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M Bos'rox, Nov. 18.â€"- .-\ cable deepatoh from Parnelluuys the expense to the Govern- ment of protecting Boycott may reach 0225.000. There are thirteen other land- lords or agents “ Boycotted " in Mayo. It is calculated that this method will be '9do_pted hy the ppople tgyvapd 2,000 129(1- Loxnox. Nov. lap-"It. in reported that B t and Forster have threatened to from the Cabinet in one ooerolon in .Womptml in Ireland. In flint event}, it ll understand. Earl Derby is relied on to take Fouter'a place. Un the other bend. it is laid than if Gladstone gives in toBright ond Fender. Ilurtington and Argyll will resign. The issue seems to be rapidly linking up between the Whig landowners and Radical leaders. who have so for com- bln‘ed to keep Gladstone in power. lord's and agents before Christmas. This will necessitate the omploymant of a mil~ lion 0! troupu to save the crops. The peo- ple are organized, and with such an organi- fltion tho battle is “on. LONDON. Nov. l8.mGairdner, a landlord in Galwuy county, mm tarred and (authored by armed men last, night. Trade In lrcluml Never Brisker. Messrs. Moore, Francis 42 00.. of 118 Southwark street. London, 8. F... sent to the Daily News the followin extracts from letters written 1) two of t air travelling 839m} i_n Irolau : THE IRISH TRDII BLES 1. I' find the people all pursuing their daily avocations and never knew the busi- ness' portion more inclined to industry. As far as business is concerned Ifirmly believe that the traders are much safer this year than for the past two. They have been working with more caution than usual for the past twelve months, bligng sparingly, and have lon ‘ ee stopped the liberal credit w ioh they imprudently gave to the farmers. which must result in an improved busi- ness. as- it will be for cash, which the farmers are now paying for their wants. instead of running in debt as before. The universal caution exercised in commercial matters for the past year is now commenca ing to produce a more healthy atmosphere. No doubt there is a good deal of agitation about the land question, but as the farmers are moderately off this year they are the consumers and not the landlords. Not very far from Lough Mask there is another landholder, like Captain Bo cott, virtually besieged by her tenants and ‘ving in constant fear of her life. The land- holder referred to is the Miss Gardiner whose name is familiar in connection with more or less successful attempts at evic- tion. She is doubtless a resolute and de- termined woman. and possessed by avi or- ous idea of the rights of property. he dwells far beyond Kiliala, near the village of Kilcum. at a house called Farmhill. There is something very " uncanny " about Farmhill. The first object which comes in sight is a police barrack. with a ' wall surrounding a sort of "compoun ," the whole being obviously constructed with a view to resisting a possible attack. This stifi. staring assertion of the power of the law stands out gaunt and grim in the midst of a landscape of surpassing beauty. In the front enclosure the sergeant is drill- ing his men ; and those not under drill are watching the domain immediately opposite, to the end that no unauthorized person may approach it. The surroundings of the house are not those associated in the ordina mind with a home. The outer gate is ocked hard and fast, and the little enlky looking porter’s lodge is untenanted. Its windows are barred and alleommunica- tion with the house itself is cut off, except to adventurous ”persons pre ed to climb a stone wall. he house is arred and barri- caded in a remarkable manner. The front door is so strongly fastened that it is said not to have been opened for years. Massive bars of iron protect the windows. and the solitary servant visible is a speciesof she herd orodd man. who comes slinking roun the corner. No stranger entlewoman’s dwellin could be found in e three kingdoms. T e spot reeks with a dun eon-like atmosphere. It is. accordin to t e present state of life in Mayo, simp y a " strong place,” duly forti- fied and garrisoned against the enemy. It must be confessed that the roprietress, who has a police etachment opposite to her gate and lives in a house defended by iron bars and chains, has some reason for her precautions ainst surprise. She was shot at through e window of her own house not very long ago. It is said that she carries a revolver in the packet of her shooting jacket, and only as for an escort of armed constabu- lary when she goes into Bailina. But she, nevertheless, thinks it well to convert her home into a fortressâ€"perha the only one of the kind now extent in urope. Here she dwells with a lady companion. Miss Pringle, far out of range of such social life as remains in the county. occupied nearly exclusively with the management of her estate; a matter which, far from concom- ing herself alone, entails great vexation, embarrassment and expense upon others. All Irish Tenant‘s Duel-Ina. A tenant in Ireland. writing to the Lon- don Standard. says: “ Last ni ht a notice (a copy of which I enclose). evi ently ema- nating from a local branch of the Land League. was posted on one of the pillars of my entrance gate. as you may see. threat. suing with death any tenant who aye a rent exceeding Grimth‘s valuation or his holdin . Now. we are‘ unfortunately only toowe aware that these are no idle threats” 2. The traders are giving little or no credit. they are buying very carefully, and they do not seem at all anxious to get in a lot of goods at a time. I know this from experience. Four years ago it was much easier to do double the trade, and goods were paid for at Frompt. About the agitation and the class 0 men mixed up with it. The principal or the active men are not traders, ‘or very few indeedâ€" scarcely three in a large town. They are men who have no interest in the country, and a great many have no calling. My candid opinion is, the agitation will last until a good land bill is passed, but it is simply absurd to think that anything like Fenianism or revolution will be attempted. The Govern- ment has taken too many precautions. I myself think there is very little crime and wickedness in the bulk of the people. I wickedness in the bulk of the poo lo. I wouldn’t be the least afraid to go tErough the country at all hours of the night alone. It.very seldom happens one is robbed for A Female Captain Boycott. nor are they to be 11 My (liar arded. What I should like to as in: Sh I pay my full oovenanted rent, which exceeds the before mentioned valuation, or shall I not pay y? I! Idopa pay I shall be virtually oom- mining suicide; 1! I do not I shall be rob~ bins my landlord. beeidee being liable to be ejectedy from my holding. " To the Tenant Farmers 9! @he -â€"- “not Gunmanâ€"I beg to intormtgou in due time that i! you pay more than 0 Government valuation you will regret the day that you did so. We have heard that some 0! on are inclined not to give but the valuation; nt it there are an mangee sheep amongst you that will ay the in amount. we give him revioua warn us that he is certain to meet the ate of Lord Mountmon‘is. (Signed) THE Leanna or Tl!!! Pm’rr. A Bel-nun Girl's Queer Frank. The Irish journals recount with lee that a noble lord in the neighboi'hood o Belfast had announced his intention to pass the winter in Ireland. The prospect was not leasing to Milady’s French maid. so she forwarded athreatening letter to his lord- ship. who at once “ or ered his carriage, drove to the station and flew off to Lon- don," journeying from his residence to the station “ with a revolver primed. capped and loaded by his side, two other friends accompanying him with loaded rifles inside the carri 6, while a gallant eolonel._armed to the teet . eat on the box by the coach- man.” the French maid in a rumble behind laughing internally to a degree fatalto corset laces. . a 9.95 .they. t9 be um], assm 11 There is news from Irelanfi a! fevzfal ntattemptstotam rwit t 0 0y ty 0:339 soldiers. Menage has been ofiered them by Fenian agents. who promised high commands in the Irish National arm . The soldiers seem to have remained loya . The police are on - the track of the agents. A. O’Callaghan, secretary of the Waterford Land League. has returned to stand his trial for forcibly re-taking posses- sion of the farm from which he had been evicted. Despite the disturbed condition olltlm country, tlie Em ress of Austria, re ying on persona popu arit . ropoees to take her establishment to Irzlar’id to enjoy a winter's hunting. It is reported .that_the expense of the #SISLn k... ,, Lennon, Nov. 19.-â€"Gladstone denies thae th9__r_e is apy dissengion in the Cabinet. Davitt said he would give his ittention to oombatting these efforts. A good deal of work was yet to be done in America. but he thought such progress had been made there that the interests of the movement would not suffer by his absence. It was important to the movement that the Americans should be convinced that the Land League did not give the slightest encouragement to out rages. The Vatican organ, the Aurora. denies the statement that the Irish bishops are pursuing a olioy displeasing to the Pope, and says no ther the Pope nor the bishops ever thought of reventing the ople from aiming at the e 'timam satisfaction of their needs.provi ed the do not deviate from justice and reotitu e in their choice of means. Rebellion, incendiarism. the destruction of property and homicide are clearly not among the means that can be oountenanced. The present position of the members of the Government. I have the very best The News in a leading editorial says: “ The Cabinet did not come to any decision fiesta-day with regard to the meeting of arliament. It was not. we believe', con- sidered that the time had yet come when it could be finally decided whether the earlier session is necessary. The Govern- ment are likely to be engaged for sometime in considering the scheme that they intend to introduce in the subject of land tenure in Ireland." Dusnm, Nov. 18.â€"The city of Waterford will present Parnell with the freedom of the city on his arrival. Puns. Nov. l9.â€"It is stated that the real object of Parnell’s trip to Paris is to have an interview with prominent Fenian lead- ers. The proceedings both of Parnell and his allies will be closely watched by the French authorities. DUBLIN. Nov. 2l.â€"This morning a tele- am was received announcing the arrest of ve teens who took a imminent part in the and agitation near oughrea, county Galway. Losses, Nov. 20.â€"-Thomas Power O'Clm- nor, M. B, said at Galway that when the objects of the Land Le e have been attained the Irish people wi have a more noble course in view, to wrench themselves from the rule of England. The speech was doubtless made in the hope of securing the prosecution of the speaker. When the talk of the prosecution of the Land Leaguers commenced, O’Connor rushed of! to Ireland to seek martyrdom. and was much disap- pointed at not being included in the indicted 'tators. O'Connor is the Irish corres 11 out of the Central ews, and, as such, as Men pufling himse in specials to the‘Amerioan newspapersL _ A Cork despatch says Michael Davitt has returned from the United States, bring- inga tender of the freedom of the city made by the municipality of Chicago to Parnell. Davitt says he was everywhere well received, and the ublio o inion of America was undoubted y favora 10 to the Irish land movement. The Americans needed education on the subject. and hence the necessity of having a representative of the League in America. The Land League must compete with the lsndlords’ organs of Ireland and England in securing the favorable o inion of the Americans. The landlor s were sending copies of their journals to. the American papers, and milit portion of the Boycott i'elief ex tion wi 1 be levied on the county of If; Dillon filed fourteen pleas of not gui on behalf of the travel-ears. Intelligence has reached the police of Bella district that during the past week a large quantity of revolvers has been con- signed to merchants in that neighkorhocd. A3__.,,A‘ . n __°_-_ -v “â€"w-vuw-w on vuuu uulsquuUW- A despatoh from Dublin says indignation is even on the march to Dublin itself. as there has been some instances of threaten- ing letters sent to persons in Dublin county, and the Lsnd Le e movement is spread ing in the north 0 Ireland. A meeting of tenant farmers in Monsghsn county strongly denounced the egitstion. The caretaker shot on Thursday night on the farm near New Pallas. was fired at from behmd a grove while on his way to the farm. He is not dead, but is in a pre- carious condition. The nephew 0! the evicted tenant has been arrested and identi- fieiby the caretaker as his assailant. Th5 cavalry at Lodgh flak have been ordered to Dublin on account of their horses suffering from the severity of the weather. guthotity for the atatament, in rolerouoeto the Irish question is this: Lord Belborno, Lord High Chancellor; the Earl of Kim. barley. Boon for the Colonies; Etrl Span”!- Ierd. "trident 9! “.10 909ml!- end the Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy Seal. are united in considering that the time has some for the suspension of the Rubens Cor us Act. and the Ohio! Secretary for Ire sud. Mr. Forster, is also of their opinion, and has earnestly pressed the adoption of this vigorous measure. On the other hand. this proposal is as ener eti- 99“}. ogposqd by t_h_e representstives o the Radical element. Mr. Bright. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. and Mr. Joseph Ohamper ain. President of the Board of Trade. These gentlemen would. I hear. have reei ed their rtfolioa it Mr. Glad- stone h not takent eir side. It has con- sequently been decided b the Cabinet to do nothing whatever unti after the meet- ing of Parliament. which has been sum- moned for the first week in January. I- month earlier than usual. The date of assembling Parliament it is now suprosed will be determined by the course 0 events. The Queen’s protracted stay in Balmoral elicits the usual hostile comments from the press and society. It obliges Cabinet Ministers to journe thither at a moment when the gravest ecisions have to be taken. In London there is also gossip over the fact that the Queen delays at Balmoral to attend gillies’ entertain- ments, referring! unconventional amuse- ments 0 that am: to the more ceremonious life of Windsor (Lustle. view" on insincerity in the pulpit. He says, in the Independent: “ I cannot but observe. and with a good deal of regret, that every so~called reply waives the real point. The question is not: Does this clergyman say all he knows in the pulpit, or does that one? The question. as stated in the arti- cle, is : ‘ Do the American people, as a whole, believe that the preachers say all they know?’ Thus far this question has been avoided in those comments of the re- ligious press which I have seen.” It a pears that, despite the many reduc- tions 11 his household expenditure effected by Leo XIII., the outlay of the Holy See still amounts to nearly five millions of lire annually, toward which total Papal invest- ments In foreign ztooke only contribute abouta million and a half. Thus it be- came desirable that the Peter’s pence should be made to yield as much as will balance the Pontifical budget and even a Down on the Passion Play In a Theatre -â€"Tho Robertson-Smith Remy Cale. Jerusalem has a population of about 25,000, among which Mohammedan, Jews, and Chriatiahe are about equally divided. It is believed that the next moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland will be the Rev. Dr. Smith. of Cathoart. Dr. Smith is the senior mem- ber of the Glasgow Presbytery, and has discharggd for many years the duties of clerk. w ile he is at the same time clerk to the Synod of Glasgow. He was ordained in 1828. ' Rev. Edward Everett Hale caused a stir by big article; in the " North American Re- Since the disemhushmént 0': the Irish Church it has raised £4,000,000 for the cause of religion and charity. The Free Church of Scotland is endeav- oring to raiee a fund which will secure an annual salary of at least £300 to each of its ministers. At the recent meeting of the Long Island Bible Society, held at Woodhaven, Dr. Hunt. secretary of the American Bible Society, said that the society had turned out Biblee at the rate of seven 3 minute for every minute in every working hour tor the past year. In breaking the ground for a. Methodist church in St. Louiam. hundred women took part in the ceremony, each tossing some earth into a. cart with a. polished brass shovel. The Sabbath is the green oasis, the little grassy meadow in the wilderness, where. after the weekdays’ journe , the pilgrim hadn’t?i for refreshment an repose.â€"â€"Dr. Re e. of Aberyetwith, at the advanced age of 96 years, Wales has lost its oldest Nonoon- fomist minister. he hoving been a. minister in the Calvinist Methodist Connexion for the long period of seventy-five years. Rev. Dr. Pusey says that London is, in all probability, one of the largest heathen cities in the world, and that many of its inhabitants will be judged, he sup see, by the same law as the heathen in U ' a. and Japan. Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, lecturing in Boston the other day, said he had never found an instance in which the plighted word of an Indian had been broken, but that the Indian term for white men was synonymous with " liar." In the recent death of the venerable and ed minister. the Rev. ‘Edward Hughes. - A L-__AL_2LL - A A I Christian unity. ea. 3 the Christian Guardian, has probeb y never been dis- cussed in such a kindly, Christian spirit as now. Men are net eeekin union at the sacrifice of principles, but ey are asking “ how we can have true spiritual union with our differences.” The first year of the Rev. David Mec- ree’s work in Dundee has just been com- pleted. His cons! tion includes from 1.000 to 1.200 enre le communicate, and during the last twelve months its income has been over £2,600. It will be remem- bered that Mr. Mecrue was put out of the U. P. Church for heresy. . In a seilore' meeting in a rough part of London, the sailors, however uncultured they may be, are permitted to take pert in exhortetion and prayer. At a recent meet- ing a men thus expressed himself in prayer: “ Lord 1 some 0’ these ’ere people says as how they was brands luokt from the burnin’. Lord I I wee a. b ezin' tar barrel. I was; but Thou didet fetch me out, Lord.” Over the door of a. Divinity school in Breslau, dating from the seventeenth cen- tury. is the image in relief of a. young ass. with the quaint inscription: “ The Lord hath need of him." Pleasant speeches were made at the din- ner of the Toronto School of Medicine lately, by‘ Mr. Goldwin Smith and Prof. Gavan. he latter said he was not one of those theologists who feared science. If any dogma of theology was unable to bear com anson with other departments of trut ,itwouldbedoomed and would perish. CHURCHES AND CLERGYMEN. trifle more. wherewflh. by degrees. to aug- ment the ea )1“! invested abroed. The gape etill_dee nee to accept the incomeâ€" three end It quarter millions of lireâ€" ofiered to him I) the Itelisn Government. slthough it has letely proposed that this eubvention should take the form of n ferscnnl contribution to the Peter's pence uud on the fart of the tin and queen. A committee 0 cardinals an proletee has been formed to give impetus to the collec- tion, which has fallen 03 yearly since the death of Pius IX. In the chaotic state of ecclesiastical opinion regarding women’s reaching, but few have been admitted eit or to the pul- it or to the theological seminary in the nited States. Although the number has greatly increased in the last decade, in 1870, of 43.874 clergyman. only ant -seven were women. The Methodist an Uni- versalist churches have robably proved more cordial in anting c erical privileges to women than t e churches 0! other lead- ing deucmi atione. Yet the ' eneral con- ference of t former . h d at Cincin- nati in 1880. refused to e a positive posi~ tion in reference to the question. Women. ‘hovveverhare occupying several Methodist A New J ereey insurance company in- enree children for three cents a year “K to the twelfth year ; the emonnt of the po ey. ineteed of the premium, inorming from .10 to 060. pulpits. through Vithuout official a. prob» t_io_n. _The Univemaliat Church as or- V._ _ w ‘â€"v'â€" tiofi. The Univemefist Church as or- dained several women. who are preaching not only in the west. but also in the con- setvative states of the east. Three are stationed in as many of the country towns of Maine. In the Congregational and Bagtiet denorninations _the cases of the and I ord'ination and installation,“ .women are rare, even if a. single one has occurred. The sentiment of Unitarian: on the ques- tion is more akin to the Universaliet poai~ tion. ' taken action upon by the 8 'al Commis« sion of Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The committee appointed in August last to examine Professor Robert- son Smith’s new artiele in the “ Encyclo- pasdia Britannica " on “ Hebrew Languages and Literature " have reported that the statements made by him in many par- ticulars are such as are fitted. and can hardly fail. to produce upon the minds of readers the impression that cripture does not resent a reliable state- ment of truth, an that God is not the author of it. The particulars in which they find Professor Smith’s writings liable to objection are thus classified: Passages in which the books of scripture are spoken of in .an irreverent manner; passages in which they are spoken of in such a way as to render it very diflicult for readers to regard God as the author of them; pas- sages which naturally suggest that scrip- ture does not give an ant entic narrative of facts or actual occurrences; and pas- sages which discredit pro hecy in its pre- dictive aspect. Under sac of these heads passages are quoted to justify the charge. A protest was made against the finding of the committee, on technical grounds. Professor Smith was heard in his own defence. A motion which asked the commission to approve the report of the committee. and to “in- struct Professor Smith to abstain from teaching his class during the ensuing ses- sion, leaving the whole question as to his status and position in the Free Church to the determination of the General Assem- bly," was sustained by a vote of 270 against 202. The cgponente of the motion declare the Propose action unconstitutional, and Pro essor Smith has sentaletter to the members of the commissidn, in which he repeats his peaceful expressions made last summer in explanation of the appearance of his articles in the last volume of the “Encyclo ia Britannica." Professor Smith is t us practically suspended. The pro production of the " Passion Play” at ooth'e theatre, New York, has attracted the attention of the nlpit. The other evening Rev. Dr. 0. N. ime, of the Bummerfield Methodist church, Brooklfn, preached a sermon denouncing the p ey _'.l‘he Robertson-Smith # 3.2.5 cisiamam? 3?? s to 5493 .3.â€" 6: 3503 350.5 39 4 A favorite bull-dog. owned- by tn Add-n (Mich) livery mm, wu poisonod can last wook, and his funeral was 3‘ with more pomp than is! neat! nooordd some of the two lagged om nos 0 that oily. A woman at Columbus. Ohio. left I dial: of concentrated lye where her baby dunk some of it. During the several hon" tint the little- one survived in egon . the mother eat motionless, with her hen over her face, and when it was dead the ”one from her chair a. hopeless magi”. A bellman went through the town 01 Bmtry,Ireland.a few deys ago for a couple of hours shouting that a large quantity of sprete had been taken the night before in a not owned; toy Meat}; Bag-ego and Peyng. _-v- â€"_.. â€"â€"vâ€" vv -- vuv tottu nit. Th1}! will be a misfortune "a; has in young men. “___ ._ w‘â€"â€"' local magistrates. He called on the poo not to buy those a rats, but to go to store of 3011101 dealer, who. he said. had enough for town and country. pox, ana a doctor was mined to viii them. The Government, however, foun out that this medical gentleman was a Grit. and the order was forthwith bountermand- ed. What next? â€"At evening patties now they dance lesp year waltzee and quadrilles, us than... may be. The ladies select their psrtnen. The luxury, however, cannot last much longer and just when the ladies will be getting niggnquqsed to. it they will have â€"â€"Young girla’ ball toilets are covered with light wreaths of brightly-hood flowers, comin up over the bodice. some tho shonl era, and around the very slight pon- iera. The short round dress nkirtle 30m orally worn. If a train lefprelorred ltm he added on at the back 0 a. ronmi skirt Full of years and honors the venersble constable of the London Tower. who we- born as tar back as 1790. is in his last ill- ness. Sir Charles Yorke is almost the lat of the Waterloo stair omoers, hsving been present in the great battle as side-de-oamp to Major General Frederick Adam. for 1 'Ile Chepleau Government uppemto have surpiased even itself in the pmtioe of political favoritism. The Indiuneonthe north phore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence were regorteg to be suffering from smell‘ Sitks. (Als.) advices state that the town was visited by a. severe cyclone and shesvy shock of earthquake on Oct. 25th. The wharf was wrecked. end many roofs sud fences demolished. A party of miners re- turned from the interior of Alaska and the head waters of the Yukon River re finding numerous gold deposit and in c.- tions of rich pleeers. Another expedition will go out next season. for the ovenihgr." 73171377103] ‘ porhjupo" «11110de silk. There is a lar e crescent on the top of the staff, from" wh oh hangs a horse-hair lume. claimed to have been the tail of ohammed's favorite horse. 0n the folds of the flag are displayed the crescent and certain notations from the Koran. Ho- hamm adopted green as his emblematic color because nature is green and it is “ everlasting and universal.” The follow- ing words are on the flag: “All who draw the sword'will be rewarded with temporal advantages; every drop of their blood shed, eve peril and hardshi endured b them, willrie registered on big more me toriou than either fasting or graying. If they fall in battle their sins wi be at once blotted oat and they will be transported to Para. dise, there to revel in eternal pleasures in the arms of black-eyed houries. But for the first heaven are reserved those of the faithful who die within sight of the green flag of the Prophet. There may no man give or accept money.” In accordance with an old and graceful custom of the Hepehurgs, every morning since the day of their betrothel the Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria has sent to the Princess Steglhenie a magnificent boqnet of flowers. 0 matter w ere hie inun- orato may be travelling the fresh bouquet from the gardens of Sehonbmn always follows her. Rev. Canon McIlwaine, who recently re- turned to Belfast from a three weeks' visit tothe west. stated that aflairs there were really worse than be ex ted to find them. and that not one-halt, 9 the outrages com- mitted are firm-ted. He had known Iro- land for h a century. and never had known the west in such a condition. The New York Journal of Commerce says that persons contemplating removalto that oitg in search of emfloyment are warned y the association ‘ or llmproving LL- n___ J.A3_ the Condition of the Poor that there is al: ready a glut, and that much deetitution ex- ists. The demand upon the association for relief during October was greater than any previous October known to the association. the call coming from the better class 0! persons depending upon wages. Nicholas Bonifas' wife deserted him and went to San Francisco, where uhe married again. He followed and begged her to re- turn to him and their children. She re- fused. They had aflnal interview in her house. and it ended with his shooting her four times. Nei hbors ran in on hearing the reports. and ound her alone. She won in mortal agony, and was told bythe doctor that she could not possibly recover. They asked who had shot her. “ I don’t know,” she replied ; “ he was a strangerâ€" I never saw him before." But her efl‘ort to shield the murderer was useless. for his body was soon found in the backyard. where he had killed himself. Although the number of the criminal classes in England has decreased very largely during recent ears, there has not been a corresponding minution of crime. Twenty years ago the criminals at large and those in local and convict prisons and in reformatories numbered over 100,000. Last year they were estimated at 78,800. or 26,200 less; and yet, notwithstandingthia large reduction, the number of serious ofl'ences remained almost as it was twen years before. 0! indictable ofl'encel 16,4 , or 81-3 r cent. were committed in the metropo s. This large proportion of seri- ous crime in London is remarkable when it is found that the number of known crimi- nals in the metropolis last year was only 5-8 r cent. of the whole number of Eng- lan and Wales. The Flag of the Pro het is intho autos! gf'the Mol‘agmgnedgq c _i_ef priesq. Sheik-m- Islam, and is kept infithe ‘mo “no of St. Bgiphiazjy Stagnbo‘ul. It is m. a q grgon BRITIEII AND FOREIGN.