The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-14 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FORE:ON.

This is how the French journals have been spelling
Ofber Twist, in reference to a play founded upon that
romance Knit.

The Sporting Life understands that there is a pn,
bability of Mr. It. Ten Broach returning to this country from
America, and resuming the position he formerly held on the
turf.

It is undentood that among the sehemea to be ap.
plied for la the coming l'arhanient will he one for a naw
line id railway between London and Brighton.

On Thursday in last week in obedience to the corn.
moats, of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. the
Registrar-General attended at Marlborough-house to wit-
ness the civil registration of the birth of the bigot princess.
The expense of a modern fashionable wedding ill
New York averages from one to five thousand dollars. The
groom pays all the expenses.

There is a talk of ereoting a grand monument in
Washington, commemorative of the chief actors in the late

..-Ilviees from Japan, rat Hong Kong, announce the
total loss .4 her Majesty's ship Rattler on the Coast of Yesso,
the officers and crew being saved.
It is announced from St. Petersburg that the well-
knits it paper the bomb& ICsOee, the organ of the Minister
of War, win cease to appear at the end of the present year.

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Registration Appeal Court of Scotland had
decided against the chains of women to vote at parliamen-
tary elections.

The London journals are calling attention to the
great intense of street robberies and assaults in the metro-

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" Oh take my vote away" is the title of a popula
song at the lieo.loll 11111141:

" It may be mentioned all a remarkable fact that a
whole week has passed away without there being a new can-
didate for Lanibeth."—Looldon paper.
Mr. Elliot calculates that before the contest in North
Durham terminates it will have coat £.50,000.

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A phonetic edition of Scott's novehi is at present
being issued by a Glasgow publisher.

The King of Prussia paid the Emperor Napoleon
the compliment of sending him, the evening before he
delivered it, a copy of his speech, which he delivered to the
Diet.

Portugal is likely to be involved in a "little war.'
An expeditionary force, sent from Mozambique into the
interior of the province of Guillimane on the eastern coast of
Africa, to chastise an African chief, has been defeated with
great loss. Of the six hundred men e'lmprising the expedi-
tion, only fifty-five escaped. A large body of troops is to be
sent immediately from Lisbon to Mozambique.
M. Lusk in aaserting that the clergy of the Irish
Church had foiled as a miassonary body, said : "They never
make a convert, and when they do, they make him ten times
more the child of the devil than he was before."

The Observer, in an analysis of the election lists,
comes to the conclusion that the liberals will gain 70 seats,
nod lose 20, giving a net gain of 50 to be added to the
existing majority of 05.

" iiinsf>and and wife and their hired man recently
rode to St Johnsbury, Vt , where, while the husband was
settling the lawyer's fees for a divorce from Ids wife on a
charge of adultery, she and the hired man were being nmr-
ried. The first pair had tight children, the youngest only
three weeks old, and the whole affair was so scandalous that
the indignant neighboars compelled the newly-married pair
to leave for more congenial mtarters."—A Henn paper.
The usual sth November disturbances at Oxford
were prevented my the swearing.in of special constables.
There is to be a considerable reduction in our mill.
tary expenditure, more especially In war stores.

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There is some talk of a cable being laid between
Belgium and America.

It ig said of a popular lecturer (name suppressed
from motives of delicacy that on announcing to his wife,
who had her own opinion about his talents, that he was
going to lecture at Sheffield, the lady replied, "At
Sheffield? I'm glad ; I always hated those Sheffield
people."

A Republican Irish leader in Chicago has just
announced that an examination into the pedigree of Mr.
Seymour, the Democratic candidate for the presidency, had
resulted in the discovery that 'he was the lineal descendant
of the Seyinouri of England; the offspring of Jane Seymour,
slaughter of Anne Boleyn, mistress of Henry VIII : and
this, in itself, should be a sufficient reasmi for Irishmen
to vote for Grant, the offspring of Irish Republicans from the
north of Ireland."

The Independence Bdge gives an account of a curious
Inquiry just concluded hi France. The Emperor has had the
country surveyed, as it were, to ascertain the state if public
opinion in the districts. From very careful inquiries It has
been ascertained that the north and west are mildly hadical:
the north-east is not unnaturally "engrossed by foreign quo.-
lions;" the central districts are loyal to the present dynasty;
and the south is hostile.

The ma.istrates at Blackburn and the neigh.

bourhood ini-ve resolved to ask for military aid to preserve
the peace at the coming election. They came to this
determination at a meeting held on Saturday. They declare
that they have every reason to believe that the rioting at
this election will he quite as Perious as at the last, and they
havens, confidence in their ability to preserve order with

any force of onistables, special or Urdin;ry, at their disposal.
Velocipedes are' coming into general use in France.
In several of the departments they are being used by the
vontinisxionairex, or " general utility" men. They run
errands, carry messages, parcels, dm. With the aid of these
machines they are enabled to do as much work in one hour
as they could do in three without them. lip extra profits
they can pay off the cost of the velocipede in ainouth or
two.

Presidext Johnson has written a letter to General
Ewing urging the necessity of immediate retrenchment in
the national finances, in order to avert bankraptcy. He says
the aggregate expenditure of the past three years was
1,259 000,000 dole, and the expenditure of the present year is
estimated at 372,000,000 dots.
The two-horned rhinoceros at the Zoological Gardena,
Regent's Park, London, is just now an object of considerable
interest. He lives literally on clover, that being his prin-
cipal food, although he is also partial to a bucket or two of
bread and milk. lie cost the Society a:1,000.
A lady in Baltimore has sent the Secretary if the
Treasury two cents telling him that the compound interest
on it in a thousand years will pay the national debt and save
the country from the crime of repudiation.
It appears by the published returns that only 57,541
persons 111 England pay the duty for using armorial bearings.

The North German emigrant ship Palmerston, with
437 passengers, bound from Hamburg to New York, was on
Monday towed into Plymouth Sound in a leaky condition.
For six days she had been in jeopardy, the persons on board,
both men and women, having been compelled to work at the
pumps.
Cardinal Cullen has issued a pastoral, calling upon
Cite Roman Catholic electors of Ireland to avoid the immode-
rate use of intoxicating liquors during the elections, and
expressing a hope that the contests may be conducted with-
out a reset to bribery. The Cardinal reminds the consti-
tuencies of the many vital interests which are at stake, and
points out the necessity for every citizen to discharge
faithfully "the duty which his reason and conscience dic-
tate." Ile adds that no lasting good can be secured by
violence of any kind.

On Tuesday evening Mr. Bright addressed a large
meeting of gull manufacturers in the Town-hall, Birmingham.
The hon. gentleman. who spoke for upwards of an hour,
devoted a considerable portion of his speech to the question
of the national expenditure, and pointed out the difficulties
under which a private member laboured in his endeavours to
reduce the items in the estimates. Ile advocated the
adoption of a new system, by which the framing of the esti-
mates should be taken out of the hands of the Horse Guards,
the Admiralty, and the Cabinet, and placed under the
control of a committee of the House ot Commons.

Out of the total number of deaths recorded in The
TLies obituary colum3 of the 9th inst. were those of four
persons whose united ages amount to 353 years, giving an
average of exactly 88 years and 3 months to each. The
number was composed of one gentleman aged 82, and three
ladies whose existence had been prolonged to the great ages
of 80,94, and 97.

It is announced that the United States government
intends to send another expedition to the North l'ole.
The maildiligence wag lately attacked between
Ketskemet and Issak, in Hungary, by some malefactors not
yet discovered. The money, amounting to anout 2,840 florins,
as well as the letters, were carried off and the vehicle burnt.
An infantry soldier, the postilion, and a shoemaker's appren-
tice lest their lives by a discharge from the robbers firearms.
This is the third occasion on which a similar occurence has
taken place near the same spot.
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In the new Registration Act the following provision
aPPears for shortening the assembling of the new parlia-
ment :—lf the next dissolution of parliament takes place in
the year 1868, the time to be appointed for the first meeting
,d the parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ire!and alter such dissolution may be at any time not
less than 28 clays after the date of such proclamation, any
act, law, or usage to the contrary notnithstanding."
The wife of a poor cab-driver, of 35, Prebend-street,
Camden Town, London, has given birth to three children
tinder the following peculiar circumstances :—Cine was born
on the Bth, one on the oth, and a third on the Bth. The poor
woman is progressing favourably.
A pamphlet is announced in Paris with the title,
" Prim and the Prince of Asturias." The writer proposes
that the son of Queen Isabella should become King of Spain
under the regency of General Prim. The notion of Prim
Regent, with the Prince of Asturias for K lung, sounds exceed-
ingly al.snrol, though very strange things have been already
seen in Spain.

The &imp) Tribune prints a despatch from Van
Wert, recording the saving of a child's life by the heroic
action of an engine driver. As the mail train, approached
the Van Wert station, the engineer, Israel Adams, noticed a
child on the track. To stop in time to save it he saw was
impossible. Runntig out on the cow-catcher, and reaching
out he caught the child and lifted it on the engine Without
injuring a hair of its head, although he was in great danger
of losing his own life.

The principle of arbitration in trade disputes is
everywhere coming into increasing favour At a meeting,
on Saturday night, of delegates from Metropolitan trades
societies, the meeting unanimously expressed its approval of
the principle of arbitration in the belief that it is the bent
method of settling disputes between employers and em-
ployed, and recommended that trades committees in their
various localities should seek to bring about meetings of
masters and men, with the view of establishing Boards of
Conciliation and Arbitration.

The Tablet has special gratification in stating that
the Pope has sent "a particular invitation" to the Rev. Dr.
Newman, to repair to Rome for the purpose of assisting in
the work of preparation for tne General Council. This it
seems is the first invitation of the kind that has conic to an
English priest. '' But," adds the Tablet, "we regret ex-
tremely to learn that F Newman's age and health, and the
peculiar effect upon his constitution of the climate of Rome,
h ore compelled him to submit those circumstances to the
Holy Father as reasons for being allowed to remain quietly
at home. An invitation to accompany an illustrious hiMop
as theologian to the Council was declined by F. Newman
some months ago."

On Monday evening a public dinner was given to
Mr. Avery, the retiring mayor of Birmingham, at which
Mr. Bright was present. in responding to the toast of 'the
Borough Members," the hon. member delivered a speech in
which, whilst professing to avoid politics, he discussed the
probable result of the present election in Birmingham lie
regretted there were no prophets in the political as in the
spurting world, and suggested that certain candidates, whom
he would not mention, might, "find themselves nowhere "In
the race. radar the minority clause, he did not feel con-
fident as to the result of the election ; but, if the Liberals
were returned, it must be because their opinions were good,
and aeceptable to the majority of the electors.

At Liverpool, on Saturday, a woman named Ann
Troy, was fined ss. and costs for assaulting the Rev. John
Noble, curate of $t Titus's church in that town. The rev.
gesrlenoin was visiting in the district where the defendant
lived, and inquired if her what place of worship she atten-
dc,i. She replied by giving him several blows on the side of
the head, finishing by "flooring" him, much Ito his chagrin
and annoyance.

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The King of Prussia has taken a first step towards
regaining the good graces of the Frankfort citizens : he has
given to that city an annual donation of 60,0001. for the
restoration of its cathedral, the gift being assured for ten
years to come.

On Monday a body of officers of her Majesty's Coo-
tome. headed by two examining officers, paid a visit to her
Majesty's screw Indian Relief troopship Serapi.s, lying in
dock at Portsmouth, and, proceeding direct to the fondant
room, pulled out. apparently to the great astonishment of
those of the officers and crew standing by, thirty-eight bags
filled with leaf tobacco, which had been stowed away bstween
the tops ef the tanks and the deck beams The whole was, of
course, seized and cout.,ed to the Custom-boo e, where it
was bound to weigh within a few pounds of 18 cwt. No
"owner" Was forthcoming.

A St. Petersburg paper states that the on of the
onceyfamed licharnyl is second captain in the Guard of the
Emperor Alexander 11., and at preeaat greatly attracts the
attention of tr.e inhabitants of Tiflis, lie speaks Rustm
frequenta the theatres and clot*, and, in fact, has
quite adopted European habits.
The Hon. and Rev. Arthur Sugden, rector of
Newdigate, a village between Horsham and Dorking, died
on Friday night from a dose of chirrotorm taken by rubitake.
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A proclamation has been leaned by the Lord-Lien-
tenant of the county of Lancaster, to the effect that smut,
leers are not to appear in uniform nor SO hold parades until
the end of the elections.

Lord Cecil and his colleagues, Messrs. Dunlop and
Turner, who like him have relinquiquil their commissiona
is the Rifle Brigade for the purpose if being free to evan-
gelise, occupy the Quebec Theatre 011 Sunday afternoons,
and a large hall on two evenings in the week, where crowds
as large as tau Lie packed assemble to hear thous.. •
"To Arthur—Think of your poor mother and oilers,
whom your absence is killing. Writs to 11.. before it Is to
late, he will meet you anywhere, awl wl lii au)tlo to
iwire you from dbgrace and ruin. Think also of RIO and my
state of health.—Mary.'—Advertisement In The Mae.

The Crown Prince of Prussia, amompanied by the
Princess Charlotte, Ms eldest daughtcr, aimed in London
on Saturday morning in last week. Their royal highnesses
at once proceeded to Windsor taalle, where the Crown
Princess had already arrived, on a visit to her Majesty.

The report that the Princess of Wales, the Queen of
Prussia, and the Empress of Austria "ill he among the tail.-
tinguished guests at Compiegne this se ,son in coutradicted,
on what seems to he semi-official authority. The present
political state of Europe, it is allevd, preveuts tali visit.

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" The will of Mr. Bright, accountant, Brituswick-
street, Stockton, wh., died last month, contains a lswoest of
£2OO towards Mr. Doddsparlfamentary expenses. "—Sunder-
load Herald.

The Smithfield Club Cattle Show in tn commence at
the Auricultunil.hall, Islington, on Monday. December 7th,
aml will continue open during the four following gays. the
aggregate amount of the prizes in g 2,00.

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A boy, named James Reddal, was with some others,
engaged in letting off fireworks at itakeuhall on Friday,
when a train of powder exploded, lout, by some means or
other, ignited about a quarter of a pound of gunpowder he
was carrying lame in Ids trousers' pocket The result was
that the unfortunate buy was seriously hurried.

The last number of the Berlin litadderadataeh, or
Punch, has been seized for the publication of a caricature
against the deficit in the Prussian budget.
The Prines of Wales left Windsor for Sandringham
on Tuesday morning. The Crown Prince of Prussia and
Prince Christian conic to London at the same time, but re-
turned to Windsor the same night.

The salvors of the Ganges steamer, which WILS
recently floated it the dangerous Ilrutbro' sands, are to
receive £2,000 for their services The vslue of the vessel and
cargo is reported to be shout £50,000.

On londay the explorers succeeded in recovering
five more bodies from the Oaks Colliery. Four were identi-
fied es those of Alfred Armitage, married; Alfred lively,
married : Monk Bretton ; Thomas Schortield, a boy, Barnsley;
and John Winter, married, Barnsley.
A farm labourer, named MorriA, was sheltering
himself, together with a horse and cart, from a violent burst
of wind by the side of a large hay stack ut Mullinabro, near
Waterford, on Thursday, in last week, when a strong gale of
wind struck the stack, and upset it upon the unfortunate
man, burying him and the horse beneath it. Though he was
extricated in a very abort time life was (amid to, be eitinet.
The hone also was found to be dead.

A prominent "Nationalist," named Mountaine, was
buried on eunday with Fenian honours in Cork. Ten thousand
men walked in a well-organized procession, wearing craps
hatbands tied with green ribbon.

Efforts are being made in Liverpool to establish a
Court of Arbitration in the building trade. The workmen
have apparently made the Urst advances, but from some un-
explained reasor the masters seem chary about entering
into the proposed arrangement. No doubt there are reasons
for this disinclination on their part, and, perhaps, sufficient
ones but as they are not stated, it is only fair to give the
operatives credit for taking the initiative iD what appears to
be a sincere desire to provide for the amicable settlement of
their trade disputes.

On Friday morning David Tague, a private of the
Rifle Brigade, and mess.servant at Winchester Barracks,
committed suleidi by shooting himself with a rifle. De-
ceased was up very early In the morning and asked for the
key of the mess kitchen. He went there, and about seven
o'clock be was found dead, one side of his face being com-
pletely blown off. An inquest was held in the afternoon, and
the jury returned a verdict I Temporary Insanity. The
deceased, who had been about twelve years In the army, was
much addicted to drinking.

The Gazdois announces, although in a somewhat
roundabout manner, that the Emprema of the French is
enceinte—for the first time since 1856.

General Cassius Fairchild, United States Marshal for
Wiscomin, and a brother of Governor Fairchild, died at
Milwaukee some days ago holm a wound received In the
battle of Shiloh. Ile was mulled on his death-bed to a young
lady of that city.

In a some in the State of New Jersey, which has for
thirty-five years past been worked for lead, a natural
chemical combination has been discovered not heretofore
attainable by any known astificial means, and widen is not
only suitable as a paint for ironwork of all kiwis, but is
specially adapted for the coating of ships' bottoms, as the
particles of copper in the combination are fatal to animal
life.
A peaaant has just discovered, in the silltu.,!”
tu Cyprus, the cemetery of a town which formerly
existed. The consul of the United States caused some excava-
tions to be made, which have brought to light several tombs
in perfect preservation, from which have been extracted
a large quantity of precious stones, jewels, coins, and vessels
in gold and silver. At a further depth of six or seven feet,
other burying-places have been found bearing Phumician
Inscriptions.
The bachelors and undergraduates of Sydney Susse
College, Cambridge, the other day, allowed their dissatista,
tion with the dinners supplied in ball by an extraordinar
demonstration. The whole college assembled in Utensil 1.
the usual time, and after hearing the grace read walke
quietly out. A dinner had been provided at one of th
hotels in the town, and the undergraduates dined ther
together.
At Exeter, on the sth November, a huge bonfire was
lighted in the Cathedral yard, and there was a brilliant dis-
play of fireworks. 'Young Exeter" was decked old in
gorgeous costume, and there was a sceue of the wildest ex-
citement. The banks and other public building's in the
Cathedral yard were barricaded.

The Ti;,ei of India publishes an eainest appeal to
the electors of breat Britain and Ireland to influence their
representatives to take an active interest in Indian matters,
and do justice to the natives of the country. Copies of the
appeal have linen forwarded to every newspaper and public
Institution throughout England.

"As to the title of statesmen, I may say here what I
sail many years ago in the Hon-e of Commons, that I have
seen so much intrigue, ambition, aellishness, and inc,n-
-slstency in the characters of many statesmen so-callel, that
I have always been rather anxious to disclaim the title.—
(Laughter and applause )"—John Bright at Edinburgh.
In the "Cruise of the Gataton," which has just been
published, there is a letter from the Duke of Edinburgh to
the Prince of Wales, narrating his adventures at the Cape
of Good Hope, in which the Duke thus describes his agree-
able sensation, after killing and skinning a thie elephant
"hue day was fine and the weather hot, and my short clay
was very enjoyable, sitting on the yet warm earcase "

Efforts have been made in the Municipal Revision
Court in Dublin, on the part of the Conservatives, to
deprive Mr. A. M. Sullivan. editor of the Nation, and Mt.
Pigott, of the Irishman, of their municipal franclibe, on
the ground that they were " dead in law" whilst In prison
for seditious libel, and therefore could not snake good their
claim to residence.

The Royal Geographical Society held their 'first
meeting for the autumnal season, on Monday evening, in
London. The inaugural addreas was delivered by Sir
Roderick Murchison, who warmly congratulated his hearers
on the intelligence which lately reached this country re-
specting the progress made by Dr. Livingstone. The Queen
of Holland was present at the gathering.
The Discussion of Madrid having proposed to give ae
a feuilleton, Renan's "Life of Jesus,', the entty of which
into Spain has been hitherto interdicted, an ecclesiastic,
the Abbe Salamero, has applied to the director of that
journal to be permitted to combat, in that same publication,
on scientific and religious grounds, the doctrine of the late
French pr. lessor : he even asks leave to place under the
eyes of the readers the Greek and Hebrew notes am! quota-
tions of tents on which H. Renau bases his arguments, in
order to prove the errors of translation which have led that
writer astray.

A letter from Roseto-Valforte to the &cob, of Milan
Bays —A parricide has just been committed here, a man
named Donata Cascioli having been killed by hie two suns
Filippo, a priest, and Francesco, a shoemaker. The firmer
fractured his jaw with a stone, while the other stabbed him
in the region of the heart and shoulder. The wouinied man
only survived two hours. The murderers then gave them-
selves up to the police. The motive for the crime was that
the father, a widower, was squandering his money on a
married woman, to the prejudice of his children."

A wild story is circulating in the French papers
about the Viceroy of Egypt being seized with a sudden diesue
to have a theatre in Cairo, and setting Beret, thow.and work-
men upon it, in order that he may see again without loss of
time •' La Grande Suchease," which amused him m much
when in Paris. 100,000 francs have been offered, so runs the
story, to 111dile. Schneider for thrte performances.
A stereotyping machine has been invented in
America, in which each type is made successively to leave
Ito intended impress upon a plastic surface, and when type
metal is pound over this surface a stereotyped plate is oh-
tamed. The motive power required to work this nmehine in
supplied by electricity ; but the hand of the operator must
determine which letter is successively selected for she im.
press, which may be done by playing upon key% like those of
a piano.

The hunpotdanre Beige, referring, to the inter-
national commission, now being held in St. Petersburg, for
the purpose of prohibiting the use of explosive bullets in
war, says it had been hoped that the representatives ot
the Powers would have availed themselves of the ~ppor
tunity to enter upon the question of a disarmament, bat
that this Illusion was very soon dispelled, owing to e
attitude of Prussia and France, who are "little dirpoxe,,
lend an ear to such overtures.

London ate or otherwise concerned 1,250,00 e, rabbits
during the year 1867, skinned and prepared for Cofjflg, boo-
ing been reared by the children of the peasant re of the de-
partments Du Nord and l'as de Calais, who ttiereby realimd
£42,060. These rabbits are sent over by the ustend steasner.
The skins are disposed of in the countrY, to hat inanufae.
turers. This trade is entirely In the hands of children, who
are too young tube employed In field labour.
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"B. E. N. (Cygne). Dona any one want your place!
Not one but two aspiring, awl, of course, fiery young Viii.
cans want seine; thus, roasted on both sides, I am sure to
be "done brown." What a tool I was to kill the goose that
laid the golden egg , I made sure that it would Inake toy
fortune; I have had nothing but nalsfortune ever since.
Like the Romans, my solace hi 'Civil Londinum one '—
Pope'i Head-alley. Slarechal." Advertisement in r
nme,.

The Earl of Caryaforts who died last week, at Lis
seat in N..ithamptonshire, at the age of eighty-six, was among
the last surviving heroes of the Nile. Ile entered the elan
In 179 S as midshipman on hoard the Vanguard, hearing the
flag of Sir Horatio Nelson, and after the battle of the Nile he
aimed in the glories of Trafalgar and other naval viol dies.
Lord earysfort is succeeded by his son, Lord Proby, who tans,
fur a number of years, represented the county of Wicklow.

At the Council held at Windsor on 'Saturday la.vt
her Majesty NRS graciously pleased to create the Earl of
Mayo, Governor-General of hut is, an Extra-Knight of rit.
Patrick. Lord Mayo will be the best Irish Bari and the first
Knight of St. Patrick who has landed in bona as Govemon
General since the Earl of Mornington. 111111 his friend', can-
not wish for him a more brilliant career than that of the
nobleman who aftecwards became the Marquis `;i'ellesley.
An invention patented by Mr. Rgad, of 34, 01,1
Broad-street, London fictlbett•r application a bisulphate
of lime now largely used In the brewing trade to ccntrol
fermentation and prevent aciditivy, An, is attracting consider.
able attention. It is calcillifted. sot only to R.Ve a large
amount of labour, but also to perform to a perfect manner a
process that has hitherto been rather clumsily carried out.
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General Grant thus sketches his policy in a letter to
a fri.id This much I wish and declare to be ny policy
That such a degree of peace and tranquility shall exist in
this country that a inau may speak his mind in any part
of our great laud, and that without molestation or hind-
rance."

A private letter from Copenhagen announces that a
manufacturer is making velocipedes upon a new system,
destined to facilitate communication between the Wand@ ot
fionie and others during the long intervals of interruption
by ice—the wheels are bound by a tire .4 groved steel, similar
to a skate a box placed behind will contain the articles
hich are now carried upon the head.

Captain Burton has a new book of travels in the
press. under the title of" gaoler/Alone ,d the Highlands of
the Brazils," with a full account of the gold and diamond
mime Also, of "Canoeing down 1.500 miles of the great
river Sao Francisco from aaitaz to the Sea."

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Qseen Isabella arrived in Paris on Friday '
huh-last 'icy... A saloon had been prepared tor 1,..
at the Orleans Station, where she was received by
General Castehum, the Emperor Napoleon's Aide-de-
Camp ; H. Mos, her late Ambassador to the Court of
the Tuileries ; M. ()nate, Inspector of the Palace, who
preceeded her some days, in order to prepare
apartments ; and SI. Alvares Ruiz, former Secretary
of Spanish Embassy. The Queen, accompanied by the
Count and Countess Espeleta, reached the Pavilion de
Bohan, Rue de Rivoli, at half-past 12. Her mother,
Queen Christina, received her as she alighted, and the
interview between them was, as may be supposed,
most affecting.. .

At four o'clock next day Queen Isabella. accom-
panied by her husband, drove out in a small close car-
riage to the Champs Elys6es, attended by the Count
and Countess Espeleta in a second carriage. There
were about two dozen people collected at the door,
curious to see one who has for the last six months so
much occupied public attention. Several of them
were, to judge from their dress, workingonen ; and as
the Queen made her appearance a few uncovered, one
observing, "I/ fast tou jour glitter le atalheur."

By royal order the following letter was forwarded to
the superintendent of the Chateau of Pau :

The Queen, my august Sovereign, very grateful for the
services which the persons employed in the palace have
rendered during her stay at Pan, and desiring to Move them
them :I slight mark of her good will, has charged me to con-
vey to you the SUM Of I Mfr. , this is equivalent to a month's
pay to each servant , ill order that you may be good enough
to distribute it to ea.% in the form marked on the list
enclosed, in accordane. with their wages. Pray receive,
d-c.,—MaitrOul, Head of their Majesties' Household.
The Queen was accompanied to Paris by the
Countesses Ezpeleta and de Pena Florida, ladies of
honour; Count Ezpeleta, grandmaster of the palace;
and Count del Pilar and M. Albacete, chamberlains.
The Union gays :
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The Queen takes up her residence in Paris contrary to the
advice of all her family. The object of the Count and
Countess de Girgenti's visit to Pau was to beg their mother
to renounce her design. The failure of their attempt was
what induced them to leave for England. Queen Christina
also wished to prevent her daughter from coming to the
French capital : but as is known. for a long time no great
cordiality haa prevailed between these two royal relatives.

_
Queen Isabella and family attended mass on Sunday
morning at nine o'clock, in the church of St. Germain
l'Auserrois. Carriages belonging to the imperial
stables were placed at the service of her Majesty. M.
Marfori has arrived in Paris, and alighted at an hotel
on the Place du Palais Royal.

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manner in the course of a few days. Then the Prime
Minister, in a s,.eech of considerable length, reminded
his hearers that his expreAsi, • of c.olfidence in the
preservation of peace' !. that, table a I w
months ago, hall been fully borne out by facts. With
respect to the statement of the American minister,
Mr. Disraeli said that not only had modern differences
been healed, but ancient Causes of dispute had also
been removed. Touching on home affairs, the right
hon. gentleman, without entering into details, had
perfect confidence in the good sense of the constituen-
cies, and he hoped to have the honour of returning
thanks on behalf of her Majesty's Ministers next year.
On the question of the Irish church he expressed the
' decided hostility of the government to the policy of the
liberal party.
At the close of his speech, Mr. Disraeli said—' I ob.
served just now, when I alluded to the possibility, I will even
say the probability, of my returning thanks for this toast
this time next year, there was a laugh. Renewed latish-
tot I ass, I think, taking no unfair view of the state of the
country, though perhaps too sanguine a view of the state of
the government ; but I w ill say I have confidence that
the people, in the exercise of their suffrage, will arrive at
a just and fair conclusion, and, under these circumstances,
I would hope, whatever may be my convictions, that
no one will question icy right to introduce it. You
will remember that, for the last six months, we
have been favoured with rampant prophecies, which 110
one has ever attempted to controvert, with respect to that
Which is about to MOW, and which, when it has, occurred, we
shall be best able to judge whether it agrees with those pro-
phecies. I have never myself been of opinion, and certainly
neither myself nor my colleagues have thoughtthat we should
at all have advanced to the solution of these great problems
by announcing heforehand our opinion of what would occur. ,
I have never fossil that boastfulness and braggadocio iire
of the slightest utility to settling anything; but our oppo.
nests have settled everything—they have exhausted all the
arts of anonymous audacity ; lout, my Loot Mayor,
i think that I have lead somewhere that it was the custom
of undisciplined hosts on the eve of battle to anticipate and
celebrate their triumph by horrid hideous yells, by
the clashing of cymbals, beating of drums, and shrieks and
screams of barbaric Morns, but when the tight tmik place It
was sometimes found that the victory had not been to them,
but to those who were armed and collected—to those who
had arms of precision, though they have got no wounds.
The victory has been to those who have breech-loaders, to
the rocket brigade, and to the Armstrong guns. My lord,
the fight will soon commeme. It has liven said of her
Majesty's government that they have no policy. Their policy
is a very simple our. 'I heir policy is to-day the constitution
of this country." :Cheers.
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Mr. Gathorne Hardy, in reply to the toast of the
"House of Commons" said that it was only fair to say of
the expiring parliament that it had accomplished many
important measures. He hoped that the elections
would pass off without much violence, tumult or blood-
shed, and that the verdict of the new constituency
would be dignified, decisive, and for the advantage of
the country.