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Wales . Let us hope , as the correspondent of one of our daily contemporaries suggests , that the struggle will be " short , sharp , and decisive . " It is bad enough to find capital and labour arrayed against each other , instead of Avorking cordially together ; but infinitely AVOTSO will it be
if the struggle be prolonged over any considerable period of time . It is hardly possible to realise the amount of suffering and misery Avhich differences of this formidable character engender . When the strife is ended , and the men once again resume work , it matters little , as regards
their pockets , Avhether they do so on their OAVU terms or on those of their masters . The recollection of the poverty and wretchedness which they and their families have had to endure for weeks , or ifc may be months , is not easily
obliterated . The loss of goods and money is not soon replaced ; and in these cases poverty invariably brings with it a whole train of evils , not the least terrible among which is disease . We are more convinced than ever of the
value of Mr . Brassey ' s suggestion , that courts of arbitration or conciliation should be erected in London , and in our several industrial centres , Avith a view , either to prevent , if possible , these strikes and lock-outs , or , if that be impracticable , to hasten the settlement of all disputes between
employers and the employed . As for the professional agitators Avho stump the country , and presume to tell the labouring man what are his rights , Avhat his claims upon his employer , Avhat number of hours he should work , and what are the just Avages of labour , in a trade of Avhich , in
ninety-nine cases out of every hundred , they are absolutely ignorant , Ave think if a few of these fellows Avere dragged through the nearest horsepond , and then slung up to a convenient lamp-post for an hour or two to dry , it would be a great gain to the masters and men . Why cannot the
Trades Union Congress suggest something in order to avoid strikes ? What is the good of Trades' Unions if they cannot prevent these differences ? What is an Antediluvian Buffalo ? We should say not a member of a friendly society . On Wednesday , in the Bail
Court of Queen ' s Bench , Avas heard a case of assault , in Avhich one Buffalo had struck another Buffalo a violent bloAV on the head , and the latter claimed damages . It seems there is , in the classic neighbourhoods of Kennington and Walworth , an Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes , the
members of which are variously designated , some as " Kangaroos , " some as " Primos . " We see no direct connection betAveen marsupials and numerals , but that , of course , matters little to the buffaloes Avho do . But , to our assault case . At a Lodge meeting of the Order , held on the
1 st October last , at the honse of Buffalo Higgs—the Queen ' s Head , Amelia-street , Walworth-road—the election of a " Primo " was held . The locale of such elections , it seems , is the kitchen , Avhence , the ceremony having been duly performed , the members return in procession to the club
room , there , no doubt , to regale themselves after the severe labours of their ritual . Among the brethren present Avas Buffalo Parker , of the Horns Tavern Tap , Kennington , Avho joined the procession , adorned as to his head with a dish cover . Whether this kind of head ornament Avas particularly
obnoxious to Buffalo Higgs , or the latter Avas more than usually elated at the initiation of a new " Primo " Buffalo , is not on the record . At all events , Buffalo Higgs struck Buffalo Parker so tremendous a bloAV Avith a rolling-pin , that the latter , even Avith the protection of his dish cover
suffered severely for a long time afterwards , and on Wednesday claimed compensation for his injury to the tunc of £ 40 . The jury , however , viewed the matter as a joke , unintentionally carried a little too far , and gave their
verdict for the defendant . We hardly think Ave shall join this Order of Buffaloes . Certainly not , if ornamenting our head Avith a dish-cover , and getting a whack thereon from a rolling-pin , form any part of the ordinary ceremonial .
Abroad the political atmosphere is far from clear . In France the ministerial crisis appears to be in abeyance , aud the Assembly is still discussing the Constitutional Bill , the most important variation from this programme , of which Ave have heard , being the Lucifer Matches Bill .
Considerino- the fiery character of French Constitutional Debates , Ave should have thought the intervals between the various stages of discussion might have been devoted to the study
of something less inflammable than Lucifers . Garibaldi has entered Rome , and has of course , met with a hearty reception . We do not say the General is responsible for certain demonstrations , but why does he not do his best to discountenance them ? The Pope still reigns in the
At Home And Abroad.
Vatican , and to put the matter lightly , it is very questionable taste to even seem to sanction such popular manifestations against His Holiness , Avho is head of the Romish branch of the Catholic Church , and should command our
respect . What if a year hence the Pope passed through Rome in triumph and the fickle populace " demonstrated " against King Victor Emanuel to General Garibaldi ? Virtue , says the Roman poet ,
Intammatis f ulget honoribus , Nee snmit aut ponit secures Arbitrio popularis auriu . We are not in the secrets either of His Majesty the Sultan of Turkey or of the Prince of Montenegro , but it
is satisfactory to learn from less direct , yet still , we believe , trustworthy sources , that "their little difficulty " is in a fair Avay of being settled amicably . The Turks and Montenegrins Avho might have become " food for powder " have been dismissed to their homes , and the cloud , " no
bigger than a mans hand , Avhich overhung the almost irrepressible Eastern Question has momentarily disappeared . No news from Spain . Shall we regard this as good neAVS , or is the present calm only the proverbial forerunner of some tremendous storm ? By the way , it
is always ostentatiously announced in the Spanish journals that the king pays a visit to one , if not more churches in every toAvn he passes thongh . We do not doubt the king ' s
devotion to religion , but the constant iteration of this news would almost seem to convey the idea that Alphonso is performing an act of royal condescension towards the Almighty in thus visiting His Holy Temples .
Sorrow invariably evokes the finest feelings of our nature . We are convinced that every member of the Craft -will deeply sympathise with Worshipful Pro . Grand Master the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon in the irreparable loss he has just sustained by the death of his wife . The
circumstances attending her ladyship ' s illness , Avhich has terminated thus fatally , enhance , if that be possible , the great SOITOAV he must feel . It is not for us to pass the limit which properly divides the private from the public life of any of
our brethren . We should have felt , however , that we had omitted an important duty , had we not found some expression for the sympathy Ave feel towards his lordship in these moments of his grievous distress .
Naval gunnery must ahvays be a subject of the highest importance to this country . Where Ave cannot vie with foreign nations in our land forces , and in the number of our field guns , it is the more necessary that the strong arm Ave do possess—our navy—should be furnished Avith . tho
ne plus ultra of offensive and defensive weapons . England must not only not have a gun second to any other nation , she must have one infinitel y better , if possible . Thus naval armaments are continually changing . One gun is substituted for another , breech-loaders supplant
muzzleloaders , and these are once more superseded by the former kind . We imagine that we have now discovered , by experiment , the best gun for our navy—a muzzle-loader . The "last neAV thing " in naval guns is one that will havo a bore of 24 feet in length , a diameter of * 16 inches ,
Avill throAV a shot of 1 , 600 lbs . weight , with a charge of 800 lbs . of powder , a distance of 7 miles . The total Aveight of the gun will be 81 tons . With four of these monsters the " Inflexible " is to be armed , and Ave can form some idea of her floating powers , Avhen , in addition
to this Aveight of 324 tons , she will be defended by armour 24 inches in thickness . Such a gnu as we havo described Avould appear to leave all previously manufactured in the shade . Tho " Woolwich Infant , '' hitherto regarded with much aAve , measures about 13 . 7 feet of bore ,
and Aveighs only 35 tons . If we jump from 35 tons to 81 at one bound , Avhat will be our next performance , should other nations produce something better ? Already Ave hear of 100 ton guns in prospectu , thongh their destination
is not yet generally known . We doubt whether it would bo possible in our times to keep armaments in a stationary condition . Whatever happens , England must and , no doubt . Avill have the best gun that can be made .
Within the last few years the Bicycle has become a very prominent feature in athletic sports . About the year 1870 , the improved machine now in common use made its first appearance . Within so short a time as thirteen years
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At Home And Abroad.
Wales . Let us hope , as the correspondent of one of our daily contemporaries suggests , that the struggle will be " short , sharp , and decisive . " It is bad enough to find capital and labour arrayed against each other , instead of Avorking cordially together ; but infinitely AVOTSO will it be
if the struggle be prolonged over any considerable period of time . It is hardly possible to realise the amount of suffering and misery Avhich differences of this formidable character engender . When the strife is ended , and the men once again resume work , it matters little , as regards
their pockets , Avhether they do so on their OAVU terms or on those of their masters . The recollection of the poverty and wretchedness which they and their families have had to endure for weeks , or ifc may be months , is not easily
obliterated . The loss of goods and money is not soon replaced ; and in these cases poverty invariably brings with it a whole train of evils , not the least terrible among which is disease . We are more convinced than ever of the
value of Mr . Brassey ' s suggestion , that courts of arbitration or conciliation should be erected in London , and in our several industrial centres , Avith a view , either to prevent , if possible , these strikes and lock-outs , or , if that be impracticable , to hasten the settlement of all disputes between
employers and the employed . As for the professional agitators Avho stump the country , and presume to tell the labouring man what are his rights , Avhat his claims upon his employer , Avhat number of hours he should work , and what are the just Avages of labour , in a trade of Avhich , in
ninety-nine cases out of every hundred , they are absolutely ignorant , Ave think if a few of these fellows Avere dragged through the nearest horsepond , and then slung up to a convenient lamp-post for an hour or two to dry , it would be a great gain to the masters and men . Why cannot the
Trades Union Congress suggest something in order to avoid strikes ? What is the good of Trades' Unions if they cannot prevent these differences ? What is an Antediluvian Buffalo ? We should say not a member of a friendly society . On Wednesday , in the Bail
Court of Queen ' s Bench , Avas heard a case of assault , in Avhich one Buffalo had struck another Buffalo a violent bloAV on the head , and the latter claimed damages . It seems there is , in the classic neighbourhoods of Kennington and Walworth , an Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes , the
members of which are variously designated , some as " Kangaroos , " some as " Primos . " We see no direct connection betAveen marsupials and numerals , but that , of course , matters little to the buffaloes Avho do . But , to our assault case . At a Lodge meeting of the Order , held on the
1 st October last , at the honse of Buffalo Higgs—the Queen ' s Head , Amelia-street , Walworth-road—the election of a " Primo " was held . The locale of such elections , it seems , is the kitchen , Avhence , the ceremony having been duly performed , the members return in procession to the club
room , there , no doubt , to regale themselves after the severe labours of their ritual . Among the brethren present Avas Buffalo Parker , of the Horns Tavern Tap , Kennington , Avho joined the procession , adorned as to his head with a dish cover . Whether this kind of head ornament Avas particularly
obnoxious to Buffalo Higgs , or the latter Avas more than usually elated at the initiation of a new " Primo " Buffalo , is not on the record . At all events , Buffalo Higgs struck Buffalo Parker so tremendous a bloAV Avith a rolling-pin , that the latter , even Avith the protection of his dish cover
suffered severely for a long time afterwards , and on Wednesday claimed compensation for his injury to the tunc of £ 40 . The jury , however , viewed the matter as a joke , unintentionally carried a little too far , and gave their
verdict for the defendant . We hardly think Ave shall join this Order of Buffaloes . Certainly not , if ornamenting our head Avith a dish-cover , and getting a whack thereon from a rolling-pin , form any part of the ordinary ceremonial .
Abroad the political atmosphere is far from clear . In France the ministerial crisis appears to be in abeyance , aud the Assembly is still discussing the Constitutional Bill , the most important variation from this programme , of which Ave have heard , being the Lucifer Matches Bill .
Considerino- the fiery character of French Constitutional Debates , Ave should have thought the intervals between the various stages of discussion might have been devoted to the study
of something less inflammable than Lucifers . Garibaldi has entered Rome , and has of course , met with a hearty reception . We do not say the General is responsible for certain demonstrations , but why does he not do his best to discountenance them ? The Pope still reigns in the
At Home And Abroad.
Vatican , and to put the matter lightly , it is very questionable taste to even seem to sanction such popular manifestations against His Holiness , Avho is head of the Romish branch of the Catholic Church , and should command our
respect . What if a year hence the Pope passed through Rome in triumph and the fickle populace " demonstrated " against King Victor Emanuel to General Garibaldi ? Virtue , says the Roman poet ,
Intammatis f ulget honoribus , Nee snmit aut ponit secures Arbitrio popularis auriu . We are not in the secrets either of His Majesty the Sultan of Turkey or of the Prince of Montenegro , but it
is satisfactory to learn from less direct , yet still , we believe , trustworthy sources , that "their little difficulty " is in a fair Avay of being settled amicably . The Turks and Montenegrins Avho might have become " food for powder " have been dismissed to their homes , and the cloud , " no
bigger than a mans hand , Avhich overhung the almost irrepressible Eastern Question has momentarily disappeared . No news from Spain . Shall we regard this as good neAVS , or is the present calm only the proverbial forerunner of some tremendous storm ? By the way , it
is always ostentatiously announced in the Spanish journals that the king pays a visit to one , if not more churches in every toAvn he passes thongh . We do not doubt the king ' s
devotion to religion , but the constant iteration of this news would almost seem to convey the idea that Alphonso is performing an act of royal condescension towards the Almighty in thus visiting His Holy Temples .
Sorrow invariably evokes the finest feelings of our nature . We are convinced that every member of the Craft -will deeply sympathise with Worshipful Pro . Grand Master the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon in the irreparable loss he has just sustained by the death of his wife . The
circumstances attending her ladyship ' s illness , Avhich has terminated thus fatally , enhance , if that be possible , the great SOITOAV he must feel . It is not for us to pass the limit which properly divides the private from the public life of any of
our brethren . We should have felt , however , that we had omitted an important duty , had we not found some expression for the sympathy Ave feel towards his lordship in these moments of his grievous distress .
Naval gunnery must ahvays be a subject of the highest importance to this country . Where Ave cannot vie with foreign nations in our land forces , and in the number of our field guns , it is the more necessary that the strong arm Ave do possess—our navy—should be furnished Avith . tho
ne plus ultra of offensive and defensive weapons . England must not only not have a gun second to any other nation , she must have one infinitel y better , if possible . Thus naval armaments are continually changing . One gun is substituted for another , breech-loaders supplant
muzzleloaders , and these are once more superseded by the former kind . We imagine that we have now discovered , by experiment , the best gun for our navy—a muzzle-loader . The "last neAV thing " in naval guns is one that will havo a bore of 24 feet in length , a diameter of * 16 inches ,
Avill throAV a shot of 1 , 600 lbs . weight , with a charge of 800 lbs . of powder , a distance of 7 miles . The total Aveight of the gun will be 81 tons . With four of these monsters the " Inflexible " is to be armed , and Ave can form some idea of her floating powers , Avhen , in addition
to this Aveight of 324 tons , she will be defended by armour 24 inches in thickness . Such a gnu as we havo described Avould appear to leave all previously manufactured in the shade . Tho " Woolwich Infant , '' hitherto regarded with much aAve , measures about 13 . 7 feet of bore ,
and Aveighs only 35 tons . If we jump from 35 tons to 81 at one bound , Avhat will be our next performance , should other nations produce something better ? Already Ave hear of 100 ton guns in prospectu , thongh their destination
is not yet generally known . We doubt whether it would bo possible in our times to keep armaments in a stationary condition . Whatever happens , England must and , no doubt . Avill have the best gun that can be made .
Within the last few years the Bicycle has become a very prominent feature in athletic sports . About the year 1870 , the improved machine now in common use made its first appearance . Within so short a time as thirteen years