The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-11 00:00:00

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SOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL

THE RISTIVAL OF THE Tx ON KNOWLEDGE.—
The Nor(/re Echo remarks :

At first sight the proposed reduction of the postage on
newspapers iron' one penny for four ounces to one half-
penny for six ou,es emu are to be an extraordinary con-
cession to the press and an Incalculable boon to the public.
But it ix not so. The it justice and partiality of the pro-
posal are more easily demonstrahle in this case than in that
of the intended alteration of the railway tax. Roth seem to
ben. fit the poor man, while in reality they do nothing of the
Mod. On the contrary, the halfpenny newspaper stamp will
prove a positive loss to the poor man, while conferring a
benefit on the rleh one. The large high.priced peepers will
enjoy a remission of taxation the small cheap papers will
have a new tax imposed upon them. Roder the new regula-
tion the postage of each piper will be one halfpenny. lie
our case, the cost of ohe penny worth of postage will be
raised to twopence halfpenny or threepence. The tax on
the threepenny newspapers will be no higher than that on
the penny or halfpenny paper. Regular subscribers to
The Time' will be charged threepence postage for their
eighteenpennyworth of news, whlie the regular reader of a
halfpenny paper will have to pay threepence postage for his
threepenny worth of newapapera The Post Office will.
moreover, he put to far greater expense on behalf of
The T i mes than for any other paper. Not only is the
heavbrat of the daily papers transmittable at the minimum
charge proposed. but it is carried greater distances than
other papers The boon proposed to be conferred by Mr.
Lowe is, therefore, clearly not upon the readers of cheap,
but of dear news', ,per A—not upon the poor, but the
wealthy; not upon the many but the few.

SAVINGS liar its. —The saving 3 banks return for
1869 is satisfactory. Notwithstanding the increasing
amount of dep rita in the post-office savings-banks,
which, though not yet nine years old, hold 14 millions
sterling, the old (trustee) saviugabsnks have within
ibout four millions of the amount held by them when
the pert office bmits were started. The deposits in
the t ruitee savings-banks of the United Kingdom on
the 20:h of November' 1869, the end of the savings.
banks year, amounted to £37,554,556, being an in-
crease of above £680,000 over the amount at the end
of the preceeding year. The 385 savings-banks in Eng.
had 1,081,801 &manta open, and £30,574,473 deposits ;

the 24 in Wales had 35,271 accounts, and £1,014,018
depoeits ; the 52 in Scotland had 186,051 accounts,
and £2,523,452 deposits; the 44 in Ireland had 59,401
accounts, and £l. 914 751 deposits : the two in the
Channel Islands had 20.368 accounts, and £464,862
depeat.. The total is 507 banks, 1,377,802 accounts
open, and £37,554,516 deposits. The rate of interest
paid to the deroaitora averages £2 191. sd. per cent. in
England and Wales, £2 19e. 33. in Scotland, £3 17s.
4d. in Ireland, £3 in the Channel Islands; giving an
average of £2 193. 4d. for the 'United Kingdom. The
expenses of management in 1869 were £130,793 or
On 11d. per cent, on the capital. There were in the
year 1.518 936 receipts from depositors, and 930,647
payments to depositors; the amount of the receipts
averaged £4 121. 43., and of the payments £7 17e. 73.
Knee the post-office banks have been established 145
trustee savings-banks in the United Kingdom have
been closed, a hich held above £3,000,000 deposits ' • and
nearly £2.000,000 of the amount is known to have been
transferred to post-office savings.banks.
STRICTURES ON THE DERBT.—The Derby this
year has been a failure (remarks the Spcchtt,r). The
crowd was smaller, dingier, and more blackguard than
usual, the road was very dull, the weather was very
disagreeable, and the pace of the horses running was
very slow. To judge lay appearances, it will in a few
years more be as bad sty le for men to gr down to the
Derby as it is now for women, and the Epsom course
will bu surrend, red to the "legs," roughs, and fools, to
whom, while the present racing system continues, race.
courses naturally belong. When betting on horees
has become unfashionable, the Legislature will pro-
bagy decree that it shall also he illegal, and tne
milhone sill be compelled to throw away their money
on some other method of guessing by rule.

NuT WRY Lite Lir.:We sh-011id be sorry to raif e
hopes which, after all, Das), not be realised hut there ,
seems to be jast a poadbility that the Devil is dad.
The Nov Ye ri Herald says that some workmen at
Mooresville, it:dittos, in making an xcavation, have
dug up a skeleton, well prsserve I, corresponding to
the human skeleton in all respects except that the
forehead is villanously low, with two horns carving
backwards. The arms are of unusual length, and the
spinal bone terminates in a tail, of whioh about a foot
in length still retnaies. If the Devil is no Imre, and
this is his Eike/eon, he has ben treated with some in-
justice. His death lias certainly not put an end to
crime on this side of the Atlantic; and either we have
attributed too much evil to the insti,ration of the
deceased, or, perhaps, or ly the American Devil is dead.
For, unless all the views of the Devil which are popu-
larly entertaired are devoid of foundation, he is not
only alive in Eagland at the present moment, but, if
possible, rather more active than usual.
THE PAUL AND FARQUHAR DIVORCIC CA S
On Tuesday, in the Court of Divorce, Lord Penz Ince
gave judgn ent in the case of "Paul v. Paul and Far-
quhar." The petitioner was a solicitor at Bristol and
Maidenhead, and married the daughter of a &eutleman
of fortune at the former place. There she became
acquainted with a Captain Farquhar, with whom she
ultimately eloped. The Queen's Proctor intervened,
but failed to prove any collusion by the petitioner,
! and a decree absolute was pronounced, since which
Captain Farquhar has married her. She had £1.50 a
year settled on her by her father, who died last year,
and the question now before the court was the va.uiv.
ton of that settlement. The Judge Ordinary desired
that the money should be paid during her lite for the
benefit s,f the children, as at her death Mr. Paul be-
came entitled to a life interest in the money. The
ruler was made as prayed, with costs against the co-
respondent.
THE LATE SIR James Y. SIMPSOH.-•-OH Satur-
day a meeting was held in It athgate with reference to
the ere aim of a memorial there to the late Sir Janus
Y. Sympson. Provost Waddell presided. On tie
motion of Mr. Johnstone, solicitor, seconded by Dr.
Kirk, the following resolution was adopted:—

"That this meeting views with pleasure the movement in
Dimburgh to perpetuate, by some lasting memorial in the
cipital, the memory of Sir James IL Simpson; but, inas-
much as the people of it Ltligate, the native place of Sir
James, had previously inaugurated a movement for the
erection of a Statue to the memory of their illustrious towns.
mull,sod had received the support of many muin, IA gentle-
men thronghont the ccuntry, and inasmuch as tlo-y
believe that the two movements will not In any
way interfere with each other, resolve I that a statue, or
other suitable memorial, in the birthplace of one who was
equally great in science and eminent in piety, would be a
most fitting tribute to his memory.
A committee was appointed to carry out the object
of the resolution.
Heit Ma J BALL AT BALMORAL.—The
Dundee Adreutiser, reporting the ball which the Queen
gave to her a:rvan,a and dependants at B dinoral, of
which the Court Newaman has already informed us,
says :
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the dancing WM conducted In • large marquee on the
lawn to the south-lied of the castle, and which was very
tastefully ilecorat:d with festoons of flowers and evergreens
The Queen and the Princess Louise and Beatrice, attended
by the Deems. of Athol° and the other ladies and gentlemen
of her M,.j-ety'a Court, were present, and entered iuto he
hilarity of the demonstratkii with zest, all seeming to euj cy
It. The supper was served in the iron ballroom, and was
marked I y ti at attention to all which is one of the leading
charac' mistic I her M jetily's entertainments. Besides the
servants of the Queen's hiusehold and the tenaniry on the
estate of Ildm..ral, many of those of Aner_eldie aol Birkhall
were also pre,ent. as well as all the gamekeepers, gardeners,
and foresters on the Royal estates. The orchestra was ably
led by Willie Blair her Mejesty's mit+iclaW as by his
son, Mr. J. S. Skinner, and Mr. Thomson, hu'llec:, Balmoral.

"THE REmcnor B at' PIC CLTY."—Long Sermons.
—Punch.

FARMIEO OUT CHILDREN —Great intcrret at-
teams to the results of the scattered experiments now
being made in varieus parts of England to depauperize
the children of the workhouse by boarding them at
separately, under duesupervitliol3, in families. Among
the most earnest friends of the system has been Colonel
Grant, one of the guardians of the Bath Union, and at
his instance it was adopted by the Board of that Union
in the spring of last year. They have hoarded out 46
children, of win in 25 are boys and 21 girls. The first
annual report declares the experiment to have been
comp:etely successful thus far. The Committee think
it may be conaidered as established—First, that proper
homes can be found for the children, and that in many
instances the foster parents spend more upon the
children than they receive for them. Secondly, that
a strong feeling of mutual attachment soon springs up
between the children and their toter parents, who
treat them in every respect As members of their own
family, are always pleased to relate any trait of good
conduct, and even when finding fault seem anxious to
excuse the wrong-doer as much as possible; thirdly,
that the health of the children greatly improves; by
health the committee do not mean the mere absence of
illness, but that there is Si more healthy tone sabred the
children, a brighter and more intelli,ent look ; the boys
become ruddy and chubby, and the complexion of the
girls acquires clearness and freshness, all indicative of
good health and spirits. Fourthly, that they are
kindly received in the parishes, and are subject to no
opprobrium or by reason of their having been
workhouse children.

SHOCKTYG TRAGELY us BERLIN.—The Berlin
journals publish accounts of an extrorelinary suicide.
A small dealer, named Kutb, reaided in the Strasse
Sebastian with his wife and four children, whose ages
ranged from ten to eighteen. A few days back a rela-
tive of the family received a letter from the eld at son,
written in such terms as to foreshadow a catastrophe.
The person to whom the communication bar been ad-
dressed at once informed the police of his f rare, and an
entry into the house was effected, but too late to pre-
vent the tragedy which had been consummated. The
mother and four children were lying on a bed, dead
front strangulation and the father was hanging by the
neck behind ado tr. According to the letter of the son,
the entire family had consenter to die together, but
the motive for such a resolution remains a mystery.

AN ADVANC .—We read of aa A :B.C. company
for utilising sewage by solidification. We are glad to
see a Company for thie purpose that has got as far as
the three first -letters of the Alphabet. Till now, we
have never known one that even succeeded in "making
its mark."—Punch.

AS E XITIII.B OF THE AMERICAN PRESS. The
New York World devotes four c,lumns of its space to
illustrate by quotation the amenilies of American
journalism. Tne Commercial Advertiser subtuits that
the Now York Independent has played "the religions
dodge" long enough. Under the disguise of piety that
paper, it 11E4T, openly advocates the abrogation of
marriage and the union of "affinities," and in various
disreputable ways seeks to break down the barriers s f
religion and morality. The Independent having re-
plied to this by publishing a confession or alleged con-
fession of the editor of the Commercial Advertiser, that
gentleman thus responds :

We therefore Inform the editor of the independent that,
as we have kicked nothii,g mean for a long time, he will he
very likely to be introduced to our caliskin the first time we
chalice to meet him It is the only way to treat such fellows.
We shan't hurt him, but merely kick this Uriah Ifeap of the
press. And it we ever so far forget shit belongs to man-
hood as to do anything as mean as this fellow Tilton Is
capable of doing, we shall expect to be hoisted.
Fit.NIANS IN FOURTH CLASS CARRIAGSS.—‘The
Colonial Office received from Sir J. Young, Governor
General of Canada, a telegram the effect that the
Feuians were much demoralised, and were finding their
way home in cattle trucks. Next to a hurdle a cattle
te tick in about the most appropriate conveyance for
Fenians that clan well be conceived. Persons unac-
quainted with military language may wonder how it
can be possible for creatures destitute of a moral na-
ture to be " demoralised," Fancy the state of a cattle
truck full of demoralised Fenians. It would, of coon*,
have to be disinfected before an owner of stock could
possibly think of putting into it a lot of any decent
teAste.—Punch,

TELE RIGNT TO MAKE POST-MORTEM EXAMINA-
TIONS.—Cornibinto have bi en made to the London
coroners as to the manner in which bodies are treated
in hospitals. At an inquest held on a bricklayer who
was killed at the new works at S. Thomas's Hospital,
the widow explained that the body of her husband had
been opened and cut about without her knowledge and
cohsent. She would on no account have given per-
mission for this being done had she been consulted.
She felt very acutely upon the point —The coroner
said he quite sytuitathieil with the complaint made.
The surge us of hospitals had no right or authority to
make pcot.nioeirm examinations of persons dying in tho
hospital without the express consent of the relatives of
the deceased. A hospital was an institution for the
treatment and cure of the sick, and not a school for
teaching anatomy. Any surgeon or other person
opening a body without the consent of the relatives, or
order from the proper authorities, was guilty of a mis.
deamenour at law. He should feel it his duty to
address an official letter on the subject to the hospital
committee, and he hoped never to hear of another case
of the kind taking place.

AN OLD CUSTOM IN GLOCESTER CATHEDRAL.—
A corre.pondent wrote to the Guardian last week
stating that upon the centre of the back part of the
holy table in Glocester Catherdal there was, until very
lately, a cushion supported against the east wall. The
tradition, he trnly said, in that Arch biehop Laud placed
the cushion there for some ritual purpose, and the
writer asks, "Can any of your readers throw a light
on what that purpose was, or help to ver:fy the tra-
,l:tionr A Glocestcr correspondent now writes to say
that the cushion is still on the communion table, it
never having been removed, and that the alrumdish is
always placed against it. Why Laud introduced the
cushion no one connected with the cathedral seems
ever to have been able to discover.—[There is now, or
used to be, a similar cushion DI gxeter Cathedral].

TELEGRAPHIC Faxmcs.—The clerks in the tele-
graph offices in Limerick, and for several miles rounds
were sadly perplexed a fest:, days since by the extraor-
dinary freaks of as they first suPposed) the electric
fluid. Sometimes the messages °Fuld not be trans-
mitted at all ; at another they were received at all sta-
tions at once, but always so hopelessly entangled 113 to
defy every attempt at interpretation. The astonish
-
meat of the recipients may be imagined, and complaints
poured fist and furious mo the officee, where the
cause of the phenomena was for a considerable time a
mystery. At length it was discovered that in a seclu-
ded put of the suburbe, where the wires are eaiily Sc.
ceesiole, some children had slung a rope from them, and
used them as a support for a swing. The wires beitig
cles-ly entangled by the pressure, a message trans-
mitted through one was, of course, conimunicat, d to all
the others. The damage was immediately repaired,
and the telegraph recalled from play to work.
His? D JENVELLERT.—A charnflog representative
of the Parisian demimonde attracted all eyes the other
evening seated in a box at the Varietfis, and wearing
most magnific:eut diamond ornaments, (says the Court
Jour ',al). A courageous young gentleman, who wished
to Fee if the diamonds were really real, presented him-
self at the box and was invited to enter. He soon
perceived that he was net al me, an old gentleman
being ensconced in a corner. Three being too much
company, our youlig hero did his beet to make the
direly chaperon feel that he was de- trep, but all to no
purpose. At length he proposed a supper and Beauty
eunsented, but ou the condition that Beast should be
invited. After the repast, the gay Lothario asked for
an explanation of the illustrious elder's presence.
" My jeweller," said the lady, "from whom I have
hired out my diamonds; but if he be disagreeable to
you, just pay Lim down 80,000 franca and they will
be mine, whilst you will have made a conquest.' Our
hero opened his eyes—but not his puree—and fled from
the scene.

A GREAT AND (4WD PAINTER.—Sir Edwin
Laudseer was humanely right in what he said at the
Annual meeting of the ft,yal S,tei4y for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animal& Cropping a dog's ears is '` a cruel
and injurious practice"—one which we hope will never
crop up again.—Punch.
THE GAY TOWN or Ems !—A letter from Ems,
quoted in the N,.rtlt G.rineta Correspondott, states
that among the illustrious visitors to that waterin4-
place, there are at prement, besides the Czar and the
Grand Duke Vladimir and Nicolas, the Duchess of
Ortgothland, the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Princs
Alexander of Hesse, and from the far South the Duke
and Duchess of Oituntt. The Emperor has been
entered on the list of strangers under the natnt of
Count Borodinsky. He appears every morning
regularly at the springs, and in the afternoon on the
promenade; he rides out about six in the evening, and
sometimes after his return visits the CursaaL He
dresses simply and still wears mourning. A child who
sells 11 r were to visitors is happy to have obtained his
Majesty for a customer ; she brings him every morn-
ing a little bouquet of lily of the valley, and is
generously recompensed for this little attention. As
may be supposed, Eine is extremely full. Concerts,
balls, and tt, tea are of daily occurrence, and the French
theatre was to open on the let inst. Though gaming
is not carried on in Ems to the same extent as at
Homburg and Wiesbaden, there are generally a good
many people round the topic rot and toe Grand Duke
Vladimir may be often aeon risking a piece or two at
rouge Cl noir.
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LONDON LIFE ! The folowing sa4 exlmple
of the low atate of morality which pravails in some
parts of the metropolis came htfore the magistrate at
the Thames Police-conrt on Monday :

A woman, twenty-seven years of age, was charged with
attempting to murder her two children by rimming, and also
with attempting to drown herself. She had lived with a
man named Chapman as his wife, and had two chddren, the
eldest under two years old. A few weeks ago they separated,
Chapman pa)lng her 103. a week for the maintenance of her-
self ar.d her children, but In a fit of despair she took the
children lathe dock, and jumped into water 17 feet deep with
them in her arms. They torte rescued, hilt the youngest
child was restored to animation with difficulty. She was
committed for trial.

THE FORMON WHEAT AND FLOUR TRADES.—
FLur has continued to advance at Paris and on the
French departmental markets. If the &eight which
has prevailed for some weeks past does not abate, water
will soon make default at the mills. The rise in wheat
which has distinguished the last few days has varied a
good deal in different parts of France. In some places
it has been is. lid. per Isat. ; in others Is. Si. per
2evert. ; in others as much as 2s. 2.1. per tlewt. The
advices recsived as tithe aspect of agricultural affairs
in the centre and south of France are gloomy; the
north anti east are not at present invaded by such sad
apprehensions, since although the crips present an in-
different appearance Ist on light lands, they still look
pretty well upon gccai well-cultivated soils. Affairs
have regained more activity in the French seaports—
Bordeaux, Nantes, Havre, &c. At Marseilles there is
carcely any stock, and some diffieulty is expvrienced
in providing for the re quirements sf consumptit U.
Fleur has also been in quits as much demand at Mar-
seilles as wheat In Mecklenburg, Saxony, Bavaria,
&c., there are still great complaints of want of rain.
lhe harvest will he late, and will it is feared, present
a considerable deficit. In Russia the wheats present
ie.s had appearance than hitherto. At Odessa there
is an active demand and a decided firmness in affairs.
In Roumania purchases of wheat asdl maize continue
to be made on A great scale, ard prices have been ad-
vancing almost from day to day.

11118:W40 SalPB.—the No:wegian ship Lydia
Captain Larsen, from Manilla and Zebu for Liverpool,
h a cargo of sugar, and upon which 80 guineas had
been a•lted earl paid for insurance-, Las been reported
in safety at Banco Wangle, in Java. She has been
209 days in the China sea without having been heard
to,,—The new steamer Minm Tkonms, Captain Stalker,
from Liverpool to Picton, Bated States, and for which
underwriters have recently been askiug advanced pre-
miums, has arrived out nafely.—Tne ship Cerealm, from
Philadelphia, which sailed thence on the 14th of Janu-
ary last for Queenstown, and was given up for lost, is
reported by cable to have put back to an American
Port. She has been 141 days at sea and never heard
from. It was thought she h foundered in the game
gale as the C,ty f Boston (January 31), and thin arrival
800-twit clearly that a ship can be on the Atlantic for
120 days and never s.eu. the City of Boston lef.
Halifax on the 28th of January,'
It tILROAD SLATIGHTM—The following dreadful
collision has occurred on the Baden lidlway

A mined passenger train from Constance entered the station
at Sinrg, whilst an engine and tends r from Vi'altislint, pro-
ceeding to tide. followed at some distance. When the pas-
senger train had entered the Niurg station the usual danger
signal!, were sot, but the striver of the engine which followed
had been drinking, and, neglecting to observe the signals, ran
into the station, where the locunotive dashed into the rear
of the stationary train, and a fearful scene of suffering and
death was at once produced. Three carriages tilled with
passengere were completely crushed, the last one being forced
Into that before it. When the smoke and dust caused by LS°
collision had cleared off it wee found that nearly GO passen-
gers were more or lens burled under the wreck of the car-
riages. One young girl was taken out dead, end 12 others
were slangeronsly injured. Oue man had both thighs broken
and died after undergoing amputation a few hours
later. One gentleman, Dr. RIX. ot Wahishut, was mort,dly
hurt, and has Since died. lie wounded, nearly 30 in num-
ber, were taken to hotels, where they were attended by sur-
geons sunny-used ly telegraph from the nearest towns. The
townspeople were no furious at the criminal miFconduct of
the engine-driver that it was with difficulty they were re-
strained from enforcing Lynch law, but ultimately he was
conveyed to prison to await triaL

N ODD NOTION INDEED !—FOTCI,METS who
happen to be London during the " Derby week" pro-
bably form some odd notions about the signes of "the
road and the race." Very orkl, for instance, was the
notion which two South American lads, newly arrived
in Clapham a few days before the race, got into their
heads from seeing "the road." It Co happened that
the oil grandmother in the family into which they
were to be received had died a few days before thi ir
coming. It was found out afterwards that they wrote
borne to their friends telling them how the old lady had
died, and how her funeral had taken place on the fi I.
lowing Wednesday, a more splendid funeral than they
ba I ever heard of, people going all the morning and
coming back all night.

STATISTICS Or TEM COUNTY COURTE.—IS the
23 years which have elapsed since the establishment
ef Comity Courts in England, there have been above
15,00,000 plaints entered for the recovery of sums
amounting to nearly £39,000,000. A large proportion
of the caws are settled without flu tiler proceedings,
but judgment was entered in 8 712,902 for suits
amounting to £.20,804 041,. exclusive of costs. Only
19,565 causes were tried by jury. 3he court fees have
amounted to R 3581708. The average amount for
which the plaMes were entered was rather more than
50s. ; in 1849. the average amount sued for per plaint
was 635. ; in 1859 it was only 49.1., in 1869 it was 573.
BRIEF, BLIT OB.SCCRE.—Mrs. Malaprop spent
the Queen's Birthday very pleasantly at Hampton
Court, listening to the band of the Lancet... But one
thing rather puzzled her. Certain busts were pointed
nut to her as those of the rt, man Emperors, Ca: ear and
Pompey and the rest .1 them; and yet she noticed that
under ea e.y one was the word—objectionable anywhere,
but particularly so in euch a place as Hampton Court
Palace —lmp. —Pun alt.

A DARING TFllNF.—French thieves seem pos-
erased of a fertile invention. The other day, says a
Paris paper, a lady went into a haberdasher's shop,
Rue Richelieu, and bought a pearl-grey silk dress. The
shopman had noticed a toleral ly welbdresset man
standing at the do3r after the arrival of the lady and
seeming to watch all her movements. Stepping up to
the cashier' deck the lady drew a 200 franc nose from
her purse. At that moment the man outside rushed
into the shop, gave the lady a box on the ear, and tore
the note out of her hands. "I had forbidden you to
buy that dress." cried he, "but I watched eon, and
you shall not have it" With these words he hastened
away, the lady fainted, and the persons employed in
the shop, supposing the intruder to be an offended
husband, made no remark and let him go. When the
lady recovered the proprietor of the establishment ex-
po-eared his regret at the violent scene, and pitied her
for being dependent on so brutal a husband. "317
bust:and !" cried the lady eagerly. "Sir, that mania
not my huabani ; I do not know him, and have never
seen him." The pretended hint, sod was ads:ring this f.

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A LAMING ACCIDENT.—On rlfonday Mr. J. G.
C. Child, only surviving son of Sir Smith C,bild, I‘l P.
for West Staffordshire, left Ms father's teat, Stalling-
ton-hall, Staffordshire, for Hewcastlemader-Lyne, in
dogcart drawn by a young horse. Near Stoke-on.
Trnt the horse took fright M a kites bey was flying,
and becoming tudrianagenble brought the dog-cart into
collision with a coal cant: Mr. Chill was thrown out
and was yita hod on It head, receiving a very serene
injury. He was picked up senseless and taken home,
and for some boors his life was despaired of. Mr.
Child is about 23 years of age, and has jut eompletod
his college education, prior to studying for the Bar.
He was recently qualified as magistrate for the county,
and woe foreman of the grind jury at the last astizet
at Stafford.

THIC SMALLPDX TM PARIP.—The lament taßght
by the'very serious and prolduged etideinid of -small.
pox in Paris are of no small importance (remarks the
British Medical Journal). The remarkable severity of
type manifested shows that this devastating and
loathsome dieease has lost none of it% horrors or of ite
fatality. In some cases the mortality has averoged ft
per cent.; and the hmmorrhagic variety of the disease,
which is its most intense form, has been frequently met
with. At the HOpitel Cochin eix Wield* were

admitted in the course of the first three months of thi
yetar ; they all suffered from this form of the diseases
and all died. The efficacy of vaccination to protect
has been very fully marked. Thus, Dr. Bender
reports that not one of the large medical, nursing, and
pspillary etaff engaged in the smallpox wards has
been rtttaaked. Careful vaccination has for years
effected the same result for the staff of the London
Smallpox Hospital, Who are constantly exposed to
idonf Fh,apsulaegmaiino
-
been illustrated, that where snotsction afforded by
ass
vaccination has not been complete, it o•
e,e
siderably modified the disease that the mortality has
cuoinst,Lir. al:l2ni.e .. report
that
aotftthhee est°amblmisit"
been comparatively small, and the disfigurement and
constitutional results proportionately lose severe. Very
good results are reported by some physicians from the
local and internal use of carbolic acid. We need not
say that melt conclusions must be accepted with great
eaulim ; they have hen so olten arrived at, and. n
the end so rarely verineel. The "Indian remedy
sarractnia purpurea, is again vaunted. We may refer
our French confreres to Mr. ltlaraten'aprinted experience
for the proofs of its utter uselessness.
CHANCIRT LOGIC.—A learned Vice-Chancelloi
protesting against the union of Law and Equity,
declared (after a recent banquet) there was "as much
difference between them as between the Army and tits
Navy." Unhappily, we don't "follow you, Sir." A
union of land and sea forces is usuilly a means to
success. The lawyer's alligator is somewhat head-
strong. He has "leave to amend."—Punch.
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MESSRS. BASS AND Co.'s BilEWERIES.—Extent
of premises, GO acres; am mut of purchase at 1'.3,000
per acre, £lBO,OOO. Qoantity of malt made on the
premiles during the fl(149011, 5200, quarters pr week.
The greatest quantity of malt brewed during the year
was close upon 190,000 qrs. Quantity a land to g. ow
the barley, at 4i qrs. per acre, 42,200 rime. The
quantity of hops used in the rains period was 20,000
cwt. Qiusutity of coals used during the brewing
season, 100 tone per day. Amount paid for malt tax,
1:189,314, and licence duty, £8,934, or a little otter
voo per day. Amount of six months` traffic by rail
to and from the brewery premises, 134,195 toss ;
quantity of trucks used during the sameperiod, 69,654,
or 452 per day. Amount of carriage charged by
the railway companies daring the same period,
£61,598 4s. 4,0, or £11,266 7s. 44. per month. This is
exclusive of many thousand tons of goods received and
forwarded by highways. Number of casks in uso in
the trade, 500,000. Number of men and boys employed
in Burton alone, 1,831. The amount paid in wag is
over £2,000 per week. Number of horses, 70 to 80;
number of locomotives 4, equal to 320 horses; number
of engines 26, equal to 432 horses. Extent of private
railway, over five miles. Licensed Vidualicri
Guardian.

A Misternt WITH ONE ileum—The new
Minister of Public Works in France, M. rlichon, is
without the left hand ; but what is not generally
known is the manner in which be lost the member.
When a young man, he was out shooting with a friend,
each beating the cover separately, when the latter in
firing at a black-c ick, wounded his companion in ouch
a manner that amputation became necessary. M.
Plichon was much attached to his companion ; so, in
order to spare him the reproaches of their two families,
be pretended that he had himself caused the occident;
but on the other having subsequently died, the motive
for preserving the serret no longer existed.
A HARD Lire.—Who can wonder at Mr.
Gladstone wishing for a little relaxatii n, and going to
the Derby, after reading that in one dsy (not I nig
before the Epsom week) he received four deputations
on the subject of the Education Bill !—Punch.
_

•
Wu or?—A Country Vicar, who has waited
until the Whitsuntide vacation, in hopes then to find
space in the newspapers for a letter, has written one
against Mr. Cross's hill to prohilit the Rile of next
presentations to livings. He thus states his care :

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A considerable item in my patrimony was the ad, wson of
a living of about £3OO per annum. Al leant £l,OOO towards
the endowment of this living was contributfd by soy f.ifher
and grandfather, and the church has been partially restored
and the school built and kept almost entirely by the money
of my family and myself. Why should I net sell the next
presentation? For the sake of the place and the school and
other plans that have been going filrward, I should Hie to
have a succewor who would do his duty, and surely am mach
more likely to seek for such a one than a man who would
wish to be rid of the place altogether.
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A DAY'S POLICE RECIRD i PARTS.--Le Figaro
publishes the following hat of offences reprted on
Friday to the po!ice of Paris, as having ben corns
niitted in that capital :-4 suicides, 4 intent evesaults,
18 simple thefts, 6 borjaries, 14 cases of drunkeunt S 4.
18 of vagabondage, 11 of breach of police regulstions,
2 of furtive removal of furniture, two of unlawful
entering houses, 4 of cheating, 6 assaults upon the
polico, 11 cases of quarrelling and fighting, 1 of rape,
and 3 of offering indecent publications for sale.

Trig BIBLE IN Roe..te.— Under the head "The
Bible in Itamia," the Eastcrn Budytt of Wednesday
says :
A separate department has been estahlithed In the Exhi-
bition at St. Peternburg for the sale of cheap Bites. Toil
innovation has been introduced at the instance of the Holy
Synod, to imitation, apparently, of the English Ellie Socinty,
whose success has of late caused some envy in myna,'
clerical circles. None of the Elides are to be distributed
oral is, as it is found that people will net attach any value to
a hook which they can get for nothing. The number of
Blb!es exposed for sale in the Exhibition Is 6i,000. Etch
c .py, containing 280 pages, is sold for Are kopect (I ), or
theist a fourth of the cost price. Na more than tire copies
are to be sold to the same person.

TBIS "Dssur."—fne result of the Derby was
tel graphed to India by the Ludo-European route, va
Teheran and the Persian Golf. The race was run at
321 pin., Greenwich time, ant the tehgram an-
nouncing the first, aecond, and third horsoi reached
Bombay at 5.57, and Calcutta at 6 25 p.m.. Greoriwich
time, thus travelling from the Grand Stand at Epsom
to Bombay in two hours and thirty-four minut:-.3, and
to Calcutta in three hours two minutes.

A STATE SlLEAKFAST.—Preparations are being
made at Windsor Castle for the grand State breakfast
which will be given by Her Majesty the Queen after
the return of the Court from Scotland. A number of
marquees and tents are being supplied from the Ord-
nance Departmeot and by Meosrs. E igington, and
the ea will be erected upon the lawn in front of the
East Terrac, and commanding some lovely views of
he Castle slopes, the vale of the Thames, the park, and
Frogmore grounds. The marquees for refreshments
will be placed Lear the Royal photographic house
which is cb se to the terrace. It is understood that
nearly 1,000 guests will have the honour of being in-
cited, and the preparations for tteir entertainment are
consequently on a grand and extensive scale.

WELL-INFORMED CIRCLEB.--Not Betting Rings.
—Punch.

SOCA. A Smelt !—We all know to our cost
what effects may be produced by a railway whi-tle
when w nnded for the amusement of the enginwdi leer
and stoker on a bridge above the heads of horses in
public thoroughfares; but startling as these effects are
they are as nothing compared with the seream of a
really good tragedian (says the Pall )lall Gazette). A
correspondent of the North Britith Mail prints an
extitaet from a letter by the Rev. Dr. Mackenzie, who
was for sixty-three years mini-ter of Portpstrick, sir-
ng an account of how when Mrs. Siditons on thsuih
of June, 1781, barte adieu to Scotland, she uttered a
scream in Portpatriek and of the effects ef that scream.
‘l, hen she, Mrs. Siddons, came to the shore to embark.
and raised hereyes to throw a ruining look at Scotland,"
to the utter astonishment of all present "she emitted
all at once one of her wild cries. The effect was
pots trful beyond concetlion. The rocks, the shore,
awl the concave in which our little villa2e stands con-
veyed the echoes. There was a general -twill from the
hoipes scattered along the beach. Seeing men, wi men,
and children no alarmed she herself apparently became
more terrified. She reps aped the cry and actually
screamed aloud. ft was melancholy, it was mournful,
it was piercingly loud. In a moment, as if by some
sudden shock through the influence of some aqui.-
natural agency, the whole of the peopls lamented and
sobbed aloud." "Such a scene." the Rev. Dr. Mac-
kenzie adds, I never witnessed."

TER LAW Or PART)IEFS !M.—The Master of
the Rolls has had before him the case of the Agricul-
turaliat Cattle Insurance Company. The company in
1861 was ordered t be wound up, and the question
was whether Lady Baird, as the executrix of Sr
Daa id 1.1 ird, who had been a shareholder, but who
died in 1852, was liable for debts incurred by the com-
pany after his death. Lord Romilly said that in the
case of an orlintary partnership, a partner was not
liable for debt incurred by the partnership after he
had eras- dto be a member. But it had been cons
tended on behalf of the tfilial lquidator that by the
dead of constitution of this company the shareholders
had in effect covenanted with each other to be liable
for the debts of the comoany for the term of fifty
years, and for such further period as might he agreed
upon. Re (Lord Romilly), after a careful considera-
Von of the deeds of conatitution, was of opinion
that Lady Baird was not liable for any debts incurred
by the company after Sir David Baird's death.

POLICE Norics.— Mr. Punch begs to apprise
a certain class f correspondent that he has already re-
ceived 117 letters, cont lining what is considered by the
writers a joke on the name of "Osumi." the winner
of the Oaks, who is of course called a "game ow." lie
will place any future epistles of the kind in the hands
of the police. It may be convient to add, that a
magistrte is not at liberty to bail such offenders.—
Punch.

A CANNl4LL.—Perhaps the most extraordinary
instance of excsuive and depray. d appetite on record
is that of a French soldier, nam.d Tarare, whose case
is referred to by Naftne. He was born near Lyons,
and come op to Fails, where his first exploit was to eat
a basl,et of apples at a friend's expense. On various
occasions he swallowed a series of corks and other in.
diztaible materials. One day he was observed to seize
a large cat, and, after sucking its blood, left, in a very
short time, only cleanly-picked bones. He was fond of
erpente and eels, swallowing them whole. On another
oeea,ion he consumed in a few minutes a repast spread
out for fifteen German workp,ople, of milk, &c. In the
presence of some officers he swallowed, at one sitting,
30 lbs. of liver and lights. He fell under suspicion of
having eaten a child fourteen months old. After cleat&
his stomach was found in a very diseased condition.

ACCIDENT AT IDE ALHAMBRA.—ShortIy after
ten o'clock on Tuesday night a fearful accident, which
fortunately, however, was not attended with fatal con-
sequencea, occurred at the Alhambra Palace, in London.
The Bpi etacular ballet of Les Fleur: do Jardin in which
a nruber of corypbees take part, formed part of the pro-
gramme. The opening portion of the ballet pseerred off one.
erect idly, but in one scene in which the majority of the
corps de ballet make their appearance on an elevated
platform or " trap," the audience were horrified by
seeing them suddenly precipitated to the lower stage,
and by hearing above the strains of the orchestra the
craabieg of timbers and the screams of wounded we.
men. The curtain was immediately lowered, and the
performances suspended, aml the messengers were des-
patched to the nearest police-station f..r assistance.
I he pace was promptly inattendanoe with stretchers
&c., when it was discovered that llof the cor?,phils had
sustained injuries of a more or I, is serious nature,
owing to the fall of the trap." The majority of the
sufferers were removed to their homes, aid the re-
mainder to the Charing-cross Hospital, where every
attention was shown to them by the medical attend-
ants. Only three or four of the accidents are of a
serious nature, and in all the sufferers are progressing
favourably,

SCENES FROM THE HORSE SHOW
IN LONDON.
The correspondent of the Daily News thus pleasantly
gossips of the Bone Show and its belongings :
The seventh annual exhibition of horses at the Agri.
cultural-hall commenced on Saturday. •. . Theex-
ibitionhasu grown in popularity year by year, and l-
importaned also. It is no longer doubtfirt
was, that exhibitions of this .4 On0(1 it
genuine competitive nei- aupPorted on
most powerful _ are laselY to prove the
dreds of ' -..eneritgetnent hotse-hreediny. Hun-
• ieeelefe Mid breeder's, dwelling in counties afer
Pay their annual summer visit to London for the
same reason. 'otiose whieh lead the farmer to crowd
os
...es excursion trains for the Chastities Cattle
Show; and each dare of aericulturia's place the
highest value upon the ribands of honour with
which their favourite anina3la return decorated. . . .
The Horse Snow brings incidents and deecriptione of
people peculiar to itself. It is a good school for the
study if character. Leaning over the barriers you
may always eingle out the man who means tiredness.
and who could write you a cheque fir " a thou ' "
an easily as he could eat his dinner—the latter opera-
tion being one which his solid, ruddy appearance tells
you ie performed with never-failing zest. In his opinion
he othamental branches of the exhibition are so much
Waste of time, arid there are no bounds to hie contempt
for the uninitiated portion of creation. To him the
red letter entry in the cotalogue is the jonetieal
announcement—"Por sale." And who may not distin-
guish the owners of animate on view, dissimilar though
their positions in the exiiol scale may be? The
country gentleman, and the miitary man, or rural
clergyman, will, you may he sure, have a laly
relative or two in the gallery, and when the expected
priee.winner is led into the ring there is no mis-
taking the ['lent messages conveyed between them.
The less cultirred horse-owner, in a rough kind of
eloquence, will enlorge upon his horse's merits to
friend and stranger alike, and to at likely will con-
clude by ill, ring to "lay" something on certain sup-
Positions. With the visitors thus personally interested
their* always come numerous friends to bock them,
often including a large contingent of etri ng-lirubed
Young sone, with heavy riling whips, Predominating
are the pleased and uncriticieing groups who do not
know imarter (run crest, bock from pastern, or
shoulders from withers, but who love the horse in the
abstract, praise his glssy coat, and are enthusiastic
when he appears with quivering nostril and fiery eye.
It is one of the prettiest sights of the day to witness
the ladies fondling the pettahle animale, and enjoying
all their movements without let or hindraece. Hidden
fr, m public sight there is yet another description of
visitor. He will be found ankle deep in straw in the
stalls, giving the finieh:ng tomb to the bit or stirrup
iron, and for the dozenth time applying the damp
brush to his charge's mane. He feels a profound
interest in the Judges' decision, and should the result
be a prize, will, at the next taproom meeting, take no
slight credit to himself.

Saturday's proceedings were chiefly of a business-
like character. The tint thing to be done was to judge
righteous judgment upon the aniruals, and this work
the Judges carried on from an early hour to late in
the afternoon, leaving much remaining for accomplish-
ment. . The hunters went through various per-
formances, and the thoroughbreds were led round the
well-tanned enclosure. Every spectator, whatever his
or her knowledge, seemed to assume the functions of
judge, and great was the fun produced by the amateur
%warding of prizes by anticipation. The thorough-
breds, as spiral, created the greatest sensation—their
proud pawing and graceful rearing giving a sense of
strength and vigour that a weals< r creature like man
for the moment worships. 'the hunters excited the
greatest interest Many of them were renowned for
daring croas.conntry deeds, othera possessed the blue
blood of some notable race, and allot them gave a taste
of their quality. They cantered, galloped, leaped, or
failed to leap—which was equally exciting—the moves
able bar covered with gorse, and pranced about as if
conscious of the admiring comments around. The
ladies' horses and park hacks were high also ana,ngst
the favourite,; amongst the trials a professional horse-
woman took a conspicuous part The riders, indeed,
were as diverse as the horses, ranging as they did from
the major Furl colonel to the st tble-boy
The catalogues of horse shows have kept pace with
other improvements, and are not only useful guides hut
curiomites of literature. Each horse is described with
extreme care. His height, his age, his pedigree, some-
times his achievements, and if there are any, all the
honours gained. Horse nomenclature as seen at the
Agricultural-hall has its amusing features. Tim Army
seams to furnish most ideas at colt christenings, it
Bends its Colonel, Guardsman, Bombardier. Yourg
Artillery, and the General. Reverence for Monarchi.
cal Govern-nest suggests the Emperor, Czar, Cz tr-
ios, His Majesty, King Arthur, and Royalist. Even
the Bible has its 11308 in this respect, to wit--
Tutad Cain and Samson; and " Pro-
gress" which has been said to be next to the Bible is
not forgotten in Gnatheart. Fl.twera and girls are
too nuruerons to particularise. Literary recollections
are euggested by Byron, Undine, Lady Rowena, and
Lord of the Isles. There is a Girl of the Period, and
a horse warranted to carry a lady, is named Burnt
Sienna. Commerce is glorified in Irominaster, Bond-
holder, and Miner. Grand Master and Cornerstone
indicate a freemasonry even in the stable. Irish
hunters are proclaimed by all manner of title, from
Brian But-a to simple Pat. We might go through the
400 entriea with many a smile and many a speculation
as to the morsel of history which each name shrouded.

An unfortunate accident happened on Monday.
Prince Christian arrived at the Hall about four o'cl..ck,
and was at once shown to a private box curtained oat
of the centre of the north gallery. There was then a
display of all the prize horses. The hunters were
brought into the enclosure and trotted, cantered, and
galloptd round. Preparations were next made for the
leap. The sight just then was extremely animating,
and all eyes were following the motions of the
glo•sy, be. ribboned animals who were caracoll mg about,
full of eagerness and spirits. Several had passed
the royal box, and the turn if Bird-on•the-Wing
came. lie was ridden by Mr. Barker, the owner, and
bowed signs of restiveness. He pulled, and backed,
and sidled, and then began to rear, at first slightly,
then more decidedly. The sight so far was enjoyed as
an exhibition of mettle. Mr. Barker seemed anxious
to cheek the display, however, when, with but little
notice, the horse rose swiftly on his hind legs. There
he remained paised, as it were, while the spectators
held their breaths ; but, after a second's hesitation,
befell heavily backwards, with the usual sad results.
The rider was crushe I underneath. The horse rolled off
intothe tan, regained his feet. was soon c iptured, and led
off. Tee unfortunate rider, however, remained immov-
al)le until assistance came. He was then removed in a
bores-cloth to the Boardroom, where Dr. Jones and
some other medical gentlemen attended to him. The
commotion in the Hall was necessarily intense. Two
or three ladies appeared to be fainting, others shrieked,
and both men and women wi re deathly pale. The
horses were again set in motion, and the proceedings
resumed, and after half-an-hour had passed Prince
Christian 1-ft. It was evident that all thoughts still
remained fixed upon the melancholy contretemps.
Meanwhile the groans of Mr. Barker wers shock-
ing to hear, and it was well for the puhlic that they
could not witness his agony. It was discovered that
to ribs were broken, but there is every reason
to fear that internal injuries of the most serious kind
have been sustained. Within an hour Mr. Barker was
removed to the Angel, and additional medical assist-
ance was summoned. The hoses took two prizes on
Saturday, and was considered by many to have deserved
even higher honour than the Committee thought tit to
give him. If •is 3 1,.• .ntiful Weer hunter, well known
during the last yas as one of the elevere-t per-
formers in the Essex hunts. The owner valued him at
30 guineas.

The Daily News thus further describes the scenes at
the Horse Mow on Tuesday :
Beginning at ten o'clock, the whole of the horses which had
gained prizes or minor distinctions showed their paces in the
enc:osure up to after nix o'clock. The hunters till not put in
an appearance till late in the afternoon, and until then
seeing the show was comparatively slow work. The visi ors
waxed exceedingly numerous as soon as the doors were
thrown open, sea towards four o'clock they had increased
SO much that moving about, could not be indulged in with
serenity or freedom, and the long rows and even galleries of re-
corned seats, which so far had been untenanted, became filled
wit ha tashlcnable assembly. By eleven o'elockevery seat in the
gallery opposite the private box where P.eiyalty wan expected
to sit had been marked "reserved," en I the everlasting in-
quiry was, "When is the Prince earning?' An elderly gentle-
man who took one of the front row of chairs wan pointed out
as Sir W. Knollys by a gentleman who declared he knew the
ger.eral perfectly well, and a younger man, over six feet high,
with immense beard, and ee c-irlaia perpetually fixed, was
leli hy the name authority to be "file Royal II igraiess " The
eloerly gentleman turned out to lie one of the directors of
the company, and his companion the son and heir of another
in imber of that body? . . .

The Interest, which commenced with the galloping of the
hunters, grew apace durieg the remainder of the afternoon,
and dispelled the temporary disappointment, so that no
cloud overshadowed the eufayments that rapidly followed
each other. At one time there were shout thirty hunters In
the oval at once, every borne having either taken a price, or
secured a honourable mention E,ger 1, q-dries were
made for Bird on-the-Why, who had so serinesly hurt
his owner on Monday evening, but the animal was kept
to his stall, and morl !al curiosity remained unappeased.
Muer delight was manifested when the statement was
circulated from gallery to gallery that Mr. Barker,
though not by any means out of 4latiger, was in a
fair way tawarda recovery. The performances went on,
therefore, without his horse. Miss Millard, on Sobreon, the
grey cavalry charger and lady's horse, was regarded as one
to whom was entrusted the leading character of a spectacular
entertainment. tier riding was admired by all, and envied
by not a few. Mr Peek's graceful Areh horse shone aster or
the first magnitude, and Sir Watkln Wynn's chestnut Especta-
with his honours thick upon him, was received satin con-
quering hero of the occasion. Alter this general parade
the h eros retired In a it .op and returned In small batches
to renew their acquaintance with the artificial fences
at the flee-foot leap By this time the Ball was a
wonderful picture of life and pleasure, thanks chiefly to
the gay costumes of the Indies in the galleries, and their
absorbed Interests in the I ortones of the rider.. litre
strained were the roars of laughter when a horse stopped
dead at the fence and jolted the horseman half over his head.
For the sake of the popular fancy, it wan perhaps fortunate
that there were more misses and cases ol " funk " than we
can ever remember at a provious trial. The lady before-
mentioned " orought down the loose" at every leap, espe-
cially with her chestnut, who, according to one of the 5000.
tutors, "Wont over like a bird, by Jove" Some
of the horses jorrped their jump leisurely, slip-
ping first to take an observation of the other side,
and then tumbling over amidst derisive laughter.
Major Quentin shared a good deal of applaire with his
splendid bay gelding. Several times within the half hour
the fences were knocked over and over, and it was a mercy
the men kept itt t enclosure to repair the d neaps were not
ridden down by three or four intractable horses and reck-
less riders.
The game little strawberry roan pony Duke, as on M.unlay,
caused immense fun by his Meg leaps and tearing gaiblis
A white-faced room rejoicing in the name of Pickpocket, bad
not been long in the ring before he had gained an evil rtpti-
tatiou, which he took care to sustain to the end of the chap-
ter ; true, when once brought to the fence he stmwed that
he had Funning in bin), tint he seemed to be fretting and
fuming out of all conscience, and his cleverness was set at
nought.
A gentleman rider can bay gelding illustrated the meaning
Of "a hairdaeadth escape" In a Very harmless and com-
plete man, er, during the Wale at the double fences. Toe
horse hail cleared number one, hut was irresolute at number
rwo. 'filen he thought better alit, and scrambled over in
such an nnpreaedented, one-sided fashion, th it the rider,
as a natural consequence, lost Ids saddle. Tame times be
cleverly saved himself, and would have regained his teat at
last had not a rein snappy I, and let bim gently, and smiling,
down upon his h :et. Tole unaunouncad scene in the cot
Iva 9 received with a demonstration that could only be inlet-
pin ed as an encore.
After the first division of jumpers had departed, the
eaptug Was tunformly good, and varied only by the des

Ser.',2Mation of a big chestnut ti clear the barrier, and take a
t len amongst the people, Thu rPttl: oil his hoofs against
t re boards ecattered the 7.Towd right and left in an embryo
p tide, until twu groom convinced the steed of the impropriety
of his proceedings. several parties of ladles and gentlemen
It the hall after 6 o'eloolt, supposing that the much .talked-of
water jump was not to be taken, which mistake was
an adoltional, though wicked, pleasure to those who
remes"...d. The water" Is merely a fourteen feet square
IY de dug without engineering pretensions ant of the floor and
filled with eXceedingly muddy water. it is hedged about
with gorge hurdles, and at one of them, sloping outward.,
the horse has to rise to order to pmform the leap, which, an
may be judged, is rather tiling. The whole device 15 as near
an imitation as the circumstances permit of what is provided
at second-rate steeplechases. There Is no danger of the riders
meeting a watery grave, for there le Lb Jut enough depth to
drown sent comfortably and no more. Tiny Time, a light.
stepping cheqmt, was the only horse to clear the obstacle with
unbroken success at every attempt, notwithstanding he was but
a second prize-nearer. Most of the others jumped either
Into the puddle all-fours, or with the hind feet, and on again
with a splash; or landed cunningly no one aide upon the
brink,—a very ilitiment thing from the moving incidents by
11 +.4 depicted in the highly coloured hunting sketches in the
Parlour of every country inn. Two horses refused point
I dank to have anything to do with the affair; two Just
saved their characters by succeeding after several failures.
At last there was a wiud up exhibition of carriage-driving,
by which we mean also yip, phaetons, and ono of those
epider-wheeled contrivances for the encouragement of fast
trotting horses which abound to the neighbourhood of
ackney-wiek.