The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-03-07 00:00:00

EPITOME OF

ORITISB AND FOREIR4.

The enginemen at firs of the Eckinitton collieries
have struck work for an lucre:me w ages from 6.. 94 to
6s. Sd. and a raductlon of hours fra to twelve to eight per
easy. k'our hundred colliers are thus thrown out of employ-
-111-nt.

l'he London Medical Record um that at the town
of Font, In Germany, 22 persons have been attacked trial
trichinosis through e‘ting the flesh of r pig killed by an
h )tel-keeper. One cook and the hotel-keeper have both
died.

At Kensal.green, on Satorrisy, the remains of the
It. e.lftor of " Punch, Mr. Chu I.a Shirk), Brooks, vitro
burled, non the graves of his old hien., awl fellow-
worker., Wilder., Makepe•ce Thackersy end John Leeo.

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While riding a strri I .chase on Friday, at Northm,or,
n,r C milliner, Mr Randall, of St. John' liege, and Mr.
Porcal, of Christchorwk, came Into collision, and were both
eerion.ly hurt, tbeir horses bring killed on the spot.
Salmon-fiihing on the Tweed hal opened with far
more than the sumal promise of an abundant supply this
year. The first Oay's take Is chron.cleo as e,dnethlng extra-
ou:lnary ; and the prices quoted are not higher than have
latterly prevailed in the mh.dle of the season

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There are now four ex-Lord Chancellors in receipt of
• pension of 00 ay ear, 11.011 t ly, Lot o Leonare, lArd
Cto Imsf,d, Lord Mathrriy, and Lord Salborne. The poi at.
of Lord Carol ceases during the alma So holds the Moe 01
Lord Chaueenor.

The official census of 1872, jnst published, fixes the
entire population of J pen et 33 lie 925. Malm sod hinooes
aid about equal In numorre. There are 29 members of the
Imperial fund,. 441 of the higher order of nobles, and about
700,000 of the lower order of gentry.
Sir Antonio Brady on Tuesday presided over another
meeting of three woo ars intereeted In the removal of the
railway passenger duty, st which It wee era feet to noinillitte
on Influential denotation which ehould wale upon tbe
Premier and the Char cellor of the Exclesiller on the I ob-
ject.

Lord Coleridge prodded in the Nil Prins Court at
the Berksh.re &mime at It adirg on Uk.n.fay, sod In an
action for ejectment *toted Ittr. &magnet, one of the plan.-
tiff's conmel if he would kindly supply the defect, of au
Oxford education by Informing him what measurement Wes
represented by a perch mentioned In one of the le.. pro-
duced In tn.-. concur of the case. Tie Inquiry caused sumo
lanah4r. and Mr. II wutquet explainei that a perch vatted
—lt ant not the mime in al couudes, but In most case. It WAS
understood to mean sixteen feet.

Regret. ing binial fli.y to let present M a Lib, rat
pattering In Bolton, Mr, John Bright has o ritten • letter be
which ho .y. the Liberal party has failed manly theongh
want of -rgaulzation, arising from the serarlty muted by its
great victory live yearn ago. It still lives, and may recover
Ite supremacy ; and rnesnwhlie the party which has triumphed
must follow In IS. path.

An ingneet wan apened on Tnendsy at Gni! dford on
the bodies If Allwrt MC' dteu ymrs, ci hie is, abet..
aged 41. It appears that on Weduesosy TO ast wet k the
ft Other and several ,4 her children were ads .41 with vonfiz-
ma. On Thursday the husrand we' . -din a similar way,
and no r.iday the or Al or died. Ihe mother clan on
Toesday m, ruing. NI -Meal evidence showed th 4 death was
caused by pots.. The inquest was adjourned for an aUidyllie
of the contests of the stom,ch.

Oil Saturday, at the War wick Asiizeo, an action we.
tied in which Mr. I, +vatt, a butt or and contractor, of
sought to re, over damages from the to,tion
ant o-tt -Western Hallway Company for (Am ten sitatailp.d
while travelliog nt their Hoe. It appeared that ID J..im..ry,
1873, the plaintiff travelled from Birmingham to Vi'sb•
where the train stoppe.l outaide the station, and while 'tend-
ing there wee run into by another train. Plaintiff was
pitched tor card, Cu, cut shalt tie h-ad, audio Mier. Ith at
be har not been able to fodow his busineas since. Ditrh.g
the twelvemonths he had had thirty fir, nod symptoms ul
paraly id. hod sou retied. Tire jury gems verdlut for plain-
tiff, Olialagel, £1 M.

At Edinburgh, on Ttiermiay afternoon, a pardon of
the Ivens* equeatrian statue, designed by Mr. Jahn duel,
RS A., as the princip.l feature of the Edinburgh Erfurt,
Consort Mematiai, was cut at the scalp...Es foundry in
Edinotngb. The operatioe, which was rritnassed by • nuir-
her of leading eft rue, was carried out with perfect mum.
It le expected that on Saturday evehing, after gh,
rorivid of the Duke and DUCliele of E ilnhufgh at Wines.,
Culls, all the mensUra ,d toe Jt.yai f'sin iy Who may ho is
li‘igluid will asunibie at • private dinner party with hw
Majtsty. On the loliowing Monday a grand 'irate banquet
wilt be given by bar Mid ett. io St. 6-orge s flail, In honour
of the Duke and Dune s of Edinourah, at which there aid
he shoot 150 guests. Her Mdestt's private hand and the
hand of one of the reglinetiLs of G,rl. *l,l, it Is ettoeted
lie pretest and pl y during the baidlitet. Luting the stay of
the Duke aid Liacheu there will bd great festlvithe at the
Uratle.

The American papers tate that Canon Kinesley
I...e.uredin Irentoht Temple, Ilogon, on the 17t0 01
Fehruury, hu •• WeatmhAter Aobey," nature a 4lotlngulahed
antic! u On the taus, day lib it.. geutlernan nea present
at the first animal dhoer of the 315,55chusetts l'ress As.

'l'n; frienilv relatilns of this country with Itursiti
b•re alresdy ha,l the effect of I,tro,uclog t 0
several re-e wide. of fond. The oth.r evening, et • dinner
to the beirnore, •II gel. the "menu " Included haunches
of white neer end wad boU, end verlone specimen. of fish
from Itnerlan teasers, at bracing • pecaller hint resembling
rm It trnut, sl,ll tire yin, the "bors e'oeuvres, law uding
whit I horde tal the ',ace of litagllrh
coolers, and ere formed of greet variety of nAlve pet .ducts
1 here An of the hear, which waa epoclelly telegraphe I for
Prim Bt. Petersbure, clmely reeembhri creel heel, ' while
that of the b ,ar, believed to to one of a herd whleh the
Prance of Wales end party lately huaied near the Rogidah
01441111. was sot =UM make In INN ancl appeariace.

The officers of the s'h Fueilere have been anthot-le—ed
to near a red and whits hackle feather on the kit aide of tar
ranron akin cam

It is stated that the Society of Arta will very
shortly exhibit • collection of stoves and 11-a-gratea, with
the vi w of showing how ooal can be econom,sed, and that
I random of £6OO will be apportioned among the makers of
the boat and mom economical grates.

Notiti.tion bail been given by the Chineoe Govern.
ment to the rorci,th Ministers as P.-ktu that the lives of
aliens cannot bo cualauteed, and, in umaentience, the naval
sushi-utile. at Hong Kong hoe been desired to tend ships
northward for the proteotion of forth; ere.
A nob English lady, it is said, is about to canoe the
construction, at her on; oast, of a handsome aqueeuo, for
$OO of providing the el•y of Jerusalem with 11 iisod
snooty of water, which In COMIDOU with Conetatittuoyle, It
much seeds.

On Monday a convict namorl Moor. andergoing
sentence of 20 years p-nal serviz ude at Portland, cJutrlved,
under cover a a dense I g. to make him escape.

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The Mtu•Nlahou Soup Kitchen Fund, In Peril, to
which the Freetient hhaseit subecrierd twenty thon.ad
freuce, tow received tame th-uvend from the ('Junt de
Caambord.

By the death of Mr. Judah Alberga, which occurred
on the 4th of February, at Kinustou, the island of Jamaica
has lost its oldest white Inhabitant. He hAd resided there
tor 00re than eighty-eight yews.

A verdict has been returned in the Cll9o of the ht!
fire In Carpaby-street. mdon—that Jane I.,rd died
itldries aust.l,ed In jumping from a window, and that John
31.11er died from suffucallon and burping.

A Retger'a telegram from Itlme states that the Pope
gava audiences on Monday and II Sunday to nevem! English
hostiles.

A Frenchman hag been sentenced to eight rear,' iii.
prioonment by the Assize Court ol the &due for cr)lus
In the atreels of Pato, •• ilacmahon has betrayed us
Macmohou, calllnß hbustlf President of the atpubil,, te
scoundrel and a traitor."

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The street ballad composed In honour of the newly.
erec.ed statae of Jeanne u'Arc in front of the lunettes, in
Paris, has slid for MOlL—all handed over to the poor.
The Scotch cpalownere have announced that the
wage. of their miners will, in the coarse of a fort dant or
three meets, be reduced. There Is no disposition on the
pert of the übp to suhmit to a reduction, and they are sr-
roKlng to hold a conference with their masters on the
subject.

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A Brussels correspondent any. that a million of
francs has been granted towards the cons, ruction of the In-
teruational Building to be erected in the IL,le de in Itegeuce,
opposite toe residence of the Count de PAndre. It is in-
tended for the exhibition of wallas of art, flower shows,
fates, and other public purpose., and Is estimated to coat
2,500,0001.
The death is annonnced at Cannes of Mdme. Ccr•
nails de Witt, aged forty two, second daughier of M Unix it,
and wife of inc Deputy of the Calvados. Gatipmni state.
that the hardahlps which she endured, mental and bodily,
during the siege of Paris undermined her constitutidn, al-
ways rathe• delicate. Mime. de Witt had many readere and
friends In England, by whom her premature death will he
deeply regretted.

The Chma Mail of the 22nd of Tannery reports that
a dreadful sentence had been passed at 1" eddo on a woman
who connived at the murder of her husband, and married
hi. brother, the murderer—via , that of being torn to pieces
by bullock. The man is to he crucided, and then Lrtured
with epear worind.
The widow of a bailiff, named Patrick Mitchell, who
was recently murcered in County Limerick, hns been
awarded £5OO oompensation under the provision. of the
Peace Preservation Act.

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At Snefbeld au order he beta made for all doge to
be conned, on account of the pretence of hydrophobia.

The Academy is anthorined to deny the statement of
the Ather.,runi that Mr. Gladstone has written to Pr,.
fessor Man Muller, and told rim that It in his purpose to
devote hie Went' in to philoh gy " But there is a rumour
in Loudon that Mr. Gtadskine has some Intent( in of retiring
for a Mine from public life, and dev,te himself to literature,
and more particulauly to the translation of clualcal poetry.
A trip to tile lily land is also mentioned among the diver-
lions in which the ez•Premler coutemph.tes indulging.
The shaft proper of the Vendome column in process
of reconetruction reached half its height, 11-55 metres, try
the bolting of the eleventh spiral, representing the eapitula-
Mon of Gila.

Mr. Edward Jenkins, barrister, the popular author
ot "Ginsa Baby," who, while travelling tu America, was
recently returned onset the m.na,,ers lor index. addressed
I e.ota t:turut• on Sl.,nday night in Klimal.d 11111, two or
three thousand being present, and many hundred, being
unable to gain witchulon.

A somewhat eerioas onthreak of the foot•aod mouth
&state bps occurred at Crookek nest Muth id. Stringent
mess tree for the Impression of the Mamie urn being taken
by the lord authorities.

The rincierpeet le dying out in Bombay, doubtless
gto the prompt preventive mesaures adopted by the
inunlemyl officers.
A eonference of representative working men coming
from the prio Opal towns of the West of England ard South
Wales was held at Bristol en Monday, in favour of the prin-
ciples of International arbitration. The number of delegates
present was upwards of 70, and they came from trades
unions and other organizeios.• of working men, numbering
on she elicit upwards of 80,000. Resolutions approving of
arbitration as &substitute for war wore uustutmoualy adopted,
and a petition to Parliament a*reed upon.

The woraing-men Conservatives of Kidderminster
are subscrtbh g with the view of presenting to Mrs. Grant •
large portrait ad Baron Grant, M.P. for the borough.
The public dinner to he given by the Labour Repre.
gradation League to Mr. A. bleed Dnald. M.P for St sttord,
and Mr. Tho nes Burt, Ml' fr Morpeth on their return to
Parliament, will be held on Wednesday, the lath heat. The
whole of the defeated Labour candidate, at the Iwto general
election have rcctoved lev.totuns to the dinner as also
those members of Partisan ut and others who have taken an
active Interest in the Labour movement,

The German News states that the relgning Duke of
ftrumwtes tss r cogrt.ed tne validity of his de..:eased
brother's will, arid that tbe whole affair will ahortl) he settled
between the representatives of the Duke and the Town
Council of Grunts. The rumour that there existed a second
will, by which all the D tae's property was loft to the son of
the late Emperor I:spot.. 111., La being continuo].

A Vienna journal contains the folio sing advertise.
ment :—" Am a Agrikci, sick nurse, watches csad belles, re-
pairs straw chairs, applies leacher, and makes pastry, des-
serts, and delicscies."

With fitting la:mourn, the earthly remains of the
met Norccnturmlat divine, Thomas Min. y, were on blot-
day contlgord to Earth, nearly ell the reb.tions der.omina-
Cons In the metrn 11, being represented. 11-an Stanley and
the Earl of g aattasoary we,. among the Churzhmen present;
au! &put:Mous at,eoded from the LOI. dot. Missionary
Society, the Congregational mid li.mtist Uu:ons, the Presby-
terian Synod, and othtr bcdies.

Daring 1873 inwengers to the numher of 386 596
arosPea the C1I•11001 ,rom 14g14,nd to Fr., cc ara t,ce vem&
—namely, C 41444,101 910; Hou.,,gne, 109,638 , Dieppe, 13,993;
navre, x 7,892 Ike tragic between Dover and (Mena In-
cluded 41 41,0 paaaangera

The scholars and theologian@ who are revising the
authorlewl verelon of the tiaipturel do not expect to get
through their work In less than ale yeau.

On Monday house coal was reduced in price through.
out the Durham coal Os di by thrte. aid Li some cases tour,
sh, Illogr per too, with some hope t further decline. Manu-
facturing coal and coke are also lower.

It instated that "of the 4)0 and odd rank and file
e,inpostog the 64th Regiment (hang, ar 11 le said. couridtr-
ably under Its etrength), 201 11AVO got married during their
of two )eftro In Limerick.
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A Parli.ian j,,urnal apeNka of a present of a silk robe
eVelt the Duchess de Is Rochefoacauld will present to Queen
Vlcterle, rod adds that It wan InStAlttleillred at Lyons at a
cost 01 11) f 0(1r.

A weaknown Partelan chputy ha R been refused as
a tenant, becsuse Lii mother-Inlay I rmed part of his
family and the proprter,r dudiked dltturbances in the
house."

That excellent in.n and delightful writer, Mark
Teat°, h4s • singular gift of memory. iii. said that he can
repeat flee hundred strange wards after twice hearing them,
and make use at. setmon verbatim 11 he once heard it Still
further it le said that he undertook In passing from lemple
Bar to the extremity of Cheapside, to tell, et his ',turn,
every name as It stood In order on both sides of the wsp—
rem•athig them tither backwards or tornaros—auel that he
pet formed the task exactly.
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Tex the piano 111 no; the cry in France. The ma.
j oily agree with Theophile Gautier, who replted seriously,
and asked II he liked a piano, "I prefer it to the guillo-
tine."

A great fire has tak.n place at Panama, and the
damage le estimated at one Irlilon dollars.

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"Do Soh hear r' ie the interrogation which begins an
article goiug the round of the press; and. wry exciting one
It must be, we think, as even the masses have got hold of It.
Near a suburban pond la vented on a board, " D.n't fish
hem!' which may no the li,cintri of an elisions but humble
seeker, or ins, be the c•mtemptuons tirclan,s'ion of one who
Lao no patience with Ignorence —Court Jcurnal.

" We understani that, in the formation of hie new
Government Mr. Ineraell •IF reel to the Duke of Marl-
borough the Viceroyalty of Ireland. Illa Grace, however,
in eowooeraq.43 of his dutlea In tela county and toward, Ma
extensive property, aml the prol, ',Fred absence which the
sec ptAuce 1 the nohow ti.! have Invoived, felt hlmenf
ouliged to decline 11."—The Tirne.a.

"Art ur Orton is secure in gaol. Justice hat laid
'young Bullock), 'by the hoe aat last. I very slow,' writes
this colowral impostor to one of his Maud., ' but I very
sure.' Slows. Juetke has been. she has yet been too sure
for the Tichborne claimant Ihe farce is played out. The
curtain her dropped All that e-ald be dune for him has
been done."—Leader to Daily Telegraph
A number of working men of Westminster, by
means of a small subscription, have boutht • piece of land
and built eultable premses for • working 111811'11 chib, read-
ing aid refreshment To, zits, le.reure ball,, dcc , capable of ac-
e menoriatlug 6Or 700 people. The hurdling, as it at pre-
sent Claude. cost £ltoo, which him been subscribed entirely
by the working Messes. 011' of them otteened the building,
snot's. scu-d am architect, others as serpeoters, bridaiayere,
gaditters, eta

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On Saturday afternoon, after e long and tedious
search, the Salvage GOTD• reesvered from the northern ei-
trendly Of the tulle of the Panteohnfoon, clove to the spot
at IrLich the fire trolls out, the remains of • email hut
valuable colle.eion of armour end ether property belonging
to Sir Richard Wallace. Ph' armour la nearly complete, but
very much horned and broken, though the piece. are In.
indict, nth good con 'Won to he recogniand. rho clltotion
had oesn Insured at the Sun Office for £lOlOO We @oleo didly
enamelled rlla-es, whloh weru insured fr £15,0 In the
imperial Oflicn, were &leo found. two of thnm were virtually
Wein/a Char el the peintinve noon them wen', but the
menul had been entirely burned from the othera. The
property web found under • pile of ruins ten or twelve feet
deep. The remit of the pe,tlal esploration at the northern
end of the 1-1111,11 w, where the Sr. originated, induces the
relief that Uttie, U any, property of value will be recovered
there.
"Fsbruary mist be d'-anted an ausiduloua month
for Sir. Diarami, for It wet on the 27th ~/ tent month he 102
he first becune a Cablutpt Minister and L crier of the Douse
of Common. It was 011 the 25th of the name month six years
afternerde he next took office; It was on the 25th of the
same month ten years later he Drat became Prime Mtnieter ;
end It la on file klet f f February Irk the present year that he
I. egain in office at the head of • Couter vativo Adniinfatralb
eupported by a c dupact Conservative rroq mity. And we
nay add that it was solely In tilts present February that Mr.
Illeraeif• minority of nnye wan converted Into the
ma_jorr yof fort, which opened to hink the way towns,
—Court Journal.

Coneauti. nil scruples having been urged by the
mama p.up.re at I. glbortie W. EMI!. against Scud*
lahour (itio Onarct'aua h.svha liAtarly 'num•ed a cattalo
moderat, twit of .t Di Ii -aking, a+ • oteck on the over-
Di aoir. at application. of 'ramps every Saturday night), the
gneetion h h*nll hrh.re the inaghtratev who have
decided It in rayor at the tramps.
Mse.rs. William., I)-acon, and Co, the London
banters, write to no (The Time) that they have recatvrd •
donttion of ei,els) here "T. h. far the it .yal London
Ophthalmic Hospital

In irquirong reeontly for the United State,' Govern-
meat lat., ohs mht of steer& e t emitters In embtrent
"OP.. w•wo mu, ,m. S ISSS4III 01 the msrlue
n'tst,l ter,ln•. molespsrt, nal swot, fio of that, &lAD'
sod an In. p ctltn of 8,410 soverage paeolooltarr He ftvll
himself inAintd In etatlog that much II the enmity, 11l
usage, ant gent r sl dlsoornforf of the stsenssepasests I,"ngl
to toe history of the past Wilt the gradual supplanting of
miffing YeSiel. ty Saa,oey hive otrar sto rttr voYegns. In'
nmfinnit titan", Improved a< rumn. d. von, more lighi. better
"VIVII.Iti If more;, ftudsot so' my.. whon't"mi'
sod w•ter, aid a pope, I ft morale of oftt,t.rs ant Crews.
thong' in till Ist ter respect there ju still much to be deeired.
As • direct resolc of its,.. change', the mortality among
soaerage paeotneare Lea beau reduced over 60 per cent. In eve
710111.

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THE REV. C. H. SPURGEON ON
ENGLISH 44.NfRY.
In Loostm, per Townley evening. iOna was a Urge gather- I
tog 01 pardons aseemb!sti et the kletroyOnt.u.i Tete
?acts, on
We I
occasion of the nnnu,l naeil s of the rut,* ,
Tea was prov Vet by the ladies of the COn4regAlon in tin
lecture bell and school rooms ; after which I, • It, U. U,
Spurgeon lecturtd In the Talerneels on "Toe Newt Forest." ,
In the Course of his remarke, be said that lecturing •
was out of hia line, and he personally had • great
objeett en to It; but at the wish of tho congregation
he would endeavour to pleese, them, The trip whicu
he took down to the New Forest last June saved him
from very serious illness indeed. Before he start d
for his j ,urney he got Into that terrible conditi ,n
which pre related him sleeping at all; but he was
soon restored after him trip. The tour through the
New Forest was one of the mint delightful excur-
sions that he ever eiajoyed. Ho regretted ti state
that the Euglish people, as a rule, thought nothing of
the beauties of Eoglish scenery, holdung it in but very
slight estimation. They supposed that if they wanted
to wanes' fire scenery they must cross the Ceannel ;
but to such thing. Travellieg abroad undoubtedly
enlerged the mind, and gave persons fresh ideas; but
there was much grandeur of scenery to be beheld at
home ; and there were spots in Eagland, tinted tor tine
scenery, which could not be equalled in Switzerland;
and in some puts of Scotland ii couldnot be nacelle 1 in
any quarter of the globe. Ile confeesed tbat he liked Italy
In the winter time when they had, those objectionable
fogs In London; but he did rot care for a lasting
blue Italian sky. The Surrey lanes were as pleasaut
as they could with; and tinge, which did not lead
anywhere in particular, so that they could care.
lesely saunter along at their ease, were, in his
opinion, the best. There was no place in the world
thought rio little of for it.. many beauties a, their
own little ceunty of Surrey. If peepie looked
along the ranges of hills, walking from Bexhill to
the eastward of Dorking, and from thence to the
lieg'e Back, and observed the Ude gorges and the
wandering valleys, it reminded them of everything that
was beautiful beneath this sky. Flow glorious it was
to start up the grouse, and see no living man by many
a wile together, and no sign of habitations for some
consCdereble distance, in a ramble through their own
country I He confessed that he liked to get away
where he could see no human being. Some people had
said that there were no antiquities in this couetry
but they had as marry venerable curiosities after their
kind to the patriotic eye as could be found in any
land beneath the sun. Tee Ileg's Back was an-
ciently a division between two Anglo-S oxen king-
doms, and here was the scene of many an en-
counter. Continuing their journey in the direction of
the New Forest, they catne to Feruham, or Furnhine,
the grounds of the Bishopric et Winchester. Farnhem
was noted for its hops; and here lived Sir Thomas
Abney. This place, too, was noted as the residence,
at one time, of independent old Cobbett, who had
banded down to them an extraordinary saying :
"Never did any man or any thing wait one minute
for me." Passing, they came to Selborne, made
famous by White's natural history of the place
—one of the most interesting books that could
possibly be read. The whole village was full
of beauty, arid was a perfect gem—everything th, re
seemed to be loveliness itself. Its twice visited Std-
borne because he was so well pleased with it. At the
place where the Tichborne estatee were situated, there
was really nothing interesting to be seen. Pierseli, in
his "Curiosities of Literature," mentions one TI, h•
borne, a Catholic, who was condemned to die, said
before he suffers punishment he tells no that be wrote
One of the sweetest poems extant. At Lyndhurgt the
walke were delicious, and one loved to wander among
the fereet trees, far away from tie busy h.unte of men.
The beauty of the f oreet far excelled in his idea what-
ever he could put in words. The wondrous beech trees
there sent forth wonderful boughs to ern port each
other, which looked like dying buttresses, and in some
cases three trees cover half an acre.
The lecture was listened to throughcnt with the
meet marked Interest, and the pleasant, chatty, narra-
tive style of the lecturer enchained the attention of his
audience, who fie enenly appleuded him.
Some capitally painted di-selving views ilustrated
the lecture, and the orphan boys from the Seeckwell
Orphanage considerably enlivened the proceedings by
singing a choice selection of pieces.