A Washington special says :—There is a prospect of international trouble with Great Britain that may need another board of arbitration. Not long ago an American schooner, the Gilbert C. Trufaut, was sold at Liverpool to British' ship-owners in open violation cf the provisions of our law. A. very lively correspondence has been main tained between the authorities of the United States and Great Britain. Our people have requested the British Government to turn this vessel over to the United States that she may be libeled against her former owners. The Earl of Derby has finally decided that the vessel shall not be delivered up, as in the sale all the regulations of the British law were carefully observed. He 3ues no reason for interfering. On receipt of this decision the Secretary of the Treasury

issued orders to Collectors of Customs at all sea-coast ports to. seize and detain the Trufanfc should she ever visit this country. As the vessel has papers from the British Government and flies its flag, the seizure is hound to cause a good deal of trouble. It is a startling fact that one pair of rats, with their progeny, will produce in three years no less a number than G46,SOS. A doe rat will have from six to eight nests of young every year for four years together, and from twelve to twenty-three at a litter ; and the l young doe will breed at three months old ; and there are more females than males, at. an average of about ten to six. If they ran abont the streets like cats or dogs the public would be terrified, but as they hide and work in the dark, men seldom see or think of them. A remarkable instance of journalistic en terprise has just come under our notice (says a recent Bruce Herald). In its last two issues, the Clutha Leader has succeeded in publishing the whole oE our report of the speeches delivered at the Thomson banquet, whicktook place on the 29th of last month- The report, which our contemporary-has stolen, was published in the Bruce Herald nearly a fortnight ago. With such an en terprising organ at their service, the Prov incialists should surely command success.
