the day of the tragedy he called at her board. ing-house and asked her to take lunch with him and his sister. but she refused. Being further importuned,she, with the intention of intimidating him, stepped to the door, and, openingit, told him to leave. Stepping toward her. he said, “ Clara, when can I see you again?” “Never." replied the woman, " you have persecuted me with your silly nonsense as long as I can bear it. You are not only dragging me down but yourself. Go to work. and be a man, and leave me to make my own way in the world.” Moflatt's wound was thought to be more serious, but it was tound that. only a scalp wound had been inflicted. The ball was found lodged behind the right ear between the scalp and the skull. flattened into two pieces. When Mofiatt recovered his senses, he cried. “0h! Clara. if you had only loved me. it you had only loved me.” He also said, “I was mad, but I loved the woman and could not live without her." Before the last word of the above sen- tence had been fully uttered the insane lover placed the muzzle of a revolver within six inches of the woman's face and fired. Mrs. Stanton fell to the floor. and he then turned the revolver on himself and fired two shots. One lodged in the ceiling of the room. the other entered behind his right ear. He fell on the floor apparently dead. Mrs. Stanton recovered before the physician arrived, and reaching into her mouth drew out two teeth and the bullet. The bullet struok her in the right cheek, along the line of the jawbone, knocked out two teeth and dropped under the tongue. The wound is not dangerous, but Will mar the lady‘s beauty and compel her to keep her mouth closed for some time, and at any rate prevent her from talking freely. which to a woman is torture. There is a curious and malcdorous rail- road and court complication in Connecticut. An Act was passed in 1867 providing that any railroad neglecting to maintain suitable water-closets at each passenger station on its road should forfeit 8100 for each offence one-halite goto him who sues therefor. and one-half to the State. The railroads paid no attention to the statute. In 1881 a resident of Norwich, Louis Rivard. brought ninety-five suits under this statute against various corporations in the State. After dilatory pleadings. final judgment was entered in each of the cases (or the full penalty. The railroads were represented by the best lawyers in the State. but they forgotto perfect appeals. and they found after a time that the executions would bother them. They went to the Legisla- ture and procured the passage of an Act for the re al of the statute under which the Rivar suits were brought. The Su- preme Court had once decided that all actions on a repealed statute pending at the time of the a peal must fall. and the combined railroa law talent of the State was delighted. But to their dismay the lawyers soon iound that an Act had been passed in 1881 providing thatthe passage or repeal of any Act shall not aflect a pending proceeding. Their next resource was tocrcwd into an omnibus bill a pro- vision that the Rivard cases be brought within the jurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas as fully as if they had been properly appealed. Having had no difficulty in securing what legislation they wanted, the railroads are not worried about their chances in a court of record. There are rooms in Hampton Court Palace which various needy and worthy people are from time to time permitted to occupy as their homes. Recently there died there the widow of Col. Wyndham, leaving her daughter in ver poor circum- stances. She has petitione for the further use of the rooms. an event which has been the means of calling attention to certain alleged jobbery in the bestowal of these apartments. Not long ago it was said thatalormer occupant left awill which was proved under 8300.000, while a lady who recently received a suite enjoyed a handsome income and kept a dozen servants. Profound regret is expressed in Montreal circles M. the approachingdeputuro of Rev. Dr. Sullivan, who has been sppointed Bishop of Algoms. In sll the principal churches on Sunday reference was made to the sacrifice he was making in msny points of view st the call of duty. An Odoroun Railway (lull.