The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-04 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

COGHLA4SI3 OMR TO NORTH WALES. London :
Simpkin, Marshall and Co. Chester : Hugh
Roberts. Liverpool : t. Howell, Church-
street. 1860.

To the lover of the picturesque and the
_beauti-
ful, North Wales affords an exhaustless store of
interest and pleasure. The distinguished grandeur
of its mountain scenery, its ruined castles, its busy
manufactories, its gorgeous vales, are not to be
surpassed in beauty by any country in the world.
North Virales is a truly romantic country', and to
enjoy the beauty of its scenery, (whickcan only
be appreciated by the eyet) tOIIOW the names of
its fertile vales, and its lofty mountains, its rapid
torrents, its wild rooks, its numerous cascades, and,
above all things, its excellent angling streams, we
would feemnmend the tourist to purchase " Cogh-
lan's Guide to North Wales," which is the
_best
and the most useful guide-book published.

The wonders of Wales are at all times a great
attraction. • The Mountain of Snowdon, St. Wini-
fred's Well, Overton Church Yard, Gresford Bells,
Llangollen Bridge, Pistyll Rhayadr, Wrexham,
the Menai Tubular Bridge, and the Aqueducts
of Llangollen and Ceiriog, are of world-wide
celebrity. _ _ _

This excellent guide book gives a description of
every remarkable place in North Wales, is illus-
trated with an excellent map from the Ordnance
survey, and the cheap and compact form in which
it is published reflects great credit upon the pub-
lisher, Mr. Howell, of Church7street.

POLITICAL JOKF4.—The London correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian says :—" Gloomy and unsatisfac-
tory as is the aspect of the times, both in Parliament
and abroad, our brisker politicians still find leisure and
spirits for their little joke. The two last political bon
mots in circulation are :—No. 1. When are Lord Pal-
merston's dinners like Lady Palmerston's dresses ?
When both are muzzlin'.De Lane (mousselin de laine).
No. 2 (attributed to Lord Palmerston himself). Why is
Gladstone like lobster-salad ? Because he is rery good,
but disagrees with everybody."

SPAIN AND THE NEAPOLITAN IMBROGLIO. A
Madrid letter of May 26 states that both the French
and English ambassadors were to leave that capital on
the 29th to confer with their government on important
affairs. The announcement has naturally excited much
curiosity. On the 25th Mr. Buchanan had a long con-
ference with Marshal O'Donnell, and it is said that the
interview had reference, to the departure of the Colon
and Villa de Bilboa for Naples. The English ambas-
sador wished to be sure that the Spanish government,
whatever might happen to the Two Sicilies, would
maintain a neutral attitude.
THE FLOATING POPULATION OF LONDON.—Mr. D.
W. Harvey, the Commissioner of the City of London
Police, has, upon the application of Mr. Alderman
Cuhitt, chairman of the Police Committee, caused an
account to be taken by the police of the number of
persons entering the cit) within a given period. i
The
result shows that the amazing number of 7°89,
individuals passed into the city by its various entrances,
during the twenty-four hours tested ; and aatheextdraay.
selected for the enumeration was free from anyo
that the return furnishes a fair estimate of
doubt
ordinary attraction to the city, there can be n
daily influx. Of the 706,621, the aggregate the
f er
census of a. day, 49,242 only, or less than one-four-
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