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THE PEOPLE'S PALACE. Bojal Pageant on the Opening of the Falaoe by Her Majeity. THE CEEEMOHY AHD THE BnilDIHG. A last (Sunday) night's Loudon cable saye : London was all ablaze with excite- ment yesterday afternoon, the occasion being the visit of the Queen for the purpose of opening the People's Palaceat Mile End. The route selected for the Boyal progress extended from Paddington station in the western portion of London to Mile End at the extreme eastern limit, a •distance "f •bout eight miles. The buildings along the entire way were gaily decorated with banners, wreaths, colored trophies and tlags, the Irish colors and the Stars and Stripes being conspicuous in many places. Whitechapel road pre sented in perspective from almost any point a long vista of triumphal arohes. The carriages were escorted by a troop of cavalry. The line of the procession was guarded by 10,000 volunteers and 5,000 regular troops, comprising artillery, in- fantry and cavalry, all selected largely with a view to the brilliaaoy and contrast of their different uniforms as additions to the pageant. 'The Lord Mayor and the municipal officers of the city of London went in car- riages from the Mansion House to the city's boundary lino at Holborn. They alighted and awaited the Queen, who was in an open carriage. At the Queen's approach the Lord Mayor received the pearl sword from the swordbsarer. His Worship lowered the point and congratu- lated Her Majesty on coming to the most loyal city and presented the sword to the Queen. She took it and returned it. The Lord Mayor and retlnne then placed themselves immediately in advance of the Queen's carriage and escorted her across the city to the eastern boundary at Aldgate. There they bade her farewell for a brief time, and repaired to the Mansion House to await Her Majesty's return. The Queen proceeded to the People's Palace and ascended to the dais, where the Prince of Wales, the Marquis of Lome, the Duke of Cambridge and the .Vrchbishop of Canterbury were assembled, the choir singing the National Anthem. The Queen then received the gold key, Mme. Albani sang " Home, Sweet Home, " and the Prince of Wales declared the People's Palace open. The announcement was greeted with a great flourish of trumpets, followed by a grand chorus rendering " Old Hundred." Subsequently the Queen laid the first stone of the foundation for the technical schools attached to the People's Palace. The Archbishop of Canterbury prayed for and blessed the people and pronounced the benediction. Upon the conclusion of the ceremonies the Koyal procession started on its return. By command of the Queen tlie longest route back was taken, the prooeesiou mov- ing off into Bnrdetto road, goii'g thence along Commercial road to Aldgate. This deviation was ordered to please Uie citizens, who requested it. Arriving again at the city limits the Koyal carriage was met by the Lord Mayor and civic officials and escorted back to the Mansion House, which ' the Queen entered in atmtM for the hrst time in her life. The Lord Mayor wore crimson and ermine robes, only assumed when the sovereign visits him. He conducted the Queen to the tea room. The weather was fine all day. The Queen subsequently returned to Windsor. Her reception all along the route was most enthusiastic. After the Queen and the Prince and Prin- cess of Wales bad taken tea at the Mansion House two gold teaspoons wer« missed. They were probably taken as mementoes of the occasion by some of the attendants. The People's Palace is the Urst result of a bequest made nearly half a century since by Barber Beaumont. The Drapers' Society and others have contributed largely, nearly half a million dollars having been raised within a brief period. Mr. Walter Besant is credited with giving a powerful impulse to this generosity, having for its end intellectual improvement, rational recreation and the amusement oi the people of the East end. Mr. Beaaut's literary genius and sympathetic studies of life in his novel, " All Sorts and Conditions of Men," got a just tribute in the rim<« and elsewhere. He had a place of honor in today's cere- mony, and was presented to the Queen. Lord Roeebery, who has given $1.5,000, was Chairman of the Board of Stewards, ami Sir tidmund Cnrrie Chairman of the Board of Trustees. As much of the palace as is already done consists of a large, finely proportioned hall, decorated in light blue, pink and gold, stone color predominating. An Italian coffered ceiling presents, in au oval arch, some stained glass which, besides theKoyal arms and monograms and Prince of Wales feathers, depicts the escutcheons of Scot- land, Wales, Ireland, Canada, Australia and the Star of India, giving an Imperial character to the general design of the roof. At the back, where meet the galleries, curved into bays, and supported by sculp- tured caryatides, are statues in Koman carton, which is used in the sculptures on the Hotel de Ville, in Paris. Twenty-threegreatqueens are represented beginning with Esther, of Bible fame, and ending with Victoria. Each statue occupies u niche between two Corinthian columns. These statues were executed by the sculptor Ver Hoyden. It was he, it will be remem- bered, who, in the case of Bolt vs. Lawes, was disbelieved by a jury when he said that ho and not Belt had done certain sculpture in dispute. Seance of Hypnotism. The operator has rendered his subject insensible. He then drops molten tallow into each of his eyes, places a lighted iimtcli in each ear and then pours a bottluful of assafojtida into his mouth. " Tell me what you feel now?" ho asks. " Unspeakable joy!" â€" Faris Figaro. ^ Sir .\rthur Havelook, the Governor of Natal, has been instructed to proclaim Zululand. e.\cepting that portion constitut- ing the New Boer Kopublic, a British poBSCssion. The New Boer Kepublic occupies the western part of Zululand and does not reach the coast. Its area is about 1,800 square miles. The capital is Vryheid. " It's all very well," said the grave- digger, " to advise a young man to begin at the bottom and work up, but in my business it ain't practicable.j A PBNVT POST. Proposal for a Universal Penny Postage Bate. A London cable says : Hamilton Heaton, member of Parliament, who is advocating a universal penny post, has addressed a letter to the Postmaster-General of Great Britain, from which it appears that a penny post could be established between Great Britain and America even without any increase in the volume of correspondence. His letter shows that in the year ending the 31st of December, 1870, there were despatched from the United Kingdom to the United States 116,444 lbs. of letters and 1,031,908 lbs. of newspapers and other articles. Daring the year ending the 3lBt of September, 1886, no less than 337,855 lbs. of letters and '2,780,625 lbs. of news- papers and other articles were despatched, so that the quantity of mails has more than doubled in these ten years. The total sum paid for the sea conveyance of all mails sent to New York in the year ending the 30th of September, 1886, was £99,927. This year the cost, under the new arrange- ment, will be £80,000, but the income will be £197,979, against an expenditure of £80,000, showing a profit of £117,979. An increase being certam in this as in former years, Mr. Heaton takes the actual profit roundly as £120,000. From this £20,000 may fairly be deducted as the cost of taking the mails to Cork and putting them on board the steamers, so that the net profit becomes £100,000. Now, if the 337,855 pounds of letters were carried for Id. instead of 2^. per half-ounce (again reckoning thirty -five to the pound), they would yield only £49,428 of income, a de- crease of £73,059, so there would still be a profit of £26,941. But of course that cal- culation assumes that the number of letters would not increase, whereas they would not improbably multiply tenfold. A MURDEROUS CAT. It Tries to Sack the Breath of a Toqdk Child and rights With the Mother. A Pittsburg, Pa., despatch says : Mrs. Atkinson, of Alleghany, entered her nursery yesterday and was horrified at what she saw. The family cat had attacked her 6- year-old child, who was lying sick on the bed. The oat was sitting on the breast of the boy. Each of its fore paws was firmly fixed in the child's cheek and its month was glued to that of the boy. He was struggling as much as he could, and with one hand was trying to push the cat away. As soon as the animal saw the lady it showed fight. It scratched the child's face in a terrible manner, and springing upon the mother bit her on the shoulder. She finally beat it off by stabbing it with a pair of shears. The mother found the child unconscious. Her cries brought assistance and after restoratives had been adminis- tered the child was able to talk. He knew nothing except that the oat had wakened him up, trying, as he said, " to take my breath." The little fellow is in a pre- carious condition. Late News Motee. It is believed that the Manitoba Govern ment will refuse to entertain Mr. Suther- land's proposition to issue Provincial de bentures in aid of the Hudson's Bay Kail- way, and that a collision between the Opposition and the Government over the (juestion is probable. Canon Wilberforce, of England, now travelling in this country, is a man cf com- pact build, about five feet nine inches in height. His face is cleanly shaven and his features are rather sharp. He has a high, retreating forehead, about which clusters abundant hair, rajiidly growing gray. His face is extremely intellectual and his eyes are clear and (tenetrating. He always wears a blue ribbon in the lapel of his coat to signify his advocacy of the temperance cause. Lieut. CoL Fynmore, of the Koyal Marines, whose death at the ago of 93 has lately been recorded, was the last surviving officer who served at Trafalgar. On that glorious day he was a middy on the Africa, a seventy- four of CoUingwood's squadron. During the battle Capt. Digoy found him at work on the most exposed part on the upper deck and ordered him to a safer place below. " O, sir," replied the little fellow, " I could not do that. What would my father say ?" The Way uf the Girls, Girls all have a kind of secret code. You know how it is. You are introduced to a girl. Sbo invites you to call. You call. She invites you to a party. You go. She introduces yon to a whole circle. That whole circle discusses you, calmly appor- tions you to three or four ; they gradually reduce themselves to one. Then you're lost. She wearies of you and yon get kicked out of the circle. Well, all of those girls have discussed every one of your young men friends the some way. This is what a cynical girl told me. I don't know of my own Knowledge. But Mk of trades unions and Knights of Labor t Their organisation dwindles into absolute orndoness when •ompared with the U. O. M. G. (United Order of Marriageable Girls.)â€" CAicogo Tribune. A Prohibition Incident. A tall, lank, rod-nosed man came into a country store with a large jug, which he placed on the counter with the remark : " I want a gallon of rumâ€" baby's sick." â€" Boiton Gazette. Good Boy. " I see," said thonow minister, uiuctiug one of our best young men, " that you smoko cigarettes. " "Yes," replied the noblo youth, " I prom- ised my mother that I would never use tobacco in any form." â€" liurdette. The death is announced of Lieut. -Col Osborne Smith in England. .\ Missouri girl waved her hand at a stranger and in three days they were mar- ried. Two days later the young wife waved a flat-iron at her husband and tho next evening he came homo waving a divorce. What are tho wild waves saying ? â€" Ihirlington Free Prens. Krupp is again making what will bo tho largest gun in tho world. It comes in good season. The mosquito promises to be more liko a winged mastodon than ever, judging from the size of limb and voice of the advance guard. â€" Memphis .ivalanchc. CHANGES IN MUMICIPAL I^W Wbleh AffiMt the Kletitors af Cit:rf Town and Township. The following is a summary of the more important changes made in the municipal law at the late session of the Legislature : The qualifications of mayors, reeves, aldermen and councillors in the various municipalities is reduced to 8200 freehold or S400 leasehold in villages ; $400 or 8800 in townships ; 8600 or 81,'iOO m towns, and 81,000 or 82,000 in cities. In municipalities where electors are dis- qualified unless they have paid their taxes by the 14th of December, those on the defaulters' list are to be permitted to vote if they have paid their taxes any time before they vote, and produce a certificate to that effect. Section 138 of the Municipal Act is amended to make it clear that an elector must vote for Mayor in the polling division he resides in, or, if not qualified there, then where he first votes in the municipality. In the case of a tie in the election of Warden, the mnnicipaUty having the greatest ejjualized assessment is to have tho casting vote, instead of the one having the greatest number of ratepayers. In case an Auditor appointed by the County Council refuses or neglects to act, the head of the Council is given authority to nominate another. A change is made in the returns to be made to the Government, so that Auditors and Treasurers transmit information to tho Bureau of Industries. Where from money on hand, ur increased value of property liable to assessment, it is not necesaiy to raise the full rate under a by-law, Councils are given power to pass a by-law reducing the rate for future years, instead of having to pass a by law annually, as at present. The powers Councils have hitherto had in regulating siise and number of doors, etc., in churches, theatres, halls or other buildings used for places of worship, public meetings or places of amusement, are ex- tended to hospitals, schools, colleges or buildings of a like nature; and the strength of walls, beams, joists and their supports are to be subject to regulation ; and power is given to compel production of plans of all such buildings for inspection. When a polling place, fixed by by-law cannot be obtained, or is found unsuitable, tho Clerk is given power to choose the nearest suitable building available for the purpose, giving due notice to tho voters. The Council of an incorporated Tillage is given power to purchase land for a ceme- tery within the village, on approval of the Local Board uf Health, ratified by the Pro vincial Board. Power is given to charge a license fee on circuses, etc., up to 8500, instead of 8100, as at present. By-laws changing name of streets are made subject to approval of the County Judge. Power is given to license and regulate shops where tobaccos and cigars are sold, and to prevent the sale to children under 14, unless on the written order of parents or guardians. Where an action is brought to recover damages from a municipal corporation on account of an obstruction, excavation or opening in a street or bridge, the corpora. tu>ii is to have a remedy over against the parson who caused the ol<«trtiotlon fr opening. The legislation of last year on the "bridge" c{iiestioii is reiiealed, and tho law is left as it was previously. Where a Council, by a two-thirds vote, decide that the constructing or erecting of any bridge, culvert or embankment, is for tho general benefit, and that it would be inojuitablo to assess the whole cost on the locality, they may pass a by-law and borrow money to pay one half by tho municipality. Two hundred electors in towns, or a hundred in villages and townships, are given power by (wtition to compel Councils to submit by-laws for the construction of waterworks. Ten Rules Tor Bnthers. I. When suffering from violent excitement do not bathe. 2. When suffering from suddenly occur- ring or from continued dlness, do not bathe, 3. After sleepless nights or excessive exercise, do not bathe, unless you first rest a few hours. 4. After meals, and especially after taking alcoholic liquors, do not bathe. 5. Take your time on the way to the bathing house or beach. 6. On arriving at the beach inqaire about depth and currents of water. 7. Undress slowly, but then go directly into the water. H. .lump in head first, or, at least, dip under quickly, if you do not liko to do the first. 9. Do not remain too long in the water especially if not very robust. 10. After bathing, rub the body to stimulatecirculation, and then dresaquickly; then take moderate exercise. â€" In dealing with a collar in springy ground, tho first thing to bo done to make it dry, says the Sanitani Engineer, is to provide some chance for tho water to run away before getting into the cellar. 'X'his may be done by laying a two-inch tile drain pipe in a trench dug all around tho founda- tion outside of the walls, and from one foot to two feet below the cellar tloor. Put this pipe together without mortar and cover it with cobblestones to keep out tho dirt and sand. If it be not practicable to lay tho drain outside it may bu laid inside of tho cellar- walls, directly in the cellar floor ; but tho operation of such a drain is less oftioiont Tho backfilling of tho oeiiar walls should be porous enough to allow the water to go directly into the drain. The wharves at Montreal aro still Hub- niorged, causing considerable delay and inconvenience to shipping. Tho river is still rising. Mr. Gladstone's friends have revived Carlyle's charaoteristio criticism of the tleshy poet who recently grossly misrepro- sented tho great statcsnian : " Swinburne, Algernon Swiubnrno, wishes to be introduceil to nie. What, that yoinig man who sits in a cesspit and adds to its filth ? No, thank you. ' Scales are now made so delicate that (ho signature on a, piece of paper with a soft lead pencil can be weighed. A oo<iuetto ia like a war veteran â€" She goes through many engagements. BMeLANIPS UIST JCBIIJCK. QeorKe the Third's Absence from the Royal Fetes. At Windsor the day was passed in the humdrum, staid style which one would have expected under Farmer George. A whole ox was roasted, and the Queen with four dandified sons and one rosy-cheeked daughter, went to inspeot and taste this delicacy. The cooks wore new blue suits and white silk stockings, which appear to have created an immense excitement among the good people of Windsor. They cheered Her Majesty, the silk stockings, the bowing Princes and the roasting ox, and every one was exceedingly jubilant, says a writer in the May •' Cornhill." The one touching incident in this somewhat prosaio picture is tho absence of the good old King him- self. It was only a year, remember, before his insanity was again openly declared, and the oourageouB little Queen had probably good reasons of her own for keeping him not only from the metropolis, but also as far as she could from the Windsor gos- sips upon such an exciting day as that of the jubilee. He was visible at chapel, and again when they fired a /cu ile joie in the Long walk and he rode past tliia men and responded silently to their salute, but this was all. Even at the grand fete which Queen Charlotte gave at Frogmore, where for once the etiquette-loving woman laid aside her notions of what was permissible, and invited not only the nobility but the tradesmen and their wives ; and where for once, too, her sons merged their horror of the slowness of the court in hearty enjoy- ment of the novelty â€" even at Frogmore the King did not put in an appearance. This unexplained absence is the one touch which redeems the whole useless and resultless pageant ; and the thought of the old man wandering alone through tho rooms of his palace holds more poetry than any or every grandiloquent verse which was written for the occasion and echoed across the dinner tables of enthusiastic and toast- loving subjects. 80MKTHIMG LIKK A SJCMKATION. A Uypnutised French Young: LaUy'A Krollu with the Kins of Ucusts. A Paris cable says : A highly sensa- tional hypnotic exiieriment was achieved at a private performance yesterday at the Folies Bergere. The curtain rose and revealed a large cage containing three lions. Signor Giauometti, the lion tameK then entered the cage and made the lions jump about and roar. Then a pretty young lady in a white dress appeared and was hypno- tised by M. do 'Torcy according to tho methods of Dr. Charcot. De Torcy and his hypnotised young lady entered the cage, the animals being kept in check by the lion tamer. De Torcy compelled the young lady to fall on the lions' backs, and to place her head in a lion's mouth, held open for the purpose by the lion tamer. The seance wound up by tho young ladyâ€" who had been put in a rigid acute cataleptic slate â€" resting with her head on one stool and her feet on another, while the lions jumped over her. One lion placed its paws on the patient's thighs and caught in its mouth a piece of meat attached to a cord, thereby firing a pistol fastened lo tho roof of the cage. The lions all jum|>ed about and roared furiously, and in the midst of the excitement De Torcy brought tho patient out of the hypnotic trance and removed her from tho cage. The Prefect ol Police has not yet allowed this perforniace to be given ill public, but the private performance was so vociferously applauded that it is be- lieved tho restriction will soon be removed. Rod Men With Sky-blue Eyes. Along tho Ited Kiver Valley is to be found one of the most curious populations to be found anywhere in the world. 1 refer to the half and quarter bands, the descendants of the Scotchmen who came to this country in the days of the Hudson's Bay Company and their Indian wives. They present a most |)oculiar combination of the Scotch and Indian types, the dark skin and high cheekbones of the Indian with tho light hair and blue eyes of tho Scotchman. Physically, they are a splen- did race, being lithe, tall and muscular, and are the best and most enduring runners I over saw, travelling hundreds of miles through the woods in tho dead of winter with incredible rapidity. -Ml speak French, but the broad Scotch burr is jierceptible in their pronunciation, making their lan- guage a most remarkable one. They are famous hunters and trappers, and, when not drunk, very iicaccable. They took no part in the recent uprising in tho North- west, as they have no affiliations with tho French hall-breeds or Indians, but form a little community by themselves. As voyageurs they are une<]ualled and are tho happiest beings I ever saw. They do not take kindly to life in villages or towns and aro fast moving away before tho advani:e of civilization, but I fear that those who take their place will not have their virtues. â€"WathiHijlon Star. A Division of LAbor. Hoâ€" Where are you going, my pretty maid? She I'm going a- milking, sir (she said). He â€" Can I not help yon, my pretty maid ? She â€" You can work tho pump haudli, sir (she said).- From Puck. Science shows that a inani9 90por cer t water. That is why it never does any good to tall a bore to dry up. Always stranded on the same rock â€" A baby who has but one oradlo. â€" Tho reason of " tho sun putting ont a fire" ia thus explained: At the timoofday when tho sun shines into a room tho fire is often allowed to get dull, and tho aun'a rays warm and rarefy the air in the room ns much as tho tiro warms the air passing over it up tho chimney. Hence tho draught ceases, and tho firogoesout. To remedy tho inconvenience o|H)n the door or tho window to let tho warm air out and cold in. The Government telegraph lino in tho Northwest ia being built west from Battle- ford to Edmonton witli iron polea. A Now York young lady of fashion who received a littlo silver fiatiron as a german favor asked what it was. She never saw tho real article. In London the other (hvy tho Prince of Wales chiistened tho 85,000,000 diamond from tho Cape of Gojd Hope " The Imi)erial. ' It outshines tho Koh-i-noor. TBUaJGRAPHIC fiiUMMART. Owing to grave charges alleged against the Montreal city poliue patrol, tho force has been disbanded. P. Payne, of Southwold, while forking hay, fell from a mow, seriously injuring his hip and aide and dislocating bis wrist. Intelligence luis been received in Ottawa that the Batuohe half-breeds have refused a load of seed grain, and will not cultivate their land this year. Last evening Bishop Cleary, of Kingston, in his sermon, denounced strongly the wor^ ing of an advertisement announcing the visit of certain American doctors to that city. Mrs. Aurelia Taiter, of Malahide, aged 70, while crossing a field to a neighbor's on Friday placed her pipe in iier pocket. Hes dress caught fire, and when found her clothes and hair were burned off and hex flesh burned to a crisp. She cannot aor- vive. J. Jacques, of Cornell station, visited St> Thomas on Friday, leaving four small chiL dren with a hired girl. They found » revolver, and one boy, aged 8, shot his brother, aged 5, in the head. The ball I^ been extracted, and hopes of the chilmi recovery are entertained. At a barn raising at John Lyle's, Soath- wold, on Friday evening, a timber fell from the top of the building. James Lai^ ton and Wm. Somerville, who were undes- neath, ran to escape. The timber grazed the head of the former, but Somerville tripped and fell, the timber falling across him. He snstained serious and painfol though not fatal injuries. A team of horses belonging to John Fisher, of Murray, ran away on Saturday morning on Coleman street, BellevilleL The waggon upset and a three-months'-old child, which Mrs. Fisher carried in hec arms, was so seriously hurt that its reco^ ery is doubtfol. Mrs. Fisher was bad^ bruised about the face. Samuel Macdonald, of Muirkirk, was taking bricks ont of an old well. When eight feet down the snface caved in, carr^ ing him half way to the bottom, where Be remained wedged, surrounded to the neok in loose earth, with fifteen feet of water beneath, till a neighbor gave the alarm. The village turned out en matte, and witb great difficulty rescued hiui from going to the bottom. A a conference of citizens in Montreal on Friday to discuss the question of protection from floods, a resolution urging the city to grant at once the 8178,000 for theconstrno- tion of a temporary dyke was adopted, and an influential deputation was appointed to proceed to Ottawa to lay before the Gov- ernment other resolutions ailopted by the meeting for the better protection of the city. The freshet in the river St. John, N. B., is falling rapidly and Frederioton is out ol danger. The gas works and waterworb» will resume operations in a few days. A& Woodstock tho waterworks and clectrio light stations are also once more free from the flood. Tho suffering along the flooded district in Sunhury and Queen's is still in- tense. Communication with tho high lanS has been opened by steam ferry boats, &ai relieve parties are actively succoring those most in distress. The New Brunswick Uailway will start trains on schedule time to-morrow, and unless heavy rain falls there will be no further interruption. 'I'he damage to the Intercolonial about Kotho- say will reach 820,000, as a large piece of the track will have to be rebuilt. Latesfc estimates put the total loss at considerably over a million dollars. Several earthquake shocks havo been felt at Smyrna during the past week. Sheik Abou Honda has been exiled from Turkey for conspiring to dethrone the Sultan. Ho was for a long time au intimate adviser of the Sultan. The proceeds from Saturday's sales of the French Crown jewels aniountett to t)7'2,000f. Tho agent of tho Due d'Orleans bought a chain of brilliants for 181,260f. Mr. Gall, au American, bought a cincture of brilliants for 132,.'>00f. A striking Methodist revival is prooeed- ing in Saxony, having its centre in Schwar- zenberg, where tho Methodists have collected funds for tho erection uf a large church. They havo established a chapel at Schcneeberg, and are sending preachers throughout tho country. Empress Augusta left yesterday for Baden. Tho Enqieror goes to Kiel on Juno 9th to bo present at the ceremonies attend- ing the beginning of work on theNorth Sea and Baltic Canal. Princo Bismarck, a number of the members of the Bundosrath and the President of tho lioichstag will ac- company him. Tho Emperor, after his stay at Kiel, will take a course of water at Ems. lie will not revisit Gastien in tho autumn. Professor Goldwin Smith is a^ain express- ing in tho London Timet his views on things Canadian and American. Com- mercial men, the chiefs of industry on tho American continent, are in his opinion o<inal in probity and every moral ipiality, v^rhilo superior in energy and enterprise, to their rivals in any other country. But tho American and Canadian politician is in most cases a political slave. The Irish vote is largely responsible for this. The Irish- man is tho worst of citizens in the United States, and Canada is becoming politically an Irish Kopublic. Tho moral of Professor Goldwin Smith's long letter is : Pay no attention to anti-coercion resolutions passed by servile politicians or corrupt Legisla- tures. Thoy do not represent real Ameri- can or Canadian opinion. An Imoelnatlve Vkltor. Councillor Butler, of Goderich, in describing his recent visit to London, Ont., said at a recent meeting of tho Council : " Down in London they run tho Crooks' Act by electricity. Tho bar-rooms are lit up by electric light, and at U o'clock p.m. the light is shut off, all around is thrown into darkness and the fellowa in tho bar- room beconio pariilrjzed. (Loud laughter.)" Tho councillor's guide ia yot to bo heard from. Two French men-of-war are reported to have been sent to Hayti to enter an oftioiaJ protest against tho seizure of Tortnga Island by tho British Government in settle- ment of its claim of about one million dol- lars against Hayti. i 'flh.'^Ji' .