The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-07-04 00:00:00

THE STOUBBRIDGE OBSERVER.

-of life; and now, observe, hoW7-thls-saMe grim Ironical con-
sumption, not in the least a respecter of persons, basset the
as Ile seals upon those whom he snatches front the home-
hold of the mmr. The some "exalted" look—the same un-
natural brightness—you could scareely venture a guess at
class or type. Stile one has said that all stale huntatt crea-
tures look wonderfully ali e when swimming; the sick bed
also has its startling resemblances.
We pass on throu_ll clean and well-lighted wards, and so
by corridors where the patients are teething and waking.
Here and there, may be, there is one in bed who has no
earthily chance of recovery, and there are starry whir seers in
the last staaes of this dire complaint ; yet, it is a mysterious
but a merciful law, the worst are often the ntost sanguine of
recovery, the strongest are those who are best prepared to
die. Just as the pain increases, a sort of confident expecte- '
than of cure often contest', the patient ; and for the others,
they have still strength enough of brain and trill to look
Death somewhat composedly in the face. It scarcely needs
saying, but it may as well be said, that these sick boils are as
carefully tended as those of the rich; and that the sad little
array by the bedside of medicine bottles, and of all those
contrivances which people with diseased lungs require to
help theta through the night, in the best possible order
Perhaps, those hearing 4,11 them the familiar look of consump-
tion are, after all, not the most to be pitied ; for yon see
others in whom the real disease is plaioly that they have
never lived at all—that never, until they entcred the doors
of Otis saute hospital, have they known what it was to lime
a clean, comfortable home, pure air, and wholesome, well-
cooked food. The sight of these is apt, now and
then, to interfero ir ith one's philosophy And other curious
associations present themselves whore a very gentle
aid answers in a dint, dreamy voice, the kindly quer,.
Dons ptit by the doctor, is strange wise of incongruil y and
pathos seems touched when you read On the ticket bearing
tire particttlars of her diet and treatment the name iif ...Jenny
Lind." You think of the glorious full-thnrated notes of the
great singer ; you listett to the wee, cracked, fat-away voice
of this poor little stricken one; and you hope that at least
the munificent charities of a great and noble artist may
help to convince the earnest but somewhat narrow-ininilcil
section of society known as "she religions world," that the
influence of the stage is not all for evil, and that a pritna
donnra may be Its good is Christian ass Sister of Charity. The
galt,ry sf the east wMg bears the familiar name under
which Madame fluidal:lonia won her laurels ; that it the
west wing is called after her Majesty, also a warm friend of
the institution.
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results have followed the recommendations of - the
Commissioners either in Lancashire or in Middlesex.
To the repeated communications which they have ad-
dressed to the visiting committees of Hariwell and
Colney Hatch, only one answer had been received.
That was to the effect that it was inadvisable to incur
great expeese in making additional provision for pauper
lunatics until two new district asylums, authorised
under the Metropolitan Prsw Act, shill have been
erected. Supis;sin ~ however, these district asylums
were even now ready, there would still remain a con-
siderable proportion requiring the treatment which
only the county institutions can afford.
A IHOCRNING CARD.-The following is is litera:
translation of the letter addressed by Princess Julia
Obrenowich to her relations and friends :-
In the most profound affliction, Princess Julia Obrenowien
50.4 Comte., Iliniyaily announces to her relations and
friends the death of her husband, his highness the reigning
Prince of Servia, Michael Illoresosieh 111., fallen hy the
blows of murderers in the evening of the 28th May loth
Julie in the forest of the Komtnyak, near Topellid&S, at
the age of forty-four. His obsequies took place at the
Palace of Belgrade the Ist 14.11 June, 8111: las mortal re-
mains have been deposited in the Cathedral ('hutch of Bel-
grade the 211.1 15th June. Requiems will be said at
Vienna and at Bildt", as well as during forty Ithys in all the
churches of genie. Pray for the soul of the departed.-
Vienna, Julie Is, 1868. .
' A USEFUL HINT. - ACCOrditr nto PrOfeSSOr
_,
Hirzel, animal fats can be preset-v- 1 perfectly for a
year or so without contracting any disagreeable ;slour,
by the following, simple treatment: "7,, 01) parts by
weight of the fresh fat are melt,' and Inked
STATIONS
-
STATIONS OF TIIE BRITI3H ARMY. mately with 20 parts Irf common kitchen salt and one
(Corrected for Joly) part of alum, both finely powdered. The whole is
(From the Army and Nary Gazette.) heated until a aciun forms on the surface, winch is com-
posed of coagulated alloumine, membranes, &e. ; this
scum is separated, an (1 the fat, m;w be in clear and
Ist Life Guards, Whubor, 2.o!,l,l;dl:lte.rs(li.opte. ;
5h0rm,..,...,
2nil ditto, Regent's-park. "" • transparent, is allowed to cool. It is then washed and
knew led in the water until it has uo In a salt taste.
Royal Horse Guards, Hyde- 21st, 1 urnigh.
mirk. 2bil Imt., Madras ; Preston.
Ist Dragoon Guards, Alderst. 275.1, New Brunswick ; Chat- It is finally melted carefully at a low temperature, to
2nd, B 11111111.1). • Canterbury limn.
drltite.PPeoritiTectiOys. GREENWICH HosPITAL.-This ho.z-
ard, Winchester; Bomb
23rd
ay. llnd batm, Newcastle-onr-Tyne.
4th, Aldershot. , Bobay ; Wilme.
sth, Aldershot 7nd hat., Newport Nlonnith.l pital, no often the subject rrf Parliamentary inquiry, is
la IL Dublin 24th, Malta : sheffield. now dealt with in an diabs. date report by an Mini-
7th, Colchester. 211.11nd., Burnitili ; Shef- ratty comtnitt, appointed to inquire into its manage-
-Ist Dragoons, Longford. field. meld. It is suggested in this document that aihnis-
znri, Dundalk. 25th, Glasgow. mien to the hospital slir odd be allowed to all seamen of
arti 1111..181.A, Chichester. 2nd Init., Bengal ; Preston. good character who are 11.1,41.11.8rked from the naval
sth, unreal ; Canterbury. 20th Bombay ; Preston.
Stir Lamers, Bengal ; canter- 27th, Dover, hospitals ats no longer capable of service ; that the
Miry. 28th, Belfast. number of inmates should be increased to 1,200 ; that
6th Dragoons, Manchester. 29th, ('snarls; Chatham. men of the Royal Naval Reserve should he admitted
:=l,S.,lttrirtitu'la:
7th Hussars, Bengal ; Canters 30th, Canada ; Chatham, on certain conditions ; and that there should be a re-
him-y.
tfitam,Jellester. duction both in the executive mid medical staff. It is
Bth,
tillurgh. expected that by the latter measure a saving id L'6,500
9th Cahir. 33r.1, Portsmouth.
10th Hussars, Aldershot, 34th, Aldershot will be obtained. l'here are various reconnnenilations
lit!,, betty-al; Canterbury. 3501, Portsmouth. as to the schools, one of which, if carried out, would
12th Lancers, Dublin. 30th, Bengal ; Pembroke dock. increase the number of boys from 800 to 1,000, and
loth Hussars, canada ; Can- 37th, Bengal; Pembroke dock. another would provide that consent to serve in the
terbury.
Lith ditto Newbridge 38th, Bengal ; Gosport. navy ehould not be required until a boy is thirteen
, . girth, Kinsale.
15th ditto, York. 40th, Aldershot. years of age.
16th Lancers, Madras; Can- 41st. Bengal; Colchester. NOVEL ECONOMY.-A person in Paris noticed
terloury. 42n.1, Stirling. a poor man with a wooden leg walking past his house,
17th ditto, Woolwich. 43rd, Jersey.
18th Il ms Madra Can- nd gave him a franc. The next day he saw the mune
uss:, s ; 44th, K ilkenny. a
terbury. 45th, Bombay; Chatham. beggar, but he hasl changed the wooden leg from the
19th ditto, Bengal ; Canter- 40th, Bombay: Pembroke. right to the left. Enraged at the deception, he went
bury. 4711,, Neva Scotia ; Pembroke. tip to the man, anti exclaimed, "You villain, you had
20th ditto, Bengal; Canter- 4stli, Per y. the wooden leg on the other side yesterday ! Veal are
bitty. 49th, lhotiffiay ; colehester. not lame at all !" "Monsieur," was there sponae with
lit ditto, Bengal ; Canter- stab, sydney, Chatham.
bur 51st Aldershot. dignity, " I never said I was. I wear a wooden leg
y. ,
Military Train .- 52,1.1, Limerick for economy, so as not to wear out my trousers, and
WOOIWICII. Troops 13, 14, 531,1, Canada ; Shomeliffe. I change the leg to prevent one leg of the trousers
15, 16, 19, and 24. 54th, Aldershot. wearing out before the other."
Ditto, Chatham and Col- 55th, Bengalfo ; Sheffield. A Law R EQU IR ING A MEN IMES T. -The state of
chester, 17. faith, Waterrd.
Ditto, Devonport, 21. 5711 i, Aldershot. the law relating to weights and measures haa been
Ditto, Woolwich, me. s.stli, Betical ; Pembroke, broug ht under the notice of the c(unmercial classesby the
Ditto, Aldershot, a. 59t1m, Ceylon; Gosport. Society for Pronioting the Interests of the Trailing (loin-
Ditto, Dublin, d. 60th, (Minds; Winchester. munitv. It is pointed out that the act iinposing heavy
Ditto, Curraigh, c. 2ood loat., Bengal ; Windom.. penalties LT weights and in sour '' Ii lit or otherwise
Ditt.o. Kensington and Re- 3ril bat., Madras; Winclisr,
gent's-park 3 4th nit New Brunswick unjust " has borne with great hanlship upon the honest
, . 1., ;
Ditto, Portsmouth, 18. Winchester. tradesman. The society, believing that many hundrerle
Ditto, Ililsea. 72. 61s1, Bermuda ; Gosport. of tradesmen have lx-en seriously injured lly the ex-
Ditto. Dublin. 2. s. arid 11. 62u.1. l'ork. posure of errors over which they had no control (for in
Ditto, Alilemhot, 1, 5,13, 7, 63rd, Citrisigh. a hare number of instances the causes of deviation
9, 20, 111111 23. 64th, Malta' Parkhurst. oxist in the inaccurate and defective state of the
Ditto, Curragh, 4, and 10. 65th, Curraigh.
Ditto, Shorncliffe, 12. 66th. Dul din. standards), are preparing petitions to Parliament,
Grenadier Guards Ist bat. 67t1,, Portsmouth. praying that penalties may be confined to actual Cases
Aldershot 6801, Nlancliester. of fraud, and that, insteld of dividing half the fine and
Burl bat, Wellington bar- 6911., Canada ; Iteston. all the costs between the inspector who lays the
racks. 70th, Affiton. information, and others engaged in enforcing the law, a
3nld bat., DubliGuard n.
lat hat l, Mil
7lst. Dulolin. more equitable means for remunerating thirm may be
Colstream s, , 72toan.
Windsor. 73rd, Chum; Slioncliffe. I adopted.
211i1 hat., Chelsea. 74th, Gibraltar ; Port George. ' EX i CUTION OF A SERVIAN CONSPIRATOR. -A
Scots Fusilier Guards, Ist 'oat., 75t1i, Gibraltar ; Shorneliffe. ; letter from S'earlin (a town on the Austrian bank of the
Tower. Mth, Burundi • Shorni•liffe. Danube tommsite Belgrade), in the Alert/a-Eastern Cot re-
Ind but, Chelsea. 77th. Bengal ; 'Gosport.
Ist Foot, Marinas; Chatlosni. 7stli, Canada ; Aberdeen. 1 8/'"'1""', says .-
2nd 'rat., Bombay ; viratinu. 79th, Bengal ; Port :Marge. , Captain Marmillo, of the Engineers, who a few days after
Ind, Bonibay ; Chatham. Stoth, Aldershot. : the murder td Prince michael made an attempt oat the life
211.1 bat, Athlone. Iffst, Buttevant 0 1 the Ministers of War tind Justice, was shod on the
3rd, Bengal; Slionieliffe. 02nd, Bombay; Chatham. morning of the 19th, in the fortress of the Servian capital.
lath loat., Bristol. sari, Gibraltar ; Colchester. Ills trial proved the existence of a conspiracy, all the threads
411,, Dover. 84t1,, Jamaica ; Colchester. if which are at present in the hands of the authorities.
25.1 bat., Nova Scotia; Park- salt,, Bengal; Stimulate. ' However, the revolutionary party does not seem to have
hurst. 00th, Mauritius; Gosport. alatioloinal all hope of success. Every day we have here,
sth, Bengal ; shorucliffe. nth, Malta ; Widmer. and in the neighbouring town of Panscova, domiciliary
211.1 hat., Aldershot. Edit, Bengal ; Parkhurst. searches at the houses of the known members of the I linla-
6th, Bengal ; Sheffield 89th, Dublin dim, a literary association of the Servian youth . The fact
2nl hat.. Aldershot. 9 th, Bengal ; PreBton is certain that as long ago as the middle of May sinister
7th, Bengal; Widmer. 91st, Madras : Port George. ' rumours were in circulation at Pansmova announcing it mita-
-2mi.l loot., Bury. 92nd, Bengal; Aberdeen. strophe Menlo, and Prime Michael boil been warned of
Stir, Malta; Chatham. 93rd, Bengal ; Also:icon. it.
2nol bat., Aldershot. 94th, Dover.
9th, Cape; Pemnroke, 95th, Bombay ; Pembroke. .
Ind loat., On passage home; noth, Bombay ; Colchester. 1
Pembroke. 9701, Aldershot. - 1
10th, Japan : Chatham. 9.th, Aldershot.
2nd loot , Madras ' • Chatham. leith, i 'ape ; Preston. .
11th, Bengal; Parkhurst. leoth. canada ; Colchester.
i inoll hat., Cape ; Parkhurst. lolst. Bengal ; Woiliner.
THE DANGEROUS CLASSES, AND HOW ! 12th, Devonport. 1.1211.1, Bengal ; Wallace
thidßengal ; Gosport. 1e3r.1, Bengal ; Sloancliffe.
TO DEAL WITH THEM. 13th, Gil waiter ; Slmrinliffe. 104th, Bengal ; Wallis,
2iiil bat., Portland. 105th, Bengal ; Shorneliffe.
The discus n sio raised in London the other day at the lath, Malta : Chatham. loath, Bengal; chathant
Society of Ao to. on the paper by the Rev. IL Solly, , 204 hat, Nlelbourne ; Chin. 107th, Bengal ; Preston,
" How to deal u ith the Unemployed Poor of London, I lath, Bermuda ; Chatham. 108th, Bombay ; Cosi., t.
and with its ' Rough ' and Climinal Classes," was ' 2nd hat., Gibraltar ; Chilies. 109th, Bengal; Chatham. _
16th, Canada; Colchester. Rifle Brigade, Canada, 11 in"
resumed last :Monday evening, in the rooms of the , Intl bat Bairbadoes • Col- cheater.
Sisial Science Association. The attendance, which i „),,,,tr'r'. ' ' god bat., Devonport.
included many ladies, was very numerous -more, 17th, IniTagh. 3nl bat., Bengal; Winchstr.
indeed, tin di the room could accominodate. I 25,1 lat., Dublin. 4th bat Chester. ,
Mr. Edward Webster, in the absence of Lord 18th, Edinburgh.
2m, New Zealand; 151 Nit,e'eolte.lndia Regt., Sierra
Lyttelton ho w , was to have presided uin succession to ' 2ml, Bahanlfle.
the Ilit(hop (4 London. wa, ezdhul to the chair, 81111 he I 19th. bengal ; shettidd. 3rd, Jamaica.
announced, before the debate WaS opened, that a 2ini bat., Madras; Sheffield, 4th, Barkebss.
letter hail been received from Earl Russell, dated the
29t11 instant, in which the noble earl said, " The ques-
tion requires nude investigation. A committee night /11iStfliant0115 'lllttlii.ntlite,
etubotly the best suggestions, and lay them before Loo l
Devon and the Poor-law Board."
Fine discussion eas commenced by Mr. Thomas HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.
Webster, Q.C., who said Mr. Solly's than proposed to
combine the different benevolent ors:if:ties rif the
SCENE IN T A HEATRE.-- During the performance
metropolis. to prevent the unworthy poor living on
their funds. On the other halal, Mr. Francis Fidler, at the Haymarket Theatre (London) the other night
I,f " The I lero of Romance," an incident occurred of
who mooted the question many months ago, thoneht
a kind whirl), thysigh rare now-a-days, was not unusual
the best remedy for the existing sad state of ail airs
in bygone times. when audiences used to surrender
was to find employment for the destitute poor. No
themselves more absolutely .to the il usion of the scene
doubt the solution of the problem would be found in
than they are wont to do in this matter-of-fact a .e.
that there might
education, employment. and emigration, and in order
be an amalgamation of the two parties In that irassage of the third act where Mr. Sothern
leaps from the lofty parapet of a castle into the grove
he would move this resolution, viz., " That a com-
mittee consisting of the Bishop of London the Earl . beneath, a youret' hely in the stalls was 80 excited by
of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Lichfield, Lord Lyttelton, , the action that she shrieked "He is killed !" and
Sir E. A. Leclimere, M.P. the Right Rev. Dr. springing from her seat attempted to rush mit of the
Manning, Mr. T. Webster, Mr. E. Chadwick, C. 8., honor. Fortunately latr friends came promptly to the
work of " diwillusion," and succeeded, though not
Mr. Robert Rawlinson, Mr. .Tanies Beal, Mr. Beggs,
without some diffieulty, in pacifying her mind at the
Mr. Thomas Brassey, Jun., Mr. Francis Fuller, Mr.
Mr. I expense srf her iniagieration. This little episode was
Frederick Hill, Dr. Stallard, Dr. Lankester,
productive of no little sensation among the audience,
Nl'Clelland, and the Rev. H. Holly, with power to add ,
whose excitxment was not allayed until Mr. Sothern
to their nuniber, be appointed for the put psrse of con. i
1 canoe in front. of the curtain, looking sound and hearty.
sidering what steps should be taken in reference to
, and not a whit the worse for his alarming, leap,
the casual, destitute, and truant poor in the metro-
polis and other places, and the several associations and AN EC DOTE OF DANIEL WI. BSTER.-During One
plans in existence or proposed for providing teMPorary of the college vacations he and his lirother retunied to
and
rrnianent occupation and employment of such thsir father's at Salisbury. Tbinking he had a right to
poor. sonic return for the nioney he had expended in their
Mr. Francis 'Fuller, in seconding the resolution, education, the father put scythes into dui( hands and
observed that the practical experience he had oh- ordered them to name, Daniel made a few sweeps,
tained at Red-hill had convinced him that the re- and then resting his scythe, wiped the perspiration ,
formatory system as at present administered Wllll a from his brow. His father said, " Whist's the matter, '
mistake. Dan l'" "My scythe doesn't hang right, sir " he ,
After some hours' discussion, the speakers bein4 answered. His father fixed it, and Dan went to work ,
limited to ten minutes each, and the disposal of an again, but with no better success. Something was the
amendment, the resolution was carries' by a large matter with his scythe, and then it was again tinkered ;
majority, and the meeting, stood adjourned for a but it was not long before it wanted fixing again, and
month, when the committee will make their first re- the father said ill a pet, "Well, hang it to suit your.
port. Amongst those present were Mr. Chishrim self. " Daniel, witu great composure, hung it on the
Anstey, Me, W. H. Channing, the Rev. Stopford A. next tree.
Brooke, and Mr. John Ruskin. WHERE A FULL STOP 18 WANTED. -To the
Girl of the Period.-Puneh,
PLENTY OF WORK F. R TUE LADiES.-The
Daily Noes says that, by way of counterpoise to tire
trill Protestant Ladies' Petition to the Queen on the
Irish Church, I'ardinal Cullen has presided over a
meeting of Roman Catholic ladies in Dublin, to
establish a Papal fend. The movement is patronised
by several peen xsiss, and an address to the Catholic
ladies .of thecountry calls upon them to do their best in
supplying the Pope with the means for defending the
Eternal City, as more fighting is looked for in the
autumn. What with being placed upon the Parlia• i
nes ditty re),ister, obtainingmedical degrees. subscribing I
towards Mr. Mill's election expensee, petitioning her ,
:Majesty, and aiding the Pontiff. the sphere of the ladies' 1
influence has of late undergone a very considerable ,
extension. I
MAXIMILIAN'S WIDOW.-The Dihots has lately
contained several interesting details as to the state of ,
the unfortunate Empress Charlotte, authorised so to
do, as it appears, by her brother. the King of Belgium.
As long 88 the Empress is perfectly quiet and undis-
tun red by any external exciteurent, she enjoys the full
use of her mental faculties ; but to maintain this
desirable state of mind there most be a total absence
of all disturbing influences. She derives much consola
tion from the synipathy and affection manifested
towards her by the population of the district surround-
ing Laeken. Maximilian's widow carefully avoids
alluding to France or the French nation, to whose
desertion of her husband's cause she attributes her
extraordinary misfortunes.
ANGELIC CR nATURE!-A gentleman, at a recent
masked ball, meeting a lady whose hueband he knew
to be exceedingly jealous, exclaimer!, "What, madam!
you her ~.. I thought your husband kept yon under lock
anti key I"" So he does," replied the angelic creature :
"but he's down with the typhus fever now, and I take
the advantage of it to have a little fun r
A NEw INFs RNAL MACHINE.-Great excite-
ment has been produced at .Marseilles by threatening
letters sent to some of the principal inhabitants de-
manding sums of 25,000 francs from each. °nerd the
permns having paid no attention to the missive,
received a few Ilava later a parcel which had been left
at his Loire by a stranger. The packet proved to be a 1
volume entitled "La Vie de Gerson," and the merchant,
on ho had some suspicions, having carefully raised the 1
corners of some of the leaves, found that the middle
of the book haul been scooped out, and the space filled
with detonating powder arraeged with chemical
matches and sand-paper in sw-h a manner that on thr
book being opened suddenly and forcibly an explosion
should take place. lie alba& ran the powder, and
WiLS thus able to examine tine new kind of infernal
machine without danger. All the letters sent bear the
signature of Bandolini.
Ass Lull ACCOMNODATION.-The annual report
of the Commissioners in Lunacy deals with the want
of asylum accotnniodation which now exists in differ-
era parts of the country. 'Middlesex, Lamashire, and
Yorkshire are described AS having been for some time
conspicuous for their lack of proper institutions for
the reception of the insane poor. During the past year
something has been done in the last-mentioned county
to meet the want whieh had been pointed out, but no

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Individual sketches are not needed in no brief a notice;
nor is it requisite that, after passing throngh the female
wards, we should go to those appropriated to the male
patients.
One salient point, however, is instructive : the men are
often worse than the women, tor the simple reason that they
were slowest and latest to give in. They worked on, long
after COllllllOll !tense had told them how much they needed
rest ; tney worked on, possibly because common Sense, chile
giving that valuable information, had omitted to point mit
any other i ...... ediate means of getting a living : they worked
on, mid here they are. How, indeed. could they help it Poor as
they were, they were the heads of their little households; and,
their power to work failing, the hoine mu-i be broken up.
If anybody can still fancy that consumption is inertly the
scourge of what are called the upper classes a few statistics
may help to dispel the illusion. Of 65,000 Ifeaths occu ring
annually in England and Wales from lingering diseases,
g 4,4,00 are caused by pulmonary disease; one-ninth of the
total mortality at all ages, RIM more than one-fifth of
the mortality of adults, is due to the same canoe and,
mark this' many of these poor sufferers are the unacknow-
ledged victims 4.f unventilated work hops, overcrowded
barracks, ill-constructed dwellings, ciliated atmosphere,
long hours of work, and the want of open places for exercise
and recreation.'

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Pondering upon such facts, which would seem to indicate
that, after all lair boasting about progress," society is not,
as yet, altogether in in *loge:ionic COMiliioll, we leave the
hospital. In the gi ounds many poor folks are sitting 010,11
benches, to whom the air or this warm June day, as it
breathes gently through the branches, in health and
hie ; who have strength enough still, when the sun
sets, to crawl in and wad their turns for the " lift
in Ito, as they have sat today in the sunshine and not in
a crowded court, will sleep todiight inn clean bedrooms and
md in squalid dens who are w ell fed, well tended, diligently
tamed. What remains to add? This that the noble work
done by the Brompton Hospital costs tent thousand pounds
a-year, and that had it nnt been aided by towline° t bequests
and gifts, the niece animal sult,criptiobs would not have
sufficed to maintain it.

of enjoying the company of M. Victor Hugo for two
Or three hours. They thus had to pay £6O for this
visit. The distinguished iMiet received the three gentle-
men, who partook of an early lunch at Hauteville
House. On the termination of the visit the poet, ac-
cotnpanied by M. Kesler and the three litteratears,
proceeded to the Albert quay, where the poet anti his
friends conversed for a short period. Then the visitors
embarked in the steamer's boat, Victor Hugo and M;
Kesler standing on the slip and witnessing their de•
trarture. At half-past one this afternoon the /4, ,t
Rona steamed away for St. Mahe The commander
is under a penalty to be at St. Maki to-day, as he is
bound to fulfil some service or other, and the Ille
Route was the only steamer available for this hurried
trip. We are in possessien of the names of the three men
of letters, but we do not give publicity to therm
TnE Host OF OTHER Days.--Homes, like other
earthly things (says the Quiver) art. subjeCt to change.
Our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, in their plastered timber
dwellings, where family anti servants were sitting at
the same table, present but a rough specimen of
homes ; and though the Normans curtailed their excess,
and introduced more abstemious habits, yet, under the
eye tif proud feudal barons, the comforts of domestic
life luff slowly advanced. The homes and habits of
England were manifestly impnussl in the stirring
times of the Plantagenet& Their dresses became
costly and decorative; tables were spread withluxuries,
and a taste for the elegances of life began to he
' cultivated. Home comforts multiplied still more
during the times of the Tudors. Bishop Latimer
speaks of his father, a yeoman, having a farm of £3 or
£4 a year, 44 which he tilled enough to keep halt-a-
dmen men, with pasture for 100 sheep and 30 ewes.
He kept his son at a school till he sent him to the
univ rsity, gave to emir of his daughters a mania,.
portion of £5, lived on terms of hospitalitv with his
neighbours, and gave ahns to the paa. lietokening
great progress in the comforts and duties of home.
From the Reformation till now the domestic character
of the English people hats been progressively developed
and refined ; nor can any well-wisher 4 his country
resider greater services than lw detecting and removing
evils which weaken home attachments, by cherishing
home duties, and promoting home comforts.
PoPULAR DISTURBANCE. AT VIENNA. --'rite
Vienna journals publish asextunts 44 a singular dis-
turbanee which took place a few tlays back on the
Prater. An aeronautic ascent had been previously
announced on three different occasions, and each tune
the public kid been disappointed. The people had
assembled for the fourth time, and seeing the balltwn
ascend for a short distance, attached by a rope, and
without any car, they thought that sonic fresh mystifi-
cation was intended ; they broke through the doors,
and, after cutting it loose, broke to pieces everything
capable t 4 being destroyed. The mounted police at
first endeavoured to interfere, but not being able to
advance, and not liking to use their sabres, they with-
drew, hooted by the crowd. The mob then returned
to the streets in disorderly bands, and on arriving at
the square ci St. Stephen, created a great disturbance,
and raised insulting cries beneath the windows of the
Archbishop's palace. They were at length dispersed
by the armed force after the riot had lasted three
hours.

INC ME AN D PR,ErT TAX RRTCIAN.—Front
a return to an order of the House if Commons showing
the amount a,ssessed fur income and property tax in th,
United Kingdom, it appears that the total amount of
property and profits charge I to income-tax in Itifil;
was, in England and Wales, 016,331,476 ; in Scot-
land, 1132.399,13$ ; and in Ireland, £25,273,39... 110
gross amount of revenue raised excluding miscellaneous.
for the same year, WAS, in Great Britain 241,727.257.
and in Ireland, 4.7.443.710. The amount of recent],
for each Eloo of property and profits charged t.]
income-tax wait, in Great Britain, £l7 145., and in
Ireland, t:1110,].
•

A"P ru Ait " OYSTER.--Oysters are univer-
sally eaten in New York. They certainly deserve tho
praise accorded G. them, though most of them iniglt
be thought too nearly the size of pies G. i.e agreeable b.
the lover of the little Whitstable native. A somewhat
peculiar story is told in reference to this ; kart icular ; an,
if the reader v ill pardon the vulgarity of it, it is wort
repeating f. t its suggestive qualities. A Fret...hula.'
went into one of the oyster saloons for adozen of oyster.;
he preferred the large • flies, and swallowed eleven some-
hat smaller than it cheese plate, with much relish. A.
the bar.keeper handed him the twelfth his eyes glistcn..l
at its magnificent profs•rtions, for it far exceeded tl
largest of those already daposed of. "Bon Wm,
niagetifigit, r said he, rapturously ; and, making a
digions effort, he succeeded in getting it down. Tim
bar-keeper watches! him anxiously, and seeing hi.
success. exclaimed - I gues,s you are the minutest:
feller I've seen this long while. Why, I've had thirteen
. persons here who tried to swatter that ther oyster, at t
everyone of tits-in was obligol to give it up as a bad
job V The Frenchman's feelings may be imagined.

TIIE NORWAY COD FISH.RY.—The herring and
cod fishery on the coasts of Norway have not been so
productive this year as usual, in consequence of storms.
Die take promised well during the early part of the
year, but on the 31st March a tenible storm Caine on,
and destroyed 200 boas and a considerable quantity
of material, besides causing the death of 60 men. Bad
weather has since prevailed, :no the hauls have not
been satisfactory. The experiments began in 1h65
with larger nets have lien successfully continued, as
40,000 cod fish have been frequently taken at one
draught ; and now there is a question of employing
the electric light as an attraction.
Tile. MEMORIAL WINDOW IN THE GUILDHALL.
—Wednesday, the 15th of July, has been fixed for the
ceremony of presenting the memorial window in the
Guildhall to the Corporation if London from the
Lancashire cotton operatives. to commemorate the
munificent subscription raised in the City and other
parts of the metropolis for their relief during the pro-
tracted cotton famine consequent upon the American
civil war. Lord Derby had at first ondertaken to be
the spokesman on the part of the operatives 1111 the
occasion, lint has since been obliged to excuse himself,
in consideration of the state of his health, :old the duty
wdl CI kneequently devolve upon Colonel Wilsi in-Patten
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. It is un-
derstissl that a special Court of (*common (*.smell will
be convened for the occasion, and that the memorial
window will be formally presented to them, in the
name of the Lancashire people, while the council is so
convened.

ARR 11, NOW : WHISHT ! An enthusiast 1,1
whist-player, an Irishman, says that as on Sundsr
in London he is debarred from his whist, tho nearest
approach he can make to it is attending the genic s
in IFhist-minster Abbey,- -Ptine/D.
A RustAto eATHOLIC PRIKST COMM ITTFP TO
PR NI.N. A Ilegr4k was lynclukt in Frankfort.
Kentucky. in January last, who, it is alleged, list
committed an outraget n an Irish girl, and afterward.
attempted to murder her. One of the witnesses, tho
Rev. lambert Young, a Roman Catholic priest,
declined to give his testimony before the grand jury,
and appealed to ti.e United States Cont. The prie:,:
has now appeaml before Justice Ballard, and through
his attorney submitted his reasons for objecting ts
answer questions whether he was present at the gad
in Frankfort OW the evening of the mob, and whs
composed it, whether he saw any 'Denson; making
demand for the gaol keys and breaking in the door, awl
who they Were. The document setting forthls i
reasons for declining to answer was read to the Court
by the attorney. The Court, however, held that th
communicatilms were not IsrivilegeDl. and that thea
would not violate the conscience of the witness; that
while Mr. Young may think that by answering Ws
questions he would degrade himself in the estimation
of the clergy of which he was a member, and would
probably lose his influence with his congregation, stil
the interest of the State ought not to suffer by tles
policy of any individuaL The Court ordered 11l
Young to answer the questions propounded to him It
the grand jury. Mr. Young, however, persisted is
refusing, whereupon he was adjudged to be Di.
contempt, and was ordered to be committed to prisos
until he answered the questions.
. . .

THE QUEEN'S Barm:Fasr.--The breakfast in
the gardens of Buckingham Palace, last week, was an
encouragement for its repetition in future occasions.
Nothing could have been more charming or mom
successful every way (says the Poll Malt Cnzetto.
The gardens are remarkably 11••alltifIll, and they hart,
in them a little lake, upon which pleasure-boats plied.
the boatmen being clad in an old-fashioned livery of
scarlet. At a dist-ince these boats, moving over 64
water with a freight of bright and various colours, Nt
reflected sharply in the lake, made an exceedinglo
beautiful scene ; surrounded and softened as it was i.e
the tender green of the grass awl the trees. Tho
Queen remained for along time in the garden, looking
very well, moving constantly among her guests, awl
t playing the hostess with much animation. It was
noticed, toot that there was some little relief in tit
monotony In her mourning dress; she carried a whito
pamsoL for instance. The experiment, in short, sv;
gratifying beyond all expectation.
ANY Excrsr. is BETTER THAN NONE.-A very
good wi.km' who, was looked up to by the congregatht
to which she helonged as an example of piety, con-
trived to bring her conscience to terms for one litt!,
indulgence. She loved porter; awl one day, just r 4
she had received half-a-dozen bottles from the rim t
mini usually ltrought her the manfortable beverage,
—oh, horror ! --she saw two of the grave elders of tit
church approaching her door. She hurried the ma tt
out of the back chor, sod the bottles under the lud.
The weather was hot, aml while conversing with Is-c

A (,) I: EER HOBBY HOILSE FOR AN INSANE
WOMAN. —An exciting scene occurred on the passage
ti a ateamer from Chicago a short time awn. An insane
woman slipped unobserved away fl om Eer guardians,
an after a fruitless search for her line of the sailors
diecoven d through the darkness+ of the night a singular
object on the walking beam if the Is at. Lights vs ere
brought, when it was found that the 011ieet was the
insane \VI man. She eat on the walking beam as a
A TERBIBLE EXPLOSION OF NITRO-GLYCERINE. lady would sit on a side saddle, and appeared to take
—The Brussels Nord gives an account of a terrible extreme delight in being borne up and down with it,
explt whin of nitroglycerine which has taken place at As the passengers flocked around she became more ex-
Quenast, in Belgitini. A waggon, aceouipanied by M. I cited and behaved more and more recklessly, and it was
(=Fillet, of a Hamburg firm which manufactures this I feared she would fall among the machinery and be
dangerous article, brought 2,005 kilogrammes(4,4ll his. I crushed to death. A heayy sea was running, and it was
English) to the quarries belonging to M. Eaman, where I not safe to stop the engines, but they was :lowed, at
it was to be used in blasting operations. The people i which the poor woman appeared indignant and made
employed in the werks and those in the neighbourhood 1 !wahine with her body a, a leiy will with a rocking-
haul been persuaded that this chemical product was I horse to have it go faster, end threatening to jump if
more efficacious and less dan .orone than gunpowder, lif it nil not. How to get her off ma. a question. The
Thr waggon arrived at the quarry, followed by M. I passengers were requested to inner away, which they
( lrilltit, three sehliew, and two workmen to unload it : I del, awl then several of the crew, after a minder of
two carpenters were working at is little distance, an,' a I attentiits' suceteded in grasping the woman as the
young girl was close by gathering shavings. Sullenly 1 walking beani cstme +town, and rescued her, much to
a tremendous expltwitin took plme. The persints just 1 her regret. How she come upon the dangerous perch
mentioned disappeared in au instint, haying is.en I wsw 0 mystery.
, blown to pieces, awl the shock was felt at Loth, eight I THE HIC II MEN or THE WoßLo.—The
miles off. A store close by was quite destroyed, and richest man in the world is not to be found in the
the leinses, trees, and fields within a orttle id five Eastern, lint in the Western hemisphere. lie is not
humlr,,,l yards were devastated. No other lives werej an Enipen,r, nor in Prince, lit all Amoican trader,
lokA, inn had the exitlesbat taken place a quarter I,f an with an income of nearly two millions sterling. Next
hour later, when the quarrymen hail assembled, the to hint comes a Russfan bovanl - the third is an
catastrophe might have leen much more terrible, as Englishman who has large East 'lndia possessions.
-., yen hundred men are employed in the works. The nanie of Rothschild is only eleventh on the list.
STRANGE MARRVAGE. All American paper This reminds one ii the late Mr. Thornton', who died
states that Colonel t Ihivington, of St. Joseph, Nebraska, some three years ago, leaving such an enonnous sum
I having recently niarried his son's widow, lier friends that the legacy duty was an important addition to the
Lave ',Unshed "al Card." in Whieh they say : -`• The receipts okithe Chancellor of the Exchtspier. It was
1,111i111:li ilet of John M. Chivington, in neint3 ing ism his ambition to Is! the larxest reitipient of dividends at MARK LA NE.—MoNnA 1
dangli ter. Mrs. Sandi A. I 1 hi vingto in, the widow of the Bonk of England, and he used to show with some Most of the leading country markets held on Saturday
' Thomas M. Chivimrton, was 11111k/IOWII tIl Hs. and a glee his half-yearly dividend Warrant for nearly .el, F,lntily supplied with wheat, which moved off heavli .
thikr• we very nine!. regret, Hail the facts been made Y4o,olkil. l'he Rank people, knowing his foible, used at it doh.' ill Megan-donne, of tn. Is. to as. per qappo.
, known to us ed the iittentiona, scane measures watibi to worry him. tael when lie asked if los was not their An "id,' .f i'Pruin e'a•ii were a dull imialrY. at hkrely lat .
1 have be,kit taken to prevent the constanmation of s,s chief customer. tlicY would reldY that theft wa't t'i. Inn::::`;,rl.l,,.iVi.,l,,iir,sr,it,sietrtnq'l.2.;l'lM''' '
I vile an outrage, even if violent measures were larger than he. At last he found +nut that this was the ruk,d„ favour of boy, Tiro fooponr nii, b,lo.eli ,g'or b;:,‘,.i
, necessary." Court if Chancery, and he was content. lie had no colonial produee into Daktion last week were 20,446 tkuartkis
children, but left his money Mon.': neltheWs and of whk•at. S,AI7 barley, tig.iii:k oats, 250 linseed, 3,a80 rapeset,
I DEATH OF AN EXPLORER. Tile death is re
, flour. 'I rein was shout an avenge supply "f Engli,ll wheat I,' I
- nieces, and old employes. With one of his relatives he . aaa Indian corn, 7 sundry. anti 1,52± such. and 2,81 A barrels ..?,
' potted by a Toulon journal of an adventurous and quarrelled, awl so to punish her he left her oa/p
Ihighly aecomplished French naval officer, Captain vlOO,OOO. site here hos lay, alai the general quality of the samples won
Bonded de Lagnie, who left France three years ago good A few ,eiected qualities found buyers, at about 1a,.:
at the head of a scientific mission to explore Eastern FENIAN PLACA Sibs IN PRESTON. -, I /tiring Wees quotations : hut all other kind; acre fully Is, p, ,
A a. He went up the neer Meicom, travelled Sat inlay night a placard bearing this hetulheg, '' I. R. , iliiiarta;!;,!'twer,t T.h" tt,Z.,..,tf,..iir..t'at wat! good- E,en
throug,h vast forests, deserts, and nkarshes totally nn - Messag,e from the St-gnome Council 11f the Irish IZe- 1 7; '„...gti1eZ:,.2,4' ..,,t.;°. zri Igm •
known to Europeans, and after passing a period of two 11111111le tllthe Irish psople," was pi steil in various parts ,
years without the possibility of communicating with Holders, however, were tolerably firm. The inqu'ik'jk.
,of Preston. The placards, which have been pasted 1 for +III deseriptions tif barley was in a .Ikursish stake.
his government, arrived at Shanghai bY Thibet and over or torn down since, contained a long exposition -at abont stationary prices. Malt, the supply ot whik It
tlie (hiese rvers. Despatches intim the governie 14 of the wrongs and itufferings of the In pest de, arid I was good, khanged monis to a fair extent, on 1,41.41 t 4 in
Coat in Chi lm lately annommeil the success ttf the ex- . vettlllid up in au inflammatory exhortation for them to : 11.',.,tk;•143P. it'o"ritse..lpruvi4.,!...,;elt:nl,pifeolsti.,l;ottit.+! -
pedition, awl al. that it was alPut to return to France unite awl work together for the furtherance +if ti -'e I uus very hrge. Beans were' held at full prices): hut the 11::
It was at Suez, on hie way home, that Captain de I work of freeing Ireland. The placard was subscribed, tinny for them was ver) inactive. The supply was limit,.
Lau...r..,,e died. ' "Br 111-der Id the Executive Council, Dui din, 184111. We have no change to net iee in the value of peas. The Hoc,.
Gird save Irehtnd "' trade was quiet. at the late decline in the qmotations. tee's
FRANCE V. PROSSIA.—France and Prussia are , ' . and cakes ruled about stationary.
contending for a prize : the former anxious+ to keep CURE FOR SMOKY FIXES. --A correspondent or
the Southern States apart from Pusaia, and Prussia the Goads r writes to make public &dioxin shmile, awl
naturally as anxious that they should join her. Each sure remedy for eight out of every ten bad chimneys,
silently threatens these Southern States. France can I withoct the requirenients of unsightly chininey-potns
weigh very heavily on them if they are not at least I Ha says ,--
neutral in a war between her and Prussia. The die. ! Ifi from experience that, by the use of fine wire gauze,
pleasure of Prussia in such a case would be equally I nd
ot from thirty-six to forty wires to the inch, as a screen,
formidable. The rivalry id France and Prussia ! blower, or guard, jraliclously applied to register stoves,
ranges, or stove doors, little if any, snmke will come into
is therefore not without an object. They are not T
merely playing at brag. They are seekingto decide tertorttimotmg. thetohlolaltmospheric 'pressure meccas the smoke
through the gauge; and if applied inane-
whether the South of Germany shall join the North. li lately to the front of the time, wore smoke will i.e consumed
But in this rivalry Prussia has' one great advantage. than by any other means. In that case the wire should be
Time and peace work for her. The South is attracted , kept two inches from immediate contact mith the hot fire.
to the North by ties of increasing force, as intercom e A LUCKY PURCHASE.—I hue evening, many years
becomes more frequent between the two great sections soo, there was a conversation in Glasgow among some
I of Germany, as their commercial relations grow in im- , poor young men about the navigation of the Clyde,
' portance, and as the feeling if pride in a common ' They were talking of the fast growing commerce on the
, country gains the mastery over local jealousies. If. ! elytle., and how it would be necessary in time to widen
therefore, Prussia can inspire the belief that she can , the river in order to allow vessels to come up the
and will protect them in time of war, the Southerners , stream and discharge at the Broornielaw. One of the
sooner or later must join the North. ' young fellows Watt greatly impreesol by the conversa-
ORNITHOLOGICAL Pln NOM hNk kN. —A singular fitct I Son, and carried away an idea. He carefully inspected
the ground, and saw that at dime future day, at a
may be witnessed any day in the garden of Lincoln's- particular lend of the river, there was a prejecting
inn, London, For several years past a pair of zebra nicerof gronnd which, in the °Millen of one who
pal roquets have haunted this spot, living on tire o e mst
familiar terms with the sparrows, and never seen ex- eleved in the prosperity of Glasgow, would one day
Ire wanted. Ile strained every possible rewairce, Rini
cept in company with them. Outing the winter months succeeded in buying the ground for 2001, 'the day
the parToquets disapear, but whither no tine know,, came wader than Was expected. It would also appear
On the return of spring they eonne back and rejoin that this was not a time when land could be taken
their old friends. This year for some tine one wily ta-as withont the consent of its owner, and the question of
observed, but now both are visible, with a brooal of five compensation be left to a jury. The young man adz+ d
young ones, If any one be curious to gee thou, he has and obtained 27,0001. for that piece of land, and mats
only to walk into the garden and disturb the flock of so darted on the prosperous cart-er of a Glasgew
spanows that will be seen feeding on the grass, and on t , hant.
their taking wing the seven greenbacks will at once , merc
be distinguished. It is to be hoped that these beautiful ' EXPLogiog AT B 1 am 1 soitA34.--One day last
strangers! will become naturalized. 1 week there Was an explosion at the percussion cap
mantthwtory of Messrs. Kynoch and Co., at Aston,
HAIMIE.—Au American paper stales that the
ramie plant, which was introduced into the States e ~.. ~ l•
I near Birminsitan which resulted in tlw death id
from Java, to the soil of which it is indigenous, is
' I aeorge . iut 111 y. a man aged forty-seven years. 'rue
attracting much attention in the South. It is clainitsl I thin file„g i t
I various processes are carried on in detache'd liiiildingo,
mperly cultivated and worked. it will 1 the hieing performed by three girls. Before
that, if li
place if cotton,
and supply any isiwder is used for tilling it is wetted, and
eventually take the it was deceaaecre duty to do this in a separate
deficiency in that great staple production. Its fibres
said to be much finer and stronger than the last I compartment. Southbv had a small packet con-
are taining about 4oz, of fulminate, which he Was limning
Hat, that they are as tine as Sea Island cotton, and in a bowl to wet, when a boy named Meredith, who
that, after cleaning, they become very soft awl white, was present. Said, "If Villl are going to do that I shall ,
and take colours aft readily as the finest wool or silk. go.- Deceased said, "If you are afraid, look at this." I
Several articles of clothing made from this fabric were and shook the paper from which lie had poured meat 1
edtibited recently at an agricultural fair in Alabama, if the fuhninate. The bey saw a flash, vi Lich was; !
and attracted attentil in by the strength and beauty of immediately followed by an explosion, and the nod id 1
the Material. The cultivation id the rants,' plant is that departnient of the shed in which Southliv is as
.11.1 to have succeeded on a number of plitutatioue in Wa9 111f1W11 off. Assistance was immediately at hand, 1
Alabama, and deceased was found in a corner of the department I
TILE CUSTOM OF THE TRADE.—Several Paris quit, dead, his body being bLackental and charred, awl !
glovers have been tried by the conectional police for IliS left hand blown off. The girls who Wei,. in the ,
the exercise of what they call a custom of the trade, adjoining conipartment were uniniuretl. I leaiasad
deAniated by the name of grails'. A. wholesale glover has left a wife and five children.
deliver; to a workman a quantity of kit! skin, which Pr.TiTioN TO THE QUEEN FROM TIIF. WirateN
he considers sufficient to make three vans of gloves. or I etiotxti. —The fellowing Plow:dal has been pre.
The workman says that if by his skill he can contrive senteil to her :Majesty the Queen. The prayer is said
to turn out thre- pairs td marketable gloves from the to be supported by upmards of 145,000 signatures :---
skin, and yet reserve enough to make a fourth, he is
entitled to 'keep that fourth pair for himself. A great To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty.—We, the under-
omen of Iland, have seen with fflitrin t
deal ,if evidence was gone into to show that this cu m d sto I,'
litgleds ITrWpose tre o disestablish and lii,endow deep aai hat
the United
—certainly more honoured in the freach than the ob. I church of England ankh Ireland in Ireland. It might not
servanCe, and which fully accounts for the “ brearhes -'i [weenie us to enter into the constitutional TeaSollll agai ad
u-hich afflict purchasers of Paris gloves-- is really I this proposition, sk hivh rather belongs to others. But as
, women, sisters, wives, eliki it/others, we desire to robe our
sanctioned by long usage. The Count gave a severe,
aryl, it may be hoped, an effectual check to the practice, 5' le.el!ftratlaii.to;)farnllareti:',lfi
,r).....'h,..ng ~cliTili,,,'etinZ,
by a sentence of fiftetm months' impriaonment against Pal tri'cli a ill rob thousands of 1111 T poor •ri inStrtaktion in heslth
some of the workmen, and of a year's imprisonment and consolation in sickness, which our husbands anti brothers
and more against several of the receivers of their feel as a cruel indignity and Injustice, and which will
stolen goods. prostibly deprive our relatives, our children, and children's
• children of tlke maturing care of the refoi me I Church' and
M. VICTOR Hroo.—This morning. ,:ruh Jllne)2 even of the light of the gospel of Jesus CM' 4 ill many parts
at 645, the Ille et Ranee, a French paidie-steamer of of our country. We therefore pray that p n Majesty mill
40-tons measurement, arrived in our roadstead (says he graciously pleased, in the exercise of your ropil pre...la-
the Guernsey Mail and Telearaph ), with three of the hive, to preserve unr the I:ishops and clergy of ti,kerilkor
ekhd an, d
most distinguished writers of the Parisian l'ress. who Itrit;ltaonttli: Angtttton
pati
jujegts:loiterweitmwanttpteptailitati io
to 41„-toe:
hired this steamer at St. Maio for the express purpose and your Majesty's devoted subjects will ever pray,

sage friends, pop went a cork. "Dear 'me!'
claimed the good lady, "there goes the bed-cord ;
snapped yesterday The same way. I must has.,
another rope provided.- In a few minutes went:
another, ft aowed It a peculiar hiss
The rope would no-t
do again ; but the good lady wa
not at a lowa : - " Dear me !. said she, "that black cat
of mine must he at some mischief under there, li-cat!'•
Another bottle popped I.fl, and the porter came steal-
out from under the bed-curtains. " Oh, dear me!"
said she, "1 had forgot; it is the yeast ! 1 lerc,
Prudence, come and take those bottles of
away

-
EAST INI,I N RAiLwAys.—At the end of the ye:, e
Iso4i, 3,45.2 miles of railway were open Inc traffic hi
India. During the year these railways conveyed s
total of 110,12(ktilit passewers, the receipts for which
amonot.•.l to 11,275,:i80. The receipts for gotsla traHlx
u ere g3,32,0;:5i. and the total ',sit d, amounted 14
u:stii.4l I beingderivxst Iron, tha. in Beng:
and the North-West Pro, incest, E476.1;67 from tie.
presidency d Madras, t:l..cttkin23 frdo that of Ronde.,
C. 3,114; from Scinde, and 4.110,219 from railways in tie,
Punjab. The b dal of working esq onoca riming tlei
year amountxtl to 1:421k1,119:k so that the net r. -
oopt. Lononnt,4l. to £2,3141,211. Receipts for goods
traffic include telegraphs and sundries. and the charg.a
for maintenanee are included meter the head of work-
ing expenses. The total capital pail up to the end of
the same year a 1111 l Laded to 04,483,834. and the total
interrst to t.18,929,:17ti sterlin4.

MAIO: LANE, WEIINESII/11.
The small quantity of El,lish a heat of, sale here ti-i-v
changed hands sloe ly. at fully the iedueti, al of Alonday
With regard to the accounts f am the agricultural distriot,
the prospects of the crop appear ilecidedly favooralili
although on some light aid l gravelly oi, the plant In
suffered considerably from want of moisture. Under th, -
circumstances the trade at present is of a hand tremolo,
character, and is likely to continue so for Wine time. 'I Lo
few trammtions reported in foreign a beat were only 1.•
supply immediate wants : (arbors. InoWeVer, were not anti", a
sellers, looking at the fact that snicks. both here find al oroa•
have been much reduced, and any surplus that may accrue tl. .
harvest a ill he fully taken up in replenisbing then,. There a
a moderate demand fur barley. Id :della slid iOllllll- CUITer lap
The floating grain cargo, I: mle aas Neu inactive. but I.
change took place in Om valin• of any Find of prishi,
Malt there Mass dbing Passing, I,th,es went 1.1t111,1!, '
nominal. Oats ere in ,11,i snifnply, Mid there
moderate demand for .0111 d roil at the recent ileciii.
'leans were without change us 10 prices, lean met a sin
sale, and the tendelley priCes was Ifine riWardS. Innt
otir was dull and drooping. Maize was held nor pi," .
value, Tel, marks were unaltered.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MOSIAY.
There was about all average supply of foreign stock s.
sale here to-daY but its general imalay was by no meal-
first rate Sales progressed slowly, and, lit some ingatii
priers hail a drooping tendency, re, arrivals ot
fresh lit' frOM sir IM •7
good iinsl fir condition. Neatly all 1,, tom a
inquiry; yet, co.npared with Monday last, very lilt, chapel.,
took place in rise quotations. Inferior stock was cermitil •
rather cheaper. The hest Scots and crosses sold at 2..pe •
Sibs The receipts front Ireland and Salami were lindte t
From Norfolk, Suffolk, and tainbridgeshire vs,
received about tiolo stsets, shorthorns, and crosses ft ii,,
other parts 4 England, 7!.1) varions breeds ; from Scotland,
SeMi nit 4 110.,s; not from Indand, 1,0 oxen, a.c. Iho
mipply of :sheep no toli•rably good ; but, owing to the Wala
of grass in naist districts. the condition id the stossk
only middling. Throe was a moderate demand flir all loved,
at last week's currency. be )1,4 IN. I; ',id ;It
4s. 104. to 5.5. per Sib. Lionlss vivre in full average soppl,
fair reque4 at full prt e , tient :s, ',ls to iss.
per 0.,. Prime small calve trei ly at full 40111/i“
lions ; but inferior calves we e very dull, at barely Slat iimn
pliccc The top thritre was Cs. 2tls per elb. The ,ttoply •
pigs a zi,• only moderate. Nevertheless, the pork Ilion- rubsi
heavy, at late , from id. to 4s. it. per •sdit,