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IRELAND'S mm BILL 1 A iMt (We<lnes<l(ky) nifjlit'e London cable aaya: There was an unusually large at- tondanoe in the IIoubo of Commoiui to day, »s stron); iutoreat was fvlt in tho l>illou libel ((uCHUon. Mr. W. H. flmitbannooncodiotbeHoOM ef Commons this nf ternuon titat the Govern- meni bad rosolvtol that tho allegation that the atatomeutby theLondon ri»tf< that Mr. Dillon told a falsehood while lienying in the House of Commons tliat i>aj)er'8 utterances oouoerniuij liis alleijud relations with tiheri- dan, tho Invincible, was not a breach of privilege and not sustained by precedent. Ik would bo at;ainBt tho dignity of the House to summon the Tinui to tho bar without previously incjuiring into the cir- CDtnstana^s. The gentlemen below the gangway, Mr. Hniith added, asked that a scltK-t committee be constituted to in<|uire forthwith into the allegations of the Timfi. "Tbe praitire of tho House had been to diveat itself as far as possible of judicial duty. The Uoverument thought such a oommittee as was asked for would be un- fitted to consider such grave iiucstions as would have to be referred to it for decision. The Uuvemmeut, feeling it to be their duty to endeavor to solve the (luestion, had in- structed the Attorney-General and such others as he cared to j.Bsociate with him to prosecute the Timet for the libel on Mr. l>illon, who was ut liberty to select â- Dch counsel as he saw fit. Mr. Hmith urf^l the House to accept the course pro- posed. Mr. T. P. O'Connor condemned the Gov- ernment's proposal. He said he com- miserated the Government on their humiliating and degrading position. Their proposal was really for a collusive action mt law ma<ie by the valor of a libel. Mr. O'Connor here prcKluced a copy of tho ThneM containing the libel on Mr. Dillon, and flourishing it aloft he said : I purchased tbis copy of the Timei at one of the book- stalls owned by the Right Honorable the First Lord of the Treasury. It is he speaking for the Uovvrnmcnt who says no breach of privilege was committeil. (Irish cheers.) lie is therefore deeply interested as a party in tho case against tho editor of the Tim/t. The two men ought to be in the dock together. The Irish members reject his proposal as unfair, unjust and niipreoodcnted. Tho House of Commons ought not to be taken in by a collusive Action. Mr. Do Lisle, ('onservative, rose to a point of order. lie said he had heard Mr. Tanner (Home Uule member for Middle Cork) say the "Conservatives are a damned lot of cadi." Irish voicesâ€"" 80 you are." Mr. Hiieaker Teelâ€" The Clerk of the nouBe will please see that the words are taken down. Mr. Tanner denied that he had used the word " damned." He repeated, however, that the Conservatives were a lot of cads. Mr. Speaker said Mr. Tanner must with- draw the expression and aiwlogiee. Mr. Tanner said hu would do so. Hir Wni. Vernon Harcourt denounced the Government's proiiosal. Hir Iklward Clarke, ex-Kolicitor-Gcneral, moved an amendment to the Government's pro|xMial, to the effect that the House did not consider the Timtt statement oonoern- ini; Mr. Dillon a breach of privilegr. Jus- tify iuf{ hill action in olfenng the ninend- mtm i . Hir K dwiinldei lured tUat thi^wa* no'reoutM (u PlfWrnnnt fiaTing commilted a man to custoily for breach of privilege, â- uch as the action of the Tinifi was now allotted to l>«. Ho added that he and the Attorney-General were resiionsible for the •dviue on which the Government acted. He pro|>os<<l t» I'ontine hiinsclf to the legal points of tho case, regardless of party noli, tics. He then i|Uoted precedents to sli that the lluusv was not the proper tribunal to deal with such matters. No corruption had been Bllcgiwl of a member, nor had any oontompt of the House lM«n exhibited, sucli as had iy>iiHtituted the ofTcnce in previous cases where breach of privilege had been oomniitteil. The course of the prosecution would be left to such persons as the Irish members might nominate, both counsel and â- oliuitors. If the (iovernment were asked to ap|Miint them they would interix>se no obj<x:tion. Hir Kdward raoilitleil his amapd- meiit, making it read that the Houso de- clines to tii-at the Timet publication as a broach of privilege. Ijord Kaiiilolph Churchill admitted that the case presented a ynmii fueie breach of privilege, but he thuught the Houso was not rufiising a judicial inqury. The only dif- fernii(« was as to the form of inijiiiry to bo adopted. II« regardeda resort tn the ordi- nary tribunals of tlie law one that would afford a better remedy tlian could bo ob- tained from action by the House. He depre- oattMl the attack made by Mr. (^'Connor on tho Government leader in the House. Mo one outside Mr. O'Connor's own circle oould l>o exjieittd to Bympatlii/o witli liim in Hiinh an assault. It was utterly uiijusti liable. From the very language used, Mr. Hmith could well afford to ignore the assault. ((]he<!rK.) If the Government leader in the Hoiiho was charged with not taking primary action on behalf of the House for a breai:li of privilege committed afjainst one of its members, lie could retort that it was the leader of the Opposition who ought to have lieen (ixpccted to protect his friends, having taken the lead iiutBide the Houso in an agitation for the reiieal of the Union. (Cheers.) Mr. Uladstone â€" I emphatically repudiate tlio asHiirtion of His Lordship. Lord Itandolph Cliurchill resjiondod â€" It is true, however. Ho then proceeded to argue that it would be unwise for the House to go beyond the action the Government had proiKiHod. The action of the House, if the Timet pulilisher should lie brought before the bar, would in no wise curb or control the great jiower wielded by the press of tho ixiuiitry. Mr. Htorey (Kftdirttl), a newspaper pro- grietor - Vou can try to suppiosB the press I Ireland. (I'arnellite cheers.) Lord Kftiuloliili Chiin^hill- How would >* oommittee of inijuiry be conBtiluled? Would it 1)0 proposed that members of the National l.ciigile be put upon it ? (Criesof " Certainly ! ") If so, there woiiW be nothing in the whole hiatory of jury-pai^king like it. (Cheers.) liehides, the powers of a conimit- too would not be e(|ual to those of a court of law. Tho coininittee, indeed, would be bo|WjlpH«ly iiicoinixftent to settle such quea- tions of law asa c:oiirt rcmld. In ft court the prosecution would proceed at the cost of thooonntry, with thooniploymentofany counsel the Irish members liked to name. In this way the truth would be arrived at and justice done the oiTonders. Mr. Dillon said ho did not consider the ordinary tribunals of England in the pre- sent state of political feeling on the Iriah question fairly open to the members of the Irish party in the House of Coiniiions. Ho therefore maintaiaed that he had a right to be heard before a committee. For six years the I'arnellites had been held up to public odium as criminals. Some of tbem in the iiioantime had been imprisoned. Knough had been done and said in these six years to prejudice the minds of any Knglish jury poBuible to impanuel. He must decline to take proceedings in a civil action against the Timet, because he believed he ha<l no chance of obtaining a verdict. If, on the other hand, a select committee of themom- bers of the House should be appointed to hear his case, he would bo contented that it should be so conetituted as not to includr a single Irish member. (Cheers.) Mr. Gladstone intimated that in tho event of the adoption of Kir Edward Clarke's motion, he would move an amend- ment to the main question to the effect that an imjuiry be made by a committee into the charges of wilful falsehood, in a speech delivered in the House of Commons brought in an article by the Timet against Mr. Dillon. (Cheers.) Mr. W. H. Bmith asked if Mr. Gladstone would make that motion at once, Mr. Gladstone said he was surprised at the suggestion, coming as it did from the Government leader in tho House. For him (Mr. Gladstone) to make such a motion at the present time would be only making con- fusion, and it would tend to obscure the issue iif the course suggested by Mr. Bmith were followed. On motion of Mr. Dradlaugh tho debate was adjourned. A last (Thursday) night's London cable says : In the House of Commons this after noon consideration of the ijuestion of breach of privilege in the V'im«-Dillon case was resumed. No member rising to speak on the motion of Mr. Lewis, that tho con- duct of the Timet was a breach of privilege and the House take notice of it, Bpeaker I'eel put before the House the amendment of Hir Kdward Clarke, Solicitor-General, that tho House decline to treat the Timet' publication as a breach of privilege. The I'arnelliteB at once challenged a division. This resulted in a vote of 'J',t7 in favor of tho amendment to 'JtVJ against it. The amendment then became a substantive motion, and Mr. Uradlaugh resumed the debate. Mr. Gladstone, who on rising was loudly cheered, moved an amendment. That a committee be appainte<l to imiuire into the charge of v^-ilful falsehood made against Mr. iJillon in the Timet on Monday. Ho said he did not intend to sugtjcst that the inquiry go beyond tho article referred to. Ho objected to Ixird Kandolpb Churchill's calling him the leader of the party of separation. He perfectly understood why Lord Uandolpb did not call it the party of Home Itule. There was a future before Lord Itandolph, in which Home liule plans might llguro as convenient to pro^iOBe. (Cheers.) Turning to tho question of pri- vilege, he said it was unfortunate that the Government refused to inquire into the present charge ag.Ainst an Irish member, while indicting upon the Irish fieople, by means of a permanent ('o<>rclon Bill, a brand of |>er[)etual dishonor. Why take tho case into a court of jaw ? Was it cer- tain that Mr. Dillon would gst a verdict, whatever might bo tho proof, in a case where Tarliamont declareil charges against a member no breach of privilege ? Nearly thirty yearsago howent us Commissionorto the Ionian Islands. Tho Timet then said that the Ionian Assembly was committing treason and that tho Commissioner was aiding and abetting the assembly. He thougiit these charges required redress, and he took the best advice on the subject, but all of his advisers saiit no could not depend ujion securing a fair verdict. The Irish memlxtm would be in a still more iinfavor- ablo position in a jury trial, and it was no wonder they preferred the tribunal of the House. The House was a perfectly com- petent tribunal indeed the only coniix-tent one. Tho pre<:edents were all on tho side of the appointment of a committee. There was the case of Mr. Ilutt in IH.M, when it was held that the accusation that members wore hungry for plains to which were at- tached salaries and [wnsionB deserved an inquiry. Afti^r citing a number of other precedents, in all of which the charges were less grave than those brought against Mr- Dillon, ho challenged tliu Government to establish a single precedent where a proso- cution had been ordered without the House hsviijg [irnviously condemneil the Act iipiui which tho prosecution was based. He a]ipealed to tho Government to alter their de- termination, which otherwise might lead to a crisis of the most serious and momentous importance. The Irish niembi;in, who had been maligned to an e'lormous extent, asked for ft particular course, which the majority refused, forgetting that they were acting against a minority representing a niition. ll'arnellito clieern ) The Government could yet, on the groundH of reason, prudence and preix'dent accept his amend- iiient, showing tho country that they had determined at last to give even the Irish monilwrs full justise, even indulgent justice, seeing that their honcr and character were at stake. (Cheers.) Sir Uichard Webster, .\ttornoy-(ienoral, admitted that Mr. (Iladutoiie had ]iut the issue in the clearest poBxihle way. but the opinion of the law olhcers of theOown was unshaken. An examination for precedents showed that there never was a case parallel to the present, that there never was a case where the (iovernment directed an inquiry into a charge where the authorHhiji was admitted and the party aciiised of libel expressed v^•illinglleB8 to justify. (Cheers.) Tho Ilouse had never dealt witli a charge of falsehood as a inattor in which it should interfere. Not a single case existed in modoni times in which a similar libel upon a member of the HoUfiO had been treated as a breach of privilege. If such a precedent Hhoiild once be eutftblislied there would probably be ft breach of privilege every week. It was idle to suggest that comniom justice should not be dono in a case of gross libel. He appealed to the House In nlVinn that the course proposed by the Government was a most honorable and ftdeijimte one, and thot a court of law was the piojier place in which to deal willi the eliaiges. An application for the release of lather Keller, the priest of Voughal, who was im- prisoned in Kiliiiainham for refusing to testify regarding his connoction with the Plan of Campaign, has boon dismissed. United Irelami says that only a fool or an enemy of tho Irish party would recommend the X'arnellites to legally prosecute their slanderers. A last (Friday) night's London cable says : In tho House nf Commons last night Mr. Hugh Cbilders followed the Attorney- General. He taunted Mr. WebBter with entirely ignoring Mr. Gladstone's powerful argument that Parliament had never or- dered a prosecution without first declaring the offence. He hoiied, on the ground of precedent and fairnoBs, that the House would agree to the appointment of a com mittee. Tho debate was resumed in the House Commons this evening on Mr. Gladstone's motion to appoint a committee to inquire into tho Timet' charges against Mr. Dillon. Mr. Healy said every possible question seemed worthy of imjuiry by tho House ex- cept a question affecting tho character of its members. Tho I'arnellites did not care whether they got this inquiry or not, but if the Government majority refused this in- <|uiry the names of British gentlemen would bo placed on a level with that of tho Indian Thug. The Parnellites challenged tho Tories to combat at once on this question. They would stand on no technical reference, but would meet any charges brought against them. From the decision of the majority of tho House tho I'arnellites would api>eal to tho people outside and to other nations, The Irish people never sent them there to beg favors, but to demand their rights. Major Saunderson said he did not wonder that Mr. Gladstone tried to whitewash his Irish friends, who were now supplying his policy. He challenged Mr. Dillon to dis- prove the Timet evidence. Mr. Dillon â€" " I have offered to enter into tho charges fully before a committee. J shall no longer eichango the lie with members of the- Ilouse over them." (Cheers.) ♦ tVillULKO TO DKATU. Uorrililu Death liy a Youdk Woman's Playful CarelesHnoHfl. A Jersey City despatch says : A horrible accident occurred in the smoking and lino cut department of Lorrillard's Tobacco Factory, this city, about 2 o'clock, which resulted in the death of Mrs. Hoiiora Perrine, a widow, employed in the factory. At tho time of tho accident there were over 250 girls in the room, many of whom were eye-witnoBBes to the frightful tragedy. There are ten packing machines on the tloor. All of these except two were shut down and the girls were standing about chatting, waiting for the paymaster to oome along. While waiting for the iwy- master Mrs. I'errine went over to tho opposite end of the room to chat with her friend. Miss CoBgrove. Only two of tho machines were run- ning, and the two inch lielts from all the others had been detacheil from tho pulleys and were hanging louse on the revolving shaft. Despite the warnings of Miss Cos- grove, Mrs. Perrine sat in one of tho loose beltings and began swinging as she would have done in a scnp, holding fast to the belt with both hands a little way above her head. The girl's weight actod as a pres- sure uiKin the belt, which suddenly com- nience<l to revolve, and she was lioriie upward with a crash to tho ceiling, ten f<wt above, with a ''ifl^m»Ji''>^'>- '^u girl's aboalders ktmcWtm^uing and her hands and arms liecanio entangled in a shaft revolving H50 times in a minute. The girl fell in almost tho same B])ot in which she had stoiMl. Klie lay in a mass uixm the lloor and a great stream of blooil trickled out through her clothing ui>on the tloor, and she died soon afterwards. IV.AK AM> MIIILINT. lie Will Coiiiiiititf. tliolr .S4*iit<.nr<.|i- lli.ter- niliiutloii 4>f (he I'riHonrm. A Kt. I'eterbnrg despatch snys : It is reiHirted that the C/Jir has decided that the sentences of death pronounced against the Nihilists, convicted of complicity in the recent attempt to assassinate him, shall be commuted to imprisonment at hard labor for life in the caues of all but two of the condemiicil. Polianoksky, one of the con- demned, said he and his accomplices acted from firm convii-lion that what they set out to do it was their duty to|H.'rform. Another of the (iriHoners is a young student. He had just finisheil his studies with brilliant suc- cess, having taken the gold medal of the university which graduated him. The youth was so ardent inthecaudeof Nihilism that he sold his giild graduation medal to obtain fumls to enable an accomplice to leave the Kmpire. All the prisonerB pleaded guilty, and every one refused under threat or promise to betray any accomplice. The evidence indicated the existence of four widely ramifying Nihilist organizations, having heail centres atSt. Peterburg, Kief, Viliia and in Hibiri>. One of thewitnosgcs was a woman. She admitted that she was the wifo of one of tho accused, although she said she had never In-en joined in wedlock to him by " unnec. sBary religious formali- ties." Kho was, on thiBadmission, arrested and conducted to prison. Stahliml to Death. A New Westminster (H.C.) despatch says : Hetweeii '.I and 10 oVdock yesterday miirniiig .1. 10. Muir, who has been engaged for many years logging at Semiahmoo, was murdered on tho niilway wharf in this city by a man named \\ in. Shearer. The cause of the trouble betu. on them ia supposed to bo of long standiii;; Shearer, who was dis- charging iuMiber fniin a scow, deliberately walked upon the wlmrf to where Muir was standing, and witlmut any words stabbed him reficatedly. (in ^luir attempting to get away Shearer 1 might him by his coat- collar and forcibly held him until the murder waB acco,u|ilished. The uiurderer then throw his kiufe into the water and quickly gave hiiii>ii If up. Muir died in a few minutefl, aiul nn examination eleven stabs were found lu-twoon the neck and tho lower part of Iuh bdily. BELLIGEBENT COLONISTS. The wriiikl llieans I'uri more ii Montri Two by /ire sylvani narrow roat-liiil ilutation istho latest. .\ d coat-tiiil, lioftring dusty toe marks, " 1 have hiookcn to your father." Mg tho next threiidays three thousand luuigranta iire expected to arrive in â- 111. hundred houses have been destroyed in the town of Nftgy Karoly, Tran- ft. The eiiatle of Count Karoiyi ly escaped dost ruction. Colonial Dalecates Get Mad Over Krltaln'a Policy In the New Hebridesâ€" Onite a Nc«ne Kalsedâ€" The Queeu'a Title to be Farther Lengthened. A last (Friday) night's London cable says : A meeting of the Colonial Confer- ence was held to-day, with Sir Henry Hol- land presiding, when the draft scheme for the increase of the Australian squadron was agreed to, as wore the resolutions rela- tive to laying a sub-marine cable between Vancouver and Australia. A discussion was invited by the President as to the pro- posal to extend tho title of the Queen so as to include distinct reference to the colonies. The delegates were unanimously in favor of the extension of the title, subject to the Queen's pleasure, and suggested that the terms of the Iproclamation of 185H should be adopted, viz., Queen of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the Colonies and Dependencies thereof. At the close of the Conference an address was presented to Sir Henry Holland, expressing a sense of the manner in which ho had pre- sided. Sir Henry Holland thanked the delegates for their kindness and courtesy. Tho Conference will visit Cambridge to-morrow. Tho final sitting of the Con- ference will be held on Monday. Sir Henry Holland, Secretary of State for the Colonies, announced in tho Colonial Conference here on the 27th ult. that the Government hoped to arrange with France for a joint naval commission for the gov- ernment of the New Hebrides. The Com- mission, it was stated, would have power to protect the settlers, traders and mission- aries, and would also be empowered to land marines to punish the natives for com- mitting outrages and to maintain order, the marines, however, to be withdrawn when the special work for which they landed was accomplished. If the scheme proposed was accepted by Franco it was to be arranged that the French garrisons now occupying the chief harbors of tho Now Hebrides should retire. The publication of the details is attributed to the indignation which the proposal has aroused among the Colonial representatives here, many of whom are said to be unable to conceal their anger at what they deem the sur- render of their claims to Franco. It is said that Sir Henry Holland's statement amaxed the members of tho Conference and almost le<l to a scene. Tho -Vustralians all without exception deprecated any jMjIicy which even seemed to recognize Froucli pretensions in the New Hebri- aes. Lord Salisbury, who was pre- sent, supported the speech made by Sir Henry HoUai.l in justification of the Gov- ernment's projiosal. The Premier's argn- ment, however, instead of mollifying the incensed delegates, served but to intensify their wrath. His remarks implied that the Australian demands hampered England in her negotiations with France. He main- tained that the colonists made a grave mistake in not accepting the compromise which the lOarl of Hosebery proposed, and which, the Premier said, would have pre- vented the extension of thoevilscoinplained of by the Australians, or arising from the sending of French convicts to the Sonth Pacific, and the rejection of which made it ditlicult for the Knglish Government to approach France with any rci|uest that she urtail her liberty of action as to tho uses to which she should put her own territory. "Surely," exclaimed the Marquis. " th«, Colonies H- toyC' ^ire to make the recidivist agitation a ruiiuii belli." The I'rcmier's s|>eL>ch increased tho dissatisfaction of the delegates to such an extent that Sir Graham Berry, tho Agent-General of Vic- toria, twitted the Prime Minister with having made a bih'ccIi that would have been excellent coming from the mouth of the French Premier. M. CUiauvat has been installed as French resident at Wallea Island, the capital of the Walk's Islands group in the South Pacific, ill view of a possible British or Gorman occupation. KAII.WAY UISASTKIl. An Interrolonlal KxprpitH Wrecked by an KiiorniotiH Siiownllile Two Men Killed. A Moncton, N. B., despatch Kays : Yes- terday's express from Quebec was five hours behind time. The delay was caused by a fatal snow slide three miles west of Trois Pistoles. The west-bound accommo- dation struck an avalanche which had dropiwd on the track from a high bank in a clay cutting, and both engines and the four first-class cars ran off the track and piled in a he' ;> cf ruin. The fireman of one of the engines samed Pierru Levasgcnr was killed, and a brakenian named Alfreil Lavurd was ho badly scalded that he died in a short time. Tho two engine drivers and one of tho firemen era w.led out from the wreck with scarcely any injury. 'Their escape ia simply miraculous. Mr. Mc- Donald, the suiierintondent, was on board, and immediately sent for medical aid and for tho auxiliary cars of St. Flavie and Hiver dii Loup. Owing to the awkward position of tho wreck between two banks fifty or sixty feet high, leaving no place to dump tho ilehrii, tho clearing of tho line was a ditVu'ult matter. The accident was one which it was difficult to foresee, nothing of the kind having liecn known to hapjien before. Tho bank that foil is an enormous one, and is composed of snow as hard and heavy as clay. A Level Hoadeil Father. First Man â€" Cmph I Theideaof sjicnding 8200 for a bicycle for your boy ! You'll ruin him. Second Man -On the contrary, I desire to keep hiin out of bad company. " What good will that new fangloci con- trivance do any one, I'd like to know ? He can go where he pleases with it." • " Did you ever hear of a yonng man coming homo drunk on a bicycle ?" â€" A certain currentslang phrase has been traced to no lees a jierson than John Buny»i. In " Tho Pilgrim's Progress" •ccurs the passage ; " When it is a cold day for them in a nation, then they lurk in the hedges, though their ordnance lie there, as leaves that arc dry and fallen down from the tree." - In front of a grocery store in Bleeekor street, New Xork city, is a sign on a basket of egga which reads a.B follows : " Fresh eggs guaranteed. ICvery egg dated." â€""Dbfluo a monstrosity," said the teacher, and the children all replied in ringing chorus: "An inaurauce agent with the mumps," A HETEOR AT SEA. The Narrow Escape From Deiitructlon of a VMsel-PecuUap Eiperlences. A New York despatch says : The Jfatl iindExpreis says : It has often been thought by mariners and those intimate with astronomical phenomena that many of the sudden and mysterious disappearances of vessels lost at sea could be accounted for by their being struck by meteors and meteoric stones. The theory appears to have some foundation by the following statement by Captain Swart, of tho Dutch barijue J. P. A., bound for Quebec, and one of the first statements of the kind ever made public : On March 10th the ship, while in lat. 37 degrees 3'J minutes north, and long. 57 degrees west, experienced a severe storm. About 5 o'clock in the after- noon a meteor was observed Hying through the air. It presented the appearance of two balls. One was very black and the other very brightly illuminated. The latter appeared as if ready t» drop on board amidships. 'The vessel was hove to under storm sails and the meteor dropped i.ito tho sea close alongside, making in its flight a tremendous roaring noise. Before falling into the water the upper atmosphere was suddenly darksncd, while below on board everything appeared like a sea of fire. The force of the meteor on striking the water caused the latter to form heavy breakers, which swept over the vessel, rocking her fearfully. At the same time such a suffocating atmosphere was caused as to force perspiration to run down the faces of all on board, and greatly oppresseil the breathing from the amount of sulphur in the air. Immediately after solid lumps of ice fell on the deck, and the decks and rigging became covered with an icy crust, caused by the immense evapora- tion, notwithstanding tiio fact that the thermometer registered GO degrees. The barometer during the phenomena oscillated violently, so that no reading could be taken. After close examination of the ves- sel and rigging no damage was found on deck, but on the side where the meteor fell into the water the vessel appeared all black and some of the copper sheathing was terribly blistered. The affair was followed by an increase of the wind to hur- ricane force. SHOT AMU KOUUEU. Plucky Flsht of an Old Sandwich Uotel- keeper. A Windsor despatch says: Captain John Horn, sen., of Detroit, has for the past two years conducted the Uoad House at Sand- wich, a short distance above tho mineral springs. Captain Johu is frequently the only i>ersQn on the premises. Last night he was alone, his bedroom being just in rear of the bar, with an entrance to it from the dance hall. Between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning he was aroused by burglars moving in the front part of the builaine. Jumping and grabbing his cash-box, whiw he kept at the head of his bed, he opened the door and found himaelf face to face with one of the burglars. The fellow had a cocked revolver in his hand and [loking it into the landlord's face demanded his money or his life. " I'll be if yoo get my money," retorted the Captain, who, in spite of his (i7 years, is sble-bodieel- He made a lunge at the burglar; the latter lowered his revolver in a twinkle and fired a bullet which passed through the tleshy pi^^-af his lef.t thigh, ".i^n^t^doueik ..^ nowT" roared the stalwart old vete?*!!, â-  i>5k I'll fix you yet," and he snatched a lather's hatchet that was close e* hand. The burg- lars retreated and darted out of the front door, which had been left open in case of surprise. Capt. Horn followed, and in tho dim light of the moon saw four men run- ning down tho road. With nothing on but bis nightshirt he chased them with the hatchet about 40 rods and then lost sight of them. On returning he sized up his loss, which amounted to about $200 worill of cigars, dressed himself and walked half » mile to the nearest doctor. This inoming, although suffering considerable pain, he walked to Windsor and crossed to Lis home in Detroit. COI.ONIAI. CONFEKKNCE. The Uelegates Present au Adilress tu the Queen â€" llauiUouio lllftHaiid CoiiKratula- tlona. A London cablegram says : The Colonial delegates visited the Queen at Windsor to- day to present their address. Several valu- able presentations were made from the colonies, among them being a gold casket studded with Cape diamonds, which was presented by the Caiie repreBontatives, and a casque of native wooils, niount"d in silver and jewels, from Natal. Both Sir Alex- ander Campbell and Mr. Saiidford Flem- ing wore present. The address stated that the Queen's subjects from distant parts of the Fhnpire, asBombled in London to confer on ijucstions affecting the Imperial posHessions throughout tho world, desire to avail themselves of the op- [Kirtunity of approaching Her Majesty with humble, united and earnest congratulations on the approaching completion of the fiftieth year of her reign. Mention was made of the growth of the population of India and the colonies, and that the in- irease of trade and tho shipping revenue had been proportionate to the population. No one in the Queen's wide dominion is subject to any other sway than that of even and impartial law. The address congratu- lated Her Majesty that after half a cen- tury's reign, amidst changes of dynasties and, systems of government in other coun- tries, the principleH of law, which have their foundations in tho past, still alford her subjects safety and prosperty, and the Empire that stability which claims the admiration of the world. Tho delegates assured the Queen of the continued loyalty and devotion of her colonial subjects, and! praved that her happy reign would still be prolonged, and tho throne remain estab- liahod ill the land in justice and righteous- ness for generations to come. â€" " There is something in this little fel- low I like," said an appreciative visitor to- a young hopeful he was trotting on his kneea, " Now," said the boy, " how did you know I had swallowed a penny ?" You can't judge an artist from tho way he writes his name, nor a woman's disposi- tion by the size of her bustle. Tho Bishop of Ontario will not return from England until tho middle of Beptem- bor. In consequence the Synod, which is usually held in Juno, will not bo convened until after his return. W\ ./-- l' ''^•V f-