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^1 MNDY'S RESIGNATION. Efforta to Get Lord Hartington Into the Tory Oabinet. THE lEISH JUBILANT, Chamberlalo Auxiuus to (iet the LibrralH Viiited Again. A latit (Thursday) ui^ht's London cable aa)'H : It ia said that Lord Hartington will be askod to aesume the office of Prime Miuister. Ou the other liaud, it ia re- ported that he will he pressed to take Lord Kandolph Churchill's place as leader of the Government party in the House of Com- mouB. Lord Hartington ia at preseut i)i Borne. The ,S'(. Jamei' Gazette says that if financial reasons explain Lord Randolph Churchill's resignation from tlie Cabinet there is nothing to be said except that there in not much to bo deplored, but if the Local Government Bill was the cause, then the Government has grievously erre<i. The 'Kcho says it believes that Lord Kan- dolph Churchill's resignation was due to an essential divergence of opinion with the rest of the Cabinet. The Evening Sewn says patriots are pained and surprised. It asks Lord Ran- dolph Churchill to justify his couree, warning him that if he does not his name will never be heard without excitinj; ex- asperation. The (liobe says it would be difficult for the warmest admirers of Lord Randolph Chnrchill to vindicate his step. The Pull Mull Gazette declares that it will be impossible for Lord Baliabury to govern unless Lord Hartington steps into the breach. It says it is impossible to con- ceive of any hypothesis upon which Lord Hartington could defend, morally or politi- cally, a refusal to accept thn post which Iiord Randolph Churchill has vacated. The Queen sent her private secretary o London to-day with a message for Lord Salisbury. The resignation of Lord Churchill was proclaimed through the streets of Dublin this morning by a bell-man. The populace showed enthusiasm over the news. The Carlton Club (Conservative) received the announcement of Lord Kandolph Churchill's resignation with surprise and rjgret. Lord Hartington will return to Loudon immediately, and until he arrives the Marquis of Salisbury will remain quiescent. It is thought improbable that Lord Hartington rfill accept office, as Mr. Chamberlain and a major- ity of the Unionist leaders object to his so doing. On the other hand, it is learned from a reliable source that the yueen will use the utmost pressure to induce him to jom the Ministry and become Conservative loader iu the House of Commons, believing that he alone can neutralize the c£Fect of Lord Kandolph Churchill's course. If liOrd Hartington refuses to take oflicc the ConservativeB favor Sir Michael Hicks- Beach resuming the duties of the Chancel- lor of the Exche<iuer, and the appointment of the Hight Hon. Edward Stanhope, the present Colonial Secretary, to the Irish Chief Secretaryship. Lord Salisbury had a long conference to-day with the Hight Hon. \V. U. Smith, Secretary of State for War, and Sir Frederick rousonby. The Prime Minister returned to Hatfield House this evening. The Queen summoned Lord Itaudolph Churchill and Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Windsor on Tuesday. Failing to reconcile Lord Randolph to tlio Cabinet's viowH, the Queen gave him time to consider the points at issue. Lord Salisbury was aware of Lord Randolph's decision yesterday morn- ing, and the matter was whispered at a ball given at Hatfield House last evening. Lord Uandolph's premature divulgcnce of his decision to the Timet is considered a breach of faith. Mr. Matthews, Home Secretary, is the only member of the Cabi- net whose resignation is conaidereil pro- bable, and the Hight Hon. C. R. lUtchie, Tresidont of the Local Government Board, and Mr. W. T. Jackson, Financial Hecre- tary of the Treasury, who share Lord Uandolph's views, may possibly retire. Lord Kandolph, in an interview to-day, i>tid his health was better than it had been or months past. His decision to retire, ho said, was the result of due deliberation, and arose from no ill-temper or weariness of office. Lord Randolph has abandoned his contemplated visit to Ireland. The Mayor of Limerick, presidinj; at a meeting of the Irish National League to-night, said the resignation of Churchill woald lead to the return of the Liberals to power and Home Rule for Ireland. The Cabinet will not meet until next Wednesday. All the Ministers will pass Christmas at their country seats. Lord Kandolph C'mrchill authorizes the state- ment that ho will continue to give a general supixirt to the Government, and on disputed (juestions in Parliament will hold aloof rather than oppose the Government, avoiding everything that might tend to jeopardize tliecjKenfs between Tories and Liberals of Unionist principles. It is reported that Lord Salisbury has renewed his offer of the Premiership to Lord Hartington, he, himself, proposing to take the Foreign Office, and Lord Harting- ton to have the right to select a portion of the Cabinet. The Carlton and other Con- servative clubs are almost deserted owing to the holidays, but the few members remain- ing give unlimited expression to their fury against Lord Randolph Churchill, stigma- tiy.ing him as a traitor vho will be forever unworthy of the party confidence. The Conservative Association in Lord Randolph's constituency is arranging for the appointment of a committee to call upon Lord Randolph and demand of him an explanation of bis conduct. An informal meeting of Gladstonians was held at the National Liberal Club to-night. Thern was much rejoicing over the prospective breaking up of the Conservative-Unionists coalition, and the hope was expressed that the gradual re- approachment of the Churchill-Chamber- lain alliance to the Gladntonians will result, in the coarse of the coming session of Parliament, in the return of Mr. Gladstone to office. Mr. Chamberlain made a speech at a pri- vate meeting of the Birmingham Liberal Ootincil last evening. He said the politicgtl situation was an extraordinary and critical Lord Churchill's resignation embraced one. It had totally changed within twenty- 1 questions of wide interest. Lord Randolph's four hours. "Although," he continued, ' disagreemant with the chief spending de- " 1 hav« often differed from Lord Randolph partments commenced with a proposal to Churchill I have never failed to do justice to his great ability and quick appreciation of public sentiment. Though reared in old Toryism, he has repeatedly risen superior to it, and his position m the preseut Gov- ernment was a guarantee to me that they would not pursue a reactionary policy. Churchill's recent speeches displayed Lib- eral principles ou the most important iiuestions. His resignation is a very signi- ficant one. It seems old Tory influence has gained tlie upper hand. The keyn(<te of Churchill's policy was to maintain the alli- ance with the Unionists- I thought that (lerhapa tiie Tories had grown wise by experience, and were prepared to govern in a liberal spirit. If they have abandoned that intention Lord Salisbury must be pre- pared to face the consequences. Now, gen- tlemen, in view of this startling change, I ask myself what are the Gladstonians goinf< to do ? It seems to me they have a great, and perhaps a final opportunity. We Liberals agree upon ninety-nine points and disagree upon only one point. Kveu upon Irish matters, when I look into the thing, I am more surprised at the rmmber of |»int a whereon we are agreed than at the remainder upon which for the present wo must be content to differ. My opposition to Mr. Gladstone's Bill has been grossly misrepresented. I never said I was opposed to the great land scheme. I opposed the Gladstone Bill mainly upon two grounds. First, I believed it would involve a loss which the British taxpayer ought not to bear. Second, I was not prepared to do anything precluding an arrangement to make Ireland practically independent. It ia one thing to use all the resources of the State to benefit your fellow citizens ; it is a different thing altogether to undertake a risk for those about to drift from you, but I never doubted that it was possible to devise a plan for the settlement of the land question. I am convinced that any of the three Liberal leaders can soon arrange a scheme which, without the growing and unfair risk on the British taxpayer, will in a short time make the Iribh lenant owner of the land he cultivates. Wo have all agreed on a scheme for England »nd Scotland and wo are prepared to apply it, with the necessary change of details, to Ireland. Are we to re- main disjointed, fighting, and in internecine strife for the benefit of our opponents, or are we to make this honest attempt 'I If we do not agree on every point, at least we can agree to carry these important reforms on which there is no difference of opinion be- tween us, and leave it to time and a frank discussion of the subject to say whether, when wo have accomplished these reforms, we may not go a step further in the direc- tion of the views of those who are now un- fortunately our opixjncntB. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Chamberlain, writing to the leaders of the Crofter party, expresses his willuig- nesB to take charge in Parliament of need- ful amendments to the Crofters Act. A London cable says: The Timet says there ia reason to believe that the Marcjuis of Salisbury is ready to serve under Lord Hartington, and will offer him the leader- ship int..e House or allow him to form a strictly Liberal Unionist Ooverimient. The Standard announces that Lord Ran- doli-h Churchill, in his letter of resignation to Lord Salisbury, gave as his sole reason for resigning his unwillingnesa to accept the naval and military estimatca. "With the exception of Lord Randolph Churclin;." says the.S'*aH<i«r<f, " the Cabinet is in har- mony on the subject of the estimates, feel- ing that while the whole Continent is trem- bling with the apprehension of war, Eng- land's first duty is to look to her defences. Lord Kandolph Churchill was all for a popular, economic budget at any price; the country will know how to appreciate such serviccH." Lord Randolph's resignation has produced the greatest sensation in Euro- pean capitals. In consequence of Lord Salisbury's request Lord Hartington will remain in Rome until Sunday to await letters from Lord Salisbury. Lord Hartington has not received an invitation to enter the Cabinet. It is improbable that an invitation would bo sent by telegraph, as he has no cypher that would enable him to translate a Uov- ornment despatch. Ho will not come to a decision until he has received I>ord Salis- bury's letters. Lord Hartington thinks that virtually therehasbeennochangeinthe situation since last autumn. Ho reserves his opinion as to the futur.". The opinion grows that Lord Hartington will not enter the Cabinet. It has been virtually decided to further prorogue Parliament until the second week in February. Lord Kandolph Churchill alone insists upon an early moctiHg, A (!abinet Council has been sum- moned for next week. Lord Ran- dolph Churchill ia irritated and astounded at the unanimity of the denunciations of his course by Conservatives. The sup porters of Lord Randolph declare that when he is able to tell the true reason of hia resignation the disclosure will cause a sensation throughout the country and result in his triumphant vindication. They say it will be shown that he did not oppose the grants for the necessary defence of the Empire, but that he refused to sanction an increase of tho estimates unless it was accompanied by a reformed administration of tho War and .Admiralty Deportnicnt". Lord Uandoli)h discovered while in office, say his friends, that the Government had no control over the expenditure of hun- dreds of thousands of pounds which we yearly voted for the War Office for material that has never been provided, and that similarabuses exist in tho Admiralty. It ia expected that Parliament will bj prorogued until the .Srd of February, in order to allow of the formation of a now Ministry. The Neiim, referring to Mr. Chamberlain's speech at Birmingham yesterday, says his conciliatory temper will be reciprocated, and that his speech will bear fruit. The Timet says Lord Randolph ChurchiU's resignation will do more for economic reform in one year than his ad- ministration would have been able to do in a dozen years. Lord Hartington, accompanied by Right Hon. Henry Chaplin, attended Christmas services at St. Peter's dnd Santa Maria Maggoire Cathedrals, in Rome. Lord Hartington will go to Monte Carlo on Mon- day. He will not reach London until January 10th. i The divisions in the Cabinet that led to reform the entire Civil Service, including an investigation of tho votes asked in the coming financial year. Lord Hamilton and Right Hon. Mr. Smith, heads respectively of the Admiralty and War Offices, while willing to consider a general seheme for futuredepartmental investigations, declined to discuss the estimates now under pre- paration, and were sup|X)rted by a majority of the Cabinet. On the County Govern- ment Board Bill Lord Churchill was de- feated by a majority of one. On the ques- tion cf the withdrawal of the army from Egypt he was supported by only four of his colleagues. On Mie proposed cloture rules and coercive measures in Ireland he failed to carry with him one-third of the Cabinet. But an issue of far more import- ance to him as a leader of the Tory Demo- cracy was that of perpetual pensioi^. His position on this question rallied against him the entire body of jiermanent heads of departments, supported by every member of the Cabinet except Lord Churchill's per- sonal appointees. There has been a Churchill faction in the Cabinet from the start. It ia well known that Sir Stafford Northcote was shot into the Peers at Lord Randolph's aim, who wanted to get rid of Sir Stafford from the House of Commons. But the latter in the Cabinet soon began to pay back his young tormentor. Lord Iddesleigh is a Bourbon politician who opposes all progress and lives in the year 1847, while Lord Churchill, a radical Tory, wishes to keep abreast of the times. With Lord Iddesleigh as fellow- Bourbons in the Cabinet are Lord John Manners and Viscount Cranbrooke, about 70 years old each ; also Messrs. Cross and Smith, who are over 60. Lord Georgo Hamilton is a young Bour- bon, only 41 years old, but the son of a ToiT duke, and whose mother is the daughter of another Tory duke, and who is jealous of Lord (Churchill's leaderahip. The latter really had only Mr. Matthews, in the Homo Office, as an intimate sym- pathixing colleague, and Lord Salisbury and Mr. Balfour as apparent friends. Lord Randolph is a reformer, agitator and economist. He is for letting conti- nental politics generally take care of them- selves. He especially wished diminished taxation on the masses. Those old Bourbon colleagues were John Bulls, on whom Lord ChurctiUl acted as a red rag. Several of them, at first, thought Ijord Chnrchill would fail as leader of the House, whereas he made a decided mark. The first friction in tho Cabinet was Lord ChurchiU's pro- posal to adopt Parliamentary changes â€" such as the previous question and divi- sional legislation by working committeeR. They twitted Lord Chnrchill with his intimacy with Mr. Chamberlain, who was another red rag to Lord Iddesleigh. Next, Lord Churchill believed in a real, local democratic, electoral county government, not in any half-way measures by letting the Home Oovcrnmcnt and what ho calle<l '• the squirearchy " appoint some local officials. Soon tho Loudon city Tories were horrified to st>e Lord Churchill oppose their taxation of the rest of London a shilling per ton for coal, also Lords Iddesleigh and Manners, who pointed out that this tax was as old as the time of James II. Lord Churchill did not believe in extreme Irish coercion and protecting landlordisnr, but when young Lord Hamilton wanted £800,000 for the navy and old Mr. Smith 1:000,000 for the army, and Lord Salisbury backed these, they were the last straws on the back of the budget, and Lord Churchill resigned. The Telegraph rather defends Lord C'hurchill's step, and says frankly that " Conservatism, to live, must bo democra- tic." Tho Chronicle writes similarly, and says : " On tho question of economy being slighted by Lord Churchill's col- leagues, they, and not he, have thrown away their future in politics." The Pn»t climbs the fence on the event, but, on the whole, thinks Lord Churchill ttx)k tho honorable and patriotic course. The other Government organ, tho Stan- diird. inveighs against Lord Churchill's patriotism, and devotes two distinct editor- ials to show him up i>B a Tory traitor. Tho Statuiard is the devotee of Lord Iddesleigh. LATKST NOKTMWK8T NKWH. I*rotcniaiit .Srliool ]*optilatlon of 'Wli.'nlp«'fc I'rliK-p Albvrt Shrievaltyâ€" Mr. Coh- lfravc*H llouHn lUirnptlâ€" Doiulninn iin«l rrovini'lal I'oUtlcH. The censi's enumeration shows the Pro- testant school population of Winnipeg to be H.IW;-!. Tho Provincial Government has decide<l to close tho Provincial emigration oPice for the winter months. It is stated that Mr. O. E. Hughes, of Prince Plbert, will be appointed to tho shrievalty of that district. Application has been formally made for a recount in the Winnipeg mayoralty. The returning-officer for Hockwood has made a special return of tho facts of tho election in the constituency without making any declaration as to the member elected, leaving the choice with the Legislature. Mr. Geo. Kainboth, D.L.S., who has just returned to Ottawa from a trip to the North Saskatchewan, reports cjuite a boom in the gold district there. He surveyed a claim for Judge Rouleau previous to leaving. An assay from the lode proves that tho quartz will run about 848 to a ton. If the average is projmrtionate to that of the specimen tested, .Judge Rouleau would not dispose of his interest for 9100,000. A sharp fire occurred at Winniiieg on Wednesday afternoon which totally destroyed the residence of John Cosgrave, brewer, near the Fort Osborno Bridge. A small portion of the furniture only was saved. The fire commenced in tho vicinity of tho furnace. Total loss probably 89,000 to $10,000. Insurance, $6,000. The stock in a wholesale dry goods store in Montreal was damaged between seven and eight thousand dollars by fire and water on Saturday morning. Yesterday morning the new Kingston Salvation Army barracks, which cost about $6,000, were opened. At all the services there wore large congregations. An old lady named Bodgood, living in the eastcra part of London, committed suicide last evening by hanging herself while laboring under mental aberration. GEN. GORDON'S LIEUTENANT. Another Expedition Talked of to Equa- torial Africa. EMIN PACHA'S DANGER. A London cable says : The apathy that has long prevailed regarding Emin Pacha is quickly changing into an earnest desire to send him help before it is too late. In 1878 Dr. Emiu Bey wassentby Gen. Gordon to the Equatorial Province of Africa as Gov- ernor. When he took the post there was an annual deficit of £39,000 ; iu 1881 he sent down £8,000 surplus revenue. In 1882 he was in Kliartoum and offered to the authorities to try and make peace with the Mahdi. They refused his help, and told him to go back to his Province, develop it and protect its frontiers. From that day to this he iiever had news or orders from tho Fgyptian Government nor supplies. Tho last letters received from him at that time were dated March, 1883. From that day till a few weeks ago no news was heard, though there were many rumors that he was dead. Then there came a letter from him dated December, 1885, and another, the lat- est received, dated July, 1886, from Wande- lai. The last arrived three weeks ago, after an extraordinarily rapid journey of four and a half months. These letters were pnblished, and the Auti-Sla%'ery Society of London im- mediately petitioned the British Govern- ment to send an expedition for his relief. This was followed by a petition from the council of the Scottish Geographical Society asking the Government to send a pacific re- lief expedition. About the same time Stan- ley wrote to some friends in this country, offering to lead a Government exiieditiou for tho relief of Emin. His services were offered gratuitously, and he also said that should another leader be chosen he would give £600 to the expedition. The British Gov«rument considered the different memorials and were forced to take action by events at Cairo. Unknown to them, Dr. Schweinfurth, the African traveller and a friend of Emin, brought great pressure to bear upon the Egyptian Government. They raised Emin Bey to the rank of Pacha, so that he is now Emin Pacha, thus recognizing his position and their responsibility. They also voted £10,000 to any expedition for his relief. Their action altered the matter considera- bly. The British Government had con- sidered that Emin had been recalled and was holding out against orders. This, however, is not the fact, for, on the testi- mony of English missionaries at Uganda, the letters of recall sent, via Zanzibar, to Emin, were opened by King Mwanga and destroyed. Tho British Government then accepted the offer of certain private individuals to e<iuip a relief expedition with Stanley as the leader, the Egyptian grant to be given to that expedition. Whatever expedition goes should carry relief at the earliest possible moment. Already tho Government delay, and nothing is to bo done till Junker arrives in London. Ho has been iu Zanzibar a fortnight, and could have been telegraphed to. He leaves Zanzibar to-day and will be here in three weeks, a loss of five precious weeks. Very probably this will bo the Gordon historv over again â€" "too late." Emin Bey, it is said, had ammunition enongh to last him tj the end of the year, provided he is not attacked. If ho falls tho result will be to hand over to the slave dealers a population of six millions, Kniin Pacha having retained a province which is nearly as large as Europe intact from slavery. Both domestic slavery and slave dealing have been entirely abolished there since 1880, while tho iKople have been taught tho arts of weaving and cultivation, and roads have been made. Tho rxsople themselves have most valiantly defended their liberty and prosperity against outside aggression, but it may be too late. l.'»irOIlTANT SCOTT ACT UKCISION. Chief .Innllri. raluirr Ilerlari-H Uh En- r.iri'f-ui.-iit H Mattrr of Dominion Con- i^ern. All Ottawa telegram says : Advices froni Prince Edward Island show that Chief Justice Palmer, of the Supreme Court of that Province, has rendered a decision which, if sustained, will make the Scott Act a dead letter. The Chief Justice has ordered the dischar'^e of a party con- victed of violating the Scott Act, on the ground that the Stipendiary Magistrate who tried the case had no jurisdiction, as he was appointed by the Provincial and not by the Dominion Government. This is in effect a declaration that the Scott Act, being a Dominion revenue act, must bo enforcctl by Dominion officers. A writ of prohibition has lieen served upon tho Stipendiary Magistrate ot Charlottetown, restraining him from hearing Scott Act cases. Chief Justice Palmer's decision goes much further than Mr. Mowat's statement that the I'rovincial Governments have nothing to do with the enforcement of the Canada Temperance Act, and only under- take to aid in carrying out the provisions as a matter of good will. X' A TAXK WITH PAKNKLI.. Ue DUcounies on HIh llliieKH, tlit- I'olitl cat Crisis and the Plan uf ('Hiii|migii. A London oable says : A reporter called on Mr. Parnell at the Eustoii Kijuare Hotel this evening. Ho presented his ct\rd and was promptly admitted to Mr. Pamell's apartments. Mr. Parnell looks much paler and thinner than at the end of the last ses- sion, but he is eviaently uiakiug good pro- gress!. He said that his physician believed that he will be stronger than for many years. Mr. Parnell explained that he had not yet granted jjersonal interviews ou j)olitical subjects, as the fatigue and excite- ment would bo too much for him, but he was willing to make an -xccption when in- formation was sought for the .-Vmerican {>ublic. Ho said that his illness became ac- cuto about theendofOctober.but for several months previously he had been losing flesh, appetite and strength, until in the autumn session he felt almost entirely unable to do any work. Continuing, he said : " After my malady had become fully developed, I was unable to read or write anything or attend to any kind of business fur several weeks, and it is only within the last three weeks that 1 have ijermitted myself even to think of political affairs, while even now the excitement and fatigue of the last few days have distinctly thrown me back and made me feel worse." Mr. Parnell then turned to the political situation. He remarked that the Government, now that Lord Randolph Churchill had resigned, would have something else to think of than coercing Ireland. It would have to struggle for existence. The Government, he con- tinned, would have been unlikely to apply coercive rxjwers in any case, because the marked absence of crime.the general modera- tion with which the campaign had been con- ducted, and tho fact that the object of the Government and of the campaign jiromot- ers was the same, namely, that of obtaining & fair rent abatement from unyielding landiv^rds. liad taken away many of the usual excuses for coercion. Regarding the legality of tho campaign, Mr. Parnell said, he was unwilling to take the law from either Justice O'Brien or Justice Jolin-'ton, both of whom were strong political partisans, who had received their offices in reward for political services, and who were notoriously lawyers of mediocre ability. There was confusion in the judgment itself as well as in the proclamation. •• In any case," continued Mr. Parnell, " if it shonld l>e finally and dearly decided by high legal opinion of recognized authority that the campaign is illegal, }0U must remember it will bo only technically illegal, and only so because the same right of combination which the Legislature, after much agita- tion, legalized for British workmen under the name of Trades' Unionism had not yet been extended to Irish tenant farmers." A Stranf^e Cane orSeixur**. A Montreal despatch says : Jeffords <t Co., importers of woollens and dry goods, have had a surprise from Ernest Friend, an employee they once had. A few days ago tho firm of McKeand, Turner it CJo., of Winnipeg, who held a claim against Friend, communicated with Messrs. Atwater <ftCo., of this city. Tho result was that the entire stock of Jeffo<lH & (;;o. was seized last night en the ground that Friend was the solo member of the Arm. It being late, a guardian wos not found, and tho store was closed this morning. Messrs. Groenshiclds, on behalf of Messrs. Jeffords & Co., made a deposit of 9R0O, and asked that the seizure bo set aside, as Friend was not connected with the firm. Judge Mathien granted the application. Sir Lyon Phiyfair says it costs 60 cents to 81 to putapoundof flesh upon an animal or man from a beef, mutton, or ham diet ; 38 cents on wheat bread diet ; 15 cents for a pound of flesh on an oatmeal diet, and 24 cents for a pound on a potato diet. The President has been confined to his toom since Friday with another attack of rheumatism in his knee, the result of over- doing before ho had completely recovered from his rt^ccnt illness. He was better last night. LADY OOLIH OAUFBIXL ON Q£N£KAL BUTLER The conduct of Gen. Butler, in refusing to testify in the Campbell divorce case, is still a fruitful topic of conversation. Gen. Butler is in Franco and his solicitor, Mr. George Lewis, made every effort to induce him to return, but without success. Lady Campbell wrote to him as follows : "Deau (ikneuai, Butlbk, â€" You will re- member that Mr. Lewis, in my pi-esence and at his office, proposed for yonr own con- venience that you should be examined in regard to tho case now pending. You said it would be unnecessary as you intended to return to England and appear in person at the trial. This was so obviously desirable in the interest of your own character that nothing further could then have V/cen urged uixm you ; and it is, therefore, with profound oiiuizement that I now learn you have changed this in- tention. You must know that your failure to appear at tho trial will inflict a nious- trous injustice upon mo and put 1110 to cruel and unnecessary trouble in the vindi- cation of my character from the unfounde<l inferences drawn by my enemies and yours from the single fact of your having called upon me in Lord Colin's house. These in- ferences can Im! instantly dissipated by a (single, straightforward and manly doiiial on your part, and this denial I liiwc the right to ex])ect from you as a friend, a gentleman and p. soldier. Hoping soon to learn that you have resumed your original intention to appear in person. 1 remain, yonrs truly ." The following curt rejily was leceivtd: " Dear Lady Campbell, â€" I beg to ac- knowledge receipt of your letter of the l.lth of November, and in reply I can only repeat that my resolution of not a|)i)ettriiig in evidence at tho forthcoming trial remains unchanged." Lady Campbell made a strong ap|K'al to Lady Butler, who is the celebrated artist, and received the following answer : " Dear Lady ''olin C'A.MriiKLL,â€" I beg to sa,j 1 cm fully aware of all the effo;is you have made and have causerl to he iiiado to induce my hus^jand to appear and give evi- dence on oath at your trial. Your apjieal to me touched mo deeply. 1 would I coul<l help you, bnt I believe the case to have passed out ot our hands and to have gone before a tribunal where human, aid is im- possiblo. â€" 1 remain, sincerely yours, " KuZABETH Bl-TLEIl.'' A I'll re Woiiian'rt Wi.rlli. Dr. Elizabeth H. Bradley, of Loniloii, a leader in the social movement, who lately addressed a Chicago audience under the auspices of tho W.O.T. IJ., saysto mothers: '• Don't let your daughter marry a man to save him.'' This is not Christian sonti- mentality, it is betterâ€" it is Christian expedi- ency. A pure woman is worth a legion of corrupted men."â€" Chicago Inter Ocean. ♦ An old woman named Doran, while being taken by her friends to the Hotel Dieu, Montreal, died suddenly. The convicts in the Kingston penitentiary did not enjoy poultry for their Christmas dinner this year. They had plum pudding and pork and beans. Ex-Alderman Charles B. Waite, the Now York boodla informer, was relea8e<l from tho House of Detention yesterday afternoon. Augustus .lohnson, a dude coachman who lias a penchant for millionaire daughters, and who was arrested some time ago for annoying the daughter of Mr. Stevens, the Hoboken millionaire, bnt was afterwards released, was arrested again at New "fork yesterday for annoying ladies in the streets. Unless ho gives bonds for his good be- havior ho will go to prison for three noDths. i ^ w Bk