The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-12 00:00:00

ENGLISH FURS.

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A good deal of extrinsic interest has been added
to the fur section in the Crystal Palace by the fact of tho
Emperor of Russia having condescended to send over his
e lo!etaithbeitsikeien oiflthiseeebltaeckf
con-
descension
imperial majesty has been
Itoooow Ti
ked
upont hecinantttto composedtil ipoirnshttooefff entirelyt
hisha
sort of challenge by the Eng-
lish furriers, and accordingly one of the most eminent
among them, Mr. Nicholay, of Oxford-street, has publicly
offered to produce a better pelisse than any in the Russian
cabinet ; and at a third of the price, that is to say for 1,0001.
instead of 3,0001., the value set on the St. Petersburg
pelisse. A visit to that portion of the nave in which our
British fur trade has conspicuously arranged its wares, will
convince the most sceptical that Mr. Nicholay has not
spoken without book, but that our English furriers, having
the command of the beat market for selection of skins, have
also attained the greatest perfection in dressing these costly
and beautiful adjunetsito male and female attire. It may
be necessary to remind the reader, that the greater
p:,:tioa of the mom cestly fun is supplied by the

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Saloon's Bay Company and the North American Cow I
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..uorthern part of the Americas continua, and mho! Public attention will, we belicvc,‘biii in *-10101i
I (Coadaded from the Irasrcal of yesterday.)
being the produce to London, where, on sales occurring time called to a new feature in the practical development
t us not forget, gentlemen, the situation in which we
twit.e or throe times • year, the furriers of the whole world, 'of that interesting and important discovery of modern' Le
are place•ra Situation bath iitiinge tin-a—novel ! it the
' setence,the eleerdetengrxph. Upon- dry had the main
Bunion amongst the net, supply thenuelyes; And it is hut
dilleuttles have been eouesered, sad rho almost instants- election of the President of the Republic had taken place at
reasonable to impose that the London farriers, residing ° ' aeons communieittion of intenigeace between distant point, the natural pod pointed Out by the constitution, that
the spot and having the .wealthie.st people in the world for ceased to be a.ramval; but while . the yof it, en MO7 l' , 1840 i the preeidential powers would have
_nication between countries severed by the survived those of this assembly by one year • and it b
after a 12 years' trial, that the fact 'of the head
liver customers, would not he behind any competition in same cam,
benngulikcaise practicable has boas demonstrated, I,
the preparation of articles of the greatest costliness end of The czecutive power and the legislative assembly ceming
obdaeles have hitherto retarded the progression °lsobar 1
beauty. To prove that such is actually the fact, it is way Rine telegraphic correspondence to an equivalent utility) lat the same time their fhnetione would have been wit-
,...,ry to examine. the specimens of the skins of almost, with electric transmission upon Jena firma. Butthemincli nessed. But by ho accidental effect of the law of October
l
ever, animal, from the royal lion and Bengal tiger down to amen of science and of practicel nun are bent upon this 28,1818, a law called for by art. 116 of the constitutiou, the
president was elected December 10, 1818, and will have
' subject, and, although the problem be recondite, let us not 1
the domatic rabbit, with which the fur section in the
despair of a satisfactory and practical solution. arrived at the end of his magistracy in the course of May
Crystal l'alacc is profusely filled. The greatest show la!
, In November list • patent wax granted to Messrs. fiheli•• nest. Thus, in the tame month, and within a few days'
quantity, and surpassed by none in quality, is the stead se , herd and Button, the well-known chemists and manatee- i distance of each other, the executive power and the legis
power will change hands. Assuredly never will •
Mr. Nieholay. Ile has hung the whole front of the gallery 'tunes of laboratory apparatus, fur the invention of • new i tine
'nth the skin, of lions, tigers, and bears, dressed to• bemitlsikintdooof moetdeurommfooroothtee submarine
t Z"o et
Lear ." 'Sf' e t theadelge. If re
betty, ypelliec: have yanilicret 11:141
red for the
b use of Republican
tad seftni so, and adapted to a modern exigency by I
pt7eisure
of inspectingr
a working model of that invention such • 'hwaravd, never will a youatltif?unleeconyititutlioanwliita4ve=
being formed into railway wrippers. It serifs on Wednesday, at a private view in the establishment of subjected to so rude a trial. And in what country of the
be
that th y surpass all other articles of that deserip- those gentlemen at llolhorn-bars. It is never easy to im- glo gentlemen, is this total eclipse of the government to
yon is warmth and comfort, and, although considerably port a clear notion of • machine to the mind of the reader take place ? Amongst that people, which, although it has
more frequently overturned its government than perhaps
more . siwnsive than woollen wrappers in the first instance, wouwiloutt twhoehaiodooof diagrams,a, abuttmiunazeleilcirmtotodyreamweauttteinntittn
angoyfuortnhtel.„ feels more than any other the want of being '
yet, (von their Brat durability, they become eventually the i tmeans of attainingltn may
npubject of universalP importance, wee
most t, enoraieel wrapper for any one who travels much by , ellen endeavour to describe no distinctly and as briefly as The nations which have • federative existence, those even
rail, Another novel adaptation of fur by the same firm,' we can the chief characteristics of the invention. which, without having divided the sovereignty, possess an
The vehicle or means which are at once the protection aristocracy, or which enjoy provincial liberties deeply
and t she...del in the 1111:1 place, is a table cover of wild cat 1
and communication of the teleeraplue wires, consuls, in rooted in the habits of the people, such nations may
skins, admirably fitted, from their softwas, fur library tables, ex ifoust for a length of time with a feeble government, anti
the first place, of • chain cable, like the mooring
wh n the penervation of espensively-bound books may be tackle of a ship, the size of which must be even support fur a certain period the complete absence of
an object of importance. In the cases below, Mr. Nicholay adapted to the length to he traversed, the nature of the a government. Each portion of the people has an existence
exhibits specimens of almost every variety of fur adapted to , submerged foundtation whereof!
and
otter to lie, the of its own
nitwich allows seciety to remeiu still upstanding
almost , very male and female habiliment. 'the beautiful ingni.l,..ttariots
I. wli;"an ordinarybee°v
Ilitt'. lie '"""
fur a c :ru nne after the general life current is impeded
c ein placedupon a flat or stopped. But are we one of those nations ? Have we not
lustre of the seeaskin, dyed and undyed, isshown to advan- surface, it will lie seen that the sides of the alternate centralised all kinds of affairs, and by that course created the
tee in lar.4eases bonnets and waistcoats, the latter inn's- links point vertically and horizontally, or laterally 1 thus government which of all others is the must easy to overturn,
Whl a, fir winter wear as • preservation against broached forming four continuous right angles above an below• but which at the same time it is tho meat cliitivult to da with-
Tito wires which are to convey the electricity are now
affect:on.. In the ease of these latter, as in that of the lion out for a single moment?
to be operated upon. they are coated in the first place And iii what time must such a trial be supported ? Imo i
skin railway wrapper, great durability compensates for with gotta pcecha, and the gutta purcha is covered in mediately after a great revolution, in the midst of the pas-
itterees, d outlay in the first instance. The hist°. turn with a chemical composition of tar, creosote, and ,ions and irregular appetites which every revolution leaves
rival miniver may be seen in a great variety of other 'sibilance' said to be very repugnant to the Metes after it, and which are always curbed in by young institus
muffs owl tippets, and ornamented with the paws of the of the entomological deetroyeridin the 11c.ep. The wires, Lions. Is that an imaginary danger, is that one of those
&stag in lamb, to atilt the requirements of modern taste. A thus
al Iroarn": hlhilsypeirtr7 of "'thee apparatse
us re citreletiniazonntccidanenatstsaliitiehnoatre.mtl.;terwoitnhe
ofi ttlr historyr of
tiiiill
vice curi..uo, artiv:e in this valuable cellection is a Coat dcoo,uinated by the inventors the " submarine line." which no co'untry ought to be allowed to incur if 4icterposes
mask hoot the bide of a Tartar cult, but r,O carefully dressed Four of these lines are then rauged continuously along sible to prevent it ? 'the only neuter and legal means
as to he us soft a. seal skin, and, from the length end dun- the chain within the four angles just described, and are which we pewees to succeed in that point, the only mode'
city of the hair, completely impervious to wet. It is not a fastened to the links by clamps or rivets of brass, cone which remains to us, perhaps, to prevent all the powers
little retinue to find the skin in which a wild Tartar cult
structed for the purpose. Each angle, both the from felling into unconstitutional hands, or becoming of no
upper anti the lower, is capable of receiving one authority, is to hand them over fur a time to a constituent
one, _campers:a over his native steppes, serving, perhaps, as of the submarine hues, and each of the latter may assembly, possessing the authority of the nation itself, and
• pal, tot to some tranquil commercial gentleman economi- contain several wires, so that one chain will convey and the strength inherent in its recent nomination.
rally travelling in an English se coad-elass railway carriage. protect a number of wires ranging front :91 to 40. The lines It may certainly be asserted that the peril which we have
The li, ices is also exhibited in a mat variety of are respectively ndirberealadez ottoneotooo
another
tna
ititieiewilree s-
just pointed out is more apparent than reel, more fermatas
ladies' :article a Formerly the use of this fur in the mantis wteirtshionf ttheemaliariabet;al willies:A in liue No. 1. 'Die workt brotti: apttiren,eeto.fitthoianeotruly wworotthet-t4elfl apprehension. In
factor. of legs r, uttered it ne dear as to make it quite un- thuscompkted iv of amply sufficient elasticity to accommo- since at the moment that one of the gover'nMents e•
mpire!,
appro. liable fig any other purpose; but since the date itself to inermilitie% of surface, and its strength, at the other will, on the instant, be in existence. In theory,
great " mosearn, a " revolution, the market has be. certain given dimensioa% anti weight of metal, has been all that is true ; but in practice, the transmission of the
estimated competent to bear a shock of the force of -10 tons,
come niuch more easy, and the manufacture hasright to cornm.oul from cue to the other will not the less be,
berg its a great measure handid over to the fur- st;ti‘chtoc.ap,iitl,thlittLbt;:tinttfo, of course, more or has according to whatever is done, a great crisis; for there must, of all necte-
rier. It dresses beautifully, has fine celour and The neat feature of the invention is the testing lion, sit pass aaro..etttitolontfitmitt,ttleur,i:m wnhoitch:ahreego,:ii.erntunicir,rt
Imam, and the density of the pile giver it a very rich and Along the chain at distances hereafter to be determined— authority, aid that which is about to commence will not as
c ally appsurance. In our estimation it is one of the hand- hut assuming them for the presenthat one or two miles apart yet have much power.
eimrst of furs, although fir from being the most costly.
tharegfir boxes,
e:ilretala. it. eg
ss, otiunealls7lreiengee citizens,
besides, were the danger ontli in the imagination of
But it is not only the skins of wild animate that the furrier within them a junction easily untwisted, but preserv- effectinniss'ect ittot excitesu
1Z et g'autilittyl;'oulpest:i lens? ILI'
to raise
enl y
oppli., to the purposes of his trade. In this collection ing the electric current uninterrupte I In these the apprehensions of the greater number, it would be an
ore • slidettel some beautiful articles in the skin of the grooves also the wires are insulated (rola one another immense peril, and greater, perhaps, than all those which
grielee n will duck, found near the Lake of Geneva, and a by gets perteloitia, and the
oboi;toei are seeezeda_ down have been dreaded.
very co.stly and beautiful suit made from the feathers of the and e7rlCn so •as Dux
people on the occasion which justly appears to it so extra-
e'en I, e small bird, "'I .0 tare and expensive " only to ho iron chain, a burry, which is to float on the surface of the ordinary and so critical, who will assure us that this people,
attainable by royal wearers. This costly collection is coon- water, fur the double purpose of indicating the course of in the excess of its anxiety, will not endeavour to save
plea .1 by various specimens of "IT", tigers, &c., carefully the tel graph, and of hauling up the main chain and lines, itself by having recourse to some irregular proceeding, and
stuff a, and atbliug greatly to the attractiveness of the
sinoottltie event
theol' accidents
rse
ouLttltefaeoto,ottils be.
(repaired. In Iu one more dangerous than all the rest ? Let lib look at the
Mand. flea Mejesty has visited Mr. liicholay's stand
.tehetA7c'tric currant to be stopped inyone of the "sal: state of the public mind and study facts.
more than *nee, and cuninientied many of the articles, eve- marine bare," between Dover and Calais. About midway noThoenonewticiiiil
di, wasotsoutrEirsittolt.by
.ttioett.o.ate:lit3, ofi wFatieb:itea
trro;
redly a very handsome hearthrug, composed of a centre- between these two places the chain and lines would be tented, but not yet revolutionary. sixty' leers of elite--
piece of wild at skin, with a border in exquisite needlework rhaotedouopied:itzloplhaoceoll ovoc,Lthoeo thiemke
d 1 ecofnant7xeiTi4Of Athetestg [ions and political labours had fatigued it ; it had not had
and a deep fringe cum posed of the skins of the black African would be dieju'ined, Zees" to stop th'e electric current. '‘TriLles time to repose itself entirely, when the fell of the monarchy
monkey. This 11114-011.8 Bay Compiny also exhibit some battery would be applied to the wire communicating, say, zi,e duly proclipitated it into one of the most singular, if
.not
',MI} furs in this section: among others sonic skins of the with Dover. If a return signal were obtained, it would be to retaluoornt eilno seii:ittoo of
crisis
lifteinitoon"lheee arena,volutiony.iollottowiastoobolostcid
Meek fox (the material of the Emperor's pelisse.), valued at proof of the cominunication along that moiety of the dis-
ould be acquired habits, neglect the affairs and he works to whicK
fel Fulmer, a piece, Wale silver fox skins, and various aped- farce
in the directiontttreti o'f rellaishcarren,_,° CiP:uniuniteinwt(7 it had turned its attention, and azain combat on the field
?mi..s of red fox and sea otter skins, the latter prepared care- turneel, the conclusion would' be that the lick. c't wan
sti- of revolution. It did this with admirable courage and
fellefia the Ituseien and Arm ricen markets. It may here be that other moiety, and the experiment would be repeated resignation, and with an energy and practised wisdom
which will redound to its sterna honour.
&served that all the furs manufactured in Russia are per- nn the other testing boxes between the centre' mint and
chmail iu the London mark, t, mi that under any circus- Calais until that defect was discovered. But it should here factiousltheonsilecevoned, eotit.hoil
ohoasoroLbr thfloratortrtiezt.ovocortcoottneothotei
plane, swe may claim a considerable share in any celebrity lAtOOO be egrtvoeo•dt, that the 0 itnovenottoorsst
theaorge;h ino
t. thet fides:.
this without melee, sacrifices, anarchy.
iany struggle% and severe
enjoy, t 1 by their sine:mewl; but our furriers contend, thate
tomes. The natant is now fatigued, but at the same time
fences with which they have invested the wires;
aid only in the cheese of skins, but in the mode of preparing and in the second place, they assume that if some it is moved, and is tilled with unesainess.
them, the English trade has nothing to fear from foreign 3') or more wires, each o them capable of con- ,_l_t,
.rememhers that in February not only were the poli-
emnpeituts. There arc specimens from various other ',cling a rat beetifge, are strung. in the four submarine lines, it ucai
roootitincsitviitiutilonsujtoortfortoshThaon,
those
was ere
le n • were"
t 1
ts
o°
snake', in this section, but the greeter portion of them have
e`traounladinit't'ing't7zrotohttwhile,
oi t
to:tier
4 atii`emlaixipenunni‘bearAle4uint
necessary to the interests of the country, and which had
been idremly noticed apropos of visits paid by her Majesty, of rai.„4o, up the main chain. The rebellious. wires would hitherto served as the common and respected basis for all
and thi, tee:sander do not require special notice. We must be talmoed and the faithful relied upon, unless the evil in- civilised governments. Thisremembrance, which incessantly
not omit, however, some mention of the British fun, con. creased so as to cause apprehension of a general revolt. presents itself to its imagination in the midst of the
Meting of hare, rabbit, and cat skins. It is a curious In artier to protect the line of telegraph when momentary repose which it enjoys makes it tremble
brought out on the coasts at each termination from It is in this state of the' public mind that it feels itself
.1,
feet that they are prepared chiefly for the American mar- accidents such as the landing of boats or other unin led away iu spite of itself, by the irresistible power of the
lat. the people there preferring them, from their cheapnces, tentional injury, and from wilful damage, the whole of it- law itself, towards a new crisis, more terrible, perhaps, than
to thc Meer costly fur, ill their own country. These last is designed to be enclosed fur the whole length on shore, all the others.
S. and M. ' Bow-lane, City. It mires from afar the two great powers which guide
and between high and low water marks, in a strong me- Pe. .
and maintain society, become weakened together, and on

tare exhibited by Messrs.

Meyer,

At a public meeting held at the Vestry of holy Tri-
nity. I troilipton, yerterday, it was resolved, with only one dis-
ot, that petitions should be prepared and presented to
parli od on behalf of the meeting, praying that the
Crt -t.d l'alare should be preserved V. a winter garden.
Alter a long discussion the meeting were strongly of opi-
nion that the proposed use of the building would be highly
beneliviol to the neighbourhood.

Tiir. Derby ltep,rier nnnounees that the dinner
to he given to the designer of the Crystal Palace by the in-
habitant* of Derbyshire, will take place at Derby, on the
Lth of Augu.t. Invitations have been sent to gentlemen of
CMill4ll, in the literary and scientific circle*: and the
bake of Itersinshirc has accepted 1111 invitation to be present
on the occasion.

ItiUk easing like a continuous pipo or tube.
The expense of the undertaking has been roughly csti•
Imided as lying between 5001. and WlOl. per mile.

CAMBRIDGE MILITARY ASYLUM.—Yesterday, the
first public dinner in aid of the funds of this institution,
which was established last year iu memory of the late Duke
of Cambridge, fur the special purpose of providing support
he the widows of non-commissioned offrert and privates of
her Bltsje.ty's land forces, took place at the London Tavern.
'The Marquis of Londonderry occupied the chair, and he
was supported by the Marquis of Granby, Earl of ilarrowby,
Viscount Combermere, Viscount &sham, Lord Rokeby,l
Earl of Enniskillen, Lord Lorton, Viscount Chelses,l
Lord F. l'uulett, Honourable A. Liddell, Honour.
able A. l'pton, Sir W. Cotton, Sir C. Forbes,
B. B. Cabbed', Esq., M.P., J.:Hamilton, Esq., M.P.,
Christopher, Esq., M.P,, Colonel Rowland, &c. he. The
usual initiatory toasts having been duly honoured, the chair-
man proposed the memory of the late Duke of Cambridge,
which was drunk in solemn silence. The healths of "The
present Duke of Cambridge and his Illustrious Mother,"
"The King of Hanover," and "The Duchess of Glouces-
ter," were succeeded by the toasts of "Church and
State," and " Idle Army," to the latter of which
Viscount Comberincre responded. The noble mar-
quis then proposed the toast of the evening,
" Prosperity to the Cambridge Military Asylum,"
and stated that the charity which they had assembled to
assist was originated in the course of the previous year by
a number of his late royal highness's personal friends, who
designed to erect to his memory a monument in consonance
with the benificent object. to which he had devoted so much
K ifs time and energies. Atter much deliberatien they
OM to the conclusion that the creation of the present
dimity, having for its object the support of the soldier's
widow, would constitute a memorial nut only congenial
with the character of the duke, but serving a. a guide and
tratimple to alldesirous of benefiting mankind. For the
alleemplishreent of a large portion of the object in view,
✓ely, the erection of almshousi s—there was now in the
lands of the committee a sum of 2,701)1., and he believed
I that the cost of their construction would not exceed 3,0001.
Having expressed a hope that the benefits of the asylum
might be ultimately extended to orphans, he concluded by
an mama appeal to the friends of the charity to furnish the
few hundred pounds which were still necessary to render it
practically useful. The Hon. A. Liddell, deputy-chairman
of the committee, having corroborated the statements of the
chairman and enforced his appeal, the toast was received
with much enthusiasm. Several other toasts passed the
chair, and the secretary having announced the receipt
of a considerable amount of subscriptions, the company
separated.

Tut: WORKING C1..1:4aL4 AND THE GREAT ENITI-
Tlgon.—Ttstertlty afternoon a dinner was given by Mr
Veto. M.P. for Norwich, to about 200 of the working classes
of that city. A number of the artisans of Norwich formed
what is tame -I a .• Great Exhibition Club.- into the funds
of whieh small weekly payments wire made fur the purpose
of accumulating a sum that would enable the subscribers to
rouse up to Loudon with their wive., for the purpose of
visiting the Great Exhibition. After the payments into
the land bad been made for semie considerable period,
certain of the wealthier residents of Norwich, admiring
llw 1111111.1blY object fur which the "club" had beam
establehe del. Twined to contribute towards the promo
tins of it. purple•e. So liberally was assistance thus given
that a -um was realised sufficient to enable the whole of the
workm. n who had subscribed to the club to spend five or
sin .lave in Loudest without trimelsiag at all upon their own
hash mu% aa we hear, it was subsequently resolved that
the iss n Amid here their own sulocripcmo returned to
aim, and they sr Kale wives have their limited expenses
pout out of the mom so staberribed in aid of their own fund.
The w,iskoson, away of them with their wives, came up by
apecial train an Kerley awning, and the circumstance of
the visit having beanie known to Mr. l'eto, M.P. that
ge ntkonau gave thew whisk of the men al4 Ma go:od old
Figl..h ilium?, which took place at the Petition hotel, at
tin usrugjalli eir the Meals Wis,lwich branch of the Eastern
Counts. s Malway. Mr. Pew presided, supported by the
mayor and sheriff of Nara ieb. Mr. Geer 11, M.P. for CO-
I clitry. Kr. Kennard, Mr. nualtier (t.. whom the workmen
are very lane h indebted for his exertions in carrying out
the uhisat), and several other influential gentlemen. During
thedsy to workprople were. thremgh the influence of Mr.
NW. remitted to visit the works of Woolwich Dockyard.
Thu Soul's FETE IN Hsu. ND-PARE.—Tho
Mani day of this Eta was celebrated yesterday, and under
gireginetaiires wrU ealealated to make amends for the din.
41"1 which attended the proceedings of the pervious
11"Th_ . eat
o weeder, was warm sad genial. and although
Uwe were lommirma "Umtata" of showers, they were
same realms& and Ora of the park was stab
improved by the ragas is ss which threw a gloom
over the' lied day's mnuosmanas. There was a large at-
tend:me...l visitors, and sat of the principal " stands" was
toecaps..l by many diode/M*og members of the oobility,
ineleolenr the Dui, and %WM* Of Montrose, the Marquis
of Dougto, the Marquis of Aberrant. Lord and Lady W'ford. de. It was expectlrd that her Majesty and Priam
Albert would honour the rte by their presence, but in this

sdilitiond soave; of attraction the company were doomed'
to be disappointed', for the royal party aid not appear.
Tlio sports were of the same character which distinguished
the gathering" of the preceding slay, and th, y were kept
up in rapid and uninterrupted succession. 'f he grounds
pnaent •I an extremely animated appearance, and thccom-
is Weirs in the different games exerted themselves with
.so
much en, ray that the result was in all respects most Pabs-
t*. tory. The athletic sports of ** throwing the hammer,"
•• putting the stone," and tossing the caber," furnished
shundant opportunity to test the strength of tho com-
batant., whilst those exercises which depenileal rather
upon the application of skill than of physical
power, wore sustained in the true spirit of fro-wily
rivalry. The bagpipes were in constant station throo..thout
the day ; and the sword dance, the Highland fling, strath-
spa I, soil reel eontinued to be performed with increasing
vigour and enthusiasm until the programme of cot. rtain• I
meats was eahausted. and the muse of the National Anthem
warned the spsetatoes that the pleasures of the day were at I
an end. At the conclusion of the sports a large number of i
the visitors repaired by invitation to Rutland House, where
they were most hospitably entertained by Lord and Lady
Holland; and, towards the close of the evening, a ball was
opened. in which the Scottish dances were renewed in pre-
sence of the glues at the mansion. The jet. passed off with
considerable solar, and the sports will be repeated to-day,
Lord Holland having granted to the promoters of the fete
the use of his park fur a third day, owing to the ill-fortune
widen attended the first.

A LACGE QUANTITY OF Tit is imported into this
country from the Channel Islands, and passes through the
Southampton customhouse, in an immense number of
small square boxes of exactly the same dimensions. The
tea in each box weighs exactly 111 b. 12oz. As the customs
department only charges duty on the even pounds, the
12oz. of tea in each box is imported duty free; and this
pay fur the freight from this country to the Channel
Islands (for the tea is first exported to the Channel Islands
under bond), and from the Channel Islands to London, and
realise. a handsome profit besides. This profit is now very
coneiderable, owing to the low through rates from the
Channel Islands to London charged for merchandise by the
South Western Railway and Steam Navigation Company.
Not long since the tea boxes were of smaller dimensions,
and the tea in each of them used to weigh Gibe. 12oz. The
profit then was very large. The customs, however, decided
that the duty on tea imported in parcels under Whs.
should be charged for the odd ounces.
" SPECTRE OF THE DEOCKEN " IN SCOT-
Lioen —The following remarkable phenomenon wax wit-
nessed by a farmer in the neighbourhood of Hetrick. Walk-
ing over a bill on his farm early on the morning of the 13th
or Kay last, his attention was arrested by a light cloud of
pelt mist of remarkable form, being perfectly circular,
slowly uprising from the neighbouring valley. The sun
was shining brightly around him from the other side, and,
as the cloud gradually floated up, still retaining its form,
which was very like that of the halo often observed round
the moon, he toned it present an inner circle, much smaller
but well-defined, and contaiuing, as in a frame, a human
figure of moot colossal proportions. He saluted the spectre
with a bow, which was returned by the airy phantom with
the utmost promptitude. lie then walked assay for a,
I little, and, on retuminz. found the shadow still visible,'
which continued to bow and otherwise imitate every motion
be made, thus proving it to be a reflection of his own form
in the cloud. This apparition is identical in appearance
sod cause with the famous " Spectre of the Brockeni." with
perhaps the additional beauty of the enclosing circles, which
we nowhere dad recorded en the accounts of the (iceman

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travellers.. Of course, owing to the great difference in &hi-
' tnde, and the vast extent of that reflecting surface of
Ilarzian mist, it will be deficient in magnitude to our Ger-
manic ghost.—forth British Mail.