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dealers adulterated their goods. If only men of
the Rouse
u gentlemanly habits were admissible
et
ullouse of Lords, where would -his Grace be ?
Al: of Somerset's " What do you want ?" to
, ed Hamilton, the visitor from Totnes, is
tila vcpal in
4. dignity to his " Get out of that, old
?ie,ll,' ,±0 Mrs. Anne Hicks, of the Serpentine,
g,t mate They may both, at some long-distant
tt ,-,44° Part of his epitaph. We would fur-
St;''''g,est, as typical of his Grace, that the
IN r,il' should be capped with one of Anne's
MI6 beer bottles :an earthy utensil, cold without,
1 1;4)1," mere pop and froth within,
ode
CRAFFING.---Whatever may be the merits
tlideuts of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, he
lig. e4tl
4.1 18%Y a wag, or he would never have " left Berlin
Am, ~to compliment the Emperor of Russia."
No„"„ilke to have heard a few of the compliments
714147,1-ne occasion, though we can imagine the effect
kitnt tis,, have produced when the Prince began to corn-
fft,ir, 4e, ~,raperor on the state ofthe war, and the aspect
Lod -,,a, ebastopol. If we had just had our house
'l4 i Wil about our heads, if the seryant We had
'l,lth, iellarge of it had run away, and if we had re-
Wtsit. nearly all our money in a mad speculation,
irkai ~,41,11°'w exactly what we should say to an in-
t /'e 'ln -Lc' Came to pay us compliments. Perhaps,
if
lel-o.r ho
the precise answer addressed by the
0
Nui4 4 uussia to the compliments of the Prince
' we should have some guide to follow.
1

SCIENCE AND ART.
ptA.4r

ItSl4*Vi (1, OF THE NEW MUSEUM ( PICTURE
"RESDEN —After a protracted labour of
tt Years •
and the raised expectation of the whole
Oblie' the above new temple of art was opened to
Oerao°llll the 25th of September. No special open-
k•A Y took place, being incongruous to such
‘s• What had been predicted before, that
(4141 litd recognise the gallery, really was the case,
PaitttrieSSed treasure of art bursts on our eyes.
stings, which we were obliged formerly to view
orred eyes, are now to be seen in a clear, wide
it? Toe greatest improvement has accrued
L;714,1,,1411 senol, which is now exhibited in the
tq",cof the upper room. The Dutch pictures,.
Otetio Which are placed in the northerly room, with
and wide light, have not improved much
hikeltiOn. The finest pictures are exhibited in
k 2 saloons, which conclude towards the west
'?ecial piece, containing the Madonna del Siste
tl,lafit7., This jewel of pictorial art has now been
i;te4 tj)late-glass covering, which lay like,adamp.er
;:mllier," canvas and the eye. Holbem s Maria,
German sample of the Italian Madonna, is
°II a separate scaffolding. The whole im-
„klt the first visit to the new Dresden gallery is
11 et grandeur, and by-and-by one gets accus-
th
twi c expanse and comfort of the new spaces.
4eeviiY Will be open every day except the Saturday;
tiler !week at a fee of four groschen (about 4-1-d.);
'.,`'tsf`qtYs gratis. It is to be borne in mind that
%vllelt. 41'4: of these numerous and cos.tly. pictures to
ofti:seum was accomplished within the short
(r?k2t ee months.
I{•NP has been recently granted to Lieutenant
VN)11:, P.R.S., Professor of Fortifications at
Vgatj, " for improvements in the method of work-
Otat,le fans called punkas, for agitating the air
,'s.l4 tr barracks, churches, and other large build-
korlical climates, and in the height of sum-
e northern latitudes." These punkas may
by manual labour, or by horse, bulloek or
140q,:t; The machine is so arranged that one
N 1,14 iii r]; sixteen punkas, with comparative ease.
lnumber oh,r'e usually required for fanning the
thirty-two beds, arranged in pairs, in
m J y
° NJnas, in an Indian hospital. • The appara-
ve
°lliVe so applied as to work the punkas in adja-
Ole the connecting links being brought to
focus or moving power, if that of horse or
he ased ; while the action of any single punka
„arrested without affecting the onward motion
tillers, and set to work again, at the will of the
k. For private beds " revolving fans" are used,
mosquito curtains, which, by a simple, mde-
expensive, and noiseless mechanism, are ma de
,iytie occupant for two, four, six, or eight hours,
6 to the temperature of the room, and the
-Neat speed required. Those only who have ex-

perienced the discomfort of restless nights in a hot
climate, can duly appreciate the luxury of such a con-
trivance. The apparatus is very portable, and can be
sent to and applied in, any part of the world.
EXPERIMENT FOR THE DISPERSION OF THUNDER-
sToRms.---What I would wish is, that captive balloons
should be resorted to for this great and important ex-
periment. I should wish them to be sent up to a much
greater height than that attained by Romas's kites.
If by rising 300 or 400 feet above the elevations ordi-
narily reached by the upper extremities of the rods of
lightning conductors, there were obtained, instead of
little plumes or tips of flame, flames 10 or 12 feet long,
what may we not expect would happen when the whole
apparatus, having risen to a height three, four, or ten
times as great, according to circumstances, would al-
most graze the under surface of the clouds P and when,
moreover (and this is an important particular), the
metallic point which is to attract the fulminating mat-
ter, and which would be in communication with the
long semi-metallic cord which officiates as conductor,
being fixed on the upper part of the balloon, is pre-
sented to the clouds nearly vertically, or in the position
of the rod of an ordinary lightning conductor ? It
does not appear to me that there would be anything,
too bold in supposing that it might be possible to dis-
sipate the most violent thunder or hail-storms by such
means. At all events, an experiment so highly and
directly interestinc, both to science and to the agri-
cultural wealth of countries is well deserving of trial.
If balloons of moderate dimensions were employed, the
expense would certainly be less than the vine-growing
districts now expend uselessly in firing so many guns
and mortars.---Arago's Meteorological Essays.
SCHOOLS FOR MINERS' CIIILDREN.—III the wild
lead-mining district of Alston, the miners consist of an
honest, industrious, and intelligent body of men. Until
lately, however, not much care was taken for education
amongst them. Mr. Sopwith, a gentleman well known
for his ability and anxiety to improve those by whom
he is surrounded, was appointed to the management of
this important neighbourhood, and found only a school
of the old fashion, and which was quite inadequate.
He went vigorously to work to reform this evil, and in
the new school made the practice and knowledge of
drawing an important consideration. In a short time
this produced visible effects, and we saw not long ago
specimens of the work of the children of the rough
miners, consisting of outline and shadow heads after
Michael
Angelo and Raffaelle, flowers copied from nature,
and views. These children commenced by drawing
the simple geometrical forms on a large scale, without
instruments, and it would surprise the practised artist
more than others, to note the wonderful firmness of
hand shown in the latter copies, and the skill and taste
of the more finished works. Who knows but that
from this school amongst the moors of Alston, some
artists may rise up who may do credit to our school of
painting. At any rate, the knowledge thus acquired
will not make the boys less intelligent as miners, or
the girls less useful as wives or mothers.—The Builder.
THE CITY WALL AT EXETER.---11l excavating for
a house in Mrs. Pidsley's gardens, near the Dispensary,
and the rear of Mr. E. Drake's repository, were found,
a silver coin or Denarius of Trajan, bust to the right
laureated ; reverse, cos. V 1... TRI.. .. the Emperor
standing with shield and hasta. Half-groat, of Henry
VI. most probably ; reverse, VILLA CALLIS (Calais)
cross and pellets, POSVI, &c. (well preserved). A later
coin, of Venice, with the winged lion of St. Mark. A
quantity of the usual Roman pottery, or Samian ware,
usually found on old sites in our Exeter, mostly of
minute size ; on one fragment, the potter's name....
ECELSII ; some fir-cone patterns ; and on one large
portion of a vase, with various embossed patterns, or
mouldings, a dog running, athletes, &c. ; also a curious
spinthriate, or Priapein group, something like the
obscure gems of Tiberius, found at Caprw, or the
Gnostic emblems. A small sculptured stone, appa-
rently bearing the bust of the Emperor Claudius.
Portions of fibulae, and a small matrix of fine copper.
Small brass studs, probably for armour. A number
of tobacco-pipes, of the sort in use in the days of the
" Rump," and of the merry monarch Charles 11.,
many of which era were found before, when the city
wall was broken through. The remains of wood fires,
and a large quantity of bones and teeth of various
animals, point out an extensive occupation of this site,
close to a fragment of the old city wall of King Athel-
stan, still entire with its bonded courses of stones and
zigzag masonry.